Asakusa Opera Music hall and popular adaptations of opera from the Taisho period (1912-25) (Yamano Music YMCD 1056, CD 3,000 yen)

 

Fujiwara Yoshie in Digital Recordings of the tenor who founded the Fujiwara Opera, made between 1927 and 1940 (Victor VDC 1041, CD 3,008 yen)

 

Fujiwara Yoshie, 'Warera no tena' ('Our tenor') Complete Recordings made between 1926 and 1949 (Victor VICC-40084-86, 3CDs, 8,000 yen)

 

The Complete Works of Tamaki Miura 1912-43 (Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd. COCA 12424-28, 5 CDs)

 

Historical Recordings of Japanese Female Vocalists Published 1995 as part of the 'Nihon Yogaku Shi' (Yamano Music YMCD 1024-27, 4 CDs 10,300 yen)

 

Die Kunst von Teiichi Nakayama The recordings of the (baritone) founder of the Nikikai Opera. Lieder by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms and Mahler. Published 23 March 2001 (Victor VICC-60230-60235 6 CDs 15,000 yen)

 

Recordings made by Visiting Artists to Pre-war Japan Published as part of the 'Nihon Yogaku Shi', only one CD features singers (Yamano Music YMCD 1074-78, 5 CDs 10,500 yen)

 

Recordings published by Yamano Music may be difficult to obtain from other shops. their address is: Yamano Music, 4-5-6 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan. Their telephone is 03-3562-5051 and there is a website at www.yamano-music.co.jp

 

 

Opera japonica 18/3//2001