Track Listing

CD 1 (79:02)

HIS MASTER’S VOICE, FRANCE, 1924-1925
Complete Acoustic Recordings

1. LA JUIVE: Dieu, que ma voix tremblante (Halévy) 2:27
  10 July 1924; (BT851-2) P660  
2. LE PROPHÈTE: Pour Bertha (Meyerbeer) 3:20
  10 July 1924; (BT850-2) P591  
3. LE PROPHÈTE: Roi du ciel (Meyerbeer) 3:03
  10 July 1924; (BT852-2) P591  
4. LE TROUVÈRE: Supplice infâme (Di quella pira) (Verdi) 2:24
  11 July 1924; (BT857-2) P582  
5. LE TROUVÈRE: Mère tu dors!… Oui, la fatigue (Madre, non dormi… Ai nostri monti) (Verdi) 7:07
  with Marie Charbonnel, contralto  
  23 February 1925; (CT1264-2/CT1265-1) W706  
6. RIGOLETTO: Qu’une belle (Questo quella) (Verdi) 2:01
  20 February 1925; (BT1257-2) P600  
7. RIGOLETTO: Comme la plume au vent (La donna è mobile) (Verdi) 2:09
  20 February 1925; (BT1256-2) P600  
8. AIDA: O céleste Aida (Celeste Aida) (Verdi) 3:29
  18 February 1925; (CT1239-1) W755  
9. OTELLO: Tout m’abandonne (Ora è per sempre addio) (Verdi) 1:21
  19 February 1925; (BT1248-1) P660  
10. OTELLO: Dieu, tu pouvais m’infliger (Dio, mi potevi) (Verdi) 2:31
  19 February 1925; (BT1250-2) P609  
11. OTELLO: Que nul ne craigne (Niun mi tema) (Verdi) 3:35
  19 February 1925; (BT1249-2) P609  
12. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Sicilienne (O Lola) (Mascagni) 2:06
  11 July 1924; (BT858-1) P615  
13. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Moi seul ai tous les torts … Ah, servez de mère (Lo so che il torto è mio… Mamma, quel vino e generosa) (Mascagni) 5:42
  26 February 1925; (BT1283-1/BT1284-1) P607  
14. MANON LESCAUT: Parmi vous, ô belles brunes (Tra voi, belle, brune e bionde) (Puccini) 1:55
  16 February 1925; (BT1224-2) P610  
15. MANON LESCAUT: Oh! Manon de nouveau tu trahis ta pensée (Ah! Manon, mi tradisce) (Puccini) 1:58
  11 July 1924; (BT860-1) P610  
16. MANON LESCAUT: Ah, ne m’approchez pas (Ah, non vi avvicinate… Guardate come io piango ed imploro) (Puccini) 1:56
  11 July 1924; (Bt859-2) P588  
17. Mattinata (Leoncavallo) 1:59
  20 February 1925; (BT1259-2) P615  
18. SAMSON ET DALILA: Arrêtez, ô mes frères (Saint-Saëns) 1:59
  11 July 1924; (BT861-2) P614  
19. SAMSON ET DALILA: Israël, romps ta chaîne (Saint-Saëns) 1:58
  19 February 1925; (BT1247-1) P614  
20. CARMEN: La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Bizet) 3:26
  20 February 1925; (BT1255-2) P644  
21. LA NAVARRAISE: O bien aimée (Massenet) 2:11
  23 February 1925; (BT1266-2) P634  
22. GISMONDA: Oui, vous étiez l’enjeu splendide (Février) 2:11
  26 February 1925; (BT1286-1) P634  
23. SIGURD: Esprits gardiens (Reyer) 3:15
  18 February 1925; (BT1240-2) P624  
24. SIGURD: J’ai gardé mon âme ingénue (Reyer) 1:48
  20 February 1925; (BT1258-2) P624  
25. LOHENGRIN: Ah, respirons tous deux (Atmest du nicht) (Wagner) 2:20
  16 February 1925; (BT1223-2) P641  
26. LOHENGRIN: Ma confiance en toi (Höchstes Vertraun) (Wagner) 2:53
  16 February 1925; (BT1222-1) P641  
27. LA WALKYRIE: O glaive promis par mon père (Ein Schwert verhiess) (Wagner) 4:14
  26 February 1925; (CT1285-2) W755  
28. MANON: Toi…Vous (Massenet) 3:56
  with Rose Heilbronner, soprano  
  Odeon Paris 1912-1914; (XP 6074-2) X111594  
CD 1 (78:19)

HIS MASTER’S VOICE, FRANCE, 1930-1933
Selected Electric Recordings

1. LA FAVORITE: Un ange, une femme inconnue (Donizetti) 3:33
  15 September 1931; (OW469-1) DA4863  
2. LA FAVORITE: Ange si pur, que dans un songe (Donizetti) 2:52
  14 September 1931; (OW457-2) DA4863  
3. L’AFRICAINE: Pays merveilleux…O paradis (Meyerbeer) 3:02
  2 April 1930; (BF3125) P854  
L’AFRICAINE: Duo Act II (Meyerbeer)
4. C’est de là que mon canot fragile…Combien tu m’es chère 4:33
  with Odette Ricquier, soprano  
  22 November 1932; (2PG306) DB4901  
L’AFRICAINE: Duo Act IV (Meyerbeer)
5. Erreur fatale 4:24
  with Odette Ricquier, soprano  
  22 November 1932; (2PG308) DB4901  
6. LES HUGUENOTS: Ah! Quel spectacle…Plus blanche que la blanche hermine (Meyerbeer) 3:23
  2 April 1930; (CF3127) W1087  
LOHENGRIN: Duo Act III (Wagner)
7. Déjà se perd leur voix (Das süße Lied verhallt) 6:36
8. Ah, respirons tous deux (Atmest du nicht) 3:28
9. Ma confiance en toi (Höchstes Vertraun) 6:24
  with Mireille Berthon, soprano  
  13 October 1933; (2PG 1162-2, 2PG 1163-1, 2PG 1164-1, 2PG 1165-1) DB 4920 DB 4921  
10. LOHENGRIN: Aux bords lointains… (In fernem Land) (Wagner) 4:28
  10 September 1931; (2W 441-2) DB4828  
11. LOHENGRIN: Mon cygne aime (Mein lieber Schwan) (Wagner) 4:31
  10 September 1931; (2W 440-1) DB4828  
12. LA WALKYRIE: O glaive promis par mon père (Ein Schwert verhiess) (Wagner) 4:23
  28 January 1932; (2W 1219-1) DB 4857  
13. LA WALKYRIE: Plus d’hiver, déjà le printemps commence (Winterstürme) (Wagner) 3:01
  27 January 1932; (2W 1218-1) DB 4857  
14. SIEGFRIED: Nothung! Nothung! (Wagner) 2:50
  21 November 1932; (OPG 302-2) DA 4847  
SAMSON ET DALILA: Duo Act II, Scene III (Saint-Saëns)
15. En ces lieux, malgré moi 9:18
16. Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix 5:43
17. Mais!…non! que dis-je, hélas! 6:01
  with Marie Duchene, contralto  
  15 September 1931; (2W 470, 2W 471) DB 4845
16 September 1931; (OW479-4, 480-1, 481-1, 482-2) DA4819, DA4820		  

CD1:
All recordings accompanied by orchestra
Languages: Track 17 in Italian, all other Tracks are in French

CD2:
All recordings accompanied by orchestra; Tracks 2, 12, and 13 conducted by Pierro Coppola; Tracks 3 and 6 conducted by Henri Busser.
Languages: All Tracks are in French

 

Producer: Scott Kessler and Ward Marston

Audio Conservation: Ward Marston

Audio Assistance: J. Richard Harris

Photographs: Charles Alessandri and Rudi Van den Bulck

Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi

Marston would like to thank J. Neil Forster, Lawrence F. Holdridge, Andreas Schmauder, and Milt Weiss for providing excellent copies of Vezzani discs.

Marston would like to thank Georges Cardol, Vincent Giroud, David Mason, and François Nouvion for editorial and research assistance.