The Record of Singing (EMI) 2009 CD 9 (Vols 1-4) 1899 - 1952

THE ANGLO-AMERICAN SCHOOL

1 Oscar Natzke (bass) 1912-1951 From the rage of the tempest…Hear me, ye winds (Scipio) by Handel (arr. Somervell) H. Robinson Cleaver (organ) 23-2-1939 English

THE FRENCH SCHOOL

2 Mado Robin (soprano) 1918-1960 Chanson provencalate from DELL’ACQUA by Bizet Orchestra conducted by Walter Ruhlmann 10-11-1942 French

3 Geori Boue (soprano) 1918-2017 Le Rossignol des lilas by Hahn Andre Collard (piano) c. 1942 French

4 Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) 1923-2005 Stornellatrice by Respighi Gerald Moore (piano) 9-05-1949 Italian

5 Suzanne Danco (soprano) 1911-2000 amor amor ANON 15TH century (edit. F. Ghisi) Professor E. Bellinzona (vielle) February 1941 Italian

6 Solange Michel (mezzo-soprano) 1912-2010 Viens avec nous (La Vivandiere Act 1) by Godard Orchestre de l’Opera-Comique conducted by Louis Fourestier 12-03-1951 French

7 Hugues Cuenod (tenor) 1902-2010 Sensation by Lipatti Madeleine Lipatti (piano) 23-06-1951 French

THE GERMAN SCHOOL

8 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) 1915-2006 O war’ ich schon (Fidelio Act 1) by Beethoven Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Alceo Galliera 19-10-1950 German

9 Irmgard Seefried (soprano) 1919-1988 Elfenlied by Wolf Gerald Moore (piano) 15-04-1948 German

10 Sena Jurinac (soprano) 1921-2011 Es geht auf Mitternacht (‘Twill soon be midnight) The Queen of Spades Act 111 by Tchaikovsky Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Lawrance Collingwood 10-08-1950 German

11 Ljuba Wellitsch (soprano) 1913-1996 Ritorna vincitor! (Aida Act 1) by Verdi Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Josef Krips 25-09-1947 Italian

12 Leonie Rysanek (soprano) 1926-1998 Das war sehr gut (Arabella Act 111) by Richard Strauss Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Wilhelm Schuchter 21-04-1952 German

13 Inge Borkh (soprano) 1921-2018 Mein Kind ist tot (The Consul Act 111) by Menotti Berlin Opera Orchestra conducted by Artur Rother 10-12-1951 German

14 Julius Patzak (tenor) 1898-1974 Der Muller und der Bach (Die schone Mullerin) by Schubert Michael Raucheisen (piano) 1943 German

15 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) 1925-2012 Mondnacht (No. 5 of Lederkreis Op. 39) by Schumann Gerald Moore (piano) 7-10-1951 German

16 Eric Kunz (baritone) 1909-1995 Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja (Die Zauberflote Act 1) by Mozart Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Rudolf Moralt 21-11-1947 German

17 Paul Schoffler (baritone) 1897-1977 Ha! welch ein Augenblick! (Fidelio Act 10 by Beethoven Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Karl Bohm 1944 German

18 Aksel Schiotz (tenor) 1906-1975 Flow my tears by Dowland Jytte Gorki (guitar) 17-10-1941 EnglishTHE RUSSIAN AND SLAVONIC SCHOOLS

19 Zara Dolukhanova (mezzo-soprano) 1918-2007 Mysterious Powers from Khovanschina Act 11 by Mussorgsky All Union Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexei Kovaliev c. 1951/52 Russian

20 Claudia Novikova (mezzo-soprano) 1895-1968 Ah! quell diner (La Perichole Act 1) by Offenbach with orchestra Recording Date unknown Russian

21 Beno Blachut (tenor) 1913-1985 Ah, whose is the spell? (Dalibor Act 111) by Smetena Prague Opera Orchestra conducted by Jozka Charvet 1945 Czech

22 Boris Christoff (bass) 1914-1993 The Sleeping Princess by Borodin Gerald Moore (piano) 17-05-1950 Russian

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.

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