VA - The Record of Singing: The Very Best of Volumes 1-4 (1899-1952) (2009)

Tracklist:

CD01 [01:16:25]

Volume 1 (1899–1919)
. . . . . The Castrato Voice:
01. Alessandro Moreschi – Ave Maria [03:19]
. . . . . The Old School:
02. Adelina Patti – La sonnambula, Act III Aria: Ah! Non credea mirarti [03:27]
03. Emma Albani – L'été [02:20]
04. Marcella Sembrich / Emma Eames – Le nozze di Figaro, Act III: Sull'aria...Che soave zeffiretto [03:03]
. . . . . Melba and the Marchesi Pupils:
05. Nellie Melba – Les Anges pleurent [02:05]
06. Ellen Beach Yaw – Manon Lescaut, Act I: C'est l'histoire amoureuse [01:29]
07. Blanche Marchesi – Im Mai [02:56]
. . . . . English-Speaking Singers:
08. Lillian Nordica – Hunyadi László: Ah rebéges, a mi vadúl [03:08]
09. Geraldine Farrar – Mattinata [03:02]
10. Louise Homer – Orfeo: Away With Mourning and Crying [03:38]
11. Charles Santley – Simon the Cellarer [02:54]
12. George Henschel – Dichterliebe: Ich grolle nicht / 6 Gedichte, Op.90: Lied eines Schmiedes [03:04]
13. Emilio de Gogorza – La chanson de Fortunio: Sérénade [02:16]
. . . . . The French:
14. Victor Maurel – Otello, Act II: Era la notte [03:06]
15. Charles Gilibert / Nellie Melba – Per valli, per boschi [02:14]
16. Pol Plançon – Embarquez-vous ? [02:27]
17. Édouard de Reszke – Martha, Act III: Chi mi dira [02:11]
18. Emma Calvé – Carmen, Act I: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) [02:43]
19. Félia Litvinne – Aida, Act I: Le mots sacrés [03:01]
20. Mary Garden – Le jongleur de Notre Dame: Liberté ! [03:16]
. . . . . The Emergence of Verismo:
21. Mattia Battistini – Amour, amour [03:02]
22. Antonio Scotti – L'elisir d'amore, Act I: Come Paride vezzoso [03:13]
23. Giuseppe de Luca – Adriana Lecouvreur, Act I: Bene! Benissimo! [02:38]
24. Antonio Pini-Corsi – L'elisir d'amore, Act I: Udite! Udite! [05:10]
25. Pasquale Amato – I due Foscari, Act III: Questa dunque [03:06]
26. Titta Ruffo – Hamlet, Act II: O vin, discaccia la tristerza [03:51]

CD02 [01:19:00]

. . . . . The Emergence of Verismo:
01. Fernando de Lucia – Luna-lù [02:46]
02. Alessandro Bonci – Paride ed Elena, Act I: Spiagge amate [02:53]
03. Francesco Tamagno – Otello, Act IV: Niun mi tema [04:08]
04. Giovanni Zenatello – Andrea Chénier, Act I: Colpito qui m'avete...Un dì all'azzuro spazio [02:37]
05. Enrico Caruso – L'elisir d'amore, Act II: Una furtiva lagrima [03:22]
06. Медея Мей-Фигнер – Пиковая дама, Акт 3: Ах, истомилась я горем [03:34]
07. Olimpia Boronat – La via, o Dio...E lo sapevi (Olga) [03:42]
08. Gemma Bellincioni – Cavalleria rusticana: Voi lo sapete, o mamma [03:19]
09. Rosina Storchio – La bohème, Act I: Mimì Pinson [02:28]
10. Luisa Tetrazzini – Mireille: O d'amor messagera [02:50]
. . . . . Wagner and the German Style:
11. Marie Gutheil-Schoder / Franz Naval – La dame blanche, Act II: Ce domaine [03:08]
12. Frieda Hempel – Lucia di Lammermoor, Act I: In tiefem Schweigen [06:37]
13. Selma Kurz – Rigoletto, Act I: Caro nome [03:12]
14. Lilli Lehmann – Don Giovanni, Act I: Or sai chi l'onore [03:03]
15. Anna Bahr-Mildenburg – Oberon, Act II: Ozean, du Ungeheuer [02:33]
16. Johanna Gadski – Don Giovanni, Act II: In quali eccessi...Mi tradì [04:44]
17. Emmy Destinn – Dalibor, Act II: Jac je mi [02:32]
18. Ernestine Schumann-Heink – Bolero Leggero: Leggiero invisibile [04:01]
19. Hermann Winkelmann – Dalibor, Act I: Blickst du, mein Freund [03:14]
20. Leo Slezak – Die Königen von Saba, Act II: Magische Töne [03:13]
21. Anton van Rooy – Die Walküre, Act III: Leb' wohl, du kühnes, herrlisches Kind [02:40]
. . . . . Singers of Imperial Russia:
22. Антонина Нежданова – Золотой петушок, Акт 2: Гимн Солнцу [03:09]
23. Николай Фигнер – Опричник, Акт 2: Как перед Богом и тобой [02:16]
24. Леонид Собинов – Добрыня Никитич: Расцветали в поле цветики [03:12]

CD03 [01:17:33]

. . . . . Singers of Imperial Russia:
01. Лев Сибиряков – Иоланта: Господь мой, если грешен я [03:04]
Volume 2 (1914–1925)
. . . . . Russian Revolution:
02. Фёдор Шаляпин – Robert le diable, Act III: Le rovine...Suore, che riposate [03:51]
03. Дмитрий Смирнов – Дубровский, Акт 1: О, дай мне забвенье, родная [03:34]
. . . . . The French Tradition in Decline:
04. Fernand Ansseau – L'Africaine, Act IV: Pays merveilleux...O paradis [03:18]
05. Dinh Gilly – La coupe du roi de Thulé: Il est venu ce jour de lutte [06:31]
06. Marcel Journet – La reine de Saba, Act I: Sous les pieds [04:33]
07. Jean-Emile Vanni Marcoux – Monna Vanna: Ce n'est pas un vieillard [04:39]
08. Marie-Louise Edvina – Louise, Act III: Depuis le jour [04:38]
09. Fanny Heldy – Antar: Air de l'Oasis [03:10]
10. Gabriella Ritter-Ciampi – Variations du Carneval de Venise [03:28]
. . . . . The Heyday of Verismo:
11. Claudia Muzio – Adriana Lecouvreur, Act I: Del sultano Amuratte...Io son l'umile ancella [03:56]
12. Carmen Melis – Manon, Act III: Ah, mi rendi il tuo cor...La tua mano non è [03:18]
13. Gilda Dalla Rizza – Isabeau: Questo mio bianco manto [03:12]
14. Amelita Galli-Curci – La sonnambula, Act I: A te diletta...Come per me sereno...Sovra il sen [07:02]
15. Elvira de Hidalgo – La perla de Triana [02:21]
16. Lucrezia Bori – Il segreto di Susanna: O gioia la nube [04:08]
17. Beniamino Gigli – Mefistofele, Act I: Dai campi, dai prati [02:33]
18. Hipólito Lázaro – I Puritani, Act III: Vieni fra queste braccia [01:40]
19. Miguel Fleta – Carmen, Act II: Il fior che avevi a me [04:10]
20. Bernardo de Muro – Andrea Chenier, Act I: Un dì all'azzuro spazio [04:35]

CD04 [01:16:17]

. . . . . The Heyday of Verismo:
01. Giovanni Martinelli – Ernano, Act I: Mercé, diletti amici...Come rugiada al cespita [03:32]
02. Renato Zanelli – La favorita, Act III: A tanto amor [03:20]
03. Riccardo Stracciari – Germania: Orsù, finiam...Ascolta, io morirò! [02:39]
. . . . . Singers From the English-Speaking World:
04. Frances Alda – Loreley: Ah! Dunque ei m'amerà [03:44]
05. Alma Gluck – Canzonetta: War schöner als der schönste Tag [02:53]
06. Éva Gauthier – Chanson triste [03:39]
07. Mabel Garrison – L'eclair: Call Me Thine Own [04:21]
08. Rosa Ponselle – Ernani, Act I: Surta è la notte...Ernani, Ernani involami [04:43]
09. Florence Easton – Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro [02:29]
10. Charles Hackett – La bohème, Act I: Che gelida manina [04:36]
11. Edward Johnson – Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still [03:18]
12. Alfred Piccaver – Silvana, Act I: So soll denn dieses Herz [04:21]
13. Joseph Hislop – Queen of the Earth [04:34]
14. Gervase Elwes – Morning Hymn [02:29]
15. John McCormack – У моего окна, Опус 26 №10 [02:02]
16. Reinald Werrenrath – Il Pompeo: O cessate di piagarmi [01:12]
17. Peter Dawson / Robert Radford – Israel in Egypt: The Lord Is a Man of War [04:19]
. . . . . The German Style in Evolution:
18. Helen Wildbrunn – Fidelio, Act I: Abscheulicher!...Komm, Hoffnung [08:08]
19. Gertrude Kappel – Die Walküre, Act II: Hojotoho! [02:17]
20. Frida Leider – Oberon, Act II: Ozeon, du Ungeheuer [07:51]

CD05 [01:17:31]

. . . . . The German Style in Evolution:
01. Claire Dux – Mignon, Act II: Dort bei ihm ist sie jetzt [04:12]
02. Maria Ivogün – Rigoletto, Act I: Teurer Name [03:56]
03. Maria Jeritza – Es gibt ein Reich [06:38]
04. Elena Gerhardt – Wiegenlied, Op.41 No.1 [04:00]
05. Julia Culp – Die schöne Magelone, Op.33: Muss es eine Trennung geben? [04:02]
06. Richard Mayr – Fidelio, Act I: Hat man nicht auch Gold beineben [02:30]
07. Alexander Kipnis – Eugene Onegin, Act III: Ein Jeder kennt [04:19]
08. Hermann Jadlowker – Idomeneo, Act II: Noch tönt mir ein Meer im Busen [04:25]
Volume 3 (1926–1939)
. . . . . The German School:
09. Lauritz Melchior – Tannhäuser, Act I: Dir töne Lob [03:42]
10. Max Lorenz – Die Walküre, Act I: Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond [02:40]
11. Helge Rosvaenge – Königsballade: Euren König [03:57]
12. Richard Tauber / Vera Schwarz – Die Fledermaus, Act II: Dieser Anstand, so manierlich [03:54]
13. Marcel Wittrisch – Der Evangelimann. Mathias, Act II: Selig sind, die Verfolgung leiden [04:05]
14. Joseph Schmidt – Die tote Stadt. Paul, Act 1: Glück, das mir verblieb [03:16]
15. Karl Erb – Der Wachtelschlag [04:00]
16. Gerhard Hüsch – Hänsel und Gretel, Act I: Ra-la-la-la...Ach, wir armen [04:23]
17. Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender – Das Nachtlager in Granada, Act I: Ein Schütz bin ich [02:25]
18. Herbert Janssen – Schwanesngesang, D957 No.11: Die Stadt [02:57]
19. Friedrich Schorr – Elijah: Herr, Gott Abrahams [03:48]
20. Sigrid Onegin – Le prophète, Act V: O prêtres de Baal [04:32]

CD06 [01:16:36]

. . . . . The German School:
01. Elisabeth Schumann – Marienlied [02:56]
02. Miliza Korjus – Царская невеста, Акт 2: In Novgorod Wir Wohnten [04:04]
03. Erna Berger – Weine du nicht [02:58]
04. Tiana Lemnitz – Arbella Op.7, Act I: Nach dem Matteo? [04:31]
05. Maria Cebotari – La bohème, Act I: Man nennt mich jetz nur Mimi [04:15]
06. Elisabeth Rethberg – L'Africaine, Act I: Leb' wohl, freundlich Gestade [03:13]
07. Lotte Lehmann – Der Rosenkavalier, Act I: Oh, sei er gut, Quinquin [04:13]
08. Maria Müller – Waldeinsamkeit, Op.76 No.3 [01:57]
09. Nanny Larsén-Todsen – Siegfried, Act III: Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich [04:07]
. . . . . The Italian School:
10. Conchita Supervia – I zingari in fiera: Chi vuol la zingarella [02:02]
11. Giannina Arangi-Lombardi – I Lombardi, Act I: Te, vergin santa [03:49]
12. Dusolina Giannini – La forza del destino, Act IV: Pace, pace mio Dio [04:19]
13. Maria Caniglia – Siberia, Act III: Qual vergogna [02:43]
14. Gina Cigna – La fanciulla del West, Act I: L'amore è un'altra cosa...Laggiù nel Solidad [02:42]
15. Margaret Sheridan / Browning Mummery – Madama Butterfly, Act II: Con onor muore [04:35]
16. Licia Albanese – Manon Lescaut, Act II: In quelle trine morbide [02:40]
17. Bidu Sayão – Il Guarany, Act II: Gentile di cuore [03:33]
18. Toti Dal Monte – Maori Lullaby [03:02]
19. Lina Pagliughi – Rigoletto, Act I: Gualtier Maldé...Caro nome [04:57]
20. Ezio Pinza – Messa da Requiem: Confutatis maledictis [03:35]
21. Salvatore Baccaloni / Irma Mion – Crispino e la comare: Fermola!...Dapprima, figuratevi [03:16]
22. Mariano Stabile – Falstaff, Act I: L'onore! Ladri! [03:20]

CD07 [01:18:16]

. . . . . The Italian School:
01. Apollo Granforte – Zazà, Act II: Buona Zazà [02:06]
02. Dino Borgioli – Do Not Go, My Love [02:49]
03. Tito Schipa – Werther, Act III: Tradure...Ah! Non mi ridestar [03:47]
04. Francesco Merli – Manon Lescaut, Act I: Donna non vidi mai [02:40]
05. Beniamino Gigli – Aprile [04:06]
06. Giacomo Lauri-Volpi / Luigi Borgonovo – Manon Lescaut, Act III: Che avvien?...Ah, non m'avvicinate [03:05]
07. Aureliano Pertile – Adriana Lecouvreur, Act I: La dolcissima effigie [02:19]
. . . . . The French School:
08. Lily Pons – Le Rossignol et la rose [02:51]
09. Ninon Vallin – Les berceaux, Op.23 No.1 [02:51]
10. Claire Croiza – Une jeune fille parle [03:01]
11. Georges Thill – Sigurd, Act II: Le bruit des chants...Esprits, gardiens de ces lieux vénérés [04:33]
12. Charles Panzéra – La damnation de Faust, Scène II: Esprits des flammes [02:28]
13. Pierre Bernac – Aurore, Op.39 No.1 [01:53]
14. Yvonne Printemps – La Grande duchesse de Gérolstein, Act II: Dites-lui [02:49]
15. Reynaldo Hahn – La boulangère a des écus: Les Charbonniers et fariniers / Que voulez-vous faire ? [02:39]
Volume 4 (1939 to the end of the 78 era)
. . . . . The Anglo-American School:
16. Lawrence Tibbett – Falstaff, Act II: E' sogno, o realtà [04:24]
17. John Charles Thomas – Hamlet, Act II: O vin, dissipe la tristesse (Brindisi) [03:18]
18. Dennis Noble – Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act I: I'm the Factotum [04:04]
19. John Brownlee – Hamlet, Act V: Comme une pâle fleur [02:56]
20. Harold Williams – Onaway, Awake Beloved [02:25]
21. Charles Kullman – Hoffmanns Erzählungen: Ha, wie in meiner Seele [02:44]
22. Heddle Nash – La jolie fille de Perth, Act II: She Is There...Hear the Voice of One Who Adores Thee (Serenade) [04:30]
23. Richard Crooks – Tosca, Act I: Wie sich die Bilder gleichen [02:55]
24. Clara Butt – The Lost Chord [04:15]
25. Marian Anderson – Der Tod und das Mädchen, D531 [02:59]

CD08 [01:16:18]

. . . . . The Anglo-American School:
01. Maggie Teyte – Psyché [02:55]
02. Isobel Baillie – Theodora: Angels Ever Bright and Fair [04:28]
03. Joan Cross – Madama Butterfly: One Fine Day (Un bel dì vedremo) [04:00]
04. Marjorie Lawrence – Sigurd, Act IV: O palais radieux ! [03:49]
05. Eva Turner – Turandot, Act II: In questa reggia [05:45]
06. Florence Austral – Stabat Mater: Inflammatus [04:28]
. . . . . The Eastern European / Slavic School:
07. Jarmila Novotná – Rusalka, Act III: My Hair Is Golden [03:11]
08. Ода Слободская – Колыбельная, Опус 1 №5 [02:29]
09. Марк Рейзен – Salvator Rosa, Act III: Di sposo, di padre [02:59]
. . . . . The Anglo-American School:
10. Dorothy Kirsten – La rondine, Act I: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta [02:42]
11. Eleanor Steber – Louise, Act III: Depuis le jour [04:51]
12. Helen Traubel – Lohengrin, Act I: Einsam in trüben Tagen (Elsa's Dream) [06:39]
13. Jennie Tourel – Carmen, Act I: Quand je vous aimerai ?...L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) [04:00]
14. Kathleen Ferrier – Qui sedes (ad dextram Patris) from Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 [03:41]
15. Peter Pears – Folk song Arr.: Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse (The King Is Gone A-Hunting) [02:23]
16. Jan Peerce – Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life (Naughty Marietta) [03:43]
17. Richard Tucker – La Gioconda, Act II: Cielo e mar [04:29]
18. Robert Merrill – Hérodiade: Ce breuvage...Vision fugitive [04:25]
19. George London – Борис Годунов: Достиг я высшей власти [05:29]

CD09 [01:16:03]

. . . . . The Anglo-American School:
01. Oscar Natzke – From the Rage of the Tempest...Hear Me, Ye Winds [04:07]
. . . . . The French School:
02. Mado Robin – Chanson provençale [03:28]
03. Géori Boué – Le Rossignol des lilas [01:10]
04. Victoria de los Ángeles – Stornellatrice [01:54]
05. Suzanne Danco – Amor amaro [03:06]
06. Solange Michel – La vivandière, Act I: Viens avec nous [01:54]
07. Hugues Cuénod – Sensation [01:58]
. . . . . The German School:
08. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf – Fidelio, Act I: Ach wär ich schon [03:52]
09. Irmgard Seefried – Elfenlied [01:52]
10. Sena Jurinac – Пиковая дама, Акт 3: Es geht auf Mitternacht [04:35]
11. Ljuba Welitsch – Aida, Act I: Ritorna vincitor! [06:06]
12. Leonie Rysanek – Arabella, Act III: Das wat sehr gut [04:41]
13. Inge Borkh – The Consul, Act III: Mein Kind ist tot [04:42]
14. Julius Patzak – Die schöne Müllerin, D.795: Der Müller und der Bach [03:52]
15. Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau – Eichendorff Liederkreis, Op.39 No.5: Mondnacht [04:18]
16. Erich Kunz – The Magic Flute, Act I: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja [02:39]
17. Paul Schöffler – Fidelio, Act I: Ha! Welch ein Augenblick [02:55]
. . . . . The Scandinavian School:
18. Aksel Schiøtz – Flow My Tears [03:12]
. . . . . The Russian and Slavonic Schools:
19. Зара Долуханова – Хованщина, Акт 2: Ария Марфы [05:52]
20. Клавдия Новикова – La Périchole, Act I: Песенка опьянения [02:36]
21. Beno Blachut – Dalibor, Act III: Ah, Whose Is the Spell [02:41]
22. Борис Христов – Спящая княжна [04:44]

CD10 [01:17:11]

. . . . . The Italian School:
01. Ferruccio Tagliavini – L'elisir d'amore, Act II: Una furtive lagrima [04:18]
02. Giuseppe Di Stefano – Mignon, Act II: Addio, Mignon [03:40]
03. Luigi Infantino – Dicitencello vuje [03:54]
04. Mario Del Monaco – Otello, Act I: Esultate! [01:14]
05. Paolo Silveri – La favorita, Act III: Leonora!...A tanto amor [04:47]
06. Giampiero Malaspina / Keith Hardwick – Tosca, Act I: Tre sbirri, una carozza [04:17]
07. Gino Bechi – Don Carlo, Act IV: O Carlo, ascolta [04:06]
08. Nicola Rossi‐Lemeni – Жизнь за Царя, Акт 4: Чуют правду! (Ария Сусанина) [05:04]
09. Tancredi Pasero – Борис Годунов, Акт 2: Possente il mio poter [06:04]
10. Giulietta Simionato – Werther, Act III: M'ha scritto che m'ama [04:58]
11. Fedora Barbieri – Il trovatore, Act II: Condotta ell'era in ceppi [04:36]
12. Ebe Stignani – Samson et Dalila, Act I: La notte cadente [03:17]
13. Alda Noni – Les pêcheurs de perles, Act I: Siccome un dì caduto il sole [04:41]
14. Margherita Carosio – I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Act I: O quante volte [04:08]
15. Magda László – Su venite e consiglio [03:21]
16. Margherita Grandi – Don Carlo, Act IV: Tu che le vanità [09:51]
17. Zinka Milanov – Il trovatore, Act IV: Vanne!…D'amor sull'ali rosee [05:03]