1: February 24th, 1913
2: February 11th, 1906
3: December 30th, 1912
4: November 6th, 1909
5: March 14th, 1910
6: March 17th, 1907
SIDE 2:
1: November 7th, 1909
2: December 27th, 1911
3: February 20th, 1907
4: February 5th, 1916
5: September 14th, 1920
6: February 11th, 1906
7: January 7th, 1912
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Number:959010 THUMBNAIL Uploaded By:Magic Marmalade Description: Enrico Caruso - The Art Of Caruso - Volume 2 - Front Cover
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ReviewAs can be seen from the back cover notes, these are very old recordings, and as such, sound like they were recorded on very early equipment.... probably just one mic (Equivalent kit of the time).
Caruso's voice is to the fore, with only faintly detectable instrumentation more distant.
Which is Ok, in that it's Caruso's voice you want to hear, but bear that in mind and you'll enjoy these 'atmospheric' recordings of the early twentieth century.
A couple of the tracks have audible hiss on them... Tosca, and Fedora particularly...whether this is the actual recording machine picking up the sound of it's own operation, the quality of the original recording medium, or just ambient noise is difficult to tell, but it doesn't really spoil the experience.
Except in the case of Fedora, which is a slightly wobbly recording, and ends rather abruptly, which leads me to believe that the master for this disc (at least on this track), maybe a straight needle to needle lift from another record.
The vinyl is of course, fantastic here, and just gets out of the way to allow you to hear the original recordings themselves - warts and all.
Lovely sleeve and beautiful labels which someone could find themselves just gazing at for many minutes (ahem) with all that lovely Gold print on the white background.
All makes for a lovely package, and an atmospheric, cosy afternoon's listening.
(This came in at just under an hour of music, about 58 mins.)