Track Listing
| Total time: [79:35] | ||
Gramophone Company, Ltd. | ||
Paris, 1910–1911 | ||
| 1. | HAYDÉE: A la voix séduisante (Auber) | 4:27 |
| 4 November 1911; (02177v) 032224 | ||
| 2. | LA JUIVE: Si la rigueur (Halévy) | 4:18 |
| with Mlle. Cosset, soprano; Bernard Boussagol, bass; and chorus 15 November 1911; (02204v) 034124 |
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| 3. | L’ÉTOILE DU NORD: O jours heureux (Meyerbeer) | 3:13 |
| 4 July 1910; (15892u) 4-32090 | ||
| 4. | FAUST: Jusqu’aux premiers feux du matin [La nuit de Walpurgis] (Gounod) | 3:55 |
| 29 November 1910; (01755v) 032175 | ||
| 5. | MIGNON: Berceuse (A. Thomas) | 3:29 |
| 4 July 1910; (15891u) 4-30289 | ||
| 6. | LE CAÏD: Le Tambour-major (A. Thomas) | 4:07 |
| 4 November 1911; (02178v) 032218 | ||
| 7. | LAKMÉ: Lakmé, ton doux regard (Delibes) | 3:37 |
| 2 October 1911; (02100v) 032210 | ||
| 8. | SIGURD: Odin, dieu farouche (Reyer) | 2:55 |
| 15 November 1911; (02205v) 032226 | ||
| 9. | HÉRODIADE: J’ai souvent contemplé ton astre (Massenet) | 4:11 |
| with Suzanne Brohly, mezzo-soprano 27 January 1911; (01857v) 034094 |
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| 10. | LOUISE: De son coeur j’ai calmé la fièvre [Berceuse] (Charpentier) | 3:38 |
| 10 July 1911; (01975v) 032203 | ||
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. | ||
Four-minute wax cylinders, Paris, ca. 1912 | ||
| 11. | Prière [Adaptation of Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068] (Bach) | 4:09 |
| 17122 | ||
| 12. | GALATHÉE: Tristes amours (Massé) | 3:58 |
| 17102 | ||
| 13. | GALATHÉE: Aimons, il faut aimer (Massé) | 4:29 |
| with Rose Heilbronner, soprano BA 27098 |
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French Odeon | ||
Paris, 1928 and 1929 | ||
| 14. | LES HUGUENOTS: Piff, paff (Meyerbeer) | 3:53 |
| 20 September 1928; (XXP 6711) 123.567 | ||
| 15. | PHILÉMON ET BAUCIS: Au bruit des lourds marteaux d’airain [Couplets de Vulcain] (Gounod) | 3:17 |
| 24 May 1929;(KI 2426) A 188664 | ||
| 16. | PHILÉMON ET BAUCIS: Que les songes heureux [Air de Jupiter] (Gounod) | 2:53 |
| 24 May 1929; (KI 2424) A 188664 | ||
| 17. | ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Dieu qui fit l’homme à ton image (Gounod) | 3:58 |
| 19 September 1928; (XXP 6709) 123.566 | ||
| 18. | LA REINE DE SABA: Sous les pieds d’une femme (Gounod) | 7:19 |
| 25 May 1929; (XXP 6904/XXP 6905); 123.654 | ||
| 19. | HAMLET: C’est en vain (A. Thomas) | 4:01 |
| 19 September 1928; (XXP 6710) 123.566 | ||
| 20. | LA JOLIE FILLE DE PERTH: Quand la flamme de l’amour (Bizet) | 3:39 |
| 27 May 1929; (XXP 6910) 123.655 | ||
All tracks sung in French. | ||
All tracks with orchestral accompaniment. | ||
Tracks 14-20 with the orchestra of the Paris Opéra-Comique, conducted by Gustave Cloez. | ||
Marston would like to thank Luc Bourrousse, J. Neil Forster, Lawrence F. Holdridge, Peter Lack, and David Mason for their help in producing this issue.
Producer: Ward Marston
Audio Conservaton: Ward Marston
Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi
