Track Listing

CD 1 (79:10)
1.Murmelndes Lüftchen (Jensen)3:58
 July 1913; (1419) 83021 
2.Sehnsucht (Rubinstein)4:45
 July 1913; (1420) 83020 
3.LOHENGRIN: Mein lieber Schwan (Wagner)5:15
 July 1913; (1422) 83017 
4.LOHENGRIN: Mein lieber Schwan (Wagner)4:49
 February 1914; (2891) 83017 
5.DER FREISCHÜTZ: Durch die Wälder (Weber)4:00
 18 February 1915; (3589) 83028 
6.Sehnsucht (Rubinstein)3:59
 18 February 1915; (3590) 73005 
7.RIENZI: Allmächt'ger Vater (Wagner)4:38
 23 February 1915; (3596) 82269 
8.DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE: Dies Bildnis (Mozart)3:41
 13 February 1915; (3597) 82260 
9.LA JUIVE: Rachel quand du Seigneur (Halévy)4:40
 23 February 1915; (3598) 82260 
10.LOHENGRIN: Mein lieber Schwan (Wagner)4:43
 24 February 1915; (3602) 83017 
11.L'AFRICAINE: O paradis, sorti de l'onde (Meyerbeer)3:35
 24 February 1915; (3603) 83033 
12.Das Zauberlied (Meyer-Helmund)4:44
 26 February 1915; (3610) 82280  
13.DIE WALKÜRE: Winterstürme wichen (Wagner)3:09
 1 March 1915; (3615) 82246 
14.FIDELIO: Gott, welch Dunkel (Beethoven)4:47
 1 March 1915; (3616) 83030 
15.LOHENGRIN: Gralserzählung (Wagner)4:46
 3 March 1915; (3621) 82277 
16.DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG: Am stillen Herd (Wagner)4:42
 1 April 1915; (3680) Unpublished 
17.DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG: Preislied (Wagner)4:32
 3 March 1915; (3622) 82276 
18.Murmelndes Lüftchen (Jensen)4:13
 3 March 1915; (3623) 83037 
CD 2 (71:36)
1.SIEGRFRIED: Schmiedelied (Wagner)3:35
 1 April 1915; (3681) 83040 
2.JOSEPH: Champs paternels (Méhul)4:38
 30 March 1916; (4617) 
3.O schöne Zeit (Götze)3:38
 31 March 1916; (4623) 73008 
4.Still wie die Nacht (Böhm)3:29
 18 April 1916; (4664/BA28254) 13179 
5.Die Allmacht (Schubert)4:16
 18 April 1916; (4665) 82252 
6.LA MUETTE DE PORTICI: Du pauvre seul (Auber)4:28
 18 April 1916; (4666) 
7.Weiss ich dich in meiner Nähe (Abt)3:26
 with Marie Rappold, soprano 
 24 April 1916; (4682/BA28251) 13191 
8.LOHENGRIN: Das süsse Lied verhallt (Wagner)3:49
 with Marie Rappold, soprano 
 24 April 1916; (4683) 83054 
9.Wenn die Schwalben heimwärts zieh'n (Abt)3:43
 with Marie Rappold, soprano 
 25 April 1916; (4687/BA28254) 13157 
10.DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE: Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton (Mozart)3:24
 9 February 1917; (5356) 57017 
11.Panis angelicus (C. Franck)4:08
 21 February 1917; (5392) 83083 
12.DIE WALKÜRE: Ein Schwert verhiess mir (Wagner)4:26
 2 March 1917; (5425) 82246 
13.STABAT MATER: Cujus animam (Rossini)4:12
 7 March 1917; (5434) 83082 
14.RIENZI: Erstehe, hohe Roma, neu (Wagner)3:31
 2 April 1917; (5485) 82275 
15.MARTHA: Ach so fromm (Flotow)3:24
 9 April 1917; (5496) 82278 
16.DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER: Willst jenes Tages (Wagner)3:15
 30 April 1917; (5528) 57017 
17.TANNHÄUSER: Gepriesen sei (Wagner)3:09
 with Marie Rappold, soprano 
 1 May 1917; (5529) 82279 
18.DIE WALKÜRE: Siegmund heiss ich (Wagner)3:25
 with Marie Rappold, soprano 
 2 May 1917; (5533) 82277 
19.Traum durch die Dämmerung (Strauss)3:31
 3 May 1917; (5535) 82252 

CD 1:
Accompaniment: All tracks accompanied by orchestra
Languages: All tracks sung in German
Location: Tracks 1-4 recorded in London; all other tracks recorded in New York

CD 2:
Accompaniment: All tracks accompanied by orchestra except track 19 which is accompanied by piano
Languages: All tracks sung in German except tracks 11 and 13 which are sung in Latin
Location: All tracks recorded in New York

 

Producers: Scott Kessler & Ward Marston

Audio Conservation: Ward Marston

Photographs: Girvice Archer, Rudi Van den Bulck, the Edison National Historic Site, Charles Mintzer, the National Park Service, the Stuart-Liff Collection, the United States Department of the Interior, and Pierre Van de Weghe

Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi

 

Marston would like to thank Gregor Benko, Rudi Van den Bulck, Jerry Fabris, Lawrence F. Holdridge, Peter Lack, Roger Gross Ltd., and Raymond Wile for their help in the production of this CD release.

Marston would also like to thank the Edison National Historic Site, the National Park Service, and the United States Department of the Interior for conserving and sharing rare recorded treasures.