The Music Parlour ~ Historical

02 March 2025

Claudia Muzio - The Columbia Italiana recordings - 1934-5

Bellini : Ah! Non Credea Mirarti (La Sonnambula: Act.3) - Bellini : Casta Diva (Norma: Act.1) - Verdi : Tacea La Notte Placida (Il Trova...

18 August 2024

Victor de Sabata / Berlin Philharmonic - Richard Strauss. Tod und Verklärung ~ Wagner. Tristan und Isolde ~ Verdi. Aida - DGG 1939

Richard Strauss : Tod und Verklärung , op.24 (18+31 March & 6,11-12 April 1939) Giuseppe Verdi : " Aïda " - Act I Prelud...

14 August 2024

Victor de Sabata / Berlin Philharmonic - Brahms. Symphony 4 -&- Kodaly. Dances of Galanta - DGG 1939

Johannes Brahms : Symphony no.4 in E minor, op.98 (11,13-14+17 March 1939) I : Allegro non troppo ~ II : Andante moderato ~ III...

30 May 2024

Bruno Walter / Vienna Philharmonic - Mozart. Symphonies 38 & 41 - EMI 1936/1938

W.A.Mozart : Symphony no.38 in D major , K.504 ('Prague') I : Adagio - Allegretto ~ II : Andante ~ III : Finale (Presto) W.A.Mozar...

04 March 2024

Puccini. La Boheme - Gigli, Albanese, La Scala / Berrettoni - HMV 1938

Giacomo Puccini: "La Boheme" Rodolpho ................. Beniamino Gigli (Tenor) Marcello ................. Afro Poli (Barito...

15 November 2023

24/48: Arturo Toscanini / NBC SO - Manfred Symphony - Nutcracker - Kikimora - RCA 1949-1952

Peter Tchaikovsky: " Manfred " Symphony in B minor, op.58 (5 December 1949) I: Lento lugubre (Andante) ~ II: Vivace con spiri...

31 October 2023

24/48: Arturo Toscanini / NBC SO - Debussy. La Mer -&- Iberia - RCA 1950

Claude Debussy : " La Mer " - De l'aube a midi sur la mer ~ Jeux de vagues ~ Dialogue du vent et de la mer " Iberia ...

29 August 2023

24/48: Arturo Toscanini / NBC SO - Feste Romane ~ Tod und Verklarung ~ Die Walkure ~ Tannhauser - RCA 1949+1952

Richard Strauss : " Tod und Verklarung " op.24 ( 10 March 1952) Richard Wagner : " Die Walkure " - Ride of the Val...

19 November 2022

Thomas Beecham & Clarence Raybould / Walter Susskind - Gounod. Faust (excerpts)- Columbia 1929/30 + HMV 1948

Charles Gounod : " Faust " A1: Act 1 - "Vain! in vain do I Call...All hail! Brightest of days" A2: Act 2 - "Light a...

12 August 2022

Artur Schnabel / LSO / Sargent - Mozart. Piano Concertos 19 + 21 - HMV 1937

W.A.Mozart: Piano Concerto no.19 in F major, K.459 I: Allegro - Cadenza - Tempo 1 ~ II: Allegretto ~ III: Allegro assai - Cadenza - Tempo 1...

04 October 2021

24/48: Sir Adrian Boult / London Philharmonic - Elgar. Symphony 1 -&- Falstaff - HMV 1949/50

Sir Edward Elgar : Symphony no.1 in E flat major, op.55 I : Andante (Nobilmente e semplice) - Allegro ~ II : Allegro molto ~ III : Adagi...

07 April 2021

Sir Thomas Beecham / Royal Philharmonic - Richard Strauss. Bourgeois Gentilhomme ~ Intermezzo ~ Feuersnot ~ Ariadne auf Naxos - HMV 1947-8

Richard Strauss : " Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme ", op 60 - 7 excerpts " Intermezzo " - Interlude " Feuersnot "...

22 March 2021

Sir Thomas Beecham / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Richard Strauss. Ein Heldenleben - HMV 1947

Richard Strauss : " Ein Heldenleben ", op.40 16/44 FLAC Mega Download Oscar Lampe , solo violin - Royal...

04 September 2020

Sir Edward Elgar conducts.... RAHO / LSO / BBC SO / LPO - HMV 1926-1933

" Cockaigne " overture (RAHO -1926) Three Bavarian Dances (LSO -1927/1932) Pomp and Circumstance Marches 1,2 (RAHO -1926) ...

02 August 2020

Sir Thomas Beecham / Royal Philharmonic - Mozart. Flute & Harp Concerto / Divertimento 2 ... Haydn. Symphony 40 - HMV 1947/8

W.A.Mozart : Flute & Harp Concerto in C major, K.299 ( Rene Le Roy , flute & Lili Laskine , harp ) I: Allegro (cadenza) ...

07 June 2020

24/48: Sir Thomas Beecham / Columbia SO - Carmen -&- Capriccio Italien - CBS 1949

Peter Tchaikovsky : " Capriccio Italien ", op.45 Georges Bizet : " Carme n" - suite (Prelude ~ Entr'acte ~ Les ...

14 November 2019

Wilhelm Furtwangler / London Philharmonic - Brahms. Symphony 2 - Decca 1948

Johannes Brahms : Symphony no.2 in D major , op.73 I : Allegro non troppo ~ II : Adagio non troppo ~ III : Allegretto grazioso...

31 August 2018

Felix Weingartner / Vienna Philharmonic - Beethoven. Symphony 8 -&- Symphony 9 - Columbia 1935/6

Ludwig van Beethoven : Symphony no.8 in F major , op.93 I : Allegro vivace e con brio ~ II : Allegretto scherzando ~ III : Tempo...

19 January 2018

Boris Khaikin / Leningrad Philharmonic - Glazounov. Symphony 8 - CCCP 1947

Alexander Glazounov : Symphony no.8 in E flat major , op.83 I : Allegro moderato ~ II : Mesto ~ III : Allegro ~ IV : Fin...

12 January 2018

Boris Khaikin / Kirov Theatre - Tchaikovsky. Maid of Orleans - CCCP 1946

Peter Tchaikovsky : " The Maid of Orleans " - Opera in 4 Acts Joan of Arc............................. Sofia Preobrazenskaya ...

25 October 2017

Erich Kleiber / London Philharmonic - Beethoven. Symphony 6 ... Mozart. Symphony 40 - Decca 1948/9

Ludwig van Beethoven : Symphony no.6 in F major , op.68 " Pastoral " I : Allegro ma non troppo (Awakening of happy feel...

17 September 2017

Edward Elgar / LSO - Elgar. Symphony 1 & Symphony 2 - HMV 1927/1930

Edward Elgar : " The Kingdom ", op.51 - Prelude (1933) BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Edward Elgar Edwa...

01 December 2016

Fritz Busch / Glyndebourne - Mozart. Don Giovanni - HMV 1937

W.A.Mozart : " Don Giovanni " - Dramma Giocoso in 2 Acts Don Giovanni ................................. John Brownlee - B...

12 November 2016

Serge Koussevitzky / Boston S.O. - Brahms. Symphony 3 .. Tchaikovsky. Romeo & Juliet .. R.Strauss. Don Juan .. Hanson. Serenade - RCA Victor 1936/1945-7

Peter Tchaikovsky : " Romeo & Juliet " - Fantasy Overture (28 Dec.1936) Johannes Brahms : Symphony no.3 in F major ...

02 November 2016

Lambert. Rio Grande - Francaix. Piano Concerto - Hahn. Piano Concerto 1 - Milhaud. Scaramouche - 1930/1937-8

Constant Lambert : " The Rio Grande " (11 Jan.1930) FLAC Mega Download Sir Hamilton Harty , piano - The Hall ...

23 July 2016

Leon Goossens plays... Concertos by: J.S.Bach - Richard Strauss - Vaughan Williams - EMI 1947-1952

Richard Strauss : Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra I : Allegro moderato ~ II : Andante ~ III : Vivace Ralph Vaughan Williams ...

22 January 2016

Sir Edward Elgar conducts.... Elgar. Violin Concerto (Yehudi Menuhin) - HMV 1932

Sir Edward Elgar : Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in B minor , op.61 I : Allegro ~ II : Andante ~ III : Allegro molto - Cadenza...

17 January 2016

Peter Pears sings... Britten. Serenade -&- Vaughan Williams. On Wenlock Edge - Decca 1944/1945

Benjamin Britten : Serenade , op.31 - for Tenor, Horn & Strings Peter Pears , Tenor - Dennis Brain , horn - Boyd Neel String O...

23 December 2015

Eva Turner sings... Verdi, Ponchielli, Mascagni, Puccini, & Songs - Columbia 1926-1933

Verdi : " Aida ", Act 2, sc.2 - Ritorna vincitor! / Act 3 - Qui Radamis verra! ... O Patria Mia Verdi : " Il Trovat...

18 December 2015

Sir Thomas Beecham conducts... Handel. Messiah (highlights) - Columbia 1927

G.F.Handel : " Messiah " - 1 hour highlights. Part One : Comfort ye ... Ev'ry valley / Thus saith the Lord ... But wh...

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