Great Australian Voices - Robert Allman [3CD]

Robert Allman had an amazingly long career and was adored by the public. Sadly, his voice went unrecorded by major studios. Brian Castles-Onion and Desiree Records have assembled for the first time rare and unusual tracks spanning his entire career. The 3CD set comes in a stunning CD hardcover book format with a 24 page booklet honouring and exploring the career of a Great Australian Voice.

"Robert Allman was the possessor of a most beautiful, powerful and natural voice with a true Italianate ring. He was a true Verdi baritone and his heroic voice was heard in Macbeth and Otello and much Puccini and Wagner. He was arguably the best baritone voice to come out of Australia in the last century."
Richard Bonynge AC CBE

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Tracklisting:

CD 1:
1. Nemico della patria - Andrea Chenier (Giordano)
2. Cortigiani vil razza dannata - Rigoletto (Verdi)
3. Vanne; la tua meta già vedo - Otello (Verdi)
4. Des Weihgefässes göttlicher Gehalt - Parsifal (Wagner)
5. Non più andrai - Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
6. Perfidi!...Pietà, rispetto, amore - Macbeth (Verdi)
7. Chi è mai, chi è qui in sua vece? - Rigoletto (Verdi)
8. Tace la notte! - Il Trovatore (Verdi)
9. Cielo! mio padre! - Aida (Verdi)
10. Dinne... alcun là non vedesti? - Simon Boccanegra (Verdi)
11. Plebe! Patrizi! Popolo! - Simon Boccanegra (Verdi)
12. Nulla! Silenzio! - Il Tabarro (Puccini)
13. Un tal baccano in chiesa! Bel rispetto! - Tosca (Puccini)
14. Tell me, Ladies and Gentlemen - Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)

CD 2:
1. Pura siccome un angelo - La Traviata (Verdi)
2. Era la notte….Si, pel ciel marmoreo giuro! - Otello (Verdi)
3. Perchè fuggisti al canto - Ti scosta, o malnato - I Masnadieri (Verdi)
4. La ra, la ra…..Cortigiani - Rigoletto (Verdi)
5. Sei là? credea che te ne fossi andato! - Pagliacci (Leoncavallo)
6. Wo ist er, dessen Sündenbecher jetzt voll ist? - Salome (R. Strauss)
7. Niemals, Tochter Babylons - Salome (R. Strauss)
8. Was willst du, fremder Mensch? - Elektra (R. Strauss)
9. All Troy exhaults in her triumph and joy - The Trojans (Berlioz)

CD 3:
1. Madamina - Don Giovanni (Mozart) / The Blind Ploughman (Radclyffe-Hall)
2. Honour and Arms - Samson (Handel) /  Yeoman of England (German)
3. Credo - Otello (Verdi)
4. Never! Daughter of Babylon! - Salome (R. Strauss)
5. Dank, König, dir, daß du zu richten kamst! - Lohengrin (Wagner)
6. Gutrune, Holde Schwester - Götterdämmerung (Wagner)
7. Blick ich umher - Tannhäuser (Wagner)
8. Die frist ist um - Der fliegende Holländer (Wagner)
9. A word allow me! - Robert Allman Farewell Gala
10. The aria - Robert Allman Farewell Gala
11. Ah think then, sweet people - Robert Allman Farewell Gala
12. The Floral Dance (Moss)Y3. The Lost Chord (Sullivan)

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