The Record of Singing, 1899-1952: The Very Best of Volumes 1-4 (2009)

Track Listing

1. Ave Maria, for voice & piano, CG 89e (after Bach's Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
2. La sonnambula, opera: Act 3. Ah! non credea
3. L'Été ("Ah! Chantez, chantez!"), for voice & piano, W303
4. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Act 3. Sull'aria... Che soave zeffiretto
5. Les anges pleurent (The Angels Weep), song

1. Ave Maria, for voice & piano, CG 89e (after Bach's Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
2. La sonnambula, opera: Act 3. Ah! non credea
3. L'Été ("Ah! Chantez, chantez!"), for voice & piano, W303
4. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Act 3. Sull'aria... Che soave zeffiretto
5. Les anges pleurent (The Angels Weep), song
6. Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 1. C'est l'histoire amoureuse
7. Im mai, song for voice & piano
8. Hunyadi László, opera: Ah rebéges, a mi vadúl
9. Mattinata, for voice & piano or orchestra, C.S. 155/1
10. Orphée et Eurydice (French version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 41: Away with mourning and crying
11. Simon the Cellarer
12. Ich grolle nicht, song for voice & piano (Dichterliebe), Op. 48/7
13. La chanson de Fortunio, operetta in 1 act: Sérénade
14. Otello, opera: Act 2. Era la notte
15. Per valli, per boschi
16. Embarquez-vous?
17. Martha, opera: Act 3. Chi mi dira (The Porter's Song)
18. Carmen, opera: Act 1. Habanera. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
19. Aida, opera: Act 1. Les mots sacrés
20. Le jongleur de Notre-Dame, opera in 3 acts: Liberté!
21. Amour, Amour, for voice & piano, C.S. 172
22. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Act 1. Come Paride vezzoso
23. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera: Act 1. Bene! Benissimo!
24. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Act 1. Udite! Udite!
25. I due Foscari, opera: Act 3. Questa dunque
26. Hamlet, opera in 5 acts: Act 2. O vin, discaccia la tristezza
27. Luna, Lù!
28. Paride ed Elena, opera in 5 acts, Wq. 39: Act 1. Spiagge amate
29. Otello, opera: Act 4. Niun mi tema
30. Andrea Chénier, opera: Act 1. Colpito qui m'avete... Un dì all'azzurro spazio
31. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Act 2. Una furtiva lagrima
32. Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), opera, Op. 68: Act 3. It is midnight
33. Olga: La via, o Dio... E lo sapevi
34. Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act: Voi lo sapete, o mamma
35. La bohème, opera: Act 1. Mimì Pinson
36. Mireille, opera, CG 8: O d'amor messagera
37. La Dame Blanche, opera: Act 2. Ce domaine
38. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Act 1. In tiefem Schweigen
39. Rigoletto, opera: Act 1. Caro nome
40. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Act 1. Or sai chi l'onore
41. Oberon, opera, J. 306: Act 2. Ozean, du Ungeheuer!
42. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Act 2. In quali eccessi... Mi tradì
43. Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act 2. Jac je mi
44. Leggero Invisibile, for voice & orchestra
45. Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act 1. Blickst du, mein Freund
46. Die Königin von Saba, opera, Op. 27: Act 2. Magische Töne
47. Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Act 3. Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind
48. Le Coq d'Or (The Golden Cockerel; Zolotoy petushok), opera in 3 acts with a prologue & epilogue: Act 2. Hymn to the Sun
49. The Oprichnik, opera: I swear before God and thee
50. Dobrinya Nikitich, opera, Op. 22: Flowers were blooming
51. Iolanta, opera, Op. 69: My Lord, if I offend
52. Robert le diable, grand opera in 5 acts: Act 3. Le rovine... Suore, che riposate
53. O give me oblivion
54. L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts: Act 4. Pays merveilleux... Ô paradis
55. La Coup du Roi de Thulé, opera in 3 acts (surviving score incomplete): Il est venu ce jour de lutte
56. La reine de Saba, opera, CG 7: Act 1. Sous les pieds
57. Monna Vanna, opera: Ce n'est pas un vieillard
58. Louise, opera: Act 3. Depuis le jour
59. Antar, opera: Air de l'Oasis
60. Variations du Carneval de Venise, for voice & orchestra
61. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera: Act 1. Del sultano Amuratte... Io son l'umile ancella
62. Manon, opera in 5 acts: Act 3. Ah, mi rendi il tuo cor... La tua mano non è
63. Isabeau, opera (leggenda drammatica) in 3 acts: Questo mio bianco manto
64. La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. A te diletta... Come per me sereno... Sovra il sen
65. La perla de Triana, song for voice & orchestra
66. Il segreto di Susanna, opera: O gioia la nube
67. Mefistofele, opera in prologue, 4 acts & epilogue: Act 1. Dai campi, dai prati
68. I Puritani, opera: Act 3. Vieni fra queste braccia
69. Carmen, opera: Act 2. Il fior che avevi a me tu dato
70. Andrea Chénier, opera: Act 1. Un dì all'azzurro spazio