Description

HARRY EVAN WILLIAMS (MINERAL RIDGE, OHIO, 7 SEPTEMBER, 1867 – 2 AKRON, OHIO 4 MAY, 1918)

 

 

  

  

His parents were from Wales. His voice discovered in an amateur ensemble and he studied singing with Louise von Feilitsch in Cleveland. In 1891 he gave a first concert in Galion (Ohio), but made his official debut in 1896 at the Worcester Festival. After further studies with Saubage, Ben Davies and Ffrangeon Davies in New York, he undertook an England tour in 1903, followed by a second in 1906. 1910 was a third tour of England. Evan Williams was considered the most important American oratorio tenor of his time. At the same time he was a valued song-interpreter. He is said to have given over a thousand recitals in America. From 1896 to 1911 he was repeatedly celebrated at the Worcester Festival. In 1912 he undertook another tour in England together with the New Symphony Orchestra under Sir Landon Ronald and the pianist Irene Scharrer.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Africaine (Meyerbeer) O Paradise! 74148 C8283 Victor, USA 1909-10-08
2. Beloved it is morn (Aylward) 74404 C14975 Victor, USA 1914-06-22
3. Carmen (Bizet) Flower song 74122 C6317 Victor, USA 1908-07-23
4. Elias (Mendelssohn) If with all your hearts 74088 C4865 Victor, USA 1907-10-07
5. Face to face (Johnson) 74477 C17411 Victor, USA 1916-03-30
6. Favorita (Donizetti) Spirit so fair 74141 C8034 Victor, USA 1909-06-09
7. Jean (Burleigh) 64280 B5011 Victor, USA 1912-07-18
8. Just a-wearyin’ for you (Jacobs Bond) 64389 B10520 Victor, USA 1913-07-16
9. Lead kindly light (Dykes) 64092 B6314 Victor, USA 1908-07-22
10. Lohengrin (Wagner) In distant lands 74130 C6676 Victor, USA 1908-12-18
11. Martha (Flotow) Like a dtŕeam 74128 C6316 Victor, USA 1908-07-22
12. Mary of Argyle (Nelson) 64088, B6107 Victor, USA 1908-04-14
13. Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Prize song 74115 C6318 Victor, USA 1908-07-23
14. Messiah (Händel) Every valley shall be exalted… Comfort ye, my people 74189, 74190, C9485, C9484 Victor, USA 1910-09-27
15. Messiah (Händel) Thy rebuke, behold and see 74126 C6102 Victor, USA 1908-07-23
16. Reine de Saba (Gounod) How frail and weak (Recitative) 64086 B4867a Victor, USA 1907-10-08
17. Serenade (Schubert) 64093 B6315 Victor, USA 1908-07-22
18. Stabat Mater (Rossini) Cujus animam 74093 C4868 Victor, USA 1907-10-08
19. The holy city (Adams) 74356 C14213 Victor, USA 1914-01-02
20. When you and I were young, Maggie (Butterfield) 74490 C17413 Victor, USA 1916-03-31