Sony Eileen Farrell - The Complete Columbia Album Collection

The New Yorker hailed her as “the best dramatic soprano before the public”, while the San Francisco Chronicle enthused, “She is to singers what Niagara is to waterfalls.” “If the fate of nations were to depend on a voice-contest, America would probably choose Eileen Farrell as its champion, and our national security would be *,” wrote a leading US critic in Gramophone in 1958. “For ‘America’s great dramatic soprano’ has not only a voice of prodigious range but of a warmth which reflects its owner’s personality.” To mark the 100th anniversary of Eileen Farrell (1920–2002), Sony Classical presents this new 16-CD collection of this beloved artist’s entire American Columbia recordings from 1946 to 1963, displaying her uniquely wide repertoire, ranging from Brünnhilde to Broadway, from Cherubini’s Medea to Berg’s Marie, from Debussy songs to Danny Boy, from Gluck to Gershwin, with 6 LPs appearing for the first time on CD on Sony Classical. Set contents:DISC 1/2: SL 118 – Berg: Wozzeck op. 7DISC 3: MS 6032 - Eileen Farrell as MedeaDISC 4: MS 6086 - Arias in the Great Tradition DISC 5: MS 6150 - Puccini AriasDISC 6: CS 8256 - I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues!DISC 7: MS 6151 - An Eileen Farrell Song RecitalDISC 8: MS 6165 - Carols for ChristmasDISC 9: MS 6254 - Verdi AriasDISC 10: CS 8453 - Here I Go AgainDISC 11: M2S 619 - Beethoven: Missa solemnis op. 123DISC 12: MS 6296 - Great Duets from Verdi OperasDISC 13: CS 8539 - This Fling Called LoveDISC 14: MS 6353 - Eileen Farrell sings WagnerDISC 15: CS 8720 - Together With LoveDISC 16: MS 6524- Eileen Farrell Sings French and Italian Songs