Mengelberg Ed. III: Arias (Mozart, Schubert, Puccini + Interviews) - Archive Documents ADCD 109

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- Puccini: 'Un bel di vedremo' from Madame Butterly

(Grace Moore, soprano – rec. 'live' at the Concertgebouw on 23 June 1936)

- Schubert: 'Der Vollmond Strahlt' (Romanze from Rosamunde)

- Schubert: 'Claudine von Villa Bella' D. 239

(both with Betty von den Bosch, soprano – rec. 'live' at the Concertgebouw on 19 December 1940)

- Mozart: 'Resta o cara...Bella mia Fiamma' K. 528

- Mozart: Exultate Jubilate K. 165

(both with Ria Ginster, soprano – rec. 'live' at the Concertgebouw on 5 March 1942)

- Weber: "Ozean du ungeheuer' from Oberon

(Ruth Horna, soprano – rec. 'live' at the Concertgebouw on 18 March 1943)

- Bach: St. Matthew Passion BWV 244

(Karl Erb, tenor; Willem Ravelli, bass; Jo Vincent, soprano; Ilona Durigo, alto; Hermann Schey, bass-baritone, and the Toonkunst Chor – rec. 'live' at the Concertgebouw on 5 April 1936)

- Interview w/ Mengelberg on the occasion of his 40th Anniv. w/ the Concertgebouw – 9 May 1935

- Interview w/ Mengelberg on the occasion of his 50th Anniv. w/ the Concertgebouw – 7 May 1938

All musical selections with Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra