Leonard Warren: His First Recordings (1940) (CD)

Digitally re-mastered from original studio recordings. [Recorded 1940, 53 minutes]

"This is a disc that will give pleasure to the many admirers of Warren's art and to anyone interested in the high standard of singing then on hand in the USA."
- Gramophone

Leoncavallo I PAGLIACCI - Prologue
Verdi LA TRAVIATA - Act II, Scene 1: Pura siccone un angelo (with Eleanor Steber)
Verdi LA TRAVIATA - Act II, Scene 2: Di sprezzo degno se stesso rende... (with Eleanor Steber, Armand Tokatyan and chorus)
Verdi RIGOLETTO - Act I, Scene 1: Ah, più di Ceprano importuno non v'è! (with Armand Tokatyan and chorus)
Verdi RIGOLETTO - Act II: Cortigiani, vil razza dannata
Verdi RIGOLETTO - Act II: Tutte le festa...Piangi, fanculla, piangi...Sì, vendetta (with Jean Dickenson and Lorenzo Alvary)
Verdi RIGOLETTO - Act III: Bella figlia dell'amore (Quartet, with Jean Dickenson, Armand Tokatyan and Lucielle Browning)
Verdi AIDA - Act II: Che veggo! Egli? Mio Padre!... (with Rose Bampton)
Verdi AIDA - Act III: Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamate (with Rose Bampton)
Bizet CARMEN: Act II: Votre toast (Toreador Song)

Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Wilfrid Pelletier