Frances Alda - Acoustic and Electric Recordings (1910-1928) (CD)

The New Zealand-born soprano in a collection of her most celebrated recordings, as well as many rarities.
[1996, Mono, 78 minutes]

LORELEY (Catalani) - Ah, dunque ei m'amerà [1912]
IL SEGRETO DI SUSANNA (Wolf-Ferrari) - O gioia, la nube [1914]
GIANNI SCHICCHI (Puccini) - O mio babbino caro [1919]
LA BOHÈME (Puccini) - Donde liete uscì [1914, unpublished]
MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Puccini) - Un bel dì vedremo [1913]
MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Puccini) - Tutti i fior (with Braslau) [1918]
L'AMICO FRITZ (Mascagni) - Non mi resta [1923, unpublished]
MEFISTOFELE (Boito) - L'altra notte [1920]
IL TROVATORE (Verdi) - Miserere (with Caruso) [1910, unpublished]
MANON (Massenet) - Obéissons quand leur voix appelle [1912]
O si les fleurs avaient des yeux (Massenet) [1911]
MADELEINE (Herbert) - A perfect day [1914]
SARI (Kalman) - Love's Own Sweet Song [1914]
The Cuckoo (Liza Lehmann) [1911]
Panis Angelicus (Franck) [1914]
The Bells of St. Mary's (Adams) [1926]
Somewhere a Voice is Calling (Newton-Tate) [1926]
MANON LESCAUT (Puccini) - In quelle trine morbide [1928]
MANON LESCAUT (Puccini) - L'ora, o Tirsi [1928]
LA CENA DELLE BEFFE (Giordano) - Sempre così [1925]
LA CENA DELLE BEFFE (Giordano) - Mi chiamo Lisabetta [1926]
Maori Slumber Song (Princess Te Rangi Pai) [1927]
Waiata Maori (Hill) [1927]
Please Keep Out of My Dreams (Nora Bayes-Elsa Maxwell) [1925]

Frances Alda, soprano