Track Listing

CD1 (79:47)
GRAMOPHONE AND TYPEWRITER LIMITED
Milan, October 1903
1. GERMANIA: Studenti, udite (Franchetti) 2:05
  (Con 133R) 52735  
2. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi) 3:41
  (Con 520R) 052007  
3. MEISTERSINGER: Dall’alba tinto1 (Morgenlich leuchtend) (Wagner) 3:35
  (Con 521R) 052008  
4. DIE WALKÜRE: Cede il verno ai rai (Winterstürme) (Wagner) 3:26
  (Con 522R) 052013  
5. LOHENGRIN: Ben altra prova (Höchstes Vertrau’n) (Wagner) 3:49
  (Con 529R) 052001  
6. LOHENGRIN: Da voi lontan (In fernem Land) (Wagner) 3:00
  (Con 531R) 052002  
7. LOHENGRIN: S’ei torna alfin (Mein lieber Schwan!) 3:05
  {Second part only} (Wagner) (Con 527R) 052005  
8. L’AFRICAINE: O paradiso (Meyerbeer) 3:32
  (Con 532R) 052004  
FONOTIPIA 1905-1913
9. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi) 3:33
  ca. 20 February 1905; (XPh 161) 39136  
10. Donna Clara (Gastaldon) 3:20
  ca. 20 February 1905; (XPh 163) 39137  
11. Mi niña (Guetary) 3:07
  ca. 20 February 1905; (XPh 164) 39122  
12. La partida (Álvarez) 3:35
  ca. 20 February 1905; (XPh 165) 39123  
13. L’AFRICAINE: O paradiso (Meyerbeer) 3:33
  ca. 20 February 1905; (XPh 170) 39134  
14. Se ti dicessi (Amadei) 2:19
  ca. 20 February 1905; (XPh 181) 39135  
15. LORENZA: Ecco mia giovinezza2 (Mascheroni) 2:38
  ca. 20 February 1905; (XPh 182) 39131  
16. LOHENGRIN: Di’, non t’incantan (Atmest du nicht mit mir) (Wagner) 2:42
  28 September 1906; (XPh 2080) 39853  
17. LOHENGRIN: Da voi lontan (In fernem Land) (Wagner) 4:32
  29 September 1906; (XXPh 2093)3 74019  
18. LOHENGRIN: Cigno fedel (Mein lieber Schwan!){First half only} (Wagner) 2:32
  2 October 1906; (XPh 2104) 39806  
19. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Di pescator ignobile (Donizetti) 2:33
  13 May 1907; (XPh 2643) 39854  
20. A Granada (Álvarez) 3:18
  27 September 1906; (XPh 2069) 39814  
21. Un pleito (Gaztambide) 2:40
  28 September 1906; (XPh 2082) 39813  
22. Maria (Guetary) 3:07
  29 September 1906; (XPh 2091) 39794  
23. La partida (Álvarez) 3:47
  1 October 1906; (XPh 2100) 39123  
24. Mi niña (Guetary) 3:09
  1 October 1906; (XPh 2101) 39122  
25. LE PROPHÈTE: Sopra Berta (Pour Bertha) (Meyerbeer) 2:00
  1 October 1906; (XPh 2102) 39805  

 

CD 2 (78:01)
1. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Di pescator ignobile (Donizetti) 2:33
  13 May 1907; (XPh 2643) 39854  
2. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ma se m’è forza perderti (Verdi) 2:53
  13 May 1907; (XPh 2644) 62083  
3. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre (Verdi) 2:27
  13 May 1907; (XPh 2645) 62082  
4. Lily (Guetary) 2:07
  13 May 1907; (XPh 2646) 62084  
5. CARMEN: Il fior che avevi a me tu dato (La fleur que tu m’avais jetée) (Bizet) 3:11
  13 May 1907; (XPh 2650) 62805  
6. MEISTERSINGER: Nel verno al piè (Am stillen Herd in Winterszeit) (Wagner) 2:34
  10 November 1908; (XPh 3616) 92338  
7. MEISTERSINGER: Dall’alba tinto1 (Morgenlich leuchtend){Abridged} (Wagner) 2:38
  10 November 1908; (XPh 3617) 92339  
8. LOHENGRIN: Di’, non t’incantan (Atmest du nicht mit mir) (Wagner) 2:45
  11 November 1908; (XPh 3618) 92340  
9. LOHENGRIN: Ben altra prova (Höchstes Vertrau’n) (Wagner) 3:24
  11 November 1908; (XPh 3619) 92341  
10. LOHENGRIN: Da voi lontan (In fernem Land) (Wagner) 4:40
  11 November 1908; (XXPh 3620) 74124  
11. LOHENGRIN: Cigno fedel (Mein lieber Schwan!) (Wagner) 5:51
  11 November 1908; (XPh 3622, XPh 3623) 92342, 92343  
12. AIDA: Celeste Aida (Verdi) 3:42
  11 November 1908; (XPh 3624) 92344  
13. L’AFRICAINE: O paradiso (Meyerbeer) 3:38
  12 November 1908; (XPh 3626) 92345  
14. DIE WALKÜRE: Cede il verno ai rai (Winterstürme) (Wagner) 2:52
  12 November 1908; (XPh 3627) 92351  
15. LE PROPHÈTE: Sopra Berta (Pour Bertha) (Meyerbeer) 1:56
  13 November 1908; (XPh 3630) 92349  
16. LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli) 2:43
  13 November 1908; (XPh 3631) 92348  
17. GERMANIA: Studenti, udite (Franchetti) 2:23
  13 November 1908; (XPh 3632) 92346  
18. AIDA: Pur ti riveggo…Fuggiam gli ardori (Verdi) 7:57
  with Esther Mazzoleni, soprano
14 November 1908; (XXPh 3637, XXPh 3638) 74117, 74118		  
19. OTELLO: Ora e per sempre (Verdi) 2:29
  14 November 1908; (XPh 3639) 92350  
20. CARMEN: Il fior che avevi a me tu dato (La fleur que tu m’avais jetée) (Bizet) 3:17
  14 November 1908; (XPh 3640) 92947  
21. GERMANIA: No non chiuder gli occhi vaghi (Franchetti) 2:10
  14 November 1908; (XPh 3641) 92347  
22. MEISTERSINGER: Dall’alba tinto1 (Morgenlich leuchtend) (Wagner) 3:43
  16 November 1908; (XXPh 3646) 74123  
23. MEFISTOFELE: Dai campi, dai prati (Boito) 2:37
  ca. September 1911, Barcelona; (XPh 4765) 92877  
24. MEFISTOFELE: Giunto sul passo estremo (Boito) 3:18
  ca. September 1911, Barcelona; (XPh 4760) 92878  

 

CD 3 (79:15)
1. LA GIOCONDA: Cielo e mar (Ponchielli) 2:47
  ca. September 1911, Barcelona; (XPh 4764) 92948  
2. TANNHÄUSER: Inno a Venere…Te vò lodar (Dir töne Lob!) (Wagner) 1:57
  ca. September 1911, Barcelona; (XPh 4766) 92897  
3. TANNHÄUSER: Col cor contrito (Inbrunst im Herzen) [Romerzählung] (Wagner) 9:22
  ca. September 1911, Barcelona; (XPh 4767, XPh 4768, XPh 4769) 92898, 92899, 92900  
4. In riva al mare (Filiasi) “dedicated to the celebrated artist by the composer” 3:02
  3 October 1912; (XPh 4900) 69123  
5. O primavera (Tirindelli) 2:53
  3 October 1912; (XPh 4901) 69122  
6. RIENZI: O Padre Santo (Allmächt’ger Vater) (Wagner) 6:22
  3 October 1912; (XPh 4902, XPh 4903) 69093, 69094  
7. TANNHÄUSER: Lodar tu devi il Dio (Den Gott der Liebe sollst du preisen) (Wagner) 2:36
  with Maria Alessandrovich, soprano
3 October 1912; (XPh 4906) 69096		  
8. TANNHÄUSER: Preghiera (Auch ich darf ... Zum Heil den Sündigen zu führen) (Wagner) 3:13
  3 October 1912; (XPh 4907) 69095  
9. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Su noi discendi (O sink’ hernieder) (Wagner) 5:06
  with Maria Alessandrovich, soprano
3 October 1912; (XPh 4911, XPh 4912 ) 69097, 69098		  
10. PARSIFAL: Amfortas! La piaga! (Amfortas! Die Wunde!) (Wagner) 8:44
  3 October 1912; (XPh 4909, XPh 4904, XPh 4905) 69087, 69088, 69089  
11. PARSIFAL: Sii salvo, assolto (Sei heil, entsündigt und entsühnt) (Wagner) 3:06
  3 October 1912; (XPh 4908) 69090  
12. L’AFRICAINE: O paradiso (Meyerbeer) 3:02
  3 October 1912; (XPh 4913) 69121  
13. El lucero del Alba (F. Caballero) 3:10
  3 October 1912; (XPh 4914) 69127  
14. Ensayo de Lios (Cotò) 3:26
  3 October 1912; (XPh 4915) 69128  
15. Los ojos negros (Álverez) 3:08
  3 October 1912; (XPh 4916) 69129  
16. El milagro de la Virgen (Chapí) 3:11
  3 October 1912; (XPh 4917) 69130  
17. Serenata (Mascagni) 3:23
  3 October 1912; (XPh 4918) 69124  
18. DER FREISCHÜTZ: No, più soffrir… La finestra s’apre (Nein, länger trag’ ich nicht die Qualen… Jetzt ist wohl ihr Fenster offen) (Weber) 6:12
  3 October 1912; (XPh 4919, XPh 4951) 69125, 69126  
19. LOHENGRIN: Da voi lontan (In fernem Land) (Wagner) 4:47
  29 September 1906; (XXPh 2093)3 74019  

 

CD 1:
Accompaniment: All tracks accompanied by piano
Languages: Italian [1-10, 13-19, 25]; Spanish [11-12, 20-24]

CD 2:
Accompaniment: Tracks 1-5 accompanied by piano; Tracks 6-24 accompanied by orchestra
Languages: Italian [1-3, 5-24]; Spanish [4]

CD 3:
Accompaniment: Tracks 1-18 accompanied by orchestra; Track 19 accompanied by piano Languages: Italian [1-12, 17-19]; Spanish [13-16]

 

Producer: Ward Marston

Audio Conservation: Ward Marston / Audio Assistance: J. Richard Harris

Photographs: Girvice Archer and Charles Mintzer

Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi

 

Marston would like to thank Stephen R. Clarke, David Contini, Ramona Fasio, J. Neil Forster, Norbeck, Peters and Ford, The Estate of John Stratton, and Robert Tuggle for their help in the production of this CD release.

 

The following selections are re-recorded from copies in the collection of Marco Contini:
CD 1: Track [19]; CD 3: Track [19]

The following selections are re-recorded from copies in the collection of the Estate of Sir Paul Getty:
CD 1: Tracks [2-4]; CD 2: Tracks [19-20]; CD 3: Track [1]

The following selections are re-recorded from copies in the collection of Lawrence Holdridge:
CD 2: Tracks [23-24]; CD 3: Tracks [2-3, 7-8, 13-16]

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, 5-8, 11-12, 16-17, 18, 20-21]; CD 2: Tracks [1, 3, 8-9, 11]; CD 3: Tracks [4, 17]

The following selection is re-recorded from a copy in the collection of Robert Ziering:
CD 3: Track [18]

Discographic material was provided by:
“The Recordings of Francisco Viñas” from the Record Collector, Vol. 34, Nos. 5,6,7, by Larry Lustig and Clifford Williams, July 1989, pgs. 133-138

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

Fonotipia Recordings—A Centennial Survey, by Michael E. Henstock, published by author, pg. 374

1 The labels for all of Viñas’s recordings of this aria read “Dall’alba tinto” but Viñas actually sings “Dell’alba tinta”

2 The opening words as given in the score are “E tu, mia giovinezza” and yet, it sounds as if Viñas is singing “Ecco mia giovinezza” as printed on the record label.

3 An alternative take of matrix XXPh 2093 was discovered just prior to production; neither record bears a take number.