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THIS DOCUMENT IS COMPILED by ROBERT JOHANNESSON, Fader THIS DOCUMENT IS COMPILED BY ROBERT JOHANNESSON, Fader Gunnars väg 11, S-291 65 Kristianstad, Sweden and published on my website www.78opera.com It is a very hard work for me to compile it (as a hobby), so if you take information from it, mention my website, please! The discographies will be updated about four times a year. Additions and completitions are always welcome! Contact me: [email protected] YAW, Ellen Beach 1869, 14/9 - 1947, 9/9. Soprano. Berliner Victor, USA 1907-09-23 - C4827-1 Perle du Brésil (David): Charmant oiseau unpubl - C4828-1 My old Kentucky home (Foster) unpubl Victor, USA 1907-09-24 C4827-2 Perle du Brésil (David): Charmant oiseau (77.43) (Eng) AGSB66 - C4827-3 d:o unpubl - C4827-4 d:o unpubl C4829-1 Il Re Pastore (Mozart): L'amerò sarò costante (77.43) 74091, 053167 - C4830-1 Noces de Jeannette (Massé): Air du rossignol unpubl C4830-2 d:o (77.43) 74092, AGSB202 - C4831-1 Lakmé (Delibes): Où va la jeune Hindoue unpubl - B4832-1 Swiss echo song (Eckert) (w. orch) unpubl B4832-2 d:o (77.43) 64079, 3753 - C4833-1 The star-spangled banner (Key) unpubl Victor, USA 1907-09-25 - C4828-2 My old Kentucky home (Foster) unpubl C4831-2 Lakmé (Delibes): Où va la jeune Hindoue (77.43) 74090 - C4833-2 The star-spangled banner (Key) (77.43) unpubl (test exists) - C4833-3 d:o unpubl C4834-1 Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Ardon gl'incensi AGSB66, HRS1026 - C4834-2 d:o unpubl (test exists) - C4835-1 Timbre d'Argent (Saint-Saëns): Le Bonheur est chose légère unpubl C4835-2 d:o (78.26) AGSB202, HRS1026 - B4836-1 Manon Lescaut (Auber): Eclat de rire (w. piano) (78.26) unpubl (test exists) - B4836-2 d:o (78.26) unpubl (test exists) - B4837-1 Swiss echo song (Eckert) (w. piano) unpubl Edison, New York 1913-04? The Skylark (Yaw) 82049, rr: IRCC - Mignon (Thomas): Polonaise unpubl Keen-O-Phone (Rex, Rishell, McKinley), USA 1913? Mignon (Thomas): Polonaise 50001, rr: IRCC Skylark (Yaw) 50002 Annie Laurie (Scott) 50003? Martha (Flotow): The last rose of summer ? Comin' thro' the rye (trad) ? HMV, 1937 Spring's invitation (Yaw) rr: Herrold 4000 Mireille (Gounod): O légère hirondelle (w. piano) rr: Herrold 4000 YERSHOV, Ivan Vasilievich 1867, 8/11 (20/11), Alekseyevka Rostov - 1943, 21/11, Tashkent. Tenor. Debut 1891 St Petersburg. G&T, St. Petersburg 1903 1. 94y Huguenots (Meyerbeer): Plus blanche 022011 2. 95y Prophète (Meyerbeer): Pour Berthe; Versez! que tout respire (Pasto- rale & Brindisi) (72) 022012 3. 96y Siegfried (Wagner): Hoho! Ho-hei! (Forging scene) 022034 4. 97y Songs and Dances of Death (Moussorgsky): Death of Field-Marshal 022044 5. 98y O child, beneath thy window (Tchaikovsky) 022035 6. 99y Sailors (Villebois) (w. Sharonov) 024000 Columbia, St. Petersburg 1903/1904 7. 35469 Prophète (Meyerbeer): Pour Berthe; Versez! que tout respire (Pasto- rale & Brindisi) 35469 8. 35470 Otello (Verdi): Ora e per sempre addio 35470 9. 35472 Tannhäuser (Wagner): Dir töne Lob (act 1); Dir, Göttin der Liebe (act 2) 35472 10. 35473 Siegfried (Wagner): Hoho! Ho-hei! (Forging scene) 35473 YORKE, Helen Soprano. Pathé, London 1918? Lass with the delicate air (Arne) 1356 O, little songs (Silberta) 1356 Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Una voce poco fa 59088, Act 025067, 11506 Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Mad scene 59088, Act 025067, 11506 Perle du Brésil (David): Charmant oiseau 59091 Lo, here the gentle lark (Bishop) 59091 YOUNG, John (pseud: ANTHONY, Harry) Tenor. Columbia, New York 1906 30047-1 Looking this way (van De Venter) (w. Wheeler, as Anthony & Harrison) 30047, A5035, A5776, D16548, Rena 144, 178, Std 1227 30056-1 Just for tonight (French) (w. Wheeler) unpubl 30056-2/M-77-2 d:o (as Anthony & Harrison) 30056, A5029, D16548, Rena 151, Std 1228 30056-3/M-77-3 d:o 30056, A5029, D16548, Rena 151, Std 1228 30057-1/M78-1 Will there be any stars in my crown? (Sweeney-Will) (w. Wheeler, as Anthony & Harrison) 30057, A5036, A5315, Rena 144, Std 1221, Are A1221, BsB T1221, LK 90004 Edison 2-min cylinders, New York 1909? 9952 Trovatore (Verdi): Miserere (w. Hinkle) 9952 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1909/1910 53 Trovatore (Verdi): Miserere (w. Hinkle) 53 Trovatore (Verdi): Home to our mountains (w. Jordan) BA 652 Sirens (-): Music caressing of violins (w. Jordan & Spencer) BA 876 Edison, New York 1913? Trovatore (Verdi): Home to our mountains (w. Kimball) 82516 Columbia, New York 1925-09-17 W140949-1 Almost persuaded (Bliss) (w. Wheeler, as Anthony & Harrison) unpubl W140949-2 d:o 611-D W140949-3 d:o unpubl W140950-1 Softly and tenderly (Thompson) (w. Wheeler, as Anthony & Harrison) unpubl W140950-2 d:o 611-D W140950-3 d:o 611-D YUDIN, S P Tenor. Pathé, St Petersburg 1912/1913 21204 Manon (Massenet): Air de Des Grieux 21204 21205 Rigoletto (Verdi): Ballata del Duca 21205 21206 Dear little child, my pet (Gretchaninov) 21206 21207 O Lord, how good (Amani) 21207 21208 Who will return to me? (Podgoretsky) 21208 21209 Es war ein Traum (Lassen) 21209 21210 Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov): Song of the Indian guest 21210 21212 Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni): Siciliana 21212 21213 Rigoletto (Verdi): Canzonetta del Duca 21213 YUZHIN, David Khristoforovich 1868 - 1923. Tenor. G&T, Moskva 1902? Fra Diavolo (Auber): Barcarolle 22735 (7") 1913B Rigoletto (Verdi): Questa o quella 22736 (7") Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Un tal gioco 22737 (7") Song of Spring (Bleichmann) 22738 (7") 1916B Trovatore (Verdi): Aria 22739 (7") Jocelyn (Godard): Berceuse (date?) 22792 (7") 519x Halka (Moniuszko): Aria 22818 520x Prophète (Meyerbeer): Pour Bertha 22819 521x Huguenots (Meyerbeer): Aria 22848 522x Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky): Aria 22849 523x Trovatore (Verdi): Romance 22850 531x With the sweet scent of lilac (Plotnikov) 22851 532x Whenever I knew (Kosslov) 22853 533x Faust (Gounod): Salut, demeure 22854 534x Carmen (Bizet): La fleur unpubl 534½x d:o 22855 556x Prince Igor (Borodin): Air of Vladimir 22886 557x May Night (Rimsky-Korsakov): Air of Levko 22887 558x Aida (Verdi): Celeste Aida 22888 559x Gioconda (Ponchielli): Air 22889 1449B Fra Diavolo (Auber): Barcarolle 22935 (7") Roméo et Juliette (Gounod): Ah! lève-toi, soleil 22943 (7") Your ardent image attrached me (Brangen) 22944 (7") G&T, St Petersburg 1903 114y Mignon (Thomas): Elle ne croyait pas 022047 115y Mignon (Thomas): Adieu, Mignon 022026 116y Trovatore (Verdi): Deserto sulla terra & Miserere 022027 117y Trovatore (Verdi): Di quella pira 022017 118y I am from a dark grove (trad) 022028 119y Your pretty little head (trad); Your image attracts me with passion (trad) 022029 120y Martha (Flotow): Aria 022030 121y Favorita (Donizetti): Una vergine 022018 122y Faust (Gounod): Salut demeure (Cavatine) 022019 123y Mefistofele (Boito): Two arias 022020 Pathé cylindres & discs, Moskva 1904? 20247 Rigoletto (Verdi): La donna è mobile 20247 20916 If I knew (Koslov) 20916 21013 Serenade (Ivanov) 21013 21860 Soft odor of lilacs (Plotnikov) 21860 21861 Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet): Romance de Nadir 21861 21862 Huguenots (Meyerbeer): Arioso - Entrée de Raoul 21862 21864 Werther (Massenet): Romance de Werther 21864 21900 Huguenots (Meyerbeer): Duo Valentine et Raoul (w. Yuzhina- Ermolenko) 21900 21901 Faust (Gounod): Duo, act 3 (w. Yuzhina-Ermolenko) 21901 21902 Do not tempt me needlessly (Glinka) (w. Yuzhina-Ermolenko) 21902 21903 Aida (Verdi): Duo, act 1 (w. Yuzhina-Ermolenko) 21903 21904 Aida (Verdi): Duo, act 2 (w. Yuzhina-Ermolenko) 21904 21905 Dubrovsky (Napravnik): Duet Masha and Vladimir (w. Yuzhina- Ermolenko) 21905 Gramophone, Moskva 1908 7188L Aida (Verdi): Fuggiam gli ardori (w. Yuzhina-Ermolenko) 2-24023 7189L Gioconda (Ponchielli): Cielo e mar 3-22775, 4-22561, P193 7190L Huguenots (Meyerbeer): Duet, act 4 (w. Yuzhina-Ermolenko) 2-24024 7192L Werther (Massenet): O Nature 3-22776 7193L Prophète (Meyerbeer): Pour Bertha 3-22777 7194L Do not tempt me (Glinka) (w. Yuzhina-Ermolenko) 2-24025 7195L Night was flying (Grodsky) (w. Yuzhina-Ermolenko) 2-24026 7196L Mefistofele (Boito): Lontano, lontano (w. Yuzhina-Ermolenko) 2-24027 7199L Aida (Verdi): Celeste Aida 3-22778 - 7202L Carmen (Bizet): Je suis Escamillo (w. Kamionsky) unpubl 7202½L d:o 2-24028 7211L (7217?) Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns): Arrêtez, o mes frères (w. chorus) 3-22781, 4-22562, P193 339m Aida (Verdi): Pur ti riveggo (w. Yuzhina-Ermolenko) 024029 Gramophone, Moskva 7058r Boris Godounov (Moussorgsky): O Tsarevich, I implore thee (w. Yuzhina-Ermolenko) 2-24090 YUZHINA - ERMOLENKO, Natalia Stepanova 1881 - 1937. Soprano. Pathé cylinders & discs, Moskva 1904? 21870 Pikova Dama (Tchaikovsky): Lisa's air 21870 21871 Mazeppa (Tchaikovsky): Cradle song 21871 21872 Tosca (Puccini): Aria della Tosca 21872 21873 Life for the Tsar (Glinka): Antonida's air 21873 21874 Faust (Gounod): Air de Marguerite 21874 21900 Huguenots (Meyerbeer): Duo de Valentine et Raoul (w. Yuzhin) 21900 21901 Faust (Gounod): Duo, act 3 (w. Yuzhin) 21901 21902 Do not tempt me needlessly Glinka) (w. Yuzhin) 21902 21903 Aida (Verdi): Duetto, act 1 (w. Yuzhin) 21903 21904 Aida (Verdi): Duetto, act 2 (w. Yuzhin) 21904 21905 Dubrovsky (Napravnik): Duet Masha and Vladimir (w. Yuzhin) 21905 Gramophone, Moskva 1908 7186L Enchantress (Tchaikovsky): Where art thou, my beloved? 2-23308 7187L Aida (Verdi): O patria mia 2-23309 7188L Aida (Verdi): Fuggiam gli ardori (w. Yuzhin) 2-24023 7190L Huguenots (Meyerbeer): Duet, act 4 (w. Yuzhin) 2-24024 7191L Rogneda (Serov): The blue sea moaned 2-23310 7194L Do not tempt me (Glinka) (w. Yuzhin) 2-24025 7195L Night was flying (Grodsky) (w. Yuzhin) 2-24026 7196L Mefistofele (Boito): Lontano, lontano (w. Yuzhin) 2-24027 7197L Mazeppa (Tchaikovsky): Cradle song 2-23311 7198L Sapho (Gounod): Stances 2-23312 7200L Pikova Dama (Tchaikovsky): Ah, I am weary 2-23313 7201L Gioconda (Ponchielli): Suicidio 2-23314 338m Aida (Verdi): Su dunque, sorgete (w. Kamionsky) 024028 339m Aida (Verdi): Pur ti riveggo (w.
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