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Edith Piaf- Autumn Leaves Edith Piaf- Autumn Leaves
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Video duration: 238 seconds

Edith Piaf singing 'Autumn Leaves'.

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Je crois entendre encore Je crois entendre encore
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Video duration: 302 seconds

Enrico Caruso sings this aria from Act I of Bizet's opera 'Les Pêcheurs de Perles'.

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Tito Schipa- Amapola Tito Schipa- Amapola
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Video duration: 205 seconds

Tenor Tito Schipa singing 'Amapola' (Poppy) by Joseph M.Lacalle. sung in Spanish

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Kiss Me Again Kiss Me Again
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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.

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Pablo Casals Pablo Casals
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Video duration: 216 seconds

Catalonian Cellist Pau Casals plays Schumann's 'Traumerei'.

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Enrico Caruso- Fenesta che lucive Enrico Caruso- Fenesta che lucive
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Video duration: 242 seconds

Enrico Caruso sings this traditional Neapolitan song 'The Shining Window'.

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Enrico Caruso- Tu, Ca Nun Chiagne! Enrico Caruso- Tu, Ca Nun Chiagne!
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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.

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Caruso- Siciliana Caruso- Siciliana
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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.

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Enrico Caruso Enrico Caruso
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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.

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Core n\ Core n'grato
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Video duration: 297 seconds

Enrico Caruso sings this Neapolitan tune.

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Feodor Chaliapin- Siberian Prisoners\ Feodor Chaliapin- Siberian Prisoners' Song
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Video duration: 220 seconds

Great Russian bass Feodor Chaliapin sings a song from the gulag.

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Lily Pons- Le Beau Danube Bleu Lily Pons- Le Beau Danube Bleu
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Video duration: 279 seconds

Johann Strauss' lilting waltz, 'The Blue Danube' as sung by Lily Pons with orchestra conducted by André Kostelanetz.

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Caruso- Vesti la giubba Caruso- Vesti la giubba
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Video duration: 217 seconds

Enrico Caruso sings probably his most well known rendition of this aria from Leoncavallo's opera 'I Pagliacci'.

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Erlkönig Erlkönig
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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........

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The Thunderer The Thunderer
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Video duration: 176 seconds

This John Phillips Sousa march is played by Lieutenant Francis Sutherland and his 7th
Regiment Band.

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Caruso- Addio! Caruso- Addio!
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Video duration: 272 seconds

Enrico Caruso performs salon music by Paolo Tosti.

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Lily Pons as Lucia di Lammermoor Lily Pons as Lucia di Lammermoor
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Video duration: 295 seconds

Coloratura soprano Lily Pons sings the beginning of the mad scene from 'Lucia di Lammermoor'.

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Patachou Patachou
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Video duration: 184 seconds

'Histoire de Roses' chanson par Robert Lamoureux avec Leo Clarens et son Orchestre.

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Melba-Caruso duet Melba-Caruso duet
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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'.

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Carolan\ Carolan's Welcome
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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.

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Il dolce suono Il dolce suono
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Video duration: 287 seconds

Amelita Galli-Curci sings the famous 'mad scene' from Donizetti's opera 'Lucia di Lammermoor'.

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Tito Schipa- Ombra mai fu Tito Schipa- Ombra mai fu
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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.

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Al Jolson Al Jolson
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Video duration: 191 seconds

Al Jolson singing the classic 'Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody'.

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The Last Rose of Summer The Last Rose of Summer
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Video duration: 141 seconds

Irish ballad with words by Thomas Moore. Arrangement for harp by Ellen Tepper.
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Alex.Kipnis- Die Beiden Grenadiere Alex.Kipnis- Die Beiden Grenadiere
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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.

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