| Disc One |
| 1 | Amelita Galli-Curci (1882-1963) |
| MANON LESCAUT, Auber, C'est l'histoire amoureuse (L'eclat de rire) | 2.38 |
|
| Rec: 5 March 1917 Matrix: B19338 Victor Cat: 64669 |
| Josef Pasternack, conductor |
| 2 | Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957) |
| MANON LESCAUT, Puccini, Donna non vidi mai | 2.56 |
|
| Rec: 27 October 1926 Matrix: BVE 36741 Victor Cat: 1213 |
| 3 | Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981) |
| MANON LESCAUT, Puccini, In quelle trine morbide (with recit.) | 3.14 |
|
| Rec: 19 September 1923 Matrix: 79971-3 Columbia Cat: 36001D |
| Romano Romani, conductor |
| 4 | Tito Schipa (1889-1965) |
| MARTHA, Flotow, M'appari tutto amor | 3.31 |
|
| Rec: 1925 Matrix: C33939 Victor Cat: 6570a |
| 5 | Boris Slovtsov (1886-1934) |
| MAY NIGHT, Rimsky-Korsakoff, How quiet here... Sleep, my beauty | 4.11 |
|
| Rec: 24 October 1913 Matrix: 287.5c Gramophone Cat: 0222011 |
| 6 | Claudia Muzio (1889-1936) |
| MEFISTOFELE, Boito, L'altra notte in fondo al mare | 4.10 |
|
| Rec: 6 June 1935 Matrix: BX 1363 Columbia Cat: LCX 25 |
| Lorenzo Molajoli, conductor |
| 7 | Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957) |
| MEFISTOFELE, Boito, Giunto sul passo estremo | 3.35 |
|
| Rec: February 1921 Matrix: B24783 Victor Cat: 64942 |
| 8 | Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) |
| DIE MEISTERSINGER, Wagner, Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein | 4.01 |
 |
| Rec: 1939 Matrix: CSO 35838-1 Victor Cat: V17728 |
| with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy |
| 9 | Conchita Supervia (1895-1936) |
| MIGNON, Thomas, Connais-tu le pays? | 4.36 |
|
| Rec: 24 October 1931 Matrix: XXP 7311-2 Odeon Cat: R20192
|
| Gustave Cloëz, conductor |
| 10 | Tito Schipa (1889-1965) |
| MIGNON, Thomas, Addio, Mignon | 3.25 |
|
| Rec: May 1924 Matrix: C30080 Victor Cat: 6465a |
| 11 | Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940) |
| MIGNON, Thomas, Io son Titania | 4.40 |
|
| Rec: 1911 Matrix: 10073 Victor Cat: 88296 |
| 12 | Ezio Pinza (1892-1957) |
| MIGNON, Thomas, De son coeur j'ai calmé (Berceuse) | 4.05 |
|
| Rec: 29 March 1927 Matrix: CVE 37874-2 Victor Cat: 6642 |
| Rosario Bourdon, conductor |
| 13 | Frieda Hempel (1885-1955) |
| MIREILLE, Gounod, O légère hirondelle | 2.50 |
|
| Rec: 9 April 1912 Matrix: 609M HMV Cat: 053290 |
| sung in Italian |
| 14 | Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981) |
| NORMA, Bellini, Sediziose voci... Casta Diva | 8.03 |
|
| Rec: 30 Jan 1929 & 31 Dec 1928 Matrix: CVE 49031/2 Victor Cat: 8125a/b |
| 15 | Giuseppe de Luca (1876-1950) |
| LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Mozart, Se vuol ballare | 3.25 |
|
| Rec: 28 March 1917 Matrix: B19421-2 Victor Cat: 64673 |
| 16 | Conchita Supervia (1895-1936) |
| LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Mozart, Non so piú | 3.02 |
|
| Rec: 1928 Matrix: xxPH 6323 Parlaphone Cat: R20077 |
| A. Albergoni, conductor |
| 17 | Elisabeth Schumann (1888-1952) |
| LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Mozart, Voi che sapete? | 3.21 |
|
| Rec: 19 May 1926 Matrix: Cc 8377-3 HMV Cat: DB 946 |
| Disc Two |
| 1 | Herbert Ernst Groh (1905-1982) |
| DER OPERNBALL, Heuberger, Im Chambre séparée | 3.13 |
|
| Rec: 1932 Matrix: Be 11263 Odeon Cat: 0-25676a |
| with the Odeon-Künstler Orchester conducted by O. Dobrindt |
| 2 | Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) |
| OTELLO, Verdi, Ora e per sempre addio | 2.28 |
|
| Rec: 28 December 1910 Matrix: B9743-2 Victor Cat: 87071 |
| 3 | Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960) |
| OTELLO, Verdi, E qual certezza sognate... Era la notte | 4.17 |
|
| Rec: 3 May 1939 Matrix: CS 036854-1 Victor Cat: 15803 |
| Wilfred Pelletier, conductor |
| 4 | Eidé Norena (1884-1968) |
| OTELLO, Verdi, Ave Maria | 4.33 |
|
| Rec: 7 June 1932 Matrix: 2L 399-2 Disque Gramophone Cat: DB 4852 |
| sung in French |
| 5 | Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960) |
| PAGLIACCI, Leoncavallo, Si puo? | 7.32 |
|
| Rec: 7 June 1926 Matrix: CVE 35481-2 Victor Cat: 6587 |
| Rosario Bourdon, conductor |
| 6 | Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957) |
| PAGLIACCI, Leoncavallo, Recitar... Vesti la giubba | 3.28 |
|
| Rec: July 1934 Matrix: 2W 2598-1 HMV Cat: DB 2304 |
| with the Orchestra of La Scala, Milan conducted by Franco Ghione |
| 7 | Tito Schipa (1889-1965) |
| PAGLIACCI, Leoncavallo, Serenata d'Arlecchino | 2.15 |
|
| Rec: February 1922 Matrix: B26109 Victor Cat: 828a |
| 8 | Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957) & Giuseppe de Luca (1876-1950) |
| I PESCATORI DI PERLE, Bizet, Del tempio al limitar | 4.38 |
|
| Rec: 28 November 1927 Matrix: CVE 41071 Victor Cat: 8084 |
| 9 | Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957) |
| I PESCATORI DI PERLE, Bizet, Mi par d'udir ancora | 4.18 |
|
| Rec: 18 December 1929 Matrix: CVE 58119 Victor Cat: AGSB56 |
| 10 | Maggie Teyte (1888-1976) |
| LA PÉRICHOLE, Offenbach, Tu n'es pas beau | 3.55 |
|
| Rec: 22 September 1932 Matrix: CBA 4932-111D Decca Cat: T-201 |
| with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli |
| 11 | Amelita Galli-Curci (1882-1963) |
| LA PERLE DU BRÉSIL, David, Charmant oiseau | 4.10 |
|
| Rec: 14 September 1917 Matrix: C20664 Victor Cat: 74552 |
| Clement Barone, flute |
| 12 | Helen Jepson (1904-1997) |
| PORGY AND BESS, Gershwin, Summertime | 2.41 |
|
| Rec: 23 October 1935 Matrix: CS95465-1 Victor Cat: 11881 |
| Alexander Smallens, conductor |
| 13 | Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960) |
| PORGY AND BESS, Gershwin, Where is my Bess? | 3.23 |
|
| Rec: 23 October 1935 Matrix: CS95467-1 Victor Cat: 11880 |
| Alexander Smallens, conductor |
| 14 | Helge Roswaenge (1897-1972) |
| LE POSTILLON DE LONJUMEAU, Adam, Mes amis, écoutez | 3.01 |
|
| Rec: May 1936 Matrix: ORA 1298-2 Electrola Cat: DA 4414 |
| with the Berlin State Opera Orchestra and chorus conducted by Bruno Seidler-Winkler |
| 15 | Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938) |
| PRINCE IGOR, Borodin, Galitzky's song | 3.38 |
|
| Rec: 22 November 1922 Matrix: B27091-1 Victor Cat: 558 |
| Josef Pasternack, conductor |
| 16 | Nina Koshetz (1894-1965) |
| PRINCE IGOR, Borodin, Jaroslavna's aria | 4.45 |
|
| Rec: 12 April 1928 Matrix: A43726 Victor Cat: 9233a |
| Disc Three |
| 1 | Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (1892-1979) |
| I PURITANI, Bellini, A te o cara | 3.42 |
|
| Rec: 16 January 1928 Matrix: 41450-2 Victor Cat: 7226 |
| Rosario Bourdon, conductor |
| 2 | Amelita Galli-Curci (1882-1963) |
| I PURITANI, Bellini, Qui la voce sua soave | 4.38 |
|
| Rec: 14 September 1917 Matrix: C20669 Victor Cat: 74558 |
| Josef Pasternack, conductor |
| 3 | Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) |
| RIENZI, Wagner, Allmächt'ger Vater, blick' herab | 5.07 |
|
| Rec: 1930 Matrix: CC 19610 HMV Cat: D2057 |
| 4 | John McCormack (1884-1945) |
| RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Questa o quella | 2.09 |
|
| Rec: 1 May 1913 Matrix: B13223-1 Victor Cat: 64344 |
| 5 | Amelita Galli-Curci (1882-1963) |
| RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Caro nome | 4.44 |
|
| Rec: 2 February 1917 Matrix: C18596 Victor Cat: 74499 |
| 6 | Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) |
| RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Ella mi fu rapita... Parmi veder le lagrime | 4.47 |
|
| Rec: 24 February 1913 Matrix: C11421-2 Victor Cat: 88429 |
| 7 | Giuseppe de Luca (1876-1950) & Grace Anthony (b.1896) |
| RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Povero Rigoletto... Cortigiani, vil razza dannata | 8.21 |
|
| Rec: 29 Nov 1927 & 5 Apr 1928 Matrix: CVE 41075-2/43616-1 Victor Cat: 8161 |
| with the Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Giulio Setti |
| 8 | Jussi Björling (1911-1960) |
| RIGOLETTO, Verdi, La donna è mobile | 2.18 |
|
| Rec: 4 December 1936 Matrix: OSB 441-2 HMV Cat: DA 1548 |
| Nils Grevillius, conductor |
| 9 | Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936) & Herbert Witherspoon (1873-1935) |
| RINALDO, Handel, Lascia ch'io pianga | 4.23 |
|
| Rec: 18 September 1909 Matrix: C3825-2 Victor Cat: 88189 |
| 10 | Mary Garden (1874-1967) |
| RISURREZIONE, Alfano, Dieu de grâce | 3.53 |
|
| Rec: 1926 Matrix: A36735 Victor Cat: 6623B |
| 11 | Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957) |
| LE ROI D'YS, Lalo, Vainement ma bien aimée | 3.37 |
|
| Rec: March 1922 Matrix: B26191 Victor Cat: 66070 |
| 12 | Yevgeniya Bronskaya (1882-1953) |
| ROMEO ET JULIETTE, Gounod, Je veux vivre dans ce rêve | 4.02 |
|
| Rec: 28 October 1913 Matrix: 2883c Gramophone Cat: 023127 |
| 13 | Dmitri Smirnov (1882-1944) |
| ROMEO ET JULIETTE, Gounod, Cavatina... Ah! lève-toi soleil | 3.31 |
|
| Rec: 1909 Matrix: 4285 HMV Cat: 022133 |
| sung in Russian |
| 14 | Erna Berger (1900-1990) & Tiana Lemnitz (1897-1994) |
| DER ROSENKAVALIER, Richard Strauss, Ist ein Traum, kann nicht wirklich sein | 4.45 |
|
| Rec: 1936 Matrix: 606.5GS DGG Cat: 67075B |
| with the Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Clemens Krauss |
| Disc Four |
| 1 | Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957) |
| SADKO, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Chanson Hindoue | 3.31 |
|
| Rec: 31 May 1932 Matrix: BSHQ 72832 Victor Cat: 1570 |
| 2 | Nina Koshetz (1894-1965) |
| SADKO, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Berceuse | 4.11 |
|
| Rec: 12 April 1928 Matrix: A43727 Victor Cat: 9233B |
| sung in Russian |
| 3 | Conchita Supervia (1895-1936) |
| SAMSON ET DALILA, Saint-Saëns, Printemps qui commence | 4.32 |
|
| Rec: 24 October 1931 Matrix: XXP 7312-1 Odeon Cat: R20192 |
| Gustave Cloëz, conductor |
| 4 | Marian Anderson (1897-1993) |
| SAMSON ET DALILA, Saint-Saëns, Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix | 5.02 |
|
| Rec: 4 September 1930 Matrix: CC19717 HMV Cat: C2047 |
| Lawrence Collingwood, conductor. Sung in English |
| 5 | Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (1892-1979) |
| LO SCHIAVO, Gomes, Quando nascesti tu | 4.04 |
|
| Rec: 9 January 1929 Matrix: 49052-2A Victor Cat: 7226 |
| Rosario Bourdon, conductor |
| 6 | John McCormack (1884-1945) |
| SEMELE, Handel, O sleep, why dost thou leave me? | 3.31 |
|
| Rec: 1 April 1920 Matrix: B23901-1 Victor Cat: 66096 |
| 7 | Alexander Kipnis (1891-1978) |
| SIMON BOCCANEGRA, Verdi, A te l'estremo addio... Il lacerato spirito | 4.41 |
|
| Rec: 13 April 1931 Matrix: 2D 309-2 Gramophone Cat: EJ689 |
| with chorus and orchestra conducted by Erich Orthmann% |
| 8 | Boris Slovtsov (1886-1934) |
| THE SNOW MAIDEN, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Full of wonders | 3.05 |
|
| Rec: 24 October 1913 Matrix: 2874c Gramophone Cat: 0222012 |
| 9 | Claudia Muzio (1889-1936) |
| LA SONNAMBULA, Bellini, Ah, non credea mirarti | 3.59 |
|
| Rec: 6 June 1935 Matrix: BX 1361-2 Columbia Cat: LCX 27 |
| Lorenzo Molajoli, conductor |
| 10 | Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940) |
| LA SONNAMBULA, Bellini, Ah! non giunge | 3.08 |
|
| Rec: 1911 Matrix: 10076 Victor Cat: 88313 |
| 11 | Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) |
| TANNHAÜSER, Wagner, Dir töne Lob | 3.38 |
|
| Rec: 1929 Matrix: CC 19609/1a HMV Cat: D2057 |
| with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli |
| 12 | Tiana Lemnitz (1897-1994) |
| TANNHAÜSER, Wagner, Dich teure Halle | 3.27 |
|
| Rec: 1934 Matrix: 472 GS DGG Cat: 15079A |
| 13 | Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962) |
| TANNHAÜSER, Wagner, Allmächt'ge Jungfrau (Elisabeth's Prayer) | 7.25 |
|
| Rec: 9 October 1935 Matrix: 2A 95359/60 Victor Cat: 8920A/B |
| Hans Lange, conductor |
| 14 | Marcel Journet (1867-1933) |
| TANNHAÜSER, Wagner, O du mein holder Abendstern | 4.27 |
|
| Rec: 17 January 1906 Matrix: C3010-3 Victor Cat: 74006 |
| 15 | Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969) |
| TOSCA, Puccini, Recondita armonia | 2.26 |
|
| Rec: 8 January 1914 Matrix: 14276-1 Victor Cat: 64420 |
| 16 | Geraldine Farrar (1882-1967) |
| TOSCA, Puccini, Vissi d'arte | 3.46 |
|
| Rec: 27 February 1913 Matrix: C8264-2 Victor Cat: 88192 |
| 17 | Jussi Björling (1911-1960) |
| TOSCA, Puccini, E lucevan le stelle | 3.03 |
|
| Rec: 4 September 1937 Matrix: OSB 574-2 HMV Cat: DA 1584 |
| Nils Grevillius, conductor |
| Disc Five |
| 1 | Richard Tauber (1891-1948) & Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976) |
| DIE TOTE STADT, Korngold, Glück, das mir verblieb | 4.20 |
|
| Rec: 17 March 1924 Matrix: xxB 6993 Odeon Cat: 0-8613 |
| Georg Szell, conductor |
| 2 | Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940) |
| LA TRAVIATA, Verdi, Ah! fors' è lui... Sempre libera | 4.42 |
|
| Rec: 16 March 1911 Matrix: C10065-1 Victor Cat: 88293 |
| Walter B. Rogers, conductor |
| 3 | John McCormack (1884-1945) |
| LA TRAVIATA, Verdi, De' miei bollenti spiriti | 3.55 |
|
| Rec: 10 March 1910 Matrix: C8693-1 Victor Cat: DB 631 |
| 4 | Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940) |
| LA TRAVIATA, Verdi, Addio del passato | 4.49 |
|
| Rec: 1913 Matrix: af519HO HMV Cat: 2-053096 |
| 5 | John McCormack (1884-1945) & Lucrezia Bori (1887-1960) |
| LA TRAVIATA, Verdi, Parigi o cara | 3.22 |
|
| Rec: 8 April 1914 Matrix: C14686-1 Victor Cat: 88453 |
| 6 | Frida Leider (1888-1975) |
| TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, Wagner, Liebestod | 5.04 |
|
| Rec: 1931 Matrix: 2B904-1 HMV Cat: DB 1545 |
| with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli |
| 7 | Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981) |
| IL TROVATORE, Verdi, Tacea la notte placida | 4.17 |
|
| Rec: 16 November 1922 Matrix: 98051-1 Columbia Cat: 68036D |
| Romano Romani, conductor |
| 8 | Heinrich Schlusnus (1888-1952) |
| IL TROVATORE, Verdi, Il balen del suo sorriso | 3.14 |
|
| Rec: 1937 Matrix: 200 1/2GS8 DGG Cat: 67362B |
| with the Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Johannes Schüler, sung in German |
| 9 | Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969) |
| IL TROVATORE, Verdi, Di quella pira | 2.51 |
|
| Rec: 23 April 1915 Matrix: 15943-1 Victor Cat: 64505 |
| Walter Rogers, conductor |
| 10 | Alma Gluck (1882-1938) |
| THE TSAR'S BRIDE, Rimsky-Korsakov, Liuba's Air | 3.30 |
|
| Rec: 31 December 1913 Matrix: C14260-2 Victor Cat: 74383 |
| sung in German |
| 11 | Lotte Schöne (1891-1977) |
| TURANDOT, Puccini, Signore, ascolta | 2.54 |
|
| Rec: c. 1927-1931 Matrix: BLR 3793-2 HMV Cat: E503 |
| with the Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Fritz Zweig |
| 12 | Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (1892-1979) |
| TURANDOT, Puccini, Nessun dorma | 2.45 |
|
| Rec: 15 May 1942 Matrix: OBA 5033 HMV Cat: DA 5427 |
| with the Grande Orchestra conducted by Mario Cordone |
| 13 | Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981) |
| LA VESTALE, Spontini, Tu che invoco | 4.32 |
|
| Rec: 18 May 1926 Matrix: CVE 35464 HMV Cat: DB 1274 |
| Rosario Bourdon, conductor |
| 14 | Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962) |
| DIE WALKÜRE, Wagner, Du bist der Lenz | 2.16 |
|
| Rec: 17 October 1937 Matrix: BS 013073-2 Victor Cat: 1901-A |
| with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy |
| 15 | Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) |
| DIE WALKÜRE, Wagner, Winterstürme wichen dem Wonne mond | 3.03 |
|
| Rec: 16 May 1931 Matrix: OB 544-11 HMV Cat: DA 1227 |
| with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli |
| 16 | Ninon Vallin (1886-1961) |
| WERTHER, Massenet, Va! laisse couler mes larmes | 2.39 |
|
| Rec: c. 1928 Matrix: Ki 1168-1 Odeon Cat: 188.517 |
| with the Orchestra of L'Opera Comique conducted by Gustave Cloëz |
| 17 | Tito Schipa (1889-1965) |
| WERTHER, Massenet, Ah! non mi ridestar | 4.07 |
|
| Rec: 4 May 1934 Matrix: 2W2482 HMV Cat: DB 2237 |
| 18 | Gerhard Hüsch (1901-1984) |
| DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Mozart, Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja | 3.01 |
|
| Rec: November 1937 Matrix: 2RA 2420-2 HMV Cat: DB 3467 |
| with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham |
| 19 | Richard Tauber (1891-1948) |
| DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Mozart, Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön | 4.04 |
|
| Rec: March 1938 Matrix: CXE 8975 Parlophone Cat: PXO 1024 |
| with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra conducted by Karl Alwin |
| 20 | Erna Berger (1900-1990) |
| DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Mozart, Der Hölle Rache | 2.56 |
|
| Rec: Nov 1937 Matrix: 2RA 2458-3 HMV Cat: DB 3475 |
| with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham |
| 21 | Tiana Lemnitz (1897-1994) |
| DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Mozart, Ach, ich fühl's | 4.54 |
|
| Rec: November 1937 Matrix: 2RA 2452-2 HMV Cat: DB 3477 |
| with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham |
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