Enrico Caruso, tenor ; Angelo Bada, baritone ; Minne Egener, mezzo-sporano ; Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano ; Marcel Journet, bass ; Giuseppe de Luca, baritone ; Flora Perini, mezzo-soprano ; Rosario Bourdon, cello ; Francis Lapitino, harp ; Victor Orchestra ; Walter B. Rogers, Josef Pasternak, conductors
Songs and opera excerpts; in part vocal ensembles.
Principally with orchestra accompaniment.
Recorded 1916-1917 New York, New York Camden, New Jersey.
Sung in Italian and French.
Sancta Maria / Fauré (3:38) -- Tiempo antico / Caruso (3:52) -- Santa Lucia : folk song / arr. Cottrau (4:04) -- Pourquoi? ; Eugene Onegin, act II. Pour moi ce jour est tout mystère / Tchaikovsky (4:14) -- Chanson de juin / Godard (4:24) -- Andrea Chénier, act IV. Come un bel di di maggio / Giordano (3:02) -- Samson et Dalila, act III. Vols ma misère, hélas / Saint-Saëns (4:39) -- Les pêcheurs de perles, act I. Je crois entendre encore (4:37) ; act II. De mon amie, fleur endormie (2:15) / Bizet -- Rigoletto, act IV, quartet. Bella figlia dell'amore (4:04) ; Bella figlia dell'amore : (unpublished on 78 rpm) (1:31) / Verdi -- Lucia di Lammermoor, act II. sextet : Chi mi frena in tal momento : (unpublished on 78 rpm) (3:58) ; Chi mi frena in tal momento (4:07) / Donizetti -- Martha, act III. M'apparì tutt'amor / Flotow (3:49) -- Musica proibita / Gastaldon (3:44) -- Uocchie celeste / De Crescenzo (4:33) -- L'alba separa della luce l'ombra : (unpublished on 78 rpm) (2:30) ; L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra (2:33) / Tosti -- Néron, act II. Ah! lumière du jour : (unpublished on 78 rpm) (4:02) ; Ah! lumière du jour (4:18) / Rubinstein