Utwory na płycie:

• Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Hoffmanns Erzählungen, Oper in 3 Akten) - Scintille diamant
• Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Hoffmanns Erzählungen, Oper in 3 Akten) - Antonia - Leise tönt meiner Stimme Klang
• Eugen Onegin, Op. 24 (Oper in 3 Akten) - Sie schrieben mir
• Eugen Onegin, Op. 24 (Oper in 3 Akten) - Onegin, bitte stehen Sie auf
• Fürst Igor (Oper in 4 Akten) - Ni sna ni otdycha
• Aida (Oper in 4 Akten) - Ciel, mio padre! A te grave cagion m'adduce, Aida
• Die Walküre (Oper in 3 Akten) - War es so schmählich, was ich verbrach
• Die Walküre (Oper in 3 Akten) - Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind

Jacques Offenbach:
The Tales of Hoffmann - Scintille diamant
Antonia – Leise tönt meiner Stimme Klang

Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski:
Eugen Onegin - Sie schrieben mir, Eugen Onegin’s Scene and Aria (Act 1)
Onegin, bitte stehen Sie auf, Finale Act 4

Alexander Borodin:
Fürst Igor - Ni sna ni otdycha, Prince Igor’s Aria (Act 2)

Giuseppe Verdi:
Aida - Ciel, mio padre! A te grave cagion m’adduce, Aida (Duett Aida – Amonasro (Act 3))

Richard Wagner:
Die Walküre - War es so schmählich, was ich verbrach (Scene 3 Brünnhilde – Wotan)
Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind, Wotan’s Farewell and „Magic Fire“

Among those singers who, in the mid-20th century, stepped onto the opera stages of the world and into the shoes of the legendary generation of singers of the 30s and 40s, bass-baritone George London was an exception. His voice, with its inimitable and balanced timbre in all registers, was virtually peerless. London was a true bass-baritone whose voice, even in the extreme reaches, could maintain its dark tone thanks to a sensitive style and articulation and a wide-ranging expressive ability.

His international career was brought to an abrupt and premature end in the 1960s. During an operation, one of his vocal cords was damaged and his voice never regained its force and beauty. While in Munich during a tour of Europe, London suffered a stroke from which he never fully recovered. He died in New York in 1985.

This album of recordings from the Bavarian broadcast archive features the legendary bass-baritone at the height of his career in the 1950s.

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Recordings: Bayerischer Rundfunk, 05.07.1954 (Tr. 1), 14.12.1956 (2), 30.06-05.07.1954 (3-4), 03.10.1953 (5), 05.10.1953 (6), 03.10.1953 (7-8). Reedycja wydawnictwa C 502001.