Maggie Teyte in Concert (CD)

1948 Town Hall recital, with previously unpublished recordings, including excerpts from Strauss's Salome. Transfers and digital remastering by Ward Marston.
[1994, Mono, 70 minutes]

Town Hall Concert
Gretry: Rose chérie (from Zemire et Azore)
Arr. De Severac: Si l'on avait l'audace
Arr. Britten: Quand j'étais chez mon père
Faure: Three songs from Chanson d'Eve
Debussy: Five excerpts from Pelléas et Mélisande
Britten: Les Illuminations, Op. 18
Traditional: Bon jour, saison
Hahn: Si mes vers avaient des ailes
Traditional: Greensleeves

Maggie Teyte, soprano
John Ranck, piano
(Recorded January 15, 1948, Town Hall, New York City)

Private recordings (c.1935)
R. Strauss: Four excerpts from Salome
R. Strauss: Wiegenlied
(with George Reeves, piano; Original discs courtesy Lawrence F. Holdridge)

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