Florence Foster Jenkins - The Glory (????) Of The Human Voice on CD

Description

The (in)famous Florence Foster Jenkins, a wealthy New York socialite, fancied herself a coloratura soprano. In making five 78s between 1941-44, she blithely thrust aside rehearsals, the niceties of volume and pitch and considerations of acoustics. Time wrote of “Mrs. Jenkins’ night queenly swoops and hoots, her wild wallowings in descending trill, her repeated staccato notes like a cuckoo in its cups.” RCA reissued them on LP in 1959, and Sony Classical ORIGINALS makes them available again on CD, and in a new transfer.

TRACKS

Der Hölle Rache (The Queen Of The Night's Aria) (3:38)
The Musical Snuff-Box (2:25)
Like A Bird (1:19)
Où Va La Jeune Hindoue? (Bell Song) (4:39)
Serenata Mexicana (2:10)
Charmant Oiseau (6:02)
Biassy (3:34)
Adele's Laughing Song (3:49)
Ere I Leave My Native Land (Valentine's Aria) (3:16)
O Heavenly Jewels (Jewel Song) (6:01)
Emotions Strange (Faust's Cavatina) (4:45)
My Heart Is Overcome With Terror (Final Trio) (10:40)
Interview With Cosme McMoon (15:55)