Richard Strauss. Elektra - Sir Thomas Beecham - BBC 1947

Richard Strauss: "Elektra" 

Elektra..................... Erna Schlüter
Chrysothemis..................... Ljuba Welitsch
Clytemnestra..................... Elisabeth Höngen
Aegisth..................... Walter Widdop
Orest..................... Paul Schöffler
Ein alter Diener..................... Eric Goldie
Ein junger Diener..................... George Chitty
Die Schleppträgerin..................... Gwladys Garside
Die Vertraute..................... Mildred Watson
Der Pfleger des Orest..................... Ernst Erbach
Die Aufseherin..................... Ruth Packer
5 Magd... Maud Heaton, Gwladys Garside, Monica Warner, Sylvia Patriss, Marion Davies

BBC Chorus & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham          16/44 FLAC  MediaFire Download

Recorded/Broadcast: 24/26 October 1947. From Myto CD 98.H004 (Internet Archive: downloaded for My interest!).
Bass Cut - 12dB/8ve @ 25Hz - Treble cut above 8kHz (Mucho Bass/Upper Treble hash + FM Tuner 19kHz signal). <1.2 dB treble boost @ 6kHz.
Likely the 31st December 1978 BBC Radio 3 TX (which I listened-to: the crash of instruments at the end deleted by Myto). Sounds OK - bought the 1979 RCA (RL42821) which has indifferent transfers of Ariadne/Elektra (ex-EMI).   RCA RL42821 cover + Radio Times 1947 programme>>>

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 as air at early morning" (Waltz Scene)
A3: Act 3 - "What is it that charms me?...All hail, thou dwelling pure and lonely"
A4: Act 3 - "I wish I could know...O'er the sea in Thule of old" (Ballad of the King of Thule)
A4: Act 3 - "O heav'n, what brilliant gems...Ah! the joy past compare" (Jewel Song)
B1: Act 4 - "The hour is late!" (Garden Scene)
B2: Act 5 - "Begone! My heart is torn with grief" (Prison Scene)

Heddle Nash, Tenor - Robert Easton, Bass - Miriam Licette & Doris Vane, Sopranos
B.B.C. Choir & Orchestra  conducted by  Thomas Beecham & Clarence Raybould**
HMV  HLM 7052  1974 LP/matrices: 2XEA4889/90 -1G. Recorded: April 1929 & January 1930** - Central Hall, Westminster  

Charles Gounod: "Faust" - "The hour is late!" -  Heddle Nash, Tenor - Owen Brannigan, Bass - Joan Hammond, Soprano - Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Walter Susskind
HMV  CLP 3718 (RLS 707: 1972 3LP Box "Old Vic & Sadler's Wells")  Recorded: 20 February 1948 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road. 

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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" - Love Scene
"Ariadne auf Naxos" - overture **         4 files zip 16/44 FLAC  Mega Download         

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham

EMI World Records  SH 378 (1980)  -&-  ** RCA  RL 42821 (1979).  Transfers by Keith Hardwick  -&-  ** Ralph Mace (+3db Treble added).
Recorded: February, March, October, November 1947 & March 1948 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road (15 Oct 1947 - Ariadne) . 
Sleeve-note / EMG-Beecham Trust review >>>

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

Richard Strauss:  "Ein Heldenleben", op.40

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Oscar Lampe, solo violin  - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham

EMI World Records  SH 1006  (My 1979 LP)     Recorded: 21/28 November & 14 December 1947 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road. Transfer by Anthony Griffith  

1948 EMG review / Sleeve-note >>>

Richard Strauss. Don Quixote - New York PSO / Beecham 1932 >>>

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) ~ II: Andantino (cadenza) ~ III: Rondo (cadenza) 

W.A.Mozart:  Divertimento no.2 in D major, K131
I: Allegro ~ II: Adagio ~ III: Allegretto ~ IV: Menuetto & Trios ~ V:  Menuetto & Trio ~ VI: Adagio-Allegro molto-Allegro assai 

Joseph Haydn:  Symphony no.40 in F major     I: Allegro ~ II: Andante piu tosto-Allegretto ~  ~ III: Menuetto & Trio ~ IV: Allegro
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham.

EMI World Records  SH 316 / SH 1002. 1979 LP's. 78 transfers by (?) / Anthony Griffith. Recorded: 10/11 July 1947 & 28/30 November 1947 - 4 January 1948 - 20 April 1948 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road.  Sleeve-note + EMG reviews >>>  

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

Peter Tchaikovsky: "Capriccio Italien", op.45

Georges Bizet: "Carmen" - suite
(Prelude ~ Entr'acte ~ Les Dragons d'Alcala ~ Prelude,Act 1 ~ Intermezzo ~ La Garde Montante ~ Danse Boheme)  

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Columbia Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham

Columbia  33CX 1037  (ML4287)  c.1956 pressing/matrices: XLP2101/2 -3N.   Recorded: 22/21 December 1949 - CBS 30th St. Studio, New York.
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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 Trovatore", Act 4 - D'amor sull'ali rosee
Mascagni:  "Cavalleria Rusticana" - Voi lo sapete
Puccini:  "La Tosca", Act 2 - Vissi d'arte
Puccini:  "Turandot", Act 2, sc.2 - In questa reggia
Verdi:  "Aida" Act 2 - Gloria all'Egitto 
Ponchielli:  "La Gioconda", Act 3 - Gia ti veggio    /   Act 4 - Suicidio!
Grieg:  I love thee    /     Tosti:  Goodbye    /    Landon Ronald:  O lovely night
Puccini:  "Madama Butterfly", Act 2 - One fine day 
Eva Turner, Soprano  - Orchestra  conducted by  Stanford Robinson / Sir Thomas Beecham 
Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala Milan, Orchestra, piano
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Columbia  COLC 114  (original 1960 LP)  /  HMV  HQM 1209  (1970)  /  HMV  HLM 7033  (1973) 
COLC114 is superior to the same (6) 1958 French transfers in HQM1209: added slight treble EQ to the latter.    
File folder includes COLC114 booklet.  HQM cover / sleeve-notes / libretti / EMG reviews / data >>>

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 who may abide   /   For unto us a Child is born   /   Then shall the eyes ... He shall feed His flock.
Part Two:  He was despised   /   The rebuke ... Behold and see ... He was cut off ... But thou didst not leave   /   How beautiful are the feet   /   Why do the nations ... Let us break their bonds   /   Hallelujah Chorus
Part Three:  I know that my Redeemer liveth   /   Behold! ... The trumpet shall sound
Dora Labette, Muriel Brunskill, Hubert Eisdell, Harold Williams - BBC Chorus & Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham 
Part One: Then shall the eyes ... He shall feed His flock  
Clara Butt  with  Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Landon Ronald    (03176, matrix 4084f. Recorded 1910)  - wonderful!
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HMV  HLM 7053  (1977)  +  HLM 7145  Transfers by Bryan Crimp   Sleeve-note / EMG review >>>

Sir Thomas Beecham / RPO - Delius. Piano Concerto ~ Violin Concerto ~ Songs of Sunset ~ Song of the High Hills ~ Brigg Fair, etc - HMV 1946

Frederick Delius:
Violin Concerto     (Jean Pougnet, violin)  
Piano Concerto     (Betty Humby-Beecham, piano)  
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Songs of Sunset     (Nancy Evans, Mezzo-Soprano  ~  Redvers Llewellyn, Baritone  ~  BBC Chorus)
Song of the High Hills    (Freda Hart, Soprano  ~  Leslie Jones, Tenor  ~  Luton Choral Society)
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Paa Vidderne  (On the Mountains)   orch: Robert Sandheimer     /      Dance Rhapsody, no.2
Marche Caprice     /     "Brigg Fair" - An English Rhapsody     /      "Irmelin" - Prelude.  orch: Beecham
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham  
EMI World Records  SHB 54  (1979: 6LP set; previously unplayed)  78 transfers by Anthony Griffith  
EMI Studio 1: 31 Oct+1 Nov..4+16 Dec.1946 / 30 Nov..22 Nov.1946 / 26 Nov..3 Oct..19 Dec..26 Nov..21 Dec.1946
Brigg Fair/Marche Caprice are noisy shellac. Minimally edited those; & trying De-Click killed the clarity (Surprise!)...  
Different turntable set-up used.    Sammons - Moiseiwitsch versions of the Concerto's are below..    Richard Warren's 1979 ARSC review       SHB54 Text / Discography >>>

Sir Thomas Beecham conducts... Richard Strauss. Don Quixote - RCA 1932 / Wagner. Faust + live at Covent Garden - EMI 1936

Richard Strauss:  "Don Quixote"    (Alfred Wallenstein, 'cello  -  Rene Pollain, viola  -  Mishel Piastro, violin)   
The New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham   
Richard Wagner:  "A Faust Overture"   
London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham               
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HMV  HLM 7154    1979 pressing/matrices: 2XEA 6532 -1 / 2XEA 6533 -1  
Richard Wagner:  "Gotterdammerung"  - Act.2. 'Hoi-ho!'    - Ludwig Weber, Bass  -  Herbert Janssen, Baritone    
Richard Wagner:  "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg"   - Act.1 - Church scene   /   Act.3 - Prize Song    (with Ralf, Bockelmann, Lemnitz)
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Royal Opera House Chorus - London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham  
EMI World Records  SH 1004 (1979)  /  HMV  ALP 1870 (1961)  /  HMV  RLS 7711 (1983 set)  Rec: 29/20 May 1936 - Covent Garden: 'live'    HLM 7154  Sleeve-note >>>
http://www.arsc-audio.org/journals/v12/v12n3p240-257.pdf   - A comprehensive review of the 1979 Beecham LP issues by David Hall.  

Beecham / LPO - Rossini. Overtures / Respighi. Rossiniana / Gretry - Columbia 1933-1940

Rossini: Overtures:
"La Scala di Seta"     /    "William Tell"    /      "La Gazza Ladra"     /     "Semiramide"
Respighi: "Rossiniana" - suite  
Gretry: "Zemire et Azor" - Air de Ballet * 
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London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham  
EMI World Records   SH 313   1979 LP    Matrices: 2XEA 6534 -1 / 2XEA 6535 -1  
*Gretry from SHB 55 - French Showpieces  (coupled on 78's with 'Semiramide').   Transfers by Anthony Griffith.      Sleeve-note >>>

Sir Thomas Beecham / London Philharmonic - "French Orchestral Showpieces" - Columbia 1934-1939

Chabrier:  "Espana" - Rhapsody
Bizet:  "Carmen" - suite   /   Bizet:  "L'Arlesienne" - suites 1 & 2  (excerpts)   /     Bizet:  "La jolie fille de Perth" - suite
Offenbach:  "The Tales of Hoffmann" - excerpts  
Debussy:  Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un Faune    
Berlioz:  "La Damnation de Faust" - excerpts   /      Berlioz:  Le Carnaval Romain, op.9 - overture**            
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London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham    
EMI World Records  SHB 55 / SH 1002**  (1979).  78 Transfers by Anthony Griffith.   (Gretry included in Rossini-Beecham post, above)   
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Jean Sibelius. The Seven Symphonies, etc - Kajanus / Beecham / Schneevoigt / Koussevitzky / Boult / Heifetz, etc. - HMV Sibelius Society / Columbia 1930-1939

Symphony no.1 in E minor, op.39      /      Symphony no.2 in D major, op.43      /      Karelia, op.11 - Intermezzo & Alla Marcia 
Belshazzar's Feast, op.51*   Oriental Procession  ~  Solitude  ~  Night Music  ~  Kadra's Dance        4 files zip FLAC  Mega Download  
Royal Philharmonic Society Orchestra  / *London Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Robert Kajanus   

Vol.I:  Symphony no.5 in E flat major, op.82    /    Pohjola's Daughter, op.49    /    Tapiola, op.112        

Vol.II:  Symphony no.3 in C major, op.52
London Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Robert Kajanus                           4 files zip FLAC  Mega Download  

Symphony no.7 in C major, op.105     - BBC Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Serge Koussevitzky    
Vol.III:  Symphony no.6 in D minor, op.104     - Finnish National Orchestra  conducted by  Georg Schneevoigt      
Quartet in D minor, op.56     see Sibelius Chamber Music post                         2 files zip FLAC  Mega Download 

Vol.IV:  Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47  (Jascha Heifetz, violin)     /    The Oceanides, op.73*        

Night Ride & Sunrise, op.55*   [78's]   see below
Vol.V:  Symphony no.4 in A minor, op.63      /     Lemminkainen's Return, op.22/4      

The Tempest, op.109 -  Prospero - Miranda - Caliban's song - Intrada & Berceuse - The Oak Tree - Humoresque    [78's]  see below
Vol.VI:  In Memoriam, op.59       /      The Bard, op.64       /      En Saga, op.9                     7 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
From original 78's  Vol.IV:  Night Ride & Sunrise*   /   Vol.VI:  Pelleas & Melisande, op.46, nos 7,3,8   /   Valse Triste, op.44

The Tempest, op.109a - Prelude + Vol.V:  6 excerpts   +   Finlandia, op.26 (Columbia)           5 files zip FLAC  Mega Download  
London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham    /   *BBC Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Adrian Boult     

Symphony no.4 in A minor, op.63    /    Luonnotar, op.70*
*Helmi Liukkonen, Soprano  - Finnish National Orchestra  conducted by  Georg Schneevoigt   
Andante Festivo, op.117a    - Finnish Radio Orchestra  conducted by  Toivo Haapanen  (or Tauno Hannikainen)  
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EMI World Records  SH 133 / 173-4 / 191-2 / 207 / 237    78 Transfers by Anthony Griffith.  (original 78's by me....)

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Sir Thomas Beecham / Berlin Philharmonic - Mozart. Die Zauberflote - HMV 1938

Sarastro........................................... Wilhelm Strienz,  Bass

Tamino................................................ Helge Roswaenge,  Tenor

Speaker  /  Second Armed Man..................... Walter Grossman,  Bass

Second Priest............................................. Ernst Fabbry, Tenor

Queen of the Night......................................... Erna Berger, Soprano

Pamina (her daughter)....................................... Tiana Lemnitz, Soprano

First Lady.......................................................... Hilde Scheppan, Soprano

Second Lady.......................................................... Elfride Marherr,   Soprano 

Third Lady  /  Third Boy.............................................. Rut Berglund, Contralto

Papageno................................................................... Gerhard Husch, Baritone

An Old Woman, Papagena  / First Boy................................... Irma Beilke, Soprano

Monostatos, a Moor  /   First Armed Man................................... Heinrich Tessmer, Tenor

Second Boy........................................................................... Carla Spletter,  Soprano     

The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra  &  Favres Soloisten Vereinigung  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart.    

EMI World Records  SH 158-160.   Circa 1970 LP transfers /c.1980 pressings. Matrices: 2XEA 630-35 -3G /-4 /-4G /-3G /-3G /-4G  

Recorded: Beethovensaal, Berlin - 8-10, 12/13, 15 November 1937 (except 'O zittre nicht' : 2 March 1938 - Berlin Staatsoper Orchestra - Bruno Seidler-Winkler).

Published April 1938 as HMV  DB.3465-83  (Matrices: 2RA 2416-39 & 2RA 2447-59).  First LP issue: 1955 - as HMV ALP 1273-5.  1955 transfer from metalwork by Anthony Griffith.
Overture, Act One  /  Act Two    3 files zip FLAC  Mega Download    1938 HMV Libretto frontispiece >>>  Re-edited: April 2023