Notes and Editorial Reviews
In 1977 EMI issued the first of what eventually would be four boxed sets of LPs encompassing the history of singing on record from 1899 until the end of the shellac era. The label subsequently brought out an expanded version of Volume 4 on CD, while Testament reissued Volume 3 intact, with slightly improved sound and a few items restored to proper pitch. Volumes 1 and 2 never made it to CD (officially, that is), although EMI did refurbish Volume 1 in 1982 as "A Record of Singers" together with a supplementary LP. Here is a 10-CD overview of the four volumes.
It must not have been easy for producer Tony Locantro to pare down all four volumes and retain a judicious (if not appreciably comprehensive) mix of schools,
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styles, and temperaments. While John Steane's booklet notes attempt to put a positive spin on the set's inclusions and omissions, collectors invariably will carp. I wonder why Locantro left out Kirsten Flagstad and Maria Callas, yet kept in two Beniamino Gigli selections. Then there are tracks that offer more historic significance than artistic pleasure (baritone Édouard de Reszke and the notorious "last castrato" Alessandro Moreschi, for example). However, musical riches dominate.
Personal favorites include Fernando de Lucia with his prodigious breath control, Marian Anderson's goose-bump-inducing low D-natural in Schubert's Death and the Maiden, Mariano Stabile's natural speech/song fusion in the Honor Monologue from Verdi's Falstaff, the Carmen Habanera with Jennie Tourel in her prime, plus Pol Plançon heading a short list of singularly elegant French basses.
In short, there's ample opportunity to discover one's own obscure treasures and to reconnect with more familiar fare. For this reason, consider "The Very Best of Volumes 1-4" the ideal gift for a devoted opera lover who is not a specialist collector. Shall we anticipate a complete, digitally reasserted Record of Singing CD edition?
--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com
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Works on This Recording
1.
Ave Maria by Charles Gounod
Performer:
Alessandro Moreschi (Castrato)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; France
Date of Recording: 04/1904
Venue: Sistine Chapel, Rome
2.
La sonnambula: Ah, non credea mirarti by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Alfredo Barili (Piano),
Adelina Patti (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1831; Italy
Date of Recording: 06/1906
Venue: Craig-y-Nos, Wales
3.
L'éte by Cécile Louise Chaminade
Performer:
Emma Albani (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Date of Recording: c1904
Venue: London, England
4.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Sull' aria...Che soave zeffiretto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Marcella Sembrich (Soprano),
Emma Eames (Soprano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 01/25/1908
Venue: Camden, New York
5.
Les anges pleurent by Hermann Bemberg
Performer:
Nellie Melba (Soprano),
Gabriel Lapierre (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Date of Recording: 10/04/1913
Venue: Camden, New York
6.
Manon Lescaut: C'est l'histoire amoureuse by Daniel-François Auber
Performer:
Ellen Beach Yaw (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1856; France
Date of Recording: 03/11/1899
Venue: London, England
7.
Mainacht by Berthold Goldschmidt
Performer:
Blanche Marchesi (Soprano),
Bruno Seidler-Winkler (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Date of Recording: 1906
Venue: Berlin, Germany
8.
Hunyadi László: Ah rebeges by Ferenc Erkel
Performer:
Lillian Nordica (Soprano),
Romayne Simmons (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1844; Hungary
Date of Recording: 05/23/1907
Venue: USA
9.
Mattinata by Francesco Paolo Tosti
Performer:
Geraldine Farrar (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 1904
Venue: Berlin, Germany
10.
Orfeo ed Euridice: Addio, addio by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer:
Louise Homer (Alto)
Period: Classical
Written: 1762/1774; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 11/02/1903
Venue: New York, NY
Language: English
11.
Simon the Cellarer by John Liptrott Hatton
Performer:
Charles Santley (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: England
Date of Recording: 06/08/1903
Venue: London, England
12.
Dichterliebe, Op. 48: no 7, Ich grolle nicht by Robert Schumann
Performer:
George Henschel (Baritone),
George Henschel (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840; Germany
Date of Recording: 01/19/1914
Venue: Hayes, Middlesex
13.
La chanson de Fortunio: Vous croyez que je vais dire by Jacques Offenbach
Performer:
Emilio de Gogorza (Baritone)
Conductor:
Josef Pasternack
Period: Romantic
Written: 1861; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 10/23/1916
Venue: Camden, New York
14.
Otello: Era la notte by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Victor Maurel (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1904
Venue: Milan, Italy
15.
Per valli, per boschi by Felice Blangini
Performer:
Charles Gilibert (Baritone),
Nellie Melba (Soprano)
Conductor:
Walter B. Rogers
Period: Romantic
Date of Recording: 03/28/1907
Venue: Camden, New York
16.
Embarquez-vous? by Benjamin Godard
Performer:
Pol Plançon (Bass)
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Date of Recording: 08/1902
Venue: London, England
17.
Martha: Lasst mich euch fragen "Porter's Song" by Friedrich von Flotow
Performer:
Edouard De Reszke (Bass),
Charles Adams Prince (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1847; Germany
Date of Recording: 1903
Venue: USA
Language: French
18.
Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle "Habañera" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Emma Calvé (Soprano),
Remualdo Sapio (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Date of Recording: 06/06/1916
Venue: Camden, New York
19.
Aida: I sacri nomi di padre, d'amante by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Félia Litvinne (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1871; Italy
Date of Recording: 1905
Venue: Paris, France
Language: French
20.
Le jongleur de Notre-Dame: Dame des cieux...Liberté! Liberté! c'est Elle by Jules Massenet
Performer:
Mary Garden (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902; France
Date of Recording: 03/21/1911
Venue: New York, NY
21.
Amour! Amour! by Francesco Paolo Tosti
Performer:
Mattia Battistini (Baritone),
Carlo Sabajno (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1899; London, England
Date of Recording: 06/02/1911
Venue: Milan, Italy
22.
L'Elisir d'Amore: Come Paride by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Antonio Scotti (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Italy
Date of Recording: 03/02/1905
Venue: New York, NY
23.
Adriana Lecouvreur: Bene! Benissimo! by Francesco Cilèa
Performer:
Giuseppe de Luca (Baritone),
Francesco Cilèa (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 12/12/1902
Venue: Milan, Italy
24.
L'Elisir d'Amore: Udite, o rustici by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Antonio Pini-Corsi (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Italy
Date of Recording: 1912
Venue: Milan, Italy
25.
I due Foscari: Questa dunque è l'iniquia mercede by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Pasquale Amato (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1844; Italy
Date of Recording: 06/15/1911
Venue: Milan, Italy
26.
Hamlet: O vin dissipe la tristesse by Ambroise Thomas
Performer:
Titta Ruffo (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; France
Date of Recording: 1907
Venue: Milan, Italy
Language: Italian
27.
Luna-lù by V. Ricciardi
Performer:
Fernando de Lucia (Tenor)
Date of Recording: 05/21/1909
Venue: Naples, Italy
28.
Paride ed Elena: Spiagge amate by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer:
Alessandro Bonci (Tenor)
Period: Classical
Written: 1770; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 02/1905
Venue: Milan, Italy
29.
Otello: Niun mi tema (Death of Otello) by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Francesco Tamagno (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/1903
30.
Andrea Chénier: Un dì all' azzuro spazio "Improvviso" by Umberto Giordano
Performer:
Giovanni Zenatello (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/15/1906
Venue: Milan, Italy
31.
L'Elisir d'Amore: Una furtiva lagrima by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Salvatore Cottone (Piano),
Enrico Caruso (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Italy
Date of Recording: 04/11/1902
Venue: Milan, Italy
32.
Queen of Spades, Op. 68: Midnight is nearing (Lisa's Aria) by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:
Medea Mei-Figner (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1890; Russia
Date of Recording: 11/1901
Venue: St. Petersburg, Russia
33.
Olga: E lo sapevi by Gianelli,
Performer:
Olimpia Boronat (Soprano)
Date of Recording: 1908
Venue: Milan, Italy
34.
Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete, o Mamma by Pietro Mascagni
Performer:
Gemma Bellincioni (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1890; Italy
Date of Recording: 10/1903
Venue: Milan, Italy
35.
La Bohème: Mimì Pinson la biondietta by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:
Rosina Storchio (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1897; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/02/1911
Venue: Milan, Italy
36.
Mireille: O d’amor messagera by Charles Gounod
Performer:
Luisa Tetrazzini (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Date of Recording: 07/05/1909
Venue: London, England
37.
La dame blanche: Ce domaine by François Boieldieu
Performer:
Franz Naval (Tenor),
Marie Gutheil-Schoder (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Date of Recording: 1902
Venue: Vienna, Austria
Language: German
38.
Lucia di Lammermoor: Regnava nel silenzio by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Frieda Hempel (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Italy
Date of Recording: 10/1907
Venue: Berlin, Germany
39.
Rigoletto: Caro nome by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Selma Kurz (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Italy
Date of Recording: 1905
Venue: Vienna, Austria
40.
Don Giovanni, K 527: Or sai chi l'onore by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Lilli Lehmann (Soprano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1787; Prague, Czech Republ
Date of Recording: 1906
Venue: Berlin, Germany
41.
Oberon, J 306: Ozean! du Ungeheuer by Carl Maria von Weber
Performer:
Anna Von Bahr-Mildenburg (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1825-1826; Dresden, Germany
Date of Recording: 1904
Venue: Vienna, Austria
42.
Don Giovanni, K 527: In quali eccessi...Mi tradì quell' alma ingrata by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Johanna Gadski (Soprano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1787; Prague, Czech Republ
Date of Recording: 09/21/1910
Venue: Camden, New York
43.
Dalibor, B 133/T 96: Jac je mi by Bedrich Smetana
Performer:
Emmy Destinn (Soprano)
Date of Recording: 1908
Venue: Berlin, Germany
44.
Leggero invisible "Bolero" by Luigi Arditi
Performer:
Ernestine Schumann-Heink (Alto)
Period: Romantic
Written: Italy
Date of Recording: 07/24/1907
Venue: Camden, New York
45.
Dalibor, B 133/T 96: Oh, didst thou hear it, friend by Bedrich Smetana
Performer:
Hermann Winkelmann (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865/1870; Czech Republic
Date of Recording: 1905
Venue: Vienna, Austria
Language: German
46.
Die Königin von Saba, Op. 27: Magische Töne by Karl Goldmark
Performer:
Leo Slezak (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: by 1875; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1905
Venue: Vienna, Austria
47.
Die Walküre: Leb' wohl..."Farewell and Magic Fire music" by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Anton Van Rooy (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1856; Germany
Date of Recording: 1902
Venue: London, England
48.
Golden Cockerel: Hymn to the sun by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:
Antonina Nezhdanova (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906-1907; Russia
Date of Recording: 01/28/1910
Venue: Moscow, Russia
Language: Russian
49.
The oprichnik: I swear before God and thee by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:
Nicolai Figner (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1870-1872; Russia
Date of Recording: 11/1901
Venue: St. Petersburg, Russia
Language: Russian
50.
Dobrinja Nikitich: Flowers were blooming in the fields by Alexander Gretchaninov
Performer:
Leonid Sobinov (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia
Date of Recording: 02/06/1910
Venue: Moscow, Russia
Language: Russian
51.
Iolanta, Op. 69: O God, if I have sinned by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:
Lev Sibiriakov (Bass)
Period: Romantic
Date of Recording: 1910
Venue: Russia
Language: Russian
52.
Robert le Diable: Le rovine son queste by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:
Feodor Chaliapin (Bass)
Conductor:
Rosario Bourdon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1831; France
Date of Recording: 01/03/1924
Venue: Camden, New York
53.
Dubrovsky, Op 58: O give me oblivion! by Eduard Nápravník
Performer:
Dmitri Smirnov (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1895; Moravia, Czech Repub
Date of Recording: 10/19/1912
Venue: Moscow, Russia
Language: Russian
54.
L'Africaine: O paradis sorti de l'onde by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:
Fernand Ansseau (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; Germany
Date of Recording: 10/21/1921
Venue: Paris, France
55.
La coupe du roi de Thulé: Il est venu ce jour de lutte by Eugeno Diaz de la Peña
Performer:
Dinh Gilly (Baritone)
Date of Recording: 08/24/1924
Venue: Hayes, Middlesex
56.
La reine de Saba: Sous le pieds d'une femme by Charles Gounod
Performer:
Marcel Journet (Bass)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862; France
Date of Recording: 01/11/1912
Venue: Camden, New York
57.
Monna Vanna: Ce n'est pas un vielliard by Henry Février
Performer:
Emile Vanni-Marcoux (Bass)
Conductor:
Piero Coppola
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 10/06/1924
Venue: Paris, France
58.
Louise: Depuis le jour by Gustave Charpentier
Performer:
Marie-Louise Edvina (Soprano)
Conductor:
Percy Pitt
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; France
Date of Recording: 11/05/1919
Venue: Hayes, Middlesex
59.
Antar: Air de l'Oasis by Gabriel Edouard Dupont
Performer:
Fanny Heldy (Soprano)
Date of Recording: 1921
60.
La reine Topaze: Carnaval de Venise by Victor Massé
Performer:
Gabrielle Ritter-Ciampi (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1856; France
Date of Recording: 1923
61.
Adriana Lecouvreur: Io son l'umile ancella by Francesco Cilèa
Performer:
Claudia Muzio (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902; Italy
Date of Recording: 04/29/1921
62.
Manon: Ah, mi rendi il tuo cor...La tua mano non è by Jules Massenet
Performer:
Carmen Melis (Soprano)
Date of Recording: c1924
Venue: Milan, Italy
63.
Isabeau: Questo mio bianco manto by Pietro Mascagni
Performer:
Gilda dalla Rizza (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1911; Italy
Date of Recording: c1915
Venue: Milan, Italy
64.
La sonnambula: Come per me sereno...Sovra il sen by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Amelita Galli-Curci (Soprano)
Conductor:
Josef Pasternack
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1831; Italy
Date of Recording: 1919-1920
Venue: Camden, New York
65.
La perla de Triana by Sebastián de Iradier
Performer:
Elvira De Hidalgo (Soprano)
Date of Recording: 10/16/1908
66.
Il segreto di Susanna: O gioia la nube leggera by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
Performer:
Lucrezia Bori (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1909; Munich, Germany
Date of Recording: 11/23/1921
67.
Mefistofele: Dai campi, dai prati by Arrigo Boito
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Italy
Date of Recording: 10/14/1918
Venue: Milan, Italy
68.
I puritani: Vieni fra queste braccia by Vincenzo Bellini
Performer:
Hipolito Lazaro (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Italy
Date of Recording: 05/01/1916
Venue: New York, NY
69.
Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée "Flower song" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Miguel Fleta (Tenor)
Conductor:
Carlo Sabajno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
Date of Recording: 04/17/1922
Venue: Milan, Italy
Language: Italian
70.
Andrea Chénier: Un dì all' azzuro spazio "Improvviso" by Umberto Giordano
Performer:
Bernardo De Muro (Tenor)
Conductor:
Carlo Sabajno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 03/01/1912
Venue: Milan, Italy
71.
Ernani: Mercè, diletti amici...Come rugiada al cospite by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Giovanni Martinelli (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1844; Italy
Date of Recording: 04/27/1918
Venue: Camden, New York
72.
La Favorita: A tanto amor, Leonora by Gaetano Donizetti
Performer:
Renato Zanelli (Tenor)
Conductor:
Josef Pasternack
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840; Italy
Date of Recording: 10/10/1919
Venue: Camden, New York
73.
Germania: Ascolta, io morirò by Alberto Franchetti
Performer:
Riccardo Stracciari (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/08/1909
Venue: Milan, Italy
74.
Loreley: Ah! dunque ei m'amerà by Alfredo Catalani
Performer:
Frances Alda (Soprano)
Date of Recording: 04/04/1912
Venue: Camden, New York
75.
War schöner als der schönste Tag by Carl Loewe
Performer:
Francis Lapitino (Harp),
Alma Gluck (Soprano)
Conductor:
Richard Hageman
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Date of Recording: 09/26/1916
Venue: Camden, New York
76.
Chanson triste by Henri Duparc
Performer:
Eva Gauthier (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1868; France
Date of Recording: c1917
77.
L'éclair: Call me thine own by Jacques Halévy
Performer:
Mabel Garrison (Soprano)
Conductor:
Josef Pasternack
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Date of Recording: 02/18/1920
Venue: Camden, New York
Language: English
78.
Ernani: Ernani, involami by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Rosa Ponselle (Soprano)
Conductor:
Rosario Bourdon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1844; Italy
Date of Recording: 12/11/1923
Venue: Camden, New York
79.
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Florence Easton (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1918; Italy
Date of Recording: 1918
80.
La Bohème: Che gelida manina by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Charles Francis Hackett (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/24/1924
Venue: London, England
81.
Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still by W.T. Wrighton
Performer:
Edward Johnson (Tenor)
Conductor:
Josef Pasternack
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; USA
Date of Recording: 12/08/1919
Venue: Camden, New York
82.
Silvana, J 87: Soll denn dies Herz nie Liebe finden by Carl Maria von Weber
Performer:
Alfred Piccaver (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1808-1810; Germany
Date of Recording: 07/1920
Venue: Vienna, Austria
83.
Queen of the Earth by Ciro Pinsutti
Performer:
Joseph Hislop (Tenor)
Date of Recording: 06/18/1914
Venue: Hayes, Middlesex
84.
Morning Hymn by George Henschel
Performer:
Gervase Elwes (Tenor)
Period: 20th Century
Date of Recording: 03/1912
85.
Songs (15), Op. 26: no 10, Before my window by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Edwin Schneider (Piano),
John McCormack (Tenor),
Fritz Kreisler (Violin)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1906; Russia
Date of Recording: 09/24/1924
Venue: Hayes, Middlesex
86.
Il Pompeo: O cessate di piagarmi by Alessandro Scarlatti
Performer:
Reinald Werrenrath (Baritone)
Conductor:
Ted Levy
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1683; Rome, Italy
Date of Recording: 09/24/1914
Venue: Camden, New York
87.
Israel in Egypt, HWV 54: The Lord is a man of war by George Frideric Handel
Performer:
Peter Dawson (Bass Baritone),
Robert Radford (Bass)
Conductor:
George Byng
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: by 1739; London, England
Date of Recording: 01/05/1924
Venue: Hayes, Middlesex
88.
Fidelio, Op. 72: Abscheulicher!...Komm, Hoffnung by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Helene Wildbrunn (Soprano)
Period: Classical
Written: Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1922
89.
Die Walküre: Ho-jo-to-ho! by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Gertrude Kappel (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1856; Germany
Date of Recording: 1924
90.
Oberon, J 306: Ozean! du Ungeheuer by Carl Maria von Weber
Performer:
Frida Leider (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1825-1826; Dresden, Germany
Date of Recording: 1921
91.
Mignon: Elle est là près de lui by Ambroise Thomas
Performer:
Claire Dux (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1866; France
Date of Recording: 08/14/1911
Language: German
92.
Rigoletto: Caro nome by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Maria Ivogün (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Italy
Date of Recording: 1917
Language: German
93.
Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60: Es gibt ein Reich by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Maria Jeritza (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1911/1916; Germany
Date of Recording: 1913
94.
Lieder (5), Op. 41: no 1, Wiegenlied by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Elena Gerhardt (Mezzo Soprano),
Arthur Nikisch (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1899; Germany
Date of Recording: 06/30/1911
95.
Die schöne Magelone, Op. 33: no 12, Muss es eine Trennung geben by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Julia Culp (Mezzo Soprano),
Coenraad Bos (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1868; Austria
Date of Recording: 09/1914
Venue: Berlin, Germany
96.
Fidelio, Op. 72: Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben.... by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Richard Mayr (Bass)
Period: Classical
Written: 1805/1814; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1922
97.
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Prince Gremin's aria by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:
Alexander Kipnis (Bass)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877-1878; Russia
Date of Recording: 1921
Language: German
98.
Idomeneo, K 366: Fuor del mar by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Hermann Jadlowker (Tenor)
Period: Classical
Written: 1781; Munich, Germany
Date of Recording: 1917
Language: German
99.
Tannhäuser: Dir töne Lob! Die Wunder sei'n gepriesen by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Lauritz Melchior (Tenor)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845/1861; Germany
Date of Recording: 05/29/1930
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
100.
Die Walküre: Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Max Lorenz (Tenor)
Conductor:
Ernst Viebig
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1856; Germany
Date of Recording: 03/12/1928
Venue: Singakademie, Berlin
101.
Königsballade: Euren König will ich preisen by Rudolf Wille
Performer:
Helge Rosvaenge (Tenor)
Conductor:
Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: Austria
Date of Recording: 11/09/1937
Venue: Berlin, Germany
102.
Die Fledermaus: Dieser Anstand, so manierlich by Johann Strauss Jr.
Performer:
Vera Schwarz (Soprano),
Richard Tauber (Tenor)
Conductor:
Frieder Weissmann
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 10/29/1928
Venue: Berlin, Germany
103.
Der Evangelimann, Op. 45: Selig sind, die Verfolgung leiden by Wilhelm Kienzl
Performer:
Marcel Wittrisch (Tenor)
Conductor:
Cornelius Kun
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894; Bad Aussee, Austria
Date of Recording: 09/15/1932
Venue: Berlin, Germany
104.
Die tote Stadt, Op. 12: Glück, das mir verblieb "Mariettalied" by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Performer:
Joseph Schmidt (Tenor)
Conductor:
Otto Dobrindt
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1920; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 04/24/1933
Venue: Berlin, Germany
105.
Der Wachtelschlag, WoO 129 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Bruno Seidler-Winkler (Piano),
Karl Erb (Tenor)
Period: Classical
Written: 1803; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 11/1939
Venue: Electrola Studios, Berlin
106.
Hänsel und Gretel: Ach, wir armen, armen Leute by Engelbert Humperdinck
Performer:
Gerhard Hüsch (Baritone)
Conductor:
Hanns Udo Müller
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Germany
Date of Recording: 01/05/1937
Venue: Berlin, Germany
Notes: With unidentified soprano.
107.
Das Nachtlager in Granada: Ein Schütz bin ich by Conradin Kreutzer
Performer:
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender (Baritone)
Conductor:
Erich Orthmann
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1834; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 11/18/1931
Venue: Berlin, Germany
108.
Schwanengesang, D 957: no 11, Die Stadt by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Herbert Janssen (Baritone),
Gerald Moore (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1828; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 11/16/1938
Venue: No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London
109.
Elijah, Op. 70: Lord God of Abraham by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:
Friedrich Schorr (Baritone)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1846-1847; Germany
Date of Recording: 05/11/1931
Venue: Kingsway Hall, London
Language: German
110.
Le Prophète: O prêtres de Baal by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:
Sigrid Onegin (Alto)
Conductor:
Rosario Bourdon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849; Germany
Date of Recording: 03/21/1929
Venue: Liederkranz Hall, New York
111.
Marienlied by Joseph Marx
Performer:
Elisabeth Schumann (Soprano)
Conductor:
Karl Alwin
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna State Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: Germany
Date of Recording: 08/15/1928
Venue: Vienna, Austria
112.
Tsar's Bride: In Novgorod by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:
Miliza Korjus (Soprano)
Conductor:
Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1898-1899; Russia
Date of Recording: 01/29/1936
Venue: Berlin, Germany
113.
Arias (3) nach Klopstock: Weine du nicht by Robert Oboussier
Performer:
Eta Harich-Schneider (Harpsichord),
Hans-Walter Schleif (Oboe),
Erna Berger (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: Switzerland
Date of Recording: 1937
Venue: Electrola Studios, Berlin
114.
Arabella, Op. 79: Mein Elemer...Nach dem Matteo by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Tiana Lemnitz (Soprano)
Conductor:
Bruno Seidler-Winkler
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1929-1932; Germany
Date of Recording: 10/28/1940
Venue: Berlin, Germany
115.
La Bohème: Si, mi chiamano Mimì by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Maria Cebotari (Soprano)
Conductor:
Fritz Zweig
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1896; Italy
Date of Recording: 11/24/1932
Venue: Berlin, Germany
Language: German
116.
L'Africaine: Adieu, mon doux rivage by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:
Elisabeth Rethberg (Soprano)
Conductor:
Frieder Weissmann
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Odeon Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; France
Date of Recording: 04/22/1932
Venue: Berlin, Germany
Language: German
117.
Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Oh, sei er gut, Quinquin by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Lotte Lehmann (Soprano)
Conductor:
Manfred Gurlitt
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Date of Recording: 12/13/1927
Venue: Berlin, Germany
118.
Schlichte Weisen (60), Op. 76: no 3, Waldeinsamkeit by Max Reger
Performer:
Maria Müller (Soprano),
Ivor Newton (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1903-1912; Germany
Date of Recording: 05/24/1937
Venue: Road Studios, London
119.
Siegfried: Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Nanny Larsen-Todsen (Soprano)
Conductor:
Eduard Mörike
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1871; Germany
Date of Recording: 05/07/1928
Venue: Berlin, Germany
120.
I zingari in fiera: Chi vuol la zingarella by Giovanni Paisiello
Performer:
Conchita Supervia (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Antonio Capdevila
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1789; Italy
Date of Recording: 03/04/1930
Venue: Barcelona, Spain
121.
I lombardi: Te, Vergin santa...Salve Maria by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Giannina Arangi-Lombardi (Soprano)
Conductor:
Lorenzo Molajoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1843; Italy
Date of Recording: 04/1934
Venue: Milan, Italy
122.
La forza del destino: Pace, pace, mio Dio by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Dusolina Giannini (Soprano)
Conductor:
Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862/1869; Italy
Date of Recording: 12/17/1928
Venue: London, England
123.
Siberia: Qual vergogna tu porti by Umberto Giordano
Performer:
Maria Caniglia (Soprano)
Conductor:
Giuseppe Antonicelli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903/1921; Italy
Date of Recording: 04/10/1936
Venue: Conservatorio, Milan
124.
La Fanciulla del West: Laggiù nel Soledad by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Gina Cigna (Soprano)
Conductor:
Lorenzo Molajoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1910; Italy
Date of Recording: c1934
Venue: Milan, Italy
125.
Madama Butterfly: Con onor muore by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Margaret Burke Sheridan (Soprano),
Browning Mummery (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1904; Italy
Date of Recording: 06/07/1927
Venue: Conservatorio, Milan
126.
Manon Lescaut: In quelle trine morbide by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Licia Albanese (Soprano)
Conductor:
Dino Olivieri
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Italy
Date of Recording: 1940
Venue: Conservatorio, Milan
127.
Il Guarany: Gentile di cuore by Antonio Carlos Gomes
Performer:
Bidu Sayao (Soprano)
Conductor:
Armando Giannetti
Orchestra/Ensemble:
RCA Victor Brasiliana Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1870; Italy
Date of Recording: 11/1940
Venue: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
128.
Maori Lullaby by William Garnet James
Performer:
Toti Dal Monte (Soprano)
Conductor:
Carlo Sabajno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: Australia
Date of Recording: 11/21/1927
Venue: Milan, Italy
Language: English
129.
Rigoletto: Caro nome by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Lina Pagliughi (Soprano)
Conductor:
Carlo Sabajno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Italy
Date of Recording: 07/05/1929
Venue: Milan, Italy
130.
Requiem Mass: Confutatis maledictis by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Ezio Pinza (Bass)
Conductor:
Carlo Sabajno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Italy
Date of Recording: 09/05/1929
Venue: Milan, Italy
131.
Crispino e la comare: Fermola!...Dapprima, figuratevi by Federico Ricci
Performer:
Irma Mion (Mezzo Soprano),
Salvatore Baccaloni (Bass)
Conductor:
Lorenzo Molajoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1850; Venice, Italy
Date of Recording: 03/1930
Venue: Milan, Italy
132.
Falstaff: L'onore! Ladri! "Ford's Monologue" by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Mariano Stabile (Baritone)
Conductor:
Lorenzo Molajoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Italy
Date of Recording: 12/03/1926
Venue: Milan, Italy
133.
Zazà: Buona Zazà, del mio buon tempo by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:
Apollo Granforte (Baritone)
Conductor:
Carlo Sabajno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Date of Recording: 04/12/1929
Venue: Milan, Italy
134.
Do not go, my love by Richard Hageman
Performer:
Ivor Newton (Piano),
Dino Borgioli (Tenor)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1917; USA
Date of Recording: 06/20/1935
Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London
135.
Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller? by Jules Massenet
Performer:
Tito Schipa (Tenor)
Conductor:
Franco Ghione
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; France
Date of Recording: 05/04/1934
Venue: Conservatorio, Milan
136.
Manon Lescaut: Donna non vidi mai by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Francesco Merli (Tenor)
Conductor:
Lorenzo Molajoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/29/1928
Venue: Milan, Italy
137.
Romanze (3): no 3, Aprile by Francesco Paolo Tosti
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:
Lawrence Collingwood
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1882; London, England
Date of Recording: 05/12/1939
Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London
138.
Manon Lescaut: Ah! non m'avvicinate! by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Luigi Borgonovo (Baritone),
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (Tenor)
Conductor:
Franco Ghione
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Italy
Date of Recording: 05/30/1934
Venue: Conservatorio, Milan
139.
Adriana Lecouvreur: La dolcissima effigie by Francesco Cilèa
Performer:
Aureliano Pertile (Tenor)
Conductor:
Carlo Sabajno
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902; Italy
Date of Recording: 12/10/1930
Venue: Conservatorio, Milan
140.
Le rossignol by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:
Lily Pons (Soprano)
Conductor:
Gustav Cloëz
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; France
Date of Recording: 02/26/1929
Venue: Paris, France
141.
Les berceaux, Op. 23 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Ninon Vallin (Soprano),
Marguerite Long (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879; France
Date of Recording: 06/12/1933
Venue: Paris, France
142.
Une jeune fille parle by Pierre de Bréville
Performer:
Claire Croiza (Soprano),
Pierre de Bréville (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911; France
Date of Recording: 12/28/1928
Venue: Paris, France
143.
Sigurd: Le bruit des chants by Ernest Reyer
Performer:
Georges Thill (Tenor)
Conductor:
Eugène Bigot
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1884; France
Date of Recording: 07/07/1933
Venue: Paris, France
144.
La damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Esprits des flammes by Hector Berlioz
Performer:
Charles Panzera (Baritone)
Conductor:
Piero Coppola
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Pasdeloup Concert Association Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845-1846; France
Date of Recording: 02/18/1931
Venue: Paris, France
145.
Aurore, Op. 39 no 1 by Gabriel Fauré
Performer:
Pierre Bernac (Baritone),
Francis Poulenc (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1884; France
Date of Recording: 12/05/1947
Venue: London, England
146.
La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein: Dites-lui qu'on l'a remarqué distingué by Jacques Offenbach
Performer:
Yvonne Printemps (Soprano),
Henri Busser (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 11/22/1929
Venue: Paris, France
147.
La boulangère a des écus: Les charbonniers et fariniers by Jacques Offenbach
Performer:
Reynaldo Hahn (Tenor),
Reynaldo Hahn (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1875; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 09/19/1927
Venue: Paris, France
148.
Falstaff: E sogno, o realtà? by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Lawrence Tibbett (Baritone)
Conductor:
Rosario Bourdon
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Italy
Date of Recording: 03/03/1926
Venue: Camden, New York
149.
Hamlet: O vin dissipe la tristesse by Ambroise Thomas
Performer:
John Charles Thomas (Baritone)
Conductor:
Nat Finston
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; France
Date of Recording: 01/13/1934
Venue: Hollywood, California
150.
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:
Dennis Noble (Baritone)
Conductor:
Clarence Raybould
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1816; Italy
Date of Recording: 01/24/1926
Venue: London, England
151.
Hamlet: Comme une pâle fleur by Ambroise Thomas
Performer:
John Brownlee (Baritone)
Conductor:
Georges Lauweryns
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; France
Date of Recording: 03/06/1929
Venue: Paris, France
152.
Onaway, awake beloved by Frederick Hill Cowan
Performer:
Harold Williams (Baritone)
Conductor:
Clarence Raybould
Date of Recording: 11/11/1931
Venue: London
153.
La jolie fille de Perth: A la voix d'un amant fidèle by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Heddle Nash (Tenor)
Conductor:
Clarence Raybould
Period: Romantic
Written: 1866; France
Date of Recording: 09/09/1932
Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London
154.
Les contes d'Hoffmann: O Dieu! de quelle ivresse by Jacques Offenbach
Performer:
Charles Kullman (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 12/08/1931
Venue: Berlin
Language: German
155.
Tosca: Recondita armonia by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Richard Crooks (Tenor)
Conductor:
Clemens Schmalstich
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Date of Recording: 11/01/1929
Venue: Singakademie, Berlin
Language: German
156.
The Lost Chord by Arthur Sullivan
Performer:
Dame Clara Butt (Alto)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1877; England
Date of Recording: 08/07/1930
Venue: Westminster Central Hall, London
157.
Der Tod und das Mädchen, D 531/Op. 7 no 3 by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Marian Anderson (Alto),
Kosti Vehanen (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1817; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 11/13/1936
Venue: Studio Albert, Paris
158.
Psyché by Emile Paladilhe
Performer:
Maggie Teyte (Soprano),
Gerald Moore (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Date of Recording: 03/26/1941
Venue: Abbey Road Studios, London
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