Disc One
1 Claudia Muzio
ADRIANA LECOUVREUR, Cilèa, Poveri fiori 3.10
Rec: 7 June 1935 Matrix: B6966 Columbia Cat: LC20
2 Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
L'AFRICAINE, Meyerbeer, O Paradiso 3.39
Rec: 28 May 1934 Matrix: 2W 3532-2 HMV Cat: DB2263
3 Enrico Caruso
AIDA, Verdi, Se quel guerrier io fossi... Celeste Aida 4.57
Rec: 27 December 1911 Matrix: C11423 Victor Cat: 88127
4 Rosa Ponselle
AIDA, Verdi, Ritorna vincitor 4.52
Rec: 18 January 1928 Matrix: CVE 29063-9 Victor Cat: 7438A
5 Giovanni Martinelli
ANDREA CHÉNIER, Giordano, Un di all'azzuro spazio 4.27
Rec: 12 March 1926 Matrix: CVE 34994 HMV Cat: DB1143
6 Claudia Muzio
ANDREA CHÉNIER, Giordano, La mamma morta 4.39
Rec: 5 June 1935 Matrix: BX 1360 Columbia Cat: LX655
7 Giovanni Martinelli
ANDREA CHÉNIER, Giordano, Come un bel dì di Maggio 3.16
Rec: 17 March 1927 Matrix: CVE 34998 HMV Cat: DB1143
8 Tito Schipa
L'ARLESIANA, Cilèa, E la solita storia 4.14
Rec: 11 September 1928 Matrix: BVE 38381 Victor Cat: 7582
9 Eidè Norena
ATALANTA, Handel, Care selve 3.49
Rec: July 1937 Matrix: 2LA 1920-1 Disque Gramophone Cat: DB5054
10 Igor Gorin
ATTILA, Verdi, Dagli immortali vertici 4.47
Rec: 3 July 1941 Matrix: CS 066380 Victor Cat: 18402
11 Enrico Caruso
UN BALLO IN MASCH, Verdi, Di tu se fedele 3.03
Rec: 19 November 1911 Matrix: C11270-2 Victor Cat: 87091
12 Mattia Battistini
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Verdi, Eri tu, che macchiavi 4.24
Rec: November 1906 Matrix: 886c G&T Cat: 052146
13 Luisa Tetrazzini
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Verdi, Saper vorreste 3.01
Rec: 1911 Matrix: 10059 Victor Cat: 88304
14 Riccardo Stracciari
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini, Largo al factotum 4.11
Rec: 19 May 1917 Matrix: 49181 Columbia Cat: 7352
15 Tito Schipa
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini, Se il mio nome 3.03
Rec: June 1923 Matrix: B28050 Victor Cat: 965b
16 Conchita Supervia
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini, Una voce poco fa ... Io sono docile 6.21
Rec: 1927 Matrix: XXPh 6046/7 Odeon Cat: 120098
Disc Two
1 Jussi Björling
LA BELLE HÉLÈNE, Offenbach, Au mont Ida trois déesses 3.32
Rec: 31 May 1938 Matrix: OSB 755-1 HMV Cat: X6090
sung in Swedish
2 Beniamino Gigli
LA BOHÈME, Puccini, Che gelida manina 4.36
Rec: May 1938 Matrix: 2BA 2382-1 HMV Cat: DB3450
3 Claudia Muzio
LA BOHÈME, Puccini, Si, mi chiamano Mimi 4.52
Rec: 5 June 1935 Matrix: BX 1359 Columbia Cat: LX583
4 Nellie Melba
LA BOHÈME, Puccini, Donde lieta usci 3.26
Rec: 1909 Matrix: A6705 Victor Cat: 88149
5 Feodor Chaliapin
BORIS GODUNOV, Musorgsky, Varlaam's Song 2.40
Rec: 30 January 1922 Matrix: B26100-2 HMV Cat: 7-22009
6 Lotte Schöne
CAGLIOSTRO IN WIEN, J. Strauss II, Zigeunerkind, wie glänzt dein Haar 3.07
Rec: 13 June 1925 Matrix: xxB 7210 Odeon Cat: 0-8218b
7 Pol Plançon
LE CID, Thomas, Enfant chéri ... Le Tambour-Major 4.14
Rec: 27 March 1907 Matrix: C3030-2 Victor Cat: 85119
8 Conchita Supervia
CARMEN, Bizet, L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habañera) 4.22
Rec: 1930 Matrix: XXP 7267-1 Odeon Cat: 123773
9 Conchita Supervia
CARMEN, Bizet, Près des remparts de Séville (Séguedille) 4.17
Rec: 1930 Matrix: XXP 7098-1 Odeon Cat: 123714
10 Lawrence Tibbett
CARMEN, Bizet, Chanson du Toréador 4.33
Rec: 8 April 1929 Matrix: CVE 51117-4 Victor Cat: 8124
11 Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
CARMEN, Bizet, La fleur que tu m'avais jetée 3.44
Rec: 29 January 1930 Matrix: 58626-2 Victor Cat: 7389
12 Eidé Norena
CARMEN, Bizet, Je dis que rien ne m'êpouvante (Micaela's aria) 4.39
Rec: June 1933 Matrix: 874-3 Disque Gramophone Cat: DB4922
13 Tito Schipa
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Mascagni, O Lola, c'hai di latti la cammisa (Siciliana) 2.29
Rec: November 1913 Matrix: 2903 AH HMV Cat: 7-52205
14 Claudia MuzioCAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Voi lo sapete, 3.27, Rec: 19 April 1934 Matrix: BX 1337 Columbia Cat: LX583
15 Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Mascagni, Viva il vino spumeggiante 1.54
Rec: 1923 Matrix: 10274 Brunswick Cat: 15085
16 Enrico CarusoCAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
Addio alla madre, 4.06, Rec: 15 December 1913 Matrix: 14202-2 Victor Cat: 88458
17 Conchita Supervia
LA CENERENTOLA, Rossini, Non più mesta 2.51
Rec: 1927 Matrix: XXPh 6043 Odeon Cat: R20140
Disc Three
1 Mabel Garrison
LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN, Offenbach, Les oiseaux dans la charmille 4.39
Rec: 6 June 1916 Matrix: C17804-1 Victor Cat: 74482
2 Eidé Norena
LE COQ D'OR, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Hymne au soleil 2.56
Rec: 26 September 1932 Matrix: OPG 51-1 Disque Gramophone Cat: DA4840
3 David Devriès
LA DAME BLANCHE, Boieldieu, Rêverie de Georges Brown 4.25
Rec: 26 April 1928 Matrix: XXP 6659-2 Odeon Cat: R20069
4 Amelita Galli-Curci
DINORAH, Meyerbeer, Ombra leggiera 4.32
Rec: 15 June 1917 Matrix: C20047 Victor Cat: 74532
5 Pasquale Amato
DINORAH, Meyerbeer, Ah! mon remords te venge 4.33
Rec: 4 March 1914 Matrix: C14534-2 Victor Cat: 88473
sung in Italian
6 Ezio Pinza
DON CARLOS, Verdi, Ella giammai m'amo 4.12
Rec: 17 February 1927 Matrix: CVE 37825-2 Victor Cat: 6709
7 Mattia Battistini
DON CARLOS, Verdi, O Carlo, ascolta 4.31
Rec: 2 June 1913 Matrix: 28091/2c HMV Cat: 052405
8 Amelita Galli-Curci
DON CÉSAR DE BAZAN, Massenet, A Séville, belles señoras (Sevillana) 3.13
Rec: 1923 Matrix: 28465 Victor Cat: 1018b
9 Ezio Pinza
DON GIOVANNI, Mozart, Deh vieni alla finestra 1.52
Rec: 28 March 1930 Matrix: BVE 59733-2 Victor Cat: 1467
10 John McCormack
DON GIOVANNI, Mozart, Il mio tesoro 4.18
Rec: 9 May 191 Matrix: C17647-1 Victor Cat: 74484
11 Tito Schipa
DON PASQUALE, Donizetti, Sogno soave e casto 2.47
Rec: 10 September 1926 Matrix: B35862 Victor Cat: 1282b
12 Amelita Galli-Curci
DON PASQUALE, Donizetti, Quel guardo il cavaliere 4.37
Rec: 23 September 1919 Matrix: C23169 Victor Cat: 74599
13 Beniamino Gigli
L'ELISIR D'AMORE, Donizetti, Quanto è bella, quanto è cara 2.59
Rec: 10 April 1925 Matrix: BVE 32500 HMV Cat: DA797
14 Tito Schipa
L'ELISIR D'AMORE, Donizetti, Una furtiva lagrima 4.28
28Rec: 24 November 1925 Matrix: CVE 33940-2 Victor Cat: 6570b
15 Alexander Kipnis
DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL, Mozart, Wer ein Liebchen hat gefunden 3.23
Rec: 10 April 1931 Matrix: OD 297-2 Gramophone Cat: DA1218
16 Eidé Norena
DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL, Mozart, Durch Zärtlichkeit und Schmeicheln 3.56
Rec: 4 December 1934 Matrix: 2LA 221-2 Disque Gramophone Cat: DB4959
Disc Four
1 Giovanni Martinelli
ERNANI, Verdi, Merce, diletti amici ... Come rugiada al cespite 3.33
Rec: 11 May 1915 Matrix: B16021 HMV Cat: DA330
2 Rosa Ponselle
ERNANI, Verdi, Ernani! Ernani, involami 4.15
Rec: 9 June 1922 Matrix: 98028-1 HMV Cat: 68037D
3 Ezio Pinza
ERNANI, Verdi, Infelice! e tu credevi 3.18
Rec: 7 May 1929 Matrix: CVE 51978-2 Victor Cat: 7552B
4 Giuseppe de Luca
ERNANI, Verdi, O, de' verd' anni miei 4.21
Rec: 27 November 1916 Matrix: C18762-2 Victor Cat: 74506
5 Lotte Lehmann
EUGENE ONEGIN, Tchaikovsky, Letter Scene 3.38
Rec: 1917 Matrix: 1221-2M Polydor Cat: 72906
sung in German
6 Dmitri Smirnov
EUGENE ONEGIN, Tchaikovsky, Lontan, lontan (Lenski's Aria) 4.17
Rec: 1909 Matrix: 4305 HMV Cat: 022154
7 Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
FAUST, Gounod, Salut! demeure chaste et pure 4.29
Rec: 29 January 1930 Matrix: 58627-1 Victor Cat: 7389
8 Conchita Supervia
FAUST, Gounod, Il était un roi de Thulé 3.43
Rec: 24 October 1931 Matrix: xxP 7313-2 Odeon Cat: unpublished
9 Eidé Norena
FAUST, Gounod, Ah, je ris de me voir si belle (Jewel Song) 4.38
Rec: 1933 Matrix: 2PG 877-1 Disque Gramophone Cat: DB4904
10 Mattia Battistini
LA FAVORITA, Donizetti, A tanto amor 3.59
Rec: November 1906 Matrix: 884c G&T Cat: 052144
11 Sigrid Onegin
LA FAVORITA, Donizetti, O mio Fernando 4.43
Rec: 4 March Matrix: CVE 50907-2 Victor Cat: 7191
12 Beniamino Gigli
LA FAVORITA, Donizetti, Spirito gentil 4.04
Rec: March 1921 Matrix: C24921 Victor Cat: 74688
13 Toti dal Monte
LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO, Donizetti, Convien partir 4.36
Rec: 1926 Matrix: CVE 36745 Victor Cat: 6613
14 Lotte Schöne
DIE FLEDERMAUS, J. Strauss II, Mein Herr 3.03
Rec: c. 1928 Matrix: CLR 4644-2 HMV Cat: W-1079
15 Elisabeth Rethberg
DIE FLEDERMAUS, J. Strauss II, Czardas 4.22
Rec: 30 April 1931 Matrix: CVE 53075 Victor Cat: 7415
Disc Five
1 Rosa Ponselle
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Verdi, Alzatevi ... La vergine degli angeli 4.39
Rec: 23 January 1928 Matrix: CVE 41636 Victor Cat: 8097B
2 Beniamino Gigli
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Verdi, Solenne in quest'ora 4.43
Rec: 24 February 1927 Matrix: CVE 37837 Victor Cat: 8069
3 Giovanni Martinelli
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Verdi, Invano, Alvaro ... Le minaccie, i fieri accenti 8.42
Rec: 8 December 1927 Matrix: CVE 41215/6 HMV Cat: DB1172
4 Claudia Muzio
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Verdi, Pace, pace mio Dio 4.50
Rec: 4 June 1935 Matrix: BX 1358 Victor Cat: LCX 26
5 Titta Ruffo
LA GIOCONDA, Ponchielli, Ah! Pescator affonda l'esca 3.05
Rec: September 1912 Matrix: 461aj HMV Cat: 052378
6 Jussi Björling
LA GIOCONDA, Ponchielli, Cielo e mar 4.24
Rec: 3 September 1937 Matrix: 2SB 570-2 HMV Cat: DB3302
7 Rosa Ponselle
LA GIOCONDA, Ponchielli, Suicidio 4.14
Rec: 14 January 1925 Matrix: C31709 Victor Cat: 6496A
8 Richard Tauber
GRÄFIN MARIZA, Kálmán, Grüß mir mein Wein 4.19
Rec: 25 November 1924 Matrix: xxB 7094 Odeon Cat: 0-8025
9 Eidé Norena
GUILLAUME TELL, Rossini, Sombre forêt (Cavatina) 3.28
Rec: 1930 Matrix: Ki 3943 Odeon Cat: 188.794
10 Maria Ivogün
LES HUGUENOTS, Meyerbeer, Une dame noble et sage 3.51
Rec: 1917 Matrix: xxB 6384-2 Odeon Cat: 76997
sung in German
11 Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
LES HUGUENOTS, Meyerbeer, Bianca al par 4.22
Rec: January 1929 Matrix: 41419-2A Victor Cat: unpublished
12 Antonio Cortis
IRIS, Mascagni, Apri la tua finestra 2.32
Rec: 25 September 1929 Matrix: BM 1122 VDP Cat: DA1076
13 Alma Gluck
JOCELYN, Godard, Cachés dans cet asile (Berceuse) 4.42
Rec: 29 December 1914 Matrix: C14245-1 Victor Cat: 74369
14 Amelita Galli-Curci
LAKMÉ, Delibes, Ou va la jeune Hindoue (Bell Song) 4.23
Rec: 5 March 1917 Matrix: C18595 Victor Cat: 74510
15 Richard Tauber
DAS LAND DES LÄCHELNS, Lehár, Von Apfelblüten einen Kranz 3.15
Rec: 4 October 1929 Matrix: xxB 8410-3 Odeon Cat: 8376
Disc Six
1 Antonina Nezhdanova
A LIFE FOR THE TSAR, Glinka, I do not grieve for that 3.20
Rec: 13 April 1914 Matrix: 319af Gramophone Cat: 023149
2 Marcella Sembrich
LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX, Donizetti, O luce di quest' anima 3.08
Rec: 2 November 1908 Matrix: C6574-1 Victor Cat: 88142
3 Mafalda Favero
LODOLETTA, Mascagni, Flammen, perdonami 4.05
Rec: c. 1940 Matrix: 2BA 5091 VDP Cat: DB5397
4 Kirsten Flagstad
LOHENGRIN, Wagner, Euch Lüften, die mein Klagen 3.40
Rec: 17 October 1937 Matrix: BS 013074-2 Victor Cat: 1901B
5 Miguel Fleta
LOHENGRIN, Wagner, In fernem Land 4.41
Rec: 13 November 1926 Matrix: CS-2432-3 Gramophone Cat: DB976
sung in Italian
6 Ninon Vallin
LOUISE, Charpentier, Depuis le jour 4.14
Rec: 28 Oct - 13 Nov 1935 Matrix: CLX 1882-1 Columbia Cat: RFX51
7 Mariano Stabile
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Donizetti, Cruda funesta smania 4.05
Rec: c. 1923 Matrix: xxPH 5436 Fonotipia Cat: 74922
8 Frieda Hempel
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Donizetti, Ardon gl'incensi 4.15
Rec: 1910 Matrix: 530 HMV Cat: 043159
sung in German
9 John McCormack
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Donizetti, Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali 3.48
Rec: 23 March 1910 Matrix: C8740-1 Victor Cat: 88249
10 Ernestine Schumann-Heink
LUCREZIA BORGIA, Donizetti, Il segreto per esser felici (Brindisi) 3.02
Rec: 3 January 1906 Matrix: C2978-1 Victor Cat: 85096
11 Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
LUISA MILLER, Verdi, Quando le sere al placido 3.24
Rec: 3 July 1943 Matrix: 2BA 5507-2 HMV Cat: DB5449
12 Maria Ivogün
DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR, Nicolai, Nun eilt' herbei 4.44
Rec: 1917 Matrix: xxB 6383-2 Odeon Cat: 76811
13 Richard Tauber
DIE LUSTIGE WITWE, Lehár, Lippen schweigen (Ballsirenen-Walzer) 3.22
Rec: 5 January 1932 Matrix: Be 9699 Odeon Cat: 0-4501
14 Rosa Ponselle
MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Puccini, Un bel di vedremo 4.40
Rec: 9 January 1919 Matrix: 49571 Columbia Cat: 7340
15 Jussi Björling
MANON, Massenet, Il sogno (En fermant les yeux) 3.56
Rec: 10 August 1938 Matrix: 2SB 779-2 HMV Cat: DB3603
16 Amelita Galli-Curci
MANON, Massenet, Obéissons, quand leur voix appelle (Gavotte) 3.03
Rec: 1923 Matrix: 28467 Victor Cat: 1018A
17 Tito Schipa
MANON, Massenet, Dispar, vision 4.20
Rec: 4 May 1934 Matrix: 2W 2481 HMV Cat: DB2237
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