Historical Records
Camille Saint-Saens(1835-1921).
Composer, organist, pianist and conductor. The teacher of Faure and Ravel.
The earlies born pianist to ever make a recording of his work.
Camille Saint-Saens plays (solo) his own music.
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Camille Saint-Saens plays his own music with a great French violinist Gabriel Williaume(1873-1946).
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Joseph Joachim(1831-1907).
Hungarian violinist, composer, conductor and a close friend of Brahms(1833-1897)
One of the most significant violinist of the 19th centry.
Recorded in 1903 at the age of 72.
With the greatest difficulty that professor Joachim was induced to play.(Wikipedia)
Cesira Ferrani(1863-1943)
The creater of Mini in Puccini's LaBoheme premired
in 1896. She also created Manon Lescaut in 1893
Jean De Reszke(1850-1925)
Great Polish Tenor. "The biggest male opera star of the
late 19th centry"(Wikipedia) Recorded on Cylinder by Lionel Mapleson during actual
performance at Metroploitan Opera House on March 19 1905. He actually made 2 records
by Fonotipia(69000 Series) but they were never issued. It is believed he was not
satisfied with his recordings.
Recorded on March 15, 1901
Edvard Grieg(1843-1907)
The Composer/Pianist plays his music
Adelina Patti(1843-1919)
Cylinderical recording, London(1895).
Maurice Renaud(1861-1933), Great French Baritone.
Florence Easton(1882-1955)
Creatice of Lauretta in opera Gianni Schicci by Puccini
on 12/14/18. First singer to sing "O mio babbino caro"
Metropolitan Opera librarian Lionel Mapleson recorded Melba(1901) and Sembrich(1900)
on his cylinder machine before their Gramophone recordings. Sembrich actually sang
to his cylinder machine out of curiosity.
David Bispham(1857-1921) Sings Wagner.
Recorded by Lionel Mapleson 1903
Lillian Nordica(1857-1914)
Recorded by Lionel Mapleson 1903
Edouard De Reszke(1855-1917)
Polish Bass. Brother of Jean De Reszke
Nikolay Figner (1857–1918)
lyric tenor, and Medea Figner (1859–1952),
mezzo-soprano, later soprano.
Lilli Lehmann(24 November 1848 – 17 May 1929)
German operatic soprano and teacher. (Among her pupils were Geraldine Farrar and Olive Fremstad).
One of the greatest wagnerian singers of the days and an ideal interpreter of Bellini's Norma(Wikipedia)
Emma Calve(1858-1942), French Soprano
Marianne Brandt(1842-1921)
Austrian Contralto
One of the greatest German Operatic Singer of the 19th Century
Felia LitVinne(1860-1936)
Russian born dramatic soprano.
Francesco Tamagno(1851-1905)
Created Otello on February 5 1887 at Teatro Alla Scalla.
Victor Maurel(1848-1923)
Iago and Falstatt he created.
Fernando De Lucia(1860-1925)
Italian Tenor. He made numerous records by Gramophone and Fonotipia. He was particularly admired by Canio in Pagliacci
Mary Garden(1874-1967)
Sings Melisande she created. Piano by Composer Debussy.
Marie Delna(1875-1932)
French Contralto. Sh made sensational stage debut at age 17 in opera "Les-Trayens"
The greatest record by the greatest tenor Caruso and "Voice of Lion" Ruffo.
In the book "My Father Enrico Caruso and My Family" by Enrico Caruso Jr. says:
Caruso sang bass aria Vecchia Zimarra for his friend bass Andres De Sequrola who lost his voice(throat infection)
during an 1913 performance of LaBoheme in Philadelphia. Recorded in 1916 but issued after Caruso's death.
Andres De Segurola recorded Vecchia Zimarra (with no throat infection).
Richard Strauss(1864-1949)
Conducts the "Dance of 7 Veils" in his opera "Salome"
French Composer Maurice Ravel(1875-1937) Conducts Bolero.
Composer Jules Massent arranged aria, "Ah! non mi ridestar" in his oepra "Werther"
for Battistini.
Maria Jeritza(1887-1982)
Czech soprano sings "Marietta's Lied" in Opera Die Tote Stadt she created in 1920.
She also created Adriadne in 1912 in opera Adriadne Auf Naxos by Richard Strauss
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Pagliacci : Italian opera in a prologue and two acts
with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo