Disc One: Operatic Arias
1 FAUST, Gounod, Dio Possente 2.24
Rec: 15 Sept 1903 Matrix: B417-2 Victor Cat: 437
2 HAMLET, Thomas, Doute de la lumière 4.18
with Marcella Sembrich , soprano
Rec: 9 Oct 1907 Matrix: C4871-1 Victor Cat: 89010
3 HAMLET, Thomas, O vin dissipe la tristesse 3.47
Rec: 26 May 1908 Matrix: C6236-1 Victor Cat: 74114
4 LE ROI DE LAHORE, Massenet, Promesse de mon avenir 3.52
Rec: 7 April 1909 Matrix: C6968-2 Victor Cat: 74043
5 HÉRODIADE, Massenet, Vision Fugitive 4.13
Rec: 2 Feb 1909 Matrix: C6115-4 Victor Cat: 88153
6 PATRIE!, Paladilhe, Air du Sonneur 4.04
Rec: 19 Sept 1911 Matrix: C10997-1 Victor Cat: 74229
7 FAUST, Gounod, Dio Possente 4.25
Rec: 11 Dec 1907 Matrix: C4966-1 Victor Cat: 74102
8 LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Mozart, Crudel! perchè finora 3.06
with Emma Eames , soprano
Rec: 6 April 1909 Matrix: C6867 Victor Cat: 89023
9 DON GIOVANNI, Mozart, Là ci darem la mano 3.22
with Emma Eames , soprano
Rec: 9 March 1906 Matrix: C3170-2 Victor Cat: 89005
10 DON GIOVANNI, Mozart, Serenata 1.56
Rec: 3 Sept 1913 Matrix: C13721-1 Victor Cat: 88447
11 LA DAMNATION DE FAUST, Berlioz, Serenade 1.57
Rec: 2 July 1907 Matrix: xB 3133 Odeon Cat: 50372
12 TANNHÄUSER, Wagner, O du, mein holder Abendstern 3.41
Rec: 2 Feb 1909 Matrix: C6764-5 Victor Cat: 88154
13 RIGOLETTO, Verdi, Pari siamo 4.06
Rec: 12 May 1909 Matrix: C70661 Victor Cat: 74110
14 IL TROVATORE, Verdi, Mira di acerbe lagrime 3.48
with Emma Eames , soprano
Rec: 7 April 1909 Matrix: C6233-5 Victor Cat: 89002
15 UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Verdi, Eri tu 4.40
Rec: 20 Sept 1911 Matrix: C9677-2 Victor Cat: 88324
16 BENVENUTO CELLINI, Diaz, De l’art splendour immortelle 4.10
Rec: 2 Feb 1909 Matrix: C6765-1 Victor Cat: unpublished
17 PAGLIACCI, Leoncavallo, Prologo 3.40
Rec: 19 April 1916 Matrix: B6868-1 Victor Cat: 64584
18 LA CHANSON DE FORTUNIO, Offenbach, Si vous croyez 2.28
Rec: 23 Oct 1916 Matrix: B18574-1 Victor Cat: 64632
Disc Two: Songs
1 Yradier, La Sevillana 3.00
Rec: 13 May 1909 Matrix: B7078-1 Victor Cat: 64041
2 Scuderi, Dormi pure 3.34
Rec: 14 May 1909 Matrix: C7084-1 Victor Cat: 74047
3 Paladilhe, La Mandolinata 2.57
Rec: 28 Nov 1910 Matrix: B9673 Victor Cat: 64160
4 Giordano, Caro mio ben 3.35
Rec: 29 May 1907 Matrix: C4544-1 Victor Cat: 74068
5 Yradier, La Paloma 4.06
Rec: 3 Sept 1905 Matrix: C1917-4 Victor Cat: 74379
6 Noche Serena (Mexican Folk Song) 5.22
Rec: 10 Nov 1914 Matrix: B15373-1 Victor Cat: 64480
7 Alvarez, El Celoso 2.15
Rec: 11 Nov 1914 Matrix: B15880-1 Victor Cat: 64482
8 Zapata, La luna 3.03
Rec: 6 June 1918 Matrix: 21971-1 Victor Cat: 64847
9 Mattei, Non e ver 4.29
Rec: 18 April 1916 Matrix: C15368-2 Victor Cat: 74421
10 Mario, Comme se canta a Napule 2.57
Rec: 10 Nov 1910 Matrix: B15359-1 Victor Cat: 64479
11 Nicto, Teresita mia 3.00
Rec: 25 Oct 1920 Matrix: B24736-7 Victor Cat: 66033
12 Anon, Drink to me only with thine eyes 3.12
Rec: 14 May 1909 Matrix: C7083-1 Victor Cat: 74077
13 Elgar, The pipes of Pan 4.05
Rec: 15 April 1915 Matrix: C15900-2 Victor Cat: 74438
14 Fauré, Crucifix 3.04
with Emma Eames, soprano
Rec: 6 April 1909 Matrix: C3172-4 Victor Cat: 89004
15 Favart / Exaudet, Menuet 2.50
Rec: c. 1924 Matrix: not known Victor Cat: 1108
16 Weckerlin, Bergere Legere 2.08
Rec: c. 1924 Matrix: not known Victor Cat: 1108
17 Debussy, Romance: Voici que le printemps 3.12
Rec: 6 April 1928 Matrix: BVE43617-1 Victor Cat: unpublished
Among the most stylish singers of his day, Gogorza was also distinguished by his having no stage career but, from the first, a particularly close association with the gramophone. His voice was vibrant and of a richly attractive quality, and he made plenty of operatic records which show him, in that respect and as far as we can judge, well-equipped for the standard baritone roles, especially those in Mozart and the French repertoire. He was, however, short in stature (described as a ‘dapper little man’) and extremely short-sighted, lost without his spectacles. His recitals were much admired and it was on these that his reputation as a "live" singer was based.
