Download: Schubert Unfinished Symphony, conducted by Morike (Parlophon, 1921)

[harpsichordian]

Hello all,

Here's the first uncut (or nearly so) recording of Schubert's
"Unfinished" Symphony, conducted by Eduard Mörike, and recorded for
German Parlophon on November 22, 1921 (matrices: 2-5590 through
2-5595). This was issued in Germany on Parlophon P 1265 through 1267
(where the orchestra is credited as an anonymous "Grosses Symphonie-
Orchester" and in the USA in January, 1923, on Odeon 5008 through 5010
(where the orchestra is given as that of the German Opera House,
Berlin). I have the USA edition, in an album with rather melodramatic
liner notes printed in the inside front cover, which I have included
as typed into a text file.

As noted above, this is the first recording of the work with a
pretension to completeness; however, there are four bars missing in
the first movement between sides 1 and 2. The exposition is meant to
be repeated and has first and second endings, each covering one bar.
Side 1 ends with the first ending, which is on a clear B minor chord.
The second ending replaces this chord with a B minor seventh chord in
order to effect a four-bar transition to E minor for the return of the
introductory theme. This second ending and the transition is omitted,
and Side 2 begins with the E minor theme. I have left about a one-
second gap between the sides in my transfer.

http://rapidshare.com/files/93701529/Odeon5008-10_Schubert_Morike.zip.html

or

http://www.mediafire.com/?bac7yvvwlhb

Enjoy!

Best wishes,
Bryan Bishop

[Andrej Kluge]

Hi,

> Here's the first uncut (or nearly so) recording of Schubert's
> "Unfinished" Symphony, conducted by Eduard Mörike,

Eduard Mörike, the German poet, who wrote "Mozart auf der Reise nach Prag",
and died 1875?

Ciao
A.

[harpsichordian]

No, Eduard Mörike, the conductor, who lived from 1877 to 1929. He
conducted at the Berliner Deutsche Opernhaus, Charlottenburg, from
1912-1924, and in Dresden from 1924 until his death. I don't know
whether the two Eduard Mörikes were related.

Best wishes,
Bryan Bishop

[thoren...@yahoo.com]

I only own one album of his,an Odeon set of a Beethoven symphony.You
got lots of these to upload ? This should be interesting.

Roger

[Andrej Kluge]

Hi,

>> Eduard Mörike, the German poet, who wrote "Mozart auf der Reise nach
>> Prag", and died 1875?
>>

> No, Eduard Mörike, the conductor, who lived from 1877 to 1929. He
> conducted at the Berliner Deutsche Opernhaus, Charlottenburg, from
> 1912-1924, and in Dresden from 1924 until his death. I don't know
> whether the two Eduard Mörikes were related.

I see, thanks. Never heard of this one :)

Ciao
A.

[mark_str...@yahoo.co.uk]

>>rather melodramatic liner notes <<

Hehe "..Miserably poor, extremely ugly in physical appearance..." etc

Thanks for posting this. Mark Stratford

[Sacqueboutier]

I wonder who did the band arrangement. The tuba
part is very interesting.
--
--
Kindest regards,
Don

[harpsichordian]

On Feb 21, 9:54 pm, "thorenstd...@yahoo.com" <thorenstd...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>  I only own one album of his,an Odeon set of a Beethoven symphony.You
> got lots of these to upload ? This should be interesting.
>
> Roger

Sorry, this is the only one I have. I only have one other Odeon set,
Weissmann conducting the Beethoven 6th. The Odeon sets are
exceedingly rare, at least in the USA.

Best wishes,
Bryan Bishop

[Dontait...@aol.com]

On Feb 21, 7:24�pm, harpsichordian <bryan52...@juno.com> wrote:
> On Feb 21, 6:27 pm, "Andrej Kluge" <kl...@wizzy.de> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > > Here's the first uncut (or nearly so) recording of Schubert's

> > > "Unfinished" Symphony, conducted by Eduard M�rike,
>
> > Eduard M�rike, the German poet, who wrote "Mozart auf der Reise nach Prag",

> > and died 1875?
>
> > Ciao
> > A.
>

> No, Eduard M�rike, the conductor, who lived from 1877 to 1929. �He

> conducted at the Berliner Deutsche Opernhaus, Charlottenburg, from
> 1912-1924, and in Dresden from 1924 until his death. �I don't know

> whether the two Eduard M�rikes were related.
>
> Best wishes,
> Bryan Bishop

The conductor was a great-nephew of the poet.

Don Tait

[Andrej Kluge]

Hi,

Dontait...@aol.com schrieb:

>>> Eduard M�rike, the German poet, who wrote "Mozart auf der Reise
>>> nach Prag", and died 1875?
>>

>> No, Eduard M�rike, the conductor, who lived from 1877 to 1929. �He
>> conducted at the Berliner Deutsche Opernhaus, Charlottenburg, from
>> 1912-1924, and in Dresden from 1924 until his death. �I don't know
>> whether the two Eduard M�rikes were related.
>

> The conductor was a great-nephew of the poet.

Thanks for the info.

Ciao
A.

[Dontait...@aol.com]

On Feb 22, 4:27�am, Sacqueboutier <Nos...@somewhere.net> wrote:
> On 2008-02-22 02:37:03 -0500, "Andrej Kluge" <kl...@wizzy.de> said:
>
> > Hi,
>

> >>> Eduard M�rike, the German poet, who wrote "Mozart auf der Reise nach

> >>> Prag", and died 1875?
>

> >> No, Eduard M�rike, the conductor, who lived from 1877 to 1929. �He

> >> conducted at the Berliner Deutsche Opernhaus, Charlottenburg, from
> >> 1912-1924, and in Dresden from 1924 until his death. �I don't know

> >> whether the two Eduard M�rikes were related.

>
> > I see, thanks. Never heard of this one :)
>
> > Ciao
> > A.
>
> I wonder who did the band arrangement. �The tuba
> part is very interesting.
> --
> --
> Kindest regards,
> Don

I assume that you meant this to be a humorous comment and know about
orchestral recordings made by the acoustical process....

Don Tait

[Sacqueboutier]

Yes, I do, and yes, the comment was tongue-in-cheek.

Listening closely, that's one damned fine tuba player
they had back then, wasn't it? Wish I could have heard
him is better sound. I've enjoyed this recording immensely
and thank the original poster.