Regrettably, de Reske made only three records for commercial release. These somewhat disappointing discs were recorded by the Columbia Phonograph Company in 1903. By this date, as critic Michael Scott notes in Volume One of "The Record of Singing" (Duckworth, London, 1977), his voice was in a severe state of deterioration caused by years of overwork and abuse, as well as the effects of an unhealthy lifestyle that had featured too much food, drink and conviviality. The best of his three Columbia discs is considered to be the Porter Song from Flotow's "Martha", performed in Italian, on which he delivers a fine trill.