1 LOUISE, Charpentier, Depuis le jour 4.33
Rec: 23 January 1913 Matrix: C10812-3 Victor Cat: 74252
2 JOCELYN, Godard, Cachés dans cette asile (Berceuse) 4.43
Rec: 29 December 1913 Matrix: C14245-1 Victor Cat: 74369
3 CARMEN, Bizet, Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante (Micaëla's aria) 4.40
Rec: 13 April 1911 Matrix: C10181-2 Victor Cat: 74245
4 Massenet, Elegie (based on the invocation from Les Erinnyes) 3.15
Rec: 19 February 1912 Matrix: B11603-1 Victor Cat: 87101
Rosario Bourdon, piano and Efrem Zimbalist, violin
5 LE TIMBRE D'ARGENT, Saint-Saëns, Le bonheur est chose légère 2.48
Rec: 15 November 1914Matrix: B15387-4Victor Cat: 87209
Samuel Chotzinoff, piano and Efrem Zimbalist, violin
6 HIPPOLYTE ET ARICIE, Rameau, Rossignols amoureux 4.18
Rec: 20 July 1911 Matrix: C10811-1 Victor Cat: 74249
7 Hahn, L'heure exquise (Chanson Grises, No. 5) 2.41
Rec: 18 September 1917 Matrix: B20675-2 Victor Cat: 64750
Josef Pasternack, conductor
8 Bishop, Lo! Here the gentle lark 2.58
Rec: 10 June 1912 Matrix: B12101-2 Victor Cat: 64267
Victor Herbert, conductor; Clement Barone, flute
9 Jonson, Have you seen but a whyte lillie grow? 2.00
Rec: 23 January 1913 Matrix: B12833-1 Victor Cat: 64320
10 ATALANTA, Handel, Care selve 4.11
Rec: 26 September 1916 Matrix: C18501-2 Victor Cat: 74504
Richard Hageman, conductor, sung in English
11 THEODORA, Handel, Angels ever bright and fair 4.39
Rec: 18 September 1917 Matrix: C20679-2 Victor Cat: 74559
Josef Pasternack, conductor
12 HÄNSEL UND GRETEL, Humperdinck, Süsse, liebe Süsse 4.20
with Louise Homer, alto
Rec: 25 January 1913Matrix: C12844-2Victor Cat: 88418
13 Loewe, arr. Ersch, War schöner als der schönste Tag 2.58
Rec: 26 September 1916 Matrix: B18502-1 Victor Cat: 64626
Francis J. Lapitino, harp
14 HUBICKA, Smetana, Bohemian Cradle Song 3.25
Rec: 20 July 1911 Matrix: B10807-3 Victor Cat: 64213
sung in English
15 LA BOHÈME, Puccini, Donde lieta usci (Addio di Mimi) 3.10
Rec: 13 April 1911 Matrix: B10093-2 Victor Cat: 64225
16 LA BOHÈME, Puccini, Quando m'en vo soletta (Musetta's Waltz) 2.26
Rec: 17 February 1916 Matrix: B17148-3 Victor Cat: 64560
Walter B. Rogers, conductor
17 LA SONNAMBULA, Bellini, Ah! non credea mirarti 4.04
Rec: 20 July 1911 Matrix: C10813-2 Victor Cat: 74263
18 Tosti, La Serenata 3.05
Rec: 31 December 1913Matrix: B14261-2Victor Cat: 64399
Clement Barone, flute; Francis J. Lapitino, harp; Howard Rattay, violin
19 SNOW MAIDEN, Rimsky-Korsakov, Gathering Berries 3.10
Rec: 7 March 1914 Matrix: B14548-1 Victor Cat: 64421
sung in French
20 SNOW MAIDEN, Rimsky-Korsakov, Song of the shepherd Lehl 3.16
Rec: 19 July 1911 Matrix: B10808-1 Victor Cat: 64209
sung in English
21 SADKO, Rimsky-Korsakov, Les diamants chez nous sont innombrables (Chanson Hindoue) 2.52
Rec: 10 June 1912 Matrix: B12099-1 Victor Cat: 64269
Victor Herbert, conductor, sung in French
22 THE TSAR'S BRIDE, Rimsky-Korsakov, Liuba's Air 3.30
Rec: 31 December 1913 Matrix: C14260-2 Victor Cat: 74383
Alma Gluck was born in Bucharest but moved as a child to America. She made her début in the New Theatre, New York, in 1909, followed almost immediately by her début at the Met as Sophie in Werther. In 1912, even though she was already an established lyric soprano, she made the time to travel to Paris and study with the famous Jean de Reszke, following this in 1913 with a long course of study under the great diva of the previous generation Marcella Sembrich. This Prima Voce release provides an insight into both her stage and concert career as well as a memento of the most important partnership in her life, that with the violinist Efrem Zimbalist.
