Legendary Baritones











1Lucien Fugère (1848-1935)
LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE DAME, Massenet, Legende de la sauge4.07
Rec: 15 December 1928 Matrix: LX 350-1 Columbia Cat: D15119
2Victor Maurel (1848-1923)
Tosti, Au temps du grand roi3.22
Rec: 24 January 1907 Matrix: XPH 2334 Fonotipia Cat: 62017
3Antonio Magini-Coletti (1855-1912), Elsa Petri (soprano)
FALSTAFF, Verdi, Quand' ero paggio3.34
Rec: 10 January 1906 Matrix: XPH 1533 Fonotipia Cat: 39430
4Mattia Battistini (1856-1928)
LA TRAVIATA, Verdi, Di Provenza il mare, il suol ...3.41
Rec: 6 June 1911 Matrix: 285 aj Gramophone Cat: 052317
5Mario Ancona (1860-1931)
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Verdi, Eri tu4.38
Rec: 3 April 1907 Matrix: C 4369-1 Victor Cat: 88081
6Maurice Renaud (1861-1933)
LE ROI DE LAHORE, Massenet, Promesse di mon avenir3.53
Rec: 1906 Matrix: 5779P Gramophone Cat: 032045
7Eugenio Giraldoni (1871-1924)
OTELLO, Verdi, Credo in un Dio crudel4.05
Rec: December 1905 Matrix: XPH 1512 Fonotipia Cat: 39446
8Riccardo Stracciari (1875-1955)
TOSCA, Puccini, Già, mi dicon venal2.51
Rec: c. 1910 Matrix: XPH 5003 Fonotipia Cat: 69158
9Giuseppe de Luca (1876-1950)
ERNANI, Verdi, O, de' verd' anni miei4.23
Rec: 27 November 1916 Matrix: C18762-2 Victor Cat: 74506
10Titta Ruffo (1877-1953)
FALSTAFF, Verdi, L'onore! Ladri!3.46
Rec: 15 April 1921 Matrix: C25217-1 Victor Cat: 88637
11Pasquale Amato (1878-1942)
I DUE FOSCARI, Verdi, O vecchio cor, che batti3.39
Rec: 14 April 1913 Matrix: C13124-2 Victor Cat: 88438
12Joseph Schwarz (1880-1926)
TANNHAUSER, Wagner, O du, mein holder Abendstern4.37
Rec: c.1918 Matrix: 1405s Polydor Cat: 042539
13Heinrich Schlusnus (1888-1952)
HANS HEILING, Marschner, An jenem tag3.35
Rec: 1917 Matrix: 1391s Polydor Cat: 042542
14Renato Zanelli (1892-1935)
ZAZÄ, Leoncavallo, Zazà, piccola zingara3.33
Rec: 16 December 1919 Matrix: B23157-4 Victor Cat: 64907
15Carlo Galeffi (1882-1961)
RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Pari siamo4.23
Rec: 1926 Matrix: BX66 Columbia Cat: GQX 10149
16John Charles Thomas (1891-1960)
ANDREA CHÉNIER, Giordano, Nemico della patria5.15
Rec: 19 August 1939 Matrix: PCS 036432-5 Victor Cat: 17639
Victor Symphony Orchestra, Frank Tours conductor
17Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960)
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini, Largo al factotum4.26
Rec: 15 April 1930 Matrix: CVE 59753-4 Victor Cat: 7353 Nathaniel Shilkret conductor
18Gerhard Hüsch (1901-1984)
DER WILDSCHÜTZ, Lortzing, Wie freundlich strahlt4.11
Rec: 22 October 1928 Matrix: 2-21016 Odeon Cat: 0-7705
Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Frieder Weissmann conductor
19Igor Gorin (1908-1982)
ATTILA, Verdi, Dagli immortali vertici4.43
Rec: 3 July 1941 Matrix: CS 066380 Victor Cat: 18402
Victor Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Reibold conductor
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