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The Spirit of Christmas Past
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| 1 | John McCormack (1884-1945) | ||
| Orig. tune Portugal, Adeste fideles | 4.04 | ||
| Rec: 31 March 1915 Matrix: C15849-1 Victor Cat: 74436 | |||
| 2 | Emmy Destinn (1878-1930) | ||
| Hummel, Halleluja | 3.30 | ||
| Rec: 1908 Matrix: 0819V Gramophone Cat: 043098 | |||
| 3 | Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) | ||
| Adam, Cantique de Noël | 4.19 |  | |
| Rec: 23 February 1916 Matrix: C17218-3 Victor Cat: 88561 with orchestra conducted by Walter Rogers | |||
| 4 | Alma Gluck (1884-1938) | ||
| Gounod, Ave Maria | 4.43 | ||
| Rec: 1913 Matrix: C12975-2 Victor Cat: 88433 with Efrem Zimbalist violin, Eugene Lutsky piano | |||
| 5 | Charles Laughton (1899-1962) | ||
| music by Eisler, The oldest Christmas story | 3.12 | ||
| Rec: c.1943 Matrix: L3589 Decca Cat: 23365A | |||
| 6 | Celebrity Quartet, Isobel Baillie (1895-1983), Gladys Ripley (1908-1955), John McHugh, Harold Williams (1893-1976) | ||
| Arr. Stainer, The Coventry Carol | 3.13 | ||
| Rec: c.1944 Matrix: CA20558 Columbia Cat: DB2360 with Herbert Dawson organ | |||
| 7 | Richard Crooks (1900-1972) | ||
| César Franck, Panis Angelicus | 4.06 | ||
| Rec: 16 January 1942 Matrix: CS071321-1 Victor Cat: 11-8490-A with orchestra conducted by Charles O'Connell | |||
| 8 | Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976) | ||
| Trad., O du fröhliche | 3.06 | ||
| Rec: 4 September 1928 Matrix: BE 7187 Odeon Cat: 0-4810B Berlin State Opera Orchestra, conducted by Hermann Weigert | |||
| 9 | Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969) | ||
| Martens, Gesu Bambino | 4.02 | ||
| Rec: 7 April 1926 Matrix: CVE 34996-3 Victor Cat: 6602 with orchestra and Ladies Chorus conducted by Josef Pasternack | |||
| 10 | Paul Planel (b. 1903) | ||
| Berlioz, L'Enfance du Christ - Le repos de la Sainte Famille | 6.56 | | |
| Rec: December 1932 Matrix: MG-63698/9 Pathé Cat: X93.102 | |||
| 11 | Elisabeth Schumann (1888-1952) | ||
| Wolf, Schlafendes Jesuskind | 3.33 | ||
| Rec: 26 August 1935 Matrix: OEA 2195-2 HMV Cat: DA 1438 with Ernest Lush piano | |||
| 12 | Karl Erb (1877-1958) | ||
| Loewe, Des fremden Kindes heil'ger Christ | 3.18 | | |
| Rec: September 1937 Matrix: ORA 2227-2 HMV Cat: DA 4426 | |||
| 13 | Sigrid Onegin (1889-1943) | ||
| Mozart, Alleluja | 3.23 | ||
| Rec: 1928 Matrix: B 41496 Victor Cat: 1367 | |||
| 14 | Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981) | ||
| Schubert, Ave Maria | 5.18 | ||
| Rec: 1 November 1939 Matrix: PCS 042212-5 Victor Cat: VB74 with Romano Romani piano Mischa Violin violin | |||
| 15 | Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957) | ||
| Senatra-Schubert-Melichar, Mille cherubini in coro | 2.34 | ||
| Rec: 25 October 1935 Matrix: ORA 839-3 HMV Cat: DA 1447 | |||
| 16 | Claudia Muzio (1889-1936) | ||
| Reger, La ninna nanna della Vergine | 2.51 | | |
| Rec: 1935 Matrix: B6985-1 Columbia Cat: LC22 with orchestra conducted by Cav. Lorenzo Molajoli | |||
| 17 | John Charles Thomas (1891-1960) | ||
| Warren, Christmas candle | 2.35 | ||
| Rec: 8 January 1942 Matrix: PBS 072011-1 Victor Cat: 10-1119-A with Carol Hollister piano | |||
| 18 | Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960) | ||
| A star was his candle | 2.43 | ||
| Rec: 15 December 1939 Matrix: BS 045764-2 Victor Cat: Unpublished with Stewart Wille piano | |||
| 19 | Basil Rathbone (1892-1967) | ||
| Clement-Clarke Moore, The night before Christmas | 3.14 | ||
| Rec: c.1939 Matrix: XHCO 963 Columbia Cat: 7407-M | |||
| 20 | Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936) | ||
| Gruber, Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht | 3.55 | ||
| Rec: 3 November 1926 Matrix: CVE 36754-2 Victor Cat: 6723A with Stewart Wille organ | |||
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