15 January 2011

Rare Toscanini 007 - Fidelio fragments (Salzburg 1936)



BEETHOVEN
Fidelio (excerpts)

Leonore...     Lotte Lehmann
Rocco.....      Anton Baumann
Pizarro.....     Alfred Jerger
Marzelline..  Luise Helletsgruber
Jaquino...      Hermann Gallos

Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Wiener Philharmoniker
ARTURO TOSCANINI

Live - Salzburg, 16 August, 1936

+ Overture Leonore I, op. 138
BBC Symphony Orchestra
ARTURO TOSCANINI

Studio - London, Queen's Hall, June 1, 1939


Bonus: Leonore III
Wiener Philharmoniker - Franz Schalk


According to the book "More EJS: discography of the Edward J. Smith recordings" by W. Shaman, W.J. Collins and C. M. Goodwin (1999) the correct date is august 16, 1936; the performance has been misdated in several sources (24 july, 26 august, and so on).

Note: Unfortunately, the little "jump" at the beginning (0:31) of the overture is present in all the available sources.

The correct date for Leonore n. 1 is June 1, 1939



Flac & cover

Mega - Updated link

https://mega.nz/#!SbAwmCaK!nBnL_WwcDrdf0cEpxKxZGv40Z5qorrBkrYhDT2_BbqM


3 comments:

arel64 said...

Thank you.

These fragments always remind me the love affair between Arturo and Lotte.

There should have been a passionate music making.

Historic Opera said...

Here is an alternative upload of this performance that includes the whole of Lehmann's Abscheulicher and has closing commentary.
http://rapidshare.com/files/451074547/1936FidelioAct1.mp3

For those interested, I posted an image of the original transcription disc on my blog:
http://historicaopera.blogspot.com

Guido said...

@Historic Opera

Thank you very much for this!