Eileen Farrell – The Complete Columbia Album Collection (16CDs, Sony)

The New Yorker hailed her as quot;the best dramatic soprano before the publicquot;, while the San Francisco Chronicle enthused, quot;She is to singers what Niagara is to waterfalls.quot; To mark the 100th anniversary of Eileen Farrell (1920-2002), Sony Classical presents this new 16-album collection of this beloved artists entire American Columbia recordings from 1946 to 1963, displaying her uniquely wide repertoire, ranging from Brnnhilde to Broadway, from Cherubinis Medea to Bergs Marie, from Debussy songs to Danny Boy, from Gluck to Gershwin, with 6 LPs appearing for the first time on modern recording on Sony Classical.