| Disc 1 |
| 1 | Lucrezia Bori (1887-1960) |
| ROMÉ ET JULIETTE, Gounod, Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (Waltz Song) | 3.25 |
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| Rec: 2 October 1922 Matrix: B 26892 Victor Cat: 87351 |
| 2 | Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957) |
| ANDREA CHÉNIER, Giordano, Un di, all'azzuro spazio | 4.28 |
|
| Rec: 5 October 1922 Matrix: C 27011 Victor Cat: 74793 |
| 3 | Maria Jeritza (1887-1982) |
| DIE TOTE STADT, Korngold, Glück, das mir verblieb | 3.31 |
|
| Rec: 8 March 1922 Matrix: B 26149-4 Victor Cat: 688 B |
| 4 | Frida Leider (1888-1975) |
| DON GIOVANNI, Mozart, Or sai chi l'onore | 2.54 |
|
| Rec: 1922 Matrix: 764 AZ Polydor Cat: 72976 |
| sung in German |
| 5 | Amelita Galli-Curci (1882-1963) |
| I PURITANI, Bellini, Son vergin vezzosa | 4.03 |
|
| Rec: 11 September 1923 Matrix: C 28466 Victor Cat: 6432 B |
| 6 | Richard Tauber (1891-1948) |
| CARMEN, Bizet, La fleur que tu m'avais jetée | 4.08 |
|
| Rec: 9 March 1923 Matrix: xxB 6842 Odeon Cat: 0-8226 |
| Dr Carl Besl, conductor (sung in German) |
| 7 | Maria Ivogün (1891-1987) |
| DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL, Mozart, Martern aller Arten | 4.39 |
|
| Rec: 1923 Matrix: 1423 AS Polydor Cat: B 24211 |
| 8 | Aureliano Pertile (1885-1952) |
| CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Mascagni, O Lola (Siciliana) | 2.44 |
|
| Rec: 1923 Matrix: XXPh 5560 Fonotipia Cat: 74942 |
| 9 | Alfred Piccaver (1883-1958) |
| DON SEBASTIANO, Donizetti, Deserto in terra solo | 4.09 |
|
| Rec: 1923 Matrix: 1373 AS Polydor Cat: 72877 |
| 10 | Toti dal Monte (1893-1975) |
| IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini, Una voce poco fa | 4.22 |
|
| Rec: 11 December 1924 Matrix: C 31280-2 Victor Cat: 6495 B |
| 11 | Giuseppe de Luca (1876-1950) |
| BENVENUTO CELLINI, Diaz, De l'art splendeur immortelle | 3.55 |
|
| Rec: 5 February 1924 Matrix: C 29438 Victor Cat: 6443 |
| 12 | Antonio Cortis (1891-1952) |
| LA BOHÉME, Puccini, Mimi è una civetta | 3.41 |
|
| Rec: 8 September 1925 Matrix: BVE 33405-4 Victor Cat: 1125 |
| 13 | Lotte Schöne (1891-1977) |
| DIE SCHÖNE GALATHEA, von Suppé, Trinklied | 3.25 |
|
| Rec: 12 June 1925 Matrix: xxB 7204 Odeon Cat: 0-8213 |
| 14 | CARLO GALEFFI (1882-1961) |
| RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Pari siamo | 4.21 |
|
| Rec: 1926 Matrix: BX 66 Columbia Cat: GQX 10149 |
| 15 | Mary Garden (1874-1967) |
| RESURRECTION, Alfano, Dieu de grâce | 3.51 |
|
| Rec: 3 November 1926 Matrix: A 36735-6 Victor Cat: 6623 B |
| 16 | Elisabeth Schumann (1888-1952) |
| LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Mozart, Voi che sapete? | 3.17 |
|
| Rec: 19 May 1926 Matrix: Cc 8377-3 HMV Cat: DB 946 |
| 17 | Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938) |
| DON QUICHOTTE, Massenet, Death scene | 8.53 |
|
| Rec: 7 April 1927 Matrix: CVE 38334/5-1 Victor Cat: 6693 |
| with Rosario Bourdon, conductor |
| 18 | Miguel Fleta (1897-1938) |
| MARINA, Arrieta, Brindis: 'A beber' | 4.38 |
|
| Rec: 18 March 1927 Matrix: CJ 620-2 HMV Cat: DB 1026 |
| with and Maestro Gelabert, conductor |
| 19 | Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976) |
| LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Mozart, Porgi amor | 4.17 |
|
| Rec: 13 December 1927 Matrix: xxB 7888 Parlophone Cat: R 20054 |
| with the Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Manfred Gurlitt |
| Disc 2 |
| 1 | Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969) |
| PAGLIACCI, Leoncavallo, No, Pagliaccio non son | 4.19 |
|
| Rec: 17 November 1927 Matrix: CVE 41045 Victor Cat: 8754 B |
| 2 | Ezio Pinza (1892-1957) |
| I VESPRI SICILIANI, Verdi, O Patria ... O tu Palermo | 4.19 |
|
| Rec: 17 February 1927 Matrix: CVE 37823-4 Victor Cat: 6709 |
| with orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon |
| 3 | Elisabeth Rethberg (1894-1976) |
| AIDA, Verdi, Nile scene: O Patria mia | 4.29 |
|
| Rec: 9 November 1927 Matrix: CWR 1332-2 HMV Cat: EJ 185 |
| with the Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Fritz Zweig |
| 4 | Friedrich Schorr (1888-1953) |
| DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER, Wagner, Wie aus der Ferne | 4.03 |
|
| Rec: 7 September 1927 Matrix: CWR 1107-1 HMV Cat: D 1355 |
| with the Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Leo Blech |
| 5 | Lucien Fugére (1848-1935) |
| LES PÈLERINS DE LA MECQUE, Gluck, C'est un torrent impétuex | 3.22 |
|
| Rec: 8 March 1928 Matrix: LX 902 Columbia Cat: D 15178 |
| 6 | Apollo Granforte (1886-1975) |
| IL TROVATORE, Verdi, Il balen del suo sorriso | 6.33 |
|
| Rec: 15 December 1928 Matrix: CF 2551-1/2528-2 HMV Cat: DB 1220 |
| with Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, conducted by Carlo Sabajno |
| 7 | Gerhard Hüsch (1901-1984) |
| DER WILDSCHÜTZ, Lortzing, Wie freundlich strahlt | 4.08 |
|
| Rec: 22 October 1928 Matrix: 2-21016 Odeon Cat: 0-7705 |
| with the Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Frieder Weissmann |
| 8 | Nina Koshetz (1894-1965) |
| PRINCE IGOR, Borodin, Jaroslavana's aria | 4.41 |
|
| Rec: 12 April 1928 Matrix: C 43726 Victor Cat: 9233A |
| sung in Russian |
| 9 | Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (1892-1979) |
| NORMA, Bellini, Meco all'altar di venere | 3.02 |
|
| Rec: 16 January 1928 Matrix: CVE 41451-2 Victor Cat: 1318 |
| Rosario Bourdon, conductor |
| 10 | Eva Turner (1892-1990) |
| TURANDOT, Puccini, In questa reggia | 5.46 |
|
| Rec: 17 July 1928 Matrix: 7636/7 Columbia Cat: D 1631 |
| S. Robinson, conductor |
| 11 | Hina Spani (1896-1969) |
| LOHENGRIN, Wagner, Einsam in trüben tagen (Elsa's Dream) | 4.32 |
|
| Rec: 10 April 1928 Matrix: CF 1628-1 HMV Cat: DB 1164 |
| with the Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, conducted by Carlo Sabajno (sung in Italian) |
| 12 | Ninon Vallin (1886-1961) |
| WERTHER, Massenet, Va laisse couler | 2.34 |
|
| Rec: c. 1928 Matrix: Ki 1168-1 Odeon Cat: 188-517 |
| with the Orchestra of L'Opéra Comique, conducted by Gustave Cloez |
| 13 | Sigrid Onegin (1889-1943) |
| LES HUGUENOTS, Meyerbeer, Nobles seigneurs | 4.38 |
|
| Rec: 11 January 1929 Matrix: 48278-2 Victor Cat: 7146 |
| 14 | Alexander Kipnis (1891-1978) |
| BERENICE, Handel, Si tra i ceppi | 4.19 |
|
| Rec: 24 October 1929 Matrix: 98673-3 Columbia Cat: 50261 D |
| 15 | Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) |
| TANNHÄUSER, Wagner, Inbrunst im Herzen ... Da sah ich ihn | 7.47 |
|
| Rec: 22 May 1929 Matrix: CR 2407-2/2408-1 HMV Cat: D 1675 |
| with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates |
| 16 | Renato Zanelli (1892-1935) |
| OTELLO, Verdi, Ora e per sempre addio | 2.10 |
|
| Rec: 24 June 1929 Matrix: CM 977-1 HMV Cat: DB 1439 |
| with the Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, conducted by Carlo Sabajno |
| 17 | Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960) |
| UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Verdi, Eri tu | 4.29 |
|
| Rec: 15 April 1930 Matrix: CVE 53454-3 Victor Cat: 7353 |
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