Stars of David

The second volume of the Audio Encyclopedia, Stars of David, is now on CD-ROM. This disc contains over 600 complete recordings of almost 200 singers of Jewish heritage, including operatic arias, classical songs, and Hebrew and Jewish cantorial and song.

All artists are listed with biographical information and pictures where they could be found. In many cases, additional pictures are provided if you click on the one in the title line. Much of the material is exceptionally rare, and a great many of the recordings have never been reissued or even published.

It is impractical to list here all of the singers on the disc, but here are a few of particular interest.

Mikhail Alexandrovitch, tenor
Cantor Richard Allen, baritone
Mario Ancona, baritone
Giuseppina Baldassare-Tedeschi, soprano
Cantor Selmar Cerini, tenor
Charles Dalmores, tenor
Cantor Louis Danto, tenor
Elise Elizza, soprano
Marisa Galvany, soprano
Igor Gorin, baritone
Robert Ilosfalvy, tenor
Jan Kiepura, tenor - and his brother Wladislaw, tenor
Nina Koshetz, soprano - and her daughter Marina, soprano
Cantors David and Moshe Kusevitsky, tenors
Cantor Sawel Kwartin, baritone and his granddaughter Evelyn Lear, soprano
Hulda Lashanska, soprano
Emanuel List, bass
Rose Pauly, soprano
Rosa Raisa, soprano and her husband Giacomo Rimini, baritone
Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt, tenor and his son Cantor Henry Rosenblatt bass-baritone
Friedrich Schorr, baritone and his father Cantor Mayer Schorr, baritone
Neil Shicoff, tenor and his father Cantor Sidney Shicoff, tenor
Cantor Gerson Sirota, tenor
Alexander (Sandor) Sved, baritone
Georgy Vinogradov, tenor
Josef Winogradoff, baritone

Of course, we have included rare material from such well-known recording artists as George London, Robert Merrill, Jan Peerce, Roberta Peters, Mark Reizen, Josef Schmidt, Beverly Sills, Richard Tauber and Richard Tucker.

This CD-ROM is available from the distributor, http://www.operamogul.com/ and from some dealers.

Mail me at operas@mrichter.com