The Record of Singing (EMI) 1979 Record 6 Volume 2 1914-1925

1 Edoardo Ferrari-Fontana–1878-1936
I Pagliacci - Vesti La Giubba. Recorded 1917, In Italian
Composed By – Leoncavallo

2 Icilio Calleja–1882-1941
La Fanciulla Del West (Act 3) - Let Her Beleive That IHave Gained My Freedom (Ch'ella Mi Creda Libero). Recorded c.1914, In English
Composed By – Puccini

3 Giovanni Martinelli–1885-1969
Ernani (Act 1) - Come Rugiada Al Cespite. Recorded 1915, In Italian.
Composed By – Verdi

4 Giovanni Martinelli And Giuseppe De Luca 1876-1950
Don Carlos (Act 3) - Dio Che Nell'alma Infondere. Recorded 1921, In Italian
Composed By – Verdi

5 Giuseppe De Luca–
Dinorah (Act 3) - Sei Vendicata Assai. Recorded 1924, In Italian
Composed By – Meyerbeer

6 Riccardo Stracciari–
Germania - Ascolta, Io Moriro. Recorded 1909, In Italian
Composed By – Franchetti

7 Domenico Viglione-Borghese–1877-1957 Le Villi - Anima Santa. Recorded c.1910, In Italian
Composed By – Puccini

8 Renato Zanelli–1892-1935
La Favorita (Act 3) - A Tanto Amor. Recorded October, 1919, In Italian.
Composed By – Donizetti

9 Emilio Sagi Barba–1875-1949
Campanone - Senorita Amigos Mios. Recorded c.1920, In Spanish
Composed By – Mazza

10 Jose Mardones–1869-1939
Nabucco (Act 3) - O Chi Piange ... Del Futuro Nel Buio. Recorded c.1919, In Italian
Composed By – Verdi

SINGERS FROM THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD

11 Frances Alda–1883-1952
Loreley - Ah Dunque Ei M'amera. Recorded April, 1912, In Italian
Composed By – Catalani

12 Edith Mason–1893-1973
Faust (Act 3) - Ah, Je Ris. Recorded 1924, In French
Composed By - Gounod

13 Edith Mason–
O Dry Those Tears. Recorded 1925, In English
Composed By – Del Riego

14 Alma Gluck–1884-1938
The Czar's Bride (Act 1) - I Bade Farewell To My Only True Love. Recorded c.1915, In German
Composed By – Rimsky-Korsakov

15 Alma Gluck–
Canzonetta (War Schöner Als Der Schönste Tag). Recorded c.1915, In German
Composed By – Loewe

16 Hulda Lashanska–1893-1974
Paride Ed Elena (Act 1) - Spiagge Amate. Recorded c.1922, In Italian.
Composed By – Gluck

17 Anna Case–1888-1984
Messiah - Rejoice Greatly. Recorded c.1923, In English
Composed By – Handel

18 Éva Gauthier–1885-1958
Chanson Triste. Recording Date Unknown, In French
Composed By – Duparc

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.

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