Record of the Month
The full version of a 78 that I thought you might be interested to hear! There will be a new record every month.
As always, I would like to hear your comments!
As always, I would like to hear your comments!
May 2013
Georgi Vinogradov with Lensky's aria.
Georgi Vinogradov was engaged as a Soviet national radio soloist, and between 1943 and 1951 was a soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble, the Soviet Army’s official army chorus and song and dance ensemble. He became Honoured Artist of Russia in 1949. After that, he became a soloist with Radio Moscow.
Vinogradov never performed on the opera stage (and he never joined an opera company), but he participated in many radio performances including Don Giovanni, Mignon, Manon and numerous Russian operas.
(courtesy of Wikipedia)
Georgi Vinogradov with Lensky's aria.
Georgi Vinogradov was engaged as a Soviet national radio soloist, and between 1943 and 1951 was a soloist with the Alexandrov Ensemble, the Soviet Army’s official army chorus and song and dance ensemble. He became Honoured Artist of Russia in 1949. After that, he became a soloist with Radio Moscow.
Vinogradov never performed on the opera stage (and he never joined an opera company), but he participated in many radio performances including Don Giovanni, Mignon, Manon and numerous Russian operas.
(courtesy of Wikipedia)
January/February 2013
Harry Plunket-Greene, Irish baritone, with the Hurdy Gurdy Man.
Harry Plunket-Greene, Irish baritone, with the Hurdy Gurdy Man.
September / October 2012
Lucia Crestani, Italian soprano, with "D'amor sull'alli rosee"
Lucia Crestani, Italian soprano, with "D'amor sull'alli rosee"
June 2012
Alfredo Tedeschi
Alfredo Tedeschi
May 2012
Mireille Berthon
Elisabeth's prayer from Tannhaüser
Mireille Berthon
Elisabeth's prayer from Tannhaüser
April 2012
Salvatore Salvati
Italian tenor, born in Naples in 1885, with "Se il mio nome" from Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
Salvatore Salvati
Italian tenor, born in Naples in 1885, with "Se il mio nome" from Il Barbiere di Siviglia.
February/March 2012
Germaine Pape
French soprano singing "air des larmes" from Werther.
January 2012
Eugène Bisantz
Lakmé - Stances
Who is this baritone? Any information would be appreciated!
Eugène Bisantz
Lakmé - Stances
Who is this baritone? Any information would be appreciated!
December 2011
Bernhard Sönnerstedt
The Swedish bass-baritone sings Schubert's Erlkönig.
Bernhard Sönnerstedt
The Swedish bass-baritone sings Schubert's Erlkönig.
August 2011
Aune Antti, real name Gretel Aune Holmqvist née Anttonen. Finnish soprano who made her career as a concert singer. More details on Wikipedia, Finnish. Here she is singing "Karjalan Kunnailla", a beautiful Finnish folksong, recorded later by Gérard Souzay on the fine LP, Songs of Many Lands.
Aune Antti, real name Gretel Aune Holmqvist née Anttonen. Finnish soprano who made her career as a concert singer. More details on Wikipedia, Finnish. Here she is singing "Karjalan Kunnailla", a beautiful Finnish folksong, recorded later by Gérard Souzay on the fine LP, Songs of Many Lands.
May 2011
Leonildo Basi, baritone, with "Bella siccome un angelo" from Don Pasquale.
March/April 2011
Wanda Bardone and Lucia di Lammermoor on Fonotipia.
Born in Cairo, died in Rome.
February 2011
Bass solo on Edison Diamond Disc - "O tu Palermo"
Bass solo on Edison Diamond Disc - "O tu Palermo"
January 2011
Jean François Delmas and the "Bénédiction des poignards" from Les Huguenots
Jean François Delmas and the "Bénédiction des poignards" from Les Huguenots
Photo courtesy of Bibliothèque Nationale de France
December 2010
Ettore Bergamaschi and "Di Quella Pira"!
Ettore Bergamaschi and "Di Quella Pira"!
Born 1884, died 1975 in Bologna. He made his debut at Bari in 1912 in Forza. He appeared in many of Italy's greatest houses including La Scala. In 1922 he appeared in the world premiere of Alberto Franchetti's Glauco at the San Carlo in Naples. He made guest appearances in Paris and South America. His roles included Radames, Manrico, Andrea Chenier, Dick Johnson and Il Piccolo Marat.
Click here and treat yourself to a ringtone of Bergamaschi!
Click here and treat yourself to a ringtone of Bergamaschi!
November 2010
Giuseppina Piccoletti and "Addio del passato" from La Traviata
October 2010
Reinald Werrenrath and The Two Grenadiers.
September 2010
Tiana Lemnitz
Tiana Lemnitz
August 2010
Nadezhda Andreevna Obukhova (1886 - 1961), Russian mezzo-soprano and Glinka's Doubt.
Nadezhda Andreevna Obukhova (1886 - 1961), Russian mezzo-soprano and Glinka's Doubt.
June-July 2010
Peter Pears and Britten's arrangement of Foggy, Foggy Dew with Britten on piano.
Peter Pears and Britten's arrangement of Foggy, Foggy Dew with Britten on piano.
May 2010
Jacques Jansen and Ravel's "Ronsard à son âme"
Jacques Jansen and Ravel's "Ronsard à son âme"
March/April 2010 - Tinka Vesel-Polla. Click here to listen.
February 2010 - Louis Cazette with "Je suis l'oiseau" from Griselidis. (Transfer from LP) 1922
January 2010 - Oreste Luppi, Ferrucio Corradetti and Antonio Magini-Coletti with Crispino e La Comare! Click here to listen.
December 2009 - Georges Thill.
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November 2009 - John McHugh.
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October 2009 - Sara Scuderi.
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Click here to listen.
September 2009 - Joseph Rogatchewsky and Nadir's aria from The Pearlfishers.
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Click here to listen.
July 2009 - Anna Maria Guglielmetti with "Come per me sereno".
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Click here to listen.
