100 Gramophone All-Time Greats
The best-loved light classical recordings
from the 'golden age' of the gramophone
1907-1944
CD 1
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)
Pagliacci: Recitar!... Vesti
la giubba
Enrico Caruso (tenor)
Henry Bishop (1786-1855)
A comedy of errors: Lo! Here the
gentle lark
Amelita Galli-Curci
(soprano)
Victor Orchestra
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
The libertine Z.600: Nymphs and shepherds
The libertine Z.600: Nymphs and shepherds
Manchester Children's Choir
The Hallé Orchestra
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)
Mattinata
Beniamino Gigli
(tenor)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Hear my prayer
O, for the wings of a dove
O, for the wings of a dove
Ernest Lough
(child's voice)
The Choir of the Temple Church
George Thalben-Ball
(organ)
Charles Marshall (1857-1927)
I hear you calling me
John McCormack
(tenor)
Edwin Schneider
(piano)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Salut d'amour, Op. 12
New Symphony Orchestra
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
Casanova: Nun's chorus (Arr. Ralph Benatzky)
Anni Frind
(soprano)
Grosses Schauspielhaus Berlin Chorus
Grosses Schauspielhaus Berlin Orchester
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Morceau de fantaisie in C sharp minor Op. 3 No. 2, "Prelude"
Morceau de fantaisie in C sharp minor Op. 3 No. 2, "Prelude"
Sergei Rachmaninov
(piano)
Anonymous
Song of the Volga boatmen
Feodor Chaliapin
(bass)
Orchestra
Albert Coates
Albert Coates
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Liebesfreud
Fritz Kreisler
(violin)
Carl Lamson
(piano)
Katie Moss (1881-1947)
The floral dance
Peter Dawson
(bass)
Gerald Moore
(piano)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV147: "Jesus bleibet meine
Freude"
Myra Hess
(piano)
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Messiah HWV.56: Come unto him all ye that labour
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Samson et Dalila: Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
La jolie fille de Perth: Serenade
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Waltz in C sharp minor Op. 64 No. 2
Alfred Cortot
(piano)
Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
Das Land des Lächelns: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz
Richard Tauber
(tenor)
Jerome Kern (1885-1945)
Show boat: Ol' man river
Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
The lost chord
Clara Ellen Butt
(contralto)
W.G. Webber
(organ)
CD 2
Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)
Hänsel und Gretel: Brüderchen, komm tanz mit mir
Manchester Children's Choir
The Hallé Orchestra
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
Schön Rosmarin
Fritz Kreisler
(violin)
Carl Lamson
(piano)
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa
Ignacy Paderewski (1860-1941)
Minuet Op. 14 No. 1 "Humoresque de concert"
Ignacy Paderewski
(piano)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
La Traviata: Libiamo, ne'lieti calici
Alma Gluck
(soprano)
Enrico Caruso
(tenor)
George Frederic Norton (1869-1946)
Chu Chin chow: The cobbler's song
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
Le Carnaval des Animaux: Le Cygne
Pablo Casals
(cello)
Nikolai Mednikoff
(piano)
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Sadko: Song of the Indian merchant
Nellie Melba
(soprano)
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Serse HWV.40: Frondi tenere... Ombra mai fu
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major KV.331 "Alla Turca": Rondo alla
turka
Wanda Landowska
(harpsichord)
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Gypsy melodies Op.55 Nos. 1-7 B.104
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Carmen: Votre toast... Toréador, en garde
Lawrence Tibbett
(baritone),
Marguerite Belleri
(soprano)
Flora Cingolani
(soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Manuel Ponce (1882-1948)
Estrellita (Arr. Jascha Heifetz)
Jascha Heifetz
(violin)
Isidor Achron
(piano)
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Morgenlicht leuchtend
Lauritz Melchior
(tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra
Anonymous
Deep River
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Bagatelle in A minor WoO.59 "Für Elise"
Arthur Schnabel
(piano)
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Manon: En fermant les yeux
Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
Koanga: La Calinda
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Aleksandr Grechaninov (1864-1956)
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Op. 29: Credo
G. Pavlenko
(tenor)
Choir of the Russian Church of the Metropolitan, Paris
CD 3
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Turandot: Nessun dorma
Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
Joan Hammond
(soprano)
The Hallé Orchestra
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946)
El amor brujo: Danza ritual del fuego
Artur Rubinstein
(piano)
Joaquín Valverde (1875-1918)
Clavelitos
Francisco Tárrega (1852-1909)
Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Andrés Segovia
(guitar)
Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883)
Martha: Ach, so fromm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Die Zauberflöte KV 620: O Isis und Osiris
Alexander Kipnis
(bass)
Berliner Staatsopern Chor
Berliner Staatsopern Orchester
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Piano Trio No. 25 in G major Hob. XV "Gypsy": Rondo
Léo Delibes (1836-1891)
Lakmé: Où va la jeune indoue?
Lily Pons
(soprano)
Victor Orchestra
Percy Grainger (1882-1961)
Country gardens
Percy Grainger
(piano)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Après un rêve in C minor Op. 7 No. 1
Maggie Teyte
(soprano)
Gerald Moore
(piano)
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Les pêcheurs de perles: Au fond du temple saint
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Ellens Gesang Op. 52 No. 6 D839 "Ave Maria"
Yehudi Menuhin
(violin)
Artur Balsam
(piano)
Marjory Kennedy-Fraser (1857-1930)
Songs of the Hebrides: An eriskay love lilt
Glasgow Orpheus Choir
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
"Rhapsody in blue"
Johann Strauss I (1804-1849)
Radetzky-Marsch Op. 228
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
I love but thee Op. 5 No. 3
Kirsten Flagstad
(soprano)
Edwin McArthur
(piano)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
An Silvia Op. 106 No. 4 D891
Ernest Lough
(child's voice)
George Thalben-Ball
(piano)
Rudolf Friml (1879-1972)
The Vagabond King: Only a rose
Anne Ziegler
(soprano)
Webster Booth
(tenor)
New Mayfair Orchestra
Jacob Gade (1879-1963)
Jealousy (Arr. Arthur Fiedler)
The Boston Promenade Orchestra
CD 4
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
La Traviata: Prelude to Act 1
Philharmonic Symphony of New York
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
An die Musik D.547a "Du holde Kunst"
Heinrich Schlusnus
(baritone)
Franz Rupp
(piano)
Christian Sinding (1856-1941)
Frühlingsrauschen Op. 32 No. 3
Eileen Joyce
(piano)
Edoardo di Capua (1865-1917)
O sole mio
Enrico Caruso
(tenor)
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Polonaise in A flat major Op. 53 "Heroic"
Artur Rubinstein
(piano)
Anonymous
Adoro te devote
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
La Bohème: Che gelida manina
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
String Quartet No. 1 in D major Op. 11: Andante cantabile
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
Die Fledermaus: Klänge der Heimat
Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (1714-1787)
Orphée et Eurydice: Ballet des ombres heureuses
Marcel Moyse
(flute)
Orchestre Symphonique de Paris
Anonymous
Were you there?
Marian Anderson
(contralto)
Kosti Vehanen
(piano)
Londonderry air
William Primrose
(viola)
Sidonie Goossens
(harp)
Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)
Cavalleria rusticana: Ave Maria
Grigoras Dinicu (1889-1948)
Hora staccato
Jascha Heifetz
(violin)
Emanuel Bay
(piano)
Lev Knipper (1898-1974)
Song of the Plains
Choir of the Red Army of the USSR
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Pomp and circumstance march in D major Op. 39 No. 1
Royal Albert Hall Orchestra
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
Les contes d'Hoffmann: Barcarolle
Isobel Baillie
(soprano)
Nellie Walker
(contralto)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune
Walter Gieseking
(piano)
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Wiegenlied Op. 49 No. 4
CD 5
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Etude in C minor Op. 10 No. 12 "Revolutionary"
Ignacy Paderewski (piano)
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Thaïs: Méditation
Albert Sandler
(violin)
Jack Byfield
(piano)
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Il Pirro e Demetrio: Le violette
Tito Schipa
(tenor)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
Temple Church Choir
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Prelude in G minor Op. 23 No. 5
Vladimir Horowitz
(piano)
Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
Frasquita: Serenade
Richard Tauber
(tenor)
Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)
Mélodie in F major Op. 3 No. 1
Pablo Casals
(cello)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
La Traviata: Di Provenza il mar
Giuseppe de Luca
(baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Sea Pictures Op. 37: Where corals lie
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat major KV495: Rondo
Dennis Brain
(french horn)
The Hallé Orchestra
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
Norma: Casta diva
Rosa Ponselle
(soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)
Song of the flea
Feodor Chaliapin
(bass)
Orchestra
Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Liebestraum No. 3 S.541
Benno Moiseiwitsch
(piano)
Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947)
Si mes vers avaient des ailes
Maggie Teyte
(soprano)
Gerald Moore
(piano)
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
Perpetuum mobile Op. 257
Wiener Philharmoniker
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Der Rosenkavalier Op. 59: Marie Theres'!... Hab' mir's gelobt
Wiener Philharmoniker
Eric Coates (1886-1957)
By the sleepy lagoon
Orchestra
Stephen Adams (1844-1913)
The Holy city
John Duncan
(tenor)
The Kentucky Minstrels
Reginald Foort
(organ)
John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
The stars and stripes forever
John Philip Sousa's Band
(5CD, flac tracks, log, cue, booklet)
(by courtesy of drger@Susato)