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Release Date: 1993

Label: EMI Classics

Transferred from 78s, digitally remastered, and audio restoration carried out at at Abbey Road Studios, London.

Recording Information (Date of Recording/Location of Recording/Original Matrix No./Original Catalogue No.):
Tracks 1-1 to 1-4: 10.VII.1934; No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London; CAX 7205-10; LX 326-8.
Tracks 1-5 to 1-7: 6&9.V.1932; Studio Albert, Paris; WLX 1604/03/09/10; LX 308-309.
Tracks 1-8 to 1-10: 8-10.V.1930; Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris; WLX 1352/3, 1356/7, 1359/60; LX 116-118.
Tracks 1-11 to 1-13: 17&18.II.1931;Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris; WLX 1500-05; LX 147-149.
Track 2-1: 6.VI.1933; Studio Albert, Paris; CL 4371; LB 15.
Tracks 2-2 to 2-3: 6.VI. & 6.IV.1933; Studio Albert, Paris; CL 4370/4276; LF 130.
Track 2-4: 6.IV.1933; Studio Albert, Paris; CL 4277; LB 15.
Tracks 2-5 to 2-6: 8.VI.1933; Studio Albert, Paris; CLX 1706/5; LX 383.
Track 2-7: 13.VII.1934; Studio Albert, Paris; CLX 1810; LX 382.
Track 2-8: 5.VII.1934; Studio Albert, Paris; CLX 1803; LX 382.
Tracks 2-9 to 2-10: 7.IV.1933; Studio Albert, Paris; CLX 1675; LX 290.
Tracks 2-11 to 2-14: 5&6.VII.1934; Studio Albert, Paris; CL 4970-73; LF 139/40.
Tracks 2-15 to 2-19: 6&7.IV.1933; Studio Albert, Paris; CL 4278-81, CLX 1674; LB 12/13, LX 290.
Tracks 2-20 to 2-23: 14&16.II.1938; Studio Pathé-Marconi, Paris; CLX 2044-48; LFX 951-3.

Other Information:
Tracks 1-1 to 1-4: Sung in English.
Track 2-1: Transcribed for violin and wind quartet in 1933.
Tracks 2-2 to 2-6: Transcribed for violin and piano in 1932.
Tracks 2-9 to 2-10: Transcribed for violin and piano in 1933.

CD 1: 77:42
CD 2: 77:35

This compilation and digital remastering ℗ 1993 by EMI Records Ltd.
© EMI Records Ltd., 1993