ANNA MARIA, DEANNA, GLORIA, JANE (SPEC
1043)
Anna Maria Alberghetti, Deanna
Durbin, Gloria Jean, Jane Powell
Beginning with the great success of Deanna Durbin in the thirties and forties, the Hollywood studios sought out the talents of many young sopranos in a bid to attract cinema audiences. Many were tried, but few achieved any lasting glory. In this new compilation Flare presents the four most successful of the young Hollywood sopranos - Deanna Durbin, Gloria Jean, Jane Powell and Anna Maria Alberghetti.
The girls have seven stunning tracks apiece – among them a number of previously unreleased recordings. Deanna Durbin’s Les Filles de Cadiz is a case in point, the recording – with orchestration complete with castanets - having been taken from the original soundtrack of That Certain Age. Heard also is the complete recording of Say a Prayer for the Boys Over There.
Surprisingly, none of Gloria Jean’s recordings have been on CD before, and it is thrilling to hear this young, pure coloratura soprano exhibiting her great talent in such songs as If I Were Only a Swallow and The Voices of Spring.
The Jane Powell selection presents several soundtrack recordings from her films, notably Song of the Open Road and Luxury Liner - plus a fine track from one of her radio appearances.
Anna Maria Alberghetti, the last artist to be heard, thrills again with her wonderful lyric and coloratura - notably in
Caro Nome, from the original soundtrack of Here Comes the Groom, and her rendition of Lo! Hear the Gentle Lark. The CD ends with two of her lovely songs from the Broadway show Carnival, in which she scored such a success.
DEANNA DURBIN
1. IL BACIO
2. LES FILLES DE CADIZ
3. AVE MARIA
4. WHEN APRIL SINGS
5. CIELITO LINDO
6. WHEN THE ROSES BLOOM AGAIN
7. SAY A PRAYER FOR THE BOYS OVER THERE
GLORIA JEAN
8. ANNIE LAURIE
9. LOVE’S OLD SWEET SONG
10. IF I WERE ONLY A SWALLOW
11. THE PENGUIN SONG
12. A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN
13. AFTER EV’RY RAINSTORM
14. VOICES OF SPRING
JANE POWELL
15. ROLLING DOWN THE ROAD
16. I THINK OF YOU
17. ITALIAN STREET SONG
18. MA CURLY HEADED BABY
19. SPRING CAME BACK TO VIENNA
20. THE PEANUT VENDOR
21. THE OCEANA ROLL
ANNA MARIA ALBERGHETTI
22. CARO NOME
23. LO! HEAR THE GENTLE LARK
24. GIANNINA MIA
25. TOO YOUNG
26. ALADDIN
27. MIRA
28. LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND
