MUZIO, Claudia: Complete Pathe Recordings 1917-1918

After joining the Metropolitan Opera in 1916, Claudia Muzio (1889–1936) became the company’s leading soprano and Caruso’s most frequent partner. Her Pathé recordings were made at the height of her career in New York, and include selections from her most well-known rôles, many of which she never recorded again. Among these are Ritorna vincitor and O patria mia (from Verdi’s Aida), Ave Maria (from Verdi’s Otello), Suicidio! (from Ponchielli’s La Gioconda), Depuis le jour (from Charpentier’s Louise), Quando me’n vo (from Puccini’s La Bohème), Ancora un passo and Un bel dì (from Puccini’s Madama Butterfly), In quelle trine morbide (from Puccini’s Manon Lescaut) and O mio babbino caro (from Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi). In addition to the complete Pathé recordings, this 2-CD set includes four previously unpublished titles made for the Edison Company in the early 1920s.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Puccini, Giacomo
Oliva, Domenico - Lyricist
Illica, Luigi - Lyricist
1 Manon Lescaut, Act II: In quelle trine morbide 02:30
Puccini, Giacomo
Illica, Luigi - Lyricist
Giacosa, Giuseppe - Lyricist
2 Tosca, Act II: Vissi d'arte 03:02
Verdi, Giuseppe
Cammarano, Salvadore - Lyricist
3 Il trovatore, Act I: Tacea la notte placida 03:21
Leoncavallo, Ruggero
Leoncavallo, Ruggero - Lyricist
4 Pagliacci, Act I: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo!, "Ballatella" 03:30
Ponchielli, Amilcare
Gorrio, Tobia - Lyricist
5 La Gioconda, Act IV: Suicidio! 03:35
Verdi, Giuseppe
Boito, Arrigo - Lyricist
6 Otello, Act IV: Ave Maria, piena di grazia 03:32
Olivieri, Dino
Mercantini, Luigi - Lyricist
7 Inno di Garibaldi 02:34
Verdi, Giuseppe
Somma, Antonio - Lyricist
8 Canzone guerresca 01:41
Thomas, Ambroise
Carré, Michel - Lyricist
Barbier, Jules - Lyricist
9 Mignon, Act I: Non conosci il ben suo! (Connais-tu le pays?) 03:08
Sanderson, Wilfred Ernest
Teschemacher, Edward - Lyricist
10 Madama Butterfly, Act I: Ancora un passo 02:50
Verdi, Giuseppe
Ghislanzoni, Antonio - Lyricist
11 Aida, Act I: Ritorna vincitor 05:59
Puccini, Giacomo
Giacosa, Giuseppe - Lyricist
Illica, Luigi - Lyricist
12 La bohème, Act I: Si. Mi chiamano Mimi 03:44
Giordano, Umberto
Simoni, Renato - Lyricist
13 Madame Sans-Gene, Act II: Che me ne faccio del vostro castello? 03:19
Boito, Arrigo
Boito, Arrigo - Lyricist
14 Mefistofele, Act III: L'altra notte in fondo al mare 03:33
Catalani, Alfredo
Illica, Luigi - Lyricist
15 La Wally, Act I: Ebben? Ne andro lontana 02:56
Verdi, Giuseppe
Piave, Francesco Maria - Lyricist
16 La forza del destino, Act IV: Pace, pace, mio Dio 03:58
Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno
Golisciani, Enrico - Lyricist
17 Il segreto di Susanna: O gioia la nube leggera 03:54
Verdi, Giuseppe
Ghislanzoni, Antonio - Lyricist
18 Aida, Act III: O patria mia 02:52
Puccini, Giacomo
Illica, Luigi - Lyricist
Giacosa, Giuseppe - Lyricist
19 Madama Butterfly, Act II: Un bel di vedremo 03:24
Verdi, Giuseppe
Piave, Francesco Maria - Lyricist
20 La traviata, Act III: Attendo, attendo … Addio del passato 03:06
Mascagni, Pietro
Menasci, Guido - Lyricist
Targioni-Tozzetti, Giovanni - Lyricist
21 Cavalleria rusticana: Voi lo sapete 03:19
Disc 2
Rossini, Gioachino
Jouy, Victor Joseph Etienne de - Lyricist
Bis, Hippolyte-Louis-Florent - Lyricist
1 Guillaume Tell, Act II: Selva opaca (Sombre foret) 02:52
Braga, Gaetano
Marcello, Marco Marcelliano - Lyricist
2 The Angel's Serenade, "Leggenda valacca", "La serenata" 03:24
Offenbach, Jacques
Barbier, Jules - Lyricist
3 Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act II: Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour, "Barcarolle" 02:33
Verdi, Giuseppe
Cammarano, Salvadore - Lyricist
4 Il trovatore, Act IV: D'amor sull'ali rosee 02:55
Charpentier, Gustave
Favart, Charles-Simon - Lyricist
5 Louise, Act III: Depuis le jour 03:26
Bizet, Georges
Halévy, Ludovic - Lyricist
Meilhac, Henri - Lyricist
6 Carmen, Act III: Je dis que rien ne m'epouvante 03:33
Massenet, Jules
Meilhac, Henri - Lyricist
Gille, Philippe - Lyricist
7 Manon, Act III: Obeissons, quand leur voix appelle, "Gavotte" 02:40
Verdi, Giuseppe
Somma, Antonio - Lyricist
8 Un ballo in maschera, Act II: Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa 03:17
Delibes, Léo
Musset, Alfred de - Lyricist
9 Good Morning, Sue! (Bonjour, Suzon!) 02:54
Sanderson, Wilfred Ernest
Teschemacher, Edward - Lyricist
10 Until 02:08
Puccini, Giacomo
Forzano, Giovacchino - Lyricist
11 Suor Angelica: Senza mamma 03:00
12 Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro 02:28
Verdi, Giuseppe
Scribe, Augustin-Eugène - Lyricist
Duveyrier, Charles - Lyricist
13 I vespri siciliani, Act V: Merce, dilette amiche, "Bolero" 03:05
Verdi, Giuseppe
Piave, Francesco Maria - Lyricist
14 Ernani, Act I: Surta e la notte … Ernani, involami 03:23
Puccini, Giacomo
Giacosa, Giuseppe - Lyricist
Illica, Luigi - Lyricist
15 La bohème, Act II: Quando m'en vo' soletta, "Musetta's Waltz" 02:26
Roxas, Emanuele de
16 O ben tornato, amore 02:36
Buzzi-Peccia, Arturo
17 Baciami! 02:29
Burleigh, Henry Thacker
Stanton, Frank Lebby - Lyricist
18 Jean 02:50
Mascheroni, Angelo
Mazzoni, P. - Lyricist
19 For All Eternity 03:42
Donaudy, Stefano
Donaudy, Alberto - Lyricist
20 O del mio amato ben 03:49
Buzzi-Peccia, Arturo
21 Torna, amore 03:23
22 Mon jardin 03:52

Total Playing Time: 02:16:32