The Dawn of Recording: The Julius Block Cylinders (2008)
performed by
Adele Borghi (mezzo-soprano), Alexandra Ivanova Hubert (speech/speaker/speaking part), Anatoli Brandukov (cello), Anna Essipova (piano), Anton Arensky (piano), Anton Rubinstein (speech/speaker/speaking part), Arthur Nikisch (piano)
composed by
Alexander Dargomizhsky, Alexander Mikhajlovich Davydov, Anatol Lyadov, Anton Arensky, Anton Rubinstein, Benjamin Godard, César Cui, David Popper, Edvard Grieg, Egon Petri, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, Fritz Kreisler, Georges Bizet
Perhaps a more accurate, if not as catchy, title for Marston's The Dawn of Recording would have been "The Dawn of Classical Music Recording," as that's what this is; the earliest surviving substantial collection of classical music recordings, made by Russian businessman and phonographic hobbyist Julius Block. Block's circle included some of the most important musicians in late nineteenth century Russia: Sergey Taneyev, Anton Arensky, the young Josef Hofmann, novelist Leo Tolstoy, and even Tchaikovsky. Block moved to Berlin ...
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Perhaps a more accurate, if not as catchy, title for Marston's The Dawn of Recording would have been "The Dawn of Classical Music Recording," as that's what this is; the earliest surviving substantial collection of classical music recordings, made by Russian businessman and phonographic hobbyist Julius Block. Block's circle included some of the most important musicians in late nineteenth century Russia: Sergey Taneyev, Anton Arensky, the young Josef Hofmann, novelist Leo Tolstoy, and even Tchaikovsky. Block moved to Berlin in 1899 and didn't pick up his hobby again until the 1910s when he captured conductor Arthur Nikisch at the piano and recorded another talented youngster, Jascha Heifetz. His last recordings were made in Switzerland in the 1920s when he recorded pianist Egon Petri; along the way Block also recorded a number of singers, including Maria Klimentova-Muromtzeva who originated the role of Titania in Tchaikovsky's Eugen Onegin. Many of the folks who appeared before Block's horn never...
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- Movement for violin & piano (or piano solo) in C minor (fragment), K. 396 (K. 385f)
- The Ball, fantasy in 10 numbers, for piano, Op. 14: Contredanse A, No. 3
- The Ball, fantasy in 10 numbers, for piano, Op. 14: Contredanse B, No. 3
- Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b: Magic Fire Music
- Song Without Words for piano No. 17 in A minor, Op. 38/5
- Gavotte for piano No. 2 in G major, Op. 81
- Nocturne for piano No. 18 in E major, Op. 62/2, CT. 125
- Waltz for piano No. 6 in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, CT. 212
- Carnaval No. 12 ("Chopin") for piano, Op. 9/12
- Carnaval No. 13 ("Estrella") for piano, Op. 9/13
- Concert paraphrase for piano of Tchaikovsky's ballet "Sleeping Beauty"
- Papillons, for piano
- Mazurka for piano No. 23 in D major, Op. 33/2, CT. 73
- Mazurka for piano No. 23 in D major, Op. 33/2, CT. 73
- Improvisation for piano in E flat major
- Improvisation for piano in A major
- Characteristic Pieces (24) for piano, Op. 36: No. 3. Nocturne in D flat
- Characteristic Pieces (24) for piano, Op. 36: No. 12. Intermezzo in F minor
- Characteristic Pieces (24) for piano, Op. 36: No. 5. Consolation in D
- Characteristic Pieces (24) for piano, Op. 36: No. 15. Le ruisseau dans la forêt in G
- Studies in Forgotten Rhythms, for piano, Op. 28: No. 3. Ioniques
- Studies in Forgotten Rhythms, for piano, Op. 28: No. 5. Strophe Alcéene
- An der Quelle, for piano, Op. 46/1
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- Characteristic Pieces (24) for piano, Op. 36: No. 13. Etude in F sharp
- Prelude for piano No. 8 in F sharp minor, Op. 28/8, CT. 173
- Chemin faisant, caprices (6) for piano, Op. 53: No. 1. En Courant in G flat
- Free Improvisation for piano
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- Sonata for violin & piano, Op. 7: 2. Variation 4
- Etude for piano in F major, Op. 37
- Mazurka for piano No. 43 in G minor, Op. 67/2, CT. 93
- Piano Pieces (6), Op. 12: No. 3. Humoresque in F
- Tanzrhythmen, for piano, Op. 41: No. 3. Allegretto grazioso
- Tanzrhythmen, for piano, Op. 41: No. 2. Vivace molto
- Suite for piano four-hands
- Suite for 2 pianos No. 2 ("Silhouettes"), Op. 23: No. 1. Le Savant
- Suite for 2 pianos No. 2 ("Silhouettes"), Op. 23: No. 3. Polichinelle
- Suite for 2 pianos No. 2 ("Silhouettes"), Op. 23: No. 4. Le Rêveur
- Malagueña, for violin & piano, Op. 21/1
- Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV 1006: Minuet 1
- Nocturne for piano No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109
- Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32: 1. Allegro moderato
- Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32: 2. Scherzo: Allegro molto
- Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32: 3. Elegie: Adagio
- Kaleidoscope, pieces (24) for violin & piano, Op. 50: Orientale
- Kaleidoscope, pieces (24) for violin & piano, Op. 50: Orientale
- Idomeneo, ballet music from the opera, for chamber orchestra, K. 367: Gavotte in G
- Spinning Song for cello & piano, Op. 55/1
- Schön Rosmarin, for violin & piano
- Variations on a Theme of Corelli, for violin & piano
- La chasse in the Style of Cartier, for violin & piano
- Andantino in the Style of Padre Martini, for violin & piano
- Liebesleid (Love's Sorrow), for violin & piano
- Minuet for violin & piano in F major (after Haydn's Symphony No. 96): Minuet in F
- Minuet for violin & piano in G major (after Beethoven's Minuet for piano, WoO 10/2)
- Waldszenen No. 7 ("Vogel als Prophet"), for piano, Op. 82/7: Vogel als Prophet
- Pieces (4) for violin & piano, Op. 28: No. 3. Berceuse
- Passacaglia and Sarabande with variations for violin & viola in G major, Op. 20/2 (after Handel): Passacaglia
- Work(s): Spiritual Concert
- Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Quando rapito
- Ernani, opera: Ernani, involiami
- La zingara ("Fra l'erbe cosparse"), arietta for voice & piano
- At the Fountain, song
- Nocturne for piano No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109
- Vlyublen ya, deva-krasota (I am in love, fair maiden), for voice & piano
- Sturmewinde, song for voice & piano, Op. 27/9
- Don Juan's Serenade, song for voice & pi
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