For music lovers Russia has always had a special reputation for rich, coal-toned
basses - witness the bass parts in the Rachmaninov Vespers and, of
course, Chaliapin. New Zealand's Oscar Natzke was remarkable for his
enunciation, the firm quality of his voice and his physical bearing (see
http://www.archives.govt.nz/holdings/gaims/aaqt/6403/8458.html). He also
injected colour and emotion into the music - witness the glint in his eye
in La Calunnia (Rossini I, 1, 11).
Natzka was born Natzke but changed this in 1947 to try to avoid
mispronunciation. He made his operatic debut at Covent Garden in 1938 and
secured international renown and recording contracts especially through
Parlophone. His voice is steady, dark, open to variations in volume and
stentorian. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Canadian Navy
and rose to the rank of Commander. He died very young at the age of 39 of
a cerebral haemorrhage after collapsing a fortnight earlier during a performance
of Meistersinger in New York.
These discs are in two volumes with each volume comprising two discs housed
in a natty single width case. Production and presentation values are very
high indeed with every aspect proclaiming quality. The booklets are liberally
decked out with photos and full discographical details. Notes are by Peter
Downes. The only omission: the texts of the songs etc but no doubt issues
of space and multitudinous copyright dictated this choice. This is a joint
production of the prestige between Atoll and the National Library of New
Zealand or more properly Te Puna Mãtauranga o Aotearoa.
As far as can be managed the tracks are in the order of recording. They are
lovingly transcribed and 'NoNoised' by Atoll proprietor, Wayne Laird.
In this collection balladry jostles with grand opera and art songs (Schumann's
Two Grenadiers is sung in English as are all the selections). Natzka
was contracted to Parlophone to sing what they put under his nose so there
was bound to be the usual ration of tawdry marketplace ditties, sanctimonious
religiosity, drinking songs and the sentimental traffic of the piano stool
and 'at home'.
Tracks 13 to 16 of Vol I, CD1 take us into the stirring world of jingoism
with an orchestra conducted by Alexander Goehr's distinguished father, the
conductor, Walter Goehr. All but the last track are with an additional male
voice quartet. In October 1939, when the sessions took place, songs like
There'll always be an England had a charge still to be felt even today.
The Four Jolly Sailormen one could easily imagine being presented
by the Two Ronnies (sorry, this will mean little to readers outside
the UK) such is its now clunky message and delivery. In much the same bracket
comes Murray's For England but with a little more restraint. There
are two versions but the best sounding is Vol I, CD2, 17.
The Ballads include a rather constipated setting of Myself when young
by Liza Lehman - so much better handled by Granville Bantock in his three
hour Omar Khayyam. Mention of Bantock reminds me of his populist setting
of Capt Harry Morgan on CD2 of Vol. 2. Captain Stratton's Fancy
set by Warlock mentions Morgan and is given here with an orchestra conducted
by Walter Goehr. Both works bid in the direction of Stanford's Songs of
the Sea.
Sea Songs and Shanties thread their way through all four discs but are
particularly strong in Volume 2. The first CD sets down extracts from the
show Meet the Navy in the form of some truly affecting arrangements
and performances of classics such as Shenandoah and Rio Grande
(pronounced here as Rye-O-Grand). These are to be preferred to the populist
private Toronto recordings with the close harmony group The Commodores.
The Village Blacksmith with its delightfully ringing anvil is redolent
of its guileless period. Moss's Floral Dance is here too along with
Rasbach's Trees - a good song played straight by Natzka. So too is
Invictus (Vol. I, CD2, 11) with its defiant 'Bloody but unbowed message'.
Natzka is warm of voice and well recorded in The Foggy Dew.
On the first volume we are treated to two versions of Tchaikovsky's sepulchral
Pilgrim's Song. Hubert Greenslade is the piano accompanist for the
first six tracks of CD1 vol. 1. Henry Geehl, house composer and arranger
for Booseys, conducts an unnamed orchestra for the Weiss, Elliott, Mozart,
Handel and Rossini tracks. Grand opera reappears in Vol. 2 with Ella giammai
m'amo from Don Carlo recorded in Brooklyn Technical High School.
The Messiah extracts (all 16 minutes of them) are from a private recording
of a concert at Ann Arbor University. Natzka's stentorian tones are on display
but also in For Behold, his ability to sing quietly.
CD2 Vol. 1 has three Mozart arias of which Madamina flies along
deliciously under the baton of Warwick Braithwaite whose son Nicholas (a
Lyrita fixture at one time) is now active in New Zealand. The Il Seraglio
aria is less effectve.
Sullivan's Lost Chord is extremely well done though its half mournful
half devotional sentiments speak of another age as too does Adams' The
Holy City sung here with an attentive air and with a skill which is a
revelation if you have been treated to this piece by spavine broken-down
basses from the church choir. It is not wonderful music but Natzka does it
proud. Not far removed are the two Ketèlbey ballads In a Monastery
Garden and Sanctuary of the Heart each oozing a drowsy sentimentality.
Broadway and 'cross-over' reached out towards Natzka as Ol' Man River
(Vol. I, CD2, 3) and This Nearly Was Mine from South Pacific
will demonstrate even if ultimately he was 'scratched' as a replacement
for Ezio Pinza in South Pacific. Natzka is dignified though perhaps
a little lacking in passion in the Rodgers' song. If by T Evans is
very much of the same ilk.
Speciality numbers such as Song of the Volga Boatmen, a signature
piece for Chaliapin, shows Natzka's wonderful stable voice to best effect
and the pp balalaika effects are well put across. In the same genre
there is the creepy Mussorgsky Song of the Flea (twice) without quite
the OTT cackles of Chaliapin.
In Vol. 2 CD1 there are two extracts which will leave any British music
enthusiast aching to hear the complete recordings. In 1942 Natzka was in
Canada participating in CBC broadcasts of British opera. On 15 February 1942
Edwin Macarthur directed a Montreal performance of Rutland Boughton's
Immortal Hour. On 1 March 1942 Natzka was in the studio with Arthur
Benjamin for his opera The Devil Take Her. The sound quality is superb.
Does CBC have the complete recordings available? I do hope that Symposium
or Dutton might be listening. The Benjamin opera is lighter in tone than
the Boughton. Natzka's British music credentials can be traced back to his
debut role as De Fulke in the 1930s premiere of George Lloyd's The Serf
(see rather fine photo of him in costume as Sir Fulke in volume 1).
Seeing the tracklist for CD2 of Vol. II I was reminded of that vaguely humorous
letter to Gramophone back in the 1960s. Record shop assistants were recounting
their experiences of enthusiasts trying to find music they had overheard.
One came in to the shop and asked for Kodaly's Buttocks Pressing Song!
It was in fact Malashkin's song Could I but express in song. It is
irredeemably dull music as indeed are many of the mournful ballads in this
collection. Natzka was a very fine artist but even his artistry could not
lift this brummagem 'jewellery'.
The original recorded material is generally in good fettle and the only real
damage was a moment of distortion in Massenet's Song of Mourning and
a rhythmic hushing and scouring noise in Shenandoah (Vol II CD2 track
10) but as there are three different versions of Natzka singing that swelling
sea-green shanty we have not lost out unduly. The same damage afflicts
Drunken sailor at track 11.
The final track Now is the Hour is better known to New Zealanders
as the Maori Farewell. While disrupting the chronological order (it
was recorded in New York in 1948) it makes a suitable adieu.
This is not the complete Natzka nor do Atoll claim that. You can hear him
singing other British music in Dutton's historical Bantock collection (CDLX
7043): King's Monologue (from Act III Song of Songs) Oscar
Natzke (bass-bar/Hubert Greenslades (piano) rec 1937.
This thorough and splendidly finished set will appeal to aficionados of singing
and those who would like to recall or discover a distinctively deep voice.
One of the few truly great basses outside the old USSR.
Rob Barnett
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Auckland, 1005
New Zealand
WAYNE LAIRD of ATOLL adds:-
We also now know that there is a complete "Gurrelieder" with Natzka in the
Schoenberg Archives in Vienna, and possibly another complete opera in UK.
Of course we are pursuing these. So look out for an update release in the
future.
For your information we are now represented in UK by:-
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TRACK OVERVIEW
http://www.atollcd.com/catalogue/acd400_500.html
Volume 1
CD One
1 Pilgrim's
Song (Tchaikovsky) 3.52
2 Recit. SI, Guerrieri
Aria Fu Dio Che Disse from L'Ebreo (Apolloni)
4.03
3 Asleep in the
Deep (Petrie) 4.07
4 Friend O'
Mine (Sanderson) 3.10
5 Myself When
Young (Lehmann) 2.46
6 Pilgrim's
Song (Tchaikovsky) 4.05
7 The Village
Blacksmith (Weiss) 4.02
8 The Song of Hybrias
the Cretan (Elliott) 3.33
9 O Isis and Osiris
from The Magic Flute (Mozart) 3.24
10 Honour and
Arms from Samson (Handel) 4.18
11 La Calunnia
from The Barber of Seville (Rossini) 3.16
12 Hear Me Ye Winds and
Waves from Scipio (Handel) 3.45
13 Land of Hope and
Glory (Elgar) 3.25
14 There'll Always be
an England (Charles) 3.13
15 Four Jolly
Sailormen (German) 2.05
16 The Yeomen of
England (German) 2.21
Total Duration
57.13
CD Two
1 The Holy
City (Adams) 4.00
2 The Lost
Chord (Sullivan) 3.59
3 Ol' Man River
from Show Boat (Kern) 4.43
4 Sanctuary of the Heart
(Ket?lbey) 4.17
5 In a Monastery
Garden (Ket?lbey) 3.47
6 Song of the Volga Boatmen
(Chaliapin-Koenman) 3.59
7 Within these Sacred
Bowers from The Magic Flute (Mozart)
3.30
8
Madamina, Il Catalogo Ž Questo from
Don Giovanni (Mozart) 5.03
9 When a Maiden Takes
Your Fancy from Il Seraglio (Mozart)
2.36
10 Song of the
Flea (Mussorgsky) 3.1
11
Invictus (Hahn)
1.56
12 Wandering the King's
Highway (L Coward) 2.57
13
Drinking (in Cellar Cool) (Trad.)
3.03
14 Wimmen Oh Wimmen
(H L Phillips) 2.03
15 The Two
Grenadiers (Schumann) 3.10
16 Captain Stratton's
Fancy (Warlock) 1.44
17 For England
(Murray) 2.44
18 The Floral
Dance (Moss) 3.04
19 Trees
(Rasbach) 2.27
20 When a Maiden Takes
Your Fancy from Il Seraglio (Mozart)
2.36
21 For England
(Excerpt) (Murray) 1.32
Total Duration
68.44
VOLUME 2
CD One
Acis and Galatea (Handel)
1 Recit. I Rage, I Melt,
I Burn
Aria O Ruddier than the Cherry
4.35
2 Recit. Whither Fairest
Art Thou Running?
Aria Cease to Beauty to be Suing
6.03
3 Dalua's Aria
from The Immortal Hour (Boughton) 4.38
4 The Doctor's
Scene from The Devil Take Her (Benjamin)
6.42
Meet the Navy songs featured in the stage
production
5 Shenandoah
(Trad.) 3.13
6 Blow the Man
Down/Hullabaloo Balay (Trad.) 2.56
7 The Drunken Sailor/Rio
Grande/Billy Boy (Trad.) 2.59
8 Out Where the Big Ships
Go (Hewitt) 3.14
Meet the Navy excerpts from the soundtrack of the British
National film
9 A Song of Canada
(Semon) 1.30
10 Blow the Man
Down (Trad.) 1.21
11 Brothers in
Arms (Quinn) 3
12 Oh
Remembrance from La Sonnambula (Bellini)
3.52
13 Memories of
Russia (Trad.) (in Russian) 2.44
14 O Isis and
Osiris from The Magic Flute (Mozart)
3.12
15 Within these Temple
Walls from The Magic Flute (Mozart)
4.23
16 Drinking Song from
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Nicolai)
3.23
Total Duration
58.58
CD Two
1 Oh Could I but Express
in Song (Malashkin) 2.37
2 I Love You Dear
(Beethoven) 2.36
3 Élégie:
Song of Mourning (Massenet) 2.48
4 Creation's
Hymn (Beethoven) 2.33
5 Captain Harry
Morgan (Bantock) 2.43
Shanty Songs of the Shanty Men
6 The Drunken Sailor
(Trad.) 2.40
7 Rio Grande
(Trad.) 1.56
8
Shenandoah (Trad.)
3.02
9 A'rovin'
(Trad.) 2.53
10
Shenandoah (Trad.)
1.54
11 The Drunken
Sailor (Trad.) 1.02
12 Ella Giammai M'amò
from Don Carlo (Verdi) (in Italian)
6.29
13 Song of the
Flea (Mussorgsky) 2.52
14 The Foggy
Dew (Trad.) 2.30
15 If (T Evans)
2.45
16 This Nearly was
Mine from South Pacific (Rodgers) 3.08
Messiah (Handel)
17 Recit. Thus Saith
the Lord
Aria But Who May Abide the Day of His
Coming? 6.33
18 Recit. For Behold!
Darkness Shall Cover the Earth
Aria The People that Walked in Darkness
5.03
19 Recit. Behold, I Tell
You a Mystery
Aria The Trumpet Shall Sound
20 Now is the
Hour (Kaihau and Scott) (in Maori and English)
3.35
Total Duration
65.49
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TRACK LISTING - FULL DETAIL
VOL. 1
CD ONE
PILGRIM'S SONG (Tchaikovsky)
piano accompaniment by Hubert Greenslade
EMI Private Rerording CTPX5661-1 Rec. London early 1938
Recit: SI, GUERRlERI
Aria FU DIO CHE DISSE from Lebreo (Apolloni) (in Italian) 4.03
Piano accompaniment by Hubert Greenslade
EMI Private Recording CTPX5662-1 Rec. London early 1938
ASLEEP IN THE DEEP (Petrie)
Piano accompaniment by Hubert Greenslade
Parlophone E11415/A4530 [CXE9562-3] Rec. London January 1939
FRIEND O' MINE (Sanderson)
Piano accompaniment by Hubert Greenslade
Parlophone E11415/A4530 [CXE9563-3] Rec. London January 1939
MYSELF WHEN YOUNG from In a Persian Garden (Lehmann)
Piano accompaniment by Hubert Greenslade
Parlophone E11397/A4526 [CXE9564-2] Rec. LondonJanuary 1939
PILGRIM'S SONG (Tchaikovsky)
Piano accompaniment by Hubert Greenslade
Parlophone E 11397 /A4526 [CXE9565 -4] Rec. London January 1939
THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH (Weiss)
with orchestra conducted by Henry Geehl
Parlophone E11402/A4525 [CXE9580-2] Rec. London 2/2/39
THE SONG OF HYBRIAS THE CRETAN (Elliott)
With orchestra conducted by Henry Geehl
Parlophone E11426/A4534 [CXE9581-2a] Rec. London 2/2/39
O ISIS AND OSIRIS from The Magic Flute (Mozart) (in German)
With orchestra conducted by Henry Geehl
Parlophone E11423/A4532 [CXE9582-1] Rec. London 2/2/39
HONOUR AND ARMS from Samson (Handel)
With orchestra conducted by Henry Geehl
Parlophone E11402/A4525 [CXE9583-la] Rec. London 2/2/39
LA CALUNNIA from rhe Barber of Seville (Rossini) (in Italian)
With orchestra conducted by Henry Geehl
Parlophone E11423/A4532 [CXE9614-1] Rec. London 2/2/39
HEAR ME YE WINDS AND WAVES from Scipio (Handel)
Organ accompaniment by H. Robinson Cleaver
Parlophone E11426/A4534 [CXE9635-2] Rec. London 23/2/39
LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY (Elgar)
With male quartet and orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr
Parlophone R2718/A7212 [CE10111-1] Rec. London 20/10/39
THERE'LL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND (Charles)
With male quartet and orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr
Parlophone R2718/A7212 [CE10112-1] Rec. London 20/10/39
FOUR JOLLY SAILORMEN from The Princess of Kensington (German)
With male quartet and orchestra conducted byWalter Goehr*
Parlophone R2723/A7211 [CE10113-1] Rec. London 20/10/39
THE YEOMEN OF ENGLAND from Merrie England (German)
With orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr*
Parlophone R2723 /A7211 [CE 10114- 1] Rec. London 20 / 10 / 39
CD TWO
THE HOLY CITY (Adams)
With organ accompaniment by H. Robinson Cleaver
Parlophone El 1430/A4541 [CXE10157-1] Rec. London 5/11/39
THE LOST CHORD (Sullivan)
With organ accompaniment by H. Robinson Cleaver
Parlophone El 1430/A4541 [CXE10158-1] Rec. London 5/11/39
OL' MAN RIVER from Show Boat (Kern)
With orchestra and chorus conducted by Warwick Braithwaite
Parlophone E11433/A4535 [CXE10224-1] Rec. London 15/12/39
SANCTUARY OF THE HEART (Ketelbey)
With orchestra and chorus conducted by Warwick Braithwaite
Parlophone El 1439/A4537 [CXE10225-1] Rec. London 15/12/39
IN A MONASTERY GARDEN (Ketelbey)
With orchestra and chorus conducted by Warwick Braithwaite
Parlophone El 1439/A4537 [CXE10226-1] Rec. London 15/12/39
SONG OF THE VOLGA BOATMEN (Chaliapin-Koenman)
With orchestra and chorus conducted by Warwick Braithwaite
Parlophone E11433/A4535 [CXE10227-1] Rec. London 15/12/39
WITHIN THESE SACRED BOWERS from The Magic Flute (Mozart).
With orchestra conducted by Warwick Braithwaite
Parlophone A4544 [CXE10259-1] Rec. London 29/12/39
MADAMINA, IL CATALOGO E QUESTO from Don Giovanni (Mozart) (in Italian)
With orchestra conducted by Warwick Braithwaite
Parlophone A7362 lCXE 10260-1/61 1 ] Rec. Lc)ndon 29/12/39
Changed to Columbia DB229 1 /DO3 168 [CA20295- 1/96-1] on 3/2/47
WHEN A MAIDEN TAKES YOUR FANCY from Il Seraglio (Mozart)
With orchestra conducted by Warwick Braithwaite
Parlophone A4544 [CXE10262-1] Rec. London 29/12/39
Changed to Columbia DX1473/DOX1019 [CAX10006-1] on 1/9/47
SONG OF THE FLEA (Mussorgsky)
With orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr*
Parlophone A7250 [CE10275-1] Rec. London 9/1/40
Changed to Columbia DB2362/DO3284 [CA20589-1] in November 1947
INVICTUS (Hahn)
With orchestra conducted byWalter Goehr*
Parlophone R2737/A7300 [CE10277-1] Rec. London 9/1/40
WANDERING THE KING'S HIGHWAY (L. Coward)
With orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr*
Parlophone R2742/A7329 [C10278-2] Rec. London 9/1/40
DRINKING (IN CELLAR COOL) (Trad .)
Piano accompaniment by Hubert Greenslade
ParlophoneA7277 [CE10279-1] Rec London 11/1/40
WIMMEN OH WIMMEN (H.L. Phillips)
Piano accompaniment by Hubert Greenslade
Parlophone A7277 [CE10280-1] Rec. London 10 or 11/1/40
THE TWO GRENADIERS (Schumann)
Piano accompaniment by Hubert Greenslade
Parlophone A7250 [CEI 0281-1] Rec. London 10 or 11/1/40
CAPTAIN STRATTON'S FANCY (Warlock)
With orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr*
ParlophoneR2737/A7300 [CE10282-1] Rec.London 12/1/40
FOR ENGLAND (Murray)
With orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr*
Parlophone R2734/A7252 [CE10283-1] Rec. London 12/1/40
THE FLORAL DANCE (Moss)
With orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr*
Parlophone R2734/A7252 [CE10284-1] Rec. London 12/1/40
TREES (Rasbach)
With orchestra conducted byWalter Goehr*
Parlophone R2742/A7329 [CE10285-1] Rec. London 12/1/40
WHEN A MAIDEN TAKES YOUR FANCY from Il Seraglio (Mozart)
With the New Zealand Centennial Festival Orchestra conducted by Andersen
Tyrer
Recorded from a concert in the Wellington Town Hall, 27/4/40
FOR ENGLAND (Excerpt) (Murray)
With the New Zealand Centennial Festival Orchestra conducted by Andersen
Tyrer
Recorded from a concert in the Wellington Town Hall, 27/4/40
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ACIS AND GALATEA (Handel)
With Frances James (soprano) (track 2) and orchestra conducted by Eugene
Goossens
Aria O RUDDIER THAN THE CHERRY 4
Recit. WHITHER FAIREST ART THOU RUNNING?
DALUA'S ARIA from The Immortal Hour (Boughton)
THE DOCTOR'S SCENE from The Devil Take Her (Benjamin)t
SHENANDOAH (Trad.)
BLOW THE MAN DOWN/HULLABALOO BALAY (Trad.)
OUT WHERE THE BIG SHIPS GO (Hewitt)
Columbia DB2177/DO2877 [CA19726-1]
MEET THE NAVY excerpts from the soundtrack of the British National film with
chorus and orchestra conducted by EricWild* Rec. Elstree Studios, England
c. November 1945
A SONG OF CANADA (Semon)
BLOWTHE MAN DOWN (Trad.)
BROTHERS IN ARMS (Quinn)
OH REMEMBRANCE from La Sonambula (Bellini)
MEMORIES OF RUSSIA (Trad.) (in Russian)
O ISIS AND OSIRIS from The Magic Flute (Mozart)
With the Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Karl Rankl
Columbia DX1370/DOX91 1 [CAX9895-1] Rec. London 10/5/47
WITHIN THESE TEMPLE WALLS from The Magic Flute (Mozart)
With the Royal Opera House Orchestra conducted by Karl Rankl
Columbia DX1370/DOX911 [CAX9896-2] Rec. London 10/5/47
DRINKING SONG from The Merry Wives of Windsor (Nicolai)
With the Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Karl Rankl
Columbia DX1473/DOX1019 [CAX9899-2] Rec. London 10/5/47
CD TWO
OH COULD I BUT EXPRESS IN SONG (Malashkin)
Piano accompaniment by Hubert Greenslade
Columbia DB2363/DO3284[CA20584-1] Rec.London 14/11/47
I LOVE YOU DEAR (Beethoven)
Piano accompaniment by Hubert Greenslade
Columbia DB2460/DO3255 [CA20583-4] Rec. London 23/12/47
ELEGIE: SONG OF MOURNING (Massenet)
Piano accompaniment by Hubert Greenslade with Allen Ford ('cello)
Columbia DB242 0/DO3 2 66 [CA20 663 -2] Rec. London 11 /2 /48
CREATION'S HYMN (Beethoven)
Piano accompaniment by Hubert Greenslade
Columbia DB2460/DO3255 [CA20582-6] Rec. London 1 1/2/48
CAPTAIN HARRY MORGAN (Bantock)
Piano accompaniment by Hubert Greenslade
Columbia DB2420/DO3266 [CA20664-2] Rec. London I 1/2/48
SHANTY SONGS OF THE SHANTY MEN
With The Commodores and piano and organ accompaniment
Private Recording, Toronto c. 1948
THE DRUNKEN SAILOR (Trad.)
RIO GRANDE (Trad.)
SHENANDOAH (Trad.)
A'ROVIN' (Trad.)
SHENANDOAH (Trad.)
With piano accompaniment
Private Recording, Los Angeles c. 1948
THE DRUNKEN SAILOR (Trad.)
With piano accompaniment
Private Recording Los Angeles c. 1948
ELLA GIAMMAI M'AMO! from Don Carlo (Verdi) (in Italian)
With the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra conducted by Herbert Zipper
Private Recording from a broadcast concert performance at the Brooklyn Technical
High School, New York 20/3/49
SONG OF THE FLEA (Mussorgsky)
Piano accompaniment by Henri Penn
From the soundtrack of the New Zealand National Film Unit Weekly Review No.
405 Rec. Wellington May 1949
THE FOGGY DEW (Trad.)
Piano accompaniment by Henri Penn
Associated Programmes Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia
Private Recording MX29407 Rec. Sydney c. August 1949
IF (T. Evans)
With piano accompaniment
Private Recording, New York 1950
THIS NEARLY WAS MINE from South Pacific (Rodgers)
With piano accompaniment
Private Recording, New York 1950
MESSIAH (Handel)
With the Ann Arbor University Musical Society Orchestra conducted by Lester
Mclay
Private Recording from a concert at Ann Arbor University, Michigan 10/12/50
Recit. THUS SAITH THE LORD
Aria BUT WHO MAY ABIDE THE DAY OF HIS COMING?
Recit. FOR BEHOLD! DARKNESS SHALL COVER THE EARTH
Aria THE PEOPLE THAT WALKED IN DARKNESS
Recit. BEHOLD, I TELL YOU A MYSTERY
Aria THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND
NOW IS THE HOUR (Kaihau and Scott) (in Maori and English)
Introduced by Nola Luxford
Piano accompaniment by Constantine Callinicos
MSD 1 6-0164 Recorded from the Nola Luxford radio programme,
New York, late April 1948
ATOLL Vol. 1 - ACD 400
Vol. 1 CD1: [57.13]; CD2: [68.44] 
