IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI

A Discography of his European Recordings

ACOUSTIC RECORDINGS BY THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY

Title & Matrix number First UK single First UK double

sided number sided number

A. Chalet Riond-Bosson, Morges, Switzerland

week ending 12 July 1911
1. CHOPIN Nocturne No.4 in F, Op.15/1
331ai
2. CHOPIN Nocturne No.5 in F#, Op.15/2
332ai 045528
3. CHOPIN Etudes Op.25: No.9 in G flat (Butterfly) & No.3 in F
333ai
3331/2ai
4. CHOPIN Mazurka No.13 in A minor, Op.17/4
334ai (045565)
5. CHOPIN Waltz No.7 in C# minor, Op.64/2
335ai 045529 DB 585
6. PADEREWSKI Nocturne in B flat, Op.16/4
336ai
7. SCHUMANN Nachtstück in F, Op.23/4
337ai (045563)
8. MENDELSSOHN Song without words No.22 in F, Op.53/4
338ai (045564)
9. PADEREWSKI Minuet in G, Op.14/1
339ai
10. PADEREWSKI Minuet in G, Op.14/1
340ai
11. CHOPIN Waltz No.2 in A flat, Op.34/1
341ai 045531
3411/2ai
12. CHOPIN Polonaise No.3 in A, Op.40/1
342ai
13. STOJOWSKI Chant d’amour, Op.26/3
343ai (045566)
14. CHOPIN Nocturne No.18 in E, Op.62/2
344ai (045567)
15. PADEREWSKI Minuet in G, Op.14/1
345ai 045530 DB 604
16. CHOPIN Polonaise No.3 in A, Op.40/1
346ai 045533 DB 590
17. SCHUBERT-LISZT Horch! Horch!, S.558/9
347ai 045532
General notes
a) Recordings made at Paderewski’s home by Fred Gaisberg using his personal matrix
suffix ‘ai’.
b) The precise recording dates are unknown: surviving documentation indicates that
recording took place during the “week ending 12 July 1911”.
c) Many discs were considered for publication and allocated a catalogue number but
then
not released. These numbers appear in brackets.
d) The matrix numbers underlined are included in “Paderewski - His earliest
recordings” : APR 6006.

Individual observations
No.1. First issued on International Piano Library LP: IPA 117.
No.2. This disc was hastily withdrawn and the master destroyed in May 1912. The
title
was replaced by 25731/2c/045538 recorded in Paris (No. 31).
No.4. First issued as a Symposium 78 rpm disc: 1051. In routine correspondence
between The Gramophone Company and their pressing plant in Hanover
reference is made to a matrix “3341/2ai” although it does not appear in any
discographical listing.
No.6. The matrix card erroneously states “Chopin Nocturne in B flat, Op.16”.
No.7. First issued as a Symposium 78 rpm disc: 1051.
No.8. First issued as a Symposium 78 rpm disc: 1052.
No.11. This disc was withdrawn and the title replaced by Ho 162c/2-045503 recorded
in
Hayes (No.60).
No.14. First issued as a Symposium 78 rpm disc: 1052.
No.17. This disc was withdrawn and the title replaced by 2581c/045560 recorded in
Paris (No.39).

B. Paris
February 1912
18. MENDELSSOHN Song without words No.34 in C, Op.67/4 (Spinning song)
2560c (045540)
19. MENDELSSOHN Song without words No.3 in A, Op.19/3 (Hunting song)
2561c 045539
20. CHOPIN Etude in C# minor
2562c (045541)
21. CHOPIN Etudes in E flat, Op.10/11 & F minor
2563c (045542)
22. DEBUSSY Images Book One - Reflects dans l’eau
2564c (045543)
25641/2c 045544 DB 590
23. CHOPIN Etudes, Op.10 - No.12 in C minor (Revolutionary) & No.7 in C
2565c (045545)
24. CHOPIN Etude in E, Op.10/3
2566c (045546)
25. LISZT La Campanella, S.140/3
2567c (045547)
26. RUBINSTEIN Valse caprice in E flat
2568c (045548)
27. LISZT La leggierezza, S.144/2
2569c (045549)
28. PADEREWSKI Cracovienne fantastique, Op.14/6
2570c (045550)
29. Title unknown
2571c
30. Title unknown
2572c
31. CHOPIN Nocturne No.5 in F#, Op15/2
2573c (045552)
25731/2 c 045538 DB 598
32. CHOPIN Etudes, Op.10 - No.12 in C minor (Revolutionary) & No.7 in C
2574c 045554 DB 664
33. CHOPIN Etudes, Op.25 - No.3 in F & No.9 in G flat (Butterfly)
2575c (045555)
34. CHOPIN Etudes, Op.25 - No.1 in A flat (Aeolian harp) & No.2 in F minor
2576c 045556 DB 649
35. LISZT La Campanella, S.140/3
2577c (045557)
36. CHOPIN Etude in E, Op.10/3
2578c 045558 DB 662
37. PADEREWSKI Cracovienne fantastique, Op.14/6
2579c 045551 DB 683
38. CHOPIN Waltz No.2 in A flat, Op.34/1
2580c (045559)
39. SCHUBERT-LISZT Horch! Horch!, S.558/9
2581c 045560 DB 378
40. CHOPIN Waltz No.5 in A flat, Op.42
2582c (045561)
41. CHOPIN-LISZT The Maiden’s wish, S.480/1
2583c (045562)

General notes
a) Recordings made by Fred Gaisberg using his personal matrix suffix ‘c’.
b) The venue and precise recording dates are unknown: surviving documentation
states that recording took place in “February 1912”.
c) As is evident from the above numbering, the French method of documentation was
to
automatically allocate a potential catalogue to each matrix. The catalogue
numbers of the unapproved matrices appear in brackets.
d) The matrix numbers underlined are included in “Paderewski - His earliest
recordings”:
APR 6006.

Individual observations
No.19. This disc was withdrawn and the title replaced by Ho 185c recorded in Hayes
(No.83) using the same catalogue number with the addition of the suffix “X”.
No.20. The surviving documentation does not specify whether this Etude is Op.10/4
or
Op.25/7.
No.21. The surviving documentation does not specify whether this Etude is Op.10/9
or
Op.25/2.
No. 27. Although not issued as a single sided disc the matrix card reveals that this
side
was considered for double-sided issue on DB 662 but that Ho 182c was used in
lieu (No.80)
Nos. 29 & 30. There is no doubt that these matrix numbers were used during
Paderewski’s Paris sessions although all details are missing. It is pure
conjecture but might these matrices have been abandoned as a result of the
interruption which occurred during recording? (See my article in the Spring 2010
edition of CRC.)
No. 31. 25731/2c was the matrix which replaced 332ai/045528 (No.2). It is known
that
some copies of 045528 have had the number changed to 045538.

C. Head Office, Hayes, Middlesex

22 June 1912

42. SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op.12 - No.1 Des Abends

Ho 137f 2-045505 DB 601
43. SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op.12 - No.2 Aufschwung
Ho 138f
44. SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op.12 - No.3 Warum?
Ho 139f
45. CHOPIN Polonaise No.3 in A, Op.40/1
Ho 140f

General notes
a) Recordings made in the newly-opened recording studio at Hayes by Fred Gaisberg
although he used his brother Will’s matrix suffix ‘f’. (Gaisberg was famous
for being, to quote Alan Kelly the noted chronicler of The Gramophone
Company’s early recordings, “a cuckoo who laid his eggs in other birds’ nests”.
b) The matrix number underlined is included in “Paderewski - His earliest
recordings”:
APR 6006.

Individual observation
No.45. A master of this matrix still exists although it has never been published.

D. Head Office, Hayes, Middlesex

1 July 1912

46. SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op.12 - No.1 Des Abends

Ho 148c
47. SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op.12 - No.3 Warum?
Ho 149c 2-045500 DB 374
48. MENDELSSOHN Song without words No.22 in F, Op.53/4
Ho 150c
49. MENDELSSOHN Song without words No.3 in A, Op.19/3 (Hunting song)
Ho 151c
50. MENDELSSOHN Song without words in G
Ho 152c
51. MENDELSSOHN Song without words No.34 in C, Op.67/4 (Spinning song)
Ho 153c
52. MENDELSSOHN Song without words
Ho 154c
53. MENDELSSOHN Song without words
Ho 155c
54. CHOPIN Mazurka No.13 in A minor, Op.17/4
Ho 156c 2-045501 DB 604
55. STOJOWSKI Chant d’amour, Op.26/3
Ho 157c 2-045502 DB 378
56. CHOPIN Etude in C sharp minor, Op.25/7
Ho 158c
57. CHOPIN Etude in E, Op.10/3
Ho 159c
58. CHOPIN Etude in E, Op.10/3
Ho 160c
59. CHOPIN Waltz No.2 in A flat, Op.34/1
Ho 161c
60. CHOPIN Waltz No.2 in A flat, Op.34/1
Ho 162c 2-045503 DB 585
61. CHOPIN-LISZT Chant polonaise, S.480/1 (The Maiden’s wish)
Ho 163c 045562 DB 683
62. LISZT La campanella, S.140/3
Ho 164c
63. LISZT La campanella, S.140/3
Ho 165c
64. RUBINSTEIN Valse caprice in E flat
Ho 166c
65. LISZT La leggierezza, S.144/2
Ho 167c
66. SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op.12 - No.2 Aufschwung
Ho 168c
67. SCHUMANN Fantasiestücke, Op.12 - No.2 Aufschwung
Ho 169c 2-045506 DB 376

General notes
a) Matrices Ho 141 to Ho 147 are not Paderewski matrices.
b) Recordings made by Fred Gaisberg using his (correct) personal matrix suffix ‘c’.
c) The matrix numbers underlined are included in “Paderewski: His earliest
recordings”:
APR 6006.

Individual observations
No.50. The matrix card does not identify which G major Song without words was
recorded.
Nos. 52 & 53. Neither matrix card identifies which Song without words was
recorded.
No. 61. The original catalogue number - 2-045504 - was not used.

E. Head Office, Hayes, Middlesex

3 July 1912

68. MENDELSSOHN Song without words No.3 in A, Op.19/3 (Hunting song)

Ho 170c
69. MENDELSSOHN Song without words No.3 in A, Op.19/3 (Hunting song)
Ho 171c
70. MENDELSSOHN Song without words No.34 in C, Op.67/4 (Spinning song)
Ho 172c
71. MENDELSSOHN Song without words No.34 in C, Op.67/4 (Spinning song)
Ho 173c
72. CHOPIN Etude No.7 in C# minor, Op.25
Ho 174c
73. CHOPIN Etude No.7 in C# minor, Op.25
Ho 175c 2-045511 DB 664
74. CHOPIN Mazurka in A minor,
Ho 176c
75. CHOPIN Waltz No.2 in A flat, Op.34/1
Ho 177c
76. RUBINSTEIN Valse caprice in E flat
Ho 178c
77. RUBINSTEIN Valse caprice in E flat
Ho 179c
78. LISZT La campanella, S.140/3
Ho 180c 045547 DB 376
79. CHOPIN-LISZT Chant polonaise, S.480/1 (The Maiden’s wish)
Ho 181c
80. LISZT La leggierezza, S.144/2
Ho 182c 045549 DB 662
81. LISZT La leggierezza, S.144/2
Ho 183c
82. CHOPIN Berceuse in D flat, Op.57
Ho 184c 2-045509 DB 601
83. MENDELSSOHN Song without words No.3 in A, Op.19/3 (Hunting song)
Ho 185c 045539X DB 649
84. RUBINSTEIN Valse caprice in E flat
Ho 186c 2-045510 DB 598

General notes
a) Recordings made by Fred Gaisberg using his personal matrix suffix ‘c’.
b) The matrix numbers underlined are included in “Paderewski - His earliest
recordings”:
APR 6006.
Individual observations
No. 74. The matrix card does not identify which “Mazurka in A minor” was recorded.
However, given the systematic manner in which Gaisberg was now working it is
reasonably safe to assume that this is a retake of Mazurka No.13, Op.17/4 on
Ho 156c (No.54).
No. 78. The original catalogue number - 2-045507 - was not used.
No. 80. The original catalogue number - 2-045508 - was not used.
No. 83. See note to No.19

Between 1914 and 1931 Paderewski’s recordings were made by The Gramophone
Company’s then sister company The Victor Talking Machine Company (later the RCA
Victor
Division, Radio Corporation of America) in either Camden, New Jersey or New York
City.

ELECTRICAL RECORDINGS FOR THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY

F. Studio 3, Abbey Road Studios, London

29 January 1937
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.14 in C# minor, Op.27/2 (Moonlight)
Pt 1
2EA 4566-1
2EA 4566-2
Pt 2
2EA 4567-1
Pt 3
2EA 4568-1
HAYDN Variations in F minor, Hob.XVII/6
Pt 1
2EA 4569-1 DB 3183
2EA 4569-2
Pt 2
2EA 4570-1 DB 3183

General notes
a) With the majority of works recorded now requiring 2 or more sides this
discography
follows the usual format for electrical recordings.
b) Recordings made using Steinway piano 141 and supervised by Fred Gaisberg.
During
the 1937/8 sessions he risked single ‘takes’ of as many sides as possible in order
not to over-extend the ailing seventy-six-year-old pianist.
c) Matrix numbers underlined are included in “Paderewski - His final recordings”:
APR
5636.
G. Studio 3, Abbey Road Studios, London
30 January 1937
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.14 in C# minor, Op.27/2 (Moonlight)
Pt 1
2EA 4566-3 DB 3123
Pt 2
2EA 4567-2 DB 3123
Pt 3
2EA 4568-2 DB 3124

MOZART Rondo in A minor, K.511

Pt 1
2EA 4571-1
2EA 4571-2 DB 3133
Pt 2
2EA 4572-1
2EA 4572-2 DB 3133

CHOPIN Nocturne No.5 in F#, Op.15/2

2EA 4573-1 DB 3711

CHOPIN Polonaise No.6 in A flat, Op.53 (Heroic)

Pt 1
2EA 4574-1 DB 3134
Pt 2
2EA 4575-1 DB 3134
2EA 4575-2

PADEREWSKI Minuet in G, Op.14/1

2EA 4576-1 DB 3124
2EA 4576-2

General notes
a) Recordings made using Steinway piano 141 and supervised by Fred Gaisberg.
c) Matrix numbers underlined are included in “Paderewski - His final recordings”:
APR
5636.

Individual observations
2EA 4571-1. The recording sheet notes “mistake” against this matrix.
2EA 4572-1. The recording sheet notes “cough” against this matrix.
2EA 4575-1. The recording sheet notes “note missed” against this matrix.
2EA 4575-2. The recording sheet notes “laboured” against this matrix.

H. Studio 3, Abbey Road Studios, London

15 November 1938

PADEREWSKI Mélodie, Op.8/3

2EA 7109-1 DB 3709

CHOPIN Mazurka No.38 in F# minor, Op.59/3

2EA 7110-1 DB 3709

SCHUBERT Moment musical No.2 in A flat, D.780

Pt 1
2EA 7111-1 DB 3710
2EA 7111-2
Pt 2
2EA 7112-1 DB 3710

WAGNER-LISZT Isoldens Liebestod, S.447

Pt 1
2EA 7113-1
Pt 2
2EA 7114-1

CHOPIN Nocturne No.17 in B, Op.62/1

Pt 1
2EA 7115-1
Pt 2
2EA 7116-1

CHOPIN Waltz No.7 in C# minor, Op. 64/2

2EA 7117-1 DB 3711

General notes
a) The date for this session is as per the recording ledger and individual recording
sheets
although in Music on Record Fred Gaisberg claims it took place on 16 November.
b) Recordings made using Steinway piano 299 and supervised by Fred Gaisberg.
c) Matrix numbers underlined are included in “Paderewski - His final recordings”:
APR
5636.

With grateful thanks to the staff of EMI Archives at the time of my research in 2002.

Bryan Crimp
January 2010