Vox Recordings from the SLUB Vol. 3 (Sänger – "international")

Vox Recordings from the SLUB Vol. 3 (Sänger – international)

The SLUB (Sächsische Landes- und Universitäts-Bibliothek in Dresden) was one of the first institutions, who made up a public sound archive on the internet with shellack recordings. As the digitalization began early, there are some parameter which do not reach the standard of archive.org. All recordings are only given as MP3 with 160 kB/s, not all can be heard in full lenght, and the pictures of the labels are often poor. But – they have a lot of rare records which can not be found elsewhere in the web. Everyone can listen to the records on the SLUB website and download them.

In 2016 I have looked through the whole catalogue of SLUB and have downloaded a few thousand recordings. They all are public domain. I present here on my archive.org-account some recordings I have collected from SLUB. You are free to explore the website of SLUB for yourself:

[http://mediathek.slub-dresden.de](http://mediathek.slub-dresden.de)/  (go to: Archiv der Stimmen)

The record maker Vox started recording at the end of 1921 or beginning of 1922 and went bankrupt in 1929. In the meantime they built an impressive repertoire of own recordings. They recorded popular music, but also many opera singers of the time. Some oft them did not record otherwise. Many recordings, especially of the lesser known artists, are rare today (as most of the late acoustic recordings before the invention of the electric recording process in 1925/26).

I have left the SLUB recordings unchanged with 160 kB/s MP3 files (mostly mono), but added my own MP3-tags with discographical annotations. The names of the original files are still left, but I have added an own number which indicates the place in the playlist. The (often poor) pictures given by SLUB for the single recordings of this playlist can be found here:

[https://archive.org/details/vox\_pictures\_3](https://archive.org/details/vox\_pictures\_3)

Vox Recordings from the SLUB Vol. 3 (Sänger – international)

1 Gioconda - Cielo e mar (91 A, *03013) Alfred PICCAVER-Tenor

2 Rezitativ und Arie aus Rigoletto (95 A, *3022) Alfred PICCAVER-Tenor

3 Bajazzo- Recitativo arioso (100 A,*03023) Alfred PICCAVER-Tenor

4 Troubadour- Ah si ben mio (101 1/2 A,*03023) Alfred PICCAVER-Tenor

5 Elisir d’Amore -Una furtiva lagrima (102 ½ A, *03018) Alfred PICCAVER-Tenor

6  Leb wohl, Mignon (351 A, *03107) R. PIOTROWSKY (= Kipras PETRAUSKAS) - Tenor

7 Wie eiskalt ist dies Handchen (352 A, *3107) R. PIOTROWSKY (= Kipras PETRAUSKAS) - Tenor

8 Troubadour- II Baien del suol sorriso (534 A,*3176) Jean IWANZOFF – Bariton

9 Bajazzo - Prolog (585 A, *3176) Jean IWANZOFF – Bariton

10 Othello-Credo (586 A,*3165) Jean IWANZOFF – Bariton

11 Valentins Gebet (587 A,*3165) Jean IWANZOFF – Bariton

12 Rigoletto Gleich sind wir beide (588 A,*3174) Jean IWANZOFF – Bariton

13 Rigoletto-Feile Sklaven (589 A,*3174) Jean IWANZOFF – Bariton

14 Perlenfischer - Ich seh sie am Altar (613 A, *04024) Jean IWANZOFF – Bariton, Björn TALEN - Tenor

15 Don Giovanni - Champagnerlied (598 1/2 A,*03227) Jean IWANZOFF – Bariton

16 Duett aus Boheme (614 A, *04024) Jean IWANZOFF – Bariton, Björn TALEN - Tenor

17 Traviata - O lass uns fliehen (624 A,*04026) Björn TALEN – Tenor, Lola ARTOT DE PADILLA – Sopran

18 Traviata - So hold so reizend (626 A,*04026) Björn TALEN – Tenor, Lola ARTOT DE PADILLA – Sopran

19 Don Giovanni - Horch auf den Klang der Zither (707 A, *03227) Jean IWANZOFF – Bariton

20 Andrea Chenier - Un di mero di gioia HÖRPROBE (1040 A, *03325) Sabbi FAVRETTO SABREFF – Bariton

21 Otello - Credo (1041 A, *03325) Sabbi FAVRETTO SABREFF – Bariton

22 Rigoletto - Pari siamo (1410 A, *03373) Mattia MORRO – Bariton

23 Addio (Tosti) (1517,2 A,*03640) Tino PATTIERA – Tenor

24 Othello-Credo (1534 A,*03373) Mattia MORRO – Bariton

25 Mefistofele- Giunto sul passo estremo (2755 A,*03571) Costa MILONA – Tenor

26 Hugenotten - Ihr Wangenpaar (2756 A, *03572) Costa MILONA – Tenor

27 Andrea Chenier - Come un bel di (2753 A, *03571) Costa MILONA – Tenor

28 Holde Aida (2759 A, *03572) Costa MILONA – Tenor

Note: Here again are some fine examples of rare Vox recordings. Sabbi Favretto Sabreff (20-21) impressed me most. Unfortunately one side is only given as „Hörprobe“.

Alfred PICCAVER – Tenor, R. PIOTROWSKY – Tenor, Kipras PETRAUSKAS – Tenor, Jean IWANZOFF – Bariton, Björn TALEN – Tenor, Lola ARTOT DE PADILLA – Sopran, Sabbi FAVRETTO SABREFF – Bariton, Mattia MORRO – Bariton, Tino PATTIERA – Tenor, Costa MILONA – Tenor