Disc One - Russian Voices

Leonid Sobinov (1868-1934)

1 DOBRINYA NIKITCH, Grechaninov, Flowers were growing in the fields 3.11
Rec: 6 February 1910 Matrix: 1985c Gramophone Cat: 022150

2 EUGENE ONEGIN, Tchaikovsky, Whither, whither have you gone? 4.22
Rec: 6 February 1910 Matrix: 1986c Gramophone Cat: 022140

3 THE PEARL FISHERS, Bizet, Je crois entendre encore 3.59
Rec: 6 February 1910 Matrix: 1987c Gramophone Cat: 022161

4 RAPHAEL, Arensky, My heart throbs 2.26
Rec: 27 February 1911 Matrix: 2217c Gramophone Cat: 022200

Lev Klement’yev (1868-1910)

5 THE QUEEN OF SPADES, Tchaikovsky, Forgive me, bright celestial visions 2.55
Rec: 1909 Matrix: 6805r Gramophone Cat: 4-22023

Oscar Kamionsky (1869-1917)

6 PRINCE IGOR, Borodin, Igor’s aria (You alone, my beloved dove) 3.16
Rec: 1905 Matrix: 2874L Gramophone Cat: 2-22731

7 EUGENE ONEGIN, Tchaikovsky, Really is it the same Tatiana 2.18
Rec: 1905 Matrix: 2964L Gramophone Cat: 2-22798

Maximilian Maksakov (1869-1936)

8 MAZEPPA, Tchaikovsky, Kochubey’s aria (Three treasures) 3.00
Rec: January 1909 Matrix: 8402L Gramophone Cat: 3-22943

9 DIE MACCABAER, Rubinstein, Judas’ aria (What orders, Lord, do you give Your slave) 3.18
Rec: January 1909 Matrix: 8403L Gramophone Cat: 3-22911

David Yuzhin & Natalia Yermolenko-Yuzhina (1881-1937)

10 LES HUGUENOTS, Meyerbeer, Duet (Act IV), Tu l’as dit 2.50
Rec: 1908 Matrix: 7190L Gramophone Cat: 2-24024

David Yuzhin (1874-1923)

11 SAMSON ET DALILA, Saint-Saëns, Arretez Israël, rompe ta chaine 2.15
Rec: 1908 Matrix: 7211L Gramophone Cat: 4-22562

Vasily Damayev (1878-1932)

12 MAY NIGHT, Rimsky-Korsakov, Song of the headman, Boys, have you heard 2.03
Rec: 20 September 1910 Matrix: 2031c Gramophone Cat: 022172

13 OPRICHNIK, Tchaikovsky, As before God, so before you 2.45
Rec: 26 October 1911 Matrix: 16111b Gramophone Cat: 4-22284

Yevgeniy Vitting (1884-1959)

14 Grechaninov, She was yours 2.47
Rec: 13 October 1910 Matrix: 14968b Gramophone Cat: 4-22194

15 Dargomïzhsky, The wedding 4.14
Rec: 4 October 1912 Matrix: 2655c Gramophone Cat: 022307

Nikolay Shevelyov (1874-1929)

16 Arensky, Songs from a southern land 3.15
Rec: 2 April 1913 Matrix: 17396b Gramophone Cat: 4-22603

Dimitri Smirnov (1881-1944)

17 DUBROVSKY, Nápravník, O give me oblivion 3.40
Rec: 19 October 1912 Matrix: 2680?c Gramophone Cat: 022306

18 EUGENE ONEGIN, Tchaikovsky, At your house 3.07
Rec: 21 October 1912 Matrix: 2686c Gramophone Cat: 022299

Alexandr Alexandrovich (1881 - after 1955)

19 THE MAID OF PSKOV, Rimsky-Korsakov, Song of Mikhail Tucha 2.03
Rec: 16 December 1912 Matrix: 17128b Gramophone Cat: 4-22648

20 Glinka, How sweet to be with thee 3.34
Rec: 30 March 1913 Matrix: 17357b Gramophone Cat: 4-22487

21 Dargomïzhsky, I am lonely and sad 2.38
Rec: 30 March 1913 Matrix: 17359b Gramophone Cat: 4-22602

22 ORFEO, Gluck, Where art thou my love 4.32
Rec: 5 April 1913 Matrix: 2786?c Gramophone Cat: 022311

Boris Slovtsov (1886-1934)

23 Dargomïzhsky, Hide me stormy night 2.48
Rec: 11 September 1913 Matrix: 4989ae Gramophone Cat: 222338

24 Amani, Oh God, What a wonderful cool evening 3.31
Rec: 15 September 1913 Matrix: 5022ae Gramophone Cat: 222339

Vladimir Rosing (1890-1963)

25 Petrov, Do not believe 2.14
Rec: 31 July 1913 Matrix: AK16848e Gramophone Cat: 4-22613

25 Grechaninov, Lullaby 2.04

Rec: 31 July 1913 Matrix: AK16850e Gramophone Cat: 4-22614

Disc Two - International Voices

Léon Escalaïs (1859-1941)

1 LA JUIVE, Halévy, Dio m’ispira 2.34
Rec: 10 November 1905 Matrix: XPH 448 Fonotipia Cat: 39362

2 OTELLO, Verdi, Dio! Mi potevi scagliar 3.30
Rec: 10 October 1905 Matrix: XPH 385 Fonotipia Cat: 39326

Antonio Magini-Coletti (1855-1912) with Giannina Russ (1878-1951)

3 AIDA, Verdi, Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamete ... Su dunque sorgete 8.08
Rec: 5 July 1906 Matrix: XXPH 1981 Fonotipia Cat: 74002
Rec: 13 November 1905 Matrix: XPH 456 Fonotipia Cat: 74003

Emile Scaramberg (1863-1938)

4 L’AFRICAINE, Meyerbeer, O Paradis 3.21
Rec: c.1904/5 Matrix: XPH 750 Fonotipia Cat: 39185

Fiorello Giraud (1868-1928)

5 TANNHAUSER, Wagner, Sia lode a te 2.20
Rec: April 1904 Matrix: 2190H G&T Cat: 52047

Adam Didur (1874-1946)

6 MEFISTOFELE, Boito, Ave Signor (Prologue) 2.59
Rec: 19 February 1906 Matrix: XPH 1622x Fonotipia Cat: 39537

7 MEFISTOFELE, Boito, Son lo spirito che nega 2.52
Rec: 19 February 1906 Matrix: XPH 1623x Fonotipia Cat: 39595

8 MEFISTOFELE, Boito, Fin da stanotte 3.01
with Giovanni Zenatello (1876-1949)
Rec: 20 February 1906 Matrix: XPH 1631x Fonotipia Cat: 39509

9 MEFISTOFELE, Boito, Ecco il mondo 2.34
Rec: 20 February 1906 Matrix: XPH 1628 Fonotipia Cat: 39510

Francesco Signorini (1860-1927)

10 CHATTERTON, Leoncavallo, Tu sola a me rimano o poesia 2.43
Rec: 1908 Matrix: 11210b Gramophone Cat: 2-52668

Francesco Viñas (1863-1933)

11 LUCREZIA BORGIA, Donizetti, Di pescatore ignobile 2.39
Rec: 13 May 1907 Matrix: XPH 2643 Fonotipia Cat: 39854

12 UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Verdi, Ma se m’e forza perderti 3.00
Rec: 13 May 1907 Matrix: XPH 2644 Fonotipia Cat: 62083

13 OTELLO, Verdi, Ora e per sempre addio 2.31
Rec: 13 May 1907 Matrix: XPH 2645 Fonotipia Cat: 62082

14 LOHENGRIN, Wagner, Di’ non t’incantan 2.52
Rec: 28 September 1906 Matrix: XPH 2080 Fonotipia Cat: 39853

15 DIE MEISTERSINGER, Wagner, Dell’ alba Tinto (Preislied) 3.36
Rec: 29 September 1906 Matrix: XXPH 2092 Fonotipia Cat: 74020

Giuseppe De Luca (1876-1950)

16 TANNHAUSER, Wagner, Oh! Tu bell’astro 3.14
Rec: 31 January 1907 Matrix: XPH 2385 Fonotipia Cat: 39987

17 HAMLET, Thomas, Come il ronito fior 3.22
Rec: 16 January 1907 Matrix: XPH 2326 Fonotipia Cat: 39979

18 De Leva, Pastorale (Nu zampugnaro) 2.40
Rec: 14 January 1907 Matrix: XPH 2303 Fonotipia Cat: 39937

19 Moriacchi, Serenata (Brilla la luna) 2.47
Rec: 16 January 1907 Matrix: XPH 2324 Fonotipia Cat: 39980

20 De Luca, Romanza (Dolce Madonna) 2.25
Rec: 16 January 1907 Matrix: XPH 2325 Fonotipia Cat: 39938

All records courtesy of The Director and Staff of St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music.