Works on This Recording
1.
Turandot: Nessun dorma! by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Jussi Björling (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nils Grevillius
Period: Romantic
Written: 1926; Italy
Date of Recording: 03/27/1944
Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs.
Language: Italian
2.
La forza del destino: Solenne in quest' ora by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (Tenor),
Gino Bechi (Baritone)
Conductor:
Renato Arduini
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Rome Opera House Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862/1869; Italy
Date of Recording: 07/03/1943
Length: 4 Minutes 28 Secs.
Language: Italian
3.
Die Walküre: Ho-jo-to-ho! by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano)
Conductor:
Hans Lange
Period: Romantic
Written: 1856; Germany
Date of Recording: 10/09/1935
Length: 2 Minutes 16 Secs.
Language: German
4.
Tosca: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Rosa Ponselle (Soprano)
Conductor:
Romano Romani
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
Date of Recording: 01/07/1919
Length: 3 Minutes 19 Secs.
Language: Italian
5.
Rigoletto: Bella figlia dell' amore [Quartet] by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Antonio Scotti (Baritone),
Marcella Sembrich (Soprano),
Enrico Caruso (Tenor),
Gina Severina (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:
Walter Rogers
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/07/1908
Length: 4 Minutes 6 Secs.
Language: Italian
6.
La Gioconda: Suicidio! by Amilcare Ponchielli
Performer:
Emmy Destinn (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1876; Italy
Date of Recording: 04/09/1914
Length: 4 Minutes 4 Secs.
Language: Italian
7.
Falstaff: Quand' ero paggio by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Victor Maurel (Baritone)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Italy
Date of Recording: 01/08/1907
Length: 2 Minutes 28 Secs.
Language: Italian
8.
Otello: Esultate! by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Francesco Tamagno (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1887; Italy
Date of Recording: 02/1903
Length: 1 Minutes 27 Secs.
Language: Italian
9.
Sadko: no 4, Song of the Indian Guest by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer:
Amelita Galli-Curci (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894-1896; Russia
Date of Recording: 09/21/1922
Length: 3 Minutes 0 Secs.
10.
Cavalleria Rusticana: O Lola, ch'ai di latti la cammisa by Pietro Mascagni
Performer:
Beniamino Gigli (Tenor)
Conductor:
Pietro Mascagni
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra,
Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus
Period: Romantic
Written: 1890; Italy
Date of Recording: 04/1940
Length: 7 Minutes 9 Secs.
Language: Italian
Notes: This selection shares track and timing with both a spoken introduction by the composer and the prelude to the opera.
11.
Cavalleria Rusticana: Prelude by Pietro Mascagni
Conductor:
Pietro Mascagni
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1890; Italy
Date of Recording: 04/1940
Notes: This selection shares a track and timing with a spoken introduction by the composer and the aria "O Lola ch'ai di latti la cammisa."
12.
Carmen: Les tringles des sistres tintaient "Gypsy Song" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Conchita Supervia (Soprano),
Andrée Vavon (Soprano),
Andrée Bernadet (Soprano)
Conductor:
Gustav Cloëz
Period: Romantic
Written: France
Date of Recording: 1930
Length: 3 Minutes 26 Secs.
Language: French
Notes: Composition written: France (1873 - 1874).
13.
Norah O'Neale by Traditional
Performer:
Francis Lapitino (Harp),
John McCormack (Tenor)
Conductor:
Nathaniel Shilkret
Written: Ireland
Date of Recording: 10/18/1929
Length: 3 Minutes 22 Secs.
Language: English
Notes: Arranged: Herbert Hughes
14.
Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Ist ein Traum by Richard Strauss
Performer:
Tiana Lemnitz (Soprano),
Erna Berger (Soprano)
Conductor:
Clemens Krauss
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1909-1910; Germany
Date of Recording: 1936
Length: 4 Minutes 47 Secs.
Language: German
15.
Zweigesang by Carl Amand Mangold
Performer:
Bruno Seidler-Winkler (Piano),
Frieda Hempel (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: Germany
Date of Recording: 1935
Length: 2 Minutes 56 Secs.
Language: German
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