TT-4009 - Louise Kirkby Lunn
Eine Auswahl ihrer besten Aufnahmen - 45 Titel: Arien aus Opern und Oratorien, Lieder und Balladen (1902 - 1923)
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TT-4009 - Louise Kirkby Lunn
A selection of her finest recordings - 45 tracks: Arias from opera and oratorio, lieder and ballads (1902 - 1923)
New audio restoration in precisely correct pitch throughout,
many titles available on CD for the first time.
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DISC 1
01: SAMSON ET DALILA (Camille Saint-Saëns / Ferdinand Lemaire)
Act 1. {Dalila}: Printemps qui commence
Dalila: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo 3199 f (2-033001) • key E, 78.5 rpm, 4:05 min
02: SAMSON ET DALILA (Camille Saint-Saëns / Ferdinand Lemaire)
Act 1I. {Dalila}: Amour! viens aider ma faiblesse!
Dalila: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo z 5495 f (2-033032) • key A-flat, 76.0 rpm, 3:27 min
03: SAMSON ET DALILA (Camille Saint-Saëns / Ferdinand Lemaire)
Act 1I. {Dalila}: Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix
Dalila: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo z 5501 f (2-033033) • key D-flat, 77.4 rpm, 4:47 min
04: FAUST (Charles Gounod / Jules Barbier, Michel Carré)
Act 4. Romance {Siébel}: Si le bonheur à sourire t'invite "When all was young"
Siébel: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo z 5474 f (03257) • key A, 77.1 rpm, 3:24 min
05: CARMEN (Georges Bizet / Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy)
Act 1. Habanera {Carmen}: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
Carmen: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo z 5473 f (2-033029) • key D, 77.6 rpm, 2:58 min
06: CARMEN (Georges Bizet / Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy)
Act 1. Seguidilla {Carmen}: Près des remparts de Séville
Carmen: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo z 5472 f (2-033028) • key B minor, 76.4 rpm, 2:04 min
07: CARMEN (Georges Bizet / Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy)
Act 3. Air des cartes {Carmen}: En vain pour éviter des réponses amères
Carmen: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo z 5493 f (2-033030) • key F minor, 76.2 rpm, 3:01 min
08: MIGNON (Ambroise Thomas / Jules Barbier, Michel Carré)
Act 2. Gavotte {Frédérick}: Me voici dans son boudoir "Here am I in beauty's room"
Carmen: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: unidentified
10" disc Gramo HO 2250 ae (test pressing) • key E-flat, 80.1 rpm, 2:38 min
(transferred from the only surviving copy, which suffers from heavy heat damage)
09: IL TROVATORE (Giuseppe Verdi / Salvatore Cammarano)
Act 2. Canzone {Azucena}: Stride la vampa!
Azucena: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo z 5494 f (2-053067) • key D minor, 76.1 rpm, 2:49 min
10: DON CARLOS (Giuseppe Verdi / Joseph Méry, Camille du Locle)
Act 4. Scène et Air {Eboli}: O don fatal et détesté "O don fatale, o don crudel!"
Eboli: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo 3197 f (2-053000) • key F, 78.3 rpm, 3:49 min
11: AIDA (Giuseppe Verdi / Antonio Ghislanzoni)
Act 2. Scena e Duetto {Aida, Amneris}: Fu la sorte dell'armi "Ebben: qual nuovo fremito"
Aida: Emmy Destinn • Eboli: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo 5145 f (2-054023) • key F minor, 82.2 rpm, 4:04 min
12: LA GIOCONDA (Amilcare Ponchielli / Arrigo Boïto)
Act 1. Romanza {La Cieca}: Voce di donna o d'angelo
La Cieca: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo z 6316 f (2-053074) • key E-flat, 77.4 rpm, 3:44 min
13: LA GIOCONDA (Amilcare Ponchielli / Arrigo Boïto)
Act 2. Duetto {Gioconda, Laura}: L'amo come il fulgor del creato! "Là attesi e il tempo"
Gioconda: Emmy Destinn • Laura: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo 5144 f (2-054020X) • key B-flat, 82.1 rpm, 3:06 min
14: I GIOIELLI DELLA MADONNA (Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari / Enrico Golisciani, Carlo Zangarini)
Act 1. {Carmela, Gennaro}: T'eri un giorno ammalato
Carmela: Louise Kirkby Lunn • Gennaro: John F. McCormack
Imperial Philharmonic Orchestra, London • conductor: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo HO 201 af (2-054040) • key A-flat, 78.8 rpm, 4:26 min
15: RIENZI (Richard Wagner / Richard Wagner)
Act 3. Arie {Adriano}: Gerechter Gott! So ist's entschieden schon "O righteous Lord!"
Adriano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo z 5667 f (03440) • key F, 77.9 rpm, 4:43 min
16: LA CLEMENZA DI TITO (Wolfgang A. Mozart / Caterino Mazzolà)
Act 2. Aria {Vitellia}: Non più di fiori vaghe catene
Vitellia: Louise Kirkby Lunn • clarinet: Manuel Gomez • orchestra • conductor: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo z 5500 f (2-053068) • key F, 77.4 rpm, 4:01 min
17: ORFEO ED EURIDICE (Christoph W. von Gluck / Ranieri Calzabigi)
Act 3. Aria {Orfeo}: Che farò senza Euridice?
Orfeo: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo HO 1222 ac (2-053121) • key C, 78.1 rpm, 4:01 min
18: RINALDO (Georg Friedrich Händel / Giacomo Rossi)
Act 2. Aria {Almirena}: Lascia, ch'io pianga la mia cruda sorte
Almirena: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo z 6320 f (2-053075) • key D, 77.3 rpm, 3:55 min
19: SERSE (Georg Friedrich Händel / Silvio Stampiglia)
Act 1. Accompagnato ed Arioso {Serse}: Ombra mai fù "Rest, heav'nly rest"
Serse: Louise Kirkby Lunn • organ: Stanley E. Roper • orchestra • conductor: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo z 5669 f (03272) • key E-flat, 77.9 rpm, 3:12 min
20: MESSIAH (Georg Friedrich Händel / Charles Jennens)
№ 20. Air {alto}: He shall feed His flock
alto: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: unidentified
12" disc Gramo 4573 f (03272) • key F, 79.0 rpm, 3:23 min
21: PAULUS (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy / Julius Schubring)
№ 13. Rezitativ und Arioso {contralto}: Doch der Herr vergißt die Seinen nicht "But the Lord is mindful of His own"
contralto: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: unidentified
12" disc Gramo 4572 f (03232) • key D, 77.8 rpm, 3:13 min
22: ELIAS (Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy / Karl Klingemann, Julius Schubring)
№ 31. Arie {Ein Engel}: Sei stille dem Herrn "O rest in the Lord"
Ein Engel: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo Cc 2410 III (03269) • key C, 77.8 rpm, 3:42 min
DISC 2
01: When the stars were young (Paul A. Rubens / Harold Ellis)
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • piano: Landon Ronald
10" disc Gramo 1612 G (3276) • key E-flat, 73.0 rpm, 2:52 min
02: The pretty creature (Stephen Storace / Stephen Storace)
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • piano: Landon Ronald
10" disc Gramo 1613 G (3280) • key E-flat, 72.5 rpm, 2:43 min
03: Frühlingsmorgen (Ethelbert W. Nevin op.3,2 / Johann W. von Goethe)
One spring morning "On a radiant April morning"
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • piano: Landon Ronald
10" disc Gramo 1614 G (3277) • key E minor, 73.7 rpm, 2:15 min
04: Love is a dream (Percy Pitt / Alfred Austin)
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • piano: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo 3086 f [track 1] (03182) • key D, 79.5 rpm, 1:53 min
05: Oh, that we two were maying (Ethelbert W. Nevin op.2,8 / Charles Kingsley)
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • piano: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo 3086 f [track 2] (03182) • key G, 79.5 rpm, 2:19 min
06: Three fishers went sailing (John P. Hullah / Charles Kingsley)
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • piano: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo 3088 f (03142) • key C, 79.5 rpm, 4:14 min
07: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD (Sir Arthur Sullivan / George Grove)
№ 39: Aria {contralto}: God shall wipe away all tears
contralto: Louise Kirkby Lunn • orchestra • conductor: unidentified
12" disc Gramo 4570 f (03225) • key E, 77.8 rpm, 3:55 min
08: Allerseelen (Eduard Lassen op.85,3 / Hermann von Gilm)
All Souls' Day "Lay by my side your bunch of purple heather"
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • piano: unidentified
12" disc Gramo 4678 f (03217) • key E, 79.7 rpm, 2:44 min
09: Jock o' Hazeldean (anonymous Scots / Sir Walter Scott)
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • piano: unidentified
12" disc Gramo 4675 f (03234) • key D, 79.8 rpm, 2:48 min
10: Auld Robin Gray (anonymous Scots / Lady Ann Lindsay)
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • piano: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo 5085 f (03245) • key B, 80.5 rpm, 4:11 min
11: SUMMERTIME (Landon Ronald / Edward Teschemacher)
№ 4: Night "O lovely night!"
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • cello: William H. Squire • piano: unidentified
12" disc Gramo ac 5535 f (03259) • key B-flat , 78.1 rpm, 4:06 min
12: Little brown bird (Teresa del Riego / Helen M. Nightingale)
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • piano: Percy Pitt
10" disc Gramo ah 15122 e (3913) • key D-flat, 79.3 rpm, 2:33 min
13: There is a green hill far away (Charles Gounod / Mrs Cecil F. Alexander)
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • organ: unidentified • piano: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo z 6327 f (03316) • key D, 77.9 rpm, 4:10 min
14: The lost chord (Sir Arthur Sullivan / Adelaide A. Proctor)
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • organ: unidentified • piano: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo z 6329 f (03325) • key E-flat, 77.9 rpm, 4:06 min
15: Soul of mine (Ethel Barnes / Teresa Hooley)
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • organ: Stanley E. Roper • piano: Percy Pitt
10" disc Gramo ak 18450 e (2-3063) • key D, 78.1 rpm, 2:56 min
16: The banks of Allan water (Charles E. Horn / Matthew G. Lewis)
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • piano: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo HO 1195 ac (03448) • key A-flat, 76.1 rpm, 4:13 min
17: In sweet September (Hope Temple / Frederic E. Weatherly)
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • piano: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo HO 1809 ac (03287X) • key D, 79.3 rpm, 3:48 min
18: THE MASQUE OF ALFRED (Thomas A. Arne / David Mallet, James Thomson)
Act 3: Finale : Grand Ode "When Britain first at Heaven's command"
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • The Band of H. M. Coldstream Guards, London • conductor: John Mackenzie Rogan
12" disc Gramo HO 2591 af (03556) • key F, 77.7 rpm, 4:13 min
19: Have you news of my boy Jack? (Sir Edward German / Rudyard Kipling)
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • chorus (Bessie Jones, Eda Bennie, Elsie Williams, Nellie Walker)
The Symphony Orchestra • conductor: Sir Edward German
12" disc Gramo HO 2748 af (03572) • key A-flat, 78.1 rpm, 3:59 min
20: Now sleeps the crimson petal (Roger Quilter op.3,2 / Alfred Lord Tennyson)
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • piano: Percy Pitt
10" disc Gramo HO 4419 ae (2-3311) • key E-flat, 79.3 rpm, 2:32 min
21: My ships (Augustus Barratt / Ella Wheeler Wilcox)
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • piano: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo HO 3467 af (03637) • key C, 79.0 rpm, 4:00 min
22: Plaisir d'amour (Johann Paul A. Martini / Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian)
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • piano: Percy Pitt
12" disc Gramo HO 4391 af (2-033082) • key E-flat, 78.9 rpm, 4:03 min
23: Sapphische Ode (Johannes Brahms op.94,4 / Hans Schmidt)
"Rosen brach ich nachts mir am dunklen Hage"
mezzo-soprano: Louise Kirkby Lunn • piano: Harold Craxton
10" disc Gramo Bb 3894 II (DA 597 [7-43052]) • key D, 77.6 rpm, 2:53 min
Recording Locations
London E.C., Gramophone Co. Studio, 21 City Road (disc 1, tracks 01 - 07,
09 - 13, 15 - 16, 18 - 21; disc 2, tracks 04 - 15)
Hayes, Middlesex, His Master's Voice Head Office, Blythe Road (disc 1,
tracks 08, 14, 17, 22; disc 2, tracks 16 - 23)
London N.W.1, Cockburn Hotel, 31 Maiden Lane (disc 2, tracks 01 - 03)
Recording Dates and Experts
disc 1, tracks 01 and 10: Tuesday 29 June 1909 (William C. Gaisberg)
disc 1, tracks 02, 07 and 09: Thursday 21 September 1911 (Arthur S. Clarke)
disc 1, tracks 03 and 16: Friday 22 September 1911 (Arthur S. Clarke)
disc 1, tracks 04 - 06: Wednesday 20 September 1911 (Arthur S. Clarke)
disc 1, track 08: Friday 17 December 1915 (Edmund J. Pearse)
disc 1, tracks 11 and 13: Thursday 6 July 1911 (William C. Gaisberg)
disc 1, tracks 12 and 18: Thursday 11 July 1912 (Arthur S. Clarke)
disc 1, track 14: Monday 15 July 1912 (Edmund J. Pearse)
disc 1, tracks 15 and 19: Tuesday 31 October 1911 (Arthur S. Clarke)
disc 1, track 17: Thursday 11 November 1915 (William C. Hancox)
disc 1, tracks 20 and 21: Wednesday 2 November 1910 (William C. Gaisberg)
disc 1, track 22: Friday 19 February 1923 (unidentified expert)
disc 2, tracks 01 - 03: during February 1902 (Fred W. Gaisberg)
disc 2, tracks 04 - 06: Tuesday 25 May 1909 (William C. Gaisberg)
disc 2, track 07: Wednesday 2 November 1910 (William C. Gaisberg)
disc 2, tracks 08 - 09: Saturday 26 November 1910 (William C. Gaisberg)
disc 2, track 10: Friday 16 June 1911 (William C. Gaisberg)
disc 2, track 11: Friday 29 September 1911 (William C. Hancox)
disc 2, track 12: Tuesday 2 April 1912 (Hugh Murtagh)
disc 2, tracks 13 - 14: Saturday 13 July 1912 (Arthur S. Clarke)
disc 2, track 15: Thursday 29 October 1914 (George W. Dillnutt)
disc 2, track 16: Friday 5 November 1915 (William C. Hancox)
disc 2, track 17: Wednesday 3 May 1916 (William C. Hancox)
disc 2, track 18: Thursday 26 April 1917 (Edmund J. Pearse)
disc 2, track 19: Thursday 19 July 1917 (Edmund J. Pearse)
disc 2, tracks 20 - 21: Thursday 26 September 1918 (William Sinkler Darby)
disc 2, track 22: Wednesday 19 May 1920 (Edmund J. Pearse)
disc 2, track 23: Friday 23 November 1923 (unidentified expert)