The World of Singing, Vol. 1: The Castrato Voice & The Old School (1899-1913)

1. Petite messe solennelle, for soloists, 2 pianos, harmonium & choir Crucifixus
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
with Alessandro Moreschi

2. Ave verum Corpus, motet for chorus, strings, & organ, K. 618
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with Sistine Chapel Quartet , Sistine Chapel Quartet , Alessandro Moreschi

3. Ave Maria for voice & orchestra (or piano) (after Bach)
Composed by Charles Gounod
with Alessandro Moreschi

4. La cruda mia nemica, madrigal for 4 voices (from Madrigals Book II for 4 voices)
Composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
with Alessandro Moreschi
Conducted by Baron Kanzler

5. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 Voi che sapete
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with Sir Landon Ronald , Adelina Patti

6. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527 Batti batti o bel Masetto
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with Sir Landon Ronald , Adelina Patti

7. Faust, opera Ah! je ris
Composed by Charles Gounod
with Sir Landon Ronald , Adelina Patti

8. Il Bacio, for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Luigi Arditi
with Sir Landon Ronald , Adelina Patti

9. Ave Maria for voice & orchestra (or piano) (after Bach)
Composed by Charles Gounod
with Sir Landon Ronald , Adelina Patti

10. La Sonnambula, opera Ah non credea mirarti
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
with Adelina Patti , Alfredo Barili

11. Norma, opera Casta diva
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
with Adelina Patti , Alfredo Barili

12. Mignon, opera in 3 acts Connais tu le pays?
Composed by Ambroise Thomas
with Adelina Patti , Alfredo Barili

13. La Serenata for voice & piano/orchestra
Composed by Francesco Paolo Tosti
with Adelina Patti , Alfredo Barili

14. L'Été ("Ah! Chantez, chantez!"), for voice & piano
Composed by Cecile Chaminade
with Emma Albani

15. I Puritani, opera Qui la voce
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
Performed by Victor Orchestra with Marcella Sembrich

16. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 Sull'aria...Soave Zeffiretto
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with Emma Eames , Marcella Sembrich

17. Die schöne Müllerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25) Wohin?
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Frank La Forge , Marcella Sembrich

18. Si mes vers avaient des ailes! (If my songs had wings) for voice & piano
Composed by Reynaldo Hahn
with Frank La Forge , Marcella Sembrich

19. La bohème, opera Si mi chiamano Mimi
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
with Dame Nellie Melba

20. Tosca, opera Vissi d'arte
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
with Dame Nellie Melba

21. La Traviata, opera Ah! fors'e lui...Sempre libera
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Dame Nellie Melba

22. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 Voi chi sapete
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with Dame Nellie Melba

23. Otello, opera Ave Maria
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Dame Nellie Melba

24. Il rè pastore, opera, K. 208 L'amero saro costante
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with Jan Kubelik , Dame Nellie Melba

25. Louise, opera Depuis le jour
Composed by Gustave Charpentier
with Dame Nellie Melba

26. Chant Venitien
Composed by Hermann Bemberg
with Gabriel Lapierre , Dame Nellie Melba

27. Manon, opera Helas! Helas!...N'est-ce plus ma main
Composed by Jules Massenet
with Sigrid Arnoldson

28. Im Mai
Composed by Goldschmidt
with Blanche Marchesi

29. Chanson de baisers
Composed by Hermann Bemberg
with Emma Eames

30. Gretchen am Spinnrade ("Meine Ruh'..."), song for voice & piano, D. 118 (Op. 2)
Composed by Franz Schubert
with Emma Eames , Henri Gilles

31. Manon Lescaut, opera L'Eclat de rire
Composed by Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber
with Ellen Beach Yaw

32. O dolce concento (Variations)
Composed by Ferdinando Paer
with Ellen Beach Yaw

33. L' Étoile du Nord, comic opera in 3 acts Cadenza
Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
with Ellen Beach Yaw , W.A. Fransella

34. Rigoletto, opera Caro nome
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Luisa Tetrazzini
Conducted by Percy Pitt

35. Un ballo in maschera, opera Saper vorreste
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Luisa Tetrazzini
Conducted by Percy Pitt

36. Lucia di Lammermoor, opera Regnava nel silenzio...Quando rapito in estasi
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
with Luisa Tetrazzini
Conducted by Percy Pitt

37. I Vespri siciliani, opera (Les vêpres siciliennes) Merce dilette amiche
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Luisa Tetrazzini
Conducted by Percy Pitt

38. La Sonnambula, opera Come per me sereno..Sovra il sen
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
with Luisa Tetrazzini

39. I Puritani, opera Vien diletto
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
with Luisa Tetrazzini

40. La Traviata, opera Addio del passato
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
with Luisa Tetrazzini

41. Coquette
Composed by Leo Stern
with Suzanne Adams

42. La retour des promis
Composed by Dessauer
with Lillian Blauvelt