Complete Columbia Collection / Various

"If the fate of nations were to depend on a voice-contest, America would probably choose Eileen Farrell as its champion, and our national security would be guaranteed," wrote a leading US critic in Gramophone in 1958. "For 'America's great dramatic soprano' has not only a voice of prodigious range but of a warmth which reflects its owner's personality." To mark the 100th anniversary of her birth (Farrell died in 2002), Sony Classical is proud to present a new 16-CD collection of this beloved artist's entire American Columbia discography, displaying her uniquely wide repertoire, ranging from Brünnhilde to Broadway, from Cherubini's Medea to Berg's Marie, from Debussy songs to "Danny Boy", from Gluck to Gershwin.

o The first ever release of Eileen Farrell's complete Columbia recordings from 1946 to 1963 in a single 16 CD edition

o 6 LPs appearing for the first time on CD on Sony Classical, remastered from the original analog masters using 24 bit / 192 kHz technology

o 2 LPs remastered for this edition

o Facsimiles LP-sleeves and -labels, booklet with full discographical notes