{"product_id":"danco-the-complete-schumann-recordings-194952-paco116","title":"DANCO The Complete Schumann Recordings (1949\/52) - PACO116","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D771840\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSCHUMANN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eDichterliebe, Op. 48\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSCHUMANN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e Liederkreis, Op. 39\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770D90\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770EC0\"\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D770FF0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D772E90\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStudio recordings · 1949 \u0026amp; 1952\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 51:35 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eSuzanne Danco\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e - soprano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data_liveedit_tagid=\"000000000D775470\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eGuido Agosti\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e - piano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFanfare Review578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fThe issue, of course, is what she sounds like to us, 65 years later, and the answer is, pretty good, especially as she gets into Dichterliebe578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThis disc came as something of a\nsurprise. Two surprises, really, because I had always associated Suzanne\nDanco (1911–2000) with the Franco-Italian opera repertory, though\nAndrew Rose, the producer, says she was in fact more known for her\nrecitals, and that certainly seems to be the case for her recordings.\nThis one is in German, in cycles more often associated with male singers\n(for no particularly good reason, by the way). As near as I can tell,\nthese were her only recordings of songs by Schumann and her only\nrecordings of complete cycles in German. Both were done in studios, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eDichterliebe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e in London in 1949, and the (Eichendorff) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eLiederkreis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e in Geneva in 1952. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThe issue, of course, is what she\nsounds like to us, 65 years later, and the answer is, pretty good,\nespecially as she gets into \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eDichterliebe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e.\nTo judge from these recordings, her voice did not have that dramatic\nheft we might associate with these songs, such as we can hear for\ninstance in the 1941 recording by Lotte Lehmann. In those songs that\nplay to Danco’s lower register—No. 6 in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eDichterliebe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e,\nfor instance, “Im Rhein”—she can bring some weight to bear, but as the\nvoice goes up, it thins out and her characteristic quick vibrato becomes\nmore evident. If that bothers you in our now vibrato-free age, then\nthis recording is not for you. However, I found myself listening past\nthat vibrato to other pleasures. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eI am always impressed by how much\nSchumann can get into his frequently brief songs. He has such an\nenviable sense of completeness in a small space. Danco had a good grasp\nof the text; this is not just words attached to notes. She sees to it\nthat the words and the notes take us together though the songs. In these\nsmall journeys, she is wonderfully abetted by her accompanist, Guido\nAgosti (1901–1989), whom I much regret never having heard before. It is a\nreal partnership and itself one of the attractive aspects of this disc.\nIn the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eLiederkreis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e, the piano is recorded slightly farther from the singer than in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eDichterliebe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003e,\nbut it also strikes me that Danco herself is slightly more comfortable\nin this shorter cycle, which doesn’t, of course, bear as much dramatic\nweight as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMESi\"\u003eDichterliebe. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"B\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eThe other attractive aspect, of course,\nis the recording itself. I am constantly amazed at what can be done to\nrescue early recordings, and Andrew Rose deserves, well, roses for his\nwork. As seems to be Pristine’s custom, there are only a few notes on\nthe insert, and the only new ones deal with the sources for the\ntransfers. The texts and program notes must be hauled off the company’s\nweb site. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"Br\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TIMES\"\u003eI am obliged to note that this disc is\na bit short. These recordings seem to be the same as those issued in\n2007 by Hafg, which also included five Schubert songs: As near as I can\ntell, those are the only Schubert songs Danco ever recorded. I have not\nheard that recording, and it dates the present recordings a year later\nin each case, but I cannot imagine its transfers to be better than those\nhere. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"TIMESb\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Swanson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis article originally appeared in Issue 38:5 (May\/June 2015) of Fanfare Magazine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACO116.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe complete Schumann recordings of Suzanne Danco\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst digital release of her 1949 Dichterliebe - \"The present recording will give much pleasure” (The Gramophone)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Belgian soprano Suzanne Danco (22 January 1911 – 10 August 2000)\nsang in and recorded a number of operas, but is perhaps better known and\nremembered for her concert recitals and song cycle recordings. Yet in\nher twenty-two studio engagements for Decca between 1947 and 1956 she\nmade only two recordings of the music of Robert Schumann - the two song\ncycles presented here. In both instances the Italian pianist Guido\nAgosti (11 August 1901 – 2 June 1989) accompanied her, as he would do\nfor the majority of her song recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce again I am grateful to collector Richard Morris for loaning the\nrare Decca 78s for the present transfer of Dichterliebe - its first\nappearance in the digital age. The recording apparently also appeared on\na 10\" LP, LX.3039, but I was unable to source a copy on vinyl. It is\ntherefore unclear as to whether the vinyl issue was a 78rpm transfer or\ndirectly mastered from tape. The answer may in fact be somewhat academic\nas Decca's earliest LP pressings were not the best: I managed to find\ntwo copies of Liederkreis on 10\" LP, one a near-mint British pressing on\nthe US London label, the other a French pressing acquired from a Swiss\ncollector. Despite the latter having acquired more clicks and crackles\nover the years, the former suffered considerably from surface swish\nbaked into the vinyl, and proved decidedly inferior. Of the two it's the\nearlier which is perhaps the better recorded, with a more even balance\nbetween singer and piano and a very slightly better tone for the latter.\nBoth managed to capture the clarity and purity of Suzanne Danco's voice\nvery well indeed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSCHUMANN  \u003c\/b\u003eDichterliebe, Op. 48\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eRecorded 26-28 April, 1949\u003cbr\u003eWest Hampstead Studios,London \u003cbr\u003eIssued as Decca 78s AK.2310-12\u003cbr\u003eMatrix Nos. 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