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1 DIX: The Trumpeter* 3:41 Originally trained for opera, John

2 BALFE: Come Into the Garden, Maud 4:00 McCormack eventually turned to
3 HADLEY: Evening Song 2:42 the concert platform, achieving a
4 SPEAKS: Morning 2:21 level of success that remains
5 OLD SCOTTISH AIR: Turn Ye to Me 3:48 legendary to this day. This sixth

McCORMACK EDITION • 6: Victor Talking Machine Company

6 NEVIN: The Rosary 2:07 volume in the Naxos McCormack
7 TRADITIONAL, arr. Wade: Adeste Fideles** 4:01 Edition gives us ample opportunity
8 ROOT: The Vacant Chair** 3:06 to experience McCormack’s
9 SCHNEIDER: When the Dew is Falling 2:35 mastery of song and extraordinary
0 MOSZKOWSKI: Serenata*** 2:43 versatility. The tracks include
! TRADITIONAL, arr. DeCurtis: Carmé*** 3:19 Victorian ballads, Italianate songs
@ MEYER-HELMUND: Flirtation*** 2:15 (a hybrid English parlour ballad
# BÖHM: Still as the Night*** 2:22 placed in a classic Italian setting
$ COWLES: Forgotten (A Love Song of Poland) 3:22 with all the elements of the genre,
% NUTTING: Sing, Sing, Birds on the Wing 3:29 from the moon to the lagoon),
^ OLD DUTCH AIR, arr. Hoffmann: God’s Hand 2:20 Celtic songs, Continental songs
& BALL: A Little Bit of Heaven 3:17 with a Viennese flavour, and
* TOSTI: Venetian Song 3:27 American songs such as The Vacant
( KREISLER: The Old Refrain 3:24 Chair which commemorates the
) TOSTI: Parted 3:32 death of a young Union Army
¡ STRELEZKI: Dreams 3:09 lieutenant during the American
™ MOZART: Don Giovanni: Il mio tesoro 4:15 Civil War, as well as ending on a D
£ MOLLOY: The Kerry Dance 4:11 flat above high C, the highest note
¢ SCHNEIDER: Your Eyes 2:01 McCormack ever recorded. The
– NEVIN: Little Boy Blue* 2:50 one operatic item, Il mio tesoro
from Don Giovanni, is a supreme
with Emil Keneke, trumpet* performance of one of Mozart’s
with male chorus (Harry Macdonough, tenor, most demanding arias and the last
MADE IN Reinald Werrenrath, baritone and William F. Hooley, bass)** published recording from
NAXOS Historical

GERMANY with Fritz Kreisler, violin*** McCormack’s operatic repertoire.

Producer and Audio Restoration: Ward Marston
Special thanks to John R. Bolig, Lawrence F. Holdridge and Jeffrey Miller

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A complete track list can be found on pages 2 and 3 of the booklet
Cover image: John McCormack, 1917 (The John Scarry Collection)

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