Dame Nellie Melba

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

1 Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940)

UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Verdi, Saper vorreste 3.00

Rec: 1911 Matrix: 10059 HMV Cat: DB539

2 Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940)

RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Caro nome 4.18

Rec: 1911 Matrix: 10074 Victor Cat: 88295

3 Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940)

MIGNON, Thomas, Io son Titania 4.40

Rec: 1911 Matrix: 10073 Victor Cat: 88296

4 Nellie Melba (1861-1931)

LA BOHÈME, Puccini, Donde lieta usci 3.27

Rec: 1909 Matrix: A6705 Victor Cat: 88149

5 Adelina Patti (1843-1919)

Yradier, La Calesera (Sung in Spanish) 2.58

Rec: 1906 Matrix: 684 G and T Cat: 03085

6 Frieda Hempel (1885-1955)

DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Mozart, Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen 3.14

Rec: 1911 Matrix: 2386C HMV Cat: DB365

7 Amelita Galli-Curci (1882 - 1963)

DON CÉSAR DE BAZAN, Massenet, Sevillana (A Séville, belles señoras) 3.15

Rec: 1923 Matrix: 28465 Victor Cat: 1018-B

8 Amelita Galli-Curci (1882 - 1963)

IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini, Una voce poco fa 4.34

Rec: 1917 Matrix: 20045 Victor Cat: 74541

9 Amelita Galli-Curci (1882 - 1963)

MANON, Massenet, Obéissons, quand leur voix appelle (Gavotte) 3.06

Rec: 1923 Matrix: 28467 Victor Cat: 1018-A

10 Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981)

MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Puccini, Un bel dì 4.43

Rec: 9 Jan 1919 Dir: Romani Matrix: 49571 Columbia Cat: 7340

11 Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976)

FIDELIO, Beethoven, Komm, O Hoffnung 6.17

Rec: 13 Dec 1927 Dir: M. Gurlitt Matrix: XXB7885/6 Odeon Cat: PXO1013

12 Eva Turner (born 1892)

AIDA, Verdi, Ritorna vincitor 6.41

Rec: 1928 Dir. Beecham Matrix: 3931-2/3 Columbia Cat: L2150

13 Nina Koshetz (1894-1965)

SADKO, Rimsky-Korsakov, Berceuse (Sung in Russian) 4.11

Rec: 12 April 1928 Victor Cat: 9233B

14 Nina Koshetz (1894-1965)

PRINCE IGOR, Borodin, Jaroslavna's aria (Sung in Russian) 4.45

Rec: 12 April 1928 Victor Cat: 9233B

15 Eidé Norena (1884-1968)

ROMÉO ET JULIETTE, Gounod, Waltz Song (Je veux vivre dans ce rêve) 4.38

Rec: 1928 Matrix: XXP-6781 Parlophone Cat: G-7302-M

16 Maria Nemeth (1897-1967)

IL TROVATORE, Verdi, Tacea la notte 6.08

Rec: 1927 Matrix: J24116 Polydor Cat: 66621

17 Claudia Muzio (1889-1936)

MEFISTOFELE, Boito, L'Altra notte in fondo al mare 4.11

Rec: 6 June 1935 Dir: Molajoli Matrix: BX1363 Columbia Cat: LCX25

18 Claudia Muzio (1889-1936)

Denaudy, O del mio Amato ben 4.02

Rec: 1935 Matrix: BX1376 Columbia Cat: LCX25

1 Nellie Melba (1861-1931)

FAUST, Gounod, The Jewel Song 3.07

Rec: 24 Aug 1910 Matrix: C4338-4 Victor Cat: 6215-A

2 Enrico Caruso (1873-1921)

RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Questa o quella 2.19

Rec: 1 Feb 1904 Matrix: B994 Victor Cat: 522-B

3 Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940)

LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Donizetti, Quando rapita in estasi 4.17

Rec: 25 May 1909 Matrix: 3078F HMV Cat: 053224 Percy Pitt, conductor

4 John McCormack (1884-1945)

LA TRAVIATA, Verdi, De' miei bollenti spiriti 3.54

Rec: 10 Mar 1910 Matrix: C8693-1 Victor Cat: DB 631

5 Emmy Destinn (1878-1930)

MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Puccini, Con onor muore 2.20

Rec: 1908 Matrix: 12753U HMV Cat: 7-53022

6 Johanna Gadski (1872-1932)

GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, Wagner, Fliegt heim ihr Raben 2.58

Rec: 1909 Matrix: CA 7030 HMV Cat: 043173

7 Friedrich Schorr (1888-1953)

DIE MEISTERSINGER, Wagner, Was duftet doch der Flieder 6.22

Rec: 10 May 1930 Matrix: CR 2496-1 HMV Cat: D 1351 London Symphony Orchestra. Albert Coates, conductor

8 Eva Turner (1892-1990)

TOSCA, Puccini, Vissi d'arte 3.07

Rec: 1928 Matrix: WAX 3929 Columbia Cat: L 2118 Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor

9 Renato Zanelli (1892-1935)

OTELLO, Verdi, Ora e per sempre 2.15

Rec: 24 June 1929 Matrix: CM 977-1 HMV Cat: DB 1439 Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Carlo Sabajno, conductor

10 Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976), Elisabeth Schumann (1888-1952), Maria Olczewska (1892-1969)

DER ROSENKAVALIER, R. Strauss, Marie Theres' [Act 3 Trio] 4.20

Rec: Sept 1933 Matrix: 2WX 586-2 HMV Cat: DB 2071 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Robert Heger, conductor

11 Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938), Margherita Carosio (soprano)

BORIS GODOUNOV, Mussorgsky, Prayer and Death 8.16

Rec: 4 July 1928 Matrix: CR 2142-1/3-1 HMV Cat: DB 3464 Live performance at Covent Garden

Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Vincenzo Belleza, conductor

12 Beniamino Gigli (1890 - 1957)

ANDREA CHENIER, Giordano, Sì, fui soldato 2.46

Rec: 3 Mar 1933 Matrix: OM 1168-1 HMV Cat: DA 1312 Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Carlo Sabajno, conductor

13 Conchita Supervia (1895-1936)

CARMEN, Bizet, Les tringles des sistres 3.29

Rec: 1930 Matrix: XXP 7099 Parlophone Cat: R 20127 Gustav Cloez, conductor Gustav Cloez, conductor

14 Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960)

TOSCA, Puccini, Te Deum 4.17

Rec. 10 April 1929 Matrix: CVE 51116-4 Victor Cat: 8124 Metropolitan Opera House and Chorus, Giulo Setti, conductor

15 Richard Tauber (1892-1948)

DON GIOVANNI, Mozart, Dalla sua pace 4.16

Rec: 8 June 1939 Matrix: CXE 9805-1 Odeon Cat: 0-9177 Walter Goehr, conductor

16 Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962), Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973)

TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, Wagner, The Love Duet, Act 2 17.27

Rec: 11 Nov 1939 Matrix: 042231-34 Victor Cat: M 644 San Francisco Opera Orchestra. Edwin McArthur, conductor

1 Hugues Cuenod (b.1902)

Delannoy, Philippine - Complainte de l'Homme - serpent, (words - Jean Limozin) 3.15

Rec: 19 November 1937 Matrix: CL 6458-1 Columbia Cat: DF 2280 Maurice Jaubert, conductor

2 Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981)

De Fontenailles, à' l'aimé, (words - Jeanne Dortzal) 4.00

Rec: 31 October 1939 Matrix: PBS 042207-5 Victor Cat: 2053-A Acc. Romano Romani

3 Richard Tauber (1892-1948), Richard Tauber (1892-1948)

Mendelssohn, Ich wollt', meine Liebe ergösse sich -, Op. 63 No. 1 (words - Heinrich Heine) 3.06

Rec: 11 March 1933 Matrix: Be 10258-0 Odeon Cat: 0-4524-A Dr Frieder Weissmann, conductor

4 Miliza Korjus (1907-1980)

Moszkowsky, Cher petit Rossignol 2.48

Rec: 1936 Matrix: 2 RA 1063-2 HMV Cat: L-1029

5 Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957)

Di Capua, O sole mio 3.13

Rec: 26th March 1934 Matrix: OW 2405-2 HMV Cat: DA 1373

6 Elisabeth Schumann (1888-1952) (Sung and whistled)

Zeller, Nightingale Song 3.40

Rec: 1930 Matrix: Bb 18667-2 HMV Cat: E-552 Lawrence Collingwood, conductor

7 Tito Schipa (1888-1965)

Rimsky-Korsakov, Aimant la rose 3.22

Rec: 24 April 1932 Matrix: OM 492-2 Victor Cat: DA 1323 Carlo Sabajno, conductor

8 Amelita Galli-Curci (1882-1963)

Yradier, La Paloma 2.09

Rec: 5 September 1928 Matrix: A 45147 Victor/HMV Cat: DA 5400 Acc. Homer Samuels

9 Joseph Schmidt (1904-1942)

Strauss, Wiener Bonbons 2.26

Rec: 1936 Matrix: 85277-2 Odeon Cat: 281.237 arr. Bodenstedt

10 Nina Koshetz (1894-1965)

Tchaikovsky, None but the lonely heart 3.37

Rec: 1922 Matrix: Unknown Brunswick Cat: 10137-A Acc. Nicolai Stember with 'cello obligato

11 Paul Robeson (1898-1976)

Rasbach, Trees (words Joyce Kilmer) 2.38

Rec: 1938 Matrix: OEA 7087-1 HMV Cat: K-8243

12 Noël Coward (1899-1973), Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952)

Coward, Shadow Play from Tonight at 8.30 9.03

Rec: 16th Jan 1936 Matrix: 2EA 2666/7 HMV Cat: C 2816

The Phoenix Theatre Orchestra, London, Clifford Greenwood, conductor

13 John McCormack (1884-1945)

Foster, I Dream of Jeanie 3.16

Rec: 24 August 1934 Matrix: OEA 412-2 HMV Cat: DA 1405 Acc. Edwin Schneider

14 Nellie Melba (1861-1931)

Arditi, Se saran rose 3.14

Rec: 23 August 1910 Matrix: C 4356-2 Victor Cat: 88076 Walter B Rogers, conductor

15 Enrico Caruso (1873-1921)

Sullivan, The Lost Chord (words - Proctor) 4.16

Rec: 29 April 1912 Matrix: C 11942-1 Victor Cat: 6023

16 Sigrid Onegin (1889-1943)

Brewer, Fairy Pipers (words - Weatherly) 2.30

Rec: 1926 Matrix: Unknown Brunswick Cat: 15155-B

17 Alexander Kipnis (1891-1978)

Little Jack Horner 2.35

Rec: 30 September 1940 Matrix: BS 043902-3 Victor Cat: 2135-A

arr. J Michel Diack with apologies to Handel Acc. Ernst Victor Wolff

18 Maggie Teyte (1888-1976)

Reynaldo Hahn, L'Heure exquise (words - Paul Verlaine) 3.00

Rec: 17 April 1941 Matrix: OEA 9247 HMV Cat: DA 1821 Acc. Gerald Moore

19 Herbert Ernst Groh (1905-1982)

Richard Heuberger, Der Opernball - Im Chambre séparée 3.13

Rec: 1932 Matrix: Be 11263 Odeon Cat: 0-25676a Odeon-Künstler Orchester, O. Dobrindt, conductor

20 Hugues Cuenod (b. 1902)

Negro Spiritual, O Lord What a mornin' 3.19

Rec: c.1935 Matrix: OLA 464-2 Disque Gramophone Cat: Unpublished Arr. and Acc. Hugues Cuenod

21 Blanche Marchesi (1863-1940)

Amuri, amuri - Sicilian Cart Driver's Song 2.14

Rec: c. 1936. Arr. Sadero Acc. Agnes Bedford