Track Listing

Total Time: [70:18]
Lucrezia Bori
Edison cylinders, recorded London, circa late July 1910
1. MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide (Puccini) 2:41
  40032  
2. LA BOHÈME: Mi chiamano Mimi (Puccini) 4:26
  40036  
Diamond disc recordings, New York, NY, 1913
3. LE NOZZE DI FIGARO: Voi che sapete (Mozart) 4:13
  9 April 1913; (2217-B) 82526  
4. SONNAMBULA: Ah, non credea mirarti (Bellini) 4:35
  16 April 1913; (2229-A) 82289  
5. SONNAMBULA: Ah, non credea mirarti (Bellini) 5:01
  16 April 1913; (2229-B) 82289  
6. DON PASQUALE: So anch’io la virtù magica (Donizetti) 3:40
  24 January 1913; (2107-B) 83003  
7. LA TRAVIATA: Ah, fors’ è lui (Verdi) 4:21
  16 April 1913; (2227-A) 82539  
8. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivre [Valse] (Gounod) 3:39
  15 April 1913; (2226-A) 82517  
9. Malaguena (Pagana) 3:30
  15 April 1913; (2225-A) 80102  
10. Guardami (Guagni) 3:55
  16 April 1913; (2228-B) 82528  
11. Gitana (Serrano) 3:51
  16 April 1913; (2230-B) 82530  
Emmy Destinn
Diamond disc recordings, New York, NY
12. LA GIOCONDA: Suicidio (Ponchielli) 4:37
  16 December 1911 (889-A) 82525  
13. LA GIOCONDA: Suicidio (Ponchielli) 4:35
  16 December 1911 (889-B) 82525  
14. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di vedremo (Puccini) 4:50
  16 December 1911 (890-B) 82527  
15. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di vedremo (Puccini) 4:42
  16 December 1911 (890-C) 82527  
16. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini) 3:49
  28 December 1911 (891-A) 82531  
17. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini) 3:47
  28 December 1911 (891-B) 82531  

 

Accompaniment: All tracks accompanied by orchestra
Languages: Italian [1-7, 12-17]; French [8]; Spanish [9-11]

 

Producer: Scott Kessler & Ward Marston

Audio Conservation: Ward Marston

Audio Conservation: John R. Harris

Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi

 

All known alternative takes have been included although interpretive differences are slight.
Discographic material was provided by: “Edison Recordings of Lucrezia Bori” from the Record Collector, volume 21, Nos. 7 & 8, by Raymond R. Wile, pgs. 169-172

 

Marston would like to thank Jerry Fabris and Lawrence F. Holdridge for their assistance on this project.

 

Marston would like to thank the Edison National Historic Site, the National Park Service, and the United States Department of the Interior for their help in the production of this CD release.