Enrico Caruso (1873 - 1921)
The Essential Operatic Recordings

Fifty Arias and Ensembles recorded between 1905 and 1920
with Alda, Amato, Ancona, De Luca, Destinn, Farrar,
Gadski, Gluck, Homer, Journet, Ruffo, Schumann-Heink,
and Tetrazzini








SIDE ONE
1DON PASQUALE, Donizetti, Com’è gentil3.47
Rec: 27 February 1905 Matrix: C-2340-1 Cat: 85048
2LA FAVORITA, Donizetti, Spirto gentil3.52
Rec: 11 February 1906 Matrix: C-3104-1 Cat: 88004
3MARTA, Flotow, M’apparì tutt’amor3.38
Rec: 11 February 1906 Matrix: C-3100-1 Cat: 88001
4PAGLIACCI, Leoncavallo, Vesti la giubba3.19
Rec: 17 March 1907 Matrix: C-4317-1 Cat: 88061
5PAGLIACCI, Leoncavallo, No! Pagliaccio non son3.27
Rec: 28 December 1910 Matrix: C-9742-2 Cat: 88279
6LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES, Bizet, Del tempio al limitar3.30
with Mario Ancona
Rec: 24 May 1907 Matrix: C-4327-1 Cat: 89007
7L’AFRICAINE, Meyerbeer, O paradiso!3.46
Rec: 20 February 1907 Matrix: C-4160-2 Cat: 88054
8DON SEBASTIANO, Donizetti, Deserto in terra4.27
Rec: 10 January 1908 Matrix: C-5008-1 Cat: 88106
9DIE KÖNIGIN VON SABA, Goldmark, Magiche note3.13
Rec: 7 November 1909 Matrix: B-6062-1 Cat: 87041
10CARMEN, Bizet, La fleur que tu m’avais jetée3.49
Rec: 7 November 1909 Matrix: C-8350-1 Cat: 88208
11CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Mascagni, O Lola (Siciliana)2.49
Francis J. Lapitino, harp
Rec: 28 December 1910 Matrix: B-9745-1 Cat: 87072
12CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Mascagni, Viva il vino (Brindisi)2.33
Rec: 27 February 1905 Matrix: B-2344-1 Cat: 81062
13L’ELISIR D’AMORE, Donizetti, Una furtiva lagrima4.25
Rec: 26 November 1911 Matrix: C-996-2 Cat: 88339
14LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Donizetti, Chi mi frena4.12
with Luisa Tetrazzini, Josephine Jacoby, Pasquale Amato, Marcel Journet, Angelo Bada
Rec: 19 January 1912 Matrix: C-11446-3 Cat: 96201
15IL DUCA D’ALBA, Salvi/Donizetti, Angelo casto e bel3.54
Rec: 7 January 1915 Matrix: C-15572-2 Cat: 88516
16LO SCHIAVO, Gomez, Quando nascesti tu4.17
Rec: 19 November 1911 Matrix: C-11273-2 Cat: 88345
17MANON, Massenet, On l’appelle Manon4.14
with Geraldine Farrar
Rec: 30 December 1912 Matrix: C-12750-2 Cat: 89059
18MANON, Massenet, Ah, fuyez, douce image4.36
Rec: 27 December 1911 Matrix: C-11422-1 Cat: 88348
19IL GUARANY, Gomes, Sento una forza indomita4.36
with Emmy Destinn
Rec: 20 April 1914 Matrix C-14730-1 Cat: 89078
20LE CID, Massenet, Ô Souverain, ô Juge, ô Père4.12
Rec: 5 February 1916 Matrix C-17122-1 Cat: 88554
21LA REINE DE SABA, Gounod, Inspirez-moi, race divine4.36
Rec: 5 February 1916 Matrix: C-17125-2 Cat: 88552
22LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES, Bizet, De mon amie, fleur endormie2.15
Francis J. Lapitino, harp
Rec: 7 December 1916 Matrix: B-18823-2 Cat: 87269
23LES PÊCHEURS DE PERLES, Bizet, Je crois entendre encore4.39
Rec: 7 December 1916 Matrix: C-18822-3 Cat: 88580
24EUGENE ONEGIN, Tchaikovsky, Pour moi ce jour est tout mystère4.17
Rec: 3 November 1916 Matrix: C-18657-1 Cat: 88582
25NERO, Rubinstein, Ah! lumière du jour4.21
Francis J. Lapitino, harp
Rec: 15 April 1917 Matrix: C-19485-2 Cat: 88589
26L’ELISIR D’AMORE, Donizetti, Venti scudi! E ben sonanti4.22
with Giuseppe de Luca
Rec: 10 February 1919 Matrix: C-22576-2 Cat: 89089
SIDE TWO
27LA BOHÈME, Puccini, Che gelida manina4.12
Rec: 11 February 1906 Matrix: C-3101-1 Cat: 88002
28ANDREA CHÉNIER, Giordano, Un dì all’azzurro spazio3.51
Rec: 17 March 1907 Matrix: C-4316-1 Cat: 88060
29AIDA, Verdi, Celeste Aida3.31
Rec: 29 March 1908 Matrix: C-3180-3 Cat: 88127
30AIDA, Verdi, La fatal pietra ... O terra addio8.33
with Johanna Gadski
Pt. 1: Rec: 7 November 1909 Matrix: C-8353-1 Cat: 89028
Pt. 2: Rec: 6 November 1909 Matrix: C-8348-2 Cat: 89029
31TOSCA, Puccini, Recondita armonia2.29
Rec: 6 November 1909 Matrix: B-8347-1 Cat: 87043
32IL TROVATORE, Verdi, Mal reggendo all’aspro assalto3.46
with Louise Homer
Rec: 29 December 1910 Matrix: C-6682-1 Cat: 89049
33IL TROVATORE, Verdi, Ah sì, ben mio, coll’essere ... Di quella pira5.04
Pt. 1: Rec: 16 March 1908 Matrix: C-6034-1 Cat: 88121
Pt. 2: Rec: 11 February 1906 Matrix: B-3103-1 Cat: 87001
34IL TROVATORE, Verdi, Ai nostri monti4.29
with Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Rec: 17 January 1913 Matrix: C-12804-2 Cat: 89060
35LA GIOCONDA, Ponchielli, Cielo e mar2.56
Rec: 14 March 1910 Matrix: C-8718-1 Cat: 88246
36RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Questa o quella2.10
Rec: 16 March 1908 Matrix: B-6035-1 Cat: 87018
37RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Parmi veder le lagrime4.47
Rec: 24 February 1913 Matrix: C-11421-1 Cat: 88429
38RIGOLETTO, Verdi, La donna è mobile2.19
Rec: 16 March 1908 Matrix: B-6033-1 Cat: 87017
39RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Bella figlia dell’amore3.41
with Luisa Tetrazzini, Josephine Jacoby, Pasquale Amato
Rec: 13 February 1912 Matrix: C-11447-4 Cat: 15-1019
40LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Verdi, O tu che in seno agl’angeli4.16
Rec: 6 November 1909 Matrix: C-8345-1 Cat: 88207
41LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Verdi, Invano, Alvaro ... Le minaccie, i fieri accenti8.08
with Pasquale Amato
Pt. 1: Rec: 26 November 1911 Matrix: C-11286-2 Cat: 89052
Pt. 2: Rec: 26 November 1911 Matrix: C-11286?-1 Cat: 89053
42UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Verdi, Ma se m’è forza perderti4.24
Rec: 27 December 1911 Matrix: C-11420-1 Cat: 88346
43I LOMBARDI, Verdi, Qual voluttà trascorrere4.25
with Frances Alda, Marcel Journet
Rec: 7 January 1912 Matrix: C-11441-1 Cat: 95211
44MANON LESCAUT, Puccini, Donna non vidi mai2.58
Rec: 24 February 1913 Matrix: B-12945-1 Cat: 87135
45OTELLO, Verdi, Ora e per sempre addio2.28
Rec: 28 December 1910 Matrix: B-9743-2 Cat: 87071
46OTELLO, Verdi, Sì pel ciel4.49
with Titta Ruffo
Rec: 8 January 1914 Matrix: C-14272-1 Cat: 89075
47LA TRAVIATA, Verdi, Libiamo, libiamo ne’lieti calici3.14
with Alma Gluck
Rec: 20 April 1914 Matrix: B-14729-2 Cat: 87511
48MACBETH, Verdi, Ah, la paterna mano3.30
Rec: 23 February 1916 Matrix: C-17197-1 Cat: 88558
49ANDREA CHÉNIER, Giordano, Come un bel dì di maggio3.05
Rec: 3 November 1916 Matrix: B-18659-1 Cat: 87266
50LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Verdi, Sleale! il segreto fu dunque4.24
with Giuseppe de Luca
Rec: 10 July 1918 Matrix: C-22123-2 Cat: 89087
51LA JUIVE, Halévy, Rachel, quand du Seigneur la grâce tutélaire4.37
Rec: 14 September 1920 Matrix: C-24461-2 Cat: 88625
Prima Voce archivist and series consultant, Norman White.
Recordings made in the UK by Nimbus Records. Digital Recording from original 78 rpm discs.

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