PRIMA VOCE – Treasures of the St. Petersburg State Museum 1904-1913

Disc One - Russian Voices Leonid Sobinov (1868-1934) 1 DOBRINYA NIKITCH, Grechaninov, Flowers were growing in the fields 3.11 Rec: 6 February 1910 Matrix: 1985c Gramophone Cat: 022150 2 EUGENE ONEGIN, Tchaikovsky, Whither, whither have you gone? 4.22 Rec: 6 February 1910 Matrix: 1986c Gramophone Cat: 022140 3 THE PEARL FISHERS, Bizet, Je crois entendre encore 3.59 Rec: 6 February 1910 Matrix: 1987c Gramophone Cat: 022161 4 RAPHAEL, Arensky, My heart throbs 2.26 Rec: 27 February 1911 Matrix: 2217c Gramophone Cat: 022200 Lev Klement’yev (1868-1910) 5 THE QUEEN OF SPADES, Tchaikovsky, Forgive me, bright celestial visions 2.55 Rec: 1909 Matrix: 6805r Gramophone Cat: 4-22023 Oscar Kamionsky (1869-1917) 6 PRINCE IGOR, Borodin, Igor’s aria (You alone, my beloved dove) 3.16 Rec: 1905 Matrix: 2874L Gramophone Cat: 2-22731 7 EUGENE ONEGIN, Tchaikovsky, Really is it the same Tatiana 2.18 Rec: 1905 Matrix: 2964L Gramophone Cat: 2-22798 Maximilian Maksakov (1869-1936) 8 MAZEPPA, Tchaikovsky, Kochubey’s aria (Three treasures) 3.00 Rec: January 1909 Matrix: 8402L Gramophone Cat: 3-22943 9 DIE MACCABAER, Rubinstein, Judas’ aria (What orders, Lord, do you give Your slave) 3.18 Rec: January 1909 Matrix: 8403L Gramophone Cat: 3-22911 David Yuzhin & Natalia Yermolenko-Yuzhina (1881-1937) 10 LES HUGUENOTS, Meyerbeer, Duet (Act IV), Tu l’as dit 2.50 Rec: 1908 Matrix: 7190L Gramophone Cat: 2-24024 David Yuzhin (1874-1923) 11 SAMSON ET DALILA, Saint-Saëns, Arretez Israël, rompe ta chaine 2.15 Rec: 1908 Matrix: 7211L Gramophone Cat: 4-22562 Vasily Damayev (1878-1932) 12 MAY NIGHT, Rimsky-Korsakov, Song of the headman, Boys, have you heard 2.03 Rec: 20 September 1910 Matrix: 2031c Gramophone Cat: 022172 13 OPRICHNIK, Tchaikovsky, As before God, so before you 2.45 Rec: 26 October 1911 Matrix: 16111b Gramophone Cat: 4-22284 Yevgeniy Vitting (1884-1959) 14 Grechaninov, She was yours 2.47 Rec: 13 October 1910 Matrix: 14968b Gramophone Cat: 4-22194 15 Dargomïzhsky, The wedding 4.14 Rec: 4 October 1912 Matrix: 2655c Gramophone Cat: 022307 Nikolay Shevelyov (1874-1929) 16 Arensky, Songs from a southern land 3.15 Rec: 2 April 1913 Matrix: 17396b Gramophone Cat: 4-22603 Dimitri Smirnov (1881-1944) 17 DUBROVSKY, Nápravník, O give me oblivion 3.40 Rec: 19 October 1912 Matrix: 2680?c Gramophone Cat: 022306 18 EUGENE ONEGIN, Tchaikovsky, At your house 3.07 Rec: 21 October 1912 Matrix: 2686c Gramophone Cat: 022299 Alexandr Alexandrovich (1881 - after 1955) 19 THE MAID OF PSKOV, Rimsky-Korsakov, Song of Mikhail Tucha 2.03 Rec: 16 December 1912 Matrix: 17128b Gramophone Cat: 4-22648 20 Glinka, How sweet to be with thee 3.34 Rec: 30 March 1913 Matrix: 17357b Gramophone Cat: 4-22487 21 Dargomïzhsky, I am lonely and sad 2.38 Rec: 30 March 1913 Matrix: 17359b Gramophone Cat: 4-22602 22 ORFEO, Gluck, Where art thou my love 4.32 Rec: 5 April 1913 Matrix: 2786?c Gramophone Cat: 022311 Boris Slovtsov (1886-1934) 23 Dargomïzhsky, Hide me stormy night 2.48 Rec: 11 September 1913 Matrix: 4989ae Gramophone Cat: 222338 24 Amani, Oh God, What a wonderful cool evening 3.31 Rec: 15 September 1913 Matrix: 5022ae Gramophone Cat: 222339 Vladimir Rosing (1890-1963) 25 Petrov, Do not believe 2.14 Rec: 31 July 1913 Matrix: AK16848e Gramophone Cat: 4-22613 25 Grechaninov, Lullaby 2.04 Rec: 31 July 1913 Matrix: AK16850e Gramophone Cat: 4-22614 Disc Two - International Voices Léon Escalaïs (1859-1941) 1 LA JUIVE, Halévy, Dio m’ispira 2.34 Rec: 10 November 1905 Matrix: XPH 448 Fonotipia Cat: 39362 2 OTELLO, Verdi, Dio! Mi potevi scagliar 3.30 Rec: 10 October 1905 Matrix: XPH 385 Fonotipia Cat: 39326 Antonio Magini-Coletti (1855-1912) with Giannina Russ (1878-1951) 3 AIDA, Verdi, Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamete ... Su dunque sorgete 8.08 Rec: 5 July 1906 Matrix: XXPH 1981 Fonotipia Cat: 74002 Rec: 13 November 1905 Matrix: XPH 456 Fonotipia Cat: 74003 Emile Scaramberg (1863-1938) 4 L’AFRICAINE, Meyerbeer, O Paradis 3.21 Rec: c.1904/5 Matrix: XPH 750 Fonotipia Cat: 39185 Fiorello Giraud (1868-1928) 5 TANNHAUSER, Wagner, Sia lode a te 2.20 Rec: April 1904 Matrix: 2190H G&T Cat: 52047 Adam Didur (1874-1946) 6 MEFISTOFELE, Boito, Ave Signor (Prologue) 2.59 Rec: 19 February 1906 Matrix: XPH 1622x Fonotipia Cat: 39537 7 MEFISTOFELE, Boito, Son lo spirito che nega 2.52 Rec: 19 February 1906 Matrix: XPH 1623x Fonotipia Cat: 39595 8 MEFISTOFELE, Boito, Fin da stanotte 3.01 with Giovanni Zenatello (1876-1949) Rec: 20 February 1906 Matrix: XPH 1631x Fonotipia Cat: 39509 9 MEFISTOFELE, Boito, Ecco il mondo 2.34 Rec: 20 February 1906 Matrix: XPH 1628 Fonotipia Cat: 39510 Francesco Signorini (1860-1927) 10 CHATTERTON, Leoncavallo, Tu sola a me rimano o poesia 2.43 Rec: 1908 Matrix: 11210b Gramophone Cat: 2-52668 Francesco Viñas (1863-1933) 11 LUCREZIA BORGIA, Donizetti, Di pescatore ignobile 2.39 Rec: 13 May 1907 Matrix: XPH 2643 Fonotipia Cat: 39854 12 UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Verdi, Ma se m’e forza perderti 3.00 Rec: 13 May 1907 Matrix: XPH 2644 Fonotipia Cat: 62083 13 OTELLO, Verdi, Ora e per sempre addio 2.31 Rec: 13 May 1907 Matrix: XPH 2645 Fonotipia Cat: 62082 14 LOHENGRIN, Wagner, Di’ non t’incantan 2.52 Rec: 28 September 1906 Matrix: XPH 2080 Fonotipia Cat: 39853 15 DIE MEISTERSINGER, Wagner, Dell’ alba Tinto (Preislied) 3.36 Rec: 29 September 1906 Matrix: XXPH 2092 Fonotipia Cat: 74020 Giuseppe De Luca (1876-1950) 16 TANNHAUSER, Wagner, Oh! Tu bell’astro 3.14 Rec: 31 January 1907 Matrix: XPH 2385 Fonotipia Cat: 39987 17 HAMLET, Thomas, Come il ronito fior 3.22 Rec: 16 January 1907 Matrix: XPH 2326 Fonotipia Cat: 39979 18 De Leva, Pastorale (Nu zampugnaro) 2.40 Rec: 14 January 1907 Matrix: XPH 2303 Fonotipia Cat: 39937 19 Moriacchi, Serenata (Brilla la luna) 2.47 Rec: 16 January 1907 Matrix: XPH 2324 Fonotipia Cat: 39980 20 De Luca, Romanza (Dolce Madonna) 2.25 Rec: 16 January 1907 Matrix: XPH 2325 Fonotipia Cat: 39938 All records courtesy of The Director and Staff of St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music.