The Record of Singing (EMI) 2009 CD 7 (Vols 1-4) 1899 - 1952

Note: On this re-issue some tracks were replaced from the original and all tracks are originally from CD as compared previously where the tracks were from LPs transferred by me to CD.

THE ITALIAN SCHOOL

1 Apollo Granforte (baritone)1886-1975 Buona Zasa (Zasa Act 2) Leocavallo La Scala Opera House Orchestra conducted by Catlo Sabajno 12/4/1929: Italian

2 Dino Borgioli (tenor) Do not go, my love By Hageman Ivor Newton (piano) 20/6/35: English

3 Tito Schipa (tenor) 1889-1965 Traduire Pourquoi me reveiller (Werther Act 3) by Massenet La Scala Opera House Orchestra Milan conducted by Franco Ghione 4/5/1934: Italian

4 Francesco Merli (Tenor) (1887-1976) Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut) Act 10
Orchestra/Lorenzo Molajoli 29/2/1928 Italian

5 Beniamino Gigli (tenor) 1890-1957 Aprile by Tosti Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Collingwood 12/5/1939: Italian

6 Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (tenor) 1892-1979 with Luigi Borgonovo (baritone) 1899-1975 Che avvien? Ah,non m’avvicinate (Manon Lescaut Act 3) by Puccini La Scala Opera House Orchestra Milan conducted by Franco Ghione 30/5/1934: Italian

7 Aureliano Pertile (tenor) 1885-1952 La dolcissima effige (Adrian Lecouvreur Act 1) La Scala Opera House Orchestra Milan conducted by Carlo Sabajno 10/12/1930: Italian

THE FRENCH SCHOOL

8 Lily Pons (Soprano) 1904-1976 Le Rossignol et la rose (Parysatis) by Saint-Saens Orchestra conducted by Gustav Cloez 1929: French
9 Ninon Vallin (Soprano) 1886-1981 Les Berceaux Op. 23 No. 1 by Faure Marguerite Long (piano) Oct. 1933: French
10 Claire Croiza (Mezzo-Soprano) 1882-1948 Une Jeune fille parle by De Breville Pierre De Breville (piano) 1930: French
11 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
12 Charles Panzera (baritone) 1896-1976 Esprits des flames! (La Damnation de Faust Scene II) by Berlioz Pasdeloup Orchestra conducted by Piero Coppola c. 1932: French
13 Pierre Bernac (baritone) 1899-1979 Aurore Op 39 No. 1 by Faure Francis Poulenc (piano)5/12/1947: French
14 Yvonne Printemps (soprano)1894-1977 Dites-lui qu’on l’a remarque (La Grande de Gerolstein Act 2) by Offenbach Henri-Busser (piano) 22/11/1934: French

15 Reynaldo Hahn (tenor) 1875-1947 (a) Charbonniers et Fariniers (b) Que voulez-vous faire? (La Boulangare a desecus) by Offenbach Reynaldo Hahn (piano) 1928: French

THE ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL

16 Lawrence Tibbett (baritone) 1896-1960 E’ sogno, o realta? (Falstaff Act 2) by Verdi Orchestra conducted Rosario Bourdon 3/3/1926 Italian
17 John Charles Thomas (baritone) 1891-1960 O vin, dissipe la tristesse (Hamlet Act 2) by Thomas Orchestra conducted Nathaniel Finston 14/1/1934 French
18 Denis Noble (baritone) 1899-1966 Largo al Factotum (Il Barbiere di Siviglia Act 1) by Rossini with orchestra 24/1/1928 English
19 John Brownlee (baritone) 1900-1969 Comme une pale fleur (Hamlet Act 5) by Thomas Orchestra conducted by Georges Lauweryns 6/3/1929 French
20 Harold Williams (baritone) 1893-1976 Onaway, awake beloved by Cowan With orchestra 11/11/1931 English
21 Charles Kullman (tenor)1903-1982 O Dieu! de quelle ivresse (Les Contes d’Hoffmann Act 3) by Offenbach Orchestra conducted byOtto Dobrindt 8/12/1931: German
22 Heddle Nash (tenor)1894-1961 A la voix (Serenade) (La jolie Fille de Perth Act 2) by Bizet With orchestra 9/9/1932: English
23 Richard Crooks (tenor) 1900-1972 Recondita armonia (Tosca Act 2) by Puccini Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Clemens Schmalstich 1/11/1929: German
24 Dame Clara Butt (contralto) 1872-1936 The Lost Chord by Sullivan With piano and organ 7/8/1930: English

25 Marian Anderson (contralto) 1902-1993 Det Tod und das Madchen D. 531 by Schubert Kosti Vehanen (piano) 13/11/1936: German

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 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.