Victor Carne
Victor Carne was a British concert tenor who made a few Vocalion discs as a young man; but after just a few years, he decided to end
his career, and went over to the administrative side of the music industry, becoming one of the most important record producers ever,
first for Columbia (where he discovered Josef Locke), then, and well into the LP era, for EMI,
where he was responsible, among others, for all Tito Gobbi and Victoria de los Angeles recordings and hired George Martin, who was to
become the legendary producer of The Beatles. Carne is said to have been a personal friend of Beniamino Gigli.
Occasionally, he would return to his old profession as a tenor, for instance for a Winterreise at Wigmore
Hall in January 1943; and in 1951, he recorded the first complete tenor Winterreise, for Westminster, with Gerald Moore at the
piano.
Reference: The Gramophone, April 1943
| Victor Carne sings | Come back (Toselli's Serenata)
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Discography
Vocalion London 1925 (w. piano)
Drink to me only with thine eyes (trad) X-9710
For ever and ever (Tosti) X-9710
Vocalion London 1925-12 (w. piano: Berkeley Mason)
04266X Serenata – Come back (Toselli), violin obligato S. Kutcher X-9726
04267 Parted (Tosti) X-9765
04268 Serenade (Raff), violin obligato S. Kutcher X-9765
04269 To Mary (M. V. White) X-9726
Vocalion London date unknown (w. orch.)
04540 The holy city (Adams) K-05248
04541 The star of Bethlehem (Adams) K-02548
Vocalion London 1926-12 (w. piano & cello)
M-0193 For a kiss (Tosti) X-9980
M-0194 O sole mio (Di Capua) X-9949
M-0195 My dreams (Tosti) X-9980
M-0196 I know of two bright eyes (Clutsam) X-9949
Vocalion London 1928-06 (w. piano, celeste & violin)
Macushla (MacMurrough) Broadcast 243
Because (d'Hardelot) Broadcast 243
Westminster London 1951 (w. piano: Gerald Moore)
WL 5087/8 (2 LPs): Winterreise (Schubert), complete recording
I wish to thank Anton Bieber for the recordings, label scans and discography.
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