Appendix
A Discography of Marjorie Lawrence’s Recordings

Listed below are all the recordings of Marjorie Lawrence singing and speaking that came to my attention during research for this book. They are arranged by composer (in alphabetical order), with the spoken recordings listed at the end. Where a piece was recorded more than once, the versions are listed chronologically according to the recording dates.

Most of the recordings (issued and unissued) listed here are held in either the Marjorie Lawrence Papers at the University of Southern Illinois at Carbondale; the archives of the companies which recorded them; the Archives of the Metropolitan Opera, New York; the New York Public Library; or the Schlesinger Listening Library, San Diego Opera. The majority of these recordings, including most of the CD reissues, are not available commercially at the time of publication, but some can be heard on the internet and all warrant searching out in used copies.

I make no claims as to the completeness of this discography. There may be other private or pirate recordings of Marjorie in institutions around the world or in the hands of lucky individuals and no one will be happier than I if it is found that I have inadvertently missed some, and further recordings come to light to broaden our knowledge and enhance our enjoyment of Marjorie’s art.

Readers may note some discrepancies between this and earlier published discographies. Where questions of dates, locations, repertoire and assisting artists have arisen, Marjorie’s first-hand accounts and diary entries have been used as the preferred source.

ADAMS, Steven

‘The Holy City’

Performed with the Bell Telephone Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Donald Voorhees and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Bell Telephone Hour, New York, 27 August 1945.

ARNE, Thomas

‘Rule Britannia!’

1. Recorded with Raymond Lambert (piano) in Sydney, 22 September 1944 and issued on Columbia (Australia) 10-inch, 78 rpm disc, LO 68.
2. see under Grainger.

BALFE, Michael

‘Killarney’

Recorded with Ivor Newton (piano) in Kingsway Hall, London, 5 July 1946. Never issued.

BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van

‘In questa tomba oscura’

Recorded with piano (pianist unidentified) in Melbourne, October (?) 1928. Issued privately on Vocalion 10-inch, pink label, 80 rpm disc, PR17 and reissued on LP Unique Opera Records Corp., UORC248.

BENJAMIN, Arthur

‘From San Domingo’

Performed with the Bell Telephone Orchestra conducted by Donald Voorhees and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Bell Telephone Hour, New York, 11 February 1946.

BIZET, Georges

Carmen: Act II Complete (as Carmen)

Broadcast of a public performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 31 October 1940 with Raoul Jobin (Don José); Ezio Pinza (Escamillo); Thelma Votipka (Frasquita); Alice Avakian (Mercedes); Lorenzo Alvary (Zuniga); George Cehanovsky (Dancairo); Alessio de Paolis (Remendado) and the chorus and orchestra of the San Francisco Opera, conducted by Gaetano Merola. Issued on CD San Francisco Opera Gems, Vol. 1, Guild, GHCD 2238-39-40.

Carmen: Act III Extract (as Carmen)

‘Ecoute, écoute, compagnon, écoute! … Fortune ! Amour ! (from the beginning of the Act to Carmen’s entry in the card scene) with Jan Kiepura (Don José); Florence Kirk (Frasquita); Elizabeth Brown (Mercedes); unidentified tenor (Dancairo) and the chorus and orchestra of the St Louis Grand Opera Association, conducted by László Hálasz.

NBC Broadcast from the Municipal Auditorium, St Louis, 25 April 1940.

BOHM, Carl

‘Still wie die nacht’ (‘Calm as the night’) (Sung in English)

Recorded with Felix Wolfes (piano) in the RCA Victor Studios,

Camden, N.J., 29 May 1940. Never issued.

BRAHMS, Johannes

‘Nicht mehr zu dir zu geben’, Opus 32, No. 2

Recorded with Ivor Newton (piano) in Kingsway Hall, London, 5 July, 1946 and issued on Decca 10-inch, 78 rpm disc, M598.

‘So willst du des Armen’, Opus 33, No. 5

Recorded with Ivor Newton (piano) in Kingsway Hall, London, 5 July, 1946 and issued on Decca 10-inch, 78 rpm disc, M598.

‘Der Schmeid’, Opus 19, No. 4

1. Performed with Raymond Lambert (piano) and taken from a radio broadcast, Melbourne, August 1944.
2. Recorded with Ivor Newton (piano) in Kingsway Hall, London, 5 July, 1946 and issued on Decca 10-inch, 78 rpm disc, M598.

CHERUBINI, Luigi

Medée: E che? Io son Medea (sung in Italian)

Performed with Robert E. Mueller (piano) and taken from a radio recital broadcast by WSIU (University of Southern Illinois), Carbondale, Ill., during the early 1960s.

DAY, Maude Craske

‘Ring, Bells, Ring’

Recorded with piano (pianist unidentified) in Melbourne, October (?) 1928. Issued privately on Vocalion 10-inch, pink label, 80 rpm disc, PR19.

FRANCK, César

‘La Procession’

Recorded with Felix Wolfes (piano) in the RCA Victor Studios, Camden, N.J., 15 May 1939. Never issued.

GLUCK, Christoph Willibald von

Alceste: Divinités du Styx

Performed with the NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Frank Black and taken from a broadcast of the radio program NBC Magic Key of RCA, New York, 24 April, 1938. Issued on CD The Stars Were Shining, Vol. 3, Symposium, SYM 1369.

GOUNOD, Charles

Sappho: O ma lyre immortelle

1. Recorded with Felix Wolfes (piano) in the RCA Victor Studios, Camden, N.J., 10 May 1939. Never issued.
2. Performed with L’Orchestre National de Paris conducted by Albert Wolff and taken from a radio broadcast of the ‘Concert pour la pénicilline’ in the Théâtre National du Chaillot, Paris, 16 October, 1946. Issued on CD Marjorie Lawrence, Malibran, MR502.

GRAINGER, Percy

‘Hubby and Wifey’

Performed with Percy Grainger (guitar), Henry Cowell (guitar) and the Durieux Ensemble and taken from a radio broadcast of the ‘Bundles for Britain’ concert, Carnegie Hall, New York, 13 December 1940.

‘Rule Britannia’ (arr. of Arne)

‘Shallow Brown’

‘The Old Woman at the Christening’

‘Willow, Willow’

Performed with Percy Grainger (piano) and the Durieux Ensemble and taken from a radio broadcast of the ‘Bundles for Britain’ concert, Carnegie Hall, New York, 13 December 1940.

‘Blithe Bells’

Performed with Percy Grainger (piano) and Ella Grainger (steel marimba) No details available.

GRIEG, Edvard

‘Jeg elsker Dig’, Opus 5, No. 3 (‘I Love Thee’) (sung in English)

1. Recorded with unidentified orchestra conducted by Sylvan Shulman for Columbia in the USA, 16 April 1945. Never issued.
2. Recorded with unidentified orchestra conducted by Sylvan Shulman for Columbia in the USA, 2 May 1945. Never issued.
3. Recorded with Ivor Newton (piano) in Kingsway Hall, London, 2 July 1946 and issued on Decca 10-inch, 78 rpm disc, M602. Reissued on CD Marjorie Lawrence, Malibran, MR502.

GRUBER, Franz

‘Silent Night’

1. Performed with an unidentified accompaniment and taken from a Christmas Radio Program broadcast in the USA, 24 December 1939.
2. Recorded with organ accompaniment (organist unidentified) in Kingsway Hall, London, 25 June 1946. Issued on Decca 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, K1558.

HALÉVY, Jacques

La Juive: Il va venir

Performed with the Bell Telephone Orchestra conducted by Donald Voorhees and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Bell Telephone Hour, New York, 12 March 1945.

HANDEL, George Frederic

Giulio Cesare in Egitto: Piangerò la sorte mia (Sung in French)

Performed with the NBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Frank Black and taken from a broadcast of the radio program NBC Magic Key of RCA, New York, 5 February 1939

HILL, ALFRED

Arrangement of ‘Haere Ra’ (‘Maori Song of Farewell’) (First verse sung in English; second in Maori)

1. Recorded with Raymond Lambert (piano) in Sydney, 22 September 1944 and issued on Columbia (Australia) 10-inch, 78 rpm disc, LO 68.
2. Recorded with unidentified male voice quartet and orchestra, conducted by Shulman Sylvan in the USA, 16 April 1945 and issued on Columbia (USA) 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, LOX 809.
3. Recorded with unidentified male voice quartet and orchestra, conducted by Shulman Sylvan in the USA, 2 May 1945 and issued on Columbia (USA) Masterworks, 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, 71684-D, in an album of three discs, entitled Marjorie Lawrence Sings for Fighting Men. In Australia the set was released with the title Marjorie Lawrence Sings for the Boys, SET M-579.

HOOK, James

‘Doun the Burn’

1. Performed with the NBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Frank Black and taken from a broadcast of the radio program NBC Magic Key of RCA, New York, 5 February 1939.
2. Recorded with Felix Wolfes (piano) in the RCA Victor Studios, Camden, NJ, 13 April 1939. Never issued
3. Recorded with Felix Wolfes (piano) in the RCA Victor Studios, Camden, NJ, 29 May 1940 and issued on RCA Victor 10-inch, 78 rpm disc, 2147; also on HMV (Australia) 10-inch, 78 rpm disc, EC 70, and reissued on RCA Victor Camden 12-inch LP, CAL-216.
4. Performed with the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra conducted by Donald Voorhees and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Bell Telephone Hour, New York, 1 May 1944.
5. Performed with Raymond Lambert (piano) and taken from a radio recital broadcast in Melbourne, August 1944.
6. Recorded with Paul Meyer (piano) for Columbia in the USA, 17 October 1945. Never issued.

HUME, Alexander

‘Flow Gently, Sweet Afton’

Recorded with Paul Meyer (piano) for Columbia in the USA, 19 October 1945. Never issued.

LAUDER, Harry

Medley: ‘I Love a Lassie’—‘Wee deeoch and Doris’—‘Roamin’ in the Gloamin’’

(Preceded by an introduction spoken by Lawrence)

Performed with the Bell Telephone Orchestra and Male Chorus conducted by Donald Voorhees and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Bell Telephone Hour, New York, 27 August 1945.

LEMON, Laura G.

‘My Ain Folk’

1. Recorded with piano (pianist unidentified) in Melbourne, October (?) 1928 and issued privately on Vocalion 10-inch, pink label, 80 rpm disc, PR20.
2. Recorded for an unknown company in Melbourne, 18 July 1939. Never issued
3. Recorded with Felix Wolfes (piano) in the RCA Victor Studios, Camden, NJ, 29 May 1940. Matrix accidentally destroyed.
4. Recorded with Felix Wolfes (piano) in the RCA Victor Studios, Camden, NJ, 18 July 1940 (Replacement for the above). Issued on RCA Victor 10-inch 78 rpm disc, 2147; HMV (Australia) 10-inch, 78 rpm disc, EC 70 and reissued on RCA Victor Camden 12-inch LP, CAL-216
5. Performed with the Bell Telephone Orchestra conducted by Donald Voorhees and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Bell Telephone Hour, New York, 1 May 1944.
6. Recorded with Paul Meyer (piano) for Columbia in the USA, 17 October 1945. Never issued.
7. Performed with the Victorian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hector Crawford and taken from a broadcast of a concert in the series Music for the People, Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, April, 1966.

MALOTTE, Albert

‘The Lord’s Prayer’

1. Performed with Raymond Lambert (piano) and taken from a radio recital broadcast in Melbourne, August 1944.
2. Recorded with an unidentified orchestra, conducted by Sylvan Shulman for Columbia in the USA, 16 April 1945. Issued on Columbia Masterworks, 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, 71683-D in an album of three discs, entitled Marjorie Lawrence Sings for Fighting Men. In Australia it was issued with the title Marjorie Lawrence Sings for the Boys, SET M- 579. Also issued on Columbia (Australia) 12-inch 78 rpm disc LOX-810.

MASSENET, Jules

Hérodiade: Il est doux, il est bon

Performed with the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra conducted by Donald Voorhees and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Bell Telephone Hour, New York, 1 May 1944.

MENDELSSOHN, Felix

‘Festgesang an die Künstler’ (as ‘Hark, the Herald Angels Sing’)

Recorded with organ accompaniment (organist unidentified) in the Kingsway Hall, London, 25 June 1946 and issued on Decca 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, K1558.

O’HAGAN, Jack

‘On the Road to Gundagai’

Recorded with an unidentified pianist and a chorus of Royal Australian Air Force servicemen in Liederkranz Hall, New York, 12 February 1943. Never issued.

PERI, Jacopo

Euridice: Invocation d’ Orphee (Sung in French)

Performed with L’Ensemble Lili Laskine (nine harps) and taken from a radio broadcast of the ‘Concert pour la pénicilline’ in the Théâtre National du Chaillot, Paris, 16 October 1946. Issued on CD Marjorie Lawrence, Malibran, MR502.

PFITZNER, Hans

‘Die Einsame’, Opus 9, No. 2

1. Recorded with Felix Wolfes (piano) in the RCA Victor Studios, Camden, NJ, 10 May 1939. Never issued.
2. Recorded with Felix Wolfes (piano) in the RCA Victor Studios, Camden, NJ, 31 May 1940. Never issued on 78 rpm disc, but issued on RCA Victor Camden 12-inch LP, CAL-216.

‘Stimme der sehnsucht’, Opus 19, No. 1

1. Recorded with Felix Wolfes (piano) in the RCA Victor Studios, Camden, NJ, 10 May 1939. Never issued.
2. Recorded with Felix Wolfes (piano) in the RCA Victor Studios, Camden, NJ, 31 May 1940. Issued on RCA Victor 10-inch, 78 rpm disc, 2142 and reissued on RCA Victor Camden 12-inch LP, CAL-216.

‘Michaelskirchplatz’, Opus 19, No. 2

Recorded with Felix Wolfes (piano) in the RCA Victor Studios, Camden, NJ, 31 May 1940. Issued on RCA Victor 10-inch, 78 rpm disc, 2142, and reissued on RCA Victor Camden 12-inch LP, CAL-216.

PUCCINI, Giacomo

Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì

Recorded with an MGM studio orchestra (players from the Los Angeles Philharmonic) conducted by Adolph Deutsch in Hollywood, June 20 1954. Part of the second set of test recordings Lawrence made for the MGM film Interrupted Melody.

PURCELL, Henry

Dido and Aeneas: When I am laid in earth (Dido’s Lament)

1. Performed with harpsichord (player unidentified) and taken from a broadcast of the radio program NBC Magic Key of RCA, New York, 24 April 1938.
2. (Sung in French) Performed with L’Orchestre National de Paris conducted by Albert Wolff and taken from a radio broadcast of the ‘Concert pour la pénicilline’, Théâtre National du Chaillot, Paris, 16 October 1946. Issued on CD Marjorie Lawrence, Malibran, MR502.

RACHMANINOV, Serge

‘Floods of Spring’, Opus 14, No. 11 (sung in English)

1. Performed with unidentified accompaniment and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Bell Telephone Hour, New York, 11 February 1946.
2. Recorded with Ivor Newton (piano) in Kingsway Hall, London, 2 July, 1946. Issued on Decca 10-inch, 78 rpm disc, M602 and reissued on CD Marjorie Lawrence, Malibran, MR502.

REYER, Ernest

Sigurd: Salut, splendour du jour

1. Recorded with Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts Pasdeloup, conducted by Piero Coppola in the Salle Pleyel, Paris, 1934. Issued on HMV 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, DB 4937 and reissued on CDs Marjorie Lawrence, Preiser/Lebendige Vergangenheit, 89011 and Sigurd Excerpts, Malibran, MR 546.
2. Performed with Robert E. Mueller (piano) and taken from a radio recital broadcast by WSIU (University of Southern Illinois), Carbondale, Ill., during the early 1960s.

Sigurd: O palais radieux

Recorded with Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts Pasdeloup, conducted by Piero Coppola in the Salle Pleyel, Paris, 1934 and issued on HMV 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, DB 4937. Reissued on CDs Marjorie Lawrence, Preiser/Lebendige Vergangenheit, 89011; The Record of Singing, Vol. 3, EMI Testament, EX2901693 and Sigurd Excerpts, Malibran, MR 546.

SAINT-SAËNS, Camille

Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix

1. (Sung in French) Recorded with an MGM studio orchestra (players from the Los Angeles Philharmonic) conducted by Adolph Deutsch in Hollywood, 23 June 1954. Part of the second set of test recordings Lawrence made for the MGM film Interrupted Melody.
2. (Sung in English) Recorded with an MGM studio orchestra (players from the Los Angeles Philharmonic) conducted by Adolph Deutsch in Hollywood, 23 June 1954. Part of the second set of test recordings Lawrence made for the MGM film Interrupted Melody.

SCHUBERT, Franz

‘Der Erlkönig’, D328

1. (Orchestrated by Liszt) Performed with the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra conducted by Donald Voorhees and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Bell Telephone Hour, New York, 1 May 1944.
2. (Orchestrated by Liszt and sung in French) Performed with L’Orchestre National de Paris conducted by Albert Wolff and taken from a radio broadcast of the ‘Concert pour la pénicilline’, Théâtre National du Chaillot, Paris, 16 October 1946. Issued on CD Marjorie Lawrence, Malibran, MR502.
3. Recorded with Hubert Greenslade (piano) in the Decca Studios, Broadhurst Gardens, London, 30 November 1946. Never issued.

‘Der Lindenbaum’, D911, No. 5

Recorded with Hubert Greenslade (piano) in the Decca Studios, Broadhurst Gardens, London, 30 November 1946. Never issued.

SCOTT, Lady John Douglas

‘Annie Laurie’ (arranged by Liza Lehmann)

1. Recorded with Felix Wolfes (piano) in the RCA Victor Studios, Camden, NJ, 1 June, 1940. Issued on RCA Victor 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, 17457, also on HMV 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, DB5870, and reissued on RCA Victor Camden 12-inch LP, CAL-216.
2. Performed with an unidentified studio orchestra conducted by Andre Kostelanetz and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Pause That Refreshes on the Air (Coca Cola Hour) from Liederkranz Hall, New York, 6 September 1942.
3. Performed with Raymond Lambert (piano) and taken from a radio recital broadcast in Melbourne, August 1944.
4. Recorded with an unidentified orchestra conducted by Sylvan Shulman for Columbia in the USA, 16 April 1945. Issued on Columbia Masterworks. 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, 71682-D, in an album of three discs, entitled Marjorie Lawrence Sings for Fighting Men and in Australia under the title Marjorie Lawrence Sings for the Boys, SET M-579. Also issued in Australia as LOX-808.
5. Recorded with an MGM studio orchestra (players from the Los Angeles Philharmonic) conducted by Adolph Deutsch in Hollywood, 23 June, 1954. Part of the second set of test recordings Lawrence made for the MGM film Interrupted Melody.
6. Performed with the Victorian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hector Crawford and taken from a broadcast of a concert in the series Music for the People, Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, April 1966.

‘Think on Me’ (arranged by Perrazot)

Recorded with Ivor Newton (piano) in Kingsway Hall, London, 2 July 1946. Never issued.

STEWART, Dorothy

‘God Bless Australia’

Recorded with Raymond Lambert (piano) in Sydney, 22 September, 1944 and issued on Columbia (Australia) 10-inch, 78 rpm disc, LO 67.

STRAUS, Oskar

The Chocolate Soldier: My hero

1. Performed with an unidentified orchestra and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Pause That Refreshes on the Air (Coca-Cola Hour), Liederkranz Hall, New York , 31 January 1943.
2. Recorded with an unidentified orchestra conducted by Shulman Sylvan for Columbia in the USA,16 April 1945. Issued on Columbia 12- inch, 78 rpm disc, LOX 809; also issued on Columbia Masterworks 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, 71684-D, in an album of three discs, entitled Marjorie Lawrence Sings for Fighting Men. In Australia the set was released with the title Marjorie Lawrence Sings for the Boys, SET M-579.

STRAUSS, Richard

Salome: Ah, du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen (Final Scene)

1. Recorded in French with Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts Pasdeloup conducted by Piero Coppola in the Salle Pleyel, Paris, 1934. Issued on 2 x HMV 12-inch, 78 rpm discs, DB 4933/4 and reissued on CD: Marjorie Lawrence, Preiser/Lebendige Vergangenheit, 89011.
2. Performed with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult and taken from the broadcast of a concert in the Royal Albert Hall, London, 14 November 1945.
3. Recorded with an MGM studio orchestra (players from the Los Angeles Philharmonic) conducted by Adolph Deutsch and an unidentified tenor singing Herod’s final line, Hollywood, 23 June 1954. Part of the second set of test recordings Lawrence made for the MGM film Interrupted Melody.

‘Zueignung’, Opus 10, No. 1

1. Performed with the NBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Frank Black and taken from a broadcast of the program NBC Magic Key of RCA, New York, 5 February 1939.
2. Performed with an unidentified studio orchestra conducted by Andre Kostelanetz and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Pause That Refreshes (The Coca-Cola Hour) from Liederkranz Hall, New York, 6 September 1942.
3. Performed with Raymond Lambert (piano) and taken from a radio recital broadcast in Melbourne, August 1944.

‘Des Dichters Abendgang’, Opus 47, No. 2

Recorded with Felix Wolfes (piano) in the RCA Victor Studios, Camden, NJ, 31 May 1940. Issued on RCA Victor 10-inch, 78 rpm disc, 17230; also issued on HMV (Australia) 10-inch, 78 rpm disc, ED-286, and reissued on RCA Victor Camden 12-inch LP, CAL-216

‘Lied an meinen Sohn’, Opus 39, No. 5.

Recorded with Felix Wolfes (piano) in the RCA Victor Studios, Camden, NJ, 1 June 1940. Issued on RCA Victor 10-inch, 78 rpm disc, 17230; also issued on HMV (Australia) 10-inch, 78 rpm disc, ED-286, and reissued on RCA Victor Camden 12-inch LP, CAL-216.

Elektra: Very brief extract from Elektra’s monologue (bars 53 to 59).

Warner-Pathé newsreel film (sound and vision) of a concert with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Artur Rodzinsky, Symphony Hall, Chicago, 11 December 1947.

TCHAIKOVSKY, Peter Ilyich

‘None But the Lonely Heart’

Performed with the Bell Telephone Orchestra conducted by Donald Voorhees and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Bell Telephone Hour, New York, 27 August 1945.

Eugen Onegin: Tatiana’s Letter Scene (sung in Russian)

1. Performed with an unnamed studio orchestra conducted by Josef Stopak and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Met Presents, New York, 20 March 1945.
2. Performed with L’Orchestre National de Paris conducted by Albert Wolff and taken from a radio broadcast of the ‘Concert pour la pénicilline’, Théâtre National du Chaillot, Paris, 16 October 1946. (On the original tapes, Lawrence introduces this scena, speaking in French.) Issued on CD Marjorie Lawrence, Malibran, MR502.

TRADITIONAL

‘A Highland Lad my Love was Born’

Recorded with Paul Meyer (piano) for Columbia in the USA, 19 October, 1945. Never issued.

‘Auld Lang Syne’

1. Recorded with an unidentified male voice quartet and orchestra, conducted by Shulman Sylvan, in the USA, 16 April, 1945. Issued on Columbia 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, LOX 809.
2. Recorded with an unidentified male voice quartet and orchestra, conducted by Shulman Sylvan, for Columbia in the USA, 2 May 1945. Issued on Columbia Masterworks, 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, 71684-D, in an album of three discs, entitled Marjorie Lawrence Sings for Fighting Men. In Australia the set was released with the title Marjorie Lawrence Sings for the Boys, SET M-579.

‘Bluebells of Scotland’

1. Recorded with Paul Meyer (piano) for Columbia in the USA, 19 October, 1945. Never issued.
2. Performed with an unidentified accompaniment and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Bell Telephone Hour, New York, 11 February 1946.

‘Comin’ thru the Rye’

1. Recorded with Paul Meyer (piano) for Columbia in the USA, 17 October, 1945. Never issued.
2. Performed with unidentified accompaniment and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Bell Telephone Hour, New York, 11 February 1946.

‘Danny Boy’

1. Recorded with Felix Wolfes (piano) in the RCA Victor Studios, Camden, NJ, 10 May 1939. Never issued.
2. Recorded with Felix Wolfes (piano) in the RCA Victor Studios, Camden, NJ, 29 May 1940. Issued on RCA Victor 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, 17457; also issued on HMV 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, DB5870, and reissued on RCA Victor Camden 12-inch LP, CAL-216.
3. Performed with Raymond Lambert (piano) and taken from a radio recital broadcast in Melbourne, August 1944.
4. Recorded with an unidentified male voice quartet and orchestra, conducted by Sylvan Shulman, for Columbia in the USA,16 April 1945. Issued on Columbia Masterworks, 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, 71683-D, in an album of three discs, entitled Marjorie Lawrence Sings for Fighting Men. In Australia the set was released with the title Marjorie Lawrence Sings for the Boys, SET M-579. Also issued in Australia as LOX-810.
5. Performed with the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, conducted by Donald Voorhees and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Bell Telephone Hour, New York, 27 August 1945.

‘Loch Lomond’

1. Performed with the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, conducted by Donald Voorhees and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Bell Telephone Hour, New York, 27 August 1945.
2. Recorded with Paul Meyer (piano) for Columbia in the USA, 17 October 1945. Never issued.

‘Men of Harlech’

No details available, believed to be a Columbia recording made in the USA (not on 10 June 1936 as stated in other discographies) Never issued.

‘Robin Adair’

1. Recorded with Paul Meyer (piano) for Columbia in the USA, 19 October 1945. Never issued.
2. Performed with the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, conducted by Donald Voorhees and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Bell Telephone Hour, New York, 11 February 1946.

‘Waltzing Matilda’ (attributed to Cowan, arr. by Kostelanetz)

1. Performed with an unidentified studio orchestra conducted by Andre Kostelanetz and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Pause That Refreshes (The Coca-Cola Hour) from Liederkranz Hall, New York, 6 September 1942.
2. Recorded with an unidentified pianist and a chorus of Royal Australian Air Force servicemen in Liederkranz Hall, New York, 12 February 1943. Never issued.
3. Performed with an unidentified studio orchestra (possibly conducted by Andre Kostelanetz) and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Pause That Refreshes on the Air (Coca-Cola Hour), Liederkranz Hall, New York, 13 June 1943.
4. Performed with Raymond Lambert (piano) and taken from a radio recital broadcast in Melbourne, August 1944.
5. Recorded with Raymond Lambert (piano) in Sydney, 22 September 1944 and issued on Columbia (Australia) 10-inch, 78 rpm disc, LO 67.
6. Recorded with an unidentified male voice quartet and orchestra conducted by Sylvan Shulman, for Columbia in the USA, 2 May 1945. Issued on Columbia Masterworks, 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, 71682-D, in an album of three discs, entitled Marjorie Lawrence Sings for Fighting Men. In Australia the set was released with the title Marjorie Lawrence Sings for the Boys, SET M-579. Also issued in Australia as LOX-808.
7. Recorded with an MGM studio orchestra (players from the Los Angeles Philharmonic) conducted by Adolph Deutsch in Hollywood, 23 June 1954. Part of the second set of test recordings Lawrence made for the MGM film Interrupted Melody.
8. Performed with the Victorian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hector Crawford and taken from a broadcast of a concert in the series Music for the People, Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, April 1966.
9. Recorded with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by Patrick Flynn for EMI (Australia) in Sydney, in 1966. Issued on EMI 7- inch, 45 rpm disc (in stereo) EMI 11463.

Unidentified

‘The Greatest of These’

Performed with an unidentified accompanist (piano) Tape of recital, no details available.

VERDI, Giuseppe

Macbeth: Viena! t’affretta! (Letter Scene)

Performed with the National Orchestral Association conducted by Leon Barzin and taken from a broadcast of a public concert, New York, 11 December 1936.

Don Carlos: O don fatale

Recorded with piano (pianist unidentified) in Melbourne, October (?) 1928. Issued privately on Vocalion 10-inch, pink label, 80 rpm disc, PR18 and reissued on LP Unique Opera Records Corporation UORC 248.

Aida Complete (as Amneris)

Performed with Ruth Adele Batts (Aida); Frederic Rounsfull (Priestess); Thomas Page (Radames); Joe Thomas (Amonasro); Vern Shinall (Ramfis); William Davis (King); Phillip Falcone (Messenger) with Southern Illinois University School of Music Orchestra, conducted by Carmine Ficocelli. Recorded during a public performance in the Shryock Auditorium, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill., 24 February 1961. Private tape held by Southern Illinois University.

WAGNER, Richard

Der Fliegende Holländer Complete (as Senta)

Performed with Fred Destal (Dutchman); Alexander Kipnis (Daland): René Maison (Erik); Hans Fleischer (Steersman); Irra Petina (Mary); Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Colón, conducted by Fritz Busch. Taken from a broadcast of the public performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, 19 September 1936. Issued on CD: Pearl GEMM CDS 9910

Tannhäuser Complete (as Venus)

Performed with Astrid Varnay (Elisabeth); Lauritz Melchior (Tannhäuser); Julius Huehn (Wolfram); Alexander Kipnis (Hermann); John Garris (Walther); Mack Harrell (Biterolf); Emery Darcy (Heinrich); John Gurney (Reinmar); Maxine Stellman (Shepherd); Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera conducted by Paul Breisach. Broadcast of a public performance at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 5 February 1944. Issued on CD: Gebhardt, JGCD 0034.

Lohengrin: Erhebe dich, Genossin meiner Schmach

Recorded in French, with Martial Singher (Telramund) and Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts Pasdeloup, conducted by Piero Coppola, in the Salle Pleyel, Paris, 20 September 1933. Issued on HMV (Voix de son maître) 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, DB 4900. Reissued on CD: Wagner Singing on Record, Part 1 EMI, CMS 7 64008 2; Marjorie Lawrence, Preiser/Lebendige Vergangenheit, 89011; Lohengrin—Excerpts, Malibran, MR649 and Martial Singher Presier/Lebendige Vergangenheit, 89635

Lohengrin: Elsa! Wer ruft? … Entweihte Götter! … Ortrud! Wo bist du? …

Du armste kanns wohl.

Recorded in French, with Yvonne Brothier (Elsa) and Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts Pasdeloup, conducted by Piero Coppola, in the Salle Pleyel, Paris, 20 September 1933. Issued on two HMV (Voix de son maître) 12-inch, 78 rpm discs, DB4890/91 (Side B of DB4891 contains the Prelude to Act 1 of Siegfried). Reissued on CD: Marjorie Lawrence, Preiser/Lebendige Vergangenheit, 89011 and Lohengrin—Excerpts, Malibran, MR649

Lohengrin Complete (as Ortrud)

Performed with Lotte Lehmann (Elsa); Lauritz Melchior (Lohengrin); Ludwig Schorr (Telramund); Emanuel List (King Henry); Julius Huehn (Herald), Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Artur Bodanzky. Taken from a broadcast of the public performance in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 21 December 1935. Issued on CD: Gerhardt, JGCD 0023-3 and Melodram, MEL 37049 3

Lohengrin Complete (as Ortrud)

Performed with Tiana Lemnitz (Elsa); Marcel Wittrisch (Lohengrin); Fred Destal (Telramund); Alexander Kipnis (King Henry); Fritz Krenn (Herald); Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Colón, conducted by Fritz Busch. Taken from a broadcast of the public performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Airies, 14 August 1936.

Lohengrin Complete (as Ortrud)

Performed with Germaine Hoerner (Elsa); René Maison (Lohengrin); Fred Destal (Telramund); Alexander Kipnis (King Henry); Fritz Krenn (Herald); Hans Fleischer (First Noble); Luis Santoro (Second Noble): Jorge Andronoff (Third Noble) and Vittorio Baciato (Fourth Noble); Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Colón, conducted by Fritz Busch. Taken from a broadcast of the public performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, 17 September, 1936. Issued on CD: Archipel, ARPCD 0182 and Premiere Opera CDNO 1621-3.

Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries (as Gerhilde on side A; Brünnhilde on side B) Act III, Scene 1 from the beginning up to the vocal entry of Sieglinde.

Recorded in French with unidentified members of the chorus of the Paris Opéra singing the other Valkyries and the Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts Pasdeloup, conducted by Piero Coppola in the Salle Pleyel, Paris, 11 October 1933. Issued on HMV 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, DB 4905. Reissued on CD: Wagner in French, Romophone, 88001-2 and Marjorie Lawrence, Malibran, MR502.

Die Walküre: Nur zäume dein Ross, reisige Maid … Ho-jo-to-ho!

Recorded in French with Jean Claverie (Wotan) and Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts Pasdeloup, conducted by Piero Coppola, in the Salle Pleyel, Paris, 11 October 1933 Issued on HMV 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, DB 4925. Reissued on CD: Marjorie Lawrence, Preiser/Lebendige Vergangenheit, 89011 and Marjorie Lawrence, Malibran, MR502.

Die Walküre: War es so schmählich, was ich verbrach

Recorded in French with Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts Pasdeloup, conducted by Piero Coppola, in the Salle Pleyel, Paris, 11 October 1933. Issued on HMV 12-inch, 78 rpm disc, DB 4925. Reissued on CD: Marjorie Lawrence, Preiser/Lebendige Vergangenheit, 89011 and Marjorie Lawrence, Malibran, MR502.

Die Walküre Complete (as Brünnhilde)

Performed with René Maison (Siegmund); Germaine Hoerner (Sieglinde); Fred Destal (Wotan); Weber (Fricka) Alexander Kipnis (Hunding); unidentified singers in the other roles; Orchestra and Chorus Sinfonica Oficial de Difusion Radio y Espectáculos, conducted by Fritz Busch. Taken from a broadcast of the public performance in the Opera House, Montevideo, Uruguay, 29 September 1936.

Excerpts from these tapes were issued on LP by Unique Opera Records, UORC-139.

Die Walküre Complete (as Brünnhilde)

Performed with Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund); Lotte Lehmann (Sieglinde); Friedrich Schorr (Wotan); Emanuel List (Hunding); Kerstin Thorborg (Fricka); Thelma Votipka (Gerhilde); Irene Jessner (Ortlinde); Doris Doe (Waltraute), Anna Kaskas (Schwertleite); Dorothee Manski (Helmwige); Helen Olheim (Siegrune), Irra Petina (Grimgerde); Ina Bourskaya (Rossweisse); Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf. (Note: Seltsam claims the conductor on this date was Bodanzky and does not list Leinsdorf for the Met until the next season, 1937–38) Taken from a broadcast of the public performance in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 16 January 1937.

Die Walküre: Complete (as Brünnhilde)

Performed with Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund); Kirsten Flagstad (Sieglinde); Friedrich Schorr (Wotan); Ludwig Hofmann (Hunding); Kirstin Thorborg (Fricka); Thelma Votipka (Gerhilde); Irene Jessner (Ortlinde); Doris Doe (Waltraute), Anna Kaskas (Schwertleite); Dorothee Manski (Helmwige); Helen Olheim (Siegrune); Irra Petina (Grimgerde); Lucielle Browning (Rossweisse); Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Artur Bodanzky. Taken from a broadcast of the public performance in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 18 December 1937. Issued on CD: Acts II & III only Walhall, WHL 21 and Archipel, ARPCD 0039.

Die Walkure: Act II Complete (as Sieglinde)

Performed with Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde); Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund); Fred Destal (Wotan); Hertha Glaz (Fricka); Norman Cordon (Hunding); Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera, conducted by Edwin McArthur. Taken from a broadcast of the public performance in the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, 24 October 1939.

Issued on CD: Excerpt on Marjorie Lawrence, Malibran, MR502.

Die Walküre: Complete (as Sieglinde)

Performed with Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund); Kirsten Flagstad (Brünnhilde); Julius Huehn (Wotan); Emanuel List (Hunding); Karin Branzell (Fricka); Thelma Votipka (Gerhilde); Maxine Stellman (Ortlinde); Doris Doe (Waltraute), Anna Kaskis (Schwertleite); Dorothee Manski (Helmwige); Helen Olheim (Siegrune), Irra Petina (Grimgerde); Lucielle Browning (Rossweisse); Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf. Taken from a broadcast of the public performance in the Metropolitan Opera House, 17 February 1940. Issued on CD: Walhall, WHL 14; extract: ‘Der Männer Sippe sass hier im Saal’ to ‘Keiner ging, doch Einer kam siehe’ with Melchior Issued on Malibran MR502.

Die Walküre: Complete (as Brünnhilde)

Performed with Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund); Lotte Lehmann (Sieglinde); Friedrich Schorr (Wotan); Emanuel List (Hunding); Kerstin Thorborg (Fricka); Thelma Votipka (Gerhilde); Irene Jessner (Ortlinde); Maxine Stellman (Waltraute), Doris Doe (Schwertleite); Dorothee Manski (Helmwige); Helen Olheim (Siegrune), Winifred Heidt (Grimgerde); Lucielle Browning (Rossweisse); Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf. Taken from a broadcast of a performance in the Boston Opera House, 30 March 1940. Issued on CD: Walhall, WHL 1; Guild immortal Performances GHCD 2215/7 and excerpts on Myto 3 MCD 953.133.

Die Walküre: Complete (as Brünnhilde)

Performed with René Maison (Siegmund); Irene Jessner (Sieglinde); Herbert Janssen (Wotan); Emanuel List (Hunding); Lydia Kindermann (Fricka); Judith Hellwig (Gerhilde); Yolanda di Sabato (Ortlinde); Maria Rubini (Waltraute), Rïse Stevens (Schwertleite); Maria Malberti (Helmwige); Clara Oyuela (Siegrune), Emma Brizzio (Grimgerde); Lydia Kindermann (Rossweisse); Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Colón, conducted by Erich Kleiber. Taken from a broadcast of the public performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, 23 August 1940. Issued on CD: Gebhardt, JGCD 0028

Note: The producers of the Gebhardt set identify the Fricka of this performance as Rïse Stevens, but Teatro Colón records and press reports indicate that it was Lydia Kindermann.

Die Walküre: War es so schmählich, was ich verbrach

Performed with Friedrich Schorr and the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy. Taken from the broadcast of a concert in Carnegie Hall, New York, 16 February 1943

Die Walküre: War es so schmählich, was ich verbrach (Abridged version omitting Wotan’s part)

Taken from a broadcast of the radio program Invitation to Music, 3 June 1943.

Die Walküre: Du bist der Lenz

Performed with the Victorian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hector Crawford and taken from a broadcast of a concert in the series Music for the People, Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, April 1966.

Götterdämmerung: Starke Scheite (Immolation Scene)

Recorded in French with Orchestre de l’Association des Concerts Pasdeloup, conducted by Piero Coppola in the Salle Pleyel, Paris, 19 January 1934. Issued on 2 x HMV (Voix de son maître) 12-inch, 78 rpm discs, DB4914/5 and reissued on CD: Marjorie Lawrence, Preiser/Lebendige Vergangenheit, 89011.

Götterdämmerung: Complete (as Brünnhilde)

Performed with Lauritz Melchior (Siegfried); Ludwig Hofmann (Hagen); Eduard Habich (Alberich); Friedrich Schorr (Gunther); Dorothee Manski (Gutrune and First Norn); Kathryn Meisle (Waltraute); Editha Fleischer (Woglinde); Irra Petina (Wellgunde and Second Norn); Doris Doe (Flosshilde and Third Norn); Max Altglass (First Vassal); Arnold Gabor (Second Vassal); Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Artur Bodanzky. Taken from a broadcast of the public performance in the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, 11 January 1936. Issued on CD: Naxos Historical, 8110041/3 and Walhall, WHL24.

Götterdämmerung: Starke Scheite (Immolation Scene)

Performed with the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, conducted by Donald Voorhees and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Bell Telephone Hour, New York, 11 February 1946.

Götterdämmerung: Starke Scheite (Immolation Scene) (Sung in French)

Performed with L’Orchestre National de Paris conducted by Albert Wolff and taken from a radio broadcast of the ‘Concert pour la pénicilline’, Théâtre National du Chaillot, Paris, 16 October 1946.

Tristan und Isolde: Isolde’s Narration and Curse

Performed with the Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, conducted by Donald Voorhees and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Bell Telephone Hour, New York, 8 January 1945.

Parsifal: Complete (as Kundry)

Performed with René Maison (Parsifal); Martial Singher (Amfortas); Fred Destal (Titurel); Alexander Kipnis (Gurnemanz); Fritz Krenn (Klingsor); Hans Fleischer (First Knight and Third Squire); Jorge Andronoff (Second Knight); Lucy Ritter (First Squire and Second Flower Maiden); Irra Petina (Second Squire and Fourth Flower Maiden); Luis Santoro (Fourth Squire); Editha Fleischer (First Flower Maiden); Maria Malberti (Third Flower Maiden); Emma Brizzio (Fifth Flower Maiden); Yolanda di Sabato (Sixth Flower Maiden); Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Colón, conducted by Fritz Busch. Taken from the broadcast of a public performance in the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, 22 September 1936. Issued on CD: Marston, CD 53003-2.

WOLF, Hugo

‘Gebet’ (orchestrated version)

‘Der Rattenfänger’ (orchestrated version)

Performed with the NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eugene Goossens and taken from a broadcast of the radio program NBC Magic Key of RCA, New York, 1938.

‘Gesang Weylas’

1. (Orchestrated version) Performed with the NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eugene Goossens and taken from a broadcast of the radio program NBC Magic Key of RCA, New York, 1938; with orchestra conducted by Eugene Goossens.
2. (piano version) Recorded with Felix Wolfes (piano) in the RCA Victor Studios, Camden, NJ, 29 May 1940. Never issued on 78 rpm disc, but issued on RCA Victor Camden 12-inch LP, CAL-216.

WOLFE, Jacques

‘British Children’s Prayer’

Performed with unidentified accompaniment and taken from a broadcast of the radio program The Pause That Refreshes on the Air (Coca-Cola Hour), New York, 13 June 1943.

Spoken recordings

1. Brief speech about Lawrence’s radio comeback following her illness Broadcast of the radio program The Pause That Refreshes (Coca- Cola Hour) from Liederkranz Hall, New York, 6 September 1942.
2. Introduction to a medley of songs by Harry Lauder. Broadcast of the radio program The Bell Telephone Hour, New York, 27 August 1945.
3. Apology to the audience that she has a bad cold affecting her voice. Broadcast of public concert: ‘Concert pour la pénicilline’ in the Théâtre National du Chaillot, Paris, 16 October 1946. Issued on CD: Marjorie Lawrence, Malibran, MR502.
4. Introduction of Tatiana’s Letter Scene (Eugen Onegin) in French. Broadcast of public concert: ‘Concert pour la pénicilline’ in the Théâtre National du Chaillot , Paris, 16 October 1946.
5. Brief interview by Dr Lynch in August, 1973, about her teaching career at Southern Illinois University. The Marjorie Lawrence Papers, SIU.
6. Radio Talk ‘My Life and Career’, ABC Radio, Australia, June 1976 also includes the voice of Lawrence’s husband, Dr Thomas King.