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Edith Piaf- Autumn Leaves Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 238 seconds Edith Piaf singing 'Autumn Leaves'. Related: 78rpm, columbia, piaf |
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Je crois entendre encore Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 302 seconds Enrico Caruso sings this aria from Act I of Bizet's opera 'Les Pêcheurs de Perles'. Related: 78rpm, bizet, caruso, gramophone, pearlfishers, victrola |
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Tito Schipa- Amapola Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 205 seconds Tenor Tito Schipa singing 'Amapola' (Poppy) by Joseph M.Lacalle. sung in Spanish Related: 78rpm, amapola, gramophone, schipa, victrola |
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Kiss Me Again Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 299 seconds it was once said that a day without hearing the voice of the incomparable Rosa Ponselle was like a day without sunshine. Related: herbert, operetta, ponselle, rosa, victor, victrola |
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Pablo Casals Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 216 seconds Catalonian Cellist Pau Casals plays Schumann's 'Traumerei'. Related: 78rpm, casals, columbia, gramophone, traumerei |
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Enrico Caruso- Fenesta che lucive Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 242 seconds Enrico Caruso sings this traditional Neapolitan song 'The Shining Window'. Related: 78rpm, caruso, gramophone, victrola |
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Enrico Caruso- Tu, Ca Nun Chiagne! Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 173 seconds This Neapolitan tune, 'You that Wept Not for Me!' was composed by L.Bovio and E.deCurtis and sung by the great tenor Enrico Caruso. Related: 78rpm, cantineapolitani, caruso, gramophone, victrola |
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Caruso- Siciliana Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 179 seconds Enrico Caruso sings the opening Siciliana from Mascagni's opera 'Cavalleria Rusticana'. I believe that he's singing it in a Sicilian dialect since these aren't the words one usually reads in the score. Related: 78rpm, cavalleria, enricocaruso, gramophone, mascagni, siciliana, victrola |
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Enrico Caruso Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 262 seconds No getting away from it- this is the man who did more than any other artist to popularize the nascent gramophone industry. Here he sings the Neapolitan favorite 'Santa Lucia'. Even today the name holds a special cachet- these records that sold for $2.00 new, command prices at flea markets that capitalize on the Caruso name no matter what condition the disk is in. Related: 78rpm, enricocaruso, gramophone, santalucia, victrola |
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Core n'grato Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 297 seconds Enrico Caruso sings this Neapolitan tune. Related: 78rpm, caruso, gramophone, victrola |
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Feodor Chaliapin- Siberian Prisoners' Song Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 220 seconds Great Russian bass Feodor Chaliapin sings a song from the gulag. Related: 78rpm, chaliapin, gramophone, siberianprisoners, victrola |
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Lily Pons- Le Beau Danube Bleu Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 279 seconds Johann Strauss' lilting waltz, 'The Blue Danube' as sung by Lily Pons with orchestra conducted by André Kostelanetz. Related: 78rpm, bluedanube, gramophone, lilypons, victor, waltz |
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Caruso- Vesti la giubba Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 217 seconds Enrico Caruso sings probably his most well known rendition of this aria from Leoncavallo's opera 'I Pagliacci'. Related: 78rpm, caruso, gramophone, pagliacci, victrola |
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Erlkönig Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 252 seconds Ernestine Schumann-Heink sings Schubert's song 'Erlkönig'. A father and his feverish, young son ride late at night through the wind. The son hallucinates a willow tree to be the Earl King whose daughters entice the young lad to come with them........ Related: 78rpm, erlkönig, gramophone, schubert, schumann-heink, victrola |
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The Thunderer Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 176 seconds This John Phillips Sousa march is played by Lieutenant Francis Sutherland and his 7th Regiment Band. Related: 78rpm, gramophone, sousa, thunderer, vocalion |
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Caruso- Addio! Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 272 seconds Enrico Caruso performs salon music by Paolo Tosti. Related: 78rpm, caruso, gramophone, tosti, victrola |
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Lily Pons as Lucia di Lammermoor Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 295 seconds Coloratura soprano Lily Pons sings the beginning of the mad scene from 'Lucia di Lammermoor'. Related: 78rpm, gramophone, lilypons, lucia, ve, victrola |
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Patachou Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 184 seconds 'Histoire de Roses' chanson par Robert Lamoureux avec Leo Clarens et son Orchestre. Related: 78rpm, columbia, gramophone, patachou |
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Melba-Caruso duet Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 214 seconds Dame Nellie Melba and Enrico Caruso sing the lovely first act curtain closer duet 'O soave fanciulla' from Puccini's opera 'La Boheme'. Related: 78rpm, boheme, enricocaruso, gramophone, nelliemelba, puccini, victrola |
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Carolan's Welcome Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 181 seconds Turlough O'Carolan was one of the last harpers in the Irish bardic tradition. Living from 1670-1738, he was instrumental in fusing traditional song with Baroque sensibility. Related: celtic, harp, irish, ocarolan |
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Il dolce suono Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 287 seconds Amelita Galli-Curci sings the famous 'mad scene' from Donizetti's opera 'Lucia di Lammermoor'. Related: 78rpm, donizetti, galli-curci, gramophone, madscene, victrola |
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Tito Schipa- Ombra mai fu Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 265 seconds The great tenor Tito Schipa sings this aria from Handel's 'Xerxes'. Many artists sing and record this piece. My all-time favorite is Andreas Scholl's rendition on his 'Heroes' recording put out by Decca. Related: 78rpm, gramophone, schipa, serse, ve, victrola |
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Al Jolson Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 191 seconds Al Jolson singing the classic 'Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody'. Related: 78rpm, aljolson, decca, dixie, gramophone |
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The Last Rose of Summer Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 141 seconds Irish ballad with words by Thomas Moore. Arrangement for harp by Ellen Tepper. www.ellentepper.c om Related: celtic, ellentepper, harp, irish |
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Alex.Kipnis- Die Beiden Grenadiere Posted by: zciweslab
Video duration: 292 seconds German Lied composed by Robert Schumann with text by Heinrich Heine sung by bass Alexander Kipnis accompanied on piano by Celius Dougherty. Related: 78rpm, a.kipnis, gramophone, heine, schumann, victrola |


























