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How was Classical Music Performed in the Romantic Era? Here you will hear recordings of classical musicians who were born before 1860, became famous in the 1800s and are familiar with many important composers of the Romantic era.
00:00 Carl Reinecke - Schumann, 'Warum' (1905 Roll)
02:37 Theodor Leschetizky - Chopin, Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2 (Roll 1906)
08:50 Jean Baptiste Faure - Donizetti, 'Jardins de l'Alcazar' (1900?)
09:57 Joseph Joachim - Bach, Adagio BWV 1001 (1903)
13:31 Antonio Cotogni & Francesco Marconi - Masini, 'I Mulattieri' (1908)
16:29 Charles Santley - Mozart, 'Non piu andrai' (1903)
19:46 Camille Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto 2, Opening (1904)
23:37 Edouard Colonne - Berlioz, 'Hungarian March' (1906)
26:10 Françis Plante - Berlioz, 'Serenade of Mephistopheles' (1928)
28:34 Giovanni Sgambati - Dvorak, Piano Quintet Op. 81 (1908)
31:59 Josef Labor - Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 7, Largo e mesto (1921)
37:22 Marianne Brandt - Schumann, 'Frühlingsnacht' (1905)
38:44 Louis Diemer - 'Grande Valse de Concert' (1906)
41:30 Edvard Grieg - Piano Sonata, Final (1903)
44:11 Adelina Patti - Mozart, 'Voi che Sapete' (1905)
47:22 Pablo de Sarasate - 'Zigeunerweisen' (1904)
53:04 Hugo Heermann - Bach, Preludio BWV 1006 (1909)
56:14 Charles Marie Widor - Toccata from Organ Symphony 5 (1932)
1:02:48 Leopold Auer - Brahms, Hungarian Dance No. 1 (1920)
1:05:33 August Wilhelmj - Paganini, 'Le Streghe' (1900)
1:08:41 Emma Albani - Handel, 'Ombra mai fu' (1904)
1:11:29 Vladimir de Pachman, - Chopin Nocturne Op. 32 No. 1 (1925)
1:15:36 Victor Maurel - Verdi, 'Quand'ero Paggio' (1907)
1:17:54 Lilli Lehmann - Wagner, 'Liebestod' (1907)
1:23:24 Hermann Winkelmann - Wagner, 'Weilten die Sterne' (1905)
1:25:56 Aleksandr Verzhbilovich - Davydov, 'Romance sans paroles' (1904)
1:28:28 George Henschel - Schubert, 'Der Liermann' (1928)
1:30:57 Francesco Tamagno - Verdi, 'Niun mi tema' (1903)
1:35:05 Xaver Scharwenka - Weber, 'Aufforderung zum Tanze' (1913)
1:39:43 Alexander Michalowski - Chopin, 'Meine Freuden' (1905)
1:42:31 Marie Baumayer - Schumann, 'Studien für den Pedal-Flügel' (1910)
1:46:33 Anna Yesipova - Godard, Gavotte (1898)
1:48:37 Vincent d'Indy - 'Départ Matina' (1923)
1:52:03 Alfred Grünfeld - Strauss II/Grunfeld, 'Soiree de Vienne' (1910)
1:57:36 Raoul Pugno - Chabrier, Scherzo-valse (1903)
2:01:06 Pol Plancon - Flotow, 'Lasst mich euch fragen' (1907)
2:03:49 Joseph Hollman - Saint-Saens, 'The Swan' (1906)
2:06:25 Frederic Hymen Cowen - 'Yellow Jasmine' (1916)
2:10:18 André Messager - Rimsky-Korsakov, 'Capriccio Espagnol' (1918)
2:14:43 Edouard de Reszke - Ernani, 'Infelice' (1903)
2:17:18 Pavel Pabst - Tchaikovsky / Pabst, 'Paraphrase on Sleeping Beauty' (1895)
2:20:26 Georges Gillet - Pillevestre, 'Idylle Bretonne' (1905)
2:22:53 Heinrich Grünfeld - Boccherini, Menuett (1915)
2:25:48 Arthur Nikisch - Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 Allegro con brio (1913)
2:32:42 Mattia Battistini - Tosti, 'Ancora' (1902)
2:35:53 Natalia Janotha - Mendelssohn, 'Spinning Song' (1904)
2:37:40 Sergei Taneyev - Mozart, Fantasy K. 396 (1891)
2:40:24 Robert Kajanus - Sibelius, 'Karelia Suite' Alla marcia (1932)
2:44:34 Edward Elgar - 'Salut d'Amour' (1914)
2:48:20 Cécile Chaminade - Air de ballet, Op. 30 (1901)
2:51:09 Paul Viardot - Wieniawski, Mazurka (?)
2:53:11 Eugène Ysaÿe - Vieuxtemps, Rondino (1912)
2:58:21 Stanisław Barcewicz - Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto Canzonetta (1905)
3:01:31 Jenő Hubay - Bach, Air BWV 1068 (1929)
3:05:26 Arnold Dolmetsch - Bach, Prelude and Fugue No. 1, WTC I (1933)
3:08:34 Alessandro Moreschi & Sistine Chapel Choir - Mozart, 'Ave Verum' (1902)
3:11:23 Emma Calve - Bizet, 'Habanera' from Carmen (1907)
3:14:22 Marcella Sembrich - Bellini, 'Casta Diva' (1907)
3:16:51 Tobias Matthay - Prelude and Arpeggio (1933)
3:19:03 Julius Klengel - Bach, Cello Suite No. 6 Sarabande (1927)
3:22:14 Max Fiedler - Brahms, Symphony No. 4 Mov. I (1930)
3:34:45 Karl Muck - Wagner, 'Siegfried´s Journey down the Rhine' (1927)
3:39:10 Arthur Friedheim - Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (1916)
3:43:33 Leon Escalais - Meyerbeer, 'Sicilienne' (1905)
3:46:52 Fernando De Lucia - Donizetti, 'Una Furtiva Lagrima' (1917)
3:50:36 Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Minuet in G (1911)
How was Classical Music Performed in the Romantic Era? Here you will hear recordings of classical musicians who were born before 1860, became famous in the 1800s and are familiar with many important composers of the Romantic era.
00:00 Carl Reinecke - Schumann, 'Warum' (1905 Roll)
02:37 Theodor Leschetizky - Chopin, Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2 (Roll 1906)
08:50 Jean Baptiste Faure - Donizetti, 'Jardins de l'Alcazar' (1900?)
09:57 Joseph Joachim - Bach, Adagio BWV 1001 (1903)
13:31 Antonio Cotogni & Francesco Marconi - Masini, 'I Mulattieri' (1908)
16:29 Charles Santley - Mozart, 'Non piu andrai' (1903)
19:46 Camille Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto 2, Opening (1904)
23:37 Edouard Colonne - Berlioz, 'Hungarian March' (1906)
26:10 Françis Plante - Berlioz, 'Serenade of Mephistopheles' (1928)
28:34 Giovanni Sgambati - Dvorak, Piano Quintet Op. 81 (1908)
31:59 Josef Labor - Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 7, Largo e mesto (1921)
37:22 Marianne Brandt - Schumann, 'Frühlingsnacht' (1905)
38:44 Louis Diemer - 'Grande Valse de Concert' (1906)
41:30 Edvard Grieg - Piano Sonata, Final (1903)
44:11 Adelina Patti - Mozart, 'Voi che Sapete' (1905)
47:22 Pablo de Sarasate - 'Zigeunerweisen' (1904)
53:04 Hugo Heermann - Bach, Preludio BWV 1006 (1909)
56:14 Charles Marie Widor - Toccata from Organ Symphony 5 (1932)
1:02:48 Leopold Auer - Brahms, Hungarian Dance No. 1 (1920)
1:05:33 August Wilhelmj - Paganini, 'Le Streghe' (1900)
1:08:41 Emma Albani - Handel, 'Ombra mai fu' (1904)
1:11:29 Vladimir de Pachman, - Chopin Nocturne Op. 32 No. 1 (1925)
1:15:36 Victor Maurel - Verdi, 'Quand'ero Paggio' (1907)
1:17:54 Lilli Lehmann - Wagner, 'Liebestod' (1907)
1:23:24 Hermann Winkelmann - Wagner, 'Weilten die Sterne' (1905)
1:25:56 Aleksandr Verzhbilovich - Davydov, 'Romance sans paroles' (1904)
1:28:28 George Henschel - Schubert, 'Der Liermann' (1928)
1:30:57 Francesco Tamagno - Verdi, 'Niun mi tema' (1903)
1:35:05 Xaver Scharwenka - Weber, 'Aufforderung zum Tanze' (1913)
1:39:43 Alexander Michalowski - Chopin, 'Meine Freuden' (1905)
1:42:31 Marie Baumayer - Schumann, 'Studien für den Pedal-Flügel' (1910)
1:46:33 Anna Yesipova - Godard, Gavotte (1898)
1:48:37 Vincent d'Indy - 'Départ Matina' (1923)
1:52:03 Alfred Grünfeld - Strauss II/Grunfeld, 'Soiree de Vienne' (1910)
1:57:36 Raoul Pugno - Chabrier, Scherzo-valse (1903)
2:01:06 Pol Plancon - Flotow, 'Lasst mich euch fragen' (1907)
2:03:49 Joseph Hollman - Saint-Saens, 'The Swan' (1906)
2:06:25 Frederic Hymen Cowen - 'Yellow Jasmine' (1916)
2:10:18 André Messager - Rimsky-Korsakov, 'Capriccio Espagnol' (1918)
2:14:43 Edouard de Reszke - Ernani, 'Infelice' (1903)
2:17:18 Pavel Pabst - Tchaikovsky / Pabst, 'Paraphrase on Sleeping Beauty' (1895)
2:20:26 Georges Gillet - Pillevestre, 'Idylle Bretonne' (1905)
2:22:53 Heinrich Grünfeld - Boccherini, Menuett (1915)
2:25:48 Arthur Nikisch - Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 Allegro con brio (1913)
2:32:42 Mattia Battistini - Tosti, 'Ancora' (1902)
2:35:53 Natalia Janotha - Mendelssohn, 'Spinning Song' (1904)
2:37:40 Sergei Taneyev - Mozart, Fantasy K. 396 (1891)
2:40:24 Robert Kajanus - Sibelius, 'Karelia Suite' Alla marcia (1932)
2:44:34 Edward Elgar - 'Salut d'Amour' (1914)
2:48:20 Cécile Chaminade - Air de ballet, Op. 30 (1901)
2:51:09 Paul Viardot - Wieniawski, Mazurka (?)
2:53:11 Eugène Ysaÿe - Vieuxtemps, Rondino (1912)
2:58:21 Stanisław Barcewicz - Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto Canzonetta (1905)
3:01:31 Jenő Hubay - Bach, Air BWV 1068 (1929)
3:05:26 Arnold Dolmetsch - Bach, Prelude and Fugue No. 1, WTC I (1933)
3:08:34 Alessandro Moreschi & Sistine Chapel Choir - Mozart, 'Ave Verum' (1902)
3:11:23 Emma Calve - Bizet, 'Habanera' from Carmen (1907)
3:14:22 Marcella Sembrich - Bellini, 'Casta Diva' (1907)
3:16:51 Tobias Matthay - Prelude and Arpeggio (1933)
3:19:03 Julius Klengel - Bach, Cello Suite No. 6 Sarabande (1927)
3:22:14 Max Fiedler - Brahms, Symphony No. 4 Mov. I (1930)
3:34:45 Karl Muck - Wagner, 'Siegfried´s Journey down the Rhine' (1927)
3:39:10 Arthur Friedheim - Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (1916)
3:43:33 Leon Escalais - Meyerbeer, 'Sicilienne' (1905)
3:46:52 Fernando De Lucia - Donizetti, 'Una Furtiva Lagrima' (1917)
3:50:36 Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Minuet in G (1911)
