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DACOCD 691-696 [DDD]

GREAT SINGERS & MUSICIANS IN COPENHAGEN 1931–1939

Historical Live Recordings from the Archive of Danmarks Radio

Various artists and composers
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CD 1 - DACOCD 691 77:38
 
BEETHOVEN: "Fidelio"
[ 1 ] Abscheulicher wo eilst du hin, 1. Act 07:24
  (MP3 sample Sound)
Anni Konetzni, soprano
Hans Weisbach, conductor
Rec. December 7, 1933
 
WAGNER: "Parsifal"
[ 2 ] Amfortas die Wunde, 2. Act 07:07
  (MP3 sample Sound)
Lauritz Melchior, tenor
Nicolai Malko, conductor
Rec. September 28, 1939
 
SMETANA: "The bartered Bride"
[ 3 ] O jaky zal, 3. Act 05:33
Zedenka Zikova, soprano
Nicolai Malko, conductor
Rec. September 23, 1934
 
MOZART: "Le Nozze di Figaro"
[ 4 ] Dove sono, 3. Act 06:44
Viorica Tango, soprano
Bruno Walter, conductor
Rec. November 17, 1934
 
ROSSINI: "Guillaume Tell"
[ 5 ] Accours dans ma nacelle (in Italian), 1. Act 04:26
Thyge Thygesen, tenor
Spartaco Marchi, bass
Ingeborg Steffensen, mezzo-soprano
Viorica Tango, soprano
Egisto Tango, conductor
Rec. April 6, 1933
 
HEISE: "Drot og Marsk" (King and Marshall)
[ 6 ] Hvor er Fru Ingeborg?, 2. Act 12:14
Tenna Kraft, soprano
Holger Byrding, baritone
Launy Grøndahl, conductor
Rec. June 1, 1933
 
PERGOLESI: "La Serva Padrona"
[ 7 ] Stizzoso mio (in Danish) 02:11
Tenna Kraft, soprano
Nicolai Malko, conductor
Rec. October 19, 1933
 
J. STRAUSS Jun.: "Der Zigeunerbaron"
[ 8 ] Wer uns getraut, 2. Act 03:52
Adele Kern, soprano
Julius Patzak, tenor
Fritz Mahler, conductor
Rec. November 24, 1932
 
GROTHE: Verlieb dich nicht am Bodensee
[ 9 ] (Film) Heute ist für mich die ganze Welt 03:34
Helge Rosvænge, tenor
Ove Peters, piano
Rec. November 1, 1935
 
PUCCINI: "Tosca"
[10] E Lucevan le stelle, 3. Act 02:30
Beniamino Gigli, tenor
Umberto Berettoni, piano
Rec. May 20, 1933
 
VERDI: "Don Carlo". Excerpts in Danish
[11] Che mai si fa nel suol francese
(Fontainebleu Scene), 2. Act
06:37
Tenna Kraft, soprano
Ingeborg Steffensen, mezzo-soprano
Holger Bruusgaard, baritone
[12] O don fatale, 4. Act 04:47
Ingeborg Steffensen, mezzo-soprano
[13] Tu che le vanita, 5. Act 09:15
Tenna Kraft, soprano
Egisto Tango, conductor
Rec. November 1, 1934
 
CD 2 - DACOCD 692 79:30
 
VERDI: "Il Trovatore"
[ 1 ] Tacea la notte, 4. Act 03:33
  (MP3 sample Sound)
Viorica Tango, soprano
Egisto Tango, conductor
Rec. February 16, 1933
 
MASSENET: "Manon"
[ 2 ] En fermant les yeu (in Italian), 2. Act 03:52
Enzo de Muro Lomanto, tenor
Egisto Tango, conductor
Rec. February 16, 1933
 
BERLIOZ: "La Damnation de Faust". Excerpts
[ 3 ] Ville entors, Sc. 9 02:32
[ 4 ] Merci doux crespule, Sc. 10 04:12
  (MP3 sample Sound)
[ 5 ] Esprit de flames inconstantes, Sc. 12 02:34
[ 6 ] Devant la maison de celui qui t´adore, Sc. 12 02:05
George Thill, tenor
Andre Pernet, bass
Danish Radio Choir
Egisto Tango, conductor
Rec. November 2, 1933
 
VERDI: "Requiem". Excerpts
[ 7 ] Recordare Jesu pie 03:52
[ 8 ] Confutatis maledictis 02:44
[ 9 ] Domine Jesu (incomplete) 02:58
[10] Hostias 04:42
[11] Sanctus 02:35
Viorica Tango, soprano
Ingeborg Steffensen, mezzo-soprano
Jose Riavez, tenor
Emanuel List, bass
Danish Radio Choir
Egisto Tango, conductor
Rec. April 1, 1932
 
ROSSINI: Stabat Mater
[12] Quando corpus (quartet a capella) 02:53
Viorica Tango, soprano
Ingeborg Steffensen, mezzo-soprano
Julius Patzak, tenor
Josef von Manowarda, bass
Egisto Tango, conductor
Rec. January 11, 1934
 
BIZET: "Carmen". Excerpts in Danish
[13] Pres de ramparts de Seville, 1. Act 04:19
Ingeborg Steffensen, soprano
[14] La fleur que tu m'avais jetee, 2. Act 03:52
 
TCHAIKOVSKY: "Eugen Onegin"
[15] Lenski's Aria, 2. Act (in Danish) 06:33
Rec. September 7, 1934
 
PUCCINI: "Tosca"
[16] Recondita armonia (in Danish), 2. Act 03:45
Niels Hansen, tenor
Nicolai Malko, conductor
Rec. August 31, 1933
 
KUULA:
[17] Tujotin tilehen kauam, Op. 2 05:14
 
RANTA:
[18] Rarahu 03:54
Hanna Granfelt, soprano
Georg Schneevoigt, conductor
Rec. January 5, 1933
 
PALESTRINA: Missa Papae Marcello
[19] Credo 11:41
The Palestrina Choir
Mogens Wöldike, conductor
Rec. March 30, 1934
 
CD 3 - DACOCD 693 79:48
 
DVORAK:
[ 1 ] Carnival Overture, Op. 92 09:14
Fritz Busch, conductor
Rec. November 23, 1933
 
DVORAK:
Cello Concerto No. 2, B minor, Op. 104
[ 2 ] 1. movement 16:43
Gregor Piatigorsky, cello
Nicolai Malko, conductor
Rec. October 13, 1932
 
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1, B flat minor, Op. 23
[ 3 ] 3. movement 06:05
  (MP3 sample Sound)
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Nicolai Malko, conductor
Rec. October 18, 1934
 
DEBUSSY: Children's Corner
[ 4 ] No. 3. Doll's Serenade 03:00
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Rec. October 3, 1933
 
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4, G major, Op. 58
[ 5 ] 1. movement 17:33
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Fritz Busch, conductor
Rec. February 23, 1933
 
CHOPIN: Etudes, Op. 25
[ 6 ] No. 1 A flat major 02:21
  (MP3 sample Sound)
[ 7 ] No. 10 B minor 03:54
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Rec. November 23, 1933
 
PAGANINI: Caprices, Op. 1
[ 8 ] No. 17, E flat major 03:24
[ 9 ] No. 5, E sharp minor 02:10
Nathan Milstein, violin
Rec. September 28, 1933
 
POULENC: Concert champêtre (1928)
[10] 2. movement 04:32
Wanda Landowska, harpsichord
Nicolai Malko, conductor
Rec. September 27, 1934
 
BEETHOVEN:
[11] Romance No. 1, G major, Op. 40 06:20
Josef Szigeti, violin
Nicolai Malko, conductor
Rec. March 22, 1934
 
CASSADO: (attr: Schubert)
[12] Allegretto grazioso 03:28
Gaspar Cassado, cello
Folmer Jensen, piano
Rec. November 22, 1934
 
CD 4 - DACOCD 694 78:07
 
GAUBERT:
[ 1 ] Nocturne 05:55
  (MP3 sample Sound)
Marcel Moyse, flute
Paul Paray, conductor
Rec. January 4, 1934
 
HINDEMITH: Kammermusik 5, Op. 60
[ 2 ] 4. movement 02:56
[ 3 ] 5. movement 02:28
Paul Hindemith, viola
Nicolai Malko, conductor
Rec. October 19, 1933
 
SZYMANOWSKI: Symphony No. 4, Op. 60
[ 4 ] excerpts 04:06
[ 5 ] excerpts 03:42
Karol Szymanowski, piano
Gregor Fitelberg, conductor
Rec. January 19, 1933
 
STRAVINSKY: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra (1929)
[ 6 ] 3. movement 04:57
Igor Stravinsky, piano
Nicolai Malko, conductor
Rec. March 22, 1934
 
STRAVINSKY:
[ 7 ] Petrushka (1911) 13:29
Nicolai Malko, conductor
Rec. March 9, 1933
 
STRAVINSKY: Le Faune et la Bergère, Op. 2
[ 8 ] La Bergère 03:01
Else Brems, mezzo-soprano
Nicolai Malko, conductor
Rec. March 23, 1933
 
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV:
[ 9 ] Tsar Saltan – Suite, Op. 57 11:17
Nicolai Malko, conductor
Rec. September 7, 1933
 
J. S. BACH:
Violin Concerto No. 2, E major, BWV 1042
[10] 3. movement 02:34
Adolf Busch, violin
Fritz Busch, conductor
Rec. November 29, 1934
 
J.S. BACH:
Violin Sonata No. 1, G minor, BWV 1001
[11] Adagio and Fuga 04:57
[12] Siciliana 04:39
[13] Presto 03:20
Adolf Busch, violin
Rec. January 18, 1934
 
J.S. BACH:
Italian Concerto, F minor, BWV 971
[14] I. 06:56
  (MP3 sample Sound)
[15] II. Andante 04:44
[16] III. Presto 03:20
Wanda Landowska, harpsichord
Rec. October 25, 1934
 
CD 5 - DACOCD 695 73:46
 
HAYDN:
Die Schöpfung. Excerpts
[ 1 ] Auf starkem Fittige 04:36
[ 2 ] Nun scheint in vollem Glanze 04:30
[ 3 ] Mit Würd' und Hoheit angetan 04:20
Erna Berger, soprano
Julius Patzak, tenor
Alexander Kipnis, bass
Fritz Busch, conductor
Rec. December 6, 1934
 
BEETHOVEN:
Missa Solemnis, Op. 125
[ 4 ] Sanctus 16:15
  (MP3 sample Sound)
Erika Rokyta, soprano
Ingeborg Steffensen, mezzo-soprano
Koloman von Pataky, tenor
Alexander Kipnis, bass
Danish Radio Choir
Fritz Busch, conductor
Rec. February 14, 1935
 
NIELSEN:
[ 5 ] Hymnus Amoris, Op. 12 (abridged) 14:53
Viorica Tango, soprano
Marius Jacobsen, tenor
Henry Skjær, bass
Einar Nørby, baritone
Copenhagen Boy's Choir
Danish Radio Choir
Egisto Tango, conductor
Rec. April 19, 1934
 
NIELSEN: "Maskarade"
[ 6 ] Prelude to Act. 2 04:13
  (MP3 sample Sound)
Egisto Tango, conductor
Rec. April 26, 1934
 
NIELSEN:
[ 7 ] Helios Overture, Op. 17 12:49
Fritz Busch, conductor
Rec. April 5, 1934
 
VIVALDI:
Cello Sonata No. 6, B flat major, RV. 46 arr. for orchestra
[ 8 ] Largo 02:33
[ 9 ] Allegro 01:29
[10] Largo 02:57
[11] Allegro 01:06
Louis Jensen, cello
Egisto Tango, conductor
Rec. January 12, 1933
 
CD 6 - DACOCD 696 71:59
 
NIELSEN:
Symphony No. 5, Op. 50
[ 1 ] 1. movement 21:31
[ 2 ] 2. movement 17:12
Georg Høeberg, conductor
Rec. February 2, 1933
 
NIELSEN:
Symphony No. 3, "Espansiva"
[ 3 ] excerpts 07:02
[ 4 ] excerpts 03:49
Johanne Karstens, soprano
Holger Bruusgaard, baritone
Launy Grøndahl, conductor
Carl Nielsen Memorial Concert
Rec. October 19, 1931
 
All items with
DENMARKS RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
unless otherwise stated
 
Bonus:
 
MOZART:
"Die Zauberflöte", excerpts
[ 5 ] O zittre nicht mein lieber Sohn. 1. Act
(from Ein Bösewicht entfloh mit ihr)
03:25
  (MP3 sample Sound)
Marie Gerhardt, soprano
[ 6 ] March der Priester. 2. Act
(including Sarastro's recitation)
03:34
Richard Mayr, bass
William Wernigl, tenor
Karl Ettl, bass
[ 7 ] Wie? Wie? Wie? 2. Act (slightly abridged) 03:41
Hans Fidesser, tenor
Karl Hammes, baritone
Luise Hellertsgruber, soprano
Anne Michalsky, soprano
Gertrud Rünger, mezzo-soprano
Wiener Philharmoniker
Bruno Walter, conductor
Salzburg Festival Performance
Rec. August 25, 1931
 
WAGNER:
"Tristan und Isolde": Excerpts from 1. Act
[ 8 ] Isoldes Erzählunghlung, Sc. 3
(from sicher Mann elend Sterben Lag
– to – Das Schwert, ich liess es fallen)
03:14
  (MP3 sample Sound)
[ 9 ] So reihte sie die Mutter – to – ans Land ihn
zu begleiten, nicht werd. Sc. 3-4
04:30
[10] Sc. 5 Müht euch die? – to – dass du
nicht dir's (entfallen lasst!)
03:21
Nanny Larsén-Todsen, soprano (Isolde)
Anny Helm, soprano (Brangäne)
Rudolf Bockelmann, baritone (Kurwenal)
Gotthelf Pistor, tenor (Tristan)
Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor
Bayreuth Festival Choir and Orchestra
Rec. August 18, 1931