452 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Karl Erb was a celebrated German tenor who recorded extensively in the 1920s and 1930s. This His Master's Voice disc features two sacred vocal pieces: 'O Jesulein süss' (a Christmas carol) and 'Litanei'. The EG series indicates a higher-quality electrical recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice EG3184 Opera
Karl Erb performing 'Verborgenheit' and 'Gebet' on His Master's Voice EG3591. Erb was a celebrated German tenor active in the early-to-mid 20th century, known for Lieder and operatic repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice EG3591 Opera
Kirkby Lunn was a celebrated British mezzo-soprano of the Edwardian era; this HMV side of Handel presents her in oratorio repertoire, preserving her voice from the early acoustic recording period.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03272 Opera
Kirkby Lunn, a celebrated British mezzo-soprano, performing 'Now sleeps the crimson petal' on His Master's Voice 2-3311. Lunn had a long recording career from the 1900s onwards and this art-song recital represents her later work.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-3311 Opera
Kirkby Lunn (1873–1953) was a distinguished British mezzo-soprano with a long career on the concert platform and in oratorio. This HMV acoustic recording of "When All Was Young" from Faust preserves her voice from the early recording era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03257 Opera
Kirkby Lunn was a celebrated British mezzo-soprano of the early 20th century, recorded here singing the famous aria "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix" (My heart opens to your voice) from Saint-Saëns' *Samson and Delilah* for His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice 033033 Opera
Kirsten Flagstad was a legendary Norwegian soprano, one of the greatest Wagnerian singers of the 20th century; this HMV pressing offers the prayer from Tannhäuser in two parts, typical of pre-LP classical recording practice.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB6795 Opera
Lucrezia Bori and Giuseppe de Luca, two of the great opera singers of the early twentieth century, performing the famous duet from Donizetti's Don Pasquale. This His Master's Voice pressing is from their electrical recording era, roughly the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-054120 Opera
Three opera singers — L. Brambilla, G. Acerbi and A. Sillich — recorded the Prelude to Act III of Gounod's *Faust* for His Master's Voice, catalogue 054114. Italian singers on HMV suggest the 1900s–1910s electrical or acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 054114 Opera
Landon Ronald conducting and performing an excerpt from Saint-Saëns's 'Samson et Dalila' on His Master's Voice 0838, an operatic recording from the early electrical era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 0838 Opera
Lauritz Melchior, the great Wagnerian tenor, on HMV with two romantic ballads, 'I Love You' and 'Please Don't Say No'.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9446 Opera
Leo Slezak, an Austrian tenor famous for Wagnerian roles, recorded 'Ha welche hohe Wonne' and 'Soll ich denn sehen' on His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice 3-42831 Opera
Leonid Sobinov was one of the most celebrated lyric tenors of the early twentieth century, a star of the Bolshoi Opera and a major figure in Russian musical culture. This HMV DB889 disc contains 'I Love You Olga' (dated 1910) and 'Whither Have You Gone'. Sobinov's HMV recordings are collected by specialists in early Russian singing.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB889 Opera
Leopold Demuth was an operatic baritone of the late 19th century; this His Master's Voice 78 contains two operatic extracts, the Prologue from Mascagni's 'Pagliacci' and music from Verdi's 'Un ballo in maschera'.AI summary
His Master's Voice 042049 Opera
Lewys James, a Welsh baritone, in two operatic arias—the Figaro patter-song and 'On With the Motley' from Pagliacci—on His Master's Voice from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice D237 Opera
Lotte Lehmann, the Austrian-American soprano, and Lauritz Melchior, the Danish tenor, recorded a duet from Schubert's 'Schwanengesang' for His Master's Voice (1716). This pairing represents two of the greatest singers of the mid-20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice 1716 Opera
Lotte Lehmann, one of the greatest opera singers and Lieder interpreters of the 20th century, performing a duet with the legendary Lauritz Melchior, the greatest Wagnerian tenor of the era, on His Master's Voice—a meeting of two canonical voices.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1717 Opera
Louise Edvina, a soprano, recorded 'Depuis le Jour ou je me suis donnee' (the aria from Charpentier's *Louise*) for His Master's Voice, catalogue 2-033071, dating to the 1920s-1930s. Edvina was a European opera or concert soprano, identity not fully documented in English sources.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-033071 Opera
Lucrezia Bori, a celebrated Italian soprano of the early 20th century, performing two operatic arias on His Master's Voice from the early electrical recording era.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB152 Opera
Luisa Tetrazzini (1871–1940) was an internationally celebrated Italian soprano known for her brilliant coloratura technique; this His Master's Voice pressing of two numbers from Verdi's *La traviata* ('Ah fors'è lui' and 'Sempre libera') represents a major operatic voice of the early 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB531 Opera
Luisa Tetrazzini performing 'Last Rose of Summer' on His Master's Voice 03241, an acoustic-era operatic vocal recording. Tetrazzini was an internationally celebrated Italian soprano of the early 20th century, renowned for her spectacular coloratura technique and her recording legacy.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03241 Opera
Luisa Tetrazzini, the celebrated Italian coloratura soprano, performing 'Swallows' on His Master's Voice, one of the major opera singers of the Edwardian era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03280 Opera
Luisa Tetrazzini, the celebrated Italian coloratura soprano, performing 'Shadow Song' on His Master's Voice, a single-sided recording from her early acoustic era (the 053143 prefix suggests c.1910-14).AI summary
His Master's Voice 053143 Opera
Luisa Tetrazzini, one of the most celebrated operatic sopranos of the early 20th century, performing two arias from the Italian operatic repertoire. Her HMV recordings of the 1900s–1920s remain historically important.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-053034 Opera
Maggie Teyte was a celebrated British soprano, a leading interpreter of French art song and opera. This HMV DA-series pressing presents two French vocal pieces from her repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1819 Opera
Marcel Journet was a distinguished French bass who sang at the Paris Opéra and the Metropolitan Opera. This HMV pressing (7-52093) of the Italian National Anthem is an unusual side — a bass singing a patriotic piece rather than an operatic aria — but Journet's name gives it collecting appeal. The 7-52xxx catalogue range suggests an early acoustic pressing.AI summary
His Master's Voice 7-52093 Opera
Marcel Journet, the distinguished French bass, recorded 'La Brabançonne' (the Belgian national anthem) and the 'Chant de Guerre Cosaque' (Russian folk song) for His Master's Voice—nationalist and folk repertoire by a celebrated opera singer of the early 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA256 Opera
Marcel Journet, the distinguished French-Belgian bass-baritone, recorded Wagner's Lohengrin for HMV's prestige 3-series in the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 3-42550 Opera
Marcel Wittrisch was a German tenor known for operatic roles and Lieder; this His Master's Voice side features two German art songs (Strauss and Schumann).AI summary
His Master's Voice EG3056 Opera
Marcel Wittrisch, the German operatic tenor, recorded German operatic selections 'Nun wer die Fraun nie fragt' and 'Was war ich ohne euch' for His Master's Voice EG2255, the European electric series.AI summary
His Master's Voice EG2255 Opera
Marcel Wittrisch, a celebrated German tenor of the operetta and light-music repertoire, on His Master's Voice EG2545 with two Viennese songs.AI summary
His Master's Voice EG2545 Opera
Maria Basilides was a celebrated Hungarian mezzo-soprano of the early 20th century, known for her concert and operatic work. This His Master's Voice recording in Hungarian dates from the electrical era. Basilides was an internationally recorded artist, though UK pressings of her work are comparatively uncommon.AI summary
His Master's Voice AM1675 Opera
Maria Gay, a Spanish mezzo-soprano, recorded the French song 'Printemps qui commence' (Spring is Beginning) on His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice 033040 Opera
Maria Ivogun, the Hungarian soprano (1891–1987), was a major operatic singer of the interwar years; this His Master's Voice disc pairs scenes from Meyerbeer's *Les Huguenots* and Strauss's *Die Fledermaus*, recorded in the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B24235 Opera
Maria Jeritza was an Austrian operatic soprano renowned for her dramatic voice and stage presence; this HMV disc features two celebrated Italian opera arias, "Voi Lo Sapete, O Mamma" from Cavalleria Rusticana and the famous aria from Tosca, "Vissi d'Arte, Vissi d'Amore".AI summary
His Master's Voice DA565 Opera
Maria Jeritza, an internationally celebrated Austrian soprano of the 1920s–30s, sings Gluck's 'Das Glück, das mir verblieb' and Wagner's 'Dich, teure Halle' for His Master's Voice. Jeritza was one of Europe's leading operatic voices and a major recording artist.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA524 Opera
Maria Jeritza, the celebrated Austro-Hungarian operatic soprano, recorded operatic arias for His Master's Voice. Jeritza was one of the great international stars of the 1920s and 1930s, famous for her roles in Puccini and for her dramatic intensity on stage.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA579 Opera
Maria Jeritza, an internationally celebrated opera soprano, on His Master's Voice DB306 with German-language operatic repertoire 'Allmacht'ge Jungfrau' and 'Einsam in truben Tagen'.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB306 Opera
Maria Jeritza, the celebrated Austro-Hungarian soprano, recorded German operatic arias for His Master's Voice's DB series: 'Allmacht'ge Jungfrau' and 'Einsam in truben Tagen'.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB306 Opera
Maria Jeritza, a celebrated Austrian soprano, recorded operatic material for His Master's Voice's Red Label; an important voice of the early 20th-century operatic stage.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-033090 Opera
Maria Jeritza, the celebrated Austrian soprano, performing 'Allmacht'ge Jungfrau' and 'Einsam in truben Tagen' for HMV DB306.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB306 Opera
Mario Sammarco, the renowned Italian baritone, recorded 'Eri tu' (the famous aria from Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera) for His Master's Voice on the 2-052011 catalogue number, indicating a serious operatic release. Sammarco was a celebrated recording artist in the early years of the gramophone and his HMV recordings remain sought by collectors of operatic singing.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-052011 Opera
Mario Sammarco, a celebrated Italian baritone of the early 20th century, performs the Prologue from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci on His Master's Voice. Sammarco was one of the most important baritones of his era and a prolific recording artist.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-052031 Opera
Mario Sammarco performs 'Non Più Andrò' (Fiorello's aria from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro) on His Master's Voice. This is one of Sammarco's numerous operatic recordings for HMV.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-052042 Opera
Giovanni Martinelli and Antonio de Luca recorded 'Dio che nell' alma' (from Verdi's *Un ballo in maschera*) for His Master's Voice. This is an operatic duet from one of the greatest tenors of the 20th century and a baritone soloist, part of Martinelli's extensive recorded legacy.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-054117 Opera
Mary Ellis, the American operetta singer and actress, recorded this Ivor Novello song for His Master's Voice; Ellis was a leading operetta star of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8890 Opera
Mary Garden, the Scottish-American soprano and opera star, recorded 'Across the Steppe' and 'En Vain pour eviter' for His Master's Voice VA18. Garden was a celebrated opera singer and interpreter of French repertoire, active from the 1900s onward.AI summary
His Master's Voice VA18 Opera
Martha Angelici, a French mezzo-soprano, performing Mireille (listed twice) on HMV's prestigious DB series.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB11.184 Opera