Mary Mazzacane
The Art of Mary Mazzacane (LP)
LabelRecitalGenreExperimental
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* 250 copies, incl. 12"x12" double sided insert * Mary Mazzacane's son Loren Connors writes: "These recordings, no matter how rough the sound quality, capture the essence of the art of bel canto soprano Mary Mazzacane. Born in an Italian American neighborhood (Fairhaven) near Yale, she was one of the first women to graduate from the Yale School of Music. Ms. Mazzacane, who was active on the opera stage from 1947 through the 1970s, playing leading roles in Madame Butterfly, Tosca, Amahl and the Night Visitors and other works, left no commercial recordings. All we have is a shoebox full of muddy practice sessions and live performance recordings on barely playable cassette tapes, along with a few radio broadcast acetates... Throughout these pieces, her voice has a unique inner warmth and a beautifully clear tone, the closest I know to the pure clarity of bells."
Release notes
From label website: "A new expanded reissue of the sold out & extremely limited LP from 2017. Second edition of 250 copies. 12″x12″ double sided insert."
| A1 | Opening Scene (1969) | 5:30 | |
| A2 | All That Gold (1969) | 2:18 | |
| A3 | Farewell Scene (1969) | 1:10 | |
| A4 | Steal Me, Sweet Thief (1970s) | 2:30 | |
| A5 | La Vergine Degli Angeli | 2:37 | |
| A6 | Silent Night (1980s) | 2:23 | |
| A7 | Ave Maria (1970) | 2:46 | |
| B1 | Vissi D'Arte | 3:07 | |
| B2 | Voi Lo Sapete, O Mamma (1952) | 5:16 | |
| B3 | Ah! Lo Vedi Fragment (1952) | 1:40 | |
| B4 | Salce, Salce & Ave Maria (1951) | 8:59 | |
| B5 | Peace (1974) | 1:24 |
