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The Record of Singing – The Very Best of Volumes 1-4
From 1899 to the end of the 78 era: 1899-1952
- Release Date: 9th Feb 2009
- Catalogue No: 2289562
- Label: Warner Classics
- Length: 12 hours 39 minutes
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Bach, J S: Ave Maria, CG 89a
- Alessandro Moreschi/Anonymous, Alessandro Moreschi (counter-tenor)
- Recorded: 1904-04-11
- Recording Venue: 11 April 1904 / Rome
Bellini: La Sonnambula Act III: Aria - "Ah! non credea mirarti"
- Alfredo Barili (piano), Adelina Patti (soprano), Alfredo Barilli (piano)
- Recorded: 1906-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1906 Craig-y-Nos, Wales
Chaminade: L'été
- Emma Albani (soprano)
- Recorded: 1904-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1904 London
Mozart: Sull'aria...Che soave zeffiretto (Le nozze di Figaro, Act III)
- Emma Eames (soprano), Marcella Sembrich (soprano)
- Recorded: 1908-01-25
- Recording Venue: 25 Jan 1908 Camden, USA
Hermann Bemberg: Les Anges pleurent
- Dame Nellie Melba (soprano), Gabriel Lapierre (lead vocals)
- Recorded: 1913-10-04
- Recording Venue: 4 Oct 1913 Camden, USA
Auber: C'est l'histoire amoureuse (Manon Lescaut, Act I)
- Ellen Beach Yaw (soprano)
- Recorded: 1900-03-11
- Recording Venue: 11 Mar 1900, London
Goldschmidt, O: Im Mai
- Blanche Marchesi (soprano)
- Recorded: 1906-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1906 Berlin
Erkel: Ah rebéges, a mi vadúl (Hunyadi László)
- Romayne Simmons (piano), Lillian Nordica (soprano)
- Recorded: 1907-05-23
- Recording Venue: 23 May 1907
Tosti: Mattinata
- Geraldine Farrar (soprano)
- Recorded: 1904-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1904 Berlin
Gluck: Away with mourning and crying (Orfeo)
- Louise Homer (vocals)
- Recorded: 1903-11-02
- Recording Venue: 2 Nov 1903, New York
J.L.Hatton: Simon the Cellarer
- Charles Santley (bass-baritone)
- Recorded: 1903-06-08
- Recording Venue: 8 June 1903, London
Schumann: Ich grolle nicht (Dicterliebe) & Lied eines Schmiedes
- Sir George Henschel (bass-baritone)
- Recorded: 1914-01-19
- Recording Venue: 19 Jan 1914, Hayes
Offenbach: Sérénade (La chanson de Fortunio)
- Emilio De Gogorza (bass-baritone)
- Recorded: 1916-10-23
- Recording Venue: 23 Oct 1916, USA
Verdi: Otello (Act II): Era la notte (Dream)
- Anonymous/Victor Maurel, Victor Maurel (bass-baritone)
- Recorded: 1904-11-01
- Recording Venue: Nov 1904, Milan
Blangini: Per valli, per boschi
- Charles Gilibert (bass-baritone), Dame Nellie Melba (soprano)
- Recorded: 1907-03-28
- Recording Venue: 28 Mar 1907
Godard, B: Embarquez-vous?
- Pol Plançon (bass)
- Recorded: 1902-08-01
- Recording Venue: Aug 1902, London
Flotow: Chi mi dira (The Porter Song) - Martha Act III
- Édouard de Reszke (bass)
- Recorded: 1903-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1903 USA
Bizet: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen)
- Emma Calvé (soprano), R. Sapio (piano)
- Recorded: 1916-06-06
- Recording Venue: 6 June, 1916. Camden, USA
Verdi: Le mots sacrés (Aida, Act I)
- Felia Litvinne (soprano)
- Recorded: 1905-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1905: Paris
Massenet: Liberté (Le Jongleur de Notre Dame)
- Mary Garden (soprano)
- Recorded: 1911-03-21
- Recording Venue: 21 Mar, 1911. New York
Tosti: Amour! Amour!
- Carlo Sabajno (piano), Mattia Battistini (bass-baritone)
- Recorded: 1911-06-02
- Recording Venue: 2 June, 1911. Milan
Donizetti: Come Paride vezzoso (L'elisir d'amore Act I)
- Antonio Scotti (bass-baritone)
- Recorded: 1905-03-02
- Recording Venue: 2 Mar, 1905. New York
Cilea: Bene! Benissimo! (Adriana Lecouvreur, Act I)
- Francesco Ciléa (piano), Giuseppe De Luca (bass-baritone)
- Recorded: 1902-12-12
- Recording Venue: 12 Dec, 1902 Milan
Donizetti: Udite! Udite! (L'elisir d'amore, Act I)
- Antonio Pini-Corsi (bass-baritone)
- Recorded: 1912-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1912 Milan
Verdi: Questa dunque (I due Foscari, Act III)
- Pasquale Amato (bass-baritone)
- Recorded: 1911-06-15
- Recording Venue: 15 June, 1911. Milan
Thomas, Ambroise: Ô vin dissipe (Brindisi) (Hamlet, Act II)
- Teatro alla Scala, Titta Ruffo (bass-baritone)
- Carlo Sabajno
- Recorded: 1907-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1907, Milan
Franco Ricciardi: Luna-lù
- Fernando De Lucia (vocals)
- Chorus, Orchestra
- Recorded: 1909-05-21
- Recording Venue: 21 May, 1909. Naples
Gluck: Spiagge amate (Paride ed Elena, Act I)
- Alessandro Bonci (vocals)
- Recorded: 1905-02-01
- Recording Venue: Feb 1905, Milan
Verdi: Niun mi tema (Otello, Act IV)
- Francesco Tamagno (vocals), Salvatore Cottone (piano)
- Recorded: 1903-02-11
- Recording Venue: 7-11 Feb 1903 Varese, Italy
Giordano, U: Colpito qui m'avete...Un dì all'azzuro spazio (Andrea Chénier, Act I)
- Giovanni Zenatello (vocals)
- Recorded: 1906-02-15
- Recording Venue: 15 Feb, 1906, Milan
Donizetti: Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore)
- Enrico Caruso (vocals), Salvatore Cottone (piano)
- Recorded: 1902-04-11
- Recording Venue: 11April 1902 / Grand Hotel, Milan
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades, Op. 68, Act III, Scene 6: Arioso. "Akh, istomilas ya gorem" (Lisa)
- Medea Mei-Figner (soprano), Unknown Pianist (piano)
- Recorded: 1901-11-01
- Recording Venue: Nov, 1901. St Petersburg
Gianelli: La via, o Dio...E lo sapevi (Olga)
- Olimpia Boronat (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1908-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1908 Milan
Mascagni: Voi lo sapete, o mamma (Cavalleria rusticana)
- Gemma Bellincioni (soprano)
- Recorded: 1903-10-01
- Recording Venue: Oct 1903.Milan
Leoncavallo: Mimì Pinson (La bohème, Act I)
- Rosina Storchio (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1911-02-02
- Recording Venue: 2 Feb, 1911. Milan
Gounod: O d'amor messagera (Mireille)
- Luisa Tetrazzini (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Percy Pitt
- Recorded: 1909-07-05
- Recording Venue: 5 July 1909 / City Road Studios, Finsbury Square, London
Boieldieu: Ce domaine (La Dame Blanche, Act II)
- Franz Naval (vocals), Marie Gutheil-Schoder (soprano)
- Recorded: 1902-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1902 Vienna
Donizetti: In tiefem Schweigen (Lucia di Lammermoor, Act I)
- Frieda Hempel (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Herr Kark
- Recorded: 1907-10-01
- Recording Venue: Oct, 1907. Berlin
Verdi: Caro nome (Rigoletto, Act I)
- Selma Kurz (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1905-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1905, Vienna
Mozart: Or sai chi l'onore (Don Giovanni, Act I)
- Lilli Lehmann (soprano)
- Recorded: 1906-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1906, Berlin
Weber: Ozean, du Ingeheuer! (Oberon, Act II)
- Anna Bahr-Mildenburg (soprano)
- Recorded: 1904-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1904, Vienna
Mozart: In quali eccessi...Mi tradì (Don Giovanni, Act II) (2009 Remastered Version)
- Johanna Gadski (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1910-09-29
- Recording Venue: 29 September 1910 / Victor Studios, Camden, New York
Smetana: Jac je mi (Dalibor, Act II)
- Emmy Destinn (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1908-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1908, Berlin
Arditi: Leggiero invisibile (Bolero Leggero)
- Ernestine Schumann-Heink (contralto), Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink (vocals)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1907-07-24
- Recording Venue: 24 July 1907, Camden USA
Smetana: Blickst du, mein Freund (Dalibor, Act I)
- Hermann Winkelmann (vocals)
- Recorded: 1905-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1905, Vienna
Goldmark: Magische Töne (Die Königen von Saba, Act II)
- Leo Slezak (vocals)
- Recorded: 1905-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1905, Vienna
Wagner: Leb' wohl, du kühnes, herrlisches Kind (Die Walküre, Act III)
- Anton Van Rooy (bass-baritone)
- Recorded: 1902-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1902, London
Rimsky Korsakov: Hymn to the Sun (The Golden Cockerel, Act 2)
- Antonina Nezhdanova (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1910-01-28
- Recording Venue: 28 Jan, 1910. Moscow
Tchaikovsky: The Oprichnik, Act II, Scene 2: No. 9, Andrey's Arioso. "Kak pered bogom"(Andrey) [Arr. for Voice and Piano]
- Nicolai Figner, Unknown Pianist (piano), Nikolay Figner (tenor)
- Recorded: 1901-11-01
- Recording Venue: Nov, 1901, St. Petersburg
Grechaninov: Rascvetali v pole cvetiki (Flowers were blooming afield) (from Dobrinya Nikitich, Op. 22)
- Leonid Sobinov (vocals)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1910-02-06
- Recording Venue: 6 Feb, 1910. Moscow
Tchaikovsky: Scene. "Prizyvny rog" - King's Arioso. "Gospod moy"
- Lev Sibiriakov, Orchestra, Lev Sibiryakov (bass)
- Unknown Orchestra
- Recorded: 1910-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1910, Russia
Meyerbeer: Le rovine...Suore, che riposate (Robert le diable, Act III)
- Feodor Chaliapin (bass)
- Orchestra
- Rosario Bourdon
- Recorded: 1924-01-03
- Recording Venue: 3 Jan, 1924. Camden, USA
Nápravník: O give me oblivion (Doubrovsky)
- Dimitri Smirnov (tenor), Dmitri Smirnov (vocals)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1912-10-19
- Recording Venue: 19 Oct, 1912. Moscow
Meyerbeer: Pays merveilleux...O paradis (L'Africaine, Act IV)
- Fernand Anseau (vocals), Fernand Ansseau (tenor)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1922-10-21
- Recording Venue: 21 Oct, 1922. Paris
Eugeno Diaz de la Peña: Il est venu ce jour de lutte (La Coupe du roi de Thulé)
- Dinh Gilly (bass-baritone)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1924-08-24
- Recording Venue: 24 Aug, 1924. Hayes, Middlesex
Gounod: Sous les pieds (La Reine de Saba, Act I)
- Marcel Journet (bass)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1912-01-11
- Recording Venue: 11 Jan, 1912. Camden USA
Jacques Fevrier: Ce n'est pas un vieillard (Monna Vanna)
- Jean-Emile Vanni-Marcoux (bass), Vanni-Marcoux (bass)
- Orchestra
- Piero Coppola
- Recorded: 1924-10-06
- Recording Venue: 6 Oct, 1924. Paris
Charpentier, G: Depuis le jour (from Louise)
- Marie-Louise Edvina (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Percy Pitt
- Recorded: 1919-11-05
- Recording Venue: 5 Oct, 1919. Hayes, Middlesex
Dupont, G: Air de l'Oasis (Antar)
- Fanny Heldy (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1921-01-01
Massé, V: Variations du Carneval de Venise
- Gabriella Ritter-Ciampi (soprano), Gabrielle Ritter-Ciampi (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1923-01-01
Cilea: Del sultano Amuratte...Io son l'unile ancella (Adriana Lecouvreur, Act I)
- Claudia Muzio (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1921-04-29
Massenet: Manon, Act 3: "Ah, mi rendi il tuo cor" - "La tua mano non è" (Manon)
- Carmen Melis (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1924-01-01
- Recording Venue: c1924, Milan
Mascagni: Questo mio bianco manto (Isabeau)
- Gilda Dalla Rizza (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1915-01-01
- Recording Venue: c1915, Milan
Bellini: A te diletta...Come per me sereno...Sovra il sen (La sonnambula, Act I)
- Amelita Galli-Curci (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Josef Pasternack, Josef Pasternak
- Recorded: 1920-06-21
- Recording Venue: 21 June, 1920 & 23 Sep, 1919. Camden, USA
Yradier: La perla de Triana
- Elvira De Hidalgo (soprano)
- Recorded: 1908-10-16
- Recording Venue: 16 Oct, 1908
Manno Wolf-Ferrari: O gioia la nube (Il segreto di Susanna)
- Lucrezia Bori (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1921-11-23
- Recording Venue: 23 Nov, 1921
Boito: Mefistofele, Act 1 Scene 2: "Dai campi, dai prati" (Faust, Mefistofele)
- Beniamino Gigli/Orchestra, Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
- Unidentified Orchestra
- Unidentified Conductor
- Recorded: 1918-10-14
- Recording Venue: 14 Oct, 1918, Milan
Bellini: I Puritani (Act III): Vieni fra queste braccia
- Hipolito Lazaro (vocals)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1916-05-01
- Recording Venue: 1 May, 1916. New York
Bizet: Il fior che avevi a me (Carmen, Act II)
- Miguel Fleta (vocals)
- Orchestra
- Carlo Sabajno
- Recorded: 1922-04-17
- Recording Venue: 17 Apr, 1922.Milan
Giordano, U: Un dì all'azzuro spazio (Andrea Chénier, Act I)
- Bernardo De Muro (vocals)
- Orchestra
- Carlo Sabajno
- Recorded: 1912-03-01
- Recording Venue: 1 Mar, 1912. Milan
Verdi: Mercé, diletti amici...Come rugiada al cespita (Ernano, Act I)
- Giovanni Martinelli (vocals)
- Orchestra
- Walter B. Rogers
- Recorded: 1915-04-27
- Recording Venue: 27 Apr, 1915. Camden, USA
Donizetti: A tanto amor (La Favorita, Act III)
- Renato Zanelli (bass-baritone)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1919-10-01
- Recording Venue: Oct, 1919
Franchetti: Orsù, finiam...Ascolta, io morirò! (Germania)
- Riccardo Stracciari (bass-baritone)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1909-02-08
- Recording Venue: 8 Feb, 1909.Milan
Catalani: Ah! dunque ei m'amerà (Loreley)
- Frances Alda (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1912-04-04
- Recording Venue: 4 Apr, 1912. Camden, USA
Loewe, C: War schöner als der schönste Tag (Canzonetta)
- Alma Gluck (soprano), Francis Lapitino (harp)
- Orchestra
- Richard Hageman
- Recorded: 1916-09-26
- Recording Venue: 26 Sep, 1916. Camden USA
Duparc: Chanson triste
- Eva Gauthier (soprano)
- Recorded: 1917-01-01
- Recording Venue: c1917
Halévy: Call me thine own (L'Eclair)
- Mabel Garrison (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Josef Pasternack, Josef Pasternak
- Recorded: 1920-02-18
- Recording Venue: 18 Feb, 1920. Camden, USA
Verdi: Surta è la notte...Ernani, Ernani involami (Ernani, Act I)
- Rosa Ponselle (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Rosario Bourdon
- Recorded: 1923-12-11
- Recording Venue: 11 Dec, 1923. Camden USA
Puccini: O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)
- Florence Easton (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1918-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1918
Puccini: Che gelida manina (from La Bohème)
- Charles Hackett (vocals)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1924-02-24
- Recording Venue: 24 Feb, 1924. London
W.T. Wrighton: Her bright smile haunts me still
- Edward Johnson (vocals)
- Orchestra
- Josef Pasternack, Josef Pasternak
- Recorded: 1919-12-08
- Recording Venue: 8 Dec, 1919. Camden USA
Weber: So soll denn dieses Herz (Silvana, Act I)
- Alfred Piccaver (vocals)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1920-07-01
- Recording Venue: July 1920, Vienna
Pinsuti: Queen of the earth
- Joseph Hislop (vocals)
- Recorded: 1914-06-18
- Recording Venue: 18 June, 1914. Hayes, Middlesex, UK
Henschel: Morning Hymn
- Gervase Elwes (vocals)
- Recorded: 1912-03-01
- Recording Venue: March 1912.
Rachmaninoff: 15 Romances, Op. 26: No. 10, Before My Window (Arr. for Voice, Violin and Piano)
- Edwin Schneider (piano), Fritz Kreisler (violin), John McCormack (tenor)
- Recorded: 1924-09-24
- Recording Venue: 24 September 1924 / Studios, Hayes, Middlesex
Scarlatti, A: Il Pompeo: Aria. "O cessate di piagarmi"
- Reinald Werrenrath (bass-baritone)
- Orchestra
- Ted Levy
- Recorded: 1914-09-24
- Recording Venue: 24 Sep, 1914. Camden USA
Handel: Israel in Egypt, HWV 54, Pt. 3: Duet. "The Lord is a man of war"
- Robert Radford (bass), Peter Dawson (bass-baritone)
- Orchestra, Unknown Orchestra
- George W. Byng
- Recorded: 1924-01-05
- Recording Venue: 5 Jan, 1924. Hayes, Middlesex, UK
Beethoven: Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? (from Fidelio)
- Helen Wildbrunn (soprano), Helene Wildbrunn (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1922-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1922
Wagner: Ho, jo, to, ho (Die Walküre, Act II)
- Gertrude Kappel (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1924-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1924
Weber: Ozeon, du Ungeheuer (Oberon, Act II)
- Frida Leider (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1921-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1921
Thomas, Ambroise: Dort bei ihm ist sie jetzt (Mignon, Act II)
- Claire Dux (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1911-08-14
- Recording Venue: 14 Aug, 1911
Verdi: Teurer Name (Rigoletto, Act I)
- Maria Ivogün (soprano), Maria Ivoguen (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1917-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1917
Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60, Opera: "Es gibt ein Reich, wo alles rein ist" (Ariadne)
- Maria Jeritza (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1913-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1913
Strauss, R: Wiegenlied, Op. 41 No. 1
- Artur Nikisch (piano), Elena Gerhardt (mezzo-soprano)
- Recorded: 1911-06-30
- Recording Venue: 30 June, 1911
Brahms: Muss es eine Trennung geben? (Die schöne Magelone, Op.33)
- Coenraad Van Bos (piano), Julia Culp (soprano)
- Recorded: 1914-09-01
- Recording Venue: Sep 1914, Berlin
Beethoven: Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben (Fidelio, Act I)
- Richard Mayr (bass)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1922-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1922
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, Act III, Scene 1: Aria. "Ein jeder kennt die Lieb' auf Erden" (Prince Gremin)
- Alexander Kipnis/Orchestra, Alexander Kipnis (bass)
- Unknown Orchestra
- Recorded: 1921-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1921
Mozart: Noch tönt mir ein Meer im Busen (Idomeneo, Act II)
- Herman Jadlowker (tenor), Hermann Jadlowker (vocals)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1917-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1917
Wagner: Die töne Lob (Tannhäuser, Act I)
- Lauritz Melchoir (tenor), Lauritz Melchior (vocals)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir John Barbirolli
- Recorded: 1930-05-29
- Recording Venue: 29 May, 1930. Kingsway Hall, London
Wagner: Winterstürme Wichen Dem Wonnemond (Die Walküre, 1. Akt) (2009 Remastered Version)
- Max Lorenz (vocals)
- Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin
- Ernst Viebig
- Recorded: 1928-03-12
- Recording Venue: Singakademie, Berlin
Rudolf Wille: Euren König (Königsballade) (2009 Remastered Version)
- Helge Rosvaenge (vocals)
- Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin
- Bruno Seidler-Winkler
- Recorded: 1937-11-09
- Recording Venue: Berlin
Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus, Act 2: No. 9, Duet, "Dieser Anstand, so manierlich" (Eisenstein, Rosalinde)
- Richard Tauber (vocals), Vera Schwarz (soprano)
- Mitglieder Der Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin
- Dr. Weissmann
- Recorded: 1928-10-29
- Recording Venue: Berlin
Kienzl: Selig sind, die Verfolgung leiden (Der Evangelimann: Mathias, 2.Akt) (2009 Remastered Version)
- Marcel Wittrisch (vocals)
- Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin
- Cornelius Kun
- Recorded: 1932-09-15
- Recording Venue: Berlin
Korngold: Die tote Stadt, Op. 12, Act I: Lied. "Glück, das mir verblied" (Marietta)
- Joseph Schmidt (tenor)
- Unknown Orchestra
- Recorded: 1933-04-24
- Recording Venue: 24. April 1933, Berlin
Beethoven: Der Wachtelschlag (2009 Remastered Version)
- Karl Erb (vocals)
- Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin
- Bruno Seidler-Winkler
- Recorded: 1939-11-01
- Recording Venue: Berlin
Humperdinck: Ra La La La... Ach, Wir Armen (Hänsel und Gretel, 1. Akt) (2009 Remastered Version)
- Gerhard Hüsch, Hanns Udo Müller (vocals), Gerhard Huesch (bass-baritone), Hanns Udo Mueller (lead vocals)
- Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin
- Hans Udo Mueller
- Recorded: 1937-01-05
- Recording Venue: Berlin
Kreutzer, K: Ein Schütz Bin Ich (Das Nachtlager In Granada, 1. Akt) (2009 Remastered Version)
- Willi Domgraf Fassbaender/Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin/Eric Orthmann, Eric Orthmann (vocals), Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender (bass-baritone)
- Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin
- Erich Orthmann
- Recorded: 1931-11-18
- Recording Venue: Berlin
Schubert: Schwanengesang, D. 957: No. 11, Die Stadt
- Gerald Moore (piano), Herbert Janssen (bass-baritone)
- Recorded: 1938-11-16
- Recording Venue: 16 Nov, 1938. Abbey Road studio No.3
Mendelssohn: Elias, Op. 70, MWV A25, Pt. 1: No. 14, Arie. "Herr Gott Abrahams, Isaaks und Israels"
- Friedrich Schorr, London Symphony Orchestra, Frederich Schorr (bass-baritone)
- Sir John Barbirolli
- Recorded: 1931-05-11
- Recording Venue: 11 May, 1931. Kingsway Hall, London
Meyerbeer: O prêtres de Baal (Le Prophète, Act V)
- Sigrid Onegin (vocals)
- Orchestra
- Rosario Bourdon
- Recorded: 1929-03-21
- Recording Venue: 21 Mar, 1929, Liederkranz Hall, New York
Marx: Marienlied (2009 Remastered Version)
- Elisabeth Schumann (soprano)
- Wiener Staatsopernorchester
- Carl Alwin
- Recorded: 1928-08-15
- Recording Venue: Wien
Rimsky Korsakov: In Novgorod Wir Wohnten (The Tsar's Bride, 2. Akt) (2009 Remastered Version)
- Miliza Korjus (soprano)
- Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin
- Bruno Seidler-Winkler
- Recorded: 1936-01-29
- Recording Venue: Berlin
Oboussier: Weine Du Nicht (2009 Remastered Version)
- Erna Berger (Sopran)/Hans Walter Schleif/Eta Harich-Schneider, Erna Berger (soprano), Eta Harich-Schneider (harpsichord), Hans Walter Schleif (vocals), Hans-Walter Schleif (oboe)
- Recorded: 1937-01-01
- Recording Venue: Berlin
Strauss, R: Arabella, Op. 79, Act I: "Nach dem Matteo sich nichts in mir!" (Arabella)
- Tiana Lemnitz (soprano)
- Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin
- Bruno Seidler-Winkler
- Recorded: 1940-10-28
- Recording Venue: Berlin
Puccini: Man Nennt Mich Jetzt Nur Mimi (La Boheme, 1. Akt) (2009 Remastered Version)
- Maria Cebotari (soprano)
- Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin
- Fritz Zweig
- Recorded: 1932-11-24
- Recording Venue: Berlin
Meyerbeer: Leb' Wohl, Freundlich Gestade (L'Africaine, 1. Akt) (2009 Remastered Version)
- Elisabeth Rethberg (soprano)
- Odeon Opern Orchester
- Frieder Weissmann
- Recorded: 1933-04-22
- Recording Venue: Berlin
Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, Act I: "Oh, sei er gut, Quinquin" (Marschallin)
- Lotte Lehmann (soprano)
- Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin
- Manfred Gurlitt
- Recorded: 1927-12-13
- Recording Venue: Berlin
Reger: Waldeinsamkeit, Op.76 No.3
- Ivor Newton (piano), Maria Müller (soprano), Maria Mueller (soprano)
- Recorded: 1937-05-24
- Recording Venue: 24 May 1937 Abbey Road Studios, London
Wagner: Ewig War Ich, Ewig Bin Ich (Siegfried, 3. Akt) (2009 Remastered Version)
- Eduard Mörike (vocals), Nanny Larsen-Todsen (soprano)
- Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin
- Eduard Moerike
- Recorded: 1928-05-07
- Recording Venue: Berlin
Paisiello: Chi vuol la zingarella (I zingari in fiera)
- Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano)
- Orchestra
- Maestro Capdevila
- Recorded: 1930-03-04
- Recording Venue: 4 Mar, 1930. Barcelona
Verdi: Te, vergin santa (I Lombardi, Act I)
- Giannina Arangi-Lombardi (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Lorenzo Molajoli
- Recorded: 1934-04-01
- Recording Venue: April 1934,Milan
Verdi: Pace, pace mio Dio (La forza del destino, Act IV)
- Dusolina Giannini (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Sir John Barbirolli
- Recorded: 1928-12-17
- Recording Venue: 17 Dec, 1928, London
Giordano, U: Qual vergogna (Siberia, Act III)
- Teatro alla Scala, Maria Caniglia (soprano)
- Giuseppe Antonicelli
- Recorded: 1936-04-01
- Recording Venue: Apr 1936, Conservatorio, Milan
Puccini: L'amore è un'altra cosa...Laggiù nel Solidad (La fanciulla del West, Act I)
- Gina Cigna (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Lorenzo Molajoli
- Recorded: 1934-01-01
- Recording Venue: c1934 Milan
Puccini: Con onor muore (Madama Butterfly, Act II)
- Browning Mummery (vocals), Margaret Sheridan (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1927-06-07
- Recording Venue: 7 June, 1927, Conservatorio, Milan
Puccini: In quelle trine morbide (Manon Lescaut, Act II)
- Licia Albanese (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Dino Olivieri
- Recorded: 1940-01-30
- Recording Venue: 1940 Conservatorio, Milan
A. Carlos Gomes: Gentile di cuore (Il Guarany, Act II)
- Bidú Sayão (soprano)
- Orchestra of RCA Victor Brasiliana
- Maestro Giannetti
- Recorded: 1936-01-01
- Recording Venue: 1936, Rio de Janeiro
James, W G: Maori Lullaby
- Teatro alla Scala, Toti Dal Monte (soprano)
- Carlo Sabajno
- Recorded: 1927-11-21
- Recording Venue: 21 Nov, 1927, Milan
Verdi: Rigoletto Act I: Gualtier Maldé...Caro nome
- Teatro alla Scala, Lina Pagliughi (soprano)
- Carlo Sabajno
- Recorded: 1929-07-05
- Recording Venue: 5 July, 1929, Milan
Verdi: Confutatis maledictis (Messa da Requiem)
- Ezio Pinza (bass)
- Teatro alla Scala
- Carlo Sabajno
- Recorded: 1929-09-05
- Recording Venue: 5 Sep, 1929, Milan
Frederico Ricci: Fermola!...Dapprima, figuratevi (Crispino e la comare)
- Irma Mion (soprano), Salvatore Baccaloni (bass)
- Orchestra
- Lorenzo Molajoli
- Recorded: 1930-03-01
- Recording Venue: March 1930, Milan
Verdi: L'onore! Ladri! (Falstaff, Act I)
- Mariano Stabile (bass-baritone)
- Orchestra
- Lorenzo Molajoli
- Recorded: 1926-12-03
- Recording Venue: 3 Dec, 1926. Milan
Leoncavallo: Buona Zazà (Zazà, Act II)
- Apollo Granforte (bass-baritone)
- Teatro alla Scala
- Carlo Sabajno
- Recorded: 1929-04-12
- Recording Venue: 12 Apr, 1929. Milan
Hageman: Do Not Go, My Love
- Dino Borgioli (vocals), Ivor Newton (piano)
- Recorded: 1935-06-20
- Recording Venue: 20 June, 1935. Abbey Road Studios, London
Massenet: Werther, Act 3: "Tradurre" - "Ah, non mi ridestar" (Werther)
- Tito Schipa (tenor)
- Teatro alla Scala
- Franco Ghione
- Recorded: 1934-05-04
- Recording Venue: 4 May, 1934. Conservatorio, Milan
Puccini: Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut, Act I)
- Francesco Merli (vocals)
- Orchestra
- Lorenzo Molajoli
- Recorded: 1928-02-29
- Recording Venue: 29 Feb, 1928, Milan
Tosti: Aprile (2009 Remastered Version)
- Beniamino Gigli (vocals)
- Orchestra
- Lawrance Collingwood, Lawrence Collingwood
- Recorded: 1939-05-12
- Recording Venue: 12 May 1939 / Kingsway Hall, London
Puccini: Manon Lescaut: Che avvien?!...Ah! non v'avvicinate (Act III)
- Teatro alla Scala, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (vocals)
- Franco Ghione
- Recorded: 1934-05-30
- Recording Venue: 30 May, 1934. Conservatorio, Milan
Cilea: La dolcissima effigie (Adriana Lecouvreur, Act I)
- Aureliano Pertile (vocals)
- Teatro alla Scala
- Carlo Sabajno
- Recorded: 1930-12-10
- Recording Venue: 10 Dec, 1930, Conservatorio, Milan
Saint-Saëns: Le rossignol
- Orchestra, Lily Pons (soprano)
- Unknown Orchestra
- Gustav Cloëz
- Recorded: 1929-02-26
- Recording Venue: 26 Feb, 1929. Paris
Fauré: 3 Mélodies, Op. 23: No. 1, Les berceaux
- Ninon Vallin - Marguerite Long, Marguerite Long (piano), Ninon Vallin (soprano)
- Recorded: 1933-01-01
De Breville: Une Jeune Fille Parle (Remasterisé En 2009)
- Claire Croiza - Pierre De Breville, Claire Croiza (mezzo-soprano), Pierre De Breville (piano), Pierre De Breville (second vocals)
- Recorded: 1928-01-01
REYER: Sigurd - Acte II : Le Bruit Des Chants. Esprits, Gardiens De Ces Lieux Vénérés (Remasterisé En 2009)
- Orchestre, Eugène Bigot (second vocals), Georges Thill (tenor), Orchestra (second vocals)
- Eugène Bigot
- Recorded: 1933-01-01
Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust - Scène II : Esprits Des Flammes ! (Remasterisé En 2009)
- Charles Panzera - Piero Coppola - Orch Des Concerts Pasdeloup, Charles Panzéra (bass-baritone), Orchestre des Concerts Pasdeloup (second vocals), Piero Coppola (second vocals)
- Piero Coppola
- Recorded: 1931-01-01
Fauré: 4 Mélodies, Op. 39: No. 1, Aurore
- Francis Poulenc (piano), Pierre Bernac (bass-baritone)
- Recorded: 1947-12-05
- Recording Venue: 5 Dec, 1947, London
Offenbach: Dites-lui (La Grande duchesse de Gérolstein, Act II)
- Henri Busser (piano), Yvonne Printemps (soprano)
- Recorded: 1929-11-22
- Recording Venue: 22 Nov, 1929, Paris
Offenbach: La Boulangère A Des Écus : Les Charbonniers Et Fariniers. Que Voulez-Vous Faire ? (Remasterisé En 2009)
- Reynaldo Hahn (piano), Reynaldo Hahn (tenor)
- Recorded: 1927-01-01
Verdi: E' sogno, o realtà (Falstaff, Act II)
- Lawrence Tibbett (bass-baritone)
- Orchestra
- Rosario Bourdon
- Recorded: 1926-03-03
- Recording Venue: 3 Mar, 1926, Camden, USA
Thomas, Ambroise: Ô vin dissipe (Brindisi) (Hamlet, Act II)
- John Charles Thomas (bass-baritone)
- Orchestra
- Nathaniel Finston
- Recorded: 1934-01-14
- Recording Venue: 14 Jan, 1934, Hollywood, California
Rossini: I'm the factotum (Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I)
- Dennis Noble (bass-baritone)
- Orchestra
- Clarence Raybould
- Recorded: 1928-01-24
- Recording Venue: 24 Jan, 1928, London
Thomas, Ambroise: Comme une pâle fleur (Hamlet, Act V)
- John Brownlee (bass-baritone)
- Orchestra
- Georges Lauweryns
- Recorded: 1929-03-06
- Recording Venue: 6 Mar, 1929, Paris
Frederick Hill Cowan: Onaway, awake beloved
- Harold Williams (bass-baritone)
- Orchestra
- Clarence Raybould
- Recorded: 1931-11-11
- Recording Venue: 11 Nov, 1931, London
Offenbach: Ha, wie meiner Seel' (Hoffmanns Erzählungen) (2009 Remastered Version)
- Charles Kullman (tenor)
- Orchestra
- Recorded: 1931-12-08
- Recording Venue: Berlin
Bizet: She is there...Hear the voice of one who adores thee (Serenade) (La Jolie Fille de Perth, Act II)
- Heddle Nash (vocals)
- Orchestra
- Clarence Raybould
- Recorded: 1932-09-09
- Recording Venue: 9 Sep, 1932, Abbey Road Studios, London
Puccini: Wie sich die Bilder gleichen (Tosca, Act I)
- Richard Crooks (vocals)
- Staatskapelle Berlin
- Clemens Schmalstich
- Recorded: 1929-11-01
- Recording Venue: 1 Nov, 1929, Singakademie, Berlin
Sullivan, A: The Lost Chord
- Dame Clara Butt (vocals)
- Recorded: 1930-08-07
- Recording Venue: 7 Aug, 1930, Westminster Central Hall, London
Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen, D531
- Kosti Vehanen (piano), Marian Anderson (contralto)
- Recorded: 1936-11-13
- Recording Venue: 13 Nov, 1936, Studio Albert, Paris
Emil Paladilhe: Psyche
- Dame Maggie Teyte (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano), Maggie Teyte (soprano)
- Recorded: 1941-03-26
- Recording Venue: 26 Mar, 1941, Abbey Road Studios, London
Handel: Theodora, HWV 68, Act 1: Air. "Angels, ever bright and fair" (Theodora)
- Isobel Baillie (soprano)
- Orchestra, Unknown Orchestra
- Charles Prentice
- Recorded: 1928-11-13
- Recording Venue: 13 Nov, 1928, London
Puccini: Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly)
- Joan Cross (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Lawrance Collingwood, Lawrence Collingwood
- Recorded: 1935-12-21
- Recording Venue: 21 Dec, 1935, Abbey Road Studios, London
REYER: Sigurd - Acte IV : O Palais Radieux ! (Remasterisé En 2009)
- Marjorie Lawrence - Piero Coppola - Orch Des Concerts Pasdeloup, Marjorie Lawrence (soprano), Orchestre des Concerts Pasdeloup (second vocals), Piero Coppola (second vocals)
- Piero Coppola
- Recorded: 1934-01-01
Puccini: In questa reggia (Turandot, Act II)
- Dame Eva Turner (soprano)
- Orchestra
- Lorenzo Molajoli
- Recorded: 1928-04-28
- Recording Venue: 28 Apr, 1928, Milan
Rossini: Inflammatus (Stabat Mater)
- Florence Austral (soprano)
- Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Orch.Of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus
- Sir John Barbirolli
- Recorded: 1928-08-27
- Recording Venue: 27 Aug, 1928, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Dvořák: My hair is golden (Rusalka, Act III)
- Arpad Sandor (piano), Jarmila Novotna (soprano)
- Recorded: 1931-10-01
- Recording Venue: Oct 1931, Electrola Studios, Berlin
Grechaninov: Lullaby Op.1 No.5
- Oda Slobodskaya (soprano), Oda Sloboskaya (soprano), Percy Kahn (piano)
- Recorded: 1931-02-13
- Recording Venue: 13 Feb, 1931, Small Queen's Hall, London
Carlos Gomez: Di sposo, di padre (Salvator Rosa, Act III)
- Albert Coates (piano), Mark Reizen (bass)
- Recorded: 1929-12-04
- Recording Venue: 4 Dec, 1929, London
Puccini: La rondine Act I: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (Prunier / Magda / Yvette / Bianca / Suzy / Gobin / Périchaud / Crébillon) (2009 Remastered Version)
- Dorothy Kirsten (soprano)
- RCA Victor Orchestra
- Jean Paul Morel
- Recorded: 1947-07-30
- Recording Venue: 30 July, 1947 / Manhattan Center, New York City
Charpentier, G: Depuis le jour (Louise, Act III) (2009 Remastered Version)
- Eleanor Steber (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Walter Susskind
- Recorded: 1947-09-17
- Recording Venue: 17 September 1947 / No.1 studio, Abbey Road
Wagner: Einsam in Trüben Tagen (Elsa's Dream) (Lohengrin, Act I) (2009 Remastered Version)
- Helen Traubel (soprano)
- New York Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic Orchestra Soloists
- Artur Rodzinski
- Recorded: 1945-05-23
- Recording Venue: 23 May 1945 / Carnegie Hall, New York City
Bizet: Quand je vous aimerai?...L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) (Carmen, Act I) (2009 Remastered Version)
- Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Walter Susskind
- Recorded: 1951-09-25
- Recording Venue: 25 September 1951 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Bach, J S: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris
- Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
- Wiener Symphoniker
- Herbert von Karajan
- Recorded: 1950-06-30
- Recording Venue: June 1950 / rehearsal sequence in theMusikvereinssaal, Vienna
Britten: Folksong Arrangements, Book 2 "France": No. 4, Le Roi s'en va-t'en chasse
- Benjamin Britten (piano), Peter Pears (tenor)
- Recorded: 1950-09-29
- Recording Venue: 29 September 1950 / No.3 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Herbert, V: Ah! sweet mystery of life (Naughty Marietta) (2009 Remastered Version)
- Jan Peerce (vocals)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Anatole Fistoulari
- Recorded: 1950-09-07
- Recording Venue: 7 September 1950 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Ponchielli: Cielo e mar (La Gioconda, Act II) (2009 Remastered Version)
- Richard Tucker (vocals)
- Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York
- Emil Cooper
- Recorded: 1947-06-18
- Recording Venue: 18 June 1947 / Metropolitan Opera House, New York City
Massenet: Hérodiade, Act 2: "Ce breuvage pourrait me donner un tel rêve" - "Vision fugitive et toujours poursuivie" (Hérode)
- Robert Merrill/Jean Paul Morel/RCA Orchestra, Robert Merrill (baritone)
- RCA Victor Orchestra
- Jean-Paul Morel
- Recorded: 1946-05-21
- Recording Venue: 21 May, 1946. Lotus Club, New York
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov: I have attained the highest power
- George London (bass-baritone), Virginia Pleasants (piano)
- Recorded: 1949-10-22
- Recording Venue: 22 Oct, 1949, Brahmssaal, Vienna
Handel: Scipione, HWV 20: Recitative. "From the rage of the tempest" - Air. "Hear me, ye winds" (Arr. for Voice and Organ)
- Oscar Natzke/H Robinson Cleaver, H. Robinson Cleaver (organ), Oscar Natzke (bass)
- Recorded: 1939-02-23
- Recording Venue: 23 Feb, 1939, London
Acqua: Chanson Provençale (Remasterisé En 2009)
- Mado Robin - Georges Briez - Orchestre, Georges Briez (second vocals), Mado Robin (soprano), Orchestra (second vocals)
- Georges Briez
- Recorded: 1942-01-01
Hahn, R: Le rossignol
- André Collard (piano), Géori Boué (soprano)
- Recorded: 1942-01-01
Respighi: Stornellatrice
- Gerald Moore (piano), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
- Recorded: 1949-05-09
- Recording Venue: 9 May, 1949. Abbey Road Studio No.3, London
anon.: Amor amaro (ed. F. Ghisi) (2009 Remastered Version)
- E. Bellinzona (vielle), Professor E Bellinzona (Professor) (vielle), Suzanne Danco (soprano)
- Recorded: 1941-02-01
- Recording Venue: Feb 1941, Milan
Godard, B: La Vivandière - Acte I : Viens Avec Nous (Remasterisé En 2009)
- Solange Michel - Louis Fourestier - Orchestre De L'Opéra Comique, Cain (mandolin), Louis Fourestier (second vocals), Orchestre De L'Opera Comique (second vocals), Solange Michel (mezzo-soprano)
- Louis Fourestier
- Recorded: 1951-01-01
Lipatti: Sensation (Rimbaud)
- Hugues Cuénod (tenor), Madeleine Lipatti (piano)
- Recorded: 1951-06-23
- Recording Venue: 23 June, 1951, Zurich
Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72, Act 1: "O wär ich schon" (Marzelline)