JOAN SUTHERLAND: RARE BROADCASTS

Joan Sutherland Collector’s Album: Rare Broadcasts

Joan Sutherland
various orchestras &
Richard Bonynge

“includes the most perfect trill (the Bononcini) we have ever heard” (alto) ‘After so many spinto Annas who sound like refugees from Brünnhilde’s riding club, it was a revelation to hear a fresh, young lyric voice of uncommon purity at the command of an impeccable musician…She did not stun with bravura; she captivated with humanity’ (Opera Magazine on Sutherland’s Donna Anna 1957/8)

1. Ecco l’infido…Di, cor mio, quanto t’amai (Alcina:Handel) 7:25
with Norma Procter, Thomas Hemsley / Capella Coloniensis
/ Ferdinand Leitner. 1959
2. Tiranna gelosia…Tornami a vagheggiar (Alcina:Handel) 5:00
with Capella Coloniensis / Ferdinand Leitner. 1959
3. Ah! Ruggiero crudel…ombre pallide, lo so m’udite (Alcina:Handel) 7:00
with Capella Coloniensis / Ferdinand Leitner. 1959
4. Se ti perdo (Haydn) with Dennis Brain (Horn)/Goldsborough Orchestra 10:55
conducted by Charles Mackerras. 1956
5. Exsultate, jubilate (Mozart) 14:31
with the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra / Alberto Erede.1959
6. Madre, deh placati..Ah! di contento (Emilia di Liverpool:Donizetti) 5:00
with April Cantelo, with Liverpool Music Singers Group
/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / John Pritchard.1957
7. Confusa e alma…non intende il mio contento 6:41
(Emilia di Liverpool:Donizetti) with Liverpool Music Singers Group
/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / John Pritchard.1957
8. La fiorala Fiorentina (Rossini) with Richard Bonynge (Piano).1957 3:36
9. Canzonetta:La promessa (Soirées musicales:Rossini) 3:17
10. Arietta: L’orgia (Soirées musicales:Rossini) /Ernest Lush (Piano).1958 3:23
11. Tirolese: La pastorella dell’Alpi (Soirées musicales:Rossini) 2:09
12. Barcorola: La gita in gondola (Soirées musicales:Rossini) 2:54
13. Per la gloria d’adoravi (Griselda:Bononcini) 4:47
14. Cherry Ripe (Horn) with Richard Bonynge (Harpsichord). 1961 1:53
(Tracks 9, 11-13 with Richard Bonynge (Piano). 1960 (T.13= 1961):