Leo Blech
Leo Blech (1871-1958) was a German conductor and composer, one of the important opera conductors of the early twentieth century. He was closely associated with the Berlin State Opera.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears extensively in Beethoven, Schubert, Tchaikovsky and Wagner, including dedicated anniversary releases and early Ring excerpts.
Blech’s conducting belonged to the old German operatic and orchestral tradition: supp...
BEETHOVEN Overtures
BEETHOVEN Funeral March from Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished'
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 'Great'
Studio recordings, 1919-1932
Total duration: 2hr 27:17
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leo Blech
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings
TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio Italien
Recorded 1928-1930
Total duration: 57:25
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
conducted by Leo Blech
Das Rheingold
Die Walküre
Studio recordings, 1926-32
Total duration: 2hr 33:07
Florence Austral ∙ Walter Widdop ∙ Göta Ljungberg
Albert Coates ∙ Leo Blech, conductors
WAGNER The Potted Ring - Volume 3: Götterdämmerung, Motives and Extras
Studio recordings, 1926-31
Total duration: 2hr 23:59 and 60:30
Rudolf Laubenthal ∙ Maartje Offers ∙ Ivar Andrésen
Lauritz Melchior ∙ Friedrich Schorr
Götterdämmerung: Albert Coates ∙ Leo Blech
Appendix: Lawrance Collingwood ∙ Leo Blech ∙ Karl Muck
R STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
R STRAUSS Salome – Dance of the Seven Veils
R STRAUSS Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme – Intermezzo
R STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration
R STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier – Waltzes
Studio Recordings · 1928/29
Total duration: 69:5
Leo Blech, conductor
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
J. S. BACH Concerto for 2 Violins
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1
KREISLER Violin Concerto (in the style of Vivaldi)
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4
PAGANINI (arr., Kreisler) Violin Concerto in One Movement
Studio recordings, 1915-1945
Total duration: 3hr 27:33
Fritz Kreisler, violin
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Victor String Orchestra
conductors: Sir Landon Ronald, Eugene Goossens, Leo Blech, Eugene Ormandy, Donald Voorhees
