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Emilio de Gogorza was a Spanish baritone and one of the earliest recording artists, whose voice was preserved on Edison cylinders and early gramophone records; this HMV pressing of "Juanita" documents his career in the acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 5-2102 Voice
Emilio de Gogoza, a celebrated Italian baritone of the early 20th century, on His Master's Voice; these lyric ballads represent his later acoustic recording work in the early 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA180 Voice
Emilio de Gogorza was a celebrated American baritone of the early 20th century who recorded extensively for His Master's Voice. This DA187 of "John Peel" and "When Dull Care" are traditional ballads recorded in the acoustic era, circa 1920–1925.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA187 Voice
Emilio de Gorgorza, an American baritone of the 1900s–20s, recorded 'O Sole Mio' for Victor; this is a US pressing and represents early operatic recording.AI summary
Victor 74105 Opera
Emma Calvé, the great French mezzo-soprano of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, performs 'Casta diva' (Bellini) and other arias on IRCC (International Record Collectors' Club), catalogue 3141, a reissue label of the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
IRCC 3141 Opera
Emma Calvé, the renowned French mezzo-soprano, recorded 'Les Tringles des Sistres' (from Bizet's *Carmen*) for His Master's Voice, catalogue 033058.AI summary
His Master's Voice 033058 Opera
Emma Calvé, the celebrated French operatic soprano, on RCA with the Habanera from Bizet's Carmen; one of Calvé's signature roles and likely a reissue or later pressing of her celebrated turn-of-century recording.AI summary
RCA 88085 Opera
Emma Calvé, the celebrated French operatic soprano, performing the French song 'Chantez riez dormez' on Victor—a significant operatic and vocal recording from the early 20th century.AI summary
Victor 88119 Opera
French soprano Emma Calvé singing the American song "Old Folks at Home" (Stephen Foster), an unusual repertoire choice on her early G&T recording.AI summary
G&T 03092 Voice
Emma Eames, the American soprano who was one of the Metropolitan Opera's leading stars around 1900, sings 'Chanson d'amour' on a single-sided G&T disc.AI summary
G&T 033019 Classical
Emma Luart with Jeffry's Jazz performing 'Parade D'Amour' on Pathé, a French label with British distribution in the late 1920s.AI summary
Pathé X3442 Dance
Emmanuel Feuermann, the celebrated cellist, recorded 'Danse Espagnol' (likely by Popper or Whitehorn) and Saint-Saëns's 'Le Cygne' (The Swan) for Parlophone, catalogue E10838. Feuermann was one of the supreme cellists of the twentieth century, recorded extensively on electrical recording.AI summary
Parlophone E10838 Classical
Emmett Miller, an American entertainer known for proto-country and vaudeville material, recorded 'Dusky Stevedore' and 'Take Your Tomorrow' for Parlophone. Miller's records are uncommon and sought by collectors of early country and hillbilly music.AI summary
Parlophone R314 Country
Emmett Miller was an important but often overlooked American jazz and blues vocalist and instrumentalist of the 1920s-1930s; paired here with Miff Mole, a pioneering jazz trombonist, on 'Dusky Stevedore' and 'Take Your Tomorrow', recorded for Parlophone, catalogue R314.AI summary
Parlophone R314 Jazz
Emmi Leisner, a soprano on Polyphon, performing Bach Chorale 'Schlage doch gewunschte Stunde' and movements from the Christmas Oratorio in German.AI summary
Polyphon 73020 Classical
Emmy Bettendorf recorded 'Senta's Ballad' (Part 1 and 2) for Parlophone E10080. 'Senta's Ballad' is the famous soprano aria from Wagner's *Der Fliegende Holländer*; Bettendorf was a professional singer, though not identified as a major international star.AI summary
Parlophone E10080 Opera
Emmy Bettendorf on Parlophone E10196, performing operatic or light classical material with accompaniment, from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Parlophone E10196 Classical
Emmy Bettendorf performing Brahms's *A German Requiem* on Parlophone in the classical vocal tradition.AI summary
Parlophone E11138 Classical
Emmy Bettendorf on Parlophone, performing "Merry Widow" and "Tarrying Gently"; Bettendorf was a vocalist active in the early 20th century, and the E-series Parlophone suggests an acoustic-era pressing.AI summary
Parlophone E10974 Voice
Emmy Destinn, the celebrated Czech soprano, singing Goethe's 'Kennst du das Land' on Odeon 50023, a two-part acoustic-era recording.AI summary
Odeon 50023 Opera
Emmy Destinn, the Czech dramatic soprano regarded as one of the supreme voices of the early recording era, sings the Habanera and Seguidilla from Carmen on Odeon 50230. Destinn's recordings are among the most prized of all early operatic 78s; her Odeon pressings are less commonly encountered than her HMV or Columbia sides and attract specialist collectors.AI summary
Odeon 50230 Opera
Emmy Destinn, the Czech dramatic soprano regarded as one of the supreme voices of the early recording era, sings Ave Maria and Handel's Hallelujah on Odeon RX500. The RX prefix is an unusual Odeon series designation; Destinn's recordings are among the most prized of all early operatic 78s, and her Odeon pressings are less commonly encountered than her HMV and Columbia sides.AI summary
Odeon RX500 Opera
Emmy Destinn (also spelled Destinová) was one of the supreme dramatic sopranos of the early twentieth century, celebrated at Covent Garden, the Met, and across Europe. Her recording of 'Kennst du das Land' (Mignon's aria from Ambroise Thomas's opera) on Columbia 40587 is a single-sided disc from her prolific acoustic recording career, likely made c.1906–1914. Destinn records are consistently sought by collectors of the Golden Age of singing.AI summary
Columbia 40587 Voice
Emmy Destinn, the legendary Czech soprano, singing Goethe's 'Kennst du das Land' on Odeon 50023, a recording from the acoustic era.AI summary
Odeon 50023 Opera
Emmy Destinn (Ema Destinnová) was one of the supreme dramatic sopranos of the early recording era, celebrated at Covent Garden and the Met. Columbia D3035 couples her Habanera (from Carmen, recorded 1904) with the Toreador Song sung by baritone Titta Parvis — a notable pairing on a large-format acoustic disc from the first decade of commercial recording.AI summary
Columbia D3035 Opera
Emmy Destinn, the great Czech soprano, sings Elsa's music from Wagner's 'Lohengrin' in German on the Gramophone Company's label.AI summary
Gramophone Company 4-43862 Opera
Emmy Destinn, a celebrated Czech opera soprano of the early 20th century, performs two pieces for His Master's Voice: an aria from Italian opera and a Slavic song.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA505 Opera
Emmy Destinn, the great Czech soprano, sings Elsa's music from Wagner's 'Lohengrin' in German on the Gramophone Company's label.AI summary
Gramophone Company 43730 Opera
Emmy Destinn was one of the greatest dramatic sopranos of the early recording era, a Czech singer celebrated for her Senta, Aida and Tosca at Covent Garden and the Met. This Parlophone PXO84 disc contains her 'Isolde's Liebestod' (from Wagner's Tristan) and Senta's Ballad from Der fliegende Holländer — two of her signature Wagner roles. Destinn Wagner recordings are seriously collected.AI summary
Parlophone PXO84 Opera
Emmy Destinn, the celebrated Czech soprano and one of the great operatic voices of the early 20th century, recorded a German art song on HMV's 2-043019 catalogue.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-043019 Opera
Emmy Destinn sings 'Ritorna vincitore' and 'I sacri nomi' from Verdi's Aida on Columbia A5387. These are two of the most demanding soprano arias in the repertoire, and Destinn was one of the supreme dramatic sopranos of the early recording era; this is a significant operatic coupling from one of the most collected early 78rpm singers.AI summary
Columbia A5387 Opera
Emmy Destinn, the Czech dramatic soprano regarded as one of the supreme voices of the early recording era and a celebrated Aida and Butterfly at Covent Garden and the Met, sings Musetta's Waltz from La Bohème and 'Stridono lassù' from Pagliacci on Columbia A5397. Destinn's recordings are among the most prized of all early operatic 78s, and this American Columbia pressing couples two of her finest roles.AI summary
Columbia A5397 Opera
Emmy Destinn on His Master's Voice 2-053111, 'O Patria Mia'. Destinn (Ema Destinová, 1878–1930) was a celebrated Czech dramatic soprano and Wagnerian artist, recorded extensively in the acoustic and early electric era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-053111 Opera
Emmy Destinn, the celebrated Czech soprano, performing 'Morro ma prima in grazia' on His Master's Voice 2-053199. Destinn was one of the greatest operatic voices of the early twentieth century, and recorded extensively for HMV.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-053199 Opera
Emmy Destinn, a Czech soprano and one of the greatest operatic singers of the early 20th century, performing Puccini's 'Vissi d'Arte' from Tosca for His Master's Voice 2-053053, an acoustic-era recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-053053 Opera
Emmy Destinn, the Czech operatic soprano, performing the famous soprano aria 'Ritorna Vincitor' from *Aida* on His Master's Voice 2-053054, an early single-sided acoustic recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-053054 Opera
Emmy Destinn was a celebrated Czech soprano of the early twentieth century; this G&T 12-inch acoustic disc in the 043 celebrity series preserves one of her operatic recordings.AI summary
G&T 043095 Opera
Emmy Destinn, the great Czech soprano, sings Senta's Ballad from Wagner's 'The Flying Dutchman' on a single-sided Gramophone Company disc.AI summary
Gramophone Company 043064 Opera
Emmy Destinn, the great Czech soprano, sings Senta's Ballad from 'The Flying Dutchman' and Elsa's Dream from 'Lohengrin' in German on the Gramophone Company's label.AI summary
Gramophone Company 043064/70 Opera
Emmy Destinn was a Czech soprano of international renown in the early 20th century, particularly famous for *Carmen*. Gramophone Company 043098/9 records two sacred arias by a major operatic voice of the acoustic era.AI summary
Gramophone Company 043098/9 Opera
Emmy Destinn, the celebrated Czech opera singer, performing an aria from Puccini's Madama Butterfly for Gramophone & Typewriter (Monarch). Destinn was one of the most famous opera singers of the early 1900s, and this is an acoustic-era recording by one of the great soprano voices.AI summary
GramMonarch 03110 Opera
Emmy Destinn, the Czech soprano who sang Covent Garden's first Madama Butterfly in 1905, sings from Puccini's opera on the Gramophone Company's label.AI summary
Gramophone Company 53532 Opera
Emmy Destinn, the great Czech soprano, duets with German tenor Karl Jörn on this early Gramophone Company disc; Destinn was one of the most celebrated voices of the pre-WWI opera stage and her early recordings are keenly collected.AI summary
Gramophone Company 044079/80 Opera
Emmy Destinn, a Czech soprano and one of the great international opera stars, recorded Wagner arias ('Elisabeth's Prayer' from Tannhäuser and Elsa's Air from Lohengrin) for Odeon. Destinn was a central figure in opera from the 1900s through the 1920s and was among the first major singers to be recorded.AI summary
Odeon 50170/1 Opera
Empire with My Blue Heaven and Ah Sweet Mystery of Life on Duophone D4022.AI summary
Duophone D4022 Dance
The Empire Symphony Orchestra recorded two waltzes for Regal Records, a budget British label; the conductor is not identified and such instrumental sides on minor labels are often scarce.AI summary
Regal G6160 Orchestra
Ena Baga performing 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' and 'White Heather' on Solex, a small British label. Beyond the artist's name on the label, this record is not well documented.AI summary
Solex 101 Voice
Ena Baga is an unidentified artist on the Solex label, performing 'Kid Millions selection' and 'Road House selection', likely instrumental arrangements or medleys from popular shows and revues of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Solex 141 Misc.