The Record of Singing (EMI)Volume 4 (CD 3) 1939 - 1955 Produced 1989 & 1991

THE FRENCH SCHOOL

1 Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) 1923-2005 Stornellatrice by Respighi Gerald Moore (piano) 9-05-1949 Italian

2 Suzanne Danco (soprano) 1911-2000 amor amor ANON 15TH century (edit. F. Ghisi) Professor E. Bellinzona (vielle) February 1941 Italian

3 Suzanne Juyol (soprano) 1920-1994 De tous cotes…Lorsque je t’ai vu (Le Roi d’Ys Act 11) By Lalo Orchestre De L’Opera conducted by Louis Fourestier 16-06-1947 French

4 Irma Kolassi (mezzo-soprano) 1918-2012 Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques (Cing melodies populaires grecques No. 4) by Ravel Jacqueline Bonneau (piano) 2 & 3 December 1955 French

5 Solange Michel (mezzo-soprano) 1912-2010 Viens avec nous (La Vivandiere Act 1) by Godard Orchestre De L’Opera conducted by Louis Fourestier 12-03-1951 French

6 Helene Bouvier (mezzo-soprano) 1905-1978 Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse (Samson et Dalila Act 11) by Saint-Saens Orchestre De L’Opera conducted by Louis Fourestier 21-09-1946 French

7 Rita Gorr (mezzo-soprano) 1926-2012 Adieu, fiere cite (Les Troyens Act V) by Berlioz Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Lawrance Collingwood 6-03-1958 French

8 Hugues Cuenod (tenor) 1902-2010 Sensation (Rimbaud); L’Amoureuse (Eluard); Les Pas (Valery); Capital de la douleur (Eluard) by Dinu Lipatti Madeleine Lipatti (piano) 23-06-1951 French

9 Raoul Jobin (tenor) 1906-1974 Un autre est son epoux!...J’aurais sur ma poitrine (Werther Act 11) by Massenet Orchestre De L’Opera-Comique conducted by Andre Cluytens 1-04-1948 French

10 Pierre Bernac (tenor) 1899-1979 L’Invitation au voyage (Baudelaire) by Duparc Francis Poulenc (piano) 12-12-1945 French

11 Camille Maurane (baritone) 1911-2010 Venise (de Musset) by Gounod Lily Bienvenu (piano) 16-01-1951 French

12 Gerard Souzay (baritone) 1918-2004 Posate, dormito by Bassani Jacqueline Vonneau (piano) 1948 Italian

THE GERMAN SCHOOL

13 Elizabeth Schumann (soprano) 1888-1952 Schweizerlied D559 (Goethe); Hun und weider fliegen die Pfeile (No. 3 of Claudine von Villa D239) Goethe by Schubert - Gerald Moore (piano) 13-10-1949 Sung in Schweizerdeutsch

14 Erika Koth (soprano) 1925-1989 Der Holle Rache (Die Zauberflote Act 11) by Mozart Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Artur Rother 17-03-1954 German

15 Maria Stader (soprano) 1911-1999 Nehmt meinen Dank k 383 (Andre) by Mozart Orchestra conducted by Hans Frismann 21-06-1950

16 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) 1915-2006 O war’ ich schon (Fidelio Act 1) by Beethoven Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Alceo Galliera 19-10-1950 German

17 Irmgard Seefried (soprano) 1919-1988 Elfenlied by Wolf Gerald Moore (piano) 15-04-1948 German

18 Irmgard Seefried (soprano) 1919-1988 Wohl schon bewandt (No. 7 of Liebeslieder Waltzer Op. 52) by Brahms Hermann von Nordberg and Friedrich Wuhrer (piano duet) 15-11-1947 German

19 Maria Reining (soprano) 1903-1991 Im heimlichen Dammer (Eva)Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Franz Lehar January 1942 German

20 Elizabeth Grummer (soprano)1911-1986 Maria Wiegenleid Op. 76 No. 2 (Boelitz) by Reger Hugo Diez (piano)January 1948 German

21 Sena Jurinac (soprano) 1921-2011 Es geht auf Mitternacht (‘Twill soon be midnight) The Queen of Spades Act 111 by Tchaikovsky Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Lawrance Collingwood 10-08-1950 German

22 Ljuba Wellitsch (soprano) 1913-1996 Ritorna vincitor! (Aida Act 1) by Verdi Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Josef Krips 25-09-1947 Italian

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.

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