Marston Records - The Complete Salomea Krushelnytska

Track Listing

CD1 (79:05)
SALOMEA KRUSHELNYTSKA
Gramophone and Typewriter Limited Warsaw, ca. 1902
1.	MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boito)	3:10
	(398z) 23355
2.	Piosnka dudarza, Op. 18, No. 2 (The Piper’s song) (Paderewski)	3:26
	(399z) 23365
3.	Ti rivedrò! (Tosti)	3:14
	(400z) 23356
4.	HRABINA: Zbuczic sie zludnych snów (Wake up from bad dreams) (Moniuszko)	2:33
	(401z) 23357
5.	Kolysanka: Na ramie mie rzucila (Lullaby: In my arms he rested) (Mlynarski)	2:29
	(402z) 23358
6.	Amore (Tosti)	2:56
	(403z) 23359
7.	HALKA: Gdyby rannem slonkiem (I wish I were a lark) (Moniuszko)	3:05
	(404z) 23368
8.	Lasciali dir tu m’ami (Quaranta)	2:58
	(405z) 23360
9.	PEER GYNT: Solveig’s Song (Grieg)	2:38
	(406z) 23361
10.	TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini)	2:33
	(407z) 23362
Fonotipia Milan
11.	MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boito)	3:58
	6 November 1906; (XPh 2212) 39921
12.	ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Ecco, respiro appena…Io sono l’umile ancella (Cilea)	2:52
	6 November 1906; (XPh 2213) 39922
13.	Lasciali dir tu m’ami (Quaranta)	3:13
	6 November 1906; (XPh 2214) 39920
14.	LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: Pace, pace mio Dio (Verdi)	4:42
	6 November 1906; (XXPh 2215) 74025
15.	LA WALLY: Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (Catalani)	3:21
	8 November 1906; (XPh 2224) 39919
16.	Ti rivedrò! (Tosti)	2:21
	8 November 1906; (XXPh 2225) 74026
17.	Capelli d’oro (Oddone)	2:21
	8 November 1906; (XPh 2226) 39909
18.	Si dice (Quaranta)	3:58
	8 November 1906; (XPh 2227) 39908
19.	AIDA: Ritorna vincitor…I sacri nomi di padre (Verdi)	6:14
	11 November 1907; XPh 2849 and XPh 2849) 92086 and 92087
20.	ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Ecco, respiro appena…Io son l’umile ancella (Cilea)	2:51
	12 November 1907; (XPh 2854) 92088
21.	ADRIANA LECOUVREUR: Poveri fiori (Cilea)	3:15
	12 November 1907; (XPh 2853) 92089
22.	Si mes vers avaient des ailes (Hahn)	2:09
	12 November 1907; (XPh 2862) 62265
23.	PEER GYNT: Solveig’s song (Grieg)	2:44
	12 November 1907; (XPh 2863) 62264
24.	LORELEY: Da che tutta (Catalani)	2:35
	20 March 1912; (XPh 4813) 92939
25.	MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Un bel di vedremo (Puccini)	3:17
	20 March 1912; (XPh 4816) 92940
CD2 (79:50)
Fonotipia Milan (continued)
1.	DIE WALKÜRE: Ho jo to ho! (Wagner)	2:05
	20 March 1912; (XPh 5269) 92937
2.	DIE WALKÜRE: War es so schmählich, was ich verbrach? (Wagner)	3:17
	20 March 1912; (XPh 4815) 92938
3.	L’AFRICAINE: Di qui si vede il mare (Meyerbeer)	3:16
	20 March 1912; (XPh 4817) 92941
4.	L’AFRICAINE: Quai soavi concenti (Meyerbeer)	2:59
	20 March 1912; (XPh 4818) 92942
Columbia U.S.A., ca. 1928
5.	Wiwcy moi wiwcy [Pastusza pisnia] (Shepherd’s song)	3:20
	(108887) 27132-F
6.	Zcerez sad wynohrad [Diwocza pisnia] (Beyond the orchard, the vineyard) [Girls’ song]	3:01
	(108888) 27132-F
7.	Oi, de ty idesz, de ty poidesz [Prykoliskowa pisnia] (Oh, you go, you leave) [Prikolisko song]	3:18
	(108889) 27133-F
8.	Oi, letily bili husi [Rozpletyny] (Oh, white geese were flying) [Rospletini]*	3:22
	*Rospletini is a place (108899) 27133-F
ELENA RUSZKOWSKA
Selected Recordings, Gramophone Company Limited Milan
9.	STABAT MATER: Inflammatus (Rossini)	3:27
	27 April 1909; (1813c) 053250
10.	LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: La vergine degli angeli (Verdi)	3:28
	24 April 1909; (1807c) 053237
11.	ERNANI: Ernani involami (Verdi)	2:43
	23 April 1909; (13110b) 53568
12.	AIDA: Dessa, ei si turba… Ohimè di guerra (Verdi)	3:21
	1 November 1909; (1863c) 054274
13.	AIDA: Fu la sorte dell’armee... Ebben, qual nuovo fremito ... Ah! Pietà ti prenda (Verdi)	10:19
	with Bianca Lavin de Casas, mezzo-soprano 1 November 1909; (1860C, 1861C, and 1862C) 054272, 054273, and 054276
14.	AIDA: Fuggiam gli ardori inospiti (Verdi)	4:21
	with Carlo Barrera, tenor 21 April 1909; (1790C) 054254
15.	LA GIOCONDA:Là attesi e il tempo colsi… L’amo come il fulgor del creato (Ponchielli)	3:23
	with Bianca Lavin de Casas, mezzo-soprano 1 November 1909; (1864c) 054271
16.	TOSCA: Ora stammi a sentir…Non la sospiri (Puccini)	3:17
	with Egidio Cunego, tenor 2 November 1909; (1868c) 054268
17.	TOSCA: Qual occhio al mondo (Puccini)	3:34
	with Egidio Cunego, tenor 2 November 1909; (1866c) 054269
18.	TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini)	3:09
	2 November 1909; (1865c) 053243
19.	TOSCA: Senti, l’ora è vicina…E non giungono (Puccini)	5:33
	with Egidio Cunego, tenor 2 November 1909; (1867c and 13830b) 054270 and 54413
Parlophone-Odeon Warsaw, ca. 1921
20.	HALKA: Gdyby rannem slonkiem (I wish I were a lark) (Moniuszko)	4:06
	(2-40036) P.64657b
21.	Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 (Chopin) (arranged by Theresa Tosti)	4:19
	(xxWa 84) AA 53099

CD 1: Accompaniment: Tracks [1-18, 22-23] accompanied by piano; Tracks [19-21, 24-25] accompanied by orchestra Languages: Italian [1, 3, 6, 8, 10-21, 23-25]; Polish [2, 4-5, 7, 9]; French [22]
CD 2: Accompaniment: Tracks [1-4] accompanied by orchestra; Tracks [5-8] accompanied by folk ensemble; Tracks [9-19] accompanied by orchestra conducted by Carlos Sabajno; Track [20] accompanied by orchestra conducted by Artur Rodzinski; Track [21] accompanied by harp and cello Languages: Italian [1-4, 10-19]; Ukrainian [5-8]; Latin [9]; Polish [20-21]

Producer: Ward Marston

Audio Conservation: Ward Marston

Audio Assistance: John R. Harris

Photographs: Girvice Archer, Charles Mintzer, and Jakub Puchalski

Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi

Marston would like to thank Paulina Anderson Dinitz, Ramona Fasio, Lawrence F. Holdridge, Peter Lack, Robert Tuggle, and Richard Warren for their help in the production of this CD release.

Selections are re-recorded from copies in the collection of the Estate of Sir Paul Getty, in the collection of Harry Glaze, and in the collection of Lawrence F. Holdridge.

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: Tracks [1, 2, 4-7, 9]

Discographic material was taken from:
“Salomea Kruszelnicka” from the Record Collector, Vol. 18, No. 4, by Eduardo Arnosi and R L Autrey, February 1969, pgs. 75-88

His Master’s Voice/La Voce del Padrone, complied by Alan Kelly, 1988, Greenwood Press, Inc., Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A.

The Fontipia Catalogue 1904-1939, CD ROM, published by Historic Masters, Ltd.

The Complete Salomea Krushelnytska

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Salomea Krushelnytska (1872–1952) simply has one of the most beautiful dramatic soprano voices on record. The voice has strength and a dusky tone coupled with a mastery of phrasing. She had a remarkable career. It was rumored Krushelnytska could learn a part of a new opera in two days, and develop the character of a role in another three or four. In 1902 she won the hearts of Parisians in Lohengrin. In 1906 she enchanted the audience at Milan’s La Scala in Richard Strauss’s Salome conducted by Arturo Toscanini. Her rendition of the title role of the Brescia Madama Butterfly in 1904 contributed to Butterfly’s admission to the world repertoire. In addition, she created the role of Salome at La Scala’s premiere in 1907 as well as the role of Elektra in 1909. She also sang at the world premiere of Romani’s Fedra (1915). She was to settle in Milan, yet a visit to her birthplace, Lvov, in 1939 precluded her return to Italy. She taught at the conservatory in Lvov, where she had begun her illustrious career. This two CD set is complete, including her rare G & Ts, Fonotipias, and four electrical Columbias.

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