Legendary Voices











1Luisa Tetrazzini (1871 - 1940)
LA SONNAMBULA, Bellini, Ah! non giunge3.08
Rec: 18 March 1911 Matrix: C 10076-1 Victor Cat: 88313
2Enrico Caruso (1873 - 1921)
LO SCHIAVO, Gomez, Qui fortuna insistenza ... Quando nascesti tu4.16
Rec: 19 November 1911 Matrix: C11273-2 Victor Cat: 88345
3Rosa Ponselle (1897 - 1981)
TOSCA, Puccini, Vissi d'arte3.18
Rec: 7 January 1919 Matrix: 49569-5 Columbia Cat: 68059D with orchestra conducted by Romano Romani
4Rosa Ponselle
MADEMOISELLE MODISTE, Herbert, Kiss me again4.11
Rec: 26 July 1920 Matrix: 49869-2 Columbia Cat: 68077D with orchestra conducted by Romano Romani
5Tito Schipa (1889 - 1965)
MIGNON, Thomas, Elle ne croyait pas [Sung in Italian]4.26
Rec: 14 May 1924 Matrix: C30079-3 Victor Cat: 6465-B
6Giuseppe de Luca (1876 - 1950), Grace Anthony (soprano)
RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Povero Rigoletto... Cortigiani, vil razza dannata8.21
Rec: 29 Nov 1927/5 Apr 1928 Matrix: CVE 41075-2/43616-1 Victor Cat: 8161
Metropolitan Opera House Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Giulio Setti
7Eva Turner (1892 - 1990)
AIDA, Verdi, Ritorna vincitor6.38
Rec: 1928 Matrix: 3931-2/3 Columbia Cat: L2150 with orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
8Alfred Piccaver (1884 - 1958)
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Mascagni, Addio alla madre3.21
Rec: c.1929 Matrix: 1612 BM Polydor Cat: 66890 with orchestra conducted by Manfred Gurlitt
9Ezio Pinza (1892 - 1957)
ERNANI, Verdi, Infelice! e tu credevi3.20
Rec: 7 May 1929 Matrix: CVE 51978-2 Victor Cat: 7552-B with orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon
10Alexander Kipnis (1891 - 1978)
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Mozart, In diesen heil'gen Hallen4.33
Rec: 14 April 1930 Matrix: CLR 6262-2 HMV Cat: DB 1551 Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Erich Orthmann conductor
11Alexander Kipnis (1891 - 1978)
Schubert, Erlkönig4.04
Rec: 20 November 1936 Matrix: CAX 7867-2 Columbia Cat: 9128M Gerald Moore piano
12Lotte Lehmann (1888 - 1976)
Schumann, Die Lotosblume2.19
Rec: 25 April 1932 Matrix: BE 9910 Odeon Cat: 0-4839 A Odeon-Kammer Orchestra
13Lotte Lehmann
DIE WALKÜRE, Wagner, Du bist der Lenz2.04
Rec: 20/22 June 1935 Matrix: 2VH107-1 HMV Cat: DB 2642 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter conductor
14Kirsten Flagstad (1895 - 1962)
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, Wagner, Liebestod7.48
Rec: 9 October 1935 Matrix: CS 95355-1/6-1 Victor Cat: 8859-A/B with orchestra conducted by Hans Lange
15Jussi Björling (1911 - 1960)
LA GIOCONDA, Ponchielli, Cielo e mar4.23
Rec: 3 September 1937 Matrix: 2SB 570-2 HMV Cat: DB 3302 with orchestra conducted by Nils Grevillius
16Jussi Björling
DER BETTELSTUDENT, Millöcker, Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei [Sung in Swedish]1.51
Rec: 28 April 1938 Matrix: OSB 743-4 HMV Cat: X 6090 with orchestra conducted by Nils Grevillius
17Tito Gobbi (1913 - 1984)
L'ARLESIANA, Cilea, Come due tizzi accesi4.09
Rec: July 1942 Matrix: 2BA 5146-2 HMV Cat: DB 5400 Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Umberto Berrettoni conductor
18Fritz Wunderlich (1930 - 1966)
EUGENE ONEGIN, Tchaikovsky, Wohin, wohin bist du entschwunden6.35
Rec: November/December 1962 Bavarian State Orchestra, Meinhard von Zallinger conductor
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