Legendary Tenors

Francesco Tamagno (1850-1905)
OTELLO, Verdi, Esultate! (Rec: February 1903 Matrix: 3001 FT G&T Cat: 052101)

Francesco Tamagno (1850-1905)
OTELLO, Verdi, Niun mi tema (Rec: February 1903 Matrix: 3002 FT G&TCat: 52674)

Dmitri Smirnov (1882-1944)
EUGENE ONEGIN, Tchaikovsky, Lenski’s Aria (Act 2) (Rec: 1909 Matrix: 4305 HMV Cat: 022154)

Alessandro Bonci (1870-1940)
LUISA MILLER, Verdi, Ah fede negar potessi … Quando le sere al placido (Rec: 1906 Matrix: XPH 1989 Fonotipia Cat: 39692)

Edmond Clément (1867-1928)
MANON, Massenet, En fermant les yeux (Dream) (Rec: 6 November 1911 Matrix: C11191-1 Victor Cat: 74258 with Frank la Forge, piano)

Leo Slezak (1873-1946)
DIE KÖNIGIN VON SABA, Goldmark, Magische Töne (Rec: 1909 Matrix: 14585v HMV Cat: 4-42361)

Enrico Caruso (1873-1921)
OTELLO, Verdi, Ora e per sempre addio (Rec: 28 December 1910 Matrix: B 9743-2 Victor Cat: 87071)

Leonid Sobinov (1872-1934)
MAY NIGHT, Rimsky-Korsakov, Sleep, my beauty (Rec: 1910 Matrix: 1988 1/2 C HMV Cat: 022162)

Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (1892-1979)
Tosti, Ideale (Rec: c. 1923 Matrix: X 9947 Brunswick Cat: 10133 A)

Aureliano Pertile (1885-1952)
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Mascagni, O Lola (Siciliana) (Rec: 1923 Matrix: XXPH 5560 Fonotipia Cat: 74942)

Giovanni Martinelli (1885-1969)
ZAZÄ, Leoncavallo, È un riso gentil (Rec: 16 March 1922 Matrix: B26164-1 Victor Cat: 66062)

Julius Patzak (1898-1974)
MIGNON, Thomas, Adieu, Mignon

(Rec: c. 1934 Matrix: 6098 1/2 Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 30014A)

Helge Roswaenge (1897-1972)
MARTHA, Flotow, Ach, so fromm (Rec: 1935 Matrix: 6267 3/4 Grammophon Cat: 10434 A)

Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973)
DIE WALKÜRE, Wagner, Winter stürme wichen dem Wonne mond (Rec: 16 May 1931 Matrix: OB 544-11 HMV Cat: DA 1227 + with London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli)

Richard Tauber (1892-1948)
DON GIOVANNI, Mozart, Il mio tesoro (Rec: 12 May 1939 Matrix: XE9806 Odeon Cat: R20444 with orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr)

David Devriès (1881-1934)
LA DAME BLANCHE, Boïeldieu, Rêverie de Georges Brown (Rec: 26 April 1928 Matrix: XXP6659-2 Odeon Cat: R20069 with orchestra conducted by Gustav Cloëz)

Georges Thill (1897-1984)
MANON, Massenet, Ah! fuyez douce image (Rec: c. 1936 Matrix: CLX 1933-1 Columbia Cat: LFX 478 with orchestra conducted by Eugene Bigot)

Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957)
PAGLIACCI, Leoncavallo, No! Pagliaccio non son (Rec: 20 March 1933 Matrix: OBA3506-2 HMV Cat: DA1312 + with London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli)

Renato Zanelli (1892-1935)
ANDREA CHÉNIER, Giordano, Un dì, all’ azzurro spazio (Rec: 25 June 1929 Matrix: CM981-1 HMV Cat: DB1339 with Orchestra of La Scala, Milan conducted by Carlo Sabajno)

Jussi Björling (1911-1960)
TURANDOT, Puccini, Nessun dorma (Rec: 27 March 1944 Matrix: OSB 2399-2 HMV Cat: DA 1841 with orchestra conducted by Nils Grevillius)

Tito Schipa (1888-1965)
WERTHER, Massenet, Io non so … O Natura (Rec: 1942 Matrix: OBA 5022/23 VDP Cat: DA5420 with orchestra conducted by Mario Cordone)

Francesco Tamagno, ténor
Dmitri Smirnov, ténor
Alessandro Bonci, ténor
Edmond Clément, ténor
Leo Slezak, ténor
Enrico Caruso, ténor
Leonid Sobinov, ténor
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, ténor
Aureliano Pertile, ténor
Giovanni Martinelli, ténor
Jussi Björling, ténor
Helge Roswaenge, ténor
Lauritz Melchior, ténor
Richard Tauber, ténor
David Devriès, ténor
Georges Thill, ténor
Beniamino Gigli, ténor
Renato Zanelli

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