Oldest Recording in Your Colletion

[Don]

Scriabin playing his own music on a Russian Seasons disc - don't recall the date.

[val]

Enrico CARUSO:  Opera Arias          (1904/1920)

Fedor CHALIAPINE: Russian Opera Arias  (1914/1931)

Alexander KIPNIS:  Opera Arias  (1916/1926)

Riccardo STRACCIARI:   Opera Arias (1917/1925)

Friedrich SCHORR:   Wagner Operas Excerpts  (1921/1922)

Titta RUFFO:   Opera Arias  (1912/1932)

[71 dB]

Edward Elgar concucting Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1 & 2 played by Royal Albert Hall Orchestra (recorded 27th April 1926 in Queen's Hall, London) - Naxos 8.111022

[Opus106]

A recording of Edison talking about traveling in Europe. It was at one time thought to be the oldest extant recording,

I get to hear the oldest audio recording almost on a daily basis. One of the internet streams I listen to has been playing that recording of a French girl (daughter of the man who recorded the voice as squiggles on a soot-covered paper) singing Au Clair de la Lune. This was before Edison's phonograph.

[Szykneij]

I have a collection of Fritz Kreisler 78 rpm 12-inch discs, many of them single-sided, pressed between 1910 and 1915. I believe his recordings of "Caprice Viennois", "Humoresques" and "Thais:Meditation" (all recorded 5/11/1910) are the oldest.

[mn dave]

I get to hear the oldest audio recording almost on a daily basis. One of the internet streams I listen to has been playing that recording of a French girl (daughter of the man who recorded the voice as squiggles on a soot-covered paper) singing Au Clair de la Lune. This was before Edison's phonograph.

Yeah, you can find that sort of thing with Google.

[Todd]

The earliest recording I have is of Brahms saying his name and playing part of one of his Hungarian Rhapsodies - it's from 1889.  It sounds horrible of course.  I found a free download (I believe it's no longer under copyright protection!) with several remasterings.  After that, the earliest recordings I have are of Josef Hofmann playing various miniatures from 1903 in the GPOC set devoted to him.

[Monsieur Croche]

[Opus106]

Well, who would've guessed!



Welcome back, M.Croche.

[M forever]

Where did you get this? There used to be a Denon disc with that recording. I think I actually have that. I am not sure, though.

[sound67]

Sammons, playing Elgar and Delius (Dutton).

Can't stand very old recordings any more than I can stand vinyl. 

Thomas

[Marc]

1903
Francesco Tamagno, tenor, sings 'Ave Maria' by Luigi Mapelli (1855-1913).
Not bad.

1904
Alessandro Moreschi, castrato, sings 'Ave Maria' by Bach/Gounod.
Terrible. I feel sorry for the guy.

The oldest Mahler recording I have is from 1924: the Second Symphony, with Gertrud Bindernagel (soprano), Emmi Leisner (contralto) and the Berliner Staatskapelle conducted by Oskar Fried. But it has been some time since I last listened to that.

[mahler10th]

Toscanini - Bruckner Symphony 7 (I think) - 1927

Anyone want it let me know.

[jochanaan]

1905

Grieg playing his own stuff and Saint-Saens playing stuff by a guy named Camille.

...who would have been "racked with pains
When people addressed him as Saint Sains."

...The oldest Mahler recording I have is from 1924: the Second Symphony, with Gertrud Bindernagel (soprano), Emmi Leisner (contralto) and the Berliner Staatskapelle conducted by Oskar Fried. But it has been some time since I last listened to that.

I have that one too; it's well worth another listen.

Toscanini - Bruckner Symphony 7 (I think) - 1927

Anyone want it let me know.

Interesting!  I never would have guessed Toscanini ever conducted Bruckner.  Is it any good?

[Keemun]

The first ever recording of Mahler's Second Symphony: Eugene Ormandy/Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, recorded on June 1, 1935.

[Xenophanes]

Apparently February 11, 1906, with Che gelida manina, Salut demeure, M'appari, and De quella pira, although the record jacket for the Stockham processed RCA LP, Caruso, A Legendary  Performer, CRM1-1749, says they're from 1904 to 1920.

I have recordings by other singers such as Gigli from the 20's and 30s, also Richard Crooks, John Charles Thomas, Traubel, Melchior, Frida Leider, Schipa, Ruffo, even early Bjoerling, and some recordings from the 30s by pianists such as Alfred Cortot, Rubinstein, Horowitz, and Rachmaninoff.

[mahler10th]

I never would have guessed Toscanini ever conducted Bruckner.  Is it any good?

Bruckners 7th broadast in 1927, I have only listened to it once, obvioulsy one can hear it's age - the tempo was quite brisk.  PM me if you fancy a listen.

[M forever]

Isn't that from the late 30s?

I never would have guessed Toscanini ever conducted Bruckner.

Why not?

The first ever recording of Mahler's Second Symphony: Eugene Ormandy/Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, recorded on June 1, 1935.

See three posts above yours. I am so sorry.

[Valentino]

I think I actually have that. I am not sure, though.

Messy library, M?

[M forever]

It's complete chaos. And most of it is still in moving boxes. And I have no index either. Sometimes, I discover discs that I have bought twice. Pretty sad.