Vocal 78s. - O`Sullivan - Zilliani - Choral 78s

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VOCAL 78 rpm
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JOHN O’SULLIVAN [t]
4390. 10” Red acous. Spanish Regal (Columbia) RS 5030 [70601/70694]. OTELLO:
Esultate! / OTELLO: Niun mi tema (Verdi). Cons. 2. $25.00.
4290. 10” Maroon acous. Eng. Columbia D5372 [B514/B532]. WILLIAM TELL: O muto
asil (Rossini) / CARMEN: Romanza del fiore (Bizet). Cons. 2. $25.00.
4403. 10: Red acous. Eng. Columbia D12458 [B541/B549]. LES HUGUENOTS: Stringe il
periglio (Meyerbeer). Two sides. With DORA DE GIOVANNI [s]. O’Sullivan’s
phenomenal top register heard here at full cry. Excellent surfaces. Few lightest
mks., cons. 2. $35.00.
4264. 10” Red acous. Eng. Columbia D12459 [B518/B532]. HUGUENOTS: Bianca al par
(Meyerbeer) / CARMEN: Romanza del fior (Bizet). Cons. 2. $25.00.
4953. 10” Blue elec. PW Eng. Columbia D1573 [WA3564/WA3562]. IL TROVATORE: Ah
si, ben mio / IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
MARIA PIA PAGLIARINI [s]. Modina, 1902-1935.
A pupil of Vezzani and Boninsegna,
Pagliarini made her debut in 1921 as Nedda in Pagliacci and retired in 1930 after marrying
conductor Antonio Fugazzola. Her final performance seems to have been Leonora in Il Trovatore at
Milan’s Teatro dal Verme. See: ALESSANDRO BONCI.
ESTHER PALLISER (or PALLISSER)
[s]. Germantown, PA, 1872 - ? , She was taught
by her musician parents and then studied further
in Europe. Her operatic debut was in Rouen as
Marguerite in Faust. This was followed by work
with the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1890.
Her career included other Gilbert and Sullivan
performances and tours, concerts, music festivals
and grand opera at Covent Garden and Drury
Lane. An appearance at the July, 1916 San Diego
Panama-California Exposition indicates that she
was active at least through this period, but as to
her subsequent career and life nothing seems to
be known.
1118. 10” Blk. London G&T 3288 [2100-R].
SPRING (Henschel). Such limpid,
effortless singing! Label is quite faded.
Surface very bright, possibly waxed
along the way? Harmless inherent
surface pressing waves. There are
some LGTs which sound (albeit
scarcely visible), but with these in mind
and the label faded, it otherwise looks
2 or better. $50.00.
IMRE PALLO [b]
1272. 10” (on 12”) White lbl. vinyl HMV AM
1687 [BW2109-1/BW2110-2]. HARY
ESTHER PALLISER
JANOS: Bordal (Kodály) / MARIA
BASILIDES [c]. TOLEM A NAP (both Kodály). Side one creator performance. Side
two piano acc. Otto Herz. Two single-sided pressings. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
ROSETTA PAMPANINI [s]
2137. 12” late Blue It. Col. GQX 10230 [WBX128/WBX134]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un
bel dì (Puccini) / ANDREA CHÉNIER: La mamma morta (Giordano). Excellent late
pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
CHARLES PANZÈRA [b]. See also: Col. DE LA ROCQUE in Personality Section
4571. 10” Blk. PW Disque Gram. P-724 [BFR110-I/BFR115-II]. CHANSON POUR LE
PETIT CHEVAL (Deodat de Severac) / LES BERCEAUX (Fauré). Piano acc. Mme.
Panzéra-Baillot. Excellent late ‘30s laminated pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4364. 10” Blk. PW Disque Gram. P-739 [BFR72-II/BRF71-II]. CLAIR DE LUNE /
LAMENTO (both Fauré). Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Another late ‘30s laminated
pressing. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
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4369. 10” Blk. PW Disque Gram. P-740 [BFR466-I/BTR3124-II] POÈMES CHINOIS: Notre
bateau glasse (J. Despas) / LES PRIÈRES: Symbole des Apotres (André Caplet).
Piano acc. Mme. Panéra-Baillot. Cons. 2. $15.00.
4844. 10” Blk. PW Disque Gram. P-804 [BT4014-II/BT4037-I]. CHANT HÉBRAÏQUE TRADITIONNEL [NOUS VENONS T’IMPLORER] (Léon Algazi) / CHANT POPULAIRE HÉBRAÏQUE [LA SÉPARATION] (Darius Milhaud). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4771. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA-4810 [OW478-II/OW479-II]. TROIS BALLADES DE
FRANÇOIS VILLON: Nos. 2: Ballade que fait Villon à la requeste de se mère/No. 3:
Ballade des femmes de Paris (Debussy). Orch. dir. P. Coppola. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
ANTONIO PAOLI [t]
4153. 10” White lbl. red vinyl Victor 91078 [10521b]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Figli miei
v’arestate (Saint-Saëns). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4154. 10” White lbl. red vinyl Victor 91080 [10522b]. LE PROPHÈTE: Re del ciel e dei
beati (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1899. 12” White lbl. red vinyl Victor 92049 [1178c]. IL TROVATORE: Miserere (Verdi).
With CLARA JOANNA [s]. Just about 1-2. $20.00
1704. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88268 [1844½c]. AIDA: Nume custode e vindice (Verdi). With
ANDREA PERELLO DE SEGUROLA [bs]. This is most often found as an S/8
transfer. Fine copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $15.00.
1768. 12” Red Vla 8050. PAGLIACCI: Un grande spettacolo! / PAGLIACCI: Finale (Leoncavallo). With GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s], GAETANO PINI-CORSI [t], ERNESTO
BADINI [b], and (side two only) GIUSEPPE ROSCI [b]. Conducted by the
composer. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1915. 12” Red HMV 052166 [1210c]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). Conducted by the composer. This was never issued in the U.S., Victor offering the
Caruso or Albani recordings to complete the Pagliacci set. 2. $15.00.
1938. 12” White lbl. red vinyl HMV 052329 [317ai]. IL TROVATORE: Ah si, ben mio
(Verdi). Pressed by Victor, but never issued in the U.S. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
SALVATORE PAPACCIO [t]. Naples, 1890 – Naples, 1977.
One source gives his debut
in 1908 at the Teatro San
Carlo as the Sailor in
Tristan
und
Isolde,
a
performance directed by
Cleofante Campanini. If his
debut and birthdate are
correct, this would have
made him 18 at the time.
His
repertoire,
mostly
comprimario roles, included
well over 100 parts. Most of
his operatic career was at
the Teatro San Carlo, from
which he retired in 1963.
He was also a famous
interpreter
of
Canzone
Napoletana, and he made
many records in this genre.
SALVATORE PAPACCIO [left] and BENIAMINO GIGLI [seated]
The disc below is a scarce
souvenir of his lengthy operatic career.
4222. 10” Green acous. Phonotype 3604/3605. L’ARLESIANA: Lamento di Federico (Cilèa)
/ GIULIETTA E ROMÉO: Lamento del cantatore (Zandonai). 3. $15.00.
ARMIDA PARSI-PETTINELLA [ms]
1084. 11” Col.-Fonotipia 92036/92096 [XPh2808/XPh3016]. MIGNON: Non conosci il bel
suol / MIGNON: In veder l’amata stanza [Gavotta di Federico] (Thomas). Small lbl.
stkrs. Cons. 2. $12.00.
TAURINO PARVIS [b]. See also: ERNESTO COLLI [t], GINA CIAPARELLI VIAFORA [s]
4973. 10” B&S Columbia 3080 [M-119-1]. OCCHI DI FATA (Denza). Piano acc. Nice copy.
2. $10.00.
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TANCREDI PASERO [bs]. See also: MAFALDA FAVERO [s]
4612. 10” PW Red Eng. Columbia D12537 [WB1324/WB1325]. FAUST: Dio dell’ or /
FAUST: Serenata (Gounod). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
LINA PASINI-VITALE [s]. See: ELVIRA DE HIDALGO [s]
CONCETTO PATERNA [bs]. Catania, 1870 – 1940?.
His debut seems to have been in
1890. Aside from appearing with many Italian companies, Paterna was also heard in Lisbon
(1890), the Metropolitan Opera (season of 1908-09), Covent Garden (1920), and Madrid’s Teatro
Reale (1915). Paterna was one of his era’s most prominent buffo basses, and at the Met his roles
included Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Dulcamara in l’Elisir d’Amore, Don Pasquale, and several
smaller parts. His lengthy career concluded in 1938 but included only five recorded sides (for
Fonotipia in 1910). -Roberto Marcocci.
1015. 11” Fonotipia 92769/92770 [XPh4446/XPh4447]. TUTTI IN MASCHERA: Aria di
Don Gregorio (Carlo Pedrotti). Two sides. The character on this record, Don Gregorio, is a music teacher akin to Rossini’s Dr. Bartolo. IMs. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
ADELINA PATTI [s]
1192. 12” White lbl. Vla 95037 [543f]. FAUST: Air
des Bijoux (Gounod). Harmless ULCs. Fine
1756. 12” Pink HMV 03056 [543f]. Same as
preceding item but HMV pressing (flush,
probably from the ‘teens or ‘twenties). Few
lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
1712. 12” Blue Opera Disc 03059 [549f]. ROBIN
ADAIR (Keppel). Piano acc. Just about
1-2. $10.00.
2113. 12” Pink HMV 03064 [557f]. WITHIN A MILE
OF EDINBORO’ TOWN (James Hook).
Piano acc. Sir Landon Ronald. PW. HMV
Bk. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1830. 12” White lbl. HMV 03080 [678c]. ‘TWAS
WITHIN A MILE OF EDINBORO’ TOWN
(Hook). Piano acc. Unpublished. Just about
1-2. $20.00.
1754. 12” PW Silver Vla IRCC 17-A [684½c]. LA
CALESERA (Yradier). This is an oddity,
being a single sided pressing, with regular
IRCC Vla label, numbered (in pen) 101.
Excellent condition, few lightest mks., cons.
2. $15.00.
ADELINA PATTI
TINO PATTIERA [t]
1834. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72759 [532as/534as]. CARMEN: Air de la fleur (Bizet) /
AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer). In French/Italian. Small lbl. stkr. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
1796. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72759 [532as/534as]. Same as preceding listing (item
#1834). Lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.
1312. 12” PW Blk. elec. Polydor 66628 [407bi/408½bi]. IDEALE (Tosti) / LOLITA (BuzziPeccia). In Italian. Orch. dir. Johann Heidenreich. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
JULIUS PATZAK [t]
4417. 10” Green PW Polydor 23919 [2939BH/2641½BH]. ICH HAB’ AMAL A RÄUSCHERL
G’HABT [WIENERLIED] (Wilhelm) / DU GUATER HIMMELVALER [WIENERLIED]
(Krakauer). Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
4600. 10” Green PW Polydor 23921 [2341BH/2643½BH]. EINE NACHT IN VENEDIG:
Gondollied (J. Strauss) / DER GOLDSCHMIED VON TOLEDO: Ständchen (Offenbach). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4591. 10” Orange PW Grammophon 10324 [5814½GR/5815½GR]. GASPARONE: O, daß
ich doch der Räuber wär (Millöcker) / WALDMEISTER: Die ganze Nacht durch
schwärmt (J. Strauss). Berlin Staatsoper Orch. dir. Leo Blech. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
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4823. 10” PW Blue Polydor 90202 [4325BD/4328BD]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Leb’ wohl
mein Blütenreich (Puccini) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni). Few
2025. 12” PW Blk. Polydor 66985 [960BI/961BI]. TALES OF HOFFMANN: Lied v. Kleinzack / TALES OF HOFFMANN: Ha, wie in meiner Seele (Offenbach). Berlin State
Opera Orch. dir Hermann Weigert. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
ROSE PAULY-DREESEN [s]
1358. 12” Red Decca G-25850 [XXB8186/XXB8188]. THE EGYPTIAN HELEN: Bei jener
Nacht / THE EGYPTIAN HELEN: Zweite Brautnacht! (Richard Strauss). Orch. dir.
Fritz Busch. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
PAUL PAYAN [bs]
1219. 12” PW Red Fr. Odéon 123.567
[XXP6708-I/XXP6711-I]. LA JUIVE: Si
la rigeur (Halévy) / LES HUGUENOTS:
Pif Paf Pouf (Meyerbeer). Just about
1-2. $15.00.
GERHARD PECHNER [b]
1689. 12” Blk. Orth. Victor V-56060
[CLR6411-I/CLR6413-I]. MAGIC
FLUTE: Bein Männern / DON GIOVANNI: Reich mir die Hand (both Mozart). Both with ELISABETH VAN
ENDERT [s]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
GIANNA PEDERZINI [ms]
4699. 10” Late Red VdP DA 5385 [OBA3866/
OBA3867-II]. CARMEN: Habanera
(Bizet) / CREPUSCOLO TRISTE (Giordano). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
5118. 10” Blue Odeon 15148
[C15945/C15930]. ANDALUZA (Granados) / TRISTEZZA (Chopin). Few
harmless rubs. One tiny ½” barely
visible patina (from rim). 2. $10.00.
JAN PEERCE [t]
PAUL PAYAN
4228. 10” Blk. Late RCA Victor 20-4960.
MARIA-LA-O (Lecuona) / ANYWHERE I WANDER (Frank Loesser). Rare late 78
issue. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.
AURELIANO PERTILE [t]
4422. 10” Gold Flags acous. Columbia 30014-D [70582-1/70588-1]. MEFISTOFELE:
Giunto sul passo / MEFISTOFELE: Dai campi (Boïto). Cons. 2. $10.00.
4920. 10” Blk. acous. Columbia 1911-M [70598-1/70599-1]. LOHENGRIN: Racconto
(Wagner) / PAGLIACCI: Un tal gioco (Leoncavallo). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4229. 10” Blue elec. It. Columbia GQ7179 [WB4906/WB4907]. MANON LESCAUT: Ah!
non v’avvincinate … Guardate, pazzo son / MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai
(Puccini). Very lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
1164. 10” (on 12”) White lbl. vinyl SS HMV DA 1185. ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: La
dolcissima effigie (Cilèa). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1665, 12” Red Orth. Vla 6832 [CD4916-II/CD4917-II]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Act I Love
Duet (Puccini). Two sides. With MARGARET SHERIDAN [s]. Just about 1-2.
$7.00.
1670. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7150 [CD4768-II T1/CF2358-IV]. LOHENGRIN: Cessaro i canti
alfin! With INES ALFANI TELLINI [s] / LOHENGRIN: Di, non t’incanta (Wagner).
With MARIA LUISA FANELLI [s]. Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Lbl. stkr. side one. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
1706. 12” Red PW Czech HMV DB 1480 [CF3677-I/CF3695-II]. WILLIAM TELL: O Mathilde, io t’amo (Rossini) / LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti). Side one with BENVENUTO FRANCI [t]. Fine pressing. Lt. superficial rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
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2034. 12” Blk. Telefunken F105 [026482/
026498]. OTELLO: Niun mi tema /
OTELLO: Dio! mi potevi (Verdi).
Late Pertile, 1943. La Scala Orch.
dir. Alberto Erede. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
VERA PETERS [s]. See: CHARLES
FRIANT [t]
ELISA PETRI [ms]. See: ANTONIO
MAGINI-COLETTI [b], FERRUCCIO
CORRADETTI [b]
NINO PICCALUGA [t]
4274. 10” Red acous. Odeon B.3738
[XPh5274/XPh5285]. ANDREA
CHÉNIER: Come un bel dì di
maggio (Giordano) / L’ULTIMA
CANZONE (Tosti). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
ALFRED PICCAVER [t]
4697. 10” Red acous. Polydor 70683
[2576ar/2583ar]. MATTINATA
(Leoncavallo) / LOLITA (BuzziPeccia). Lt. rubs, 2. $8.00.
1858. 12” Brown Odeon LXX 76801
NINO PICCALUGA
[XXB6530]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Arie
des Lenski (Tschaikowsky). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1555. 12” Blk. & White acous. Odeon JXX 76808/JXX76805 [XXB6537/XXB6534]. BELISARIO: O si tremendo annuzio / DON PASQUALE Com’ è gentil (both Donizetti).
Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $50.00.
GIUSEPPINA PICCOLETTI [s]. See: GENNARO DE TURA [t]
CAROLINA PIETRACEWSKA [c]
1260. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 053202/053238 [1559c/1795½c]. SAMSON ET DALILA:
S’apre per te (Saint-Saëns) / LA GIOCONDA: Voce di donna (Ponchielli). Just
about 1-2. $30.00.
GAETANO PINI-CORSI [t]. See: ANTONIO PAOLI [t]
AMELIA PINTO [s]
4148. 10” Red Milano G&T 53239 [1775g]. GERMANIA: Tu non sei buono (Franchetti).
1902 creator recording. Small lbl. stkr. Few minor lbl. rubs. Inherent pressing
indentations (mostly silent except for one, about ¼”). One dig about ½” from start
will click a few grooves. Otherwise gen. 3. $150.00.
1082. 11” Fonotipia 69177/69178 [XPh5068/XPh5069]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Morte
d’Isotta (Wagner). Pressings 18/20. Two sides. Very fine copy of this rarity. Cons.
2. $200.00.
EZIO PINZA [bs]. See also: BENIAMINO GIGLI [t], GIACOMO LAURI-VOLPI [t]
1314. 12” White lbl. acous. vinyl HMV SS DB 956 [Ck1818-II]. REQUIEM: Confutatis
(Verdi). Scarce acoustic version. $15.00.
1311. 12” White lbl. elec. vinyl Orth. Vla mat. CVE-51979-2. REQUIEM: Confutatis
(Verdi). Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
1453. 12” PW gold print Victor 8158. NORMA: Ite sul colle (Bellini) / FORZA DEL
DESTINO: Maledizione (Verdi). Both with Met Chorus and Orch. dir. Giulio Setti.
Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2098. 12” Mauve elec. HMV AGSB 103 [CVE-51979-2/CVE-59746-1]. REQUIEM:
Confutatis / IL TROVATORE: Abbietta Zingara (both Verdi). This item, otherwise
unpublished, was pressed by AGS but was never actually issued. Some copies were
circulated in later years following the death of producer Addison Foster. Just about
1-2. $30.00.
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POL PLANÇON [bs]
4972. 10” Red London G&T 2-2665 [1922G].
LES RAMEAUX (Faure). One LGT.
Remarkably clean copy of the first
issued take. Cons. 2. $75.00.
4971. 10” Red London G&T 2-2667 [1938G].
CARMEN: Air du Toréador (Bizet).
One tiny ½” barely visible rim patina
grooved side (absolutely harmless).
Three LGTs, few inherent pressing
bumps and depressions, otherwise
2-3. $60.00.
5268. 10” Red London G&T 2-32918 [3902b].
EN ROUTE (Schumann). A major
Plançon rarity. ½” silent edge patina
side one. Few MGTs. Gen. 3. $250.00.
4134. 10” Red Monarch 91016 [1925-II g].
LES DEUX GRENADIERS (Schumann). Unusually clean surface,
2. $40.00.
5001. 10” Red Victor 81023 [B-871]. NOËL
[O HOLY NIGHT] (Adam). Piano acc.
Superb copy. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
5059. 10” White lbl. Vla 81033 [B-991]. STABAT MATER: Pro peccatis (Rossini).
POL PLANÇON
Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
5149. 10” Red Pats. Vla 81040 [B-992].
FAUST: Sérénade (Gounod). Piano acc. Excellent copy. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2.
$7.00.
4062. 10” PW Gold Victor HRS 1021. LE SOUPIR (Bemberg) / DINORAH: Chant du
Chasseur (Meyerbeer). From orig. 1905 Victor matrices. Piano acc. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
5152. 10” Mauve HMV AGSA 32. LE CHALET: Arrêtons-nous ici (Adam) / ROMÉO ET
JULIETTE: Allons! Jenues gens! (Gounod). From orig. ’04 Victor matrices. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
1992. 12” White lbl. Vla 85018 [C-871]. SONNAMBULA: Vi ravviso (Bellini). Piano acc.
Rec. 23 Dec. 1903. A very heavy pressing (not standard vinyl but not shellac). Just
about 1-2. $25.00.
1849. 12” Red Pats. Vla 85076 [C-2336]. LE COR (Flégier). Piano acc. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
1676. 12” Mauve HMV AGSB 74 [C-6112/C-6113]. MIGNON: Ninna nanna (Thomas) /
STABAT MATER: Pro peccatis (Rossini). From orig. 1907 matrices. Side two never
issued originally by Victor. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
JEAN PLANEL [t]. See also: GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER [in Instrumental Section]
4402. 10” PW Pathé PA 1249 [CPT3381-I/CPT3382-I]. LE RIDEAU DE MA VOISINE /
CARMEN (both Marcelle Combes). Orch. dir. G. Briez. Very minor lbl. stain side
one. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
DAVID POLERI [t]. Philadelphia, 1921-Hawaii, 1967. A student of Alberto Sciaretti, Poleri
made his debut in Chicago, 1949, with the San Carlo Opera as Gounod’s Faust and 1951 with the
NYC Opera as Alfredo in La Traviata. In 1954 he created the leading tenor role of Michele in
Menotti’s The Saint of Bleeker Street in New York (in English) and the following year at La Scala (in
Italian) and, in addition, appeared at Glyndbourne, Edinburgh, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
and various other operatic festival sites. His death occurred during a sightseeing helicopter crash
in Hawaii. He evidently had quite a temper, as in singing in Carmen with Gloria Lane at the
Chicago Lyric Opera, he “stalked off the stage in the final act, snarling ‘Finish it yourself!’ at the
conductor (with whom he had had a tiff)”. Miss Lane thereupon sang both his part and hers and
ended up committing suicide by stabbing herself with her thumb instead of a knife. His son, also
David, is an active operatic tenor today and has appeared at the Met and many other venues.
4334. 10” Late Red RCA Victor 10-3910. ONE LOVE TOO MANY (Paone) / PLEASE SAY
YOU LOVE ME (Kent). Uncommon. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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MATYLDA
POLINSKA-LEWICKA [s].
Discs
Warsaw, 1881-St.-Sauveur-des-Monts,
Canada, 1968. Her operatic debut seems to have been with the Boston Opera in 1910 as
Frasquita in Carmen, a role she repeated with the company a number of times in Boston and on a
national tour. She subsequently appeared in principal parts with the opera companies in Lviv and
Krakow and then at the Vienna Volksoper. In her native Poland, she was a star at the Warsaw
Opera where, from 1924-1931, she was featured in leading roles in such operas as Aida and
Halka.
4783. 10” Blk. Syrena-Electro 3340 [20285/20286]. HALKA: Gdyby rannem slonkiem
(Moniuszko). Two sides. IMs. 2. $35.00.
4784. 10” Blk. Syrena-Electro 3545 [20284/20303]. HALKA: Iako od wichru krzew
polamany / WARSAW OPERA CHORUS. HALKA: Chó powitalny (Moniuszko). IMs.
2. $20.00.
TINA POLI-RANDACCIO [s]
4336. 10” Red PW elec. Fonotipia M-6055 [Pho6415-2/Pho6416]. LA GIOCONDA: Così
mantieni il petto? [Final Scene] (Ponchielli). Two sides. With GIOVANNI
INGHILLERI [b]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
2101. 12” Red PW elec. Odeon-Fonotipia F-5613 [XXPho6322/XXPho6323]. ISABEAU: I
tuoi occhi (Mascagni). Two sides. With ATTILIO BARBIERI [t]. Cons. 2. $25.00.
SALVATORE POLLICINO [t]
1227. 12” Blue acous. Odeon N.55621/N.55622 [XXPh5459/XXPh5460, crossed out and
replaced by XXMo1681/XXMo1682]. LUCIA : Lucia perdona / LUCIA: Qui la sposa
eterna fede (Donizetti). With LUISA ROVERE [s]. Pollicino is given on the label as
SAPOLI, although he has signed the matrix with his own name. Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
4164. 10” Red elec. Fonotipia A-2144 [Pho5945-2/Pho5946]. LO ZAREVICH: Aria del
Volga / LO ZAREVICH: Aria dello Zarevich (Lehár). Small lbl. stkrs., few tiny mks.,
cons. 2. $25.00.
LILY PONS [s]
4834. 10” White lbl. PW vinyl Victor
BS-051214-1. IL PLEURE
DANS MON COEUR (Debussy). Rec. 3 May 1940. Unpublished. Lightest mks.,
cons. 2. $20.00.
5019. 10” White lbl. PW vinyl Victor
BS-051215-1. L’ENFANT ET
LES SORTILÈGES: Air d’enfant (Ravel); FANTOCHES
(Debussy). Unpublished.
Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1962. 12” Red PW Victor 17233. IL
BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA:
Dunque io son (Rossini) /
RIGOLETTO: Il nome Vostro
ditemi (Verdi). With GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Orch.
dir. Wilfred Pelletier. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
LILY PONS and Victrola
CARMELA PONSELLE [ms]
4691. 10” Blk. acous. Columbia 23-M [81124-3/81420-1]. L’HEURE EXQUISE (Hahn) /
MOONLIGHT, Op. 39, No. 5 (Schumann). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
5033. 10” Blk. acous. Columbia 56-M [80750-3/80751-2]. SOMEWHERE A VOICE IS
CALLING (Tate) / ALICE, WHERE ART THOU? (Ascher). Few lt. rubs. Side one
cons. 2. Side two harmless faint rim patina, 2. $7.00.
ROSA PONSELLE [s]. See also: CARMELA PONSELLE [ms]
4524. 10” White lbl. Orth. vinyl Vla BVE-32850-2. THE LITTLE OLD GARDEN [SANCTUARY] (Hewitt). Superb pressing. Issued only as VA 67. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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4829. 10” White lbl. Orth. vinyl Vla BVE32851-1. LA ROSITA (Dupont).
Again, a superb pressing. Issued
only as VA 69. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
4804. 10” White lbl. Orth. vinyl Vla BVE32852-5. BELOVED (Silberta).
Another superb pressing. Issued
only as HMV VA 67. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
4805. 10” White lbl. Orth. vinyl Vla BVE32873-2. LA SPAGNOLA (Di Chiara). Yet another top pressing. Issued only as HMV VA 69. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
4812. 10” White lbl. Victor (shellac) test
BVE-32873-2. LA SPAGNOLA (Di
Chiara). VrBk. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
4831. 10” White lbl. vinyl RCA Victor
pressing PBS-042209-3. WHEN I
HAVE SUNG MY SONGS (Charles).
Issued only as VA 68. Ponselle has
written on the label “Best” (underlined twice) and also “original key”.
Harmless superficial rubs, cons. 2.
$12.00.
4832. 10” White lbl. (plain) vinyl Victor
PBS-042209-3. Same as preceding
except plain white label. Written
Teen-aged ROSA PONSELLE and her Mamma in front
of their Meriden, CT, home.
lightly in pencil (in Ponselle’s hand) is the title, over which she has written in ink
“When I Have Rung my Sung” (??). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1829. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68000-D [98059-1/98062-2]. AFRICAINE: Figlio del sol
(Meyerbeer) / BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimì (Puccini). Never issued single-face.
Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1318. 12” Gold Flags Columbia 68037-D [98028-2/49686-3]. ERNANI: Ernani involami / I
VESPRI SICILIANI: Bolero (both Verdi). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $20.00.
1855. 12” Blue Columbia 7026-M [98051-1/49994-8]. WILLIAM TELL: Selva opaca
(Rossini) / CARMELA PONSELLE [ms]. XERXES: Largo (Händel). One harmless
scuff side two, few lt. rubs. Cons. 2. $15.00.
2031. 12” Purple Columbia 9010-M [49922-2/49734-1]. IL TROVATORE: Mira d’acerbe
lagrime (Verdi). With RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b] / AIDA: O terra addio (both
Verdi). With CHARLES HACKETT [t]. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1189. 12” White lbl. (orig. test) Columbia 49922-3. IL TROVATORE: Mira d’acerbe lagrime
(Verdi). With RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b]. The issued take was 2, recorded 30
Dec. 1920. This seems to be the only known copy of take 3. Slight, harmless warp.
Some MGTs, 3-4. $200.00.
1511. 12” Red “Z” shellac Scroll Victor 6875. ERNANI: Ernani, involami / LA FORZA DEL
DESTINO: Pace, pace mio Dio (both Verdi). Superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1576. 12” PW Red Victor 16451. ON WINGS OF DREAM (Arensky) / THE NIGHTINGALE
AND THE ROSE, Op. 2, No. 2 (Rimsky-Korsakov). With Romano Romani [pianist]
and, side two, Mischa Violin [violinist]. Looks perfect, as do most listings in this
category. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1881. 12” Silver PW Victor IRCC 126 [C-29446-2/CVE-32865-3]. AIDA: Pur ti riveggo
(Verdi). With GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t] / OLD FOLKS AT HOME (Foster). Side
one first edition, 1924 acoustic Victor matrix. Side two first U.S. edition, 1925
Victor electric. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1642. 12” Blue acous. HMV ABHB 3 [C-29451-2/C-29450-1]. AIDA: La fatal pietra /
AIDA: O terra addio (Verdi). With GIOVANNI MARTINELLI [t]. Both sides first and
only editions of unpublished 1924 acoustical recordings. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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1921. 12” Red vinyl Vla Mat. C-29451-2. AIDA: La fatal pietra (Verdi). With GIOVANNI
MARTINELLI [t]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
EVGENIA POPELLO-DAVIDOVA [ms]. See: ANTONINA NEZHDANOVA [s]
IDA PORCINAI [s]. See: BRUNO LANDI [t].
Porcinai’s career ran from the mid-1920s to
about 1942. Originally she sang as Elisa Porcinai (although “Ida” appears on the record label listed
herein). She appears to have wed one Mr. Gatti in 1931 and then retired from the stage, returning
in 1936 as Elisa Gatti-Porcinai. Her career was in the Italian provincial theaters in leading
soprano roles of operas such as L’Amico Fritz, Andrea Chenier, Mefistofele, La Bohème and Il
Piccolo Marat.
YVONNE PRINTEMPS [s]. See: FEODOR CHALIAPIN [bs]
TULLIO QUERCIA [b]. See: ELVINO VENTURA [t]. Quercia
(Buenos Aires, 1878-1950)
received his degree in engineering prior to launching an operatic career. His debut was in 1901 as
Escamillo in Carmen at the Naples San Carlo, and he retired in 1913, a result of a lengthy illness.
Despite this, he continued as a teacher, one of his major pupils having been tenor Pedro Mirassou.
GIUSEPPE RADAELLI [t]. Bergamo,
1885-New York City, 1939.
One source
indicates that Radaelli made his debut as
Enzo in La Gioconda, 1914, at the Teatro
Lauro Rossi in Macerata. Another states he
was first heard in Sicily. After singing in the
Italian provinces, he made his debut at the
Rome Teatro Costanzi in 1919 as Don Jose,
appearing there again in 1923. An obituary
and an internet site both mention his work
at La Scala in 1923 but his name doesn’t
appear in the La Scala Cronologia. He likely
sang in South America in the 1930s.
Radaelli’s final appearances were with the
Salmaggi Opera in New York in Aida and
Pagliacci in 1938, and he had previously
been connected with Salmaggi performances
in New York as early as 1924.
4195. 10” Maroon elec. Eng. Columbia
D5992 [WB2341/WB2370].
L’UOMO CHE RIDE: Oh! Padre
mio (Lega, after Victor Hugo-Pedrollo) / UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Di tu se fedele (Verdi). Few
lt. mks., cons. 2. $35.00.
MARCELLE RAGON [s]
4638. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gramophone P526 [BL55-II/BL56-II].
QUO VADIS: Des fleurs de ce
jardin (Jean Nuoguès) / LE
CENT VIERGES: Il n’est pas de
Bonheur (Lecocq). Cons. 2.
$10.00.
GIUSEPPE RADAELLI
LEON RAINS [bs]
4132. 10” Blk. Dresden G&T 3-42367/3-43450 [3909h/232r]. LOHENGRIN: Konigsgebet
(Wagner)/DER FREISCHÜTZ: Scene des Eremiten (v.Weber), Excellent copy, few
lightest mks. Cons. 2. $50.00.
ROSA RAISA [s]
5269. 10” Blue Aeolian-Vocalion 30101 [5504]. EILI, EILI (Trad. Hebraic Melody). Two
takes were issued, the other 5505. IMs. Cons. 2. $8.00.
4851. 10” Brown Shellac Vocalion 60036 [7033/7039]. KALINKA / NIGHT (Russian Folk
Songs). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1910. 12” Brown Shellac Vocalion 52013 [7164]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, pace mio
Dio (Verdi). Two takes of this were issued. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1640. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 202 [2M1445-2/2M1446-2]. LA GIOCONDA: Suicidio!
(Ponchielli) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni). Label signed by
Raisa. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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EFIMOVA RADINA-FIGNER [s]. Russia, 1872-Vienna, 1944.
The second
wife of tenor Nicolai Figner (following his divorce from Medea Mei-Figner in 1904), Radina-Figner
was a gifted lyric soprano. She made her debut in 1893 and appeared in opera in a number of
Russian houses and in Germany and Austria as well. As seems to have been the wont of many
artists of the period, she sang a wide variety of roles, including Euridice, Aida, and Santuzza, and
of course a number of Russian roles, such as Lisa in Pique Dame (which the first Mrs. Figner had
created). Radina left the opera stage in 1905, likely to wed Nikolai that year and to give birth to a
daughter, born in 1906. She subsequently appears to have sung only on occasion in concert and
also to have made a few rare recordings for The Gramophone Company/Zonophone.
4723. 10” Blk. Pre-Dog Angel St. Petersburg Gram. Con. 2-23353 [8047L]. NIGHT, Op. 60,
No. 9 (Tschaikowsky). Piano acc. Small edge flake not near grooves. Couple LGTs,
cons. 2-3. $100.00.
AULIKKI RAUTAWAARA [s]
4551. 10” Blue PW Telefunken A2542 [23022/23023]. TULIN ONNENI YRTTITARHAAN
(Folk Song) / BEIM KUCKUCKSRUF, Op. 7, No. 2 (Yrjö Kilpinen). In Finnish. Orch.
dir. Dr. Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
2037. 12” Blue PW Telefunken E19014 [026354/026355]. ARIOSO, Op. 3 (Sibelius) /
ÅTER (Ture Rangström). Orch. dir. by Ture Rangström. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
ALICE RAVEAU [c]
4275. 10” Green elec. Pathé PG 19 [CPT1016-1/CPT1017-1]. NININA / O CINCIARELLA
(both Henri Tomasi). Acc. by the composer. Scarce. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4294. 10” Red PW elec. Pathe X.93139 [E250321/E250326]. DROITE, DANS LA CANDEUR DES VOILLES (Barlow) / ILLARGUI EDERRA [LA LUMIÊRE MORTE] (Raoul
Laparra). Piano acc. Godfroy Andolfi (small ensemble accompanying side one).
Beautiful copy, few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
SYDNEY RAYNER [t]
4223. 10” PW Blue Eng. Decca F.40288 [CB4646-2D/GB4647-3D]. OBSTINATION (de
Fontenailles) / ‘A VUCCHELLA (Tosti). Piano acc. Adrian Holland. Lt. rubs, cons.
2-3. $8.00.
4777. 10” PW Blue Eng. Decca F.45020 [GB4726-1C/CB5381-11D]. AFRICAINE: O
Paradis! (Meyerbeer) / RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi). Tiny edge flake side
one far from grooves, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.
MARCOS REDONDO [b]. See: CONCHITA SUPERVIA [ms]
PAUL REIMERS [t]. See: HULDA LASHANSKA [s]
ALBERT REISS [t]
1890. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 140. SIEGFRIED: Zwangvolle Plage! / BARTERED
BRIDE: Ich Weiss Euch einen lieben Schatz (Smetana). From orig. 1911/1909
Victor matrices. Side two first edition and piano accompanied. Few small rubs side
two, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
MAURICE RENAUD [b]
4939. 10” White lbl. Vla 91069 [5716o]. RONDEL DE L’ADIEU (De Lara). Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
ELISABETH RETHBERG [s]
5061. 10” Green elec. German Brunswick A7744 (15149). ES STEHT EIN BAUM IN
JENEM TAL (Taubert) / DER NUSSBAUM (Schumann). Piano acc. A U.S. issue
number was assigned (15149) but it was never used. This is the only issue of side
one and is exceedingly scarce. Lt. rubs, 2. $50.00.
1321. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50054. ANDREA CHÉNIER: La mamma morta (Giordano) / BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimi (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1647. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 50118. WOULD GOD I WERE THE TENDER APPLE
BLOSSOM (arr. Fisher) / SNOWY BREASTED PEARL (De Vere). Tiny lbl. stkr.,
couple minor rubs. Cons. 2. $12.00.
1574. 12” late Red VdP DB 1455 [CVE-58610/CVE-58611]. AIDA: Cielo, mio padre (Verdi).
Two sides. With GIUSEPPE DE LUCA [b]. Superb late pressing. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
1853. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 7393. OTELLO: Salce, salce / OTELLO: Ave Maria
(Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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AURORA RETTORE [s]. See: ALESSANDRO BONCI [t]
CORINNE
RIDER-KELSEY [s]. Leroy, NY, 1877Toledo, OH. 1947. Mme. Rider-Kelsey (after 1927 Mme. Rider-
Reed) was a leading concert and oratorio soprano. She made an
operatic debut at Covent Garden in 1908 as Micaëla in Carmen
(with Maria Gay). She received successful reviews, but,
according to her second husband, she “hated the artificiality of
it, the make-up, the idea of climbing a ladder to make an
entrance down a hill…” After three performances she returned
to the U.S. and completely abandoned any further thoughts of
opera. Her career continued into the 1930s, after which she
taught. She made one exceedingly rare record for Victor in 1910
and beginning in 1915 recorded exclusively for Columbia for
slightly over a decade.
4210. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 121-M [W141904-4/
W141905-4]. BY THE WATERS OF MINNETONKA
(Lieurance) / AT DAWNING (Cadman). Just about
1-2. $15.00.
GIACOMO RIMINI [b]
4244. 10” Vertical Aeolian-Vocalion 50005 [1635?]. RIGOCORINNE RIDER-KELSEY
LETTO: Povero Rigoletto (Verdi). With Chicago
Opera Chorus and unidentified solo voices. Bright lbl. Looks cons. 3-4 but plays
very well with 1.5 stylus. $15.00.
5270. 10” Vertical Aeolian-Vocalion 30009 [1631]. SERENATA GELATA (Buzzi-Peccia).
Very rare indeed. (Note that label appears
brighter in photo.) 2-3. $30.00.
4453. 10” (lateral) Vocalion 60051 [10931/
10940]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla
vita (Verdi) / FEDORA: La donna russa
(Giordano). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
MARGARET RITCHIE [s]
4890. 10” Plum HMV B.10017 [OEA-13269-1/
OEA-13270-1]. HUSH EVERY BREEZE
(Hook, arr. Franklin). Featured in film
Pink String and Sealing Wax. Two sides.
Philharmonia Orch. dir. Lawrance
Collingwood. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
MADO ROBIN [s]
4265. 10” Red VdeSM DA 5030 [OLA5663I/OLA5664-2]. PERLE DU BRÉSIL:
Couplets du Mysoli (David) / MANON
LESCAUT: L’Éclat de rire (Auber). One
harmless lt. rub, just about 1-2. $10.00.
WILLIAM ROBYN [t]
5141. 10” Blk. acous. Cameo 611 [1014-C/1016B]. AVE MARIA (Bach-Gounod) / EUGENE ORMANDY [violinist]. AVE MARIA
(Bach-Gounod). While not given label
credit for the obbligato on side one, Mr.
Robyn said that it was indeed Ormandy
playing. Harp acc. Carl Schuetze. Side
WILLIAM ROBYN and his Victrola
on label signed by Robyn. Light NS side
one and ndle. run on lbl., otherwise 2. Side two a few LGTs, 3. $20.00.
WILHELM RODE [bs]
4277. 10” Green elec. PW Polydor 25381 [5298½BD/5299½BD]. ODIN’S MEERES-RITT
(Loewe, Op. 118). Two sides. Piano acc. Karl Bergner. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2065. 12” Red PW Ultraphon F525 [30426/30497-1]. OTELLO: Credo (Verdi) / MEFISTOFELE: Son lo spirito (Boïto). Both in German. With Berlin Phil. dir. Selmar Meyrowitz. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
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ROSE [s]. Gdansk, 1904-Baden-Baden, 1997.
Rose was an exceptionally
popular singer and actress in Germany. She made her first film there in 1936, and this was
followed by others. After W.W. II, she was particularly noted for her many radio acting roles. This
is the first operatic record I’ve seen by her.
4864. 10” Green elec. PW Polydor 11310 [8524½GR/8525½GR]. DAS GLÖCKCHEN DES
ERMITEN: Er liebt mich (Maillart). Two sides. Orch. dir. Wolfgang Reuter. Superficial rubs, gen. 2. $10.00.
MARCELLA ROSELER [s]
4935. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62524 [3634½ar/
3635ar]. SCHLECHTES WETTER / MIT
DEINEN BLAUEN AUGEN (both Richard
Strauss). Piano acc. Just about 1-2.
$25.00.
ANNE ROSELLE [s]
4759. 10” Green PW elec. Polydor 522327
[5542½BKP/5544½BKP]. TANGO DU
FRISSON / UN REGARD D’AMOUR (both
Félix Hupka). From film Plaisirs de Paris.
Conducted by the composer. Just about
1-2. $30.00.
1180. 12” Red EE Polydor 73026 [108bm/
109bm]. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi) /
MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Dio madre (Puccini). Scarce. Lt. rubs. 2-3. $20.00.
1832. 12” Blk. elec. PW Polydor 66745 [883bm/
885½bm]. AIDA: O patria mia / OTELLO: Ave Maria (Verdi). Few lightest mks.,
cons. 2. $25.00.
VLADIMIR ROSING [t]
5121. 10” Pink Eng. Aeolian Vocalion B-3105
[01933/01962]. THE PRISONER (RubinANNE ROSELLE as Turandot
stein) / YEREMOUSHKA’S CRADLE
SONG (Moussorgsky). IMs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2097. 12” Blk. shellac Vocalion 38018. SONG OF THE VOLGA BOATMEN [arr. ChaliapinKoeneman) / VOLGA LULLABY (Arensky). British Vocalion matrices. Extraordinarily long, floated high note at end side two. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
ARCHANGELO ROSSI [bs]. Ferentino, 1857-Milano, 1907.
A very humorous (at least I
find him so) buffo. He was successful in Italy, including La Scala, preceding his Met debut in La
Boheme, 1903, as both Benoit and Alcindoro. His other roles during his Met tenure included Don
Pasquale, Dr. Dulcamara, Masetto and the Sacristan in Tosca. He had been in San Francisco
touring with the Metropolitan Opera during the disastrous earthquake of 1906, and it left him in a
state of increasing “emotional distress”. On Feb. 16, 1907, he participated in Don Pasquale, which
turned out to be one of the strangest presentations in Met history. The first scene of act one was
completely omitted. Rossi appeared in the second act but sang it entirely seated in a chair. It was
announced that he was indisposed and that the remainder of the opera would be sung without a
Don Pasquale. The act turned out to be tenor, Andreas Dippel, singing “Com’è gentil” and then
soprano Marcella Sembrich rendering Arditi’s “Parla” which, of course, had nothing to do with Don
Pasquale. Shortly after, Rossi or the management cancelled the rest of his season. He returned to
Italy and in June of 1907 committed suicide “in a moment of desperation”. –Information from Jim
McPherson’s article in The Record Collector, Vol. 46, No. 1.
4624. 10” Blk. GP ’04 Victor 4443. DON GIOVANNI: Madamina! Il catalogo è questo
(Mozart). Cons. 2. $15.00.
1481. 12” Blk. Victor 68144 [C-2508-2/628c]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Manca un foglio /
GIUSEPPINA HUGUET [s]. BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Rossini).
Nice pressing. Few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $10.00.
HELGE ROSWAENGE [t]
4259. 10” Green elec. Polyphon X.S41470 [2414BR/2415BR]. PIP! PIP!: Fugle-Potpourri
(arr. Teddy Peterson). Two sides. Roswaenge is, on both sides, an uncredited soloist
for the Paul Godwin Dance Orchestra. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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4086. 10” Green elec. Polyphon X.S50042
[1602BN/1603BN]. HVORFOR
SMILER DU, MONA LISA? (Stolz)
/VENEDIG (Howalt). Roswaenge
is, on both sides, an uncredited
soloist for Ilja Livschakoff’s Danse
Orkester. Cons. 3. $12.00.
4926. 10” Green PW Polydor 10447
[2827½GN/2828GN]. TURANDOT: Non piangere Liù / TURANDOT: Nessun dorma (Puccini). In
German. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4182. 10” Red Electrola DA 4472
[ORA4336-I/ORA4337-I].
PAGLIACCI: Schmerzet immer/
PAGLIACCI: Lache, Bajazzo
(Leoncavallo). Excellent pressing.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4184. 10” Red Swiss HMV DA 4504
[ORA5328-II/ORA5329-II].
TOSCA: Wie sich die Bilder
gleichen / TOSCA: Und es blitzten
die Sterne (Puccini). Another first
rate pressing. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
4682. 10” Red Danish HMV DA 5224
[ORA4725-I/ORA4729-I]. AFTEN
PAA LOGGIAEN (Heise) / HVIS
DU HAR VARME TANKER (Børresen). Piano acc. Bruno SeidlerWinker. Scarce. Small lbl. stkr. and minor lbl. stain side one. Cons. 2. $15.00.
4956. 10” Plum PW HMV EG 3693 [ORA1316-II/ORA1317-II]. MEIN HERZ HAT DICH SO
VIEL ZU FRAGEN (Balz) / AUS MEINER JUGEND (Bussmann). Orch. dir Bruno
Seidler-Winkler. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4172. 10” Brown PW HMV EG 6200 [ORA2460-II/ORA2461-II]. DER PRINZ VON THULE:
Juble, mein Herz / DER PRINZ VON THULE: Küss die Hand, schöne Frau (Rudolf
Wille). Creator performances. Scarce. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
MARIA ROTA [s]
1182. 12” Green elec. Eng. Columbia D14555 [BX582/BX583]. I PASTORI / LA MADRE
AL FIGLIO LONTANO (both Ildebrando Pizzetti). Acc. by the composer. Just
about 1-2. $60.00.
LÉON ROTHIER [bs]. See also: ENRICO CARUSO [t].
1430. 12” Blue Columbia 7027-M [48633-5/49169-2]. LA MARSEILLAISE (de l’Isle) / LES
DEUX GRENADIERS (Schumann). Superb pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
EDOUARD ROUARD [b]. See: MARIE CHARBONNEL [c]
CHARLES ROUSSELIÈRE [t]
4345. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32787 [1714-F-1]. SIGURD: Un souvenir poignant (Reyer).
Piano acc. Excellent copy. Slightest inherent harmless surface waviness, tiny lbl.
rub, 2. $50.00.
5003. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32843 [1814-F]. LA JUIVE: Rachel, quand du Seigneur
(Halévy). Piano acc. 2-3. $40.00.
4787. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 2-32885 [2069-F-1]. LE CID: Ô souverain, ô juge! (Massenet).
Piano acc. 2. $50.00.
TITTA RUFFO [b]. See also: ENRICO CARUSO [t]
4949. 10” Red acous. Vla 985. HAMLET: Apparizione dello Spettro / HAMLET: Essere o
non essere (Shakespeare). Spoken by Ruffo. IMs. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4418. 10” late Argentine elec. RCA Victor 1401. TORNA A SURRIENTO (de Curtis) / IL
GITANO RE [Paganucci). Cons. 2. $8.00.
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1788. 12” Red acous. Vla 6429. CRISTOFORO COLOMBO: Dunque ho sognato? (Franchetti) / FAUST: Dio possente (Gounod). Side two, a 1922 Victor recording, only
form of issue. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1977. 12” Late Red VdP DB 241 [C-15888/C-24622]. I DUE GRANATIERI (Schumann) /
ANDREA CHÉNIER: Un dì m’era di gioia
(Giordano). Just about 1-2. $6.00.
GERTRUD
RÜNGER [s]. Poznan, 1899-
Berlin, 1965. Her first stage experiences were as a
chorister (1922) in Stralsund. From there she moved
to occasional soloist work in other companies and
eventually to principal roles. She was heard as a
leading member of the Vienna Opera, 1930-35, and
the Berlin Opera, 1934-1948, as well as giving
successful performances at the Salzburg Festival, La
Scala, Covent Garden, the Paris Opéra and the
Metropolitan, 1936-37. She was at home in parts
such as Brünnhilde, Elektra, Leonore in Fidelio,
Clytemnestra and Lady Macbeth, as well as singing
mezzo parts, for example Eboli in Don Carlos, Ortrud,
and Amneris. Rünger (not to be confused with
Gertrude Runge of an earlier era) was also a concert
singer of note and later a teacher.
1626. 12” Red PW Grammophon 15098 [318GO/
319GO]. MACBETH: Sleepwalking Scene
(Verdi) / DON CARLOS: Arie der Eboli
GIANNINA RUSS [s]
1030. 11” Fonotipia 69075/69078 [XPh4936/
XPh4937-2]. SEMIRAMIDE: Bel raggio
lusinghier/ SEMIRAMIDE: Ah, qui verrà
(Rossini). IMs. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
1054. 11” Fonotipia 92954/92955 [XPh3360/
XPh3501]. FEDORA: O grandi occhi /
FEDORA: Tutto tramonta, tutto dilegua
[Morte di Fedora] (Giordano). Side two
with EDOARDO GARBIN [t]. Some small
PB, mostly harmless. Cons. 2. $30.00.
GIANNINA RUSS
ELENA RUSZKOWSKA [s]
4814. 10” Green Warszawa Zonophone X-63722/X-63726 [3588L/1195x]. HALKA. Aria
Act Four / IRENE BOHUS [s]. HALKA: Gdyby rannym słonkiem (Moniuszko).
Piano acc. Orig. 1905/1902 matrices. Someone years ago had written the key and
some other information on the grooves in pencil (probably removable) . Otherwise this
exceptionally rare record is in superb condition, cons. 2. $550.00.
4819. 10” Green Warszawa Zonophone X-64459/X-64460 [3590L/3547L]. HALKA: Duet.
With GABRIEL GORSKI [b] / TEODOR ORZESZKIEWICZ [t], GABRIEL GORSKI
[b]. HALKA: Duet Jontka i Janusza (Moniuszko). As above, writing on grooves in
pencil (probably removable) but otherwise a wonderful copy of this rarity. Cons. 2.
$400.00.
5271. 12” White lbl vinyl Vla 88262 [1860c]. AIDA: Fu la sorte (Verdi). With BIANCA
LAVIN DE CASAS [c]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2032. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla 88263 [1861c]. AIDA: Ebben qual nuovo (Verdi). With
BIANCA LAVIN DE CASAS [c]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1339. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla 88373 [1862c]. AIDA: Pietà ti prenda (Verdi). With BIANCA
LAVIN DE CASAS [c]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1575. 12” Red Vla 8052. AIDA: Rivedrai le foreste inbalsamate. With GIUSEPPE MAGGI
[b] / GIULIA FABRIS [s], BIANCA LAVIN DE CASAS [c], EGIDIO CUNEGO [t],
ERNESTO BADINI [b], RIZZO SANT’ ELIA [bs]. AIDA: Quest’ assisa ch’io vesto
[Finale, Act II] (Verdi). Scarce double. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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ERNA SACK [s]
1859. 12” Blue PW Telefunken E1735 [021316/021317]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una
voce poco fa (Rossini). Two sides. In German. Berlin Phil. dir. Hans SchmidtIsserstedt. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
EMILIO SAGI-BARBA [b]. Mataro (Barcelona), 1876-Polop de la Marina, 1949.
While
the leading zarzuela baritone in Spain for many years, Sagi-Barba began his career as a
conductor. After his voice was discovered, he soon became one of Spain’s leading zarzuela artists.
He also appeared in opera at the Madrid Teatro Real and the Barcelona Liceu. Sagi-Barba was
married twice and had six sons. Of these, Emilo Sagi-Liñan, a son of his first wife, became a major
Spanish soccer star. Suon Luis Sagi-Vela, son of his second wife, soprano Luisa Vela, was a gifted
tenor who inherited his parents’ musical skills. Sagi-Barba retired from the stage in 1932.
4856. 10” Red Victor 61194 [Ho.36 ab]. ALMA DE DIOS: Romanza (Serrano). Just about
1-2. $8.00.
4813. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64178. EL ENCANTO DE UN VALS [WALTZ DREAM]: Duo
(O. Straus). With RAMÓN ALARCÓN [t]. Tiny rim flake far from grooves, otherwise
just about 1-2. $15.00.
ROSITA
SALAGARAY [s].
See: MI-
GUEL FLETA [t]
MANUEL SALAZAR [t]
1861. 12” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia
52062-X [WBX537/WBX564].
OTELLO: Niun mi tema / OTELLO:
Dio! mi potevi scagliar (Verdi).
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
ANTONIO SALVAREZZA [t]
4510. 10” Blk. Cetra AT 0131 [53373/
53377]. TURANDOT: Nessun
dorma (Puccini) / IL TROVATORE:
Di quella pira (Verdi). Really thrilling performances. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
MARGHERITA SALVI [s]
1540. 12” PW Brown elec. Odeon O-8340
[XXB7999/XXB8000]. LAKMÉ:
Bell Scene (Delibes) / Dinorah:
Schattenarie (Meyerbeer). Orch.
dir. Frieder Weissmann. Cons. 2.
$10.00.
MARGARITA SALVI
G. MARIO SAMMARCO [b]
5142. 10” Red Milano G&T 52373 [1707g]. ZAZÀ: Zazà, piccola zingara (Leoncavallo).
Creator in 1902 world premiere. Bright label, few harmless inherent pressing
dimples. Excellent copy. Gen. 2. $250.00.
1048. 11” Fonotipia 39270/39310 [XPh350/XPh329]. DEMON: Deh, non plorar (Rubinstein) / BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). Side one sung in Russian. Pressing
No. 9. Side one just about 1-2. Side two few MGTs, 2. $15.00.
1985. 12” Pink Dog Monarch Gram. 2-052011 [3744f]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu
(Verdi). Orch. dir. Percy Pitt. Never doubled. From orig. matrix (later pressings were
dubbed). Fine copy, few lt. mks. Cons. 2. $12.00.
1350. 12” White lbl. test Gram. Co. 2-052072 [[Ho199af]. I GIOIELLI DELLA MADONNA:
Bacio di Lama (Wolf-Ferrari). Excellent pressing, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $12.00.
NUNÙ SANCHIONI [s]
4594. 10” Maroon elec. It. Columbia CQ 228 [WB3435/WB3445]. LUCIA: Regnava nel
silenzio / LUCIA: Quando rapita in estasi (Donizetti). Harmless tiny PB. Just about
1-2. $10.00.
JOSÉ MOSSEGELD SANTIAGO [b]. See: MANUEL L. QUEZON in Personality,
Speech and Curio Section
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ÉMILE-FRANZ SARDET [t]. Oran, 1882-Monte Carlo, 1913.
His earliest noted appearances were with the Lyon Opera, 1907-08. Subsequently he was associated with the Paris
Théâtre Gaîté until his untimely death at the age of 39.
1786. 12” Blk. Dog Gram. Mon. 032125/032136 [01090v/01956v]. ROBERT LE DIABLE:
Jadis régnait en Normandie / LES HUGUENOTS: Rataplan (Meyerbeer). Small lbl.
stkrs., cons. 2. $15.00.
ADA SARI [s]
1243. 12” Blk. Czech HMV ES 459 [CW9893-II/CW9894-II]. AN DER SCHÖNEN BLAUEN
DONAU [WALZER] (Strauss) /VARIAZIONI (Mozart). Piano acc. Karl Alwin. Just
about 1-2. $25.00.
BIDÚ SAYÃO [s], RISË STEVENS
[ms], SALVATORE BACCALONI [b],
ERICH LEINSDORF [pianist], GODDARD LIEBERSON [commentator].
4220. 10” SS Special vinyl Columbia mat.
P33172-1. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. A
humorous sketch, sung and spoken,
by the afforementioned. “It was
presented to Eleanor Roosevelt at
Town Hall on January 22nd (1943) to
be given to the President on his
birthday.” “A special script was
prepared by the artists, and only one
disc was struck off, the master being
destroyed” (quoting from a music
magazine which included the photo of the artists at the Columbia microphone
shown here). In the course of my having owned this record, Mmes. Sayão and
Stevens kindly signed the label. Vinyl transcription material. Superficial rubs, tiny
harmless edge patina. 3. $150.00.
1516. 12” Red PW Victor 11561 [65862-2/65863-2]. IL GUARANY: C’era una volta un
principa / IL GUARANY: Gentile di cuore (Carlos Gomes). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
BIANCA SCACCIATI [s]. See: FRANCESCO MERLI [t]
THEODOR SCHEIDL [b]
4893. 10” Green PW elec. Polydor 23371 [2303½BH/2304BH]. ES MUSS EIN WUNDERBARES SEIN / WIEDER MÖCHT’ ICH DIR BEGEGNEN (both Liszt). Piano acc.
Franz Rupp. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4898. 10” Blue PW elec. Polydor 90043 [1719bk/1720bk]. TOM DER REIMER (Loewe).
Two sides. Piano acc. Michael Raucheisen. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1245. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 66143 [1859as?/1249av]. AUF DAS TRINKGLAS EINES
VERSTORBENEN FREUNDES (Schumann) / LITANEI (Schubert). Piano acc. Just
about 1-2. $35.00.
PIERO SCHIAVAZZI [t]
1057. 11” Fonotipia 39334/39327 [XPh340/XPh357]. AMICA: Io passer, tutti i dì, la vedeva / L’AMICO FRITZ: O amore (both Mascagni). Only recording of the side one
excerpt? Piano acc. Good surface material. Few (harmless) LSSs, small PB last ¼”
side two (should be harmless). Cons. 2. $35.00.
TITO SCHIPA [t]
4536. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1347. ANGELA MIA (Schipa-Rapee-Pollack) / FEMMENA
‘NGANNATORA (Cutillo-Schipa). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
5104. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1451. THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE (Ray) / NAUGHTY MARIETTA: Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life (Herbert). Both in Spanish. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4535. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1461. IDEALE / MARECHIARE (both Tosti). Just about 1-2.
$7.00.
4843. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1488. AMMORE CANTA (Tagliaferri) / LA CUMPARSITA-TANGO
(Rodriguez). As mint, as the grading indicates. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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5048. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1532 [BM1336II/BM1341-II]. NINNA-NANNA
(Benelli) / GITANA (Longas). Excellent copy, few lightest mks. Cons. 2.
$8.00.
4354. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1543 [BAVE-609041/BAVE-60905-2]. EL MATRERO:
Romanza [Canto di Pedro] (Felipe
Boero) / SADKO: Chanson Indoue
(Rimsky-Korsakov). Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
4346. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1546 [BAVE-608882/BAVE-60886-2]. ‘O SURDATO
‘NNAMMURATO (Cannio) / TINIEBLAS [TANGO] (Vardaro). Rare. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
4159. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1547 [BM1342-I/
BM1347-II]. SCRIVENNO A MAMMENA (Cutillo-Schipa) / NUN É
CARMELA MIA (Valente). Another
rare Victor issue. Fine copy, few
5077. 10” Red Late VdP DA 882 [BVE35855/BVE-35857]. PISCATORE ‘E
PUSILLECO (Tagliaferri) / GUAPPARIA (Bovio-Falvo). Very fine
pressing. Few lt. mks., cons. 2.
$8.00.
1168. 10” (on 12”) White lbl. vinyl HMV DA
1088 [BM1336-II]. NINNA-NANNA
(Benelli) / FA LA NANA, BAMBIN’
(Sadero). Two single-sided pressings.
TITO SCHIPA as Prince Igor
Perfect pressings of two of Schipa’s
most touching recorded sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1153. 10” (on 12”) White lbl. SS vinyl HMV DA 1379 [OW2485-II]. TORNA A SURRIENTO
(de Curtis). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
4342. 10” Red Italian Grammofono DA 1486 [BVE-42940-3/OBA1314-I]. LA PRINCIPESSA LIANA: El Gaucho / LA PRINCIPESSA LIANA: Barcarola Veneziana (Tito
Schipa). Lt. superficial rubs, 2-3. $10.00.
1154. 10” (on 12”) White lbl. SS vinyl HMV DA 5358 [OBA2742-II]. L’ALBA SEPARA
DALLA LUCE L’OMBRA (Tosti). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4115. 10” Red Italian VdP DA 5363 [OBA2975-II/OBA2976-I]. NAPOLI CHE NON MUORE
(Buonavoluntà) / MARINARESCA (Valente). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
5097. 10” Red Italian VdP DA 5423 [OBA5014-1/OBA5015-II]. DESESPERADAMENTE
(López Méndez) / ORACIÒN CARIBE (Augustin Lara). Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
4736. 10” Red late VdP DA 11321 [OBA7339-I/OBA7344-1]. POVERO AMMORE MIO /
PRIMMAMATINA (both Oliviero). Orch. dir. Dino Olivieri. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4945. 10” Red late VdP DA 11343 [OBA8296/OBA8298]. FIAMMATA (Rende-Schipa) / MA
CHE SARRÀ? (Rende). Orch. dir. M. Guarino. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1203. 11½” Pathé Actuelle 15191 [N86562/N86264]. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Ecco
ridente (Rossini). Two sides. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
1780. 12” Red late VdP acous. DB 811 [C-27994/C-30910]. LA SONNAMBULA: Son geloso
(Bellini) / LUCIA: Verranno a te (Donizetti). With AMELITA GALLI-CURCI [s].
Typically top late VdP surfaces. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1394. 12” Red PW Disco Gram. DB 1610 [CVE-47431/CVE-38361]. PRECE (Schipa) /
L’ARLESIANA: Lamento di Federico (Cilèa). Fine pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1170. 12” White lbl. SS vinyl HMV DB 1723 [2M481-II]. SENTO NEL COR (Scarlatti). Just
about 1-2. $6.00.
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2035. 12” Red Late VdP 1723 [2M481-II/2M482-III]. SENTO NEL COR (Scarlatti) /
ORFEO: Che farò senza Euridice (Gluck). Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Beautiful copy.
Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1157. 12” White lbl. SS vinyl HMV DB 2131 [2M485-II]. PLAISIR D’AMOUR (Martini).
1799. 12” Red PW Victor 6543. AVE MARIA (Schipa) / DREAM OF LOVE [LIEBESTRAUM]
(Schipa-Liszt). Side two piano acc. JOSÉ ECHÁNIZ. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1802. 12” Red PW Victor 6763. XERXES: Largo (Händel) / AVE MARIA [from CAV.
RUSTICANA “Intermezzo”] (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $6.00.
HEINRICH SCHLUSNUS [b]. See also: KOLOMAN VON PATAKY [t]
4439. 10” Red acous. Polydor 62305 [14106r/14120r]. RUHE MEINE SEELE / ZUEIGNUNG (both Richard Strauss). Accompanied by the composer. Just about 1-2.
$25.00.
4014. 10” Red acous. Polydor 70658 [14122r/14123r]. DER FREUND / DER MUSIKANT
(both Hugo Wolf). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
4149. 10” PW Blk. Elec. Polydor 62622 [337bd/387bd]. HEIMWEH (Wolf) / HEIMLICHE
AUFFORDERUNG (R. Strauss).
Piano acc. Franz Rupp. Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
4900. 10” PW Blk. Elec. Polydor 60622
[337bd/387bd]. Same as preceding listing (item #4149). A
few superficial lt. rubs, 2.
$7.00.
4214. 10” PW Blue elec. Polydor 90178
[111DB/112DB]. DER ZÜRNENDE BARDE / AM SEE
(both Schubert). Piano acc.
Franz Rupp. IMs. Few lightest
rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.
1749. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65486
[1394s/1395s]. RIGOLETTO:
Pari siamo (Verdi) / BARBIERE
DI SIVIGLIA: Ich bin des Faktotum (Rossini). In German.
Just about 1-2. $20.00.
ERIK SCHMEDES [t]
4825. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 42821 [883xEo-2z]. EVANGELIMANN: Selig
sind (Kienzl). Piano acc. Exceptionally clean copy, cons. 2.
$40.00.
5111. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 42897 [882xEo-2z]. LOHENGRIN: Graalserzählung (Wagner). Piano acc.
Great copy! Cons. 2. $40.00.
5272. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 3-42152/3ERIK SCHMEDES as Rienzi
42539 [2404h/805r]. OTELLO:
Leb’ wohl / OTELLO: Otellos Tod (Verdi). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $25.00.
JOSEPH SCHMIDT [t]
5074. 10” Purple Australian Parlophone A3983 [133767/133784]. PAGLIACCI: Vesti la
giubba (Leoncavallo) / L’AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer). Good surface
material. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
5138. 10” Purple Australian Parlophone A6010 [CE6555-2/CE6558-1]. RIGOLETTO: La
donna è mobile / IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). In Italian. Few lightest
mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
4324. 10” Maroon Swiss HMV JK 2456 [BLR5930-IT/BLR5931-IT]. WENN DU TREULOS
BIST (Benatzky) / ESPAÑOLA (Serrano). Fine surfaces. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2.
$10.00.
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MARIA SCHNEIDER-PLAUT [s].
1888-
?
Discs
. Maria was a member of the Berlin-
Charlotten-burg Deutschen Opernhaus and also an important concert singer. Her husband,
Joseph Plaut, who made his debut in 1903, was a noted buffo tenor.
4618. 10” Green acous. No-Dog Gramophone 13483 [18129L/18130L]. HANS HEILING:
Arie der Anna (Marchner). Two sides. IMs. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
LOTTE SCHÖNE [s]
4097. 10” White lbl. HMV SS DA 1238 [OD260-II].
L’INVITO (Rossini). In Italian. One side only
of this rare record. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
5081. 10” PW Blk. Electrola EW 41 [BLR3793-II/
BWR1343-I]. TURANDOT: Signore ascolta
/ TURANDOT: Tu che di gel sei cinta
(Puccini). Orch. dir. Fritz Zweig. Moving
performances. Fine pressing. Small lbl.
stkr. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
5062. 10” White lbl. HMV SS EW 70 [BLR5350-II].
LA BOHÈME: Quando m’en vo (Puccini).
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1233. 12” White lbl. SS vinyl HMV EJ 262
[CLR3795-II]. COSÌ FAN TUTTE: Schon als
Mädchen (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1476. 12” PW Red HMV DB 1127 [CWR1341-I/
Cc10964-II]. RIGOLETTO: Tutte le feste al
tempio. With HERBERT JANSSEN [b] /
RIGOLETTO: È il sol dell’anima (Verdi).
With JOSEPH HISLOP [t]. Orch. dir. Fritz
Zweig/Piero Coppola. In Italian. Few lt.
mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
RUDOLF SCHOCK [t]
LOTTE SCHÖNE
4256. 10” Red Electrola DA 5513 [ORA6167II/ORA6168-II]. IL TROVATORE: Ah si, ben mio / IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira
(Verdi). In German. Orch. Dir. Johannes Schüler. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4366. 10” Red Electrola DA 5516 [ORA7080-I/ORA7081-I]. STILL WIE DIE NACHT
(Bohm) / DAS ALTE LIED (Beda). Orch. dir. Otto Dobrindt. Small lbl. stain, few
lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
1222. 12” Red Electrola DB 11545 [2RA7072-4/2RA7073-4]. DER EVANGELIMANN: Selig
sind (Kienzel) / ALESSANDRO STRADELLA: Hymne (Flotow). Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
2118. 12” Red Electrola DB 11583 [2RA7658-2/2RA7659-1]. MANON: Traummerzählung / MANON: Flieh’ o flieh’, holdes Bild! (Massenet). Few small rubs, cons. 2.
$10.00.
FRIEDRICH SCHORR [b]
4933. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62379 [1112ar/1113ar]. BITEROLF (Wolf) / TRAUM
DURCH DIE DÄMMERUNG (Strauss). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
5273. 10” Blk. acous. Schall. Gram. 62393 [39ax/40ax]. DON GIOVANNI: Horch auf der
Klang der Zither (Mozart) / FIDELIO: Ha! welch ein Augenblick (Beethoven). Just
about 1-2 $25.00.
1557. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65675 [6az/7az]. IM ABENDROT / AUS HELIOPOLIS (both
Schubert). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $40.00.
1620. 12” Red Scroll Victor “Z”-type shellac 7426. DIE MEISTERSINGER: Jerum! Jerum! /
TANNHÄUSER: Blich’ ich umher (both Wagner). Orch. dir. Albert Coates. Glassy
1995. 12” Red PW HMV DB 1829 [2B2894-II/2B2895-II]. PROMETHEUS (Hugo Wolf). Two
sides. With Robert Heger dir. London Symphony. Fine pressing material. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
2100. 12” Red PW D.2112 [CR2485-IIB/CLR5496-I]. FIDELIO: Ha! welch ein Augenblick
(Beethoven) / DIE BEIDEN GRENADIERE (Schumann). Side one dir. Albert Coates.
Side two dir. Leo Blech. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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ELISABETH SCHUMANN [s]
4648. 10” Maroon Japanese Victor SF-733 [OEA3931-IA/OEA3932-IA]. LIED AUS WIEN
(Schubert) / WIEN, DU STADT MEINER TRAUME (Sieczynski). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
4649. 10” Red VdsM DA-1521 [OEA3761-1/OEA3762-1]. AUF DEM WASSER ZU SINGEN,
Op. 72 / DER JÜNGLING AN DER QUELLE; GEHEIMES, Op. 14, No. 2 (all Schubert). Piano acc. Elizabeth Coleman. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1416. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65580 (043348/043349) [274as/275as]. DIE ENTFÜHRUNG
AUS DEM SERAIL: Durch Zärlichkeit und Schmeicheln / DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS
DEM SERAIL: Welche Wonne (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $60.00.
1524. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65654 [269as/270as]. MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Neue
Freuden, neue Schmerzen / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Ihr, die ihr Triebe (Mozart).
Looks as if fresh from Ye Olde Polydor Shoppe (as with the previous disc above as well and
most others in this catalogue). Just about 1-2. $60.00.
ERNESTINE SCHUMANN-HEINK [c]
5089. 10” B&S Columbia 1379 [take 1]. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Brindisi (Donizetti). Lovely
copy. Tiny patina crk. side one only which extends into grooves about ¼” and is
absolutely harmless (and scarcely noticeable). Few minor rubs. 2. $150.00.
4904. 10” Red ’08 Pats. Vla
87021. TREUE LIEBE [ACH, WIE IST
MÖGLICH DANN]
(German Folk Song).
Just about 1-2.
$6.00.
4054. 10” White lbl. vinyl
Vla mat. B-30953-3.
SHEPHERD’S LOVE
(Manahan). Unpublished. Just about
1-2. $30.00.
1762. 12” Red ‘08 Pats. Vla
85096 [C-2978].
LUCREZIA BORGIA:
Brindisi (Donizetti).
Excellent pressing of
this 1906 version,
soon deleted. Light,
ERNESTINE SCHUMANN-HEINK (driving) on a family outing.
short NR on lbl. Few
1851. 12” Red Victor 88095. LE PROPHÊTE: Scène de la prison [Part II] (Meyerbeer). A
perfect copy of this remarkable tour-de-force. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2089. 12” White lbl. Victor [plain lbl.] 88095. Same as preceding listing. Late ‘30s pressing
with RCA Vr Bk. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
1621. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “A” plate Vla 88196. LA CLEMENZA DI TITO: Parto, Parto [Sextus
Aria] (Mozart). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1823. 12” Red ’08 Pats. “A” plate Vla 88197. MONDNACHT (Schumann). Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
1673. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88212. SAPHO: O ma lyre immortelle (Gounod). Just about
1-2. $12.00.
1674. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88337. SEI STILL (Raff). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
JOSEPH SCHWARZ [b]. See also: LAURITZ MELCHIOR [t]
4758. 10” Red acous. Polydor 70596 [19095L/19096L]. IM KAHNE / EIN SCHWAN
(Grieg). Piano acc. Highly recommended. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $35.00.
5274. 12” Red SS Schall. Gram. 72662 (042509) [1023m]. LA TRAVIATA: Hat dein
heimatliches Land (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1596. 12” Red acous. Polydor 72669 [1148m/1268m]. DANK SEI DIR, HERR (Händel) /
ELIJAH: It is enough (Mendelssohn). IMs. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
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SCHWARZ [s]. Agram, Croatia,
1888-Vienna, 1964. Her debut was at the
Theater an der Wien in 1908. She subsequently
appeared in many of Austria and Germany’s
major houses. She was at home in both opera and
operetta. One of her most famous stage co-stars
was tenor Richard Tauber, with whom she first
partnered in Carmen in 1921 and finally at the
Vienna Staatsoper in 1938 in a work they had
created in 1929, Lehár’s Land des Lächelns.
Marguerite Slezak, one of her pupils, recounted in
her autobiography that Schwarz lived with her
mother (in the later 1920s), “a delicate yet
unbelievably energetic lady. Mama Schwarz
missed no performance of her daughter. She sat
in the middle of the parquet and influenced the
audience's applause particularly loudly. While
doing so she would turn left and right claiming
loudly: "Charming, magnificent! Who is this Godgifted singer?". One time an acquaintance sat
behind, unseen by her. [Following Mama’s
outbursts] he bent forward and said, for everyone
to overhear: "But, gnädige Frau, surely you would
know that!" Schwarz left Austria in 1938 for
England and then the U.S. Here she sang with
the Chicago Opera, gave recitals and also taught,
her pupils having included Risë Stevens and
Marni Nixon. In 1948 she returned to Vienna,
where she taught and gave master classes at the
Salzburg Mozarteum. –Wikipedia.
4976. 10” Dk. Blue PW Odeon O-11 105
[Be8600-2/Be8663-2]. DAS LAND DES LÄCHELNS: Laß eine Frau niemals allein
/ DAS LAND DES LÄCHELNS: Ich möcht’ einmal wieder die Heimat sehn (Lehár).
Creator performance. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1376. 12” Grey acous. Polydor 85306 [1411s/1412s]. AIDA: Wohlen den! Erhebt Euch
[Act III]. Two sides. With MICHAEL BOHNEN [b]. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
1723. 12” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia G-55229-F [XXB-8409-2/XXB-8410-3]. DAS LAND
DES LÄCHELNS: Wer hat die liebe uns in’s Herz gesenkt / DAS LAND DAS
LÄCHELNS: Von Appelblüten einen Kranz (Franz Lehár). With RICHARD TAUBER
[t]. Orch. dir. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF [s]
1148. 12” SS Eng. Columbia vinyl mat. CAX10218. MAGIC FLUTE: Ach, ich fühl’s (Mozart). In English. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
PIO SCOPINICH [t]
4754. 10” Multi-Color Odeon-Fonotipia A83102 [Mo1179-2/Mo1178]. LE DONNE
CURIOSE: Il cor il contento. With INES CESARI [s] / LE DONNE CURIOSE: Adesso
quattro salti (Wolf-Ferrari). With INES CESARI-FERRAGIO [s], LUIGI MANFRINI
[bs]. Presumably CESARI and CESARI-FERRAGIO are the same person. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
EVELYN SCOTNEY [s]
1906. 12” Red elec. PW HMV D.1403 [Cc12166-I/Cc12167-I]. BLUE DANUBE WALTZ /
VOCI DI PRIMAVERA (both Johann Strauss). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
HENRI SCOTT [bs]. See: GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t]
ANTONIO SCOTTI [b]. See also: GERALDINE FARRAR [s]
4118. 10” White lbl. red vinyl Victor 81064 [B-2358]. LE ROI DE LAHORE: O casto fior
(Massenet). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4371. 10” White lbl. Vla 81070 [B-2360]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla vita (Verdi). RCA
VrBk. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
5275. 10” White lbl. red vinyl Victor 81070 [B-2360]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla vita
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2007. 12” White lbl. red vinyl Vla 85016
[C-875]. DON GIOVANNI: Deh vieni
alla finestra (Mozart); FALSTAFF:
Quand’ero paggio (Verdi). Piano acc.
Rec. 31 Dec. 1903. Just about 1-2.
$25.00.
1991. 12” Red Deluxe 85030 [C-1095].
RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi).
Piano acc. Rec. 10 March 1904.
Excellent original. Cons. 2. $30.00.
[C-1095]. RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo
(Verdi). Same as preceding listing
(item #1991) but vinyl pressing.
Just about 1-2. $25.00.
[C-2233]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi). Rec. 10 Feb.
1905. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
[C-2234]. OTELLO: Credo (Verdi).
Piano acc. Rec. 10 Feb. 1905. Just
about 1-2. $25.00.
[C-2361]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Come
paride vezzoso (Donizetti). Rec. 2
Mar. 1905. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
1491. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 190.
ELISIR D’AMORE: Come Paride (Donizetti) / DON CARLOS: Per me giunto (Verdi).
Piano acc. From orig. 1905 Victor matrices. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
OSCAR SEAGLE [b]. Ooltewah, TN, 1877-Dallas, TX, 1945.
Seagle studied in Paris with
Jean de Reszke and served de Reszke’s teaching assistant during the 1903-1914 period, returning
to Paris again in summers from 1920 to 1925. In 1915 he founded the Seagle Music Colony,
presently situated on Scroon Lake in northern New York and still active today as a summer
program for young singers. Seagle’s performing career was primarily as a concert singer.
5011. 10” Blk. acous. Columbia70-M [47205-1/47206-1]. DEEP RIVER (Burleigh) / OH,
HAPPY DAY (Goetz). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4656. 10” Blk. acous. Columbia 99-M [140237-4/140238-2]. CHARITY / SACRAMENT
(both MacDermid). Couple minor rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
LEILA BEN SÉDIRA [s]
4272. 10” PW Blue Parlophone 29.518 [106055-3/106455-2]. TALES OF HOFFMANN: Les
oiseaux dans la charmille / TALES OF HOFFMANN: Barcarolle (Offenbach). Side
two with MARINETTE FENOYER [ms]. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4373. 10” PW French Salabert 3232 [SS1211/SS1212]. THE MARRIAGE OF JEANETTE:
Air du Rossignol (Massé). Two sides. Orch. dir. Raoul Labis. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
4630. 10” Red Disque Gram. DA 5014 [OLA4789-1/OLA4790-1]. RIDENTE LA CALMA
(Mozart) / OISEAU, SI TOUS LES ANS; UN MOTO DI GIOIA (all Mozart). First and
last selections in Italian. Piano acc. Simone Gouat. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1232. 12” White lbl. SS vinyl HMV W.1507 [2LA3699-1]. HIPPOLYTE ET ARICIE:
Rossignols amoureux (Rameau). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
META SEINEMEYER [s]
1651. 12” Brown PW Parlophon P.1850 [2-21177/2-21178]. FAUST: Church Scene
(Gounod). In German. Two sides. With EMANUEL LIST [bs]. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
2119. 12” Dk. Blue PW Parlophon P.9639 [2-20848/2-20849]. MADAMA BUTTERFLY:
Entrance Scene / TOSCA: Cantata (both Puccini). Few lightest mks., cons. 2.
$10.00.
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TOSHIKO
SEKIYA
Discs
[s].1904-Tokyo,
1941.
Gifted with an attractive lyriccoloratura voice, Sekiya studied in Japan with
Adolfo Sarcoli and then in Italy. Graduate of
the Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna, Sekiya
appeared in Spain with a touring Italian opera
company with whom she sang roles such as
Gilda, Lucia, and Rosina. She also appeared
in various Italian and German theaters and
made her concert debut in New York’s Town
Hall in 1932, accompanied by Piero Cimara.
She died of heart disease at the untimely age
of 38.
5009. 10” Red Orth. Victor 4133 [BM587I/ BM684-I]. SERENADE (Gounod)
/ WHERE THE WILD ROSE
GROWS [FIELD THORNS] (Sekiya).
Labels and original accompanying
brochure (included) as well as labels
are in Japanese. Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
JOHANNES SEMBACH [t]
4107. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 63198
[1746ab/5146u]. TROVATORE: Di
quella pira (Verdi)/ LEOPOLD
DEMUTH [b]. LOHENGRIN: Telramunds Klage (Wagner). In
German. Small LSS side one. Lt.
NR on lbl side two. Otherwise cons.
2. $10.00.
TOSHIKO SEKIYA
5113. 10” Orange acous. Columbia E3096
[43938-2/43935-2]. WINTERLIED
(Koss) / FRÜHLINGSZEIT (Becker). One LSS (should be harmless) near end side
one, few lt. rubs. 2. $12.00.
MARCELLA SEMBRICH [s]
4881. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla 81048 [B-1950-2]. STÄNDCHEN (Strauss). Piano acc. Rec.
19 Nov. 1904. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4882. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla 81049 [B-1951-3]. DER NUSSBAUM (Schumann). Piano
acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
4491. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla 81050 [B-1952-2]. THE MAIDEN’S WISH (Chopin). Piano
acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1586. 12” White lbl. Victor 85037 [C-1953-2]. FAUST: Jewel Song (Gounod). In Italian.
Piano acc. Excellent (shellac) pressing from orig. 1904 DeLuxe matrix. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
2110. 12” Red GP ’06 Victor 88022 [C-3155-2]. ERNANI: Ernani, involami (Verdi). First
issued version (rec. 14 Mar. 1906). 2-3. $7.00.
2111. 12” Red GP ’08 Victor 88022 [C-3155-3]. ERNANI: Ernani, involami (Verdi). Second
issued version (rec. 3 Nov. 1908). 2. $7.00.
1656. 12” Red GP ’07 Victor 88100. THE MAIDEN’S WISH [MÄDCHENS WÜNSCH]
(Chopin). Self-accompanied. Includes a 1910 magazine clipping about the song and
its particular significance to Mme. Sembrich. Cons. 2. $15.00.
2028. 12” White lbl. Vla 88101. HALKA: Gydyby rannem (Moniuszko). All pressings of this
rarity seem to identify it on the label as “Halka – Polish Song”. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
1563. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Vla 88102. MARTHA: Last Rose of Summer (Moore). Just about
1-2. $8.00.
1730. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88107 [2nd issued take]. MERRY WIDOW: Waltz (Lehár). Bright
1865. 12” Red GP ’08 “B” plate Victor 88142. LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: O luce di quest’
anima (Donizetti). Fine copy, cons. 2. $10.00.
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1381. 12” Red GP ’08 “A” plate Victor 88143. I VESPRI SICILIANI: Mercè dilette amiche
(Verdi). One tiny PB at start. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2112. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 89042. RIGOLETTO: Tutte le feste [through “Si, vendetta”]
(Verdi). With MARIO SAMMARCO [b]. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
1724. 12” PW Silver Vla IRCC 48. LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: O luce di quest’ anima (Donizetti)
/ HAMLET: Doute de la lumière (Thomas).
Side two with EMILIO DE GOGORZA [b].
From orig. 1908/1907 Victor matrices. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
FELIX SENIUS [t]
1255. 12” Panpipes Anker E.9575 [04981/04976].
ST PAUL: Sei getreu bis in den Tod (Mendelssohn) / O KOMM’ IM TRAUM (Liszt).
Side two piano acc. Bruno Weyersberg.
Highly recommended performance side two.
Side one TB, few lightest rubs, cons. 2. Side
two just about 1-2. $60.00.
CARROLL SHANNON [t]. See: FORREST
LAMONT [t]
MARGARET SHERIDAN [s]. See: AURELIANO
PERTILE [t], RENATO ZANELLI [t]
NIKOLAI SHEVELEV [b]
5054. 10” Blk. Angel Russ. Gram. Con. 3-22811/
2-23380 [7753L/8607L]. TSAR’S BRIDE: Oh
where is my old adventurous spirit / VERA
PETROVA-ZVANTSEVA [ms]. TSAR’S
NIKOLAI SHEVELEV
BRIDE: Air of Lubasha (Rimsky-Korsakov).
Gen. 3. $35.00.
Cantor JOSEF SHLISKY [t]. Ostrowce, Poland, 1894-Bronx, NY, 1955. Shlisky sang as
a youngster in the choir of his Shul. “At the age of seven he was virtually kidnapped by the
Chazan who told his parents that he was taking young Josef on a tour to London, but actually
[brought him] to Toronto instead.” Eventually, he escaped and found a home with [an uncle], who
had emigrated to Toronto. He then found employment in one of the T. Eaton Co. factories where he
was heard singing by Lady Eaton. “She was so impressed by his voice that she sponsored his
training at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto.” In 1919 Shlisky emigrated to New York and made a
successful concert debut. He subsequently held posts as Cantor in several leading synagogues and
continued an active concert career as well. He suffered a paralytic stroke in 1934, which resulted
in the end of his career. Info. from Internet article by Rabbi Geoffrey Shisler.
4742. 10” Purple acous. Emerson 13117 [41412-4/41413-3]. AL HATZA-DIKIM / TANIO
(both J. Rappaport). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1983. 12” Brown Shellac Vocalion A-2002 [7954/8071?]. L’EIL ORECH DIN / KODOSH
ATO (both M. Posner). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
MADELEINE SIBILLE [ms]. See: NINON VALLIN [s]
LEV SIBIRIAKOV [bs]. See also: ELENA KATULSKAYA [s]
5012. 10” Blk. Russ. Angel Amour Gram. 4-22368/4-22452 [16516b/16739b]. DEMON: I
am he who you called / DEMON: Accursed world (Rubinstein). Small lbl. stkrs.
Amazingly fine copy. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
4659. 10” Blk Russian Angel Gram. Concert 2-52561/3-22819 [4807L/7772L]. SIMON
BOCCANEGRA: Il lacerato spirito (Verdi) / IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: La calunnia
(Rossini). Side one in Italian. Side two in Russian. Rubs, couple LSSs, small lbl.
stkr. 3. $60.00.
5023. 10” Russian Shareholders Company of Gramophones 2631/2634. ONE FAREWELL
WORD (Slonov) / THE WANDERER (Schubert). Piano acc. Rare label. Excellent
copy. Cons. 2. $75.00.
4330. 10” Green acous. Columbia E1902 [35616-1/35619-2]. CZAR’S BRIDE: Susanin’s
Aria (Glinka) / NIGHT (Russian Folk Song). Side one piano acc. Side two with
balalaika. Side two ½” silent patina from rim, otherwise cons. 2. $35.00.
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1401. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 022176/022177 [02046/2047c]. DON CARLOS: Ella
giammai m’amò / DON CARLOS: Dormiro sol (Verdi). Two separate discs. Later
reissued as Historic Masters HMV 57. Just
about 1-2. $15.00
1315. 12” White lbl. SS vinyl HMV 022206
[2442c]. ERMAK [BALLADE] (Dobrovolsky). Just about 1-2. $35.00.
MARGARETHE SIEMS [s]
1956. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 151. ROSENKAVALIER: Monolog / EVA VON DER OSTEN [s], MINNIE NAST [s]. ROSENKAVALIER: Ist ein Traum? (Richard Strauss).
From orig. Berlin, Aug. 1911 matrices.
Creator performances. Just about 1-2.
$60.00.
CESARE SIEPI [bs]
4337. 10” Parl.-Odeon RO 30003 [53399/53435].
AH! QUI BRÛLA D’AMOUR, Op. 6, No. 6
(Tschaikowsky) / O BIANCA LUNA (Bona).
Orch. dir. C. Gallino. Few lightest rubs.
Cons. 2. $15.00.
1265. 12” late Orange Cetra 25249 [2-77186-II/277189-II]. LA GIOCONDA: Si, morir ella dè
(Ponchielli) / L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI: Le
femmine d’Italia (Rossini). Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
FRANCESCO SIGNORINI
FRANCESCO SIGNORINI [t]
5046. 10” Red Pre-Dog Angel Gram. Con. 54386 [11199b]. CHATTERTON: Scrissi una
lettera (Leoncavallo). With FRANCESCO CIGADA [b]. Conducted by the composer.
Lt. superficial rubs, cons. 2-3. $450.00.
ARISTODEMO SILLICH [bs]. See: MATTIA BATISTINI [b]
GIULIETTA SIMIONATO [ms]
4206. 10” Plum VdP HN2145 [OBA6155/OBA6156]. IL SALUTO DI BEATRICE / COME
QUEL FIOR (Neglia, rev. Bossi). Piano acc. Renzo Bossi. Rare. Cons. 2. $30.00.
Cantor GERSHON SIROTA [t]
4952. 10” Blk. Victor 17833 [7086L/7093L]. WSCHOMRU / TIKANTO SCHABOS [Hebraic
Prayers). With Warsaw Synagogue Choir. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
2026. 12” Blk. elec. Eng. Columbia 9546 [WAX3696/WAX3697]. KOL NIDREI (Trad.). Two
sides. With Choir and Organ dir. S. Alman. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
LEO SLEZAK [t]. See also: FRANCESCO TAMAGNO [t]
4503. 10” White lbl. Vla 61204 [11156u]. ROMEO ET JULIETTE: Ah, lève-toi, soleil!
(Gounod). In German. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4338. 10” Blk. Wien G&T 44241 [854z]. DER FREISCHÜTZ: Terzett (v.Weber). With
BERTHA FÖRSTER-LAUTERER [s], HERMINE KITTEL [c]. Piano acc. 2. $75.00.
4393 10” Blk Dog Con. Gram. 4-42215/4-42216 [14578u/14579u]. MAGIC FLUTE: Bildnis-Arie (Mozart) / EURYANTHE: Unter blühenden Mandelbäumen (von Weber).
Just about 1-2. $20.00.
5020. 10” Blk. SS Wien G&T 3-42266 [6850b]. LA BOHÈME: Arie des Rudolf, III. Akt
(Puccini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
5034. 10” Orange/Blk. Opera Disc 13958 [14607u/14608u]. DIE LOTUSBLUME (Schumann) / DAS VEILCHEN (Mozart). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4970. 10” Blk. acous. Schall. Gram 61640 (2-44342/4-42026) [11806u/11809u]. WILLIAM
TELL: O Mathilde (Rossini). With LEOPOLD DEMUTH [b] / DIE STUMME VON
PORTICI: Schlummerlied (Auber). Cons. 2. $15.00.
4076. 10” Blk. acous. Polydor 62427 [2422ar/2429ar]. ICH TRAGE MEINE MINNE
(Richard Strauss) / LOCKRUF (Anton Rückauf). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $15.00.
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4724. 10” Green elec. PW Polydor 21690 [1517bk/1518bk]. IM ABENDROT / LITANEI
(both Schubert). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4137. 10” Green elec. PW Polydor 21691 [1514bk/1516bk]. WOHIN? / DER JÜNGLING
AN DER QUELLE (both Schubert). Piano acc. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
1050. 11” Purple Okeh 72001 [XB5673]. PAGLIACCI: Lache Bajazzo (Leoncavallo). Lt.
superficial rubs, 2-3. $10.00.
DMITRI SMIRNOV [t]. A remarkable array
4909.
4133.
4101.
4325.
1169.
4908.
4716.
4921.
4502.
4254.
4763.
4729.
4198.
2170.
4717.
4213.
4543.
1550.
1619.
of superb Smirnov special pressings.
10” White lbl. HMV 2-52851 [17824b].
MANON LESCAUT: Donna non vidi mai
(Puccini). In Italian. Just about 1-2.
$40.00.
10” Pink Russ. Amour Gram. 2-52854
[17827½b]. IRIS: Apri la tua finestra
(Mascagni). In Italian. Very clean
original. Cons. 2. $40.00.
10” White lbl. HMV 2-52854 [17827½b].
IRIS: Apri la tua finestra (Mascagni). In
Italian. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
10” White lbl. HMV 4-22399 [17232u].
SHE WAS YOURS (Gretchaninov). Piano
acc. Undoubled. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
10” (on 12”) White lbl. vinyl HMV 4-22401
[17234u]. CRADLE SONG (Gretchaninov). Piano acc. Doubled as DA 476.
Just about 1-2. $20.00.
10” White lbl. HMV 4-22619 [17971b].
DMITRI SMIRNOV
ZABAVA: Nightingale’s Song (Ivanov).
Piano acc. Undoubled. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
10” White lbl. HMV 4-22670 [17972b]. THE ROSE AND THE NIGHTINGALE
(Rimsky-Korsakov). Piano acc. Undoubled. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
10” White lbl. HMV 4-22770 [17973b]. COOL SUMMER EVENING (Almani). Piano
acc. Undoubled. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
10” White lbl. HMV 4-22822 [17970½b]. I WISH I WERE WITH YOU (Gretchaninov).
Piano acc. Undoubled. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
10” White lbl. HMV 7-22015 (one side of DA 569) [Bb3337-II]. PIQUE DAME:
Forgive me, bright celestial vision (Tschaikowsky). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
10” White lbl. HMV 7-22019 (one side of DA 617) [Bb4721-II]. SNOW MAIDEN:
Cavatine Tsar Berendei (Rimsky-Korsakov). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
10” White lbl. HMV 7-22020 (one side of DA 617) [Bb4719-I]. DOBRINA NIKITSCH:
Flowers were growing (Gretchaninov). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
10” White lbl. HMV 7-22018 (one side of DA 618) [Bb4718-II]. EUGEN ONEGIN: In
your house (Tschaikowsky). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
10” Red Czech acous. HMV DA 569 [Bb3336-I/Bb3337-II]. PIQUE DAME: What is
our life? / PIQUE DAME: Forgive me, bright celestial vision (Tschaikowsky). Just
about 1-2. $40.00.
10” White lbl. elec. HMV DA 742 [one side] (Bb6596-II]. BERCEUSE [CRADLE
SONG] (Gretchaninov). Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
10” White lbl. elec. HMV DA 742 [one side] (Bb6597-I]. LILACS (Rachmaninoff).
Piano acc. Gerald Moore. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
10” Red Czech elec. Gramola DA 752 [Bb6596-II/Bb6597-I]. BERCEUSE
(Gretchaninov)/ LILACS (Rachmaninoff). Nice pressing. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
12” White lbl. HMV 022143 [434½as]. PEARL FISHERS: Je crois entendre encore
(Bizet). In Russian. Only doubling on Historic Masters HMB 104. Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
12” White lbl. HMV 022218 [2475c]. DEMON: On desire’s soft fleeting wing
(Rubinstein). Only form of issue. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
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2168. 12” Red Schall. Gram. 022218 [2475c]. Same as preceding listing. Small lbl. stkr.
Just about 1-2. $35.00.
1584. 12” White lbl. HMV 022241 [2546c]. TRANQUILITY (Kaschevarov). Only doubling is
Historic Masters HMB 145. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1585. 12” White lbl. HMV 022272 [2544c]. PENSÉE D’AUTOMNE (Massenet). Undoubled.
Just about 1-2. $40.00.
1582. 12” White lbl. HMV 022299 [2686c]. EUGEN ONEGIN: In your house (Tschaikowsky). Undoubled. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
1519. 12” White lbl. HMV 022302 [2687c]. MAY NIGHT: The sun descends (Rimsky-Korsakov). Undoubled. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
1207. 12” White lbl. HMV 022306 [2680½c]. DUBROVSKY: Give me oblivion (Napravnik).
Undoubled. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
1551. 12” White lbl. HMV 022312 [2689c]. CARMEN: La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Bizet).
In Russian. Only doubling is Historic Masters HMB 7. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1518. 12” White lbl. HMV 022329 [2855c]. EUGEN ONEGIN: I love you, Olga (Tschaikowsky). Undoubled. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
1542. 12” White lbl. HMV 022334 [2853c]. RUSSLAN AND LUDMILLA: There is a deserted
land (Glinka). Only doubling is Historic Masters HMB 8. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1583. 12” White lbl. HMV 022338 [2857c]. LES HUGUENOTS: Plus blanche (Meyerbeer).
Only doubling is Historic Masters HMB 7. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1892. 12” Red vinyl Victor (HMV) 2-022004 [Cc305-2]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Echo lointain de
ma jeunesse (Tschaikowsky). Doubled as DB 581. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1618. 12” White lbl. HMV 2-022025 [Cc3212-II]. PRINCE IGOR: Daylight slowly fades
(Borodin). Doubled as DB 193. Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
1520. 12” White lbl. HMV 022357 [2854c]. RUSALKA: Unwillingly to these sad shores
(Glinka). Only doubling is Historic Masters HMB 6. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1549. 12” White lbl. HMV 052296 [140af]. LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil (Donizetti). In
Italian. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
1552. 12” White lbl. HMV 052373 [02451½v]. ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima
(Donizetti). Undoubled. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
1548. 12” White lbl. HMV 052300 [141af]. MANON: Ah, fuyez, douce image (Massenet).
Undoubled. In Italian. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
1475. 12” Red HMV DB 581 [Cc87-II/Cc305-II]. SADKO: Chanson Indoue (Rimsky-Korsakov) / EUGEN ONEGIN: Echo lointain de ma jeunesse (Tschaikowsky). Just about
1-2. $8.00.
2167. 12” Red HMV DB 765 [CP260-I/CP261-II]. BORIS GODOUNOV: Scene in the
Monastery Cell (Moussorgsky). Two sides. With CONSTANTIN KAIDANOFF [bs].
Cons. 2. $12.00.
1527. 12” White HMV VB 39 [430s/435s]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Whither, whither have you
gone? (Tschaikowsky) / MAY NIGHT: Sleep, My Beauty (Rimsky-Korsakov). Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
LEONID SOBINOV [t]. See also: ANTONINA NESHDANOVA [s]
4666. 10” Flush Blk. Moskau G&T 22480 [267-nB-15]. PRINCE IGOR: Vladimir’s Cavatina
(Borodin). Bright label. Certainly a decent copy of this 1901 rarity. Disc pressed
slightly off-center. Gen. 4. $500.00.
4675. 10” Blk. Moskau G&T 22523 [270]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Distant Echo of My Youth
[Kuda, kuda] (Tschaikowsky). 2nd pressing, raised rim. Harmless inherent pressing
indentations, otherwise unusually clean surface. 2-3. $600.00.
4667. 10” Flush Blk. Moskau G&T 22528 [272g-nB-15]. BARCAROLLE (Gounod) Bright
label. Again, some greying but a fully useable copy of an exceptionally rare 1901
item. Gen. 4. $500.00.
5057. 10” Red Moskau G&T 2-22661 [1980L]. PRINCE IGOR: Daylight is fading (Borodin).
Lbl. lightly faded with some lt. NRs. Surface has two small PBs and a couple lightest
superficial scrs., otherwise gen. 2. $150.00.
4125. 10” Red Moskau G&T 2-22659 [1974L]. ZABAVA PUTYATISHNA: Nightingale’s
Serenade (Ivanov). Some lbl. rubbing, couple LSSs, gen. 2-3. $200.00.
1753. 12” Pink Russ. Angel Amour Gram. 022139 [1981c]. MANON: Ah, fuyez, douce
image (Massenet). Fine original. Cons. 2. $25.00
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1765. 12” Pink Russ. Angel Mon. Gram. 022246 [2514].
MEFISTOFELE: Giunto sul passo (Boïto). 2. $25.00.
1526. 12” White HMV VB 45 [2217c/2513c]. RAPHAEL: My
Heart Trembles with Passion and Tenderness (Arensky) / RUSALKA: Unwillingly to These Sad Shores
(Dargomyshsky). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
GRETA SÖDERMAN [s]
2011. 12” Dk. Blue PW elec. Odeon AA210228 [XXSto3349/
XXSto3351]. WALDEMARS-SKATTEN: Strå, stjärna,
stråla (Andréas Hallén) / OSTERBOTTNINGAR:
Kärestans ögon skimjra grant (L. Madetoja). Both
sides with EINAR LARSEN [b]. Orch. dir. ARMAS
JÄRNEFELT. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
VÄINO SOLA [t]
4558. 10” PW Plum HMV X.2370 [Bw100-II/Bw112-I].
BERCEUSE (A. Järnefelt) / TULE ARMAANI, Op. 29,
No. 1 (T. Kuula). Piano acc. Side one also violin obb.
LEONID SOBINOV
Side one lbl. scr., otherwise both sides just about
1-2. $15.00.
5073. 10” PW Plum HMV X.2373 [Bw103-II/Bw128-I]. MUSTALAINEN [GYPSY], Op. 22,
No. 1 / TUKKIPOIKA SE LAUTALLANSA; TUKKILAISET, HEI TUKKIPOJAT (all O.
Merikanto). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
CRISTY SOLARI [t]
4312. 10” PW Plum elec. Eng. Col. D5697 [WB1492/
WB1524]. MIGNON: Addio Mignon / MIGNON: Ah!
non credevi tu (Thomas). Couple scarcely noticeable
rubs, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00.
FRANCESCA SOLARI [s]. See also: ALESSANDRO
DOLCI [t], ARMENTATO ANTICORONA [b], CARLO
BALLIN [t]
1005. 11” Fonotipia 69143/69144 [XPh5055/XPh5056].
PARISINA: Canto dell’Usignolo / PARISINA:
Commessa fu la mia colpa (Mascagni). IMs. Just
about 1-2. $60.00.
1006. 11” Fonotipia 69135/69136 [XPh5062/XPh5064-2].
PARISINA: Ecco la rete / R. BRACALE dir. LA
SCALA ORCH. PARISINA: Seguenza delle tre
Donzelle (Mascagni). While not given label credit,
the three singers on side two are, according to
Michael Henstock’s Fonotipia research,
FRANCESCA SOLARI [s], LAURA DEL LUNGO [ms]
and IDA RAPPINI [ms]. IMS. Just about 1-2.
$75.00.
FRANCESCA SOLARI
CRISTINA SORO [s]. Concepcion, Chile, 1890 - ? .
Born Cristina Soro Barriga de Baltra,
Soro began vocal studies with Italian teachers who had settled in Chile. Her debut was at the age
of 15 at the Santiago Teatro Municipal, singing compositions of her brother, Enrique Soro Barriga.
It was Barriga who accompanied Soro in her first group of Red Seal Victor Records, these recorded
in Santiago in 1917 on portable equipment by a Victor talent scout then visiting Central and
South America. This was a year after she had graduated with highest honors from the Santiago
Con-servatory of Music, receiving a degree of Professor of Music. On the success of her trial
recordings (which were her first issued Victor Red Seals), Victor wanted her to come to Camden to
record with orchestra, but she had entered in a course of study at the Verdi Conservatory in
Milano and wasn’t available until 1922, when she made (with orchestra) her second and final
group of records. A con-cert tour of Mexico with pianist/composer Manuel Ponce followed this.
Apparently Soro didn’t ap-pear in opera, her career having been as a recitalist and teacher. She
was active in the latter capacity in 1949 when she was interviewed for Hobbies magazine by
William R. Moran (and from which ar-ticle this information is taken).
4628. 10” Red Vla 66108. EL CARRO DEL SOL: Pensando en el que la quiere [Canción
Veneciana] (José Serrano). VrBk. Scarce. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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HINA SPANI [s].
4508. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1450 [Bk2005-I/
Bk2009-II]. MANON LESCAUT: In
quelle trine morbide / LA BOHÈME:
Donde lieta usci (both Puccini). Orch.
dir. Carlo Sabajno. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
1271. 10” (on 12”) White lbl. SS vinyl (two)
HMV DA 879 [Bk2005-1/Bk2009-II].
Same as preceding listing (item
#4508). Two single-sided pressings.
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1236. 10” (on 12”) White lbl. SS vinyl HMV
DA 1060 [BM851-I/BM856-II]. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte / MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Tu, tu, piccolo iddio (both Puccini). Two single-sided pressings.
1252. 10” (on 12”) White lbl. vinyl HMV AV
15 [BM995-III/BM997-II]. AMARILLI
(Caccini)/ SE FLORINDO E FEDELE
(Scarlatti). Two single-sided pressings.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
5276. 12” White lbl. SS HMV DB 1045
HINA SPANI
[Ck2015-III]. IL TROVATORE: Tacea
la notte placida (Verdi). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1926. 12” Red vinyl Victor pressing (two single-sided discs) of HMV DB 1046 [Ck2010-2/
Ck2011-2]. PAGLIACCI: Decidi il mio destin / PAGLIACCI: No, più non m’ami
(Leoncavallo). With APOLLO GRANFORTE [b]. Orch. dir. Carlo Sabajno. Nice to
be able to hear this wonderful performance via such fine surface material. Just
about 1-2. $25.00.
1234. 12” White lbl. SS vinyl HMV DB 1163 [CF1625-II/CF1627-I]. FAUST: Ei m’ama
(Gounod) / LA WALLY: Ebbene? Ne andrò lontana (Catalani) Two single-sided
pressings. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1782. 12” late VdP DB 1163. Same as item(s) #1234. Superb shellac pressing. Just about
1-2. $10.00.
1470. 12” PW Disco Gram. DB 1164 [CF1628-I/Ck2016-II]. LOHENGRIN: Sola ne’ miei
prim’ anni / LOHENGRIN: Aurete, a cui sì spesso (Wagner). Harmless rubbing, 3.
$7.00.
2136. 12” late VdP DB 1503 [CF1629-II/CM854-I]. IL TROVATORE: D’amor sull’ali rosee
(Verdi) / MANON: Addio, picciol desco (Massenet). Top pressing. Just about 1-2.
$10.00.
MARIANO STABILE [b]. See also: AURORA BUADES [c]
4293. 10” Red elec. PW Eng. Columbia D12530 [WB1181/WB1184]. CANZONE FOX
TROT / TARANTELLA DI BACI (both de Luca). Rare “pop” item by Stabile. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
EBE STIGNANI [ms]
4775. 10” Blk. Cetra AT 0127 [51744/51745]. M’AMA … NON M’AMA (Mascagni) / CANTO
D’APRILE (Bossi). Orch. dir. Tito Petralia. Uncommon. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
ROSINA STORCHIO [s]
1010. 11” Fonotipia 39402/39597 [XPh1502/XPh1794]. LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX: O luce
di quest’ anima (Donizetti) / FRA DIAVOLO: Si domain (Auber). IMs. Just about
1-2. $50.00.
MIRKO STORK[A] [t]
4732. 10” Blk. Notes Columbia E239 [12726-1/12705-1]. POVĚZ TY M Ě MÁ PANENKO
[TAKE ME, O MY MAIDEN] (Bohemian Folk Song) / KNOCHOVA KAPELA
KOLÍNSKÁ [BAND]. COLUMBIA (Pochod). Piano acc. side one. Side one just about
1-2. Side two cons. 2. $12.00.
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RICCARDO STRACCIARI [b]. See also:
4216.
4963.
4448.
4292.
4335.
4151.
5060.
4964.
1496.
ALESSANDRO BONCI [t], ROSA
PONSELLE [s], HIPOLITO LAZARO
[t].
10” Gold acous. Flags Col. 33024-D
[77085-2/79636-1]. BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla vita (Verdi) / GIOCONDA: Barcarola (Ponchielli). The only
doubled form of both sides. Harmless
hair mark through grooves side one
looks like a faint patina on first glance
(but isn’t). In all doubled pressings?
Otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
10” Purple acous. Col. 4007-M [A1865
/A1866]. ZAZÀ: Buona Zazà / ZAZÀ:
Zazà, piccola Zingara (Leoncavallo).
Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
10” Purple acous. Columbia 4008-M
[A1863/A1890]. HAMLET: Come il
romito fior (Thomas) / DAMNATION
DE FAUST: Serenata (Berlioz). Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
10” Purple acous. Col. 4018-M
[78101-4/79736-1]. CANTA PE’ ME/
TU SOLA (both de Curtis). One tiny
RICCARDO STRACCIARI
bump, cons. 2. $15.00.
10” Purple acous. Col. 4021-M [79720-3/79737-1]. MATTINATA (Leoncavallo) /
PARLATEMI D’AMOR (de Curtis). Superb pressing (as are all these “M” series
issues), perfect copy. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
10” Purple Viva-Tonal Columbia 4035-M [W141752-3/W141753-3]. NINA (Tanara) /
TU CA NUN CHIAGNE (de Curtis-Bovio). Short
catalogue life. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
10” Purple acous. Eng. Columbia X333 [A1922/
A1926]. DAMNATION OF FAUST: Canzone della
pulce / DAMNATION OF FAUST: Su queste rose
(Berlioz). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
10” Blk. elec. Eng. Columbia DB264 [WB2527/
WB2529]. MATTINATA (Leoncavallo)/ O SOLE MIO
(di Capua). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
12” Gold Flags acous. Columbia 68070-D [49333-2/
49522-3?]. ÉLÉGIE (Massenet) / CORE ‘NGRATO
(Cardillo). Side one with SASHA JACOBSEN [vln].
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1158. 12” Columbia 49937 [take 3]. LA BOHÈME: Ah,
Mimì, tu più (Puccini). With CHARLES HACKETT
[t]. Original shellac test, unpublished. Recorded
25 Feb. 1921. Gen. 3. $200.00.
ELSA STRALIA [s]
1364. 12” Purple Eng. Columbia 7322 [6631/6856]. INVITATION [WALTZ SONG] (Anita Owen) / O LOVELY
NIGHT! (Landon Ronald). Light ULC side one,
otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
1484. 12” Copper Flags lbl. Columbia 50011-D [98124-3/
98125-1]. SE SARAN ROSE (Arditi) / IL BACIO
(both Arditi). In Italian. Very rare U.S. recording by
Stralia. Catalogue number missing from the
Columbia Master Book Discography, Vol. IV.
Stralia’s name is incorrectly spelled on both labels
as STRALLA, which couldn’t have made her very
happy! Very tiny lbl. tear side two. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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LAWRENCE STRAUSS [t]. Portland, OR, 1882 - ? .
Strauss, who settled in California
early in his career, spent a period of years studying in Europe with Jules Algier, Jean De Reszke
and Yvette Guilbert (France), Fritz Lindemann (Berlin) Sir George Henschel, Raymond von zur
Mühlen and Watkin Mills (England). Active primarily on the U.S. West Coast, it wasn’t until 1929
that he made his East Coast debut in recital, first in Boston and then New York, to exceptionally
complimentary criticism. He also appeared throughout the country in oratorio and recital, his
particular enthusiasms having been French and German songs, as well as contemporary music. In
addition to a small group of discs apparently made later in his career for a San Francisco
company, Photo & Sound (example below), he made two private recordings for Victor in 1927
(which I’ve never seen) along with a test for Victor five years earlier.
4434. 10” Yellow Vinyl (plastic) elec. Photo & Sound APS 683/APS 684. CHANSON DE LA
GLU (Gounod) / COLLOQUE SENTIMENTAL (Debussy). With Elizabeth Alexander
[pianist]. Side one gen. 2. Lt. superficial rubs side two, 3. $20.00.
WILHELM STRIENZ [bs]
2060. 12” Red PW Electrola DB 5594 [2RA4580-2/2RA4581-1]. BORIS GODOUNOV:
Farewell of Boris / BORIS GODOUNOV: Death of Boris (Moussorgsky – RimskyKorsakov). Orch. dir. Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Very short catalogue life. Just about
1-2. $40.00.
GRETE STÜCKGOLD [s]
4002. 10” Green acous. Polydor 20083 [2403½ar/
1135ar]. GESANG WEYLAS / ER ISTS
(both Hugo Wolf). Piano acc. Just about
1-2. $25.00.
1509. 12” Green acous. Vox *02179 [1837a/
1838a]. DIE MAINACHT / VON EWIGER
LIEBE (both Brahms). Piano acc. Dr.
Felix Günther. Just about 1-2. $35.00
2010. 12’ Green acous. Polydor 19238 [307as/
364as]. PEARL FISHERS: In dunkler
Nacht (Bizet) / ZAÏDE: Ruhe sanft, mein
holdes Leben (Mozart). As new. Just
about 1-2. $40.00.
ELISA STÜNZER [s]
1750. 12” Blue elec. Polydor 95015 [84be/87be].
LOHENGRIN: Euch Lüften / MAGIC
FLUTE: Ach, ich fühl’s (Mozart).
Just
about 1-2. $20.00.
EMMY STURM [s]. See: MICHAEL BOHNEN
[bs-b]
GRETE STUCKGOLD
ELSIE SUDDABY [s]
4700. 10” Red elec. PW HMV E.413 [Bb7726-III/Bb7727-I]. NYMPHS AND SHEPHERDS
(Purcell) / MY MOTHER BIDS ME BIND MY HAIR (Haydn). Piano acc. Mme.
Adami. Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
CONCHITA SUPERVIA [ms]
5005. 10” PW Purple French Odeon 188.839 [So6067/So6068]. LA REINA MORA: Ay!
Gitana, pasó la pena (J. Serrano). Two sides. With MARCOS REDONDO [b]. Orch.
dir. Romero. Small lbl. stkr. partially removed side one. Cons. 2. $25.00.
4941. 10” Parl.-Odeon P.O. 180 [So6066/So6069]. LE PRINTEMPS (Grieg) / PEL TEU
AMOR (Aragall). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
4034. 10” Blue Odeon M6068 [S06026/S06056]. ÉGLOGUE / BONJOUR, SUZON (both
Delibes). In French. Couple lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
4114. 10” White lbl. SS Parlophone RO 20316 [wlo3003]. SHOULD HE UPBRAID (Bishop).
Single-sided private pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4967. 10” Plum PW Parl.-Odeon RO 20344 [So7885/So7887]. SENTIR GITANO (Tomás de
Aquino) / UN BARBERILLO ALEGRE (J. L. Media Villa). Uncommon. Just about
1-2. $10.00.
1145. 10” Parlophone vinyl on 12”. One side of RO 20305 [SO6042-2]. LA MOLINARA:
Che vuol la zingarella (Pasiello). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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GLADYS SWARTHOUT [ms]
1202. 12” White (typed) label mat. 090331/09035-1. CHAMPAGNE WALTZ
(Paramount film starring Swarthout, 1937): Could I Be In Love?
(Leo Robin-William Daly). Side one
two versions in French: one in E flat
of the refrain followed by one in C of
the verse and refrain, both piano
acc. Side two follows the same
pattern but is sung in German.
Pressed by Victor for Paramount
studios. Cons. 2. $35.00.
2087. 12” White scroll Victor mat.
09714-1/09715-1. YELLOW
NIGHTINGALE (Paramount film
starring Swarthout, 1938, retitled
ROMANCE IN THE DARK): IL
BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce
poco fa (Rossini) / SADKO: Song of
India (Rimsky-Korsakov). Few lt.
rubs, cons. 2. $35.00.
1953. 12” White scroll Victor mat. 097221/09725-1. YELLOW NIGHTINGLADYS SWARTHOUT
GALE (Paramount film starring
Swarthout, 1938, retitled ROMANCE IN THE DARK): BLUE DAWN (Carmichael) /
CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet). Pressed by Victor for Paramount Studios. Just about
1-2. $35.00.
1497. 12” late Red RCA Victor 12-3042. LES CYGNES (Hahn) / ÉLÉGIE (Massenet). Piano
acc. Gibner King. Side two with LEONARD ROSE [cello]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
GIUSEPPE TACCANI [t]
4407. 10” Blk. ’08 GP Victor 52502 [10672b]. JANA: Si dannato morrò (Virgilio). Piano
acc. by the composer. First rate copy. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
4788. 10” Green elec. Eng. Columbia D12285 [WB1977/WB1976]. IL TROVATORE: Deserto sulla terra / IL TROVATORE: Di quella pira (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $35.00.
1029. 11” Fonotipia 92495/92496 [XPh3376/XPh3377]. FORZA DEL DESTINO: Le minacce / FORZA DEL DESTINO: Non si placa (Verdi). With PASQUALE AMATO [t].
Just about 1-2. $20.00.
FERRUCCIO TAGLIAVINI [t]
4188. 10” Blue Cetra AT 0129 [53308/53309]. L’HEURE EXQUISE (Hahn) / ÉLÉGIE
(Massenet). In French. Piano acc. Ermelinda Magnetti. Side two with violist Prof.
Arcidiacono. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4641. 10” Blue Cetra AT 0129 [53308/53309]. Same as previous listing (item #4188)
except a few lt. rubs. Will of course be a playing copy equal to the preceding listing.
2. $8.00.
MARION TALLEY [s]
1032. 11” White lbl. acous. Trial oversized 10” Test Victor (unnumbered) STORNELLO
DEL BOSSO VIENNESE (Strauss-LaForge). Piano acc. Frank LaForge. Rec. April
24, 1923. Unpublished. Only known copy. All her issued records were electrics. 3.
$100.00.
4966. 10” Red Scroll “Z”-type shellac Victor 1146. COMIN’ THRO’ THE RYE (Old Scottish
Air) / HOME, SWEET HOME (Bishop). Gleaming pressing. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1506. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 1141 [CVE-39578/CVE-39579]. LA SONNAMBULA:
Ah! non credea mirarti / LA SONNAMBULA: Ah! non giunge (Bellini). Just about
1-2. $10.00.
1507. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 1142 [CVE-38024/CVE-39571]. MIGNON: Polonaise
(Thomas) / LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN: Les oiseaux dans la charmille
(Offenbach). Short catalogue life for these Disque issues and better surfaces than the
Victors (which likewise had short lives). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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FRANCESCO TAMAGNO [t]
5129. 10” Red Vla 95007 [3014-R]. LE PROPHÈTE: Sopra Berta l’amor mio (Meyerbeer).
Excellent late ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4714. 10” White lbl. Vla 95010 [3021-F]. WILLIAM
TELL: Corriam, corriamo (Rossini). It was
dubbed by Victor to an S/8 transfer in
1915, but this excellent pressing is from
the original stamper. IMs and very slight
lbl. soil, but grooved portion is in top condition. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
4379. 10” Silver Victor IRCC 172 [3016ft/820z].
HÉRODIADE: Adieu donc, vains objects
(Massenet) / LEO SLEZAK [t]. WILLIAM
TELL: O Mathilde (Rossini). From orig.
1903 G&T matrices. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
4505. 10” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DR 101 [3019FT/
3027FT]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Figli miei,
v’arrestate (Saint-Saëns) / HÉRODIADE:
Quand nos jours (Massenet). From orig.
1903 masters. Piano acc. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
ANNA TARIOL-BAUGÉ [ms]
4634. 10” Blk. Victor 62977 [14101u/14102u]. LA
GRANDE DUCHESSE DE GÉROLSTEIN:
La declaration / LA BELLE HÉLÈNE:
Amours divins (both Offenbach). Small lbl.
stain side two. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
STANISLAW TARNAWSKI [bs]
ANNA TARIOL-BAUGÉ
4820. 10” Green Warszawa Zonophone X-262097/2-62251 [3510L/3508L]. STARY KAPRAL [THE OLD CORPORAL]
(Moniuszko) / DUCH WOJEWODY [SPIRIT OF WOJEWODA]: Czardasz
(Grossman). Top copy. Speed and key written on grooves in shellac side two,
otherwise just about 1-2. $60.00.
RICHARD TAUBER [t]. See also: VERA SCHWARZ [s]
4056. 10” PW Brown Odeon O-4520 [Be10180-2/Be10181-2]. FRÜHLINGSSTRÜRME:
Wozu die Sehnsucht? / FRÜHLINGSSTÜRME: Du wärst für mich die Frau gewesen
(Jaromir Weinberger). Few lt. mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
4947. 10” PW Brown Odeon O-4993 [Be9568/Be9569-2]. BLUME VON HAWAII: Die
Blume von Hawaii / BLUME VON HAWAII: Ein Paradies am Meerestrand (Pul
Abraham). Orch. dir. Frieder Weissmann. Lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4944. 10” PW Parl.-0deon RO 20116 [Be7480/Be7481-2]. FRIEDERIKE: O Wie Schön /
FRIEDERIKE: Liebe, goldener traum (Lehár). Orch. dir. Ernst Hauke. Lbl. stkr.
4286. 10” Parl.-Odeon PO 160 [Be10296/Be10297-2]. CAPRICE VIENNOIS / LIEBESLEID
UND LIEBESFREUD (both Marischka-Fritz Kreisler). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
1776. 12” Brown acous. Odeon O-8162 [XXB7245/XXB7247]. PAGANINI: Schönstes
Italien / PAGANINI: Was ich denke (Lehár). Side two with CARLOTTA VANCONTI
[s]. Side one just about 1-2. Side two a few rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
1341. 12” Brown acous. Odeon O-8229 [XXB6843/XXB6845]. MIGNON: Leb’ wohl,
Mignon / MIGNON: Wie ihre Unschuld (Thomas). Glassy surfaces. Few minor rubs.
Cons. 2. $12.00.
1522. 12” Brown acous. Odeon O-8230 [XXB6549/XXB6550]. DER ROSENKAVALIER:
Italienische Arie des Sängers (Strauss) / DIE WALKÜRE: Liebeslied (Wagner). Small
lbl. stkr. Glassy surfaces. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1911. 12” Blk. PW U.S. Odeon 85230 [XXB7946-3/XXB8368-1]. DREI WANDERER (Hans
Herrmann) / DIE BEIDEN GRENADIERE (Schumann). Glassy surfaces. Few lt.
rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
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INES ALFANI TELLINI [s]. See: AURELIANO PERTILE [t]
KARL TERKAL [s]
4753. 10” Blue German Decca F43569 [D6100-III/D6101-III]. TOSCA: Recondita armonia / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini). In German. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
MARGARETE TESCHEMACHER [s]
4772. 10” Red PW Electrola DA 4403 [OD936-3/OD937-2]. IL TROVATORE: Duett
Leonora-De Luna Akt IV (Verdi). Two sides. With WILLI DOMGRAF-FASSBAENDER (b). Scarce. Beautiful copy. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
LUISA TETRAZZINI [s]
1870. 11½” (on 12”) red
vinyl Zonophone
X10000 (25000)
[3515]. LUCIA: Mad
Scene (Donizetti).
Piano acc. 1904 recording. The master
to this pressing done
for Victor Heritage
Series consideration
(circa 1948) was subsequently lost or destroyed. There are
therefore no later
black vinyl pressings
of this particular
item. Just about 1-2.
$50.00.
1913. 12” Red ’08 Pats “A”
plate Vla 92061
[2524f];. ROMEO ET
JULIETTE: Valse
(Gounod). In Italian.
Cons. 2. $6.00.
1716. 12” Red Pats. “C” plate
LUISA TETRAZZINI in a pugilistic mood
Vla 88293. LA TRAVIATA: Ah, fors è lui
… Sempre libera (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1230. 12” Red Pats. “A” plate Vla 88294. LAS HIJAS DEL ZEBEDEO: Carceleras (Chapí).
Descriptive text label on verso concludes, “A remarkable performance indeed-wild,
stimulating and fascinating in the extreme”. Small lbl. stain. Cons. 2. $8.00.
2127. 12” Red ’12 Pats Vla 88296. MIGNON: Io son Titania (Thomas). Text label on verso.
2132. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88397 [C-10075-2]. LAKMÉ: Dov’è l’Indiana bruna (Delibes).
1843. 12” Red Pats. Vla 88299. LUCIA: Il dolce suono (Donizetti). Text label on verso.
Spotless early pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1887. 12” Red “B” plate Pats. Vla 88305. LA SONNAMBULA: Ah, non credea mirarti
(Bellini). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1565. 12” Red “A” plate Pats. Vla 88307. AIR AND VARIATIONS (Proch). Perfect first issue
copy. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1448. 12” Red Pats. “C” plate Vla 88318. PERLE DU BRÉSIL: Charmant Oiseau (David).
Lovely early pressing. Couple lightest rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.
1900. 12” Red Pats. “B” place Vla 88349. THE SWALLOWS (Cowen). In English. Very small
label smudge, otherwise just about 1-2. $7.00.
1974. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Vla 88426. IL TROVATORE: D’amor sull’ ali rosee (Verdi). Text
label on verso. Very bright pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1691. 12” Red Victor 88504. I VESPRI SICILIANI: Mercè, dilette amiche (Verdi). Just about
1-2. $8.00.
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1774. 12” Red Vla 6397. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, pace mio Dio! (Verdi) /
CARMEN: Aria de Micaëla (Bizet). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1611. 12” Red Disque pour Gram. 2-033027 [Ac5161f]. THE PEARL OF BRAZIL: Charmant oiseau (David). One of her few records never doubled. Small ND first ¼”, lbl.
fade, otherwise 2. $12.00.
1528. 12” Pink Gram. Mon. 053143 [2175f]. DINORAH: Shadow Song (Meyerbeer).
Excellent raised rim pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1664. 12” Pink Angel Gram. Monarch 053197 [2586f]. FRÜHLINGSSTIMMEN [VOICES OF
SPRING] (Strauss). Piano acc. Percy Pitt. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1627. 12” Pink Dog Mon. Gram. 2-053027 [Ac5161f]. Same as preceding listing (item
#1611). One minor LGT, small lbl. stkr. IMs. Cons. 2. $15.00.
1486. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 2-053057 [5168f]. DON GIOVANNI: Batti, batti (Mozart).
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2092. 12” Red vinyl Victor (HMV) 2-053094 [Ho522af]. STAR OF THE NORTH: Grand Air
of Catherine (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1224. 12” White lbl. HMV vinyl mat. Ho547c. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, pace mio
Dio [beginning “Cruda sventura”] (Verdi). Unpublished 1914 recording (except for
Historic Masters HMV 23). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1957. 12” PW Silver Victor IRCC 148. VOCI DI PRIMAVERA (Strauss) / SONNAMABULA:
Come per me sereno (Bellini). From orig. London 1908/1912 matrices. Side one
piano acc. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1513. 12” White HMV VB 41 [Ho520af/Ac191Ho]. CRISPINO E LA COMARE: Io non sono
più l’Annetta (Fratelli Ricci) / HUGUENOTS: O, vago suol, della Turenna (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
MAGGIE TEYTE [s]
4245. 10” Blk. acous. Eng. Columbia 2467
[29164/29165]. THE HOMES THEY
LEAVE BEHIND / YOUR KING AND
COUNTRY WANT YOU (both Paul A.
Rubens). Rare short-lived U.K. recording and issue. Nice copy, few
4163. 10” PW Plum HMV B.8242 [OEA861V/OEA862-VII]. WHITE ROSES /
HOLD ME IN YOUR HEART (both
Kennedy Russell). Side two with
CHARLES MAYHEW [b]. Both from
By Appointment. Rare. Just about
1-2. $20.00.
4069. 10” White “Not for Sale” HMV test mat.
OEA10161-2. D’ANNE, JOUANT DE
L’ESPINETTE (Ravel) Piano acc. Gerald Moore. 13 Mar. 1944. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
CONRAD THIBAULT [b]
4993. 10” Red Orth. Vla 1679. THE SHEPHERDESS (Edward Horsman) /
PASSING BY (Edward Purcell, arr.
William Arms Fisher). Piano acc.
Martha Halbwachs. Uncommon.
Cons. 2. $12.00.
GEORGES THILL [t]
GEORGES THILL as Gérald in Lakmé
4457. 10” PW Blue Columbia Masterworks 4218-M [CL5895/CL5896]. NOËL, Op. 43 / EN
PRIÈRE (both Gabriel Fauré). Piano acc. Maurice Faure. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4104. 10” PW Blue French Columbia LF 103 [WL3321/WL3322]. LA BARCHETA (Hahn) /
ENLÉVEMENT (Lévadé). Side one with Lily Laskine [harp] and Jean Lafon [guitar].
Side two piano acc. Georges Truc. Lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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Discs
5093. 10” PW Red French Columbia RF 71 [CL4877-1/CL4878-1]. J’AI TANT D’AMOUR/
LA CHANSON DE PARIS (both Maurice Yvain). From film La Chanson de Paris.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4319. 10” PW Red French Columbia RF 74 [CL5157-1/CL5158-1]. EL PAMPERO [TANGO
CHANTÉ] (Richard Barthélemy) / SUR LE FLOT BERCEUR (Simons). Orch. dir.
Marcel Cariven. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1685. 12” PW Blue French Col. LFX 37 [WLX1300-1/WLX1301-1]. PENSÉE D’AUTOMNE
(Massenet) / NINON (Tosti). Piano acc. Maurice Faure. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1149. 12” SS vinyl Fr. Columbia LFX 324 [CLX1729]. SIGURD: Le bruit des chants
(Reyer). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1672. 12” Blue Eng. Col. LFX 507 [CLX1959-1/CLX2016-1]. QUELLA FIAMMA CHE
M’ACCENDE (Marcelli) / AMARILLI (Caccini). Piano acc. Maurice Faure. One of
Thill’s very few records in Italian. Beautifully sung. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1999. 12” Blue PW Columbia 7326-M [CLX1734-3/CLX1748-1]. MEDJE [ARABIAN SONG]
(Gounod) / LIEBESTRAUM (Liszt). Orch. dir. Eugène Bigot. Top pressing. Just
about 1-2. $6.00.
JOHN CHARLES THOMAS [b
4441. 10” Blk. shellac acous. Vocalion 60037 7736/10843?]. ON THE ROAD TO
MANDALAY (Speaks) / NICHAVO! (Mana-Zucca). Cons. 2. $10.00.
4083. 10”Brown shellac Vocalion 30136 [8601]. MAYTIME: Will You Remember? (Romberg). Two takes of this were issued (the other being 8602). Tiny lbl. stkr. Just about
1-2. $8.00.
4797. 10” Brown shellac Vocalion 30145 [8111]. THE LOVE LETTER: Canzonetta (Jacobi).
In Italian. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4798. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15200. NICHAVO! (Mana-Zucca) / ROLLING DOWN TO
RIO (German). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4140. 10” PW Red Victor 1631. THE TRUMPETER (Dix) / MY MESSAGE (d’Hardelot). Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
5114. 10” Red late RCA Victor 2160. THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS (Hammerstein-Kern) /
BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS (Harmat). Orch. dir. Nathaniel Shilkret. Just about
1-2. $7.00.
4870. 10” White lbl. vinyl PW Victor mat. PBS-019294-1. EIN SCHWAN (Grieg).
Unpublished. Piano acc. Rec. 27 May, 1938. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
4873. 10” White lbl. vinyl PW Victor mat. BS-030512-2. RUHE, MEINE SEELE (Strauss).
Unpublished. Piano acc. Rec. 30 Nov. 1938. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
4874. 10” White lbl. vinyl PW Victor mat. BS-030513-1. GEBET (Marx). Piano acc.
Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
4875. 10” White lbl. vinyl PW Victor mat. BS-030514-1. DER TON (Marx). Piano acc.
Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
1789. 12” Red RCA Victor 18061. THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER: My Hero / THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER: Sympathy; That Would Be Lovely; Forgive (O. Straus). Side two
with HOPE MANNING [s]. Orch. dir. Frank Tours. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
THOMAS L. THOMAS [b]. See: NAN MERRIMAN [ms]
CAROLYN THOMPSON [s].
She and Dennis King (reverse side of this disc) were the principal creators in the world premiere of Friml’s The Vagabond King in 1925.
4269. 10” PW Blk. Victor 19897. THE VAGABOND KING: Only a Rose / DENNIS KING [b].
THE VAGABOND KING: Song of the Vagabonds (Friml). Nice pressing. Cons. 2.
$12.00.
KERSTIN THORBORG [c]. See also: HULDA LASHANSKA [s]
4257. 10” PW Plum elec. HMV X.2749 [BW1636-II/BW1637-II]. SAMSON ET DALILA:
Printemps qui commence (Saint-Saêns) / HÉRODIADE: Il est doux (Massenet).
Both in Swedish. Early Thorborg. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
1201. 12” PW Dk. Blue elec. Odeon AA210211 [XXSto2508-2/XXSsto2530-2]. I CAVALIERI DI EKEBÙ: Jag gär, jag känner mitt öde [I go, I know my fate] / EINAR
BEYRON [t]. I CAVALIERI DI EKEBÙ: Bro, den ensliga kyrkan [Bro, the solitary
church] (Zandonai). In Swedish. Rare. Orch. dir. Nils Grevillius. Cons. 2. $20.00.
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ANNA THURSFIELD [c]. See: ARTHUR BLISS in Instrumental Section.
LAWRENCE TIBBETT [b]
4224. 10” PW Red Victor 1507. WITHOUT A SONG (Youmans) / LIFE
IS A DREAM (Arthur FreedOscar Straus). Both from film
The Prodigal (also named The
Southerner). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
4139. 10” PW Red Victor 1612. AND
LOVE WAS BORN / THE SONG
IS YOU (both Kern). From Music
in the Air. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4878. 10” White vinyl Orth. Vla mat.
BVE-45189-3. TRAVELIN’ TO
THE GRAVE (arr. Reddick). Piano acc. Unpublished. Rec. 29 May
1928. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
1205. 12” PW Red Victor 15549. GOIN’
HOME (Fisher-Dvořák) / THE
BAILIFF’S DAUGHTER (Old
English). Side one orch. dir.
Alexander Smallens. Side two
piano acc. Stewart Wille. Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
MARIE TIFFANY [s]
4585. 10” White lbl. test Brunswick mat.
403 [Feb. 10 1920]. PSYCHÉ
(Paladihle). This and the following disc were originally owned by
Miss Tiffany and are the only
known copies. 2. $35.00.
4586. 10” White lbl. test Brunswick mat.
436 [March 3, 1920]. PSYCHÉ
(Paladihle). See previous listing
LAWRENCE TIBBETT improving his circulation
(item #4585). Unpublished. Only
known copy. Gen. 2. $35.00.
4728. 10” White lbl. test Brunswick mat. 8200 [June, 1922]. PSYCHÉ (Paladihle).
Unpublished. Only known copy. Alas, this test has a crack (taped on the blank side)
that extends into the record about 1”. It sounds only lightly when checked here.
Surface otherwise cons. 2. $25.00.
4997. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15179. OL’ CAR’LINA (Cooke) / DARLING NELLIE GRAY
(Hanby). With Male Trio. Couple rubs, still just about 1-2. $8.00.
PAVEL I. TIKHONOV [bs]. 1877-1944. A noted Russian bass. Levik notes that Tikhonov
was “impressive”. “He didn’t have a particularly beautiful voice but he knew how to use it … He
was more interesting and effective in character and realistic roles … than in tragic roles. The
civilized manner of his performance always won him the sympathy of the intelligent section of the
audience”. From The Levik Memoirs, trans. Edward Morgan. Pub. Symposium Records.
4830. 10” Blk. Angel Russ. Concert Gram. 4-22453/4-22454 [4101ae/4102ae]. KHOVANSHCHINA: Our brothers’ fate is our affair (Moussorgsky) / ROMEO ET JULIETTE: Dieu, qui fit l’homme à ton image (Gounod). Great copy. Cons. 2. $50.00.
2096. 12” White HMV vinyl HMV 022321/022322 [2788¾c/2787c]. LIFE FOR THE TSAR:
They guess the truth (Glinka) / EUGEN ONEGIN: Gremin’s Aria (Tschaikowsky).
Side one reissued on Historic Masters HMB 150. Side two not reissued. Just about
1-2. $35.00.
MAX Y. TITOV [t]. 1850- ? .
4837. 10” Green Russ. Zonophone X-2-62313/X-2-62317 [2957L/4920L]. EUGEN
ONEGIN: How excellent this day (Tschaikowsky) / PAVEL Z. ANDREYEV [b].
PAGLIACCI: Prologo (Leoncavallo). Side one in French. Few MGTs, cons. 2-3.
$35.00.
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ARMAND TOKATYAN [t]
4039. 10” Orth. vinyl Vla. mat. BVE-59751-6. NOUVELLE BERCEUSE (K. Proff-Kalfaian).
In Armenian. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
4038. 10” Orth. vinyl Vla mat. BVE-59752-3. CHANT D’EMIGRÉ (R. P. Komitas). In
Armenian. Scheduled for issued as HMV DA 1238, but appears not to have been
released (unless a collector can advise otherwise). Just about 1-2. $25.00.
4044. 10” Orth. vinyl Vla mat. BVE-62314-1. HAYASDAN [ARMENIA] (Komitas Vardapet).
In Armenian. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
4045. 10” Orth. vinyl Vla mat. BVE-62315-1. SIROOHIS [BELOVED] (V. Servasdiants). In
Armenian. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
1554. 12” Blk. shellac Vocalion 70006 [ ? / ? ]. LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli) /
TARANTELLA SINCERA (de Crescenzo). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1461. 12” Brown shellac Vocalion 70008 [12186/12183] MANON: Je suis seul … Ah,
fuyez, douce image (Massenet) / FAUST: Salut, demeure (Gounod). Just about
1-2. $15.00.
LINA TOMEZZOLI [c]
4095. 10” Blk. Acous. Favorite 1-36036/1-39038 [3733-o/3766-o]. FAUST: Le parlate
d’amor / ANITA BARBARANI [s], PIETRO QUATTRINA [t], GIULIO BRANZANI [b].
FAUST: Oh, del ciel angelo immortal! (Gounod). Side one piano acc. Side one 2-3,
few MGTs. Side two 2. $15.00.
ANTON MARIA TOPITZ [t]
5022. 10” Blk. PW Victor V-6013 [BL4206-I/BL4207-I]. WIEN, WIEN, NUR DU ALLEIN
(Sieczynski) / IM PRATER BLÜH’N WIEDER DIE BÄUME (Stolz). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
GEORGE (GIORGIO) TOZZI [bs]
1792. 12” Blk. Eng. Columbia DX 1604
[CAX10602-1A/CAX10603-I]. TOUGH
AT THE TOP: Excerpts (V. Ellis). Two
sides (parts 3/4). With MARIA D’ATTILI [s]. From the 1949 British “musical
play” Tough At the Top. Tozzi’s first
recordings, I assume. Rubbed, 3-4, but
should play with no problems. $6.00.
HELEN TRAUBEL [s]
1498. 12” late Red RCA Victor 12-3229. THE
SONG’S GOTTA COME FROM THE
HEART (Jules Styne) / A REAL PIANO
PLAYER (Durante). Orch. dir. Roy Bargy.
With JIMMY DURANTE [comedian].
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
EMMA TRENTINI [s]. See: GINA
CIAPARELLI VIAFORA [s]
GIUSEPPE TRICARIO [t]
4142. 10” Green Columbia E2150 [417681/41916-1]. OTELLO: Niun mi tema /
ICILIO CALLEJA [t]. OTELLO: Ora e per
sempre addio (Verdi). Cons. 2. $20.00.
GIUSEPPE TRICARICO
KLAVDIA TUGARINOVA [c]. See: MARIA MICHAILOWA [s]
UMBERTO URBANO [b]
1273. 12” PW Red elec. Polydor 73079 [276bi/278bi]. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu /
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alla vita (Verdi). Tiny lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
1226. 12” PW Purple Grammophon elec. 35078 [886½bm/1135bm]. L’ULTIMA CANZONE
(Tosti) / SI VOUS L’AVIEZ COMPRIS (Denza). In Italian/French. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
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JACQUES URLUS [t]
1377. 12’ Blk. Dog Gram. Mon. 042263/042264
[483s/484s]. LE PROPHÈTE: Triumphgesang / LE PROPHÈTE: Pastorale
(Meyerbeer). Couple tiny mks., just
about 1-2. $40.00.
1357. 12” Green Dog Mon. Gram. 044173/
044174 [2138c/2139c]. AÏDA: Ich sehe
dich wieder [Act III Duet] (Verdi). Two
sides. With MELANIE KURT [s]. Just
about
1-2. $25.00.
2425. 12” Gold & Blk. acous. Odeon Lxx80977/
Lxx80978 [XXB7048-2/XXB7051]. LA
GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli) /
PAGLIACCI: No! Pagliaccio non son
(Leoncavallo). Side one in Italian. Side
two in German. Rare. Couple tiny lbl.
stains and IMs side one. Lt. sounding
wear into orch. intro side one, otherwise
few MGTs, gen. 3. Side two 3. $40.00.
VIORICA URSULEAC [s]
4019. 10” PW Blk. elec. Polydor 62712
[5580¾BD/5579BD]. ARABELLA:
Duet, Act I. With MARGIT BOKOR [s] /
ARABELLA: Duet, Act II. With ALFRED
JERGER [b]. (Richard Strauss). Orch.
JACQUES URLUS
dir. Clemens Krauss. Creator performances. IMs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1447. 12” Yellow Deut. Grammophon 68125 [2351GE/2352¾GE]. CAPRICCIO: SchlußSzene (Strauss). Two sides. Ursuleac created the Countess in the 1942 world
premiere. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
ALESSANDRO VALENTE [t]. Torino, 1890-1958.
The “mysterious” life of Valente was
researched in an invaluable Record Collector Magazine article, Vol. XXXIV, No. 1, by noted collector
Alan Bilgora. Valente sang as a youth in a church choir and as a teenager in an opera chorus, but
following in his father’s tracks, he pursued a career as an engraver and an engineer, achieving
notable accomplishments in these areas. Other than his celebrated records, however, he had
considerably less success professionally as a singer. His first record was made in 1914 under his
vaudeville name, Alex Vallo. Carlo Sabajno conducted the session and requested a kickback on the
tenor’s recording fee, to which Valente wouldn’t agree. Various other intrigues and conspiracies
apparently affected what should have been a tremendously successful career, judging from his
recordings made from the 1927 to 1931 period. His most successful stage work seemed to have
been as an assisting artist for Luisa Tetrazzini on her farewell tour in 1934 and in 1927 in a run of
Andrea Chenier performances at the Rome Teatro Adriano.
4111. 10” PW Plum Electrola (with superimposed Czech “Gramola” lbl.) EG 1429[BF2526I/BF2547-IIT1]. LA CENA DELLE BEFFE: Tornato è maggio / LA CENA DELLE
BEFFE: Calato in Arno (Giordano). Orch. dir. Gino Nastrucci. Cons. 2. $15.00.
NINON VALLIN [s]
1741. 12” Art-Label Pathé X.7230 [N202476/N202477]. L’INVITATION AU VOYAGE /
CHANSON TRISTE (both Duparc). Orch. dir. Godfroy Gandolfi. Cons. 2. $10.00.
1386. 12” Art-Label Pathé X.7233 [N250021-1/N250022-2]. LE ROI D’YS: Margared, o ma
soeur (Lalo). Two sides. With MADELEINE SIBILLE [ms]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
K. A. VAN-BRYN [s]
4646. 10” Green Russian Zonophone X-63397/X-63401 [7564L/7569L]. HUGUENOTS: O
beau pays (Meyerbeer) / TSAR’S BRIDE: Marfa’s Aria (Rimsky-Korsakov). Piano
acc. Side one an attractive performance (with a cadenza I’ve never heard). Small lbl.
stkr. The record looks quite terrible, mostly heavy rubbing, some LSSs, etc., but
there’s only some slight audible wear on side two and none that I noticed on side
one. It looks 5-6 but plays much better (honestly!!). $15.00
.
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ERNEST VAN DYCK [t]
1101. 11” vinyl Fonotipia 39101 [XPh539].
DU BIST WIE EINE BLUME (Schumann). Just about 1-2. $50.00.
ELISABETH VAN ENDERT [s]. See
also: HERMANN JADLOWKER [t]
4868. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor V-6124
[BLR4101-I/Bw942-I]. SAG’ JA,
MEIN LEIB’, SAG’ JA (Kálmán) /
FRANZ BAUMANN [t]. STUDENT
SEIN, WENN DIE VEILCHEN
BLÜH’N (A. Lob). Side one cons. 2.
Side two few lt. rubs, 2. $8.00.
CYRENA VAN GORDON [c]
4284. 10” Blk. EE Columbia 114-M
[W141055-2/W141059-3]. BONNIE
SWEET BESSIE (Gilbert) / CARRY
ME BACK TO OLD VIRGINNY
(Bland). Scarce short lived early
electric issue. Harmless patina into
grooves about ½” from the rim side
one. Few lightest mks., cons. 2.
$12.00.
1717. 12” Blk. acous. Columbia 5030-M
CYRENA VAN GORDON
[98074-9/98075-7]. SAMSON ET
DALILA: Printemps qui commence (Saint-Saëns) / LE PROPHÈTE: Ah, mon fils
(Meyerbeer). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
ELLISON VAN HOOSE [t]
1579. 12” Red GP ’08 Victor 74005 [C2798]. MARTHA: Lost, Proscribed
(Flotow). With EMILIO DE
GOGORZA [b]. Cons. 2. $7.00.
JEAN-ÉMILE VANNI-MARCOUX [bs]
4313. 10” Red acous. Fr. Gram SR DA 631
[BL76-II/BL78-III]. DON QUICHOTTE: Quand apparaissent les
étoiles [Sérénade, Act I] / DON
QUICHOTTE: L’Étoile! [La Mort de
Don Quichotte] (Massenet). Small
lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
4173. 10” PW Red Disque Gram. DA 989
[BT4149-II/BT4150-II]. LA TRUITE
/ LES RIRES ET LES PLEURS (both
Schubert). Piano acc. Piero Coppola. Excellent later ‘30s pressing.
Few lt. superficial rubs, 2. $12.00.
4948. 10” Red PW Disque Gram. DA 1124
[BF3316-II/BF3318-II]. PANURGE:
Chanson de la Touraine (Massenet)
/ LE BEAU SÉJOUR; DANS NOTRE
VILLAGE (18th/17th Century Songs).
Side one creator performance. Piano
JEAN-EMILE VANNI-MARCOUX
acc. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
1237. 12” White lbl. vinyl SS HMV DB 4950 [2LA141-1]. LOUISE: Recit. et Berceuse
(Charpentier). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
ANTON VAN ROOY [b]. See: VITTORIO ARIMONDI [bs]
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Countess ITALIA [MOLINA] VASQUEZ [s].
Trieste, 1869-Budapest, 1945. Born of Italian
parents, Vasquez studied in Geneva, first piano and
then voice with Alfonso Dami. She was discovered in
1889 by Gustav Mahler, then directing the Hungarian
Opera, and was prepared by Mahler for her debut:
Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni. Despite being twenty and
inexperienced, however, she refused to go on at the last
minute as she was denied a new costume. She still was
to develop into one of the “preeminent members of the
permanent ensemble” of the Budapest Opera. In 1893
she was Hungary’s first Nedda in that country’s
premiere performance of Pagliacci. She created Isolde in
the Hungarian premiere of Tristan und Isolde in 1901.
Vasquez was a guest in several European opera houses,
including having sung Aida in 1902 at the Vienna
Opera. She remained a leading member of the Budapest
Opera until 1917 and subsequently taught. The title
“Countess” was the result of her marriage to a
Hungarian country squire. She appears to have recorded
only in 1902.
4719. 10” Blk. Budapest G&T 53244 [1170x].
OTELLO: Ave Maria (Verdi). Couple grey
grooves, very slight (harmless) saucer warp,
otherwise gen. 2-3. $250.00.
LUCY
VAUTHRIN [s]. Paris, 1885-1945.
Her
debut was in 1902. She was associated with the Paris
Opèra Comique from the early 1900s in roles including
Viola in la Reine Fiammette, Micaela, Massenet’s
Cendrillon, Musetta, Mimì, Sophie in Werther and
Manon, as well as a number of smaller roles in familiar
and forgotten works.
ITALIA VASQUEZ
4405. 10” PW Red elec. Artiphone F1015 [13122/
13123]. AIMANT LA ROSE, LE ROSSIGNOL,
Op. 2, No. 2 (Rimsky-Korsakov); LE ROSSIGNOL S’EST TU, Op. 1, No. 4 (Sokolov) /
SÉRÉNADE INUTILE, Op. 84 (Brahms).
Piano acc. Hélène Léon. Just about 1-2.
$25.00.
ELVINO VENTURA [t]
1525. 12” Blk. Milano G&T 054002 [515-R]. CARMEN: Duetto Don José, Escamillo (Bizet).
Piano acc. With TULLIO QUERCIA [b]. Few
MGTs, 2-3. $60.00.
ALICE VERLET [s]
5044. 10” Blk. Dog Gram. Con. 7-33000 [10247c].
PRINTEMPS NOUVEAU (Vidal). Just about
1-2. $25.00.
CÉSAR VEZZANI [t]
5144. 10” Purple acous. Disque Gram. U.67
[BS661-IV/BS901-IV]. DINORAH: Les blés
sont bons à faucher (Meyerbeer) /
JÉRUSALEM: Je veux encore entendre
(Verdi). Cons. 2. $20.00.
2000. 12” PW Blk. Disque Gram. W-1069 [CN314LUCY VAUTHRIN
II/CN315-II]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Arrêtez,
ô mes frères / SAMSON ET DALILA: Implorons à genous (Saint-Saëns). Orch. dir.
Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
1285. 12” PW Blk. Disque Gram. W-1075 [CN316-II/CN317-II]. SAMSON ET DALILA: Vois
ma misère, hélas (Saint-Saëns). Two sides. Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Small lbl.
stkr. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
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2160. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 4816 [2W458-1/2W459-2]. MANON: Duo de SaintSulpice, IV Acte (Massenet). Two sides. With JEANNE GUYLA [s]. Orch. dir. Piero
Coppola. Excellent later ‘30s pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
GINA CIAPARELLI VIAFORA [s]
4504. 10” B&S Columbia 3274 [take 2]. GOOD-BYE [ADDIO] (Tosti). Unusually bright
copy. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1781. 12” TC Columbia A5026 [30030-2/30122-1]. DON GIOVANNI: La ci darem la mano.
With TAURINO PARVIS [b] / EMMA TRENTINI [s]. DON GIOVANNI: Vedrai carino
(Mozart). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
1464. 12” Red Pats. Victor 74116. IL TROVATORE: Tacea la notte placida (Verdi).
Uncommon. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
FRANCISCO VIGNAS [t]
1061. 10” Fonotipia 69089/69090 [XPh4905-3/XPH4908]. PARSIFAL: Si, questa voce tal
gli suonò / PARSIFAL: Sii salvo e assolto (Wagner). IMs. Very fine copy. Few lt.
rubs, cons. 2. $50.00.
GEORGES VILLIER [b]
5134. 10” Red PW Eng. Columbia D12051 [WL1447/WL1448]. RÉSURRECTION: Oh! non,
non! gardez-vous croire (Alfano) / MIREILLE: Couplets d’Ourrias (Gounod). Orch.
dir. Elie Cohen. One harmless rim patina side two. Lbl. stkrs. Cons. 2. $15.00.
LOUISE B. VOIGT [s].
Voigt, an American, had a series of “concert triumphs” in Berlin and
had been offered “a most advantageous” contract from the Berlin Royal Opera, as well as by
Conried for the Metropolitan in the early 1900s. She chose not to accept these offers because of
the death of her hustand, after which she retired for a period. In resuming her career, primarily in
the U.S. midwest, it was as an oratorio soloist and as a guest with the larger German-American
Sängerfests. At one such event it was noted
that her voice carried “to absolute perfection
… over a chorus of 5000 in fortissimo”[!]. In
1913, Voigt was a guest soloist at a special
fund raising concert at the Armory on 25th St.
and Lexington Avenue in New York where
“twelve to fourteen thousand people” heard
her sing “Dich teure Halle” with Victor
Herbert conducting an orchestra comprised of
150
principal
players
from
the
NY
Philharmonic, NY Symphony, Metropolitan
Opera
and
the
Victor
Herbert
Orchestra.”Mme. Voigt’s voice easily filled the
immense auditorium, noted a reviewer, “and
she was warmly applauded”. Her only records
are the two sides for Victor listed below. Quotes from period newspaper/magazine articles.
1884. 12” Blk. Victor 68473. TANNHÄUSER: Dich, teure Halle / DER
FREISCHÜTZ: Leise, leise, fromme
Weise (v. Weber). Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
FRANZ VÖLKER [t]
4581. 10” B&S PW Brunswick Full Range
53133 [822BT/823½BT].
DEUTSCHLAND ERWACHE, ES
IST FRÜHLING AM RHEIN (Höser)
/ DIE SONNE HAT DEN RHEIN
GEKÜSST (Schmalstich). Orch.
dir. Paul Godwin. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
4869. 10” Green PW Polydor 21933
FRANZ VOLKER
[807bh/802bh]. FOR YOU ALONE
(Geehl) / HAVE MERCY [RUSSIAN ROMANZE] (Bakalainikow). Cons. 2. $10.00.
5277. 10” Blue PW Polydor 90058 [1940BK/1690½BK]. RIGOLETTO: Questa o quella/
RIGOLETTO: La donna è mobile (Verdi). In German. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $8.00.
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GIULIO VOLPI [t]
4989. 10” Green acous. Fonografia Nazionale C5405/C5406-2. LA BOHÈME: Che gelida
manina (Puccini). Two sides. “Edizione” stamp affixed to label signed by Volpi.
Couple rubs, 2 $20.00.
KOLOMAN VON PATAKY [t]
1800. 12” Red elec. Polydor 73090 [438bm/439bm]. LA BOHÈME: O Mimì, tu più (Puccini) / LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Solenne in quest’ ora (Verdi). In Italian. Both with
HEINRICH SCHLUSNUS [b]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
HENRIETTA
WAKEFIELD [c]. New York, 1878-Norwalk, CT, 1974.
Wakefield’s long
Metropolitan Opera career included twenty seasons between 1907 and 1935 in which she sang 69
roles. These ranged from Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, La Cieca in La Gioconda and Madelon in
Andrea Chenier through the roles of Gerhilde, Grimgerde, Schwertleite and Waltraute in Wagner’s
Die Walküre (not all the same evening!). She also appeared in musicals and operetta (de Koven’s
Rob Roy in 1912 was a particular success) as well as in oratorio and in recitals. She and her
husband (baritone Greek Evans) founded The Theater in The Woods at their Norwalk estate in the
1930s, a successful outdoor summer musical venue.
4203. (as CORINNE DENNISON [s]). 10” Blue acous. Banner 2022. CARMEN: Habanera
(Bizet) / PERCY HEMUS [b]. TANNHÄUSER: Evening Star (Wagner). Mr. Hemus
appears on this label as FRANCIS BURRELL [soprano]! These must be from matrices
of the very short-lived Olympic company (which also appeared on Claxtonola).
Likely the name changing was to avoid paying Wakefield and Hemus royalties. Just
about 1-2. $20.00.
LEONARD WARREN [b]
4391. 10” Late Red RCA Victor 10-1421. DANNY BOY (arr. Weatherly) / THE LORD’S
PRAYER (Malotte). Piano acc. Willard Sektberg. Inner margin radio station crayon
marks. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
4353. 10” Late Red RCA Victor 10-1447. ON THE ROAD TO MANDALAY (Speaks) / UNTIL
(Sanderman). Piano acc. Willard Sektberg. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
JOHN BARNES WELLS [t]
4687. 10” Blk. ’08 Pats. Victor 5788. BOAT SONG (Harriet Ware). Recorded 1910, with
orchestra. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
4752. 10” Blk. Victor 17693. JOY OF THE
MORNING / BOAT SONG (both Harriet
Ware). Recorded 1914. Both accompanied by
the composer. Harriet Ware (Waupun, WI,
1877-New York City, 1962) was a noted
composer and concert pianist. Just about
1-2. $8.00.
PRINCESS WATAHWASO [ms].
Indian Island,
ME, 1882 - 1969.
Described as a “full-blooded
[Maine] Penobscot Indian mezzo-soprano” in publicity
material, Watahwaso was active in the late ‘teens and
1920s in concerts of songs of the American Indians or
arranged versions by various composers. She would
occasionally add groups of other concert repertoire,
such as at her Aeolian Hall (NYC) debut in 1920, which
included
“Voce di Donna”
from Ponchielli’s La
Gioconda and Bemberg’s Chant Indou. In later years she
was a political activist for American Indian causes. She
and her second husband, Chief Poolaw, performed in
local venues and in 1947 had a 24 foot teepee built next
to their home as a gift store and tourist attraction,
which they operated until her death. – Internet sources
5109. 10” Blk. acous. Victor 18444. TWO INDIAN
SONGS: Pa-pu-ooh [Dear Flower]; The
Sacrifice (both arr. Thurlow Lieurance) /
PRINCESS WATAHWASO
FOUR PENOBSCOT TRIBAL SONGS. Side
one piano acc. by Lieurance with Hubert
Small [flute]. Side two unaccompanied. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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LUCIE WEIDT [s]
2142. 12” Blk. Dog Gram. Mon. 043140/043141
[01209v/01210v]. FREISCHÜTZ: Und ob die
Wolke sie verhülle / OBERON: Ozean, du
Ungeheuer (both v. Weber). IMs. Very fine copy.
Cons. 2. $75.00.
CAROLINA WHITE [s]
1206. 12” TC Columbia A5488 [36717-1/36720-1]. IRISH
LOVE SONG (Margaret Lang) / THE LAST ROSE
OF SUMMER (Moore). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
HOWARD WHITE [bs]
4428. 10” vertical Phono-Cut 5153 [1295/1296].
ROCKED IN THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP (Knight)
/ FORGOTTEN (Cowles). 3. $15.00.
CLARENCE WHITEHILL [b]
4635. 10” Red Vla 64719. MY HOMELAND (Oley Speaks).
HELENE WILDBRUNN [s]
4327. 10” Red Schall. Grammophon 2-43550 [19240L].
DIE WALKÜRE: Walkürenruf (Wagner). Just about
1-2. $30.00.
1877. 12” Brown Odeon O-8505 (Rxx80872/
Rxx80873) [XXB6958-II/XXB6959]. GÖTTERDAMMERUNG: Schlußgesang der
Brünnhilde (Wagner). Two sides. Just
about 1-2. $75.00.
CAROLINA WHITE as Santuzza
EVAN WILLIAMS [t]
4136. 10” Blk. London G&T 3-2414 [3490e]. A
MEMORY (Edna Park). Piano acc. Short
lived British issue only. Just about 1-2.
$25.00.
4528. 10” Red GP ’06 Victor 64088. MARY OF
ARGYLE (Nelson). Excellent copy, few
lightest mks. Cons. 2. $7.00.
4633. 10” Red Victor 64102. LITTLE BOY BLUE
(Nevin, Op 12, No. 4). Just about 1-2.
$7.00.
5086. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Victor 64271.
ALICE, WHERE ART THOU (Ascher). Just
about 1-2. $8.00.
4035. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla mat. B-8289-1.
HELENE WILDBRUNN
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Brindisi (Mascagni). In English. Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
1197. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74199. OH DRY THOSE TEARS (del Riego). Bright copy.
2159. 12” Red Hist. No. 2 HMV DB 458 [C-4808/4305f]. STABAT MATER: Cujus animam
(Rossini) / REQUIEM: Ingemisco (Verdi). From 1907 Victor/1910 HMV matrices.
Side two never issued on Victor. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
EBBA
WILTON [s]. Rødvig, 1896 – Gentofte, 1951.
Her debut was at the Danish Royal
Theater in 1924, where she continued as the leading coloratura soprano through her Jubilee in
1949. She was admired both for the attractive timbre of her voice and her coloratura skills and is
recalled as one of Denmark’s foremost sopranos. While she appeared in Germany and Paris, most
of Wilton’s career was in her native Denmark. Her few recordings were for HMV from 1924 to
1928.
4218. 10” Blk. acous. HMV V181 [BT1362-II/BT1363-II]. FJORTON ÅR TROR JAG VISST
AT JAG VAR (Swedish Folk Song) / MOD KVELD (Agathe Grøndahl). Lt. mks., 2.
$12.00.
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WINOGRADOW [b]. Vilna, 1866-Israel, 1936.
Winogradow, born in Russia, appeared at Covent Garden in 1890
as Frere Laurent in Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette, also featuring
Nellie Melba and Jean and Edouard de Reszke. He was with the
Russian Imperial Opera (the Bolshoi) around 1901, alternating
with Tartakov. His American debut was in concert in New York at
the Hippodrome, 1920, under the sponsorship of Sol Hurok.
Musical America stated that his voice was “fresh, full, resonant,
manly and even throughout its long range-one of the best
baritone voices newly heard here in a long time. His production is
excellent and there is freedom and flexibility in his singing. He is
an artist – though, with his peculiar appearance [not further
explained], into just what niche in American musical life he will
fit is difficult to say.” He toured for the next few years and
eventually settled in Brooklyn where he served as a Cantor. In
1934 he moved to Israel.
JOSEF WINOGRADOW
5021. 10” Brown acous. Russian Odeon 12835 [Ro830/
Ro1063]. WOS WET SEIN MIKOIACH BURIKES (Volkslied) / WOS WET SEIN ES
JOSCHIACH WET KUMMEN (Volkslied). Side two with S. ARKADJEWA [s]. Piano
acc. Virtually unknown recordings by this wonderful baritone. Minor (small) lbl. rub
side one. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
EVGENI WITTING [t]
4750. 10” Blk. Russ. Angel Concert Gram. 4-22435/
4-22432 [16864b/16809½b]. THE LILACS
(Rachmaninoff) / ALEXANDR D. ALEXANDROVICH [t]. AT THE BALL (Tschaikowsky). Piano
acc. 3. $40.00.
MARCEL WITTRISCH [t]. See also: DUSOLINA GIAN4769.
4075.
4610.
5278.
5075.
4540.
NINI [s]
10” Blk. Orth. Victor V-6067 [BNR788-I/BNR789-I].
DAS LAND DES LÄCHELNS: Immer nur lächeln /
DAS LAND DES LÄCHELNS: Dein ist mein ganzes
Herz (Lehàr). With Marek Weber and His Orch.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
10” Blk. PoW Victor V-6204 [OD404-IV/OD742-I].
DU BIST MEINE GANZES WELT [from film Das
MARCEL WITTRISCH
Lied der Nationen] (Brandt). Mit Orchester Lewis
Ruth / MAREK WEBER und sein JAZZ ORCHESTER. SPIEL’ MIR EIN LIED AUS
MEINER HEIMAT [Tango] (Hajos). Lt. rubs, 2. $7.00.
10” PW Plum Electrola EG 2457 [OD659-II/OD660-I]. TALES OF HOFFMANN: Lied
vom Kleinzak / TALES OF HOFFMANN: Ha, wie im meiner Seele (Offenbach).
Excellent pressing, few lightest mks. Cons. 2. $12.00.
10” Orth. Blk. Victor V-6056 [BLR4591-II/BLR4592-I]. SEEMANNSLOS [THE LOT
OF THE SAILOR … or ASLEEP IN THE DEEP] (Petrie) / STEH’ ICH IN FINST’RER
MITTERNACHT (arr. Clemens Schmalsich). IMs. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
10” PW Blk. Victor V-6095 [BLR6020-II/BLR6023-II]. ÜBER’S MEER GRÜSS’ ICH
DICH, HEIMATLAND (Krome-Rotter) / DEINE MUTTER BLEIBT IMMER BEI DIR
(both Rotter-Jurmann). Both from film Ich glaub’ nie mehr an eine Frau.
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
10” Purple RCA Victor 25-4090 [BLR6092-II/BLR5020-II]. DER UNSTERBLICHE
LUMP: Reich’ mir dein weisses Händchen (Benatzky) / DER VOGELHÄNDLER: Wie
mein ahn’l zwanzig jahr (Zeller). Nice pressing from orig. matrices. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
4015. 10” Blue PW Telefunken “Für das Winterhilf-Werk” A1550 [19348/19349]. HITLERHYMNE [GOTT SEGNE UNSERN FÜHRER] (von Schenkendorf) / MAHNUNG (Hans
Hermann). The infamous “Hitler Hymn”. With Berlin Symphony dir. Hans Bund.
Looks new. Just about 1-2. $250.00.
1652. 12” Blk. Orth. Victor V-56024 [CLR3932-III/CLR3933-III] ROSE-MARIE: O Rose
Marie, ich lieb’ dich / ROSE-MARIE: Über die Prärie [Indian Love Call] (Friml).
Couple lt. rubs, still just about 1-2. $12.00.
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OTTO
WOLF [t]. Bernburg an der
Salle,1871-Münich, 1946. Wolf made his
debut (1897) at Sondershausen as Count
Almaviva in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
He gradually grew into more dramatic
repertoire and developed as Munich’s
leading Wagnerian tenor.
1349. 12” Blk. acous. Polydor 65696
[937as/939as]. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Siegfrieds Tod/SIEGFRIED: Waldweben (both Wagner). Just about 1-2. $35.00.
ELLEN BEACH YAW [s]
4052. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla mat.
B-4836-1. MANON LESCAUT:
Elle éclat de rire (Auber). Piano
acc. Unpublished. Just about
1-2. $25.00.
4053. 10” White lbl. vinyl Vla mat.
B-4836-2. MANON LESCAUT:
Elle éclat de rire (Auber). Piano
acc. Unpublished. Just about
1-2. $25.00.
ELLEN BEACH YAW
2088. 12” White lbl. (plain) Victor mat.
C-4827-2. LA PERLE DU BRÉSIL: Charmant oiseau (David). Unpublished (except
for AGSB 66). Late ‘30s pressing. Tiny LSS. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
DAVID YUZHIN [t]
5064. 10” Blk. Angel Gram. Con. 3-22776/3-22781 [7192L/7211L]. WERTHER: O Nature
(Massenet) / SAMSON ET DALILA: Hymn (Saint-Saëns). Side one with piano. Side
two with chorus and orch. Side one 3-4 but little greying. Side two 3. $75.00.
NATALIE YUZHINA [s]
5031. 10” Blk. Angel Gram. Concert 2-23310/2-23494 [7191L/14199b]. RODENGA: The
blue sea moaned (Serov) / RUSALKA: Through the rushes (Dargomyzhsky). Side
one just about 1-2. Side two one small scr. ticks about ¼”, one TB, cons. 2.
$150.00.
RENATO ZANELLI [b/t]. First two records as a baritone and the last as a tenor.
4451. 10” Red acous. Vla 879. CHIMES OF NORMANDY: Dans mes Voyages (Planquette) /
MADRIGAL DE MAI (Nitke). Both in French. Cons. 2. $8.00.
4514. 10” Red acous. Vla 880. LA SPAGNOLA (di Chiara) / LOS OJOS NEGROS (Alvarez).
Particularly spirited performances. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1483. 12” Red late VdP DB 1395 [CM1333-II/CM1334-II]. OTELLO: Già nella notte densa
[Act I] (Verdi). With MARGARET SHERIDAN [s]. Excellent pressing. Just about
1-2. $8.00.
HELENA ZBOINSKA [s]. See: ELENA RUSKOWSKA
EVGENIA ZBRUYEVA [c]. See also: MARIA MICHALOWA [s]
4991. 10” Blk. Russian Angel Concert Gram. 2-23590/2-23591 [16036b/15866b]. FORGOTTEN / BORIS GODOUNOV: I seized a dove-colored drake [Inn-Keeper’s Song]
(both Moussorgsky). Side one piano acc. Nice copy, indeed. Few lt. rubs, 2. $60.00.
4680. 10” Blk. Russian Angel Concert Gram. 2-23595/2-23596 [15923b/15924b]. PROTYAZHNAYA [MAIDENS IN THE SPRING]; KHOROVODNAYA [ROUND DANCE] /
KOLYBELNAYA [LULLABY]; SHUTOCHNAYA [COMIC SONG] (all Anatol Liadov).
Scarce. One scr. side two should be superficial. Scuffed but no greying. 3-4.
$40.00.
4836. 10” Blk. Russian Angel Concert Gram. 2-24187/2-24188 [16815b/16816b]. THE
LARK (Glinka) / ROSE, LITTLE ROSE (Dargomyzhsky). With MARIA B.
CHERKASSKAYA [s]. 2-3. $40.00.
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VOCAL 78 rpm
Discs
GIOVANNI ZENATELLO [t]
4383. 10” Blk. Milano G&T 52711
[3139-R]. DAMNATION OF
FAUST: Addio notte soave
(Berlioz). Bright lbl. Slight wear
first few grooves, otherwise few
MGTs. Clean, but apparently a
crack near rim on blank side
(which is taped). Tiny (silent) crk.
¼” into grooves on face side.
Otherwise 2-3. $35.00.
4300. 10” Maroon acous. Eng. Columbia
D5369 [19851/19856]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana
(Mascagni) / PAGLIACCI: Vesti
la giubba (Leoncavallo). Side one
harp acc., side two orch. Excellent mid-‘20s pressing. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
4961. 10” Blue Eng. Columbia A1235
[19851/19856]. Same as preceding listing. Also an excellent
mid-‘20s pressing. Small lbl.
stkr., few lightest mks. Cons. 2.
$12.00.
1537. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia A5370
[30892/30895]. IL TROVATORE: Ai nostri monti / IL
TROVATORE: Perigliarti ancor
languente (Verdi). With MARIA
GIOVANNI ZENATELLO
GAY [c]. Superb mid-‘20s
1778. 12” Blue Eng. Columbia A5400 [30922/36352]. LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar
(Ponchielli) / AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi). Another top mid-‘20s pressing. Side one
1-2. Side two minor lbl. stain. Someone has scratched “England” in inner blank
area, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
1825. 12” Blue Columbia 7032-M [36366-2/36880-2]. AIDA: Nume custode e vindice
(Verdi). With JOSÉ MARDONES [bs] and Chorus / HECTOR DUFRANNE [b],
HENRI SCOTT [bs]. PURITANI: Suoni la tromba (Bellini). Superficial rubs. Should
play as new. 2-3. $10.00.
1147. 12” Fonotipia acous. vinyl 74103/74104 [XXPh3371/XXPh3372]. OTELLO: Niun
mi tema/ OTELLO: Dio, mi potevi (Verdi). Just about 1-2. $30.00.
1268. 12” Fonotipia 74167/74168 [XXPh4703/XXPh4710]. AÏDA: Là, tra le foreste vergini.
With ESTER MAZZOLENI [s] / IL TROVATORE: Ah, quell’ infame (Verdi). With
MAZZOLENI [s], ELISA BRUNO [ms]. Excellent copy, tiny lbl. tear, few lightest
mks. Cons. 2. $25.00.
1212. 12” White lbl. SS HMV DB 1007 [Ck1895-II]. OTELLO: Si, pel ciel (Verdi). With
APOLLO GRANFORTE [b]. Harmless surface ripple, otherwise just about 1-2. $8.00
1993. 12” SS White lbl. Orth. Vla 6824-A. OTELLO: Niun mi tema (Verdi). Top pressing.
Seems to be a cross between plastic and shellac. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
1417. 12” Red Orth. Vla 6961. CARMEN: Il fior (Bizet) / TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle
(Puccini). Side two with unidentified bass as the Jailer. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
NICOLA ZEROLA [t]
1949. 12” Red Pats. Victor 74217. OTELLO: Morte d’Otello (Verdi). Cons. 2. $8.00.
ALESSANDRO ZILIANI [t]
1171. 10” (on 12”) White lbl. vinyl SS HMV DA 1423 [OBA562-I]. TURANDOT: Nessun
dorma (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
5099. 10” Red Disco Gram. DA 1532 [OBA1584-IV/OBA1585-I]. SEI LA MIA REGINA / IO
CANTO PER TE (both Bracchi). Both from film Io Canto per te. Uncommon. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
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CHORAL
ASSOCIATED GLEE CLUBS OF AMERICA. 850 voices. Recorded live at the
Metropolitan Opera House, NYC, March 31, 1925. Conductor not cited.
1629. 12” Blk. EE Columbia 50016-D [W98164/W98165]. SWORD OF FERRARA (Bullard) / ROBIN HOOD: Hunting Song (de Koven). Lt. superficial rubs, 2. $8.00.
AUGUSTINIAN FATHERS dir. Baron Rudolf Kanzler
4595. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 61111 [2221h]. INTROITO MESSA DELL’ ASSUNZIONE
[INTROIT FOR ASCENSION DAY] [Gregorian Chant). Ndle. Scr. on lbl. Surface just
about 1-2. $15.00.
CORISTI DEL TEATRO ALLA SCALA [conductor not identified]
1071. 11” Fonotipia 69117/69118 [XPh4926-2/XPh4981]. LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST:
Canzone della Nostalgia (Puccini) / LA SCALA ORCH. [conductor not identified].
MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Potpourri (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
BRUNO KITTEL CHOIR and BERLIN STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA
4731. 10” Plum Parl.-Odeon RO 20322 [Be11443/Be11444]. OLYMPIC HYMN (Richard
Strauss). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
I MAESTRI CANTORI DI FIRENZE dir. SANDRO BENELLI
1697. 12” Red Orth. Vla 9132. LO STORNELLO DELLA MIETITRICE (Vagnetti) / SANTA
LUCIA LUNTANA (Mario). Soloist side one: DORA DOMAR [s]; soloist side two
GIUSEPPE PILIEGO [t]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
NEW YORK GRAND OPERA CHORUS
1632. 12” Red Pats. Victor 74213. FAUST: Kermesse Scene (Gounod). Text label on verso.
1631. 12” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 74214. FAUST: Soldiers’ Chorus (Gounod). Text label on
verso. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
NORTHEASTERHN SAENGERBUND OF AMERICA dir. JOHANNES KRAMMERS.
Recorded live in Philadelphia (Academy of Music?), Jan. 22, 1926.
1630. 12” Blk. Orth. Victor 68763. WIE KÖNNT’ ICH DEIN VERGESSEN MEIN LIEBEN (C.
Türk) / ES ZOG DER MAIENWIND ZU THAL (Strum-Biel). Cons. 2. $8.00.
SISTINE CHOIR [CANTORI ROMANI] dir. Baron Rudolf Kanzler
4694. 10” White lbl. Vla 61124 [2225h]. LA CRUDA MIA NEMICA (Palestrina). IMs. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
THREE TENORS, 1911 STYLE: (l. to r.) Leo Slezak, Hermann Jadlowker, Enrico Caruso
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