K Destournel

ABird Songs (Yellow-hammer, Wren)
BBird Songs (Wood pigeon, Owl)

Label: Vocalion
Catalogue number: D02149
Genre: Instrumental
Condition: Excellent−
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #17697

K. Destournel performing bird-song recordings on Vocallion, a British budget label. These imitative vocal novelty pieces were typical of 1920s–30s gramophone entertainment.

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More by K Destournel 16 other records

K Destournel
1. AAh! Suicide
2. BScarcely could I believe thee
K. Destournel sings Ah! Suicide from La Gioconda and Scarcely Could I Believe Thee on Vocalion K05109.AI summary

Vocalion K05109 Opera
K Destournel
1. ABird Songs (Yellow-hammer, Wren)
2. BBird Songs (Wood pigeon, Owl)
K. Destournel imitates bird songs on Vocalion D02149: yellowhammer and wren on one side, wood pigeon and owl on the other.AI summary

Vocalion D02149 Comic
K Destournel
1. ABonnie Mary of Argylle
K Destournel performing a Scottish traditional song on VocC 01002. The catalogue notation is marked 'sample', suggesting this may be a test or sample pressing rather than a regular release.AI summary

Vocalion C01002 SAMPLE Voice
K Destournel
1. AConnais to le Pays
2. BExplanatory Notes
K. Destournel recorded 'Connaître le Pays' and 'Explanatory Notes' for Vocal (VocC) 01075; without further information about the artist, this appears to be a concert or recital recording of a romantic ballad on a minor European label.AI summary

Vocalion C01075 Voice
K Destournel
1. AConnais tu le Pays
2. BExplanatory Notes
K. Destournel sings Connais-tu le pays from Thomas's Mignon, with a side of spoken explanatory notes, on Vocalion A0164.AI summary

Vocalion 0164 Opera
K Destournel
1. AIf I might come to you
A vocal piece by K Destournel on Vocalion's C series, a British budget label. 'If I Might Come to You' is a popular song from the interwar period, but both artist and label are unrecognised.AI summary

Vocalion C01011 Voice
K Destournel
1. ALovely maiden in the moonlight
2. BDear love of mine
K. Destournel, a vocalist performing two sentimental ballads, "Lovely Maiden in the Moonlight" and "Dear Love of Mine", on Vocalion, a budget British label active through the 1940s.AI summary

Vocalion K05213
K Destournel
1. AMicaela's Air
2. BExplanatory Notes
K. Destournel sings Micaela's air from Bizet's Carmen, with a side of spoken explanatory notes, on Vocalion A0147.AI summary

Vocalion 0147 Opera
K Destournel
1. AMusetta's Song
2. BExplanatory Notes
K. Destournel was a British vocalist of the 1920s; Musetta's Song is an aria from Puccini's *La Bohème*. This Vocalion disc is one of a series of vocal recordings by the artist.AI summary

Vocalion C01059 Opera
K Destournel
1. ASerenade Gounod
K Destournel performing on Vocalion, a British label; this classical side of a Gounod serenade from the 1920s–30s offers light classical vocal material.AI summary

Vocalion C01027 Classical
K Destournel
1. ASolveig's Song
K. Destournel recorded 'Solveig's Song' for Vocal (VocC) 01021; this is a classical ballad from Grieg's Peer Gynt, performed on a minor European label, with limited identification of the artist or recording context.AI summary

Vocalion C01021 Classical
K Destournel
1. ASolveig's Song
K. Destournel sings Solveig's Song on Vocalion C01021.AI summary

Vocalion C01021 Voice
K Destournel
1. ASomewhere a voice is calling
2. BBonnie Mary of Argyle
K. Destournel performing 'Somewhere a Voice is Calling' and 'Bonnie Mary of Argyle' on Vocal Records. Destournel is otherwise unrecorded in standard reference works; Vocal (Voc) was a budget British label of the 1920s-1930s.AI summary

Vocalion D02069 Voice
K Destournel
1. AThe night was calm
2. BThey call me Mimi
K Destournel credited to Vocalion, a British label — an unknown artist to standard reference sources.AI summary

Vocalion D02154
K Destournel
1. AUn bel di
2. BExplanatory Notes
Un bel dì, Cio-Cio-San's aria from Puccini's Madama Butterfly, with a side of spoken explanatory notes, on Vocalion 0161.AI summary

Vocalion 0161 Opera
K Destournel
1. AVoi lo Chapete
2. BExplanatory Notes
K. Destournel recorded 'Voi lo Chapete' and 'Explanatory Notes' for Vocalion. The title suggests a foreign-language or exotic novelty number from the 1930s.AI summary

Vocalion C01089 Voice