Nimbus
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Great Singers at the Berlin State Opera
Margherita Perras, Erna Berger, Henriette Gottlieb, Marcel Wittrisch, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Gino Sinimberghi, Franz Völker, Friedrich Schorr, Tiana Lemnitz, Lauritz Melchior, Frida Leider, Elfriede Marherr, Max Lorenz, Heinrich Schlusnus, Helge Roswaenge, Gerhard Hüsch, Maria Cebotari, Lotte...
Listening to this well-filled disc was like a walk on which one meets a medley of old friends, each one much loved but encountered all too seldom in recent years given the number of new acquaintances... —
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Amelita Galli-Curci Vol.2
with Beniamino Gigli, Louise Homer, Ezio Pinza, Giuseppe de Luca, Angelo Bada, Tito Schipa
Amelita Galli-Curci
Nimbus are what is hedgingly called 'controversial'. That is, for every youngster who suddenly sits up and says "I never knew these old records could sound like that", there is an expert who... —
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Emma Eames & Pol Plancon
with Emilio de Gogorza, Marcella Sembrich, Louise Homer
Emma Eames & Pol Plancon
Here, in the first place, is a marvellous sense of period. Perhaps because of the concentration on two representative figures, it is possible to feel even closer to 'The Era of Patt' than in... —
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Legendary Baritones
Lucien Fugère, Victor Maurel, Antonio Magini-Coletti, Elsa Petri, Mattia Battistini, Mario Ancona, Maurice Renaud, Eugenio Giraldoni, Riccardo Stracciari, Giuseppe de Luca, Titta Ruffo, Pasquale Amato, Joseph Schwarz, Heinrich Schlusnus, Renato Zanelli, Carlo Galeffi, John Charles Thomas, Lawrence...
Prizes for all here ... a prize-giving here would have something for (almost) everybody, including those responsible for the transfers and booklet, for the choice of singers and their matching... —
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Giovanni Martinelli Vol.2
with Marcel Journet, Giuseppe de Luca, José Mardones, Frances Alda
Giovanni Martinelli
The Prima Voce series offers a splendid volume of Martinelli recordings —
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Mattia Battistini
with Emilia Corsi, Luigi Colazza, Aristodemo Sillich, Maria Mokrzycka
Mattia Battistini
Nimbus produce a different sound: by a fascinating paradox it makes one aware of the experience as valuably special, peculiar to old recordings, yet also helps one to hear the singer in perspective.... —
