Description

THE GERMAN SCHOOL
(sung in German, except where shown otherwise)
CD 1
Lauritz Melchior tenor
Wagner: Dir töne Lob (Tannhäuser, Act 1)
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli, C.H.
Recorded: 29.5.30, Kingsway Hall, London.
Matrix No. Cc19609-1A (HMV D 2057)
Max Lorenz tenor
Wagner: Winterstürme (Die Walküre, Act 1)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Ernst Viebig
Recorded: 12.3.28, Berlin.
Matrix No. BLR 3947-2 (HMV EG 861)
Franz Völker tenor
Wagner: Mein lieber Schwan (Lohengrin, Act 3)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Johannes Heidenreich
Recorded: 1928, Berlin.
Matrix No. 417bi (DG 67148)
Helge Rosvaenge tenor
Wille: Euren König (Königsballade)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Recorded: 9.11.37, Berlin.
Matrix No. 2RA 3427-1 (HMV DB 4623)
Torsten Ralf tenor
D’Albert: Zwei Vaterunser bet’ ich vor dem
Schlafengeh’n – ’Traumerzählung’ (Tiefland, Act 1)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Recorded: 1942, Berlin.
Matrix No. 2RA 5427-2 (HMV DB 5697)
Richard Tauber tenor
J. Strauss II: Dieser Anstand
(Die Fledermaus, Act 2) with Vera Schwarz, soprano
Berlin Staatskapelle/Frieder Weissmann
Recorded: 29.10.28, Berlin.
Matrix No. XXB 8205 (Odeon O 177070)
Marcel Wittrisch tenor
Kienzl: Selig sind (Der Evangelimann, Act 2)
with Children’s Chorus
Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Cornelius Kun
Recorded: 15.9.32, Berlin.
Matrix No. 2D 1103 (HMV DB 4411)
Herbert Ernst Groh tenor
R. Strauss: Di rigori armato
(Der Rosenkavalier, Act 1) sung in Italian
Orchestra/Otto Dobrindt
Recorded: 28.11.32, Berlin.
Matrix No. 133682 (Odeon O 25153)
Joseph Schmidt tenor
Korngold: Glück, das mir verblieb
(Die tote Stadt, Act 1)
Orchestra/Otto Dobrindt
Recorded: 24.4.33, Berlin.
Matrix No. 133775 (Odeon O 25991)
Julius Patzak tenor
Mozart: Konstanze . . . O wie ängstlich, o wie
feurig (Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Act 1)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Leo Blech
Recorded: 1935, Berlin.
Matrix No. 475gs (DG 15080)
Karl Erb tenor
Beethoven: Der Wachtelschlag
Bruno Seidler-Winkler piano
Recorded: March 1939, Berlin.
Matrix No. 2RA 3656 (HMV DB 4677)
Leo Slezak tenor
Schumann: Mondnacht
(No.5 of Liederkreis, Op.39) with piano
Recorded: 1928, Berlin.
Matrix No. 10921/2 bm (DG 62239)
Gerhard Hüsch baritone
Humperdinck: Ach, wir armen, armen Leute
(Hänsel und Gretel, Act 1) with un-named soprano
Berlin State Opera Chorus & Orch/Hanns Otto Müller
Recorded: January 1937, Berlin.
Matrix No. 2RA 1704 (EH 1024)
Heinrich Schlusnus baritone
Lortzing: Sonst spielt’ ich mit Zepter
(Zar und Zimmermann, Act 3)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Recorded: 1929, Berlin.
Matrix No. 6991/2 gs (DG 67255)
Heinrich Schlusnus baritone
Wolf: Verschwiegene Liebe
Franz Rupp piano
Recorded: 1929, Berlin.
Matrix No. 1672bk (DG 62655)
Herbert Janssen baritone
Schubert: Die Stadt
(No.11 of Schwanengesang, D.957)
Gerald Moore piano
Recorded: 16.11.38, Abbey Road, London.
Matrix No. 2EA 7118–1 (HMV previously unissued)
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender baritone
Kreutzer: Ein Schütz bin ich
(Das Nachtlager in Granada, Act 1)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Erich Orthmann
Recorded: November 1931, Berlin.
Matrix No. OD 675 (HMV EG 2510)
Karl Hammes baritone
Korngold: Mein Sehnen (Die tote Stadt, Act 2)
Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orch/Karl Alwin
Recorded: 7.10.30, Vienna.
Matrix No. CL 6557–ITI (HMV AN 618)
Rudolf Bockelmann bass-baritone
Wagner: Verachtet mir die Meister nicht
(Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Act 3)
Berlin State Opera Chorus & Orchestra/
Clemens Schmalstich
Recorded: 1931, Berlin.
Matrix No. CDR 8964–2 (HMV C 2255)
Friedrich Schorr bass-baritone
Mendelssohn: Lord God of Abraham (Elijah)
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli, C.H.
Recorded: 11.5.31, Kingsway Hall, London.
Matrix No. 2B 537–2 (HMV DB 1564)
Hans Hermann Nissen bass
Wagner: Abendlich strahlt (Das Rheingold)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Recorded: 1939, Berlin.
Matrix No. ORA 3798–2 (HMV DA 4460)

CD 2
Alfred Jerger baritone
R. Strauss: So wie sind sie (Arabella, Act 2)
with Viorica Ursuleac soprano
Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Clemens Kraus
Recorded: 1933, Berlin.
Matrix No. 5579bd (DG unpublished take)
Leo Schützendorf bass-baritone
Lortzing: O Sancta Justitia
(Zar und Zimmermann, Act 1)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 8.1.30, Berlin.
Matrix No. 030389/90 (Telefunken E 221)
Wilhelm Strienz bass
Nicolai: Als Büblein klein
(Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Act 2)
Berlin State Opera Chorus & Orchestra/
Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Recorded: December 1935, Berlin.
Matrix No. ORA 972 (HMV EG 3549)
Ivar Andresen bass
Verdi: Studia il passo . . . Come dal ciel precipita
(Macbeth, Act 2)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 17.5.29, London.
Matrix No. WAX 4926 (Columbia DWX 1318)
Alexander Kipnis bass
Lortzing: Fünftausend Thaler
(Der Wildschütz, Act 2)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Erich Orthmann
Recorded: 17.4.31, Berlin.
Matrix No. 2D 330–2 (HMV D 2018)
Sigrid Onegin contralto
Meyerbeer: O prêtres de Baal
(Le Prophète, Act 5) sung in French
Orchestra/Rosario Bourdon
Recorded: 21.3.29, New York.
Matrix No. CVE 50962 (Victor 7146)
Karin Branzell contralto
Ponchielli: Voce di donna
(La Gioconda, Act 1) sung in Italian
Staatskapelle Berlin/Frieder Weissmann
Recorded: 7.11.27, Berlin.
Matrix No. 2–20436 (Parlophone E 10719)
Kerstin Thorborg contralto
Saint Saëns: Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix
(Samson et Dalila, Act 2)
Odeon Opera Orchestra/Frieder Weissmann
Recorded: 16.4.33, Berlin.
Matrix No. Be 10383 (Odeon O 11971)
Maria Olczewska contralto
Schubert: Aufenthal
(No.5 of Schwanengesang, D.957)
George Reeves piano
Recorded: 13.5.29, Small Queen’s Hall, London.
Matrix No. Bb 16884–1A (HMV E 589)
Margarete Klose contralto
Brahms: Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen, Op.32 No.2
with piano
Recorded: 1940, Berlin.
Matrix No. ORA 4275–1 (HMV DA 4473)
Rosette Anday contralto
Mozart: Parto, parto
(La clemenza di Tito, Act 1) sung in Italian
Orchestra/Karl Alwin
Recorded: 17.6.29, Vienna.
Matrix No. CA 97–2TI (HMV previously unissued)
Marta Fuchs soprano
Schubert: Die Allmacht, D.852
Michael Raucheisen piano
Recorded: 5.11.37, Berlin.
Matrix No. 2RA 2415–1 (HMV previously unissued)
Elena Gerhardt mezzo-soprano
Brahms: Feldeinsamkeit, Op.86 No.2
Coenraad V. Bos piano
Recorded: 23.9.29, Berlin.
Matrix No. CLR 5646–1 (HMV D 2009)
Lulu Mysz-Gmeiner mezzo-soprano
Brahms: Schwesterlein
(No.15 from49 Deutsche Volkslieder, Book III)
Julius Dahlke piano
Recorded: 1928, Berlin.
Matrix No. 753br (DG 23108)
Jo Vincent soprano
Mendelssohn: Jerusalem (Saint Paul) sung in Dutch
with organ
Recorded: 6.7.27, Wesleyan Church, London.
Matrix No. WFX 118 (Columbia D 17169)
Ria Ginster soprano
Schoeck: Mit einem gemalten Bande
Paul Baumgartner piano
Recorded: April 1943, Zürich.
Matrix No. OZA 1117 (HMV DA 6009)
Ursula van Diemen soprano
Schumann: Die Lotusblume, Op.25 No.7
Arpad Sándor piano
Recorded: 28.6.27 Berlin.
Matrix No. BL 3844–4 (HMV EG 1063)
Elisabeth Schumann soprano
Marx: Marienlied
Vienna State Opera Orchestra/Karl Alwin
Recorded: 15.8.28, Vienna.
Matrix No. BW 1911–2 (HMV E 532)
Lotte Schöne soprano
Rossini arr. Schmalstich: L’invito
(No.7 from Soirées musicales)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Erich Orthmann
Recorded: 20.3.31, Berlin.
Matrix No. OD 260–2 (HMV DA 1238)
Fritzi Jokl soprano
Flotow: Seid meiner Wonne
(Alessandro Stradella, Act 2) sung in Italian
Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Frieder Weissmann
Recorded: 1.10.28, Berlin.
Matrix No. 2–20964 (Parlophone E 10884)

CD 3
Adele Kern soprano
Verdi: Saper vorreste (Un ballo in maschera, Act 3)
Berlin-Charlottenburg Orchestra/Julius Prüwer
Recorded: 1929, Berlin.
Matrix No. 1729bh (DG 62690)
Miliza Korjus soprano
Rimsky Korsakov: In Novgorod
(The Tsar’s Bride, Act 2)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Recorded: January 1936, Berlin.
Matrix No. 2RA 1034 (HMV EH 994)
Erna Berger soprano
Oboussier: Weine du nicht
Eta Harich-Schneider harpsichord
Hans-Walter Schleif oboe
Recorded: November 1938, Berlin.
Matrix No. 2RA 3326–1 (part) (HMV DB 4596)
Emmy Bettendorf soprano
Liszt: Es muss ein Wunderbares sein
Orchestra/Otto Dobrindt
Recorded: 14.5.29, Berlin.
Matrix No. 2–21411 (Parlophone E 11011)
Felice Hüni-Mihacsek soprano
Adam: Je vais donc le revoir
(Le Postillon de Longjumeau, Act 2)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 1928, Berlin.
Matrix No. 133be (DG 66616)
Margherita Perras soprano
Schoeck: Nachtlied, Op.20 No.13
Othmar Schoeck piano
Recorded: 1944, possibly Zürich.
Matrix No. OZA 1344–2 (HMV DB 10090)
Luise Helletsgruber soprano
Puccini: Tu che di gel sei cinta (Turandot, Act 3)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Recorded: 5.10.33, Berlin.
Matrix No. Be 10445–0 (Odeon 11936)
Meta Seinemeyer soprano
Rimsky-Korsakov: Ivan Sergeich, come
into the garden (The Tsar’s Bride, Act 3)
Grossen Opernorchestra/Frieder Weissmann
Recorded: 2.11.27, Berlin.
Matrix No. 2–20425 (Parlophone P 9819)
Margarete Teschemacher soprano
R. Strauss: O wie gerne blieb’ich bei dir (Daphne)
Staatskapelle Dresden/Karl Böhm
Recorded: February 1939, Dresden.
Matrix No. 2RA 3514–1 (HMV DB 4628)
Delia Reinhardt soprano
Wagner: O Sachs, mein Freund!
(Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Act 3)
Orchestra/Georges Sébastian
Recorded: 1928.
Matrix No. 1259bm (DG 66783)
Tiana Lemnitz soprano
R. Strauss: Nach dem Matteo? (Arabella, Act 1)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Recorded: December 1940, Berlin.
Matrix No. 2RA 4765 (HMV DB 5606)
Maria Cebotari soprano
Puccini: Sì, mi chiamano Mimì (La Bohème, Act 1)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Fritz Zweig
Recorded: November 1932, Berlin.
Matrix No. 2D 1303–1 (HMV DB 4415)
Elisabeth Rethberg soprano
Meyerbeer: Adieu, mon doux rivage
(L’Africaine. Act 1)
Odeon Opera Orchestra/Frieder Weissmann
Recorded: 22.4.33, Berlin.
Matrix No. Be 10391 (Odeon O 4530)
Rose Pauly soprano
R. Strauss: Zweite Brautnacht!
(Die ägyptische Helena)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Fritz Busch
Recorded: 2.10.28, Berlin.
Matrix No. XXB 8188 (Odeon O 6670)
Göta Ljungberg soprano
Wagner: Geliebte, komm! (Tannhäuser, Act 1)
with Walter Widdop tenor
London Symphony Orchestra /Lawrance Collingwood
Recorded: 28.10.30, London.
Matrix No. Cc 20643–1 (HMV previously unissued)
Lotte Lehmann soprano
R. Strauss: Oh, sei er gut, Quinquin
(Der Rosenkavalier, Act 1)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Manfred Gurlitt
Recorded: 13.12.27, Berlin.
Matrix No. XXB 7887 (Odeon O 8726)
Maria Müller soprano
(a) Reger: Waldeinsamkeit, Op.76 No.3
(b) Reger: Zum Schlafen, Op.76 No.59
Ivor Newton piano
Recorded: 24.5.37, Abbey Road, London.
Matrix No. 2EA 4798 (HMV DB 3285)
Maria Nemeth soprano
Goldmark: Der Freund ist dein
(Die Königin von Saba, Act 1)
Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra/Karl Alwin
Recorded: 25.6.29, Vienna.
Matrix No. CA 101–2 (HMV ES 516)
Elisabeth Ohms soprano
Wagner: Jo-ho-hoe! . . . Traft ihr das Schiff
(Der fliegende Holländer, Act 2)
Orchestra/Manfred Gurlitt
Recorded: 1929, Berlin.
Matrix No. 797bi (DG 66628)

CD 4
Nanny Larsen-Todsen soprano
Wagner: Ewig war ich (Siegfried, Act 3)
Orchestra/Eduard Mörike
Recorded: 7.5.28, Berlin.
Matrix No. 2–20771 (Parlophone P 9534)
Frida Leider soprano
Wagner: Schmerzen
(No.4 from Wesendonk-Lieder)
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli, C.H.
Recorded: 18.5.31, Small Queen’s Hall, London.
Matrix No. 2B 906–1 (HMV DB 1547)
Kirsten Flagstad soprano
Wagner: Du bist der Lenz (Die Walküre, Act 1)
Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy
Recorded: 17.10.37, possibly Philadelphia.
Matrix No. CVE 013073 (Victor 1901)

THE ITALIAN SCHOOL
(sung in Italian, except where shown otherwise)
Conchita Supervia mezzo-soprano
Paisiello: Chi vuol la zingarella (I zingari in fiera)
Orchestra/Antonio Capdevila
Recorded: 4.3.30, Barcelona.
Matrix No. SO 6042–2 (Parlophone RO 20305)
Conchita Supervia mezzo-soprano
Trad arr Dolmetsch: Have you seen but a
whyte lilie grow? sung in English
Ivor Newton piano
Recorded: 17.3.32, Abbey Road, London.
Matrix No. LO 3005 (Parlophone RO 20193)
Giannina Pederzini mezzo-soprano
Bizet: Voyons, que j’essaie (Carmen, Act 3)
La Scala Opera House Orchestra, Milan/
Carlo Sabajno
Recorded: 28.11.28, Milan.
Matrix No. CF 2501-2 (HMV S 10052)
Irene Minghini-Cattaneo mezzo-soprano
Verdi: Liber scriptus (Messa da Requiem) sung in Latin
La Scala Opera House Chorus & Orchestra, Milan/
Carlo Sabajno
Recorded: 6.9.29, Milan.
Matrix No. CM 1061-3A (HMV D 1753)
Ebe Stignani mezzo-soprano
Saint-Saëns: A la nuit tombante
(Samson et Dalila, Act 1)
Orchestra/Umberto Berrettoni
Recorded: October 1941, Milan.
Matrix No. OBA 3712–1 (HMV DA 5383)
Florica Cristoforeanu mezzo-soprano
Donizetti: O mon Fernand (La Favorita, Act 3)
with Orchestra
Recorded: Berlin.
Matrix No. 119577–3 (Parlophone B 27814)
Pia Tassinari soprano
Boïto: L’altra notte (Mefistofele, Act 3)
La Scala Opera House Orchestra, Milan/Franco Ghione
Recorded: 20.3.33, Milan.
Matrix No. 2M 1207–1 (HMV DB 1932)
Giannina Arangi-Lombardi soprano
Verdi: Te, Vergin santa (I Lombardi, Act 1)
with Orchestra
Recorded: April 1934, Milan.
Matrix No. CBX 1327 (Columbia GQX 10702)
Bianca Scacciati soprano
Catalani: O forze recondite (Loreley, Act 3)
with Orchestra
Recorded: March 1929, Milan.
Matrix No. WBX 484–2 (Columbia GQX 10213)
Dusolina Giannini soprano
Verdi: Pace, pace mio Dio
(La forza del destino, Act 4)
Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli, C.H.
Recorded: 17.12.28, London.
Matrix No. Cc 15056–2 (HMV DB 1228)
Maria Caniglia soprano
Giordano: Qual vergogna (Siberia, Act 3)
La Scala Opera House Orchestra, Milan/
Giuseppe Antonicelli
Recorded: April 1936, Milan.
Matrix No. OBA 1234–4 (HMV DA 1563)
Lina Bruna Rasa soprano
Giordano: La mamma morta
(Andrea Chénier, Act 3)
with Orchestra
Recorded: June 1928, Milan.
Matrix No. WBX 285 (Columbia GQX 10256)
Gina Cigna soprano
Puccini: L’amore è un’altra cosa . . .
Laggiù nel Solidad (La fanciulla del West, Act 1)
with Orchestra
Recorded: c.1934, Milan.
Matrix No. WB 4846 (Columbia GQ 7186)
Iva Pacetti soprano
Verdi: Ernani, involami (Ernani, Act 1)
La Scala Opera House Orchestra, Milan/
Lorenzo Molajoli
Recorded: 1930, Milan.
Matrix No. WBX 933–2 (part) (Columbia GQX 10069)
Margaret Sheridan soprano
Puccini: Con onor muore (Madama Butterfly, Act 3)
with Browning Mummery tenor & Orchestra
Recorded: 7.6.27, London.
Matrix No. CR 1439–2 (HMV previously unissued)
Rosetta Pampanini soprano
Pietri: Ma zitte, zitte! . . . Uno strano canto arcano
(Maristella)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 1935, Milan.
Matrix No. CB 6093 (Columbia GQ 7190)
Claudia Muzio soprano
Buzzi-Peccia: Colombetta
Orchestra/Lorenzo Molajoli
Recorded: 19.4.34, Milan.
Matrix No. CBX 1338–1 (Columbia BQX 2501)
Hina Spani soprano
Verdi: Piangea cantando (Otello, Act 4)
La Scala Opera House Orchestra/Carlo Sabajno
Recorded: 3.4.28, Milan.
Matrix No. CF 1626–2 (HMV previously unissued)
Maria Farneti soprano
Mascagni: Io pingo (Iris, Act 2)
with Orchestra
Recorded: September 1931, Milan.
Matrix No. WBX 1078 (Columbia GQX 10326)

CD 5
Maria Zamboni soprano
Puccini: Tu che di gel sei cinta (Turandot, Act 2)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 1926, Milan.
Matrix No. WB 1015 (Columbia DQ 1078)
Mafalda Favero soprano
Mascagni: Ah! che suo nome . . . Flammen
perdonami (Lodeletta, Act 3)
with Orchestra
Recorded: June 1942, Milan.
Matrix No. 2BA 5091 (HMV DB 5397)
Licia Albanese soprano
Puccini: In quelle trine morbide
(Manon Lescaut, Act 2)
Orchestra/Dino Olivieri
Recorded: November 1940, Milan.
Matrix No. OBA 4140–2 (HMV DA 5391)
Magda Olivero soprano
Puccini: Signore, ascolta (Turandot, Act 1)
EIAR Orchestra, Turin/Franco Ghione
Recorded: 12-15.9.38, Turin.
Matrix No. 2–70162–2 (Cetra CC 2069)
Bidù Sayão soprano
Gomes: Gentile di cuore (Il Guarany, Act 2)
Orchestra of RCA Victor Brasiliana/Armando Giannetti
Recorded: 1935, Rio de Janeiro.
Matrix No. BCVE 65863–2 (Brazilian Victor 11561)
Conchita Badia soprano
Granados: (a) El majo discreto (b) El majo timido
Nos.2 & 4 of Tonadillas) sung in Spanish
Donato Oscar Colacelli piano
Recorded: 10.5.40, Buenos Aires.
Matrix No. ?/? BAVE 039135–1 (Argentinian Victor: 4464A (part)
& 4465A (part))
Adelaide Saraceni soprano
Cilea: No, la mia fronte (Adriana Lecouvreur, Act 4)
with Piero Pauli tenor
Orchestra of La Scala Opera House, Milan/
Franco Ghione
Recorded: 18.5.33, Milan.
Matrix No. 2M 1411–1 (HMV DB 2012)
Mercedes Capsir soprano
Giordano: O Colombello, sposarti (Il Re)
with Orchestra
Recorded: c.1928.
Matrix No. WB 2367 (Columbia GQ 7150)
Toti dal Monte soprano
James: Maori Lullaby sung in English
La Scala Opera House Orchestra, Milan/
Carlo Sabajno
Recorded: 5.7.29, Milan.
Matrix No. CM 1016-1 (HMV DB 1315)
Lina Pagliughi soprano
Verdi: Gualtier Maldé . . . Caro nome
(Rigoletto, Act 1)
La Scala Opera House Orchestra, Milan/
Carlo Sabajno
Recorded: 21.11.27, Milan.
Matrix No. CD 4933–2 (C 1488)
Ezio Pinza bass
Verdi: Confutatis maledictis
(Messa da Requiem) sung in Latin
La Scala Opera House Orchestra, Milan/
Carlo Sabajno
Recorded: 5.9.29, Milan.
Matrix No. CM 1060–1ATI (HMV D 1755)
Tancredi Pasero bass
Puccini: Vecchia zimarra (La Bohème, Act 4)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 1927.
Matrix No. WB 1262 (Columbia D 1616)
Nazzareno de Angelis bass
Boïto: Ecco il mondo (Mefistofele, Act 2)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 17.2.28. Milan
Matrix No. WBX 184–4 (Columbia L 2247)
Salvatore Baccaloni bass
Ricci: Fermola! . . . Dapprima, figuratevi
(Crispino e la comare)
with Irma Mion mezzo-soprano
with Orchestra
Recorded: March 30, 19??.
Matrix No. WBX 789 (Columbia CQX 16451)
Afro Poli baritone
Donizetti: Cheti, cheti, immantinente
(Don Pasquale, Act 3)
with Ernesto Badini baritone
La Scala Opera House Orchestra, Milan/
Carlo Sabajno
Recorded: Sept. 1932, Milan.
Matrix No. 2M 814–2, 817–1 (C 2531)
Mariano Stabile baritone
Verdi: L’onore! Ladri! (Falstaff, Act 1)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 3.12.26, Milan.
Matrix No. WBX 60–1 (Columbia CQX 16499)
Mario Basiola baritone
Ponchielli: Era dessa! . . . Raccogli e calma
(Il figliuol prodigo)
with Orchestra
Recorded: c.1935, Milan.
Matrix No. CBX 1437 (Columbia CQX 10978)
Apollo Granforte baritone
Leoncavallo: Buona Zazà (Zazà, Act 2)
La Scala Opera House Orchestra, Milan/
Carlo Sabajno
Recorded: 12.4.29, Milan.
Matrix No. BM 808–1 (HMV DA 1053)
Cesare Formichi baritone
Giordano: Nemico della patria
(Andrea Chénier, Act 3)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 1.9.27, London.
Matrix No. WAX 3037 (Columbia CQX 16522)
Carlo Galeffi baritone
Mascagni: E’sempre il vecchio andazzo
(Guglielmo Ratcliff, Act 1)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 1928, Milan.
Matrix No. WB 1987–2 (Columbia CQ 7104)
Benvenuto Franci baritone
Giordano: Son sessant’ anni (Andrea Chénier, Act 1)
with Orchestra
Recorded: c.1933, Milan.
Matrix No. WB 3860–1 (Columbia DQ 1130)

CD 6
Giovanni Inghilleri baritone
Puccini: La povera mia cena fu interrotta
(Tosca, Act 2)
Orchestra/John Barbirolli, C.H.
Recorded: 19.6.29, London.
Matrix No. CR 2423–1 (HMV D 1701)
Carlo Tagliabue baritone
Tirindelli: Mistica (Melodia)
with piano, violin & cello
Recorded: 1933, Milan.
Matrix No. 2M 1291–1 (HMV S 10429)
Riccardo Stracciari baritone
Tosti: Ideale
with Orchestra
Recorded: 27.8.27, Milan.
Matrix No. WBX 150–2 (Columbia L 2132)
Dino Borgioli tenor
Bellini: D’un pensiero (La sonnambula, Act 2)
with Maria Gentile soprano,
Ida Mannarini, Gina Pedroni mezzo-sopranos
Chorus of La Scala Opera House, Milan & Orchestra
Recorded: 1927, Milan.
Matrix No. WBX 105–2 (Columbia GQX 10154)
Dino Borgioli tenor
Hageman: Do not go, my love sung in English
Ivor Newton piano
Recorded: 20.6.35, Abbey Road, London.
Matrix No. CA 15115–1 (Columbia LB 24)
Enzo de Muro Lomanto tenor
Bellini: Prendi, l’anel ti dono (La sonnambula, Act 1)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 14.4.27, Milan.
Matrix No. WB 1578 (Columbia DQ 1101)
Tito Schipa tenor
Massenet: Traduire . . . Pourquoi me réveiller?
(Werther, Act 3) sung in French
La Scala Opera House Orchestra, Milan/
Franco Ghione
Recorded: 4.5.34, Milan.
Matrix No. 2W 2482–2 (HMV DB 2237)
Tito Schipa tenor
Longas: En effeuillant la marguerite sung in French
Orchestra/Dino Olivieri
Recorded: 4.5.34, Milan.
Matrix No. OW 2484–1 (HMV DA 1350)
Tino Folgar tenor
Martin y Guerrero: Flor Roja (Los Gavilanes)
with Orchestra sung in Spanish
Recording details not known.
Matrix No. CJ 2626–1 (HMV AF 288)
Luigi Fort tenor
Vittadini: È arrivata primavera (Anima allegra)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 1937
Matrix No. WCB 7667 (Columbia DQ 1979)
Alessandro Ziliani tenor
Puccini: Nessun dorma (Turandot, Act 3)
La Scala Opera House Orchestra, Milan/
Franco Ghione
Recorded: 24.4.35, Milan.
Matrix No. OBA 562–1 (HMV DA 1423)
Galliano Masini tenor
Mascagni: Se Franz dicesse il vero
(Lodoletta, Act 3)
with Orchestra
Recorded: April 1932, Milan.
Matrix No. WBX 1212–1 (Columbia GQX 16526)
Francesco Merli tenor
Puccini: Donna non vidi mai
(Manon Lescaut, Act 1)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 28.2.28, Milan.
Matrix No. WB 1841 (Columbia GQ 7091)
Renato Zanelli tenor
Verdi: Dio, mi potevi scagliar (Otello, Act 3)
Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli C.H.
Recorded: 18.6.28, Queen’s Hall, London.
Matrix No. CR 2094–1 (unpublished take) (HMV previously unissued)
Beniamino Gigli tenor
Tosti: Aprile
Orchestra/Lawrance Collingwood
Recorded: 12.5.39, Abbey Road, London.
Matrix No. 2EA 7902–2 (HMV DB 3815)
Jussi Björling tenor
Offenbach: Au Mont Ida
(La Belle Hélène, Act 1) sung in Swedish
Orchestra/Nils Grevillius
Recorded: 31.5.38, Stockholm.
Matrix No. OSB 755–1 (HMV X 6090)
Antonio Cortis tenor
Giordano: Credo a una possanza
(Andrea Chénier, Act 2)
La Scala Opera House Orchestra, Milan/
Carlo Sabajno
Recorded: 19.9.30, Milan.
Matrix No. BF 3455–2 (HMV DA 1154)
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi tenor
Puccini: Che avvien? . . . Ah, non m’avvicinate
(Manon Lescaut, Act 3)
with Luigi Borgonovo baritone
La Scala Opera House Orchestra, Milan/
Franco Ghione
Recorded: 30.5.34, Conservatorio, Milan.
Matrix No. OW 2539–2 (HMV DA 1385)
Aureliano Pertile tenor
Cilea: La dolcissima effigie
(Adriana Lecouvreur, Act 1)
La Scala Opera House Orchestra, Milan/
Carlo Sabajno
Recorded: 10.12.30, Milan.
Matrix No. BF 3707–2 (HMV DA 1185)

THE FRENCH SCHOOL
(sung in French, except where shown otherwise)
Lily Pons soprano
Saint-Saëns: Le Rossignol et la rose (Parysatis)
Orchestra/Gustav Cloëz
Recorded: 26.2.29, Paris.
Matrix No. Ki 2276–2 (Odéon 188 645)
Leila Ben Sedira soprano
Rameau: Rossignols amoureux (Hippolyte et Aricie)
Gaston Grunelle flute; Pierre Jamet harp
Recorded: 12.1.42, Paris.
Matrix No. 2LA 3699–1 (HMV W 1507)

CD 7
Emma Luart soprano
Offenbach: Après avoir pris à droite
(Les Brigands, Act 1)
Orchestra/Gustav Cloëz
Recorded: 1931, Paris.
Matrix No. Ki 4520–2 (Odéon 238 814)
Germaine Feraldy soprano
Delibes: Tu m’as donné (Lakmé, Act 3)
Orchestra/Elie Cohen
Recorded: 1.7.28, Paris.
Matrix No. WL 957 (Columbia D 13039)
Eidé Norena soprano
Rossini: Sombre forêt (Guillaume Tell, Act 2)
Orchestra/Henri Defosse
Recorded: 1930, Paris.
Matrix No. Ki 3943–1 (Odéon 188 794)
Ninon Vallin soprano
Fauré: Les berceaux, Op.23, No.1
Marguerite Long piano
Recorded: 16.9.32, Paris.
Matrix No. CL 4392 (Columbia LF 129)
Povla Frijsh soprano
Torelli arr. Frijsh: Tu lo sai sung in Italian
Daisy Bucktrout piano
Recorded: 30.12.32, Abbey Road, London.
Matrix No. OB 4376–1 (HMV DA 1356)
Jane Bathori soprano
Debussy: La chevelure
(No.2 of Trios chansons de Bilitis)
Jane Bathori piano
Recorded: November 1929, Paris.
Matrix No. WL 1417 (Columbia D 13086)
Madeleine Grey soprano
Ravel: Kaddisch (No.1 of Trois chants hébraïques)
with piano sung in Yiddish
Recording supervised by the composer
Recorded: 1932, Paris.
Matrix No. 55821/2 BKP (Polydor 561075)
Germaine Martinelli soprano
Massenet: O mes sœurs . . . C’est ici-même
(Marie-Magdeleine)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 1931, Paris.
Matrix No. 2000 BMP (Polydor 566 100)
Suzanne Cesbron-Viseur soprano
Gounod: Ces gens que je connais . . . Viens,
m’ami (Sapho, Act 4)
Orchestra/Gustav Cloëz
Recorded: 1929, Paris.
Matrix No. XXP 6857–2 (Odéon 123 611)
Suzanne Balguerie soprano
Dukas: Oh! mes clairs diamants
(Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, Act 1)
Orchestra/Elie Cohen
Recorded: 1931, Paris.
Matrix No.WLX 968 (Columbia LFX 23)
Germaine Lubin soprano
Wagner: Einsam in trüben Tagen (Lohengrin, Act 1)
Orchestra/Henri Defosse
Recorded: 1929, Paris.
Matrix No. XXP 6814–2 (Odéon 123 613)
Germaine Cernay mezzo-soprano
Gounod: Petite, voici ta lampe (Sapho, Act 1)
Opéra-Comique Orchestra/Gustav Cloëz
Recorded: 1928, Paris.
Matrix No. Ki 1812–5 (Odéon 188 575)
Claire Croiza mezzo-soprano
De Bréville: Une Jeune fille parle
Pierre de Bréville piano
Recorded: December 1929, Paris.
Matrix No. WL 1334 (Columbia D 13085)
Alice Raveau contralto
Gluck: Quel nouveau ciel (Orphée, Act 2)
Orchestre Symphonique de Paris/Henri Tomasi
Recorded: c.1935, Paris.
Matrix No. CTPX 42 (Pathé PDT 205)
Georges Thill tenor
Reyer: Le bruit des chants . . . Esprits, gardiens
de ces lieux vénérés (Sigurd, Act 2)
Orchestra/Eugène Bigot
Recorded: October 33, Paris.
Matrix No. CLX 1729–1 (Columbia LFX 324)
René Maison tenor
Massenet: Ne pouvant réprimer . . . Adieu donc,
vains objets (Hérodiade, Act 4)
Orchestra/Piero Coppola
Recorded: 14.5.34, Paris.
Matrix No. 2PG 6832–2 (HMV DB 4938)
José Luccioni tenor
Gounod: Source délicieuse (Polyeucte, Act 4)
Orchestra/Eugène Bigot
Recorded: 3.6.46, Paris.
Matrix No. 2LA 4621–1 (HMV DB 11115)
César Vezzani tenor
Reyer: Un souvenir poignant (Sigurd, Act 4)
Orchestra/Georges Lauweryns
Recorded: 1931, Paris.
Matrix No. OW 448–2 (HMV DA 4843)
René Verdière tenor
Halévy: Dieu, que ma voix tremblante
(La Juive, Act 2)
Orchestra/Henri Defosse
Recorded: 1929, Paris.
Matrix No. Ki 2640–2 (Odéon 188 034)
Gaston Micheletti tenor
Gounod: Mon cœur est plein . . .
Ange du Paradis (Mireille, Act 3)
Opéra-Comique Orchestra/Gustav Cloëz
Recorded: 1928, Paris.
Matrix No. Ki 1133–2 (Odéon 188 510)

CD 8
Miguel Villabella tenor
Laparra: Mélancolique tombe le soir
(L’illustre Fregona)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 6.6.31, Paris.
Matrix No. 250180–A1 (Pathé X 90013)
André d’Arkor tenor
Bazin: Je pense à vous (Romance de Charlot)
(Maître Pathelin)
Théâtre de la Monnaie Orchestra/Maurice Bastin
Recorded: 6.6.31, Brussels.
Matrix No. WLB 244-1 (Columbia RF 49)
Giuseppe Lugo tenor
Verdi: Quando le sere al placido
(Luisa Miller, Act 2) sung in Italian
with Orchestra
Recorded: 7.6.39, Paris.
Matrix No. 2LA 3104 (HMV DB 5093)
Joseph Rogatchewsky tenor
Lalo: Puisqu’on ne peut fléchir . . . Vainement,
ma bien aimée (Le Roi d’Ys, Act 3)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 11.7.27, Paris.
Matrix No. WLX 89-2 (Columbia L 2062)
Jean Planel tenor
Berlioz: Les Pélerins étant venus
(L’Enfance du Christ)
Paris Symphony Orchestra/François Ruhlmann
Recorded: December 1932, Paris.
Matrix No. 203698 MCI (Pathé X 93102)
Charles Panzéra baritone
Berlioz: Esprits des flammes!
(La Damnation de Faust, Scene II)
Pasdeloup Orchestra/Piero Coppola
Recorded: c.1932, Paris.
Matrix No. 2G 294–2 (HMV C 2405)
Charles Panzéra baritone
Hahn: D’une prison
Madeleine Panzéra-Baillot piano
Recorded: 6.10.27, Paris.
Matrix No. BTR 3137–1 (HMV P 758)
Pierre Bernac baritone
Fauré: Aurore, Op No 1
Francis Poulenc piano
Recorded: 5.12.47, London.
Matrix No. OEA 12615–1 (HMV previously unissued)
Martial Singher baritone
Ravel: Chanson épique
(Don Quichotte à Dulcinée)
Orchestra/Piero Coppola
Recorded: 30.11.34, Paris.
Matrix No. OLA 169 (HMV DA 4865)
Roger Bourdin baritone
Fauré: Lydia, Op.4 No.2
with piano
Recorded: January 1929, Paris.
Matrix No. Ki 2169 (Odéon 188 634)
Arthur Endrèze baritone
Magnard: Si cruelle . . . Le calme rentre dans
mon cœur (Guercœur, Act 2)
Orchestra/François Ruhlmann
Recorded: June 1933, Paris.
Matrix No. E 250315–MCI (Pathé X 90079)
Robert Couzinou baritone
Paladilhe: C’est ici le berceau de notre liberté
(Patrie!)
Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts
Lamoureux/Albert Wolff
Recorded: 1929, Paris.
Matrix No. 1697bm (DG 566013)
André Balbon baritone
Berthomieu: À la belle étoile (Robert Macaire)
Orchestra/G. Andolfi
Recorded: 5.12.34, Paris.
Matrix No. CPT 1683–1 (Pathé PA 458)
André Pernet baritone
Offenbach: C’est moi, Coppélius . . . Je me
nomme Coppélius (Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Act 2)
Orchestra/Gustav Cloëz
Recorded: c.1930, Paris.
Matrix No. Ki 3226–2 (Odéon 188 715)
Lucien Fugère baritone
Flotow: Quand je monte Cocotte (L’Ombre, Act 2)
Orchestra/Elie Cohen
Recorded: 1928, Paris.
Matrix No. WL 1315 (Columbia D 13083)
Jean-Emil Vanni-Marcoux bass
Martini: Plaisir d’amour
Lucien Petitjean piano
Recorded: 22.11.34, Paris.
Matrix No. 2PG 1253–1 (HMV DB 4916)
Yvonne Printemps soprano
Offenbach: Dites-lui qu’on l’a remarque
(La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein, Act 2)
Henri Busser piano
Recorded: 22.11.34, Paris.
Matrix No. BS 4392–1 (HMV P 835)
Reynaldo Hahn tenor
Offenbach: (a) Les Charbonniers et fariniers
(b) Que voulez-vous faire? (La Boulangère a des écus)
Reynaldo Hahn piano
Recorded: 1929, Paris.
Matrix No. WL 579 (Columbia D 2022)

THE ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL
(sung in English, except where shown otherwise)
Lawrence Tibbett baritone
Verdi: E’ sogno, o realtà?
(Falstaff, Act 2) sung in Italian
Orchestra/Rosario Bourdon
Recorded: 3.3.26, Camden N.J.
Matrix No. CVE 34930–2 (Victor previously unissued)
John Charles Thomas baritone
Thomas: O vin, dissipe la tristesse
(Hamlet, Act 2) sung in French
Orchestra/Nathaniel Finston
Recorded: 14.1.34, Hollywood.
Matrix No. PBS 68698–1 (Victor 1639)
Dennis Noble baritone
Rossini: Largo al factotum
(Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 24.1.28, London.
Matrix No. WAX 3200–2 (Columbia 9556)

CD 9
John Brownlee baritone
Thomas: Comme une pâle fleur
(Hamlet, Act 5) sung in French
Orchestra/Georges Lauweryns
Recorded: 6.3.29, Paris.
Matrix No. CM 388–2 (HMV D 1654)
Harold Williams baritone
Cowan: Onaway, awake beloved
with Orchestra
Recorded: 11.11.31, London.
Matrix No. CA 12177–1 (Columbia DB 857)
Peter Dawson bass-baritone
Handel: Why do the nations? (Messiah)
Orchestra/Lawrance Collingwood
Recorded: 12.3.34, Abbey Road, London.
Matrix No. 2B 5939–3 (HMV C 2694)
John McCormack tenor
Dunn: The bitterness of love
Edwin Schneider piano
Recorded: 4.12.30, Queen’s Hall, London.
Matrix No. Bb 21040–2 (HMV DA 1175)
Roland Hayes tenor
Monteverdi: Maledetto sia l’aspetto
(Scherzi musicali) sung in Italian
Reginald Boardman piano
Recorded: 29.9.39, New York.
Matrix No. WCO 26126A (part) (American Columbia 17174 D)
Charles Kullman tenor
Offenbach: O Dieu! de quelle ivresse
(Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Act 3) sung in German
Orchestra/Otto Dobrindt
Recorded: 8.12.31, Berlin.
Matrix No. WR 224–2 (Columbia DW 3011)
Heddle Nash tenor
Bizet: À la voix (Sérénade)
(La jolie Fille de Perth, Act 2)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 9.9.32, Abbey Road, London.
Matrix No. CAX 6511–1 (Columbia DX 540)
Thomas Burke tenor
Goring Thomas: And she says true . . .
O vision entrancing (Esmeralda)
with piano
Recorded: 16.6.27, London.
Matrix No. WAX 2881–2 (Columbia L 1951)
Richard Crooks tenor
Puccini: Recondita armonia
(Tosca, Act 1) sung in German
Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Clemens Schmalstich
Recorded: 1.11.29, Berlin.
Matrix No. BLR 5753–2 (HMV EW 75)
Walter Widdop tenor
Handel: Love in her eyes sits playing
(Acis and Galatea)
Orchestra/Lawrance Collingwood
Recorded: 19.9.30, London.
Matrix No. Cc 20227–2 (HMV DB 1566)
Norman Allin bass
Purcell: Arise, ye subterranean winds
(The Tempest, Act 2)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 16.4.29, London.
Matrix No. WAX 4858–2 (Columbia 9929)
Marguerite D’Alvarez mezzo-soprano
Bizet: Près des remparts de Séville
(Carmen, Act 1) sung in French
Ivor Newton piano
Recorded: 14.9.28, Small Queen’s Hall, London.
Matrix No. Bb 14357 2 (HMV DA 1000)
Mme. Charles Cahier mezzo-soprano
Martini: Menuet sung in French
with piano
Recorded: c.1928, Copenhagen.
Matrix No. BS 2956–1 (HMV V 197)
Muriel Brunskill contralto
Mendelssohn: And he journeyed . . .
But the Lord is mindful (St. Paul)
with organ
Recorded: 12.3.30, Central Hall, Westminster.
Matrix No. WAX 5463 (Columbia DX 156)
Dame Clara Butt contralto
Sullivan: The lost chord
with piano & organ
Recorded: 7.8.30, Central Hall, Westminster.
Matrix No. WAX 5666–1 (Columbia DX 389)
Marian Anderson contralto
Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen,
D.531 sung in German
Kosti Vehanen piano
Recorded: 13.11.36, Paris.
Matrix No. OLA 1025–6 (HMV DA 1550)
Susan Metcalfe-Casals mezzo-soprano
Fauré: Le Secret, Op.23 No.3 sung in French
Gerald Moore piano
Recorded: 7.7.37, Abbey Road, London.
Matrix No. CTPX 3889–1 (part) (HMV JG 22)
Grace Moore soprano
Puccini: Sì, mi chiamano Mimì
(La Bohème, Act 1) sung in Italian
Victor Symphony Orchestra/Wilfred Pelletier
Recorded: 12.2.40, New York.
Matrix No. CS 047051–2 (Victor 17189A)
Gladys Swarthout mezzo-soprano
Baïlero (Trad. arr. Canteloube) sung in Auvergne dialect
RCA Victor Orchestra/Jean Paul Morel
Recorded: 13.7.49, New York.
Matrix No. D9–RC–1807–2C (Victor. 12–1322)
Ina Souez soprano
Puccini: Sì, mi chiamano Mimì
(La Bohème, Act 1) sung in Italian
Orchestra/Alberto Erede
Recorded: 9.7.36, Abbey Road, London.
Matrix No. 2EA 4017 (HMV issued on Japanese Victor JD 1019)
Maggie Teyte soprano
Paladilhe: Psyché sung in French
Gerald Moore piano
Recorded: 26.3.41, Abbey Road, London.
Matrix No. OEA 9223–1 (HMV DA 1779)

CD 10
Isobel Baillie soprano
Handel: Angels ever bright and fair (Theodora)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 13.11.28, London.
Matrix No. WAX 4275–2 (Columbia 9697)
Dora Labbette soprano
Delius: Irmelin Rose
Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart., C.H. piano
Recorded: 24.6.29, London.
Matrix No. WAX 5068 (SHB 32)
Joan Cross soprano
Puccini: Un bel dì vedremo
(Madama Butterfly, Act 2)
with Orchestra
Recorded: 21.12.35, Abbey Road, London.
Matrix No. 2EA 2863–1 (HMV C 2824)
Florence Easton soprano
Haydn: My mother bids me bind my hair
Gerald Moore piano
Recorded: 18.1.34, Abbey Road, London.
Matrix No. OB 5557 (Victor 1705)
Rosa Ponselle soprano
Spontini: O nume tutelar
(La vestale, Act 2) sung in Italian
with Orchestra
Recorded: 18.5.26, Camden N.J.
Matrix No. CVE 35465–2 (Victor un-issued take)
Marjorie Lawrence soprano
Reyer: O palais radieux!
(Sigurd, Act 4) sung in French
Pasdeloup Orchestra/Piero Coppola
Recorded: September 1934, Paris.
Matrix No. 2LA 2–1 (HMV DB 4937)
Eva Turner soprano
Puccini: In questa reggia
(Turandot, Act 2) sung in Italian
Orchestra/Lorenzo Molajoli
Recorded: 28.4.28, Milan.
Matrix No. WB 1926, 1928 (Columbia D 1619)
Florence Austral soprano
Rossini: Inflammatus (Stabat Mater) sung in Latin
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden/Sir John Barbirolli, C.H.
Recorded: 27.8.28, Covent Garden, London.
Matrix No. CR 2166–2A (HMV D 1506)

THE EAST EUROPEAN/SLAVIC SCHOOL
Jarmila Novotná soprano
Dvorák: My hair is golden
(Rusalka, Act 3) sung in Czech
Arpad Sándor piano
Recorded: 1931, Berlin.
Matrix No. OD 562–2 (HMV AM 3783)
Nathalie Vechor soprano
Rimsky-Korsakov: Ivan Sergeich, come into the
garden (The Tsar’s Bride, Act 3) sung in Russian
with orchestra
Recorded: 1.4.31, Paris.
Matrix No. OG 552–1 (HMV EK 95)
Ada Nordenova soprano
Dvorák: O lovely moon (Rusalka, Act 1) sung in Czech
with orchestra
Recorded: 1929, Prague.
Matrix No. CW 2698–1 (HMV AM 319)
Maria Kurenko soprano
Gretchaninov: (a) The wounded birch, Op.1 No.2
(b) Snowflakes, Op.47 No.1 sung in Russian
Alexander Gretchaninov piano
Recorded: 25.4.41, possibly New York.
Matrix No. CS 064098 (part) (Victor 18380)
Xenia Belmas soprano
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Rose and the Nightingale,
Op.2 No.2 sung in Russian
Orchestra/Alexander Kitschin
Recorded: 1928, Berlin.
Matrix No. 916bm (DG 66748)
Ada Sari soprano
Karlowicz: Pamietam ciche, jasne, zlote dnie
(I remember golden days) sung in Polish
Otto Schulhof piano
Recorded: October 1928, possibly Berlin
Matrix No. BW 1879–1 (HMV ER 290)
Oda Slobodskaya soprano
Gretchaninov: Lullaby, Op.1 No.5 sung in Russian
Percy Kahn piano
Recorded: 13.2.31, Small Queen’s Hall, London.
Matrix No. OB 348–1 (HMV previously unissued)
Maria Krasová mezzo-soprano
Dvorˇák: Kézduch muj sám (Leave me alone)
Op 82. No.1 sung in Czech
J. Charvát piano
Recorded: 28.6.29.
Matrix No. CW 2726–2 (HMV AN 528)
Maria Basilides mezzo-soprano
Trad. arr. Bartók: Fekete fód; Asszonyok
(Hungarian Folk Songs, Nos.1 & 2) sung in Hungarian
Bela Bartók piano
Recorded: December 1928, Budapest.
Matrix No. BW 2066–2 (HMV AM 1671)
Mark Reizen bass
Gomez: Di sposo, di padre
(Salvator Rosa, Act 3) sung in Italian
Albert Coates piano
Recorded: 4.12.29, London.
Matrix No. Bb 18451–1 (HMV previously unissued)
Feodor Chaliapin bass
Dargomijsky: Bolero
(The Sierra Nevada lies in a Haze) sung in Russian
Piero Coppola piano
Recorded: 9.1.33, Paris.
Matrix No. OPG 431–1 (HMV previously unissued)
Imry Palló baritone
Kodaly: Tiszán innen, Dunán tûl (No.9)
(Háry János) sung in Hungarian
with Izabella Nagy soprano
Budapest Opera Orchestra/Nándor Rékai
Recorded: 11.12.28, Budapest.
Matrix No. CW 2089–2 (HMV AN 208)
Vladimir Rosing tenor
Cui: Hunger, Op.62 No.17
sung in Russian, with spoken introduction in English
Ivor Newton piano
Recorded: March 1934, Abbey Road, London.
Matrix No. CXE 6415–1 (part) (Parlophone E 11251)
Sergei Lemeshev tenor
Kashevarov: Tranquillity sung in Russian
A. V. Slutzky piano
Recorded: 18.5.28, Peking.
Matrix No. XVE 01862–2 (Victor 4110)

Tell us what you think

Write an online review and share your thoughts with other shoppers!

To submit a review you must login or register first

Recently Viewed Items

The Record of Singing 1926-1939 Vol.3

SBT0132

(see more...)