The Record of Singing (EMI) 1979 Record 5 Volume 2 1914 -1925

1 Elvira de Hidalgo - 1891-1980
El Pricipe Carneval Cancion Espanola. Recording Date Unknown, In Spanish
Composed By – Serrano
Conductor – Maestro Marguina

2 Lucrezia Bori–1887-1960
Il Segreto Di Susanna - O Gioia La Nube Leggera. Recorded November, 1921 In Italian
Composed By – Wolf-Ferrari

3 Lucrezia Bori–
When Love Is Kind. Recorded May, 1922, In English
Traditional (arr. By Thomas Moore)
4 Lucrezia Bori And John McCormack –1884-1955 La Traviata (Act 3) - Parigi, O Cara. Recorded 1914, In Italian
Composed By – Verdi

5 Gabriella Besanzoni–1890-1962
La Gioconda (Act 1) - Voce Di Donna. Recorded c.1920, In Italian
Composed By – Ponchielli

6 Fanny Anitua–1887-1968
La Favorita - Fernando Dove Mai Lo Trovero. Recording Date Unknown, In Italian
Composed By – Donizetti

7 Luisa Bertana–1898-1933
Mi Ranchito Viejo. Recorded c.1925, In Spanish
Traditional
8 Tito Schipa–1889-1965
Falstaff (Act 3) - Dal Labbro Il Canto. Recorded 1921, In Italian
Composed By – Verdi

9 Tito Schipa–
Pesca D'amore. Recorded 1919, In Italian
Composed By – Barthelemy

10 Fernando Carpi–1876-1959
Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (Act 1) - Se Il Mio Nome. Recording Date Unknown, In Italian
Composed By – Rossini

11 Fernando Carpi And Riccardo Stracciari–1875-1955 Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (Act 1) - All'idea Di Quel Metallo. Recorded c.1914, In Italian
Composed By – Rossini

12 Beniamino Gigli–1890-1957
Mefistofele - Dai Campi, Dai Prati (Act 1). Recorded October, 1918, In Italian
Composed By – Boito

13 Beniamino Gigli–
Mefistofele - Giunto Sul Passo Estremo (Act 4). Recorded November, 1918, In Italian
Composed By – Boito

14 Hipólito Lázaro–1887-1974
I Puritani (Act 3) - Vieni Fra Queste Braccia. Recorded April 1916, In Italian
Composed By –Bellini
15 Miguel Fleta–1893-1938
Carmen (Act 2) - Il Fior Che Avevi. Recorded 1922, In Italian
Composed By – Bizet

16 Giulio Crimi–1885-1939
Zaza - O Mio Piccolo Tavolo. Recorded c.1920, In Italian
Composed By – Leoncavallo

17 Ulysses Lappas–1881-1971
Andrea Chenier (Act 4) - Come Un Bel Di Di Maggio. Recorded C.1924, In italian
Composed By – Giordano
Conductor – Albert W. Ketelbey

18 Bernardo De Muro–1881-1955
Andrea Chenier (Act 1) - Un Di All'azzuro Spazio. Recorded 1912, In Italian
Composed By – Giordano

The Record of Singing is a compilation of classical-music singing from the first half of the 20th century, the era of the 78-rpm record.

Origins
The original idea for the series came from the collector Vivian Liff, who chose the recordings used in the first two volumes, almost all of which came from the Stuart-Liff Collection, as well as the photographs of the singers which were published in the books that accompanied volumes 1 and 2 of the project. Michael Scott was asked to write these two books. They contained brief singers' biographies, too and featured a critical (sometimes controversial) commentary about their accomplishments, are gleaned from certain discs they had made. Bryan Crimp of EMI was responsible for the transfers of the original recorded material to LP. Keith Hardwick, however, was responsible for the transfers, etc., on the final two volumes of the survey (which were not accompanied by books).
Publication on LPs
EMI first released the collection on vinyl LP (long-playing) records.
Volume 1 first appeared in 1977, with a second edition in 1982 including corrections to the pitch of many of the recordings. The supplement also appeared around 1982. Volume 2 was published in 1979. Volume 3 and Volume 4 were released around 1984 and 1989 respectively.
The complete set was on 47 discs. Volumes 1, 2 and 3 each occupied 13, with Volume 4 having 8 discs. The original intention was apparently to produce 12 LPs per volume; but the selection of singers included in Volume 1 proved controversial, and an extra record (entitled a 'Supplement') was added to partly correct oversights. Volumes 2 and 3 were then assigned 13 records each.
Compact disc.

The collection was published with extensive documentation, including the numbers of the original recordings and full biographies of the singers.
The first two volumes were accompanied by books by Michael Scott:
• The Record of Singing to 1914, London, Duckworth, 1977, ISBN 978-0-7156-1030-5
• The Record of Singing Volume Two: 1914–1925, London, Duckworth, 1979, OCLC 6765624
They were republished in paperback by Northeastern University Press in 1993, ISBN 978-1-55553-163-8
(The books are still widely available from second hand book sellers.)

For more see: The Record of Singing - Wikipedia