German - Welsh Rhapsody Mayfair Orchestra, Henry Gibson
His Master's Voice C 701 Matrices HO 1453ac, 1455ac (2-0654/5) Recorded 27th January 1916 Issued September 1916
Edward German’s “Welsh Rhapsody” was, surprisingly, not one of the many works that German himself conducted for the Gramophone Company. Pioneering acoustic versions were left to Dan Godfrey (on one side), Henry Gibson and the Mayfair Orchestra (2 sides) and Bainbridge Robinson with Boosey’s Concert Orchestra (4 sides). Electrical recordings followed from Landon Ronald with the LSO and Basil Cameron with the Hastings Municipal Orchestra in 1930, and the City of Birmingham Orchestra under George Weldon came later.