The Record of Singing: The Very Best of Volumes 1-4: 1899-1952

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1Luna, Lù!
recorded in:
Napoli (Naples), Napoli, Campania, Italy (on 1909-05-21)
tenor vocals:
Fernando De Lucia (on 1909-05-21)
recording of:
Luna, Lù! (on 1909-05-21)
composer:
Vincenzo Ricciardi
Fernando De Lucia2:45
2Paride ed Elena, Wq. 39: Act I. Spiagge amate
recorded in:
Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (in 1905-02)
tenor vocals:
Alessandro Bonci (in 1905-02)
recording of:
Paride ed Elena, Wq. 39: Act I. Aria "Spiagge amate" (in 1905-02)
composer:
Christoph Willibald Gluck (composer)
librettist:
Ranieri de’ Calzabigi
part of:
Paride ed Elena, Wq. 39
Alessandro Bonci2:52
3Otello: Act IV. Niun mi tema
recorded in:
Varese, Varese, Lombardia, Italy (from 1903-02-07 until 1903-02-11)
tenor vocals:
Francesco Tamagno (italian tenor) (from 1903-02-07 until 1903-02-11)
recording of:
Otello: Atto IV. “Niun mi tema s'anco armato mi vede” (Otello, Cassio, Lodovico, Montano) (from 1903-02-07 until 1903-02-11)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1884 until 1886-11-01)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Otello: Atto IV
Francesco Tamagno4:07
4Andrea Chénier: Act I. Colpito qui m'avete... Un dì all'azzurro spazio
recorded in:
Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1906-02-15)
tenor vocals:
Giovanni Zenatello (italian tenor) (on 1906-02-15)
recording of:
Andrea Chénier: Atto I. “Colpito qui m’avete” … “Un dì all’azzurro spazio” (Improvviso) (Chénier) (on 1906-02-15)
composer:
Umberto Giordano (Italian opera composer) (until 1896)
librettist:
Luigi Illica
publisher:
Casa Musicale Sonzogno di Piero Ostali, Milano
part of:
Andrea Chénier: Atto I
Giovanni Zenatello2:36
5L'elisir d'amore: Act II. Una furtiva lagrima
recorded in:
Sankt-Peterburg (Saint Petersburg), Russia (on 1902-04-11)
tenor vocals:
Enrico Caruso (tenor) (on 1902-04-11)
recording of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II. Romanza “Una furtiva lagrima” (Nemorino) (on 1902-04-11)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer) (in 1832)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur)
part of:
L’elisir d’amore: Atto II
Enrico Caruso3:21
6Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), Op. 68: Act III. It is midnight
recorded in:
Sankt-Peterburg (Saint Petersburg), Russia (in 1901-11)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Medea Ivanovna Figner (Medea Figner, soprano) (in 1901-11)
recording of:
Пиковая дама, op. 68: Действие III, картина 6, no. 20. Сцена "Уж полночь близится" (Scene "Uzh polnoch blizitsya") (in 1901-11)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
librettist:
Модест Ильич Чайковский (Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, librettist)
part of:
Пиковая дама, op. 68: Действие III (The Queen of Spades, op. 68: Act III)
Медея Ивановна Фигнер3:33
7Olga; La via, o Dio... E lo sapevi
recorded in:
Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (in 1908)
soprano vocals:
Olimpia Boronat (in 1908)
recording of:
Olga (in 1908)
composer:
Gustavo Biciati Gianelli
Olimpia Boronat3:41
8Cavalleria rusticana (melodramma) in 1 act; Voi lo sapete, o mamma
recorded in:
Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (in 1903-10)
soprano vocals:
Gemma Bellincioni (in 1903-10)
recording of:
Cavalleria rusticana: “Voi lo sapete, o mamma” (Santuzza, Lucia) (in 1903-10)
composer:
Pietro Mascagni (composer & conductor)
librettist:
Guido Menasci (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.) and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti (Italian librettist, 19th-20th c.)
part of:
Cavalleria rusticana
Gemma Bellincioni3:18
9La bohème: Act I. Mimì Pinson
recorded in:
Milano (Milan), Milano, Lombardia, Italy (on 1911-02-02)
soprano vocals:
Rosina Storchio (on 1911-02-02)
recording of:
La bohème: Atto I. “Mimì Pinson la biondinetta” (Musette) (on 1911-02-02)
composer and librettist:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer)
part of:
La bohème: Atto I (Leoncavallo)
Rosina Storchio2:27
10Mireille: O d'amor messagera
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1909-07-05)
soprano vocals:
Luisa Tetrazzini (soprano) (on 1909-07-05)
partial recording of:
Mireille (on 1909-07-05)
composer:
Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1863)
librettist:
Michel Carré (librettist)
Luisa Tetrazzini2:49
11La Dame Blanche: Act II. Ce domaine
recorded in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1902)
soprano vocals:
Marie Gutheil-Schoder (in 1902)
tenor vocals:
Franz Naval (Austrian tenor) (in 1902)
recording of:
La Dame Blanche : Acte II. « Ce domaine est celui des comtes d’Avenel » (recitative) (in 1902)
composer:
François‐Adrien Boïeldieu
librettist:
Eugène Scribe
part of:
La Dame blanche
Marie Gutheil-Schoder3:07
12Lucia di Lammermoor: Act I. In tiefem Schweigen
recorded in:
Berlin, Germany (in 1907-10)
soprano vocals:
Frieda Hempel (German soprano singer) (in 1907-10)
recording of:
Lucia di Lammermoor: Atto I, Scena 2. (no. 3b) “Regnava nel silenzio” (Lucia, Alisa) (in 1907-10)
composer:
Gaetano Donizetti (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Lucia di Lammermoor: Atto I
Frieda Hempel6:36
13Rigoletto: Act I. Caro nome
recorded in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1905)
soprano vocals:
Selma Kurz (Austrian soprano) (in 1905)
recording of:
Rigoletto: Atto I, scena 2. N°6 Aria & scena “Gualtier Maldè! … Caro nome” (Gilda, Borsa, Ceprano, Marullo) (in 1905)
lyricist and librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Rigoletto: Atto I
Selma Kurz3:11
14Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act I. Or sai chi l'onore
recorded in:
Berlin, Germany (in 1906)
soprano vocals:
Lilli Lehmann (German soprano) (in 1906)
recording of:
Don Giovanni: Atto I. No. 10 Aria “Or sai chi l’onore” (Donna Anna) (in 1906)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Don Giovanni: Atto I
Lilli Lehmann3:02
15Oberon, J. 306: Act II. Ozean, du Ungeheuer!
recorded in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1904)
soprano vocals:
Anna Bahr-Mildenburg (in 1904)
recording of:
Oberon, J. 306: Act II, Scene III. Recitative and Aria "Ozean, du Ungeheuer!" (Rezia) (in 1904)
composer:
Carl Maria von Weber (composer)
part of:
Oberon, J. 306: Act II
Anna Bahr-Mildenburg2:32
16Don Giovanni, K. 527: Act II. In quali eccessi... Mi tradì
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1910-09-29)
soprano vocals:
Johanna Gadski (German soprano singer) (on 1910-09-29)
recording of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II. Anhang. No. 21b Recitativo accompagnato “In quali eccessi, o Numi” (Donna Elvira) [540c/1] (on 1910-09-29)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
librettist:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
part of:
Don Giovanni: Atto II
part of:
Don Giovanni: Recitative and Aria, K. 540c
Johanna Gadski4:43
17Dalibor, JB 1;101: Act II. Jak je mi?
recorded in:
Berlin, Germany (in 1908)
soprano vocals:
Emmy Destinn (soprano) (in 1908)
recording of:
Dalibor: Act II. “Dobrá! Já mu je dám! Jak je mi?” (1870 revision) (in 1908)
composer:
Bedřich Smetana (composer)
librettist:
Josef Wenzig
part of:
Dalibor: Act II (1870 revision)
Emmy Destinn2:31
18Leggero Invisibile
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1907-07-24)
contralto vocals:
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink (contralto) (on 1907-07-24)
recording of:
Leggero invisibile (on 1907-07-24)
composer:
Luigi Arditi
Ernestine Schumann‐Heink4:00
19Dalibor, JB 1;101: Act I. Blickst du, mein Freund
recorded in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1905)
tenor vocals:
Hermann Winkelmann (German tenor) (in 1905)
recording of:
Dalibor, JB 1;101: Act I. Blickst du, mein Freund (in 1905)
composer:
Bedřich Smetana (composer)
librettist:
Josef Wenzig
part of:
Dalibor: Act I
Hermann Winkelmann3:13
20Die Königin von Saba, Op. 27: Act II. Magische Töne
recorded in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1905)
tenor vocals:
Leo Slezak (Austrian tenor) (in 1905)
recording of:
Die Königin von Saba: Akt II. "Magische Töne" (Assad) (in 1905)
composer:
Karl Goldmark (composer)
librettist:
Salomon Hermann Mosenthal
part of:
Die Königin von Saba: Akt II
Leo Slezak3:12
21Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), WWV 86b: Act III. Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1902)
bass-baritone vocals:
Anton van Rooy (baritone) (in 1902)
partial recording of:
Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III, Scene III "War es so schmählich, was ich verbrach" (in 1902)
composer:
Richard Wagner (composer) (from 1854-06-28 until 1856-03-23)
librettist:
Richard Wagner (composer)
part of:
Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Akt III
Anton van Rooy2:39
22Le Coq d'Or (The Golden Cockerel; Zolotoy petushok): Act II. Hymn to the Sun
recorded in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1910-01-28)
soprano vocals:
Antonina Nezhdanova (soprano) (on 1910-01-28)
recording of:
The Golden Cockerel: Act II. Entrance and Aria of Queen Shemakha (Hymn in the Sunshine) (Shemakha) (on 1910-01-28)
composer:
Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
part of:
The Golden Cockerel: Act II
Antonina Nezhdanova3:08
23The Oprichnik: I swear before God and thee
recorded in:
Sankt-Peterburg (Saint Petersburg), Russia (in 1901-11)
tenor vocals:
Николай Фигнер (Nikolay Figner, opera singer, tenor) (in 1901-11)
recording of:
Опричник, TH 3: Акт II, no. 9. Ариозо "Как перед Богом" (Андрей) (Arioso "Kak pered Bogom" (Andrej)) (in 1901-11)
composer and librettist:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1870 until 1872)
part of:
Опричник, TH 3: Акт II (Act II)
Николай Николаевич Фигнер2:15
24Dobrinya Nikitich, Op. 22: Flowers were blooming
recorded in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1910-02-06)
tenor vocals:
Leonid Vitalyevich Sovinov (Leonid Sobinov, opera singer, tenor) (on 1910-02-06)
recording of:
Dobrynya Nikitich (on 1910-02-06)
composer and librettist:
Александр Гречанинов (Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian Romantic composer)
Леонид Витальевич Собинов3:11
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