Bidú Sayão, Lyric Soprano
Vol. 2
The Supreme Lyric Soprano in Extremely Rare Live Radio Performances.
Donald Voorhees conducts the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra during radio broadcasts from New York City (Tracks: 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18 & 19) / Frank St. Leger conducts the Lyric Opera Orchestra during a radio broadcast from Cleveland (Track 4 & 5) / Paul Whitman conducts the Philco Symphony Orchestra during a radio broadcast from Philadelphia (Track 6) / Fritz Reiner conducts the Concert Hall Orchestra during a radio broadcast from San Francisco (Track 7) / Howard Barlow conducts the Firestone Hour Orchestra during radio broadcasts from New York City (Tracks: 3, 13, 17 & 20)
1. PERGOLESI: Tré giorni son che Nina (18 February, 1946)
2. TRAETTA: Tantin, tantino-Ma che vi costa, signor tutore
(8 May, 1950)
3. ARDITI: Il bacio (1948)
4. ROSSINI: Una voce poco fa from the opera Il Barbiere di Siviglia
(10 April, 1943)
5. ROSSINI: Bel Raggio Lusinghier from the opera Semiramide
(10 April, 1944)
6. VERDI: Ah, fors' é lui...Sempre libera from the opera La Traviata
(30 September, 1946)
7. BIZET: Micaëla’s aria: Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante from the opera Carmen (6 December, 1948)
8. MASSENET: Voyons, Manon, plus de chimères from the opera Manon (19 June, 1944)
9. PONCE: Estrellita (8 May, 1950)
10. CRIST: C'est mon ami (8 September, 1947)
11. MARTINI: Plaisir d’amour (11 September, 1950)
12. FAURÉ: Clair de lune (1 October, 1945)
13. GRIEG: The Last Springtide (1946)
14. DVOŘÁK: Songs My Mother Taught Me (20 July, 1942)
15. TRADITIONAL: Roving in the Dew (14 September, 1953)
16. SCOTT: Think on Me (30 September, 1946)
17. YOUNG: The Teakettle Song (1946)
18. NILES: Go Away from My Window (11 September, 1950)
19. WATTS: The Poet Sings (1946)
20. COWARD: I’ll Follow My Secret Heart (1947)
Total playing time: 71:27
The CDs offered here are from the original manufacturer, they are guaranteed to be new and perfect. In an extremely rare event of a defect they will be replaced for free.