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Dermot Troy (1927-1961) is acknowledged as Ireland's finest lyric tenor since John McCormack. By the time of his sudden death in 1962 in he had gone on an extraordinary journey from singing as a member of a musical group in Inchicore to performing as the principle lyric tenor of the Hamburg Opera House company, one of the most prestigious in the world. He only recorded three LPs, all of which are out of print.
Dermot Troy Remembered is the first digitally re-mastered CD featuring his legendary voice, including four previously unreleased songs from the archives. We hear him sing in Irish in Fleischmann’s Lament for Own Roe, in English in a selection of favourites from Thomas Moore to Ivor Novello, in Italian singing familiar Neapolitan songs and we hear him in German singing Lehar and his beloved Mozart.
Dermot Troy had shared a stage with some of the most famous sopranos of the twentieth century, including Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland and Elizabeth Schwartzkopf. All acknowledged his potential. Dermot Troy Remembered is a fitting tribute to a singer who whose career ended tragically early.
Track listing:
1. FLEISCHMANN Lament For Owen Roe 5.20
2. FLEISCHMANN An Píobaire 4.05
3. TRAD ARR. WOODS The Enchanted Valley 2.25
4. LARCHET Padraic The Fiddler 2.52
5. BOUTLTON ARR. SOMMERVILLE The Gentle Maiden 2.22
6. MOORE/ LAMBERT She Is Far From The Land 4.00
7. MOORE The Last Rose of Summer 2.57
8. MOORE Believe Me If All Of These 2.42
9. MOORE At The Mid Hour Of Night 3.02
10. MOORE The Minstrel Boy 2.17
11. MOZART Rase, Schiksal from Zaide 4.28
12. MOZART Herr Und Freund from Zaide 3.29
13. SCHUBERT Standchen 3.39
14. GRIEG Ich Liebe Dich 2.13
15. LEHAR Gern Hab Ich Die Frauen 3.20
16. CARDILLO Core ‘ngrato 2.18
17. DENZA Finiculi, Fuinicula 2.28
18. TOSTI L’Ultima Canzone 4.17
19. TOSTI Marechiare 2.42
20. CAPEL Love Could I Only tell thee 3.33
21. WOOD Roses Of Picardy 4.04
22. BISHOP Home, Sweet Home 3.26
23. NOVELLO Shine Through My Dreams 3.21
24. SANDERSON As I Sit Here 2.42
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