The Record of Singing (EMI) Volume 4 (CD 2) 1939 - 1955 Produced 1989 & 1991

THE ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL

1 Webster Booth (tenor) 1902-1984 How beautiful they are (Faery Song) The Immortal Hour Act 11) by Boughton John Cockerill (Harp) 18-07-1939 English

2 Peter Pears (tenor) 1910-1986 The King is gone a-hunting (French folk song) arr. by Britten (Benjamin Britten piano) 29-09-1950 English

3 Jan Peerce (tenor) 1904-1984 Ah! Sweet mystery of life (Naughty Marietta) by Herbert Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Anatole Fistoulari 7-09-1950 English

4 Walter Midgley (tenor) 1913-1980 Dalla sua pace Don Giovanni (Act 1) by Mozart Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden conducted by Reginald Goodall 16-08-1951 Italian

5 James Johnson (tenor) 1903-1991 Song of the Road (Hugh the Drover Act 1) by Vaughan Williams Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by James Robertson 12-06-1950 English

6 Richard Tucker (tenor) 1913-1975 Cielo e mar! (La Gioconda Act 11) by Ponchielli Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera Association, New York conducted by Emil Cooper 18-06-1947 Italian

7 Alfred Deller (countertenor) 1912-1979 Retired from any mortal’s sight (King Richard 11) by Purcell (ed. By Lam) Basil Lam (harpsichord) and Terence Weil (Cello) 8-07-1953 English

8 Robert Irwin (baritone) 1905-1983 In Summer time on Bredon (Housman) by Peel Gerald Moore (piano) 25-04-1948 English

9 Frederick Fuller (baritone) 1909-1995 A Viola (Romero) by Villa-Lobos Heiter Villa-Lobos (piano) 12-02-1948 Portuguese

10 Igor Gorin (baritone) 1904-1982 Villancico Vasco (10 Villancicos – Noels espagnois) by Nin Adolf Baller (piano) 2-07-1941 Spanish

11 Mack Harrell (baritone) 1909-1960 Der Rattenfanger (Goethe) by Wolf Gerald Moore (piano) 30-11-1949 German

12 Leonard Warren (baritone) 1911-1960 Si Puo? (Prologue) Pagliacci by Leoncavallo RCA Orchestra conducted by Renato Cellini 2-01-53 Italian

13 Robert Merrill (baritone) 1917-2004 Ce breuvage…Vision fugitive (Herodiade Act 11) by Massenet RCA Orchestra conducted by Jean Paul Morel 21-05-1946 French

14 Norman Walker (bass) 1907-1963 Arm, arm, ye brave (Judas Maccabaeus) by Handel Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Collingwood 15 -02-1954 English

15 George London (bass baritone) 1920-1985 I have attained the highest power (Boris Godunov Act 11) by Mussorgsky arr. by Rimsky-Korsakov Virginia Pleasants (piano) 22-10-1949 Russian

16 Oscar Natzke (bass) 1912-1951 From the rage of the tempest…Hear me, ye winds (Scipio) by Handel (arr. Somervell) H. Robinson Cleaver (organ) 23-2-1939 English

THE FRENCH SCHOOL

17 Mado Robin (soprano) 1918-1960 Chanson provencalate from DELL’ACQUA by Bizet Orchestra conducted by Walter Ruhlmann 10-11-1942 French

18 Martha Angelici (soprano) 1907-1973 Ma Poupee cherie by De Severac Maurice Faure (piano) 5-06-1950 French

19 Irene Joachim (soprano) 1913-2001 Dans un bois solitaire k 308 (da la Motte) by Mozart Ludwig Bergmann (piano) 15-06-1938 French

20 Geori Boue (soprano) 1918-2017 Le Rossignol des lilas by Hahn Andre Collard (piano) c. 1942 French

21 Ginette Guillamat (soprano) 1911-1999 En priere (Bordese) by Faure Vlado Perlemuter (piano) 10-12-1937 French

22 Renee Doria (soprano) 1921-2021 La Rose et le rossignol Op 2 No 2 (Koltsov) by Rimsky-Korsakov Tasso Janopoulo (piano) 3-10-1949

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.

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