| 1 | John McCormack (1884-1945) |
| Harold Lake, writing as Harold Harford/Charles Marshall, I Hear You Calling Me | 3.55 |
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| Rec: 16 March 1911 Matrix: B8695-2 Victor Cat: 64120 |
| 2 | John McCormack |
| SEMELE, Handel, O sleep, why dost thou leave me? | 3.31 |
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| Rec: 1 April 1920 Matrix: B23901-1 Victor Cat: 66096 |
| 3 | Titta Ruffo (1877-1953) |
| PAGLIACCI, Leoncavallo, Si può? | 8.13 |
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| Rec: September 1912 Matrix: 462ai/467ai HMV Cat: 052381/052379 Directed by Sabaino |
| 4 | Maria Jeritza (1887-1982) |
| DIE TOTE STADT, Korngold, Lautenlied der Mariette | 3.48 |
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| Rec: 8 March 1922 Matrix: B26149-4 Victor Cat: 688B |
| 5 | Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957) |
| ANDREA CHÉNIER, Giordano, Un dì, all' azzurro spazio | 4.29 |
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| Rec: October 1922 Matrix: C27011 Victor Cat: 74793 |
| 6 | Beniamino Gigli |
| I PESCATORI DI PERLE, Bizet, Mi par d'udir ancora | 4.18 |
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| Rec: 18 December 1929 Matrix: CVE 58119 Victor Cat: AGSB56 |
| 7 | Richard Tauber (1892-1948) |
| PAGANINI, Lehár, Gern hab' ich die Frau'n gekübt | 3.22 |
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| Rec: 21 October 1925 Matrix: xxB 7246-1 Odeon Cat: 0-8221
Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Weigert conductor |
| 8 | Richard Tauber |
| DON GIOVANNI, Mozart, Il mio tesoro | 4.21 |
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| Rec: 12 May 1939 Matrix: XE9806 Odeon Cat: R20444 with orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr |
| 9 | Elisabeth Schumann (1888-1952) |
| LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Mozart, Voi che sapete? | 3.21 |
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| Rec: 19 May 1926 Matrix: Cc8377-3 HMV Cat: DB946 |
| 10 | Elisabeth Schumann |
| Zeller, Nightingale Song (Sung and whistled) | 3.40 |
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| Rec: 1930 Matrix: Bb18667-2 HMV Cat: E-552 with orchestra conducted by Lawrence Collingwood |
| 11 | Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938), Olive Kline (soprano) |
| DON QUICHOTTE, Massenet, Death Scene | 8.54 |
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| Rec: 7 April 1927 Matrix: CVE 38334/5-1Victor Cat: 6693 Rosario Bourdon, conductor |
| 12 | Conchita Supervia (1895-1936) |
| LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Mozart, Non so più | 3.02 |
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| Rec: 1928 Matrix: XXPH 6323 Parlophone Cat: R 20077 with orchestra conducted by A. Albergoni |
| 13 | Conchita Supervia |
| SAMSON ET DALILA, Saint-Saëns, Printemps qui commence | 4.32 |
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| Rec: 24 October 1931 Matrix: XXP 7312-1 Odeon Cat: R 20192 with orchestra conducted by Gustave Cloëz |
| 14 | Claudia Muzio (1889-1936) |
| MEFISTOFELE, Boïto, L'altra notte in fondo al mare | 4.10 |
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| Rec: 6 June 1935 Matrix: BX 1363 Columbia Cat: LCX 25 |
| 15 | Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) |
| DIE MEISTERSINGER, Wagner, Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein | 4.01 |
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| Rec: 1939 Victor Cat: V 17728 Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conductor |
| 16 | Kathleen Ferrier (1912-1953) |
| Folksong arr. Whittaker, Blow the wind southerly | 2.34 |
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| Rec: 10 February 1949 Matrix: DR 13217-1 Decca Cat: F9300 (Courtesy of The Decca Record Company Ltd) |
| 17 | Maria Callas (1923-1977) |
| I PURITANI, Bellini, O rendetemi ... Qui la voce | 7.16 |
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| Rec: 10 November 1949 Matrix: 2.71299.FC Cetra Cat: CB 20483 |
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