VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2398. 11” Brown Praha Odeon 38539/38519 [XV62/Vx497]]. FRÜHLINGSZEIT (Becker) / WLADISLAV FLORIJANSKY [t]. EUGEN ONEGIN: Air (Tschaikowsky). Piano acc. Rare. Speeds 89.7/81.8 rpm, (presuming the key of A). Side one 4-5. Remarkably forward and the graying sounds only a bit. Side one 3-4 (although hardly any graying). Looks considerably worse than it sounds. $50.00. GIUSEPPE PACINI [b]. Firenze, 1862-1910. His debut was in Firenze, 1887, in Verdi’s I due Foscari. In 1895 he appeared at La Scala in the premieres of Mascagni’s Guglielmo Ratcliff and Silvano. Other engagements at La Scala followed, as well as at the Rome Costanzi, 1903 (with Caruso in Aida) and other prominent Italian houses. He also appeared in Mexico and the Phil- lipines. Among the leading baritones of his era, Pacini’s only records were a few for Fonotipia. 9024. 11” Gold SS Fonotipia 39005 [XPh2]. LE ROI DE LAHORE: O casto fior (Massenet). Few MGTs, just about 2. $50.00. REGINA PACINI [s]. Lisbon, 1871-Buenos Aires, 1965. Born of a musical family, Pacini made her debut in 1888 at the San Carlo in Lisbon as Amina in Bellini’s La Sonnambula. She also appeared at La Scala, Covent Garden (with Caruso), Rome, Warsaw and St. Petersburg. In Buenos Aires, 1907, Pacini wed the Argentine Diplomat Marcelo de Alvear and then retired from the stage. From 1922 through 1928 she was first lady of Argentina, her husband having been elected President. Pacini was still living during the reign of another more recognized Argentine presidential wife, Evita Peron. 9060. 11” Fonotipia 39770/39785 [XPh2060/XPh2048]. POVERA MAMMA / APRILE (both Tosti). IMs. Cons. 2. $20.00. 9082. 11” Fonotipia 39772/39785 [XPh2057/XPh2047]. IDEALE / APRILE (both Tosti). Cons. 2. $20.00 9051. 11” Fonotipia 39781/39782 [XPh2050 /XPh2063]. MI PATRIA (Álvarez) / VIDALITÁ [PALOMINO BLANCO] (Cortijo Vidal). Good surfaces. Tiny edge area lbl. tears side two. Cons. 2. $20.00. 3839. 12” Fonotipia 74011/74012 [XXPh ]. SEMIRAMIDE: Bel raggio lusinghier (Rossini) / MIGNON: Io son Titania (Thomas). Piano acc. Labels frayed around the edges. Surfaces just about 1-2. $20.00. LUELLA PAIKIN [s].1896-New York City, 1969. Miss Paikin was a pupil of Marie Brema in England and is described in articles dating from 1925 and 1929 as a protégé of Luisa Tetrazzini, whom she occasionally replaced in concerts whenever the great diva was indisposed. Paikin was popular in England in the 1920s and ‘30s. In the later 1930s she appeared on several U.S. radio broadcasts and sang with the Carl Rosa Opera Company in England in 1940. She ap- pears to have wed Joseph Bernham in New York sometime in the earlier 1940s and settled in New York City. Two brothers were also New York residents, one a noted art dealer who died in 1951. She appears not to have continued her career following the war. Paikin recorded acousticcally for Aeolian-Vocalion and electrically for HMV. 4112. 12” Pink acous. Eng. Vocalion A-0236 [03992/03993X]. LO! HERE THE GENTLE LARK (Bishop) / LA CAPINERA (Benedict). With Ivor Newton [piano], Charles Stainer [flute]. Flake last few grooves side two will tick, otherwise just about 1-2. $12.00. 3384. 12” Pink acous. Eng. Vocalion A-0251 [04064XX/04220]. ROMÉO ET LUELLA PAIKIN arriving in NYC, 1941 JULIETTE: Je veux vivre (Gounod) / MARRIAGE OF FIGARO: Non so più cosa son (Mozart). Small very lt. (harmless) scr., cons. 2. $12.00. 3855. 12” Red elec. HMV DB 1057 [Cc8588-V/Cc10847-III]. ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO: Ah! I loved him (Mozart) / AIR AND VARIATIONS (Proch). Side two with Ivor Newton [pianist] and Gordon Walker [flutist]. Side one with orch. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00. 191 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs JOSÉ PALET [t] 3348. 12” Red acous. Vla 6384. LA DOLORES: Jota (Bretón) / MARINA: Dúo de Marina y Jorge (Arrieta). Side two with MERCEDES FARRY [s]. Valencian soprano Farry had a notable career in Spain in major zarzuela and operatic roles (such as Ophelia in Thomas’Hamlet). She made her U.S. debut in 1922 in concert at Aeolian Hall, NYC. One critic indicated that her programmed coloratura arias were “exceedingly well sung” and that “Mme. Farry exhibited coloratura abilities of a high order. Her scales were sung with admirable clarity”. Cons. 2. $15.00. ROSETTA PAMPANINI [s] 2829. 12” Green acous. Odeon F5568 [XXPh5705/XXPh5708]. OTELLO: Canzone del Salce (Verdi) / IRIS: Aria della piovra (Mascagni). Just about 1-2. $15.00. CHARLES PANZÉRA [b] 1914. 10” PW Blk. Disque Gram. P-795 [BT-4013-II/BT-4019-I]. CHANSON POPULAIRE FRANÇAISE / CHANSON POPULAIRE ESPAGNOLE (both Ravel). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1882. 10” PW Blk. Disque Gram. P-852 [BS4328-II/BS4329-I]. LES ROSES D’ISPAHAN / SOIR (both Fauré). Piano acc. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1915. 10” PW Blk. Disque Gram. P-856 [BT-4011-II/BS4327-II]. LES VIEILLES DE CHEZ NOUS (Levadé) / APRÈS UN RÊVE (Faure). Piano acc. Excellent laminated pressing. Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 1916. 10” PW Plum Disque Gram. K-7550 [OLA-588-I/OLA-589-1]. CHANT DES CROIX DE FEU ET DES VOLONTAIRES NATIONAUX (Claude Delvincourt) [1½ sides] / LE COLONEL DE LA ROCQUE [speaker]. ALLOCUTION (Speech). Small lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 1079. 10” PW Red (gold print) Victor 1892 [OLA-646-1/OLA-648-1]. CHANSON TRISTE / SOUPIR (both Duparc). Piano acc. Magdaleine Panzèra-Baillot. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1919. 10” PW Red Disque Gram. DA 4878 [OLA-641-1/OLA-650-1]. LYDIA / LE PARFUM IMPÉRISSABLE (both Fauré). Piano acc. Mme. Panzèra-Baillot. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1918. 10” PW Red Disque Gram. DA 4887 [OLA-642-1/OLA-649-1]. CLAIR DE LUNE, Op. 46, No. 2 / EN PRIÈRE (both Fauré). Piano acc. Magdeline Panzéra-Baillot. Just about 1-2. $8.00. 1883. 10” VdsM DA 5015 [OLA5111-1/OLA5112-1]. COLLOQUE SENTIMENTAL (Debussy, orch. Beydts) / LE GALOP (Duparc, orch. Decruck). Orch. dir. Jean Fournet. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2582. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB 4820 [2W750-1/2W1263-II]. PHIDYLÉ / LA VAGUE ET LA CLOCHE (both Duparc). Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. Just about 1-2. $10.00. 2581. 12” Red Orth. Vla 7973 [2W673-1/2W685-1]. LA VIE ANTÉRIEURE / L’INVITATION AU VOYAGE (both Duparc). Piano acc. Magdeleine Panzéra. Just about 1-2. $10.00 ANTONIO PAOLI [t]. 1871-Ponce, PR, 1946. Judging from remarks by colleagues who heard him (as quoted in the 1972 article on Paoli by Jesus M. López in The Record Collector, Vol. XXII, Nos. 1-2), Paoli’s must have been one of the most remarkable dramatic tenor voices of his era: “Paoli was one of the greatest dramatic tenors in the world of his time – and of this time, too.” (Lazaro). “Paoli was one of the greatest singing actors I have ever seen in my life.” (Piccaluga). [After “O Paradiso” in l’Africana] “sounded the most stupendous ovation I have heard in my fifty years [as a chorister] at La Scala” [Enrico Neni]. “I sang with Paoli several times. His high notes sounded so loud that to sing with him you had to know the music well, as otherwise you had no chance to hear the orchestra.” [Manfredo Polverosi]. Reported soprano Elvira de Hidalgo, “Let me tell you that during my long life I have not heard a better Otello than his and believe me I have heard a lot of Otellos”. 1759. 10” Red Vr 91080 [10522b]. LE PROPHÈTE: Re del cielo (Meyerbeer). With La Scala Chorus. IMs. Few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $12.00. 2709. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla 92030 [1184c]. AFRICAINE: O Paradiso (Meyerbeer). Just about 1-2. $15.00. 2704. 12” White lbl. vinyl Vla 88240 [1260c]. OTELLO: Dio! mi potevi (Verdi). Piano acc. On his 1922 belated debut performance as Otello at the Academy of Music, the press reported, “Stentorian top notes from the throat of Antonio Paoli provoked tumultuous excitement”. Just about 1-2. $15.00. 192 VOCAL 78 rpm Discs 2974. 12” White lbl. vinyl HMV 052297 [1841½c]. LE CID: Preghiera (Massenet). Just about 1-2. $30.00. ISABELLA PAOLI [s]. Firenze, 1863?–Bologna, 1903. Paoli began her career in 1878 in operetta. Blessed with both beauty and vocal talent, she quickly became a great success. She subsequently appeared in opera, an early performance having been in Valencia, 1889, as Elsa in Lohengrin. Heard in a number of Italian theaters, including the Politeama in Genoa, the Dal Verme in Milano, and the Mercadante in Naples, Paoli gained considerable attention, both for her on stage performances and her prima donna behavior with related scandals and eccentricities. She died as a result of complications following surgery while engaged to sing Gioconda at the Duse Theater in Bologna. Judging from her records, she was one of the great dramatic sopranos of her era. Her four extremely rare records (four Zonophones, one issued with two different takes) were recorded the year of her death. How fascinating it is that we are able to recall through records a voice stilled for over 110 years! 2386. 10” Blk. Disco Zonofono X-1840. TOSCA: Vissi d’arte (Puccini). Lovely singing. One small bump near start, small group of LSSs, rubbs. Somewhat noisy the first inch or so but only a very few lt. grey traces. Gen. 4. $500.00. GRAZIELLA PARETO [s]. Barcelona, 1889-Rome, 1973. Making her debut at the age of sixteen in Barcelona as Micaela in Carmen, Pareto gained quick success.