Track Listing
| CD 1 (79:43) | ||
LUCREZIA BORI [so] | ||
| 1. | LA TRAVIATA: È strano…Ah, fors’ è lui…Follie!…Sempre libera (Verdi) | 6:44 |
| Mid-1910; London (180-S1) 12 inch1 | ||
| 2. | RIGOLETTO: Gualtier Maldè!...Caro nome (Verdi) | 4:41 |
| 9 April 1913; New York (2218-B) 10 inch2 | ||
| 3. | MANON LESCAUT: In quelle trine morbide (Puccini) | 2:43 |
| Mid-1910; London (192-A) 12 inch | ||
| 4. | TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini) | 3:13 |
| August or September 1911; London (885-B) 10 inch | ||
| 5. | MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel dì vedremo (Puccini) | 4:56 |
| Mid-1910; London (188-A) 12 inch | ||
MARCELLA CRAFT [so] | ||
| 6. | LA TRAVIATA: Addio del passato (Verdi) | 4:19 |
| 5 June 1918; New York (6203-C) 10 inch | ||
EMMY DESTINN [so] | ||
| 7. | CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni) | 3:25 |
| 15 December 1911; New York (887-A) 10 inch | ||
EMMY DESTINN [so] & DINH GILLY [ba] | ||
| 8. | CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Ah! Il Signore vi manda (Mascagni) | 5:08 |
| 15 December 1911; New York (888-A) 12 inch3 | ||
EDOARDO FATICANTI [ba] | ||
| 9. | ERNANI: Gran dio!...O de’ verd’anni miei (Verdi) | 4:52 |
| Mid-1910; London (206-B) 12 inch | ||
LUISA GARIBALDI [ms] & ITALO CRISTALI [te] | ||
| 10. | CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Tu qui, Santuzza? (Mascagni) | 3:58 |
| Fall 1910; London (413-A) 12 inch | ||
MELITTA HEIM [so] | ||
| 11. | RIGOLETTO: Gualtier Maldè!...Teurer Name (Gualtier Maldè!...Caro nome) (Verdi) | 5:06 |
| May or June 1911; London (703-B) 12 inch | ||
FRIEDA HEMPEL [so] | ||
| 12. | Il pensieroso: Sweet Bird (Handel) | 4:41 |
| 28 May 1920; New York (7372-C) 10 inch | ||
HEINRICH HENSEL [te] | ||
| 13. | DIE MEISTERSINGER: Am stillen Herd (Wagner) | 3:54 |
| ca. March 1911; London (624-A) 12 inch | ||
VALENTIN JAUME [te] | ||
| 14. | L’AFRICAINE: Pays merveilleux…O Paradis (Meyerbeer) | 3:59 |
| June 1914; London (3189-B) 10 inch | ||
PAOLA KORALEK [so] & ORESTE BENEDETTI [ba] | ||
| 15. | LA GIOCONDA: Ora posso morir (Act IV Finale) (Ponchielli) | 6:34 |
| July or August 1911; London (760-S1) 12 inch | ||
LUCETTE KORSOFF [so] | ||
| 16. | MANON LESCAUT: C’est l’histoire amoureuse [Eclat de rire] (Auber) | 3:07 |
| August or Septem1ber 1910; London (395) 10 inch (published briefly)4 | ||
| 17. | MIREILLE: O légère hirondelle [Valse] (Gounod) | 3:13 |
| July 1914; London (3209-B) 10 inch | ||
MARIA LABIA [so] & VALENTIN JAUME [te] | ||
| 18. | LES HUGUENOTS: Dillo ancor, tu m’ami (Tu l’as dit, oui, tu m’aimes!) (Meyerbeer) | 4:57 |
| May 1914; London (3161-B) 10 inch | ||
| 1 After the words “Follie! Follie!” the orchestra takes an unwieldy transposition down a semi-tone so that “Sempre libera” is sung in G 2 Transposed down to E-flat 3 Published only on LP: Edison Originals FS889B 4 Briefly published as a preliminary matching on 82007, 82008, and 82009. Re-matched in June 1913 on 82038, which did not appear on the list of 1 May 1917. | ||
| CD 2 (77:03) | ||
EMMI LEISNER [con] | ||
| 1. | ORFEO ED EURIDICE: Che farò senza Euridice? (Gluck) | 4:34 |
| June or July 1914; London (3200-A) 10 inch | ||
| 2. | LE PROPHÈTE: Wer ich bin…Ich bin, weh’ mir (Qui je suis…Je suis, hélas!) (Meyebeer) | 3:48 |
| June or July 1914; London (3206-B) 10 inch | ||
| 3. | MIGNON: Kennst du das Land? (Connais-tu le pays?) (Thomas) | 5:02 |
| June or July 1914; London (3201-A) 10 inch | ||
UMBERTO MACNEZ [te] | ||
| 4. | CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: O Lola [Siciliana] (Mascagni) | 2:46 |
| November 1910; London (383-A) 10 inch (issued briefly) | ||
| 5. | L’AMICO FRITZ: Ed anche Beppe amò…O amore, o bella luce (Mascagni) | 4:14 |
| November or December 1910; London (430-A) 12 inch5 | ||
MARGARETE MATZENAUER [ms] | ||
| 6. | DON CARLO: O don fatale (Verdi) | 4:39 |
| 25 February 1915; New York (3606-B) 10 inch | ||
CARMEN MELIS [so] | ||
| 7. | ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Ecco, respiro appena…Io son l’umile ancella (Giordano) | 3:54 |
| 21 March 1913; New York (2195-A) 10 inch | ||
| 8. | Io son l’amore (Tosti) | 4:35 |
| September 1913; London (1432-A) 10 inch | ||
ROSA OLITZKA [con] | ||
| 9. | LES HUGUENOTS: Nobles seigneurs, salut…une dame noble et sage (Meyerbeer) | 3:56 |
| 28 December 1915; New York (4376-C) 10 inch | ||
| 10. | CARMEN: All’ udir del sistra (Les tringles des sistres tintaient) (Bizet) | 3:14 |
| 10 January 1916; New York (4409-C) 10 inch | ||
MARIE RAPPOLD [so] | ||
| 11. | CARMEN: C’est des contrebandiers…Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante (Bizet) | 6:47 |
| July 1910; Paris (171-B) 12 inch | ||
| 12. | TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini) | 3:17 |
| July 1910; Paris (168-B) 12 inch | ||
DOMENICO VIGLIONE-BORGHESE [ba] | ||
| 13. | UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Alzati; là tuo figlio…Eri tu che macchiavi quell’anima (Verdi) | 6:19 |
| ca. June 1911; London (1146-A) 12 inch | ||
FRITZ VOGELSTROM [te] | ||
| 14. | LOHENGRIN: In fernem Land (Wagner) | 4:46 |
| July or August 1910; London (270-A) 12 inch | ||
EDYTH WALKER [so] | ||
| 15. | DIE WALKÜRE: Ho-yo-to-ho (Wagner) | 2:10 |
| December 1910 or January 1911; London (538) 10 inch | ||
CAROLINA WHITE [so] | ||
| 16. | LA GIOCONDA: Suicidio! In questi fieri momenti tu sol mi resti (Ponchielli) | 4:02 |
| 19 July 1910; Paris (181-B) 12 inch6 | ||
| 17. | ANDREA CHENIER: La mamma morta (Giordano) | 4:49 |
| 20 July 1910; Paris (178-A) 12 inch | ||
| 18. | LA WALLY: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (Catalani) | 4:02 |
| 22 July 1910; Paris (0176-S2) 12 inch | ||
| 5 Briefly published as a preliminary matching on 82509 and c.o. in June 1913. Re-matched on 82513, which did not appear on the list of January 1915. 6 The exact dates of the Carolina White recordings were determined from Paris vouchers. | ||
| General note on dating and issue nomenclature: Transmittal sheets do not exist from 1910 through 1913. The recording dates of unpublished recordings within this period were determined by reviewing dates of published recordings and estimating the recording dates. A two to three week allowance for shipping was utilized. Several of the recordings have an “S” suffix. This early practice designated those recordings as “specials.” Later, an “A, B, C…” designation was adopted. | ||
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Producers: Scott Kessler and Ward Marston
AD Transfers of original discs: Jerry Fabris
Audio Re-mastering: Ward Marston
Audio Assistance: J. Richard Harris
Photographs: Girvice Archer, Roberto Marcocci, Charles Mintzer, and Peter van der Waal
Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi
This issue, which has been many years in the making, required extraordinary assistance from several people who provided biographies of obscure singers; rare and important photos and the scanning needed for the booklet; and extensive research of Edison material. Marston would like to extend special gratitude to Girvice Archer, Ramona Fasio, Lawrence F. Holdridge, Jerry Fabris, and Raymond Wile for their tremendous assistance.
Marston would also like to thank Richard Arsenty, Vincent Giroud, Leonard DeGraaf, John Humbley, Peter Lack, Roberto Marcocci, Charles Mintzer, Robert Tuggle, and Peter van der Waal for their help in the production of this CD release.
Marston would also like to thank the Edison National Historic Site, the National Park Service, and the United States Department of the Interior for conserving and sharing rare recorded treasures.
The Edison Legacy vol. 1
Hidden Treasures of the Edison Archive
It is not an exaggeration that the Edison Legacy series will be one of the most significant historical releases ever. Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in the last quarter of the 19th Century. He began recording artists in the late 1800s and by 1929 his record company was out of business. In this short period of time, he captured some of the greatest voices of the dawn of the recording era and yet, many of the recordings have never been published and have only been heard by Edison and his staff. These historic documents are some of the rarest and most important recordings in the world. The first volume of our series contains selections of Leisner, Melis, Bori, Walker, White, Korsoff, Olitzka, Destinn, and many other important singers of the last century.
