| Disc One |
| 1 | CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Mascagni, O Lola ch’ai di latti la cammisa | 2.50 |
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| Francis J. Lapitino, harp |
| Rec: 28 December 1910 Matrix: B-9745-1 Victor Cat: 87072 |
| 2 | LA GIOCONDA, Ponchielli, Cielo e mar | 2.57 |
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| Rec: 14 March 1910 Matrix: C-8718-1 Victor Cat: 88246 |
| 3 | CARMEN, Bizet, La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (sung in Italian) | 3.53 |
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| Rec: 7 November 1909 Matrix: C-8349-1 Victor Cat: 88209 |
| 4 | STABAT MATER, Rossini, Cujus animam | 4.47 |
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| Rec: 15 December 1913 Matrix: C-14200-1 Victor Cat: 88460 |
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| 5 | PETITE MESSE SOLENNELLE, Rossini, Crucifixus | 3.18 |
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| Rec: 16 September 1920 Matrix: B-24474-1 Victor Cat: 87335 |
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| 6 | SALVATOR ROSA, Gomes, Mia piccirella | 3.53 |
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| Rec: 11 September 1919 Matrix: C-23150-1 Victor Cat: 88638 |
| 7 | IL GUARANY, Gomes, Sento una forza indomita | 4.36 |
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| with Emmy Destinn |
| Rec: 20 April 1914 Matrix: C-14730-1 Victor Cat: 89078 |
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| 8 | LA BOHÈME, Puccini, O Mimì, tu più non torni | 3.12 |
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| with Antonio Scotti |
| Rec: 17 March 1907 Matrix: C-4315-1 Victor Cat: 89006 |
| 9 | DON GIOVANNI, Mozart, Là ci darem la mano | 3.22 |
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| with Emma Eames , soprano |
| Rec: 9 March 1906 Matrix: C3170-2 Victor Cat: 89005 |
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| 10 | L’ELISIR D’AMORE, Donizetti, Una furtiva lagrima | 4.25 |
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| Rec: 26 November 1911 Matrix: C-996-2 Victor Cat: 88339 |
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| 11 | LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Donizetti, Chi mi frena | 4.12 |
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| with Luisa Tetrazzini, Josephine Jacoby, Pasquale Amato, Marcel Journet, Angelo Bada |
| Rec: 19 January 1912 Matrix: C-11446-3 Victor Cat: 96201 |
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| 12 | MARTA, Flotow, Siam giunta ... Questa amera é per voi ... Presto, presto | 10.15 |
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| with Frances Alda, Josephine Jacoby, Marcel Journet |
| Rec: 7 January 1912 Matrix: C-11437-2/38-1/39-1 Victor Cat:95207/08/09 |
| 13 | FAUST, Gounod, Seigneur Dieu, que vois-je! ... Eh! quoi! toujours seule? | 8.39 |
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| with Geraldine Farrar, Gabrielle Lejeune-Gilbert, Marcel Journet |
| Rec: 12 January 1910 Matrix: C-8544-1/47-1 Victor Cat: 95204/05 |
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| 14 | SAMSON ET DALILA, Saint-Saëns, Je viens célébrer la victoire | 3.41 |
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| with Louise Homer, Marcel Journet |
| Rec: 10 February 1919 Matrix: C-22575-2 Victor Cat: 89088 |
| 15 | SAMSON ET DALILA, Saint-Saëns, Vois ma misère, hélas | 4.48 |
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| with Metropolitan Opera Chorus |
| Rec: 7 December 1916 Matrix: C-18821-1 Victor Cat: 88581 |
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| 16 | LE CID, Massenet, Ô Souverain, ô Juge, ô Père | 4.18 |
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| Rec: 5 February 1916 Matrix: C-17122-2 Victor Cat: 88554 |
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| 17 | AMADIS DE GAULE, Lully, Bois épais | 3.15 |
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| Rec: 16 September 1920 Matrix: B-24465-6 Victor Cat: 1437 |
| Tracks 5, 6, 13, 14, 16 - conducted by Pasternack |
| Tracks 7, 10, 11, 12, 15 - conducted by Rogers |
| Disc Two |
| 1 | EL MILAGRO DE LA VIRGEN, Chapi, Flores purisimas | 4.33 |
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| with Gaetano Scognamiglio, piano |
| Rec: 3 April 1914 Matrix: C-14662-1 Victor Cat: 88671 |
| 2 | AIDA, Verdi, Celeste Aida | 3.32 |
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| Rec: 29 March 1908 Matrix: C-3180-3 Victor Cat: 88127 |
| 3 | AIDA, Verdi, Già i sacerdoti adunansi ... Aida a me togliesti | 7.10 |
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| with Louise Homer |
| Rec: 29 December 1910 Matrix: C-9748-1/49-1 Victor Cat: 89050/51 |
| 4 | DON CARLOS, Verdi, Dio, che nell’alma infondere | 3.29 |
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| with Antonio Scotti |
| Rec: 30 December 1912 Matrix: C-12752-1 Victor Cat: 89064 |
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| 5 | IL TROVATORE, Verdi, Ai nostri monti | 4.29 |
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| with Ernestine Schumann-Heink |
| Rec: 17 January 1913 Matrix: C-12804-2 Victor Cat: 89060 |
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| 6 | LA TRAVIATA, Verdi, Libiamo, libiamo ne’ lieti calici | 3.14 |
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| with Alma Gluck and Metropolitan Opera Chorus |
| Rec: 20 April 1914 Matrix: B-14729-2 Victor Cat: 87511 |
| 7 | LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Verdi, Sleale! il segreto fu dunque | 4.24 |
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| with Giuseppe de Luca |
| Rec: 10 July 1918 Matrix: C-22123-2 Victor Cat: 89087 |
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| 8 | RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Bella figlia dell’amore | 4.04 |
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| with Bess Abbott, Louise Homer, Antonio Scotti |
| Rec: 20 February 1907 Matrix: C-4259-1 Victor Cat: 96000 |
| 9 | MESSA DA REQUIEM, Verdi, Ingemisco | 4.22 |
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| Rec: 7 January 1915 Matrix: C-15570-3 Victor Cat: 88514 |
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| 10 | LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Donizetti, Chi mi frena | 4.11 |
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| with Amelita Galli-Curci, Minnie Egener, Giuseppe de Luca, Marcel Journet, Angelo Bada |
| Rec: 25 January 1917 Matrix: C-19133-2 Victor Cat: 95212 |
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| 11 | RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Bella figlia dell’amore | 4.07 |
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| with Amelita Galli-Curci, Flora Perini, Giuseppe de Luca |
| Rec: 25 January 1917 Matrix: C-19132-2 Victor Cat: 95100 |
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| 12 | CARMEN, Bizet, La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (sung in Italian) | 3.45 |
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| Rec: 27 February 1905 Matrix: C-2341-1 Victor Cat: 85049 |
| 13 | AIDA, Verdi, Celeste Aida | 3.28 |
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| with Salvatore Cottone, piano |
| Rec: 11 April 1902 Matrix: 1784b G&T Cat: 52369 |
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| 14 | MEFISTOFELE, Boito, Dai campi, dai prati | 2.35 |
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| with Salvatore Cottone, piano |
| Rec: 11 April 1902 Matrix: 1789b G&T Cat: 52348 |
| 15 | ADRIANA LECOUVREUR, Cilea, No, più nobile | 2.40 |
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| Accompanied by the composer |
| Rec: 1 December 1902 Matrix: 2880b G&T Cat: 52419 |
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| 16 | L’ELISIR D’AMORE, Donizetti, Una furtive lagrima | 3.42 |
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| Rec: 19 April 1903 Matrix: X-1552 Zonophone |
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| 17 | TOSCA, Puccini, E lucevan le stelle | 2.56 |
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| Rec: 19 April 1903 Matrix: X-1553 Zonophone |
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| 18 | GERMANIA, Franchetti, No, non chiuder gli occhi | 3.18 |
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| Rec: 19 April 1903 Matrix: X-1554 Zonophone |
| 19 | RIGOLETTO, Verdi, La donna è mobile | 2.41 |
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| Rec: 19 April 1903 Matrix: X-1555 Zonophone |
| Track 6 - conducted by Setti, Tracks 7, 10, 11 - conducted by Pasternack |
| Track 9 - conducted by Rogers |
| With sincere thanks to Bill Breslin for his generous assistance with the source material |
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Unauthorised copying, public performance and broadcasting of this recording prohibited. |
