The (in)famous Florence Foster Jenkins, a wealthy New York socialite who fancied herself a coloratura soprano. In making five 78s between 1941-44, she blithely thrust aside rehearsals, the niceties of volume and pitch and considerations of acoustics. Time wrote of “Mrs Jenkins’ night queenly swoops and hoots, her wild wallowings in descending trill, her repeated staccato notes like a cuckoo in its cups.”

RCA reissued them on LP in 1959, and Sony Classical Originals makes them available again on CD, and in a new transfer.

Contents:
1. Die Zauberflöte: "Der Hölle Rache"
2. The Musical Snuff-Box
3. Like a Bird
4. Lakme: "Où va la jeune Hindoue?"
5. Serenata Mexicana (Remastered)
6. La perle du Brésil: "Charmant oiseau"
7. Biassy
8. Die Fledermaus:"Adele's Laughing Song"
Florence Foster Jenkins

9. A Faust Travesty: Valentine's Aria (Ere I Leave My Native Land)
10. A Faust Travesty: Jewel Song (O Heavenly Jewels)
11. A Faust Travesty: Salut, demeure chaste et pure (Emotions Strange)
12. A Faust Travesty: Final Trio (sung as a duet) (My Heart is Overcome With Terror)
Jenny Williams, Thomas Burns

13. Chick Crumpacker interviews Cosme McMoon