Her very first Victor record, recorded October 30, 1916. The song is a Spanish staple composed by Fermin Maria Alvarez.
Duration : 0:4:12
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Amelita Galli-Curci – “La Partida” (Cancion Espanola)
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This is the record …
This is the record that made Galli Curci a favourite and a byword in the Spanish-speaking world.
Her delicate, elegant phrasing, in deliciously Italianate Spanish, and gold thread of tone, are simply irresistible. She was, above all, an aristocrat.
Galli-Curci made …
Galli-Curci made two acoustic recordings of this Spanish song, both of them exquisitely sung. I once heard Marilyn Horne sing this piece magnificently as well in recital.