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Recordings from Sunday, February 11th
Mark Bailey
Alfred Coates, conductor; London Symphony Orchestra (1921)
Beethoven 7th Symphony, 4th Movement
Leo Blech, conductor; Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Verdi, Overture to La Forza del Destino
Willem Mengelberg, Concertgebouw Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: Valse from Serenade for Strings
Contact mark.bailey@yale.edu for audio files of the digitized recordings from the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings
Artem Belogurov and Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde
Artem Belogurov & Postscript (2022)
Mozart Piano Concerto KV 271, II. Andantino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbG2luqCzoI
Bob Kosovsky
Enrico Caruso, tenor (1904)
Donizetti, "Una furtiva lagrima" from L'elisir d'amore
Ferenc János Szabó
Ferruccio Corradetti, Giuseppe de Luca (Fonotipia, 12 January 1907)
Donizetti, "Cheti cheti immantinente" from Don Pasquale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa2_FyYMPgk
Kevin Sherwin
Maria Luisa Anido, guitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuIASLsu-0k
Anton Rubenstein: Romanza
John Snijders
Julia Culp, soprano; Coenraad V. Bos, piano (1914-15)
Schumann: "I've Been Roaming" Mondnacht
Emily Worthington
Oskar Schubert, clarinet (other instrumentalists listed on recording)
https://archive.org/details/anker-e-9938-beethoven-rondino-in-eb-woo25
Beethoven Rondo in E-Flat Major
Eugene Tzigane
Eugene Tzigane, conductor; Kuopio Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony #5, Allegro con brio
https://youtu.be/O34Ctw1Bvco?t=4872
Recordings from Sunday, July 9th
Ferenc János Szabó
Leo Slezak, tenor; Heinrich Schacker, piano, 1928
Schubert: Ungeduld
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi0Tp0AQerQ
Mark Bailey
Ferruccio Corradetti, baritone; Mandolin and piano, unlisted
Mozart: Serenata from Don Giovanni ("Deh vieni alla finestra")
M.A. Frezin, cello; M.F. Goeyens, piano
Schubert: Ave Maria
John Snijders
Federico Mompou, piano roll
Mompou: Variations on a Theme of Chopin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rThRRa9gayc
George Kennaway
Orlando Cello Quartet, c. 1926-7
David Popper: Requiem for 3 Cellos and Piano
ca. 1926-27
Kevin Sherwin
Leopold Stokowski, conductor; American Symphony Orchestra, 1971
Tchaikovsky: 1st movement from Symphony #4
Eugene Tzigane
Eugene Tzigane, conductor; Norwegian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Debussy: Clair de Lune (arr. L. Caillet)
Domen Marincic
John Harrison, tenor, 1906
Handel: "Deeper and Deeper Still" from Jeptha
Recordings from Sunday, November 27th
Ferenc János Szabó
Lillian Nordica, soprano
Ferenc Erkel: "Nagy eg..." from "Hunyadi László" (1907)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N22YqR38CY
Mark Bailey
Lucrezia Bori, soprano (1911-1914)
Bellini: Ah! Bello a me ritorna" from Norma
E. Robert Schmitz, piano
Chopin: Valse in C-sharp minor, Op. 64, no. 2
Edison 80896-L, 1928
John Snijders
Dirk Schäfer, piano
Johannes Brahms - Waltz in E major op.39 nr. 2
Adolf von Henselt - Berceuse in G flat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WbQ-SzvcZE
Pabo Cáceres Aranibar
Walter Fischer, organ
Intermezzo Op. 80, Nr. 10 (Max Reger)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voCfzA9M1Ec
George Kennaway
Heinrich Grünfeld, cello
Haydn: Adagio, 2nd mvt. from Cello Concerto in D Major
Domen Marincic
Mark Hambourg, piano
Couperin: Les Baricades mistérieuses
https://open.spotify.com/album/0rptlRqSk64gu0Ghw9omKB?autoplay=true/landmarks2
Kevin Sherwin
Charles O'Donnell, conductor and orchestrator
Albéniz: Cordoba from "Cantos de España"
Mark Bailey
Slavonic Dance no. 10, Dvorak
Grand Symphony Orchestra, Berlin, Dr. Weissmann, conductor
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61
Orquesta Sinfonica de Barcelona, Concordio Gelabert, 1916
Juan Manén, violin
Kevin Sherwin
Goldmark: Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 28
Jascha Heifetz, violin, 1920
Vijay Chalasani
Raff: Cavatina
J. H. Squire Celeste Octet - Cavatina (Raff, op. 85, no. 3, arr Sear), 1926
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REyt8QVUSCc
George Kennaway
"If I had a girl like you" from Wonder Bar
Gwen Farrar, cello and voice, 1931
Domen Marincic
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Moriz Rosenthal, piano, 1929
Radio Broadcast
https://www.marstonrecords.com/products/landmarks2
Mark Bailey
Moriz Rosenthal, piano - Unpublished Test Pressings from the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings
Chopin: Nouvelle Etude in A-Flat and Etude in C Major, Op. 10, No. 1
David Eggert
Original Recording with pianist Gili Loftus
Melodram (spoken recitation) by David Eggert
Schubert: Abschied von die Erde
Text by Prato Beaver
John Snijders
Max Reger plays Max Reger
Piano Roll, 1913
Sillhouettes, Op. 53, No. 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKOdZIzg1ps
George Kennaway
Fauré: Après un rêve
Comparison recordings: W.H. Squire, cello and Ninon Vallin, soprano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a84eAvJuFuQ
Ferenc János Szabó
Raoul Koczalski (1938) and Moriz Rosenthal (1935), piano
Chopin: Nouvelle Etude in A-Flat
Kevin Sherwin
Richard Rogers, composer, pianist, and vocals
"Down by the River" from Mississippi (1934)
Mark Bailey
Alexander Zemlinsky, conductor - Berlin State Opera Orchestra (1927)
Overture to Die Fledermaus, Johann Strauss II
Available on Zemlinsky: The Complete Recordings https://www.pristineclassical.com/products/pasc642
Roberto Alegre
Franz Léhar, piano roll (year unlisted) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ5ekXKMjws
Piano arrangmeent from Die Lustige Witwe
John Snijders
Manuel de Falla, piano roll (1912) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_cvXGNMgpg
De Falla: Montañesa, from Cuatro Piezas Españolas (1908)
Johnathan Bellman
Lady Annie Cory, piano roll (Welte) - Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUyu4UUf7wg
Domen Marincic
Maurizio Troselli, tenor (1912)
Verdi: "Non, Non! Loin D'elle Tout Plaisir Est Trompeur" from La Traviata (sung in French)
Available at https://www.marstonrecords.com/products/freres-danilo
Ferenc János Szabó
Elza Szamosi, mezzo-soprano (1905)
Bizet: Habañera from Carmen
Available at https://historicaloperarecordings.blogspot.com/2019/10/great-hungarian-sopranos-koralek.html
Thesis on Elza Szamosi: https://apps.lfze.hu/netfolder/PublicNet/Doktori%20dolgozatok/szabo_ferenc_janos/tezis_en.pdf
Kevin Sherwin
Frederic Lamond speaks about lessons with Liszt (1945): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxbnLji3A_I
Mark Bailey
Tour of Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings Studio
Mark Bailey, Head/Director
Learn more at https://web.library.yale.edu/music/hsr
Kevin Sherwin
Maria Luisa Anido, guitar (ca. 1930s) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MaGmOaUORE
Granados: Spanish Dance No. 5
John Snijders
Elena Gerhardt, mezzo-soprano - Arthur Nikisch, piano - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt57KgtTPWc&t=1534s
Brahms: Sapphische Ode, Op. 94, No. 4
Sappische Ode from the 1939 film, "Der Schritt vom Wege"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOrm8f0oAH4
Feodor Chaliapin, bass (ca. 1914) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB308hsLkkM
Brahms: Sapphische Ode, Op. 94, No. 4
David Wells
William Gruner, bassoon (1920) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4eIXMISgX0
Carl Maria von Weber: "Andante e Rondo Ongarese" (condensed)
Domen Marincic
David Bispham, baritone (1902)
Verdi: "Quand'ero paggio" from Falstaff
Jonathan Bellman
Lady Annie Cory, piano roll (Welte) - Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUyu4UUf7wg
Other referenced recordings, videos, and resources:
Granados plays Granados - Spanish Dance No. 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUyu4UUf7wg
“Tips on Popular Singing” (1941) by Frank Sinatra and John Quinlan (Sinatra’s voice teacher)
"La ci darem la mano" performed by Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPzHYiiRgxA
From the 1947 film, "It Happened in Brooklyn"
Documentary on Frank Sinatra: "All or Nothing At All" (2015)
Domen Marincic
Francisco D’Andrade, baritone (ca. 1910)
W.A. Mozart - "Deh, vieni alla finestra" from Don Giovanni
Ferenc Szabo
Fernando de lucia, tenor (1917) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp9_S6AyuBY
Puccini - “Che gelida manina” from La bohème
Vijay Chalasani
Isolde Menges, violin (ca. 1920s) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BHGxDfYc4A
Elgar - Salut d’Amour, Op. 12
Luisa Tetrazzini (soprano), Josephine Jacoby (mezzo-soprano), Enrico Caruso (tenor, and Pasquale Amato (bass) - (1912)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XN672BRJw0
Verdi: “Bella figlia dell’amore” from Rigoletto (1912)
Edson Scheid
Flausino Vale, violin (ca. 1931) - https://youtu.be/q-9QYIMzGHE
Vale: Preludes 6 and 1, Repente e Batuque
Elisa Wicks
Pablo de Sarasate, violin (ca. 1904) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABm7nMVyNh4
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
Kevin Sherwin
Max Fiedler, conductor - Berlin Philharmonic (1931) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mRvlcHoCyM
Brahms - Allegro con Spirito (4th movement) from Symphony No. 2
John Snijders
Francis Planté, piano (1928) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOVs526XWJw
Chopin - Etude in C, Op.10, No.7
Francis Planté, piano (1928) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kig9iELknY
Boccherini - Minuetto
Other referenced recordings and videos:
Franz Drdla, violin (1903) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiX7HOdyMgA
Bruch: Violin Concerto in G minor (excerpt)
Lauritz Melchior, tenor (1946) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cqnATSWX6I
Wagner - "Prize Song" from Die Meistersinger
From the 1946 film, "Two Sisters From Boston"
Recordings from Sunday,March 14th
Mark Bailey
Elena Gerhardt, mezzo-soprano and Arthur Nikisch, piano (ca. 1905) - https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=vw4ddPnDY7o&list=RDAMVMvw4ddPnDY7o
Robert Schumann - Ich Grolle Nicht from Dichterliebe, Op. 48
Emily Worthington
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Wind Quintet (ca. 1925) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4HhEihjHTI
Hindemith - Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, No. 2
Domen Marincic
Johanna Gadski, soprano (1904) - https://www.marstonrecords.com/products/gadski1?fbclid=IwAR3F3kL3AC1N4bNsDy5x3VlkJn0CbgnXbe5dZXjd8hH5gCUgtT8ylvXIupA
Bach-Gounod - Ave Maria
John Snijders
Oboe: Roland Lamorlette, oboe - Gustave Dhérin, bassoon - Francis Poulenc, piano Studio Recording (1928)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiW5ZVJaj9w
Poulenc - Trio pour Hautbois, Basson, et Piano, FP 43
Ferruccio Busoni, piano - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3O1yygAEc0
Chopin - Prélude in A major, Opus 28, No. 7
Kevin Sherwin
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1938) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY1UN9Lx-7g
Schubert - Impromptu in A-flat, Op. 142
Dave Wells
Unlisted Fagott Trio (1913)
Im Landschößchen Polka
Vijay Chalasani
Moriz Rosenthal, piano (1939)
Albert Sammons, violin - Ellen Tuckfield, piano (1922) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiDY6tBerlo&list=PLyeLIHE4KCfMsjZ8_4tLM7VgMsdViUy-Y&index=18
Joachim Raff - Cavatina, Op. 85
Recordings from Sunday, January 24th
Mark Bailey
Nellie Melba, soprano (1904) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT5R3mgaUWY
Giacomo Puccini - Addio di Mimi ("Donde lieta usci") from La Bohème
Elisa Wicks
Carl Flesch, violin (1939) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DHy0CFShp4&feature=youtu.be
Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Vijay Chalasani
Enrico Caruso, tenor and Mischa Elman, violin (1913) -
https://youtu.be/pjjqbtiijt4?t=259
Massenet - Élégie
Eugene Ormandy, violin and Stephanie Goldner Ormandy, harp (1928)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cAQ7UCuGNg&list=PLyeLIHE4KCfMsjZ8_4tLM7VgMsdViUy-Y&index=40
Dvořák - Humoresques, Op. 101, No. 7
Jonathan Bellman
Arthur Nikisch, piano roll (ca. 1906)
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1, WoO 1
Kevin Sherwin
Villa-Lobos conducts Villa-Lobos (ca. 1958)
Victoria de Los Ángeles, soprano
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (excerpt)
Newsreel footage, including Villa-Lobos conducting: https://youtu.be/TDFDXguz_2w
Date and repertoire unknown
Domen Marincic
Helge Rosvaenge, tenor (ca. 1936-1944)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KDgKOJ8RUw
Hugo Wolf - Der Feuerreiter from Mörike-Lieder
Roberto Alegre
Moriz Rosenthal, piano (1939)
Chopin - Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
George Kennaway
W.H. Squire, cello; Pianist unlisted (ca. 1927)
Herbert Hughes: I will walk with my Love
John Snijders
Josef Labor, piano (ca. 1921) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0XIvOlKW2s
Beethoven - Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10, No. 3 (excerpt)
Recordings from Sunday, November 22nd
Mark Bailey
Jerzy Żurawlew, piano (ca. 1940s) - https://soundcloud.com/user-485192321-1413080/ludwig-van-beethoven
Beethoven - Ecossaises, WoO 83
Clive Brown and Neal Peres da Costa
Clive Brown, violin and Neal Peres da Costa, fortepiano -
Brahms - Sonata Op. 120, No. 2 (in the composer's own version for violin and piano)
Accompanied by their edition of the Brahms Sonatas, Op. 120, published by Bärenreiter (2016) - https://www.jwpepper.com/Sonatas-in-F-minor-and-E-flat-Major%2C-Op.-120/10604435.item#/submit
George Kennaway
National Gramophonic Society, 1925 Walter Cobbett, violin 1 Emily Keady, violin 2 Susan Spain-Dunk, violaMarie Dare, cello 1Charles Crabbe, cello 2
Schubert - C Major String Quintet, D. 956
Vijay Chalasani
Accordes! Concert Recording (August 2019), Clare Holden, director
Transforming C19 HIP, University of Oxford
Excerpts from:
Fuchs - Adagio from Serenade, No. 1, Op. 9
Tchaikovsky - Valse from Serenade for Strings, Op.48
To order a CD, contact claire.holden@music.ox.ac.uk.
Laura Granero
Laura Granero, fortepiano, performs Chopin and Czerny
Czerny available at: https://open.spotify.com/album/0gsOYdu0aBZawNzaJ63oUn?nd=1
Chopin - Prélude, Op. 28, No. 8
Czerny - Nocturne Sentimental
Kevin Sherwin
Comparative recordings, Tchaikovsky - Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42
Leopold Auer, violin (ca. 1920) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1vVlMp2YTA
Jascha Heifetz (1945) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22YUP0zQ3sA
Recordings from Sunday, October 4th
Mark Bailey
Mattia Battistini, baritone (undated Berliner) - https://yalemusiclib.aviaryplatform.com/collections/213/collection_resources/12838
Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville
Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings, Berliner Gramophone Disc Collection - https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/6/resources/5878/collection_organization#scroll::/repositories/6/archival_objects/2378180
Finding Aid to the Yale HSR Berliner Collection - http://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/5878.pdf
George Kennaway
Auguste van Biene, cello and actor
Excerpt from The Broken Melody (play), including spoken word and a musical performance of the piece, "The Broken Melody"
John Snijders
Comparative Recordings, Grieg's 'To Spring,' Op. 46, No. 6
Edvard Grieg, piano (1903) - https://youtu.be/IYkhCzquwCw
Percy Grainger, piano roll (1921) - https://youtu.be/IYkhCzquwCw
Marek Weber, violin, and his orchestra (ca. 1930) - https://youtu.be/m6c4PLN7sKw
Gili Loftus
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano (1930) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrQG-Z5gdfg
Chopin: Sonata in B-flat minor, Op. 35
Domen Marincic
Franz Schubert: Aufenthalt (from Schwannengesang, No. 5)
Recorded in St Petersburg in 1912, sung in Russian
Lev Sibiryakov, bass, with unknown pianist
Available on: Schubert Lieder on Record, 1898-1952, Volume 1, 1898-1939, EMI
https://www.amazon.com/Schubert-Lieder-Record-Vol-1898-1939/dp/B000005GTK
Aldo Mata
Charles Draper, clarinet and the London String Quartet (1916)
Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Artem Belogurov
Andreas Weissgerber, violin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHVcP7YJddM&fbclid=IwAR3TqY7FINCKOxGbp3HKwuS75jCgn4ebRpDn3_48NEwNhd5Sy9-o5n-BBKM
Mozart: Andante Sostenuto from Violin Sonata in C, K 296
Kevin Sherwin
Comparative and performance recordings of Elgar's Salut d'Amour, Op. 12
Elgar conducts the New Symphony Orchestra (1923): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=davY_Zzbj7U
Carlo Sabajno conducts La Scala Orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKfMrI0RfEk
The American Romantics; Kevin Sherwin, conductor
Rehearsal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfTDbbkdv1I
Performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-1hSq575EI
Mark Bailey
Excerpts from Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
Eddy Brown, violin; Orchestra of the Staatsoper Berlin; Frieder Weissmann, conductor (ca. 1920s)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjwwUtwtrsA
Juan Manen, violin; Kark, F., conductor; Unlisted Orchestra (ca. 1920s)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsmqxrfbm2g
Jonathan Bellman
Vladimir De Pachmann, piano (1927) - https://arbiterrecords.org/catalog/pachmann-the-mythic-pianist/
Chopin: Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72/1
John Snijders
Anton Webern, conductor; Berliner Funkorchester (1932)
Schubert: 6 German Dances, D. 820
Arranged for orchestra by Anton Webern (1931)
Sebastian Bausch
James Simon, piano
Chopin: Nocturne, Op. 32, No. 1 in B Major
Parlophon P1246B, 78rpm
Vijay Chalasani
Ethel Hobday, piano, with the London String Quartet (c. 1921): https://youtu.be/9UJK0y26HII?t=254
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44
Second movement: In modo d'una marcia. Un poco largamente
Christoffer Woodard
Édouard Risler, piano: https://youtu.be/WliKZGQCENQ
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: II. Andante con moto
Arr. for solo piano by Édouard Risle
Kevin Sherwin
Schumann: Träumerei from Kinderszenen, Op. 15, No. 7
Luise Walker, guitar (ca. 1932): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hly0J2Vy9AE
Carola Hanke, cello (ca. 1928): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrEge2qz5Qs
Artem Belogurov and Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde
Mark Hambourg, piano; Malcolm Sargent, conductor; London Symphony Orchestra (1929)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2C7XDoCXh8
Beethoven: Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
More information can be found at:
Domen Marincic
Victor Gille, piano (1959): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3nETYbBz-g
Scarlatti: Sonata in D minor, K. 9
Vijay Chalasani
Charles D'Almaine, violin (1901) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP1-pR2vAqM
Joachim Raff: Cavatina, Op. 85, No. 3
Daniel Lanthier
Carl Reinecke, piano (1907), piano roll - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXapt6YRxkY
W.A. Mozart: Rondo alla turca, K. 331/300i
Gili Loftus
Dylan Thomas, spoken word (1949) - http://www.openculture.com/2016/05/8-glorious-hours-of-dylan-thomas-reading-poetry-his-own-others.html
Dylan Thomas: Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night
John Snijders
Alexander Moissi, spoken word - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhV2WwEQj7U
Goethe: Erlkönig
Etelka Freund, piano (1953) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9vLh05Ea2A
Johannes Brahms: Intermezzo in A minor, Op. 116 No. 2
Kevin Sherwin
Comparative Recordings, Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger
Berlin State Opera Orchestra - Leo Blech, conductor (1929) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5xq5Seehf0
Grosses Odeon-Streich-Orchester - Conductor Unlisted - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxOFfqeRyYI
David Eggert
Cartoon (1930s) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iekqC1DCFgY&feature=youtu.be
'How portamento met its fate'
Roberto Alegre
Frederic Lamond, piano (1926) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVKXFwT7Gp8&feature=youtu.be
Beethoven: Sonata Op. 27 No. 2 ("Moonlight")
Domen Marincic
Comparative Recordings, Bizet
Bizet: Le pecheurs de perles
Duet from Act 2: Ton coeur n'a pas compris
John Aler (Nadir) and Barbara Hendricks (Leïla)
Orchestre de Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson (1989)
https://youtu.be/scWFcTIYSB4?t=1894
Bizet: I pescatori di perle (sung in Italian)
Duet from Act 2: Non hai compreso un cor fedel
Fernando De Lucia (Nadir) and Josefina Huguet (Leïla)
unnamed orchestra, Carlo Sabajno (Milan, 1 May 1906, G&T)
https://www.marstonrecords.com/collections/singer/products/delucia
A less successful transfer from the Bongiovanni label is available on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RHpl1AteXc
Christoffer Woodard
Mattia Battistini, tenor (1907) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s43GY8bBfww&feature=youtu.be
"Eri tu che macchiavi" from Un Ballo in Maschera
Agnes Nicholls, soprano and Hamilton Harty, piano (1908) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EDp_2uPR6A&feature=youtu.be
F. H. Cowen: At the Mid Hour of Night
Domen Marincic
Excerpt from Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Edoardo Taliani (Almaviva), Ernesto Badini (Figaro), Davide Carnevali (Bartolo) and Malvina Pereira (Rosina)
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan; Carlo Sabajno (1919)
https://youtu.be/KCaM4dnwb9k?t=1381
Rossini: "Se il mio nome" from Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Daniel Lanthier
Featured oboe solos
London Philharmonic Orchestra - John Barbirolli, conductor (1933)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5PmTrOjLKY
Tchaikovsky: "The Swan Lake" Suite, Op. 20a
Fanny Davies, piano - Royal Philharmonic Society Orchestra - Ernest Ansermet, conductor (1928)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB9zQVjh8CQ
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Vijay Chalasani
Comparative Recordings of Joachim Raff's Cavatina, Op. 85, No. 3
Marie Hall, violin (1904) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MuUIi5D4q0
Anton Hekking, cello - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSBXEGR67Sc
Mischa Elman, violin (1913) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRAHlmFhppY
Maud Powell, violin (1911) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3prdn1QZeQ
Imre Pillitz, violin (1907) - https://youtu.be/25EWFHfLgoI?t=197
Jonathan Bellman
Raoul Koczalski, piano - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z25LB6SIIY
Chopin: Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2
Dhyani Heath
(Live performance, violin)
Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7
Artem Belogurov and Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde
Emil Liebling, piano - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA_mmj7O_U8
Chopin: "Minute Waltz," Op. 64, No.1
Joseph Hollman, cello
Fauré: Romance sans paroles, Op. 17
John Snijders
Olimpia Boronat, soprano (1904) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKPbB6EEJSc
Bellini: "Qui la voce" from I Puritani
Aldo Mata
Philippe Dreisbach, clarinet - The Wendling String Quartet - https://youtu.be/jx7kc4o1RmU
W.A. Mozart: Larghetto from Clarinet Quintet, K. 581
Johannes Gebauer
Jan Rudenyi, violin; Imperial Symphony Orchestra; Lilian Bryant, conductor (1911)
Link to full CD (transferred by Christian Zwarg): https://www.truesoundtransfers.de/Titellisten/TT3112.htm
Mendelssohn: Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace from Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64
Laura Granero, Sebastian Bausch, and Pablo Cáceres Aranibar
Joseph Pembauer, piano
Brahms: Ballade Op.10 No. 2 in D major
Christoffer Woodard
Raoul Koczalski, piano - https://youtu.be/CPL2bgEv_R0
Chopin: Berceuse in D-flat, Op. 57