1 Margherita Perras (1908-1984) DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL, Mozart, Ach, ich liebte, war so glücklich 4.44 Rec: 1939 Matrix: 2RA 868-4 HMV Cat: DB 4439 Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Bruno Seidler-Winkler conductor
2 Erna Berger (1900-1990), Henriette Gottlieb (1884-1943), Marcel Wittrisch (1903-1955), Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender (1897-1978) FIDELIO, Beethoven, Mir ist so wunderbar 4.36 Rec: ? Matrix: 2D 1336-2 HMV Cat: DB 4417 Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Fritz Zweig conductor
3 Erna Berger (1900-1990), Gino Sinimberghi (b. 1913) DON PASQUALE, Donizetti, Tornami a dir [Sung in German] 3.00 Rec: 1939 Matrix: 1048-2 GS9 DGG Cat: 67536 A Staatskapelle Berlin
5 Friedrich Schorr (1888-1953) DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER, Wagner, Wie aus der Ferne 4.10 Rec: 7 September 1927 Matrix: CWR 1107-1 HMV Cat: D 1355 Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Leo Blech conductor
7 Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) TANNHÄUSER, Wagner, Inbrunst im Herzen... Da sah ich ihn 7.54 Rec: 22 May 1929 Matrix: CR 2407-2/2408-1 HMV Cat: D 1675 London Symphony Orchestra, Albert Coates conductor
8 Frida Leider (1888-1975), Elfriede Marherr-Wagner (1888-1973) TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, Wagner, Doch nun von Tristan!... Er schwur mit tausend Eiden 8.37 Rec: 8 November 1928 Matrix: CLR 4722-1/4723-2 HMV Cat: D 1667 Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Leo Blech conductor
9 Max Lorenz (1901-1975) DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG, Wagner, Am stillen Herd 4.12 Rec: 1930 Matrix: 2RA 2988-1 HMV Cat: DB 4547 Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Clemens Schmalstich conductor
10 Heinrich Schlusnus (1888-1952) IL TROVATORE, Verdi, Il balen del suo sorriso [Sung in German] 3.14 Rec: 1937 Matrix: 200 1/2 GS 8 DGG Cat: 67362 B Staatskapelle Berlin, Johannes Schüler conductor
11 Helge Roswaenge (1897-1972) LA TRAVIATA, Verdi, De' miei bollenti spiriti [Sung in German] 3.42 Rec: 1935 Matrix: 2RA 1814-2 HMV Cat: DB 4646 Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Bruno Seidler-Winkler conductor
12 Gerhard Hüsch (1901-1984) HÄNSEL UND GRETEL, Humperdinck, Besenbinderlied 4.31 Rec: 5 January 1937 Matrix: 2RA 1704-1 HMV Cat: EH 1024 Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Hanns Udo Müller conductor
13 Maria Cebotari (1910-1949), Marcel Wittrisch (1903-1955) LA BOH?ME, Puccini, Si, mi chiamano Mim?... O soave fanciulla [Sung in German] 8.09 Rec: November 1932 Matrix: 2D 1303-1/2D 1302-1 HMV Cat: DB 4415 Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Fritz Zweig conductor
14 Lotte Schöne (1891-1977) TURANDOT, Puccini, Signore, ascolta 2.54 Rec: c. 1927-1931 Matrix: BLR 3793-2 HMV Cat: E 503 Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Fritz Zweig conductor
15 Else Ruziczka (b. 1898), Alexander Kipnis (1891-1978) DER ROSENKAVALIER, Richard Strauss, Herr Kavalier (Letter Scene and Waltz) 4.47 Rec: August 1931 Matrix: 2D 213 HMV Cat: DB 1543 Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Erich Orthmann conductor
16 Erna Berger (1900-1990), Tiana Lemnitz (b. 1897) DER ROSENKAVALIER, Richard Strauss, Ist ein Traum, kann nicht wirklich sein 4.45 Rec: 1936 Matrix: 606 1/2 GS DGG Cat: 67075 B Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Clemens Krauss conductor
“Listening to this well-filled disc was like a walk on which one meets a medley of old friends, each one much loved but encountered all too seldom in recent years given the number of new acquaintances one has to deal with. And each of these old friends seen, as it were, in familiar clothes offers two qualities in short supply in the repertoire on this disc today - tone properly produced and quite untroubled by wobble and, in most cases, a command of legato and its concomitant portamento ... the transfers are excellent.”
Margherita Perras, Erna Berger, Henriette Gottlieb, Marcel Wittrisch, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Gino Sinimberghi, Franz Völker, Friedrich Schorr, Tiana Lemnitz, Lauritz Melchior, Frida Leider, Elfriede Marherr, Max Lorenz, Heinrich Schlusnus, Helge Roswaenge, Gerhard Hüsch, Maria Cebotari, Lotte Schöne, Else Ruziczka, Alexander Kipnis