4 Alessandro Bonci (1870-1940) LUISA MILLER, Verdi, Ah fede negar potessi ... Quando le sere al placido 5.37 Rec: 1906 Matrix: XPH 1989 Fonotipia Cat: 39692
5 Edmond Clément (1867-1928) MANON, Massenet, En fermant les yeux (Dream) 3.47 Rec: 6 November 1911 Matrix: C11191-1 Victor Cat: 74258 with Frank la Forge, piano
6 Leo Slezak (1873-1946) DIE KÖNIGIN VON SABA, Goldmark, Magische Töne 3.00 Rec: 1909 Matrix: 14585v HMV Cat: 4-42361
7 Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) OTELLO, Verdi, Ora e per sempre addio 2.28 Rec: 28 December 1910 Matrix: B 9743-2 Victor Cat: 87071
8 Leonid Sobinov (1872-1934) MAY NIGHT, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sleep, my beauty 3.13 Rec: 1910 Matrix: 1988 1/2 C HMV Cat: 022162
9 Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (1892-1979) Tosti, Ideale 3.24 Rec: c. 1923 Matrix: X 9947 Brunswick Cat: 10133 A
11 Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969) ZAZÄ, Leoncavallo, ? un riso gentil 2.16 Rec: 16 March 1922 Matrix: B26164-1 Victor Cat: 66062
Electric Recordings 12 Julius Patzak (1898-1974) MIGNON, Thomas, Adieu, Mignon [Sung in German] 3.04 Rec: c. 1934 Matrix: 6098 1/2 Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 30014A
13 Helge Roswaenge (1897-1972) MARTHA, Flotow, Ach, so fromm 3.16 Rec: 1935 Matrix: 6267 3/4 Grammophon Cat: 10434 A
14 Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) DIE WALKÜRE, Wagner, Winter stürme wichen dem Wonne mond 3.03 Rec: 16 May 1931 Matrix: OB 544-11 HMV Cat: DA 1227 with London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli
15 Richard Tauber (1892-1948) DON GIOVANNI, Mozart, Il mio tesoro 4.21 Rec: 12 May 1939 Matrix: XE9806 Odeon Cat: R20444 with orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr
16 David Devri?s (1881-1934) LA DAME BLANCHE, Bo?eldieu, R?verie de Georges Brown 4.28 Rec: 26 April 1928 Matrix: XXP6659-2 Odeon Cat: R20069 with orchestra conducted by Gustav Cloëz
17 Georges Thill (1897-1984) MANON, Massenet, Ah! fuyez douce image 4.43 Rec: c. 1936 Matrix: CLX 1933-1 Columbia Cat: LFX 478 with orchestra conducted by Eugene Bigot
18 Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957) PAGLIACCI, Leoncavallo, No! Pagliaccio non son 3.07 Rec: 20 March 1933 Matrix: OBA3506-2 HMV Cat: DA1312 with London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli
19 Renato Zanelli (1892-1935) ANDREA CHÉNIER, Giordano, Un d?, all' azzurro spazio 4.17 Rec: 25 June 1929 Matrix: CM981-1 HMV Cat: DB1339 with Orchestra of La Scala, Milan conducted by Carlo Sabajno
20 Jussi Björling (1911-1960) TURANDOT, Puccini, Nessun dorma 3.32 Rec: 27 March 1944 Matrix: OSB 2399-2 HMV Cat: DA 1841 with orchestra conducted by Nils Grevillius
21 Tito Schipa (1888-1965) WERTHER, Massenet, Io non so ... O Natura 5.49 Rec: 1942 Matrix: OBA 5022/23 VDP Cat: DA5420 with orchestra conducted by Mario Cordone