Great Australian Voices - Joan Sutherland - Australia House Recital 1959 [CD]

An even rarer recording of Joan Sutherland than the previous release on Désirée Records... Her Australia House Recital 1959 - a few months after her spectacular debut as Lucia di Lammermoor.  This recording was made on the evening by someone in the audience and has never been heard since! This exciting new release comes direct from the only existing tape.

Joan Sutherland, soprano; Richard Bonynge, pianoforte

Recorded live in Australia House, London on 18th June 1959.

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Tracklisting:

1. Return Beloved - RODELINDA (Handel) - 4.49

2. Tornami a vagheggiar - ALCINA (Handel) - 4.44

3. Quand le bien-aimé reviendra - NINA (Dalayrac) - 4.13

4. Nel cor più non mi sento - LA MOLINARA (Paisiello) - 4.11

5. When Daisies Pied (Arne) - 2.44

6. The Traveler Benighted - LOVE IN A VILLAGE (Arne) - 1.59

7. When William at Eve - ROSINA (Sheild) - 2.46

8. Ernani involami - ERNANI (Verdi) - 6.20

9. Songs My Mother Taught Me (Dvorák) - 2.41

10. Solvejg's Song (Grieg) - 4.22

11. Spring's Return (Rachmaninov) - 2.04

12. The Last Rose of Summer (Traditional) - 3.53

13. Mattinata (Leoncavallo) - 2.13

14. Parla (Arditi) - 4.20

15. Rendetemi la speme ... Qui la voce ... Vien diletto - I PURITANI (Bellini) - 8.17

16. Vilja - THE MERRY WIDOW (Lehard) - 4.05

17. Light as a Thistledown - ROWENA (Shield) - 1.58