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From Amazon.co.uk:
Devoted fans aside, most people's awareness of Deanna Durbin is probably the result of a chance encounter with the occasional television matinée featuring an item from her prodigious film output of the 1930s and 40s. She was blessed equally with a winning juvenile screen presence and a sweet, light soprano: in many respects, the Charlotte Church of her day. But unlike her contemporary Judy Garland, Durbin called it a day in the mid-1940s and withdrew completely from the glare of the spotlight. On the evidence of this selection of operatic extracts, folk songs and standards--many conducted by Charles Previn--her particular talent for imbuing lyrics with simple, wholesome honesty is worth more than a second hearing. "My Own", "Home Sweet Home", "Poor Butterfly" and "Annie Laurie" are still remarkably touching. And although some of the adulterated arias will curry few favours with modern taste, Durbin could clearly have made a career in light opera and operetta once she had outgrown the juvenile leads. For everyone who likes a little sugar with their nostalgia. -- Piers Ford
"Sweetheart Of Song" by Deanna Durbin:
Am a Canadian. What more can I say? Being a self-styled "musical-film historian", this beautiful songbird from Winnipeg, Manitoba, was our contribution to saving Universal Studios, Hollywood, and, yes-the North American economy from financial ruin during the 1930s. She was a little girl with a big voice! Her videocassettes, CDs, and tapes will always be a part of my collection.
| Artist: | Deanna Durbin | | Binding: | Audio CD | | EAN: | 0743625514926 | | Format: | Best of | | Original Release Date: | 1995-03-21 | | Release Date: | 1998-09-01 | | UPC: | 743625514926 |
Tracks:- My Own
- Il Bacio (The Kiss)
- It's Raining Sunbeams
- Les Filles De Cadix (The Maids Of Cadiz)
- Ave Maria
- Because
- The Last Rose Of Summer
- Home Sweet Home
- Spring In My Heart
- One Fine Day
- Poor Butterfly
- Annie Laurie
- Kiss Me Again
- My Hero
- Estrellita
- Musetta's Waltz Song
- Amapola
- Loch Lomond
- Love Is All
- It's Foolish But It's Fun
- Waltzing In The Clouds
- When April Sings
- Beneath The Lights Of Home
- Perhaps
- God Bless America
- Love's Old Sweet Song
- Can't Help Singing
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