Track Listing

CD 1 (77:22)

Irene ABENDROTH

1. MIGNON: Je suis Titania (Thomas) 3:01
  1902; (768 1/2x) G&T 43245  
2. Vergebliches Ständchen (Brahms) 1:55
  1902; (2286b) G&T 43038  

Anna von BAHR-MILDENBURG

3. OBERON: Ozean du Ungeheuer (Weber) 2:34
  1904; (805e) G&T 43630  

Lola BEETH

4. M’ama, non m’ama (Mascagni) 2:55
  1904; (OB 28y) G&T 43621  

Theodor BERTRAM

5. DAS RHEINGOLD: Abendlich Strahlt (Wagner) 2:47
  1905; (2056-f) Favorite 1-15049  

Elsa BLAND

6. AIDA: O patria mia (Verdi) 3:03
  1905; (12700) Columbia 12700  

Hermine BOSETTI

7. DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE: Zum Leiden bin ich auserkoren (Mozart) 3:24
  1906; (4445l) G&T 43785  

Ellen BRANDT-FORSTER

8. COPPELIA: Valse (Delibes) 1:57
  1902; (2530b) G&T 43198  
9. LE NOZZE DI FIGARO: Crudel perchè finora (Mozart) 2:12
  with Leopold Demuth, baritone
1902; (2529b) G&T 44115		  

Hans BREUER

10. SIEGFRIED: Als züllendes Kind (Wagner) 2:10
  1904; (1131e) G&T 2-42923  

Sara CAHIER

11. CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet) 2:48
  1907; (10894u) G&T 43944  
12. CARMEN: Air des cartes (Bizet) 2:46
  1907; (10910u) G&T 43945  

Leopold DEMUTH

13. DIE DREI PINTOS: Ein Mädchen Verloren (Weber) 3:46
  1903; (19hp) G&T 042030  
14. PIKOVAYA DAMA: Ja vas lyublyu (Tchaikovsky) 3:46
  1903; (49hp) G&T 042053  

Andreas DIPPEL

15. LES HUGUENOTS: Plus blanche que la blanche hermine (Meyerbeer) 2:10
  1906; Edison cylinder B-15  

Elise ELIZZA

16. DIE KÖNIGIN VON SABA: Lockruf (Goldmark) 2:28
  1904; Pathé 19268  
17. DIE KÖNIGIN VON SABA: Der Freund ist dein (Goldmark) 3:15
  1906; (704r) G&T 43752  

Benedikt FELIX

18. Non t’amo più (Denza) 2:54
  1902; (869x) G&T 52363  

Ottilie FELLWOCK

19. SAMSON ET DALILA: Printemps qui commence (Saint-Saëns) 4:28
  1904; (245y) G&T 043030  

Frieda FELSER

20. MIGNON: Connais-tu le pays? (Thomas) 3:29
  1907; (3043r) G&T 43926  

Grete FORST

21. DER FREISCHÜTZ: Kommt ein schlanker Bursch’ gegangen (Weber) 3:02
  1904; (916e) G&T 43618  

Gertrude FÖRSTEL

22. FAUST: Air des bijoux (Gounod) 3:36
  1904; (1903x) G&T 43504  

Berta FÖRSTER-LAUTERER

23. PRODANÁ NEVESTA: Ten lasky sen (Smetana) 2:45
  1903; (763z) G&T 43413  
24. LOHENGRIN: Das süsse Lied verhallt (Wagner) 4:05
  with Leo Slezak, tenor
1903; (27hp) G&T 044017		  

Moritz FRAUSCHER

25. Prinz Eugen (Loewe) 3:02
  1902; (G 81b) Zonophone X-22150  

Marie GUTHEIL-SCHODER

26. DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR: Nun eilt herbei (Nicolai) 2:52
  1902; (884x) G&T 43221  
CD 2 (78:56)

Alexander HAYDTER

1. DAS RHEINGOLD: Alberichs Fluch (Wagner) 3:21
  1906; (Vx 1365) Odeon X 38367  

Wilhelm HESCH

2. EVGENIJ ONEGIN: Lyubvi fse vozrastï pokornï (Tchaikovsky) 3:45
  1902; (937x) G&T 42849  
3. LES HUGUENOTS: Dans la nuit toute seule (Meyerbeer) 3:44
  with Betty Schubert, soprano
1904; (Vx 138) Odeon X 38083		  

Laura HILGERMANN

4. Träume (Wagner) 3:00
  1908; (13221u) Zonophone X-23308  
5. TANNHÄUSER: Dich teure Halle (Wagner) 2:58
  1908; (13222u) Zonophone X-23309  

Hermine KITTEL

6. DJAMILEH: Nour-Eddin, roi de Lahore [Ghazel] (Bizet) 3:07
  1908; (12945u) Gramophone Pre-Dog 2-43110  
7. DJAMILEH: Sans doute l’heure est prochaine [Lamento] (Bizet) 3:16
  1908; (12944u) Gramophone Pre-Dog 2-43109  

Berta KIURINA

8. FAUST: Faites-lui mes aveux (Gounod) 2:52
  1906; (Vx 1425) Odeon X 25709  
9. LOHENGRIN: Das süsse Lied verhallt (Wagner) 3:14
  with Hubert Leuer, tenor
1914; Pathé 56244		  

Selma KURZ

10. FAUST: Ne permettrez-vous pas (Gounod) 1:31
  1900; (1627a) Berliner 43015  
11. ERNANI: Ernani involami (Verdi) 3:16
  1902; (X-1669) Zonophone X-23013  
12. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA: Saper vorreste (Verdi) 2:03
  1902; (2486b) G&T 43305  

Georg MAIKL

13. LE DONNE CURIOSE: Aria di Florindo (Wolf-Ferrari) 2:25
  1905; Pathé 38085  

Richard MAYR

14. LA JUIVE: Si la rigueur et la vengeance (Halévy) 4:01
  1905; (460c) G&T 042108  

Hans MELMS

15. TANNHÄUSER: O kehr’ zurück, du kühner Sänger (Wagner) 2:56
  1907; (12846u) Gramophone Pre-Dog V.* 22843  

Margarethe MICHALEK

16. DER DOT MON: Ich hab’ dich so lieb (Förster) 2:05
  1902; (2452b) G&T 43316  
17. Es blinkt der Tau (Rubinstein) 2:47
  1902; (967x) G&T 43242  

Anton MOSER

18. Soldatenart (Abt) 3:06
  1905; (12508-1-x) Columbia 12508  

Franz NAVAL

19. COSÌ FAN TUTTE: Un aura amorosa (Mozart) 3:12
  1902; (857x) G&T 42818  
20. LA DAME BLANCHE: Cene main si jolie (Boieldieu) 3:16
  with Marie Gutheil-Schoder, soprano
1902; (851x) G&T 44066		  

Franz PACAL

21. DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER: Mit Gewitter und Sturm (Wagner) 2:47
  1902; (943x) G&T 42850  
22. Frühlingzeit (Becker) 2:55
  1902; (891x) G&T 42832  

Josie PETRU

23. LE PROPHÈTE: Ah mon fils! (Meyerbeer) 3:14
  1906; (Vx 1406) Odeon X 38282  
24. DIE ROSE VOM LIEBESGARTEN: Arioso (Pfitzner) 2:17
  with Berta Kiurina, soprano 1906; (OX 1371) Odeon X 38305  
25. DIE ROSE VOM LIEBESGARTEN: Duett (Pfitzner) 2:31
  with Berta Kiurina, soprano
1906; (OX 1370) Odeon X 38304		  

Jenny POHLNER

26. DAS RHEINGOLD: Rheintöchter Terzett (Wagner) 2:39
  with Elise Elizza, soprano; Hermine Kittel, contralto
1904; (xV 98) Odeon X 38022		  

Arthur PREUSS

27. DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL: Frisch zum Kampfe (Mozart) 2:26
  1906; (4264l) G&T 3-42598  
CD 3 (78:23)

Carl REICH

1. ERNANI: Che mai vegg’io…Infelice! E tu credevi (Verdi) 3:21
  1903; (89hp) G&T 042042  

Frances SAVILLE

2. MANON: Voyons, Manon (Massenet) 3:20
  1902; (873x) G&T 43280  
3. Morgen send’ ich dir die Veilchen (Meyer-Helmund) 3:08
  1902; (876x) G&T 43285  

Erik SCHMEDES

4. En Drøm (Grieg) 2:01
  1902; (2378b) G&T 42709  
5. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: O sink’ hernieder (Wagner) 3:06
  with Elsa Bland, soprano
1908; (13157u) Gramophone Pre-Dog 2-44412		  
6. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: So stürben wir (Wagner) 2:34
  with Elsa Bland, soprano
1908; (13156u) Gramophone Pre-Dog 2-44411		  

Fritz SCHRÖDTER

7. DIE MEISTERSINGER: Am Jordan (Wagner) 1:48
  1902; (2426b) G&T 42757  
8. DIE FLEDERMAUS: Brüderlein und Schwesterlein (J. Strauss) 2:06
  1902; (2484b) G&T 42776  

Sophie SEDLMAIR

9. DON GIOVANNI: Or sai che l’onore (Mozart) 2:55
  1903; (896z) G&T 43507  
10. LE NOZZE DI FIGARO: Voi che sapete (Mozart) 3:10
  c.1910; (2046) Janus-Record 5496b  

Charlotte von SEEBEÖK

11. NORMA: Casta Diva…Ah, bello, a me ritorna (Bellini) 4:07
  1905; Pathé 38220/38221  

Johannes SEMBACH

12. LA DAME BLANCHE: Viens, gentille dame (Boieldieu) 2:23
  1906; (7226 OE) Lyrophon W.7226  

Leo SLEZAK

13. Ungeduld (Schubert) 2:27
  1901; (214x) G&T 42409  
14. GUILLAUME TELL: Ses jours qu’il sont osé proscrire (Rossini) 3:29
  1903; (8hp) G&T 042061  

Julius SPIELMANN

15. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA: Siciliana (Mascagni) 2:23
  1905; (180-o) Favorite 1-15218  

Gerhard STEHMANN

16. TANNHÄUSER: Blick’ ich umher (Wagner) 3:21
  1902; (G 7b) Zonophone X-22131  

Ernest VAN DYCK

17. Les berceaux (G. Fauré) 2:25
  1903; Pathé Cylinder 0796  
18. Les roses d’Ispahan (G. Fauré) 2:43
  1905; (Xph 541) Fonotipia 39226  

Edyth WALKER

19. LE PROPHÈTE: Scène de la prison (Meyerbeer) 2:19
  1902; (975x) G&T 43261  
20. SERSE: Ombra mai fu (Handel) 2:49
  1902; (1114 1/2x) G&T 43279  

Friedrich WEIDEMANN

21. DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE: Papagena, Papagena! (Mozart) 3:15
  1907; (10053u) Gramophone 3-42755  

Lucie WEIDT

22. FIDELIO: Abscheulicher! …Komm’ Hoffnung (Beethoven) 5:47
  1904; (3494b) G&T 43380 & (339i) G&T 043048  

Hermann WINKELMANN

23. DIE MEISTERSINGER: Preislied (Wagner) 2:36
  1905; (6769b) G&T 3-42465  
24. DALIBOR: Slysel’s to, priteli (Smetana) 3:12
  1905; (6770b) G&T 3-42299  

Wilhelm WISSIAK

25. MARTHA: Trinklied (Flotow) 2:01
  1906, (Vx1466) Odeon X25745  

Lilli LEHMANN

26. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Liebestod (Wagner) 5:23
  1907; (xxB 3145) Odeon (unpublished on 78 rpm)  

 

CD 1:
Tracks 1-6, 8-10, 13-14, 16, 18-19, 21-26 accompanied by piano; Tracks 7, 11-12, 15, 17, 20 accompanied by orchestra.
Languages: All selections are sung in German except Track 18 which is sung in Italian.

 

CD 2:
Tracks 1-3, 8, 10, 12-14, 16-26 accompanied by piano; Tracks 4-7, 9, 11, 15, 27 accompanied by orchestra.
Languages: All selections are sung in German.

 

CD 3:
Tracks 1-4, 7-9, 11-20, 22-25 accompanied by piano; Tracks 5-6, 10, 21, 26 accompanied by orchestra
Languages: German [1-3, 5-16, 19, 21-26]; Danish [4]; French [17-18]; and Italian [20]

 

Producer: Nathan B. Davis

Audio Conservation: Ward Marston

Photographs: Girvice Archer, Luc Bourrousse, Nathan B. Davis, Charles Mintzer, Patricia Novak, Ralph Richey, and Robert Tuggle

Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi

 

The publication of this set would not be possible without the generosity of the following record collectors for supplying the following rare recordings:

 

Robert Autrey: CD 1: [19]; CD 2 [24, 25]; CD 3: [3, 10, 14, 18, 19, 24]
Nathan B. Davis: CD 1: [21]; CD 2: [13]; CD 3: [5, 6, 21]
J. Neil Forster: CD 1: [11, 12]
Sir Paul Getty: CD 1: [1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 26]; CD 2: [10, 11, 12, 16, 21, 23, 27]; CD 3: [2, 17, 20, 22, 23]
Herbert Gruy: CD 1: [4, 18, 20, 25]; CD 2: [1, 9]; CD 3: [1, 15, 16]
Lawrence F. Holdridge: CD 1: [6, 13, 16, 17, 22]; CD 2: [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22]; CD 3: [7, 13]
Franz Lechleitner: CD 2: [3]
Christopher Norton-Welsh: CD 1: [14]; CD 2: [2, 18, 26]; CD 3: [4]
Christian Zwarg: CD 3: [12]

 

Also, the following selections are re-recorded from copies in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence C. Witten II, the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings, Yale Music Library:
CD 1: [15, 23, 24]; CD 3: [8, 9, 11, 25, 26]

 

Dedication: In memory of Miss Georgia Standing (1906-2002), American contralto and protégé of Mme. Charles Cahier.

 

Marston would also like to thank Samuel Bolshoi, Leonard D. Court, Art Guenther, Harry Glaze, Sally Munton, Lloyd Stickells, and Richard Warren Jr.

 

Recommended reading: Gustav Mahler Vienna: The Years of Challenge (1897-1904) and Gustav Mahler Vienna: Triumph and Disillusion (1904-1907), Oxford Press, by Professor H.L. de La Grange, 1995 and 2000.