Vocal 78s. - Abott - Graveure

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VOCAL 78 rpm Discs
Minimum bid as indicated per item.
Listings “Just about 1-2” should be considered as mint and “Cons. 2” with just slight
marks. For collectors searching top copies, you’ve come to the right place! The farther we
get from the era of production (in many cases now 100 years or more), the more difficult it
is to find such excellent extant pressings. Some are actually from mint dealer stocks and
others the result of having improved copies in my own collection via dozens of collections
purchased over the past fifty years.
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For those looking for the best sound via modern reproduction, those items marked “late”
are usually of high quality shellac, pressed in the 1950-55 period. A number of items in
this particular catalogue are excellent pressings from that era. Also featured are many “Z”
shellac Victors, their best quality surface material (produced in the later 1930s) and PW
(Pre-War) Victor, almost as good surface material as “Z”. Likewise laminated PW Columbia
pressings (1923-1940) offer similarly fine sound.
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Please keep in mind that the minimum bids are in U.S. Dollars, a benefit to most collectors.
These figures do not indicate the “value” of the records but rather the lowest minimum bid I
can accept. Some will sell for much more, although bids at any figure from the minimum on
up are welcomed and appreciated. To avoid possible tie winning bids (which would
otherwise be assigned to the earlier received bid), I’d suggest adding a cents amount to your
bid.
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“Text label on verso.” For a brief period (1912-1914), Victor pressed silver-on-black
labels on the reverse sides of some of their single-faced recordings, usually featuring
translations of the text or related comments.
VERTICALLY CUT RECORDS. There were basically two systems: the “needle-cut” method
employed by Edison, which was also used by Aeolian-Vocalion and Lyric and the “sapphire
ball” system of Pathé, also used by Rex. and vertical Okeh. While the grooving is similar (up
and down or “hill and dale”), an Edison reproducer and its diamond point would ruin any
other needle-cut vertical record. Emerson used the needle cut system early on but cut on a
45 degree angle, supposedly then playable either as a vertical or a lateral record.
VINYL PRESSINGS. There are a number of vinyl pressings from various sources in this
catalogue, mostly produced originally in extremely limited quantities (estimated from one to
twenty). Red vinyl pressings were pressed as tests for the Victor Heritage Series in the late
1940s in quantities of three. The sound quality of vinyls is usually superior to any shellac
issues. Those marked 10” (on 12”) are pressings of 10” records (or other smaller sizes)
pressed on 12” format (likely because 10” record presses weren’t available). Some collectors
will prefer the clean sound of most vinyl pressings, while others are attracted by the lure of
original shellac pressings, which of course also provide excellent sound via clean copies.
BESSIE ABOTT [s].
1622. 12” Red GP ’07 Victor 89013. RIGOLETTO: Tutte le feste … Piangi fanciulla (Verdi).
With MARIO ANCONA [b]. Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $15.00.
WANDA ACHSEL [s]. Berlin, 1886-Vienna, 1977.
Her debut was in the Berlin Summer
Opera, 1910, as Elsa in Lohengrin. This was followed by seasons with the Würzburg Stadttheater
and the Cologne Opera (1912-1923). From 1923 to 1939 she was a leading artist with the Vienna
Opera. Her repertoire included such varied parts as Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus, Mimi, Octavian
in Der Rosenkavalier and Marie in Wozzeck. In 1923 Achsel created the title role in the premiere of
Fredigundis by Franz Schmidt. She was wed to tenor Hans Clemens, but they divorced in 1933.
4706. 10” Plum PW Czech HMV AM 2181 [BA56-IITI/BA57-I]. KÖNIGSKINDER: Vater,
Mutter hier will ich knien (Humperdinck) / ES IST ALLES WIE EIN WUNDERBARER GARTEN (Max Ast). IMs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
SUZANNE ADAMS [s]
5101. 10” Red French press. London G&T 3293 [2037 nB]. ROMEO ET JULIETTE: Valse
(Gounod). Piano acc. Small lbl. scr. Looks gen. 2-3, but while not particularly
visible, there are sounding LGTs here and there throughout. $25.00.
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LICIA ALBANESE [s]
4321. 10” Red late VdP DA 5391 [OBA4140-II/
OBA4141-I]. MANON LESCAUT: In
quelle trine morbide (Puccini) / DICITENCELLO VUJE (Falvo). Orch. dir.
Dino Oliveri. Early Albanese. Fine
pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1421. 12” Red late RCA Victor 12-3277.
BACHIANAS BRASILEIRAS, No. 5 FOR
SOPRANO AND EIGHT ‘CELLOS (VillaLobos). Two sides. Dir. by LEOPOLD
STOKOWSKI. FRANK MILLER [solo
cello]. Scarce. $8.00.
TOMMASO ALCAIDE [t]
4000. 10” Purple elec. It. Columbia DQ 1138
[WB-3723/WB-3375]. RIGOLETTO: La
donna è mobile (Verdi) / MARIA
CANIGLIA [s]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte
(Puccini). Excellent PoW pressing. Few
lt. mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
FRANCES ALDA [s]
4127. 10” Red Vinyl Victor 87096 [B-11151-2].
ROMANCE (Debussy). Rare and beauTOMMASO ALCAIDE
tiful. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4587. 10” Red Vla 64716. SING ME LOVE’S LULLABY (Morse). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
5071. 10” Red Vla 64779. LADDIE O’ MINE (Krams). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
4579. 10” Red Vla 64960. AN OPEN SECRET (Woodman). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
4715. 10” Red Vla 66036. CARISSIMA (Arthur A. Penn). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
4181. 10” Red Vla 66134. WILLIAM TELL: Selva opaca (Rossini). VrBk. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
4305. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1474. MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide / MANON
LESCAUT: L’ora, o Tirsi (Puccini). Scare original. Just about 1-2. $12.00
4885. 10” White lbl. vinyl acous. Vla mat. B-29491-5. MARTHA: The Last Rose of
Summer (Moore-Flotow). Rec. 4 Apr. 1924. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
1598. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “B” plate Vla 88213. OTELLO: Ave Maria (Verdi). Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
1599. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88214. OTELLO: Salce, salce (Verdi). Few lightest mks., cons.
2. $8.00.
1678. 12” Red Vla 88597. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Tutti i fior (Puccini). With SOPHIE
BRASLAU [c]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1961. 12” Red Vla 74651. MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boïto). Cons. 2. $6.00.
CESARE ALESSANDRONI [b]. See: CESARE FORMICHI
ALEXANDR D. ALEXANDROVICH [t]. See: EVGENI WITTING [t]
1533. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 022314 [2765c]. PENSÉE D’AUTOMNE (Massenet). Just
about 1-2. $40.00.
MARIA DE ALEXANDROWICZ [s]. Varsovie, Poland, 1894 (or 1890)- ?
. She
studied with Jean de Reszke and made her debut at the Paris Opéra in 1910 as Gilda, also
portraying there such roles as Juliette, Ophelia (in Thomas’ Hamlet), Thaïs in 1922 and the
following year Tosca. She also appeared at the Monte-Carlo Opera. She is listed as having been
Norina in a 1906 performance in Italy of Donizetti’s Don Pasquale under Lorenzo Molajoli. If so,
her birthdates above must be off as she would have been quite the prodigy, being either 12 or 16
at the time.
1014. 11” Brown acous. Italian Odeon 110103/110104 [XM ? /XM1545]. I PURITANI: Nel
mirarti / I PURITANI: Vieni fra queste braccia (Bellini). With EDGARDO GHERLINZONI [t]. IMs. One harmless long mk. side one, few lt. rubs. Cons. 2. $25.00.
4248. 10” Red PW elec. Disque Gram. DA 4806 [OG482-II/OG1017-I]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte
/ MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Death Scene (both Puccini). Orch. dir. Joseph-Étienne.
Szyfer. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.
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NORMAN ALLIN [bs]
4174. 10” Elec. PW Eng. Columbia DB 492 [WA11141/WA11142]. RICHARD OF
TAUNTON DENE / THE CROCODILE (both Traditional). With chorus and piano.
Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
1950. 12” acous. Eng. Columbia L1430 [74349/74362]. ASLEEP IN THE DEEP (Petrie) /
THE DIVER (Loder). Fine pressing, few minor rubs. Cons. 2. $8.00.
GITTA ALPAR [s]
4580. 10” Red PW Parlophon B.48053 [133199-2/133200]. DIE DUBARRY: Heut’ hab’ ich
Glück / DIE DUBARRY: Arme kleine Jeanne (Millöcker-Theo Mackeben). Orch.
dir. T. Mackeben. Includes orig. text sheet. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
ELSA ALSEN [s]
1701. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50083-D [W98564-2/W98565-1]. TRISTAN UND
ISOLDE: Liebestod (Wagner). Two sides. Takes one and two of side two were
supposedly issued. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
IVAN ALCHEVSKY [t]. Kharkov, Russia, 1876-1917.
He studied singing as a youth for
enjoyment but entered Kharkov University as a natural sciences major. The bankruptcy and
suicide of his father during this period required that
he assist his mother and younger sister financially,
so he went to St. Petersburg to attempt a career as a
singer. Here he sang “The Song of the Indian Guest”
for Mme. Abaza, a patroness of the arts and also in
the presence of representatives of the Mariinsky
Theater. They were so taken by his performance that
he was accepted for that major company and made
his debut there in 1901 as Gounod’s Faust. During
the summers of 1902-1904 he took “study” trips to
Paris for work with Jean de Reszke and then with
Félia Litvinne. Litvinne recommended him to the
Belgium Théâtre de la Monnaie where he was
acclaimed as Lohengrin, Raoul (Les Huguenots),
Roméo and, with Litvinne, the leading tenor roles in
Alceste and Armide. He was applauded for his
performances at the Manhattan Opera in New York
City, London’s Covent Garden (which included Pique
Dame with Battistini and Destinn), the Paris Opéra
and most of the major Russian houses. His sudden
death was during a tour in Russia. His repertoire
included an exceptional variety of operatic parts and
concert repertoire, including leading contemporary
composers of the time such as Prokofiev. He made
only eight recordings: seven ultra-rare 12” discs and
the 10” recording below, all dating from 1903.
5065. 10” Green Russian Zonophone X-2-62638/
IVAN ALCHEVSKY
X-2-62641 [1712x/1136r]. SADKO:
Song of the Indian Guest (Rimsky-Korsakov) / NIKOLAI A. BOLSHAKOV [t].
PRINCE IGOR: Daylight is fading (Borodin). Side one minor rub at start (harmless),
otherwise excellent copy, cons. 2. $200.00.
PASQUALE AMATO [b]. See also: ENRICO CARUSO [t], GIUSEPPE TACCANI [t]
1019. 11” Fonotipia 62038/62039 [XPh2413/XPh2438]. GERMANIA: Ascolta! Io morirò!
(Franchetti) / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla vita (Verdi). Piano acc. Scarce early
Amato. Excellent copy, cons. 2. $20.00.
1028. 11” Fonotipia 92499/92500 [XPh3954/XPh3939] GERMANIA: Ascolta! Io morirò /
GERMANIA: Tu m’eri innanzi (Franchetti). Orch. acc. IMs. Good surface material.
Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1049. 11” Fonotipia 92503/92504 [XPh3909/XPh3905]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Urna
fatale / LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Son Pereda (Verdi). Small lbl. stkr. Just about
1-2. $20.00.
1968. 12” Fonotipia 74137/74138 [XXPh3039-2/XXPh3934]. RIGOLETTO: Povero Rigoletto / RIGOLETTO: Cortigiani (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1856. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “B” plate Vla 88341. RIGOLETTO: Cortigiani (Verdi). VrBk. Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
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1515. 12” Red Vla 88437. GERMANIA: Ferito, prigionier (Franchetti). VrBk. Fine pressing.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1804. 12” Red Vla 88489. TOSCA: Te Deum (Puccini). VrBk. Likewise, a very fine
2027. 12” Orange PW Victor HRS 1002. AFRICAINE: Adamastor, re dell’ onde (Meyerbeer)/
RICCARDO MARTIN [t]. LE CID: Ô souverain! Ô juge! Ô père! (Massenet). From
orig. 1914/1910 Victor matrices. Both sides signed by the respective singers. Just
about 1-2. $30.00.
MARIO ANCONA [b]. See also: BESSIE ABOTT [s], ENRICO CARUSO [t]
1767. 12” Red Victrola IRCC 13. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo) / DON JUAN’S SERENADE (Tschaikowsky). From orig. 1907/1907 Victor matrices. Scarce early issue
(prior to IRCC’s use of silver labels). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $25.00.
2008. 12” White lbl red vinyl Vla 88062. ERNANI: O de’ verd ’anni miei (Verdi). Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
1964. 12” White lbl. Vla 88167. MIA SPOSA SARÀ LA MIA BANDIERA (Rotoli). Particularly scarce. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1965. 12” White lbl. Vla 88169. DINORAH: Sei vendicata assai (Meyerbeer). Just about
1-2. $20.00.
ROSETTE ANDAY [c]
2056. 12” Blk. EE Polydor 66527 [340bm/341bm]. IL TROVATORE: Condotta ell’ era in
ceppi (Verdi) / TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Einsam wachend (Wagner). NS near end
about ¼” could tick lightly. Cons.
2. Side two autographed by
Anday. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
PETER ANDERS [t]
5084. 10” Blue PW Telefunken A1478
[19242/19243]. LA FANCIULLA
DEL WEST: Ch’ella mi creda /
MANON LESCAUT: Donna non
vidi mai (both Puccini). In German. Orch. dir. Wilhelm Franz
Reuß. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
MARIAN ANDERSON [c]
4431. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 2032
[OLA2190-I/OLA2829-I]. DERE’S
NO HIDIN’ PLACE DOWN DERE;
EV’RY TIME I FEEL DE SPIRIT
(arr. L. Brown) / DEEP RIVER
(arr. H. Burleigh). Piano acc.
Kosti Vehanen. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
4025. 10” Red RCA Vr 10-1278. POOR
ME (arr. R. Nathaniel Dett) /
HOLD ON (arr. Hall Johnson).
Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Few
lightest rubs, cons. 2. $7.00.
1682. 12” Red PW Victor 17257. SE
MARIAN ANDERSON
FLORINDO È FEDELE (Scarlatti)
/ DIDO AND AENEAS: When I am Laid in Earth (Purcell). Piano acc. Kosti
Vehanen. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
ADELAIDE ANDREJEWA VON SKILONDZ [s]
4743. 10” Blk. Schall. Grammophon 62331 (3-44098/3-440990 [1340½ak/1341ak].
HUGUENOTS: Wer bis du, himmlisch schönes Wesen / HUGUENOTS: Ach! Wär’
ich so wie andre Frauen! (Meyerbeer). With OTTO MARAK [t]. IMs. Just about
1-2. $40.00.
PAVEL Z. ANDREYEV [b]. See: MAX Y. TITOV [t]
GIUSEPPE ANSELMI [t]
1062. 11” Col.-Fonotipia 62286/62287 [XPh2837/XPh2835]. LUCIA: Tombe degli avi
miei / LUCIA: Fra poco a me ricovero (Donizetti). Piano acc. 2. $15.00.
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FERNAND ANSSEAU [t]. See also MARCEL JOURNET [bs]
1191. 12” White HMV 2-032067. SAMSON ET DALILA: L’as tu donc oublié? (Saint-Saëns).
With Chorus. Rec. 1/9/22. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1502. 12” Red elec. PW Disque Gram. DB 1115 [CTR3366-I/CTR3367-I]. CARMEN: Parlemoi de ma mère (Bizet). Two sides. With FANNY HELDY [s]. Orch. dir. Piero
Coppola. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
GEORG ANTHES [t]. See: JOHANNA GADSKI [t]
ARMENTANO ANTICORONA [b]
1070. 11” Fonotipia 92959/92958 [XPh4875/XPh4871]. ISABEAU: Già per terre e castella / FRANCISCA SOLARI [s]. ISABEAU: Mio padre … e Re saggio (Mascagni).
IMs. Cons. 2. $35.00.
1039. 11” Fonotipia 92964/92965 [XPh4877/4878-2]. ISABEAU: Diritto d’antrustione /
FRANCISCA SOLARI [s], ROSA GARAVAGLIA [ms] e CORO. ISABEAU: La vergine
cavalchi senza velo (Mascagni). Artists’ names side two not on label but appear in
the recording logs. 1” rim crk. side two (visible but not broken through to side one …
may not sound). IMs. 2. $25.00.
ANDRÉ ARENSEN [t].
Among the more enigmatic figures in opera history, Arensen
(occasionally Areson or Aresoni) appeared sometimes as André, other times Herman, Enrico or
André Enrico and in Germany as Heinz. Some sources state he was born in the U.S. (Providence,
RI) and others citing the locale as Russia or Germany. His teachers, depending upon what one
reads, were Raoul Gunsbourg, Jacob Ginsberg, Wilfried Klamroth, Percy Rector Stephens and, in
Germany, Richard Lowe. His American career was slow in picking up steam, a 1910 Boston Opera
debut as Rhadames having been given lukewarm press. His subsequent European credits include
two years at the Dal Verme in Milan and a season at Nice, where he sang Samson under composer
Saint-Saëns’ baton. Back in the U.S. he removed himself (or was removed) as Canio during
performances of Pagliacci in Boston and then again in Montreal, according to one account as a
result of nervousness, another citing vocal fatigue and a third blaming throat problems. Whatever
the reason may have been, he then “vanished” for a period and reappeared with the Aborn Opera
in Brooklyn during its final performance of the season, although his name did not appear on the
program. This time he succeeded. It was shortly after this that he went to Germany, studied with
Richard Lowe, and was engaged for the Charlottenburg Opera for four years. The First World War
interrupted his career, but he apparently also sang in Switzerland and Portugal in dramatic
repertoire sometime during this period. Another fascinating tale is that as Arensen was
(purportedly) Russian, he was arrested while in Germany and the Kaiser, an Arensen fan,
permitted him to leave for America. Arriving in France en route back to the U.S., the tenor was
distrusted by the authorities as a result of his German affiliations. He was was freed through the
intervention of the daughter of a Russian General, soprano Nadia Legat, who had become
enamoured of the tenor and he with her when they sang “leading roles together at La Scala”
(according to the La Scala annals something that never occurred). Legat just happened to be
serving at a nurse in the Russian hospital in nearby Monte Carlo at the time of Arensen’s
problems and offered to marry him to prove that he was a loyal Russian, the assumption, as I
guess, that she was because of her Russian General father. They did wed and were permitted to
return to the United States (where Legat had also earlier appeared as Nadine Legat). What
happened to the couple after 1918 seems not to be known.
4901. 10” Blk. Victor 72769. AT THE BALL, Op. 38, No. 3 (Tschaikowsky) / RUSALKA:
Aria (Dargomischki). Superficial lt. rubs, 2-3. $8.00.
TERESA ARKEL [s]
4091. 10” Pats. 63419 [7040b/7065b]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Porgi amor (Mozart) /
TOGLIETEMI LA VITA ANCOR (Scarlatti). Orch. acc. side one. Side two with Carlo
Sabajno [pno]. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
VITTORIO ARIMONDI [bs]
5244. 10” Blk. Vienna G&T 52183 [6265b]. FAUST: Serenata (Gounod). Piano acc.
Gorgeous copy. Just about 1-2. $350.00.
1256. 12” TC Columbia A5001 [30100-1/30109-1]. REQUIEM: Confutatis (Verdi) /
ANTON VAN ROOY [b]. LES RAMEAUX (Faure). Side two in French, piano acc.
Nice copy, cons. 2. $20.00.
SIGRID ARNOLDSON [s]
4927. 10” Red Dog Con. Gram. 33611 [1287r]. SÉRÉNADE (Gounod). In French. Beautiful
copy, just about 1-2. $40.00.
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BLANCHE ARRAL [s]
1264. 12” Silver Vla. IRCC 19. I LOMBARDI: Quelle ivresse (Verdi) / FAUST: Air des bijoux
(Gounod). Label autographed by Arral. This may be a privately signed disc, judging
from the way her signature appears on the label (see label photo section). Just about
1-2. $25.00.
1610. 12” PW IRCC 135. LE COUR ET LA MAIN: Bolero (Lecocq) / CARMEN: Je dis que
rien m’épouvante (Bizet). Good quality RRs from 1909 Edison cylinders. Label
autographed by Arral. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
JANE ATTY [s]
5137. 10” Red Fr. Odeon 186.943 [KI-924-2/9626-1]. LE ROSAIRE (Nevin) / NOVEMBRE
(Trémisot). Piano acc. Gustave Cloëz. Small lt. scr. cluster side one should be
harmless. 2. $10.00.
BERTHE AUGUEZ DE MONTALANT [s]. See: LOUIS DUPOUY [b]
FLORENCE AUSTRAL [s]
4340. 10” Red PW HMV D.561 [Bb18692-II/Bb18712-II]. EVERYWHERE I GO (Easthope
Martin) / AZOR AND ZEMIRA: Rose Softly Blooming (Spohr). Orch. dir. Lawrance
Collingwood). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
ERNESTO BADINI [b]. See also: GUIDO CICCOLINI [t], GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s],
ANTONIO PAOLI [t]
4478. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45035
[13111b/13854b]. IL
BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo
al factotum (Rossini) / OTELLO:
Brindisi (Verdi). Small lbl. stkr.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4445. 10” Maroon acous. Eng. Columbia D5415 [B182/B186]. I
COMPAGNACCI: Anima mia / I
COMPAGNACCI: Baldo, se
penso (Riccitelli). Both with
ARISTIDE BARACCHI [bs/b].
Rare. Excellent pressing. Just
about 1-2. $20.00.
4230. 10” Purple acous. La Cigale (It.
Columbia) D9431 [B70/B76].
GIANNI SCHICCHI: In testa la
cappellina (Puccini) / FALSTAFF: Quand’ ero paggio
(Verdi). Excellent pressing. Few
lt. mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
ELSIE BAKER [c]
5122. 10” Blk. Victor 18146. IDYLLS OF
THE KING: Sweet is True Love
(Tennyson-Gilchrist) / LYRIC
QUARTET. MY BONNIE LASS
SHE SMILETH (George Nevin).
IMs. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4828. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45420.
GEORGE BAKLANOFF
MY THOUGHTS OF YOU (G. Tilden Davis) / IN THE GARDEN OF TOMORROW (Jessie Deppen). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
GEORGE BAKLANOFF [b]. See also: HIPÓLITO LÁZARO [t]
4103. 10” Red Decca G-20423 [Ro1183/Ro1184]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Winter Words / EUGEN ONEGIN: Alas, There Is No Doubt (Tschaikowsky). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4604. 10” Dk. Blue elec. Odeon O-11556 [Ro1180-2/Ro1182]. LIED DER WOLGASCHLEPPER [SONG OF THE VOLGA BOATMAN] / IM GEFÄNGNIS [IN PRISON]
(Russian Folk Songs). Small lbl. stkr. side two. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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GINA BALDASSARRE-TEDESCHI [s]. Trani, 1881-Rome, 1961.
She studied in Pesaro
and made her debut at the Teatro Coccia, Novara, as Mascagni’s Iris. Her career, which
emphasized the verismo repertoire, continued throughout Italy as well as in Madrid and Lisbon.
Retiring in 1931, she became a noted teacher and included among her pupils Licia Albanese, Pia
Tassinari and Stella Roman.
4615. [As PINA TEDESCHI]. 10” Dk. Blue Italian Odeon A.2186 [Pho6167/Pho6171]. LA
DANZA DELLE LIBELLULE: Il fox trot delle Gigolettes / LA DANZA DELLE LIBELLULE: Bambolina (Franz Lehár). Side two with BERETTINI [t]. Just about 1-2.
$25.00.
4705. [As PINA TEDESCHI]. 10” Dk.
Blue Italian Odeon A.2187
[Pho6168/Pho6176]. ACQUA
CHETA: Canzone di Reficolona
/ AMICARE POZZOLI [t].
ACQUA CHETA: Stornellata di
Checco (Pietri). Just about 1-2.
$25.00.
ROGELIO
BALDRICH [t]. Near
Bue-nos Aires, 1890 -
?
. Having
studied in Buenos Aires with Concetto
Alesi, Baldrich seems to have made his
debut in Milano, 1913. Traveling widely,
he appeared in New York, California, Italy
and South America, mainly with smaller or
touring companies. He was still singing in
the early 1940s, by then having switched
to comprimario roles. This period of his
career included a season in Buenos Aires
at the Teatro Colón.
4710. 10” PW Blue Argentine Odeon
196.106 [So6206/So6208].
LAS HILANDERAS: Rosa mañanera / LAS HILANDERAS: Introduccion y canción de Leandro (Serrano). Fine voice. Lbl.
stkrs. Side one just about 1-2.
Side two few lt. rubs, cons. 2.
$12.00.
ROGELIO BALDRICH
SUZANNE BALGUERIE [s]
4770. 10” PW Blue Eng. Columbia LF 54 [WL2082-1/WL2083-1]. ALCESTE: Non! Ce n’est
pas un sacrifice (Gluck). Two sides. Orch. dir. Eugène Bigot. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
VICENTE BALLESTER [b]. See: FLORENCIO CONSTANTINO [t]
CARLO BALLIN [t]. 1880- ?
. Ballin appears to have made his debut at the Cremonia
Teatro Ponchielli in The Damnation of Faust (Berlioz). From then on through 1920 he was active in
a number of Italian opera houses in roles such as Cavarodossi, Pinkerton, Hagenbach (in
Catalani’s La Wally) and Enzo Grimaldo, among other parts. His recordings, displaying an
appealing timbre, were limited to a group for Fonotipia from Mascagni’s Isabeau and three discs
for the Italian Gramophone Company, all from around the 1912 period.
1041. 11” Fonotipia 92961/92960 [XPh4869/XPh4872]. ISABEAU: Sogno se poso [Sogno
di Folco] / FRANCESCA SOLARI [s]. ISABEAU: Questo mio bianco manto
(Mascagni). 2. $40.00.
1094. 11” Fonotipia 92961/92960 [XPh4869/XPh4872]. Same as preceding listing (item
#1041). 2-3. $35.00.
1067. 11” Fonotipia 92963/92962 [XPh4870/XPh4876]. ISABEAU: Canzone del Falco /
ROSA GARAVAGLIA [ms]. ISABEAU: O Reginotta bionda (Mascagni). Few lt.
marks, 2. $40.00.
1040. 11” Fonotipia 92972/92973 [XPh4867/XPh4868]. ISABEAU: I tuoi occhi /
ISABEAU: Non voglio che tu muoía (Mascagni). With FRANCESCA SOLARI [s]. Lt.
rubs, 2. $50.00.
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ROSE BAMPTON [ms]
4512. 10” Red “Z”-type shellac Vla
1628. LIGHT, MY LIGHT /
WHEN I BRING TO YOU
COLOUR’D TOYS (John Alden
Carpenter). Both from Gitanjali. Piano acc. Wilfred Pelletier. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
EVA BANDROWSKA-TURSKA [s]
Krakow, 1897-Warsaw, 1981. A pupil
of Elena Ruszkowska, Bandrowska-Turska made her operatic debut in 1920 in
Warsaw as Marguerite in Faust. She was
particularly active internationally in the
1930s, appearing at the Opéra-Comique
as Lakmé (1939), at the Chicago Opera,
in Budapest, Brussels, Stockholm,
Russia, and in recital at Carnegie Hall, in
London
and
Vienna.
Her
career
continued until the early 1950s, both in
opera and as an important recitalist.
2141. 12” Brown elec. Odeon O217812 [XXWa113/
XXWa118]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di (Puccini) /
KING ROGER: Piesn Roxany
(Szymanowski). Orch. dir.
Frieder Weissmann. Extremely rare. Lbl. stkr. One scr.
could sound lightly last half
EVA BANDROWSKA-TURKA
side one, rubs, gen. 3. Side two also gen.
3. $40.00.
FRANCIS BANULS [t]. Algeria, 1897-Toulon,
1979. His debut at the Paris Opéra-Comique was in
1927. He was also heard in principal roles in a
number of French provincial houses.
4239. 10” Red elec. Odeon 188.543 [KI-13851/KI-1386-2]. MANON: Le Rêve (Massenet) / LAKMÉ: Ah! viens dans la forêt profonde (Delibes). Few lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.
ARISTIDE BARACCHI [bs/b]. See:
ERNESTO BADINI [b]
ATTILIO BARBIERI [t]. See: TINA POLIRANDACCIO [s]
INEZ BARBOUR [s].
4429. 10” Blk. Vertical Phono-Cut 5198
[1400/1401]. ROBIN ADAIR (Keppel) /
BLUE BELLS OF SCOTLAND (Old Scottish
Air). Gen. 3. $10.00.
LUCIEN BAROUX (born MARCEL LUCIEN
BAROU) [t]. Toulouse, 1888-Hosse-goir, 1938.
A noted French character actor, Baroux appeared in
several musicals, including the 1931 premiere of
Hahn’s Brummell (see item below), and a number of
films between 1934 and 1963.
4303. 10” Blk. PW Fr. Odeon 238.316 [KI-40752/KI-4076-1]. BRUMMELL: Quand on est
FRANCIS BANULS
dans les pommes / BRUMMELL: Cherchez
la femme (Reynaldo Hahn). Directed by the composer. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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MARIA BARRIENTOS [s]
1828. 12” Blue Columbia 8906-M [49113-1/49596-1]. MARTHA: Qui sola, vergine rosa
(Moore-Flotow) / DINORAH: Ombra leggiera (Donizetti). These late pressings are
the best way, by far, to enjoy her wonderful Columbias. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
VALENTINA BARTOLOMESI [s]. See: MATTEO DRAGONI [b]
TRYPHOSA BATES-BATCHELLER [ms]. North Brookfield, MA, 1876-1952.
Batcheller was “an American socialite, club woman
and concert singer.” A monied woman, she “was
prepared for college under private tutors, entering
Radcliffe, from which she was graduated in 1899.”
Believing singing to be her calling, she moved to
Europe in 1904 with her new husband, wealthy shoe
manufacturer Francis B. Batcheller and then spent
three years in Paris studying with Mathilde and
Blanche Marchesi (yours truly finds this very hard to
believe), as well as with George Henschel, Giraudet,
“and other of the best teachers of Europe” and of this
country as well. She “won her way both in this
country and abroad in the highest circles of society
and devoted her talents to charity with the wishes of
her parents and following the example of her
mother.” There are mentions of a recital at the White
House for President and Mrs. Roosevelt in 1904 and
recitals in a number of European houses of royalty,
she having supposedly “been presented at more
courts in Europe and received in more court circles
than any other American woman”. In addition, she
was also an author of books on Italy and Spain (with
emphasis on the aristocracy and cream of society).
She made several records for Melotone around 1941,
appropriately for the same company and near the
time period that Florence Foster Jenkins left samples
of her voice for posterity. Any vestiges of Mme.
Bates-Batcheller’s training with Marchesi or any
other voice teacher for that matter had long
disappeared by the time her voice was captured by
Melotone. One doubts that there was any talent there
in the first place. Money and social status could open
even the most tightly sealed doors. -Internet sources.
Mrs.
TRYPHOSA BATES-BATCHELLER addressing
the D.A.R. on their 50th Anniversary
5130. 10” Melotone SS 314. DARLING NELLIE
GRAY (Hanby). Piano acc. Superficial rubs. Small lbl. tear. 3-4. $35.00.
JANE BATHORI [ms]
1501. 12” Blue PW Eng. Columbia D15135 [WLX615/WLX616]. LES SOIRÉES DE
PETROGRAD (Darius Milhaud). Two sides. Piano acc. by DARIUS MILHAUD. Just
about 1-2. $35.00.
1500. 12” Blue PW Eng. Columbia D15195 [WLX917/WLX918]. TROIS MÉLODIES (Erik
Satie) / TROIS POÈMES (Darius Milhaud). Accompanied by DARIUS MILHAUD.
Just about 1-2. $35.00.
MATTIA BATTISTINI [b]
4511. 10” Red Monarch 5115 [447z-Ao-2z]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum
(Rossini). Nice copy of this early pressing. Two small PBs, few LGTs, 3. $50.00.
4310. 10” Red Warschau G&T 52669 II [445z-Ao-2z]. ANCORA (Tosti). Few small (harmless) inherent PBs. Nice copy. 2-3. $100.00.
4858. 10” Orange Dog Con. Gram. 2-52847 [17569b]. DON GIOVANNI: Deh vieni alla
finestra (Mozart). Scarce. Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1480. 12” Red GP ’07 Victor 92007 [879c]. ERNANI: Lo vedremo (Verdi). With ARISTODEMO SILLICH [bs]. Nice copy, cons. 2. $8.00.
1872. 12” White lbl. red vinyl Victor pressing (HMV) 2-032079 [Ck1429-1]. SI VOUS
L’AVIEZ COMPRIS (Denza). In French. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2161. 12” White lbl. HMV 052304 [287aj]. TANNHÄUSER: O tu bell’ astro (Wagner). Cons.
2. $12.00.
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Discs
1967. 12” White lbl. HMV 052310
[268aj]. LE SOIR (Gounod).
In French. Piano acc. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
1897. 12” Red vinyl Victor pressing
(HMV) 052321 [290ai]. O MA
CHARMANTE (Quaranta).
Piano acc. In French. Few
lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
2162. 12” Red HMV 052321 [290ai].
O MA CHARMANTE
(Quaranta). Piano acc. In
French. Cons. 2. $12.00.
1839. 12” Orange Schall. Grammophon 052323 (76182) [292aj].
LA SERENATA (Tosti). Piano
acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2163. 12” Orange Dog Mon. Gram.
(Austrian pressing) 052324
[293ai]. LA GONDOLA NERA
(Rotoli). Piano acc. Very lt.
rubs. 2. $12.00.
1897. 12” White lbl. red vinyl Victor
pressing (HMV) 052367
[229af]. DELIZIA (Beethoven).
Piano acc. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
1933. 12” White lbl. red vinyl Victor
pressing (HMV) 052371
[236af]. OCCHI DI FATA
(Denza). Piano acc. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
2164. 12” Orange Dog Mon. Gram.
(Austrian pressing) 052403
[2807c]. MALIA (Tosti). Piano
MATTIA BATTISTINI
acc. Few lightest mks., cons.
2. $15.00.
1937. 12” White lbl. red vinyl Victor pressing (HMV) 2-052256 (DB 731) [Ck1428-2]. O
DEL MIO DOLCE ARDOR (Gluck). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2165. 12” Orange Russ. Angel Monarch Gram. 054392 [223af]. RIGOLETTO: Final Scene
(Verdi). With MARIA MOSCISCA [s]. Few MGTs. 2. $12.00.
1751. 12” Red It. Disco Gram. DB 192 [293aj/295aj]. LA GONDOLA NERA (Rotoli) / NON
M’AMA PIÙ (Tosti). Piano acc. Good pressing. Lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.
1469. 12” Czech DB 202 [268ai/272ai]. HAMLET Come il romito fior (Thomas) / HAMLET:
O vin’, discaccia la tristessa (Thomas). Very fine raised rim pressing. IMs. Just
about 1-2 $15.00.
2030. 12” White lbl. SS HMV DB 737 [Ck1419-III]. DON CARLOS: O Carlo ascolta … Io
morrò (Verdi). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2107. 12” Red Victor 88350 [281ai]. MARIA DI ROHAN: Bella e di sol vestita (Donizetti).
Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2055. 12” Red Vla 88649 [CA2-III]. RE DI LAHORE: O casto fior (Massenet). VrBk. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
1490. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 202 [889c/234af]. ZAMPA: Perchè … tremar (Hérold) /
MACBETH: Pietà, rispetto, amore (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
MARGUERITE BAÜMER [s]. See: GERHARD HÜSCH [b]
GINO BECHI [b]. See also: GIACOMO LAURI-VOLPI [t]
4613. 10” Red late VdP DA-11339 [OBA-8155-1/OBA-8158-T1]. L’ULTIMA CANZONE
(Tosti) / LOLITA (Buzzi-Peccia). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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1960. 12” Red late VdP DB 5369 [2BA4377/2BA4386-II]. RIGOLETTO: Cortigiani / BALLO
IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (both Verdi). Excellent pressing, as is the case with most late
VdPs. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1215. 12” late Red VdP DB 11322 [2BA6800-2/2BA6801-1]. WILLIAM TELL: Resta immobile (Rossini) / DON CARLOS: Io morrò (Verdi). Orch. dir. Argeo Quadri. Just about
1-2. $8.00.
DAN BEDDOE [t]. Wales, 1874-New York City, 1937.
At the age of 19 (or 14, depending
upon the source), he emigrated to the U.S. after having won the gold medal and first prize in the
tenor solo class at the Royal Welsh National Eisteddfod. Following studies with various U.S.
teachers, he settled in the Cincinnati area and became a highly regarded soloist at U.S. and
British choral festivals, as well as having appeared with leading orchestras of both countries. In
New York he was heard with the New York Oratorio Society for many years, beginning in 1905 as
the tenor soloist in the U.S. premiere (in concert form) of Richard Strauss’s Taillefer. He was a
soloist with this group as late as 1933, this time in Handel’s Messiah, garnering excellent reviews.
He was injured in an auto accident in Cincinnati two years later and retired. His son was actor
Don Beddoe, who appeared on Broadway as well as having taken character roles in many films.
4664. 10” Blue acous. Rainbow 1031. HIS
LOVE (composer?) / SHADOWS
(Gabriel). Side two with FLORENCE
EVANS [ms]. Piano and organ acc.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
THÉO BEETS [s]
1228. 12” Green PW Polydor 27349
[1970BMP/1971½BMP]. HÉRODIADE: Adieu, donc, vains objets (Massenet) / AIDA: Céleste Aida (Verdi).
Lbl. stkrs. Few tiny rubs, cons. 2.
$12.00.
THERESE BEHR SCHNABEL [ms]
1235. 10” (on 12”) White lbl. HMV vinyl DA
1294 [OB4514/OB4522]. LIEBESTREU / NICHT MEHR ZU DIR ZU
GEHEN (both Brahms). Piano acc.
ARTUR SCHNABEL. Two single-sided
pressings. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
PAUL BENDER [bs]
2008. 12” PW German Blue Ultraphon E415
[30438/30439]. KLEINER HAUSHALT
/ ODIN’S MEERESRITT (both Loewe).
Piano acc. Wilhelm Grosz. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
ANGELO BENDINELLI [t]. See: CESARE
FORMICHI [b]
ETTORE BERGAMASCHI [t]
THÉO BEETS
2121. 12” Salmon acous. Fonografia Nazionale
G2025/G2026. AIDA: Aida, ove sei
tu? / AIDA: O terra addio (Verdi). With VALERIA MANNA [s]. Each side has “Marca
di Edizione” stamps actually signed by Bergamaschi and Manna. Rubs, minor marks,
but no apparently greying. Plays well. Just about 3-4. $40.00.
RUDOLF BERGER [b/t]. Brünn, Austria, 1874-New York City, 1915. A student of Adolf
Robinson in Berlin, Berger made his debut in 1896 as Telramund and had a successful baritone
career for over a decade. He met American teacher Oscar Saenger, the teacher of his wife-to-be,
Marie Rappold, while singing at Bayreuth in 1908. Saenger suggested that he was really a tenor.
Berger cancelled upcoming performances so as to study with Saenger in New York. Upon returning
to Germany, he made his re-entry at the Berlin Opera as Lohengrin and never returned to baritone
parts. In 1914 he made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Siegmund. Berger’s last appearance was
as Siegfried in Götterdammerung on Feb. 18, 1915. He died eight days later of heart problems from
which he had apparently been suffering for some time.
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Discs
1060. 11’ Blue Odeon 51176/X.52545 [BX2625/XB4320]. SALOME: Szene des Jochanaan
(R. Strauss) / LE PROPHÈTE: Bachanale und Trinklied (Meyerbeer). Note that
Berger is a baritone on side one (recorded in 1907) and a tenor on side two (recorded
in 1908). Excellent copy. Side one a small LSS, otherwise just about 1-2. Side two
few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $40.00.
PIERRE BERNAC [b]
4475. 10” Red PW French Ultraphone BP 1531 [77479/77480]. (TROIS) POÈMES
D’APOLLINAIRE / (DEUX) CHANSONS GAILLARDES (all Poulenc). Piano acc.
Francis Poulenc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4892. 10” Red PW Ultraphone BP 1493 [77409-D/77418-D]. APRÈS UN RÊVE / SOIR
(both Fauré). Piano acc. Jean Doyen. Very lt. superficial rubs, 2. $12.00.
4193. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA 4931 [OLA3398-1/OLA3399-1]. APRÈS UN RÊVE /
LYDIA (both Fauré). Piano acc. Francis Poulenc. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
GABRIELLA BESANZONI [c]
1761. 12” Red acous. Vla 6047. FAVORITA: O mio Fernando (Donizetti) / CARMEN:
Habanera (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
LÉON BEYLE [t]. See: MARCEL JOURNET [bs], LOUIS DUPOUY [b]
EINAR BEYRON [t] See: BRITA HERTZBERG
[s], KIRSTEN THORBORG [c]
RAFAEL BEZARES [t]
4702. Blk. ’10 Pats. Victor 62051 [5322u/5263u].
JUGAR CON FUEGO: Romanza (Barbieri)
/ Sr. GANDIA [t]. EMIGRANTES:
Granadina (Calleja-Barrera). One small
PB side two, otherwise just about 1-2.
$10.00.
FRANZ
BIEHLER [bs]. Stuttgart, 1882-Mü-
nich, 1935.
He studied in Stuttgart with FreitagBexse and made his debut in 1915 in Nürnberg. From
1918-21 he was on the roster of the Schwerin
Hoftheater.
1369. 12” Dk. Blue acous. Parlophon P.1983 [28018/2-8020]. DIE UHR (Löwe) / DIE
BEIDEN GRENADIERE (Schumann).
Piano acc. Dr. Frieder Weissmann. Small
lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
MARIO BINCI [t]
.
Castelfidardo, 1914-2008.
Following his operatic debut in 1943, Binci packed into
his apparently short career performances at La Scala,
Covent Garden, the NYC Opera, the San Francisco
Opera, and a number of other international houses, as
well as several Italian theaters. His seems to have left
the stage by the mid 1950s, although he lived another
half-century.
4270. 10” Plum late VdP HN 2363 [OBA6482V/OBA6486-I]. TURANDOT: Non piangere, Liù / TURANDOT: Nessun dorma (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
FRANZ BIRRENKOVEN [t]
4959. 10” Blk. Pats. Victor 63184 [3767h/3491r]. CZAR UND ZIMMERMANN: Lebe wohl,
mein flanderisches (Lortzing) / HERMANN BACHMANN [b]. WILHELMUS VON
NASSAUEN (Valerius). The label for side one is erroneously pressed on both sides.
Cons. 2. $12.00.
GÖSTA BJÖRLING [t]
4751. 10” Swedish HMV X.7046 [OSB2310-I/OSB2311]. VISKAR INTE VÅRENS VIND /
DET BOR TUSENDE ÖMMA SMÅ LÖFTEN (both Jules Sylvain). Both from film
Kungens rival. Cons. 2. $12.00.
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JUSSI BJÖRLING [t]
4243. 10” Plum HMV X.3622 [BT5208-II/BT5268-I]. MATTINATA (Leoncavallo) / VIOLER
[SALUT D’AMOUR] (Elgar). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
4281. 10” Plum HMV X.3675 [BT5209-II/BT5210-II]. NÄR JAG FÖR MIG SJÄLV I MÖRKA
SKOGEN GÅR [WHEN I FIND MYSELF IN DARK WOODS] / BLAND SKOGENS
HÖGA FURUSTAMMAR [AMONG THE TALL PINES] (Peterson-Berger). Lightest
rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
4280. 10” Plum HMV X.3724 [OT132-1/OT145-1]. BLIV MIN SÅ ÄR VARLDEN MIN [LOVE
ME AND THE WORLD IS MINE] (Ernest R. Ball) / SÄG MIG GODNATT [THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE] (Ray-Ralf). Side one few lightest rubs, cons. 2. Side two
just about 1-2. $10.00.
4112. 10” Plum PW HMV X.3829 [OT499-II/OT500-I]. I LYCKANS TEMPELGÅRD (Astrom)/
O, MILDA SÅNG (Törnquist). Scarce. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4996. 10” Plum PW HMV X.3879 [OT542-I/OT543-I]. DIE BLUMEN VON HAWAII: En
Skimrande Pärla I Havet [A shimmering gem of the sea] / DIE BLUMEN VON
HAWAII: Kyssa utan Kärlek [Kiss without love] (Paul Abraham). Particularly
scarce. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
4583. 10” Plum PW HMV X.3928 [OT512-III/OT513-I]. VARFOR ÄLSKAR JAG? (Rysk
folkvisa) / MIN SOMMARMELODI (Bickvor). Orch. dir. Nils Grevillius. Likewise
uncommon. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
4796. 10” Plum HMV X.3993 [OPF46-II/OPF47-II]. SLUT DINA ÖGON-SÅNGVALS [CLOSE
YOUR EYES] (Sölve) / JAG DRÖMMER VARJE NATT OM DIG-TANGO [I DREAM
EVERY NIGHT ABOUT YOU] (Kálmán). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4930. 10” Plum HMV X.4128 [OPA142-I/OPA128-I]. TANGOFLICKEN (Almroth) / SWARTA
ÖGON (Rysk Folkvisa). Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4266. 10” Plum HMV X.4179 [OPA180-I/OPA181-II]. NINON (Bronislaw Kaper) / GITARREN KLINGAR [SERENATA] (Goldmark-Ralf). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4931. 10” PW Plum HMV X.4204 [OPA191-II/OPA192-II]. SÄG, ATT DU EVICT HÅLLER
MIG KÄR (Sylvain) / VAR DET EN DRÖM (Armand). IMs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
5066. 10” Plum HMV X.4205 [OPA195-I/OPA194-1]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia /TOSCA:
E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). In Swedish, as are all these “X” series records. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
4985. 10” Plum HMV X.4265 [OPA235-II/OPA236-I]. IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira
(Verdi) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni). Side one sung down a
whole tone in B flat. I guess Björling’s high Cs weren’t then (1934) ready for prime
time. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4055. 10” Special Lbl. Plum HMV X.4449 [OSB 126-1/OSB127-2]. BRÖLLOPSVALSEN
(Christgau) / LILLA PRINSESSA [PRINSESSAN INGRIDS FÖRLOVNINGSVALS]
(Enders). With Sune Waldimir’s Orch. Special label commemorating the 1935
wedding of Princess Ingrid of Sweden to Crown Prince Frederik IX of Denmark.
4761.
4268.
4189.
4339.
4060.
4574.
Cons. 2. $12.00.
10” Plum Scandinavian HMV X.4716 [OSB402-2/OSB409-II]. TONERNA (Sjöberg) /
SOMMARNATT (Schrader). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
10” Plum HMV X.4832 [OSB538-I/OSB539-II]. SJUNG DIN HELA LÄNGTAN (Widestedt) / UNGDOMSDRÖMMAR [DREAMS OF LONG AGO] (Enrico Caruso). Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
10” Brown HMV X.6235 [OSB742-II/OSB753-II]. SJUNG OM STUDENTENS
LYCKLIGA DA’R (Prinz Gustaf) / NÄMNER DU SVERIGE (Eric Wide). Just about
1-2. $10.00.
10” Plum Scandinavian HMV X.7077 [OSB2409-1/OSB2410-1]. BÖN I OFREDSTID
[PRAYER IN TIMES OF WAR] (Nordqvist) / BISP THOMAS FRIHETSSÅNG (both
Nordqvist). Orch. dir. Sune Waldimir. Scarce wartime recording. Light harmless
staining and rubs (should play as new), 3. $10.00.
10” Plum Scandinavian HMV X.7255 [OSB742-II/OCS1834-1]. SJUNG OM STUDENTIENS LYCKLIGA DA’R (Prins Gustaf) / JOHAN HYE-KNUDSEN dir. STUDENTER-SANGFORENINGEN. HEILIGE FLAMME (Heiberg). Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
10” Plum HMV X.7947 [OSB3843-1S/OSB3846-1S]. TILL HAYS (Nordqvist) /
JUNGFRUN UNDER LIND (Peterson-Berger). Orch. dir. Bertil Bokstedt. One small
mk. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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Discs
4854. 10” White lbl. vinyl PW Victor mat. BS-046745. DIE BÖSE FARBE (Schubert).
Piano acc. Recorded 30 Jan. 1940. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4877. 10” White lbl. vinyl PW Victor mat. BS-047735. ICH MÖCHTE SCHWEBEN
(Sjögren). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
5026. 10” Red late (beveled rim) RCA Victor 10-1477 [OSB2936-2/OSB2937-1]. MANON
LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai (Puccini) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana
(Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1882. 12” Red PW Victor 12831. SKOGEN SOVER [THE FOREST IS SLEEPING] (Alfven);
MORGON [MORNING] (Cklof) / AN DIE LEIER, Op. 56, No. 2 (Schubert). Piano
acc. Harry Ebert. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1982. 12” Red RCA late RCA Victor 12-3086. L’ARLESIANA: È la solita storia (Cilèa) /
ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2009. 12” Red Electrola DB 21311 [E1RC2015-1A/E1RC2016-1A]. LA BOHEME: Ah,
Mimì, tu più non torni (Puccini) / FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ ora
(Verdi). With ROBERT MERRILL [b]. Never issued on 78 form in U.S. Perfect
copy. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
RAMON BLANCHART [b]. See: EUGENIA BURZIO [s]
ROBERT BLASS [bs]
4395. 10” White lbl. Vla 81017 [B-586]. LOHENGRIN: Königs Gebet (Wagner). Piano acc.
Lightest rubs, cons. 2. $40.00.
1696. 12” Red GP ’04 Victor 85008 [C-585]. IM TIEFEN KELLER (Fischer). Piano acc.
Few LGTs, gen. 3. $25.00.
LILLIAN BLAUVELT [s]
4049. 10” White lbl. Vla 64031 [B-429-2]. MY BAIRNIE (Vannah); COMIN’ THRO’ THE RYE
(Scottish Air). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
1355. 12” Blk. Manhattan (Columbia) 30240. ECSTASY (Mrs. H. H. A. Beach?). Piano
acc. Never issued on the Columbia label. 2. $100.00.
1880. 12” Red GP ’04 Victor 85070 [C-2471]. ROMEO ET JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod).
Beautiful copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.
MAX BLOCH [t]. Cologne, 1890-Düsseldorf, 1930.
He studied voice with his father and
was a well known concert singer before emigrating to America in 1914. He made his Met debut in
Giordano’s Mme. Sans-Gène in 1914 and remained on the Met roster until the year of his death.
His repertoire there included 43 roles in German, French and Italian. Many of these were
comprimario roles, although, according to an obituary, “He attained prominence in Wagnerian
parts such as Mime in The Ring, David in Die Meistersinger and other roles of the kind for which
his small stature fitted him.”
5063. 10” Blue acous. Banner 2055 [41371-2/41598-2]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba
(Leoncavallo) / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). In Italian. From Emerson
matrices. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4559. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 73276. UNDINE: Vater, Mutter, Schwestern, Brüder
(Lortzing) / DAS MUTTERHERZ (Carl Henning, Op. 74). Lbl. stkr. and minor lbl.
stain side two, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.
4387. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 73653. ZIGEUNERLIEBE: Zorika, kehre zurück (Lehár) /
BRUDER STRAUBINGER: Küssen is keine Sünd’! (Eysler). Cons. 2. $15.00.
1885. 12” Blk. acous. Victor 69618. DIE MEISTERSINGER: Walthers Preislied / DIE
MEISTERSINGER: Am stillen Herd (Wagner). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1340. 12” Blk. acous. Victor 68660. ZIGEUNERBARON: Wer hat euch den getraut? / AN
DER SCHÖNEN BLAUEN DONAU (both Johann Strauss). Both sides with EDITA
FLEISHER [s]. Lbl. scr. side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
EBE BOCCOLINI [s]. See: GUIDO CICCOLINI [t]
RUDOLF BOCKELMANN [b]
5116. 10 Red PW Electrola EG 3349 [ORA144-2/ORA504-1]. DER FÜHRER / DEUTSCHLAND ERWACHE (both Hans Gasser). Berlin State Op. Orch. and the Stuttgart
Liederkranz [Chorus] dir. Hans Udo Müller. This is, understandably, a rarity! Seethrough plastic sticker over top portion of label side one. See label pictures section.
Probably original (can’t read what it says). Lt. rubs, 2. $100.00.
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CHARLOTTE BOERNER [s]
4513. 10” Red PW elec. Polydor 10162 [2240½BN/5527½BR]. DAS LACHENDE FLORENZ: Bleib’ bei mir / DAS LACHENDE FLORENZ: Florentinisches Lied (Raffaelli).
Side one conducted by Franz Marszalek. Side two conducted by the composer. Lt.
rubs, cons. 2. $20.00.
MICHAEL BOHNEN [bs-b]. See also: VERA SCHWARZ [s]
4509. 10” Plum elec. PW HMV EG 950 [BLR4431-II/BLR4430-II]. CASANOVA: Ständchen/
CASANOVA: Kein Wei gist zu weit (Strauss-Benatzky). Side two with EMMY
STURM [s]. Orch. dir. Ernst Hauke. Lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.
4059. 10” Plum elec. PW HMV EG 2070 [BD9079-II/BD9080-I]. ICH GRÜSSE DICH,
AMERIKA! / WUNDERVOLL, FABELHAFT! (both Spoliansky). Both from film Zwei
Krawatten. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
MARGIT BOKOR [s]. See: VIORICA URSULEAC [s].
HANS HEINZ BOLLMANN [t]. See: FRITZI MASSARY [s]
NIKOLAI BOLSHAKOV [t]. See
also: IVAN ALTCHEVSKY [t]
4730. 10” Blk. Russian Angel Gram. Con.
24496/3-22774 [6461L/7181L].
DUBROVSKY: Ne jamais la voir
(Napravnik). With MARIA
MICHAILOWA [s] / OSKAR
KAMIONSKY [b]. SERENADE DE
DON JUAN (Napravnik). Side
one in French. Excellent copy of
this rarity, cons. 2. $60.00.
ALESSANDRO BONCI [t]
1085. 11” Fonotipia 39080/39084-2
[XPh154/XPh394]. MEFISTOFELE: Giunto sul passo (Boïto) / I
PURITANI: A te, o cara (Bellini).
Small PB side two. Small lbl. stkr.
2. $15.00.
1037. 11” Fonotipia 39691/39692
[XPh1990/XPh1989]. LUISA
MILLER: Ah! Fede negar potessi /
LUISA MILLER: Quando le sere al
placido (Verdi). IMs. 2. $15.00
1051. 11” U.S. Fonotipia 73002
[XPh3513]. IL BARBIERE DI
SIVIGLIA: Numero quindici
(Rossini). With FERRUCCIO
ALESSANDRO BONCI
CORRADETTI [b]. Just about
1-2. $12.00.
1608. 12” Green Ital. Odeon F5502 [XXPh3390/XXPh3762]. CARMEN: Romanza del fiore
(Bizet) / EDOARDO GARBIN [t], RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b], NAZZARENO DE
ANGELIS [b]. FAUST: Che fate qui, signor? (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1183. 12” Blue acous. Eng. Columbia D17206 [36459/36534]. MARTHA: M’appari
(Flotow) / LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli). Excellent mid-‘20s laminated
surface material. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1450. 12” Blue elec. PW Eng. Columbia L1960 [WBX70/WBX71]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: E scherzo od è follia / UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Di tu se fedele (Verdi). Both
sides with AURORA RETTORE [s]. Side two with EMILIA RUBADI [ms], GIUSEPPE MENNI [bs], SALVATORE BACCALONI [bs]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1748. 12” Blue elec. PW Eng. Columbia D18010 [WBX70/WBX71]. Same as preceding
listing, also a later ‘20s pressing, but different catalogue number. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
1487. 12” Red elec. Eng. Columbia D14680 [WBX73/WBX74]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA:
Non sai tu [Love Duet, Act II] (Verdi). Two sides. With MARIA PIA PAGLIARINI [s].
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RICHARD BONELLI [b]
4688. 10” Purple acous. Brunswick 5166 [8220/8221]. CLANG OF THE FORGE (Rodney)/
DANNY DEEVER (Damrosch). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
FRANCESCO MARIA BONINI [b]
5250. 11” Pink Sample Fonotipia 92561/92562 [XPh3894/XPh3585]. PEARL FISHERS: O
Nadir! (Bizet) / AMICA: Se tu amasti me (Mascagni). Rare. Lt. rubs, gen. 2.
$40.00.
1038. 11” Fonotipia 92599/92600
[XPh4094/XPh4091]. ERNANI: O
de’ verd’ anni miei / I DUE
FOSCARI: O vecchio cor che batti
(both Verdi). IMs. Excellent copy,
few lightest mks. Cons. 2.
$35.00 .
CELESTINA BONINSEGNA [s]
4013. 10” Green Schall. Grammophon
80051 [7309½b/9063b]. LA
FORZA DEL DESTINO: La Vergine degli angeli (Verdi) / NORMA:
Ah! bello a me ritorna (Bellini).
With Chorus. Fine copy, few
lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
4212. 10” White lbl. HMV 53481 [9063b].
NORMA: Ah! bello a me ritorna
(Bellini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
5135. 10” Silver Flags Columbia S-34
[11036-1/11048-1]. LOHENGRIN: Sola nel miei (Wagner) /
FAUST: Ei m’ama (Gounod).
Excellent pressing. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
4435. 10” Gold Flags Columbia S-100
[42128-1/11048-1]. ERNANI:
Ernani, involami (Verdi) /
FAUST: Ei m’ama (Gounod).
Excellent pressing, needless to
say. Side one cons. 2. Side two
tiny rim nick (not to grooves), one
CELESTINA BONINSEGNA
LSS, 2. $10.00.
1819. 12” Blk. Col. 5013-M [30351-1/30359-1]. IL TROVATORE: D’amor sull’ ali rosee
(Verdi) / SEMIRAMIDE: Bel raggio (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1790. 12” Blk. Col. 5034-M [30356-1/ 30357-1]. NORMA: Casta diva / NORMA: Ah! bello
a me ritorna (Bellini). A sparkling copy! Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1838. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia A5195 [30353/30355]. LA BOHÉME: Mi chiamano Mimì /
TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (both Puccini). Another superb (mid-1920s) pressing. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
2095. 12” Red GP ’06 Victor 92000 [538c]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ma dall’ arido stelo
divulso (Verdi). 2. $8.00.
5251. 12” White lbl. Vla 92034 [854c]. RUY BLAS: O dolce voluttà (Marchetti). With LUIGI
COLAZZA [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1878. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate 88239 [1952c]. AIDA: O cieli azzurri (Verdi). Excellent
pressing, few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $12.00.
1895. 12” Red vinyl Vla 88256 [1852c]. FAUST: Ei m’ama (Gounod). Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
1879. 12” Silver PW IRCC 142 [535½c/537c]. L’AFRICANA: Già l’odio m’abbandona
(Meyerbeer) / IL TROVATORE: Tacea la notte placida (Verdi). From orig. 1906 G&T
matrices. Lbl. scr. side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
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GIUSEPPE
BORGATTI [t]. Cento,
Ferrara, 1871-Reno di Leggiuno, 1950. He
was, in his youth, illiterate and worked as a
bricklayer. Called upon for compulsory
military service, he was heard singing by a
wealthy patron who arranged for voice
lessons and general educational studies. His
career quickly developed from Gounod’s
Faust in 1892 to the title role in the La Scala
world premiere of Andrea Chenier four years
later. He also mastered the major Wagnerian
tenor parts and was particularly noted for
these as well as Verdi and verismo repertoire.
In 1904, Borgatti was the first Italian tenor to
appear at Bayreuth. Glaucoma caused
eventual blind-ness and forced his early
retirement from the stage. Rare electrical
recordings from 1928 demonstrate that long
after his operatic retirement his voice was
still intact. He taught in later years, his
pupils having included Willi DomgrafFassbaender, Martin Kremer and Heddle
Nash.
4196. 10” Maroon elec. PW Eng. Col.
D6073 [WB1925/WB2589].
LOHENGRIN: Deh! non t’incantan / DIE WALKÜRE: Canto della
primavera (both Wagner). Couple
small lbl. smudges. Surface just
about 1-2. $100.00.
1354. 11” (on 12”) Fonotipia vinyl SS
39407. HMA 82. LOHENGRIN:
Deh non t’incantan (Wagner).
Reissued on Hist. Masters as one side
of HMA 82. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
GIUSEPPE BORGATTI
DINO BORGIOLI [t]
4410. 10” Red acous. Eng. Columbia D5127 [B249/B274]. PEARL FISHERS: Del tempio al
limitar (Bizet). With BENVENUTO FRANCI [b] / TRAVIATA: Deh miei bollenti
spiriti (Verdi). First rate pressing. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
LUCREZIA BORI [s]
4493. 10” White lbl. vinyl Victor mat. BS-017712-1. COPLAS DE CURRO DULCE (Nin).
With GEORGE COPELAND [pianist]. Unpublished. Rec. 24 Dec. 1937. Just about
1-2. $20.00.
4494. 10” White lbl. vinyl Victor mat. BS-017715-2. CANTO ANDALUZ (Nin). With GEO.
COPELAND [pianist]. Unpublished. Rec. 24 Dec. 1937. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
5094. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1190. LA CRUZ DE MAYO (Valverde) / PATOTERO SENTIMENTAL (Romero-Jovès). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1343. 12” Red elec. “Z” shellac Vla 6561. BOHEME: Addio! (Puccini) / LOUISE: Depuis le
jour (Charpentier). Acoustic style lbls. Top pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1566. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6699. LOVE-TIDE OF SPRING (Glazounov, arr. LaForge) / TALES
FROM THE VIENNA WOODS (Strauss, arr. LaForge). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1323. 12” Mauve acous. HMV AGSB 58. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ange adorable (Gounod).
With BENIAMINO GIGLI [t] / CARMEN: Parle-moi de ma mère (Bizet). With
MIGUEL FLETA [t]. First editions from 1924 Victor matrices. Side one only form of
issue. Side two available otherwise only on HRS edition. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1925. 12” Red vinyl Vla acous. mat. C-27714. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ange adorable
(Gounod). With BENIAMINO GIGLI [t]. Unpublished except for limited AGSB
edition above. Recorded. 28 Mar. 1923. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
1920. 12” Red vinyl Vla acous. mat. C-29285-2. L’AMICO FRITZ: Tutto tace (Mascagni).
With MIGUEL FLETA [t]. Lovely! Unpublished except for very limited HRS issue.
Just about 1-2. $25.00.
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OLIMPIA BORONAT [s]. See also: ANTONINA NEZHDANOVA [s]
4211. 10” White lbl. HMV 53350 [1774L]. ZABAVA PUTYATISHNA: Air (Mikhail Ivanov).
1904, piano acc. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
4529. 10” Red St. Petersburg G&T 53353 [1777L]. THE PEARL FISHERS: Cavatina (Bizet).
Nice copy. 2. $75.00.
2099. 12” Red Dog Gram. Monarch 053185 [1506½c]. DON PASQUALE: So anch’io la
virtú magica (Donizetti). Minor gold print label fade (inherent during that period
with the type of ink used). Just about 1-2. $150.00.
5252. 12” White lbl. HMV 053187 [1517c]. LES HUGUENOTS: A ce mot (Meyerbeer). Great
performance! Just about 1-2. $50.00.
HERMINE BOSETTI [s]
1053. 10” Blue Odeon X52623/X52624
[XB4666/XB4667]. DAS
GLÖCKCHEN DES EREMITEN:
Duett zwichen Rose Friquet und
Sylvain (Maillart). Two sides.
IMs. Cons. 2. $35.00.
1045. 10” Blue Odeon X52687/X52688
[XB4598/XB4597]. MARTHA:
Duett aus Martha und Lyonel
(Flotow). Two sides. With FRANZ
NAVAL [t]. IMs. Cons. 2. $35.00.
1086. 10” Blue Odeon X52708/X51581
[XB3886/XB3053]. DER
SCHWARZE DOMINO: Arrogagonisches Lied der Angela
(Auber) / OTTILIE METZGER
[ms]. ORFEO ED EURIDICE:
Ach erbarmet euch mein (Gluck).
IMs. Good pressing material.
Just about 1-2. $35.00.
1365. 12” Blk. Schall. Gram. 65319
(043288/043289) [986m/987m].
RIGOLETTO: Arie der Gilda
(Verdi) / FRÜHLINGSSTIMMEN
(Joh. Strauss). Just about 1-2.
$35.00.
GEORGETTE “GEORI”-BOUÉ [s]
4421. 10” Red Odeon 188.947 [KI-9787I/KI-9788-1]. C’EST MOI! / EN
HERMINE BOSETTI
ARLES; UN CRI (all Louis
Beydts). Piano acc. by the composer. Cons. 2. $15.00.
ROGER BOURDIN [b]
4889. 10” Dk. Blue Odeon 166.914 [KI-7473-1/KI-7474-1]. MALVINA: Boléro / MALVINA:
Comme on est loin (Reynaldo Hahn). With RENÉE CAMIA [s]. Lt. rubs, gen. 2.
$12.00.
4309. 10” Red PW Odeon 188.583 [KI-1652-1/KI-1653-II]. LE BON ROI DAGOBERT:
C’est une toute petite histoire / LE BON ROI DAGOBERT: Majesté, Madame, mon
enfant (Samuel Rousseau). Creator performances. Lt. superficial mks., gen. 2.
$15.00.
4891. 10” Dk. Blue Odeon 238.422 [KI-4337-2/KI-4339-2]. MOINEAU: Chaque souvenir
d’amour / MOINEAU: L’escarpolette (Louis Beydts). Conducted by the composer.
Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
VINA BOVY [s]
1432. 12” PW Red Disque Gram. DB 4997 [2LA821-3/2LA822-1]. DINORAH: Ombre légère
(Meyerbeer) / RIGOLETTO: O doux nom (Verdi). Orch. dir. Henri Büsser. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
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AAGE BRANNER [b]. 1889-1955. An excellent Danish baritone, judging from this disc.
4344. 10” Plum acous. HMV X.2064 [BT182-I/BT185-I]. EN SVANE / JEG ELSKER DIG
(both Grieg). Harmless lt. NS, 2. $8.00.
KARIN BRANZELL [ms]
1562. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 50158. LA FAVORITA: O mio Fernando (Donizetti) /
SAMSON ET DALILA: Printemps qui commence (Saint-Saëns). Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
SOPHIE BRASLAU [c]. See also: FRANCES ALDA [s]
5083. 10” Red Vla 553. LAST NIGHT (Kjerulf) / THE SWEETEST STORY EVER TOLD
(Stults). Just about 1-2. $6.00.
FRIEDRICH BRODERSEN [b]
1351. 12” Pink acous. Parlophon P.1291 [2-5630/2-5632]. IHR BILD / FRÜHLINGSTRAUM (both Schubert). Piano acc. Felix Günther. Nice pressing and copy. Few lt.
rubs, cons. 2. $20.00.
CORNELIUS BRONSGEEST [b]. See: ERNA DENERA [s]
YVONNE BROTHIER [s]. See also: ÉMILE MARCELIN [t]
5076. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. P-627 [BD4082-II/BJ86-II]. GRAZIELLA: Chanson
Procitane / PAGLIACCI: Ballatella (Leoncavallo). The same Graziella label is
pressed on both sides. Brothier sang the title role in the Opéra-Comique 1925
premiere of Graziella. See also Emile Marcelin. A few superficial rubs, 2-3. $12.00.
4695. 10” Plum PW elec. Disque Gram. K-7077 [OPG1075-1/OPG1076-1]. LE POSTILLON
DE LONJUMEAU: Mon petit mari (Adam) / L’ÉTOLE DU NORD: Prière et Barcarolle (Meyerbeer). Excellent pressing. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
JOHN BROWNLEE [b]
1160. 12” White lbl. SS vinyl HMV D.1654 [CN388-II]. HAMLET: Comme une pâle fleur
(Thomas). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
ELISA BRUNO [s]. See: GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t]
MURIEL BRUNSKILL [c]
4206. 10” Blk. PW Eng. Columbia DB 602
[CA11426/CA11427]. KISHMUL’S
GALLEY / ON HEBRID SEAS (M.
Kennedy-Fraser). Both from Songs of
the Hebrides. Piano acc. Just about
1-2. $10.00.
VLACLAV BRZEZINSKI [b]. Warsaw,
1878-Lodz, 1955. Brzezinski was originally a
blacksmith. After his voice was discovered, he
studied in Italy and made his debut there in
1904 at Bologna’s Teatro del Corso in Flotow’s
Martha. Additionally he prepared further with
Witold Aleksandrowicz in Warsaw and in 1906
made his debut in
the opera house in
Lvov (Lwów). In 1908, he appeared as a guest
in Palermo and in Bologna and also was
engaged by the Warsaw Opera, where he was
first heard as Silvio in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci.
He remained the first baritone of this opera
house for twenty years and was often referred to
as the ‘’Polish Battistini’’. In the later 1920s
Brzezinski retired from the stage as a result of a
heart condition and then taught voice in Warsaw
VLACLAV BRZEZINSKI
and in Lodz.
His extensive list of pupils
included Jan Kiepura, Jerzy Czaplicki, Eugeniuz Mossakowski and Jerzy Garda. - Ashot Arakelyan,
“Forgotten Opera Singers” (Internet)
4815. 10” Green Moskwa Zonophone X-2-62729/X-2-62730 [1078ae/1079ae]. MOJA
CHORAGIEW [LA MIA SPOSA SAR LA MIA BANDIERA] (Rotoli) / STACH
(Noskowski). Key information written on the grooves in pencil (probably removeable),
otherwise excellent cons. 2. $150.00.
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AURORA BUADES [c]
4432. 10” Green PW Eng. Columbia GQ 7023 [WB3730/WB2877]. LA FAVORITA: O mio
Fernando / MARIANO STABILE [b]. LA FAVORITA: A tanto amor (Donizetti). Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
HANS BUFF-GIESSEN [t]
4089. 10” Blk. Dresden G&T 3-42324/3-42701 [185r/4643h]. DIE WEISSE DAME:
Komm, o holde Dame (Boidieu) / MIGNON: Leb’ wohl, Mignon (Thomas). Some
LGTs (i.e. sounding) side one, side two few MGTs, otherwise 2-3. $75.00.
DMITRI I. BUKHTOYAROV [bs]. 1866-1918. See also: VLADIMIR KASTORSKY.
4562. 10” Green Russ. Zonophone X-2-62665/X-2-62617 [321z/14721b]. THE VOYEVODA (Rubinstein) / I. P. TOMASHEVICH [bs]. MY LIPS ARE SILENT
(Bleikhman). 1903/ 1910 matrices. Minor lt. lbl. scuffs side one, otherwise an
exceptionally clean copy, just about 1-2. $35.00.
KAREL BURIAN [t]
4376. 10” Blk. Con. Gram. 2-72188/2-72189 [7741r/7768r]. Ó ŘEBIČKU ZAHRADNICKÝ / NAD LŮŽENCI JALOVEČEK (Bohemian Songs). Piano acc. Nice copy.
Cons. 2. $15.00.
4377. 10” Plum Czech HMV AM 277 [5039r/5040r]. ZDÁLO SE MI, MOJE MILA / PROČ
JSI K NAM NEPŘIŠEL (Czech Songs). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4384. 10” Plum Czech HMV AM 284 [15507b/12260L]. DALIBOR: Zapírat nechci / DALIBOR: O, Zedňku (Smetana). Couple lightest rubs, just about 1-2. $15.00.
TOM BURKE [t]
1087. 11” SS (oversized 10”) U.S. Columbia W Trial 64818-1. TOSCA: Recondita armonia
(Puccini). Piano acc. 13 July 1925. “W TRIAL” probably indicates trial electrical
recording (W: Western Electric). Only known copy. Superficial rubs, plays without
problems. 3-4. $150.00.
1088. 11” SS (oversized 10”) U.S. Columbia W Trial 64819-1. TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle
(Puccini). Piano acc. 13 July 1925. “W Trial” probably indicates trial electrical
recording (W: Western Electric). Only known copy. Superficial rubs, plays without
problems. 3-4. $150.00.
EUGENIA BURZIO [s]
4960. 10” Silver Flags Columbia S-51
[11392-1/4437-1]. NORMA: Qual
cor tradisti (Bellini) / RAMON BLANCHART [b]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla vita (Verdi). Excellent
HENRY BURR [t]. See also: CARLO
CARTICA [t]
4565. 10” Blk GP ’08 Victor 5418. A WALTZ
DREAM: I Love, and the World is
Mine (Charles Gilbert Spross).
A
most uncommon Burr disc. Dr. Spross
(1874-1961) and I corresponded for
about a year while I was in high
school. He seemed to think that I was
a musical agent of some sort, but our
writing ended abruptly when I advised
him that I was a high school
sophomore. 2. $10.00.
CLARA BUTT [c]
4217. 10” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia
X331 [A2241/A2260]. SHENANDOAH (arr. Tovey) / LITTLE “FLEURDE-LYS” (Easthope Martin). Piano
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VOCAL 78 rpm
Discs
4380. 10” Purple PW Eng. Columbia PB 8 [WA10654/WA10655]. A SONG OF PRAISE
(Lee-Beney) / FOR A BIRTHDAY (Elton-Besly). Piano acc. Excellent copy, few
lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $12.00.
1163. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 03178/03186 [4086-IIf/4089f]. KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN (Crouch) / BARBARA ALLEN (English Folk Song). These were originally
issued single-face. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1888. 12” PW Purple elec. Eng. Columbia 7376 [WAX5101/WAX5118]. THE PROMISE OF
LIFE (Cowen) / THE BETTER LAND (both Cowen). Side one with organ and piano.
Side two with orch. As new, except for very tiny rim chip side one far from grooves.
ERIK BYE [b]
1178. 12” Green Columbia E5224 [59654-2/59634-1]. DER ERLKÖNIG / STÄNDCHEN
(both Schubert). 2. $10.00.
ICILIO CALLEJA [t]. See also: GIUSEPPE TRICARIO [t]
4497. 10” Silver Flags Columbia S-57 [41915-1/41918-1]. GERMANIA: Studenti udite /
GERMANIA: No, non chiuder gli occhi vaghi (Franchetti). Wonderful pressing. Just
about 1-2. $40.00.
HÉLÈNE CALS [s]. Watergraafsmeer, near Amsterdam, 1903-Rimini, Italy, 1937.
A student of Rosa Schönberg,
Cals never appeared in opera
but was rather a concert
singer and very popular on
the radio in the Netherlands,
as well as in Germany. She
appeared in concert with
conductors Pierre Monteux,
Willem Mengelberg and Albert
van Rallte, as well as Frieder
Weissmann (who conducted
most of her recordings).
Shortly before her untimely
demise, she also taught at the
Utrechts
Conservatorium.
Her sudden death was the
result
of
a
fall
while
vacationing
with
her
husband, radio conductor
Nico Treep, at Lago Maggiore.
4550. 10” PW Eng. Parlophone R1256
HÉLÈNE CALS all alone by her gramophone
[DA1579/DA1589].
THE VAGABOND
KING: Only a Rose (Friml) / THE SONG OF SONGS (Moya). With organ/piano acc.
Just about 1-2. $25.00.
EMMA CALVÉ [ms]
4480. 10” Red London G&T 3282 [2059-F]. MAGALI (Chanson Provençal). Calvé shushes
the pianist (Landon Ronald) and sings a haunting unaccompanied coda. Few very
tiny lbl. scrs. and light fading. Inherent (harmless) surface depressions. Gen. 2-3.
$250.00.
4165. 10” Red London G&T 3286 [2063-R]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete
(Mascagni). A first rate copy, bright label, clean surface except for some inherent
(and silent) surface depressions. Cons. 2. $150.00.
1639. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88085. CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet). The second of three issued
takes. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1638. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88086. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni).
1637. 12” Red ’07 GP Victor 88087. PEARL OF BRAZIL: Charmant oiseau (David). First
issued take, with orchestra. Lt. NR on lbl. Surface 2 or better. $10.00.
1713. 12” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 162 [C-6012/C-17830]. HÉRODIADE: Il est doux
(Massenet) / LA MARSEILLAISE (de l’Isle). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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1266. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 134 [C-6018/2EA5898-1]. MA LISETTE (Old French Air);
AU PRINTEMPS (Gounod) / SÉRÉNADE DU PASSANT (Massenet); SAPHO: O
Magali (both Massenet). Side one
pressed from 1907 Victor matrix.
Side two RRs from two 1902 G&Ts.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1667. 12” PW Gold IRCC 163. FAUST: Part
of Jewel Song and Final Trio (Gounod). With ANDREAS DIPPEL [t],
MARCEL JOURNET [bs] / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Bada Santuzza
[conclusion of scene with Turiddu
into beginning of scene with Alfio]
(Mascagni). With CARRIE BRIDEWELL [ms], EMILIO DE MARCHI [t],
GIUSEPPE CAMPANARI [b].
Recorded at Met Feb. 15, 1902/Feb.
22, 1902. These early (original)
1930s transfers of the Mapleson
cylinders are considered by many to
be superior to later versions despite
modern technology, mainly as the
cylinders were then less worn
(although still often formidably
noisy). Side one around 80.5 rpm
and side two 85.5 rpm. Just about
1-2. $20.00.
LÉON CAMPAGNOLA [t]
2085. 12” Purple acous. Disque Gram. Y61
(032372/032373) [03390v/03389v].
SI TU M’AMAIS! (Denza) / LA PETITE AMIE (Delmas). Small lbl. scr.
side two. One small spot side two.
2. $12.00.
LEON CAMPAGNOLA
GIUSEPPE CAMPANARI [b]
4078. 10” White lbl. Victor 81010 [B-430]. LA TRAVIATA: Di Provenza, il mar (Verdi).
Piano acc. 1903 recording. Excellent late ‘30s pressing, RCA Vr back. Just about
1-2. $20.00.
5131. 10” White lbl. Vla 81012 [B-434]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum
(Rossini). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
4129. 10” White lbl. red vinyl Victor 81044 [B-744]. MIA SPOSA SARÀ LA MIA BANDIERA
(Rotoli). 1903 recording . Just about 1-2. $25.00.
1894. 12” White lbl. red vinyl Vla 85002 [C-432-2]. GLORIA A TE (Buzzi-Peccia). Piano
1955. 12” White lbl. red vinyl Vla 85003 [C-433]. CARMEN: Toreador Song (Bizet). Piano
acc. Recorded 18 Sept. 1903. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
1772. 12” Red DeLuxe “A” plate 85028 [C-743-2]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo).
Piano acc. Bright lbl. 2-3. $35.00.
1573. 12” White lbl. red vinyl Victor 85079 [C-2488]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi).
Just about 1-2. $30.00.
1775. 12” PW Silver Vr IRCC 86. L’AFRICAINE: All’erta, Marinar! … Adamastor, re dell’
acque profonde (Meyerbeer) / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). Piano acc.
From orig. 1903 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
LINDA CANNETTI [s]
1036. 11” Fonotipia 92733/92734 [XPh4452/XPh4458]. LORELEY: Da che tutta (Catalani) / IRIS: Io pingo (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
MARIA CANIGLIA [s]. See also: TOMMASO ALCAIDE [t] and MAFALDA FAVERO [s]
1263. 12” Red late DB 6351 [2BA5996-1/2BA5997-1]. LA WALLY: Ebben, n’andrò lontana
(Catalani) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni). Superb late
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GIORGINA CAPRILE [s].
Discs
See also: GIUSEPPE KRISMER [t]. Firenze, 1877-Rome,
1951.
Born of a cultured and musical family, Caprile studied in Milano with Carignani. Her
debut was as Suzel in Mascagni’s Amico Fritz at the Rome Costanzi, 1900, following this, Mimì in
Puccini’s La Boheme to Fernando De Lucia’s Rodolfo. She was an effective actress and preferred
roles requiring dramatic skill, such as Violetta, Iris, Tosca and Mimì as examples.
1089.
11” Fonotipia 92575/92576 [XPh3986/XPh3987]. LA BOHÈME: Canzone di
Musette (Leoncavallo) / AMICO FRITZ: Bel cavaliere [Ballata di Suzel] (Mascagni).
Small scr. side one, IMs. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
1366. 12” Red Dog Mon. Gram. 053304 [02343v]. LA TRAVIATA: Addio del passato (Verdi).
Very tiny lbl. tear. Excellent copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
MERCEDES CAPSIR [s]
1190. 12” Blue It. Columbia GQX 10696
[WBX1319/WBX1320]. I PURITANI: Qui la voce / I PURITANI: Vien
diletto (Bellini). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
2102. 12” Blue PW Eng. Col. D18062
[WBX469/WBX470]. IL CARNEVALE DI VENEZIA (arr. Benedetti). Two sides. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
EMMA CARELLI [s]
1142. 11” SS vinyl Fonotipia plain label
(pressed on 12”) 39649
[XPh1822]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte
(Puccini). Piano acc. Not reissued.
Just about 1-2. $35.00.
1143. 11” SS vinyl Fonotipia plain lbl.
(pressed on 12”) 39650
[XPh1820]. MANON: Ancor son io
tutt’ attonita (Massenet). Piano
acc. Reissued on Historic Masters
HMV 93 (with Litvinne on the
reverse). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
ODETTE CARLYLE [s]
4934. 10” Blk. Disque Gram. P.258
(33849/33857) [16883u/16971u].
SALAMMBO: Air des Colombes
(Reyer) / LA VIVANDIÈRE: Viens
avec nous petit (Godard). 2-3. $15.00.
ODETTE CARLYLE
MARGHERITA CAROSIO [s]
4348. 10” Red VdP DA 5404 [OBA4329/OBA4330-II]. ANDALUZA (Granados) / LA VIOLETERA (Padilla). In Italian. Orch. dir. Enrico Bormioli. Uncommon wartime issue.
Few rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
FERNANDO CARPI [t]. Firenze, 1876-Genoa, 1959. Carpi
studied in Bologna with Masetti
and Martucci and made his debut in Lecce, 1898, as Gounod’s Faust. Subsequently he sang
throughout Italy as well as at Covent Garden, in Lisbon, Madrid, the Paris Opéra, Chicago and
South America. and from 1916-1919 at the Metropolitan Opera. There he appeared in such roles
as Almaviva, Rodolfo, Edgardo, Pinkerton and Alfredo. After retiring from the stage in 1923 he
taught in Prague, then at the Geneva Conservatory and in Italy. Those who studied with him at
various points in their careers included Suzanne Danco, Ernst Haefliger, Zinka Milanov, Geraint
Evans, Jennifer Vyvyan and Gösta Björling.
1098. 11” Fonotipia 69102/39966 [XPh4989/XPh2321]. DON PASQUALE: Sogno soave e
casto / CARLO DANI [t]. DON PASQUALE: Com’ è gentil (Donizetti). Just about
1-2. $25.00.
JUANITA CARRACCIOLO [s]
4299. 10” Maroon acous. Eng. Columbia D5390 [70812/70814]. LA WALLY: Ebben? Ne
andrò lontano (Catalani) / TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). One very tiny nick side
two. Lt. rubbing, 2. $15.00.
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Discs
OLGA CARRARA-PESCA [s]. Firenze, 1888 - ? ].
Her debut was in 1910 at the Teatro
Sociale of Comacchio as Amelia in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera. She was then engaged for the
Teatro Mercadante in Naples, singing roles such as Santuzza and Fedora. Wagner entered her
repertoire in Madrid, where she sang Sieglinde, Freia and Gutrune.
After other Italian
engagements she moved to the U.S., where she studied with and wed Astolfo Pescia, making her
U.S. debut in concert at New York’s Aeolian Hall. Soon after, she retired for five years but resumed
her career singing at Lewisohn Stadium in New York and in 1919 with the Chicago Opera,
appearing in the role of Glorianda in Marinuzzi’s Jacquerie. She subsequently appeared mainly in
Italy, including as Turandot at the Teatrol dal Verme in 1928 and in 1931, the year of her
retirement, as Aida at the Rome Teatro Costanzi.
4716. 10” Blk. Pathé Actuelle 02152 [N67851-1/N69178-1]. NON È VER! (Mattei) / ADAMO DIDUR [bs]. MEFISTOFELE: Son lo spirito (Boito). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
ROSANNA CARTERI [s]
4396. 10” Blue Cetra AT 0291 [55319/55320]. TURANDOT: Signore ascolta / TURANDOT:
Tu che di gel (Puccini). Orch. dir. Arturo Basile. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
CARLO CARTICA [t]
4430. 10” Blk. Vertical Phono-Cut 5132 [1139/1009]. IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira
(Verdi) / HENRY BURR [t]. GOOD NIGHT, GOOD NIGHT (composer?). Odd
doubling! One 3/8” small circular scr. side one, otherwise cons. 2-3. $25.00.
ENRICO CARUSO [t].
5043. 10” Blue Disco Zonofono X-1550. UN BACIO ANCORA (Tirindelli). AICC back. The
only title for Zonophone that Caruso didn’t record for the Gramophone Company.
One grey groove and a couple of LGTs. Two raised pressing bumps (ridges), one of
which causes light sound a bit over a quarter of an inch. Label a bit off-center, which
one often finds with Blue Zonophones as they were apparently placed by hand when
pressed. 3-4. $600.00.
5042. 10” Blue Disco Zonofono X-1556. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni).
AICC back. Minor lbl. scr. Slight wear at start clears up during piano introduction
and otherwise plays cleanly. A very decent copy. 3-4. $1000.00.
5007. 10” Red Milano G&T 52349 [1790]
(VI). TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle
(Puccini). In this 1902 recording,
Caruso enters early and four steps
too high. He and pianist Cottone
remain out of sync for a few
measures. Few harmless PBs.
5140.
5088.
1290.
4138.
Gen. 2-3. $35.00.
10” White lbl. SS vinyl HMV 52442
[2882-R]. LUNA FEDEL (Zardo).
Just about 1-2. $40.00.
10” White lbl. Vla 91013 [2877w2]. NON T’AMO Più (Denza).
Excellent pressing. Cons. 2.
$40.00.
10” (on 12”) White lbl. vinyl Vla
87017 [B-6033]. RIGOLETTO: La
donna è mobile (Verdi). Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
10” Red Victor vinyl (87499).
BOHEME: Vecchia zimarra
(Puccini) / FRANCES ALDA and
WALLY BUTTERWORTH
[speakers]. WHY CARUSO
RECORDED “THE COAT SONG”.
Alda recounts the events that led
to Caruso having made this
recording. Side two recorded c.
1949. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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VOCAL 78 rpm
Discs
1196. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 85022 [C-997]. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi). Piano acc. Top
1864. 12” Red GP ’07 Victor 85048 [C-2340]. DON PASQUALE: Com’ è gentil (Donizetti).
Piano acc. Fine early pressing. Cons. 2. $8.00.
1733. 12” Red GP ’08 Victor 85049 [C-2341]. CARMEN: Il fior (Bizet). Piano acc. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
1606. 12” Red GP ’04 “A” plate Victor 85055 [C-2343]. LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar
(Ponchielli). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1313. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla 88025 [C-3180-1]. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi). Unpublished.
This is from the original matrix (not a dub). Just about 1-2. $35.00.
2109. 12” Red GP ’08 Victor 88061. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). Just about
1-2. $8.00.
1850. 12” Red GP ’07 “B” plate Victor
88106. DON SEBASTIANO:
In terra sola (Donizetti).
Excellent early pressing. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
1959. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88206.
MAMMA MIA CHE VO’ SAPÈ?
(Nutile). Just about 1-2.
$7.00.
1744. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88207.
FORZA DEL DESTINO: O tu
che in seno (Verdi). Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
2106. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88209.
CARMEN: Il fio che avevi a me
(Bizet). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
2039. 12” Red Pats (early “C” plate)
Vla 88331. LA BOHÈME:
Testa adorata (Leoncavallo).
2128. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88335.
LA BOHÈME: Io no ho che
una povera stanzetta (Leoncavallo). IMs. Just about
1-2. $7.00.
1570. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88339.
ELISIR D’AMORE: Una
furtiva lagrima (Donizetti).
Text label on verso. Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
1820. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88403.
HOSANNA (Granier). Text lbl.
on verso. Surface as new.
Some harmless stain lines on
back. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
CARUSO self-caricature as Cavaradossi in Tosca
1521. 12” Red Vla 88403. HOSANNA
(Granier). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1564. 12” “A” plate ’12 Pats. Vla 88425. AGNUS DEI (Bizet). Glistening copy. Just about
1-2. $8.00.
2108. 12” “A” plate ’12 Pats. Vla 88439. FENESTA CHE LUCIVE (Neapolitan Song). Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
1857. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89007. PEARL FISHERS: : Del tempio al limitar (Bizet). With
MARIO ANCONA [b]. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
1270. 12” Red Vla 89007. PEARL FISHERS: Del tempio al limitar (Bizet). With MARIO ANCONA [b]. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
1824. 12” Red Pats. “C” Plate Vla 89052. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Invano Alvaro (Verdi).
With PASQUALE AMATO [t]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
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Discs
1844. 12” Red Pats. “A” Plate Vla 89054. CRUCIFIX (Faure). With MARCEL JOURNET
[bs]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2126. 12” Red Victor 89076. BALLO IN MASCHERA: È scherzo, od è folia ( Verdi). With
FRIEDA HEMPEL [s], MARIA DUCHÊNE [c], LÉON ROTHIER [bs], ANDRÈS DE
SEGUROLA [bs]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1971. 12” Red “A” plate Victor 89078. IL GUARANY: Sento un forza indomita (Gomez).
With EMMY DESTINN [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1852. 12” Red Vla 89087. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Il segreto fu dunque violato? (Verdi).
With GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1436. 12” Red Vla 89083. A LA LUZ DE LA LUNA (Michelena). With EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b]. In Spanish. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
1662. 12” Red Vla 6005. FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti) / HUGUENOTS: Bianca al
par (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1613. 12” Red Vla 6006. ADORABLES TOURMENTS (Barthèlemy-Caruso) / CHANSON DE
JUIN, Op. 102, No. 6 (Godard). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2146. 12” Red Vla 6023. XERXES: Largo (Händel) / THE LOST CHORD (Sullivan). Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
1806. 12” Red Vla 8011. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: O quant’ occhi fisi / MANON: On l’appelle, Manon (Massenet). Both with GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
1745. 12” Red late ‘30s “Z” shellac Vla 8045. OTELLO: Si, pel ciel. With TITTA RUFFO [b]/
T. RUFFO [b]. OTELLO: Credo (Verdi). You won’t find a better pressing than this!
1342. 12” Red ‘30s RCA Vla 6009. MAMMA MIA, CHE VÒ SAPÈ (Nutile) /I’ M’ ARRICORDO E NAPULE! (Gioe). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1714. 12” Green Deut. Grammophon 85035 [C-11472/C-11590]. TARANTELLA SINCERA
(de Crescenzo) / LA DANZA (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1319. 12” Silver PW Victor IRCC 61 [268i/C-12751-1]. PEARL FISHERS: Mi par d’udire
ancora (Bizet) / LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla (Puccini). Side two with GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. From original 1904 Milano/1912 Victor matrices. Side two
first edition. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
1840. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 50. LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla. With GERALDINE
FARRAR [s] / FARRAR [s], JOSEPHINE JACOBY [c]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Tutti
i fior (both Puccini). Side one only edition other than the IRCC issue above. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
BRUNA CASTAGNA [c]
1512. 12” Blue PoW Columbia 71390-D [xco32373/xco32374]. WERTHER: Ces lettres
(Massenet) / SAMSON ET DALILA: Amour viens aider (Saint-Saëns). Just about
1-2. $7.00.
MARIA ANTONIETTA CASTELLI [s]
1798. 12” Blk. Cetra 20367 [2-70965/2-70966]. IRIS: Ho fatto un triste sogno / IRIS: Io
piango (Mascagni). Orch. dir. Arturo Basile. Highly recommended artist. Cons. 2.
$15.00.
ELDA CAVALIERI [s]
4388. 10” Red GP ’06 Victor 64060. FEDORA: O grandi occhi lucenti (Giordano). Piano
acc. One rub, cons. 2. $25.00.
4057. 10” Blue Pats. Victor 45018. TRAVIATA: Addio del passato (Verdi) / ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Io son l’umile ancella (Cilèa). Side two piano acc. Side one lt. NR on
lbl. and small lbl. stain, otherwise both sides cons. 2. $35.00.
1934. 12” White lbl. red vinyl Vla 74057 [C-3628]. LOS OJOS NEGROS (Alvarez). Piano
1929. 12” White lbl. red vinyl Vla 74061 [C-3930]. AVE MARIA (Tosti). Piano acc. Just
about 1-2. $35.00.
GUY CAZENAVE [t]
4398. 10” Green elec. PW Disque Gram. K-260 [BTR3112-I/BTR3113-I]. JUANA
[LURRAREN PIAN] / URZO [CHURIA] (Basque Songs, harm. L. Boissières). Cons.
2. $35.00.
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LOUIS CAZETTE [t]
4720. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. P.386 [s21758u/s21760u]. SERENATA (Toselli) / LE
TANGO DU RÊVE (Malderen). Tiny PB. Gen. 2. $15.00.
4644. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. P.413 [s21761u/s21847u]. POUR UN BAISER
(Tosti) / MON COEUR EST UN OISEAU FIDÈLE (Maingueneau). Beautiful singing,
as with each of his too few records. Cons. 2. $20.00.
GERMAINE CERNAY [ms]
4459. 10” PW Red Odeon 188.709 [KI3188-1/KI3189-2]. THÉRÈSE: Le Devoir /
THÉRÈSE: Jour de Juin (Massenet). Lt. rubs, couple small lbl. scrs. 2. $15.00.
LÁSZLÓ [LESLIE] CHABAY [t]. Beksesaba, Hungary, 1907-Sarasota, FL, 1989.
First
employed in a commercial career, Chaby
subsequently studied at the Franz Liszt
Academy in Budapest with Elsa Szamosi. Later
teachers included Fritz Feinhals in Munich and
then in Milano, Edoardo Garbin. His stage
debut was in Germany, 1932, with a touring
operetta company, then appearing in opera in
Brno, 1933-35 and from 1935-1938 at the
Budapest Volksoper. He sang in America, 1938,
with Salzburg Opera Guild and then was
centered in Switzerland during the War. He was
invited to the Met, where he was on the roster
(as Leslie Chabay) from 1946-1952. His
repertoire there was of smaller character parts,
but he also appeared at various U.S. venues in
major oratorio roles. He retired to Florida,
where he spent the remainder of his life.
4589. 10” Purple late RCA Victor 25-4104.
CAPRI FISCHER-TANGO [BELLABELLA MARIE] (Gerhard Winkler) /
UNTER DER ROTEN LATERNE VON
ST. PAULI-TANGO (Pauli). Excellent
late pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00
4590. 10” Purple late RCA Victor 25-4116.
ROSMARIE / GRÜN IST DIE HEIDE
(both H. Lons). Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
LÁSZLÓ CHABAY
Cantor BERELE CHAGY [t]
4676. 10” Green acous. Columbia E4496 [85645-1/85646-1]. MI SHIOSO NISIM / B’RICH
SH’MEY (Hebraic Prayers). Exceptional melismatic display. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
ROSALIA CHALIA [s]
5253. 7” Zonophone Q9134. CARMEN: Aria Micaela (Bizet). Somewhat inherently noisy
shellac. One small pressing depression (lightest sound). 3-4. $150.00.
5254. 7” Zonophone Q9207 [take 2]. LA TRAVIATA: Addio del passato (Verdi). Certainly a
better than average copy for a 1900 Zonophone. Decent shellac. Few MGTs, 3.
$200.00
4288. 10” Victor Monarch 3429 [take 2]. EL BRUJO: Aire Guajira (Chapi). Piano acc. (not
announced). Small indentation could sound about 8th of an inch. Lt. graying, gen.
3-4. Note that the label is dullish and has been brightened for the illustration in the
label section. $150.00.
4289. 10” Eldridge Johnson Victor Monarch 3434. BOHEMIAN GIRL: I dreamt I dwelt in
Marble Halls (Balfe). Announced. Piano acc. Nice copy. Minor edginess on a few
notes. Gen. 3. $200.00.
FEODOR CHALIAPIN [bs]
4677. 10” Red Flush G&T 22820 [572x-N3L-Lz]. WHEN THE KING WENT FORTH TO WAR
(Koenemann). Piano acc. Lt. lbl. rubs (mostly clean). No blasting but some light
greying in spots, i.e. 3-4. $600.00.
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4381. 10” Blue Opera Disc 74610
(4-22581) [y16739e]. SHE
BURST INTO A LAUGHTER
[SHE LAUGHED] (Lishin).
Piano acc. Minor lbl. scr., few
lightest surface rubs. Cons.
2. $15.00.
4573. 10” Blue Opera Disc 74611
(4-22583) [y16741e]. THE
LITTLE NIGHTINGALE
(Tschaikowsky). Piano acc.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1231. 10” (on 12”) White lbl. SS vinyl
HMV DA 1371 [OPG 1422-1].
SONG OF THE NEEDY PILGRIM (Nevstruev) / ARISE,
RED SUN (Russian Folk
Song). With Alfonsky Choir
and Balalaika Orch. Two
single-faced pressing. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
4108. 10” “Z”-type shellac Scroll
Red Victor 1237. PRINCE
IGOR: Song of Prince
Galitsky (Borodin) / BORIS
GODOU-NOV: In the Town of
Kazan (Moussorgsky). Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
1184. 10” (on 12”) White lbl. vinyl
FEODOR CHALIAPIN
HMV mat. OEA249. CHALIAPIN MEETING WITH SACHA GUITRY AND YVONNE PRINTEMPS (Spoken).
Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
1242. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 022112 [615i]. LIFE FOR THE TSAR: Susanin’s Recit. and
Air (Glinka). Doubled as DB 615, but this pressing is better sounding. Just about
1-2. $12.00.
1240. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 022114 [618i]. DUBINUSHKA [LITTLE SIMPLETON]
(Russian Folk Song). With Chorus. Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2115. 12” Blue Opera Disc 022186 [2019c]. DUBINUSHKA [LITTLE SIMPLETON … also
known as THE OAK CUDGEL] (Russian Folk Song). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1223. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 022224 [2494c]. PRINCE IGOR: Song of Prince Galitsky
(Moussorgsky). Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1225. 12” Blue Opera Disc 022252 [76446] (2548c). BORIS GODOUNOV: Pimen’s Tale
(Moussorgsky). Never doubled. One very minor rub, just about 1-2. $20.00.
1986. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 2-022016 [Cc1891-4]. SONG OF THE VOLGA BOATMEN
(arr. Koenemann). Rec. Oct. 9 Oct. 1922. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1400. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 032260 [2695c]. POURQUOI DONC SE TAISENT LES
VOIX [CHANSON BACHIQUE] (Glazounov). In French. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1250. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 052389 [2694c]. ERNANI: Infelice (Verdi). In Italian. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
1680. 12” Red Hist. HMV DB 108 [2020c/2496c]. ARISE, RED SUN (Russian Folk Song) /
NOW LET US DEPART (Strokin). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1388. 12” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 618 [2009c/2008½c]. FAUST: Il était temps! / FAUST:
Church Scene (Gounod). Side two with MARIA MICHAILOWA [s]. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
1397. 12” White lbl. vinyl elec. HMV DB 899 [Cc7067-2/Cc7075-2]. FAUST: Church
Scene (Gounod). Two sides. Two single-faced pressings. With FLORENCE
AUSTRAL [s]. Superb pressings. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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1532. 12” Red PW Czech HMV DB 1181 [CR2130-1A/CR2131-1A]. BORIS GODOUNOV: I
Have Attained the Highest Power / BORIS GODOUNOV: Heavy is the Hand of
Retribution (Moussorgsky). Recorded live from Covent Garden performance, 4 July,
1928. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1479. 12” Red Czech HMV DB 1182 [Cc2134-1A/Cc2138-1T1]. BORIS GODOUNOV: Oh! I
am suffocating! / BORIS GODOUNOV: Su, Bojardi, incominciam! (Moussorgsky).
Recorded live from Covent Garden performance, 4 July, 1928. Tiny lbl. tear side
two. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2083. 12” Red Electrola DB 1184 [Cc13897-IA/Cc13898-I]. DER DOPPELGÄNGER / DER
TOD UND DAS MÄDCHEN (both Schubert). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
1239. 12” White lbl. vinyl elec. HMV DB 1342 [Cc17102-IIAII/Cc17103-IIT1]. LE COR
(Flégier) / THE OLD CORPORAL (Dargomizhsky). Two single-faced pressings. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
2066. 12” Red late French VdsM DB 1352 [Cc16992-II/Cc17115-II]. SIBERIAN
PRISONER’S SONG (arr. Karatygin) / SHE LAUGHED (Lishin). Piano acc. Ivor
Newton. Superb surfaces, akin to Victor “Z” or PW Columbia. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1757. 12” Red PW HMV DB 1531 [2B580-I/2B581-I]. ROUSSALKA: Mad Scene and Death
of the Miller (Dargomizhsky). Two sides. With GEORGE POZEMKOVSKY [t]. Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
1625. 12” Red Scroll “Z” Shellac Victor 6619 [Cc8413-IIA/Cc8416-IA]. THE TWO GRENADIERS (Schumann) / MIDNIGHT REVIEW (Glinka). Certainly not a rare record, but
the mirror-like surfaces of these “Z” surfaces are the ideal form for listening. Just
about 1-2. $6.00.
2050. 12” Red Scroll “Z” type Shellac Victor 6724 [CR375-I/Cc10938-III]. BORIS GODOUNOV: Farewell of Boris / BORIS GODOUNOV: Death of Boris (Moussorgsky). Just
about 1-2. $6.00.
1784. 12” Red Scroll “Z” Shellac Victor 6822 [Cc10961-IV/Cc11709-I]. IN QUESTA
TOMBA OSCURA (Beethoven) / SONG OF THE VOLGA BOATMEN (Koenemann).
1684. 12” Red PW Victor 7600. FAUST: Vous qui faites l’endormie / FAUST: Le veau d’or
(Gounod). Orch. dir. Henri Büsser. Side two with MICHAEL COZETTE [t]. Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
1452. 12” Red Scroll “Z” Shellac Victor 7716 [2W1337-I/2W1338-I]. OPEN TO ME THE
GATES OF REPENTANCE (Wedel) / NOW LET US DEPART (Strokin). With Choir of
Russian Metropolitan Church in Paris dir. Afonsky. Superb pressing. Just about
1-2. $8.00.
1777. 12” Red PoW RCA Victor 7715. Same as preceding item (#1452) but later pressing
which looks mint. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1683. 12” Red PW Victor 15422 [CF3358-II/CF3360-II]. DOUBT (Glinka) / NIGHT (Folk
Song, arr. Chaliapin). Piano acc. Jean Bazilevsky. Side one with violin obb. by
Lucien Schwartz. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
MARIO CHAMLEE [t]
4711. [as MARIO RODOLFI]. 10” Lyric vertical 7106 [mat. nos.?]. CARMEN: Il fior che
avevi a me (Bizet) / FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ ora (Verdi). Side two
with ENRICO MARTINI [b]. “Martini” is a nom-du-disque for someone else, but
who? It’s definitely not John Charles Thomas, whom some have cited. A good voice.
4279.
4283.
4919.
4171.
4437.
Side one 79.5 rpm. Side two 71.0 rpm. Small PB start side two, otherwise cons. 2.
$25.00.
10” Green Brunswick 10003 [2980]. ÉLÉGIE (Massenet]. With ELIAS BREESKIN
[vln]. Label states “ARCHER CHAMLEE”. Cons. 2-3. $8.00.
10” Green Brunswick 10005 [3007]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). As
“ARCHER CHAMLEE”. Cons. 2. $10.00.
10” Green Brunswick 10026 [4756]. THANK GOD FOR A GARDEN (Del Riego).
Never doubled. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
10” Green Brunswick 10042 [5698]. O SOLE MIO (di Capua). Never doubled. Tiny
lbl. stkr. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
10” Purple acous. Brunswick 10158. ME NEENYAH [Spanish Love Song] (Spencer) /
DREAM ON [Indian Lullaby] (Victor Herbert). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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4285. 10” Red acous. Grammophon 70716 [Bruns. 15093]. TROVATORE: Mal reggendo /
TROVATORE: Ai nostri monti (Verdi). With SIGRID ONEGIN [c]. Small lbl. stkrs.
First rate ‘30s pressing. Cons. 2. $12.00.
4537. 10” Purple acous. Germany Brunswick 62570 [3889/5687]. SANTA LUCIA (Cottrau) / O SOLE MIO (di Capua). Excellent later ‘20s pressing. Cons. 2. $12.00.
1975. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50020 [X9087/X9091]. L’ALBA SEPARA DALLA LUCE
L’OMBRA (Tosti) / TRISTE RITORNO!
(Barthèlemy). Chamlee was certainly in
brilliant voice the day these were recorded!
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1488. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50021
[X9329/X9331]. AGNUS DEI (Bizet) /
AVE MARIA (Percy B. Kahn). With Fredric
Fradkin [vln], Frank LaForge
[organ/piano]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
MARIE CHARBONNEL [c]
5145. 10” Blk. acous. SR Disque Gram. P491
[18630u/18631u]. SAPHO: Duo d 4e Acte
(Massenet). With MAURICE DUTREIX [t].
Two sides. Cons. 2. $20.00.
2103. 12” Blk. acous. SR Disque Gram. W379
[03361-IIv/03362v]. HAMLET: Ma
douleur est immense / HAMLET: Ah! que
votre âme sans refuge (Thomas). Lbl.
stkrs., IMs. Cons. 2. $15.00.
MARIA B. CHERKASSKAYA [s]. See:
EVGENIYA ZBRUYEVA [c].
BORIS CHRISTOFF [bs]
1407. 12” Scandinavian HMV DB 21484
[2EA15441-2A/2EA15442-2]. SOFTLY
THE SPIRIT FLEW TO HEAVEN / FIELDMARSHAL DEATH (both Moussorgsky,
Rimsky-Korsakov). Piano acc. Gerald
Moore. Scandinavian pressings (as with
this item) are usually more quiet than
British HMVs. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
GINA CIAPARELLI-VIAFORA [s]: See: GINA
VIAFORA
ROMANO CIAROFF-CIARINI
ROMANO CIAROFF-CIARINI [t]
1077. 11” Fonotipia 69105/69106 [XPh4960/XPh4964]. I GIOIELLI DELLA MADONNA:
Prostrato nella polve / I GIOIELLI DELLA MADONNA: Sanno odor d’incenso (WolfFerrari). Side two with ZORIADE SARZANINI [s]. Beautiful copy. Side one few
minor mks., cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $150.00.
GUIDO CICCOLINI [t]
1699. 12” Blk. 12’ Pats. Victor 68376 [226aj/243aj]. L’AMICO FRITZ: Han della porpora
[Cherry Duet] (Mascagni). With EBE BOCCOLINI [s] / FANNY LOTTY [s],
ERNESTO BADINI [b]. AMICA: Più presso al ciel (Mascagni). According to one
source, Lotty (or Lotti) was born in Boston, studied in Italy with Lombardi and Orefice and
sang in Italy in the 1907-11 period. A magazine clipping from 1912 notes that she was
then headed to Germany “where she will devote herself to the study of the German
language”. Subsequent sightings or further details haven’t been reported. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
GINA CIGNA [s]
4523. 10” Green PW It. Columbia GQ 7176 [WB4847/WB4861]. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR:
Io sono l’umile ancella / ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Poveri fiori (Cilea). Exceptionally scarce. Few lt. rubs , cons. 2. $20.00.
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FERNANDO [FERNANDINO] CINISELLI [t]. Mortara (near Milano), 1893-1954.
His
debut was as Alfredo in La Traviata at the Teatro Coccia in Novaro, 1919. His career encompassed
the 1920s and first half of the 1930s, including the Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires), La Scala, and
many other Italian theaters. Most of his repertoire was in the lighter lyric genre.
4365. 10” Blue elec. Odeon M6041 [Pho6220/Pho6221]. LA GIOCONDA: Enzo Grimaldo,
Principe di Santafior (Ponchielli). Two sides. With GIOVANNI INGHILLERI [b].
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
MARCEL CLAUDEL [t]
4006. 10” Green elec. Polydor 522693 [6345½BKP/6346BKP]. LE PRÉ-AUX CLERCS: Ce
soir j’arrive donc (Hérold). Two sides. Orch. dir Fl. Weiss Just about 1-2. $10.00.
EDMOND CLÉMENT [t]
4028. 10” Red Victor 64223. BERGÈRE LÉGÈRE (18th Century); L’ADIEU DU MATIN
(Pessard). Piano acc. Frank LaForge. Label signed by Clément. Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
4922. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64223. BERGÈRE LÉGÈRE (arr. Weckerlin); L’ADIEU
MATIN (Pessard). Piano acc. Same as item above but slightly earlier pressing and
not signed. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
4029. 10” Red Victor 64226. ÇA FAIT
PEUR AUX OISEAUX (Bernard).
Piano acc. Frank LaForge. Label
signed by Clément. Just about
1-2. $20.00.
4951. 10” Red Vla 87508. DANTE:
Nous allons partir (Godard).
With GERALDINE FARRAR [s].
Cons. 2. $10.00.
1734. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74264.
LE ROI D’YS: Vainement, ma
bien aimée (Lalo). Just about
1-2. $7.00.
1455. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88422.
MEFISTOFELE: Lontano, lontano (Boïto). With GERALDINE
FARRAR [s]. Wonderful ensemble work. Farrar and Clément
had toured together shortly before the duet records were made.
Few lightest mks., cons. 2.
$10.00.
2131. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 138.
ROBERT LE DIABLE: Le Bonheur est dans l’inconstance /
EDMOND CLÉMENT
ROBERT LE DIABLE: Ah, l’honnête homme! (Meyerbeer). Both with MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. From orig. 1912
Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
JOHN COATES [t]
4200. 10” Pink acous. Eng. Aeolian-Vocalion B-3117 [03845XX/03846XXX]. VOICI NOËL
(Weckerlin) / THE KNIGHT OF BETHLEHEM (D. C. Thomson). Piano acc. Berkeley
Mason. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
LUIGI COLAZZA [t]. See: CELESTINA BONINSEGNA [s]
ERNESTO COLLI [t].
4205. 10” Green Zonophone 40092 [4649/4675]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in
quest’ ora / LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Le minnacce I fieri accenti (Verdi). Both
with TAURINO PARVIS [b]. Piano acc. While Parvis is given on the labels, other
sources state the singer to be Giuseppe La Puma. It could well be. I don’t know his
voice that well, but here it doesn’t here sound much like Parvis. Excellent copy, few
lightest mks.. Cons. 2. $20.00.
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FLORENCIO CONSTANTINO [t]
4068. 10” TC Columbia A693 [4043-3/4048-1]. LA MILONGA (Canción Argentina) /
TRISTE (Aire del Gaucho de la Repúblicas de Plata). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4940. 10” Silver Flags Lbl. Columbia S-22 [4062-1/4065-1]. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi) /
PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). Superb pressing. Few insignificant lbl..
mks. side one. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4368. 10” Blk. Columbia 1903-M [4046-1/4047-1]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia / TOSCA:
E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Wonderful pressing. Lt. superficial rubs, 2. $12.00.
2130. 12” TC Columbia A5113 [30238-1/30248-1]. OTELLO: Morte d’Otello (Verdi) /
SEMPRE AMARTI (Vallini). Side two selection dedicated to Constantino and the
Columbia Phonograph Co. by the composer. Lbl. stkrs. (of former owner: Edward O.
Downes). Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1654. 12” Brazilian Cream Col. S5029 [30232-1/30234-1]. LA BOHÈME: Che gelida
manina (Puccini) / ROMEO E JULETTE: Ah! lève-toi soleil! (Gounod). Good surface
material. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1942. 12” Brazilian Cream Col. S5030 [30246-1/30248-1]. DUCA D’ALBA: Angelo casto e
bel (Donizetti) / SEMPRE AMARTI (Vallini). Side two selection dedicated to
Constantino and the Columbia Phonograph Co. by the composer. Cons. 2. $12.00.
1181. 12” Purple Regal (Spanish Col.) RS 453 [30467/38058]. MI NIÑA (Guetary) / VICENTE BALLESTER [b]. LA PARTIDA (Alvarez). Great surfaces. Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
1807. 12” Blk. Columbia 6903-M [30231-1/30237-1]. LA PALOMA (Yradier) / MARINA:
Costa la de levante (Arrieta). Another top pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1702. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “B” plate Victor 74174. MANON: Ah, fuyez, douce image!
(Massenet). In Italian. One small, harmless mark, otherwise just about 1-2.
$10.00.
FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI [b]. See also: ALESSANDRO BONCI [t], ELVIRA DE
HIDALGO [s], GIUSEPPE KRISMER [t].
5087. as FERCOR. 10” Green Columbia
E3650 [58703-1/58706-2].
UNA
GARA DI CANTO IN TRINCEA / LA
COMMEMORAZIONE DI CESARE
BATTISTI A MILANO (both Fercor).
Two spoken sketches (the first
involves some singing as well) by
Corradetti and an unidentified group
of men. Both involve the W.W. I
period, the first I think a song
competition by soldiers in a trench
and the second regarding the patriot
Battisti, who was executed in 1916.
Good pressing. Cons. 2. $10.00.
4204. 10” Orange acous. Okeh 9064 [S70545-a/S-70802-B]. PASTORALE
(di Leva) / TUTTI UNITI [LA SANTA
NOTTE DOPO LA FESTA] (Troiano).
Scarce late Corradetti. Lt. mks.,
gen. 2. $15.00.
1097. 11” Fonotipia 39376/37067
[XPh472/Xm514]. LA FORZA DEL
DESTINO: Del mondo I disinganni
(Verdi). With ORESTE LUPPI [bs] /
LA SCALA CHORUS. LA
GIOCONDA: Feste e pane
(Ponchielli). Cons. 2. $10.00.
1108. 11” Fonotipia 39517/39518
[XPh1696/XPh1697]. PIPELÈ:
Quanti fiaschi n’hai vuotati (De
Ferrari) / PAGLIACCI: So ben che lo scemo (Leoncavallo). Both with ELISA PETRI
[s]. IMs. Cons. 2. $12.00.
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1107. 11” Fonotipia 39699/39857 [Xm551/XPh2165]. CRISPINO E LA COMARE: Una
volta un ciabattino (Ricci) / LE MASCHERE: Quella è una strada (Mascagni). Fine
pressing. Some minor, lt. rubs. 2. $12.00.
1109. 11” Fonotipia 39840/39841 [XPh2753/XPh2754]. LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: Io vi
dico che partiate (Donizetti). Two sides. With ELISA PETRI [s]. IMs. Fine pressing.
Cons. 2. $12.00.
1110. 11” Fonotipia 62008/62009]. L’ELISIR D’AMORE: Quanto amore! (Donizetti). Two
sides. With AÏDA GONZAGA [s]. Two sides. One small PB, couple harmless small
LSSs, 2. $12.00.
1096. 11” Col.-Fonotipia 92090/92094 [XPh2891/XPh2882]. HAMLET: Come il romito fior
(Thomas) / DINORAH: Sei vendicata assai (Donizetti). 2. $10.00.
1112. 11” Fonotipia 92571/92572
[XPh3964/XPh3965]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Udite, o rustici (Donizetti).
Two sides. One slightest hair patina
side one into grooves about ¼”.
Scarcely noticeable and absolutely
harmless. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
ANTONIO CORTIS [t]
4811. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1125. LA FAVORITA:
Una Vergine! (Donizetti) / LA
BOHÈME: Mimí e una civetta
(Puccini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4408. 10” Red late VdP DA 1076 [BM1103-II/
BM1110-II]. TURANDOT: Non piangere Liù / TURANDOT: Nessun dorma
(Puccini). Excellent late pressing. Couple lt. rubs, still just about 1-2.
$10.00
1203. 12” Pink acous. Parlophon P1598 [26484/2-6486]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Io
non ho amato ancor (Giordano) /
GIANNI SCHICCHI: Avete torto (Puccini). IMs. Lt. rubs, cons. 2. $40.00.
1494. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6554. DOÑA
FRANCISQUITA: Romanza de Fernando (Vives-Romero-Shaw) / EL DICTADOR: Canción de la Carta (RomeroShaw-Millán). One lightest superficial
scr. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
ANTONIO CORTIS and daughter LOLITA
ANTONIO
COTOGNI [b]. 1831-1918. It has never been proven whether this is the
celebrated Cotogni or Tamagno’s younger baritone brother, Giovanni, who had a minor career. It,
as well as the other two private baritone recordings made during the same session, has been
attributed to Cotogni. It’s a good baritone sounding to me more age appropriate as Cotogni (born
in 1831) than Tamagno’s younger brother (born sometime after 1855). However, there is no
explanation as to why Cotogni, despite being a friend of Tamagno, would have been at his estate at
the time. Also, as Cotogni was a famed singer, there seems likewise no reason to believe that these
would have been made privately rather than for issue and no mention for publicity purposes made
of him being present when these 1903 recordings were made.
1229. 10” (on 12”) White lbl. HMV vinyl mat. 3023ft. PERCHÈ (Fillippi). Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
ARMAND CRABBÉ [b]
4474. 10” Red Orth. Victor 4137 [BV62-ITI/BV64-I]. EL TRUST DE LOS TENORIOS: Te
quiero (Serrano) / SUR L’EAU (Pedrell). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1597. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 4824 [2W558-1/2W559-2]. AMARYLLIS: Les adieux
d’Apollon (Maurage) / IL TROVATORE: Il balen (Verdi). In French. Just about 1-2.
$30.00.
GIULIO CRIMI [t]
4296. 10” Vertical Aeolian-Vocalion 30033 [1912]. LA BOHÈME: Testa adorata (Leoncavallo). 2-3. $40.00.
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4297. 10” Vertical Aeolian-Vocalion 50004 [1801]. LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla
(Puccini). With FLORENCE EASTON [s]. 2. $40.00.
4452. 10” (lateral) Vocalion 60028 [7139/7207]]. SANTA LUCIA LONTANA (Neapolitan
Song) / NINNA NANNA (Tirindellli). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2135. 12” Vertical Aeolian-Vocalion 74000 [A- ? ]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Addio alla
madre (Mascagni). 2-3. $40.00
CLAIRE CROIZA [ms]
4721. 10” Blue PW French Columbia
D13084 [WL1212/WL1328].
ARIETTES OUBLIÉES: No. II
(Debussy). Piano acc. FRANCIS POULENC / SARABANDE (Albert Roussel).
Piano acc. by the composer.
Few lightest mks. Cons. 2.
$30.00.
1769. 12” PW French Columbia
D15129 [WLX657/WLX682].
LIGHT (Albert Roussel) /
DEUX RONDELS (Pierre de
Bréville). Accompanied by
the respective composers.
Just about 1-2. $40.00.
1457. 12” PW French Columbia
D15187 [WLX658/LFX964].
INVOCATION (Albert Roussel) / LES FEÉS (Pierre de
Bréville). Accompanied by
the respective composers.
Just about 1-2. $40.00.
RICHARD CROOKS [t]
4041. 10” White lbl. vinyl acous. Vla
mat. B-31839-3. CHARITY
(MacDermid). Unpublished.
CLAIRE CROIZA
Just about 1-2. $25.00.
4088. 10” White lbl. vinyl elec. Orth.
Vla mat. BVE-31840-10. SACRAMENT (MacDermid). Issued for a very short period
only as one side of HMV E-393. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4980. 10” Red Scroll “Z” Victor 4000. A DREAM (Bartlett) / ABSENT (Metcalf). Just about
1-2. $7.00.
4943. 10” Red PW Victor 1370. THE DESERT SONG: One Alone (Romberg) / THE ONLY
GIRL: When You’re Away (Herbert). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
4150. 10” Red PW Victor 1448. THE VAGABOND KING: Only a Rose (Friml) / RIO RITA:
Rio Rita (Tierney). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
4263. 10” PW Red Victor 1500. YOU WILL REMEMBER VIENNA / I BRING A LOVE SONG
(both Hammerstein-Romberg, from film Viennese Nights). Side two with EDNA
KELLOGG [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
5013. 10” Red HMV DA 1536 [OAA5/OAA6]. THE GREEN HILLS OF IRELAND (Del Riego)/
BIRD SONGS AT EVENTIDE (Coates). Piano acc. Frederick Schauwecker. Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
1161. 10” (on 12”) White lbl. SS vinyl HMV E601 [BLR5753-II]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia
(Puccini). In German. Wonderful sound. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2051. 12” Blue EE Victor 55287. THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM (Adams) / OPEN THE
GATES OF THE TEMPLE (Knapp). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
JANE CROS [s]
5106. 10” Brown shellac (elec.?) Pathé Actuelle X.0618 [N200670/N200689].
HÉRODIADE: Il est doux (Massenet) / TANNHÄUSER: Salut à toi (Wagner).
Lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
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ADA CROSSLEY [c]
4412. 10” Red Monarch 81006 [2191]. NEW YEAR’S SONG (Mallinson). Superb copy of
this rarity. Cons. 2. $75.00.
JULIA CULP [c]
4839. 10” Red Vla 570. GELUCKIG VADERLAND [Dutch Folk Song) / THE COTTAGE
MAID (Beethoven). Just about 1-2. $8.00
4496. 10” White lbl. vinyl elec. HMV EW 9 [Bw156-2/Bw158-1]. DU BIST WIE EINE
BLUME (Schumann) / FELDEINSAMKEIT (Brahms). Piano acc. Limited U.S. issue
as IRCC 171. The sound here is preferable to that of the shellac issues. Just about
1-2. $20.00.
1156. 11” (on 12”) vinyl Odeon 64005/64006 [XB2177/XB2181]. VERBORGENHEIT (Wolf)
/ DU BIST DER RUH’ (Schubert). Test pressing for Historic Masters 84. Just about
1-2. $10.00.
2045. 12” Red Vla 74527. SILVER THREADS AMONG THE GOLD (Danks). Fine pressing.
2046. 12” Red Vla 74540. LOVE’S OLD SWEET SONG (Molloy). Another particularly bright
1908. 12” Red PW HMV DB 171 [C-15806/C-15808]. ELIJAH: Oh, Rest in the Lord (Mendelssohn) / SAMSON ET DALILA: Printemps qui commence (Saint-Saëns). Label
autographed by Culp. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $25.00.
ROYAL DADMUN [b]. Williamstown, MA, 1884 – 1964. His birth date varies from 1878 to
1885 depending upon the source, 1884 appearing to be the accurate choice. Mr. Dadmun’s career
was exclusively American, both in training and performance. He studied, beginning in 1907, at the
NY Institute of Musical Art, his teachers including at various times Herbert Witherspoon, Bruno
Huhn and Percy Rector Stephens. For well over two decades he was heard coast to coast in
various musical festivals, in oratorio and concert opera presentations (roles including Valentin in
Faust, Amonasro in Aida and the High Priest in Samson et Dalila) and as a soloist with major
orchestras. During the summers, he taught in Portland, ME, and, beginning in 1933, was the
head of the Julius Hartt School of Music in New Haven, CT. He subsequently taught in various
locations, and in 1959 he and his wife retired to Boca Raton, FL. He recorded for U.S. Everlasting
Cylinders, Emerson, Okeh and Victor.
4835. 10” Blue acous. Victor 45387. A ROUNDUP LULLABY [A COWBOY’S NIGHT SONG
TO THE CATTLE[ (Gertrude Ross) / ROUNDED UP IN GLORY [A COWBOY
SPIRITUAL] (Oscar J. Fox). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
JEANNE DAFFETYE [s]
4146. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 33459 [3402-F]. TOI QUI CONNAIS LES HOUZARDS DE LA
GARDE (Ronde du 18éme siécle). Piano acc. Excellent copy. Harmless inherent (in
matrix) slightly raised area). Cons. 2. $25.00.
TOTI DAL MONTE [s]
1221. 12” late Red VdP acous. DB 831 [C-31271-2/C-31272-2]. WILLIAM TELL: Selva
opaca (Rossini) / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Deh! vieni non tardar (Mozart). Excellent
1463. 12” late Red VdP elec. DB 1040 [CVE-36744-3/CVE-36745-3]. LUCIA: Regnava nel
silenzio / LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO: Convien partir (both Donizetti). Best
possible pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1681. 12” late Red VdP elec. DB 1316 [CM1000-IV/CM1027-II]. PEARL FISHERS: Siccome
un dì / PEARL FISHERS: Brahma! Gran Dio (Bizet). Orch. dir. Carlo
Sabajno/Gino Nastrucci. Just about 1-2 $8.00.
2054. 12” Blk. PW Victor 36285. LUCIA: Mad Scene (Donizetti). Two sides. With flute
obbligato by Clement Barone. Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
CHARLES DALMORÈS [t]
1289. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla 85123. IL TROVATORE: Ah si, ben mio (Verdi). Just about
1-2. $15.00.
1759. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 24. CARMEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet) / FERNANDO DE
LUCIA [t]. LA TRAVIATA: Dei miei bollenti spiriti (Verdi). Side two piano acc. From
orig. 1912 Victor/1906 G&T matrices. Side one autographed by Dalmorès. Just
about 1-2. $20.00.
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1385. 12” Mauve acous. HMV AGSB 17. FAUST: Vision celeste (Gounod) / CARMEN: Je
suis Escamillo (Bizet). With MARCEL JOURNET [bs]. From orig. 1907 Victor
matrices. Never otherwise doubled. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
MARGUERITE D’ALVAREZ [c]
5078. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1139. LA ZAGALINA (Tabuyo) / TUS OJILLOS NEGROS (de Falla).
Piano acc. Blair Neale. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4185. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1139. Same as preceding listing (item #5078). Few lt. rubs, 2.
$10.00.
4061. 10” White lbl. Orth. vinyl Vla mat. BVE-58147-12. OJOS TAPATIOS (ElzondoVelasquez). Piano acc. Pierre Senesco. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
4042. 10” White lbl. Orth. vinyl Vla mat. BVE-48148-12. LAS HIJAS DEL ZEBEDEO:
Carceleras (Chapí). Piano acc. Pierre
Senesco. Assigned HMV cat. no. DA
1125 but appears not to have been
issued. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
4040. 10” White lbl. Orth. vinyl Vla mat.
BVE-58150-12. EN CALESA
(Alvarez). Piano acc. Pierre Senesco.
Assigned HMV cat. no. DA 1125 but
appears not to have been issued. Just
about 1-2. $30.00.
4043. 10” White lbl. Orth. vinyl Vla mat.
BVE-58151-13]. EL NIÑO JUDIO
(Alvarez-Luna). Piano acc. Pierre
Senesco. Unpublished. Just about
1-2. $30.00.
1679. 12” Brown shellac Vocalion 70020
[7618/74??]. SILENT NIGHT (Gruber) / ELIJAH: O Rest in the Lord
(Mendelssohn). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
VASILI P. DAMAYEV [t]
5039. 10” Red Angel Amour Gram. 4-22056
[18652b]. MAID OF PSKOV: Sing,
cuckoo (Rimsky-Korsakov). Cons. 2.
$50.00.
4105. 10” Red Angel Russian Con. Gram.
4-22249 [15357b]. MAY NIGHT:
Song of the Head (Rimsky-Korsakov).
With male chorus and orch. Minor
rubs, 3. $25.00.
VASILI DAMAYEV
FRANCISCO D’ANDRADE [b]
1529. 12” PW Maroon Parlophone-Odeon PO 69 [2-280/XXPh3175]. DON GIOVANNI:
Champagne Aria (Mozart). Repeats, with studio applause. / ADAMO DIDUR [bs]. IL
BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: La calunnia (Rossini). Excellent pressings from orig. 1908
Parlophon and Fonotipia matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
HENRI DANGES [b]. See: MARCEL JOURNET [bs]
GIUSEPPE DANISE [b]
1600. 12” acous. Gold Brunswick 50011 [X7263/X7469]. LA PARTIDA (Alvarez) / LA
DANZA (Rossini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1489. 12” elec. Purple Brunswick 30117. TORNA A SURRIENTO (de Curtis) / LA PALOMA
(Yradier). Few lt. rubs, one TB. Cons. 2. $8.00.
ANDRÉ D’ARKOR [t]
4414. 10” PW French Col. DF 1444 [CL4687-1/CL4688-1]. MON JARDIN DE ROSES
(Haydn Wood) / EVEILLE-TOI (Montanari). Orch. dir. Elie Cohen. Minor lt. mks.,
cons. 2. $15.00.
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ALEXANDR DAVIDOV [t]. See also:
VLADIMIR KASTORSKY
4681. 10” Blk. St. Petersburg G&T 2-22796
[2971½L]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba
(Leoncavallo). Unusually fine copy. Small,
harmless scr., otherwise cons. 2. $30.00.
5053. 10” Green Russ. Zonophone X-3-62014/X3-62016 [2972L/4975L]. QUEEN OF
SPADES: Forgive me, celestial creature /
QUEEN OF SPADES: I do not grieve
(Tschaikowsky). Nice copy. 2. $40.00.
BEN DAVIES [t]
4545. 10” Blk. SR acous. HMV E.364 [Bb4531-II/
Bb4532-II]. GO TO BED, SWEET MUSE /
WHEN LAURA SMILES [both from Elizabethan Love songs, arr. F. Keel]. Piano
acc. Mme. Adami. Tiny lbl. stkr. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
TUDOR DAVIES [t]
4522. 10” Blk. SR acous. HMV E.264 [Bb1758-I/
Bb1760-II]. LA FAVORITA: Spirit So Fair
(Donizetti) / MARITANA: Let Me Like a
Soldier Fall (Wallace). IMs. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
ALEXANDR DAVIDOV
PETER DAWSON [bs-b]
2013. 12” Plum acous. SS HMV C.1125 [Cc2435-I/Cc2436-I]. SIX AUSTRALIAN BUSH
SONGS (w. G. James). Two sides. Piano acc. Cons. 2. $15.00.
FORTUNATO DE ANGELIS [t]. Rome, 1884- ?
. Emigrating to America in the early
1920s, de Angelis sang with several smaller U.S. companies. In 1926 he wed soprano Maria Javor,
whose husband, Alexander Varnay (also a tenor) had died two years earlier at the age of 37.
Thereby, DeAngelis became the stepfather of soprano Astrid Varney (born in 1918). They settled in
New Jersey and had another child, a son, likewise Fortunato. Interestingly, Varnay made her first
stage appearance at the age of about 16 as Ines in a performance of Il Trovatore by the Salmaggi
Opera Company with her stepfather and mother in the principal roles. In the later 1930s,
DeAngelis returned to Italy and, according to Astrid Varnay, was never heard from again by his
American family.
4860. 10” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 14630-F [W112517-2/112518-1]. CASA MIA (Canzona Romana) / SERENATA AMARA (Canzona Romana). As mint, except for a few
very light, harmless patinas in the inner margin areas only. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
NAZZARENO DE ANGELIS [b]. See: ALESSANDRO BONCI [t]
ALBERTO DE BASSINI [b]. Firenze, 1847- ?
. A student of his father, the celebrated
baritone Achille De Bassini (creator of leading baritone role in Verdi’s Luisa Miller in 1849),
Alberto made his debut in Donizetti’s Belisario in Venice, 1870. He subsequently sang at the San
Carlo in Naples, Covent Garden, and in 1879 the title role of Verdi’s Ernani at the St. Petersburg
Opera. In 1883, in New Orleans, he wed an American soprano, E. Sarda, (who recorded for
Zonophone) and appeared in the U.S. with various touring companies. He taught in New York City
at his home at 171 East 91st St. He was not popular with all the neighbors, however, as one
pressed a complaint in 1902, and Chevalier de Bassini, “a leading singer with Mme. Patti and
Mme. Albani”, was given a summons from the Board of Health for feeding midday meals in his
back yard to homeless cats in addition to his own tribe of seven. Stated the NY Times reporter, “It
is said that there would not be any grieving were it not for the desire of the cats to see if more
meals are coming, which requires a tarrying on the premises of the Chevalier and the neighbors.
Night brings duets and quarrelings”. The irate de Bassini said that the neighbors shouldn’t worry
as he was planning on summering in Hoboken with his wife and his pets.
4520. 10” B&S Columbia 1500 [take 2]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi).
Announced. Piano acc. Fine copy, cons. 2. $25.00.
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HEDWIG VON DEBICKA [s]
2166. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 66146 [2034as/2035as]. I PURITANI: Qui la voce /I
PURITANI: Vien diletto (Bellini). In Italian. Few minor rubs, cons. 2. $35.00.
BIANCA LAVIN DE CASAS [c]. See:
ELENA RUSZKOWSKA [s]
DORA
DE GIOVANNI [s] Cesena,
Italy,1890 – Cesena, 1979. Daughter of a
hotel owner, De Giovanni was heard and
encouraged by Alessandro Bonci. Her debut
was as Santuzza, around 1914, and she was
active through the 1920s in primarily
verismo and Wagner roles. One of her
particular successes was Mascagni’s Iris,
which she sang at the Naples San Carlo
(1920), La Fenice in Venice (1923), the Bari
Teatro Petruzzelli (1925), in Como at the
Teatro Sociale (1927), and no doubt in other
houses as well.
4392. 10” Purple acous. La Cigale (Eng.
Col.) D9465 [B508/B594]. IRIS:
La piovra (Mascagni) / OTELLO:
A terra (Verdi). Excellent surface
material. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4403. 10” Red acous. Eng. Columbia
D12458 [B541/B549]. LES
HUGUENOTS: Stringe il periglio
(Meyerbeer). Two sides. With
JOHN O’SULLIVAN [t]. Excellent
surfaces. Few lightest mks., cons.
2. $35.00.
EMILIO DE GOGORZA [s]. See also:
4741.
4791.
4603.
4627.
5018.
4838.
5028.
4471.
5029.
4260.
5128.
1572.
1924.
DORA DE GIOVANNI
ELLISON VAN HOOSE [t],
MARCELLA SEMBRICH [s]
[as E. FRANCISCO]. 10” Victor Monarch Eldridge R. Johnson 3058. LES
RAMEAUX (Faure). 1901 recording. Unusually fine condition, cons. 2. $25.00.
[as Sig. FRANCISCO]. 10” Blk GP ’07 Victor 4293 [B-2151-2]. LA GRAN VIA:
Caballero de Gracia (Valverde). 2-3. $8.00.
[as SEÑOR FRANCISCO]. 10” Blk. ’12 Pats. Victor 4643. SERENATA (Schubert).
Cons. 2. $8.00.
10” Red GP 08 Victor 64042 [B-2127-2]. LINDA MIA (Pyrenees Folk Song, arr.
Blake). Cons. 2. $7.00.
10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 64042 [B-2127-2]. Same as previous listing. Later pressing.
10” Red Vla 64479. COMME SE CANTO A NAPULE (E. A. Mario). Just about 1-2.
$7.00.
10” Red Victor 64628. ABSENT (Tirindelli). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
10” Red Vla 64629. WHEN DULL CARE (arr. H. Lane Wilson). Charmingly appealing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
10” Red Vla 64690. THAT’S WHY MY HEART IS CALLING YOU (Motzan). Just about
1-2. $7.00.
10” Red Vla 590. BLUE BELLS OF SCOTLAND (Folk Song) / SALLY IN OUR ALLEY
(Carey-J. L. Hatton). Labels both sides autographed by de Gogorza in white ink. Lt.
rubs, 2-3. $15.00.
10” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 1179. IN OLD MADRID (Trotère) / JUANITA
(Norton). Superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
12” Blk. DeLuxe 31269 [C-1540]. THE LOST CHORD (Sullivan). Organ acc. Label
signed in white ink by De Gogorza. Bright lbl., harmless surface rubs, 3-4. $15.00.
12” White lbl. red vinyl Vla Mat. C-2106. MARTHA: Canzone del Porter (Flotow).
Unpublished twelve-inch version. Recorded 17 Jan. 1905. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
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2086. 12” Blk. vinyl Victor [test pressing] 74086 [C-4545-2]. SEMELE: Where’er you walk
(Händel). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1387. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 113. IL TROVATORE: Il balen / IL TROVATORE: Mira
d’acerbe lagrime (Verdi). Side two with EMMA EAMES [s]. From orig. 1908/1909
Victor matrices. Label side one signed by de Gogorza. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1889. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 141. BENVENUTO CELLINI: De l’art, splendeur immortelle (Diaz) / PÂTRIE: Jadis ells chantaient gaiment (Paladilhe). From orig.
1909/1911 Victor matrices. Side one first edition. Label side two signed by de
Gogorza. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
ELVIRA DE HIDALGO [s]
1100. 11” Fonotipia 92354/92528 [XPh3615/XPh4021]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Della crudele
Isotta / LINA PASINI-VITALE [s], FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI [b]. ELISIR
D’AMORE: Io son ricco, tu sei bella (Donizetti). Fine copy, cons. 2. $15.00.
1373. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7076-M [AX378-2/AX386-2]. DINORAH: Ombra leggiera
(Meyerbeer). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
SOFIA DEL CAMPO [s]
4106. 10” Blue Telefunken A10443 [26282/26283]. MI VIEJO AMOR (Oteo) / EL SEGRETO (Javier Rengifo). In Spanish. Recorded in 1942. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4242. 10” Red late ‘30s French Disque Gram. P-866 [BVE-43400/BVE-43401]. PESARES
(Alvarez) / NO QUIERO CASARME (Spanish Song). Excellent later ‘30s pressing.
Tiny lbl. stain. Cons. 2. $12.00.
1322. 12” Red Scroll “Z”-type shellac 9206. VILLANELLE (dell’ Acqua) / ROMEO ET
JULIETTE: Valse (Gounod). Lbl. scr. Great surfaces. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1700. 12” Red Orth. Vla 9444. IL RE PASTORE: L’amero sarò costante (Mozart) / LA
PRIMAVERA D’OR (Betti, arr. La Forge). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
NESTORE
DELLA TORRE [b]. Las Palmas
1875 - Madrid 1933. His real name was Nestor de la
Torre Comminges. He studied singing and cello in Las
Palmas and then concentrated on voice lessons with
Carolina Ceneda in Madrid. 1894 marked his debut at
the Prince Alfonso Theater in Madrid in Donizetti’s La
Favorita. In 1900 he settled in Italy. Despite success on
the stage, Della Torre decided, in 1908, for unspecified
family reasons, to retire and devote himself to teaching.
In 1920, he opened a singing school in Santa Cruz de
Tenerife and then moved to Cuba, where he taught at
the Municipal Academy of Music, occasionally
performing in concerts. In 1933 he settled in Madrid,
dying there the same year.
1604. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “B” plate Victor 76013
[1570½c]. WILLIAM TELL: Domo, o ciel, da
uno straniero (Rossini). With La Scala
Chorus. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
LAURA DEL LUNGO [ms]. See: ALESSANDRO
DOLCI [t]
JEAN-FRANÇOIS DELMAS [bs]
4332. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32622 [1287-F].
PATRIE: Air de Rysoor (Paladilhe). Nice
copy. Inherent wavy surface. Few MGTs,
2-3. $75.00.
1042. 11” SS Fonotipia 39106 [XPh 556]. DIE
WALKÜRE: Les adieux de Wotan (Wagner).
Piano acc. Seems to be hand signed by
Delmas rather than printed. 2-3. $100.00.
NESTORE DELLA TORRE
MARIO DEL MONACO [t]
5132. 10” late Plum VdP HN 2377 [OBA6645/OBA6648]. M’HAI RAPITO / CERCAR NON
GIOVA (both G. D’Anzi). From film L’Uomo dal Guanto Grigio. Early del Monaco,
1948. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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4152. 10” late Red Voce del Padrone DA 11305 [OBA6716/OBA6717]. AFRICAINE: O
Paradiso (Meyerbeer) / TURANDOT: Nessun dorma (Puccini). Orch. dir. Argeo
Quadri. Early Del Monaco (1949). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
4738. 10” late Red VdP DA 11332 [OBA7566-I/OBA7654-2]. MANON LESCAUT: Donna
non vidi mai (Puccini) / LA BOHÈME: Testa adorata (Leoncavallo). Orch. dir.
Argeo Quadri. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4315. 10” late Red VdP DA 11333 [OBA7850-2/OBA7851-2]. WERTHER: Ah! non mi
ridestar (Massenet) / ANDREA CHÉNIER: Come un bel dì di maggio (Giordano).
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4790. 10” late Red VdP DA 11350 [OBA8107-2/OB8109-1]. MARTHA: M’appari (Flotow) /
ANDREA CHÉNIER: Si, fui soldato (Giordano). Orch dir. T. Benintende Neglia.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
VICTORIA DE LOS ANGELES [s]
4554. 10” Red late VdP DA 1930 [OEA13822-1/OEA13823-2]. STORNELLATRICE / E SE
UN GIORNO TORNASSE (both Respighi). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Fine pressing.
Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
4351. 10” Red HMV DA 2059 [OEA17487-3A/OEA17488-4A]. EL RETRATO DE ISABELLA / EL AMOR Y LOS OJOS (both Vives). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Very tiny superficial scr. side one. Inner margin radio station crayon mks. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
GINO DEL SIGNORE [t]
1320. 12” Red VdP DB 2828 [2BA1204-II/2BA1205-I]. IL DIBUK: Eccoti, bella amica
(Rocca). Two sides. With AUGUSTA OLTRABELLA [s]. Orch. dir. Giuseppe
Antonicelli. One small mk. Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. See also: ENRICO CARUSO [t], AMELITA GALLI-CURCI [s],
4519.
1068.
1024.
1081.
BENIAMINO GIGLI [t], GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t], LILY PONS [s] and
ELISABETH RETHBERG [s]
10” Red acous Vla 592. MARIETTA / ROSA (both Romilli). Both in English. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
11” Fonotipia 39937/39938 [XPh2303/XPh2325]. PASTORALE [NU ZAMPUGNARO]
(De Leva) / DOLCE MADONNA (G. De Luca). Rare. Lbl. stkr. Cons. 2. $35.00.
11” Fonotipia 39939/39940 [XPh2295/XPh2312]. DON PASQUALE: Bella siccome
un angelo (Donizetti) / DON GIOVANNI: Deh, vieni alla finestra (Mozart). IMs.
Harmless rub side one, few small lt. rubs. Cons. 2. $15.00.
11” Fonotipia 39979/39980 [XPh2326/XPh2324]. HAMLET: Come il romito fior
(Thomas) / SERENATA [BRILLA LA LUNA] (Morlacchi). Fine copy, cons. 2. $25.00.
1023. 11” (oversized rough edge) no-label orig. Victor test B-22649-2. BEAU SOIR
(Debussy). Rec. March 21, 1919. Unpublished take. Only known copy. Issued
take is 3, cat. no. 64934. Rubbed, 4, but no greying. Will play without problems.
$75.00.
1193. 12” late Red VdP DB 1371 [CVE-41075-2/CVE-43616-1]. RIGOLETTO: Povero Rigoletto / RIGOLETTO: Cortigiani (Verdi). With Met. Opera Orch. and Cho. dir. Giulio
Setti. Superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1963. 12” Red Orth. Vla 8089. LA TRAVIATA: Imponete / LA TRAVIATA: Dite alla giovine
(Verdi). With AMELITA GALLI-CURCI [s]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t]. See also: CHARLES DALMORÈS [t].
4122. 10” Red Milano G&T 52414 [2868-R]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia (Puccini). Inherent
surface depressions in this first edition, otherwise just about 2. $35.00.
4128. 10” Red vinyl Victor 91020 [2870-w2]. MANON: Il sogno (Massenet). 1903 recording.
Piano acc. Salvatore Cottone. Harmless original matrix ripples, otherwise just about
1-2. $12.00.
4201. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 66000 [11167b]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Se il mio nome
(Rossini). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4507. 10” White lbl. Vla 66001 [10515b]. MANON: Il Sogno (Massenet). Piano acc. Late
‘30s pressing, RCA Vr Bk. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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4123. 10” Red vinyl Victor pressing of HMV
2-52518 [8054b]. MIGNON: Ah! non
credevi tu (Thomas). 1907 G&T
master. Piano acc. Carlo Sabajno.
Cons. 2. $12.00.
1009. 11” Phonotype C.2020/C.2021. LA
SONNAMBULA: Prendi l’anel ti dono /
SONNAMBULA: Sposi or siamo
(Bellini). Side two with OLGA PERUGINO [s]. IMs. One tiny PB. Gen. 2.
$60.00.
1105. 11” Phonotype C.2116/C.2120. FORZA
DEL DESTINO: La vita è inferno all’
infelice (Verdi) / LUCIA: Tu che a Dio
spiegasti l’ali (Donizetti). Note that
side one bears number M1797 on the
label and C.2116 under the label. IMs.
Cons. 2-3. $50.00
1821. 12” Green Phonotype N.1756/N.2336.
GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar / BENVENUTO FRANCI [b]. GIOCONDA: O
monumento (Ponchielli). Just about
1-2. $60.00.
2021. 12” Phonotype M.1793/M.1844. MAFERNANDO DE LUCIA
NON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai
(Puccini) / L’AMICO FRITZ: O amore (Mascagni). DeLucia created the title role,
Fritz Kobus, in the 1891 Teatro Costanzi world premiere of L’Amico Fritz. Just
about 1-2. $125.00.
2122. 12” Phonotype M.2134/M.2137. LA BOHEME: O soave fanciulla / LA BOHEME:
Sono andati (Puccini). With ANGELA DE ANGELIS [s]. De Lucia was Rodolfo and
Angelica Pandolfini Mimì in La Scala’s first presentation of the opera, 1897. Minor
lbl. spots. 2-3. $60.00.
1944. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 64 [621c/1443c]. PEARL FISHERS: Non hai compreso
(Bizet). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s] / LA SONNAMBULA: Prendi, l’anel ti dono
(Bellini). With MARIA GALVANY [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1367. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 104. LA SONNAMBULA: Son geloso (Bellini). With MARIA
GALVANY [s] / LOHENGRIN: Mio salvatore! (Wagner). With GIUSEPPINA
HUGUET [s]. From orig. 1908/1907 G&T matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1368. 12” PW White Victor IRCC (unnumbered) 052111/054111 [549c/551i]. MIGNON:
Addio Mignon (Thomas) / ELISIR D’AMORE: Chiedi all’ aura (Donizetti). Side two
with MARIA GALVANY [s]. Side one piano acc. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
MARIA DE MACCHI [s]
1150. 11” SS Fonotipia vinyl 39496 [XPh484]. NORMA: Ah, bello a me ritorna (Bellini).
Later reissued as one side of Historic Masters 87. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
BERTHE AUGUEZ DE MONTALANT [s]. See: MARCEL JOURNET [bs]
BERNARDO DE MURO [t]
4227. 10” Red acous. Vla 1129. ANDREA CHENIER: Ora soave / ANDREA CHENIER:
Vicino a te (Giordano). Both with AUGUSTA OLTRABELLA [s]. One harmless TB.
1609. 12” Red acous. Vla 6552. DON CARLOS: Io l’ho perduto (Verdi) / LA GIOCONDA:
Già ti Vedo (Ponchielli). Side two with ESTER TONIELLO [s], ERNESTO BADINI
[b], GIUSEPPE QUINZI-TAPERGI [bs]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1725. 12” Late Red VdP DB 553 [02323½v/3176c]. ANDREA CHENIER: Improvviso / ANDREA CHENIER: Si, fui soldato (Giordano). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $6.00.
1847. 12” Late Red VdP DB 557 [02347v/02348v]. ISABEAU: Tu ch’odi lo mio grido / ISABEAU: È passerà la viva creatura (Mascagni). Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1972. 12” Late Red VdP DB 558 [CE439-I/C2353v]. IL PICCOLO MARAT: Va nella mia
stanzetta (Mascagni). With IRMA VIGANÒ [s] / ISABEAU: Fu vile l’editto (Rossini).
Superb glassy surfaces. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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LEOPOLD DEMUTH [b]. See also: LEO SLEZAK
1352. 12” Blk. Wien G&T 042053 [49hp]. PIQUE
DAME: Arioso (Tschaikowsky). Piano acc.
Excellent copy. Gen. 2. $50.00.
ERNA DENERA [s]
2057. 12” Girl & Gram. Parlophon P.489/P.491.
AIDA: Als Sieger kehre heim (Verdi). Two
sides. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
1997. 12” Girl & Gram. Parlophon P.543/P.316.
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Duett AlfioSantuzza (Mascagni). With CORNELIUS
BRONSGEEST [b] / BRONSGEEST [b].
TANNHÄUSER: Als du in kühnem Sange
(Wagner). Fine copy, few lightest mks., Cons.
2. $25.00.
MARCELLE DENYA [s]
4098. 10” Red PW French Columbia RF 38 [WL13962/WL2704-1]. RETOUR DE VÊPRES (Henri
Busser) / SÉRÉNADE (Strauss). Piano acc.
side one by the composer. Side two piano
acc. Maurice Faure. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
ERNA DENERA
EDOUARD DE RESZKE [bs]. Notice that the takes both sides of the double faced
pressing differ from those of the single faced issues.
4328. 10” Blue Notes Columbia A617 [1221-2/
1223-1]. ERNANI: Infelice (Verdi) /
SÉRÉNADE DE DON JUAN (Tschaikowsky). Piano acc. Announced.
During his short visit to the Columbia
recording studio in 1903, de Reszke
apparently didn’t acquire the technique
of backing away from the horn on loud
sounds. IMs. Side one some greying (very
forward and over-recorded), 4. Side two
one LSS, gen. 3 (couple inherent too
forward grooves). $250.00.
5000. 10” Red and Gold Columbia 1221 [take
1]. ERNANI: Infelice (Verdi). Piano acc.
A remarkably clean copy. Few LGTs, but
otherwise cons. 2. $750.00.
4488. 10” Red and Gold Columbia 1223 [take
2]. SÉRÉNADE DE DON JUAN
(Tschaikow-sky). Piano acc.
Announced by de Reszke. Probably as
nice an original as you are likely to find.
Few tiny harm-less bumps. Few LGTs
(two inherent too forward grooves).
Otherwise gen. 2. $650.00.
1362. 12” Gold IRCC 168. LES HUGUENOTS: Act III Duet-Four excerpts (Meyerbeer). Two
sides. From Mapleson cylinders recorded during Met performance, 1/24/03. With
JOHANNA GADSKI [s]. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
JEAN DE RESZKE [t]
5150. 10” Gold IRCC 110. L’AFRICAINE: O Paradis [conclusion] (Meyerbeer) / SIEGFRIED:
Fragment of the Forge Scene (Wagner). From Mapleson cylinders recorded during
Met performances, 3/15/01 and 3/19/01. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.
1473. 12” Gold IRCC 183. L’AFRICAINE: Act IV Duet-Four excerpts (Meyerbeer)]. With
LUCIENNE BRÉVAL [s] / LOHENGRIN: Mein Herr und König (Wagner). From
Mapleson cylinders recorded live at the Met 3/15/01 and 3/29/01. Just about
1-2. $25.00.
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ANDREAS PERELLO DE SEGUROLA [bs]. See also: ENRICO CARUSO [t],
ANTONIO PAOLI [t]
2058. 12” TC So. Amer. Disco Doble Col. H1070 [36375-1/30587-1]. ERNANI: Infelice
(Verdi) / ALICE NIELSEN [s]. FAUST: Le Roi de Thulé (Gounod). Only form of
issue for side one. Tiny lbl. tear side one, cons. 2. $15.00.
DOLORES DE SILVERA [ms]
1503. 12” Red PW French Columbia D14237 [WLX441-1/WLX442-1]. NOCTURNE
(Franck) / SERSE: Largo (Händel). Orch. dir. Elie Cohen. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1504. 12” Red PW Eng. Columbia D14254 [WLX996/WLX997]. CINQ POÈMES (PierreOctave Ferroud, 1900-1936). Two sides. Orch. dir. J. E. Szyfer. Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
1505. 12” Red PW French Columbia RFX 14 [WLX653-4/WLX1270-1]. KADDISCH
[CHANSON HÉBRAÏQUE] (Maurice Ravel) / LE PROMENOIR DES DEUX AMANTS:
Nos. 1 & 3 (Debussy). Piano acc. Maurice Faure. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
MARY DESMOND [c]
2124. 12” TC Columbia A5259 [30490-1/30564-2]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon coeur
(Saint-Saëns) / MIGNON: Me voice dans son boudoir (Thomas). Small, harmless
indentation start of side one. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
EMMY DESTINN [s]. See also: ENRICO CARUSO [t], HERMANN JADLOWKER [t]
5092. 10” Blk. Dog Gram. Con. 73309/73310
[12719u/17720u]. DALIBOR: Aria
Milady (Smetana) / PSOHLAVCI: Pisen
Kateriny (Kovařovic]. Brilliant, forward
recording. An exceptionally clean copy.
Cons. 2. $20.00.
5058. 12” Blk. Pre-Dog Angel Gram. Con.
2-44364/2-44365 [12797u/12752u].
TANNHÄUSER: Gepriesen sei die
Stunde (Wagner) / HUGUENOTS: Zur
Rettung Aller bin ich erkoren (Meyerbeer). Both with KARL JÖRN [t]. Lbl.
stkr. Cons. 2. $15.00.
1140. 12” Purple U.S. Okeh 50401 [XXB5289].
MIGNON: Kennst du das Land? (Thomas). Slight lbl. rub. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
1402. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla 92058 [0800v].
AIDA: O Vaterland (Verdi). Just about
1-2. $8.00.
1718. 12” Red Victor 92058 [0800v]. Same as
preceding listing but first rate shellac
1628. 12” Red Victor 88519. RUSALKA: Lieblicher Mond (Dvořák). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
1715. 12” Red Schall. Grammophon 043157
(72544) [208z]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Isolde’s Liebestod (Wagner). Just about
1-2. $8.00.
1976. 12” Blk. Schall. Grammophon 65186 (043064/043133) [514i/272ac]. FLYING
DUTCHMAN: Senta-Ballade / TANNHÄUSER: Dich teure Halle (both Wagner).
Harmless lt. mks. One superficial lt. scr. end side two. 2. $8.00.
1939. 12” Blue Opera Disc 2-052054 (76157) [51
1886. 12” Blk. Czech HMV 073006 [0804v/0805v]. BARTERED BRIDE: Arie Mařenky /
HUBIČKA: Ukolébavka (both Smetana). Both in Czech. Good pressing. Raised
rims. Lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.
1973. 12” PW Silve Vla IRCC 51 [0826v/0827v]. CARMEN: Dance Scene, Act II / CARMEN: Final Scene (Bizet). Both with KARL JORN [s]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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1945. 12” Silver PW Victor IRCC 65. RUSALKA: Lieblicher Mond du (Dvořák) /DIE
BEKEHRTE (Max Stange). From orig. 1915/1916 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
GENNARO DE TURA [t]
4662. 10” Red Pre-Dog Angel Gram. Con. 2-52601 [10611b]. L’ALBATRO: Romanza di Erik
(Pachierotti). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Small stain of some sort causes light
“swish” which disappears as the performance progresses. Otherwise gen. 2.
$40.00.
5155. 10” Red Dog Gram. Concert 54399 [13086b]. MEFISTOFELE: Lontano, lontano
(Boïto). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1356. 12” Red HMV Dog 054144 [1206c]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: A voi tutte salute
(Mascagni). With FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]. One tiny scr., cons. 2. $15.00.
1179. 12” White HMV Special Pressing 054169 [1202c]. LA TRAVIATA: Inviato qui a
seguirlo (Verdi). With GIUSEPPINA PICCOLETTI [s]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2053. 12” Red Vla 8062. LA BOHÈME: Questo mar rosso / LA BOHÈME: Mimì è una
civetta (Puccini). With
ERNESTO BADINI [b] and (side
two) LAURA MELLERIO [s].
From orig. 1910 Italian Gram.
matrices (excellent recordings).
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
DEVA-DASSY [ms]. France, 1911- ?
.
Born Marie-Anne Lambert, her stage
name came from Edouard Churey and
means “The Servant of God” or “The Sacred
Dancer”. Her Opéra-Comique debut was in
1932 as Suzuki, although she was perhaps
more noted for her work in operetta. She
also appeared in one film, 1946, “Monsieur
Bibi”. In 2012 she was residing in Mourries
(near Arles, France) and perhaps still does.
4247. 10” PW Red Disque Gram. DA
4864 [OPG1639-1/OPG1640-1].
WERTHER: Air des lettres
(Massenet). Two sides. Orch.
dir. E. Bervily. Harmless
indentations, otherwise cons. 2.
$10.00.
MAFALDA DE VOLTRI [s]. See:
HIPÓLITO LAZARO [t]
DAVID DEVRIES [t]
4542. 10” Red PW Odeon 188.584 [KI1650-1/KI-1651-2]. TOURNOIEMENT [SONGE D’OPIUM]
/ CIMETIÈRE (Saint-Saëns).
Both from Nuit Persane.
Wonderful copy, couple lt. mks.,
just about 1-2. $40.00.
DEVA-DASSY
Master [HENRY HAMILTON] HAL DEWAR [boy s]. Chicago, 1902-1976. Active in
the Chicago area (in particular) as a boy soprano, he seems to have ended his musical career late
in 1918, likely when his voice changed. If my information is correct, he subsequently became a
noted and very successful stock broker as well as having developed a particular interest in
Russian history and culture. He met Nikita Khrushchev at a gathering of American business
executives at which the Soviet Premier spoke in 1959. Dewar’s grandson, Joseph P. Ferguson,
continues professionally with the Russian connection in being an author and authority on Russia,
having published among other things an important study entitled Japanese-Russian Relations,
1907-2007. I wonder if he has heard this recording of his grandfather singing and, indeed, if I am
correct in identifying our singer here as his grandfather?
4349. 10” Columbia Personal Record 61791. THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER (Moore).
Piano acc. Recorded 1917. Superficial rubs. Gen. 3. $12.00.
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RAFAELO DIAZ [t]. San Antonio,
TX, 1884-New York City, NY, 1943.
Diaz studied as a pianist in America and
then at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin.
Upon discovery of his voice, he went to
Italy where he trained with Sabatini. His
American debut was with the Boston
Opera in 1911 in a small role in
Massenet’s Thais. He then toured as an
assisting artist to Tetrazzini. His
Metropolitan Opera debut seven years
later was as Nicias, the principal tenor
role in the same opera with Geraldine
Farrar. On the roster of the Metropolitan
Opera through 1934, Diaz sang roles
such as Berendey in Snegurochka, Tybalt
in Romeo et Juliette, Tonio in La Fille du
Régiment, the Astrologer in Le Coq d’Or
and Léopold in La Juive, in all a total of
186 performances of 23 roles. He was a
popular concert singer and frequently
appeared in society musicales. Diaz
signed a “several years” contract with
Columbia in 1925. Unfortunately, the
resultant product included only two
records,
both
of
which
shortly
disappeared from Columbia’s catalogue.
Earlier, he made one recording for the
publisher Edwin Morris to promote a
song in their catalogue.
4679.
RAFAELO DIAZ
10” acous. Red lbl. E. Morris
Music Pub. 2151. THE WANDERING JEW (composer?) / Cantor JOSEPH MANN
[b]. THE WANDERING JEW (composer?). Piano acc. Side one in English, side two
(same song, lower key) in “Jewish” (Yiddish). Evidently issued to promote the song,
although the composer’s name isn’t given. Obviously rare. Just about 2. $35.00.
1560.
12” EE Columbia 5049-M [W98173-1/W981843]. MANON: Le rêve (Massenet) / CARMEN: La
fleur (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
ADAMO DIDUR [bs]. See also: OLGA CARRARAPESCA [s] and FRANCISCO D’ANDRADE [b].
1052. 11” Fonotipia 92002/92003 [XPh2670/
XPh2671]. ROBERT IL DIAVOLO: Suore che
riposate / HUGUENOTS: Signor, difesa (both
Meyerbeer). IMs. Good pressing. Cons. 2.
$15.00.
MARIE DIETRICH [s]. See also KARL JÖRN [t],
FRANZ NAVAL [t]
ENRICO DI MAZZEI [t]. Sofia, 1894-Geneva, 1958?
Born Enricus Damasus Tacchella Di Mazzei, the son of an
Italian diplomat, Di Mazzei’s vocal studies were in Milano
with Mo. Fumagalli and then at the Conservatory in Geneva.
His first stage experience was in Geneva, 1925. His Paris
Opèra debut was as Cavaradossi in 1926 and then he
appeared with increasing success in Nice, Bordeaux, Liège
and Monte Carlo. He seems to have disappeared in 1928.
Pierre Key, in his International Music Yearbook, 1929-30,
reported DiMazzi as having died in an earthquake at
Philippopolis, Central Bulgaria, in May, 1928. Yet another source indicates a possible death of
syphillis, date unspecified. A third source gives the Swiss death date above.
4809. 10” Red elec. Odeon 188.626 [KI-2061-2/KI-2062-2]. PECCHÈ? / LUSIGNA (de
Curtis). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4442. 10” Red elec. Odeon 188.890 [KI-6300-2/KI-6301-1]. ANDREA CHÉNIER: Un di al
l’azzurro spazio (Giordano). Two sides. In Italian. Orch. dir. Gustav Cloëz. One
harmless (very slight) depression, one small rub, still just about 1-2. $12.00.
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GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO [t]
4322. 10” Plum Swiss HMV JK 32 [OZA1134/OZA1136]. TORNA A SURRIENTO (de
Curtis) / VIENI SUL MAR (Folk Song). Piano acc. Beautiful voice, his first
recording session, 1944. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
5013. 10” Red late RCA Victor 10-3268. ABBALLATI / MUTTETTI DI LU PALIU (Sicilian
Folk Songs, arr. A. Favara). Orch. dir. Renato Cellini. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4352. 10” Red HMV DA 2047 [OBA8331-1C/OBA8337-2A]. MARECHIARE (Tosti) /
DICITENCELLO FUJE (Falvo). Radio station crayon mks. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1737. 12” Late Red VdP DB 11351 [2BA7848-2/2BA7849-2A]. CARMEN: Il fior (Bizet) /
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Addio alla madre (Mascagni). Orch. dir. Argeo Quadri.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
ALESSANDRO
DOLCI [t]. Bergamo,
1888 (some sources indicate 1890)-1954.
His vocal studies were with Alessandro
Baccanelli, and he made his debut in 1910 in
Livorno. He was Rhadames at La Scala in 1916.
There was subsequently a season in Brazil and
two in Chicago. His career continued until 1942
and included such varied roles as Pollione in
Norma, Alfredo in La Traviata, and Manrico in Il
Trovatore. Outside of the regular repertoire he
appeared in such less familiar works as
Carissimi’s Jepthe, Malipiero’s Giulio Cesare
(world premiere) and Pizzetti’s Fedra, as well as
1913 performances of Mascagni’s Parisina
under composer Mascagni’s direction. Despite
his
international
success,
Dolci’s
only
recordings are a group of very rare 1914
Fonotipias from Mascagni’s Parisina.
1043. 11” Fonotipia 69133/69134
[XPh5061/XPh5078]. PARISINA:
Meglio campar la vita / RAFFAELE
BRACALE dir. LA SCALA ORCH.
PARISINA: L’usignolo (Mascagni).
IMs. Excellent copy. Few lightest
mks. Cons. 2. $175.00.
1004. 11” Fonotipia 69146/69145
[XPh5051/XPh5050]. PARISINA:
Amico mio bello / FRANCISCO
SOLARI [s]. PARISINA: Prendimi su
la tua spalla (Mascagni). IMs. Just
about 1-2. $175.00.
ALESSANDRO DOLCI as Pollione in Norma
1002. 11” Fonotipia 69148/69147
[XPh5057/XPh5058]. PARISINA: Ah, com’ è bello / FRANCESCA SOLARI [s].
PARISINA: Hai tu veduto a dentro (Mascagni). IMs. Just about 1-2. $175.00.
1003. 11” Fonotipia 69131/69132 [XPh5053/XPh5054]. PARISINA: O tristo, tristo. With
LAURA DEL LUNGO [ms] / DEL LUNGO [ms]. PARISINA: O Parisina Malatesta
(Mascagni). One tiny PB side one. Just about 1-2. $175.00.
DORA DOMAR [s] See: I MAESTRI CANTORI DI FIRENZE in Choral Section
WILLI DOMGRAF-FASSBAENDER [b]. See also MARGARETE TESCHEMACHER
4482. 10” Blk. Elec. Symfoni I.2005 [RTJ3279-C/RTJ3280-C]. WIDMUNG / MONDNACHT
(both Schumann). Piano acc. Wilhelm Freund. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
CARLO DRAGO-HRZIC [b]
4986. 10” Green PW elec. Polydor 21633 [1574½bk/1575½bk]. AMOR TI CHIEDO
(Cimino) / DI TE (Tirindelli). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1905. 12” Blue PW elec. Polydor 95144 [1158½bm/1159bm]. LAKMÉ: Lakmé, ton doux
regard (Delibes) / PIQUE DAME: Als du zum Gatten mich erkoren (Tschaikowsky).
Both in German. Side two IMs and lt. superficial scuffs. Side one few lightest mks.,
cons. 2. $15.00.
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JESSICA DRAGONETTE [s]
4143. 10” Red PoW Victor 2215. SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME (Dvořák) / BEFORE
THE CRUCIFIX (Frank La Forge). Side one piano acc. Maurice Jaquet. Side two
acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
MATTEO DRAGONI [b]
1275. 12” Red acous. HMV DB 477 [3306c/909aj]. OTELLO: Credo / AÏDA: Rivedrai le
foreste imbalsamate (both Verdi). Side two with VALENTINA BARTOLOMESI [s].
2. $15.00.
OCTAVE DUA [t]. See: GIOVANNI INGHILLERI [b]
MARIA DUCHÈNE [c]. See: ENRICO CARUSO [t]
PAUL DUFAULT [t]. Near St. Hyacinthe, Québec, 1872 – 1930.
His musical studies were
in Montréal and then Boston and Worcester, MA. Also he worked for a period with Hector
Dupeyron of the Paris Opéra. His career began around 1897 as a church and concert singer.
Serving as an assisting artist to Nordica on tour performances, Dufault also had great success on
his own in independent concert tours through Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, the United
States and Canada.
4916.
10” Blk. acous. Victor 78336. LA VIERGE À LA CRÊCHE (Perihon) / MON
SEIGNEUR JÉSUS (Missa). Lt. rubs, tiny lbl. scr. 2-3. $7.00.
HECTOR DUFRANNE [b]. See: GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t]
LOUIS DUPOUY [bs]
4357. 10” Blk. Dog Disque Gram. 4-32094/34220 [15921u/5771h]. LE JONGLEUR DE
NOTRE-DAME: Légende de la Sauge / BERTHE AUGUEZ DE MONTALANT [s],
LÉON BEYLE [t]. MARIE MAGDELEINE: Heureux ceux qui vivant (both Massenet).
Only recording of the side two duet? Superficial rubs, gen. 3. $12.00.
PIERRE DUPRÉ [bs]
5136. 10” PW Red Fr. Odeon 188.744 [KI5995-1/KI-3476-2]. APHRODITE:
Scène de la Prison (d’Erlanger) /
JONGLEUR DE NOTRE-DAME: Il
pleure … un peu de foi (Massenet).
Uncommon disc and unusual
repertoire. Side one few small lt.
scrs. (should be superficial) and lt.
rubs, 2-3. Side two 2. $12.00.
MAURICE DUTREIX [t]. See: MARIE
CHARBONNEL [ms]
CLAIRE DUX [s]
4792. 10” Brown shellac acous. Vocalion
24061 [19112L/19113L]. DER
JÜNGLING AN DER QUELLE
(Schubert) / MARIA WIEGENLIED
(Reger). Piano acc. IMs. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
5112. 10” Red acous. Polydor 70690
[19776L/19777L]. DIE BEKEHRTE (Wolf) / STÄNDCHEN (R.
Strauss). Piano acc. Few lightest
mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
5027. 10” Gold acous. Brunswick 15027
[8814/8816]. MORGEN (Strauss)
/ MONDNACHT (Schumann).
Piano acc. Frederic Persson. Side
one with Frederic Fradkin [vln].
IGNACY DYGAS [t]. See: TADEUSZ ŁOWCZYŃSKI [t]
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EMMA EAMES [s]. See also: EMILIO
DE GOGORZA [b]
4865. 10” Blk. vinyl IRCC 3142. EMMA
EAMES COMMENTS ON HER
RECORDS. Two sides. From
radio station WQXR, New York, in
1939. Stephen Fassett was the
host of this program of Eames
recordings. Mme. Eames added
her comments regarding those
discs selected. This record features only the singer’s remarks.
This was her sole broadcast.
1711.
1707.
2040.
1810.
2154.
1931.
1738.
2145.
1831.
1728.
1726.
1818.
1727.
1731.
1710.
1422.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
12” Red late ‘30s Vla 88006
[C-2317]. FAUST: Air des bijoux
(Gounod). Piano acc. VrBk.
12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88011.
ROMEO ET JULIETTE: Je veux
vivre (Gounod). With orch.
Excellent copy, few lightest mks.,
cons. 2. $7.00.
12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88011.
Same as preceding listing (item
#1707). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88013 [C2316-2]. WHO IS SYLVIA?
(Schubert). Just about 1-2.
$7.00.
EMMA EAMES: a diva with strong opinions
12” Red GP ’06 Victor 88035
[C-3385-2]. OTELLO: Ave Maria (Verdi). Very lt. rubbing, 2. $15.00.
12” White lbl. red vinyl Vla 88035 [C-3385-4). OTELLO: Ave Maria (Verdi). Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88045. FAUST: Le roi de Thulé (Gounod). Just about 1-2.
$7.00.
12” Red GP ’08 Victor 88131. LOVE IN MAY (Parker); I ONCE HAD A SWEET
LITTLE DOLL, DEARS (Nevin). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $10.00.
12” White lbl. Vla 88133. LE CHANSON DES BAISERS (Bemberg). Piano acc. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 32. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini) / CARMEN: Je dis que
rien (Bizet). Side one piano acc. From orig. 1905/1906 Victor matrices. Label side
one autographed by Eames. Cons. 2. $18.00
12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 76. SI TU LE VEUX (Koechlin); CHÉRUBIN: Vive amour
qui rêve [Aubade] (Massenet) / GRETCHEN AM SPINNRADE (Schubert). From orig.
1908/1911 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 90. LA CHANSON DES BAISERS (Bemberg) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni). From orig. 1908/1906 Victor matrices.
Label side one autographed by Eames. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 90. LA CHANSON DES BAISERS (Bemberg) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni). From orig. 1908/1906 Victor matrices.
Label side one autographed by Eames. Nice copy, few light rubs., cons. 2. $15.00.
12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 194. SPRING (Henschel); THE YEAR’S AT THE SPRING
(Beach) / LOVE IN MAY (Parker); I ONCE HAD A SWEET LITTLE DOLL, DEARS
(Nevin). Piano acc. From orig. 1908 Victor matrices. Few lightest mks., cons. 2.
$15.00.
12” Mauve HMV AGSB 5. LE CHANSON DES BAISERS (Bemberg) / DOPO (Tosti).
Side one piano acc. From orig. 1908/1911 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
12” Mauve HMV AGSB 22. SPRING (Henschel); THE YEAR’S AT THE SPRING (Amy
Beach) / GRETCHEN AM SPINNRADE (Schubert). Piano acc. From orig.
1908/1911 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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1693. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 60. CARMEN: Je dis que rien m’épouvante (Bizet) / SI TU LE
VEUX (Koechlin); CHÉRUBIN: Vive amour qui rêve [Aubade] (Massenet). From orig.
1906/1908 Victor matrices. Side two piano acc. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
FLORENCE EASTON [s].
Quote below from John Stratton’s Record Collector Magazine study
of Easton (Vol. XXI, Nos. 9-10)
4162. 10” Blue (lateral) Aeolian-Vocalion 30100 [5266]. VALUES (Vanderpool). Lbl. scrs.
Tiny harmless surface scr., lt. rubs, 2. $7.00.
4297. 10” Vertical Aeolian-Vocalion 50004 [1801]. LA BOHÈME: O soave fanciulla
(Puccini). With GIULIO CRIMI [s]. 2. $40.00.
1238. 12” Vertical Aeolian-Vocalion 54017 [1414?]. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, pace
mio Dio (Verdi). 2. $50.00.
1244. 12” Red IRCC 166. SAINT ELIZABETH: Prayer (Liszt) / GIÀ IL SOLE DAL GANGE
(Scarlatti); LUNGI DAL CARO BENE (Secchi). Side one studio recording, 1940,
made as a momento of her first major success at the Met in 1918. Side two from
1939 broadcast from Juilliard. Piano acc. Karl Kritz/Lester Hodges. Of side one,
Easton recalled, “When we arrived at the studio there were some people making jazz
recordings. They kept us waiting a long time, and when we finally go into the studio
it was filled with cigarette smoke. It was not very satisfactory.” Lbl. side one signed
by Easton. One small LSS side two, one rub, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00.
NELSON EDDY [b]
2044. 12” Blue PoW Columbia 70639-D [wxco28052-A/wxco28053-B]. THE LOST CHORD
(Sullivan) / THE LORD’S PRAYER (Malotte). With chorus, organ, orch. dir. Robert
Armbruster. Label side two autographed in white ink by Eddy. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
MARTA
EGGERTH [s]. Budapest, 1912-New York, 2013.
Eggerth must have had the
long-est active career of any singer
in history. She made her debut in
operetta at the age of 11 and gave
her final solo appearance when 99.
In addition to being a great star of
operetta, she often appeared in
opera,
particularly
with
her
husband, tenor Jan Kiepura. I had
the great pleasure of hearing her
several times at the annual Licia
Albanese/Puccini Foundation Galas
in New York City. She knew exactly
how to use her golden thread of a
voice, delightful personality and
very attractive stage presence to
weave a spell over the audience.
4862. 10” Blk. Chilean Odeon
MARTA EGGERTH close to 100.
194221 [Be10407/
Be10410]. SAG MIR’S IMMER WIEDER (Schmidt –Reisch) / ICH SCHNITT ES
GERN … (Schubert, Op. 15, No. 7). Both from film The Unfinished Symphony. 2.
$10.00.
4863. 10” Blk. Chilean Odeon 194226 [Be10605-2/Be10606]. OH SING’ MEIN LIEB
HEUT’ NUR FÜR DICH (Stolz) / O JAG’ DEM GLÜCK NICHT (Kálmán). Cons. 2.
$10.00.
RIZA EIBENSCHÜTZ-MALATA [s]. Budapest, 1870-Perchtoldsdorf (near Vienna),
1947. She studied at the Budapest Academy of Music, also with Marianne Brandt in Vienna.
While a dramatic soprano, she also occasionally took mezzo roles. Her debut was in Leipzig as
Selika in Meyerbeer’s l’Africaine in 1894. From 1895-97 she appeared in leading parts in
Strassburg and from 1897-99 toured the U.S. with the Damrosch Opera Company, singing
primarily Wagnerian roles. 1899-1902 she was a leading artist in Leipzig when she appeared in
the world premiere of Weingartner’s Orestes. Then, becoming a member of the Dresden Opera,
Eibenschütz participated in the world premieres of three Richard Strauss operas: Salome (1905),
Elektra (1909) and Der Rosenkavalier (1911). In 1911 she wed conductor Oskar Malata.
1013. 11” Blue Odeon X.51943/X.52588 [XB.4960/XB.4838]. LA JUIVE: Er kehrt zurück
(Halévy) / HERMINE BOSETTI [s]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Arie der Adina (Donizetti).
IMs. Just about 1-2. $75.00.
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HUBERT EISDELL [t]
4207. 10” Blue acous. Eng. Columbia
D1480 [A798/A799]. CHARMING
CHLOE (Edward German) / IT WAS
A LOVER AND HIS LASS (Roger
Quilter). Piano acc. NR on lbl. side
two. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
IRENE EISINGER [s]
4516. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor V-6082
[BLR6177-I/BLR6175-II]. IN WIEN,
WO DER WEIN UNDER WALZER
BLÜHT / AUCH DUR WIRST MICH
EINAL BERÜGEN (Stolz). From film,
Zwei Herzen in ¾ Takt. Side two
with ERIK WIRL [t]. Wirl was
Germany’s first Pelléas, 1908. The
duet is particularly attractive. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
4827. 10” Blue PW Telefunken A138
[10105/10106]. BOHEME: Quando
m’en vo / GIANNI SCHICCHI: O mio
babbino caro (both Puccini). In German. Orch. dir. Selmar Meyrowitz.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1903. 12” PW Plum HMV C.3906
[2EA1046-I/2EA4750-I].
AQUARELLEN WALTZ / ANNEN
POLKA (both J. Strauss). In English. Cons. 2. $15.00.
IRENE EISINGER
GERVASE ELWES [t]
4444. 10” Plum acous. HMV B.320 [y13904e/y15619e]. PHYLLIS HAS SUCH CHARMING
GRACES (arr. H. Lane Wilson) / SIGH NO MORE LADIES (Aikin). Piano acc.
Cons. 2. $12.00.
1458. 12” Blue PW acous. Columbia L1101 [6848/6849]. FILL A GLASS WITH GOLDEN
WINE (Roger Quilter) / IN SUMMERTIME ON ABREDON (Graham Peel). Piano acc.
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1415. 12” Blue PW acous. Columbia L1119 [75329/75330]. O MISTRESS MINE!; FAIR
HOUSE OF JOY (Roger Quilter) / SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME (Dvořák). Piano
acc. F. B. Kiddle. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1414. 12” Blue PW acous. Columbia L1152 [75357/75360]. SEMELE: Where’er You Walk
(Händel) / A CAROL OF BELLS (Charles V. Stanford). Piano acc. F. B. Kiddle.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
ARTHUR ENDRÈZE [b]
2117. 12” Green PW Pathé PGT 12 [CPTX100-1/CPTX101-1]. DIE WALKÜRE: Adieux de
Wotan (Wagner). Two sides. Orch. dir. François Ruhlmann. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
KARL ERB [t]
1064. 11” Cream, Brown, Blk. acous. Odeon Rx98054/Rx98055 [XB6068/XB6069-2].
RIGOLETTO: Freundlich blick ich / RIGOLETTO: O wie so trügerisch (Verdi). Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
1833. 12” Blk. acous Odeon O-6446 (AA53271/AA53272) [XXB6077/XXB6079-2].
MONDNACHT (Schumann) / SEI MIR GEGRÜßT (Schubert). Piano acc. Mid-‘20s
1390. 12” Red Electrola DB 11538 [2RA6868-1/2RA6870-1]. AUF DER RIESENKOPPE /
DAS ZÜGENGLÜCKLEIN, Op. 80, No. 2 (both Schubert). Piano acc. Hans
Altmann. Very lt. rubs, 2. $7.00.
1391. 12” Red Electrola DB 11539 [2RA6869-1/2RA6871-1]. WER NIE SEIN BROT MIT
TRÄNEN , Op. 12, No. 2 / NACHTSTÜCK, Op. 36, No. 2 (both Schubert). Cons. 2.
$8.00.
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GREEK EVANS [b]
4406. 10” Blk. Victor 18285. EILEEN: Free Trade and a Misty Moon / SCOTT WELSH [t].
EILEEN: The Irish Have a Great Day To-Night (Victor Herbert). With chorus from
the original Eileen Company conducted by the composer. Very minor lt. rubs, 2.
$12.00.
ERSILLA FANELLI [s]. See: AURELIANO PERTILE [t]
ALFRED FÄRBACH [t]
5030. 10” Blk. acous. No-Dog Gramophone 62373 [1261ar/1262ar].
MIGNON: Wie ihre Unschuld
auch (Thomas) / FRA DIAVOLO:
Ewig will ich dir gehören (Auber).
IMs. One rub side two, otherwise
just about 1-2. $15.00.
ERNESTINE FÄRBER-STRASSER
[c]. Königsberg, 1884 - ? . Her debut
was in Leipzig. Then, from 1903-1913 she
was engaged at the Stadttheater in Aachen
and, following this, the Court Opera in
Munich through 1921. She continued to
appear there on occasion in later years. She
then returned to Leipzig and also made
guest appearances at Covent Garden as well
as in Spain and Switzerland. She also
toured as a noted song interpreter. From
1927 she was a star of the Stuttgart Opera
but was deleted from the roster in 1933 for
being Jewish. She then emigrated to the
U.S. and next to Switzerland. Little is
known of her during this period. Her
husband was the painter Benno Strasser.
4033. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62381
[1228ar/1230½ar]. WIEGENERNESTINE FÄRBER-STRASSER as painted by her
husband, Benno Strasser
LIEDCHEN (Richard Strauss) /
IN DEM SCHATTEN MEINER LOCKEN (Wolf). Piano acc. Lightest mks., cons. 2.
$25.00.
GERALDINE FARRAR [s]. See also ENRICO CARUSO [t], EDMUND CLÉMENT [t],
KARL JÖRN [t]
4857. 10” Blk. Berlin G&T 53364 [2253h]. ROMEO ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivre (Gounod).
In Italian. Piano acc. Label and catalogue number state that it is in Italian, but she
actually sings it in French. An exceptionally clean copy of this short lived 1904 rarity
(replaced in 1906 by the orchestrally accompanied version). Cons. 2. $60.00.
4965. 10” White lbl. HMV 3620 [3798h]. CHERRY RIPE (Horn). Top pressing. Just about
1-2. $20.00.
1025. 11” Blk. no label Victor elec. test BVE-27731-4. SERENADE (Strauss). Piano acc.
Claude Gonvierre. Unpublished take. No versions of this selection were ever
commercially issued (two acoustic, takes 1 and 2; two electrics, take 3 and 4)
except a very limited editon of take 3 on IRCC 55. This was originally Miss Farrar’s
copy. Scuffed, 4, but no greying. Will play without problems. $75.00.
1027. 11” Blk. no label Victor elec. Test BVE-37354-2. OPERA BALL: Midnight Bells
(Heuberger). With orch. Unpublished. The only known original pressing. The
IRCC issue of this is a dub, likely taken from this pressing (which was Miss
Farrar’s copy). Small patch of rim damage (not into grooves). Rubbed, some LGTs,
4-5. $100.00.
1803. 12” Red GP ’08 “A” plate Victor 88125. NYMPHS ET FAUNS [NYMPHES ET
SYLVAINS] (Bemberg). Particularly fine original. Few lightest superficial scuffs,
cons. 2. $12.00.
2014. 12” Red GP ’08 Victor 88152. MIGNON: Styrienne (Thomas). Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
1214. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88283. BEN BOLT (Kneass). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
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1721. 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Vla 88356. LE
DONNE CURIOSE: Tutta per te uno
bene (Wolf-Ferrari). Farrar was in the
1912 Met Italian language premiere.
Few lightest mks., con. 2. $12.00.
1666. 12” Red “A” plate Pats. Vla 88359. LE
DONNE CURIOSE: Il cor nel
contento
(Wolf-Ferrari).
With
HERMANN JADLOWKER [t]. Of the
1912 Met premiere, which featured
both singers, a Musical America review
noted that Farrar “looked a charming
picture” and that “her singing was
beautiful, particularly in her aria and
the love duet with [Jadlowker]”, which
are this and the preceding selection.
1607. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Vla 88405.
KÖNIGSKINDER: Lieber Spielmann
(Humperdinck). Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
1456. 12” White lbl. Vla 88405. KÖNIGSKINDER: Lieber Spielmann (Humperdinck). IMs. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
1482. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89027. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Crudel perchè
finora (Mozart). With ANTONIO
SCOTTI [b]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1822. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 114. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivre
(Gounod) / LE DONNE CURIOSE:
Tutto per te (Wolf-Ferrari). From
GERALDINE FARRAR caricature by Gianni Viafora
orig. 1911/1912 Victor matrices. Side one first edition. Lbl. autographed by Farrar.
Just about 1-2. $20.00.
EILEEN FARRELL [s]
4845. 10” White Decca Sample (Radio
Station) 27206 [73085T5A/
78086T6A]. BLESS THIS HOUSE
(Brahe-Taylor) / LET MY SONG FILL
YOUR HEART (Ernest Charles).
Orch. dir. Maurice Abravanel. Minor
crayon mk. on lbls. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
MAFALDA FAVERO [s]
4636. 10” Late Red VdP DA 1563 [OBA1925III/OBA1234-IV]. MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide
(Puccini) / MARIA CANIGLIA [s].
SIBERIA: Qual vergogna tu porti
(Giordano). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4415. 10” Late Red VdP DA 11301
[OBA6168/OBA5401-II]. L’OMBRA:
Oh tu ch’el sai (Bottachiari) / TANCREDI PASERO [bs]. FAUST: Tu
che fai l’addormentata (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1736. 12” Late Red VdP DB 5397 [2BA5091/2BA5092-II]. LODOLETTA: Flammen, perdonami (Mascagni) / OTELLO: Ave Maria (Verdi). Side one particularly touching.
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JEÁNNE FERENCZY [s or ms].
A fine singer who recorded for Columbia and Victor in the
1903-07 period, There was a Ferenczy Opera Company active in the New York area late 1890searly 1900s, but there seems to be no specific reference as to who that particular “Ferenczy” might
have been. Likewise, there appears to be no information available regarding this “Ferenczy”.
4745. 10” Blk. GP ’08 “A” plate Victor 3854. KÉK NEFELEJCS [BLUE FORGET-ME-NOTS]
(Serly). In Hungarian. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
MISHA FERENZO [t]. Nicolayev, Russia, 1889? - ? . Ferenzo studied in Berlin at the
Stern Conservatory and at the Berlin Hochschule, as well as in Russia, Italy and France. His
career included opera and concert in Europe and the U.S., making his U.S. debut with Emma
Calvé’s concert touring troupe in 1905. He remained in the U.S. from this point and appeared in
various smaller opera companies, lauded for work at the Cleveland Hippodrome as “the Russian
Caruso”. Likely he added a few years to his birth date as given above in the 1940 Who’s Who in
Music, as he was soloist with the Russian Symphony Orchestra in 1905 (also not forgetting his
tour with Calvé the previous year). In Padukah, Kentucky, 1909, he starred in The Merry Widow.
In 1911 he was heard as Niceas in Massenet’s Thaïs with the Aborn England Opera Company in
Philadelphia and there the next year in de Koven’s Robin Hood, starring Bessie Abott. He likely was
on the roster of the Montreal Opera around 1913. During the same period he taught in Brooklyn
at the Hassel Conservatory of Music on Marcy Avenue in Brooklyn, Later, Ferenzo appeared in
Broadway musicals A Night in Paris (1926), Romancin’ Round (1927) and Moon Over Mulberry
Street (1935). In 1932 Ferenzo was on stage in Washington, D.C. with Ethel Barrymore in Encore
(Victor Wittgenstein). He recorded seventeen sides in multiple languages for Victor between 1909
into 1912, but of these only four 10” sides of Russian songs were actually issued. He was living
and active in New York City in 1939.
1395. 12” Red vinyl Vla mat. C-9366-2. EUGEN
ONEGIN: Lensky’s Aria (Tschaikowsky).
In Russian. Unpublished. Just about
1-2. $35.00.
GUY FERRANT [b]
1146. 10” (on 12”) Fr. Columbia matrix CL 6174.
LA PAIX (Hahn). Piano acc. by composer Reynaldo Hahn. Unpublished. Just
about 1-2. $40.00.
EDOARDO FERRARI-FONTANA [t]
4793. 10” Blue TC Columbia A1731 [39259-2/
39260-2]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Noto
Regina é a Me (Wagner) / PAGLIACCI: Un
tal gioco (Leoncavallo). Cons. 2. $12.00.
NIKOLAI FIGNER [t]. Near Kazan, 1857-Kiev,
1918. Studying in Italy, Figner made his debut there
(1881) and spent the next five years singing throug
out that country. He followed this with guest appearances at Covent Garden before returning to Russia.
Figner then was engaged by the St. Petersburg Opera,
1887, as Otello in the Russian premiere of the Verdi
opera. Subsequently, he created the leading tenor
roles in several Russian works, including Tschaikowsky's Pique Dame (1890) and Iolanthe (1892),
and Napravnik's Dubrovsky (1895). In these, his first
wife, Medea Mei-Figner, appeared as the heroines.
NIKOLAI FIGNER
4678. 10” Red Raised Rim SS G&T 22555x [367z]. DUBROVSKY: O Give Me Oblivion
(Napravnik). Piano acc. Creator in St. Petersburg (Mariinsky Theater) 1895 world
premiere. IMs. Gen. 2-3. $550.00.
4683. 10” Red Flush SS St. Petersburg G&T 22597 [447x-No 22]. OTELLO: Ora e per
sempre addio (Verdi). Original 1901 version, remade in 1902. Bright label. Few
MGTs, otherwise exceptionally clean 2. $600.00.
4833. 10” Blk. Russ. Angel Gram. Concert 22547/3-22718 [293x/6411L]. YOU ARE MY
MORNING; THE LOVERS (both Wrangel) / TIMIDLY BENEATH THE WINDOW THE
BIRCHES RUSTLE (Vederevsky). Superficial rubs, few LGTs, 3-4. $200.00.
4665. 10” Blk. Russ. Angel Gram. Concert 3-22706/3-22719 [6428L/6412L]. PAGLIACCI:
Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo) / ICH HAB’ IM TRAUM GEWEINET (Schumann). Side
two piano acc. Exceedingly fine copy. Side one cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2.
$450.00
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4704. 10” Red SS St. Petersburg G&T 3-22703 [6418L]. I REMEMBER THE EVENING
(Cui); LEAVE ME (Davidov). Piano acc. One LGT, bright label, 2-3. $350.00.
4653. 10” Red SS St. Petersburg G&T 3-22717 [6410L]. I LOVE YOU (Taskin); LOVE IS A
DREAM (Wrangel). Piano acc. Superficial rubs, gen. 3. $250.00.
RENE EFIMOVA RADINA-FIGNER [s]. See: RADINA-FIGNER
ONELIA FINESCHI [s]
4848. 10” Blk. Cetra AT 0111 [52227/52228]. SERENATA (Schubert) / SERENATA
(Mascagni). Few lt. superficial rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.
DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU [b]
1546. 12” Red Electrola DB 21349 [2EA15956-1/2EA15957-2]. DU BIST DIE RUH’ /
STÄNDCHEN (both Schubert).
Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
1361. 12” Red Electrola DB 21389
[2EA15959-1/2EA15960-1].
AM FEIERABEND / DER
NEUGIERIGE (both Schubert).
From Die schöne Müllerin.
Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
ASTRID FJELDE [s]. Minneapolis,
MN, 1894-Brooklyn, NY, 1969. She
was
the
daughter
of
Norwegian
immigrants who arrived in the U.S. in
1887. Her father, an accomplished
sculptor (as was her brother, Paul), died
in 1896, and she and her three siblings
were raised by her mother on a farm
outside of Wing, ND. The family moved to
NYC sometime in the ‘teens, where Astrid
studied voice with Frank Bibb and Walter
Golde. She then began a career as a
concert singer, occasionally appearing in
opera, such as in the world premiere of
Cesare Sodero’s Ombre Russe on the NBC
radio network in 1929. During the 1930s
she was frequently heard on the radio in
various classical music broadcasts.
4308. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 73724.
SOMMERENS SIDSTE ROSE
ASTRID FJELDE
[LAST ROSE OF SUMMER
(Moore) / SYNNÖVES SANG (Kjerulf). In Norwegian. Tiny lbl. stkrs. Superficial
rubbing but no graying. 3-4. $7.00.
EDITHA FLEISCHER [s]. See: MAX BLOCH [t]
MIGUEL FLETA [t]. See also: LUCREZIA BORI [s]
4575. 10” Red acous. Vla 948. RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi) / I PURITANI: A te,
o cara (Bellini). Both sides European matrices. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4601. 10” Red acous. Vla 950. EL TRUST DE LOS TENORIOS: Te quiero (Serrano) /
TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). Both sides European matrices. Just about
1-2. $10.00.
1538. 12” Red Vla 74774 [CE391-II]. AY, AY, AY (Osman Pérez-Freire). VrBk. Just about
1-2. $7.00.
1919. 12” Red acous. Spanish Disco Gramofono DB 878 [CS2023-I/CS2024-I]. DOÑA
FRANCISQUITA: Dúo (Fernandez-Shaw – Romero). Two sides. Lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.
GERTRUD FOERSTEL (FÖRSTEL) [s]
2173. 10” Blk. Bayreuth G&T 43576. TANNHÄUSER: Lied des Hirtenknaben (Wagner). A
few superficial rubs, otherwise very clean, gen. 2. $250.00.
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BERTHA FÖRSTER-LAUTERER [s]. See: LEO SLEZAK [t]
CESARE FORMICHI [b]. See also:
4726.
4454.
4302.
4419.
4282.
1623.
1624.
EDOARDO GARBIN
10” Blue acous. Notes Columbia
A1158 [11167-2/19722-1].
TRAVIATA: Di Provenza (Verdi)
/ CESARE ALESSANDRONI
[b]. FAUST: S’hai tu porter di
Demon (Gounod). Small lbl.
stk. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
10” Blue acous. Brazilian Notes
Columbia C2344 [11210/
11330]. ZULMA: Sei così bella/
ANGELO BENDINELLI [t] ZULMA: Canzone dei Vagabonde
(Romano Romani). Excellent
copy, few lt. mks. Cons. 2.
$20.00.
10” Green acous. Flags Columbia
E-2079 [11286/11238]. LA
FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Minnie
della mia casa / ANGELO
BENDINELLI [t]. LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST: Ti ringrazzio
Sonora …Ch’ella mi creda (Puccini). Excellent laminated
pressing (as with all Flag lbl.
issues). Few lightest mks.,
cons. 2. $15.00.
10” Green acous. Flags Columbia
14098-F [70536/70552].
CESARE FORMICHI
AGNUS DEI (Bizet) / STABAT
MATER: Pro peccatis (Rossini). Cons. 2. $12.00.
10” Blue acous. Columbia 2034-M [A947/A948]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo).
Two sides. Another wonderful pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
12” Blue acous. Columbia 7078-M [AX479/AX481]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi)/
TOSCA: Te Deum (Puccini). Great pressing, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $12.00.
12” Blue acous. Columbia 7102-M [AX480/AX486]. OTELLO: Credo / RIGOLETTO:
Cortigiani (both Verdi). Few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $12.00.
RITA FORNIA [s/ms]
4037. 10” White lbl. Vla mat. B-12075. FRÜHLINGSLIED (Meyer-Helmund). Rec. June 7,
1912. Assigned cat. no. 64287 but was unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
2091. 12” White lbl. Victor 74227 [C-12074]. DER SPIELMANN, Op. 15, No. 1 (Hildach).
Superb late ‘30s pressing. RCA Vr bk. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1841. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 61. FAUST: Le parlate d’amor (Gounod) / ROMÈO ET JULIETTE: Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle (Gounod). From orig. 1911 Victor matrices,
side one first and only edition. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
JOHN FORSELL [b]
4786. 10” Blk. PW Victor V-24106 [2712e/837ae]. DU GAMLA, DU FRIA /KUNGSSÅNGEN
(Av Lindblad). An acoustic recording, despite the “V.E.” Victor added to the
stampers. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
LUIGI FORT [t]
4974. 10” PW Blue Col. Master-Works 4157-M [WB5255-1/WB5256-1]. DON PASQUALE:
Serenata (Donizetti) / ITALIANA IN ALGERI: Languir per una bella (Rossini). Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
BENVENUTO FRANCI [b]. See: DINO BORGIOLI [t], FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t],
AURELIANO PERTILE [t]
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AMALIA LUECK FRANTZ [s]. See: DALIES FRANTZ [pianist] in Instrumental
Section
PAUL FRANZ [t]
4757. 10” Red SS SR Disque Gram. 4-32274 [16920u]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Arrêtez, O
mes frères (Saint-Saëns). IMs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1816. 12” Red elec. Pathé X.90043 [N250242/N250243]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Scène de
la Meule (Saint-Saëns). Two sides. Orch. dir. Franz Ruhlmann. Just about 1-2.
$25.00.
RACHEL FREASE-GREEN [s]. Canton, OH,
1875-Cleveland, OH, 1953. She began as a church
soloist, studying locally. In 1901, as a family friend of
President McKinley, she was the soloist at his funeral.
Following her marriage in 1902, she became more
serious about her career and studied in Paris, first for a
“short period” with Mathilde Marchesi and then “took
up serious operatic preparation with Jean de Reszke.”
He encouraged her as a coloratura soprano, although
she made her debut at Covent Garden in 1909 as
Sieglinde in Die Walküre, conducted by Hans Richter.
She was contracted by the Vienna Volksoper later that
year where she was first heard as Violetta. Returning to
the U.S. in 1911, she appeared with the Chicago Opera
the season of 1911-12 (Leonora in Il Trovatore, as well
as Santuzza) and then the Boston Opera, 1913-14
(once, again as Leonora). She returned to the Chicago
Opera the season of 1915-16, supposedly under
contract for the whole season, but also singing once, yet
again Leonora). In 1916 she replaced Johanna Gadski
as Isolde at the last minute in a Cleveland performance
by the Inter-State Opera Company, never having sung
the role in public nor having rehearsed it with the
orchestra or the other cast members. Supposedly, she
was “called before the curtain many times”. She made
only one record (the 1910 disc below)
4350. 10” acous. Union Record (Beka masters)
R4830. IL TROVATORE: In deines Kerkers
tiefe Nacht / IL TROVATORE: Hier sind wir
(Verdi). Side two with REINHOLD AßMANN
[b]. In German. Rare. Dig (or broken bump)
clicks about ten grooves (in from rim about a
half-inch, side one), otherwise 2-3. Side two
3. $50.00.
OLIVE FREMSTAD [s]
RACHEL FREASE-GREEN
1571. 12” TC Columbia A5281 [30635-2/30645-1]. TANNHÄUSER: Dich, theure Halle /
LOHENGRIN: Elsas Traum (Wagner). Later flush pressing, good surface material.
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
ELVIRA FRENCELLI [s].
Frencelli and Lewis were on the vaudeville circuit from at least the
early 1890s into the 1900s. In 1892, they were given positive comments in the Duluth Evening
Herald, she “making a great hit” with her “pure soprano voice” and they for their “songs, dances
and choruses”. She is featured alone in an ad in The New York Dramatic Mirror in 1894 as “at
liberty”, her specialities being comic and grand opera. An 1897 vaudeville review in the Los
Angeles Herald noted: ”Elvira Frencelli and Tom Lewis were placed at the end of the bill, a
position which allowed those of the audience who did not appreciate operatic selections to leave
the house. A large contingent in the gallery did quit, but most of the audience down stairs
remained and were rewarded by hearing some very artistic singing”. Frencelli’s other skills
including fencing, one journal noting that she was an “accomplished pupil of [Régis] Sénac”, a
foremost fencer of the period.
2123. 12” Blk. GP ’04 Victor 31224 [C-1221]. THE PALMS (Faure). With THOMAS LEWIS
[b]. Few rubs, gen. 2. $10.00.
CHARLES FRIANT [t]
4645. 10” Blk. acous. HMV SR P.485 [BS644-II/20620b]. EXTASE (Duparc) / RENÉ
LAPELLETRIE [t]. BENVENUTO CELLINI: Sur les monts (Berlioz). Side one piano
acc.. IMs. Few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $15.00.
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2064. 12” Red PW Fr. Odéon 123.649 [XXP6892-2/XXP6893-2]. LE PEAU DE CHAGRIN:
Duo do 4e Acte (Charles Levadé). Two sides. With VERA PETERS [s]. Both artists
were creators in the 1929 Paris Opèra-Comique world premiere. Just about 1-2.
$25.00.
POVLA FRIJSH [s]
4495. 10” White lbl. vinyl Victor mat. BS071397-1. AVANT LE CINEMA;
FLEURS DE BLÉ (both Poulenc).
Piano acc. Unpublished. Just
about 1-2. $25.00.
1587. 12” White lbl. vinyl Victor mat. CS046415-1. DIE STADT; DER
SCHMETTERLING (both Schubert). Piano acc. Unpublished.
Rec. Jan., 1940. Just about 1-2.
$25.00.
1588. 12” White lbl. vinyl Victor mat. CS048933-1. POÈMES JUIFS: No. 1,
“Chant de Nourrice” (Milhaud).
Piano acc. Unpublished. Rec. 19
Apr. 1940. Just about 1-2.
$25.00.
ANNI FRIND [s]
4906. 10” Plum PW elec. HMV EG 6304
[ORA2822-II/ORA2823-II]. EINE
FRAU WIRD ERST SCHÖN
DURCH DIE LIEBE / DREI
STERNE SAH ICH SCHEINEN
(Theo Macaben). From film
Heimat. Orch. directed by the
composer. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
ANNI FRIND
YOSIE FUJIWARA [t]
4546. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4041. TALE OF MOTHER FOX [SHINODA NO YABU] (Kiyomidzu
Fujii) / PLOVERS [CHIDORI] (Hidemaro Konoye). Piano acc. LeRoy Shield. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
5079. 10” Red Orth. Vla 4047. WAGA NAMIDA [MY DEAR] (Sugiyama) / FUNA UTA
[BOATMAN’S SONG] (Konoye). Piano acc. LeRoy Shield. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
VITTORIO FULLIN [t]
1998. 12” Red elec. Fonotipia Uxx120072/Uxx120074 [XXPh6066/XXPh6058]. GIOCONDA: Già ti veggo (Ponchielli) / GRANDE CORO ITALIANO: GIOCONDA: Feste, pane
(Ponchielli). Side one with TINA POLI-RANDACCIO [s], IRENE MINGHINI-CATTANEO [ms], GIOVANNI INGILLIERI [b], ANTONIO RIGHETTI [bs]. Side one just
about 1-2. Side two few mks., one small LSS. Cons. 2. $12.00.
FRITZ GABSCH [b]
5025. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 5-81294 [Bw1394-II/Bw1395-I]. TOM DER REIMER (Loewe).
Two sides. Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
JOHANNA GADSKI [s]. See also: ALBERT REISS [t]
4808. 10” Red GP ’04 Victor 81018 [B-693]. DIE WALKÜRE: Battle Cry of Brünnhilde
(Wagner). Usually when this turns up it is heavily worn, a result of the extremely
forward recording. This is a clean copy. 2. $25.00.
4343. 10” White lbl. Vla 81024. DER NUSSBAUM (Schumann). Piano acc. Rare 1904
recording. Cons. 2. $40.00.
4030. 10” White lbl. Vla 87028. SALOME: Jochanaan, ich bin verliebt (Strauss). Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
5158. 10” White lbl. Vla 87098. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Zu neuen Thaten (Wagner). IMs.
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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4549. 10” Red Pats. “C” plate Vla 87099.
AUF DEM KIRCHHOFE, Op.. 105,
No. 4 (Brahms). Piano acc. Rosario
Bourdon (although label states with
orchestra). This is the first issued
take, 30 Man. 1912, which was very
shortly replaced by take 2 (marked
“R” in matrix), recorded 14 March
1912. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
4896. 10” PW Gold Victor HRS 1008.
SALOME: Jochanaan, ich bin verliebt
(Strauss) / MAGIC FLUTE: Papagena,
Papageno (Mozart). Side two with
OTTO GORITZ [b]. From orig. 1909/
1913 Victor matrices. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
5153. 10” Gold IRCC 201. LOHENGRIN:
Duet, Act 2 (Wagner). Two sides.
With GEORG ANTHES [t]. From
Mapleson Cylinders recorded during
Met performance, Feb. 7, 1903. Just
2020.
1932.
1940.
1902.
1327.
1634.
1530.
1758.
1466.
2048.
1465.
1510.
1979.
1980.
1543.
about 1-2. $15.00.
12” White lbl. red vinyl Victor 85013
[C-692-2]. TANNHÄUSER: Dich teure
Halle (Wagner). Piano acc. Rec. Nov.
11, 1903. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
12” White lbl. red vinyl Victor 85029
JOHANNA GADSKI
[C-1075]. LOHENGRIN: Elsas Traum
(Wagner). Piano acc. Rec. 5 Mar.
1904. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
12” Red Victor 88117. IRISH LOVE SONG (Arthur Foote). In English. Light NR on
lbl., surface very bright. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
12” White lbl. red vinyl Victor 88362. LOBETANZ: An allen zweigen (Thuille).
Gadski was a creator in the Metropolitan Opera 1911 American premiere. Just
about 1-2. $20.00.
12” Red Victor 88377. LOHENGRIN: Euch Lüften, die mein Klagen (Wagner). Label
signed in black ink by Gadski. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
12” Red ’12 Pats. “B” plate Vla 88441. MAGIC FLUTE: Du also bist mein Braütigam? (Mozart). With ANNA CASE [s], LENORA SPARKES [ms], MARIE
MATTFELD [ms]. Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $10.00.
12” Red Vla 88442. TANNHÄUSER: Verzeiht wenn ich nicht Weiss (Wagner). VrBk.
12” Red Vr 88496. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ma dall’ arido stelo divulsa (Verdi). Just
about 1-2. $8.00
12” Red Victor 88542. IM HERBST, Op. 17, No. 6 (Franz). Piano acc. Rosario
Bourdon. Scarce. Only form of issue. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
12” Red “C” plate Victor 88546. KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN (Crouch). In English.
Lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
12” Red Victor 88577. HAIDENRÖSLEIN (Werner). Very short catalogue life. Only
form of issue. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
12” Red Victor 88578 [early “B” plate]. DIE LOTOSBLÜME, Op. 25, No. 7
(Schumann). First verse in German and second in English. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89024. AIDA: Fu la sorte (Verdi). With LOUISE HOMER [c].
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89025. AIDA: Alla pompa (Verdi). With LOUISE HOMER [c].
Beautiful copies (i.e. this and item above). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 121. TANNHÄUSER: Verzeiht wenn ich nicht weiss /
TANNHÄUSER: Zurück von ihn! (Wagner). From orig. 1913 Victor matrices. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
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HELEN
GAHAGAN
(DOUGLAS)
Discs
[s].
Boonton, NJ, 1900-New York City, NY, 1980.
She was raised in Brooklyn. After two years at
Barnard College, she left to pursue a stage career.
She made her acting debut on Broadway in 1922,
and the reviews were substantial enough to keep
her from returning to Barnard, where she had
completed her second year. At the same time she
took an interest in singing and then went to
Europe for vocal studies and performance
opportunities. During a European tour in 1930,
she was told of her father being seriously ill and
she rushed back to the U.S. The Depression had
wiped out her finances and she immediately
returned to the stage in the David Belasco
production Tonight or Never. Later that year she
wed her co-star, Melvyn Douglas. They resettled
in California around 1933. Shortly before leaving
New York, she worked with voice coach Sophia
Cehanovska and made her New York operatic
debut at the outdoor Polo Grounds as Aida, with
Carmela Ponselle as Amneris. Gahagan’s stage
career continued until 1938 and included the
leading role in the 1934 Holywood film, She. On a
concert tour in Germany in 1937 with a Jewish
HELEN GAHAGAN (DOUGLAS)
accompanist and encountering the resultant Nazi
related problems, she cancelled her touring there
the following year and left singing in favor of politics. An ardent Democrat, she was elected to the
U.S. Congress in 1944. In 1950 she ran for the Senate against beginner Richard M. Nixon. He
labeled her soft on communism and she referred to him as “Tricky Dick”, a bit of “political
nomenclature” which remained attached to him throughout his life. She lost the election and
returned to singing for a period. Her last two decades were spent mostly as a behind-the-scenes
political figure. The only recordings known of her singing are a Victor private recording from 1930
and some 1954 private acetate discs.
2093. 12” White lbl. Victor T-1020-1. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). Piano acc. Small scr.
last quarter inch (not sounding). Looks 3-4 but mostly superficial scuffs. $40.00.
2094. 12” Nola Studios Acetate. SEA REIVERS (Bantock?) / ÉLÉGIE (Massenet). Piano
acc. Side two with unidentified violinist. 2-3. $40.00.
CARLO GALEFFI [b]
5091. 10” PW Red Eng. Col. D12590 [WB1987/WB1814]. GUGLIELMO RATCLIFF: E
sempre il vecchio andazzi (Mascagni) / DINO BORGIOLI [t]. LA SONNAMBULA:
Prendi l’anel ti dono (Bellini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
YVONNE GALL [s]
4225. 10” Blk. PW Fr. Columbia DF 971 [WL3609-1/WL3787-1]. D’UNE PRISON (Hahn) /
ENVOI DE FLEURS (Delmet). Piano acc. Simone Petit (side one)/Trio Pierre
Chagnon (side two). Few lightest rubs side one, cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2.
$15.00.
AMELITA GALLI-CURCI [s]. See also: TITO SCHIPA [t]
4177. 10” White SS vinyl Orth. Vla mat. BVE-46391-1. COMIN’ THRO’ THE RYE (Old
Scottish Air). Piano acc. Homer Samuels. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
1793. 12” late Red VdP DB 263 [C-18595/C-19339]. LAKMÉ: Dov’è l’Indiana bruna
(Delibes) / PEER GYNT: Solvejg’s Song (Grieg). Not rare sides but excellent
pressings. Just about 1-2. $6.00.
2129. 12” Red Vla 74599. DON PASQUALE: Quel guardo … Son anch’io la virtu magica
(Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $6.00.
2114. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla 88595 [C-21973-2]. RIGOLETTO: Lassù in cielo (Verdi).
With GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Unpublished. Never part of any re-issue series. Just
about 1-2. $25.00.
1595. 12” PW Red Victor 6924. LO, HERE THE GENTLE LARK (Bishop) / PEER GYNT:
Solvejg’s Song (Grieg). Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1695. 12” Red Scroll “Z”-type shellac Victor 7652. IL TROVATORE: Tacea la notte / IL
TROVATORE: D’amor sull’ ali rosee (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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MARIA GALVANY [s]. See: FERNANDO DE LUCIA [t].
ALFREDO GANDOLFI [b]. Torino, 1885 – New York City, 1963.
A student of Chiarina
Fino-Savio, Gandolfi made his debut at the Torino Teatro Vittorio Emanuele as Enrico in Lucia,
1913. Despite success in Italy, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1923 and was active into the ’40s. In
1932, he was Scarpia in Tosca, in the opening of the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House,
sharing the stage with Claudia Muzio. The first act of this performance was broadcast and has
circulated on LP and CD. At the Met from 1929 to 1936 he appeared in 38 roles, primarily
comprimario, but including again Scarpia. This time it was as a last minute substitution for
Antonio Scotti “who did not arrive”. Gandolfi and his wife, soprano Alice Kurkjian, resided at New
York’s Ansonia Hotel, where he had a teaching studio.
4623. 10” Off-the-Air Recordisc (NYC). IL GITANO RE (Gandolfi-Paganucci) / SHOWBOAT:
Old Man River (Hammerstein-Kern). Side two (in English) the early text which uses
the “N word”. Likely taken from a late ‘30s broadcast with small orchestra (possibly
WMCA in NY?). 3. $25.00.
5294. 10” Off-the-Air Recordisc (NYC). PERCHÈ TORNASTI TU (Paganucci) / SON COSE
DEL MONDO (Bamboschek). Same
source as previous listing. Some
warping but completely playable
(with slightly weighted arm). 3.
$25.00.
FRASER GANGE [b]
4458. 10” PW Blue Columbia 2082-M
[W148377-5/W148380-2].
HEIMLICHE AUFFORDERUNG /
RUHE MEINE SEELE (both R.
Strauss). Piano acc. Arthur Bergh.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
ROSA GARAVAGLIA [ms]. See:
ARMENTATO ANTICORONA [b],
CARLO BALLIN [t]
EDOARDO GARBIN [t]. ALESSANDRO
BONCI [t], GIANNINA RUSS [s]
1063. 11” Col.-Fonotipia 92252/92253
[XPh3452/XPh3376]. ZAZÀ: Mai più
Zazà (Leoncavallo) / MANON: Ah!
Dispar vision (Massenet). 2.
$15.00.
4859. 10” Green Flags Columbia E-1861
[41939-1/11457-1]. MANON
LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai /
CESARE FORMICHI [b]. MANON
LESCAUT: Sei splendida e olucente
(Puccini). Excellent mid-‘20s
EDOARDO GARBIN
MARY GARDEN [s]
4983. 10” PW Silver IRCC 106. PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE: Mes longs cheveux / GREEN
[ARIETTE No. 3] (both Claude Debussy). RR from 1904 G&T recordings. Piano acc.
by CLAUDE DEBUSSY. Label signed by Mary Garden. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
4121. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla mat. BVE-40735-4. SOMEWHERE A VOICE IS CALLING
(Tate). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
4518. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1480. ANNIE LAURIE (Scott) / AFTON WATER (Burns). Piano
acc. Jean Dansereau. Very short lbl. crease from spindle hole side one. Possible
ULC but, if so, absolutely harmless. IMs. Cons. 2. $15.00.
4785. 10” White lbl. vinyl Orth. Vla 1480-A [BVE-36732-4]. ANNIE LAURIE (Scott). Piano
acc. Jean Dansereau. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4582. 10” White lbl. vinyl Orth. Vla 1480-B [BVE-40733-5]. AFTON WATER (Burns).
Piano acc. Jean Dansereau. Two very light absolutely harmless superficial scrs.,
otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
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4698. 10” Red Orth. Vla. 1539. CARMEN: En vain pour éviter (Bizet)
/OVER THE STEPPE, Op. 5, No.
1 (Gretchaninov). Piano acc. side
two Jean Dansereau. Lt. rubs,
cons. 2. $15.00.
1719. 12” Blue Eng. Col. A5284. LA
TRAVIATA: Ah, fors è lui / LA
TRAVIATA: Sempre libera
(Verdi). In French. Excellent
laminated surfaces. Lt. rubs, 2.
$15.00.
1795. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7254. IN THE
GLOAMING (Harrison) / JOCK
O’ HAZELDEAN (Old Scottish
Air). Pipe organ acc. Alexander
Russell. Recorded in the Philadelphia Wanamaker Store Auditorium. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2104. 12” Rockhill Acetates Apr. 3,
1954. “MARY GARDEN [speaking] ON SPECIAL OPERA INTERMISSION”. Three sides (two
discs). Lbls. tattered. Lt. mks., 2.
$20.00.
GABRIELLA GATTI [s]
4347. 10” Cetra AT 0120 [51511/
51512]. LA VOCAZIONE DI S.
FRANCESCO (Rocca) / NINNA
NANNA DELLA VERGINE
(Reger). Piano acc. Mario
Salerno. 1942 recordings. Very
small PB. Few lightest mks.,
MARY GARDEN in La Reine Fiammante
cons. 2. $10.00.
4273. 10” late Red VdP DA 1944
[OEA13617-2/OEA13618-1]. IN FERVIDO DESIDERIO/ VAGA LUNA CHE
INARGENTI (both Bellini). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Fine pressing. Few lightest
rubs. Cons. 2. $10.00.
EVA GAUTHIER [s]. See: ORVILLE HARROLD [t]
MARIA GAY [c]. See also: GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t]
1514. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia A5279 [30665/30667]. CARMEN: Habanera / CARMEN:
Air des cartes (Bizet). Top mid-‘20s laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1817. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia A5280 [30664/30669]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon coeur /
SAMSON ET DALILA: Printemps qui commence (Saint-Saëns). Another excellent
mid-‘20s laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
NIKOLAI GEDDA [t]
4186. 10” Red Scandinavian Odeon ZA 18 [Sto8408-1/Sto8409-1]. SÄG MIG GODNATT
[THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE] (Lillian Ray) / POEM (Fibich). Few lt. mks.,
cons. 2. $20.00.
ELSE GENTNER-FISCHER [s]
1378. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65736 [912as/913as]. DER ROSENKAVALIER: Monolog der
Marschallin (Strauss) / DER SCHATZGRABER: Klein wär ich noch (Franz
Schreker). IMs. Tiny lbl. stkr. Couple lightest mks., still just about 1-2. $50.00.
ELENA GERHARDT [ms].
These vinyls were pressed years ago by HMV for LP transfer use.
It’s my understanding that three were pressed of each, so these fine pressings are indeed rare.
1429. 12” White lbl. SS vinyl HMV 043200 [5117f]. MONDNACHT (Schumann). Piano
acc. ARTHUR NIKISCH. Needless to say, the sound on these vinyl pressings
surpasses by far the shellac originals. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
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1419. 12” White lbl. SS vinyl HMV 043203
[5115f]. SAPPHISCHE ODE (Brahms).
Piano acc. ARTHUR NIKISCH. Just
about 1-2. $35.00.
1545. 12” White lbl. SS vinyl HMV 043204
[5118f]. SCHMERZEN (Wagner). Piano
acc. ARTHUR NIKISCH. Just about
1-2. $35.00.
1175. 12” White lbl. elec. SS vinyl HMV D.2009
[CLR5646-I]. FELDEINSAMKEIT
(Brahms). Piano acc. Just about 1-2.
$7.00.
RUDOLF GERLACH-RUSNAK [t]
4110. 10” PW Plum Electrola EG 2698[OD12191/OD1220-2]. HUGUENOTS: Ihr Wangepaar / AFRICAINE: Land so wunderbar (both Meyerbeer). In German. Some
superficial rubs, but excellent surface
material. Cons. 2-3. $12.00.
JEANNE GERVILLE-RÉACHE [s]
4795. 10” PW White Vla IRCC 5. CARMEN: En
vain pour éviter / EMMA CALVÉ [ms].
CARMEN: Séguidilla (Bizet). Orig. 1909/
1902 matrices. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2148. 12” White lbl. Vla 88205. LA REINE DE
RUDOLF GERLACH-RUSNAK
SABA: Plus grand, dans son obscurité
(Gounod). No catalogue or take number
in matrix. I believe this is take two. IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1454. 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Vla 88317. PAUL ET VIRGINIE: Parmi les lianes [Air du
Tigre] (Victor Massé). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.
1492. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 73 [C-8332-2/C-9700-2]. LA REINE DE SABA: Plus grand
dans son obscurité (Gounod) / PAUL ET VIRGINIE: Parmi les lianes [Air du Tigre]
(Victor Massé). Side one just about 1-2. Side two a few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $20.00.
EDGARDO GHERLINZONI [t]. Stellata di Bondemo, Italy, 1876-Ferrara, 1961. He
worked as a shoemaker while studying voice. He eventually made his debut in operetta, but
earned so little that he returned to shoemaking. Another attempt provided no better results except
having found a wife, and they subsequently opened a food store. This failed within a year. He
studied voice further and then debuted as a operatic lyric tenor. Young conductor Tulio Serafin
heard him by chance and convinced him that he should learn the role of Arturo in I Puritani. This
turned out to be the turning point in his career and a role that he sang in dozens of Italian houses
between 1903 and the late ‘teens, many more times than the other roles in his repertoire. He
occasionally appeared in concerts following his 1918 retirement. By the time of his death he was
living in poverty, completely forgotten. Note that on the record below his name is spelled
“Ghirlanzoni” -Roberto Marcocci
1014. 11” Brown Italian Odeon 110103/110104 [XM ? /XM1545]. I PURITANI: Nel mirarti / I PURITANI: Vieni fra queste braccia (Bellini). With MARIA (DE) ALEXANDROVICH [s]. IMs. One harmless long mk. side one, few lt. rubs. Cons. 2. $25.00.
DUSOLINA GIANNINI [s].
During the later 1920s, Giannini had great success in concert
and opera in Germany, England, Italy and Australia. Shortly before her German concert tour, she
and her chaperone, Mother Giannini, were awakened by a pistol packing burglar. She advised the
burglar that they had no money (all the talk being in German) and pleaded, “Have you no mother?
Have you no sister?” He was young and apparently overcome by a wave of sentimentality (and also
seeing that the pickings were slim), left via the window that was the scene of his original entrance.
He was caught the next day. This episode introduced her to the German press, but it was soon
replaced by her successful concert and opera reviews.
4981. 10” PW Red Electrola DA 892 [BVE-38031-4/BVE-38032-5]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni) / TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). While recorded in
the U.S. it was issued only in Europe, probably so as to not compete with Jeritza’s
recording of the same arias. Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4593. 10” PW Red HMV DA 4451 [ORA3238-I/ORA3239-II]. WALDESGESPRACH / DER
SCHMIED (both Jensen). Piano acc. Michael Raucheisen. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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1499. 12” Red PW Czech
HMV DB 1228
[Cc15056-II/CF2425II]. LA FORZA DEL
DESTINO: Pace, pace
mio Dio! / LA FORZA
DEL DESTINO: La
vergine degli angeli
(Verdi). Side one dir.
John Barbirolli. Side
two dir. Carlo
Sabajno. Small lbl.
stkr., IMs. Just about
1-2. $8.00.
1739. 12” late Red VdP DB
1217 [Cc15054-II/
Cc15055-IIA]. LA
FORZA DEL DESTINO: Madre, pietosa
vergine (Verdi). Two
DUSOLINA GIANNINI autographing for W.W. II navy men following a
sides. Orch. dir. John
concert in a Honolulu military hospital
Barbirolli. Just about
1-2. $7.00.
2016. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7602 [Cc15054-II/Cc15055-IIA]. Same as preceding listing (item
#1739). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
2023. 12” Red Czech HMV DB 1247 [Cc15480-I/Cc15482-III]. O SOLE MIO (di Capua) /
MANELLA MIA (Valente, trans. Vittorio Giannini). Orch. dir. George Byng. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
1763. 12” Red PW Electrola DB 1264 [CLR4947-I/CLR4948-II]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un
bel di / MANON LESCAUT: Recit. and In quelle trine morbide (both Puccini). In
German. With Berlin State Op. Orch. dir. Clemens Schmalstich. Small lbl. stkr.
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1440. 12” Red Swiss HMV DB 1946 [2D1579-3/2D1581-1]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Love
Duet (Puccini). Two sides. In Italian. With MARCEL WITTRISCH [t]. Just about
1-2. $12.00.
BENIAMINO GIGLI [t]. See: LUCREZIA BORI [s]
4180. 10” Red Vla 66102. SERENADE [RIMPIANTO] (Toselli). VrBk. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
4001. 10” Red Late aco‘30s pressing. Few tiny rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
4169. 10” Red late VdP DA 1292 [OM844-II/OM845-I]. LUCIA, LUCI (De Curtis) / ‘A
CANZONA ‘E NAPULE (Bovio). Orch dir. Carlo Sabajno. Superb late pressing, as are
most of the records in this Gigli grouping. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4998. 10” Red VdP DA 2535 [ORA1406-2/ORA1407-2]. TU SEI LA VITA MIA (Becce) /
NOTTE A VENEZIA (Camaiti]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4614. 10” Red late VdP DA 1650 [OEA3650-III/OEA3652-II]. MARECHIARE (Tosti) / LA
DANZA (Rossini). Orch. dir. Walter Goehr. Another wonderful pressing. Just about
1-2. $8.00.
4063. 10” Red late VdP DA 1654 [OBA2747-I/OEA6350-III]. DESIDERIO (Bixio) / MARECHIARE (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4311. 10” Red HMV DA 1815 [OEA13602-2/OEA13603-1]. QUANDO L’AMORE NASCE /
ALLA DANZA (both Cittadini). Orch. dir. Vito Carnevale. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4250. 10” Red HMV DA 1891 [OEA12595-2/OEA12596-2]. VIDALITA, Op. 45, No. 3 (Alberto Williams) / CANCIÓN DEL CARRETERO (Buchardo). In Spanish. Orch. dir.
Rainaldo Zamboni. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4362. 10” Red HMV DA 1917 [OEA13680-1/OEA13681-2]. SONA CHITTARA / PAESE
CHE NCATENA (both de Curtis). Orch. dir. Vito Carnevali. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
us. VdP DA 224 [20265b/B-25141]. O SURDATO ‘NNAMMURA- TO / TU SOLA (both de
Curtis). Nice pressing. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $8.00.
4370. 10” Red elec. PW Electrola DA 763 [BVE-28019-2/BVE-33882-1]. MARIA, MARI (Di
Capua) / QUANNO’ A FEMMENA VO (De Crescenzo). Small lbl. stkr. Excellent late
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4382. 10” Red Austrian HMV DA
2003 [OEA16386-4/
OEA16396-1]. NINNA NANNA (Fedri) / MADRIGALE
VILLERECIO (Gibilaro). Orch.
dir. Enrico Sivieri. Excellent
pressing. Few lightest rubs,
cons. 2. $10.00.
4008. 10” Red Late VdP DA 2025
[OEA16464-2/OEA16469-3A].
AMICU VENTU (Gibilaro)/
NUSTALGIA (Selvaggi). Orch.
dir. Enrico Silvieri. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
4569. 10” Red late VdP DA 2077
[OEA18131-2A/OEA181473A]. ROSI’ ROSI’ (De Luca) /
‘O PITTORE ‘E TUTTO ‘O
MUNNO (Angela). Orch. dir.
Enrico Silvieri. Excellent
pressing, few lightest mks.
Cons. 2. $10.00.
4360. 10” Red Late VdP DA 5377
[OBA3649-II/OBA3651-II].
MARISTELLA: Io conosco un
giardino (Pietri) / FEDORA:
Amor ti vieta (Giordano). Side
one lovely, little known lyric
aria. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4197. 10” Red Electrola DA 5414
[OBA4813-1/OBA4814-1].
NINNA-NANNA GRIGIO VERDE / TENEREZZA (both MiliBENIAMINO GIGLI
tello). Rare Wartime issue.
Just about 1-2. $25.00.
4938. 10” Red EE Vla 1084. STO PENZANNO ‘A MARIA / SENTINELLA (both De Curtis).
4924. 10” Red RCA Victor 10-1339 [OBA4186-2/OBA4187-2]. VIVERE / SE VOI GODER
LA VITA (both Bixio). Both from film Vivere. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1735. 12” Red Scroll “Z” surface Victor 8069. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’
ora (Verdi) / LA BOHÉME: Ah, Mimì, tu più (Puccini). With GIUSEPPE DE LUCA
[b]. Glassy surfaces. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1658. 12” Red PW Victor 8096 [takes 1/1]. LUCIA: Giusto Cielo! / LUCIA: Tu che a Dio
(Donizetti). With EZIO PINZA [b]. and Met. Chorus & Orch. dir. Giulio Setti. Just
about 1-2. $6.00.
1990. 12” White lbl. Gramophone Advance Copy 2-052161 [3325c]. LA FAVORITA: Spirto
gentil (Donizetti). Early Gigli, circa 1918. Excellent pressing, few lightest mks.
Cons. 2. $20.00.
2059. 12” Red Vla 74614 [3314c]. LA FAVORITA: Duetto finale dell’opera (Donizetti). With
ELVIRA CASAZZA [ms]. Additional early Gigli. VrBk. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2061. 12” Red Vla 74619 [3316c]. LA GIOCONDA: Laggiù nelle nebbie remote (Ponchielli).
With ELVIRA CASAZZA [ms]. VrBk. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2001. 12” Red PW Disco Grammofono DB 270 [1049aj/3323c]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA:
Mamma, quel vino è generoso / LODOLETTA: Ah! ritrovarla nella sua capanna!
(Mascagni). More early Gigli. Cons. 2. $12.00.
2052. 12” Red late acous. VdP DB 271 [3310c/1348aj]. MEFISTOFELE: Lontano, lontano
(Boïto). With GEMMA BOSINI [s] / LA BOHEME: O soave fanciulla (Puccini). With
MARIA ZAMBONI [s]. Still more early Gigli! Top pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1495. 12” Red late VdP DB 273 [C-24921/C-25109]. LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti) / FAUST: Salve dimora (Gounod). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
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1978. 12” White acous. HMV VB 46 [1051aj/1052aj]. L’AMICO FRITZ: Cherry Duet
(Mascagni). Two sides. With NERINA BALDISSERI [s]. Yet another early (1918)
Gigli. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1174. 12” White lbl. vinyl SS HMV DB 1901 [2B3508]. L’ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva
lagrima (Donizetti). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1863. 12” late Red VdP DB 21524 [2EA16540-2A/2EA16541-3A]. AVE MARIA (Kahn, arr.
Geehl) / OH GRANDE SOMMO IDDIO (Gigli-DiVeroli, arr Geehl). Orch. dir
Stanford Robinson. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
CHARLES GILIBERT [b]
1943. 12” TC Columbia A5008 [30096-1/30125-1]. DON GIOVANNI: Sérénade (Mozart);
MARGATON (arr. Weckerlin) / LILLIAN BLAUVELT [s]. HOME, SWEET HOME
(Payne). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $15.00.
ARISTODEMO GIORGINI [t]
2041. 12” Red Pre-Dog Angel Gram. Mon. 052208. L’ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva
lagrima (Donizetti). Very fine copy, cons. 2. $60.00.
ALMA GLUCK [s]
4957. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64225. LA
BOHÈME: Addio (Puccini). Superb
copy, as the grading indicates. Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
4170. 10” Red Victor 64416. THE BRAES O’
BALQUHIDDER (Scotch Highland Air).
4950. 10” Red Victor 64421. SNOW MAIDEN:
Aller au Bois (Rimsky-Korsakov). Beautiful, bright copy. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
4423. 10” White lbl. Vla 64713. THE PRAYER
PERFECT (Riley-Stenson). Never
doubled. Lt. rubs, very tiny edge flake
(far from grooves). 2. $7.00.
4161. 10” Red Vla 665. RED, RED ROSE
(Cottenet) / THE SWALLOWS (Cowen).
Lbl. scr. side one, surfaces just about
1-2. $7.00.
1694. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74245. CARMEN: Je dis que rien (Bizet). In Italian.
1692. 12” Red Vla 74274. NATOMA: Spring
Song of the Robin Woman (Victor Herbert). Conducted by the composer.
Gluck sings this in the score key of G
while it is usually transposed down to F.
VrBk. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
ALMA GLUCK
1569. 12” Red Victor 74504. ATALANTA:
Come, Beloved (Händel). Just about 1-2. $8.00
1687. 12” Red Victor 88577. CRUCIFIX (Faure). With LOUISE HOMER [c]. Just about
1-2. $8.00.
WALTER GLYNNE [t]. Cefngorwydd, Wales, 1890-Port Einon, Wales, 1970. A bank clerk
before he decided on a musical career, Glynne won a scholarship to the Royal College of Music in
London, 1910. After serving in WW I, he was recommended by Sir Landon Ronald to record for
HMV. He was also among the first singers to broadcast. Glynne’s career also encompassed the
concert and oratorio stages, as well as opera with the Carl Rosa and D’Oyly Carte opera
companies.
4903. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 77863. BLODWEN: Fy Mlodwen, F’anwylyd, fy Mhobpeth /
BLODWEN: Hywel, be ti’n geisio yma (Dr. Joseph Parry). Side two with BESSIE
JONES [s]. From 1923 HMV matrices. In Welsh. Rare recordings of excerpts from
the major Welsh opera. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
TITO GOBBI [b]
4531. 10” Purple late RCA Victor 25-7146. TORNA (Valente-Vento) / DICITENCELLO VUJE
(Fusco-Falvo). Orch. dir. Alberto Erede. His big “hit” record. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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4262. 10” White lbl. (plain) HMV mat. OEA14564-1/OEA14565-1. GONDOLA VENEZIANA / AMURI, AMURI (both Geni Sadero). Both sides unpublished. Few lightest
mks., cons. 2. $35.00.
AIDA GONZAGA [s]. See also: FERRUCCIO CORRADETTI [b]
1092. 11” Fonotipia 92448/92449 [XPh3779/XPh3780]. FAUST: Aria dei gioielli (Gounod).
Two sides. Side one gen. 2. Side two small scrapes (scr. clusters) which could
sound about ½”, otherwise 2-3. $10.00.
JEANNE GORDON [c]
4486. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla mat. B-30925-1. CARMEN: Séguidille (Bizet). Late acoustic
unpublished version. Only the early electric was issued. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
IGOR GORIN [b]. Grodek, Austria, 1904 – Tucson, AZ, 1982.
of a rabbi. Gorin studied in a Talmudist school
where he mastered Hebrew and eventually was
able to speak eight languages fluently as well.
He moved to Vienna at the age of 15 and was
heard by the noted voice teacher Viktor Fuchs,
who offered him free lessons via one of his
teaching assistants. From 1926-29 Gorin
studied at the Vienna Music Academy. His idol
was Battistini and he worked in particular to
emulate that singer’s bel canto style. In 1930
he became a member of the Vienna Volksoper,
singing a number of standard roles. His first
visit to the U.S. was a period from late 1930
into 1931 where he officiated as a cantor in a
temple in Providence, RI. Returning to Austria
and seeing the anti-semitic problems of the
time, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1933
permanently and became a naturalized U.S.
citizen in 1939. His voice proved ideal for
recording and radio work, and he became
much in demand for the various musical radio
shows of the period. His operatic appearances
included the Chicago Lyric Opera (1962), the
NYC Opera (1963), and the Metropolitan Opera
(one guest performance in 1964 as Giorgio
Germont). He retired in 1966 to Arizona
because of declining health, where he became
a Professor of Music at the University of
Arizona in Tucson. He also made LP
recordings for Golden Crest Records in
Huntington Station, NY, following his stage
retirement. Sometime in the 1970s, when I
happened to be visiting the Golden Crest
studios, the head of the company (I think his
name was Mr. Galehouse) proudly told me that
Igor Gorin had been there only shortly before to record.
Born Ignatz Greenberg, son
IGOR GORIN
4190. 10” Red PW Victor 4337. KASBEK (Caucasian Folk Song, arr. Bolin) / CAUCASIAN
MELODY (Charles Igor Gorin). Label gives the singer as (Charles) Igor Gorin. Orch.
dir. Nathaniel Shilkret. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4850. 10” Red PW Victor 4554. MY FRIEND / AMONG THE LIVING (both Albert Hay
Malotte). Both sides acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4942. 10” Red late RCA Victor 10-0038. NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART, Op. 6, No. 6
(Tschaikowsky) / THE BLIND PLOUGHMAN (Clarke). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4092. 10” Red RCA Victor 10-1201. THROUGH THE YEARS (Youmans) / EILEEN: Thine
Alone (Victor Herbert). Orch. dir. Maximillian Pilzer. Beautiful performances. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
OTTO GORITZ [b]
1080. 11” Brown Odeon 50115/50117 [Bx1488-2/XB1494]. PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo) / TANNHÄUSER: Blick ich umher (Wagner). Side one few LGTs, gen. 3. One
harmless rub side two, 2. $15.00.
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WINI GRABITZ [s].
Operetta star through at least the
first two decades of the 20th century, Grabitz made three
silent films in the 1919-1920 period. She appears in the
Lotz-Weggen Discographie der Judaica-Aufnamen, but this
recording isn’t listed.
1058. 11” Blue Odeon X.25027/X.25789 [XB1982/XB
(BX)2604]. BEGGAR STUDENT: Da kommt
zum Seelenleide auch noch der Appetit /
LUISE OBERMAIER [s]. BEGGAR STUDENT:
Couplet der Bronislawa (Millöcker). Excellent
ANNA GRAMEGNA [c]. Naples, 1880-Rome, 1965.
Her debut was in Bari, 1902, and she appeared
subsequently in a number of Italian houses as well as in
South America. She was Zita in the Rome Teatro Costanzi
European premiere of Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and also
was on stage at the Rome Opera in 1920 as Brangäne in
Tristan und Isolde. The following season she again sang
there in the world premiere of Vittadini’s Anima Allegra.
Other premieres included Respighi’s Belfagor at La Scala
in 1923 under Toscanini. Gramegna retired in the 1930s
and subsequently taught in Rome.
4693. 10” Green acous. SR Italian Gram. R.3573
[908ah/1287ah]. SAMSON ET DALILA: S’apre
per te / CHORUS [unidentified]. SAMSON ET
DALILA: Coro delle Filistee (Saint-Saens). IMs.
One LGT, otherwise cons. 2. $12.00.
ALESSANDRO GRANDA [t]
1827. 12” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 52046-X
[WBX300/WBX305]. RIGOLETTO: Ella mi fu
rapita / RIGOLETTO: Parmi veder le lagrime
(Verdi). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
WINI GRABITZ
HANNA [VON] GRANFELT [s]. Sakkola, Finland,
1884-Helsinki, 1952. Granfelt studied in Helsinki and
then in Paris with Duvernoy. She was active in opera,
particularly admired as a Wagner and Strauss interpreter,
and appeared 1915-22 at the Berlin Opera as well as a
guest at Covent Garden. She was equally noted as a
concert singer.
5010. 10” Plum PW HMV X.3134 [BE1572-II/BE1573I]. RUUSO PIENI (Y. Kilpinen) / ÄIDIN
SILMÄT (Hannikainen). Orch. acc. In Finnish.
Just about 1-2. $20.00.
APOLLO GRANFORTE [b]. See also: GIOVANNI
MARTINELLI [t], HINA SPANI [s], GIOVANNI
ZENATELLO [t].
5256. 10” Red acous. Vla 1114. LA PALOMA (Yradier)/
ALMA LLANERA-JOROPO (Guiterrez). Both in
Spanish. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4923. 10” Red PW Disco Grammofono DA 1053
[BM808-I/BM1188-I]. ZAZÀ: Buona Zazà /
ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccolo zingara (Leoncavallo).
Good pressing of this scarce item. Cons. 2.
$15.00.
APOLLO GRANFORTE
1165. 10” (on 12”) White lbl. vinyl SS HMV DA 1053
[BM808-I]. ZAZÀ: Buona Zazà (Leoncavallo).
Superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
5255. 12” Red acous. Fonotecnica C.5005. ANDREA CHENIER: Un dì, m’era di gioia
(Giordano) / RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi). Quite a rarity. 2-3. $50.00.
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VOCAL 78 rpm
GUNNAR
Discs
GRAARUD [t]. 1886-1960.
A leading Norwegian operatic tenor who made his
debut in 1919, Graarud was a prominent tenor with the Berlin State Opera (1924-1926) and the
Vienna State Opera (1929-1937). He was first heard at Bayreuth in 1927 and the following year
recorded the complete Tristan for Columbia. In 1927,
he was a creator in the Hamburg world premiere of
Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane, After his
retirement he taught at the Vienna Academy of Music
where among his pupils was Otto Edelmann.
5108. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62504 [1347ax/
1348ax]. EN SVAN / EN DROM (both
Grieg). Piano acc. Minor lbl. rubs on trademark area side two (where sticker was perhaps removed), otherwise just about 1-2.
$20.00.
RINALDO GRASSI [t]. Milano, 1886-Milano,
1946. A graduate of the Milan Conservatory, Grassi
made his debut at the Teatro Coccia in Novara as
Rodolfo in Puccini’s La Bohème. His career soon
covered many of the major Italian theaters, including
Milan’s La Scala and the Naples San Carlo. He was
also on the roster of the Metropolitan Opera, 1908-09,
where he appeared as Turiddu, Rodolfo, Ernesto (in
Don Pasquale), Fenton (in Falstaff), Cavaradossi and
Pinkerton. At Rome’s Teatro Costanzi he was in the
world premiere of Leoncavallo’s Maia. His career
continued until at least 1920 when he created the
leading tenor role in Pedrollo’s L’Uomo che Ride at the
Milano Teatro dal Verme.
His only recordings, I
believe, are ten sides for Fonotipia.
1090. 11” Col.-Fonotipia 92261/92262 [XPh3550/
XPh3559]. L’AFRICAINE: O Paradiso
(Meyerbeer) / MEFISTOFELE: Dai campi
(Boïto). Lt. rubs, 2. $15.00.
LOUIS GRAVEURE [b/t].
RINALDO GRASSI
The first four records below feature Graveure as a baritone and
the following five as a tenor.
5236. 10” Blk. acous. Columbia 88-M [80569-3/80570-1]. LESS THAN THE DUST / THE
TEMPLE BELLS (Amy Woodforde-Finden). From Four Indian Love Lyrics.
Top pressing. Cons. 2. $10.00.
4079. 10” Blk. acous. Columbia 91-M [81766-2/81767-1]. THERE IS A GARDEN (Proctor) / WHERE MY DEAR LADY SLEEPS (Breville-Smith). Piano acc. Ernö Balogh.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1698. 12” TC Columbia A5792 [48562-2/48563-2]. HÉRODIADE: Vision fugitive (Massenet) / PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.
1866. 12” Blk. acous. Columbia 5043-M [98140-4/98141-4]. THE WANDERER / WHO IS
SYLVIA? (both Schubert). Lightest lbl. stain side one, few lightest mks., cons. 2.
$8.00.
5090. 10” Red elec. Grammophon 10335 [5708½BD/5709½BD]. ES GIBT NUR EINE
LIEBE / ICH ZOG HINAUS (Künneke). Both from film Es gibt nur eine Liebe.
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4982. 10” Green elec. PW Polydor 10187 [5943½GD/5944½GD]. EIN WALZER FÜR DICH
(Meizel) / TAUSEND ROTTE ROSEN BLÜH’N (both Meisel). Both from film Ein
Walzer für dich. Small lbl. stain. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4637. 10” Green elec. PW Polydor 10545 [6626GR/6627GR]. DER DOPPELGÄNGER /
STÄNDCHEN (both Schubert). Piano acc. Waldemar von Vultée. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
1648. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50108-D [W98544-1/W98545-1]. LA BOHÈME: Che
gelida manina (Puccini) / CARMEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet). In Italian/French. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
1251. 12” Red PW Ultraphon F275 [30367-1/30368]. FAUST: Salut, demeure (Gounod) /
MARTHA: Ach, so fromm (Flotow). Both in German. Orch. dir. Selmar Meyrowitz.
Side one cons. 2. Side two a few harmless rubs, 2. $12.00.
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