452 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Aimée Delysia and Dennis Terry perform a love duet on this HMV record, catalogue 04211, a light operetta duet from the early 1900s acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 04211 Opera
A stellar operatic ensemble including Amelita Galli-Curci, Beniamino Gigli, and Giuseppe de Luca performing the great quartet 'Bella figlia dell' amore' from *La traviata* and a bass aria on His Master's Voice DQ102. This is a historically significant acoustic-era recording by major operatic voices.AI summary
His Master's Voice DQ102 Opera
A. Pacini with V. Bartholmesi and G. Mazzanti in parts 12–13 of Puccini's 'Tosca' on His Master's Voice S5710. A multi-part operatic recording from the acoustic or early electric era.AI summary
His Master's Voice S5710 Opera
A Pacini and others recorded part 9 and part 11 of Puccini's 'Tosca' for His Master's Voice, catalogue S5708. This is an operatic recording on a major label, likely from the 1920s–30s, though the cast and date of recording cannot be determined from the information given.AI summary
His Master's Voice S5708 Opera
A Pacini, A Salvaneschi, G Mazzanti and V Bartholmasi performing an excerpt from Puccini's Tosca on His Master's Voice (catalogue R5713), part of HMV's extensive multilingual Tosca set from the early 1910s.AI summary
His Master's Voice R5713 Opera
Pasquale Amato and Umberto Ceccarelli (credited as A Pacini and U Ceccarelli) performing parts 10 and 22 of Puccini's opera *Tosca* on HMV's premium 'R' series (Red Label), likely from the 1920s–30s. Amato was a celebrated baritone.AI summary
His Master's Voice R5709 Opera
A. Salvaneschi, with V. Bartholmesi, in parts 28–29 of Puccini's 'Tosca' on His Master's Voice S5722. A multi-part operatic recording from the acoustic or early electric era.AI summary
His Master's Voice S5722 Opera
Antonio Salvaneschi and Valentina Bartholmasi performing parts 4 and 5 of Puccini's Tosca on HMV S5704. A substantial operatic recording from the 1930s-40s era.AI summary
His Master's Voice S5704 Opera
A Salvaneschi and V Bartholmasi performing further excerpts from Puccini's Tosca on His Master's Voice S5706, continuing the operatic series.AI summary
His Master's Voice S5706 Opera
A Salvaneschi and V Bartholmasi performing further excerpts from Puccini's Tosca on His Master's Voice S5716, continuing the operatic series.AI summary
His Master's Voice S5716 Opera
A. Salvaneschi, V. Bartholmasi and G. Mazzanti performing part 23 and 24 of Tosca, His Master's Voice S5718. This is an operatic recording from the 1920s-30s era, likely sung in Italian.AI summary
His Master's Voice S5718 Opera
A Salvaneschi and V Bartholmasi performing parts 30 and 32 from Puccini's Tosca on His Master's Voice, part of a complete or near-complete operatic recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice S5724 Opera
Complete opera recording of Puccini's Tosca in Italian on His Master's Voice S5714, parts 18–19, featuring Salvaneschi, Bartholmasi, Pacini, and Fernandez. This is an HMV operatic set; the cast and pressing are undocumented.AI summary
His Master's Voice S5714 Opera
A. Scotti was an Italian baritone opera singer of the early 20th century, likely a member of European opera ensembles. This HMV DB pressing carries two operatic arias.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB423 Opera
Adelina Patti, the legendary Italian prima donna of the 19th century, recorded 'Batti, batti' from Mozart's Don Giovanni for the Gramophone Company in the acoustic era. Patti (1843–1919) was one of the greatest opera singers of her time, and her rare recordings are treasured by collectors.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03055 Opera
Adelina Patti, the legendary Victorian opera singer, performing 'Coming Thro' the Rye' on HMV 03061, an acoustic recording of one of the greatest singers of the nineteenth century.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03061 Opera
Adelina Patti, the legendary Victorian opera soprano, recorded 'Coming thro' the Rye', a Scottish song beloved of concert singers. This is an HMV pressing of very early acoustic material.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03061 Opera
Adelina Patti, the legendary nineteenth-century soprano, performing 'Pur dicesti' on His Master's Voice S03052. Patti was one of the most celebrated opera singers of the Victorian era and one of the earliest recording artists.AI summary
His Master's Voice S03052 Opera
Alda Noni, an Italian soprano, on His Master's Voice DA-series with operatic arias. Noni was a successful postwar opera singer and recording artist.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1954 Opera
Enrico Caruso, Lina Cavalieri, Félia Litvinne, and Marcel Journet performed the quartet from Flotow's 'Martha' for HMV's prestigious multi-artist 78, recorded in the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-054037 Opera
Alice Verlet, the Belgian soprano celebrated for her coloratura technique and her performances at the Paris Opéra, sings a Mad Scene on HMV 2-053003, a 12-inch single-sided pressing. The 2-053003 HMV number is a French Red Label pressing from the earliest Gramophone Company sessions; Verlet made very few recordings and is a name among specialist collectors of early coloratura singing.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-053003 Opera
Alma Gluck performing art songs 'Will O' the Wisp' and 'From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water' on His Master's Voice DA234. Gluck was one of the most celebrated opera singers of the early 20th century, a soprano known for the beauty of her voice and refined interpretations.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA234 Opera
Alma Gluck and Louise Homer, both major American prima donnas of the early 20th century, performing the duet 'Belle nuit, O nuit d'amour' (from *Les Contes d'Hoffmann*) and 'Life's Dream is O'er' on His Master's Voice DA453, a British pressing from the acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA453 Opera
Amelita Galli Curci, the celebrated Italian soprano, performing two arias on His Master's Voice (catalogue DB641), part of her extensive recorded legacy for HMV in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB641 Opera
Amelita Galli-Curci (1882–1963) was an internationally celebrated Italian soprano renowned for her coloratura virtuosity and expressive phrasing. This His Master's Voice DA-series pressing is from her peak recording years in the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA214 Opera
Amelita Galli-Curci, the celebrated Italian coloratura soprano, performing Rossini's most famous aria, "Una voce poco fa" from *The Barber of Seville*; recorded for His Master's Voice in the electrical era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-053142 Opera
Amelita Galli-Curci, the legendary Italian coloratura soprano, performing 'Non so più' (from Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro) on His Master's Voice; Galli-Curci was one of the most celebrated opera singers of the early 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice 7-53023 Opera
Amelita Galli-Curci, the celebrated Italian coloratura soprano and one of the most recorded singers of the acoustic and early electric eras, performing dramatic operatic arias for HMV's premium DA series. This recording documents one of the most important voices of the early 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1028 Opera
Amelita Galli-Curci, the celebrated Italian coloratura soprano, duetting with Tito Schipa in the Italian opera duet 'Un Di Felice Eterea' and 'Parigi O Cara' from La Traviata, on His Master's Voice DA711.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA711 Opera
An unattributed recording of vocal selections from the operetta Florodora and the Duchess of Danzig on His Master's Voice C516, likely from the early 1900s.AI summary
His Master's Voice C516 Opera
Anton van Rooy was one of the foremost bass-baritones of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a Dutch singer celebrated for his Wotan at Bayreuth and Covent Garden. This HMV D809 disc pairs his 'Abendlich strahlt' from Wagner's Das Rheingold with a piece by L. Demuth on the reverse. Van Rooy's HMV recordings are seriously collected by Wagnerian enthusiasts.AI summary
His Master's Voice D809 Opera
Antonio Cortis, an Argentine tenor who recorded operatic material and popular songs for His Master's Voice in the late 1920s–early 1930s, recorded these Italian operatic arias. Cortis was a known recording artist.AI summary
His Master's Voice VA1 Opera
Apollo Granforte, an Italian baritone, singing Neapolitan and Italian songs for His Master's Voice. Granforte was an opera and popular singer active in the early 20th century, but he is now little known outside specialist circles.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1053 Opera
Arthur Roberts was a British baritone singer and entertainer of the Victorian and Edwardian eras; this His Master's Voice record offers Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Trial by Jury' and a comic song, 'How Bill Adams won the Battle of Waterloo'.AI summary
His Master's Voice B395 Opera
August Bockmann, a German tenor, recorded opera and art-song for His Master's Voice in the early 1900s. 'Nein! bin Bajazzo nicht bloss' is from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci.AI summary
His Master's Voice 13327 Opera
Aureliano Pertile, the Italian tenor, singing two arias from Verdi's *Aida* on His Master's Voice DB1341.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB1341 Opera
Beniamino Gigli singing 'Smiling Through' and 'Bless This House' on HMV, the celebrated Italian opera tenor in sentimental ballad repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1894 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, the celebrated Italian tenor, recorded two arias — 'Non conosciu' (unidentified) and the 'Serenata Malinconica' — for HMV.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1925 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, the celebrated Italian tenor, recorded these two operatic arias for His Master's Voice; O del mio amato ben and Amarilli are staples of the romantic vocal repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB6313 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, an Italian operatic tenor, performing two Don Giovanni arias: 'Dalla Sua Pace' and 'Il Mio Tesoro', on His Master's Voice DB3809.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB3809 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, one of the greatest Italian tenors, performs 'Serenata' and 'Occhi Turchini' (Blue Eyes) on His Master's Voice DB1903.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB1903 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, an Italian operatic tenor of world renown, performing two operatic arias—"La Favorita" and "Faust"—on His Master's Voice, likely from the 1920s-30s electrical recording era.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB273 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, the celebrated Italian operatic tenor, recorded 'Notte a mare' and 'Nostalgia' for His Master's Voice. These are Italian songs in Gigli's characteristic romantic lyric style. Gigli was one of the most recorded singers of his generation.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA2027 Opera
Benjamin Gigli, the celebrated Italian tenor, in two Italian-language songs on His Master's Voice DA5397. Gigli was one of the most recorded singers of the early 20th century and his Italian operatic repertoire remains sought by vocal collectors.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA5397 Opera
Beniamino Gigli was one of the pre-eminent Italian tenors of the early–mid 20th century, with a famous recording career spanning several decades. This His Master's Voice DB-series recording showcases two grand operatic arias from the Italian repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB109 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, the celebrated Italian tenor, recorded for His Master's Voice; 'M'appari tutt' amor' and 'O Paradiso dall' onde uscito' are operatic arias, with DB109 indicating a 1920s acoustic recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB109 Opera
Beniamino Gigli on His Master's Voice DB21597, 'Autunno' / 'Ave Maria Gibilaro'. Gigli was one of the foremost Italian dramatic tenors of the mid-20th century, celebrated for his Verdian roles and prolific recording career.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB21597 Opera
Beniamino Gigli, the celebrated Italian tenor, recorded Verdi's "Un di all'azzurro spazio guardai" from La Traviata for His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-052233 Opera