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Lauritz Melchior Anthology, vol. 1

Lauritz Melchior Anthology, vol. 1

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Lauritz Melchior
The present issue covers Lauritz Melchior’s recording activity during the eight-year period 1913-1921, from the very beginning of his career when
he was 23 years old and up until his first Tannhduser in 1918 and his important Wigmore Hall debut in l92l at the age of 31. In several in
stances these first close to 50 sides (all recorded in Copenhagen) offer interesting documentation of Melchior’s early artistic development.
Little Lauritz’ mother had died only a few days after his birth, and thus like so many of the heroes he was to portray so famously, he grew up
without a mother but, unlike Siegfried, Parsifal and Siegmund, not with out tender female care. A never ending succession of older sisters, aunts
and domestics appear to have smothered him with affection during those early years, among them the Melchior household factotum, the unique
Miss Jensen. After having left service she published several cook books, which enjoyed huge popularity and record total editions. If many of her
recipes had already set the stage for a lifetime of weight problems, Miss Jensen might still be forgiven, for it was she that subsidized Lauritz’ first
musical education and spurred him on to serious studies. It was with her help that he attended a private opera school in 1911 and made his debut as Antonio the gardener in “The Marriage of Figaro” in a student performance. That same year, while working part-time in a music shop, he was drafted for military service, and again, the following spring, when it became necessary to pay his way out of uniform, so that he could prepare
for the Royal Opera Academy’s fall auditions, Miss Jensen footed the bill.

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Giuseppe Verdi
1. Di provenza il mar (La traviata Act 2)
2. Il balen ( Il trovatore Act 2)

Victor Ernst Nessler
3. BehĂŒt’ dich Gott! Jung Werner’s Abschied (Der Trompeter von SĂ€ckingen Act 2)

Leo Friedman
4. MĂžd mig i nat i drĂžmme (Meet me tonight in Dreamland)

Halfdan Kjerulf 
5. Mit hjerte og min lyre (My heart and Lute)

Peter Heise
6. Ørnen lÞfter med stÊrke slag (The eagle ascends with mighty strokes)
7. Om strĂžmmen mod dig bruser (Though the tide tums against you)

Niels W. Gade
8. Elverskud – Olufs ballad Saa tidt jeg rider (Oft’ when I ride)

Julius Bechgaard
9. SĂžmandsliv/(A Sailor’s Farewell) – Gud signe dig (God bless you)
10. SĂžmandsliv/(A Sailor’s Farewell) – Gud signe dig (God bless you) – with piano

J.P.E. Hartmann
11. Liden Kirsten (Little Kirsten) Act 2 Tavlebordsduet (Gaming Table Duet) HĂžr, ungersvend, sig ikke nej (Now, my young swain, give me not nay)

Peter Heise
12. Bertran de Born: Herre konge, bliv her (My lord and king, stay with me)
13. Bertran de Born: Fager er den blide vÄr (Fair is the gentle spring)
14. Ørnen lÞfter med strÊrke slag (The eagle ascends with mighty strokes)

Hans Leo Hassler
15. Befal du dine veje (Entrust all your doings)

A.P. Berggreen
16. Velkommen igen, Guds engle smĂ„ (Welcome again, God’s little angels)

C.E.F. Weyse
17. Den signede dag (The blessed day)

Anon.
18. Lover den Herre, den mĂŠgtige Konge (Praise the Lord, the mighty King)

A.P. Berggreen
19. TÊnk nÄr engang den tÄge (Just think one day the fog will go)

Danish Folktune
20. Lovet vĂŠre du, Jesus Krist (Praise to Thee, Jesus Christ)

C.E.F. Weyse
21. Altid frejdig, nÄr du gÄr (Ever dauntless, as you move)

Carl Mortensen
22. Nattens dÊmrende tÄger (The dimlit fogs of night)

CD 2
Gunnar Wennerberg
1. Gluntarne: Uppsala Àr bÀst (Uppsala is best)
2. Gluntarne: Glunten pÄ förelÀsning (The lecture)
3. Gluntarne: En solnedgang i Eklundshofsskogen (Sundown in Eklundshof)
4. Gluntarne: Nattmarschen i Sanct Eriks grÀnd (A march by night)
5. Gluntarne: Dagen dÀrpÄ (The morning after)
6. Gluntarne Magisterns mislyckade serenad (The unlucky serenade)
7. Gluntarne: Slottsklockan (The Castle Bell)
8. Gluntarne: Avskedet pÄ Flottsund (Parting at Flottsund)

P.E. Lange-MĂŒller
9. Firenze, blomstrende by (Firenze, city of flowers)

G.F.F. Allen
10. Solen ler ss godt og mildt (The sun smiles so kind and gentle)

Sophus Andersen
11. Nu brister i alle de klĂžfter (Now all chasms are bursting)
12. Der flyver sÄ mange fugle (So many birds are flying)

G. Puccini
13. La Tosca Act 1 – Recondita armonia
14. La Tosca Act 3 – E lucevan le stelle

R. Wagner
15. Die WalkĂŒre Act I – WinterstĂŒrme wichen dem Wonnemond
16. Lohengrin Act 3 – In fernem Land

J.P.E. Hartmann
17. Liden Kirsten (Little Kirsten) Act 2 – Sverkel’s Romance

Christian Kjellerup
18. Elskede min, fra den unge vÄr (Beloved mine, of youthful spring)

Peter Heise
19. Twelfth Night Act 5 – Dengang jeg var kun sĂ„ stor som sĂ„ (When that I was and a little tiny boy)

Sophus Andersen
20. KongeÄs bolger (Waves of KongeÄ, what do you tell?)

Georg Rygaard
21. Flaget (The Flag)
22. Danmark (Denmark)

Helge Bonnén
23. Da freden drog over lande (When peace came over the land)

Lauritz Hovalt
24. Christiansborg

G. Puccini
25. La Tosca Act 3 – E lucevan le stelle (previousky unpubl.)

Lauritz Melchior – beginngs ©
April 2, 1913 marked Melchior’s official debut at the Royal Opera House, Copenhagen, as Silvio in “I pagliacci”, Carl Nielsen (!) conducting, and later that year he sang Sverkel, normally considered a tenor part, in the Danish opera “Liden Kirsten”. In April 1916 he was off on another tour, this time an “Il trovatore” company doing southern Sweden. The Azucena was Mme Charles Cahier (neĂ© Sarah Jane Walker of Tennessee). This may have been a turning point in Melchior’s career, for Mme Cahier knew a voice when she heard one. She later became justly famous as a vocal coach, in fact, Lauritz took occasional lesson from her as late as 1926, and she may well have been the first person really to recognize his potential. “Why, you’re not a baritone. You’re a tenor – with a lid on!” she exclaimed. With hindsight it seems such an obvious observation, that the number and assortment of people (including Elsa Maxwell), who over the years have claimed the honor of this discovery, give little cause for wonder. But at the time of the “Trovatore” tour Melchior had already recorded “Il balen”.

RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 1987

CATALOGUE NUMBER: DACOCD 311-312

EAN: 5709499311127

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