Track Listing

CD 1 [79:38]

Operatic Arias and Duets
1.IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Largo al factotum (Rossini)3:58
 8 March 1909; (C-6867-1) 88181 
2.DON GIOVANNI: Deh, vieni alla finestra (Mozart)1:54
 3 September 1913; (C-13721-1) 88447 
3.LE NOZZE DI FIGARO: Crudel, perchè finora (Mozart)2:58
 with Emma Eames, soprano6 April 1909; (C-6967-1) 89023 
4.LA SONNAMBULA: Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni (Bellini)2:56
 9 June 1904; (B-1453-1) 1342 
5.RIGOLETTO: Pari siamo (Verdi)4:10
 26 May 1908; (C-6235-1) 74110 
6.UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Eri tu (Verdi)4:33
 20 September 1911; (C-9677-2) 88324 
7.PAGLIACCI: Si può? [Prologo] (Leoncavallo)5:30
 7 June 1904; (B-1430A-1/B-1430B-1) 2822/2823 
8.HAMLET: Ô vin, dissipe la tristesse [Chanson bachique] (Thomas)3:25
 26 May 1908; (C-6236-1) 74114 
9.HAMLET: Doute de la lumiere (Thomas)4:11
 with Marcella Sembrich, soprano9 October 1907; (C-4871-1) 89010 
10.CARMEN: Votre toast [Chanson du toréador] (Bizet)2:35
 with New York Grand Opera Chorus11 June 1906; (C-3449-4) 74046  
11.LE ROI DE LAHORE: Promesse de mon avenir (Massenet)3:34
 7 April 1909; (C-6968-2) 88172 
12.HÉRODIADE: Divine volupté …Vision fugitive (Massenet)4:07
 2 February 1909; (C-6115-4) 88153  
13.PANURGE: Chanson de la Touraine (Massenet)2:16
 3 January 1919; (B-22497-1) 64862 
14.PATRIE: Jadis elles chantaient [Air du sonneur] (Paladilhe)3:53
 19 September 1911; (C-10997-1) 74229 
15.SAMSON ET DALILA: A moi l’honneur de la vengeance (Vengeance at last) (Saint-Saëns)2:42
 with Louise Homer, contralto25 May 1908; (B-6227-2) 89501  
16.TANNHÄUSER: Da scheinest du ... O du, mein holder Abendstern (Wagner)3:34
 2 February 1909; (C-6764-4) 88154 
Italian Songs
17.Caro mio ben (Giordani)3:28
 13 May 1909; (C-6974-2) 88173 
18.Dormi pure (Scuderi)3:30
 14 May 1909; (C-7084-1) 74047  
19.Comme se canta a Napule (Mario)2:51
 10 November 1914; (B-15369-1) 64479 
20.Lasciali dir, tu m’ami (Quaranta)3:45
 16 December 1920; (B-24737-2) 66046  
21.Mandolinata (Paladilhe)2:48
 28 November 1910; (B-9673-2) 64160 
22.Non è ver (Mattei)4:18
 18 April 1916; (C-15368-2) 74421 
23.Santa Lucia (Cottrau)2:45
 16 May 1927; (BVE-1916-11) 1263-A 

CD 2 [79:23]

Spanish Songs
1.El celoso (Álvarez)2:24
 ca. 1900; (2-minute Edison brown wax cylinder) 12082 
2.Cantares (Álvarez)4:07
 28 November 1911; C-11314-1; 74262 
3.La partida (Álvarez)4:04
 5 September 1913; (C-13726-1) 74360  
4.En calesa (Álvarez)3:00
 11 May 1920; (B-24104-7) 64898 
5.Mi niña (Guetary)4:08
 19 November 1909; (C-8392-1) 74149 
6.La paloma (Yradier)2:21
 12 January 1926; (BVE-1917-6) 1141-A. 
7.La Sevillana (Yradier)2:47
 12 January 1926; (BVE-7-078-6) 1203-A. 
8.A la luz de la luna (Anton and Michelena)2:58
 with Tito Schipa, tenor 8 February 1928; (BVE-38379-4) 1751-A 
9.Rosario de la Aurora (Traditional)3:07
 18 May 1927; (BVE-38039-1) 1294-A  
10.El relicario (Padilla)3:04
 18 May 1927; (BVE-38039-4) 1294-B 
French Songs
11.Bergère légère (Weckerlin)2:00
 4 February 1925; (B-31831-1) 1108-B 
12.Tambourin (Traditional; arranged by Tiersot)2:15
 3 February 1925; (B-31800-2) unpublished 
13.Alleluia d’amour (Faure)4:21
 29 November 1910; (C-9676-1) 74234 
14.Le mariage des roses (Franck)2:39
 18 May 1908; (C-6200-1) first issued on AGSB-69  
15.Le plongeur (Widor)1:59
 18 May 1908; (C-6200-1) first issued on AGSB-69  
16.A Colombine - Sérénade d’Arlequin (Massenet)2:15
 20 May 1902; (pre-matrix B-1401-2) Victor 1401 
17.A toi (Bemberg)2:30
 21 May 1902; (pre-matrix 1406) 1406 
18.Malgré moi (Pfeiffer)2:57
 28 November 1911; (B-11315-1) 64242 
19.Voici que le printemps (Debussy)2:59
 6 April 1928; (BVE-43617-1) first issued on IRCC 72-B 
English Songs
20.SEMELE: Where’er you walk (Handel)4:01
 3 July 1907; (C-4545-2) 74086  
21.When dull care (Traditional, arranged by H. Lane Wilson)2:26
 24 October 1916; (B-18573-3) 64629 
22.Drink to me only with thine eyes (Traditional)3:04
 14 May 1909; (C-7083-1) 74077  
23.Mother o’ mine (Tours)2:25
 18 May 1908; (C-6199-1) 74118 
24.The lark now leaves his wat’ry nest (Parker)1:53
 18 May 1908; (C-6199-1) 74118 
25.The pipes of Pan (Elgar)3:56
 15 April 1915; (C-15900-2) 74438  
26.The clang of the forge (Rodney)2:35
 14 May 1909; (B-7086-1) 64037 
27.In old Madrid (Trotère)3:10
 12 January 1926; (BVE-24103-7) 1179-B 
 

CD 1:
Languages: Italian [1-7, 17-23]; French [8-14]; English [15]; German [16]
Accompaniments: Tracks 1-3, 5-6, and 8-23 with orchestra; Tracks 4 and 7 with unidentified pianists

CD 2:
Languages: Spanish [1-10]; French [11-19]; English [20-27]
Accompaniments: Tracks 1-3, and 14-19, 23-24 with piano; 4-13, 20-22, and 25-27 with orchestra

All Tracks were recorded by the Victor Talking Machine Company except CD 2, Track 1

 

Producers: Lawrence F. Holdridge and Ward Marston

Audio Conservation: Ward Marston

Photos: Girvice Archer, Gregor Benko, and Charles Mintzer

Audio Assistance: J. Richard Harris

Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi

Marston would like to thank Gregor Benko, Luc Bourrousse, Rudi van den Bulck, Ramona Fassio, Lawrence F. Holdridge, and Jeffrey Miller for their help in the production of this CD release.