One of DGG's 120 Years Anniversary Editions

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DGG 483 6174

DGG has issued some discs honoring their 120 years of making recordings. There is also a 7-CD set of 120 legendary tracks. It was this single CD, however, that interested me most entitled "The Golden Age of Shellac." Back in those early days of shellac, lovers of music were getting as excited about having records as those of us from the LP- and now CD era. The present disc is in a gatefold album with an excellent booklet with pictures and commentary. Here is an index of what you will find musically, and it's quite a mixture on 21 tracks!:

1
Mascagni: Le maschere - Overture (Excerpt)
by Mitglieder Der Staatskapelle Berlin & Pietro Mascagni
4:01, recorded 1928

2
Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 9 - Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
by Raoul Koczalski
4:36, recorded 1936

3
Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77, J. 277 - "Alles pflegt schon längst der Ruh'"
by Maria Müller & Städtisches Orchester Berlin & Robert Heger
4:27, recorded 1943

4
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana - Intermezzo sinfonico
by Staatskapelle Berlin & Pietro Mascagni
4:00, recorded 1927

5
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1 - Largo al factotum
by Titta Ruffo & Orchestra
4:02, recorded 1912

6
Elgar: Salut d'amour, Op. 12
by Vása Prihoda & Otto Graef
3:20, recorded 1938

7
Verdi: La traviata / Act 2 - "Von der Freude Blumenkränzchen"
by Alda Noni & Orchester des Deutschen Opernhauses Berlin & Arthur Rother
2:43, recorded 1942

8
Dvorák: Slavonic Dance in C Major, Op. 46, No. 1
by Staatskapelle Berlin & Erich Kleiber
4:08, recorded 1929

9
J.S. Bach: Dir, dir, Jehova will ich singen, BWV 452
by Thomanerchor Leipzig & Helmut Walcha & Karl Straube
3:22, recorded 1927

10
Reger: Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76 - Mariä Wiegenlied (Mary's Lulluby)
by Erna Berger & Staatskapelle Berlin & Wolfgang Martin
2:31, recorded 1935

11
Dvorák: 8 Humoresques, Op. 101 - Humoresque in G-Flat Major, Op. 101 No. 7
by Vása Prihoda & Otto Graef
3:26, recorded 1938
12
Adam: Le Postillon de Lonjumeau - "Freunde, vernehmet die Geschichte"
by Koloman Von Pataky & Orchestra
4:51, recorded 1930

13
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 - Folget der Heißgeliebten
by Julius Patzak & Orchestra
4:17, recorded 1935

14
Schubert: Am Grabe Anselmos, D. 504
by Tiana Lemnitz & Michael Raucheisen
3:52, recorded 1937

15
Hoppe: Ein rheinisches Mädchen beim rheinischen Wein, Op. 39 No. 1
by Heinrich Schlusnus & Johann Heidenreich
3:30, recorded 1925

16
Buday: Ein Blumenstrauß Aus Nizza
by Erna Sack & Staatskapelle Berlin & Walter Schütze
3:44, recorded 1936

17
In the Distant Tropics (Hein Mück)
by Lale Andersen & Orchestra
2:21, recorded 1942

18
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
by Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
2:59, recorded 1934

19
Ick wundere mir über jarnischt mehr
by Otto Reutter & Orchestra
3:09, recorded 1927

20
Man müsste Klavier spielen können
by Johannes Heesters & Orchestra
3:05, recorded 1941

21
Tiger Rag
by Louis Armstrong & His Ensemble
3:05, recorded 1934