If there is any reason to be glad for the resuscitated Nimbus label, which made a comeback after a number of years spent on receiver's index, it is Nimbus' Prima Voce volume for the magnificent baritone and recording pioneer Emilio de Gogorza. If any "historical" vocalist ever deserved a career survey and never really got one, not even on LPs, it was Gogorza. Two of Gogorza's LPs appeared on the obscure Cantilena label in Canada in the 1960s, and Pearl tried a single disc of Gogorza in the 1980s. While these were steps in ...
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If there is any reason to be glad for the resuscitated Nimbus label, which made a comeback after a number of years spent on receiver's index, it is Nimbus' Prima Voce volume for the magnificent baritone and recording pioneer Emilio de Gogorza. If any "historical" vocalist ever deserved a career survey and never really got one, not even on LPs, it was Gogorza. Two of Gogorza's LPs appeared on the obscure Cantilena label in Canada in the 1960s, and Pearl tried a single disc of Gogorza in the 1980s. While these were steps in the right direction, Gogorza was a singer active from 1901 to 1930 that made hundreds of recordings, so achieving a true career summary would be a great deal more difficult task than just putting together a number of his recordings that sound good. Ironically, Gogorza has appeared on CD quite a bit, but mostly in the context of his work with other singers -- Gogorza's work with Enrico Caruso has been re-released many times, and to a lesser extent so have his recordings with his wife,...
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