The Complete Johanna Gadski

Volume 2

COMPLETE TRACK LISTING
LINER NOTES
A NOTE FROM WARD MARSTON

Johanna Gadski (1872-1932) made almost 100 records for the Victor Company during her years with the Metropolitan Opera beginning in November, 1903. She established herself as one of the greatest Wagnerian sopranos of her time, yet Gadski was as adept at singing Verdi, Rossini and Mozart as she was at singing Wagner. What remained constant was that Gadski was a dramatic and monumental singer, whose remarkable technical security enabled her to go deeply into a role and explore every nuance. This 3 CD set marks the second and final volume of her complete recordings including the Mapleson Cylinders, the first complete recording of Wagner's "Wesendonck Lieder," and many selections never before heard on LP or CD.

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Track Listing
CD 1 (72:00)
1. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Zu neuen Taten (Wagner) 3:05
7 February 1910; (C-8599-1) AGSB 36 (unpublished on Victor)
2. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Helle Wehr, heilige Waffe (Wagner) 1:41
7 February 1910; (B-8608-1) 87052
3. ORFEO ED EURIDICE: Su e con me (Gluck) 4:04
with Louise Homer, contralto
7 February 1910; (C-8609-1) 89041
4. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Betrug! (Wagner) 2:35
7 May 1910; (B-8924-2) IRCC-128 (unpublished on Victor)
5. DON GIOVANNI: In quali eccessi.....Mi tradì (Mozart) 4:48
29 September 1910; (C-9489-1) 88253
6. LE NOZZE DI FIGARO: Porgi amor (Mozart) 3:35
29 September 1910; (C-9490-1) 88275
7. IL FLAUTO MAGICO [DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE]: Ah, lo so [Ach, ich fühl's] (Mozart) 4:03
29 September 1910; (C-9492-1) 88254
8. STABAT MATER: Inflammatus (Rossini) 4:38
30 September 1910; (C-4320-4) 88059 (second issued version)
9. DIE WALKÜRE: Ho-jo-to-ho! (Wagner) 2:09
30 September 1910; (B-4062-3) 87002 (second issued version with orchestra)
10. Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (Mendelssohn) 3:04
30 January 1912; (B-11529-1) 87100
11. Auf dem Kirchhofe (Brahms) 2:35
30 January 1912; (B-11530-1) 87099
12. Auf dem Kirchhofe (Brahms) 2:50
14 March 1912; (B-11530-2) (Unpublished)
13. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Zu neuen Taten (Wagner) 3:05
14 March 1912; (B-8599-3) 87098
14. DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER: Wie aus der Ferne... Versank ich jetzt (Wagner) 6:56
with Otto Goritz, baritone
14 March 1912; (C-11724-2) 74322 / 14 March 1912; (C-11723-1) 88370
15. DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER: Wohl kenn' ich Weibes (Wagner) 3:43
with Otto Goritz, baritone
14 March 1912; (C-11725-2) 88371
16. DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE: Bei Männern (Mozart) 3:18
with Otto Goritz, baritone
14 March 1912; (C-11726-1) 88369
17. LOBETANZ: An allen Zweigen (Thuille) 3:54
14 March 1912; (C-11528-4) 88362
18. IL TROVATORE: Timor di me... D'amor sull'ali rosee (Verdi) 4:25
4 April 1912; (C-11828-2) 88379
19. IL TROVATORE: Mira, d'acerbe lagrime... Vivrà! Contende il giubilo (Verdi) 7:22
with Pasquale Amato, baritone
14 April 1913; (C-13121-2) 89069 / 14 April 1913; (C-13122-2) 89070
CD 1: All recordings made by the Victor Talking Machine Company
Tracks 10-12 with piano accompaniment by Rosario Bourdon
All remaining tracks accompanied by the Victor Orchestra
Languages: German [1-2, 4, 9-17]; Italian [3, 5-7, 18-19]; Latin [8]
 
CD 2 (76:30)
1. AIDA: Ritorna vincitor (Verdi) 4:36
4 April 1912; (C-5012-4) 88137 (second issued version)
2. AIDA: O patria mia (Verdi) 2:52
4 April 1912; (C-4128-3) 88042 (second issued version with orchestra)
3. AIDA: Ciel, mio padre... Su, dunque (Verdi) 8:00
with Pasquale Amato, baritone
14 April 1913; (C-13120-2) 89067 / 14 April 1913; (C-13119-2) 89068
4. LOHENGRIN: Euch Lüften (Wagner) 3:50
4 April 1912; (C-11527-4) 88377
5. DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE: Du also bist mein Bräutigam (Mozart) 4:03
with Leonora Sparkes, soprano; Anna Case, soprano; and Marie Mattfeld, mezzo-soprano
16 April 1913; (C-13131-3) 88441
6. DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE: Papagena, Papageno (Mozart) 2:45
with Otto Goritz, baritone
16 April 1913; (C-13132-1) 87510
7. Still wie die Nacht (Götze) 4:37
with Otto Goritz, baritone
16 April 1913; (C-13133-1) 88440
8. DIE WALKÜRE: Du bist der Lenz (Wagner) 2:23
23 April 1913; (B-13179-2) 87167
9. Annie Laurie (traditional Scottish) 2:53
23 April 1913; (B-13180-2) 87173
10. TANNHÄUSER: Verzeiht, wenn ich nicht weiss (Wagner) 4:17
23 April 1913; (C-13181-2) 88442
11. TANNHÄUSER: Zurück von ihm (Wagner) 4:12
23 April 1913; (C-13182-2) 88443
12. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Mild und leise {Liebestod} (Wagner) 4:32
23 October 1913; (C-4319-3) 88058 (second issued version)
13. OBERON: Ozean, du Ungeheuer (Weber) 8:05
6 May 1914; (C-13183-1) 88495 / 15 June 1915; (C-14804-5) 88545
14. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa (Verdi) 4:14
6 May 1914; (C-13185-1) 88496
15. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Morrò, ma prima in grazia (Verdi) 3:47
6 May 1914; (C-13186-2) 88497
16. Die Wacht am Rhein (Wilhelm) 3:34
8 February 1915; (C-15690-2) 88515
17. Im Herbst (Franz) 4:00
16 June 1915; (C-14809-3) 88542
18. Kathleen Mavourneen (Crouch) 3:35
16 June 1915; (C-18106-5) 88546
CD 2: All recordings made by the Victor Talking Machine Company
Track 17 with piano accompaniment by Rosario Bourdon
All remaining tracks with accompaniment by the Victor Orchestra
Languages: Italian [1-3, 14-15]; German [4-8,10-13, 16-17]; English [9, 18]
 
CD 3 (75:55)
1. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Mild und leise {Liebestod} (Wagner) 4:21
16 June 1915; (C-4319-7) 88058 (third issued version)
2. Die Lorelei (Silcher) 4:31
26 May 1916; (C-17741-3) 88564
3. Heidenröslein (Werner) 3:54
26 May 1916; (C-17744-3) 88566
4. Slumber Song (Gilmour) 2:09
26 May 1916; (B-17745-2) 87252
5. DIE WALKÜRE: Ho-jo-to-ho! (Wagner) 2:05
26 May 1916; (B-4062-7) 87002 (third issued version with orchestra)
6. MESSIAH: Come Unto Him (Handel) 4:19
26 May 1916 ; (C-17743-1) 88571
7. Die Lotosblume (Schumann) 4:05
25 October 1916; (C-14807-3) 88578
Wesendonck Lieder (Wagner)
8. Der Engel 3:04
4 May 1917; (B-19689-2) 87273
9. Stehe still 3:22
4 May 1917; (B-19692-3) 87275
10. Im Treibhaus 4:29
4 May 1917; (C-19688-4) HRS 1047 (unpublished on Victor)
11. Schmerzen 2:13
4 May 1917; (B-19687-3) 87274
12. Träume 4:03
4 May 1917; (C-19686-3) 88591
13. DIE WALKÜRE: Fort denn eile (Wagner) 2:26
4 May 1917; (B-19693-1) 87281
The [Lionel] Mapleson Cylinders
RECORDED IN THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, NEW YORK CITY
14. TANNHÄUSER: Dich, teure Halle (excerpt) (Wagner) 2:05
with David Bispham, baritone; Emil Gerhäuser, tenor; and chorus and orchestra
17 January 1903
15. LES HUGUENOTS: Ah! l'ingrat d'une offense mortelle (excerpts) (Meyerbeer) 7:48
with Edouard De Reszke bass
24 January 1903
16. AIDA: Su! del Nilo (excerpt) (Verdi) 2:03
with Marcel Journet, bass; Adolph Mühlmann, baritone; Emilio De Marchi, tenor; Louise Homer, contralto; and chorus
31 January 1903
17. AIDA: Ma tu, o Re (excerpt) (Verdi) 1:57
with Marcel Journet, bass; Giuseppe Campanari, baritone; Emilio De Marchi, tenor; and chorus
31 January 1903
18. AIDA: Triumphal scene finale (excerpt) (Verdi) 1:41
with Marcel Journet, bass; Giuseppe Campanari, baritone; Adolph Mühlmann, baritone; Emilio De Marchi, tenor; Louise Homer, contralto;
and chorus and orchestra
31 January 1903
19. LOHENGRIN: Lohengrin's arrival (excerpt) (Wagner) 1:55
7 February 1903
20. LOHENGRIN: Lohengrin's question (excerpt) (Wagner) 2:01
with Georg Anthes, tenor
7 February 1903
21. LOHENGRIN: Ortud-Elsa confrontation (excerpt) (Wagner) 2:06
with Luise Reuss-Belce, soprano
7 February 1903
22. LOHENGRIN: The Minster scene (excerpts) (Wagner) 5:08
with Georg Anthes, tenor; Anton Van Rooy, baritone
7 February 1903
23. DIE WALKÜRE: Sieglinde's farewell (excerpt) (Wagner) 1:46
with Lillian Nordica, soprano; David Bispham, bass; Marie Van Cauteren, soprano; Mathilde Bauermeister, soprano; Camille Seygard, soprano; Maire Maurer, soprano; Marguerite Marilly, soprano; Carrie Bridewell, mezzo-soprano; Ernestine Schumann-Heink, contralto; and Louise Homer, contralto
21 February1903
24. ERO E LEANDRO: Cade una stella (excerpt) (Mancinelli) 2:04
4 or 14 March 1903 (matinee)
CD 3: Tracks 1-13 recorded by the Victor Talking Machine Company
Track 3 with string quartet accompaniment
Track 4 with harp accompaniment by Francis J. Lapitino; and bells
Track 7 with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Wagner
All remaining tracks accompanied by the Victor Orchestra
Languages: German [1-3, 5, 8-13]; English [4, 6]; Track 7 is sung in German and English
The Mapleson Cylinders:
Tracks 14, 19-23 conducted by Alfred Hertz; Track 15 conducted by Phillippe Flon
Tracks 16-18, 24 conducted by Luigi Mancinelli
Tracks 14, 16-18 19, 21-22, with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Tracks 15, 20, 23-24 with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Languages: French [15]; German [14, 19-23]; Italian [16-18, 24]

Photographs: Robert Tuggle

Producer: Jeffrey Miller

Audio Conservation: Ward Marston

Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi

Marston would like to thank Lawrence F. Holdridge, John Humbley, Peter Lack and William Shaman for their help in the production of this CD release.
Tracks 14-24 courtesy of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Original cylinder to tape transfer: Tom Owen, sound engineer; tape to DAT transfer: Adrian Cosentini, sound engineer.
The Original six disc LP record album of the complete Mapleson Cylinders is still available for purchase directly from the Archives.