VA - The Dawn of Recording: The Julius Block Cylinders (2008)

Tracklist:

CD 1
Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)
01. Mozart - Fantasie, K. 396 (2:44)
[1891]
Josef Hofmann (1876-1957)
02. Anton Rubinstein - Contredanse A, No. 3 from Le Bal, Op. 14 (1:22)
[December 24, 1895]
03. Anton Rubinstein - Contredanse B, No. 3 from Le Bal, Op. 14 (1:28)
[December 24, 1895]
04. Wagner-Brassin - Magic Fire Music from Die Walküre (3:17)
[February 10, 1896]
05. Mendelssohn - Song Without Words, Op. 38, No. 5, "Passion" (2:15)
[Date unknown]
Anna Essipova (1851-1914)
06. Godard - Gavotte, Op. 81, No. 2 (2:19)
[November 15, 1898]
Paul Pabst (1854-1897)
07. Chopin - Nocturne, Op. 62, No. 2 (3:46)
08. Chopin-Pabst - Waltz, Op. 64, No. 1, "Minute" (1:48)
09. Schumann - Carnaval, Op. 9: "Chopin" (1:01)
10. Schumann - Carnaval, Op. 9: "Estrella" (0:34)
11. Tchaikovsky-Pabst - Paraphrase on Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (3:23)
12. Pabst - Papillons (2:13)
13. Chopin-Pabst - Mazurka, Op. 33, No. 2 (1:34)
14. Chopin-Pabst - Mazurka, Op. 33, No. 2 (2:59)
[February 12, 1895]
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
15. Arensky - Improvisation (2:54)
[November 24, 1892]
16. Arensky - Improvisation (2:31)
[November 24, 1893]
17. Arensky - Nocturne, No. 3 from 24 Morceaux Charactéristiques, Op. 36 (2:33)
18. Arensky - Intermezzo, No. 12 from 24 Morceaux Charactéristiques, Op. 36 (0:53)
[November 25, 1894]
19. Arensky - Consolation, No. 5 from 24 Morceaux Charactéristiques, Op. 36 (2:17)
[Date not specified]
20. Arensky - Le ruisseau dans la forêt, No. 15 from 24 Morceaux Charactéristiques, Op. 36 (3:03)
21. Arensky - Ioniques, No. 3 from Essais sur les Rythmes Oubliés, Op. 28 (1:36)
22. Arensky - Strophe Alcéene, No. 5 from Essais sur les Rythmes Oubliés, Op. 28 (1:37)
[December 20, 1894]
23. Arensky - An der Quelle, Op. 46, No. 1 (3:08)
24. Arensky - Unidentified composition (3:30)
[April 12, 1899]
Sandra Droucker (1876-1944)
25. Arensky - Etude, No. 13 from 24 Morceaux Charactéristiques, Op. 36 (2:42)
[February 18, 1898]
26. Chopin - Prelude, Op. 28, No. 8 (2:19)
[September 16, 1898]
Vladimir Wilschaw (1868-1957)
27. Godard - En Courant, No. 1 from 6 Morceaux, Op. 53 (1:49)
[1890s]
Egon Petri (1881–1962)
28. "Free Improvisation" (3:02)
29. Unidentified composition (2:46)
30. Unidentified composition (1:22)
31. Unidentified composition (1:56)
[October 1923]
Paul Juon (1872–1940)
32. Juon - Variation 4 from the second movement of Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 7 (2:12)
[February 26, 1911]
Leonid Kreutzer (1884–1953)
33. Liadov - Etude, Op. 37 (1:41)
34. Chopin - Mazurka, Op. 67, No. 2 (1:10)
[1915]
35. Juon - Humoresque, No. 3 from 6 Klavierstücke, Op. 12 (2:29)
[February (?) 1915]

CD 2
Leonid Kreutzer and Paul Juon
01. Juon - Tanzrhythmen, Op. 41, No. 3 (Allegretto grazioso) (1:30)
02. Juon - Tanzrhythmen, Op. 41, No. 2 (Vivace molto) (1:15)
[1915]
Sergei Taneev and Leo Conus
03. Leo Conus - Suite for Piano Four-Hands (4:12)
[December 14, 1893]
Sergei Taneev and Paul Pabst
Arensky - Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, op. 23 ("Silhouettes"):
04. No. 1: "Le Savant" (2:12)
05. No. 3: "Polichinelle" (3:18)
06. No. 4: "Le Rêveur" (3:27)
[December 14, 1892]
Jules Conus (1869-1942)
07. Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen (1:06)
[October 4, 1892] with unidentified pianist
08. Bach - Partita No. 3: Minuet (1:26)
[October 4, 1892]
09. Chopin-Sarasate - Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2 (3:53)
[April 7, 1894] with Paul Juon (piano)
Anton Arensky, piano; Jan Hrimaly (1844-1915), violin; and Anatoly Brandukov (1856-1930), cello
Arensky - Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 32:
10. Allegro moderato (4:39)
11. Scherzo: Allegro molto (3:27)
12. Elegie: Adagio (3:30)
[December 10, 1894]
Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987), violin and Waldemar Liachowsky (1874-1958), piano
13. Cui - Orientale, from Kaleidoscope, Op. 50 (2:51)
14. Cui - Orientale, from Kaleidoscope, Op. 50 (2:57)
15. Mozart-Auer - Gavotte, from Idomeneo (2:49)
16. Popper-Auer - Etude, Op. 55, No. 1 "Spinnlied" (2:37)
17. Kreisler - Schön Rosmarin (2:23)
[November 4, 1912]
Eddy Brown (1895-1974), violin and Julius Block (1858-1934), piano
18. Tartini-Kreisler - Variations on a theme of Corelli (2:58)
19. Kreisler - La Chasse in the style of Cartier (2:35)
[December 27, 1914]
20. Kreisler - Andantino in the style of Martini (2:55)
21. Kreisler - Liebesleid (3:10)
[December 6, 1914]
22. Haydn-Burmester - Minuet, from Symphony No. 96 (3:05)
23. Beethoven-Burmester - Minuet No. 2, WoO 10 (3:04)
24. Schumann-Auer - Vogel als Prophet, from Waldscenen, Op. 82 (3:10)
25. Juon - Berceuse, Op. 28, No. 3 (2:58)
[December 27, 1914]
Joseph Press (1881-1924), cello and Michael Press (1872-1938), violin
26. Handel-Halvorsen - Passacaglia, from Harpsichord Suite No. 7, HWV 432 (2:58)
[Recording date unknown]
The Choir of the Synodical School of Moscow, with unidentified conductor
27. Rachmaninov - Spiritual Concert (1:38)
[December 12, 1893] Hall of the Synodical School of Moscow

CD 3
Madamoiselle Nikita (Louisa Margaret Nicholson) (1872-unknown), soprano and Pyotr Schurovsky (1850-1908), piano
01. Donizetti - Quando rapito, from Lucia di Lammermoor (2:57)
[Fabruary 19, 1890]
02. Verdi - Ernani, involami, from Ernani (3:12)
[November 22, 1891]
03. Composer unidentified - La Zingara (2:20)
04. Composer unidentified - At the Fountain (2:29)
[Fabruary 19, 1890]
05. Chopin - Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2, arranged for voice and piano (3:02)
[November 22, 1891]
Vasily Samus (1849-1903), tenor and unidentified pianist
06. Dargomizhsky - I am in love, my maiden, my beauty (1:33)
[Fabruary 15, 1890 the Hall of the St. Petersburg Conservatory]
07. Rubinstein - Longing, Op. 27, No. 9 (2:28)
[1890]
08. Tchaikovsky - Don Juan's Serenade, Op. 38, No. 1 (2:32)
[1890]
Adele Borghi (1860-unknown), mezzo-soprano and unidentified pianist
09. Bizet - Habanera from Carmen (1:33)
[1891]
Maria Klimentova-Muromtzeva (1857-1946), soprano and Sergei Taneyev, piano
10. Bizet - Pastorale (2:40)
[Fabruary 4, 1891]
11. Tchaikovsky - Do not leave me! (2:48)
[Fabruary 5 1891]
12. Unidentified composition (0:47)
13. Schumann - Widmung, No.1 from Myrthen, Op. 25 (2:06)
[Fabruary 4, 1891]
Eugenia Jurjevna Werdan (dates unknown), mezzo-soprano and unidentified pianist
14. Grieg - Ich liebe dich, Op. 5, No. 3 (1:25)
15. Cui - Mai, No. 7 from Musical Pictures, Op. 15 (1:48)
16. Tchaikovsky - Legend, No. 5 from 16 Songs for Children, Op. 54 (3:25)
[November 14, 1892]
Nikolai Figner (1857-1918), tenor and unidentified pianist
17. Cui - I remember the evening (2:04)
[March 31, 1891]
Maria Ivanovna Gutheil (dates unknown)†, soprano and unidentified pianist
18. Rubinstein - Sail (2:12)
19. Davydov - And night, and love, and moon (2:49)
20. Rubinstein - Longing, Op. 27, No. 9 (2:46)
[January 10, 1894]
Lavrentii Donskoi (1857 or 1858-1917), tenor and unidentified pianist
21. Rimsky-Korsakov - Berendey’s cavatina from The Snow Maiden (2:42)
22. Rubinstein - O pechal I toska from Nero (3:26)
[November 8, 1894]
Evgeny Dolinin (1873-1918), tenor and unidentified pianist
23. Wagner - In fernem Land from Lohengrin (3:40)
[December 10, 1898]
Therese Leschetizkaya-Dolinina (1873-1956), soprano and unidentified pianist
24. Unidentified composition (1:32)
25. Unidentified composition (1:36)
[November 26, 1898]
Elizaveta Lavrovskaya (1845-1919), soprano and unidentified pianist
26. Tchaikovsky - Lullaby in a Storm, No. 10 from 16 Songs for Children, Op. 54 (2:33)
[Recording date unknown]
27. Unidentified composition (3:16)
[March 10, 1892]
Elena Gerhardt (1883-1961), mezzo-soprano and Arthut Nikisch (1855-1922), piano
28. Brahms - Blinde Kuh, No. 1 from [8] Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 58(1:41)
29. Schubert - Wohin? no. 2 from Die schöne Müllerin(2:11)
[September 16, 1911]
SPOKEN WORD [detailed at booklet, page 67 | расшифровка в буклете, страница 67]
30. Elena Gerhardt and Arthut Nikisch (1:34)
[December 16, 1911]
31. Leo Tolstoy (4:13)
[Fabruary 14, 1895]
32. Leo Tolstoy. with countess Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya (Wife, 1844–1919), Tatiana Lvovna Tolstaya-Sukhotina (Daughter, 1864–1950), and Tatiana Mikhailovna Sukhotina-Albertini (Granddaughter, 1905–1996) (2:37)
[February 14, 1895] (Tolstoy and his wife)
[November 2, 1927] (Tolstoy’s daughter and granddaughter)
33. Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) and Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894) with Elizaveta Lavrovskaya, Vasily Ilyich Safonov (1852-1918), Alexandra Ivanovna Hubert (1850-1937) and Julius Block: (1:10)
[January 4, 1890]