| Disc One |
| 1 | Claudia Muzio |
| ADRIANA LECOUVREUR, Cilèa, Poveri fiori | 3.10 |
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| Rec: 7 June 1935 Matrix: B6966 Columbia Cat: LC20 |
| 2 | Giacomo Lauri-Volpi |
| L'AFRICAINE, Meyerbeer, O Paradiso | 3.39 |
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| Rec: 28 May 1934 Matrix: 2W 3532-2 HMV Cat: DB2263 |
| 3 | Enrico Caruso |
| AIDA, Verdi, Se quel guerrier io fossi... Celeste Aida | 4.57 |
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| Rec: 27 December 1911 Matrix: C11423 Victor Cat: 88127 |
| 4 | Rosa Ponselle |
| AIDA, Verdi, Ritorna vincitor | 4.52 |
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| Rec: 18 January 1928 Matrix: CVE 29063-9 Victor Cat: 7438A |
| 5 | Giovanni Martinelli |
| ANDREA CHÉNIER, Giordano, Un di all'azzuro spazio | 4.27 |
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| Rec: 12 March 1926 Matrix: CVE 34994 HMV Cat: DB1143 |
| 6 | Claudia Muzio |
| ANDREA CHÉNIER, Giordano, La mamma morta | 4.39 |
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| Rec: 5 June 1935 Matrix: BX 1360 Columbia Cat: LX655 |
| 7 | Giovanni Martinelli |
| ANDREA CHÉNIER, Giordano, Come un bel dì di Maggio | 3.16 |
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| Rec: 17 March 1927 Matrix: CVE 34998 HMV Cat: DB1143 |
| 8 | Tito Schipa |
| L'ARLESIANA, Cilèa, E la solita storia | 4.14 |
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| Rec: 11 September 1928 Matrix: BVE 38381 Victor Cat: 7582 |
| 9 | Eidè Norena |
| ATALANTA, Handel, Care selve | 3.49 |
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| Rec: July 1937 Matrix: 2LA 1920-1 Disque Gramophone Cat: DB5054 |
| 10 | Igor Gorin |
| ATTILA, Verdi, Dagli immortali vertici | 4.47 |
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| Rec: 3 July 1941 Matrix: CS 066380 Victor Cat: 18402 |
| 11 | Enrico Caruso |
| UN BALLO IN MASCH, Verdi, Di tu se fedele | 3.03 |
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| Rec: 19 November 1911 Matrix: C11270-2 Victor Cat: 87091 |
| 12 | Mattia Battistini |
| UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Verdi, Eri tu, che macchiavi | 4.24 |
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| Rec: November 1906 Matrix: 886c G&T Cat: 052146 |
| 13 | Luisa Tetrazzini |
| UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Verdi, Saper vorreste | 3.01 |
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| Rec: 1911 Matrix: 10059 Victor Cat: 88304 |
| 14 | Riccardo Stracciari |
| IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini, Largo al factotum | 4.11 |
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| Rec: 19 May 1917 Matrix: 49181 Columbia Cat: 7352 |
| 15 | Tito Schipa |
| IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini, Se il mio nome | 3.03 |
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| Rec: June 1923 Matrix: B28050 Victor Cat: 965b |
| 16 | Conchita Supervia |
| IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini, Una voce poco fa ... Io sono docile | 6.21 |
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| Rec: 1927 Matrix: XXPh 6046/7 Odeon Cat: 120098 |
| Disc Two |
| 1 | Jussi Björling |
| LA BELLE HÉLÈNE, Offenbach, Au mont Ida trois déesses | 3.32 |
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| Rec: 31 May 1938 Matrix: OSB 755-1 HMV Cat: X6090 |
| sung in Swedish |
| 2 | Beniamino Gigli |
| LA BOHÈME, Puccini, Che gelida manina | 4.36 |
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| Rec: May 1938 Matrix: 2BA 2382-1 HMV Cat: DB3450 |
| 3 | Claudia Muzio |
| LA BOHÈME, Puccini, Si, mi chiamano Mimi | 4.52 |
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| Rec: 5 June 1935 Matrix: BX 1359 Columbia Cat: LX583 |
| 4 | Nellie Melba |
| LA BOHÈME, Puccini, Donde lieta usci | 3.26 |
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| Rec: 1909 Matrix: A6705 Victor Cat: 88149 |
| 5 | Feodor Chaliapin |
| BORIS GODUNOV, Musorgsky, Varlaam's Song | 2.40 |
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| Rec: 30 January 1922 Matrix: B26100-2 HMV Cat: 7-22009 |
| 6 | Lotte Schöne |
| CAGLIOSTRO IN WIEN, J. Strauss II, Zigeunerkind, wie glänzt dein Haar | 3.07 |
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| Rec: 13 June 1925 Matrix: xxB 7210 Odeon Cat: 0-8218b |
| 7 | Pol Plançon |
| LE CID, Thomas, Enfant chéri ... Le Tambour-Major | 4.14 |
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| Rec: 27 March 1907 Matrix: C3030-2 Victor Cat: 85119 |
| 8 | Conchita Supervia |
| CARMEN, Bizet, L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habañera) | 4.22 |
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| Rec: 1930 Matrix: XXP 7267-1 Odeon Cat: 123773 |
| 9 | Conchita Supervia |
| CARMEN, Bizet, Près des remparts de Séville (Séguedille) | 4.17 |
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| Rec: 1930 Matrix: XXP 7098-1 Odeon Cat: 123714 |
| 10 | Lawrence Tibbett |
| CARMEN, Bizet, Chanson du Toréador | 4.33 |
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| Rec: 8 April 1929 Matrix: CVE 51117-4 Victor Cat: 8124 |
| 11 | Giacomo Lauri-Volpi |
| CARMEN, Bizet, La fleur que tu m'avais jetée | 3.44 |
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| Rec: 29 January 1930 Matrix: 58626-2 Victor Cat: 7389 |
| 12 | Eidé Norena |
| CARMEN, Bizet, Je dis que rien ne m'êpouvante (Micaela's aria) | 4.39 |
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| Rec: June 1933 Matrix: 874-3 Disque Gramophone Cat: DB4922 |
| 13 | Tito Schipa |
| CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Mascagni, O Lola, c'hai di latti la cammisa (Siciliana) | 2.29 |
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| Rec: November 1913 Matrix: 2903 AH HMV Cat: 7-52205 |
| 14 | Claudia MuzioCAVALLERIA RUSTICANA |
| Voi lo sapete, 3.27, Rec: 19 April 1934 Matrix: BX 1337 Columbia Cat: LX583 | |
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| 15 | Giacomo Lauri-Volpi |
| CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Mascagni, Viva il vino spumeggiante | 1.54 |
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| Rec: 1923 Matrix: 10274 Brunswick Cat: 15085 |
| 16 | Enrico CarusoCAVALLERIA RUSTICANA |
| Addio alla madre, 4.06, Rec: 15 December 1913 Matrix: 14202-2 Victor Cat: 88458 | |
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| 17 | Conchita Supervia |
| LA CENERENTOLA, Rossini, Non più mesta | 2.51 |
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| Rec: 1927 Matrix: XXPh 6043 Odeon Cat: R20140 |
| Disc Three |
| 1 | Mabel Garrison |
| LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN, Offenbach, Les oiseaux dans la charmille | 4.39 |
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| Rec: 6 June 1916 Matrix: C17804-1 Victor Cat: 74482 |
| 2 | Eidé Norena |
| LE COQ D'OR, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Hymne au soleil | 2.56 |
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| Rec: 26 September 1932 Matrix: OPG 51-1 Disque Gramophone Cat: DA4840 |
| 3 | David Devriès |
| LA DAME BLANCHE, Boieldieu, Rêverie de Georges Brown | 4.25 |
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| Rec: 26 April 1928 Matrix: XXP 6659-2 Odeon Cat: R20069 |
| 4 | Amelita Galli-Curci |
| DINORAH, Meyerbeer, Ombra leggiera | 4.32 |
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| Rec: 15 June 1917 Matrix: C20047 Victor Cat: 74532 |
| 5 | Pasquale Amato |
| DINORAH, Meyerbeer, Ah! mon remords te venge | 4.33 |
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| Rec: 4 March 1914 Matrix: C14534-2 Victor Cat: 88473 |
| sung in Italian |
| 6 | Ezio Pinza |
| DON CARLOS, Verdi, Ella giammai m'amo | 4.12 |
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| Rec: 17 February 1927 Matrix: CVE 37825-2 Victor Cat: 6709 |
| 7 | Mattia Battistini |
| DON CARLOS, Verdi, O Carlo, ascolta | 4.31 |
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| Rec: 2 June 1913 Matrix: 28091/2c HMV Cat: 052405 |
| 8 | Amelita Galli-Curci |
| DON CÉSAR DE BAZAN, Massenet, A Séville, belles señoras (Sevillana) | 3.13 |
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| Rec: 1923 Matrix: 28465 Victor Cat: 1018b |
| 9 | Ezio Pinza |
| DON GIOVANNI, Mozart, Deh vieni alla finestra | 1.52 |
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| Rec: 28 March 1930 Matrix: BVE 59733-2 Victor Cat: 1467 |
| 10 | John McCormack |
| DON GIOVANNI, Mozart, Il mio tesoro | 4.18 |
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| Rec: 9 May 191 Matrix: C17647-1 Victor Cat: 74484 |
| 11 | Tito Schipa |
| DON PASQUALE, Donizetti, Sogno soave e casto | 2.47 |
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| Rec: 10 September 1926 Matrix: B35862 Victor Cat: 1282b |
| 12 | Amelita Galli-Curci |
| DON PASQUALE, Donizetti, Quel guardo il cavaliere | 4.37 |
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| Rec: 23 September 1919 Matrix: C23169 Victor Cat: 74599 |
| 13 | Beniamino Gigli |
| L'ELISIR D'AMORE, Donizetti, Quanto è bella, quanto è cara | 2.59 |
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| Rec: 10 April 1925 Matrix: BVE 32500 HMV Cat: DA797 |
| 14 | Tito Schipa |
| L'ELISIR D'AMORE, Donizetti, Una furtiva lagrima | 4.28 |
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| 28Rec: 24 November 1925 Matrix: CVE 33940-2 Victor Cat: 6570b |
| 15 | Alexander Kipnis |
| DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL, Mozart, Wer ein Liebchen hat gefunden | 3.23 |
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| Rec: 10 April 1931 Matrix: OD 297-2 Gramophone Cat: DA1218 |
| 16 | Eidé Norena |
| DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL, Mozart, Durch Zärtlichkeit und Schmeicheln | 3.56 |
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| Rec: 4 December 1934 Matrix: 2LA 221-2 Disque Gramophone Cat: DB4959 |
| Disc Four |
| 1 | Giovanni Martinelli |
| ERNANI, Verdi, Merce, diletti amici ... Come rugiada al cespite | 3.33 |
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| Rec: 11 May 1915 Matrix: B16021 HMV Cat: DA330 |
| 2 | Rosa Ponselle |
| ERNANI, Verdi, Ernani! Ernani, involami | 4.15 |
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| Rec: 9 June 1922 Matrix: 98028-1 HMV Cat: 68037D |
| 3 | Ezio Pinza |
| ERNANI, Verdi, Infelice! e tu credevi | 3.18 |
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| Rec: 7 May 1929 Matrix: CVE 51978-2 Victor Cat: 7552B |
| 4 | Giuseppe de Luca |
| ERNANI, Verdi, O, de' verd' anni miei | 4.21 |
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| Rec: 27 November 1916 Matrix: C18762-2 Victor Cat: 74506 |
| 5 | Lotte Lehmann |
| EUGENE ONEGIN, Tchaikovsky, Letter Scene | 3.38 |
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| Rec: 1917 Matrix: 1221-2M Polydor Cat: 72906 |
| sung in German |
| 6 | Dmitri Smirnov |
| EUGENE ONEGIN, Tchaikovsky, Lontan, lontan (Lenski's Aria) | 4.17 |
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| Rec: 1909 Matrix: 4305 HMV Cat: 022154 |
| 7 | Giacomo Lauri-Volpi |
| FAUST, Gounod, Salut! demeure chaste et pure | 4.29 |
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| Rec: 29 January 1930 Matrix: 58627-1 Victor Cat: 7389 |
| 8 | Conchita Supervia |
| FAUST, Gounod, Il était un roi de Thulé | 3.43 |
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| Rec: 24 October 1931 Matrix: xxP 7313-2 Odeon Cat: unpublished |
| 9 | Eidé Norena |
| FAUST, Gounod, Ah, je ris de me voir si belle (Jewel Song) | 4.38 |
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| Rec: 1933 Matrix: 2PG 877-1 Disque Gramophone Cat: DB4904 |
| 10 | Mattia Battistini |
| LA FAVORITA, Donizetti, A tanto amor | 3.59 |
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| Rec: November 1906 Matrix: 884c G&T Cat: 052144 |
| 11 | Sigrid Onegin |
| LA FAVORITA, Donizetti, O mio Fernando | 4.43 |
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| Rec: 4 March Matrix: CVE 50907-2 Victor Cat: 7191 |
| 12 | Beniamino Gigli |
| LA FAVORITA, Donizetti, Spirito gentil | 4.04 |
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| Rec: March 1921 Matrix: C24921 Victor Cat: 74688 |
| 13 | Toti dal Monte |
| LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO, Donizetti, Convien partir | 4.36 |
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| Rec: 1926 Matrix: CVE 36745 Victor Cat: 6613 |
| 14 | Lotte Schöne |
| DIE FLEDERMAUS, J. Strauss II, Mein Herr | 3.03 |
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| Rec: c. 1928 Matrix: CLR 4644-2 HMV Cat: W-1079 |
| 15 | Elisabeth Rethberg |
| DIE FLEDERMAUS, J. Strauss II, Czardas | 4.22 |
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| Rec: 30 April 1931 Matrix: CVE 53075 Victor Cat: 7415 |
| Disc Five |
| 1 | Rosa Ponselle |
| LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Verdi, Alzatevi ... La vergine degli angeli | 4.39 |
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| Rec: 23 January 1928 Matrix: CVE 41636 Victor Cat: 8097B |
| 2 | Beniamino Gigli |
| LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Verdi, Solenne in quest'ora | 4.43 |
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| Rec: 24 February 1927 Matrix: CVE 37837 Victor Cat: 8069 |
| 3 | Giovanni Martinelli |
| LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Verdi, Invano, Alvaro ... Le minaccie, i fieri accenti | 8.42 |
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| Rec: 8 December 1927 Matrix: CVE 41215/6 HMV Cat: DB1172 |
| 4 | Claudia Muzio |
| LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Verdi, Pace, pace mio Dio | 4.50 |
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| Rec: 4 June 1935 Matrix: BX 1358 Victor Cat: LCX 26 |
| 5 | Titta Ruffo |
| LA GIOCONDA, Ponchielli, Ah! Pescator affonda l'esca | 3.05 |
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| Rec: September 1912 Matrix: 461aj HMV Cat: 052378 |
| 6 | Jussi Björling |
| LA GIOCONDA, Ponchielli, Cielo e mar | 4.24 |
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| Rec: 3 September 1937 Matrix: 2SB 570-2 HMV Cat: DB3302 |
| 7 | Rosa Ponselle |
| LA GIOCONDA, Ponchielli, Suicidio | 4.14 |
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| Rec: 14 January 1925 Matrix: C31709 Victor Cat: 6496A |
| 8 | Richard Tauber |
| GRÄFIN MARIZA, Kálmán, Grüß mir mein Wein | 4.19 |
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| Rec: 25 November 1924 Matrix: xxB 7094 Odeon Cat: 0-8025 |
| 9 | Eidé Norena |
| GUILLAUME TELL, Rossini, Sombre forêt (Cavatina) | 3.28 |
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| Rec: 1930 Matrix: Ki 3943 Odeon Cat: 188.794 |
| 10 | Maria Ivogün |
| LES HUGUENOTS, Meyerbeer, Une dame noble et sage | 3.51 |
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| Rec: 1917 Matrix: xxB 6384-2 Odeon Cat: 76997 |
| sung in German |
| 11 | Giacomo Lauri-Volpi |
| LES HUGUENOTS, Meyerbeer, Bianca al par | 4.22 |
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| Rec: January 1929 Matrix: 41419-2A Victor Cat: unpublished |
| 12 | Antonio Cortis |
| IRIS, Mascagni, Apri la tua finestra | 2.32 |
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| Rec: 25 September 1929 Matrix: BM 1122 VDP Cat: DA1076 |
| 13 | Alma Gluck |
| JOCELYN, Godard, Cachés dans cet asile (Berceuse) | 4.42 |
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| Rec: 29 December 1914 Matrix: C14245-1 Victor Cat: 74369 |
| 14 | Amelita Galli-Curci |
| LAKMÉ, Delibes, Ou va la jeune Hindoue (Bell Song) | 4.23 |
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| Rec: 5 March 1917 Matrix: C18595 Victor Cat: 74510 |
| 15 | Richard Tauber |
| DAS LAND DES LÄCHELNS, Lehár, Von Apfelblüten einen Kranz | 3.15 |
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| Rec: 4 October 1929 Matrix: xxB 8410-3 Odeon Cat: 8376 |
| Disc Six |
| 1 | Antonina Nezhdanova |
| A LIFE FOR THE TSAR, Glinka, I do not grieve for that | 3.20 |
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| Rec: 13 April 1914 Matrix: 319af Gramophone Cat: 023149 |
| 2 | Marcella Sembrich |
| LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX, Donizetti, O luce di quest' anima | 3.08 |
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| Rec: 2 November 1908 Matrix: C6574-1 Victor Cat: 88142 |
| 3 | Mafalda Favero |
| LODOLETTA, Mascagni, Flammen, perdonami | 4.05 |
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| Rec: c. 1940 Matrix: 2BA 5091 VDP Cat: DB5397 |
| 4 | Kirsten Flagstad |
| LOHENGRIN, Wagner, Euch Lüften, die mein Klagen | 3.40 |
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| Rec: 17 October 1937 Matrix: BS 013074-2 Victor Cat: 1901B |
| 5 | Miguel Fleta |
| LOHENGRIN, Wagner, In fernem Land | 4.41 |
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| Rec: 13 November 1926 Matrix: CS-2432-3 Gramophone Cat: DB976 |
| sung in Italian |
| 6 | Ninon Vallin |
| LOUISE, Charpentier, Depuis le jour | 4.14 |
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| Rec: 28 Oct - 13 Nov 1935 Matrix: CLX 1882-1 Columbia Cat: RFX51 |
| 7 | Mariano Stabile |
| LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Donizetti, Cruda funesta smania | 4.05 |
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| Rec: c. 1923 Matrix: xxPH 5436 Fonotipia Cat: 74922 |
| 8 | Frieda Hempel |
| LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Donizetti, Ardon gl'incensi | 4.15 |
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| Rec: 1910 Matrix: 530 HMV Cat: 043159 |
| sung in German |
| 9 | John McCormack |
| LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Donizetti, Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali | 3.48 |
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| Rec: 23 March 1910 Matrix: C8740-1 Victor Cat: 88249 |
| 10 | Ernestine Schumann-Heink |
| LUCREZIA BORGIA, Donizetti, Il segreto per esser felici (Brindisi) | 3.02 |
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| Rec: 3 January 1906 Matrix: C2978-1 Victor Cat: 85096 |
| 11 | Giacomo Lauri-Volpi |
| LUISA MILLER, Verdi, Quando le sere al placido | 3.24 |
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| Rec: 3 July 1943 Matrix: 2BA 5507-2 HMV Cat: DB5449 |
| 12 | Maria Ivogün |
| DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR, Nicolai, Nun eilt' herbei | 4.44 |
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| Rec: 1917 Matrix: xxB 6383-2 Odeon Cat: 76811 |
| 13 | Richard Tauber |
| DIE LUSTIGE WITWE, Lehár, Lippen schweigen (Ballsirenen-Walzer) | 3.22 |
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| Rec: 5 January 1932 Matrix: Be 9699 Odeon Cat: 0-4501 |
| 14 | Rosa Ponselle |
| MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Puccini, Un bel di vedremo | 4.40 |
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| Rec: 9 January 1919 Matrix: 49571 Columbia Cat: 7340 |
| 15 | Jussi Björling |
| MANON, Massenet, Il sogno (En fermant les yeux) | 3.56 |
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| Rec: 10 August 1938 Matrix: 2SB 779-2 HMV Cat: DB3603 |
| 16 | Amelita Galli-Curci |
| MANON, Massenet, Obéissons, quand leur voix appelle (Gavotte) | 3.03 |
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| Rec: 1923 Matrix: 28467 Victor Cat: 1018A |
| 17 | Tito Schipa |
| MANON, Massenet, Dispar, vision | 4.20 |
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| Rec: 4 May 1934 Matrix: 2W 2481 HMV Cat: DB2237 |
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