MARY GARDEN THE COMPLETE VICTOR RECORDINGS CDR

 

MARY GARDEN (ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, 20 FEBRUARY, 1874 – ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, 3 JANUARY, 1967)

 

 

 

 

In 1897 Garden and her singing instructor, Mrs. Robinson Duff, traveled to Paris to seek a European musical education. She sang before several of the most famous vocal coaches before finally settling with Fugère, although she never was entirely satisfied with any of them. Before long, Garden’s financial backing was gone. According to Garden’s own account she had a chance meeting with Sibyl Sanderson, who commiserated with the hapless student and invited her to stay at her Champs-Elysees apartment. Sanderson invited Albert Carré, director of the Opéra-Comique, to her home for dinner in January of 1900 and Garden sang for him. On 13 April 1900, Garden stepped into a performance of Louise midway through when the creator of the title role, Marthe Rioton, took ill. The rest, of course, is history. Seen here as Aphrodite.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

Louise 3/26/1908, Thaïs 11/24/1908, Jean 12/3/1908, Méliande 2/9/1909, (Filadelfia) Salomè 2/11/1909, Louise 3/18/1909, Fanny Legrand 11/20/1909, Jean (Filadelfia) 12/9/1909, Marguerite 1/20/1910, Grisélidis 1/22/1910, Thaïs 1/25/1910, (Filadelfia) Marguerite 2/1/1910, Louise 3/12/1910, Marguerite 3/19/1910, Méliande (Filadelfia) 3/22/1910, Juliette 3/26/1910, Marguerite 3/26/1910, Thaïs 1/21/1911, 1/24/1911, (Filadelfia) Louise 1/28/1911, 1/31/1911, Méliande 2/7/1911, 2/10/1911, Natoma 2/25/1911, (Filadelfia) 2/28/1911, 3/3/1911, Jean 3/6/1911, 3/14/1911, Natoma 3/28/1911, Jean (Filadelfia) 3/30/1911, Thaïs 4/1/1911, Natoma 4/3/1911, Carmen 11/3/1911, La (Filadelfia) Prince Charmant 11/6/1911, Thaïs 11/7/1911, 11/11/1911, Carmen (Filadelfia) 11/13/1911, La Prince Charmant 11/17/1911, Carmen 2/13/1912, La Prince (Filadelfia) Charmant 2/17/1912, 2/20/1912, Thaïs 2/21/1912, Natoma 2/24/1912, Jean (Filadelfia) 2/27/1912, 2/28/1912, Marguerite 3/2/1912, Méliande 3/4/1912, Thaïs (Filadelfia) 3/12/1912, Carmen 3/14/1912, Louise 3/20/1912, Natoma 3/25/1912, Louise (Filadelfia) 3/26/1912, 2/4/1913, Floria Tosca 2/7/1913, Jean 2/8/1913, Floria Tosca (Filadelfia) 2/12/1913, 2/14/1913, Thaïs 2/15/1913, 2/18/1913, Floria Tosca 11/3/1913, La (Filadelfia) belle Dulcinée 11/15/1913, Floria Tosca 11/21/1913, La belle Dulcinée (Filadelfia) 2/3/1914, Manon Lescaut 2/7/1914, Louise 2/10/1914, Thaïs 2/12/1914, (Filadelfia) Monna Vanna 2/14/1914, 2/17/1914, Louise 2/19/1914, Manon Lescaut (Filadelfia) 2/25/1914, Cléopâtre 3/3/1919, Gismonda 3/5/1919, Thaïs 3/7/1919, Salomè (Filadelfia) 2/28/1922, Jean 3/1/1922, Méliande 3/3/1922, Monna Vanna (Filadelfia) 3/4/1922, Jean 10/31/1929, 10/23/1930 (Filadelfia).

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Louise (Charpentier) Depuis le jour unpubl CVE36734-2 Victor, Camden NJ 1926-10-25
2. At dawning (Cadman) unpubl BVE36731-5 Victor, Camden NJ 1926-10-26
3. Annie Laurie (Scott) unpubl BVE36732-4 Victor, Camden NJ 1926-10-25
4. My ship and I (-) unpubl BVE36753-1 Victor, Camden NJ 1926-11-03
5. The swing (Hahn) unpubl BVE36753-1 Victor, Camden NJ 1926-11-03
6. Risurrezione (Alfano) Dio pietoso (Fr) unpubl CVE36735-5 Victor, Camden NJ 1926-10-26
7. Risurrezione (Alfano) Dio pietoso (Fr) 6623 CVE36735-6 Victor, Camden NJ 1926-11-03
8. Louise (Charpentier) Depuis le jour 6623 CVE36734-14 Victor, Camden NJ 1926-12-24
9. At parting (Rogers) 1216 BVE37329-2 Victor, Camden NJ 1926-12-24
10. Somewhere a voice is calling (Tate) unpubl BVE40735-1 Victor, Camden NJ 1927-11-22
11. Afton water (Hume) unpubl BVE40733-2 Victor, Camden NJ 1927-11-22
12. Louise (Charpentier) Depuis le jour unpubl CVE40736-3 Victor, Camden NJ 1927-11-23
13. In the gloaming (Harrison) unpubl CVE48957-1 Victor, New York 1929-04-05
14. In the gloaming (Harrison) unpubl CVE48957-2 Victor, New York 1929-04-05
15. Afton Water (Hume) 1480 BVE40733-5 Victor, New York 1929-11-04
16. Beau soir (Debussy) 1439 BVE57524-2 Victor, New York 1929-11-04
17. Clair de lune (Szulc) 1439 BVE57525-2 Victor, New York 1929-11-04
18. Somewhere a voice is calling (Tate) unpubl BVE40735-4 Victor, New York 1929-11-05
19. Over the steppe (Grechaninov) 1539 BVE36733-11 Victor, New York 1929-11-05
20. Carmen (Bizet) Voyons, que j’essaie à mon tour… En vain pour éviter 1539 BVE57526-3 Victor, New York 1929-11-05
21. In the gloaming (Harrison) 7254 CVE48957-4 Victor, New York 1929-11-07
22. Jock o’Hazeldean (trad) unpubl CVE56801-1 Victor, New York 1929-11-07
23. Jock o’Hazeldean (trad) 7254 CVE56801-2 Victor, New York 1929-11-07

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