Disc 1 1 Lucrezia Bori (1887-1960) ROMÉ ET JULIETTE, Gounod, Je veux vivre dans ce r?ve (Waltz Song) 3.25 Rec: 2 October 1922 Matrix: B 26892 Victor Cat: 87351
2 Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957) ANDREA CHÉNIER, Giordano, Un di, all'azzuro spazio 4.28 Rec: 5 October 1922 Matrix: C 27011 Victor Cat: 74793
3 Maria Jeritza (1887-1982) DIE TOTE STADT, Korngold, Glück, das mir verblieb 3.31 Rec: 8 March 1922 Matrix: B 26149-4 Victor Cat: 688 B
4 Frida Leider (1888-1975) DON GIOVANNI, Mozart, Or sai chi l'onore 2.54 Rec: 1922 Matrix: 764 AZ Polydor Cat: 72976 sung in German
5 Amelita Galli-Curci (1882-1963) I PURITANI, Bellini, Son vergin vezzosa 4.03 Rec: 11 September 1923 Matrix: C 28466 Victor Cat: 6432 B
6 Richard Tauber (1891-1948) CARMEN, Bizet, La fleur que tu m'avais jetée 4.08 Rec: 9 March 1923 Matrix: xxB 6842 Odeon Cat: 0-8226 Dr Carl Besl, conductor (sung in German)
7 Maria Ivogün (1891-1987) DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL, Mozart, Martern aller Arten 4.39 Rec: 1923 Matrix: 1423 AS Polydor Cat: B 24211
9 Alfred Piccaver (1883-1958) DON SEBASTIANO, Donizetti, Deserto in terra solo 4.09 Rec: 1923 Matrix: 1373 AS Polydor Cat: 72877
10 Toti dal Monte (1893-1975) IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini, Una voce poco fa 4.22 Rec: 11 December 1924 Matrix: C 31280-2 Victor Cat: 6495 B
11 Giuseppe de Luca (1876-1950) BENVENUTO CELLINI, Diaz, De l'art splendeur immortelle 3.55 Rec: 5 February 1924 Matrix: C 29438 Victor Cat: 6443
12 Antonio Cortis (1891-1952) LA BOHÉME, Puccini, Mimi ? una civetta 3.41 Rec: 8 September 1925 Matrix: BVE 33405-4 Victor Cat: 1125
13 Lotte Schöne (1891-1977) DIE SCHÖNE GALATHEA, von Suppé, Trinklied 3.25 Rec: 12 June 1925 Matrix: xxB 7204 Odeon Cat: 0-8213
14 CARLO GALEFFI (1882-1961) RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Pari siamo 4.21 Rec: 1926 Matrix: BX 66 Columbia Cat: GQX 10149
15 Mary Garden (1874-1967) RESURRECTION, Alfano, Dieu de grâce 3.51 Rec: 3 November 1926 Matrix: A 36735-6 Victor Cat: 6623 B
16 Elisabeth Schumann (1888-1952) LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Mozart, Voi che sapete? 3.17 Rec: 19 May 1926 Matrix: Cc 8377-3 HMV Cat: DB 946
17 Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938) DON QUICHOTTE, Massenet, Death scene 8.53 Rec: 7 April 1927 Matrix: CVE 38334/5-1 Victor Cat: 6693 with Rosario Bourdon, conductor
18 Miguel Fleta (1897-1938) MARINA, Arrieta, Brindis: 'A beber' 4.38 Rec: 18 March 1927 Matrix: CJ 620-2 HMV Cat: DB 1026 with and Maestro Gelabert, conductor
19 Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976) LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Mozart, Porgi amor 4.17 Rec: 13 December 1927 Matrix: xxB 7888 Parlophone Cat: R 20054 with the Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Manfred Gurlitt
Disc 2 1 Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969) PAGLIACCI, Leoncavallo, No, Pagliaccio non son 4.19 Rec: 17 November 1927 Matrix: CVE 41045 Victor Cat: 8754 B
2 Ezio Pinza (1892-1957) I VESPRI SICILIANI, Verdi, O Patria ... O tu Palermo 4.19 Rec: 17 February 1927 Matrix: CVE 37823-4 Victor Cat: 6709 with orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon
3 Elisabeth Rethberg (1894-1976) AIDA, Verdi, Nile scene: O Patria mia 4.29 Rec: 9 November 1927 Matrix: CWR 1332-2 HMV Cat: EJ 185 with the Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Fritz Zweig
4 Friedrich Schorr (1888-1953) DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER, Wagner, Wie aus der Ferne 4.03 Rec: 7 September 1927 Matrix: CWR 1107-1 HMV Cat: D 1355 with the Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Leo Blech
5 Lucien Fugére (1848-1935) LES P?LERINS DE LA MECQUE, Gluck, C'est un torrent impétuex 3.22 Rec: 8 March 1928 Matrix: LX 902 Columbia Cat: D 15178
6 Apollo Granforte (1886-1975) IL TROVATORE, Verdi, Il balen del suo sorriso 6.33 Rec: 15 December 1928 Matrix: CF 2551-1/2528-2 HMV Cat: DB 1220 with Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, conducted by Carlo Sabajno
7 Gerhard Hüsch (1901-1984) DER WILDSCHÜTZ, Lortzing, Wie freundlich strahlt 4.08 Rec: 22 October 1928 Matrix: 2-21016 Odeon Cat: 0-7705 with the Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Frieder Weissmann
8 Nina Koshetz (1894-1965) PRINCE IGOR, Borodin, Jaroslavana's aria 4.41 Rec: 12 April 1928 Matrix: C 43726 Victor Cat: 9233A sung in Russian
9 Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (1892-1979) NORMA, Bellini, Meco all'altar di venere 3.02 Rec: 16 January 1928 Matrix: CVE 41451-2 Victor Cat: 1318 Rosario Bourdon, conductor
10 Eva Turner (1892-1990) TURANDOT, Puccini, In questa reggia 5.46 Rec: 17 July 1928 Matrix: 7636/7 Columbia Cat: D 1631 S. Robinson, conductor
11 Hina Spani (1896-1969) LOHENGRIN, Wagner, Einsam in trüben tagen (Elsa's Dream) 4.32 Rec: 10 April 1928 Matrix: CF 1628-1 HMV Cat: DB 1164 with the Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, conducted by Carlo Sabajno (sung in Italian)
12 Ninon Vallin (1886-1961) WERTHER, Massenet, Va laisse couler 2.34 Rec: c. 1928 Matrix: Ki 1168-1 Odeon Cat: 188-517 with the Orchestra of L'Opéra Comique, conducted by Gustave Cloez
13 Sigrid Onegin (1889-1943) LES HUGUENOTS, Meyerbeer, Nobles seigneurs 4.38 Rec: 11 January 1929 Matrix: 48278-2 Victor Cat: 7146
14 Alexander Kipnis (1891-1978) BERENICE, Handel, Si tra i ceppi 4.19 Rec: 24 October 1929 Matrix: 98673-3 Columbia Cat: 50261 D
15 Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) TANNHÄUSER, Wagner, Inbrunst im Herzen ... Da sah ich ihn 7.47 Rec: 22 May 1929 Matrix: CR 2407-2/2408-1 HMV Cat: D 1675 with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates
16 Renato Zanelli (1892-1935) OTELLO, Verdi, Ora e per sempre addio 2.10 Rec: 24 June 1929 Matrix: CM 977-1 HMV Cat: DB 1439 with the Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, conducted by Carlo Sabajno
17 Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960) UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Verdi, Eri tu 4.29 Rec: 15 April 1930 Matrix: CVE 53454-3 Victor Cat: 7353
Volume Three of the Golden Age of Singing spans the decade which saw the death of Caruso and the birth of the electric recording. As John Steane, the eminent historian of the human voice on record, writes in his extensive sleeve notes, the purpose of these discs is to "revive old recordings by the best singers of the early twentieth century and to bring them back to life in sound which the general public, and not only the specialists, can enjoy".