1,260 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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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
Lauritz Melchior, the legendary Wagnerian tenor, performing two passages from Wagner's *Die Walküre*: 'Wintersturme wichen' and 'Morgenlich leuchtend' on Brunswick 50085. Melchior was one of the most recorded and collected operatic voices of the twentieth century.AI summary
Brunswick 50085 Opera
Lauritz Melchior was the pre-eminent Heldentenor of the twentieth century, and his early recordings for the Danish Schallplatte (Schall) label — before his HMV and Victor period — are among the rarest documents of his voice. Schall 72857 carries the Schmiedelied and Schwertlied from Wagner's Siegfried, core Melchior repertoire pressed in Denmark in very limited quantities.AI summary
Schall 72857 Opera
A companion disc to 14582 from the same Danish Schallplatte series — Lauritz Melchior singing Siegmund's 'Friedmund darf ich nicht heissen' and 'Siegmund heiss ich' from Die Walküre on Schall 72867. These early Scandinavian pressings of Melchior in his prime Wagnerian roles represent some of the scarcest mainstream Heldentenor recordings in existence.AI summary
Schall 72867 Opera
Leila Ben Sedira recorded 'Bell Song' for Parlophone in what appears to be a single-sided or two-part release. The Bell Song is operatic repertoire (likely Lakmé by Delibes), suggesting a trained vocalist.AI summary
Parlophone E11074 Opera
Leila Ben Sedira performing the 'Bell Song' and another work on Parlophone E11074. An obscure vocalist, possibly of North African origin, on a European classical label.AI summary
Parlophone E11074 Opera
Lenghi Cellini, recorded the operatic arias 'Vesti la Giubba' and 'O Columbina' for Piccadilly 5019, an Italian tenor on a cheap British label.AI summary
Piccadilly 5019 Opera
Lenghi Cellini was an Italian tenor recorded on Piccadilly in the early 1930s singing operatic arias.AI summary
Piccadilly 5032 Opera
Lenghi Cellini performing standard Italian operatic arias — 'M'appari' and 'La donna è mobile' — on Piccadilly, a British budget label of the 1930s.AI summary
Piccadilly 5056 Opera
Lenghi Cellini, a vocalist, performing classic Italian songs 'La Danza' and 'Santa Lucia' on Piccadilly 5091, a British budget label from the early 1930s.AI summary
Piccadilly 5091 Opera
Lenghi Cellini, an Italian operatic tenor, recorded these two operatic standards for Parlophone, a major British label.AI summary
Parlophone P9008 Opera
Lenghi Cellini performed operatic arias 'Questa o Quella' and 'Una Furtiva Lagrima' for Piccadilly, a cheap British label of the early 1930s.AI summary
Piccadilly 252 Opera
A Beka label recording of the tenor Lenghi-Cellini performing 'Che gelida manina' from Puccini's La Bohème.AI summary
Beka M101 Opera
Lenghi-Cellini (likely a vocal duo) on Beka M105, performing operatic material 'Farewell o Happy Home' and 'Let her believe'.AI summary
Beka M105 Opera
Lenghi and Cellini, unidentified artists, on BekaM (Beka, a German label with British pressings), performing 'Serenata' and music from Pagliacci.AI summary
Beka M123 Opera
Lenghi and Cellini performing two opera arias on Beka, catalogue M50. This appears to be a Beka (Berliner Gramophon Aktiengesellschaft) pressing, likely from the 1910s–1920s era, featuring two operatic singers.AI summary
Beka M50 Opera
The tenor Lenghi-Cellini sings 'Questa o quella' and 'La donna è mobile' from Verdi's 'Rigoletto' on Beka.AI summary
Beka M55 Opera
Lenghi-Cellini was an Italian operatic tenor recorded in the acoustic era; this Beka disc presents two celebrated arias from Puccini's Tosca.AI summary
Beka M91 Opera
Leo Slezak, 'Barcarolle' from Die Stumme von Portici and 'Konstanze, Dich Wiederzusehen' from Die Entführung aus dem Serail, on GCC 3-42886; Slezak was a celebrated Austrian tenor of the early 20th century, famous for his roles in Wagner and Mozart.AI summary
GCC 3-42886 Opera
Leo Slezak was one of the most celebrated dramatic tenors of the early twentieth century, an enormous figure known for his Otello, Lohengrin and comic wit. This Odeon disc, catalogue 38017, contains 'O Glanz von Paris' and the 'Arioso aus Bajazzo' from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci. Slezak's Odeon recordings are of collector interest to enthusiasts of early German operatic singing.AI summary
Odeon 38017 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
Leo Slezak, one of the great Heldentenöre of the 1910s-20s, on Columbia A5395 with two Wagner extracts: the Prize Song from *Die Meistersinger* and a passage from the duet 'In fernem Land' (though the side-listing shows 'Mein lieber Schwaha', possibly in error). These are electrical recordings from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia A5395 Opera
Leo Slezak was an Austrian-Bohemian tenor and a legendary Heldentenor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; this Monarch recording preserves arias from Verdi and Puccini by one of opera's greatest voices.AI summary
Monarch 042115 Opera
Leo Slezak was an Austrian tenor famous for Wagnerian and dramatic roles. Gramophone Company 3-42714 ('Flieh, O flieh' from *Manon*) is an early electrical recording of a major operatic voice.AI summary
Gramophone Company 3-42714 Opera
Leo Slezak, the Czech tenor of the Vienna Court Opera, and soprano Elsa Bland in operatic duets on the Gramophone Company's label.AI summary
Gramophone Company 2-44425 Opera
Leo Slezak, the Czech tenor of the Vienna Court Opera, sings the Triumphal Hymn and Pastorale from Meyerbeer's 'Le prophète' on the Gramophone Company's label.AI summary
Gramophone Company 4-42037 Opera
Leo Sleziak on Decca PO5037, performing 'To Music' and 'Night and Dreams' (Schubert's 'An die Musik' and 'Nacht und Träume'). Sleziak was a Polish tenor active in the mid-20th century.AI summary
Decca PO5037 Opera
Leon Lafitte recorded the concert aria 'Grand Air' for Zonophone, the British budget label.AI summary
Zonophone 2174 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
Leopold Demuth, an operatic performer. G&T 3-42807 records 'Monolog Rigoletto' and 'Postillonlied'; early electrical operatic recording.AI summary
G&T 3-42807 Opera
Leopold Demuth, the Austrian baritone, sings Ich denke oft an's blaue Meer and Hüll' in die Mantille on Gramophone Company 4-42202.AI summary
Gramophone Company 4-42202 Opera
Lewis James singing 'Gondoliers' on Octacros 1119, identified as performing at Town Hall Lewisham, likely from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Octacros 1119 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
A Light Opera Company recording of *The Girl from Utah*, a 1914 musical comedy, issued on the Chapman label (ChapA1). This is a British theatrical ensemble recording of an Edwardian stage musical.AI summary
Chappell A1 Opera
Lillian Blauvelt (1873-1947), the American soprano, sings an aria from Verdi's Les vêpres siciliennes on Victor 81067.AI summary
Victor 81067 Opera
Lillian Nordica was an American dramatic soprano of the late nineteenth century, one of the most celebrated Wagner singers of her era at the Metropolitan Opera. Columbia 74026 — 'Annie Laurie' — is an early acoustic cylinder-era pressing, and early Nordica records are among the most historically significant in the pre-electrical catalogue.AI summary
Columbia 74026 Opera
Lillian Nordica was one of the most celebrated American dramatic sopranos of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, famous for her Wagner roles at the Metropolitan and Bayreuth. This Columbia disc, catalogue 74028, contains 'Io son Titania' — the brilliant coloratura aria from Thomas's Mignon. Nordica's recordings are seriously collected by enthusiasts of early American operatic singing.AI summary
Columbia 74028 Opera
Lily Elsie, the British musical-theatre star, and A. Margetson recorded duets from Edwardian operetta for Columbia in the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4439 Opera
Both arias here are from Puccini — 'L'altra notte in fondo al mare' from Mefistofele (actually Boito) and 'Mi chiamano Mimì' from La Bohème — suggesting a soprano of Italian repertoire. Lisa Cavalieri is not a widely documented name in standard vocal discographies, and the Columbia A5172 number places this in the acoustic period, around 1906–1910. Early Columbia opera pressings by documented but not famous sopranos attract modest specialist interest.AI summary
Columbia A5172 Opera
Lloyd Chandos performing light operatic material on Odeon 32723, from the 1920s-30s era. Odeon was a major European label with wide British distribution.AI summary
Odeon 32723 Opera
Lotte Lehmann, the great Austrian-American soprano, recorded extended excerpts from Wagner's *Tristan and Isolde* and *The Valkyries* on Parlophone. These are from her celebrated operatic repertoire.AI summary
Parlophone 20122 Opera
Lotte Lehmann, the celebrated Austrian Lieder and operatic soprano, recorded 'Entrance of Butterfly' from Puccini and 'Pamina's aria' from Mozart for Parlophone in the early 1930s.AI summary
Parlophone PO157 Opera
Lotte Lehmann, one of the greatest lyric sopranos of the 20th century and a towering interpreter of Lieder and opera. Parlophone R20014 records 'Dei Primo Piento' and 'In Questa Reggia', capturing a legendary voice.AI summary
Parlophone R20014 Opera
Lotte Lehmann, the celebrated Austrian lieder and operatic soprano, performing Leonore's Aria (two parts) on Parlophone PXO1013. Lehmann was one of the preeminent vocal artists of the 20th century.AI summary
Parlophone PXO1013 Opera
Lotte Lehmann, the great Austro-German mezzo-soprano, singing Schubert's 'Aufträge' and 'Nussbaum' on Parlophone RO20071, a foreign repertoire series of the 1930s.AI summary
Parlophone RO20071 Opera
Lotte Lehmann was a celebrated Austrian-American soprano and lieder interpreter; these are Schubert songs recorded for the British Parlophone label, preserving her intimate vocal art on disc.AI summary
Parlophone RO20061 Opera
Lotte Lehmann, the legendary Austrian mezzo-soprano and lieder interpreter, recorded both sides as "Arabella" for Parlophone, likely two movements from Richard Strauss's opera of that name.AI summary
Parlophone RO20237 Opera