Victor Artists
Michel Gusikoff (violin)
On this Date...
May 25th, 1916
I marinai d'Italia (Matrix B-17735, take 1) was recorded by Vincenzo Esposito in New York, New York
Jacques Offenbach (composer)
Jacques Offenbach as pictured in a Victor catalog
Matrixes marked with 
indicate recordings are available for online listening.
Matrix No. |
First Recording Date |
Title |
Primary Performer |
Description |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Pre-matrix B-]1434 | 6/19/1902 | Orpheus : Overture | Sousa's Band |
Band |
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| [Pre-matrix C-]1434 | 6/19/1902 | Orpheus : Overture | Sousa's Band |
Band |
|
| C-2730 | 9/6/1905 | Orphée aux enfers overture | Sousa's Band |
Band |
|
| B-3781 | 9/7/1906 | Barcarolle | Sousa's Band |
Band |
|
| B-4107 | 12/6/1906 | Legende | Gudrun Carlson ; Johannes Herskind |
Female-male vocal duet, with piano |
|
| B-4109 | 12/6/1906 | Fritz og Lise | Gudrun Carlson ; Johannes Herskind |
Female-male vocal duet, with piano |
|
| B-4963 | 12/9/1907 | Barcarolle | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra |
|
| BVE-4963 | 3/23/1926 | Les contes d'Hoffmann : Barcarolle | Victor Concert Orchestra |
Orchestra |
|
| C-5000 | 1/7/1908 | Air de Dapertutto | Marcel Journet |
Bass vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-6046 | 3/25/1908 | C'est elle | Charles Dalmorès |
Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-6048 | 3/25/1908 | O Dieu de quelle ivresse | Charles Dalmorès |
Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-6342 | 8/12/1908 | Barcarolle | Valentine Abt ; Roy Butin |
Mandolin and harp-guitar duet |
|
| B-8274 | 10/4/1909 | Barcarolle | Geraldine Farrar ; Antonio Scotti |
Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra |
|
| B-8307 | 10/19/1909 | Barcarolle | Vienna Quartet |
Instrumental quartet |
|
| B-8394 | 11/22/1909 | Barcarolle | Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler |
Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra |
|
| BB-8756 | 3/28/1910 | L'amour de l'Apache | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra |
|
| B-8790 | 4/4/1910 | L'anima in teriposa | David Devriès ; Gabrielle Lejeune-Gilibert |
Vocal duet (mezzo-soprano and tenor), with orchestra |
|
| B-9065 | 6/8/1910 | Offenbachiana | Arthur Pryor's Band |
Band |
|
| BB-9787 | 1/12/1911 | Les contes d'Hoffmann : Barcarolle | Guido Gialdini |
Whistling solo, with orchestra |
|
| C-9930 | 2/8/1911 | Les contes d'Hoffmann : Selection | Victor Concert Orchestra |
Orchestra |
|
| B-10614 | 6/26/1911 | Pieśń Styxa | Karol Wachtel |
Male vocal solo, with piano |
|
| B-11098 | 10/13/1911 | Barcarolle | Victor Herbert's Orchestra |
Orchestra |
|
| CVE-11144 | 7/12/1928 | Gems from The tales of Hoffmann | Victor Opera Company |
Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra |
|
| C-11144 | 10/27/1911 | Gems from The tales of Hoffmann | Victor Light Opera Company |
Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra |
|
| B-11183 | 11/3/1911 | Orpheus i underjorden [Orpheus in the underworld] | Elis Olson-Ellis |
Harmonica solo |
|
| C-11239 | 11/15/1911 | Orpheus in Hades : Overture | Arthur Pryor's Band |
Band |
|
| B-11576 | 2/9/1912 | Barcarolle | Neapolitan Trio |
Instrumental trio |
|
| C-12559 | 11/4/1912 | Elle a fui | Frances Alda |
Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-12639 | 11/21/1912 | Melody from 'La belle Helene' | Kitty Berger |
Harp-zither solo |
|
| B-12820 | 1/21/1913 | Tales of Hoffman : Barcarolle | Marguerite Dunlap ; Lucy Isabelle Marsh |
Female vocal duet, with orchestra |
|
| B-12922 | 2/17/1913 | Barcarolle | Geraldine Farrar ; Ernestine Schumann-Heink |
Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra |
|
| B-13084 | 4/7/1913 | Barcarolle | Frances Alda |
Soprano vocal solo, with cello obbligato and piano |
|
| C-14318 | 1/13/1914 | Venetian scene, with barcarolle | Vessella's Italian Band |
Band
|
|
| C-14788 | 5/4/1914 | Barcarolle | Victor Military Band |
Band |
|
| B-14846 | 5/20/1914 | Barcarolle | Alma Gluck ; Louise Homer |
Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra |
|
| B-14993 | 6/24/1914 | Tales of Hoffmann : Barcarolle | Maud Powell |
Violin solo, with piano and harp |
|
| B-15052 | 7/10/1914 | Barcarolle | Maud Powell |
Violin solo, with orchestra and harp |
|
| C-15825 | 3/23/1915 | Elle a fui | Lucrezia Bori |
Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-17655 | 5/10/1916 | Barcarolle | John McCormack |
Tenor vocal solo, with piano and violin |
|
| C-17804 | 6/6/1916 | Doll song | Mabel Garrison |
Soprano vocal solo, with harp and orchestra |
|
| B-18574 | 10/23/1916 | La chanson de Fortunio : Serenade | Emilio de Gogorza |
Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-20602 | 8/8/1917 | Barcarolle | Boston Quintet |
Male quintet (vocal quartet and piano) |
|
| C-21206 | 11/26/1917 | Woodwinds | Victor Orchestra |
Instructional |
|
| B-24933 | 2/10/1921 | Air de Dapertutto | Renato Zanelli |
Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-25238 | 4/25/1921 | Barcarolle | Alberto Salvi |
Harp solo |
|
| B-28439 | 8/21/1923 | Tales of Hoffman : Barcarolle | Shannon Quartet |
Male vocal quartet, with harp and orchestra |
|
| CVE-28495 | 12/12/1927 | Orpheus in Hades : Overture | Victor Symphony Orchestra |
Orchestra |
|
| C-28495 | 9/24/1923 | Orpheus in Hades : Overture | Victor Symphony Orchestra |
Orchestra |
|
| C-28496 | 9/24/1923 | Orpheus in Hades : Overture | Victor Symphony Orchestra |
Orchestra |
|
| CVE-28496 | 12/12/1927 | Orpheus in Hades : Overture | Victor Symphony Orchestra |
Orchestra |
|
| B-29904 | 4/16/1924 | Apache dance | International Novelty Orchestra |
Orchestra |
|
| B-31655 | 1/14/1925 | O belle nuit | Jesse Crawford |
Pipe organ solo |
|
| CVE-32196 | 4/1/1925 | Gems from The love song | Victor Light Opera Company |
Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra |
|
| BVE-37816 | 2/14/1927 | Woodwind | Victor Orchestra |
Instructional |
|
| BVE-38855 | 6/1/1927 | Barcarolle | Lucrezia Bori ; Lawrence Tibbett |
Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra |
|
| CVE-39571 | 8/16/1927 | Les oiseaux dans la charmille | Marion Talley |
Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| CVE-39906 | 7/27/1927 | Beautiful night | International Concert Orchestra ; Nathaniel Shilkret |
Orchestra, with whistling |
|
| BVE-40184 | 10/15/1927 | Apache dance | Victor Salon Orchestra |
Orchestra |
|
| BVE-51149 | 4/10/1929 | Legende of Kleinzach | Giacomo Lauri-Volpi |
Tenor vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and orchestra |
|
| O-336 | 7/22/1907 | Los mosqueteros en el convento | José Torres Ovando |
Male vocal solo |
|
| 124L | 1902 | Air from Singing birds | M. S. Dalsky |
Tenor vocal solo |
|
| 408L | 1902 | Piekna Helena | K. Czosnowska |
Soprano vocal solo |
|
| 608k | 1902 | Gdy mąż z podróży | Wiktorya Kawecka |
Female vocal solo |
|
| 1034x | 1902 | Barcarole | Vienna Band [i.e., K.u.K. Infanterie-Regiment No 8, Erzherzog Karl Stefan] |
Band |
|
| 1730F | 1902 | Fantasy | Garde Républicaine Band |
Band |
|
| 2280c | 8/11/1911 | Die schöne Helena ouverture | Grammophon Orchester |
Orchestra |
|
| 6958b | 1905 | Barcarola | Hudba c.a.k. Pešiho Pluku č. 102 |
Band |
|
| 16904u | 10/14/1911 | Les oiseaux dans la charmille | Lucette Korsoff |
Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| 16968u | 11/29/1911 | Légende de Kleinzach | Léon Beyle |
Tenor vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra |