1 Luisa Tetrazzini (1871 - 1940) LA SONNAMBULA, Bellini, Ah! non giunge 3.08 Rec: 18 March 1911 Matrix: C 10076-1 Victor Cat: 88313 2 Enrico Caruso (1873 - 1921) LO SCHIAVO, Gomez, Qui fortuna insistenza ... Quando nascesti tu 4.16 Rec: 19 November 1911 Matrix: C11273-2 Victor Cat: 88345 3 Rosa Ponselle (1897 - 1981) TOSCA, Puccini, Vissi d'arte 3.18 Rec: 7 January 1919 Matrix: 49569-5 Columbia Cat: 68059D with orchestra conducted by Romano Romani 4 Rosa Ponselle MADEMOISELLE MODISTE, Herbert, Kiss me again 4.11 Rec: 26 July 1920 Matrix: 49869-2 Columbia Cat: 68077D with orchestra conducted by Romano Romani 5 Tito Schipa (1889 - 1965) MIGNON, Thomas, Elle ne croyait pas [Sung in Italian] 4.26 Rec: 14 May 1924 Matrix: C30079-3 Victor Cat: 6465-B 6 Giuseppe de Luca (1876 - 1950), Grace Anthony (soprano) RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Povero Rigoletto... Cortigiani, vil razza dannata 8.21 Rec: 29 Nov 1927/5 Apr 1928 Matrix: CVE 41075-2/43616-1 Victor Cat: 8161 Metropolitan Opera House Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Giulio Setti 7 Eva Turner (1892 - 1990) AIDA, Verdi, Ritorna vincitor 6.38 Rec: 1928 Matrix: 3931-2/3 Columbia Cat: L2150 with orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham 8 Alfred Piccaver (1884 - 1958) CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Mascagni, Addio alla madre 3.21 Rec: c.1929 Matrix: 1612 BM Polydor Cat: 66890 with orchestra conducted by Manfred Gurlitt 9 Ezio Pinza (1892 - 1957) ERNANI, Verdi, Infelice! e tu credevi 3.20 Rec: 7 May 1929 Matrix: CVE 51978-2 Victor Cat: 7552-B with orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon 10 Alexander Kipnis (1891 - 1978) DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Mozart, In diesen heil'gen Hallen 4.33 Rec: 14 April 1930 Matrix: CLR 6262-2 HMV Cat: DB 1551 Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Erich Orthmann conductor 11 Alexander Kipnis (1891 - 1978) Schubert, Erlkönig 4.04 Rec: 20 November 1936 Matrix: CAX 7867-2 Columbia Cat: 9128M Gerald Moore piano 12 Lotte Lehmann (1888 - 1976) Schumann, Die Lotosblume 2.19 Rec: 25 April 1932 Matrix: BE 9910 Odeon Cat: 0-4839 A Odeon-Kammer Orchestra 13 Lotte Lehmann DIE WALKÜRE, Wagner, Du bist der Lenz 2.04 Rec: 20/22 June 1935 Matrix: 2VH107-1 HMV Cat: DB 2642 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter conductor 14 Kirsten Flagstad (1895 - 1962) TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, Wagner, Liebestod 7.48 Rec: 9 October 1935 Matrix: CS 95355-1/6-1 Victor Cat: 8859-A/B with orchestra conducted by Hans Lange 15 Jussi Björling (1911 - 1960) LA GIOCONDA, Ponchielli, Cielo e mar 4.23 Rec: 3 September 1937 Matrix: 2SB 570-2 HMV Cat: DB 3302 with orchestra conducted by Nils Grevillius 16 Jussi Björling DER BETTELSTUDENT, Millöcker, Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei [Sung in Swedish] 1.51 Rec: 28 April 1938 Matrix: OSB 743-4 HMV Cat: X 6090 with orchestra conducted by Nils Grevillius 17 Tito Gobbi (1913 - 1984) L'ARLESIANA, Cilea, Come due tizzi accesi 4.09 Rec: July 1942 Matrix: 2BA 5146-2 HMV Cat: DB 5400 Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Umberto Berrettoni conductor 18 Fritz Wunderlich (1930 - 1966) EUGENE ONEGIN, Tchaikovsky, Wohin, wohin bist du entschwunden 6.35 Rec: November/December 1962 Bavarian State Orchestra, Meinhard von Zallinger conductor (with kind permission of EMI Classics, Germany)