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THE RECORD OF SINGING The Very Best of Volumes 1-4 (From 1899 to the end of the 78 era: 1899-1952)
Volume 1: 1899–1919
CD 1 THE CASTRATO VOICE
Allesandro Moreschi castrato 1 BACH-GOUNOD: Ave Maria with piano accompaniment and violin obbligato Recorded: IV.1904, Sistine Chapel, Rome Recording engineer: William Sinkler-Darby Matrix number: 2187h (Catalogue number: 54777)
THE OLD SCHOOL
Adelina Patti soprano 2 BELLINI: Ah! non credea (La sonnambula, Act III) Alfredo Barili piano VI.1906, Craig-y-Nos, Wales • Fred Gaisberg & Charles Scheuplein • 683c (03084)
Emma Albani soprano 3 CHAMINADE: L’Éte Orchestra c1904, London • (Pathé 50332)
Marcella Sembrich soprano ∙ Emma Eames soprano 4 MOZART: Sull’aria…Che soave zeffiretto (Le nozze di Figaro, Act III) Orchestra 25.I.1908, Camden, New York • C 5040-3 (Victor 95202)1
Nellie Melba soprano 5 BEMBERG: Les Anges pleurent Gabriel Lapierre piano 4.X.1913, Camden, New York • 88457 (C 13908-1 unpublished)1
Ellen Beach Yaw soprano 6 AUBER: C’est l’histoire amoureuse (Manon Lescaut, Act I) with piano accompaniment 11.III.1899, London • Fred Gaisberg • 1574 (Berliner 3097)
Blanche Marchesi soprano 7 GOLDSCHMIDT: Im Mai Bruno Seidler-Winkler piano 1906, Berlin • William Sinkler-Darby • 4136h (43754)
ENGLISH-SPEAKING SINGERS
Lillian Nordica soprano 8 ERKEL: Ah rebéges, a mi vadúl (Hunyadi László) Romayne Simmons piano 23.V.1907, USA (American Columbia 30144)2
Geraldine Farrar soprano 9 TOSTI: Mattinata with piano accompaniment 1904, Berlin • William Sinkler-Darby • 2250h (53363) Louise Homer contralto
10 GLUCK: Away with mourning and crying (Orfeo) with piano accompaniment 2.XI.1903, New York • C 622-1 (Victor 85015)1
Sir Charles Santley baritone 11 HATTON: Simon the Cellarer with piano accompaniment 8.VI.1903, London • Will Gaisberg & B. Royal • WCG 3860-R (2-2862)
Sir George Henschel baritone 12 SCHUMANN: Ich grolle nicht (Dichterliebe) ∙ Lied eines Schmiedes Sir George Henschel piano (P) 1977 19.I.1914, Hayes, Middlesex • George Dillnutt • AK 17388e
Emilio de Gogorza baritone 13 OFFENBACH: Sérénade (La Chanson de Fortunio) Orchestra / Josef Pasternack 23.X.1916, Camden, New York • B 18574-1 (Victor 64632)1
THE FRENCH
Victor Maurel baritone 14 VERDI: Era la notte (Otello, Act II) with piano accompaniment XI.1904, Milan • XPh 58-3 (Fonotipia 39342)
Charles Gilibert baritone 15 BLANGINI: Per valli, per boschi Nellie Melba soprano Orchestra / Walter B.Rogers 28.III.1907, Camden, New York • C 4347-1 (Victor 89011)1
Pol Plançon bass 16 GODARD: Embarquez-vous? with piano accompaniment VIII.1902, London • Fred Gaisberg • Mx 2203 FG (2-2717)
Édouard de Reszke bass 17 FLOTOW: Chi mi dira (The Porter Song) (Martha, Act III) Charles A. Prince piano 1903, USA • 1222-1A (American Columbia 1222)
Emma Calvé soprano 18 BIZET: L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (Carmen, Act I) Remualdo Sapio piano 6.VI.1916, Camden, USA • C 17809-1 (Victor 88085)1
Félia Litvinne soprano 19 VERDI: Les mots sacrés (Aida, Act I) with piano accompaniment 1905, Paris • XPh 694 (Fonotipia 39217)
Mary Garden soprano 20 MASSENET: Liberté ! (Le Jongleur de Notre Dame) Orchestra 21.III.1911, New York • 30699-1 (American Columbia A 5289)2
THE EMERGENCE OF VERISMO
Mattia Battistini baritone 21 TOSTI: Amour, amour Carlo Sabajno piano 2.VI.1911, Milan • Fred Gaisberg • 269ai (052311)
Antonio Scotti baritone 22 DONIZETTI: Come Paride vezzoso (L’elisir d’amore, Act I) with piano accompaniment 2.III.1905, New York • C 2361-1 (Victor 85068)1
Giuseppe de Luca baritone 23 CILEA: Bene! Benissimo! (Adriana Lecouvreur, Act I) Francesco Cilea piano 12.XII.1902, Milan • Will Gaisberg & B. Royal • 52420 (G&T 2881R)
Antonio Pini-Corsi baritone 24 DONIZETTI: Udite! Udite! (L’elisir d’amore, Act I) 1912, Milan • Pathé 84538
Pasquale Amato baritone 25 VERDI: Questa dunque (I due Foscari, Act III) Chorus & Orchestra 15.VI.1911, Milan • XPh 3932 (Fonotipia 92508)
Titta Ruffo baritone 26 THOMAS: O vin, discaccia la tristezza (Brindisi) (Hamlet, Act II) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Carlo Sabajno 1907, Milan • Fred Gaisberg • 1315c (052188)
CD 2 Fernando di Lucia tenor 1 RICCIARDI: Luna-lù Chorus & Orchestra 21.V.1909, Naples • Fred Gaisberg • 13340B (2-52724)
Alessandro Bonci tenor 2 GLUCK: Spiagge amate (Paride ed Elena, Act I) with piano accompaniment II.1905, Milan • XPh 178 (Fonotipia 39127)
Francesco Tamagno tenor 3 VERDI: Niun mi tema (Otello, Act IV) with piano accompaniment (P) 1977 7-11.II.1903, Varese • Will Gaisberg • 14FT
Giovanni Zenatello tenor 4 GIORDANO: Colpito qui m’avete…Un dì all’azzuro spazio (Andrea Chénier, Act I) with piano accompaniment 15.II.1906, Milan • XPh 1617 (Fonotipia 39244)
Enrico Caruso tenor 5 DONIZETTI: Una furtive lagrima (L’elisir d’amore, Act II) Salvatore Cottone piano 11.IV.1902, Milan • Fred Gaisberg • 1786B (52346)
Medea Mei-Figner soprano 6 TCHAIKOVSKY: It is midnight (The Queen of Spades, Act III) Sung in Russian with piano accompaniment XI.1901. St Petersburg • William Sinkler-Darby • 342x-D-22 (23135)
Olimpia Boronat soprano 7 GIANELLI: La via, o Dio...E lo sapevi (Olga) Orchestra 1908, Milan • Fred Gaisberg • 1542c (053189)
Gemma Bellincioni soprano 8 MASCAGNI: Voi lo sapete, o mamma (Cavalleria rusticana) with piano accompaniment X.1903, Milan • Will Gaisberg & B. Royal • 574R (G&T Concert 053018)
Rosina Storchio soprano 9 LEONCAVALLO: Mimì Pinson (La bohème, Act I) Orchestra 2.II.1911, Milan • XPh 4514 (Fonotipia 92861)
Luisa Tetrazzini soprano 10 GOUNOD: O d’amor messagera (Mireille) Orchestra 5.VII.1909, London • Will Gaisberg • 3426f-II (2-053013)
WAGNER AND THE GERMAN STYLE
Marie Gutheil-Schoder soprano 11 BOIELDIEU: Ce domaine (La Dame Blanche, Act II) Franz Naval tenor with piano accompaniment 1902, Vienna • William Sinkler-Darby • 851x-N2-2 (44066)
Frieda Hempel soprano 12 DONIZETTI: In tiefem Schweigen (Lucia di Lammermoor, Act I) Orchestra / Herr Kark X.1907, Berlin • XB 3644-1 & XB 3643-1 (Odeon 64852 & 64861)
Selma Kurz soprano 13 VERDI: Caro nome (Rigoletto, Act I) Orchestra 1905, Vienna • William Sinkler-Darby • 398lh (53431)
Lilli Lehmann soprano 14 MOZART: Or sai chi l’onore (Don Giovanni, Act I) with piano accompaniment 1906, Berlin • XB 1479 (Odeon 50099)
Anna Bahr-Mildenburg soprano 15 WEBER: Ozean, du Ungeheuer! (Oberon, Act II) with piano accompaniment 1904, Vienna • Will Gaisberg • 805e (43630)
Johanna Gadski soprano 16 MOZART: In quali eccessi…Mi tradì (Don Giovanni, Act II) Orchestra 29.IX.1910, Camden, New York • C 9489-1 (Victor 88253)1
Emmy Destinn soprano 17 SMETANA: Jac je mi (Dalibor, Act II) Orchestra 1908, Berlin • Charles Schuplein • 12719u (73309)
Ernestine Schumann-Heink contralto 18 ARDITI: Leggiero invisibile (Bolero) Orchestra 24.VII.1907, Camden, New York • C 4701-1 (Victor 88093)1
Hermann Winkelmann tenor 19 SMETANA: Blickst du, mein Freund (Dalibor, Act I) with piano accompaniment 1905, Vienna • Fred Gaisberg • 6770b (3-42299)
Leo Slezak tenor 20 GOLDMARK: Magische Töne (Die Königen von Saba, Act II) with piano accompaniment 1905, Vienna • Fred Gaisberg • 6837b (3-42419)
Anton van Rooy baritone 21 WAGNER: Leb’ wohl, du kühnes, herrlisches Kind (Die Walküre, Act III) with piano accompaniment 1902, London • Fred Gaisberg • 1945G (2-2685)
SINGERS OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA
Antonina Nezhdanova soprano 22 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Hymn to the Sun (The Golden Cockerel, Act 2) Sung in Russian Orchestra 28.I.1910, Moscow • Fred Gaisberg •1417lb (2-23483)
Nicolai Figner tenor 23 TCHAIKOVSKY: I swear before God and thee (The Opritchnik) Sung in Russian with piano accompaniment XI.1901, St Petersburg • William Sinkler-Darby • 295x-D22 (22549)
Leonid Sobinov tenor 24 GRETCHANINOV: Flowers were blooming (Dobrynia Nikitich) Sung in Russian Orchestra 6.II.1910, Moscow • Fred Gaisberg • 1985c (022150)
CD 3 Lev Sibiriakov bass 1 TCHAIKOVSKY: My Lord, if I offend (Iolanthe) Sung in Russian Orchestra 1910, Russia • Max Hampe • 4909r (4-22016)
Volume 2: 1914–1925
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
Feodor Chaliapin bass 2 MEYERBEER: Le rovine...Suore, che riposate (Robert le diable, Act III) Orchestra / Rosario Bourdon 3.I.1924, Camden, New York • C 2946-1 (Victor 15-1045-A)1
Dimitri Smirnov tenor 3 NAPRAVNIK: O give me oblivion (Doubrovsky) Sung in Russian Orchestra 19.X.1912, Moscow • 2680½c (HMV 022306 & DB 566)
THE FRENCH TRADITION IN DECLINE
Fernand Ansseau tenor 4 MEYERBEER: Pays merveilleux…O paradis (L’Africaine, Act IV) Orchestra 21.X.1921, Paris • H. Fleming • Bs 576-II (HMV 7-32077)
Dinh Gilly baritone 5 DIAZ: Il est venu ce jour de lutte (La Coupe du roi de Thulé) Orchestra 24.VIII.1924, Hayes, Middlesex • Bb 3357-II & Bb 3358-I (HMV DA 558)
Marcel Journet bass 6 GOUNOD: Sous les pieds (La Reine de Saba, Act I) Orchestra 11.I.1912, Camden, New York • C 11454-I (Victor 74269)1
Jean-Emile Vanni Marcoux bass 7 FÉVRIER: Ce n’est pas un vieillard (Monna Vanna) Orchestra / Piero Coppola 6.X.1924, Paris • Douglas Larter • CL 52-I (HMV DB 809)
Marie-Louise Edvina soprano 8 CHARPENTIER: Depuis le jour (Louise, Act III) Orchestra / Percy Pitt 5.XI.1919, Hayes, Middlesex • Ho 4087af (HMV 2-033071 & DB 548)
Fanny Heldy soprano 9 DUPONT: Air de l’Oasis (Antar) Orchestra 1921 • 3386 (Pathé 0317)
Gabrielle Ritter-Ciampi soprano 10 MASSÉ: Variations du Carneval de Venise Orchestra 1923 • 370 (Pathé 0382)
THE HEYDAY OF VERISMO
Claudia Muzio soprano 11 CILEA: Del sultano Amuratte...Io son l’umile ancella (Adriana Lecouvreur, Act I) Orchestra 29.IV.1921 • 7950-A-2-I (Edison 82247-L)2
Carmen Melis soprano 12 MASSENET: Ah, mi rendi il tuo cor ...La tua mano non è (Manon, Act III) Orchestra c1924, Milan • B109 (Columbia D 5060)
Gilda Dalla-Rizza soprano 13 MASCAGNI: Questo mio bianco manto (Isabeau) Orchestra c1915, Milan • (Columbia D 9338)
Amelita Galli-Curci soprano 14 BELLINI: A te diletta...Come per me sereno...Sovra il sen (La sonnambula, Act I) Orchestra / Josef Pasternack 21.VI.1920 & 23.IX.1919, Camden, New York Victor A 24177 & A 23170 (HMV DB 256 & DA 213)1
Elvira de Hidalgo soprano 15 YRADIER: La perla de Triana with piano accompaniment 16.X.1908 • XPh 3523 (Fonotipia 62348)
Lucrezia Bori soprano 16 WOLF-FERRARI: O gioia la nube (Il segreto di Susanna) Orchestra 23.XI.1921 • Victor A 25301 (HMV 2-053203 & DB 603)1
Beniamino Gigli tenor 17 BOITO: Dai campi, dai prati (Mefistofele, Act I) Orchestra 14.X.1918, Milan • 20253b (HMV 7-52110)
Hipolito Lazaro tenor 18 BELLINI: Vieni fra queste braccia (I puritani, Act III) Orchestra 1.V.1916, New York • 46752-I (Columbia RS 5002)2
Miguel Fleta tenor 19 BIZET: Il fior che avevi a me (Carmen, Act II) Orchestra / Carlo Sabajno 17.IV.1922, Milan • CE 392-1 (HMV 2-052216)
Bernado de Muro tenor 20 GIORDANO: Un dì all’azzuro spazio (Andrea Chénier, Act I) Orchestra / Carlo Sabajno 1.III.1912, Milan • Charles Scheuplein • 02323½ (HMV 052338 & DB 553)
CD 4 Giovanni Martinelli tenor 1 VERDI: Mercé, diletti amici...Come rugiada al cespite (Ernani, Act I) Orchestra / Walter B. Rogers 27.IV.1915, Camden, New York • Victor A 16021 (HMV 7-52076 & DA 330)1
Renato Zanelli baritone 2 DONIZETTI: A tanto amor (La Favorita, Act III) Orchestra / Josef Pasternack 10.X.1919, Camden, New York • A 23401 (Victor 2-052182)1
Riccardo Stracciari baritone 3 FRANCHETTI: Orsù, finiam...Ascolta, io morirò! (Germania) Orchestra 8.II.1909, Milan • XPh 3769 (Fonotipia 92431)
SINGERS FROM THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD
Frances Alda soprano 4 CATALANI: Ah! dunque ei m’amerà (Loreley) Orchestra 4.IV.1912, Camden, New York • C 11150 (Victor 88325)1
Alma Gluck soprano 5 LOEWE: War schöner als der schönste Tag (Canzonetta) Francis Lapitino, harp • Orchestra / Richard Hageman 26.IX.1916, Camden, New York • B 18052-1 (Victor 657-B)1
Eva Gauthier soprano 6 DUPARC: Chanson triste with piano accompaniment c1917 • (Canadian Victor 69669-A)1
Mabel Garrison soprano 7 HALÉVY: Call me thine own (L’Eclair) Orchestra / Josef Pasternack 18.II.1920, Camden • A 23742 (Victor 74612)1
Rosa Ponselle soprano 8 VERDI: Surta è la notte...Ernani, Ernani involami (Ernani, Act I) Orchestra / Rosario Bourdon Recorded: 11.XII.1923, Camden C-29062 (Victor 6440-B)1
Florence Easton soprano 9 PUCCINI: O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) Orchestra 1918 • (Pathé 30025)
Charles Hackett tenor 10 PUCCINI: Che gelida manina (La bohème, Act I) Orchestra 24.II.1924, London • AX 100-6 (Columbia 7366)
Edward Johnson tenor 11 WRIGHTON: Her bright smile haunts me still Orchestra / Josef Pasternack 8.XII.1919, Camden • B 23459-2 (Victor 64839)1
Alfred Piccaver tenor 12 WEBER: So soll denn dieses Herz (Silvana, Act I) Orchestra VII.1920, Vienna • XXB 6531 (Odeon 76802)
Joseph Hislop tenor 13 PINSUTI: Queen of the earth with piano accompaniment 18.VI.1914, Hayes, Middlesex • Will Gaisberg • Af 8008f (Zono Z 042071)
Gervase Elwes tenor 14 HENSCHEL: Morning Hymn with piano accompaniment III.1912 • Will Gaisberg • Ab 14297e (HMV 4-2189 & B 322)
John McCormack tenor 15 RACHMANINOV: Before my window Op.26 No.10 Fritz Kreisler violin • Edwin Schneider piano 24.IX.1924, Hayes, Middlesex • Bb 5116 (HMV DA 644)
Reinald Werrenrath baritone 16 Scarlatti: O cessate di piagarmi (Il Pompeo) Orchestra / Ted Levy 24.IX.1914, Camden, New York • B 15217-1 (Victor 17718-A)
Peter Dawson baritone • Robert Radford bass 17 HANDEL: The Lord is a man of war (Israel in Egypt) Orchestra / George W. Byng 5.I.1924, Hayes, Middlesex • Cc 5527-II (HMV D 967)
Malcolm McEachern (1883-1945) bass WALLACE: Hear me gentle Maritana...The mariner and his barque (Maritana) 3.57
THE GERMAN STYLE IN EVOLUTION
Helen Wildbrunn soprano 18 BEETHOVEN: Abscheulicher!...Komm, Hoffnung (Fidelio, Act I) Orchestra 1922 • 771as & 772as (HMV 72802/3)
Gertrude Kappel soprano 19 WAGNER: Hojotoho! (Die Walkure, Act II) Orchestra (P) 1979 1924 • 1936ax (HMV)
Frida Leider soprano 20 WEBER: Ozeon, du Ungeheuer (Oberon, Act II) Orchestra 1921 • 605as & 606½as (HMV 65625)
CD 5 Claire Dux soprano 1 THOMAS: Dort bei ihm ist sie jetzt (Mignon, Act II) Orchestra 14.VIII.1911 • Fred Gaisberg • 2290c (HMV 0943011 & Z 128)
Maria Ivogün soprano 2 VERDI: Teurer Name (Rigoletto, Act I) Orchestra (P) 1979 1917 • XXB 6322 (Odeon)
Maria Jeritza soprano 3 RICHARD STRAUSS: Es gibt ein Reich (Ariadne auf Naxos) Orchestra 1913 • XXB 5770-2 & 5771-2 (Odeon AA 79201–2)
Elena Gerhardt mezzo–soprano 4 RICHARD STRAUSS: Wiegenlied Op.41 No.1 Arthur Nikisch piano 30.VI.1911 • Will Gaisberg • 5114f (HMV 043198)
Julia Culp soprano 5 BRAHMS: Muss es eine Trennung geben? (Die schöne Magelone Op.33) Coenraad von Bos piano IX.1914, Berlin • Fritz Hampe • 779m (HMV 043274)
Richard Mayr bass 6 BEETHOVEN: Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben (Fidelio, Act I) Orchestra 1922 • 1404ar (HMV 62388)
Alexander Kipnis bass 7 TCHAIKOVSKY: Ein Jeder kennt (Eugene Onegin, Act III) Orchestra (P) 1979 1921 • Max Hampe • 621½as (HMV)
Hermann Jadlowker tenor 8 MOZART: Noch tönt mir ein Meer im Busen (Idomeneo, Act II) Orchestra 1917 • Fritz Hampe • 1151m (HMV 042527)
Volume 3: 1926–1939
THE GERMAN SCHOOL
Lauritz Melchoir tenor 9 WAGNER: Die töne Lob (Tannhäuser, Act I) London Symphony Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli 29.V.1930, Kingsway Hall, London • Cc 19609-1A (HMV D 2057)
Max Lorenz tenor 10 WAGNER: Winterstürme (Die Walküre, Act I) Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Ernst Viebig 12.III.1928, Singakademie, Berlin • Douglas Larter • BLR 3947-2 (Electrola EG 861)5 Helge Rosvaenge tenor 11 WILLIE: Euren König (Königsballade) Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Bruno Seidler-Winkler Recorded: 9.XI.1937, Berlin • Walter Michael Berten • Robert Beckett 2RA 3427-1 (HMV DB 4623)5
Richard Tauber tenor 12 JOHANN STRAUSS II: Dieser Anstand (Die Fledermaus, Act II) Vera Schwarz soprano Berlin Staatskapelle / Frieder Weissmann 29.X.1928, Berlin • XXB 8205 (Odeon O 177070)5
Marcel Wittrisch tenor 13 KIELZL: Selig sind (Der Evangelimann, Act II) Children’s Chorus Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Cornelius Kun 15.IX.1932, Berlin • 2D 1103 (HMV DB 4411)5
Josef Schmidt tenor 14 KORNGOLD: Glück, das mir verblieb (Die tote Stadt, Act I) Orchestra / Otto Dobrindt 24.IV.1933, Berlin • 133775-2 (Odeon O 25991)5
Karl Erb tenor 15 BEETHOVEN: Der Wachtelschlag Bruno Seidler-Winkler piano XI.1939, Electrola Studios, Berlin • Walter Michael Berten • Johannes Huebener 2RA 3656 (HMV DB 4677)5
Gerhard Hüsch baritone 16 HUMPERDINCK: Ra-la-la-la...Ach, wir armen (Hansel und Gretel, Act I) with unnamed soprano Berlin State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Hanns Udo Müller 5.I.1937, Berlin • Walter Michael Berten • Robert Beckett 2RA 1704 (Electrola EH 1024)5
Willi Domgraf Fassbaender baritone 17 KREUTZER: Ein Schütz bin ich (Das Nachtlager in Granada, Act I) Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Erich Orthmann 18.XI.1931, Berlin • OD 675-1 (Electrola EG 2510)5
Herbert Janssen baritone 18 SCHUBERT: Die Stadt (No.11 of Schwanengesang, D957) Gerald Moore piano (P) 1985 16.XI.1938, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London • Walter Legge • 2EA 7118-1 (HMV)
Friedrich Schorr bass-baritone 19 MENDELSSOHN: Herr Gott Abrahams (Elijah) London Symphony Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli 11.V.1931, Kingsway Hall, London • 2B 537-2 (HMV DB 1564)
Sigrid Onegin contralto 20 MEYERBEER: O prêtres de Baal (Le Prophète, Act V) Orchestra / Rosario Bourdon 21.III.1929, Liederkranz Hall, New York • CVE 50962 (Victor 7146)1
CD 6 Elisabeth Schumann soprano 1 MARX: Marienlied Vienna State Orchestra / Karl Alwin 15.VIII.1928, Vienna • A. D. Lawrence • BW 1911-2 (Electrola E 532)5
Miliza Korjus soprano 2 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: In Novgorod (The Tsar’s Bride, Act II) Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Bruno Seidler-Winkler 29.I.1936, Berlin • Walter Michael Berten • Robert Beckett 2RA 1034 (Electrola EH 994)5
Erna Berger soprano 3 OBOUSSIER: Weine du nicht Hans Walter Schleif oboe • Eta Harich-Schneider harpsichord 1937, Electrola Studios, Berlin • Walter Michael Berten • Robert Beckett 2RA 3326-1 (part) (HMV DB 4596)5
Tiana Lemnitz soprano 4 RICHARD STRAUSS: Nacht dem Matteo? (Arabella, Act I) Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Bruno Seidler-Winkler 28.X.1940, Berlin • Walter Michael Berten • Johannes Huebener 2RA 4765 (HMV DB 5606)
Maria Cebotari soprano 5 PUCCINI: Mann nennt mich jetz nur Mimi (La bohème, Act I) Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Fritz Zweig 24.XI.1932, Berlin • 2D 1303-1 (HMV DB 4415)5
Elisabeth Rethberg soprano 6 MEYERBEER: Leb’ wohl, freundlich Gestade (L’Africaine, Act I) Odeon Opera Orchestra / Frieder Weissmann 22.IV.1933, Berlin • Be 10391 (Odeon O 4530)5
Lotte Lehmann soprano 7 RICHARD STRAUSS: Oh, sei er gut, Quinquin (Der Rosenkavalier, Act I)4.08 Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Manfred Gurlitt 13.XII.1927, Berlin • XXB 7887-2 (Odeon O 8726)5
Maria Müller soprano 8 REGER: Waldeinsamkeit Op.76 No.3 Ivor Newton piano 24.V.1937, Abbey Road Studios, London • 2EA 4798 (HMV DB 3285)
Nanny Larsen-Todsen soprano 9 WAGNER: Ewig war ich (Siegfried, Act III) Orchestra / Eduard Mörike 7.V.1928, Berlin • 2-20771 (Parlophone P 9534)5
THE ITALIAN SCHOOL
Conchita Supervia mezzo-soprano 10 PAISIELLO: Chi vuol la zingarella (I zingari in fiera) Orchestra / Maestro Capdevila 4.III.1930, Barcelona • SO 6042-2 (Parlophone RO 20305)3
Giannina Arangi-Lombardi soprano 11 VERDI: Te, vergin santa (I Lombardi, Act I) Orchestra / Lorenzo Molajoli IV.1934, Milan • CBX 1327 (Columbia GQX 10702)4
Dusolina Giannini soprano 12 VERDI: Pace, pace mio Dio (La forza del destino, Act IV) Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli 17.XII.1928, London • Cc 15056-2 (HMV DB 1228)
Maria Caniglia soprano 13 GIORDANO:Qual vergogna (Siberia, Act III) Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Giuseppe Antonicelli 10.IV.1936, Conservatorio, Milan • 0BA 1234-4 (HMV DA 1563)
Gina Cigna soprano 14 PUCCINI: L’amore è un’altra cosa...Laggiù nel Solidad (La fanciulla del West, Act I) Orchestra / Lorenzo Molajoli c1934, Milan • WB 4846 (Columbia GQ 7186)
Margaret Sheridan soprano 15 PUCCINI: Con onor muore (Madama Butterfly, Act II) Browning Mummery tenor Orchestra (P) 1985 7.VI.1927, Conservatorio, Milan • CD 1439-2 (HMV)
Licia Albanese soprano 16 PUCCINI: In quelle trine morbide (Manon Lescaut, Act II) Orchestra / Dino Olivieri 1940, Conservatorio, Milan • 0BA 4140-2 (HMV DA 5391)4
Bidù Sayão soprano 17 GOMES: Gentile di cuore (Il Guarany, Act II) Orchestra of RCA Victor Brasiliana / Maestro Giannetti XI.1940, Rio de Janeiro • BCVE 65863-2 (Brazilian Victor 11561)1
Toti dal Monte soprano 18 JAMES: Maori Lullaby Sung in English Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Carlo Sabajno 21.XI.1927, Milan • CD 4933-2 (HMV DB 1315)
Lina Pagliughi soprano 19 VERDI: Gualtier Maldé...Caro nome (Rigoletto, Act I) Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Carlo Sabajno 5.VII.1929, Milan • CM 1016-1 (C 1488)
Ezio Pinza bass 20 VERDI: Confutatis maledictis (Messa da Requiem) Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Carlo Sabajno 5.IX.1929, Milan • CM 1060-1ATI (HMV D 1755)
Salvatore Baccaloni bass 21 RICCI: Fermola!...Dapprima, figuratevi (Crispino e la comare) Irma Mion soprano Orchestra / Lorenzo Molajoli III.1930, Milan • WBX 789 (Columbia CQX 16451)4
Mariano Stabile baritone 22 VERDI: L’onore! Ladri! (Falstaff, Act I) Orchestra / Lorenzo Molajoli 3.XII.1926, Milan • WBX 60-1 (Columbia CQX 16499)4
CD 7 Apollo Granforte baritone 1 LEONCAVALLO: Buona Zazà (Zazà, Act II) Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Carlo Sabajno 12.IV.1929, Milan • BM 808-1 (HMV DA 1053)
Dino Borgioli tenor 2 HAGEMAN: Do not go, my love Ivor Newton piano 20.VI.1935, Abbey Road Studios, London • CA 15115-1 (Columbia LB 24)
Tito Schipa tenor 3 MASSENET: Tradure...Ah! non mi ridestar (Werther, Act III) Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Franco Ghione 4.V.1934, Conservatorio, Milan • 2W 2482-2 (HMV DB 2237)
Francesco Merli tenor 4 PUCCINI: Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut, Act I) Orchestra / Lorenzo Molajoli 29.II.1928, Milan • WB 1841 (Columbia GQ 7091)4 Beniamino Gigli tenor
5 TOSTI: Aprile Orchestra / Lawrance Collingwood 12.V.1939, Abbey Road Studios, London • 2EA 7902-2 (HMV DB 3815)
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi tenor 6 PUCCINI: Che avvien?...Ah, non m’avvicinate (Manon Lescaut, Act III) Luigi Borgonovo baritone Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Franco Ghione 30.V.1934, Conservatorio, Milan • 0W 2539-2 (HMV DA 1385)
Aureliano Pertile tenor 7 CILEA: La dolcissima effigie (Adriana Lecouvreur, Act I) Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano / Carlo Sabajno Recorded 10.XII.1930, Conservatorio, Milan • BF 3707-2 (HMV DA 1185)4
Lily Pons soprano 8 SAINT-SAËNS: Le Rossignol et la rose Orchestra / Gustav Cloëz 26.II.1929, Paris • Ki 2276-2 (Odéon 188 645)
Ninon Vallin soprano 9 FAURÉ: Les berceaux, Op.23 No.1 Marguerite Long piano 12.VI.1933, Paris • CL 4392 (Columbia LF 129)3
Claire Croiza mezzo-soprano 10 DE BRÉVILLE: Une jeune fille parle Pierre de Bréville piano 28.XII.1928, Paris • WL 1334 (Columbia D 13085)3
Georges Thill tenor 11 REYER: Le bruit des chants...Esprits, gardiens de ces lieux vénérés (Sigurd, Act II) Orchestra / Eugène Bigot 7.VII.1933, Paris • CLX 1729-1 (Columbia LFX 324)3
Charles Panzéra baritone 12 BERLIOZ: Esprits des flammes ! (La Damnation de Faust, Scene II) Pasdeloup Orchestra / Piero Coppola 18.II.1931, Paris • 2G 294-2 (HMV C 2405)3
Pierre Bernac baritone 13 FAURÉ: Aurore, Op.39 No.1 Francis Poulenc piano (P) 1985 5.XII.1947, London • 0EA 12615-1 (HMV)
Yvonne Printemps soprano 14 OFFENBACH: Dites-lui (La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein Act II) Henri Busser piano 22.XI.1929, Paris • BS 4392-1 (HMV P 835)
Reynaldo Hahn tenor 15 OFFENBACH: (a) Les Charbonniers et fariniers (b) Que voulez-vous faire ? (La Boulangère a des écus) Reynaldo Hahn piano 19.IX.1927, Paris • WL 579 (Columbia D 2022)3
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL
Lawrence Tibbett baritone 16 VERDI: E’ sogno, o realtà (Falstaff, Act II) Orchestra / Rosario Bourdon (P) 1985 3.III.1926, Camden, New York • CVE 34930-2 (Victor)1
John Charles Thomas baritone 17 THOMAS: O vin, dissipe la tristesse (Hamlet, Act II) Orchestra / Nathaniel Finston 14.I.1934, Hollywood, California • PBS 68698-1 (Victor 1639)1
Dennis Noble baritone 18 ROSSINI: I’m the factotum (Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I) Orchestra / Clarence Raybould 24.I.1928, London • WAX 3200-1 (Columbia 9556)
John Brownlee baritone 19 THOMAS: Comme une pâle fleur (Hamlet, Act V) Orchestra / Georges Lauweryns 6.III.1929, Paris • CN 388-2 (HMV D 1654)
Harold Williams baritone 20 COWAN: Onaway, awake beloved Orchestra / Clarence Raybould 11.XI.1931, London • CA 12177-1 (Columbia DB 857)
Charles Kullman tenor 21 OFFENBACH: Ha, wie in meiner Seele (Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Act III) Orchestra 8.XII.1931, Berlin • WR 224-2 (Columbia DW 3011)5
Heddle Nash tenor 22 BIZET: She is there...Hear the voice of one who adores thee (Serenade) (La Jolie Fille de Perth, Act II) Orchestra / Clarence Raybould 9.IX.1932, Abbey Road Studios, London • CAX 6511-1 (Columbia DX 540)
Richard Crooks tenor 23 PUCCINI: Wie sich die Bilder gleichen (Tosca, Act I) Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Clemens Schmalstich 1.XI.1929, Singakademie, Berlin • BLR 5753-2 (HMV EW 75)
Dame Clara Butt contralto 24 SULLIVAN: The Lost Chord with piano and organ accompaniment 7.VIII.1930, Westminster Central Hall, London • WAX 5666-1 (Columbia DX 389)
Marian Anderson contralto 25 SCHUBERT: Der Tod und das Mädchen D531 Kosti Vehanen piano Recorded 13.XI.1936, Studio Albert, Paris • Georges Cailly 0LA 1025-6 (HMV DA 1550)
CD 8 Maggie Teyte soprano 1 PALADILHE: Psyche Gerald Moore piano 26.III.1941, Abbey Road Studios, London • Walter Legge • Arthur Clarke 0EA 9223-1 (HMV DA 1779)
Isobel Baillie soprano 2 HANDEL: Angels ever bright and fair (Theodora) Orchestra / Charles Prentice 13.XI.1928, London • WAX 4275-2 (Columbia 9697)
Joan Cross soprano 3 PUCCINI: One fine day (Madama Butterfly, Act II) Orchestra / Lawrance Collingwood 21.XII.1935, Abbey Road Studios, London • 2EA 2863-1 (HMV C 2824)
Marjorie Lawrence soprano 4 REYER: O palais radieux ! (Sigurd Act IV) Pasdeloup Orchestra / Piero Coppola 7.IX.1934, Paris • George W. Clarke • 2LA 2-1 (HMV DB 4937)3
Eva Turner soprano 5 PUCCINI: In questa reggia (Turandot, Act II) Orchestra / Lorenzo Molajoli 28.IV.1928, Milan • WB 1926 & 1928 (Columbia D 1619)
Florence Austral soprano 6 ROSSINI: Inflammatus (Stabat Mater) Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir John Barbirolli 27.VIII.1928, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London • CR 2166-2A (HMV D 1506)
THE EAST EUROPEAN/SLAVIC SCHOOL
Jarmila Novotná soprano 7 DVOŘÁK: My hair is golden (Rusalka, Act III) Sung in Czech Arpad Sándor piano X.1931, Electrola Studios, Berlin • 0D 562-2 (Electrola AM 3783)5
Oda Slobodskaya soprano 8 GRAETCHANINOV: Lullaby Op.1 No.5 Sung in Russian Percy Kahn piano (P) 1985 13.II.1931, Small Queen’s Hall, London • 0B 348-1 (HMV)
Mark Reizen bass 9 GOMEZ: Di sposo, di padre (Salvator Rosa, Act III) Albert Coates piano (P) 1985 4.XII.1929, London • Bb 18451-1 (HMV)
Volume 4: 1939-1952
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL
Dorothy Kirsten soprano 10 PUCCINI: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La rondine, Act I) RCA Victor Orchestra / Jean Paul Morel 30.XII.1947, Manhattan Center, New York • Richard Mohr D7-RC-8310-1A (RCA Victor 12-0999)1
Eleanor Steber soprano 11 CHARPENTIER: Depuis le jour (Louise, Act III) Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Susskind 17.IX.1947, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London • Robert Beckett 2EA 12298-2 (HMV DB 6514)
Helen Traubel soprano 12 WAGNER: Einsam in trüben Tagen (Lohengrin, Act I) Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York / Artur Rodzinski Recorded 23.V.1945, Carnegie Hall, New York • XC0 34815/16 (CBS 12321D)2
Jennie Tourel soprano 13 BIZET: Quand je vous aimerai ?... L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (Carmen, Act I) Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Susskind 25.IX.1951, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London • Lawrance Collingwood • Robert Beckett CAX 11407-4D (Columbia LX 1507)
Kathleen Ferrier contralto 14 J. S. BACH: Qui sedes (B Minor Mass) Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan (P) 1991 VI.1950, Musikvereinssaal, Vienna • Anthony C. Griffith • (Columbia rehearsal tape)
Peter Pears tenor 15 TRAD (French): The King is gone a-hunting (arr. Britten) Benjamin Britten piano (P) 1980 29.IX.1950, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London • Arthur Clarke 0EA 15069 (HLM 7201) Jan Peerce tenor
16 HERBERT: Ah! sweet mystery of life (Naughty Marietta) Philharmonia Orchestra / Anatole Fistoulari 7.IX.1950, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London • 0EA 14985-2 (HMV DA 2010)1 Richard Tucker tenor
17 PONCHIELLI: Cielo e mar (La Gioconda, Act II) Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera Association, New York / Emil Cooper 18.VI.1947, Metropolitan Opera House, New York • XC0 37927-1A (CBS 72399D)2
Robert Merrill baritone 18 MASSENET: Ce breuvage...Vision fugitive (Hérodiade, Act II) RCA Orchestra / Jean Paul Morel 21.V.1946, Lotus Club, New York • D6-RC-5887-1A (RCA Victor 11-9291)1
George London bass-baritone 19 MUSSORGSKY-RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: I have attained the highest power (Boris Godunov, Act II) Sung in Russian Virginia Pleasants piano (P) 1989 22.X.1949 Brahmssaal, Vienna • Walter Legge • Douglas Larter Columbia tape (EX 7 69741 1)
CD 9 Oscar Natzke bass 1 HANDEL: From the rage of the tempest...Hear me, ye winds (Scipio) (arr. Somervell) H. Robinson Cleaver organ 23.II.1939, London • Oscar Preuss • CXE 9635-2 (Parlophone E 11426)
THE FRENCH SCHOOL
Mado Robin soprano 2 DELL’ACQUA: Chanson provençale Orchestra / Georges Briez 10.XI.1942, Paris • Walter Ruhlmann • 0LA 3882-1 (La Voix de son Maître DA 4980)3
Géori Boué soprano 3 HAHN: Le Rossignol des lilas (Dauphin) André Collard piano c1942, Paris • Ki 10487-1 (Odéon 188.953)3
Victoria de los Angeles soprano 4 RESPIGHI: Stornellatrice Gerald Moore piano 9.V.1949, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London • David Bicknell • Douglas Larter 0EA 13822 (HMV DA 1930)
Suzanne Danco soprano 5 ANON 15th Century: Amor amaro (ed. F. Ghisi) Professor E. Bellinzona vielle II.1941, Milan • 0BA 4253 (La Voce del Padrone HN 1870)4
Solange Michel mezzo-soprano 6 GODARD: Viens avec nous (La Vivandière, Act I) Orchestre de l’Opéra-Comique / Louis Fourestier 12.III.1951, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris • CPT 8109 (Pathé PD 145)3
Hugues Cuénod tenor 7 LIPATTI: Sensation (Rimbaud) Madeleine Lipatti piano (P) 1989 23.VI.1951, Zurich • Walter Legge • CZX 333-4 (Columbia) EX 7 69741 1
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano 8 BEETHOVEN: Ach wär ich schon (Fidelio, Act I) Philharmonia Orchestra / Alceo Galliera 19.X.1950, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road • Walter Legge • Douglas Larter CAX 10946-2A (Columbia LX 1410)
Irmgard Seefried soprano 9 WOLF: Elfenlied (Mörike) Gerald Moore piano (P) 1987 15.IV.1948, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London • Walter Legge • Douglas Larter CA 20743 (Columbia) EX 29 1057 1
Sena Jurinac soprano TCHAIKOVSKY: Es geht auf Mitternacht (The Queen of Spades, Act III) 10 Philharmonia Orchestra / Lawrance Collingwood (P) 1989 10.VIII.1950, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Lawrance Collingwood • Arthur Clarke • 2EA 14955-1 (HMV) (EX 7 69741 1)
Ljuba Welitsch soprano 11 VERDI: Ritorna vincitor! (Aida, Act I) Philharmonia Orchestra / Josef Krips 25.IX.1947, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London • Walter Legge • Robert Beckett CA 20500/501 (Columbia LB 65)
Leonie Rysanek soprano 12 RICHARD STRAUSS: Das war sehr gut (Arabella, Act III) Philharmonia Orchestra / Wilhelm Schüchter 21.IV.1952, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London • Walter Legge • Douglas Larter CAX 11662-4A (Columbia LX 1559)
Inge Borkh soprano 13 MENOTTI: Mein Kind ist tot (The Consul, Act III) Berlin State Opera Orchestra / Artur Rother 10.XII.1951, Berlin • Fritz Ganss • Horst Lindner 2RA 6858 (part) & 6859 (Electrola DB 11537)5
Julius Patzak tenor 14 SCHUBERT: Der Müller und der Bach (Die schöne Müllerin) Michael Raucheisen piano (P) 1966 1943, Vienna • Preiser PR 31286 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau baritone
15 SCHUMANN: Mondnacht (Eichendorff) (No.5 of Liederkreis, Op.39) Gerald Moore piano 7.X.1951, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London • Walter Legge • Douglas Larter 2EZ 15952 (HMV DB 21515)
Erich Kunz baritone 16 MOZART: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Die Zauberflöte, Act I) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Rudolf Moralt (P) 1989 21.XI.1947, Brahmssaal, Vienna • Walter Legge • Douglas Larter CHA 979-1 (Columbia) (EX 7 69741 1)
Paul Schoeffler baritone 17 BEETHOVEN: Ha! welch ein Augenblick (Fidelio, Act I) Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Karl Böhm 1944, Vienna
Aksel Schiøtz tenor 18 DOWLAND: Flow my tears Jytte Gorki Schmidt guitar 17.X.1941, Copenhagen • Johann Saendler • 2CS 1979-1 (Danish HMV DB 5270)10
THE RUSSIAN AND SLAVONIC SCHOOLS
Zara Dolukhanova mezzo-soprano 19 MUSSORGSKY-RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Mysterious powers (Khovanshchina, Act II) Sung in Russian All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra / Alexei Kovaliev c1951/2, Moscow • (USSR D 1422/3)7
Claudia Novikova mezzo-soprano 20 OFFENBACH: Ah! quel dîner (La Perichole, Act I) Sung in Russian Orchestra USSR • 6300-2 (USSR 0313)7
Beno Blachut tenor 21 SMETANA: Ah, whose is the spell? (Dalibor, Act III) Sung in Czech Prague Opera Orchestra / Jožka Charvát 1945, Prague • 4772 (Esta H 1572)8
Boris Christoff 22 BORODIN: The Sleeping PrincessSung in Russian Gerald Moore piano (P) 1979 17.V.1950, No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London • Walter Legge • Arthur Clarke 2EA 14707 (RLS 735)
CD 10 THE ITALIAN SCHOOL
Ferruccio Tagliavini tenor 1 DONIZETTI: Una furtiva lagrima (L’elisir d’amore, Act II) RCA Victor Orchestra / Antal Dorati 23.IX.1947, Hollywood • D7-RC-6960 (RCA Victor 18-0106)1
Giuseppe di Stefano tenor 2 THOMAS: Addio, Mignon (Mignon, Act II) La Scala Orchestra / Emidio Tieri 2.IV.1947, Milan • 2BA 6147 (La Voce del Padrone DB 11311)4
Luigi Infantino tenor 3 FALVO: Dicitencello vuje Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Alberto Erede 14.IV.1948, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London • Victor Carne • Arthur Clarke CAX 10226-1 (Columbia LX 1213)
Mario del Monaco tenor 4 VERDI: Esultate! (Otello, Act I) Milan Symphony Orchestra / Argeo Quadri 16.I.1951, Milan • 2BA 7568 (part) (La Voce del Padrone DB 11337)4
Paolo Silveri baritone 5 DONIZETTI: Leonora!...A tanto amor (La Favorita, Act III) London Symphony Orchestra / Walter Goehr 6.XII.1948, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London • Victor Carne • Arthur Clarke CAX 10390-2 (Columbia LX 1240)
Giampiero Malaspina baritone 6 PUCCINI: Tre sbirri, una carozza (Tosca, Act I) Keith Hardwick tenor Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Michael Mudie 1.VII.1948, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London • Victor Carne • Douglas Larter CAX 10293-1 (Columbia DX 1514)
Gino Bechi baritone 7 VERDI: O Carlo, ascolta (Don Carlo, Act IV) Milan Symphony Orchestra / Argeo Quadri 7.II.1949, Milan • 2BA 6800-2 (La Voce del Padrone DB 11322)4
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni bass 8 GLINKA: They guess the truth (A Life for the Tsar, Act IV) Sung in Russian Philharmonia Orchestra / Tomaso Benintende-Neglia 4.VIII.1952, Kingsway Hall, London • Walter Legge • Robert Beckett 2EA 16694 (HMV DB 21559)
Tancredi Pasero bass 9 MUSSORGSKY-RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: I have attained the highest power (Boris Godunov, Act II) Sung in Italian Orchestra / Dick Marzollo (P) 1966 13.VII.1944, Milan • 2BA 5581-2 (La Voce del Padrone 3C 053 17674M)4
Giulietta Simionato mezzo-soprano 10 MASSENET: Mi scrivo qui (Werther, Act III) Milan Symphony Orchestra / Argeo Quadri 20.IV.1951, Milan • CBX 1663 (Columbia GQX 11499)4
Fedora Barbieri mezzo-soprano 11 VERDI: Condotta ell’era in ceppi (Il trovatore, Act II) Mariano Caruso tenor Milan Symphony Orchestra / Argeo Quadri 14.I.1949, Milan • 2BA 6771 (La Voce del Padrone DB 11319)4
Ebe Stignani mezzo-soprano 12 SAINT-SAËNS: La notte cadente (Samson et Dalila, Act I) Orchestra / Umberto Berrettoni X.1941, Milan • 0BA 3712-1 (HMV DA 5383)
Alda Noni soprano 13 BIZET: Siccome un dì caduto il sole (Les Pêcheurs de perles, Act I) Milan Symphony Orchestra / Argeo Quadri 25.I.1951, Milan • 2BA 7370-1 (La Voce del Padrone DB 11346)4
Margherita Carosio soprano 14 BELLINI: O quante volte (I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Act I) Philharmonia Orchestra / Anatole Fistoulari 20.V.1951, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London • David Bicknell • Douglas Larter 2EA 15622-2 (HMV DB 21336)
Magda László soprano 15 A. SCARLATTI: Su venite e consiglio Luigi Cortese piano c1950, Paris • 10278-1 (Boîte à Musique BAM 206)
Margherita Grandi soprano 16 VERDI: Tu che le vanità (Don Carlo, Act IV) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Alberto Erede 7.II.1948, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London • Lawrance Collingwood • Arthur Clarke 2EA 12719/20 (HMV DB 6631)
Zinka Milanov soprano 17 VERDI: Vanne!... D’amor sull’ali rosee (Il trovatore, Act IV) Orchestra / Frieder Weissmann 14.II.1946, Lotus Club, New York • D6-RC-963 (RCA 11-9839)1
(P) as shown. The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by EMI Records Ltd except 1 (Victor and RCA labels) & 2 (American Columbia and CBS labels) SONY-BMG Music Entertainment, 3 EMI Music France, 4 EMI Music Italy, 5 EMI Electrola GmbH, 6 Preiser Records, 7 Melodiya and 8 Supraphon. Digital remastering (P) 2009 by EMI Records Ltd. This compilation (P) 2009 by EMI Records Ltd. (C) 2009 EMI Records Ltd. All rights reserved.
Recordings by courtesy of 1 & 2 SONY-BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd, 6 Preiser Records, 7 Melodiya and 8 Supraphon.
Digital remastering and audio restoration at Abbey Road Studios by Andrew Walter. Compilation producer: Tony Locantro
The recordings in the first part are all taken from the original four volumes of The Record of Singing, issued by EMI on LP between 1977 and 1989, and those in the second part have all been specially selected for this project. Details of recording dates, venues, producers and engineers are given where known, and the first part also includes the original 78 rpm matrix and catalogue numbers. Also, all the transfers of tracks from the original Record of Singing albums have been newly re-processed at Abbey Road to improve the sound even further using the latest audio restoration technology. EMI Classics 2289562 |
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