Crooks, Richards: Opera Arias / Songs (1925-1945)

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Die schone Mullerin, Op. 25, D. 795 (more info)
Composed by: Frank la Forge Franz Schubert
Conducted by: Kenneth Slowik Hanns Udo Muller
Greta Kraus, harpsichord
Andreas Post, tenor
Wolfgang Brunner, fortepiano
Erno Balogh, piano
Paul Ulanowsky, piano
Ulrich Eisenlohr, piano
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Richard Crooks, tenor
George Reeves, piano
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
James Gilchrist, tenor
Kristian Bezuidenhout,
Andreas Schmidt, bass
Michael Schopper, baritone
Gerald Moore, piano
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
Gerhard Husch, baritone
Jan Kobow, tenor
Malcolm Martineau, piano
Oliver Pohl, piano
Helmut Deutsch,
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Alexander Schmalcz, piano
Hubert Giesen, piano
Sveinung Bjelland, piano
Michael Schade, tenor
Dalton Baldwin, piano
John Elwes, narrator
Rudolf Jansen, piano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Gerard Souzay, baritone
Daniel Behle, tenor
Roman Trekel, baritone
Tatjana Dravenau, piano
Frederick Schauwecker, piano
Markus Hinterhauser, piano
Josef Protschka, tenor
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor
Christian Elsner, tenor
Oliver Schnyder, piano
Anna Tilbrook, piano
Lois Marshall, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 2 July 1941


1.   No. 1. Das Wandern - 01:09
2.   No. 2. Wohin? - 01:55
3.   No. 3. Halt! - 01:27
4.   No. 4. Danksagung an den Bach - 01:57
5.   No. 5. Am Feierabend - 02:09
6.   No. 6. Der Neugierige - 04:28
7.   No. 7. Ungeduld - 01:19
8.   No. 8. Morgengruss - 02:34
9.   No. 9. Des Mullers Blumen - 03:31
10.   No. 10. Tranenregen - 02:30
11.   No. 11. Mein! - 02:25
12.   No. 12. Pause - 04:38
13.   No. 13. Mit dem grunen Lautenbande - 01:54
14. No. 14. Der Jager - 00:45
15.   No. 15. Eifersucht und Stolz - 01:44
16.   No. 16. Die liebe Farbe - 02:15
17.   No. 17. Die bose Farbe - 02:29
18.   No. 18. Trockne Blumen - 04:06
19.   No. 19. Der Muller und der Bach - 04:49
20.   No. 20. Des Baches Wiegenlied - 04:50


Schwanengesang, D. 957 (more info)
Performed by: Studio orchestra
Composed by: Konrad Ragossnig Franz Schubert
Conducted by: Giulio Setti
John McCormack, tenor
Fritz Schwinghammer, piano
Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone
Patrice Michaels Bedi, soprano
David Schrader, organ
Paul Ulanowsky, piano
Ulrich Eisenlohr, piano
Richard Tauber, tenor
Richard Crooks, tenor
Peter Schreier, tenor
David Willison, piano
Kristian Bezuidenhout,
Andreas Schmidt, bass
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
Carmela Ponselle,
Benjamin Luxon, baritone
Jan Kobow, tenor
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Gerard Wyss, piano
Rudolf Jansen, piano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Daniel Behle, tenor
Dietrich Henschel, baritone
Michael McMahon, piano
Peter Rosel, piano
Michael Volle, bass
Harry Ebert, piano
Frederick Schauwecker, piano
Vincent O'Brien, piano
Oliver Schnyder, piano
Fritz Kreisler, violin
Kevin McMillan, baritone
Recording date: 26 June 1947


21.   Schwanengesang, D. 957: No. 4. Standchen - 04:52


Zartliche Liebe, WoO 123, "Ich liebe dich" (more info)
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonard Hokanson, piano
Erno Balogh, piano
Richard Crooks, tenor
Karita Mattila, soprano
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
Hermann Prey, bass-baritone
Frederick Schauwecker, piano
Ilmo Ranta, piano


22.   Zarthliche Liebe, WoO 123, "Ich liebe dich" (Sung in English) - 02:59


3 Songs, Op. 3 (more info)
Composed by: Roger Quilter
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Richard Crooks, tenor
Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Alfred Tennyson,
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, tenor
Lisa Milne, soprano
David Willison, piano
Gerald Moore, piano
Benjamin Luxon, baritone
Phyllis Spurr, piano
Frederick Schauwecker, piano
Penelope Martin-Smith, soprano
Martin Souter, piano
Recording date: 10 December 1951


23.   3 Songs, Op. 3: No. 2. Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal - 02:28


Passing By (arr. W.A. Fisher) (more info)
Composed by: Henry Purcell William Arms Fisher
Richard Crooks, tenor
Robert Herrick,
Frederick Schauwecker, piano


24.   Passing By - 02:17


Clorinda (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Robert Orlando Morgan
Richard Crooks, tenor
Frederick Schauwecker, piano


25.   Clorinda - 01:19


L'adieu du matin (Farewell in the morning) (more info)
Composed by: Emile Pessard
Richard Crooks, tenor
Frederick Schauwecker, piano


26.   L'adieu du matin (Farewell in the morning) - 01:55


Hjertets melodier (Melodies of the Heart), Op. 5 (more info)
Composed by: Edvard Grieg
Erling Ragnar Eriksen, piano
Richard Tauber, tenor
Richard Crooks, tenor
Hans Christian Andersen,
Bodil Arnesen, soprano
Studio pianist, piano
Frederick Schauwecker, piano
Eva Gustavson, contralto
Amund Raknerud, piano
Recording date: 1951


27.   Melodies of the Heart, Op. 5: No. 3. I Love but Thee - 02:41


6 Songs, Op. 10 (Sung in English) (more info)
Composed by: Robert Franz
Richard Crooks, tenor
Nikolaus Lenau,
Frederick Schauwecker, piano


28.   No. 1. For Music (Fur Musik) - 01:44
29.   No. 2. Hark how still ( Stille Sicherheit) - 01:27


6 Songs, Op. 34 (Sung in English) (more info)
Composed by: Felix Mendelssohn
Richard Crooks, tenor
Clarence Dickinson, organ


30.   6 Songs, Op. 34: No. 2. On wings of song (Auf Flugeln des Gesanges) (Sung in English) - 03:17

Charity (more info)
Performed by: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Composed by: James MacDermid
Conducted by: Clemens Schmalstich
Richard Crooks, tenor
Emily Dickinson,


1.   Charity - 02:39


The Student Prince (more info)
Performed by: Sigmund Romberg Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Dorothy Donnelly Sigmund Romberg
Conducted by: Clemens Schmalstich
Maggie Teyte, soprano
Richard Crooks, tenor
Shirlee Emmons, soprano
Genevieve Rowe, soprano
Stuart Churchill, tenor
Eric Mattson, vocals
Lawrence Brooks, baritone
Warren Galjour, baritone


2.   The Student Prince: Serenade - 01:03


The Desert Song (more info)
Performed by: Victor Studio Orchestra Sigmund Romberg Orchestra Claudio Casanova Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Composed by: Nathaniel Shilkret Sigmund Romberg
Conducted by: Claudio Casanova Clemens Schmalstich
Richard Crooks, tenor
Genevieve Rowe, soprano
Lillian Cornell, mezzo-soprano
Stuart Churchill, tenor
Lawrence Brooks, baritone
William Diehl, baritone
Warren Galjour, baritone


3.   The Desert Song: One Flower Grows Alone in Your Garden - 01:59


Sacrament (A Love Song) (more info)
Performed by: Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Composed by: James MacDermid
Conducted by: Clemens Schmalstich
Richard Crooks, tenor


4.   Sacrament (A Love Song) - 02:24


Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Manfred Gurlitt Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Royal Swedish Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Opera Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra
Composed by: Richard Wagner Manfred Gurlitt
Conducted by: Edward Gardner Willem Mengelberg Herbert von Karajan Lawrance Collingwood Gaetano Merola Clemens Schmalstich Hans Knappertsbusch Karl Bohm Janos Ferencsik Gerd Albrecht Karl Muck Robert Heger Leif Segerstam Johannes Wildner Wilhelm Furtwangler Leo Blech Albert Coates Kurt Striegler Ivan Anguelov Simone Young
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Set Svanholm, tenor
Johan Botha, tenor
Karl Donch, baritone
Ben Davis, tenor
Gladys Parr, soprano
Hans Hermann Nissen, bass-baritone
Eugen Fuchs, baritone
Torsten Ralf, tenor
Margarete Teschemacher, soprano
Martin Kremer, tenor
Arno Schellenberg, baritone
Rudolf Dittrich, tenor
Hanns Lange, tenor
Hermann Greiner, bass
Serge Smirnoff, bass
Rudolf Schmalnauer, tenor
Ludwig Eybisch, bass
Robert Bussel, bass
Klaus Hermanns, bass
Paul Schoeffler, bass-baritone
Hugo Meyer-Welfing, tenor
Wilhelm Felden, bass
William Wergnick, tenor
Gunther Treptow, tenor
Sandor Solyom-Nagy, baritone
Richard Tauber, tenor
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Gota Ljungberg, soprano
Torsten Kerl, tenor
Regina Schorg, soprano
Richard Crooks, tenor
Hilde Gueden, soprano
Anton Dermota, tenor
Alfred Poell, baritone
Otto Edelmann, bass
Frederick Dalberg, bass
Erich Majkut, tenor
Hans Berg, bass
Erich Kunz, baritone
Heinrich Pflanzl, baritone
Josef Janko, tenor
Karl Mikorey, tenor
Gerhard Stolze, tenor
Heinz Tandler, bass
Heinz Borst, tenor
Arnold van Mill, bass
Hans Hopf, tenor
Gerhard Unger, tenor
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Ira Malaniuk, soprano
Werner Faulhaber, bass
Folke Alin, piano
Christina Hornell, choirmaster
Josef Herrmann, baritone
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Michaela Schuster, mezzo-soprano
Gerald Finley, baritone
Else Schurhoff, soprano
Helen Jung, mezzo-soprano
Friedrich Schorr, bass-baritone
Goran Eliasson, tenor
Harald Proglhof, baritone
Franz Bierbach, bass
Ljubomir Pantscheff, bass
Hermann Gallos, tenor
Leo Slezak, tenor
John Treleaven,
Sven Nilsson, bass
Recording date: 13th Nov, 1940


5.   Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act III: Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein, "Walther's Prize Song" - 04:02


Lohengrin (more info)
Performed by: WDR Symphony Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Seattle Symphony Orchestra Maastricht Limburg Symphony Orchestra Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra Victor Symphony Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Swedish Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Linz Bruckner Orchestra Cologne West German Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Sten Frykberg Richard Wagner William Lawrence Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Willem Mengelberg Gaetano Merola Clemens Schmalstich John McGlinn Karl Bohm Frieder Weissmann Ed Spanjaard Gerd Albrecht Erich Leinsdorf Karl Muck Eugene Ormandy Leif Segerstam Johannes Wildner Michael Gielen Joseph Keilberth Semyon Bychkov Gerard Schwarz Roberto Paternostro David Parry Ivan Anguelov Simone Young Bernhard Klee
Sandor Sved, baritone
Norman Cordon, bass
Mack Harrell, baritone
Emmy Bettendorf, soprano
Nellie Melba, soprano
Johan Botha, tenor
Pia Tassinari, mezzo-soprano
Eleanor Steber, soprano
Adrianne Pieczonka, soprano
Torsten Kerl, tenor
Richard Crooks, tenor
Kwangchul Youn, baritone
Charlotte Margiono, soprano
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Kerstin Thorborg, contralto
Christine Brewer, soprano
Astrid Varnay, soprano
Wolfgang Windgassen, tenor
Josef Janko, tenor
Gerhard Stolze, tenor
John Horton Murray, tenor
Margaret Jane Wray, soprano
Edwin McArthur,
Gwyneth Jones, soprano
Folke Alin, piano
Christina Hornell, choirmaster
Petra Lang,
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Eike Wilm Schulte, baritone
Josef Greindl, bass
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Hans Braun, baritone
Hermann Uhde, baritone
Alfons Herwig, baritone
Theo Adam, bass
Wilhelm Pitz, choirmaster
Leo Slezak, tenor
Falk Struckmann, baritone
John Treleaven,
Ruby Elzy, soprano
Recording date: 17 October 1937


6.   Lohengrin, Act III Scene 3: In fernem Land, unnahbar eu'ren Schritten - 04:35


Carmen (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Columbia Symphony Orchestra Laval Symphony Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra Sofia National Opera Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Swedish Radio Orchestra Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Orchestra Quebec Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra Russia Philharmonia Metropolitan Orchestra Oslo Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Lawrence Tibbett Enrico Caruso Georges Bizet
Conducted by: Lodovico Zocche Clemens Schmalstich Steven Mercurio Walter B. Rogers Umberto Berrettoni Simon Streatfeild Franco Ghione Jacques Lacombe Fausto Cleva Nils Grevillius Ondrej Lenard Alexander Rahbari Ivan Marinov Alain Lombard Gilbert Patenaude Anatoly Maltsev Igor Agafonnikov Richard Bradshaw Andre Cluytens Jean Morel Constantine Orbelian Mikko Franck Oivin Fjeldstad Oyvind Berg
Thierry Tregan, tenor
Manon Feubel, soprano
Franck Leguerinel, baritone
Wilfrid Pelletier, narrator
John McCormack, tenor
Rina Gigli, soprano
Graciela Alperyn, mezzo-soprano
Nora Sourouzian, mezzo-soprano
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Licia Albanese, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Richard Tauber, tenor
Leonard Warren, baritone
Maryse Castets, soprano
Christian Papis, narrator
Vincent Le Texier, baritone
Frances Alda, soprano
Richard Crooks, tenor
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Charles Kullman, tenor
Doina Palade, soprano
Solange Michel, contralto
Michel Dens, baritone
Martha Angelici, mezzo-soprano
Jennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone
Raoul Jobin, tenor
Lucy Isabelle Marsh,
Nicola Ghiuselev, bass
Martine Olmeda, mezzo-soprano
Lado Ataneli, baritone
Giorgio Lamberti, tenor
Danilo Rigosa, bass
Ann Liebeck, soprano
Dalia Schaechter, soprano
Marcello Giordani, tenor
Marina Domashenko, mezzo-soprano
Lyne Fortin, soprano
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Barseg Tumanyan, baritone
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Viktoria Smirnova, soprano
Gladys Swarthout, contralto
Alan Titus, baritone
Alain Trudel, sackbut
Beatrice Uria-Monzon, mezzo-soprano
Alexandrina Milcheva, mezzo-soprano
Verter Vrachovsky, tenor
Milen Paounov, tenor
Nikola Nikolov, tenor
Marnie Breckenridge, soprano
Anastasia Chikaeva, mezzo-soprano
Richard Margison, tenor
Liliana Vassileva, soprano
Stefka Popangelova, vocals
Tsvetanka Arshinkova, vocals
Pavel Gerdjikov, bass
Georgi Genov, baritone
Eva Gustavson, contralto
Dorothy Warenskjold, soprano


7.   Carmen, Act II: Flower Song: La fleur que tu mavais jetee - 03:37


Aida (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Opera Orchestra Victor Orchestra Vienna Symphony Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Stockholm Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Orchestra Sofia National Opera Orchestra Ireland National Symphony Orchestra Ljubljana Radio Symphony Orchestra Bruno Seidler-Winkler Orchestra Rome Opera Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Irish Army No. 1 Band Berlin State Opera Orchestra San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Studio orchestra Stuttgart State Orchestra Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra Europa Symphony Linz Bruckner Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Russia Philharmonia
Composed by: Enrico Caruso Giuseppe Verdi Colin Mawby
Conducted by: Jacek Kaspszyk Gaetano Merola Clemens Schmalstich Alberto Erede Giulio Setti Lorenzo Molajoli Rosario Bourdon Renato Cellini Herman Weigert Mario Bernardi Oliver Dohnanyi Hanspeter Gmur Nils Grevillius Michael Halasz Ondrej Lenard Pier Giorgio Morandi Ricco Saccani Tullio Serafin Ivan Marinov Karl Alwin Jukka-Pekka Saraste Jonel Perlea Lothar Zagrosek Bruno Seidler-Winkler Constantine Orbelian David Parry Ivan Anguelov Wolfgang Grohs Marko Munih Bernhard Klee
John McCormack, tenor
Sondra Radvanovsky, soprano
Louise Homer, contralto
Lina Bruna-Rasa, soprano
Carlo Galeffi, baritone
Beata Ulas, soprano
Agnieszka Wolna, alto
Maria Nemeth, soprano
Mario Carlin, tenor
Plinio Clabassi, bass
Peter Rose, bass
Giuseppe Conca, choirmaster
Gregory Yurisich, baritone
Dennis O'Neill, tenor
Bruna Rizzoli, soprano
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Frida Leider, soprano
Leonard Warren, baritone
Ebe Stignani, mezzo-soprano
Maria Caniglia, soprano
Italo Tajo, bass
Francesco Ellero d' Artegna, bass
Maria Dragoni, soprano
Richard Crooks, tenor
Peter Dvorsky, tenor
Karita Mattila, soprano
Fedora Barbieri, mezzo-soprano
Giovanni Martinelli, tenor
Barbara Dever, mezzo-soprano
Mark Rucker, baritone
Thomas Harper, tenor
Astrid Varnay, soprano
Zinka Milanov, soprano
Fernando Corena, baritone
Piero De Palma, tenor
Kristjan Johannson, tenor
Galina Gorchakova,
Marian Vach, choirmaster
Alfred Boe, tenor
Lucy Isabelle Marsh,
Elvira Galassi, soprano
Rosalind Plowright, mezzo-soprano
Nicola Zaccaria, bass
Franco Ricciardi,
Nicola Ghiuselev, bass
Richard Tucker, tenor
Giuseppe Modesti,
Riccardo Ferrari, bass
Antonio Marceno, tenor
Monica Trini, soprano
Susan Gritton, soprano
Mario Del Monaco, tenor
Aldo Protti, baritone
Dario Caselli, bass
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Maria Callas, soprano
Tito Gobbi, baritone
Elsie Baker,
Jane Eaglen, soprano
Boris Christoff, bass
Emil Schipper, baritone
Hui He, soprano
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Alastair Miles, bass
Renata Tebaldi, soprano
Alexandrina Milcheva, mezzo-soprano
Maria Dimchevska, soprano
Verter Vrachovsky, tenor
Yulia Wiener-Chinesheva, soprano
Nikola Nikolov, tenor
Nikolay Smochevsky, baritone
Stefan Tsiganchev, bass
Leo Slezak, tenor
Richard Margison, tenor
Johanna Gadski, soprano
Juan Perez, tenor
Recording date: 12th May, 1928 / 11th May, 1928


8.   Aida, Act I Scene 1: Se quel guerrier io fossi! … Celeste Aida - 04:04


L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love) (more info)
Performed by: Victor Orchestra Canadian Opera Company Orchestra Milan Symphony Orchestra Rosario Bourdon Orchestra Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden Marchigiana Philharmonic Orchestra Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra John Barbirolli Orchestra Parlophon Orchestra Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Studio orchestra Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Sten Frykberg Enrico Caruso Gaetano Donizetti
Conducted by: Josef A. Pasternack Stanford Robinson Argeo Quadri Clemens Schmalstich John Barbirolli Giuseppe Antonicelli Rosario Bourdon Selmar Meyrowitz Nils Grevillius Pier Giorgio Morandi Alexander Rahbari Richard Bradshaw Felix Gunther Niels Muus David Parry John Landor
Andreas Post, tenor
John McCormack, tenor
Rina Gigli, soprano
Giuseppe Valdengo, baritone
Salvatore Baccaloni, bass
Ferruccio Tagliavini, tenor
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Richard Crooks, tenor
Giacomo Aragall, tenor
Tito Schipa, tenor
Roberto Frontali, baritone
Alessandra Ruffini, soprano
Simone Alaimo, baritone
Mariangela Spotorno, baritone
Giuseppe de Luca, baritone
Studio pianist, piano
Joseph Schmidt, tenor
Valeria Esposito,
Aquiles Machado, tenor
Roberta Canzian,
Marjorie Heyward,
Mary Plazas, soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Andrew Shore, bass
Ashley Holland, baritone
Enrico Marrucci,
Erwin Schrott, baritone
Salvatore Cottone, piano
Vincenzo La Scola, tenor
Bidu Sayao, soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Barry Banks, baritone
Eduard Tumagian, baritone
Tatjana Dravenau, piano
Patrick Marques, tenor
Russell Braun, baritone
Recording date: Broadcast on 24 December, 1949


9.   L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love), Act II: Romance - Una furtiva lagrima - 03:26


Absent Yet Present (more info)
Composed by: Frank la Forge David Ashley White
Richard Crooks, tenor


10.   Absent Yet Present - 03:14


Love's Old Sweet Song (more info)
Performed by: RCA Victor Orchestra Nathaniel Shilkret Orchestra
Composed by: James Lyman Molloy Nathaniel Shilkret Clifton Bingham
Conducted by: Frank Black
Leonard Warren, baritone
Richard Crooks, tenor
Recording date: 26 September 1950


11.   Love's Old Sweet Song - 03:35


8 Gedichte aus Letzte Blatter, Op. 10, TrV 141 (more info)
Performed by: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Strauss Elinor Remick Warren
Conducted by: Eugene Ormandy Neeme Jarvi
Andreas Post, tenor
Paul Ulanowsky, piano
Richard Tauber, tenor
Richard Crooks, tenor
Felicity Lott, soprano
Studio pianist, piano
Aline Kutan, soprano
Lotte Lehmann, soprano
Hilko Dumno, piano
Hedwig Fassbender, mezzo-soprano
Helmut Deutsch,
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Louise-Andree Baril, piano
Rudolf Jansen, piano
Edith Wiens, soprano
Mitsuko Shirai, soprano
Hartmut Holl, piano
Tatjana Dravenau, piano
Ann-Katrin Naidu, mezzo-soprano
Robert Kulek, piano
Recording date: 22 and 25 June 1942


12.   8 Gedichte aus Letzte Blatter, Op. 10, TrV 141: No. 3. Die Nacht (The Night) - 03:11


4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170 (more info)
Composed by: Richard Strauss Elinor Remick Warren
Nathan Berg,
Richard Tauber, tenor
Richard Crooks, tenor
Studio pianist, piano
Julius Drake, piano
Helmut Deutsch,
Konrad Jarnot, baritone
Rosa Ponselle, soprano
Igor Chichagov, piano
Jale Papila, alto
Michael Balke, piano


13.   4 Lieder, Op. 27, TrV 170: No. 4. Morgen - 03:58


L'arlesiana (more info)
Performed by: Stockholm Concert Association Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Milan La Scala Orchestra Metropolitan Orchestra
Composed by: Francesco Cilea Elinor Remick Warren
Conducted by: Umberto Berrettoni Nils Grevillius Bruno Seidler-Winkler David Parry
Dennis O'Neill, tenor
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Richard Crooks, tenor
Yannick Nezet-Seguin,
Marc Hervieux, tenor
Jussi Bjorling, tenor
Recording date: 2 June 1936


14.   L'arlesiana, Act II: E la solita storia (Lamento di Federico) - 04:09


Comus (more info)
Composed by: Thomas Augustine Arne
Alison Mackay, double bass
Richard Crooks, tenor
Julianne Baird, soprano
Frederick Schauwecker, piano
Colin Tilney, harpsichord


15.   Comus: Preach me not your Musty Rules - 01:14


Liebes Madchen, hor mir zu, HXXVIa:D1 (attrib. to W.A. Mozart) (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Franz Joseph Haydn
Richard Crooks, tenor
Frederick Schauwecker, piano


16.   Liebes Madchen, hor mir zu, HXXVIa:D1 (attrib. to W.A. Mozart) - 01:14


Friederike (more info)
Performed by: Munich Radio Orchestra Hungarian Operetta Orchestra ORTF Lyric Orchestra Chandos Concert Orchestra Studio orchestra
Composed by: Fritz Lohner-Beda Franz Lehar
Conducted by: Barry Knight Ulf Schirmer Adolphe Sibert Laszlo Kovacs Heinz Fricke
Andreas Gotz, organ
Sylvia Schwartz, soprano
Simona Bruninghaus, soprano
Stefanie Ruckel, soprano
Atzuko Suzuki, soprano
Philipp Borner, vocals
Marian Kindermann, vocals
Robert Andrej Augustin, vocals
Georg Liener, violin
Valentin Radutiu, cello
Lina Dachary, soprano
Aime Doniat, baritone
Richard Crooks, tenor
Janos Berkes, tenor
Franz Volker, tenor
Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor
Marilyn Hill Smith, soprano
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Daniel Behle, tenor
Kristiane Kaiser, soprano
Frederick Schauwecker, piano
Barbara Fleckenstein, soprano
Leonardo Aramesco, tenor
Recording date: 1928


17.   Friederike, Act II: O madchen, mein madchen (O maiden, my maiden) - 03:16


O Perfect Love (Wedding Song) (more info)
Composed by: Henry Harry Thacker Burleigh
Richard Crooks, tenor
Clarence Dickinson, organ


18.   O Perfect Love (Wedding Song) - 04:18


For You with Love (more info)
Composed by: Elinor Remick Warren
Richard Crooks, tenor
Clarence Dickinson, organ
Marie Gibson, soprano


19.   For You with Love - 03:13


Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Daniel Taylor
Susie Napper, baroque cello
Richard Crooks, tenor
Regent Poirier, organ
Bruce Haynes,
Clarence Dickinson, organ


20.   Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Jesu, Joy of Man's desiring - 03:04


The Americans Come (more info)
Composed by: Fay Foster
Richard Crooks, tenor
Edward Woodstock, piano
Frederick Schauwecker, piano


21.   The Americans Come - 02:21
22.   The Americans Come - 02:07


Camptown Ladies (more info)
Composed by: Bing Crosby Stephen C. Foster
Richard Crooks, tenor


23.   De Camptown Races - 02:38


Beautiful Dreamer (more info)
Composed by: Bing Crosby Stephen C. Foster
Custer LaRue, soprano
Kim Robertson, harp
Richard Crooks, tenor
Chris Norman, flute
Matthew Spring, lute
Sara Stowe, soprano


24.   Beautiful Dreamer - 01:43

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