CD 1 (79:39) | ||
MARIE DELNA | ||
Pathé London, 1903 | ||
1. | LE PROPHÈTE: Ah, mon fils (Meyerbeer) | 2:34 |
3500 | ||
2. | CARMEN: Près des remparts de Séville [Séguedille] (Bizet) | 2:02 |
3501 | ||
3. | CARMEN: L’amour est un oiseau rebelle [Habanera] (Bizet) | 2:23 |
3502 | ||
Pathé Paris, 1903–1904 | ||
4. | CARMEN: En vain pour éviter [Air des cartes] (Bizet) | 2:26 |
3514 | ||
5. | LA VIVANDIÈRE: Viens avec nous, petit (Godard) | 2:02 |
3504 | ||
6. | WERTHER: Va, laisse couler mes larmes (Massenet) | 2:28 |
3512 | ||
7. | LES TROYENS À CARTHAGE: Chers Tyriens, tant de nobles travaux (Berlioz) | 2:24 |
3513 | ||
8. | JOCELYN: Cachés dans cet asile [Berceuse] (Godard) | 2:26 |
3515 | ||
9. | Les enfants (Massenet) | 2:25 |
3503 | ||
10. | La Vierge à la crèche (Clérice) | 2:29 |
Accompanied by the composer 3516 |
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Pathé Paris, 1905 | ||
11. | LE PROPHÈTE: A la voix de ta mère (Meyerbeer) | 3:17 |
With Albert Alvarez, tenor
0235 |
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12. | LA FAVORITE: Leonor…Viens, je cède éperdu (Donizetti) | 3:17 |
With Albert Alvarez, tenor
0236 |
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Pathé Paris, 1907 | ||
13. | ORPHÉE ET EURYDICE: J’ai perdu mon Eurydice (Gluck) | 2:39 |
4878 | ||
14. | LA FAVORITE: O mon Fernand (Donizetti) | 3:20 |
4875 | ||
15. | WERTHER: Je vous écris de ma petite chambre [Air des lettres] (Massenet) | 3:10 |
4879 | ||
16. | SAMSON ET DALILA: Printemps qui commence (Saint-Saëns) | 3:15 |
4877 (‘Groove skip’ in Pathé master cylinder) | ||
17. | SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix (Saint-Saëns) | 3:17 |
4876 | ||
18. | LA VIVANDIÈRE: Liberté, rayonnant aux cieux, écoute ma prière ardente (Godard) | 2:48 |
4873 | ||
19. | L’ATTAQUE DU MOULIN: Ah, la guerre, l’horrible guerre (Bruneau) | 2:18 |
4872 | ||
20. | MIARKA: Soleil qui flambes, soleil d’or rouge (Georges) | 1:39 |
4874 | ||
21. | CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Vous le savez, ma mère (Mascagni) | 3:12 |
4871 | ||
22. | O sole mio (di Capua) | 3:11 |
4870 | ||
Edison Cylinders New York, 1910 | ||
23. | ORFEO ED EURIDICE: Che farò senza Euridice? (Gluck) | 3:55 |
BA 28135 Take 2 | ||
24. | LA FAVORITA: O mio Fernando (Donizetti) | 4:09 |
40023 Take 2 | ||
25. | LE PROPHÈTE: Ah, mon fils (Meyerbeer) | 4:17 |
BA 28126 Take 1 | ||
26. | SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix (Saint-Saëns) | 4:20 |
BA 28151 Take 2 | ||
27. | LA GIOCONDA: Voce di donna (Ponchielli) | 3:41 |
40029 Take 1 | ||
CD 2 (79:48) | ||
MARIE DELNA | ||
London, 1913 | ||
1. | LE PROPHÈTE: Ah, mon fils (Meyerbeer) | 4:40 |
(2762-A) 83019 | ||
2. | SAMSON ET DALILA: Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix (Saint-Saëns) | 4:53 |
(2766-B) 83024 | ||
3. | JOCELYN: Cachés dans cet asile [Berceuse] (Godard) | 4:47 |
(2763-A) 83036 | ||
Pathé Paris, 1918 | ||
4. | Carillon de guerre (Rohand) | 3:40 |
(2418) 3139 | ||
5. | Espérance (Rohand) | 3:24 |
(2420) 3139 | ||
JEANNE MARIÉ DE L’ISLE | ||
French Odeon 1905 and Gramophone Company 1904–1906 | ||
6. | LES DRAGONS DE VILLARS: Espoir charmant! (Maillart) | 3:00 |
Odeon ca. 1905; (33243-6) 33243 | ||
7. | MIGNON: Connais-tu le pays? (Thomas) | 2:53 |
Odeon ca. 1905; (33240-6) 33240 | ||
8. | MIGNON: Je connais un pauvre enfant [Styrienne] (Thomas) | 3:03 |
G&T 1905; (4941o) 33570 | ||
9. | MIGNON: Je suis heureuse (Thomas) | 3:25 |
With Leon Beyle, tenor
G&T 1906; (6146o) 34172 |
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10. | MIGNON: O vierge Marie [Prière] (Thomas) | 2:26 |
G&T 1906; (6014o) 33830 | ||
11. | CARMEN: L’amour est un oiseau rebelle [Habanera] (Bizet) | 3:11 |
Odeon ca. 1905; (33207-6) 33207 | ||
12. | CARMEN: Près des remparts de Séville [Séguedille] (Bizet) | 1:45 |
G&T 1904; (2983F) 33437 | ||
13. | CARMEN: Les tringles des sistres [Chanson bohème] (Bizet) | 2:55 |
Odeon ca. 1905; (33242-7) 33242 | ||
14. | CARMEN: Je vais danser en votre honneur (Bizet) | 3:20 |
G&T 1904; (3288F) 33445 | ||
15. | CARMEN: En vain pour éviter [Air des cartes] (Bizet) | 3:12 |
G&T 1906; (6015O) Issued only on Zonophone X-83079X | ||
16. | CARMEN: Si tu m’aimes, Carmen (Bizet) | 2:44 |
With Hector Dufranne, baritone
G&T 1905; (5086o) 34147 |
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17. | CARMEN: C’est toi, c’est moi [Fragment from act 4 duet] (Bizet) | 3:24 |
With Leon Beyle, tenor
G&T 1904; (3969F) 34126 |
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18. | WERTHER: Vous avez dit vrai (Massenet) | 3:02 |
G&T 1904; (3287F) 33444 | ||
19. | WERTHER: Va, laisse couler mes larmes (Massenet) | 2:40 |
G&T 1905; (4928o) 33564 | ||
20. | LA DAMNATION DE FAUST: Autrefois un roi de Thulé (Berlioz) | 3:08 |
G&T 1906; (6125o) Issued only on Zonophone X-83164 | ||
21. | Sérénade (Gounod) | 3:07 |
G&T 1905; (5147o) Issued only on Zonophone X-83050 | ||
22. | Les enfants (Massenet) | 3:19 |
G&T 1905; (9083u) 33586 | ||
23. | Si mes vers avaient des ailes (Hahn) | 2:10 |
G&T 1906; (6149o) Issued only on Zonophone X-83178 | ||
24. | L’anneau d’argent (Chaminade) | 2:26 |
G&T 1905; (5041o) Issued only on Zonophone X-83048 | ||
25. | Crépuscule triste (Giordano) | 3:02 |
G&T 1906; (6124o) Issued only on Zonophone X-83047X | ||
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Producer: Ward Marston
Audio Conservation: Ward Marston
Audio Assistance: J. Richard Harris
Photographs: Girvice Archer and Charles Mintzer
Liner Notes: Vincent Giroud, © 2008
Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi
Marston would like to thank Lawrence F. Holdridge, John Humbley, Jean-Charles Lefebvre, Peter Lack, Nicole Rodriguez, and Richard Warren for their help in the production of this CD release.
The following selections are re-recorded from copies in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence C. Witten II in the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings, Yale University Library:
CD 1: [23, 26], CD 2: [8, 10, 14, 15–18, 21–25]
The Complete Recordings of Marie Delna and Selected Recordings of Jeanne Marié De’Lisle
At the turn of the last century, two of the greatest contraltos were Marie Delna and Jean Marié De’Lisle. Delna (1875-1932) had an expressive and striking voice with an immediacy and intensity that has rarely been duplicated. She debuted as Dido in Berlioz’s Les Troyens, she took part in the Paris premieres of Bruneau’s L’Attaque du Moulin and Massenet’s Werther, and premiered Godard’s La Vivandière. She recorded for Pathé and Edison (the latter more flattering to her voice). Jean Marié De’Lisle (1872-1926) recorded for G&T and Odeon between 1904 and 1906 resulting in nearly 100 records, many of which are lost today. She studied with her aunt Célestine Galli-Marié (the creator of Carmen and Mignon) and made her debut at the Opéra-Comique in 1896. Marié De’Lisle sang in the world premiere of Charpentier’s Louise, had a huge success as Charlotte in Massenet’s Werther, and succeeded her aunt as one of the great Carmens at the Opéra-Comique.