Enrico Caruso discography
The following discography is a work in progress. Currently it contains all known published recordings by Enrico Caruso made through 1904 and some from his early years recording for the Victor Talking Machine Company in the United States. The recordings are listed chronologically by recording date, title, composer and matrix number. A list of unpublished recordings follows the main discography. When more than one "take" was recorded for a selection, only the published take number appears after the matrix number; occasionally, multiple takes of the same selection have been issued. If only one take was recorded, no take number is listed after the matrix number. Matrix numbers should not be confused with catalog numbers.
Recordings
Matrix number | Company | Location | Date | Composer | Work | With | Notes |
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1782 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-04-11 | Franchetti | Germania: Studenti! Udite | Salvatore Cottone, on the piano. | |
1783 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-04-11 | Verdi | Rigoletto: Questa o quella | Salvatore Cottone, p | |
1784 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-04-11 | Verdi | Aïda: Celeste Aïda | Salvatore Cottone, p | |
1785 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-04-11 | Massenet | Manon: Chiudo gli occhi (Il sogno) | Salvatore Cottone, p | |
1786 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-04-11 | Donizetti | L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima | Salvatore Cottone, p | |
1787 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-04-11 | Boito | Mefistofele: Giunto sul passo estremo | Salvatore Cottone, p | |
1788 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-04-11 | Franchetti | Germania: No, non ciuder gli occhi vaghi | Salvatore Cottone, p | |
1789 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-04-11 | Boito | Mefistofele: Dai campi, dai prati | Salvatore Cottone, p | |
1790 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-04-11 | Puccini | Tosca: E lucevan le stelle | Salvatore Cottone, p | |
1791 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-04-11 | Mascagni | Iris: Apri la tua finestra (serenata) | Salvatore Cottone, p | |
2871 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-11-30 | Boito | Mefistofele: Dai campi, dai prati | Salvatore Cottone, p | |
2872 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-11-30 | Giordano | Fedora: Amor ti vieta | Salvatore Cottone, p | |
2873 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-11-30 | Verdi | Aïda: Celeste Aïda | Salvatore Cottone, p | |
2874 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-11-30 | Ponchielli | La Gioconda: Cielo e mar | Salvatore Cottone, p | |
2875 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-11-30 | Leoncavallo | Pagliacci: Recitar...Vesti la giubba | Salvatore Cottone, p | |
2876 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-11-30 | Mascagni | Cavalleria rusticana: O Lola (Siciliana) | Salvatore Cottone, p | |
2877 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-11-30 | Denza | Non t'amo più | Salvatore Cottone, p | |
2879 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-12 | Tosti | La mia canzone | Salvatore Cottone, p | |
2880 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-12 | Cilea | Adriana Lecouvreur: No, piú nobile | Cilea, p | |
2882 | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1902-12 | Denza | Luna fedel | Salvatore Cottone, p | |
X-1550 | Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. | Milan | 1903-04-19 | Trimarchi | Un bacio ancora | unknown, p | |
X-1551 | Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. | Milan | 1903-04-19 | Denza | Luna fedel | unknown, p | |
X-1552 | Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. | Milan | 1903-04-19 | Donizetti | L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima | unknown, p | |
X-1553 | Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. | Milan | 1903-04-19 | Puccini | Tosca: E lucevan le stelle | unknown, p | |
X-1554 | Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. | Milan | 1903-04-19 | Franchetti | Germania: No, non ciuder gli occhi vaghi | unknown, p | |
X-1555 | Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. | Milan | 1903-04-19 | Verdi | Rigoletto: La donna è mobile | unknown, p | |
X-1556 | Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. | Milan | 1903-04-19 | Mascagni | Cavalleria rusticana: O Lola (Siciliana) | unknown, p | |
84003 | Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. | Milan | 1903-10 | Pini-Corsi | Tu non mi vuoi piu ben | unknown, p | |
84004 | Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. | Milan | 1903-10 | Puccini | Tosca: E lucevan le stelle | unknown, p | |
84006 | Anglo-Italian Commerce Co. | Milan | 1903-10 | Meyerbeer | Gli Uginotti: Qui sotto il ciel | unknown, p | |
B994 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY | 1904-02-01 | Verdi | Rigoletto: Questa o quella | unknown, p | |
B995 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY | 1904-02-01 | Verdi | Rigoletto: La donna è mobile | unknown, p | |
B996, C996 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY | 1904-02-01 | Donizetti | L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima | unknown, p | |
C997 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY | 1904-02-01 | Verdi | Aïda: Celeste Aïda | unknown, p | |
B998 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY | 1904-02-01 | Puccini | Tosca: E lucevan le stelle | unknown, p | |
B999 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY | 1904-02-01 | Puccini | Tosca: Recondita armonia | unknown, p | |
B1000 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY | 1904-02-01 | Mascagni | Cavalleria rusticana: O Lola (Siciliana) | unknown, p | |
B1001 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY | 1904-02-01 | Massenet | Manon: Chiudo gli occhi (Il sogno) | unknown, p | unpublished |
B1002 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY | 1904-02-01 | Leoncavallo | Pagliacci: Recitar...Vesti la giubba | unknown, p | |
B1001-2 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | Room 826, Carnegie Hall, NY | 1904-02-09 | Leoncavallo | Manon: Chiudo gli occhi (Il sogno) | unknown, p | |
268-i | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1904-04-08 | Bizet | Pêcheurs de perle: Mi par d'udir | Salvatore Cottone, p | |
2181-h | Gramophone & Typewriter Co. Ltd. | Milan | 1904-04-08 | Leoncavallo | Mattinata | Leoncavallo, p | [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdCr5fAy4JI |
C2340 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | NY | 1905-02-27 | Donizetti | Don Pasquale: Serenata: Com'e gentil | Orchestra | |
C2341 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | NY | 1905-02-27 | Bizet | Carmen: Il fior che avevi a me tu dato | Orchestra | |
C2342 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | NY | 1905-02-27 | Meyerbeer | Gli Uginotti: Bianca al par di neve alpina | Orchestra | |
C2343 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | NY | 1905-02-27 | Ponchielli | La Gioconda: Cielo e mar | Orchestra | |
C2344 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | NY | 1905-02-27 | Mascagni | Cavalleria Rusticana: Viva il vino spumeggiante (brindisi di Turiddu) | Orch. | |
C3100 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | NY | 1906-02-11 | Flotow | Martha: M'appari tutt' amor | Orch. | |
C3101 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | NY | 1906-02-11 | Puccini | La Bohème: Che gelida manina | Orch. | |
C3102 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | NY | 1906-02-11 | Gounod | Faust: Salut! demeure chaste et pure | Orch. | |
B3103 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | NY | 1906-02-11 | Verdi | Il Trovatore: Di quella pira | Orch. | |
C3104 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | NY | 1906-02-11 | Donizetti | La Favorita: Spirito gentil, ne sogni miei | Orch | |
C3179 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | NY | 1906-03-13 | Verdi | La Forza del Destino: Solenne in quest'ora | Scotti | |
C3180 | Victor Talking Machine Co. | NY | 1906-03-13 | Verdi | Aïda: Celeste Aïda | Orch. | not issued but test exists |
C4159 | 1906-12-30 | Barthélemy | Triste ritorno | Orch. | |||
C4162 | Tosti | Ideale |
Victor Talking Machine Company

Enrico Caruso with a Victrola phonograph.
20 February 1907. Orchestra
- L'Africana (Meyerbeer) Mi batte il cor; O paradiso C4160-2
- Rigoletto (Verdi) Bella figlia dell' amore with Bessie Abbot, Louise Homer, Antonio Scotti C4259
17 March 1907. Orchestra
- La Bohème (Puccini) O Mimi tu piu non torni with Antonio Scotti C4315
- Andrea Chenier (Giordano) Un di all' azzurro spazio C4316
- Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Recitar, mentre preso dal delerio; Vesti la giubba C4317-1
24 March 1907. Orchestra
- La Bohème (Puccini) O soave fanciulla with Nellie Melba C4326
- Pescatori Di Perle (Bizet) Del tempio al limitar with Mario Ancona C4327
10 January 1908
3 February 1908
10 March 1908
16 March 1908
17 March 1908
29 March 1908
19 December 1908
- Faust (Gounod) Alerte! Alerte! with Geraldine Farrar and Félix Vieuille C6679 [destroyed][2]
- Faust (Gounod) Que voulez-vous, Messieurs? with Emilio de Gogorza, Félix Vieuille C6681 [destroyed][3]
- Il trovatore (Verdi) Mal reggendo all'aspro assalto with Louise Homer C6682 []
6 November 1909
7 November 1909
27 December 1909
6 January 1910
- Faust (Gounod) Il se fait tard with Geraldine Farrar C8533
- Faust (Gounod) Eternelle with Geraldine Farrar C8534
12 January 1910
- Faust (Gounod) Mon coeur est pénétré d'epouvante with Geraldine Farrar C8542
- Faust (Gounod) Attends! Voici la rue with Geraldine Farrar C8543
- Faust (Gounod) Seigneur Dieu! with Geraldine Farrar, Marcel Journet, Gabrielle Lejeune-Gilibert C8544
- Faust (Gounod) Prison scene, part III with Geraldine Farrar, Marcel Journet C8545
- Faust (Gounod) Eh quoi, toujours seule with Geraldine Farrar, Marcel Journet, Gabrielle Lejeune-Gilibert C8547
16 January 1910
- Faust (Gounod) O merveille! with Marcel Journet C8555
- Faust (Gounod) Que voulez-vous, messieurs? with Marcel Journet, Antonio Scotti C8556
25 January 1917
16 April 1918
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References
- Caruso, Dorothy (1945): Enrico Caruso: his life and death. Simon and Schuster, NY: p 297
- https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200007633/C-6679-Alerte_Alerte
- https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200007635/C-6681-Que_voulez-vous_Messieurs
Bibliography
- John Richard Bolig, Caruso Records: A History and Discography, Mainspring Press, 2002 ISBN 0967181933.
- Pekka Gronow, Ilpo Saunio, International History of the Recording Industry, Continuum, 1999 ISBN 030470590X.
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