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- AAnnie Laurie
Clara Butt, the great British contralto of the Edwardian era, performs 'Annie Laurie' on Columbia X303.AI summary
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- A(+ her sisters)Birth of the Flowers
Clara Butt, the celebrated British contralto, recorded this novelty piece with her sisters on Columbia. An unusual ensemble recording from one of the most famous voices of the early gramophone era.AI summary
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- AAbide With Me
- BGod shall wipe away all tears
Clara Butt, the celebrated British contralto of the Edwardian era, recorded two sacred hymn arrangements for Columbia; Butt was one of the best-known British singers of her time.AI summary
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- ADown here
- BA fairy went a-marketing
Clara Butt, the renowned British mezzo-soprano, recorded 'Down here' and 'A fairy went a-marketing' for Columbia PB-series. Butt was one of the most celebrated British singers of the Edwardian era.AI summary
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- ADown here
Clara Butt, the celebrated British contralto, recorded by Columbia in the acoustic era; a significant voice of Edwardian Britain.AI summary
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- AEternal Father
- BTell me the old old story
Dame Clara Butt was one of Britain's greatest contraltos and a major recording artist from the acoustic era onwards. This early Columbia electrical recording features two sacred vocal pieces: 'Eternal Father' (likely 'Eternal Father Strong to Save', the naval hymn) and 'Tell Me the Old Old Story'. Butt's recordings are seriously collected.AI summary
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- AFriendship
Clara Butt, the renowned British mezzo-soprano, recorded 'Friendship' for Columbia Records. Butt was one of the most celebrated British singers of the Edwardian era and remained active into the 1920s.AI summary
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- AFriendship
Clara Butt singing 'Friendship' on Columbia, the celebrated British contralto of the Edwardian and early 20th century.AI summary
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- AFriendship
- BKey of Heaven
Clara Butt was a celebrated British contralto of the late 19th and early 20th century, known for oratorio and art song; this Columbia disc features two vocal pieces, "Friendship" and "Key of Heaven".AI summary
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- AHe shall feed his flock
- BCreation's hymn
Clara Butt recorded 'He Shall Feed His Flock' and 'Creation's Hymn' for Columbia 7311; these are concert and oratorio pieces from the late Victorian repertoire, recorded by one of the most significant British singing voices of her era, though such recordings are extremely common.AI summary
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- AKathleen Mavourneen
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- AMon Coeur s'ouvre a ta Voix
Clara Butt, the celebrated British mezzo-soprano of the Edwardian era, recorded the aria 'Mon Coeur s'Ouvre à Ta Voix' ('My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice') from Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila for Columbia. This is a canonical operatic recording by one of the finest singers of her generation.AI summary
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- AMy Treasure
- BThe sweetest flower that blows
Clara Butt, the celebrated British mezzo-soprano of the Edwardian era, recorded two art songs for Columbia in the acoustic period.AI summary
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- AO rest in the Lord
Clara Butt, one of Britain's greatest contraltos of the early 20th century, performing 'O rest in the Lord' from Mendelssohn's *Elijah*. This HMV acoustic recording captures the rich, distinctive voice that made her a concert hall favourite.AI summary
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- AO Rest in the lord
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- AO that we two were maying
- BHome sweet Home
Clara Butt, the legendary British contralto known for her signature recording of 'Land of Hope and Glory', recorded 'O that we two were maying' and 'Home sweet Home' for Columbia catalogue X339.AI summary
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- APromise of Life
Clara Butt, the English mezzo-soprano and principal contralto of the Edwardian era, recorded this art-song for His Master's Voice. Butt was one of the most celebrated British classical singers of her time, known for her powerful voice and emotional depth.AI summary
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- ARock of Ages
- BEternal Father
Clara Butt, the celebrated British contralto and one of the most recorded singers of the early 20th century, recorded 'Rock of Ages' and 'Eternal Father' for Columbia. Both are hymns or sacred vocal pieces.AI summary
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- ASmilin' through
Clara Butt, the great British contralto of the early 20th century, recorded 'Smilin' Through' for Columbia; Butt was one of the most celebrated singers of her generation and her recordings, though common, remain historically important as documents of a major early recording artist.AI summary
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- ASoftly & gently dearly ransomed Soul
Dame Clara Butt sings 'Softly and Gently Dearly Ransomed Soul' — the Angel's Farewell from Elgar's Dream of Gerontius — on Columbia 75008. This is a standard electric-era Columbia pressing from the same 75000 series as the other Clara Butt discs in this collection; it is a fitting coupling of Britain's most celebrated contralto with Elgar's greatest choral work.AI summary
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- ASweetest flower that blows
Dame Clara Butt, the celebrated British contralto and early gramophone artist, recorded 'The Sweetest Flower That Blows' for Columbia in the acoustic era; Butt was one of the most famous British singers of the Edwardian and interwar periods.AI summary
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- AThe Enchantress
- BThree fishers went sailing
Clara Butt, the British contralto and Edwardian concert-hall star, on Columbia with 'The Enchantress' and 'Three Fishers Went Sailing'—two of her signature art-song and ballad recordings.AI summary
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- AThe fairy pipers
- BMy treasure
Clara Butt, 'The Fairy Pipers' and 'My Treasure', on Columbia X300; Butt was a celebrated British contralto of the Edwardian and early 20th century, a major recording artist whose voice was among the first widely captured on commercial records.AI summary
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- Aye banks and braes
Clara Butt, a legendary British contralto of the Edwardian era, performing 'Ye Banks and Braes' on Columbia's X series.AI summary