Geraldine Farrar The Americandiva (2CD)

CD 1 (73:01)
Gramophone and Typewriter Company, Berlin Recordings

1904
1. LA TRAVIATA: Follie, follie…Sempre libera (Verdi) 2:44
(2173h) 53344

2. MIGNON: Non conosci il bel sol {Connais-tu le pays} (Thomas) 3:17
(2174h) 53345

3. Mattinata (Tosti) 3:06
(2250h) 53363

4. Aime-moi (Bemberg) 2:47
(2251h) 33457

5. MANON: Nutzet die schonen jungen Tage [Gavotte] (Massenet) 2:54
(2252h) 43568

6. ROMEO ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivre [Juliette’s Waltz Song] (Gounod) 3:10
(2253h) 53364

1904
ROLAND VON BERLIN (Leoncavallo)
7. Elsbeth! Gott stehe allzeit (Act 1) 2:37
with Wilhelm Gruning, tenor
(2483) 44445

8. Ich ihn lieben? (Act 2) 2:42
with Wilhelm Gruning, tenor
(2482L) 44444

9. Nun wohl! Dann hast du auch (Act 4, Scene 1) 2:38
with Wilhelm Gruning, tenor
(2484L) 44446

10. Ja! Dich nur liebe ich (Act 4, Scene 1) 1:56
with Wilhelm Gruning, tenor
(2498 1/2L) 44452

11. Fahr wohl! Trautgesell (Act 4, Scene 2) 3:13
(2496L) 43632

27 September 1905
12. Dear heart (Mattei) 3:24
(3799h) 3621

13. Cherry ripe (Horn) 2:42
(3798h) 3620

14. MEFISTOFELE: L’altra notte (Boito) 3:28
(3800h) 53425

15. Caro mio ben (Giordani) 3:06
(3801h) 53430

16. FAUST: Juwelen-Arie [Jewel Song] (Gounod) 3:01
(3802h) 43721

17. MIGNON: Kennst du das Land {Connais-tu le pays} (Thomas) 3:26
(3803h) 43733

23 June 1906
18. DOMINO NOIRE: Ines so schon (Auber) 2:07
(1313r) 43780

19. MANON: Nutzet die schonen jungen Tagen [Gavotte] (Massenet) 3:12
(1314r) 43796

20. ROMEO ET JULIETTE: Je veux vivre [Juliette’s Waltz Song] (Gounod) 3:26
(1315r) 33618

21. LA TRAVIATA: Follie, follie…Sempre libera (Verdi) 3:08
(1316r) 53469

September 1906
22. MARTHA: Die letzte Rose {Last rose of summer} (Flotow) 2:37
(4718h) 43841

23. TANNHAUSER: Gepriesen sei die Stunde (Wagner) 2:41
with Karl Jorn, tenor
(4719h) 2-44145

24. RIGOLETTO: E il sol dell’anima (Verdi) 3:21
with Karl Jorn, tenor
(4720h) 54311

25. FAUST: Es ist schon spat (Gounod) 2:33
with Karl Jorn, tenor
(4721h) 2-44137

Accompaniment: Tracks 1-11 piano; Tracks 12-25 orchestra
Languages: Italian [1-3,14-15,21,24]; French [4,6,20]; German [5,7-11,16-19,22-23,25]; English [12-13]


CD 2 (79:52)
Victor Talking Machine Company, Camden, New Jersey, Electrical Recordings
1. Pur dicesti (Lotti) 4:37
11 January 1927; (CVE 37348-1) IRCC-40

2. LE NOZZE DI FIGARO: Dove sono (Mozart) 4:44
Recitative and Andante section only
11 January 1927; (CVE 37349-1) IRCC-40

3. On wings of song [Auf Flugeln des Gesanges] (Mendelssohn) 3:38
11 January 1927; (CVE 37350-1) unpublished

4. Serenade [Standchen] (Richard Strauss) (Translated by Ferrar) 2:41
11 January 1927; (BVE 27731-3) IRCC-55

5. LE NOZZE DI FIGARO: Non so piu cosa son (Mozart) 3:25
12 January 1927; (BVE 37351-2) unpublished

6. FRASQUITA: Rest with the dew of the dawning (Farrar; Lehar) 3:46
12 January 1927; (matrix number unassigned) IRCC-1953 re-recording

7. Midnight bells (Fritz Kreisler) 3:20
13 January 1927; (BVE 37354-1) unpublished

8. Christina’s lament {Humoresque} (Creyke-Dvorak) 3:17
13 January 1927; (BVE 37356-1) IRCC 41

9. Hame to the highlands (M. Gilmour) 2:20
8 March 1927; (BVE 38147-1) unpublished

10. Drowsy poppies (M. Gilmour) 2:31
8 March 1927; (BVE 38146-1) unpublished

11. Serenata (Tosti) 3:11
8 March 1927; (BVE 26034-9) unpublished

12. Pur dicesti (Lotti) 3:18
8 March 1927; (BVE 38145-1) unpublished

13. Auf Flugeln des Gesanges (Mendelssohn) 3:39
5 April 1927; (BVE 37350-6) IRCC-41

Bell Telephone Laboratories Experimental recordings (Vertically cut at 33 rpm)
Lyric Theater, Hoboken, New Jersey
15 December 1932
14. The old refrain (Kreisler) 3:53
BTL 2432 unpublished

15. Old folks at home (Foster) 2:57
BTL 2432 unpublished

16. Love’s old sweet song (Malloy) 3:47
BTL 2434 unpublished

17. In old Madrid (Bingham-Trotere) 3:16
BTL 2434 unpublished

Appendix:
General Motors Symphony Concerts Broadcast
Taken from primitive off-the-air home recording
28 October 1934
18. Marie am Fenster (Franz) 2:30
19. Heiden Roslein (Schubert) 2:21
Metropolitan Opera
Rehearsal recordings for intermission talks
4 January 1935*
20. Excerpt from Intermission 1 () 7:56
21. Excerpt from Intermission 2 () 4:03
22. Excerpt from Intermission 3 () 4:53

*These recordings were made in preparation for the broadcast of 5 January 1935.

Accompaniment: Tracks 1-4 and 9-13 Claude Gonvierre, piano; Tracks 5-8 orchestra; Tracks 14-17 piano; Tracks 18-19 orchestra, conducted by Walter Damrosch
Languages: Italian [1-2, 5, 11-12]; English [3-4, 6-10, 14-17, 20-22]; German [13, 18-19]

Producer: Ward Marston
Audio Conservation: Ward Marston
Photographs: Charles Mintzer
Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi
Marston would like to thank John R. Bolig, Sir Paul Getty, Lawrence F. Holdridge, Jeffrey Miller, William Shaman, Yevgeniy Sharlat, Robert Tuggle, and Richard Warren Jr. for their help in the production of this CD release.
The following selections are re-recorded from copies in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence C. Witten II, the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings, Yale Music Library [CD 1, Tracks 3-5, 8-10]