Enrico Caruso discography

The following discography is a work in progress. Currently it contains all known published recordings by Enrico Caruso made through 1904 and some from his early years recording for the Victor Talking Machine Company in the United States. The recordings are listed chronologically by recording date, title, composer and matrix number. A list of unpublished recordings follows the main discography. When more than one "take" was recorded for a selection, only the published take number appears after the matrix number; occasionally, multiple takes of the same selection have been issued. If only one take was recorded, no take number is listed after the matrix number. Matrix numbers should not be confused with catalog numbers.

Recordings
Matrix number Company Location Date Composer Work With Notes
1782 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-04-11 Franchetti Germania: Studenti! Udite Salvatore Cottone, on the piano.
1783 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-04-11 Verdi Rigoletto: Questa o quella Salvatore Cottone, p
1784 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-04-11 Verdi Aïda: Celeste Aïda Salvatore Cottone, p
1785 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-04-11 Massenet Manon: Chiudo gli occhi (Il sogno) Salvatore Cottone, p
1786 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-04-11 Donizetti L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima Salvatore Cottone, p
1787 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-04-11 Boito Mefistofele: Giunto sul passo estremo Salvatore Cottone, p
1788 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-04-11 Franchetti Germania: No, non ciuder gli occhi vaghi Salvatore Cottone, p
1789 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-04-11 Boito Mefistofele: Dai campi, dai prati Salvatore Cottone, p
1790 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-04-11 Puccini Tosca: E lucevan le stelle Salvatore Cottone, p
1791 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-04-11 Mascagni Iris: Apri la tua finestra (serenata) Salvatore Cottone, p
2871 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-11-30 Boito Mefistofele: Dai campi, dai prati Salvatore Cottone, p
2872 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-11-30 Giordano Fedora: Amor ti vieta Salvatore Cottone, p
2873 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-11-30 Verdi Aïda: Celeste Aïda Salvatore Cottone, p
2874 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-11-30 Ponchielli Gioconda: Cielo e mar Salvatore Cottone, p
2875 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-11-30 Leoncavallo Pagliacci: Recitar...Vesti la giubba Salvatore Cottone, p
2876 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-11-30 Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana: O Lola (Siciliana) Salvatore Cottone, p
2877 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-11-30 Denza Non t'amo più Salvatore Cottone, p
2879 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-12 Tosti La mia canzone Salvatore Cottone, p
2880 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-12 Cilea Adriana Lecouvreur: No, piú nobile Cilea, p
2882 Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1902-12 Denza Luna fedel Salvatore Cottone, p
X-1550 Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. Milan 1903-04-19 Trimarchi Un bacio ancora unknown, p
X-1551 Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. Milan 1903-04-19 Denza Luna fedel unknown, p
X-1552 Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. Milan 1903-04-19 Donizetti L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima unknown, p
X-1553 Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. Milan 1903-04-19 Puccini Tosca: E lucevan le stelle unknown, p
X-1554 Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. Milan 1903-04-19 Franchetti Germania: No, non ciuder gli occhi vaghi unknown, p
X-1555 Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. Milan 1903-04-19 Verdi Rigoletto: La donna è mobile unknown, p
X-1556 Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. Milan 1903-04-19 Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana: O Lola (Siciliana) unknown, p
84003 Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. Milan 1903-10 Pini-Corsi Tu non mi vuoi piu ben unknown, p
84004 Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. Milan 1903-10 Puccini Tosca: E lucevan le stelle unknown, p
84006 Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. Milan 1903-10 Meyerbeer Gli Uginotti: Qui sotto il ciel unknown, p
B994 Victor Talking Machine Co. Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY 1904-02-01 Verdi Rigoletto: Questa o quella unknown, p
B995 Victor Talking Machine Co. Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY 1904-02-01 Verdi Rigoletto: La donna è mobile unknown, p
B996, C996 Victor Talking Machine Co. Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY 1904-02-01 Donizetti L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima unknown, p
C997 Victor Talking Machine Co. Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY 1904-02-01 Verdi Aïda: Celeste Aïda unknown, p
B998 Victor Talking Machine Co. Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY 1904-02-01 Puccini Tosca: E lucevan le stelle unknown, p
B999 Victor Talking Machine Co. Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY 1904-02-01 Puccini Tosca: Recondita armonia unknown, p
B1000 Victor Talking Machine Co. Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY 1904-02-01 Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana: O Lola (Siciliana) unknown, p
B1001-1 Victor Talking Machine Co. Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY 1904-02-01 Massenet Manon: Chiudo gli occhi (Il sogno) unknown, p unpublished
B1002 Victor Talking Machine Co. Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY 1904-02-01 Leoncavallo Pagliacci: Recitar...Vesti la giubba unknown, p
B1001-2 Victor Talking Machine Co. Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY 1904-02-09 Leoncavallo Manon: Chiudo gli occhi (Il sogno) unknown, p
268-i Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1904-04-08 Bizet Pêcheurs de perle: Mi par d'udir Salvatore Cottone, p
2181-h Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. Milan 1904-04-08 Leoncavallo Mattinata Leoncavallo, p [1]
C2340 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1905-02-27 Donizetti Don Pasquale: Serenata: Com'e gentil Orch.
C2341 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1905-02-27 Bizet Carmen: Il fior che avevi a me tu dato Orch.
C2342 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1905-02-27 Meyerbeer Gli Uginotti: Bianca al par di neve alpina Orch.
C2343 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1905-02-27 Ponchielli Gioconda: Cielo e mar Orch.
C2344 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1905-02-27 Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana: Viva il vino spumeggiante (brindisi di Turiddu) Orch.
C3100 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1906-02-11 Flotow Martha: M'appari tutt' amor Orch.
C3101 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1906-02-11 Puccini Bohème: Che gelida manina Orch.
C3102 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1906-02-11 Gounod Faust: Salut! demeure chaste et pure Orch.
B3103 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1906-02-11 Verdi Il Trovatore: Di quella pira Orch.
C3104 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1906-02-11 Donizetti Favorita: Spirito gentil, ne sogni miei Orch.
C3179 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1906-03-13 Verdi Forza del Destino: Solenne in quest'ora Scotti
C3180 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1906-03-13 Verdi Aïda: Celeste Aïda Orch. not issued but test exists
C4159 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1906-12-30 Barthélemy Triste ritorno Orch.
C4160-1 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1906-12-30 Meyerbeer Africaine: O Paradiso Orch. unpublished
C4161-1 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1906-12-30 Giordano Andrea Chénier: Un dì all'azzurro Orch. unpublished
C4162 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1906-12-30 Tosti Ideale Orch.
C4160-2 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1907-02-20 Meyerbeer Africaine: O Paradiso Orch.
C4259 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1907-02-20 Verdi Rigoletto: Bella figlia dell'amore Bessie Abott, Louise Homer, Antonio Scotti
C4315 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1907-03-17 Puccini Bohème: O Mimì, tu più Antonio Scotti
C4316 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1907-03-17 Giordano Andrea Chénier: Un dì all'azzurro Orch.
C4317 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1907-03-17 Leoncavallo Pagliacci: Recitar...Vesti la giubba Orch.
C4326-1 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1907-03-24 Puccini Bohème: O soave fanciulla Nellie Melba
C4327 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1907-03-24 Bizet Pêcheurs de perles: Del tempio al limitar Mario Ancona
C4326-3 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1907-04-01 Puccini Bohème: O soave fanciulla Nellie Melba unpublished
C5008 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1908-01-10 Donizetti Don Sebastiano: Deserto in terra Orch.
C5009 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1908-01-10 Barthélemy Adorables tourments Orch.
C5010-1 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1908-01-10 Bizet Pêcheurs de perles: Je crois entendre encore Orch. unpublished
C5052-1 Victor Talking Machine Co. NY 1908-02-03 Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor: Chi mi frena Marcella Sembrich, Gina Severina, Antonio Scotti, Marcel Journet, Francesco Daddi unpublished
Verdi Rigoletto: Bella figlia dell'amore Marcella Sembrich, Jacoby, Antonio Scotti unpublished

Victor Talking Machine Company
Enrico Caruso with a Victrola phonograph.

10 January 1908
  • Don Sebastiano (Donizetti) In terra solo C5008
  • Adorables tourments (Barthélemy) C5009
  • I Pescatori di Perles (Bizet) Mi par d'udir ancora C5010 [status unknown]

3 February 1908
  • Lucia Di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Chi mi freni with Francesco Daddi, Marcel Journet, Antonio Scotti, Marcella Sembrich, Gina Severina C5052
  • Rigoletto (Verdi) Bella figlia dell' amore with Josephine Jacoby, Antonio Scotti, Marcella Sembrich, Gina Severina C5053 [status unknown]

19 December 1908
  • Faust (Gounod) Alerte! Alerte! with Geraldine Farrar and Félix Vieuille C6679 [destroyed][2]
  • Faust (Gounod) Que voulez-vous, Messieurs? with Emilio de Gogorza, Félix Vieuille C6681 [destroyed][3]
  • Il trovatore (Verdi) Mal reggendo all'aspro assalto with Louise Homer C6682

6 January 1910
  • Faust (Gounod) Il se fait tard with Geraldine Farrar C8533
  • Faust (Gounod) Eternelle with Geraldine Farrar C8534

12 January 1910
  • Faust (Gounod) Mon coeur est pénétré d'epouvante with Geraldine Farrar C8542
  • Faust (Gounod) Attends! Voici la rue with Geraldine Farrar C8543
  • Faust (Gounod) Seigneur Dieu! with Geraldine Farrar, Marcel Journet, Gabrielle Lejeune-Gilibert C8544
  • Faust (Gounod) Prison scene, part III with Geraldine Farrar, Marcel Journet C8545
  • Faust (Gounod) Eh quoi, toujours seule with Geraldine Farrar, Marcel Journet, Gabrielle Lejeune-Gilibert C8547

16 January 1910
  • Faust (Gounod) O merveille! with Marcel Journet C8555
  • Faust (Gounod) Que voulez-vous, messieurs? with Marcel Journet, Antonio Scotti C8556

25 January 1917
  • Rigoletto (Verdi) Bella figlia dell'amor with Amelita Galli-Curci, Flora Perini and Giuseppe De Luca

16 April 1918
  • A la luz de la luna with de Gogorza C-21773
  • Sei Morta Nella Vita Mia (Costa) C-21774 (not released commercially)

References
  1. Caruso, Dorothy (1945): Enrico Caruso: his life and death. Simon and Schuster, NY: p 297
  2. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200007633/C-6679-Alerte_Alerte
  3. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200007635/C-6681-Que_voulez-vous_Messieurs

Bibliography
  • John Richard Bolig, Caruso Records: A History and Discography, Mainspring Press, 2002 ISBN 0967181933.
  • Pekka Gronow, Ilpo Saunio, International History of the Recording Industry, Continuum, 1999 ISBN 030470590X.
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