The Viennese bass, Georg Hann, was born in 1897, and died in Munich in 1950, still at the height of his powers. He left a substantial recorded legacy.

Mediafire link for Georg Hann singing Verdi, Rossini, Cornelius

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Cornelius – Der Barbier von Bagdad:
Mein Sohn, sei Allahs Frieden (Auftrittslied des Abul)
Er lebt, er lebt (Schluß-Szene)
Deutsche Grammophon 72012 (variable micrograde 78)
Matrices 01838LKK, 01839LKK (dated 30.5.50 and 5.6.50)
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Heger
Lorenz Fehenberger, tenor
Georg Hann, bass
Karl Hoppe, baritone (only in Er lebt, er lebt)

Verdi – Falstaff – Die Ehre, Gauner!
Rossini – Der Barbier von Sevilla – Die Verleumdung sie ist ein Lüftchen
Deutsche Grammophon 68396
Matrices 01244KK, 2125-GE 9 (dated 15.6.49 and Mechan Copt. 1943 respectively)
Bavarian State Orchestra, Walther Knör (Verdi)
Orchester des Deutschen Opernhauses Berlin, Arthur Rother (Rossini)
Georg Hann, bass

Harry Secombe is well remembered in English speaking countries as one of the Goons, star of film musicals, and here in the UK, for presenting religious choral programmes on television. His tenor voice is well remembered, and he recorded extensively, including an LP of operatic arias and duets.

Harry Secombe sings operatic arias

Mediafire link for Harry Secombe sings operatic arias
(No longer available)

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Bizet – Carmen – Flower song
Puccini – Tosca – Strange harmony of contrasts
Verdi – Rigoletto – La donna e mobile
Leoncavallo – I Pagliacci – On with the motley
Verdi – La Traviata – The Drinking Song (Brindisi)
Flotow – Martha – M’appari
Meyerbeer – L’Africaine – O paradiso
Puccini – Turandot – None shall sleep
Puccini – Tosca – When the stars were brightly shining
Verdi – Il Trovatore – Miserere

Wing (Philips) WL1220
Matrices WL 1220 1L, 2L
Recorded 1957 (solos) and 1958 (duets)

Orchestra, Emmanuel Young
Orchestra, Wally Stott (Strange harmony and On with the motley)
Adele Leigh, soprano (in Brindisi and Miserere)
Harry Secombe, tenor

Recordings by Franz André (1893-1975) have appeared here on two occasions. He recorded extensively for Telefunken with L’ Orchestre Symphonique de la Radiodiffusion Nationale Belge, of which he was the founder in 1935, and remained their principal conductor until 1957. However, he did also record with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the 1940s, and is represented on microgroove 78s and 45rpm albums..

Mediafire link for Franck, Mussorgsky and Saint-Saens conducted by Franz André

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Franck – Le Chasseur Maudit
Decca X 10079/80 (Issued on English DECCA K1485/6)
Matrices AR 10191-2, 10192-2, 10193-2, 10194-2
Recorded 2nd April 1946
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz André

Mussorgsky – Night on the Bare Mountain
Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre
Telefunken Füllschrift VSK 9012 (Microgroove 78)
Matrices 9-036712-IV, 9-036713-III
Recorded 9th April 1952, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels
L’ Orchestre Symphonique de la Radiodiffusion Nationale Belge, Franz André

Debussy – La Mer

Mediafire link for Debussy – La Mer – Franz André

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Capitol Telefunken KCM 8010 (album of three 45rpm 7” discs)
Matrices 45-8049-ID3, 8050-ID4, 8051-ID1, 8052-ID2, 8053-ID4, 8054-ID2
Recorded 17th November 1941

I. De l’aube a midi sur la mer
II. Jeux de vagues
III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer

L’ Orchestre Symphonique de la Radiodiffusion Nationale Belge, Franz André (credited as Brussels Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.4 in F minor Op.36

Mediafire link for Tchaikovsky – Symphony No.4 – Franz André

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Telefunken GMA 6
Matrices LP0-36726-2A, 36727-3A
Recorded 9th April 1954, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels
Released October 1954

I. Andante sostenuto
II. Andantino in modo di canzone
III. Scherzo (Pizzicato ostinato)
IV. Finale (Allegro con fuoco)

L’ Orchestre Symphonique de la Radiodiffusion Nationale Belge, Franz André

Beethoven – Symphony No.4 in Bb major Op.60

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Telefunken TW 30149
Matrices LP-36959-III, 36960-IV
Recorded 2nd October 1953, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels
Released March 1954

I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
II. Adagio
III. Allegro vivace
IV. Allegro ma non troppo

L’ Orchestre Symphonique de la Radiodiffusion Nationale Belge, Franz André