Пиковая дама (немецкий язык, запись 1947 года) - Действие II
Berlin, April 23/24, 1947 Hermann: Rudolf Schock Lisa: Elisabeth Grümmer Countess: Margarete Klose Count Tomsky: Jaro Prohaska Prince Yeletsky: Hans-Herrmann Nissen Pauline: Anneliese Müller Tchekalinsky: Cornelius van Dijk Surin: Otto Hopf Narumov: Wilhelm Lang Tchaplitsky: Kurt Reimann
Rundfunk-Orchester, Berlin Artur Rother, cond.
NOTE: There are substantial cuts in this broadcast including choruses, orchestral elements and the governess's arioso.
Act II
00:55 At the masked ball, Yeletsky sings to Lisa of his love. Hermann asks Lisa to meet him later, when she gives him the key to reach her room.
13:10 Scene 2 - Preparing for bed, the Countess sings an aria of Gretry. Hermann confronts her to gain the secret of the cards, but she dies of shock; Lisa arrives and realizes Hermann's purpose in obtaining the key.