Stanford Robinson was a regular conductor for Columbia and the BBC in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He conducted the first recording of Mendelssohn’s Elijah.

John St.Anthony Johnson - Pax Vobiscum
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanford Robinson

Mediafire link for Merrick & Johnson - Schubert competition winners - Stanford Robinson

(This is a zip file – left click the link, download the file, then unzip when downloaded)

Columbia 9564
Matrices WAX 4178-2, 4179-2 (10438, 10435)
Recorded 20th October 1928
Available from January 1929 to March 1935

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.

Frank Merrick - Two Movements in Symphonic Form (A completion of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony)

1. Scherzo (2 sides)
2. Poco Allegro (2 sides)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanford Robinson

Mediafire link for Merrick & Johnson - Schubert competition winners - Stanford Robinson

(This is a zip file – left click the link, download the file, then unzip when downloaded)

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

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.

Johann Strauss II – Wine, Women and Song, Vocal Waltz
BBC Wireless Chorus, Orchestra, Stanford Robinson

Columbia DB458 (10”)
Matrices WA11132, 11133 (58589, 58588)
Recorded 1930-31, London, Westminster Central Hall

English Words by Craig.

Pitched 3 semitones lower than the orchestral version

Joh. Strauss II – The Blue Danube – Vocal Waltz Op.314
BBC Wireless Chorus, Orchestra, Stanford Robinson

English words by “Craig”

Columbia DB 301
Matrices WA 10658, 10659 (55630, 55636)
Recorded c1930-31