Dimitri Smirnoff

ADaylight slowly fades

Label: His Master's Voice
Catalogue number: 2-022025
Genre: Opera
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #15412

Dmitri Smirnov, the celebrated Russian lyric tenor associated with the Bolshoi and major international opera houses, performing 'Daylight slowly fades' on HMV catalogue 2-022025 — an early single-sided pressing. Smirnov's HMV recordings are of collector interest to specialists in early Russian singing.

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