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July 23rd
Gordon Jacob’s William Byrd Suite, played by the Coldstream Guards Band in 1925
Stanley Chapple conducts Brahms Hungarian Dances and Elgar Pomp and Circumstance No.1
Franz André conducts works by Eric Coates, Elgar and Gershwin
Frieder Weissmann conducts Strauss’s Tod und Verklärung
Arthur Meale plays Thalberg’s “Home Sweet Home” and Ascher’s “Alice, Where Art Thou?”
Capiton Zaporojetz sings The Song of the Flea and Drinking (In cellar cool)
Early recordings by Julie Andrews
June 13th
Vocal gems from The Bohemian Girl - Licette, Russell, Noble and Brindle. Charles Prentice conducts
June 7th
Lilian Stiles Allen recordings for Edison Bell
Hamilton Harty and Henry Wood in Schubert for Columbia, and winners of Columbia’s Schubert competition
George W Byng conducts a selection from Lilac Time
April 12th
Dan Godfrey conducts Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony (new transfer)
Hamilton Harty conducts Mozart’s Divertimento No.17
Jean Witold conducts Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Pauline Aubert plays Rondo alla turca, Robert Veyron-Lacroix plays Piano Concertos K107 (after JC Bach), with Roland Douatte conducting
Lener Quartet play Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Don Giovanni excerpts in English - Tudor Davies, Peter Dawson, Eleanor Jones-Hudson
March 14th
Fabien Sevitzky conducts the Philadelphia Chamber String Sinfonietta in Arensky’s Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky
Marie Novello plays Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (abridged)
Thorpe Bates sings the Captain’s Song from HMS Pinafore, with chorus of Ernest Pike, Stanley Kirkby, Peter Dawson
Joseph Batten conducts “March of Victory” for the National Savings Movement, with baritones Thorpe Bates and Walter Saull
Henry Wood conducts Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music (improved transfer)
Michael Zacharewitsch plays violin solos
February 19th
Franz André conducts Carnival of the Animals and Daphnis and Chloe Suite No.2
François Ruhlmann conducts Chabrier’s España
Maurice Maréchal plays Lalo’s Cello Concerto, Philippe Gaubert conducting
W.H. Squire plays Saint-Saëns’s First Cello Concerto, Hamilton Harty conducting
Arnold Földesy plays Bruch’s Kol Nidrei, with piano accompaniment
Antonio Janigro plays Dvorak’s Cello Concerto, Dean Dixon conducting
January 27th
Dennis Noble sings for the National Savings scheme
Eugene Goossens conducts Delius in Cincinnati
Andreieff’s Balalaika Orchestra, 1911
Fucik’s Entry of the Gladiators - Coldstream Guards Band, 1905
Horenstein conducts Dvorak’s New World Symphony
Dean Dixon conducts Schumann’s Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4, Schubert’s Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5, and the incidental music to Rosamunde
January 3rd
Franz André conducts Bizet’s Arlèsienne Suites
Ivanov, Gauk and Golovanov conduct Balakirev
Henry Wood conducts Purcell and Mendelssohn
Hamilton Harty conducts Tchaikovsky and Mengelberg conducts Johann Strauss II
The Virtuoso String Quartet play Debussy’s Quartet and a movement from a Mendelssohn Quartet
Robert Carr sings “The trail of the lonesome pine” and “When love creeps in your heart”
July - Dec 2009 transfers still available
Jan - June 2009 transfers still available
2008 transfers still available
LP transfers still on site
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July 23rd 2010 - Check out my blog, for more frequent updates of what I’m working on or listening to.
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It’s been more than a month since my last update, so there are quite a number of items to add this time. The recordings range from acoustic 78s through to mono LP, and include military band, orchestra, piano and vocal recordings.
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Mediafire link for Jacob - William Byrd Suite - Coldstream 1925
(This is a zip file – left click the link, download the file, then unzip when downloaded)
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Gordon Jacob - Suite by William Byrd
His Master’s Voice C 1215
Matrices Cc 5982-II, 5983-I (single-side numbers 2-0419/20)
Recorded 2nd April 1925
Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards, Lieut. R.G. Evans
Gordon Jacob’s arrangement of a number of keyboard pieces by William Byrd was made for Military Band in 1923 and orchestra in 1924. It is likely that this late acoustic recording was the earliest recording of these three movements.
Between 1909 and 1927, A=452Hz was the standard pitch for British military bands. A change to the Kings Regulations in 1927 adopted modern pitch of A=439Hz. At 78rpm the record plays at about the expected A=452Hz, slightly more than a semitone sharper than modern pitch.
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Download - Brahms - Hungarian Dances Nos. 1 and 2 - Stanley Chapple
Download - Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 - Stanley Chapple
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Brahms - Hungarian Dances Nos. 1 and 2
Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
Broadcast Twelve 5033
Matrices Lo.104x, LO.103
Recorded c1929
Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Stanley Chapple
Chapple (1900-1987) was music director for the Aeolian Company, and conducted frequently for them, though the recordings are hard to find now. These Broadcast Twleve sides are badly affected by the persistent whistle which seems so common a feature of records on this label. I have done my best to alleviate this problem, so when you notice the remnants of it, bear in mind that it was originally much worse than it sounds now. As the whistle oscillates in pitch, whilst also gradually decreasing pitch and increasing amplitude until the end of the record, correcting it proved to be a major task!
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Mediafire link for Coates, Elgar, Gershwin - Franz André
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Coates - London Suite
Coates - London Bridge
Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No.1 in D major Op.39
Gershwin - An American in Paris
Telestar 10049
Matrices LP-071621-I, LP-038079-III
Recorded 2nd to 7th April 1958 (Coates), 20th April 1957 (Elgar), 19th April 1957 (Gershwin)
L' Orchestre Symphonique de la Radiodiffusion Nationale Belge, Franz André
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Mediafire link for Strauss - Tod und Verklärung - Weissmann
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R. Strauss - Tod und Verklärung - Symphonic Poem Op.24
American Decca 25350/2
Matrices 2-21619-2, 21620, 21621-2, 21622-2, 21623, 21624 C
Recorded c1930
Philharmonic Orchestra, Frieder Weissmann
I originally transferred this recording about four years ago, before this website was born. The present file is a completely new transfer, in much improved sound.
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Download - Thalberg - Home, Sweet Home - Arthur Meale
Download - Ascher - Alice, Where Art Thou? - Arthur Meale
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R. Thalberg - Home, Sweet Home
Ascher - Alice, Where Art Thou?
His Master’s Voice B 3166
Matrices Bb 17255-III, 17256-III (single-side numbers 30-833/4)
Recorded 19th August 1929, London, Small Queen’s Hall, Studio C
Arthur Meale, piano
Arthur Meale was the regular organist of the Queen’s Hall. He made many organ recordings in a light and popular classical vein. This record gives us the rare opportunity to hear him as a pianist, in two nineteenth century virtuoso salon pieces. For UK comedy fans, Ascher’s melody is the one that was used as the title music for the Ronnie Barker and David Jason sitcom “Open All Hours”.
This record is in very poor condition, with a serious fracture, and a noisy surface with significant distortion - it’s still a fun listen, though.
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Download - Mussorgsky - Song of the Flea - Capiton Zaporojetz
Download - Trad - Drinking (In cellar cool) - Capiton Zaporojetz
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Mussorgsky - Song of the Flea
Traditional - Drinking (In cellar cool)
Columbia L 1991
Matrices WAX 2739-1, 2740-1 (7664/5)
Recorded 12th May 1927
Available from October 1927 to April 1941
Capiton Zaporojetz, bass with piano
I was prompted to transfer this after seeing Zaporojetz’s name mentioned in a couple of places recently. Firstly, in the booklet notes for “Firebirds of Paris”, a Ward Marston CD of French recordings of Russian repertoire from around 1930. Zaporojetz is noted as singing Prince Yuri in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Kitezh in 1926 in Paris, then in 1929 in the premiere of Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex. He also sang the same role in Kitezh in 1935.
A few weeks after reading this, I was reading the June 2010 issue of “The Record Collector”, and the article on Marguerite D’Alvarez mentioned a concert on 2 October 1927 in London, where Thomas Beecham conducted “An Afternoon of Grand Opera” at the Royal Albert Hall. with Austral, Burke, D’Alvarez and Zaporojets.
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Mediafire link for Julie Andrews - early recordings
(This is a zip file – left click the link, download the file, then unzip when downloaded)
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Gounod - Romeo & Juliet - Je veux vivre
Easthope Martin - Come to the fair (from “Songs of the Fair”)
Columbia DB 2470
Matrices CA 20923-2, 20924-1
Recorded c1948
Julie Andrews, soprano
Ted Andrews, baritone (Come to the fair)
Barbara Andrews, piano
Mozart-Adam - Ah! vous dirai-je mama
Benedict - The Wren
Columbia DB 2553
Matrices CA 21114-1, 21115-1
Recorded c1948
Julie Andrews, soprano
Orchestra, Ted Andrews
The first of these records has appeared here previously. It has been retransferred to be presented here with another of Julie Andrews early 78s.
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June 13th 2010 - Check out my blog, for more frequent updates of what I’m working on or listening to.
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Balfe’s “The Bohemian Girl” was a popular light opera on the English stage from the nineteenth century. Various popular arias from the work were a staple of the record catalogues in the 78rpm era, and its overture remained a favourite. The present recording is a typical “vocal gems” compilation, including three of the most popular solos and some ensemble passages. Licette and Noble remain fairly familiar names, though Russell (who sang Calaf) and Brindle (a stalwart of the Moody-Manners opera company) are barely remembered now.
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Mediafire link for - Balfe - The Bohemian Girl - Vocal gems
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Balfe - The Bohemian Girl - Vocal Gems
Part 1:
Happy and light of heart (p114-117); I dreamt that I dwellt (p96-98); When other lips (p178-179); Silence (p82-84, 87, transposed down a semitone)
Part 2:
The heart bowed down (p161-162, transposed down a semitone to F); Thou who in might supreme (p75-77); In the gipsy life (p32-35)
Score references to Boosey The Royal Edition vocal score (1899)
Columbia 9579
Matrices WAX 4343-2, 4344-1 (10737/8)
Recording Date 27th November 1928
Available from Jan 1929 to March 1942
Orchestra and Chorus, Charles Prentice
Miriam Licette, soprano
Francis Russell, tenor
Dennis Noble, baritone
Harry Brindle, bass
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June 7th 2010 - Check out my blog, for more frequent updates of what I’m working on or listening to.
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The first selection of recordings this time is of the soprano Lilian Stiles-Allen. She was widely respected in her day, though her performances were confined to the concert platform and broadcasting as she was “not suited to the operatic stage.” She was one of the original sixteen soloists in Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music, and went on to teach Dame Julie Andrews. She recorded a number of sides for the Edison Bell company, with the recordings appearing on various of its labels. The recordings have only rarely been reissued, and having gathered a number of them, seeing Julie Andrews perform in London prompted me to transfer these recordings of her teacher.
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Mediafire link for Lilian Stiles Allen - Edison Bell recordings
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Handel – Messiah – Rejoice greatly
Handel – Theodora – Angels ever bright and fair
Edison Bell Velvet Face 700
Matrices X1663B-1, X1664E-1
Recorded c1922
Lilian Stiles Allen, soprano
Orchestra
Verdi – Aida – Act 2. Neath the chances of battle... Tremble, thou art discovered
Edison Bell X546
Matrices X1840J, X1841D
Recorded c1930
Lilian Stiles Allen, soprano. Edith Furmedge, contralto
Orchestra
Verdi – Il Trovatore – Miserere
Edison Bell Winner L5397
Matrix 13747F-2
Recorded c1930
Lilian Stiles Allen, soprano. Hardy Williamson, tenor
Orchestra, Orazio Fagotti
Mascagni – Cavalleria Rusticana – O rejoice that the Lord has arisen
Edison Bell Winner L5397
Matrix 13746E-2
Recorded c1930
Lilian Stiles Allen, soprano
Orchestra
Mascagni – Cavalleria Rusticana – Santuzza’s Song
Edison Bell X523
Matrix X1763D
Recorded c1930
Lilian Stiles Allen, soprano
John Barbirolli’s Symphony Orchestra
Puccini – Madam Butterfly – Act 1. Love duet, finale
Edison Bell X523
Matrix X1762F
Recorded c1930
Lilian Stiles Allen, soprano. Dan Jones, tenor
John Barbirolli’s Symphony Orchestra
Puccini – Madam Butterfly – Act 2. Flower duet: Shake the cherry tree... Not a flower left
Edison Bell Electron 0282
Matrices 11963N-1, 11964A-1
Recorded c1930
Lilian Stiles Allen, soprano. Edith Furmedge, contralto
Orchestra
Puccini – Madam Butterfly – Act 2. One Fine Day
Edison Bell Electron 0178
Matrix 11142A-1
Recorded c1930
Lilian Stiles Allen, soprano
Orchestra
Gounod – Faust – Finale Trio
Edison Bell Electron 0178
Matrix 11143F-2
Recorded c1930
Lilian Stiles Allen, soprano. Edward Leer, tenor. Edward Halland, bass
Orchestra
HG Pelissier – Awake (Ballad)
Maude Craske Day – Arise, O sun (Ballad)
Edison Bell Winner 5199
Matrices 12845B-1, 12846A-1
Recorded c1930
Lilian Stiles Allen, soprano with piano
Monckton – A Country Girl (excerpts) (Rhajah of Bong; Under the Deodar; Two Little Chicks; Farewell; Pink Hungarian Band; Try It On Johnnie; Yo Ho Little Girls; Coo; My Own Little Girl; Speak And Tell)
Edison Bell Winner L5379
Matrices 13786F-2, 13787F-2
Recorded c1930
Lilian Stiles Allen, soprano. Tessa Deane, mezzo-soprano. Anthony Quorn, tenor
London Concert Orchestra
Lehar – Frederica – Why did you kiss my heart awake
Edison Bell Winner 5171
Matrix 13001F-2
Recorded c1930
Lilian Stiles Allen, soprano
Orchestra
Lehar – Frederica – O maiden, my maiden
Edison Bell Winner 5171
Matrix 13002B-2
Recorded c1930
Hardy Williamson, tenor
Orchestra
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The remaining recordings here focus around Schubert and English Columbia. Sir Hamilton Harty, as well as recording a stunning account of Schubert’s Great C major Symphony, also recorded substantial parts of the Rosamunde music, including both the Alphonso and Estrella overture, and the Zauberharfe one. Sir Henry Wood recorded Schubert’s Unfinished symphony in a very abridged acoustic version, before making two electrical versions in 1926 and 1933.
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Mediafire link for Schubert - Rosamunde music - Sir Hamilton Harty
(This is a zip file – left click the link, download the file, then unzip when downloaded)
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Schubert - Rosamunde - Overture (Die Zauberharfe)
Columbia L 1998
Matrices WAX 2654-1, 2655-2 (7526, 7530)
Recorded 2nd May 1927
Available from December 1927 to June 1947
Hallé Orchestra, Sir Hamilton Harty
As is common with many UK Columbias from this period, the stated 80rpm, turns out to be unreliable, with both sides starting at that speed and ending about 81.2rpm. The recording is somewhat cut, with side 1 containing bars 1-83 and 104-185, and side 2 containing bars 206-375 and 396 to the end.
Schubert - Rosamunde Incidental Music
Overture (Alphonso and Estrella) (2 sides)
Entr'acte No.1 (2 sides)
(a) Entr'acte No.2; (b) Shepherd's Melody (for Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn)
Entr'acte No.3 (in B flat major) (without repeats)
Ballet Music No.1 - Andantino (in G major) (without repeats)
Ballet Music No.2 - (a) Allegro Moderato; (b) Andante un Poco Assai (without repeats)
Columbia L 2122-5
Matrices WAX 3549-2, 3550-2, 3551-1, 3552-1, 3554-3, 3555-2, 3556-2, 3553-2 (9230, 9228, 9229, 9248, 9239, 9240, 9235, 9238)
Recorded 27th April 1928
Available from September 1928 to August 1946
Hallé Orchestra, Sir Hamilton Harty
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Mediafire link for Schubert - Unfinished Symphony (1926 & 1933) - Henry Wood
(This is a zip file – left click the link, download the file, then unzip when downloaded)
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Symphony in B minor (Unfinished)
Columbia 9513-5
Matrices WAX 1490-1, 1491-2, 1492-2, 1493-2, 1494-2, 1495-2 (S654, 653, 657, 658, 652, 655)
Recorded 23rd April 1926
Originally issued on L1791-93 available January 1927 to October 1928
This issue available October 1928 to December 1933 (when it was replaced by the 1933 recording)
The New Queen's Hall Orchestra, Sir Henry J. Wood
All sides play at the stated 80rpm
Symphony No.8 in B minor (Unfinished)
Columbia DX 551-3
Matrices CAX 6975-1, 6976-1, 6977-1, 6978-2, 6979-2, 6980-1
Recorded 30th October 1933
Available from December 1933
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Henry J. Wood
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Mediafire link for Merrick & Johnson - Schubert competition winners - Stanford Robinson
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Frank Merrick - Two Movements in Symphonic Form (A completion of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony)
Columbia 9562-3
Matrices WAX 4180-2, 4181-1, 4249-1, 4250-3 (10437, 10436, 10575, 10574)
Recorded 20th October 1928 (sides 1,2), 3rd November 1928 (sides 3,4)
Available from January 1929 to March 1942
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanford Robinson
This was one of the English Prize Works in the Schubert Centenary - Columbia International Composers Contest. It plays in the expected key of B minor at 76rpm.
Based on the deliberately Schubertian structure of the Scherzo, I’ve surmised that a section of music at the end of the first side is repeated at the start of the second. I’ve included two versions of the movement, one with the repeated section edited together as I believe it should be played, and one with all the music as recorded.
John St.Anthony Johnson - Pax Vobiscum
Columbia 9564
Matrices WAX 4178-2, 4179-2 (10438, 10435)
Recorded 20th October 1928
Available from January 1929 to March 1935
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanford Robinson
This was one of the English Prize Works in the Schubert Centenary - Columbia International Composers Contest. It plays in C sharp minor at 76rpm, the same speed as the Merrick piece recorded at the same session.
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Download - Schubert-Clutsam - Lilac Time - selection - George W Byng
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Schubert-Clutsam - Lilac Time - Selection
His Master's Voice C 1098
Matrices Cc 2373-II, Cc 2376-II (3-0812/3)
Recorded 12th January 1923
Mayfair Orchestra, George W. Byng
Lilac Time - Selection, Part 1 (Just a little ring; The Flower; The Golden Song; Yours is my heart)
Lilac Time - Selection, Part 2 (My Sweetest Song of all; Maiden, try to smile; Girls and Boys)
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April 12th 2010 - Check out my blog, for more frequent updates of what I’m working on or listening to.
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The focus this time is on Mozart, with a new transfer of Dan Godfrey’s recording of Symphony No.41 “Jupiter” K551, and a selection of orchestral and keyboard items, including Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, from the 1950s as presented on a French “Mode disques” LP from some time later. For a different take on Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, there is also the Lener Quartet’s 1926 recording. There are also some acoustic items from Don Giovanni, sung in English.
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Mediafire link for Mozart - Jupiter Symphony - Dan Godfrey
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Mozart –Symphony No.41 in C major (“Jupiter” Symphony)
Columbia L1938-41
Matrices: WRAX 2432-2, 2433-1, 2434-2, 2435-2, 2436-2, 2437-2, 2438-2, 2439-2
Recorded 4th February 1927
Available November 1927 to April 1934
Symphony Orchestra, Sir Dan Godfrey
This recording has a substantial overlap between sides 2 and 3. The first movement spreads over 3 sides, despite lasting only a little over 8 minutes. The first side contains the exposition (which could therefore be repeated by playing the record twice.) The second side carries through into the recapitulation, up to bar 243. The third side begins at bar 212, therefore overlapping 32 bars with the previous side, a fact acknowledged (but not explained) in the notes of the original record album.
It’s a shame that Godfrey chose this unusual side arrangement – if he’d squeezed the first movement onto 2 sides, he could have included a filler on the 8th side.
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Mediafire link for Mozart - Divertimento No.17 - Hamilton Harty
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Mozart – Divertimento No.17 in D major K334
Columbia LX 350-52
Matrices: CAX 7302-2, 7303-1, 7304-2, 7305-1, 7306-2, 7307-1
Recorded 1934
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Hamilton Harty
Harty omits the fourth and fifth movements. In the second, repeats are played only in the theme and the final variation. The finale is somewhat cut, omitting bars 127-134, 1702-1861, 2072-2151, 269 and 3362-3441.
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Mediafire link for Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Rondo alla Turca, Piano Concertos after JC Bach - Various
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Mozart - "Petite Musique de Nuit; Marche Turque; Concerti No.2 et 3 pour piano et orchestre"
Mode Disques MDINT 9 073
(disques vogues)
Matrices MD1396-A/B
Recorded 1957
Serenade in G major K525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
Ensemble Instrumental Sinfonia, Jean Witold
Piano Sonata in A major K331 - III. Rondo alla turca
Pauline Aubert, harpsichord
J.C. Bach arr. Mozart: Piano Concerto K.207 No.2 in G major
J.C. Bach arr. Mozart: Piano Concerto K.207 No.3 in E flat major
Collegium Musicum de Paris, Roland Douatte
Robert Veyron-Lacroix, piano
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Mediafire link for Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Lener Quartet
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Mozart - Serenade in G major K525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
Columbia L 1729-30
Matrices WAX 1125-6, 1126-6, 1127-6 or 7, 1128-7
Recorded 19th February 1926
Available from Jun 1926 to July 1943 (Side 3 take 6 replaced by take 7 on 3rd March 1927)
I. Allegro (1 side)
II. Romance: Andante (1½ sides)
III. Menuetto: Allegretto (½ side)
IV. Rondo: Allegro (1 side)
Lener String Quartet
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Mediafire link for Mozart - Don Giovanni - excerpts in English - Tudor Davies, Peter Dawson, Eleanor Jones-Hudson
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Mozart - Don Giovanni - On her contentment (Dalla sua pace); To her I love (Il mio tesoro)
His Master’s Voice D 957
Matrices Cc 4572-II, 4573-II (single side numbers 2-02073/4)
Recorded 5th May 1924
Tudor Davies, tenor
Orchestra, George W Byng
Mozart - Don Giovanni - Give me thy hand, Oh fairest (La ci darem la mano)
Zonophone X-44130
Matrix 10142e (X-44130-IV)
Recorded 19th May 1909
Peter Dawson, bass-baritone
Eleanor Jones-Hudson, soprano (credited on label as Alvena Yarrow)
Orchestra
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March 14th 2010 - Check out my blog, for more frequent updates of what I’m working on or listening to.
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The latest selection of recordings is a typically mixed bag.
Firstly, Fabien Sevitzky, who has been heard here before with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, recorded slightly earlier with his own Philadelphia String Simfonietta. One product of his studio sessions was Arensky’s Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, an adaptation of the third movement of Arensky’s String Quartet No.2.
The tragically short-lived English pianist Marie Novello managed to record extensively. For Winner she recorded Liszt’s 2nd Hungarian Rhapsody, though it’s somewhat gratingly abridged to fit on two 10” sides.
Thorpe Bates has also appeared here before in recordings from early in his career. The present pair of recordings take us earlier still, and also to the end of his career.
As a regular in the Gramophone Company studios, he featured in numerous ensemble recordings, not always credited on the label. A 1906 recording of the Captain’s Song from HMS Pinafore includes Bates as soloist. The accompanying choir includes Peter Dawson, whose distinctive tones can be heard particularly on each cry of “What never?” as he holds the final note longer than everyone else!
Bates also visited the studios in 1945, to take part in one of those curious patriotic records for the National Savings movement. This one celebrated the work of the British forces in securing victory in Europe, and was recorded after Hitler’s death, but a few days before VE Day. Bates contributes to the first side, and the second features Walter Saull, a baritone who had sung Dr Caius in the third performance of Vaughan Williams's Sir John in Love in 1929 (part of the original run).
And staying with English singers, I’ve just acquired a fine set of original 78s of Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music, which provides a much improved transfer compared to the Columbia 7” reissue that I previously transferred.
I’ve been prompted to transfer my latest Edison Bell of the violinist Michael Zacharewitsch, who has also appeared here before. As well as the new disc in my collection, I’ve also improved the transfers of the other Zacharewitsch recordings which have appeared here.
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Mediafire link for Arensky - Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovksy - Sevitzky
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Arensky - Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky, Op.35a
RCA Victor Red Seal DM 896 (11-8155/6)
Matrices 056558 7, 056559 1, 056560 1A4, 056561 10 (11-8155/6 auto, 11-8153/4 manual)
Recorded 1942
Part 1 - Variations 1 and 2
Part 2 - Variations 3 and 4
Part 3 - Variations 5 and 6
Part 4 - Variation 7 and Finale
Philadelphia Chamber String Sinfonietta, Fabien Sevitzky conductor
Album notes:
Arensky - Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky, Op.35a
Anton Arensky was one of the most distinguished Russian composers of his period. Endowed with a natural facility of musical diction, a tenderness of feeling and a gift for simple and beautiful melody, Arensky soon won the warm friendship of his older and greater contemporary, Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky. A word concerning the cordial relationship between the two men is in order, for it is a melody by Tchaikovsky which forms the basis for the variations by Arensky recorded here. Tchaikovsky found in Arensky "a man of remarkable gifts" (as he expressed it in a letter to Mme. von Meck), not the least of which was an impeccable technical equipment in the craft of composition which, in Tchaikovsky's words, "deserves unqualified praise." As an older and more experienced composer, Tchaikovsky occasionally felt called upon to criticize certain aspects of Arensky's music. The criticism was kindly but firm, and, in one instance at least, reveals perhaps more about Tchaikovsky than it does about Arensky. Arensky had submitted a work (Marguerite Gautier) based on the famous La Dame aux Camelias of Dumas fils - the work which served Verdi as the foundation for his La Traviata. Tchaikovsky disapproved, failing to see how "an educated musician" could have chosen so trivial a work when such authors as Homer, Shakespeare, Dante, Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy were available as sources of inspiration. But Tchaikovsky could be extraordinarily kind as well. He put himself to considerable trouble to gain Arensky a hearing. He recommended Arensky's book on musical theory to Jurgenson, the publisher. He wrote to Rimsky-Korsakoff asking as a favor that one of Arensky's works be performed at one of his concerts. The manner in which the favours was asked is unique in the history of the friendship of composers, and indicates how much faith Tchaikovsky had in his friend's talent. He proposed to Rimsky-Korsakoff that his own Rome overture be replaced by a composition of Arensky's, arguing that where all Russian composers find a place, room should be made for Arensky. Arensky indicated his veneration for his friend by dedicating several of his compositions to Tchaikovsky. The present series of variations - originally a part of his string quartet, Op.35 - takes as its theme a song by Tchaikovsky.
In brief, the main outlines of Arensky's biography follow. He was brought up amidst eminently musical surroundings. His father, a doctor, played the 'cello, and his mother was reputed to have been an accomplished pianist. Arensky supplemented his early musical training with a course of study at the Petrograd Conservatory under Rimsky-Korsakoff. Following the completion of his studies - he graduated with honors - he was appointed professor of harmony and counterpoint at the Imperial Conservatory in Moscow in 1882. In 1889 he became a member of the Council of the Synodal School of Church Music at Moscow, a post which he held until 1893. For seven years he was conductor of the Russian Choral Society. In 189 he succeeded Balakirev, upon the latter's own recommendation, as director of the Imperial Chapel at Petrograd. This post he resigned in 1901. He died in Terijoki, Finland, on February 25, 1906 following a long illness.
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Download - Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 - Marie Novello
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Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody (No.2)
The Winner 3599 (10")
Matrices 6849K-3, 6850R-3
Recorded November 1921
Marie Novello, piano
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Download - March of Freedom - Joseph Batten
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National Savings Movement presents "March of Freedom"
EMI JG.303 (EMI: A Private Recording)
Matrices CTPX 12923-1, 12924-1
Recorded 3rd May 1945
London Symphony Orchestra, Joseph Batten
Thorpe Bates, baritone (Side 1)
Walter Saull, baritone (Side 2)
Michael Shepley, compere (both sides)
Chorus (both sides)
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Download - Sullivan - HMS Pinafore - Captain’s Song - Thorpe Bates
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Sullivan - HMS Pinafore - Captain’s song
(My gallant crew good morning... I am the captain of the Pinafore)
Gramophone Concert Record G.C.-4404 (10”)
Matrix 8352b (4404 II)
Recorded 16th June 1906
Orchestra
Sullivan Quartette:
Thorpe Bates, baritone
Peter Dawson, bass-baritone
Stanley Kirkby, baritone
Ernest Pike, tenor
Thorpe Bates listed as soloist in Gramophone Company archives. Though the record label notes “Sullivan Quartette”, the ledgers give “Sullivan Operatic Party.” As noted earlier, Dawson is distinctly audible in the chorus. The recording ledgers do not list the chorus members, but Pike, Dawson and Kirkby were all in studio on the same day, recording with Bates and Eleanor Jones-Hudson in various combinations: Kirkby (recording as Walter Miller) was accomapnied by the Minster Singers, comprising Dawson, Bates, Pike and Jones-Hudson), and when Pike was the soloist his place is the same named group was taken by Kirkby.
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Download - Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music - Henry Wood
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Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music
Columbia LX757-8
Matrices CAX 8367-2A, 8368-2A, 8369-1, 8370-1
Recorded 15th October 1938
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Henry J. Wood
Isobel Baillie, soprano - Lilian Stiles Allen, soprano - Elsie Suddaby, soprano - Eva Turner, soprano
Margaret Balfour, contralto - Muriel Brunskill, contralto - Astra Desmond, contralto - Mary Jarred, contralto
Parry Jones, tenor - Heddle Nash, tenor - Frank Titterton, tenor - Walter Widdop, tenor
Norman Allin, bass - Robert Easton, bass - Roy Henderson, baritone - Harold Williams, baritone
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Mediafire link for recordings by Michael Zacharewitsch
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Schubert - Ave Maria
Zacharewitsch - Imagination
Edison Bell Velvet Face 509
80.0rpm
Matrices X1125E-?, X1126N-?
Michael Zacharewitsch, violin with piano
Wieniawski - Legende
Svendsen - Romanze
Edison Bell Velvet Face 517
Matrices X1122D-4, X1123B-4
80.0rpm
Michael Zacharewitsch, violin with piano
Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen (Gipsy Airs)
Edison Bell Velvet Face 525
81.9rpm
Matrices X1171E-1, X1172F-2
Michael Zacharewitsch, violin with piano
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February 19th 2010 - Check out my blog, for more frequent updates of what I’m working on or listening to.
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The themes this month are the cello and French composers. A number of recordings will fall into both categories.
We begin with Franz André conducting Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals and Ravel’s second Daphnis and Chloe suite. The early 1950s Telefunken sound is generally good, particularly in the Saint-Saëns, with its sparer textures. The Ravel, the earlier of the two recordings, suffers some crumbling of sound in climaxes. Both works receive impressive performances, though the double bass player in Le Carnaval isn’t as secure as one would wish.
From twenty years earlier, François Ruhlmann conducts Chabrier’s España, on a rather noisy Pathé recording.
Recordings of two French cello concertos date from about the same period. Maurice Maréchal plays the Lalo concerto impressively, with solid backing from Philippe Gaubert in a 1932 Columbia recording. There are a few small cuts in the first movement. And from spring of 1926, W.H. Squire plays Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto No.1 with equally fine support from Hamilton Harty and the Hallé Orchestra.
Arnold Földesy recorded for the Gramophone company around 1915-19, Odeon in the early 1920s, and again for the Gramophone Company around 1930. Among his HMV recordings were movements from the Lalo concerto, presumably abridged. He was principal cellist of the Berlin Philharmonic for a number of years, before working as a soloist. His cello is now owned by Daniel Müller-Scholl, who has recorded Bruch’s Kol Nidrei on it. It is this work that we can hear Földesy playing (with a minor cut), in an early 1930s Gramophone Company recording with piano accompaniment.
For the final cello recording of this update, we return to the early LP era. Antonio Janigro plays Dvorak’s Cello Concerto, with the support of Dean Dixon and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra.
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Mediafire link for Saint-Saëns and Ravel - Franz André
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Saint-Saëns - Carnival of the Animals
Ravel - Daphnis and Chloe Suite No.2
Telefunken GMA 41
Matrices LPO-65330-3B, LPO-36498-3B
Recorded 5th October 1952, November 1950
L' Orchestre Symphonique de la Radiodiffusion Nationale Belge, Franz André
with Frank Vanbulck and Jeanne Visele, pianos
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Download - Chabrier - Espana - François Ruhlmann
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Chabrier - España - Rapsodie pour orchestre
Pathé X.5446
Matrices N 8689-1, N 8690-1 (M5-50495, --)
Recorded 1931
Orchestre Symphonique, François Ruhlmann
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Mediafire link for Lalo - Cello Concerto - Maurice Maréchal, Philippe Gaubert
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Lalo - Cello Concerto
Columbia LFX 282-4
Matrices WLX 1619-3, 1620-2, 1621-3, 1622-3, 1623-1, 1624-1 (M6-62012, 62565, 62567, 62569, 62017, 62016)
Recorded June 5 1932 (sides 1 and 2), June 6 1932 (remainder)
Maurice Maréchal, cello
Orchestre Symphonique, Philippe Gaubert
I. 1er Temps (2½ sides)
II. Intermezzo (1½ sides)
III. Final (2 sides)
The first movement has several cuts: bars 7-12 of fig 7; first 8 bars of fig 8; from beat before fig 9 to last beat of 10th bar of fig 9.
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Mediafire link for Saint-Saëns - Cello Concerto No.1 - W.H. Squire, Hamilton Harty
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Saint-Saens - Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor Op.33
Columbia L 1800-2
Matrices WAX 1414-2, 1415-1, 1416-1, 1417-1, 1418-4, 1419-1 (6064, 6066, 6057, 6058, 6067, 6065)
Recorded 25th March 1926
Available from December 1926 to January 1940
W.H. Squire, cello
Hallé Orchestra, Sir Hamilton Harty
All sides run at 80.6rpm, and maintain a consistent speed - this seems a rare occurrence for Columbias of this vintage. The work is in one continous movement, though it is divided into sections.
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Download - Bruch - Kol Nidrei - Arnold Földesy
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Bruch - Kol Nidrei
His Master's Voice E.H. 15
Matrices Cw 303-I, 304-I (single-side numbers 4-047850/1)
Recorded c1930
Arnold Földesy, cello
Helmut Baerwald, piano
Side 1 runs from the start of the work to the first beat of letter D in the score. The second side picks up at one beat before letter E - thus omitting 11½ bars.
Földesy also recorded this work in August 1920 for Odeon.
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Mediafire link for Dvorak - Cello Concerto - Antonio Janigro, Dean Dixon
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Dvorak - Cello Concerto in B minor Op.104
World Record Club T 342 (Westminster recording)
Matrices W 7904-1N, 7905-1N
Recorded 1953/4
Antonio Janigro, cello
Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Dean Dixon
The original Nixa release of this recording was reviewed in Gramophone in June 1954. It was described as “first-class in every way.” It is compared favourably against versions by Zara Nelsova and Rostropovich.
The original release had the first two movements on the first side, and the third movement on the second side. On this World Record Club reissue, the 2nd movement is moved onto the second side.
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January 27th 2010 - Check out my blog, for more frequent updates of what I’m working on or listening to.
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The second update of 2010 brings my typical mixed bag of recordings.
The first is an unusual recording by the wonderful British baritone Dennis Noble. It is not listed in the discography of Noble which appeared in The Record Collector in 2004. The record label is a private EMI pressing made to promote the National Savings scheme. The songs on one side are a “Silver Lining Medley”, and on the other “Look for the Silver Lining.” These were presumably chosen to tie in with the film “Look for the Silver Lining”, a 1949 biopic of Marilyn Miller. In the medley, Noble sings two songs, and C Wright (a very English tenor crooner) sings another. A fourth is assigned to the chorus. The second side has Noble singing with the chorus. Both sides are introduced by actor Norman Shelley.
Next, from around the same time, a British conductor in the US - Eugene Goossens with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in Delius’s The Walk to the Paradise Garden.
Some decades before, a Russian conductor made recordings in the US - Vassily Andreyev took his Balalaika Orchestra on tour there in 1911. One of the sides he made has appeared here before, when it was a coupling for Landon Ronald’s abridged recording of Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony.
An altogether different sound comes from an early single-side Zonophone of Fucik’s “Entry of the Gladiators”, recorded a little before it acquired its circus connotations. The Zonophone Military Band credited on the label are actually the Band of H.M. Colstream Guards.
Maintaining the Czech theme, Dvorak’s New World Symphony receives a compelling performance from Jascha Horenstein on a Vox LP. The tempi are perhaps slow in places, but the conductor’s attention to detail makes for a highly satisfying account.
Finally, making a long overdue appearance here, the American conductor, Dean Dixon. I have more recordings by Dixon than can be given here - many are still in copyright, as he continued recording into the 1970s. The three LPs here include two symphonies by Schumann, two by Schubert, and Schubert’s Rosamunde music.
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Download - Silver Lining Medley - Dennis Noble, etc.
Download - Look for the silver lining - Dennis Noble, etc.
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Silver Lining Medley:
Trad. - Roll away, clouds
Milton Egan - Song of the Dawn
Jack Ager - Over on the Sunny Side
Irving Berlin - Blue Skies
Jerome Kern - Look for the silver lining
EMI JG.367
Matrices CTPX 14690-1, 14691-1
Recorded 1948?
Commentary by Norman Shelley
Dennis Noble, baritone
C Wright, singer
Chorus
National Savings Symphony Orchestra, Cecil Woods
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Mediafire link for Delius - Paradise Garden - Goossens
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Delius - The walk to the Paradise Garden (Intermezzo from A Village Romeo and Juliet)
RCA Victor 11-9493
Matrices D6-RC-5139, 5140
Recorded 14th February 1946, Cincinnati
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Goossens
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Mediafire link for Andreieff’s Balalaika Orchestra
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Traditional - Serenade Falet
Rubinstein - Bal Costumé - Toreador et Andalouse
Victrola 18058
Matrices B9996-1, 9978-1
Recorded 20th, 21st February 1911
Andreieff's Balalaika Orchestra, Vassily Vassilievich Andreyev
Top half of label has a replacement stuck over it:
SPECIAL RECORD
Manufactured for
THE GRAMOPHONE CO., LTD.
HAYES,
MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND
Made in U.S.A.
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Download - Fucik - Gladiators - Coldstream Guards
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Fucik - Entry of the Gladiators
Zonophone X-40168
Matrix 2293e (X40168V)
Recorded 19th July 1905
Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards, John Mackenzie-Rogan
(credited on label as Zonophone Military Band)
This recording plays just sharp of A major at 78rpm and, in A flat major at 73rpm. Transposition up to B flat major seems unnaturally fast, and A is an unlikely key for a military band. The piano score of the piece is in C major.
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Mediafire link for Dvorak - New World Symphony - Horenstein
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Dvorak - Symphony No.9 in E minor Op.95
Vox PL 7590
Matrices XTV 17222-1D, 17223-1B
Recorded c1952, Vienna
Issued 1953
Vienna State Philharmonia, Jascha Horenstein
Reviewed in Gramophone, November 1953, where it was found to be better than recordings by Jorda and Kubelik.
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Mediafire link for Schumann - Symphonies - Dean Dixon
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Schumann - Symphony No.3 in E flat major Op.97 "Rhenish"
Schumann - Symphony No.4 in D minor Op.120
Westminster WL 5285
Matrices XTV 20239-1B, 20240-1A
Issued 1954
Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Dean Dixon
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Mediafire link for Schubert - Symphonies - Dean Dixon
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Schubert - Symphony No.4 in C minor ("Tragic")
Schubert - Symphony No.5 in Bb major
Nixa NLP 913
Issued 1954
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Dean Dixon
(credited on label as Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of London)
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Mediafire link for Schubert - Rosamunde - Dean Dixon
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Schubert - Rosamunde - incidental music
Whitehall, WH 20069
Matrices M-18483-A-XTV-19105-IU, M-18483-B-XTV-19106-IU
Issued 1954
1. Overture (Alphonso and Estrella) (Andante - Allegro)
2. Entr'acte (Allegro molto moderato)
3. Ballet (Allegro moderato - Andante un poco assai)
4. Entr'acte (Andante)
5. Romance (Andante con moto) (a)
6. Chorus of Spirits (b)
7. Entr'acte (Andante)
8. Shepherd's Melody (Andante)
9. Shepherd's Chorus (Allegro) (b)
10. Hunting Chorus (Allegro moderato) (b)
11. Ballet (Andantino)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Dean Dixon
(a) Hilde Rössl-Majdan, mezzo-soprano
(b) Vienna Akademie Kammerchor
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January 3rd 2010 - Check out my blog, for more frequent updates of what I’m working on or listening to.
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To begin the New Year, I’m looking back as well as forwards. Mendelssohn and Purcell had anniversaries in 2009, so you can hear works by them, conducted by Henry Wood. There’s also a movement from one of Mendelssohn’s String Quartets, as a filler for the Virtuoso Quartet’s recording of the Debussy String Quartet. There will be more from this quartet and from Wood in 2010. Also I hope to make more recordings by Hamilton Harty available here - so as a sort of teaser, one of those odd Columbia couplings, of Harty conducting Tchaikovksy and Mengelberg conducting Johann Strauss II (which serves as a late acknowledgement of the New Year’s Day Concert). From the LP era, comes a delightful sounding recording of Bizet’s Arlèsienne Suites from Franz André, and three Balakirev works, probably recorded in the early to mid-1950s, but here remastered from a Saga LP.
And as a curio, and a continuation of unusual vocal recordings, the widely recorded bass Robert Carr sings two songs on a Winner record, including an early recording of the Trail of the Lonesome Pine - rather more lugubrious than the version with Stan and Ollie.
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Mediafire link for Bizet - L’Arlèsienne Suites - Franz André
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Bizet - L'Arlèsienne Suites 1 & 2
Telefunken LGX 666021
Matrices LP037096-1B, 037097-1B
Recorded 1st October 1953
Issued 1954
L' Orchestre Symphonique de la Radiodiffusion Nationale Belge, Franz André
Suite No.1 - I. Prelude
Suite No.1 - II. Minuetto No.1
Suite No.1 - III. Adagietto
Suite No.1 - IV. Carillon
Suite No.2 - I. Pastorale
Suite No.2 - II. Intermezzo
Suite No.2 - III. Minuetto No.2
Suite No.2 - IV. Farandole
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Mediafire link for Balakirev - Orchestral works
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Balakirev - Russia
Soviet Radio Symphony Orchestra, Konstantin Ivanov
Balakirev - Overture on Three Russian Themes
Soviet Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Gauk
Balakirev - Tamara
Soviet Radio Symphony Orchestra, NikolaI Golovanov
Saga Sovereign XID 5101
Matrices XID 5101A, 5101B
Issued 1961
Recorded 1952 (Golovanov), mid 1950s? other items. All in mono
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Mediafire link for Purcell-Wood - Suite in Five Movements - Wood
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Purcell arr. Henry J Wood - Suite in Five Movements
Decca K.975/6
Matrices TA 2967-II, 2968-II, 2969-II, 2970-III
Recorded 2nd April 1937
Available from October 1941
The Queen's Hall Orchestra, Sir Henry J. Wood
George Stratton, leader
No.1. Prelude from Act 3 "Dioclesian" (Molto maestoso)
No.2. Minuet from "Distressed Innocence" (Tempo di minuetto)
No.3. Largo from "5th Sonata for Strings, in three parts"
No.4. Song of the Birds (Allegro from "Timon of Athens") No.5. Vivace from "1st Sonata for Strings"
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Download - Mendelssohn - Hebrides, Songs without words - Wood
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Mendelssohn - Fingal's Cave Overture; Two Songs without words
Columbia 9843-4
Matrices WAX 4731-2, 4732-2, 4733-2, 4734-2 (S 808, 810, 811, 807)
Recorded 4th March 1929
Available from mid-September 1929 to February 1948
The New Queen's Hall Orchestra, Sir Henry J. Wood
All sides run at about 76.8rpm
Fingal's Cave Overture ("The Hebrides") (3 sides)
Two Songs without Words - (1) Spring Song; (2) Bee's Wedding (1 side)
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Download - Tchaikovksy - Mazeppa - Cossack Dance - Harty
Download - Johann Strauss II _ Perpetuum Mobile - Mengelberg
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Tchaikovksy - Mazeppa - Cossack Dance
Matrix CAX 6279-1
Recorded 12th February 1932
Hallé Orchestra, Sir Hamilton Harty
Johann Strauss II - Perpetuum Mobile
Matrix 6428-1
Recorded 11th May 1932, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Willem Mengelberg
Columbia LX 240
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Mediafire link for Debussy - String Quartet - Virtuoso Quartet
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Debussy - String Quartet in G minor Op.10
Mendelssohn - Quartet in Eb major Op.43 - II. Scherzo
His Master's Voice D 1058-1061
Matrices Cc 6690-II, 6691-V, 6692-VII, 6711-IIII, 6712-IIII, 6713-II, 6891-IV, 7021-I (single side numbers 08218/9, 08220/5)
Recorded 14th September 1925 (side 1), 18th September (side 4, 6) 4th December 1925 (side 2, 3, 5, 7), 21st October 1925 (Mendelssohn)
No.1. First Movement - Animé et très décidé (First Record)
No.2. First Movement - Animé et très décidé (Second Record)
No.3. Second Movement - Assez vif et bien rythmé
No.4. Third Movement - Andantino doucement expressif (First Record)
No.5. Third Movement - Andantino doucement expressif (Second Record)
No.6. Fourth Movement - Très modéré (First Record)
No.7. Fourth Movement - Très modéré (Second Record)
String Quartet in Eb major Op.44, No.3 - II. Scherzo: Assai leggiero vivace
Virtuoso String Quartet
Marjorie Hayward, violin
Edwin Virgo, violin
Raymond Jeremy, viola
Cedric Sharpe, cello
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Download - When love creeps - Robert Carr
Download - The trail of the lonesome pine - Robert Carr
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Bennett Scott - When love creeps in your heart - Ballad (lyrics AJ Mills)
Harry Carroll - The trail of the lonesome pine - Popular song
The Winner 2546
Matrices 1058B-2, 1059W-1 (3901)
Issued February 1914
Orchestra
Robert Carr, baritone
Play in Eflat and Aflat respectively at 80rpm
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Recordings digitized using Stanton ST.150 turntable with Stanton 500 cartridge. Various styli supplied by Expert Stylus Company. Digital sound processing, including equalization, filtering to remove rumble and hum, speed adjustments and dehissing, using DC6, by Diamond Cut productions. Declicking and decrackling using ClickRepair. Re-equalisation using HarBal.
All recordings remastered from original analogue recordings, out of copyright in the UK (1959 or earlier), and hosted in the UK.
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