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Lawrence Tibbett, Georges Bizet, Ruggero Leoncavallo
The Stanford Archive Series: Lawrence Tibbett
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Soundtracks, Classical

Track Listings (19) - Disc #1
1. Carmen: Votre toast
2. Pagliacci: Si puo? Si puo? Un nido de memori (Prologo)
3. Pagliacc: Vesti la giubba
4. Il Barbieri Di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
5. On The Road To Mandalay
6. De Glory Road
7. Hallelujah Rhythm
8. Shake Your Brown Feet, Honey
9. Travelin' To De Grave
10. The Packet Boat: The Roustabout
11. Show Boat: Ol' Man River
12. A Kingdom By The Sea
13. Merry Mount: 'Tis An Earth Defiled
14. Theodora: Defend Her! Heaven
15. A Star Was His Candle
16. The Crucifix
17. Edward, Op. 1, No. 1
18. The Star Spangled Banner
19. De Glory Road: De Glory Road (Alternate Endings)
Track Listings (16) - Disc #2
1. Suomen laulu
2. Rigoletto: Act 1: Pari siamo
3. Rigoletto: Act 2: Povero Rigoletto!... La ra, la ra... Cortigiani, vil razza dannata... Miei signori...
4. Otello: Act 1: Inaffia l'ugola (Brindisi)
5. Otello: Act 2: Vanne; la tua meta gia vedo... Credo in un Dio crudel
6. Otello: Act 3: Era la notte (Sogno de Cassio)
7. Tannhauser: Act 1: Als du im kuhnem Sange
8. Tannhauser: Act 3: WieTodesahnung Damm'rung... O du mein holder Abendstern
9. La Traviata: Act 2: Mio figlio! Oh quanto soffri!... Di provenza il mar
10. Il Trovatore: Il balen del suo sorriso
11. TOSCA: Gia! Mi dicon venal
12. Faust: Act 2: Buvons! Trinquons! Et qu'un joyeux refrain... Un rat plus poltron que brave... Le veau d'or
13. Faust: Act 2: Merci de ta chanson! ... Dans les airs se brise!
14. Songs From the Film 'Under Your Spell': Amigo - My Friend
15. Songs From the Film 'Under Your Spell': My Little Mule Wagon
16. Songs From the Film 'Under Your Spell': Under Your Spell

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All Artists: Lawrence Tibbett, Georges Bizet, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Gioachino Rossini, Oley Speaks, Jacques Leon Wolfe, John [Classical] Alden Carpenter, Anonymous, Bradley, Jerome Kern, Arthur Somervell, Howard Hanson, George Frederick Handel, Teresa Clotilde del Riego, Research Composer, Carl Loewe, John [04] Stafford Smith, Fredrik Pacius, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard [Classical] Wagner
Title: The Stanford Archive Series: Lawrence Tibbett
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Delos Records
Release Date: 5/20/1997
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Soundtracks, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 013491550022

Synopsis

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He was handsome, hot, had a rich, distinctive voice and was a vulgar SOB, but you had to love baritone Lawrence Tibbett's audacity in falsifying a composer's intentions while he made the music as exciting and flashy as possible. This two-disc collection take from the Stanford University Archives covers his famous roles in Carmen and Barber of Seville, plus his forays into pop tunes and even his rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner." It's an interesting time capsule since Tibbett touch on so many media--even movies. But even though most of these recordings predate his vocal decline in the 1940s, it's mostly for fans only. --David Patrick Stearns

CD Reviews

Lawrence Tibbett: An artist for all generations.

Dolores Weinzimmer | Glencoe Illinois | 10/19/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Lawrence Tibbett left a priceless legacy, not only to all baritones who would come after him, but to all singers: It's alright to color outside the lines; it's OK to interpret a role from your own emotions; dare to be different! This is what keeps opera vibrant and viable! From the swaggering Toreador to the chilling Iago to the tender "Under Your Spell" to the glorious "Glory Road," Tibbett proves his point. David Stearns,in his mean-spirited blog says, "for Tibbett fans only." Right! You will be! Just listen to this album!"

The Stanford Archive Series: Lawrence Tibbett

Walter Blocher | Crompond, NY USA | 02/11/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Buy it and learn what it was to sing when singing was a national pastime, not a yelling contest."

Interesting and enjoyable alternatives to the studio recordi

Rob Pollock | 03/01/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"These CDs of Lawrence Tibbett contain two examples of arias from the tenor and bass repertoires, showing the singer's voice range. Such was his physical and vocal strength during the 1930s that Mr Tibbett was able to produce pleasant enough sounds beyond the middle, chest voice. It is quite possible that such pushing of the voice may have hastened the vocal decline which unfortunately affected his career during his late forties and into his fifties, at the part of a baritone's life when the voice, properly conserved, might reasonably be expected to have a decade at least of good singing remaining to the singer.

This is an interesting selection of arias and songs which should please the singer's many fans and possibly prove attractive to new admirers.

The transfers and remastering of the recordings seem to have been well done, although there is some occasional dullness in the sound quality suggesting that much treble cutting may have been used to reduce hiss on the original recording media.

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