12PD23 Bizet - The Fair Maid of Perth
We have reissued a recording of a live studio performance of Bizet's charming Fair Maid of Perth conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham.
The strong cast reflects the best of British singers of the day. It includes:
Gwen Catley
Lorely Dyer
Richard Lewis
Trefor Jones
Norman Walker
Owen Brannigan
Two disc set 134 minutes.
12PD23 Fair Maid of Perth retails at £19.90 (only £12.99 if downloaded from iTunes).
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John Quinn writes for Classical Music on the Web: There is some surface noise from the acetates but overall the sound quality is good. The notes include a comment made by Philip Hope-Wallace when the broadcast was repeated in 1979 to mark the centenary of Beecham's birth. He wrote: "the beguiling melodies are exactly the sort of light music which Beecham could give a delicacy and vitality all its own. It is a lovely recording which does not sound its age of nearly 30 years ago." Twenty-two years further on those comments remain entirely apt. ...
...admirers of Bizet should snap up this issue while they can. The same applies to devotees of Beecham, the more so since this is a 'live' performance caught on the wing and a splendid example of his art in music to which he was so well suited.
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