Dame Clara Butt (1872 - 1936)











1SERSE, Handel, Ombra mai fu4.16
Rec: 16 July 1909 Matrix: 3486f Gramophone Cat: 03154
2SAMSON ET DALILA, Saint-Saens, Mon coeur s’ouvre a ta voix4.16
with The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra, Henry Wood, conductor
Rec: c.1915/16 Matrix: 6656-1 Columbia Cat: 74004
3LA FAVORITA, Donizetti, O mio Fernando3.52
Rec: c.1915/16 Matrix: 6606-2 Columbia Cat: 74002
4DON CARLOS, Verdi, O don fatale4.13
Rec: c.1915/16 Matrix: 6675-1 Columbia Cat: 74000
5Beethoven, In questa tomba oscura3.29
Hamilton Harty, conductor
Rec: 30 August 1922 Matrix: 75165-1 Columbia Cat: 7267
6SOSARME, Handel, Rend’il sereno al ciglio4.28
Albert Ketèlbey, conductor
Rec: 29 May 1925 Matrix: 6775-? Columbia Cat: 7305(2)
7FAUST, Gounod, When all was young3.01
with The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra, Henry Wood, conductor
Rec: c.1915/16 Matrix: 6605-2 Columbia Cat: 74003
8Gounod, O divine Redeemer4.43
with The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
Rec: 29 July 1924 Matrix: AX553-2 Columbia Cat: 7307(2)
9ELIJAH, Mendelssohn, O rest in the Lord3.49
with The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra, Albert Ketèlbey, conductor
Rec: 25 March 1924 Matrix: AX391-2 Columbia Cat: 7307(2)
10SEA PICTURES, Elgar, Where corals lie3.58
Hamilton Harty, conductor
Rec: c.16 September 1920 Matrix: 74157-2 Columbia Cat: 7246
11Hatton, The Enchantress3.17
with the Beecham Symphony Orchestra
Rec: c.Feb/Mar 1917 Matrix: 76016-2 Columbia Cat: 7123(1)
12Chaminade, The little silver ring2.25
Rec: 20 July 1909 Matrix: 3510f-1 Gramophone Cat: 03156
13Crouch, Kathleen Mavourneen4.16
Rec: 7 February 1910 Matrix: 4086f Gramophone Cat: 03178
14Traditional, Barbara Allen3.23
Rec: 7 February 1910 Matrix: 4089f Gramophone Cat: 03186
15Hullah, Three Fishers4.21
Rec: 29 October 1910 Matrix: 4558f Gramophone Cat: 03222
16Brewer, The fairy pipers2.14
Rec: c.1917/21 Matrix: 29901 Columbia Cat: X227
17Needham, Husheen3.43
Rec: c.1915/16 Matrix: 6541-1 Columbia Cat: 7118
18Cowen, The Promise of Life4.32
Rec: c.1915/16 Matrix: 6542-3 Columbia Cat: 7105
19Jacobs-Bond, A perfect day3.21
Grace Torrens, piano
Rec: c.31 December 1918 Matrix: 76330-1 Columbia Cat: 7175
20Leoni, The leaves and the wind1.49
Rec: 10 June 1925 Matrix: A2195-1 Columbia Cat: X329
Tracks 13, 14, 15 & 18, probably Landon Ronald, piano
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