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Erna Berger

A Vocal Portrait
rec. 1934-49
8.110733

Review by Robert Farr

Jussi Björling

Volume 2
Songs in Swedish
rec. 1929-37
8.110740

Review by Jonathan Woolf

Volume 3
Arias & duets
rec. 1936-44
8.110754

Reviews by Jonathan Woolf and John Leeman

Volume 4
Arias & duets
rec. 1945-51
8.110788

Review by Christopher Howell

Volume 5
Lieder & songs
rec. 1939-52
8.110789

Review by Jonathan Woolf

Volume 6
“ Erik Odde” recordings & other popular songs in Swedish
rec. 1931-35
8.110790

Review by Jonathan Woolf

Volume 7
Swedish National Romantic Songs
rec. 1929-53
8.110791

Review by Göran Forsling

Maria Callas

Puccini Heroines and Lyric Arias
Philharmonia O/Tulio Serafin
rec. 1954
8.111275

Review by Robert Hugill

Enrico Caruso

Complete Recordings Vol. 9
rec. 1914-16
8.110750

Review by Robert Farr

Lisa della Casa

R Strauss: Four Last Songs, arias
rec. 1952-4
8.111347

Review by Ralph Moore

Giuseppe Di Stefano

Neapolitan Songs
rec. 1953-57
8.111340

Review by Ian Lace

Kathleen Ferrier

Mahler: Symphony 4, Kindertotenlieder
Vienna PO, Ph-S New York/Bruno Walter
rec. 1945-49
8.110876

Review by John Quinn

Brahms: Alto Rhapsody (w/Krauss) Vier ernste Gesänge
Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben
rec. 1947-50
8.111009

Review by Christopher Howell

Songs of the British Isles
rec. 1949-52
8.111081

Reviews by Christopher Howell, Em Marshall and Jonathan Woolf

Bach: Cantata 11 & arias
Handel: Arias
London PO/Adrian Boult
rec. 1949-52
8.111295

Reviews by Robert Hugill and Jonathan Woolf

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen,
Kindertotenlieder
Schumann: Liederkreis
Gerald Moore, Philharmonia O/Wilhelm Furtwängler, Berlin PO/Rudolf Kempe
rec. 1952-55
8.111300

Reviews by Göran Forsling and Julie Williams

Kirsten Flagstad

Grieg: Haugtussa
Beethoven, Weber & Wagner: Arias
rec. 1937-40
8.111725

Review by Göran Forsling

Dusolina Giannini

Arias & Duets
rec. 1943-44
8.110145

Reviews by Colin Clarke and Robert Farr

Benjamin Gigli - see separate page

Lotte Lehmann

Lieder Recordings Volume 1
rec. 1935-37
8.111093

Review by Göran Forsling

Lieder Recordings Volume 2
rec. 1937-40
8.111094

Review by Göran Forsling

Lieder Recordings Volume 6
rec. 1947-49
8.111097

Review by Göran Forsling

John McCormack

Acoustic Recordings Volume 2
rec. 1910-11
8.110329

Reviews by Göran Forsling and Robert Hugill

Acoustic Recordings Volume 5
rec. 1914-15
8.111315

Reviews by Raymond Walker and Göran Forsling

Acoustic Recordings Volume 6
rec. 1915-16
8.111316

Review by Göran Forsling

Acoustic Recordings Volume 7
rec. 1916-18
8.112018

Review by Göran Forsling

Nellie Melba

The 1904 London Recordings Vol. 2
8.110738

Review by Jonathan Woolf

Rosa Ponselle

American Recordings 1923-29 Volume 3
rec. 1926-27
8.111140

Review by Göran Forsling

American Recordings 1923-29 Volume 4
rec. 1928
8.111141

Review by Göran Forsling

American Recordings 1939 & 1954
8.111142-44

Reviews by Göran Forsling and Angela Boyd

Tito Schipa

Complete 1924-5 Recordings Vol. 2
8.110333

Review by Robert Hugill

Joseph Schmidt

Arias & Songs
rec. 1929-36
8.111318-19

Review by Göran Forsling

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Schubert: Lieder
Beethoven: Aria from Fidelio
rec. 1952-4
8.111287

Review by Göran Forsling

Richard Tauber

Operetta Arias
rec. 1921-32
8.110779

Review by Robert Farr

Maggie Teyte

A Vocal Portrait
rec. 1932-48
8.110757

Review by Christopher Howell

Leonard Warren

Sea shanties, Kipling songs, Songs for everyone
8.111345

Review by Jonathan Woolf

 

 

   


 

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