A Record of Singers (EMI) 1982 Record 8 (Volume 1) Part 2 1899-1919

1 Cesira Ferrani–
La Bohème - Si, Mi Chiamano Mimi
Composed By – Puccini*

2 Lina Cavalieri–
Manon Lescaut - In Quelle Trine Morbide
Composed By – Puccini*

3 Rosina Storchio–
La Bohème - Mimi Pinson
Composed By – Leoncavallo*

4 Salomea Krusceniski*–
La Wally - Ebben? Nè Andrò Lontano
Composed By – Catalani*

5 Teresa Arkel–
Mefistofele - Spunta L'aurora Pallida
Composed By – Boito*
Piano – Salvatore Cottone

6 Amelia Pinto–
Ero E Leandro - Romanza D'Ero
Composed By – Bottesini*

7 Janina Korolewicz-Wayda*–
La Juive - Eudoxie's Aria
Composed By – Halévy*

Four Dramatic Sopranos
8 Maria De Macchi–
Poliuto - Di Quai Soavi Lacrime
Composed By – Donizetti*

9 Eugenia Burzio–
La Forza Del Destino - Pace, Pace, Mio Dio
Composed By – Verdi*

10 Giannina Russ–
Norma - Casta Diva; Ah! Bello A Me Ritorna
Chorus – Chorus Of La Scala, Milan*
Composed By – Bellini*

11 Celestina Boninsegna–
Lucrezia Borgia - Come È Bello
Composed By – Donizetti*

Tetrazzini And Some 'Coloraturas'
12 Luisa Tetrazzini–
Mireille - Ô Légère Hirondelle
Composed By – Gounod*

13 Luisa Tetrazzini–
Un Ballo In Maschera - Saper Vorreste
Composed By – Verdi*
Conductor – Percy Pitt

14 Luisa Tetrazzini–
Aprile
Composed By – Tosti*
Piano – Percy Pitt

15 Regina Pacini–
I Puritani - Ah Vieni Al Tempio
Composed By – Bellini*

16 Josefina Huguet–
Stella
Written By – Rico

17 Maria Galvany–
L'Incantatrice
Composed By – Arditi*

18 Guerrina Fabbri–
I Capuleti E I Montecchi - Ascolta!...Se Romeo T'uccise Un Figlio
Composed By – Bellini*
Piano – Salvatore Cottone

The Record of Singing is a compilation of classical-music singing from the first half of the 20th century, the era of the 78-rpm record.
It was issued on LP (with accompanying books) by EMI, successor to the British company His Master's Voice (better known as HMV) — perhaps the leading organization in the early history of audio recording.
The project was accompanied initially by two illustrated books, containing singers' biographies and appraisals, which were published in London, by Duckworth, in the late 1970s. It covers the period running from circa 1900, when the earliest recordings were made, through until the early 1950s, when the last 78-rpm records were produced. Singers are divided into groups arranged according to national 'schools' and fach or voice type. In practice, this means that there are separate Italian, German, French, Anglo-American and East European classifications.

Origins

The original idea for the series came from the collector Vivian Liff, who chose the recordings used in the first two volumes, almost all of which came from the Stuart-Liff Collection, as well as the photographs of the singers which were published in the books that accompanied volumes 1 and 2 of the project. Michael Scott was asked to write these two books. They contained brief singers' biographies, too and featured a critical (sometimes controversial) commentary about their accomplishments, are gleaned from certain discs they had made. Bryan Crimp of EMI was responsible for the transfers of the original recorded material to LP. Keith Hardwick, however, was responsible for the transfers, etc., on the final two volumes of the survey (which were not accompanied by books).
Publication on LPs
EMI first released the collection on vinyl LP (long-playing) records.
Volume 1 first appeared in 1977, with a second edition in 1982 including corrections to the pitch of many of the recordings. The supplement also appeared around 1982. Volume 2 was published in 1979. Volume 3 and Volume 4 were released around 1984 and 1989 respectively.
The complete set was on 47 discs. Volumes 1, 2 and 3 each occupied 13, with Volume 4 having 8 discs. The original intention was apparently to produce 12 LPs per volume; but the selection of singers included in Volume 1 proved controversial, and an extra record (entitled a 'Supplement') was added to partly correct oversights. Volumes 2 and 3 were then assigned 13 records each.
Compact disc.

The collection was published with extensive documentation, including the numbers of the original recordings and full biographies of the singers.
The first two volumes were accompanied by books by Michael Scott:
• The Record of Singing to 1914, London, Duckworth, 1977, ISBN 978-0-7156-1030-5
• The Record of Singing Volume Two: 1914–1925, London, Duckworth, 1979, OCLC 6765624
They were republished in paperback by Northeastern University Press in 1993, ISBN 978-1-55553-163-8
(The books are still widely available from second hand book sellers.)

For more see: The Record of Singing - Wikipedia