Damian’s 78s (and a few early LPs)
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Willem Mengelberg
Mendelssohn - Midsummer Night’s Dream - ScherzoConcertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Willem Mengelberg
Columbia 9560Matrix WAX 3645-2Recorded 12th May 1928 in the Concertgebouw, AmsterdamAvailable December 1928 to October 1951
Filler side for Henry Wood’s recording of the Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture
Bizet - L'Arlesienne Suite - Adagietto No.1 for StringsConcertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Willem Mengelberg
Matrix WAX 5048 (12368)Recorded 11th to 15th June 1929
Filler side for Philippe Gaubert’s account of Scheherezade, Columbia Masterworks issue.
Johann Strauss II - Perpetuum MobileConcertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, Willem Mengelberg
Columbia LX 240Matrix 6428-1Recorded 11th May 1932, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Coupled with:Tchaikovksy - Mazeppa - Cossack DanceHallé Orchestra, Sir Hamilton Harty