CD 3 (79:45)

Gramophone Company, Ltd.

Milan (May, 1908)/Naples (21 May 1909)

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1.ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Ah! lève-toi soleil (Deh, sorgi o luce in ciel) (Gounod)2:52 May 1908; (11165b) 2-52660

Transposed down a whole tone to A

 2.LA SONNAMBULA: Prendi, l’anel ti dono (Bellini)3:52 with Maria Galvany, soprano

May 1908; (1443c) 054217

Transposed down a semitone to G

 3.LA SONNAMBULA: Son geloso del zeffiro (Bellini)3:47 with Maria Galvany, soprano

May 1908; (1444c) 054215

Transposed down a semitone to E

 4.LA SONNAMBULA: Ah! perchè non posso odiarti (Bellini)2:21 May 1908; (11169b) 2-52676

Transposed down a semitone to A

 5.LUISA MILLER: Quando le sere al placido (Verdi)3:59 May 1908; (1445c) 052239

Transposed down a semitone to G

 6.Sulla bocca amorosa (Barthélemy; Di Gennaro)2:40 21 May 1909; (13331b) 2-52698

 7.Era de maggio (Costa; Di Giacomo)2:48 21 May 1909; (13332b) 2-52699

 8.Triste ritorno (Barthélemy; Forzati)2:23 21 May 1909; (13333b) 2-52700

 9.Serenamente (Barthélemy; Marvasi)2:02 21 May 1909; (13334b) 2-52772

 10.Oilì, oilà (Costa; Di Giacomo)1:46 21 May 1909; (13335b) 2-52722

 11.‘O sole mio (Di Capua; Capurro)2:19 21 May 1909; (13336b) 2-52701

 12.Carmela (De Curtis; De Curtis)3:01 21 May 1909; (13337b) 2-52773

 13.Nun me guardate ‘cchiù (Gambardella; Russo)2:40 21 May 1909; (13338b) 2-52723

 14.‘A surrentina (E. De Curtis; G De Curtis)2:52 21 May 1909; (13339b) 2-52774

Sung in A Minor

 15.Luna, lù! (Ricciardi; Rovito)2:46 21 May 1909; (13340b) 2-52724

 Appendix

Phonotype

Selected recordings

Naples

16.L’ELISIR D’AMORE: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti)3:48 24 June 1917 M1754-2(3)

Transposed down a semitone to A Minor

 17.L’ELISIR D’AMORE: Una parola, o Adina … Chiedi al rio (Donizetti)7:19 with Angela De Angelis, soprano

23 November 1919; M 2223/2224

Transposed down a semitone to D

 18.LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR: Tombe degli avi miei … Fra poco a me ricovero (Donizetti)7:51 2 September 1917; M 1813/1814

Transposed down a whole tone to D-flat/C

 19.LES HUGUENOTS: Ah! quel spectacle … Plus blanche (O qual soave vision … Bianca al par) (Meyerbeer)4:19 2 September 1917; M 1812

Transposed down a whole tone to A-flat

 20.LA FAVORITA: Spirto gentil ne’ sogni miei (Donizetti)4:24 5 August 1917; M 1759/2

Transposed down a whole tone to B-flat

 21.ERNANI: Mercè, diletti amici … Come rugiada al cespite (Verdi)4:31 2 September 1917; M 1811

Transposed down a whole tone to B-flat

 22.MEFISTOFELE: Dai campi, dai prati (Boito)2:37 24 May 1917; M 1750

Transposed down a semitone to E

 23.MEFISTOFELE: Ascolta … Colma il tuo cor (Boito)2:49 18 April 1920; C 2344

Transposed down a whole tone to B-flat