14 April 2013

Ljuba Welitsch sings... "Salome" (1944) -&- "Salome"/ Tchaikovsky / Verdi / Puccini / Weber / Lehar / Millocker - Columbia 1947-8 / Decca 1950

Tchaikovsky:  "Eugene Onegin" -  Tatiana's Letter Scene    /     Verdi:  "Aida" - Ritorna Vincitor! **
Puccini:  "La Tosca" -  Vissi d'arte     /    Weber:  "Der Freischutz" -  Wie nahte mir der Schlummer  
The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Walter Susskind  (**Josef Krips)   
Puccini:  "La Boheme" -  Quando m'en vo?          Vienna State Opera Orchestra
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Richard Strauss:  "Salome" - Final Scene.         Wiener Rundfunk Orchester  conducted by  Lovro von Matacic
Richard Strauss:  "Salome" - Jochanaan descends into the cistern  /  Final Scene  (with Gertrud Schuster, Contralto -&- Josef Witt, Tenor)*    
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Herbert von Karajan                              
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HMV  HLM 7006 + EMI World Records  SH 286*  Matrices:  HLM 7006A -2 (SH 289 used)  / HLM 7006B -2G  + 2XVH 9134 -1*.

Tchaikovsky:  "The Queen of Spades" -  Ich muss am Fenster lehnen   /   Es geht auf Mitternacht
Verdi:  "Un Ballo in Maschera" -  Ma dall’arido stelo divulsa   /   Morro, ma prima in grazia  
Lehar:  "Zigeunerliebe" - Hor ich Cymbalklange     /     Lehar:  "Die Lustige Witwe" - Vilja-Lied   
Millocker-Mackeben:  "Grafin Dubarry" - Ich schenk’ mein Herz      /     Lehar:  "Der Zarewitsch" - Einer wird kommen   
Vienna State Opera Orchestra   conducted by   Rudolf Moralt                                    4 files zip WAV  Mega Download 
Decca  BR 3053  (originally LXT 2567)   1960 10" LP/matrices: TRL938 -1B / TRL939 -1B.   Recorded: c.June 1950 - Musikvereinsaal, Vienna.  Decca: slightly re-edited: Dec.2013     EMI 78 transfers by: Bryan Crimp / *Anthony Griffith     (Texts/SH 286 details in HMV/WRC folder)       
1949/50 Met - Reiner/Rudolf recital     Paul Schoeffler - Decca 1950. Excellent recital     The superb 1952 Moralt/VSO 'Salome'

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9 comments:

  1. gpdlt201015 April, 2013

    Can't thank you enough for this!!!!

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    1. Tin Ear15 April, 2013

      An absolute Penance to edit the 'flawless/mint' EMI vinyl.
      Luckily had two copies of each, as the Weber was 'flawed' both times.

      Seems the EMI CD's are long OOP...and may now transfer the 1950 Decca Vienna recordings.

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  2. bittertea16 April, 2013

    Thanks for this.

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  3. welker16 April, 2013

    Thanks a lot - I have both LPs, but I am not so often in the place where they and the turntable are kept, and I keep having the yen for the '44 Salome last scene!

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    1. Tin Ear16 April, 2013

      The 1944 sounds marginally better on the HMV Treasury LP used.
      I think the 1952 Moralt takes some beating (and the opera is one where the whole is worthwhile listening (whereas, eg, Boito's 'Mephistophele' one can ignore much apart from the Prologue/last act..)...but the 31yo Welitsch provides very vibrant singing.

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  4. Satyr17 April, 2013

    Thanks, Tin Ear! Wonderful!

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    1. Tin Ear17 April, 2013

      See if you like the Decca recording 'as much' (if/when I-can-find-the-time-to-transfer-that-LP..)

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  5. Anonymous23 April, 2013

    Beautiful. Thank you very much.

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    1. Tin Ear23 April, 2013

      Put the (taped) Decca hereabouts as didn't consider there would be much interest in the 'commonplace'/on CD CBS Reiner/Rudolf recordings - also the sound was a bit 'second-generation'.

      Particularly liked the Verdi "Ballo", and suspect these transfers are rather superior to the 'generalized sound' (MusicWeb review) of Nimbus's 2CD effort..

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