TT-4019 - Leo Slezak: Cylinders and Pathé discs
Sämtliche Phonographenwalzen und Pathé-Platten, einschließlich der privaten Aufnahmen von 1903
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TT-4019 - Leo Slezak: Cylinders and Pathé discs
All known phonograph cylinders and Pathé discs, including the home recordings of 1903
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DISC 1
01: LES HUGUENOTS (Giacomo Meyerbeer / Eugène Scribe; Emile Deschamps)
Act I: Plus blanche que la blanche hermine "Ah! qual soave vision"
Raoul: Leo Slezak
Edison Amberol cylinder 4M-B150-1 (B 150) • key B-flat, 164.4 rpm, 4:15 min
02: TANNHÄUSER (Richard Wagner / Richard Wagner)
Act I: Dir töne Lob! Die Wunder sei'n gepriesen
Tannhäuser: Leo Slezak
Edison Amberol cylinder 4M-B151-1 (B 151) • key D-flat, 162.8 rpm, 3:48 min
03: SCHWANENGESANG (Franz Schubert, D.957)
№ 8: Ständchen (Ludwig Rellstab) "Leise flehen meine Lieder"
tenor: Leo Slezak
Edison Amberol cylinder 4M-B152-1 (B 152) • key D, 161.0 rpm, 4:07 min
04: AIDA (Giuseppe Verdi / Antonio Ghislanzoni)
Act I: Celeste Aida "Se quel guerrier io fossi!"
Radamès: Leo Slezak
Edison Amberol cylinder 4M-B154-1 (B 154) • key B-flat, 164.0 rpm, 4:08 min
05: AIDA (Giuseppe Verdi / Antonio Ghislanzoni)
Act IV: La fatal pietra "Morir' si pura e bella!... O terra, addio"
Radamès: Leo Slezak
Edison Amberol cylinder 4M-B157-1 (B 157) • key G-flat, 164.8 rpm, 3:53 min
06: LA BOHÈME (Giacomo Puccini / Giuseppe Giacosa; Luigi
Illica)
Act I: Che gelida manina
Rodolfo: Leo Slezak
Edison Amberol cylinder 4M-B158-1 (B 158) • key G, 162.8 rpm, 4:25 min
07: TOSCA (Giacomo Puccini / Giuseppe Giacosa; Luigi Illica)
Act III: E lucevan le stelle
Cavaradossi: Leo Slezak
Edison Amberol cylinder 4M-B155-1 (BA 28146) • key B minor, 163.0 rpm, 4:01 min
08: LOHENGRIN (Richard Wagner / Richard Wagner)
Act I: Nun sei bedankt, mein lieber Schwan!
Lohengrin: Leo Slezak
part of Edison Amberol cylinder 4M-B159-1 (B 159) • key A, 160.8 rpm, 1:54 min
09: LOHENGRIN (Richard Wagner / Richard Wagner)
Act III: Lohengrins Abschied "Mein lieber Schwan!"
Lohengrin: Leo Slezak
part of Edison Amberol cylinder 4M-B159-1 (B 159) • key A, 160.8 rpm, 2:08 min
10: ALESSANDRO STRADELLA (Friedrich von Flotow / Friedrich
Wilhelm Riese)
Act I: Ständchen "Horch, Liebchen, horch! Es singt der Traute"
Stradella: Leo Slezak
Edison Amberol cylinder 4M-40031-1 (A 40031) • key F, 160.6 rpm, 3:34 min
11: FÜNF LIEDER (Eugen Hildach, op.19)
№ 5: Lenz (Felix Dahn) "Die Finken schlagen, der Lenz ist da!"
tenor: Leo Slezak
Edison Amberol cylinder 4M-40034-1 (A 40034) • key D, 161.2 rpm, 2:31 min
12: DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG (Richard Wagner)
Act III: Preislied "Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein"
Walther: Leo Slezak
Edison Amberol cylinder 4M-40038-1 (A 40038) • key C, 162.0 rpm, 3:40 min
13: FAUST (Charles Gounod / Jules Barbier, Michel Carré)
Act III: Salut! demeure chaste et pure "Gegrüßt sei mir, o heil'ge Stätte"
Faust: Leo Slezak
Edison Amberol cylinder 4M-40041-1 (A 40041) • key A-flat, 161.0 rpm, 4:18 min
14: OTELLO (Giuseppe Verdi / Arrigo Boïto)
Act I: Già nella notte densa
Desdemona: Marie Rappold • Otello: Leo Slezak
12-inch Edison Diamond Disc 607-A (not issued) • key G-flat, 81.1 rpm, 5:33 min
15: OTELLO (Giuseppe Verdi / Arrigo Boïto)
Act II: Ora è per sempre addio "Tu? Indietro! Fuggi!!"
Otello: Leo Slezak
Edison Amberol cylinder B 156-1 (B 156) • key A-flat, 164.4 rpm, 3:48 min
16: OTELLO (Giuseppe Verdi / Arrigo Boïto)
Act III: Niun mi tema s'anco armato mi vede
Otello: Leo Slezak
Edison Amberol cylinder B 153-1 (B 153) • key F, 161.2 rpm, 4:22 min
17: DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR (Otto Nicolai / Salomon
Hermann von Mosenthal)
Act III: Horch, die Lerche singt im Hain
Fenton: Leo Slezak
Columbia cylinder G 56081-[...] (XP 56081) • key E, 163.0 rpm, 1:57 min
18: LA JUIVE (Jacques Fromental Halévy / Eugène Scribe)
Act I: O mon Dieu, ô mon Dieu que j'implore "Sie soll die Wahrheit nicht
erfahren!"
Eléazar: Leo Slezak
Columbia cylinder G 56083-1 (XP 56083) • key F, 174.6 rpm, 1:54 min
19: LOUISE (Gustave Charpentier / Gustave Charpentier)
Act II: Elle va paraître, ma joie, mon tourment "O Gesang von Paris"
Julien: Leo Slezak
Columbia cylinder G 56084-[...] (XP 56084) • key A-flat, 172.6 rpm, 1:42 min
20: LIEDERCYCLUS FÜR EINE SINGSTIMME (Heinrich Hofmann, op.27)
№ 4: Vergiß mein nicht (Wilhelm Osterwald) "Im Regen und im Sonnenschein"
tenor: Leo Slezak
Columbia cylinder G 56088-1 (XP 56088) • key G, 181.2 rpm, 1:49 min
21: DER FREISCHÜTZ (Carl Maria von Weber / Friedrich Kind)
Act I: Nein, länger trag' ich nicht die Qualen! "Durch die Wälder, durch die
Auen"
Max: Leo Slezak
Columbia cylinder G 56089-1 (XP 56089) • key E-flat, 180.0 rpm, 1:52 min
DISC 2
01: LE PROPHÈTE (Giacomo Meyerbeer / Eugène Scribe)
Act I: Hymne triomphal: Roi du Ciel et des anges "Herr, dich in den
Sternenkreisen"
Jean: Leo Slezak
35cm Pathé disc 55900 [86873 RA] • key B-flat, 92.5 rpm, 2:31 min
02: AIDA (Giuseppe Verdi / Antonio Ghislanzoni)
Act I: Celeste Aida "Holde Aïda, himmelentstammend"
Radamès: Leo Slezak
35cm Pathé disc 55901 [86890 RA] • key B-flat, 94.3 rpm, 3:38 min
03: LA JUIVE (Jacques Fromental Halévy / Eugène Scribe)
Act IV: Rachel! quand du Seigneur la grâce tutelaire "Recha, als Gott dich
einst"
Eléazar: Leo Slezak
35cm Pathé disc 55902 [86901 RA] • key F minor, 93.5 rpm, 3:44 min
04: LES HUGUENOTS (Giacomo Meyerbeer / Eugène Scribe; Emile
Deschamps)
Act I: Plus blanche que la blanche hermine "Ah! qual soave vision"
Raoul: Leo Slezak
35cm Pathé disc 55903 [86904 RA] • key B-flat, 92.3 rpm, 2:38 min
05: L'AFRICAINE (Giacomo Meyerbeer / Eugène Scribe)
Act IV: O paradis sorti de l'onde "Land so wunderbar!"
Raoul: Leo Slezak
35cm Pathé disc 55904 [86878 RA] • key G-flat, 90.1 rpm, 3:02 min
06: LA BOHÈME (Giacomo Puccini / Giuseppe Giacosa; Luigi
Illica)
Act I: Che gelida manina "Wie eiskalt ist dies Händchen"
Rodolfo: Leo Slezak
35cm Pathé disc 55907 [86889 RA] • key A-flat, 89.2 rpm, 3:41 min
07: DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG (Richard Wagner)
Act I: Am stillen Herd in Winterszeit
Walther: Leo Slezak
35cm Pathé disc 55910 [86877 RA] • key D, 89.1 rpm, 2:18 min
08: DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG (Richard Wagner)
Act III: Preislied "Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein"
Walther: Leo Slezak
35cm Pathé disc 55905 [86870 RA] • key C, 90.3 rpm, 3:07 min
09: TANNHÄUSER (Richard Wagner / Richard Wagner)
Act I: Dir töne Lob! Die Wunder sei'n gepriesen
Tannhäuser: Leo Slezak
35cm Pathé disc 55906 [86876 RA] • key D-flat, 89.0 rpm, 2:06 min
10: TANNHÄUSER (Richard Wagner / Richard Wagner)
Act II: Zum Heil den Sündigen zu führen
Tannhäuser: Leo Slezak
35cm Pathé disc 55908 [86903 RA] • key B minor, 89.8 rpm, 1:33 min
11: LOHENGRIN (Richard Wagner / Richard Wagner)
Act III: Gralserzählung "In fernem Land, unnahbar euren Schritten"
Lohengrin: Leo Slezak
35cm Pathé disc 55911 [86888 RA] • key A, 91.2 rpm, 3:44 min
12: LOHENGRIN (Richard Wagner / Richard Wagner)
Act III: Lohengrins Abschied "Mein lieber Schwan!"
Lohengrin: Leo Slezak
35cm Pathé disc 55909 [86887 RA] • key A, 91.4 rpm, 3:26 min
13: LES HUGUENOTS (Giacomo Meyerbeer / Eugène Scribe; Emile
Deschamps)
Act I: Sous le beau ciel de la Touraine "An diesem Ort mich hier zu finden"
Raoul: Leo Slezak
29cm Pathé-Artistical disc 19050 [23379 R] • key A-flat, 92.1 rpm, 2:01 min
14: GUILLAUME TELL (Gioacchino Rossini / Etienne de Jouy,
Hippolyte Bis)
Act I: Ô Mathilde, idole de mon âme "O Mathilde, du Engel meiner Triebe!"
Arnold: Leo Slezak
29cm Pathé-Artistical disc 19051 [12004 BC] • key E, 92.2 rpm, 1:59 min
15: LOHENGRIN (Richard Wagner / Richard Wagner)
Act I: Nun sei bedankt... Heil, König Heinrich!... Nie sollst du mich befragen
Lohengrin: Leo Slezak
29cm Pathé-Artistical disc 19052 [48397 GR] • key A, 91.3 rpm, 2:15 min
16: MANON (Jules Massenet / Henri Meilhac; Philippe Gille)
Act III: Ah! fuyez, douce image "Flieh, o flieh, holdes Bild"
Des Grieux: Leo Slezak
29cm Pathé-Artistical disc 19053 [12038 BC] • key E-flat, 92.0 rpm, 2:09 min
17: IL TROVATORE (Giuseppe Verdi / Salvatore Cammarano)
Act III: Stretta: Di quella pira l'orrendo fuoco "Lodern zum Himmel seh' ich die
Flammen"
Manrico: Leo Slezak
29cm Pathé-Artistical disc 38100 [12239 BC] • key B-flat, 96.0 rpm, 1:49 min
18: RIGOLETTO (Giuseppe Verdi / Francesco Maria Piave)
Act IV: Canzone: La donna è mobile "O wie so trügerisch sind Weiberherzen"
Il Duca di Mantua: Leo Slezak
29cm Pathé-Artistical disc 38101 [38615 J] • key B-flat, 95.4 rpm, 2:01 min
19: LA JUIVE (Jacques Fromental Halévy / Eugène Scribe)
Act IV: Rachel! quand du Seigneur la grâce tutelaire "Recha, als Gott dich
einst"
Eléazar: Leo Slezak
29cm Pathé-Artistical disc 38102 [41370 GR] • key F minor, 95.2 rpm, 2:11 min
20: DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG (Richard Wagner)
Act III: Traumlied "Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein"
Walther: Leo Slezak
24cm Pathé-Artistical disc 38103 [39361 J] • key C, 95.2 rpm, 2:15 min
BONUS: 1903 Home Recordings of Leo, His Family and Friends
21: An mein Lieserl (probably Leo Slezak / probably Leo Slezak)
tenor: Leo Slezak • key A, 177.0 rpm, 2:00 min
22: Klapphörner für Herren (probably Leo Slezak)
recitation: Leo Slezak • 177.0 rpm, 2:04 min
23: Greterl (preceded by a phrase from CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
sung by Leo)
tenor: Leo Slezak • child voice: Margarete Slezak • 177.0 rpm, 2:09 min
(31.Jan.1903)
24: Gesprochen von unserem lieben Greterl
child voice: Margarete Slezak • 177.4 rpm, 2:12 min (2.Feb.1903)
25: Greterl und Walter geweint
child voices: Walter and Margarete Slezak • 176.0 rpm, 2:09 min (17.Feb.1903)
26: IL TROVATORE (Giuseppe Verdi / Salvatore Cammarano)
Act I: Deserto sulla terra "Einsam steh' ich verlassen"
Manrico: Dr. Raoul Walter • unidentified pianist • Key E-flat, 176.8 rpm, 1:56
min
27: Böhmisches Lied: Kde domov můj (Frantíšek Škroup)
(followed by two spoken greetings, the first by an unidentified man, the second
by "Tante Rosa")
piano: Robert Tachau • speaker: Rosa Strassmayer (a sister of Leo's
mother-in-law)• Key E-flat, 176.8 rpm, 2:07 min (16.Feb.1903)
28: DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG (Richard Wagner)
Act I: Am stillen Herd in Winterszeit (arranged for piano solo)
(followed by a fragment of an unidentified waltz in D major)
piano: Annerl Reichert • Key D, 177.4 rpm, 2:11 min (probably 2.Feb.1903)
29: Unidentified polka in G for piano duet
(followed by a fragment of an unidentified etude in A minor for piano solo)
piano duet: Annerl and Greterl Reichert • piano solo: Mizzerl Reichert • Key G,
178.0 rpm, 2:06 min (2.Feb.1903)
30: Wie sieht der Teufel aus? (Moritz Saphir)
(followed by a fragment of another poem: Mei Bua by Otto Sommerstorff)
recitation: Elisabeth Wertheim (Slezak's wife) • 177.0 rpm, 2:13 min
(3.Feb.1903)
31: Unterm Regenschirm (unidentified author)
recitation: Elisabeth Wertheim (Slezak's wife) • 177.0 rpm, 2:05 min
(3.Feb.1903)
32: Il poeta (Giosuè Carducci)
recitation: Sig. [Silvio] Tommasi • 176.0 rpm, 2:07 min (17.Feb.1903)
33: Spoken greetings by friends and relations at a dinner
party or family celebration
(closing with a chorus of Drah'n ma um und drah'n ma auf by Rudolf Hauptmann &
Josef Hadrawa, sung by all the guests)
Various speakers including Leo's mother-in-law Antonie Wertheim, his wife
Elisabeth Wertheim and her sister Margarete Wertheim,
also Ernst Reichert, Stefanie Cora, Annerl Reichert, plus several others who
identify themselves only by their first names or nicknames • 176.0 rpm, 1:54 min
(4.Mar.1903)
Recording Dates, Locations and Accompaniments
CD 1, tracks 01-13, 15-16: Alhambra Theatre Orchestra, London
• conductor: George W. Byng • recorded in London, September 1909
CD I, track 14: Thomas Hindley's Orchestra • conductor: Gustav Hinrichs • harp:
Charles Schuetze • recorded in New York City, 7 April 1911
CD I, tracks 17-21: unidentified pianist • recorded in Wien during 1903
CD II, tracks 01-12: Münchner Tonkünstler-Orchester • conductor: Fritz
Recktenwald • recorded in München, September 1912
CD II, tracks 13-16: piano: Paul Eisler • recorded in Wien, 1 September 1904
CD II, tracks 17-20: unidentified pianist • recorded in Wien, September 1905
CD II, tracks 21-32: recorded at Slezak's home in Wien, January-March 1903, with
spoken introductions by Leo, who also operated the phonograph