Ninon Vallin

The Complete Pathé Art Label Recordings

COMPLETE TRACK LISTING
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Ninon Vallin was the most famous French singer of her generation and one of the most recorded artists of her time. Born Eugénie Vallin in a small town outside of Lyon on 7 September 1886, she made her Paris debut on 2 April 1911 at the prestigious Concerts Colonne singing Debussy's La Demoiselle élue, and a year and a half later, she made her debut at the Paris Opéra as Micaëla in Carmen. By the mid 1930s, through her operatic and concert performances as well as her many recordings, she had become a virtual household name in France. Her prodigious recording career began in 1913 and ended in 1956. She died in Lyon on 22 November 1961, two months past her 75th birthday. Marston has chosen the striking graphic design of the "Pathé-Art Label" as the theme of this 2 CD set. The rarity of the selections should awaken all Vallin fans: six of the recordings on this CD set are known to exist in only one published copy and another six are unique in Vallin's lengthy discography of well over 400 sides.

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Track Listing


CD 1 (74:54)

  1. LA BOHÈME: On m'appelle Mimi {Mi chiamano Mimi} (Puccini) [3:38]
    1927; (N200912) 7108 (29 cm)

  2. LA BOHÈME: Les adieux de Mimi {Donde lieta uscì} (Puccini) [2:55]
    1927; (N200913) 7108 (29 cm)

  3. CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet) [2:42]
    1927; (N200914) 7109 (29 cm)

  4. CARMEN: Séguedille (Bizet) [1:57]
    1927; (N200915) 7109 (29 cm)

  5. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Sur la mer calmée {Un bel dì vedremo} (Puccini) [3:18]
    1927; (N200929) 7115 (29 cm)

  6. LOUISE: Depuis le jour (Charpentier) [3:13]
    1927; (N200930) 7115 (29 cm)

  7. LA BOHÈME: On m'appelle Mimi {Mi chiamano Mimi} (Puccini) [3:33]
    1928; (201270) x7145 (29 cm)

  8. LA BOHÈME: Les adieux de Mimi {Donde lieta uscì} (Puccini) [2:55]
    1928; (201271) x7145, x7156 (29 cm)

  9. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Sur la mer calmée {Un bel dì vedremo} (Puccini) [3:14]
    1928; (201272) x7143, x7156 (29 cm)

  10. LOUISE: Depuis le jour (Charpentier) [3:33]
    1928; (201273) x7143 (29 cm)

  11. THAÏS: Scène du miroir (Massenet) [5:53]
    1928; (201274/5) x7144, (29 cm)

Siete Canciones Populares Españolas (de Falla)
  1. El paño moruno [1:09]
    1929; (202443) x3460 (25 cm)
  2. Seguidilla murciana [1:08]
    1928; (201276) x7146 (29 cm)
  3. Asturiana [1:58]
    1929; (202443) x3460 (25 cm)
  4. Jota [3:00]
    1928; (201277) x7146 (29 cm)
  5. Nana [1:12]
    1928; (201276) x7146 (29 cm)
  6. Canción [1:04]
    1929; (202442) x3460 (25 cm)

  7. Polo [1:24]
    1929; (202442) x3460 (25 cm)

  8. Le Nil (Leroux) [3:32]
    1928; (201282) x7149 (29 cm)

  9. SADKO: Chant hindou (Rimsky-Korsakov) [3:36]
    1928; (201283) x7149 (29 cm)

  10. CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet) [2:38]
    1928; (201284) x7147 (29 cm)

  11. CARMEN: Séguedille (Bizet) [1:51]
    1928; (201285) x7147 (29 cm)

  12. CARMEN: Les tringles des sistres (Bizet) [3:07]
    1928; (201286) x7148 (29 cm)

  13. CARMEN: Air des cartes (Bizet) [3:06]
    1928; (201287) x7148 (29 cm)

  14. MANON: Voyons, Manon (Massenet) [3:56]
    1928; (201429) x7166 (30 cm and 30.5 cm)

  15. MANON: Allons! il le faut... Adieu, notre petite table (Massenet) [3:47]
    1928; (201430) x7166 (30 cm and 30.5 cm)

CD 1: All recordings made in Paris by the Compagnie Générale des Machines Parlantes Pathé Frères
Tracks 1-11, 21-26 with orchestra
Tracks 12-18 with Godfroy Andolfi, piano
Tracks 19-20 with violin and piano
Languages: Tracks 12-18 in Spanish, all other Tracks are in French
Pathé x3460--not part of the Pathé-Art series and recorded in late 1929--has been used in conjunction with x7146 to complete the set of de Falla's Siete Canciones Populares Españolas.


CD 2 (76:12)

  1. MANON: Je suis encore tout étourdie (Massenet) [3:39]
    1928; (201431) x7165 (30 cm and 30.5 cm)

  2. MANON: A nous les amours (Massenet) [2:31]
    1928; (201432) x7165 (30 cm and 30.5 cm)

  3. TOSCA: Prière de Tosca {Vissi d'arte} (Puccini) [3:24]
    1928; (201439) x7168 (30.5 cm)

  4. TOSCA: Notre doux nid {No, Mario mio} (Puccini) [4:06]
    1928; (201440) x7168 (30.5 cm)

  5. LE NOZZE DI FIGARO: Récit et air de Suzanne {Deh vieni non tardar} (Mozart) [4:16]
    1928; (201441) x7167 (30.5 cm)

  6. DON GIOVANNI: Air de Zerline {Batti, batti} (Mozart) [3:45]
    1928; (201442) x7167 (30.5 cm)

  7. MANON: Duo de la rencontre (Massenet) [8:42]
    with Miguel Villabella, tenor
    1929; (202423/4) x7225 (30 cm)

  8. Panis angelicus (Franck) [3:57]
    1929; (202438) x7226 (30 cm)

  9. Voici le Noël (arr. Tiersot) [3:53]
    1929; (202439) x7226 (30 cm)

  10. LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN: Elle a fui, la tourterelle (Offenbach) [4:07]
    1929; (202466) x7227 (30 cm)

  11. MANON: Je marche sur tous les chemins (Massenet) [3:48]
    1929; (202467) x7227 (30 cm)

  12. FAUST: Ballade du roi de Thulé (Gounod) [4:39]
    1929; (202462) x7228 (30 cm)

  13. FAUST: Air des bijoux (Gounod) [3:49]
    1929; (202463) x7228 (30 cm)

  14. THAÏS: Scène du miroir (Massenet) [6:22]
    1929; (202464/5) x7229 (30 cm)

  15. L'Invitation au voyage (Duparc) [3:52]
    1929; (202476) x7230 (30 cm)

  16. Chanson triste (Duparc) [3:10]
    1929; (202477) x7230 (30 cm)

  17. LE ROI D'YS: Margared, ô ma soeur... En silence pourquoi souffrir (Lalo) [6:50]
    with Madeleine Sibille, soprano
    1929; (250021/2) x7233 (30 cm)

CD 2: All recordings made in Paris by the Compagnie Générale des Machines Parlantes Pathé Frères
Tracks 1-7, 10-14, 17 with orchestra
Tracks 8-9 with M. Vadon, organ
Tracks 15-16 with violin and piano
Languages: Track 8 in Latin, all other Tracks are in French
Producers: Victor Girard, Scott Kessler and Ward Marston
Audio Conservation: Ward Marston
Photographs: Roger Gross Ltd., Jose Pons and Raphael Reszepter
Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi

Marston would like to thank Richard Bebb, Stan Farwig, J. Neil Forster, Michael Gunrem, Denys Harry, Lawrence F. Holdridge, John Humbley, Peter Lack, Norbeck and Peters LLC., Jacques Primac, James Shulman and Christian Zwarg for their help in the production of this CD release.