PRIMA VOCE, Alma Gluck, Lotte Lehmann, Rosa Ponselle, Emmy Destinn
The Spirit of Christmas Past 1908-1944
1 John McCormack (1884-1945)
Orig. tune Portugal, Adeste fideles 4.04
Rec: 31 March 1915 Matrix: C15849-1 Victor Cat: 74436
2 Emmy Destinn (1878-1930)
Hummel, Halleluja 3.30
Rec: 1908 Matrix: 0819V Gramophone Cat: 043098
3 Enrico Caruso (1873-1921)
Adam, Cantique de Noël 4.19
Rec: 23 February 1916 Matrix: C17218-3 Victor Cat: 88561 with orchestra conducted by Walter Rogers
4 Alma Gluck (1884-1938)
Gounod, Ave Maria 4.43
Rec: 1913 Matrix: C12975-2 Victor Cat: 88433 with Efrem Zimbalist violin, Eugene Lutsky piano
5 Charles Laughton (1899-1962)
music by Eisler, The oldest Christmas story 3.12
Rec: c.1943 Matrix: L3589 Decca Cat: 23365A
6 Celebrity Quartet,
Isobel Baillie (1895-1983), Gladys Ripley (1908-1955),
John McHugh, Harold Williams (1893-1976)
Arr. Stainer, The Coventry Carol 3.13
Rec: c.1944 Matrix: CA20558 Columbia Cat: DB2360 with Herbert Dawson organ
7 Richard Crooks (1900-1972)
César Franck, Panis Angelicus 4.06
Rec: 16 January 1942 Matrix: CS071321-1 Victor Cat: 11-8490-A with orchestra conducted by Charles O'Connell
8 Lotte Lehmann (1888-1976)
Trad., O du fröhliche 3.06
Rec: 4 September 1928 Matrix: BE 7187 Odeon Cat: 0-4810B Berlin State Opera Orchestra, conducted by Hermann Weigert
9 Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969)
Martens, Gesu Bambino 4.02
Rec: 7 April 1926 Matrix: CVE 34996-3 Victor Cat: 6602 with orchestra and Ladies Chorus conducted by Josef Pasternack
10 Paul Planel (b. 1903)
Berlioz, L'Enfance du Christ - Le repos de la Sainte Famille 6.56
Rec: December 1932 Matrix: MG-63698/9 Pathé Cat: X93.102
11 Elisabeth Schumann (1888-1952)
Wolf, Schlafendes Jesuskind 3.33
Rec: 26 August 1935 Matrix: OEA 2195-2 HMV Cat: DA 1438 with Ernest Lush piano
12 Karl Erb (1877-1958)
Loewe, Des fremden Kindes heil'ger Christ 3.18
Rec: September 1937 Matrix: ORA 2227-2 HMV Cat: DA 4426
13 Sigrid Onegin (1889-1943)
Mozart, Alleluja 3.23
Rec: 1928 Matrix: B 41496 Victor Cat: 1367
14 Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981)
Schubert, Ave Maria 5.18
Rec: 1 November 1939 Matrix: PCS 042212-5 Victor Cat: VB74 with Romano Romani piano Mischa Violin violin
15 Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957)
Senatra-Schubert-Melichar, Mille cherubini in coro 2.34
Rec: 25 October 1935 Matrix: ORA 839-3 HMV Cat: DA 1447
16 Claudia Muzio (1889-1936)
Reger, La ninna nanna della Vergine 2.51
Rec: 1935 Matrix: B6985-1 Columbia Cat: LC22 with orchestra conducted by Cav. Lorenzo Molajoli
17 John Charles Thomas (1891-1960)
Warren, Christmas candle 2.35
Rec: 8 January 1942 Matrix: PBS 072011-1 Victor Cat: 10-1119-A with Carol Hollister piano
18 Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960)
A star was his candle 2.43
Rec: 15 December 1939 Matrix: BS 045764-2 Victor Cat: Unpublished with Stewart Wille piano
19 Basil Rathbone (1892-1967)
Clement-Clarke Moore, The night before Christmas 3.14
Rec: c.1939 Matrix: XHCO 963 Columbia Cat: 7407-M
20 Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936)
Gruber, Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht 3.55
Rec: 3 November 1926 Matrix: CVE 36754-2 Victor Cat: 6723A with Stewart Wille organ
Emmy Destinn - soprano
Alma Gluck - soprano
Lotte Lehmann - soprano
Rosa Ponselle - soprano
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