The Great Combinations

ANALOGPHONIC180g LP

Selections
Side A:
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (Marian Anderson & Gregor Piatigorsky)
Xerxes, HWV 40, Act I: May the Fates be Kind "Ombra mai fu" (Robert Merrill & Yehudi Menuhin)
Angel's Serenade (Jan Peerce & Mischa Elman)
6 Romances, Op. 6, No. 6: None but the Lonely Heart (Ezio Pinza & Nathan Milstein)
Les Contes d'Hoffman, Act II: Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour, "Barcarolle" (Rise Stevens & Mischa Elman)
Side B:
Elegie (Rise Stevens & Mischa Elman)
Calm as The Night, Op. 326, No. 27 (Ezio Pinza & Nathan Milstein)
O Dry Those Tears (Jan Peerce & Mischa Elman)
6 Songs, Op. 4, No. 3: In the Silence of The Secret Night (Robert Merrill & Yehudi Menuhin
My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night (Marian Anderson & Gregor Piatigorsky)

Musicians
Marian Anderson contralto
Gregor Piatigorsky cello
Robert Merrill baritone
Yehudi Menuhin violin
Jan Peerce tenor
Mischa Elman violin
Ezio Pinza bass
Nathan Milstein violin
Rise Stevens mezzo soprano
Franz Rupp piano
W. Rose piano
Gibner King piano
B. Smith piano
Carroll Hollister piano

This album pairs up different artists for an album of 10 songs ranging from classical to the down-home folk tunes such as "My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night."

"It used to be quite the vogue when the disk business was young to pair great singers with string players of equal renown. RCA Victor has revived the practice on this disk with what seems to be a "Potent" platter property. The diskery has the artists, and the album jackets almost seems to dare, "Can you match this? Here are the pairings: Marian Anderson and Gregor Piatigorsky, Robert Merrill and Yehudi Menuhin, Jan Peerce and Mischa Elman, Ezio Pinza and Nathan Milstein, and Rise Stevens and Elman. Selections, two by each combo, are all light and tuneful. In all, a sound commercial and artistic idea, finely executed." - Billboard