victorIIvictor wrote:Henry wrote, "Slightly O/T, but twelve tracks of FFJ recordings have been issued on RCA Victor Gold Seal CD 09026-61175-2."
Even more O/T, perhaps, Mrs. Jenkins only bequeathed us 9 recordings, and only eight of those are on the RCA Victor CD. (There, the balance consists of a "Faust Travesty" by other artists).
The fanatic, therefore, will require Florence Foster Jenkins & Friends: Murder on the High Cs on Naxos Nostalgia, which not only restores the piano introduction to Bell Song (inexplicably cut from the RCA Victor CD), but also includes Valse Caressante, her ninth recording. To fill out the CD, there are misguided recordings by artists of the stature of Lauritz Melchior and Alexander Kipnis.
Best wishes (????), Mark
Thanks for the clarification and correction. The Naxos item is found here:
http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp ... e=8.120711 . It, too, contains filler material (eight selections) after the FFJ tracks, so if you really
must have every recorded example of the Queen of Song, this is the one to get. Me, I'll settle for what I've already got; I find it quite sufficient.
