CD 1 (73:01)

Gramophone and Typewriter Company, Berlin Recordings

1904

1. LA TRAVIATA: Follie, follie…Sempre libera (Verdi) 2:44

(2173h) 53344

2. MIGNON: Non conosci il bel sol {Connais-tu le pays} (Thomas) 3:17

(2174h) 53345

3. Mattinata (Tosti) 3:06

(2250h) 53363

4. Aime-moi (Bemberg) 2:47

(2251h) 33457

5. MANON: Nützet die schönen jungen Tage [Gavotte] (Massenet) 2:54

(2252h) 43568

6. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivre [Juliette’s Waltz Song] (Gounod) 3:10

(2253h) 53364

1904

ROLAND VON BERLIN (Leoncavallo)

7. Elsbeth! Gott stehe allzeit (Act 1) 2:37

with Wilhelm Grüning, tenor

(2483) 44445

8. Ich ihn lieben? (Act 2) 2:42

with Wilhelm Grüning, tenor

(2482L) 44444

9. Nun wohl! Dann hast du auch (Act 4, Scene 1) 2:38

with Wilhelm Grüning, tenor

(2484L) 44446

10. Ja! Dich nur liebe ich (Act 4, Scene 1) 1:56

with Wilhelm Grüning, tenor(2498 1/2L) 44452

11. Fahr wohl! Trautgesell (Act 4, Scene 2) 3:13

(2496L) 43632

27 September 1905

12. Dear heart (Mattei) 3:24

(3799h) 3621

13. Cherry ripe (Horn) 2:42

(3798h) 3620

14. MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Bo?to) 3:28

(3800h) 53425

15. Caro mio ben (Giordani) 3:06

(3801h) 53430

16. FAUST: Juwelen-Arie [Jewel Song] (Gounod) 3:01

(3802h) 43721

17. MIGNON: Kennst du das Land {Connais-tu le pays} (Thomas) 3:26

(3803h) 43733

23 June 1906

18. DOMINO NOIRE: Ines so schön (Auber) 2:07

(1313r) 43780

19. MANON: Nützet die schönen jungen Tagen [Gavotte] (Massenet) 3:12

(1314r) 43796

20. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivre [Juliette’s Waltz Song] (Gounod) 3:26

(1315r) 33618

21. LA TRAVIATA: Follie, follie…Sempre libera (Verdi) 3:08

(1316r) 53469

September 1906

22. MARTHA: Die letzte Rose {Last rose of summer} (Flotow) 2:37

(4718h) 43841

23. TANNHÄUSER: Gepriesen sei die Stunde (Wagner) 2:41

with Karl Jörn, tenor

(4719h) 2-44145

24. RIGOLETTO: E il sol dell’anima (Verdi) 3:21

with Karl Jörn, tenor

(4720h) 54311

25. FAUST: Es ist schon spät (Gounod) 2:33

with Karl Jörn, tenor

(4721h) 2-44137

Accompaniment: Tracks 1-11 piano; Tracks 12-25 orchestra

Languages: Italian [1-3,14-15,21,24]; French [4,6,20]; German [5,7-11,16-19,22-23,25]; English [12-13]

CD 2 (79:52)

Victor Talking Machine Company, Camden, New Jersey, Electrical Recordings

1. Pur dicesti (Lotti) 4:37

11 January 1927; (CVE 37348-1) IRCC-40

2. LE NOZZE DI FIGARO: Dove sono (Mozart) 4:44

Recitative and Andante section only

11 January 1927; (CVE 37349-1) IRCC-40

3. On wings of song [Auf Flügeln des Gesanges] (Mendelssohn) 3:38

11 January 1927; (CVE 37350-1) unpublished

4. Serenade [Ständchen] (Richard Strauss) (Translated by Ferrar) 2:41

11 January 1927; (BVE 27731-3) IRCC-55

5. LE NOZZE DI FIGARO: Non so piu cosa son (Mozart) 3:25

12 January 1927; (BVE 37351-2) unpublished

6. FRASQUITA: Rest with the dew of the dawning (Farrar; Lehar) 3:46

12 January 1927; (matrix number unassigned) IRCC-1953 re-recording

7. Midnight bells (Fritz Kreisler) 3:20

13 January 1927; (BVE 37354-1) unpublished

8. Christina’s lament {Humoresque} (Creyke-Dvorak) 3:17

13 January 1927; (BVE 37356-1) IRCC 41

9. Hame to the highlands (M. Gilmour) 2:20

8 March 1927; (BVE 38147-1) unpublished

10. Drowsy poppies (M. Gilmour) 2:31

8 March 1927; (BVE 38146-1) unpublished

11. Serenata (Tosti) 3:11

8 March 1927; (BVE 26034-9) unpublished

12. Pur dicesti (Lotti) 3:18

8 March 1927; (BVE 38145-1) unpublished

13. Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (Mendelssohn) 3:39

5 April 1927; (BVE 37350-6) IRCC-41

Bell Telephone Laboratories Experimental recordings (Vertically cut at 33 rpm)

Lyric Theater, Hoboken, New Jersey

15 December 1932

14. The old refrain (Kreisler) 3:53

BTL 2432 unpublished

15. Old folks at home (Foster) 2:57

BTL 2432 unpublished

16. Love’s old sweet song (Malloy) 3:47

BTL 2434 unpublished

17. In old Madrid (Bingham-Trotere) 3:16

BTL 2434 unpublished

Appendix:

General Motors Symphony Concerts Broadcast

Taken from primitive off-the-air home recording

28 October 1934

18. Marie am Fenster (Franz) 2:30

19. Heiden Röslein (Schubert) 2:21

Metropolitan Opera

Rehearsal recordings for intermission talks

4 January 1935*

20. Excerpt from Intermission 1 () 7:56

21. Excerpt from Intermission 2 () 4:03

22. Excerpt from Intermission 3 () 4:53