3,289 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Giovanni Martinelli, the celebrated Italian tenor, recorded two famous arias from French opera on HMV's D-series: 'Salut demeure chaste et pure' from Gounod's Faust and 'La Fleur que tu m'avais jetée' from Bizet's Carmen. Martinelli was one of the great voices of the early 20th century and remained active in recording through the 1930s–1940s. These are cornerstone operatic recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB334 Opera
Giovanni Martinelli singing the tenor aria 'Che gelida manina' from Puccini's La Bohème, on His Master's Voice 2-052085. Martinelli was one of the greatest Italian tenors of his era, with a recording career spanning decades; this is one of his signature roles.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-052085 Opera
Giovanni Martinelli, the Italian tenor and leading Verdi specialist of his generation, singing 'M'appari' (also known as 'M'appari tutt'amor', the tenor aria from Flotow's *Martha*) on HMV 2-052105. An electrically recorded operatic side from the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-052105 Opera
Giovanni Martinelli, one of the greatest Italian tenors of the 20th century, performing two celebrated Puccini arias from *La Bohème* and Verdi's *Aida* on HMV's prestigious DB series.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB335 Opera
Giovanni Martinelli, the celebrated Italian tenor of the Metropolitan Opera, recorded 'La Donna è Mobile' from *Rigoletto* and 'E Lucevan le Stelle' from *Tosca* for His Master's Voice—definitive performances of Verdi and Puccini by one of the greatest singers of the early 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA325 Opera
Gisele MacKenzie, a Canadian-born light soprano of the 1950s, recorded for His Master's Voice; this is a promotional copy, which are rarer than commercial issues but typically less sought.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10914(promo) Voice
Giuseppe De Luca, a legendary Italian baritone of the early 20th century, recorded 'Povario' on His Master's Voice; De Luca was one of the greatest opera singers of his era and a major recording artist.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB1371 Opera
Giuseppe di Stefano, a celebrated Italian tenor, on His Master's Voice performing Sicilian folk and character songs. Di Stefano became famous in the post-war years as a leading operatic and popular singer.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1877 Voice
Glenn Miller was an American big-band leader of the 1930s and 1940s, one of the most commercially successful bandleaders of the swing era. This HMV side pairs 'Alice Blue Gown' and 'Wonderful One', standard popular songs from his early recording period.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5654 Dance
Glenn Miller's famous wartime hit 'That Old Black Magic' and 'At Last', pressed by His Master's Voice under licence from the American Brunswick original. Miller's swing orchestra recordings are among the most collected of all big-band era discs.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5811 Orchestra
Glenn Miller and his orchestra recorded 'Frenesi' and 'My Blue Heaven' for His Master's Voice BD5678. Miller is one of the most famous bandleaders in history, and both sides are well-known swing standards.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5678 Dance
Glenn Miller's orchestra on His Master's Voice with 'Story of a Starry Night' and 'Moonlight Sonata', recordings from the bandleader whose orchestra defined the swing era.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5768 Dance
Glenn Miller led the most commercially successful swing band of the 1940s, and 'Moonlight Serenade' was his signature tune; this His Master's Voice UK pressing of two of his classic sides is a standard collector's item.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5942 Jazz
Glenn Miller, the American bandleader and composer, recorded 'Story of a Starry Night' and a jazz-influenced 'Moonlight Sonata' for His Master's Voice. Miller's orchestra defined the swing era in the early 1940s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5768 Instrumental
Glenn Miller's orchestra recorded 'Frenesi' and 'My Blue Heaven' for His Master's Voice, releasing Miller's American Victor material in the UK. These are from his peak years in the early 1940s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5678 Dance
Glenn Miller's orchestra performing two swing standards for His Master's Voice. This is from the second phase of Miller's recording career, equally iconic but a separate pressing from his many other British releases.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10235 Dance
Glenn Miller's big band on HMV, featuring two novelty-era dance standards; a UK pressing from the wartime or immediate postwar period.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10662 Orchestra
Glenn Miller and his orchestra, the most commercially successful big band of the 1940s, recorded these two iconic sides for His Master's Voice; 'Moonlight Serenade' became the theme and signature piece of the Miller sound.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5942 Dance
Glenn Miller's big band recorded 'I'll Never Smile Again' with Tex Beneke vocal, one of the most commercially successful records of the wartime era; this is an HMV UK pressing of the period.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD1216 Orchestra
His Master's Voice BD5779
Glenn Miller, the most popular big-band leader of the swing era, recorded Verdi's "Anvil Chorus" for His Master's Voice on an MH (Music Hall) series pressing.AI summary
His Master's Voice MH183 Orchestra
Glenn Miller and his Orchestra recorded 'Blueberry Hill' and 'Nearness of You' for HMV MH92. Miller was America's biggest swing bandleader of the early 1940s and one of the most recorded musicians of the era; his band's distinctive sound—trumpet, clarinet, and trombone leads over a swinging rhythm section—defined the swing era. Both sides are popular standards.AI summary
His Master's Voice MH92 Dance
Glenn Miller on His Master's Voice; these light popular titles do not represent his most celebrated big-band orchestra recordings but capture his broader session work in the late 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice MH95 Dance
Glenn Miller was one of the most famous and influential bandleaders of the 1930s-40s swing era; this His Master's Voice BD pressing of 'Melancholy Lullaby' and 'Blue Moonlight' represents his recordings on the HMV label in that period.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5822 Dance
Glenn Miller's 'Falling Leaves' and 'Beat Me', recorded during his peak years and issued on His Master's Voice; a major American bandleader whose UK pressings remain popular with collectors.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5651 Dance
Glenn Miller's orchestra recorded 'Sleep Song' and 'Sweet Eloise' for His Master's Voice; Miller led one of the most popular and well-documented dance bands of the 1930s and 1940s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5779 Dance
Glenn Miller's orchestra performing two of their signature swing hits for His Master's Voice, from the height of the band's fame in the early 1940s. These are among the most iconic and commercially successful big band recordings ever made.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5808 Dance
Glenn Miller's orchestra on His Master's Voice, performing two of the bandleader's most celebrated arrangements from the swing era.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5942 Dance
Glenn Miller on His Master's Voice with the orchestral standards 'American Patrol' and 'Moonlight Serenade'. Miller was an American bandleader whose big-band swing recordings of 1938-42 achieved enormous popularity both in the US and Britain, though most of his HMV pressings are post-war reissues of earlier American recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice EG7465 Orchestra
Glenn Miller, the celebrated American bandleader of the 1930s–1940s, recorded 'Georgia on My Mind' and 'Jersey Bounce' for HMV (B10235) in the late 1930s. The first is a jazz standard; the second became one of his most famous compositions. HMV pressings of Miller are common.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10235 Orchestra
Glenn Miller's Decca orchestra recorded 'Little Brown Jug' and 'Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree', popular wartime novelties and swing standards; this is an HMV pressing from the early 1940s, during Miller's peak commercial success.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10662 Dance
Glen Miller on His Master's Voice BD5929, performing 'A Million Dreams Ago' and 'Starlit Hour'. Miller was the most popular big-band leader of the 1930s-40s; these are commercial ballad performances from his repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5929 Orchestra
Glenn Miller's orchestra performing 'Everybody loves my Baby' and 'Tiger rag' for His Master's Voice EA4023, an electrically recorded big band arrangement from the late 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice EA4023 Dance
Glenn Miller's 'Anvil Chorus' on His Master's Voice, from the bandleader whose orchestra dominated the 1940s and whose recordings remain widely collected.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5671 Dance
Glenn Miller Orchestra on HMV EA2511, performing 'Johnson Rag' and 'I Want to Be Happy'. These are pressings of Miller's American recordings issued under license to HMV in Britain during the 1940s.AI summary
His Master's Voice EA2511 Dance
Glenn Miller on His Master's Voice EA2685, the American swing bandleader, with 'What's your story morning glory' and 'In the mood', the latter a signature composition.AI summary
His Master's Voice EA2685 Jazz
Glenn Miller, the American swing bandleader, on His Master's Voice EA3383 with 'It happened in Hawaii' and 'Everything I love' — an early recording from before his famous 1939–1942 orchestra.AI summary
His Master's Voice EA3383 Orchestra
Glenn Miller, the biggest-selling bandleader of the swing era, recorded 'Moonlight Serenade' (his signature tune) and 'Mister Meadowlark' for His Master's Voice. This EA-series pressing represents one of the most popular American orchestras in British pressings.AI summary
His Master's Voice EA3463 Dance
Glenn Miller and his orchestra on His Master's Voice BD5927 performing two swing standards from the height of the big-band era.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5927 Dance
His Master's Voice NE651
Glenn Miller's orchestra, one of the most popular bands of the big-band era, recorded "I'm Stepping Out with a Memory Tonight" and "Devil Ma'e Care" for His Master's Voice during the 1940s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5617 Dance
Glenn Miller's orchestra, one of the most recorded and popular ensembles of the 1940s, recorded these two sides for His Master's Voice; Moon Love is a sentimental ballad and Sold American is a novelty number.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5854 Orchestra
Glenn Miller, the leader of the most commercially successful big-band orchestra of the 1940s, recorded "Rainbow Rhapsody" and "It Must Be Jelly" for His Master's Voice. Miller's orchestra defined the "Miller sound" that became ubiquitous in wartime popular music.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5847 Orchestra
Glenn Miller and his orchestra, 'Faithful Forever' and 'Bluebirds in the Moonlight', on His Master's Voice Bb10465-A; Miller was the most popular bandleader of the early 1940s, and his HMV recordings represent the height of the American swing era's commercial reach.AI summary
His Master's Voice Bb10465-A Dance
Glenn Miller and his orchestra were the most commercially successful big-band ensemble of the 1940s; this His Master's Voice 78 couples two concert-hall arrangements recorded during or shortly after World War II.AI summary
His Master's Voice Bb11029-B Orchestra
Glenn Miller and his Orchestra on His Master's Voice Bb 11382-A, performing two popular numbers. Miller was the most successful American big-band leader of the 1930s–1940s, and his records remain among the most collected of the swing era.AI summary
His Master's Voice Bb11382-A Dance
Glenn Miller with vocalist Tex Beneke recorded 'Pin Striped Pants' and 'The Whiffenpoof Song' for His Master's Voice, likely from the early 1940s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD1252 Dance
The Glenn Miller Orchestra recorded these two swing standards for HMV. Miller's band was one of the most popular American dance orchestras of the 1940s, though this particular title pairing and pressing require verification.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5698 Orchestra