PRIMA VOCE
The Golden Age of Singing - 1930-1950
Disc 1
1 Conchita Supervia (1895-1936)
CARMEN, Bizet, Les tringles des sistres tintaient (Chanson boh?me) 3.27
Rec: 1930 Matrix: XXP 7099-2 Odeon Cat: 123714
2 Maria Gay (1879-1943)
CARMEN, Bizet, Jamais Carmen ne cédera (Sung in Italian) 4.26
Rec: 1930 Matrix: CVE 59805-2 Victor Cat: 7314
3 Aureliano Pertile (1885-1952)
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Donizetti, Sulla tomba che rinserra ... Verrano a te sull'aure 7.49
Rec: 22 Oct 1930 Matrix: CF3543-2/3548-5 HMV Cat: DB 1481
4 Maz Lorenz (1901-1975)
DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG, Wagner, Am stillen Herd 4.12
Rec: 1930 Matrix: 2RA 2988-1 HMV Cat: DB 4547
5 Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973)
OTELLO, Verdi, Dio mi potevi (Sung in German) 4.57
Rec: 1930 Matrix: CR 2509 HMV Cat: D 2037
6 Franz Völker
RIENZI, Wagner, Allmächt'ger Vater, blick' herab 4.45
Rec: 1930 Matrix: 940 BI-1 DGG Cat: 67100 B
7 Maria Ivogün
ARIADNE AUF NAXOS, R. Strauss, Grossmächtige Prinzessin 9.04
Rec: May 1931 Matrix: 2039105/20392-4 HMV Cat: DB 4405
8 Julius Patzak (1898-1974)
COSI FAN TUTTI, Mozart, Un' aura amorosa (Sung in German) 4.21
Rec: 1931 Matrix: 1118 BI-1 Polydor Cat: 95437
9 Alexander Kipnis (1891-1978)
DER ROSENKAVALIER, R. Strauss, Herr Kavalier (Letter Scene and Waltz) 4.47
Rec: August 1931 Matrix: 2D 213 HMV Cat: DB 1543
10 Salvatore Baccaloni (1900-1969)
L'ELISIR D'AMORE, Donizetti, Udite, udite, o rustici 3.54
Rec: c.1932 Matrix: WBX 776 Columbia Cat: CQX16451
11 Maria Cebotari (1910-1949)
LA BOH?ME, Puccini, Si, mi chiamano Mim? ... O soave fanciulla (Sung in German) 8.08
Rec: November 1932 Matrix: 2D 1302-1/2D 1302-1 HMV Cat: DB 4415
12 Eidé Norena (1884-1968)
TURANDOT, Puccini, Tanto amore segreto 2.26
Rec: October 1932 Matrix: OPG 72-1 Disque Gramaphone Cat: DA 4832
13 Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957)
L'ELISIR D'AMORE, Donizetti, Quanto é bella, quanto é cara 4.31
Rec: 10 April 1925 Matrix: BVE 32500 HMV Cat: DA 797
14 Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976)
DER ROSENKAVALIER, R. Strauss, Marie Theres' 4.19
Rec: September 1933 Matrix: 2WX 586-2 HMV Cat: DB 2071
15 Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (1892-1979)
MANON LESCAUT, Puccini, Ah! non v'avvicinate...No! pazzo son 3.11
Rec: 30 May 1934 Matrix: OW 2539-2 HMV Cat: DA 1385
16 Tiana Lemnitz (1897-1994)
TANNHÄUSER, Wagner, Dich, teure Halle 3.24
Rec: 1934 Matrix: 472 GS DGG Cat: 15079 A
Disc Two
1 Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960)
FAUST, Gounod, O sainte medaille...Avant de quitter ces lieux 4.46
Rec: 20 April 1934 Matrix: CS 82331-1 Victor Cat: 8452
2 Claudia Muzio (1889-1936)
LA BOHÉME, Puccini, Donde lieta usci 3.04
Rec: 4 June 1935 Matrix: B 6958 Columbia Cat: LB 40
3 Marian Anderson (1897-1993)
L'ALLEGRO, IL PENSEROSO ED IL MODERATO, Handel, 'Siciliana' (Sung in German) 3.29
Rec: 4 April 1936 Matrix: OLA 1016-2 HMV Cat: DA 1529
4 Georges Thill (1897-1984)
MANON, Massenet, Ah! fuyez douce image 4.44
Rec: c.1936 Matrix: CLX 1933-1 Columbia Cat: LFX 478
5 Jussi Björling (1911-1960)
L'AFRICANA, Meyerbeer, O Paradiso 3.23
Rec: 4 September 1937 Matrix: 2SB 573-2 HMV Cat: DB 3302
6 Mafalda Favero (1905-1981)
MANON LESCAUT, Puccini, In quelle trine morbide 2.21
Rec: 1937 Matrix: OBA 1825 HMV Cat: DA 1563
7 Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962)
OBERON, Weber, Ozean, du Ungeheuer 8.16
Rec: 17 October 1937 Matrix: 2A 013077/8 Victor Cat: 15244-A/B
8 Gerhard Hüsch (1901-1984)
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Mozart, Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja 2.56
Rec: November 1937 Matrix: 2RA 2420-2 HMV Cat: DB 3467
9 Tito Schipa (1889-1965)
L'AMICO FRITZ, Mascagni, Suzel, buon dí 9.15
Rec: 1937 Matrix: 2BA1700/1 HMV Cat: DB 3067
10 Heinrich Schlusnus (1888-1952)
IL TRAVATORE, Verdi, Il balen del suo sorriso (Sung in German) 3.12
Rec: 1937 Matrix: 200_GS 8 DGG Cat: 67362 B
11 Helge Roswaenge (1897-1972)
FIDELIO, Beethoven, Gott, welch' Dunkel hier...In des Lebens Frühlingstagen 9.13
Rec: April 1938 Matrix: 2RA 2849-1/-1 Electrola Cat: DB 4522
12 Richard Tauber (1891-1976)
DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL, Mozart, Constanze...O wie ängstlich 4.25
Rec: March 1938 Matrix: LCXE 8974 Odeon Cat: 0-9177
13 Erna Berger (1900-1990)
DON PASQUALE, Donizetti, Tornami a dir (Sung in German) 3.00
Rec: 1939 Matrix: 1048-2 GS9 DGG Cat: 67536 A
14 John Charles Thomas (1891-1960)
ANDREA CHÉNIER, Giordano, Nemico della patria 5.15
Rec: 19 August 1939 Matrix: PCS 036432-5 Victor Cat: 17639
15 Tito Gobbi (1913-1984)
L'ARLESIANA, Cilea, Come due tizzi accesi 4.10
Rec: July 1942 Matrix: 2BA 5146-2 HMV Cat: DB 5400
16 Mariano Stabile (1888-1968)
DON PASQUALE, Donizetti, Cheti, cheti, immantinente 6.20
Rec: 1947 Matrix: CAX 10252/53 Columbia Cat: LX 1094