20 Gramophone All-Time Greats

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Original mono recordings from 1907 - 1935

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Tracklist

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1Vesti La Guibba (On with the Money)
tenor vocals:
Enrico Caruso (tenor)
orchestra:
dubbed "Symphony Orchestra" (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
recording of:
Pagliacci: Atto I. “Recitar!” - “Vesti la giubba” (Canio)
composer and librettist:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer) (in 1892)
part of:
For the First Time (1959 film)
part of:
Pagliacci: Atto I
Ruggero Leoncavallo3:24
2Lo! Here the Gentle Lark
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1919-09-04)
flute [flute obbligato]:
Manuel Berenguer (flautist early 1900's)
soprano vocals:
Amelita Galli-Curci (soprano)
orchestra:
Victor Orchestra (original US orchestra, 1900s to 1930s)
recording of:
The Comedy of Errors: "Lo! Here the Gentle Lark"
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Sir Henry Rowley Bishop
part of:
The Comedy of Errors
Sir Henry Rowley Bishop3:53
3Nymphs and Shepherds
choir vocals:
Manchester Children's Choir
orchestra:
Hallé Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Hamilton Harty
recorded at:
Free Trade Hall in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (in 1929-06)
recording of:
The Libertine Destroyed, Z. 600: No. 1. "Nymphs and shepherds / We come"
composer:
Henry Purcell (baroque composer)
part of:
The Libertine Destroyed, Z. 600
Henry Purcell3:21
4Mattinata
tenor vocals:
Beniamino Gigli (tenor)
orchestra:
Members of La Scala Orchestra, Milan
conductor:
Franco Ghione (conductor, violinist and composer)
recording of:
Mattinata
lyricist and composer:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer)
Ruggero Leoncavallo2:13
5Hear My Prayer / O for the Wings of a Dove
organ:
George Thalben-Ball
choir vocals:
The Choir of Temple Church, London
vocals:
Master Ernest Lough (boy soprano)
recording of:
Hear My Prayer
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (until 1844)
librettist:
William Bartholomew
premiered at:
Crosby Hall (Bishopsgate, London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1845-01-08)
translated version of:
Hör mein Bitten (Hymne für Sopranstimme, Chor und Orgel)
Felix Mendelssohn8:01
6I Hear You Calling Me
piano:
Edwin Schneider (pianist)
tenor vocals:
John McCormack (tenor)
recording of:
I Hear You Calling Me
lyricist:
Harold Lake (UK lyrics writer)
composer:
Charles Marshall (British composer)
Charles Marshall3:41
7Salut d’Amor
orchestra:
New Symphony Orchestra (often referred to as just The New Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Edward Elgar (composer)
recording of:
Salut d’amour, op. 12 (for orchestra)
composer and arranger:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1888)
premiered at:
The Crystal Palace in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1889-11-11)
arrangement of:
Salut d’amour, op. 12 (for violin and piano)
Edward Elgar3:13
8Nuns Chorus
choir vocals:
Chor des Großen Schauspielhauses, Berlin
soprano vocals:
Anni Frind (German soprano)
orchestra:
Orchester des Großen Schauspielhauses, Berlin
conductor:
Ernst Hauke (conductor)
partial recording of:
Casanova: Nuns’ Chorus & Laura’s Song
additional composer:
Ralph Benatzky
composer:
Johann Strauss (Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
librettist:
Rudolf Schanzer (Austrian librettist) and Ernst Welisch
part of:
Casanova
Anni Frind3:53
9Prelude in C-sharp minor, op. 3 no. 2
piano:
Sergey Rachmaninov (Russian composer)
recording of:
Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3: No. 2. Prélude in C‐sharp minor (The Bells of Moscow)
composer:
Сергей Рахманинов (Russian composer)
part of:
Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3
Sergei Rachmaninov3:39
10Song of the Volga Boatmen
bass vocals:
Fyodor Chaliapin (operatic bass)
conductor:
Albert Coates (conductor)
recording of:
Эй, ухнем! (Song of the Volga Boatmen)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Русские народные песни (Russian traditional songs)
Fyodor Chaliapin3:30
11Liebesfreud
piano:
Carl Lamson
violin:
Fritz Kreisler (violinist / composer)
recording of:
Liebesfreud (for violin and piano)
composer:
Fritz Kreisler (violinist / composer)
publisher:
Schott Music International (publisher; do not use as label) and ショット・ミュージック 株式会社 Dept. 3
part of:
Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen (for violin and piano)
Fritz Kreisler3:09
12The Floral Dance
piano:
Gerald Moore (pianist)
bass-baritone vocals:
Peter Dawson (Australian bass-baritone / songwriter)
recording of:
The Floral Dance
lyricist and composer:
Katie Moss (violinist, singer and composer)
Katie Moss3:12
13Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring
piano:
Dame Myra Hess (pianist)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”: Teil II, X. Choral “Jesus bleibet meine Freude” (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; catch‐all for arrangements and unknown orchestrations)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
arrangement of:
Kantate, BWV 147 „Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben“: Teil II, X. Choral „Jesus bleibet meine Freude“ (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:10
14Come Unto Him All Ye That Labour
soprano vocals:
Dora Labbette (soprano)
conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor)
George Frideric Handel4:02
15Softly Wakes My Heart
contralto vocals:
Marian Anderson (classical contralto singer)
conductor:
Lawrance Collingwood
recording of:
Samson and Delilah : Act II, Scene 3. “Softly Awakes My Heart”
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer)
translated version of:
Samson et Dalila : Acte II, scène 3. « Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix » (Dalila)
Camille Saint‐Saëns4:58
16She is There, My Catherine... Hear the Voice of One (Serenade)
tenor vocals:
Heddle Nash (tenor)
conductor:
Joseph Batten
Georges Bizet4:34
17Waltz in C-sharp minor, op. 64 no. 2
piano:
Alfred Cortot (Franco-Swiss pianist)
recording of:
Waltz no. 7 in C-sharp minor, op. 64 no. 2
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (composer) (from 1846 until 1847)
part of:
Waltzes, op. 64
Fryderyk Chopin3:09
18You Are My Hearts Delight
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1935)
tenor vocals:
Richard Tauber (tenor) (in 1935)
vocals:
Richard Tauber (tenor) (in 1935)
orchestra:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1935)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1943)
recording of:
The Land of Smiles: You Are My Heart's Delight (in 1935)
composer:
Franz Lehár (composer)
librettist:
Ludwig Herzer and Fritz Löhner-Beda
translator:
Harry B. Smith and Harry Graham (in 1931)
translated version of:
Das Land des Lächelns: Akt II. Nr. 11 „Dein ist mein ganzes Herz” (Sou-Chong)
part of:
The Land of Smiles
recording of:
The Land of Smiles: “You Are My Heart’s Delight”
composer:
Franz Lehár (composer)
translator:
Harry Graham
translated version of:
Das Land des Lächelns: Akt II. Nr. 11 „Dein ist mein ganzes Herz” (Sou-Chong)
part of:
The Land of Smiles
Franz Lehár3:25
19Ol’ Man River
bass vocals:
Paul Robeson (American bass baritone)
recording of:
Ol’ Man River (Show Boat)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) and T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
part of:
Show Boat (1951 film)
part of:
Show Boat: Act I
Jerome Kern2:51
20The Lost Chord
organ:
W.G. Webber (organist / composer)
soprano vocals:
Clara Butt (contralto)
recording of:
The Lost Chord
lyricist:
Adelaide Anne Procter (until 1860)
composer:
Sir Arthur Sullivan (composer) (until 1877-01-13)
Sir Arthur Sullivan3:59