Description

FRANK TITTERTON (HANDSWORTH, 31 DECEMBER, 1893 – LONDON, 24 NOVEMBER, 1956)

 

 

 

 

He first became an actor and joined the Pilgrim Players under Sir Barry Jackson. He then appeared in Birmingham in operettas by Gilbert and Sullivan. He studied singing with Baraldi and Charles Victor. Titterton’s career was mainly in the concert hall. Like many British singers of his era, he spent much time touring the United Kingdom, appearing in popular oratorios rather than performing in operas or giving lieder recitals. Along with fellow tenors Heddle Nash, Walter Widdop, and Parry Jones, Titterton was chosen as one of the sixteen soloists for the first performance and subsequent recording of Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music in 1938.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

  

1. A perfect day Decca F2588 GB3112-1D
2. Am Meer Schwanengesang (Schubert) Columbia WAX3203
3. Ave Maria (Schubert) Columbia 9432 WAX 3205
4. Beauty’s eyes (Tosti) Decca F5712 GB6838
5. Because (d’Hardelot) Decca F2470 GB3116-1DJ
6. Bohème (Puccini) Yoyr tiny hand is frozen Decca K505 MA486-2AXX
7. Carmen (Bizet) Flower song Broadcast 5062 LO72X
8. Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Siciliana F1739 MB1181-1A
9. Come into the garden, Maud (Balfe) Decca F2231 GB2075-2A
10. Erlkönig (Schubert) Decca F 6534 GB 6695-1
11. For love of you (Steiniger) Decca F5008 GB6200-11D
12. Goodbye (Tosti) Decca F2470
13. I passed by your window (Brahe) Decca F2588 GB3112-1D
14. In Summertime on Bredon (Peel) Decca F6534 TB1126-2
15. Jephtha (Handel) Deeper and deeper still Decca GA 2915-2 DJ
16. Jephtha (Handel) Waft her, angels, through the skies Decca GA 2914-2 DJ
17. Lily of Killarney (Benedict) The moon hath raised her lamp above with Malcolm McEachern Vocalion 02680
18. Only my song (Lehár) Decca F3056 GB4606-2D
19. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) On with the motley Decca F1739 MB1180-2A
20. Reine de Saba (Gounod) Lend me your aid Broadcast 5062 LO94
21. The Dear Little Rose of Old England (Michael) HMV BD1051 0EA10018
22. Tosca (Puccini) Strange harmony Decca F1653 MB483-2AXX
23. Tosca (Puccini) When the stars were brightly shining Decca F1653 MB484-2AXX
24. I love thee (Grieg) Decca F3195 GB5007-1C
25. Gypsy moon (Borganoff) Decca F3056 GB4607-1D