Historic Masters

An appreciation by Alan Bilgora That Melba was Marchesi’s favourite pupil is not in doubt. Blanche Marchesi, herself a distinguished singer, and later also a noted teacher, is reported to have said:- “although I disliked Melba as a person she is one of the singers I admired most as an artist, and she was my mother’s favourite”. This is all the more remarkable as a number of outstandingly great sopranos  [ Read More ]

Our records are pressed in quality vinyl – certainly those made from the original first shells have a presence which is generally lacking in shellac copies.

The Historic Masters boxed set of Tamagno 12″ records included his unpublished creator disc from Isidore de Lara’s opera, Messaline. It was first performed in Monte Carlo in 1899 The score for the opera “Messaline” was printed in 1899 and has a full cast list for the first performance including Tamagno, whose unpublished disc was included in our boxed set. We have included a facsimile of the Messaline Cast 1899