L'été (Chaminade) 3:18 Blanche Marchesi (1863-1940)
Sicilian Cart Driver's Song (Arr. Sadero) 2:41 Blanche Marchesi (1863-1940)
Gounod: Roméo et Juliette: Valse 3:00 Adams, Suzanne 1872-1953
Verdi: Falstaff - Sul fil d'un soffio etesio 3:40 Alda, Frances 1879~1952
Catalani: Loreley - Ah! dunque ei m'amera 3:55 Alda, Frances 1879~1952
Giordano: Cena delle Beffe - Sempre Cosi 2:39 Alda, Frances 1879~1952
Verdi: La Traviata - Ah! fors è lui 3:01 Arnoldson, Sigrid 1861-1943
Varney: L'amour Mouillé - Valse d'oiseau 2:53 Arral, Blanche 1864~1945
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - Voi lo sapete 3:08 Calvé, Emma 1858~1942
Massenet: Hérodiade - Il est doux 4:05 Calvé, Emma 1858~1942
Caro mio ben ((Giordani) 3:05 Crossley, Ada 1874~1929
Délibes: Lakmé - Bell Song 4:46 de Tréville, Yvonne 1881~1954
Dopo (Tosti) 4:02 Emma Eames (1865-1952)
Auber: Diamants de la Couronne - Air and Variations 3:36 Selma Kurz (1874-1933)
Verdi: Don Carlos - Tu che la vanità 4:07 Selma Kurz (1874-1933)
Wallace: Maritana - Scenes that are brightest 3:06 Licette, Miriam 1862~1969
Pastorale (Bizet) 3:13 Melba, Nellie 1861-1931
Pur Dicesti (Lotti) 4:02 Melba, Nellie 1861-1931
Puccini: La Bohème - Addio 3:07 Melba, Nellie 1861-1931
Should he upbraid (Bishop) 2:48 Parkina, Elizabeth 1882~1922
Masse: Les Noces De Jeanette - Nightingale's Song 4:41 Yaw, Ellen Beach 1869~1947
Massenet: Manon - Gavotte 2:55 Saville, Frances 1865~1935
Gia il sole del gange (Scarlatti) 2:15 Freestone, John 1910~?
The Marchesi School was responsible for many of the greatest singers in operatic history and, thanks to the gramophone, its methods and marvels have been preserved, for future generations to admire the technique, the precision and the glory of its pupils.
Some of the items included here, both recordings and illustrations, are of very considerable rarity.
The singers are: Blanche Marchesi herself, Suzanne Adams, Frances Alda, Sigrid Arnoldson, Blanche Arral, Emma Calvé, Ada Crossley, Yvonne de Tréville, Emma Eames, Selma Kurz, Miriam Licette, Nellie Melba, Elizabeth Parkina, Ellen Beach Yaw, Frances Saville and John Freestone. This really is a most marvellous issue for vocal connoisseurs and collectors.