MARIAN ANDERSON: BEYOND THE MUSIC – Her Complete RCA Victor Recordings (15 CDS) Sony Masterworks

Beyond the Music –is a special 15-CD edition celebrating contralto Marian Anderson, the first Black singer at the Met. On April 9, 1939, a cold Easter Sunday, a woman in a fur coat walked down the steps of Lincoln Memorial, ready to perform open-air after being refused the largest hall in Washington because she was Black. As contralto Marian Anderson raised her voice to sing the words of My Country, ’Tis of Thee to the 75,000 who gathered to listen to her, an unforgettable historic moment unfolded. The great voice of “The Lady from Philadelphia,” first discovered by her local neighborhood, took her to global fame on the stages of Europe, Asia, and America. She became the first Black woman to perform at the Met in New York, she sang for presidents and kings, was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and with her dignity, courage, and unwavering belief in equal rights she became an icon in her supportive role for the civil rights movement.

The present edition is the first release of Marian Anderson’s complete recorded legacy for RCA Victor. Along with the first-ever complete release of her legendary Farewell Recital at Constitution Hall in 1964, many recordings appear here on CD for the first time. From her debut in 1924 for the Victor label to her last LP from 1966, all recordings have been meticulously restored and remastered from the original analog masters using 24 bit / 96 kHz technology. 72 works are appearing on CD for the first time, 9 recordings previously unreleased. The 228-page coffee-table book is richly illustrated with numerous photos and facsimiles, a new essay by Raymond Arsenault – author of The Sound of Freedom and Freedom Riders – and full discographical notes. It is a homage to the artistic life of a singer “one is privileged to hear only once in a hundred years” (Toscanini) and who left us a legacy of humanity, generosity, talent, and faith.

FEATURES:

• Marian Anderson’s complete RCA Victor Recordings on 15 CDs
• Includes the first release of her fully restored Farewell Recital at Constitution Hall, October 24, 1964
• Coffee-table photo book, with numerous photos from Marian Anderson’s private collection
• Mastered by Andreas K. Meyer and Jennifer Nulsen, eleven-times Grammy-nominated and four-times Grammy-winning mastering and restoration engineers.

– Disc 1 –
1 Disc 1: Spirituals 1923-1946
2 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Deep River [1923], with Rosario Bouron
3 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: My Way’s Cloudy [1923], with Rosario Bouron
4 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Go Down, Moses (Let My People Go) [1924], with Mr. Prince
5 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Heav’n, Heav’n [1924], with Mr. Prince
6 Traditional Arr. Brown: Nobody Knows de Trouble I’ve Seen [1924], with Josef Pasternack
7 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: My Lord, What a Mornin’ [1924], with Joseph Pasternach
8 Traditional Arr. Johnson: City Called Heaven [1936]9 Traditional Arr. Hayes: Lord, I Can’t Stay Away [1936]10 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Heav’n, Heav’n [1936]11 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Go Down, Moses (Let My People Go) [1936]12 Traditional Arr. Price: My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord [1936]13 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Sinner Please Doan Let Dis Harves’ Pass [1939]14 Traditional Arr. Johnson: Honor, Honor [1939]15 Traditional Arr. Payne: Crucifixion [1941]16 Traditional Arr. Boatner: Trampin’ [1941]17 Traditional Arr. Lawrence: Let Us Break Bread Together [1941]18 Traditional Arr. Price: My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord [1941]19 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Hard Trials [1941]20 Traditional Arr. Brown: Dere’s No Hidin’ Place Down Dere [1941]21 Traditional Scottish: Comin’ Through the Rye [1941]22 Traditional Arr. Boatner: O What a Beautiful City! [1941]23 Traditional Arr. Dett: Poor Me [1946]24 Traditional Arr. Johnson: Hold on! [1945]

– Disc 2 –
1 Disc 2: Lieder, Songs and Mélodies 1936-1951
2 Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 [1939], with Eugene Ormandy
3 Brahms (Orch. Hertz): Von Ewiger Liebe, Op. 43/1 [1939], with Eugene Ormandy
4 Schubert: Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III), D 839 [1936]5 Schubert: Schwanengesang: Aufenthalt, D 957/5 [1936]6 Schubert: Die Forelle (In Einem Bächlein Helle), D 550 [1941]7 Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin: Wohin?, D 795/2 [1945]8 Sibelius: SÄV, SÄV, Susa, Op. 36/4 [1936]9 Sibelius: Flickan Kom Ifran Sin Älsklings Möte, Op. 37/5 [1936]10 Massenet: Élégie (Song of Mourning) [1941]11 Rachmaninoff: In the Silence of the Secret Night, Op. 4/3 [1941]12 Spross: Will O’ the Wisp [1941]13 Lehmann: The Cuckoo [1941]14 Scott: Lullaby, Op. 57/2 [1946]15 Bucky: Hear the Wind Whispering [1945]16 Thomas: O Men from the Fields [1946]17 Hook: Bright Phoebus [1945]18 Bland (Orch. Black): Carry Me Back to Old Virginny [1941], with Charles O’Connell
19 Foster Orch. Black: My Old Kentucky Home [1941], with Charles O’Connell
20 Bland: Carry Me Back to Old Virginny [1951], with Gregor Piatigorsky
21 Foster: My Old Kentucky Home [1951], with Gregor Piatigorsky
22 “MR. President and Mrs. Roosevelt” [1940]23 “Your Majesties” [1940]

– Disc 3 –
1 Disc 3: Baroque Arias
2 Bach, J.S.: Cantata No. 12: Kreuz Und Krone (Pain and Sorrow) [1946], with Robert Shaw
3 Bach, J.S.: Cantata No. 81: Jesus SCHLÄFT, Was Soll Ich Hoffen? (Jesus Sleeps, What Hope Remaineth) [1946], with Robert Shaw
4 Bach, J.S.: Cantata No. 112: Zum Reinen Wasser Er Mich Weist (To Living Waters Bright and Clear) [1946], with Robert Shaw
5 Bach, J.S.: Weihnachtsoratorium: Bereite Dich, Zion (Prepare Thyself, Zion) [1946], with Robert Shaw
6 Bach, J.S.: Matthäuspassion: Erbarme Dich, Mein Gott (Have Mercy, Lord on Me) [1946], with Robert Shaw
7 Handel: Messiah: He Shall Feed His Flock [1941], with Charles O’Connell
8 Mendelssohn: St. Paul, Op. 36: But the Lord Is Mindful of His Own [1941], with Charles O’Connell
9 Handel: Messiah: He Was Despised and Rejected [1941], with Charles O’Connell
10 Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70: O Rest in the Lord [1941], with Charles O’Connell
11 Bach, J.S.: Johannespassion, BWV 245: All Is Fulfilled (Es Ist Vollbracht) [1941], with Charles O’Connell
12 Handel: Ottone, Re Di Germania: Come to Me, Soothing Sleep (Lo Sperai Trovar Riposo) [1950]13 Handel: Floridante: Oh, What Pleasure (Vanne, Segu’il Mio Desio) [1950]14 Handel: Floridante: The Trumpet Is Calling (Un Ombra Di Pace) [1950]15 Handel: Die Flöte Weich Gefühl (The Soft Complaining Flute) from Ode for Saint Cecilia’s Day [1939]16 Handel: Deborah: Tears Such As Tender Fathers Shed [1939]17 Purcell: Dido and Aeneas: When I Am Laid in Earth [1939]18 Scarlatti: Se Florinda È Fedele [1939]

– Disc 4 –
1 Disc 4: Lieder By Brahms – Mahler – Strauss
2 Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 [1950], with Fritz Reiner
3 Mahler: Kindertotenlieder [1950], with Pierre Monteux
4 Strauss, R.: Befreit, Op. 39/4 [1947]5 Brahms: Vier Ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 [1952]6 Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 [1945], with Pierre Monteux

– Disc 5 –
1 Disc 5: Lieder By Schubert and Schumann
2 Schubert: Schwanengesang: Liebesbotschaft, D 957/1 [1950]3 Schubert: Erlkönig (Wer Reitet So SPÄT Durch Nacht Und Wind), D 328 [1951]4 Schubert: Schwanengesang: Ständchen, D 957/4 [1951]5 Schubert: Gretchen Am Spinnrade (Meine Ruh Ist Hin), D 118 [1950]6 Schubert: Der Tod Und Das Mädchen (Vorüber, Ach Vorüber), D 531 [1946]7 Schubert: Die Forelle (In Einem Bächlein Helle) D 550 [1951]8 Schubert: Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III), D 839 [1946]9 Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin: Wohin?, D 795/2 [1951]10 Schubert: Schwanengesang: Aufenthalt, D 957/5 [1946]11 Schubert: Thekla. Eine Geisterstimme (Wo Ich Sei, Und Wo Mich Hingewendet), D 595 [1950]12 Schubert: Dem Unendlichen (Wie Erhebt Sich Das Herz) D 291 [1950]13 Schumann: Frauenliebe Und -Leben, Op. 42 [1950]

– Disc 6 –
1 Disc 6: Spirituals
2 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Deep River [1952]3 Traditional Arr. Forrest: He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands [1952]4 Traditional Arr. Johnson: Roll, Jerd’n, Roll! [1952]5 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Go Down, Moses (Let My People Go) [1952]6 Traditional Arr. Payne: Crucifixion [1952]7 Traditional Arr. Brown: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child [1952]8 Traditional Arr. Lawrence: Let Us Break Bread Together [1952]9 Traditional Arr. Boatner: Plenty Good Room [1952]10 Traditional Arr. Brown: Every Time I Feel de Spirit [1952]11 Traditional Arr. Gimsey: If He Change My Name [1952]12 Traditional Arr. Boatner: O What a Beautiful City! [1952]13 Traditional Arr. Brown: Nobody Knows de Trouble I’ve Seen [1947]14 Traditional Arr. Brown: Hear de Lam’s A-Cryin’ [1947]15 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: My Lord, What a Mornin’ [1947]16 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Were You There? [1947]17 Traditional Arr. Boatner: On Ma Journey [1947]18 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: de Gospel Train [1947]19 Traditional Arr. Boatner: Soon-A Will Be Done [1947]20 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Sinner Please Doan Let Dis Harves’ Pass [1947]21 Traditional Arr. Johnson: Honor, Honor [1947]22 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Ride on, King Jesus [1947]

– Disc 7 –
1 Disc 7: Verdi: A Masked Ball – Highlights
2 Verdi: A Masked Ball (Abridged) [1955], with Dimitri Mitropoulos
3 Verdi: II Trovatore: Ai Nostri Monti, [1950], with Erich Leinsdorf
– Disc 8 –
1 Disc 8: He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
2 Traditional Arr. Forrest: He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands [1961]3 Traditional Arr. Brown: Dere’s No Hidin’ Place Down Dere [1961]4 Traditional Arr. Boatner: I Want Jesus to Walk, with Me [1961]5 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Oh, Didn’t It Rain [1961]6 Traditional Arr. Price: I Am Bound for de Kingdom [1961]7 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Oh, Wasn’t Dat a Wide Ribber [1961]8 Traditional Arr. Price: My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord [1961]9 Traditional Arr. Hayes: Lord, I Can’t Stay Away [1961]10 Traditional Arr. Brown: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child [1961]11 Traditional Arr. Johnson: Hold on! [1961]12 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Scandalize My Name [1961]13 Traditional Arr. Brown: Great Gittin’ Up Mornin’ [1961]14 Traditional Arr. Johnson: Done Foun’ My Los’ Sheep [1961]15 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: I Stood on de Ribber Ob Jerdon [1961]16 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Behold That Star [1961]17 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Heav’n, Heav’n [1961]18 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Oh, Peter, Go Ring Dem Bells [1961]19 Traditional Arr. Boatner: Trampin’ [1961]20 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Hard Trials [1961]21 Traditional Arr. Dett: Poor Me [1961] – Previously Unreleased

– Disc 9 –
1 Disc 9: Christmas Carols
2 Traditional Arr. Bennett: We Wish You a Merry Christmas [1962], with Robert Russell Bennett
3 Gruber: Silent Night [1962], with Robert Russell Bennett
4 Traditional Arr. Bennett: Deck the Halls [1962], with Robert Russell Bennett
5 Bucky: Angel’s Song [1962], with Robert Russell Bennett
6 French Traditional: The First Noel [1962], with Robert Russell Bennett
7 Schubert: Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III), D 839 [1962], with Robert Russell Bennett
8 Traditonal : God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen [1962], with Robert Russell Bennett
9 Sears-Willia: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear [1962], with Robert Russell Bennett
10 Mason-Watts: Joy to the World [1962], with Robert Russell Bennett
11 Traditional: O Sanctissima [1962], with Robert Russell Bennett
12 Pierpont: Jingle Bells [1962], with Robert Russell Bennett
13 Spilman: Away in a Manger [1962], with Robert Russell Bennett
14 Traditional: The Twelve Days of Christmas [1962], with Robert Russell Bennett
15 Redner: O Little Town of Bethlehem [1951]16 Gruber: Silent Night [1951]17 French Traditional: The First Noel [1951]18 Wesley: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing [1951]19 Portuguese Traditional Arr. Oakeley: Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) [1951]20 Adam: Cantique de Noel (Oh Holy Night) [1951]21 Bucky: Angel’s Song [1951]22 Bucky: Hallelujah [1951]

– Disc 10 –
1 Disc 10: Lieder By Schubert – Schumann – Brahms – Strauss – Haydn
2 Haydn: My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair [1945], with Eugene Ormandy
3 Haydn: She Never Told Her Love [1945], with Eugene Ormandy
4 Schubert: Schwanengesang: Der Doppelgänger, D 957/13 [1947], with Eugene Ormandy
5 Schubert: Der Jüngling Und Der Tod (Die Sonne Sinkt, O KÖNNT Ich Mit Ihr Scheiden), D 545 [1947], with Eugene Ormandy
6 Schumann: Myrthen: Der Nussbaum, Op. 25/3 [1945], with Eugene Ormandy
7 Schumann: 12 Gedichte: Stille Tränen, Op. 35/10 [1945], with Eugene Ormandy
8 Strauss, R.: Morgen, Op. 27/4 [1947], with Eugene Ormandy
9 Brahms (Orch. Hertz): Dein Blaues Auge HÄLT So Still, Op. 59/8 [1939], with Eugene Ormandy
10 Brahms (Orch. Hertz): Der Schmied, Op. 19/4 [1939], with Eugene Ormandy
11 Brahms (Orch. Hertz): Immer Leiser Wird Mein Schlummer, Op. 105/2 [1939], with Eugene Ormandy
12 Brahms: Gestillte Sehnsucht, Op. 91/1 [1941], with Eugene Ormandy
13 Brahms: Geistliches Wiegenlied, Op. 91/2 [1941], with Eugene Ormandy
14 Brahms: Die Schnur, Die Perl An Perle, Op. 57/7 [1941], with Eugene Ormandy

– Disc 11 –
1 Disc 11: Songs at Eventide
2 Dvorák (Arr. Bennett): Songs My Mother Taught Me [1964]3 Traditional Arr. Bennett: Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms [1964]4 Traditional Arr. Bennett: All Through the Night [1964]5 Kjerulf (Arr. Bennett): Last Night [1964]6 Burns-Spilman (Arr. Bennett): Flow Gently, Sweet Afton [1964]7 Humperdinck (Arr. Bennett): Hänsel Und Gretel: Evening Prayer [1964]8 Traditional Arr. Bennett: Comin’ Through the Rye [1964]9 Mellish (Arr. Bennett): Drink to Me Only, with Thine Eyes [1964]10 Traditional Arr. Bennett: Loch Lomond [1964]11 Bingham-Molloy (Arr. Bennett): Love’s Old Sweet Song (Just a Song at Twilight) [1964]12 Douglass-Scott (Arr. Bennett): Annie Laurie [1964]13 Brahms (Arr. Bennett): Wiegenlied, Op. 49/4 [1964]

– Disc 12 –
1 Disc 12: Farewell Recital at Constitution Hall
2 Handel: Hear Me Ye Winds and Waves (From “Scipio”) [1964] – Previously Unreleased
3 Handel: Siroe, Re Di Persia: Ch’io Mai VI Possa [1964]4 Haydn: The Spirit’s Song [1964]5 Haydn: My Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair (Pastoral Song) [1964]6 Schubert: Suleikas Gesang I (Was Bedeutet Die Bewegung), D 720 [1964]7 Schubert: Schwanengesang: Liebesbotschaft, D 957/1 [1964]8 Schubert: Schwanengesang: Der Doppelgänger, D 957/13 [1964]9 Schubert: Erlkönig (Wer Reitet So SPÄT Durch Nacht Und Wind), D 328 [1964]10 Barber: Nocturne, Op. 13/4 [1964] – Previously Unreleased
11 Swanson-Huges: I’ve Known Rivers [1964] – Previously Unreleased
12 Quilter: Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind [1964]13 Traditional Arr. Britten: The Plough Boy [1964]14 Traditional Arr. Lawrence: Let Us Break Bread Together [1964]15 Traditional Arr. Boatner: Oh! What a Beautiful City [1964]16 Traditional Arr. Brown: Hear de Lam’s A-Cryin’ 1964] – Previously Unreleased
17 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Ride on, King Jesus [1964]18 Traditional Arr. Johnson: Done Foun’ My Los’ Sheep [1964]19 Traditional Arr. Hayes: Lord, I Can’t Stay Away [1964]20 Traditional Arr. Johnson: Let’s Have a Union [1964] – Previously Unreleased
21 Traditional Arr. Forrest: He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands [1964]22 Encore Speech (Abridged)
23 Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin: Ungeduld, D 795/7 [1965]24 Speech
25 Traditional Arr. Burleigh: Heav’n, Heav’n [1964] – Previously Unreleased
26 Schubert: Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III), D 839 [1964] – Previously Unreleased

– Disc 13 –
1 Disc 13: Jus’ Keep on Singin’
2 Introduction
3 Traditional Arr. Johnson: Oh, Heaven Is One Beautiful Place, I Know [1964]4 Traditional Arr. Johnson: Lord, How Come Me Here? [1964]5 Traditional Arr. Johnson: Prayer Is de Key [1964]6 Traditional Arr. Johnson: He’ll Bring It to Pass [1964]7 Traditional Arr. Johnson: You Go! [1964]8 Traditional Arr. Johnson: Jus’ Keep on Singin’ [1964]9 Traditional Arr. Johnson: Ain’t Got Time to Die [1964]10 Traditional Arr. Johnson: I Been in de Storm So Long [1964]11 Traditional Arr. Johnson: I’ve Been ‘Buked [1964]12 Traditional Arr. Johnson: Let’s Have a Union [1964]13 Traditional Arr. Johnson: Oh, Glory [1964]14 Traditional Arr. Johnson: Jus’ Keep on Singin’ / Ride on, King Jesus! [1964]

– Disc 14 –
1 Disc 14: Schubert and Brahms Lieder
2 Schubert: Schwanengesang: Liebesbotschaft, D 957/1 [1966]3 Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin: Ungeduld, D 795/7 [1966]4 Schubert: Der Tod Und Das Mädchen (Vorüber, Ach Vorüber), D 531 [1966]5 Schubert: Die Forelle (In Einem Bächlein Helle), D 550 [1966]6 Schubert: An Die Musik (Du Holde Kunst), D 547 [1966]7 Schubert: Suleikas Gesang 1 (Was Bedeutet Die Bewegung), D 720 [1966]8 Schubert: Gretchen Am Spinnrade (Meine Ruh Ist Hin), D 118 [1966]9 Schubert: Wiegenlied (Schlafe, Holder Süßer Knabe), D 498 [1966]10 Schubert: Erlkönig (Wer Reitet So SPÄT Durch Nacht Und Wind), D 328 [1966]11 Schubert: Heidenröslein (Sah Ein Knab Ein Röslein Stehn), D 257 [1966]12 Brahms: Von Ewiger Liebe, Op. 43/1 [1966]13 Brahms: Botschaft, Op. 47/1 [1966]14 Brahms: Vergebliches Ständchen, Op. 84/4 [1966]15 Brahms: Der Schmied, Op. 19/4 [1966]16 Brahms: Dein Blaues Auge HÄLT So Still, Op. 59/8 [1966]

– Disc 15 –
1 Disc 15: The Lady from Philadelphia
2 Soundtrack to the “See It Now” Television Program, Narrated By Edward R. Murrow, First Broadcast on 30 December 1957. It Documented Marian Anderson’s Tour of Asia September to November 1957
3 Introduction
4 Marian Anderson Visits the 24th Infantry Division
5 Marian Anderson with the 8th Army Choir – There’s No Place Like Home
6 Marian Anderson Receives An Honorary Degree in Seoul
7 “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands” in Seoul
8 Traveling to Saigon – “Getting to Know You”
9 Traveling to Bangkok – Marian Anderson Speaks About Her Favorite Songs and Emancipation
10 Trampin’
11 Marian Anderson Meets the King of Thailand
12 “Comin’ Through the Rye” in Thailand
13 “Ständchen” in the Philippines
14 “Ave Maria” in India
15 Heav’n Heav’n
16 “Let My People Go” in Vietnam
17 The Plough Boy
18 Marian Anderson Speaks with Buddhist Scholars
19 “There’s No Hidin Place Down There” in Burma
20 Marian Anderson Meets the Prime Minister of Burma
21 Marian Anderson Responds to Arkansas Governor
22 Marian Anderson Visits Kuala Lumpur
23 Malaysian National Anthem in Kuala Lumpur
24 Marian Anderson Introduces “You’ve Got to Be Taught”
25 “You’ve Got to Be Taught” in Kuala Lumpur
26 Traveling to Pakistan and India
27 Marian Anderson Discusses the Music of India and Her Collaboration with the Bombay City Orchestra
28 “Mon Cœur S’ouvre À Ta Voix”, with the Bombay City Orchestra
29 Speaking at the All India Radio Station in New Delhi About Issues of Race and Representation
30 Introduction in Old Delhi at the Gandhi Memorial
31 Marian Anderson Speaks About Gandhi
32 “Lead Kindly Light” in Old Delhi