| 1 | Luisa Tetrazzini (1871 - 1940) |
| LA SONNAMBULA, Bellini, Ah! non giunge | 3.08 |
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| Rec: 18 March 1911 Matrix: C 10076-1 Victor Cat: 88313 |
| 2 | Enrico Caruso (1873 - 1921) |
| LO SCHIAVO, Gomez, Qui fortuna insistenza ... Quando nascesti tu | 4.16 |
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| Rec: 19 November 1911 Matrix: C11273-2 Victor Cat: 88345 |
| 3 | Rosa Ponselle (1897 - 1981) |
| TOSCA, Puccini, Vissi d'arte | 3.18 |
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| Rec: 7 January 1919 Matrix: 49569-5 Columbia Cat: 68059D with orchestra conducted by Romano Romani |
| 4 | Rosa Ponselle |
| MADEMOISELLE MODISTE, Herbert, Kiss me again | 4.11 |
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| Rec: 26 July 1920 Matrix: 49869-2 Columbia Cat: 68077D with orchestra conducted by Romano Romani |
| 5 | Tito Schipa (1889 - 1965) |
| MIGNON, Thomas, Elle ne croyait pas [Sung in Italian] | 4.26 |
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| Rec: 14 May 1924 Matrix: C30079-3 Victor Cat: 6465-B |
| 6 | Giuseppe de Luca (1876 - 1950), Grace Anthony (soprano) |
| RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Povero Rigoletto... Cortigiani, vil razza dannata | 8.21 |
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| 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 |
| 7 | Eva Turner (1892 - 1990) |
| AIDA, Verdi, Ritorna vincitor | 6.38 |
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| Rec: 1928 Matrix: 3931-2/3 Columbia Cat: L2150 with orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham |
| 8 | Alfred Piccaver (1884 - 1958) |
| CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Mascagni, Addio alla madre | 3.21 |
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| Rec: c.1929 Matrix: 1612 BM Polydor Cat: 66890 with orchestra conducted by Manfred Gurlitt |
| 9 | Ezio Pinza (1892 - 1957) |
| ERNANI, Verdi, Infelice! e tu credevi | 3.20 |
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| Rec: 7 May 1929 Matrix: CVE 51978-2 Victor Cat: 7552-B with orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon |
| 10 | Alexander Kipnis (1891 - 1978) |
| DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Mozart, In diesen heil'gen Hallen | 4.33 |
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| Rec: 14 April 1930 Matrix: CLR 6262-2 HMV Cat: DB 1551 Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Erich Orthmann conductor |
| 11 | Alexander Kipnis (1891 - 1978) |
| Schubert, Erlkönig | 4.04 |
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| Rec: 20 November 1936 Matrix: CAX 7867-2 Columbia Cat: 9128M Gerald Moore piano |
| 12 | Lotte Lehmann (1888 - 1976) |
| Schumann, Die Lotosblume | 2.19 |
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| Rec: 25 April 1932 Matrix: BE 9910 Odeon Cat: 0-4839 A Odeon-Kammer Orchestra |
| 13 | Lotte Lehmann |
| DIE WALKÜRE, Wagner, Du bist der Lenz | 2.04 |
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| Rec: 20/22 June 1935 Matrix: 2VH107-1 HMV Cat: DB 2642 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter conductor |
| 14 | Kirsten Flagstad (1895 - 1962) |
| TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, Wagner, Liebestod | 7.48 |
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| Rec: 9 October 1935 Matrix: CS 95355-1/6-1 Victor Cat: 8859-A/B with orchestra conducted by Hans Lange |
| 15 | Jussi Björling (1911 - 1960) |
| LA GIOCONDA, Ponchielli, Cielo e mar | 4.23 |
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| Rec: 3 September 1937 Matrix: 2SB 570-2 HMV Cat: DB 3302 with orchestra conducted by Nils Grevillius |
| 16 | Jussi Björling |
| DER BETTELSTUDENT, Millöcker, Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei [Sung in Swedish] | 1.51 |
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| Rec: 28 April 1938 Matrix: OSB 743-4 HMV Cat: X 6090 with orchestra conducted by Nils Grevillius |
| 17 | Tito Gobbi (1913 - 1984) |
| L'ARLESIANA, Cilea, Come due tizzi accesi | 4.09 |
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| Rec: July 1942 Matrix: 2BA 5146-2 HMV Cat: DB 5400 Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Umberto Berrettoni conductor |
| 18 | Fritz Wunderlich (1930 - 1966) |
| EUGENE ONEGIN, Tchaikovsky, Wohin, wohin bist du entschwunden | 6.35 |
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| Rec: November/December 1962 Bavarian State Orchestra, Meinhard von Zallinger conductor (with kind permission of EMI Classics, Germany) |
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