Legendary Tenors











Acoustic Recordings
1Francesco Tamagno (1850-1905)
OTELLO, Verdi, Esultate!1.26
Rec: February 1903 Matrix: 3001 FT G&T Cat: 052101
2Francesco Tamagno (1850-1905)
OTELLO, Verdi, Niun mi tema3.25
Rec: February 1903 Matrix: 3002 FT G&TCat: 52674
3Dmitri Smirnov (1882-1944)
EUGENE ONEGIN, Tchaikovsky, Lenski's Aria (Act 2)4.18
Rec: 1909 Matrix: 4305 HMV Cat: 022154
4Alessandro Bonci (1870-1940)
LUISA MILLER, Verdi, Ah fede negar potessi ... Quando le sere al placido5.37
Rec: 1906 Matrix: XPH 1989 Fonotipia Cat: 39692
5Edmond Clément (1867-1928)
MANON, Massenet, En fermant les yeux (Dream)3.47
Rec: 6 November 1911 Matrix: C11191-1 Victor Cat: 74258 with Frank la Forge, piano
6Leo Slezak (1873-1946)
DIE KÖNIGIN VON SABA, Goldmark, Magische Töne3.00
Rec: 1909 Matrix: 14585v HMV Cat: 4-42361
7Enrico Caruso (1873-1921)
OTELLO, Verdi, Ora e per sempre addio2.28
Rec: 28 December 1910 Matrix: B 9743-2 Victor Cat: 87071
8Leonid Sobinov (1872-1934)
MAY NIGHT, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sleep, my beauty3.13
Rec: 1910 Matrix: 1988 1/2 C HMV Cat: 022162
9Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (1892-1979)
Tosti, Ideale3.24
Rec: c. 1923 Matrix: X 9947 Brunswick Cat: 10133 A
10Aureliano Pertile (1885-1952)
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Mascagni, O Lola (Siciliana)2.46
Rec: 1923 Matrix: XXPH 5560 Fonotipia Cat: 74942
11Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969)
ZAZÄ, Leoncavallo, È un riso gentil2.16
Rec: 16 March 1922 Matrix: B26164-1 Victor Cat: 66062
Electric Recordings
12Julius Patzak (1898-1974)
MIGNON, Thomas, Adieu, Mignon [Sung in German]3.04
Rec: c. 1934 Matrix: 6098 1/2 Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 30014A
13Helge Roswaenge (1897-1972)
MARTHA, Flotow, Ach, so fromm3.16
Rec: 1935 Matrix: 6267 3/4 Grammophon Cat: 10434 A
14Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973)
DIE WALKÜRE, Wagner, Winter stürme wichen dem Wonne mond3.03
Rec: 16 May 1931 Matrix: OB 544-11 HMV Cat: DA 1227
with London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli
15Richard Tauber (1892-1948)
DON GIOVANNI, Mozart, Il mio tesoro4.21
Rec: 12 May 1939 Matrix: XE9806 Odeon Cat: R20444 with orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr
16David Devriès (1881-1934)
LA DAME BLANCHE, Boïeldieu, Rêverie de Georges Brown4.28
Rec: 26 April 1928 Matrix: XXP6659-2 Odeon Cat: R20069 with orchestra conducted by Gustav Cloëz
17Georges Thill (1897-1984)
MANON, Massenet, Ah! fuyez douce image4.43
Rec: c. 1936 Matrix: CLX 1933-1 Columbia Cat: LFX 478 with orchestra conducted by Eugene Bigot
18Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957)
PAGLIACCI, Leoncavallo, No! Pagliaccio non son3.07
Rec: 20 March 1933 Matrix: OBA3506-2 HMV Cat: DA1312
with London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli
19Renato Zanelli (1892-1935)
ANDREA CHÉNIER, Giordano, Un dì, all' azzurro spazio4.17
Rec: 25 June 1929 Matrix: CM981-1 HMV Cat: DB1339 with Orchestra of La Scala, Milan conducted by Carlo Sabajno
20Jussi Björling (1911-1960)
TURANDOT, Puccini, Nessun dorma3.32
Rec: 27 March 1944 Matrix: OSB 2399-2 HMV Cat: DA 1841 with orchestra conducted by Nils Grevillius
21Tito Schipa (1888-1965)
WERTHER, Massenet, Io non so ... O Natura5.49
Rec: 1942 Matrix: OBA 5022/23 VDP Cat: DA5420 with orchestra conducted by Mario Cordone
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