| Disc One |
| 1 | JOHN McCORMACK (1884-1945) |
| LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO, Donizetti, Per viver vicino | 3.39 |
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| Rec: 23 March 1910 Matrix: C8739-1 Victor Cat: 88245 |
| 2 | ENRICO CARUSO (1873-1921) |
| LO SCHIAVO, Gomes, Qui fortuna insistenza ... Quando nascesti tu | 4.15 |
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| Rec: 19 November 1911 Matrix: C11273-2 Victor Cat: 88345 |
| 3 | EDMOND CLÉMENT (1867-1928) |
| MANON, Massenet, En fermant les yeux (Dream) | 3.46 |
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| Rec: 6 November 1911 Matrix: C11191-1 Victor Cat: 74258 |
| 4 | MARIA GAY (1879-1943) |
| CARMEN, Bizet, L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habañera) | 3.09 |
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| Rec: 1911 Matrix: 657 Columbia Cat: A 5279 |
| 5 | ALMA GLUCK (1884-1938) |
| PAGLIACCI, Leoncavallo, Quel fiamma avea nel guardo! ... Stridono lassu (Ballatella) | 4.36 |
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| Rec: 16 May 1911 Matrix: C10091-3 Victor Cat: 74238 |
| 6 | NATALIA YERMOLENKO-YUZHINA (1881-1937) |
| THE OPRICHNIK, Tchaikovsky, The nightingale in the grove | 3.40 |
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| Rec: 31 October 1911 Matrix: 2520c Gramophone Cat: 023090 |
| 7 | MATTIA BATTISTINI (1856-1928) |
| L'AFRICANA, Mayerbeer, Averla tanto amata | 3.46 |
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| Rec: 25 May 1912 Matrix: 216 AF HMV Cat: 052359 |
| 8 | MARGARETE MATZENAUER (1881-1963) |
| LA FAVORITA, Donizetti, O mio Fernando | 4.29 |
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| Rec: 8 March 1912 Matrix: C11686-1 Victor Cat: 88363 |
| 9 | BERNARDO DE MURO (1881-1955) |
| ISABEAU, Mascagni, Tu ch'odi lo mio grido | 4.22 |
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| Rec: 7 March 1912 Matrix: 02347V HMV Cat: 052339 |
| 10 | ANTONINA NEZHDANOVA (1873-1950) |
| DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Mozart, Der Hölle Rache | 3.03 |
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| Rec: 17 April 1912 Matrix: 2590c Gramophone Cat: 023101 |
| 11 | TITTA RUFFO (1877-1953) |
| PAGLIACCI, Leoncavallo, Si puó? | 8.12 |
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| Rec: September 1912 Matrix: 462ai/467ai HMV Cat: 052381/052379 |
| 12 | ALEXANDR ALEXANDROVICH (1881-after 1955) |
| DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER, Wagner, Mit Gewitter und Sturm | 3.33 |
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| Rec: 2 April 1913 Matrix: 17392b Gramophone Cat: 4-22647
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| 13 | YEVGENIYA BRONSKAYA (1882-1953) |
| A LIFE FOR THE TSAR, Glinka, I do not grieve for that | 4.20 |
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| Rec: 28 October 1913 Matrix: 2882c Gramophone Cat: 023150 |
| 14 | FRIEDA HEMPEL (1885-1955) |
| ROBERT LE DIABLE, Meyerbeer, Robert, toi que j'aime | 4.13 |
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| Rec: 30 May 1913 Matrix: 720M HMV Cat: 033165 |
| 15 | ELENA KATULSKAYA (1888-1966) |
| MIREILLE, Gounod, O légère hirondelle | 2.28 |
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| Rec: 2 April 1913 Matrix: 17391b Gramophone Cat: 2-23749 |
| 16 | NELLIE MELBA (1861-1931) |
| LOUISE, Charpentier, Depuis le jour | 2.53 |
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| Rec: 3 October 1913 Matrix: C-13900-2 Victor Cat: 88477
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| 17 | TITO SCHIPA (1889-1965) |
| LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Donizetti, Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali | 2.42 |
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| Rec: November 1913 Matrix: 2894 AH HMV Cat: 7-52123 |
| 18 | LEV SIBIRYAKOV (1869-1942) |
| JUDITH, Serov, Cease your grumbling | 3.29 |
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| Rec: 15 March 1913 Matrix: 2730c Gramophone Cat: 022319 |
| 19 | FRANCES ALDA (1883-1952) |
| LA BOHÉME, Puccini, Donde lieta usci | 3.11 |
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| Rec: 1914 Matrix: B14497-1 Victor Cat: unpublished |
| Disc Two |
| 1 | PASQUALE AMATO (1878-1942) |
| UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Verdi, Eri tu | 4.42 |
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| Rec: 23 January 1914 Matrix: C11605-3 Victor Cat: 88464 |
| 2 | EMMY DESTINN (1878-1930) |
| LA GIOCONDA, Ponchielli, Suicidio | 4.02 |
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| Rec: 9 April 1914 Matrix: C14509-2 Victor Cat: 88478 |
| 3 | GIOVANNI MARTINELLI (1885-1969) |
| TOSCA, Puccini, E lucevan le stelle | 2.31 |
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| Rec: 8 January 1914 Matrix: 14277-1 Victor Cat: 64393 |
| 4 | LUISA TETRAZZINI (1871-1940) |
| LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX, Donizetti, O luce di quest' anima | 4.36 |
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| Rec: 13 May 1914 Matrix: C14817-2 Victor Cat: 88506 |
| 5 | LOTTE LEHMANN (1888-1976) |
| TANNHÄUSER, Wagner, Dich teure Halle | 3.41 |
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| Rec: December 1916 Matrix: 1101M Polydor Cat: 72902 |
| 6 | MABEL GARRISON (1886-1963) |
| LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN, Offenbach, Les oiseaux dans la charmille | 4.37 |
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| Rec: 6 June 1916 Matrix: C17804-1 Victor Cat: 74482 |
| 7 | GIUSEPPE DE LUCA (1876-1950) |
| IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini, Largo al factotum | 4.17 |
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| Rec: 1917 Matrix: 19163 Victor Cat: 6077 |
| 8 | MARIA IVOGÜN (1891-1987) |
| DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR, Nicolai, Nun eilt' herbei | 4.44 |
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| Rec: 1917 Matrix: xxB 6383-2 Odeon Cat: 76811 |
| 9 | MARCEL JOURNET (1867-1933) |
| LA FAVORITE, Donizetti, Redoutez la fureur d'un Dieu (Anathème de Balthazar) | 3.26 |
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| Rec: 30 March 1925 Matrix: A1897 Columbia Cat: X334 |
| 10 | RICCARDO STRACCIARI (1875-1955) |
| RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Cortigiani, vil razza dannata | 4.02 |
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| Rec: c. 1917 Matrix: 2535 Columbia Cat: 49192 |
| 11 | GERALDINE FARRAR (1882-1967) |
| THAÏS, Massenet, Te souvient-il du lumineux voyage | 3.45 |
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| Rec: 2 April 1918 Matrix: C19422-7 Victor Cat: 88594 |
| 12 | JOSEPH SCHWARZ (1880-1926) |
| TANNHÄUSER, Wagner, O du, mein holder Abendstern | 4.34 |
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| Rec: c. 1918 Matrix: 1405s Polydor Cat: 042539 |
| 13 | AMELITA GALLI-CURCI (1882-1963) |
| MIGNON, Thomas, Io son Titania | 4.39 |
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| Rec: 4 September 1919 Matrix: C23131 Victor Cat: 74608 |
| 14 | SELMA KURZ (1874-1933) |
| RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Caro nome | 3.47 |
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| Rec: c. 1919 Matrix: 1294AS Polydor Cat: J24013 |
| 15 | SIGRID ONEGIN (1889-1943) |
| SAMSON ET DALILA, Saint-Saëns, Printemps qui commence | 4.01 |
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| Rec: 1919 Matrix: 1469s Polydor Cat: 043323 |
| 16 | ROSA PONSELLE (1897-1981) |
| TOSCA, Puccini, Vissi d'arte | 3.17 |
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| Rec: 7 January 1919 Matrix: 49569-5 Columbia Cat: 68059D |
| 17 | RENATO ZANELLI (1892-1935) |
| ZAZÁ, Leoncavallo, Zazá, piccola zingara | 2.33 |
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| Rec: 16 December 1919 Matrix: B23157-4 Victor Cat: 64907 |
| 18 | MARIA BARRIENTOS (1883-1946) |
| IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini, Una voce poco fa | 7.25 |
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| Rec: 19 April 1920 Matrix: 497931-2/41-2 Columbia Cat: 7070M |
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