H & D etched label Edison 80627, only form of issue, 10 June, 1920. M-A, as New! MB 25
“Maréchal became the Lamoureux Orchestra's cello soloist, before embarking on an international concert and chambermusic career in which he played with most major orchestras and many famous soloists. Considered one of the foremost cellists of his time, Maréchal also was a professor at the Paris Conservatory.” - THE NEW YORK TIMES, 20 April, 1964
J0337. MAURICE MARECHAL, w.Robert Gayler (Pf.): La Cinquantaine (Gabriel-Marie) / Lento Concerto – Chants russes (Lalo).
10" H & D etched label Edison 80614, only form of issue, 10 June, 1920. M-A MB 20
J0338. MAURICE MARECHAL, w.Robert Gayler (Pf.): Sonata in g - Largo (Marcello) /
MARTA DE LA TORRE, w.Robert Gayler (Pf.): Canto amproso (Sammartini-Elman).
10" H & D etched label Edison 80653, only form of issue, 10 June / 11 Aug., 1920. M-A MB 20
J0339. MAURICE MARECHAL, w.Jean Doyen (Pf.): Plainte (d’Hervelois) / Concerto in A – Largo mesto (C.P.E. Bach).
12” early PW Col. 7245-M, POM-25 / 26June, 1929. A to M-A, lovely copy has faintest rubs, inaud.;
Sd.1 only has minuscule scr, inaud. MB 12
J0340. MAURICE MARECHAL, w.Bigot Cond. Lamoureux Orch.: Cello Concerto in c (J.C. Bach), 4s.
2-12” French Col. LFX 774/75, POM-1948. M-A, superlative copy has tape affixed Sd. 2 label. MB 25, the Pair.
J0341. MAURICE MARECHAL, w.Gaubert Cond.: Concerto in d (Lalo), 6s. 3-12” PW Japanese blue Viva-Tonal Col. J 8133/35, POM-1932, in Orig.Album 133. A to M-A, lovely copy has occasional faintest rubs, inaud. MB 35, the Set.
J0342. MAURICE MARECHAL, w.Jean Doyen (Pf.) Sérénade espagnole (Glazounov) /
EMANUEL FEUERMANN, w.Wolfgang Rebner (Pf.): SONGS WITHOUT WORDS – Frühlingslied (Mendelssohn).
10” black & silver Japanese Viva-Tonal Col. S-63 [11777/M201722], POM-1929/1936, Japan.
A to M-A, lovely copy has occasional faintest rubs, inaud. MB 15
J0343. EMANUEL FEUERMANN: Suite in G for Cello Unaccompanied (Reger), 4s.
2-12” PW Col. 69787/88-D, POM-7 Feb., 1939, in Orig. Album X-152, w.Brochure. M-A, as New! MB 25, the Set.
J0344. EMANUEL FEUERMANN, w.Theo van der Pas (Pf.):
ZAUBERFLÖTE – Seven Variations on ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’ (Mozart-Beethoven), 2s.
12” early PW Col. 68411-D, POM 11 July, 1934, London [Matrices destroyed in 1942]. M-A, as New! MB 20
J0345. EMANUEL FEUERMANN, w.Franz Rupp (Pf.):
Organ Toccata in C – Adagio (Bach-Casals-Siloti) (Two different Performances).
10" vinyl pressing of BS-041516-1 / 041516-2, POM8 Aug. / 14 Dec., 1939, both Unpublished Matrices. MINT MB 35
J0346. EMANUEL FEUERMANN, w.Franz Rupp (Pf.):
Organ Toccata in C – Adagio (Bach-Casals-Siloti) (a Third Performance) / Après un rêve (Fauré).
10" vinyl pressing of BS-041516-4 / 041517-5, POM14 Dec., 1939, both Unpublished Matrices. MINT MB 35
"I place Feuermann as the most important figure for 20th-century cello playing because he was the one who proceeded to carry cello playing as such to a higher level. If he had lived longer he would literally have taken the place of Casals." - Janos Starker
J0347. BORIS HAMBOURG, w.Grace Smith (Pf.): Papillon (Popper).
10” Pat.’08 purple Victor 60064, only form of issue, 9 Nov., 1911. M-A MB 25
J0348. BORIS HAMBOURG, w.Grace Smith (Pf.): KINDERSZENEN – Träumerei (Schumann).
10” Pat.’08 purple Victor 60065, only form of issue, 9 Nov., 1911. A to M-A, lovely copy has faintest rubs, inaud. MB 25
“After performances in the USA in 1910, Boris Hambourg settled with the family in Toronto, where he helped establish the Hambourg Conservatory and the Hambourg Concert Society, which presented chamber music. He also taught at the conservatory, and he continued to perform in Canada, the USA, and Europe and organized a succession of Hambourg Trios. In 1945 he founded the Toronto Music Lovers' Club. Boris also gave cello recitals, often in cycles covering the repertoire from the renaissance to the present. He recorded as a soloist and as a member of the Hart House String Quartet. His main contribution to music was his activity in, and on behalf of, chamber music.”
- Ruth Pincoe, HISTORICA CANADA
J0349. FERNAND POLLIAN: Sérénade (Pierné) / Le Papillon (d’Hervelois).
10” blue Victor 45158, only form of issue, 11 Dec., 1918. M-A, as New! MB 8
J0350. FELIX SALMOND: Tre giorni son che Nina (Pergolesi) / Concerto #2 in d – Andante (Goltermann).
10” black Viva-Tonal Col. 2249-D, POM-12 May, 1930. M-A, choice copy has, Sd.1 only,
infinitessimal dust mk, ltly audible a very few turns. MB 12
J0351. FELIX SALMOND, w.Harry Kaufman (Pf.) Allegro (Sammartini) / In the silence of the night (Rachmaninoff).
10” black Viva-Tonal Col. 2095-D, POM-20 June, 1929. M-A, as New! MB 12
J0352. FELIX SALMOND: Après un rêve (Fauré) / KINDERSZENEN – Träumerei (Schumann).
[‘Sweetly luxurious, the Fauré convinces us that Salmond could be the troubadour of the cello’ – Gary Lemco.]
10” blue Viva-Tonal Col. 2045-M, POM-13 Dec., 1926. A to M-A, lovely copy has faintest rubs, inaud. MB 12
J0353. FELIX SALMOND: Sérénade (Pierné) / L’ARLÉSIENNE – Adagietto (Bizet).
10” blue Viva-Tonal Col. 2054-M, POM-29 April, 1927. A to M-A, lovely copy has faint rubs, inaud. MB 12
J0354. FELIX SALMOND, w. Simeon Rumschisky (Pf.): Londonderry Air (arr: Bridge) /
LE CARNAVAL DES ANIMAUX – Le Cygne (Saint-Saëns). 12" early Col. 7107-M, POM-15 Feb., 1926.
A-, lovely copy has faintest rubs, inaud.; Sd.2 has wee scr, ltly audible merely a few turns. MB 12
J0355. FELIX SALMOND, w. Simeon Rumschisky (Pf.): Sonata in A, Op.69 (Beethoven), 6s.
3-12" blue Viva-Tonal Col. 67187/89-D, POM-18 Jan., 1926, in Orig.Album 38, w.Brochure.
M-A, as New; Sd.6 has minuscule pressing bump. MB 35, the Set.
J0356. FELIX SALMOND, w. Simeon Rumschisky (Pf.): Sonata in a, 7s. / Sd.8 = To Spring (both Grieg).
4-12" blue Viva-Tonal Col. 67360/63-D, POM-13 & 17 May / 5 Oct., 1927.
A to M-A, lovely copy has faintest rubs, inaud. MB 35, the Set.
J0357. FELIX SALMOND, YELLY d’ARANYI & MYRA HESS:
Trio #1 in B-flat (Schubert), 8s. 4-12” dark-blue PW Eng. Col. 9509/12, POM-28-30 Dec., 1927.
M-A, lovely copy has faintest pap. rubs, inaud. MB 25, the Set.
“Elgar entrusted to Salmond the premiere of his most personal and heartfelt work, the Cello Concerto. The premiere, 27 October, 1919, is a day that has become a shameful day in British musical history. The conductor, Albert Coates, conducted the rest of the program, but Elgar led the concerto. Coates, a self-important man, was known to use as much as the first three quarters of an hour of his rehearsal time lecturing his orchestral players. Elgar, waiting off stage to rehearse his own work, uncharacteristically exploded when Coates consumed an hour of Elgar's rehearsal time. Elgar said later that had Salmond not have been conscientiously working on the concerto for months, he would have withdrawn the work from the concert. The work was severely under-rehearsed. Fifty years after that occasion, the commentator S.S. Dale, wrote for the string players' magazine THE STRAD, ‘It does not speak much for English audiences that Salmond never had his due in England; and to be recognized at his true worth he had to emigrate to the United States, where he was responsible for the training of many of America's finest cellists today’. He stressed use of the arm rather than the wrist in crossing strings, again, a violin-like technique. He used the thumb, not pressure from the arm, as the source of power in the bow-stroke. This resulted in a less nasal, much more beautiful tone, and he consistently urged the student to strive for a beautiful tone. His recordings do show a lovely, singing tone."
- Joseph Stevenson, allmusic.com
J0358. PABLO CASALS: Melody in F (Rubinstein) / Suite #3 in D – Air on the G String (Bach) (1920 Versions).
12” gold Flags Label Col. 68026-D, POM-24 / 29 April, 1920. M-A, choice copy has lt. rubs, inaud.;
Sd.1 has minuscule dust scr, momentarily audible. MB 15
J0359. PABLO CASALS: Kol nidrei (1915 Version) (Bruch), 2s.
12” Tri-Color Col. A5722, POM-18 Jan., 1915. M-A, a glorious copy! MB 20
J0360. PABLO CASALS: Kol nidrei (1923 Version) (Bruch), 2s.
12” gold Flags Label Col. 68019-D, POM-3 April, 1923. M-A, choice bright copy has very faintest rubs, inaud. MB 20
J0361. PABLO CASALS: DANZAS ESPAÑOLAS – La playera (Granados) /
Concerto #1 in a – Cantilena (Goltermann). 12” Tri-Color Col. A5847, POM-14 / 15 April, 1916.
A to M-A, lovely copy has faintest rubs, inaud. MB 10
J0362. PABLO CASALS: KINDERSZENEN – Träumerei (1920 Version) (Schumann).
12” Tri-Color Col. 49795, POM-21 April, 1920. A to M-A, lovely copy has faint rubs, inaud. MB 8
J0363. PABLO CASALS: Salut d’amour (Elgar) / KINDERSZENEN – Träumerei (Schumann) (1915 Versions).
12” Tri-Color Col. A5679, POM-15 Jan. / 14 April, 1915. M-A, a glorious copy! MB 20
J0364. PABLO CASALS: Salut d’amour (1922 Version) (Elgar). 10” Tri-Color Col. 80158, POM-24 Jan., 1922. M-A MB 12
J0365. PABLO CASALS: Mazurka, Op.11, #3 (Popper) / Suite in C - Bourée (Bach).
12” Tri-Color Col. A5697, POM-23 April, 1915. M-A, a glorious copy! MB 20
J0366. PABLO CASALS: Would God I were the tender apple blossom (Hinkson).
10” Tri-Color Col. 80159, POM-24 Jan., 1922. M-A MB 12
J0367. PABLO CASALS: O dry those tears (del Riego) / Berceuse (Cui). 10" early Col. 2037-M,
POM-30 Jan., 1923 / 18 Feb., 1924. A-, lovely copy of choice pressing has lt.rubs & a few superficial scrs, inaud. MB 10
J0368. PABLO CASALS: Après un rêve (1915 Version) (Fauré) / SONGS WITHOUT WORDS – Frühlingslied (Mendelssohn).
12” Tri-Color Col. A6020, POM-1915 / 19 April, 1916. M-A, a beautiful, bright copy. MB 15
J0369. PABLO CASALS: Sonata in C – Minuet in C with variations (1916 Version) (Haydn) /
Allegro appassionato (Saint-Saëns). 12” Tri-Color Col. A5821, POM-14 / 22 April, 1916.
M-A, lovely copy has faint rubs, inaud.; Sd.1 only has infinitessimal ec, far from grooves. MB 15
J0370. PABLO CASALS: Believe me if all those endearing young charms (Moore-Stevenson).
10” Tri-Color Col. 79155, POM-1 May, 1920. A to M-A, lovely copy has faintest rubs, inaud. MB 8
J0371. PABLO CASALS: Believe me if all those endearing young charms (Moore-Stevenson) /
Romance, Op.44, #1 (Rubinstein). 10" early Col. 2021-M, POM-1 May, 1920 / 30 Jan., 1923.
A-, lovely copy of choice pressing has lt.rubs & a few superficial scrs, inaud. MB 15
J0372. PABLO CASALS: To a wild rose (MacDowell) / Mélodie arabe (Glazounow).
10" early Col. 2010-M, POM-30 Jan. / 3 April, 1923. A-, lovely copy of choice pressing has lt.rubs, inaud. MB 15
J0373. PABLO CASALS: Thine eyes so blue and tender (Lassen).
10” Tri-Color Col. 79147, POM-28 April, 1920. A to M-A, lovely copy has faintest rubs, inaud. MB 8
J0374. PABLO CASALS: Sonata in A - Allegro (Beethoven). 12” Tri-Color Col. 48710,
POM-19 April, 1916. A to M-A, lovely copy has faintest rubs, inaud. MB 8
J0375. PABLO CASALS: Abendlied (1916 Version) (Schumann) /
Chanson Louis XIII; Pavane (Couperin-Kreisler). 12” Tri-Color Col. A5907, POM-21 / 22 April, 1916.
M-A, exceptional, bright copy. MB 12
J0376. PABLO CASALS: Abendlied (1920 Version) (Schumann).
12” Tri-Color Col. 49801, POM-23 April, 1920. M-A, exceptional, bright copy. MB 12
J0377. PABLO CASALS: Liebesträum (1915 Version) (Liszt) / Suite #3 in D – Air on the G String (Bach).
12” Tri-Color Col. A5756, POM-5 May, 1915. A to M-A, lovely copy has lt.rubs, inaud.;
Sd.2 has minuscule dust scr, only very momentarily audible. MB 12
J0378. PABLO CASALS: Liebesträum (1920 Version) (Liszt). 12” Tri-Color Col. 49812,
POM-28 April, 1920. A to M-A, lovely copy has faintest rubs, inaud. MB 8
J0379. PABLO CASALS: Romanza (Campagnoli) / Concerto in d – Adagio (Tartini).
12” Tri-Color Col. A5654, POM-27 / 15, 1915. M-A, exceptional, bright copy. MB 12
J0380. PABLO CASALS: Gavotte in D (Popper). 12” Tri-Color Col. 98012,
POM-23 Jan., 1922. A to M-A, lovely copy has very faintest rubs, inaud. MB 12
J0381. PABLO CASALS, w.Nicolai Mednikoff (Pf.): DIE MEISTERSINGER – Preislied /
TANNHÄUSER – O du mein holder Abendstern (both Wagner). 12” Scroll V 6620, POM-5 / 19 Jan., 1926,
Sd. 2 being ‘Take’ 1, the first of 2 issued ‘Takes’, on ‘Z’-type shellac. M-A, beautiful copy has, Sd.1, slightly cloudy surface. MB 12
J0382. PABLO CASALS, w.Nicolai Mednikoff (Pf.): DIE MEISTERSINGER – Preislied /
TANNHÄUSER – O du mein holder Abendstern (both Wagner). 12” Orth Vla 6620, POM-5 / 19 Jan., 1926,
Sd. 2 being ‘Take’ 2, the first of 2 issued ‘Takes’. A to M-A, lovely copy has very faintest rubs, inaud. MB 8
J0383. PABLO CASALS: Sappische Ode (Brahms) / Autumn Song, Op.37, #10 (Tschaikowsky).
12” gold Flags Label Col. 68088-D, POM-2 / 16 Feb., 1924. M-A, a beautiful, bright copy. MB 35
J0384. PABLO CASALS: XERXES – Ombra mai fu (Handel) / Melody in F (Rubinstein) (1915 Versions).
12” Tri-Color Col. A5649, POM-15 Jan., 1915. A to M-A, lovely copy has faintest rubs, inaud. MB 8
J0385. PABLO CASALS: XERXES – Ombra mai fu (1920 Version) (Handel).
12” Tri-Color Col. 49802, POM-23 April, 1920. A to M-A, lovely copy has faint rubs, inaud. MB 8
J0386. PABLO CASALS: XERXES – Ombra mai fu (1920 Version) (Handel) / Adagio, Op.101 (Haydn).
12” gold Flags Label Col. 68061-D, POM-23 April, 1920 / 2 Feb., 1924. M-A, choice bright copy has lt. rubs, inaud. MB 20
J0387. PABLO CASALS, w.Otto Schulhof (Pf.): Sonata #3 in A, Op.69, 5s. / Sd.6 = Minuet in G (both Beethoven).
3-12” Scroll V 7571/73, POM-6 / 7 March, 1930, on ‘Z’ shellac. M-A, as New! MB 45, the Set.
J0388. PABLO CASALS, w.Nicolai Mednikoff (Pf.): Toccata in g – Adagio (Bach) / GOYESCAS – Intermezzo (Granados).
12” Scroll V 6635, POM-28 Feb., 1927, on ‘Z’ shellac. M-A, as New! MB 15
J0389. PABLO CASALS, w.Nicolai Mednikoff (Pf.): Nocturne in E-flat / Prélude in D-flat (both Chopin).
12” Orth Vla 6589, POM-19 / 20 Jan., 1926, on ‘Z’ shellac. A to M-A, lovely copy has faintest rubs, inaud. MB 12
J0390. PABLO CASALS: Suite in C – Prelude / Sarabande (Bach).
12” Tri-Color Col. A5782, POM-23 April, 1915. A to M-A, lovely copy has very faintest rubs, inaud. MB 12
J0391. PABLO CASALS: Suite in C - Gigue (Bach). Concerto in D – Adagio (Haydn).
12” Tri-Color Col. A5875, POM-15 April, ‘16. A to M-A, lovely copy has faintest rubs, inaud. MB 12
J0392. PABLO CASALS: LE CARNAVAL DES ANIMAUX – Le Cygne (1915 Version) (Saint-Saëns) / Spanish Dance #2 (Popper).
12” Tri-Color Col. A5650, POM-24 Jan., 1915. M-A, a beautiful copy. MB 15
J0393. PABLO CASALS, Nicolai Mednikoff (Pf.): Moments musicals – #3 in f (Schubert) /
LE CARNAVAL DES ANIMAUX – Le Cygne (1928 Version) (Saint-Saëns).
10” Scroll V 1143, POM-4 / 31 Jan., 1928, Sd.2 being ‘Take’ 6, the second of 2 issued ‘Takes’,
on ‘Z’-type shellac. A to M-A, lovely copy has faintest rubs, inaud. MB 12
J0394. PABLO CASALS, w.Blas Net (Pf.): Sonata #2 in a – Andante / w.Otto Schulhof (Pf.): Suite #3 in D – Air (Bach).
12” Scroll V 7368, on ‘Z’-type shellac, POM-1931. M-A MB 12
J0395. PABLO CASALS, w.Blas Net (Pf.): Komm süsser Tod (Bach) /
Sonata in C – Minuet in C with variations (1930 Version) (Haydn). 12” Orth Vla 7501,
on ‘Z’ shellac, POM-1931/’30, resp. M-A, choice copy has, Sd.1 only, 3 infinitessimal pap.scrs, inaud. MB 12
J0396. PABLO CASALS, w.Horszowski (Pf.): Sonata #4 in C, Op.102, #1 (Beethoven), 4s.
2-12” PW V 14366/67, POM-1937. A to M-A MB 15, the Pair.
J0397. PABLO CASALS, w.Horszowski (Pf.): Sonata #2 in F (Brahms), 8s.
4-PW V 14699/14702, in Orig. Album M 410, w.Brochure. M-A, as New! MB 35, the Set.
J0398. CASALS & THIBAUD; Cortot Cond. Barcelona S.O.: Double Concerto in a (Brahms), 8s.
4-12” Orth Vla 8208/11, POM-1 May, 1929, Orig. Album M-99. M-A MB 35, the Set.
J0399. BERNARD GREENHOUSE, w.Sergius Kagen (Pf.): Sonata in G (de Fesch), 3s /
Sds.4-6 = Sicilienne (Paradis), LE CARNAVAL DES ANIMAUX – Le Cygne (Saint-Saëns); Scherzo (van Goens).
3-10” orange PW Col. 36351/53, only form of issue, 17 & 25 April, 1941. M-A, as New! MB 25, the Trio
J0400. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY (String Bass), w.Pierre Luboshutz (Pf.): Chanson triste
(Played by the Composer) / Sonata in g – Largo (Eccles-Koussevitzky). 12" Scroll V 7159,
only form of issue, 26 / 25 Sept., 1929, Sd. 2 being ‘Take’ 4, the second of 2 issued ‘Takes’,
on z-shellac. M-A, as New! MB 15
J0401. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY (String Bass), w.Pierre Luboshutz (Pf.): Chanson triste
(Played by the Composer) / Sonata in g – Largo (Eccles-Koussevitzky). 12" PW V 7159,
only form of issue, 26 / 25 Sept., 1929, Sd. 2 being ‘Take’ 1, the first of 2 issued ‘Takes’,
(far more ‘forward’ than ‘Take’ 4). A to M-A, lovely copy has faint rubs, inaud. MB 15
J0402. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY (String Bass), w.Pierre Luboshutz (Pf.): Valse miniature; Chanson triste;
Concerto in f - Andante (all Played by the Composer) / Wiegenlied (Laska); Sonata - Largo (‘Take’ 1 ) (Eccles), 6s.
3-12" red vinyl RCA 99-2000/02, partially POM-1929, in Orig. Limited Edition Album LE-1. M-A, as New! MB 75, the Set.
"...bowing to the pressure from the public, [Koussevitzky] allowed [three of the above pieces] to be made part of a 78rpm album LE-1, a deluxe collector's edition of 1,000 copies only, pressed on 12" transparent red vinyl discs and issued in commemoration of his 25 years of service to the BSO....he allowed the release of the 1929 recordings only as an accommodation to his friends and fans."
- Edward D. Young, ARSC Journal, 1990
J0403. AINO ACKTÉ: FAUST – Le Roi de Thulé. 10” red Victor G & T Monarch 5074 (1507-F), POM-1903, Paris.
A to M-A, superb copy has faintest pap.scr, positively inaud.; minuscule edge scuff not to grooves. MB 45
“It is difficult to realise that Ackté's sensational début at Covent Garden was as Salome in Richard Strauss' opera. Here she sings…with grace and excellent coloratura technique, and although she was Finnish, the style is typically French, and with immaculate diction.
- John Freestone
J0404. ROSE CARON: Prière (Gounod) / SIGURD – Des présents de Gunther (Reyer). 10½” Milano Fonotipia 39096/97
(XPh 523/521), POM-20 Dec., 1904. A-B, lovely copy has rubs & faintest scrs., very faintly audible merely a few turns. MB 45
J0405. FÉLIA LITVINNE: SAMSON ET DALILA – Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix /
LA FAVORITE – O mon Fernand. 10½” brown & white French Odéon 56219/20 (XP 5022/23), POM-1910.
A-, lovely copy has faintest rubs, positively inaud.; Sd.2 has faint grey on peaks. MB 45
J0406. FÉLIA LITVINNE: SAMSON ET DALILA – Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix / LA FAVORITE – O mon Fernand.
10" silver IRCC 5011, RRs-1908, Phrynis. Numbered Copy #16 of a Limited Edition, w.Litvinne’s photo affixed to Sd. 1. M-A MB 12
“We now go down in tessitura from Falcon to one of Litvinne’s successful mezzo roles, Léonor in Donizetti’s LA FAVORITE. Litvinne’s ‘O mon Fernand’, is delivered with grave beauty….There is also an authoritative downward run….The recording climaxes with an astounding cadenza taking in almost her entire range, thrillingly secure throughout its compass….Félia Litvinne is doubtless a virtual Rosetta Stone to vocal history.” -Geoffrey Riggs, Marston’s Litvinne Issue
J0407. FÉLIA LITVINNE: AÏDA – I sacri nomi (in French) / L’AFRICAINE – Sur mes genoux. 10½” Paris Fonotipia 39217/18 (XPh 694/695), POM-1904. A to M-A/A-, bright copy has, Sd.2 only, faintest nr, audible only 4 or 5 turns. MB 45
J0408. FÉLIA LITVINNE: AÏDA – I sacri nomi / Cavalleria – Voi lo sapete (both in French).
12” vinyl Historic Masters HMB 10, POM-1905, (10¾” record pressed onto a 12” blank). MINT MB 8
J0409. FÉLIA LITVINNE: Lohengrin - Einsam in trüben Tagen (in French) / EMMA CARELLI: Manon - Je suis encore tout étourdie (in Italian). 12” vinyl Historic Masters HMB 93, POM-1905/'06, resp., (10¾” record pressed onto a 12” blank). MINT MB 15
J0410. FÉLIA LITVINNE: IL TROVATORE – D'amor sull'ali rosee (a glorious rendition, in French) /
LILLI LEHMANN: Norma – Casta Diva. 12” Société Française de Gramophilie AFG 4, RRs-1910 (not 1907, as stated) /1907
(although artists' signatures appear in shellac inner margins), Numbered Copy #208. MA MB 15
J0411. FÉLIA LITVINNE, w.ALFRED CORTOT (Pf.): LE CID - Pleurez, mes yeux. 10" black Paris G & T G.C.-33158X (227F),
POM-1902. A to M-A, exceptional bright copy has wee pressing bump & faintest label smudge. MB 175
J0412. EVA GAUTHIER: Chanson triste (Duparc) / Romance; Fêtes Galantes – Fantoches (both Debussy).
10” black V 69669, POM-20 June, 1917. M-A, an outstanding copy. Exquisitely lovely performances! MB 25
“[Gauthier’s] artistry, like the artistry of Miss Teyte, although it achieves different ends, is the artistry of sophistication. As signal interpreter of the moderns and ultra-moderns, she is to song what Miss Garden is to opera. She is mistress of tonal imagery and tonal illusion….Into her singing passes every inflection, every suggestion of the composer, be it a golden image of Duparc, a sensuous tremor of Debussy, an ironic stroke of Ravel. Often she matches subtlety for subtlety….”
- Horatio T. Parker, EIGHTH NOTES, pp.103-04
J0413. EVA GAUTHIER: Chants de soldats – En passant par la Lorraine;
7 Vieilles chansons et danses. 10” black V 72166, POM-21 June, 1918.
A-/A to M-A, lovely copy has, Sd.1, lt. rubs & wee scrs, ltly & momentarily audible. MB 15
"[Gauthier's] career as a recording artist was as unconventional as her life....In 1917, she began a series for Victor, but these were made, under the cheap black label, for the Canadian trade, and never listed in the general U.S. catalog….The Victor recordings are consistently good; the voice is lovely and well forward and she sings with obvious relish." - Philip L. Miller, liner notes to Town Hall LP
J0414. EVA GAUTHIER: Au clair de la lune; Il pleut, il pleut, bergère; Promenade en bateau;
Fais dodo, Colas / Savez-vous planter les choux?; Trempe ton pain; Marlbrough s'en va t'en guerre; La Mère Michel
(all from Walter-Ballard French Songs). 10" black V 72165, POM-21 June, 1918. A-, lovely copy has faint rubs, inaud. MB 15
“Eva Gauthier was the sister of Juliette Gaultier (sic) de la Vérendrye, the violinist and folksinger. Eva Gauthier's voice was celebrated not only for its technical security but also for an expressive intensity that gave to each song a particular colour. During her farewell tour of Canada in 1906 Emma Albani declared, 'As an artistic legacy to my country, I leave you Eva Gauthier.' Gauthier recorded as early as 1914 for Columbia, then in 1917, for Victor.” - Gilles Potvin, HISTORICA CANADA
J0415. FÉLY DEREYNE: MANON – Je marche sur tous les chemins / LA BOHEME – Quando m’en vo (in Italian, actually!).
10” Col. A1234, only form of issue, 12 April, 1912. M-A, choice copy of Dereyne’s sole published disc. MB 12
“Dereyne made her début in Marseilles, 1905, singing Gounod’s Mireille. She was then engaged for Nice during the winter season and Vichy the following summer. Heard there by impresario Henry Russell, Dereyne accepted a contract with the U.S. San Carlo Opera, making her U.S. début as Musetta in New Orleans. From 1907-09 she was a member of the Covent Garden Opera and also during the 1907-08 season appeared at the Metropolitan Opera as Musetta nine times and twice as Nedda in PAGLIACCI to the Canio of Caruso. She sang with the Boston Opera 1909-10, she débuted as Urbain in LES HUGUENOTS. She made only this one record.” - Lawrence F. Holdridge
J0416. ZINA BROZIA: HÉRODIADE – Il est doux, il est bon / MADAMA BUTTERFLY – Ancora un passo.
12” tri-color Col. A5417, only form of issue, 12 Nov., 1912. A-, lovely copy has, Sd.2 only, long lam, inaud. MB 12
“Having studied with Elena Teodorini in Paris, Brozia’s Opéra-Comique début was as Violetta on 13 September, 1905 (where she remained until 1909), also singing the roles of Gilda, Manon and Seso in the world première of Erlanger’s APHRODITA. In 1907 she sang at Monte Carlo, making her début as Elena in MEFISTOFELE, and thereafter appearing as Elisabeth in Verdi’ s DON CARLOS. She made guest appearances at the Monnaie, Brussels, and in 1908 at the Teatro Regio, Parma, as Butterfly and Manon. She débuted at the Palais Garnier on 27 March, 1908, as Gilda and also sang Juliet in the Gounod opera, Marguerite in both FAUST and in MEFISTOFELE, Thaïs, and then, in 1909, Ophelia in HAMLET. In 1911 Henry Russell brought her to Boston, after which she returned to France.” - Ipernity
J0417. YVONNE GALL: At dawning (Cadman). 11½” grey paper label
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