Editing James McCracken (section)

==Recordings==
McCracken made a number of complete opera recordings, including "[[Le prophète (opera)|Le prophète]]" (with [[Marilyn Horne]] and [[Renata Scotto]], (Col/CBS), 1976), "[[Carmen]]" (conducted by [[Leonard Bernstein]], (DG), 1972), "[[Fidelio]]" (with [[Birgit Nilsson]], (Decca/London), 1964), "[[Otello]]" (with Dame [[Gwyneth Jones (soprano)|Gwyneth Jones]], (EMI/Angel), 1968) and "[[Pagliacci]]", on which side 4 of the original LP version was a recital of opera arias, (Decca/London), (1967), as well as [[Arnold Schoenberg|Schoenberg]]'s [[Gurre-Lieder]] (with [[Jessye Norman]], [[Tatiana Troyanos]] and David Arnold, (Phi), 1979), and a program of Irish and Scottish songs with piano (EMI/Angel), 1977. Additionally, he sang the part of Waldemar in [[Gurre-Lieder]] when it opened the Edinburgh International Festival in 1961. The broadcast of this concert, under the direction of [[Leopold Stokowski]], has now been issued on CD (Guild Historical).