Disc One 1 JOHN McCORMACK (1884-1945) LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO, Donizetti, Per viver vicino 3.39 Rec: 23 March 1910 Matrix: C8739-1 Victor Cat: 88245
2 ENRICO CARUSO (1873-1921) LO SCHIAVO, Gomes, Qui fortuna insistenza ... Quando nascesti tu 4.15 Rec: 19 November 1911 Matrix: C11273-2 Victor Cat: 88345
3 EDMOND CLÉMENT (1867-1928) MANON, Massenet, En fermant les yeux (Dream) 3.46 Rec: 6 November 1911 Matrix: C11191-1 Victor Cat: 74258
4 MARIA GAY (1879-1943) CARMEN, Bizet, L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Haba?era) 3.09 Rec: 1911 Matrix: 657 Columbia Cat: A 5279
5 ALMA GLUCK (1884-1938) PAGLIACCI, Leoncavallo, Quel fiamma avea nel guardo! ... Stridono lassu (Ballatella) 4.36 Rec: 16 May 1911 Matrix: C10091-3 Victor Cat: 74238
6 NATALIA YERMOLENKO-YUZHINA (1881-1937) THE OPRICHNIK, Tchaikovsky, The nightingale in the grove 3.40 Rec: 31 October 1911 Matrix: 2520c Gramophone Cat: 023090
7 MATTIA BATTISTINI (1856-1928) L'AFRICANA, Mayerbeer, Averla tanto amata 3.46 Rec: 25 May 1912 Matrix: 216 AF HMV Cat: 052359
8 MARGARETE MATZENAUER (1881-1963) LA FAVORITA, Donizetti, O mio Fernando 4.29 Rec: 8 March 1912 Matrix: C11686-1 Victor Cat: 88363
9 BERNARDO DE MURO (1881-1955) ISABEAU, Mascagni, Tu ch'odi lo mio grido 4.22 Rec: 7 March 1912 Matrix: 02347V HMV Cat: 052339
10 ANTONINA NEZHDANOVA (1873-1950) DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Mozart, Der Hölle Rache 3.03 Rec: 17 April 1912 Matrix: 2590c Gramophone Cat: 023101
11 TITTA RUFFO (1877-1953) PAGLIACCI, Leoncavallo, Si puó? 8.12 Rec: September 1912 Matrix: 462ai/467ai HMV Cat: 052381/052379
12 ALEXANDR ALEXANDROVICH (1881-after 1955) DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER, Wagner, Mit Gewitter und Sturm 3.33 Rec: 2 April 1913 Matrix: 17392b Gramophone Cat: 4-22647
13 YEVGENIYA 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
14 FRIEDA HEMPEL (1885-1955) ROBERT LE DIABLE, Meyerbeer, Robert, toi que j'aime 4.13 Rec: 30 May 1913 Matrix: 720M HMV Cat: 033165
15 ELENA KATULSKAYA (1888-1966) MIREILLE, Gounod, O lég?re hirondelle 2.28 Rec: 2 April 1913 Matrix: 17391b Gramophone Cat: 2-23749
16 NELLIE MELBA (1861-1931) LOUISE, Charpentier, Depuis le jour 2.53 Rec: 3 October 1913 Matrix: C-13900-2 Victor Cat: 88477
17 TITO SCHIPA (1889-1965) LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Donizetti, Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali 2.42 Rec: November 1913 Matrix: 2894 AH HMV Cat: 7-52123
18 LEV SIBIRYAKOV (1869-1942) JUDITH, Serov, Cease your grumbling 3.29 Rec: 15 March 1913 Matrix: 2730c Gramophone Cat: 022319
19 FRANCES ALDA (1883-1952) LA BOHÉME, Puccini, Donde lieta usci 3.11 Rec: 1914 Matrix: B14497-1 Victor Cat: unpublished
Disc Two 1 PASQUALE AMATO (1878-1942) UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Verdi, Eri tu 4.42 Rec: 23 January 1914 Matrix: C11605-3 Victor Cat: 88464
2 EMMY DESTINN (1878-1930) LA GIOCONDA, Ponchielli, Suicidio 4.02 Rec: 9 April 1914 Matrix: C14509-2 Victor Cat: 88478
3 GIOVANNI MARTINELLI (1885-1969) TOSCA, Puccini, E lucevan le stelle 2.31 Rec: 8 January 1914 Matrix: 14277-1 Victor Cat: 64393
4 LUISA TETRAZZINI (1871-1940) LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX, Donizetti, O luce di quest' anima 4.36 Rec: 13 May 1914 Matrix: C14817-2 Victor Cat: 88506
6 MABEL GARRISON (1886-1963) LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN, Offenbach, Les oiseaux dans la charmille 4.37 Rec: 6 June 1916 Matrix: C17804-1 Victor Cat: 74482
7 GIUSEPPE DE LUCA (1876-1950) IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini, Largo al factotum 4.17 Rec: 1917 Matrix: 19163 Victor Cat: 6077
8 MARIA IVOGÜN (1891-1987) DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR, Nicolai, Nun eilt' herbei 4.44 Rec: 1917 Matrix: xxB 6383-2 Odeon Cat: 76811
9 MARCEL JOURNET (1867-1933) LA FAVORITE, Donizetti, Redoutez la fureur d'un Dieu (Anath?me de Balthazar) 3.26 Rec: 30 March 1925 Matrix: A1897 Columbia Cat: X334
10 RICCARDO STRACCIARI (1875-1955) RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Cortigiani, vil razza dannata 4.02 Rec: c. 1917 Matrix: 2535 Columbia Cat: 49192
11 GERALDINE FARRAR (1882-1967) THA?S, Massenet, Te souvient-il du lumineux voyage 3.45 Rec: 2 April 1918 Matrix: C19422-7 Victor Cat: 88594
12 JOSEPH SCHWARZ (1880-1926) TANNHÄUSER, Wagner, O du, mein holder Abendstern 4.34 Rec: c. 1918 Matrix: 1405s Polydor Cat: 042539
13 AMELITA GALLI-CURCI (1882-1963) MIGNON, Thomas, Io son Titania 4.39 Rec: 4 September 1919 Matrix: C23131 Victor Cat: 74608
14 SELMA KURZ (1874-1933) RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Caro nome 3.47 Rec: c. 1919 Matrix: 1294AS Polydor Cat: J24013
15 SIGRID ONEGIN (1889-1943) SAMSON ET DALILA, Saint-Saëns, Printemps qui commence 4.01 Rec: 1919 Matrix: 1469s Polydor Cat: 043323
16 ROSA PONSELLE (1897-1981) TOSCA, Puccini, Vissi d'arte 3.17 Rec: 7 January 1919 Matrix: 49569-5 Columbia Cat: 68059D
17 RENATO ZANELLI (1892-1935) ZAZÁ, Leoncavallo, Zazá, piccola zingara 2.33 Rec: 16 December 1919 Matrix: B23157-4 Victor Cat: 64907
18 MARIA BARRIENTOS (1883-1946) IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Rossini, Una voce poco fa 7.25 Rec: 19 April 1920 Matrix: 497931-2/41-2 Columbia Cat: 7070M
Celebrating the golden era of operatic singing, this special 2 CD collection is the second volume in a mini-series presenting fifty years of great voices on record. With all tracks culled from the highly acclaimed Prima Voce series, the present set highlights the singers of the second decade of the 20th century - including John McCormack, Rosa Ponselle, Luisa Tetrazzini, Giuseppe De Luca and Tito Schipa, as well as a host of others.