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