452 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Enrico Caruso, the world's most famous operatic tenor, performing Mozart's 'Ave Maria' on His Master's Voice, catalogue 02472. Caruso was the first great international recording star; his recordings defined the operatic repertoire on record and remain highly collected.AI summary
His Master's Voice 02472 Opera
Enrico Caruso was the most famous tenor of his era and one of the first great recording stars; this His Master's Voice DB112 contains two major Verdi tenor arias, 'O tu che in seno agli angeli' from La Forza del Destino and 'Ah si ben mio' from Il Trovatore.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB112 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the world's greatest tenor and one of the defining voices of recorded music, sang 'Che gelida manina' (the aria from Puccini's *La bohème*) and 'Cielo e mar' (Verdi) on His Master's Voice DB113. Caruso died in 1921; his recordings remain among the most valued on 78rpm.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB113 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the legendary tenor and founding voice of the gramophone era, in two arias from Rossini (La donna del lago) and Meyerbeer (Le prophète), recorded for His Master's Voice DB123. These are electrical or late acoustic recordings from Caruso's final years (1919-1921).AI summary
His Master's Voice DB123 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the legendary Italian tenor, in two operatic arias: Ideale and Spirito gentil, on His Master's Voice DB129. A cornerstone Caruso recording from the electrical era.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB129 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the legendary Italian tenor, in two arias: 'In terra solo' and 'Un di all'azzurro Spazio guardai profundo' for HMV DB700, an electrical recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB700 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the most celebrated tenor of the early 20th century, recorded "Celeste Aida" from Verdi's *Aida* for His Master's Voice. The DK-series catalogue number indicates a late pressing, but Caruso's *Aida* is one of his signature recordings and remains among the most collected of all operatic discs.AI summary
His Master's Voice DK115 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the most celebrated tenor of the early 20th century, duets with the mezzo-soprano Antonietta Schumann-Heink on 'Ai nostri monti' from Verdi's *Il trovatore* (part 13), and with soprano Frances Alda on 'Ah che la morte ognora' from the same opera (part 10), on His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice DK119 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the legendary Italian tenor and one of the first recording superstars, recorded 'T'm' arricordo 'e Napule' and 'Angelo casto e bel' for His Master's Voice DB-series. Both are Italian vocal pieces.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB640 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the legendary tenor, recorded 'Com'è gentil' for His Master's Voice; this single-sided pressing from the HMV 052086 series is likely an early reissue of an acoustic-era recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice 052086 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the most celebrated tenor of the early 20th century, performing the famous aria 'Che gelida Manina' from Puccini's La Bohème on His Master's Voice—one of the greatest operatic recordings ever made.AI summary
His Master's Voice 052122 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the legendary Italian tenor, recorded the romance 'Je suis seul' (a tenor aria of uncertain origin, possibly from a French opera) for His Master's Voice. Caruso was the dominant tenor of the early twentieth century and defined the recorded voice for his era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-032005 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the legendary Italian tenor, performing the French song 'Si vous l'aviez compris' ('If You Had Only Understood') on His Master's Voice. This is an acoustic recording from the early years of the gramophone.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-032018 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the legendary Italian tenor, recorded 'Echo lointain de ma Jeunesse' for His Master's Voice; Caruso was the most recorded and celebrated operatic voice of the early 20th century, and his records remain highly sought.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-032028 Opera
Enrico Caruso singing Handel's 'Ombra mai fui' on His Master's Voice; Caruso was the dominant international opera tenor of the early 20th century and one of the first major recording stars. This is a reissue of an earlier acoustic recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-052180 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the most celebrated tenor of the early 20th century, in two operatic arias recorded for His Master's Voice. Caruso died in 1921; this is from his extensive back catalogue.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB616 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the most celebrated tenor of the early twentieth century, singing 'Trusting Eyes' on His Master's Voice. This is a precious historical recording of the greatest voice of the age.AI summary
His Master's Voice 4-2480 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the greatest tenor of his age, recorded 'Mia Piccirella' for HMV; this is an electrical recording from the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 052224 Opera
Enrico Caruso's 'Vesti la Giubba' (the famous aria from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci) recorded for His Master's Voice; this is perhaps the most iconic tenor recording of all time, recorded in 1902, and central to the history of the phonograph itself, though HMV pressings are extremely common.AI summary
His Master's Voice 052159 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the legendary Italian tenor, in two operatic arias: Ideale and Spirito gentil, on His Master's Voice DB129. A cornerstone Caruso recording from the electrical era.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB129 Opera
Enrico Caruso's 'Vesti la giubba' from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, recorded for His Master's Voice and issued as HMV 052159, one of the most recorded operatic arias of the acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 052159 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the greatest operatic tenor of the early twentieth century, recorded 'The Lost Chord' (the Sullivan ballad) for His Master's Voice. UK HMV pressings of Caruso are common and available in quantity, though early copies from this catalogue range (02000 series) date from the acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 02397 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the legendary Italian tenor who dominated recording from the 1900s until his death in 1921, recorded these two Spanish songs: 'A la luz de la luna' and 'A Granada'. HMV DB catalogue numbers are from his electrically recorded series.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB592 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the legendary Italian tenor whose voice defined the operatic recording, recorded 'Cujus Animam' and 'Ingemisco' (movements from Pergolesi's Stabat Mater and Verdi's Requiem) for His Master's Voice; these are among the most historically important vocal recordings ever made, though HMV reissued Caruso extensively and UK pressings are common.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB138 Opera
Enrico Caruso with Schumann-Heink and Frieda Alda performing operatic duets on His Master's Voice DK series: 'Ai Nostri Monti' from Verdi's 'La Forza del Destino' and 'Ah Che la Morte Ognora' (catalogue note suggests attribution to Verdi, though likely from a different work). This is a reissue or later pressing of celebrated vocal recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice DK119 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the legendary Italian tenor, recorded two famous arias—'Ora e per sempre addio' (from Verdi's *Othello*) and 'La Donna è Mobile' (from *Rigoletto*)—for His Master's Voice, catalogue DA561. Both were recorded early in Caruso's career around 1910-1912. Caruso was the dominant opera singer of the early 20th century and among the most collected of all 78 artists.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA561 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the most celebrated tenor of the early 20th century, recorded "Bois Épais" (the famous flute aria from Lully's Le Roi de Soleil) and "Première Caresse" for His Master's Voice. These are important historical vocal recordings from the greatest tenor of his time.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1097 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the legendary Italian tenor, performing an aria from Verdi's *Rigoletto* on His Master's Voice — a 78rpm pressing of acoustic-era material, likely a reissue or transfer of an early Caruso recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-52641 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the legendary Italian tenor, recorded 'L'Alba separa dalla luce' and 'Over There' for His Master's Voice; this is from the twilight of the acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA121 Opera
Enrico Caruso and Antonio Gluck performed "Libiam ne' lieti calici", the famous brindisi (drinking song) from Verdi's La Traviata, for His Master's Voice (7-54006). This is a classic operatic duet recorded in Caruso's later years, likely 1920–1921.AI summary
His Master's Voice 7-54006 Opera
Enrico Caruso, the legendary Italian tenor, and Antonio Gluck recorded the duet 'Libiam ne' lieti calici' (from La Traviata) for His Master's Voice, probably in the early 1920s or earlier. This is an acoustic-era recording of one of the greatest singers in recorded-music history.AI summary
His Master's Voice 7-54006 Opera
Ernst Kraus, a German tenor, singing two Schubert Lieder ('Der Neugierige' and 'Du biste die Ruh') for HMV, recorded in the 1920s-30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 042466/7 Opera
Ezio Pinza, the celebrated Italian bass and major figure in 20th-century opera, recorded 'Se oppressi ognor da ria sentenza' (Verdi, *I masnadieri*) and 'Dal tuo stellato soglio' for His Master's Voice DB698. Pinza was a principal baritone of the Metropolitan Opera and remains highly collected.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB698 Opera
Ezio Pinza (1892–1957), an Italian bass and international opera star, performing arias on His Master's Voice with baritone A. Turchetti; Pinza was one of the leading operatic basses of the 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB698 Opera
Ezio Pinza, the distinguished Italian–American bass-baritone, recorded 'Fin ch'han dal vino' (from *Don Giovanni*) and 'Deh vieni alla finestra' (from *Don Giovanni*) for HMV. Pinza was a major Metropolitan Opera star and his operatic recordings on electrical media remain prized by serious collectors.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1134 Opera
Frances Alda and Giacomo Martinelli, two celebrated operatic singers, perform a duet from Puccini's 'La Bohème' on His Master's Voice. Both were significant Metropolitan Opera artists; this is an acoustic-era recording of major singers.AI summary
His Master's Voice DK100 Opera
Operatic tenor Giacomo Martinelli and soprano Frances Alda performing the duet 'O quanti occhi fisi' from Verdi's *La forza del destino*, on His Master's Voice 2-054123. Both were major international opera singers of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-054123 Opera
Two operatic performers, F Austral and R Radford, recorded excerpts from Wagner's "Die Walküre" with orchestral accompaniment conducted by Albert Coates and Eugène Goossens respectively, for His Master's Voice; the high pedigree of conductor and artists suggests a substantial pre-war or early electrical recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice D680 Opera
F. Austral and T. Davies performing two famous operatic excerpts—the Valkyries' death-foretelling scene and the Ride of the Valkyries from Wagner's *Die Walküre*—as conducted by Albert Coates on His Master's Voice D681, an early orchestral recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice D681 Opera
Frieda Hempel and Pasquale Amato, two celebrated operatic singers, perform the operatic duet 'Figlia mio padre' on this HMV record, catalogue 2-054060, a late 1920s electrical recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-054060 Opera
Geraldine Farrar and Giovanni Martinelli, two of the greatest singers of the early twentieth century, in a dramatic duet from Offenbach's opera on His Master's Voice DK108.AI summary
His Master's Voice DK108 Opera
Geraldine Farrar and Giuseppe Clement performing 'Au clair de la lune' on His Master's Voice B7-34002. Farrar was one of the most famous opera singers of the early 20th century; this novelty duet likely dates from the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B7-34002 Opera
Geraldine Farrar and Enrico Caruso were the most celebrated opera singers of the early twentieth century; this His Master's Voice acoustic recording of the famous death duet from Puccini's Madama Butterfly is a historic document of operatic art.AI summary
His Master's Voice 054126 Opera
Geraldine Farrar, the famous American soprano, and Antonio Scotti, the distinguished Italian baritone, recorded the duet 'La ci darem la mano' and a scene from Puccini's *La Bohème* for His Master's Voice—operatic repertoire by two celebrated early-20th-century singers.AI summary
His Master's Voice DK111 Opera
Fernand Ansseau, a leading Belgian baritone of the early-to-mid 20th century, performing a sacred aria on His Master's Voice. The title suggests a piece from Catholic liturgical or devotional repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-032056 Opera
Fernand Ansseau, the celebrated Belgian tenor of the early 20th century, singing Italian operatic arias ('O Paradis' from L'Africaine and 'Pourquoi Me Réveiller' from Werther) on His Master's Voice in acoustic recording, representing the prestige acoustic opera catalogue.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA427 Opera
Fernando de Lucia, the celebrated Neapolitan tenor of the acoustic era, sings two arias from Rossini's 'Il turco in Italia' (DA124, 'Ah non credevi tu') and Mozart's 'Don Giovanni' ('Il mio tesoro intanto') on His Master's Voice, recorded early in his career.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA124 Opera
Florence Smithson was a British soprano of the 1910s–20s. The 'Waltz Song' from *Tom Jones* (Bantock/Jones) is a drawing-room song of Edwardian vintage. This HMV pressing represents light classical and theatrical repertoire of the period.AI summary
His Master's Voice 3917 Opera