1 Andrei Labinsky (1871 - 1941) HALKA, Moniuszko, Like the wind in the hills 2.51 Rec: 1908 Matrix: 7796L Gramophone Cat: 3022862
2 David Yuzhin (1874-1923) LA GIOCONDA, Ponchielli, Cielo e mar 2.50 Rec: 1908 Matrix: 7189L Gramophone Dat: 4-22561
3 Antonina Nezhdanova (1873-1950) LA TRAVIATA, Verdi, Sempre libera 2.55 Rec: 24 April 1912 Matrix: 16458L Gramophone Cat: 2-23668
4 Dmitri Smirnov (1881-1944) LA TRAVIATA, Verdi, Dei miei bollenti spiriti 4.01 Rec: 12 October 1910 Matrix: 2062c Gramophone Cat: 022158
5 Vladimir Kastorsky (1871 - 1948) EUGENE ONEGHIN, Tchaikovsky, To love all ages are obedient 3.26 Rec: 1908 Matrix: 7872L Gramophone Cat: 3-22873
6 Yevgeniy Vitting (1884-1959) THE QUEEN OF SPADES, Tchaikovsky, You will be dealt a fatal blow 2.21 Rec: 14 November 1913 Matrix: 18196b Gramophone Cat: 4-22727
7 Yevgeniya Zbruyeva (1867-1936), Maria Kovalenko (1873-1950) THE QUEEN OF SPADES, Tchaikovsky, My darling shepherd friend 3.22 Rec: 3 October 1910 Matrix: 14889b Gramophone Cat: 2-24129
8 Mikhail Karakash (1887-1937) THE QUEEN OF SPADES, Tchaikovsky, I love you beyond measure 4.36 Rec: 22 March 1913 Matrix: 2744 1/2c Gramophone Cat: 022320
9 Yeveniya Bronskaya (1882 - 1953) A LIFE FOR THE TSAR, Glinka, I do not grieve for that 4.20 Rec: 28 October 1913 Matrix: 2882c Gramophone Cat: 023150
10 Lydia Lipkovskya (1880 - 1955) THE SNOW MAIDEN, Rimsky-Korsakov, How painful 3.57 Rec: December 1912 Matrix: 2724c Gramophone Cat: 023114
11 Leonid Sobinov (1868-1934) THE DEMON, Tubinstein, Soaring like a falcon 3.56 Rec: 31 October 1910 Matrix: 2515c Gramophone Cat: 022247
12 Lev Sibiryakov (1869 - 1942) JUDITH, Serov, Cease your grumbling 3.29 Rec: 15 March 1913 Matrix: 2730c Gramophone Cat: 022319
13 Antonina Nezhdanova (1873-1950) DIE ZAUBERFLOTE, Mozart, Der Holle Rache 3.02 Rec: 17 April 1912 Matrix: 2590c Gramophone Cat: 023101
14 Antonina Nezhdanova FRA DIAVOLO, Auber, Quel bonheur 3.53 Rec: 27 January 1910 Matrix: 1928c Gramophone Cat: 023054
15 Olimpia Boronat (1867-1934) LES HUGUENOTS, Meyerbeer, A ce mot (Sung in Italian) 2.41 Rec: 1908 Matrix: 1517c Gramophone Cat: 053187
17 Elena Katulskaya, Lev Sibiryakov THAIS, Massenet, Baigne d'eau tes mains et tes levres 3.08 Rec: 15 March 1913 Matrix: 17242b Gramophone Cat: 2-24218
18 Yeveniya Bronskaya HAMLET, Thomas, Et maintenant ecoutez ma chanson 4.30 Rec: 13 November 1913Matrix: 2908 1/2c Gramophone Cat: 023128
19 Antonina Nezhdanova, Yevgeniya Popello-Davidova (1882-1958) LAKME, Delibes, Viens Mellika... Sous le dome epais 3.39 Rec: 21 November 1910 Matrix: 255af Gramophone Cat: 024067
20 Antonina Nezhdanova LAKME, Delibes, Ou va la jeune Hindoue? (Bell Song) 4.06 Rec: 24 April 1912 Matrix: 26071/3c Gramophone Cat: 023109
21 Lev Sibiryakov REQUIEM, Verdi, Confutatis maledictis 4.32 Rec: 7 November 1913 Matrix: 2899c Gramophone Cat: 022333
22 Dmitri Smirnov MEFISTOFELE,, Boito, Giunto sul passo estremo 3.54 Rec: 12 October 1910 Matrix: 2058c Gramophone Cat: 052293
Featuring Andrei Labinsky, David Yuzhin, Antonina Nezhdanova, Dmitri Smirnov, Vladimir Kastorsky, Yevgeniy Vitting, Yevgeniya Zbruyeva, Maria Kovalenko, Mikhail Karakash, Yevgeniya Bronskaya, Lydia Lipkovskya, Leonid Sobinov, Lev Sibiryakov, Olimpia Boronat, Elena Katulskaya, Yevgeniya Popello-Davidova.
“Here is a superb collection ... The booklet has some fine photographs and admirable notes by Boris Semeonoff. The original copies used are all in pristine condition. There are, of course, those who 'can't stand Nimbus transfers at any price'. Well, they will just have to go without, won't they.”