The Record of Singing (EMI) 1984 & 1999 CD 7 Volume 3 1926 -1939

The French School CD 7 (70.35)

1. Emma Luart (Soprano) 1892-1968
Apres avoir pris a droite (Les Brigands) by Offenbach
Orchestra conducted by Gustav Cloez
1931: French

2. Germaine Feraldy (Soprano) 1894-1949
Tu m’ as donne (Lakme Act 3) by Delibes
Orchestra conducted by Eli Cohen
1/7/1928: French

3. Eide Norena (Soprano) 1884-1968
Sombre foret (Guillaume Tell Act 2) by Rossini
Orchestra conducted by Henri Defosse
1930: French

4. Ninon Vallin (Soprano) 1886-1981
Les Berceaux Op. 23 No. 1 by Faure
Marguerite Long (piano)
Oct. 1933: French

5. Povla Frijsh (Soprano) 1881-1960
Tu o sai by Torelli (arr. by Frijsh)
Daisy Bucktrout (piano)
30/12/1932: Italian

6. Jane Bathori (Soprano) 1876-1970
La chevelure (No. 2 of Trois chansons de Bilitis) by Debussy
Jane Bathori (piano)
1929: French

7. Madeleine Grey (Soprano) 1897-1979
Kaddisch (No. 1 of Trois chants hebraiques) by Ravel
With piano (Recording supervised by the composer)
1932: Yiddish

8. Germaine Martinelli (Soprano) 1887-1964
O mes soeurs…C’est ici-meme (Marie-Magdeleine) by Massenet
With Orchestra
1931: French

9 Suzanne Cesbron-Viseur (Soprano) 1878-1967
Ces gens que je connais…Viens, m’ami (Sapho Act 4) by Gounod
Orchestra conducted by Gustav Cloez
1929: French

10. Suzanne Balguire(Soprano) 188-1973
Oh! Mes clairs diamants (Ariane et Barbe-Bleue Act 1) by Dukas
Orchestra conducted by Eli Cohen
1931: French

11. Germaine Lubin (Soprano) 1890-1979
Einsam in truben Tagen (Lohengrin Act 1) by Wagner
Orchestra conducted by Henri Defosse
1929: French

12. Germaine Cernay (Soprano) 1900-1943
Petite, voici ta lampe (Sapho Act 1) by Gounod
Opera Comique Orchestra conducted by Gustav Cloez
1928: French

13. Claire Croiza (Mezzo-Soprano) 1882-1948
Une Jeune fille parle by De Breville
Pierre De Breville (piano)
1930: French

14. Alice Raveau (contralto) 1884-1945
Quel Nouveau ciel (Orphee Act 2) by Gluck
Orchestre Symphonique de Paris conducted by Henri Tomasi
c. 1935: French

15. Georges Thill (tenor) 1897-1984
Le bruit des chants…Esprits, gardiens de ces lieux veneres (Sigurd Act 2) by Reyer
Orchestra conducted by Eugene Bigot
Oct 1933: French

16. Rene Maison (tenor) 1895-1962
Ne Pouvant reprimer…Adieu donc, vains objets (Herodiade Act 4) by Massenet
Orchestra conducted by Piero Coppola
14/5/1934: French

17. Jose Luccioni (tenor) 1903-1978
Source delicieuuse (Polyeucte Act 4) by Gounod
Orchestra conducted by Eugene Bigot
3/6/1946: French

18. Cesar Vezzani (tenor) 1886-1951
Un Souvenir poignant (Sigurd Act 4) by Reyer
Orchestra conducted by Georges Lauweryns
1931: French

19. Rene Verdiere (tenor) 1899-1981
Dieu, que ma voix tremblente (La Juive Act 2)
Orchestra conducted by Henri Defosse
1929: French

20. Gaston Micheletti (tenor) 1892-1959
Mon coeur est plein…Ange du Paradis (Mireille Act 3) by Gounod
Opera Comique Orchestra conducted by Gustav Cloez

1928: French

The Record of Singing is a compilation of classical-music singing from the first half of the 20th century, the era of the 78-rpm record.
It was issued on LP (with accompanying books) by EMI, successor to the British company His Master's Voice (better known as HMV) — perhaps the leading organization in the early history of audio recording.
The project was accompanied initially by two illustrated books, containing singers' biographies and appraisals, which were published in London, by Duckworth, in the late 1970s. It covers the period running from circa 1900, when the earliest recordings were made, through until the early 1950s, when the last 78-rpm records were produced. Singers are divided into groups arranged according to national 'schools' and fach or voice type. In practice, this means that there are separate Italian, German, French, Anglo-American and East European classifications.

The collection was published with extensive documentation, including the numbers of the original recordings and full biographies of the singers.
The first two volumes were accompanied by books by Michael Scott:
• The Record of Singing to 1914, London, Duckworth, 1977, ISBN 978-0-7156-1030-5
• The Record of Singing Volume Two: 1914–1925, London, Duckworth, 1979, OCLC 6765624
They were republished in paperback by Northeastern University Press in 1993, ISBN 978-1-55553-163-8
(The books are still widely available from second hand book sellers.)

For more see: The Record of Singing - Wikipedia