Edouard de Reszke

Edouard de Reszke can be heard on a number of Mapleson Cylinders

Mediafire link for Mapleson cylinders

(These are zip files – left click the link, download the files, then unzip when downloaded)

As the LP notes, this is not high-fidelity sound. This is IRCC LP7006, issued in 1955, containing transfers of a number of Mapleson Cylinders, recorded live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House from 1901 to 1903.

de Reszke appears on the following tracks:

4. Meyerbeer – Les Huguenots – Duet Act 3 (four fragments)
Johanna Gadski, soprano; Edouard de Reszke, bass. Philippe Flon, conductor
24/1/1903

11. Gounod – Faust – Trio de duel
Albert Alvarez, tenor; Mathilde Bauermeister, contralto; Giuseppe Campanari, baritone; Edouard de Reszke, bass. Luigi Mancinelli, conductor
18/2/1903

12. Gounod – Faust – Final trio
Dame Nellie Melba, soprano; Albert Saléza, tenor; Edouard de Reszke, bass. Luigi Mancinelli, conductor
4/3/1901

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