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 >>>

Wilhelm Backhaus plays... Chopin. Etudes / Schumann. Fantasie / Brahms. Paganini Variations /etc. - HMV 1908-1937

Chopin:  Etudes, op.10, nos.1-12    /    Etudes, op.25, nos.1-12
Schumann:  Fantasie in C major, op.17  /  Nachtstuck in F major, op.23/4  /  Fantasiestuck, op.12/2  
Brahms:  Paganini Variations, op.35    /     Handel:  The Harmonious Blacksmith   /  
J.S.Bach:  Pastorale (from Christmas Oratorio. BWV.248)    /    Liszt:  Liebestraum no.3   &   Hungarian Rhapsody, no.2   
Delibes:  "Naila" - Waltz (arr: Dohnanyi)     /    Albeniz:  Tango (arr: Godowsky)   /    Rachmaninov:  Prelude, op.3/2     
Wilhelm Backhaus, pianoforte       13 files zip FLAC Mega Download                                                                            
EMI Electrola 'Dacapo'  137 290345 3  (2LP)   c.1984 German pressings.  Due to variable German EMI filtering/'noise-reduction' by 'Anon'
(plus some rough shellac surfaces) these performances are hardly heard at their best!  Have applied some minimal 'de-click' with slight treble boost (mostly ineffective due to limited retained frequency-range). Mainly for 'un-fussy pianophiles'....  Full recording/composition details >>>

Lionel Tertis plays... Mozart. Sinfonia Concertante (Sammons / LPO / Harty), etc. - Columbia 1928-1933

Mozart:  Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, K.384   
Albert Sammons, violin -&- Lionel Tertis, viola  ~ London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Hamilton Harty
Handel:  Passacaglia  (Harpsichord suite no.7)    - Lionel Tertis, viola  ~ acc. by  Albert Sammons, violin  
Brahms:  Minnilied III, op.71 no.5   /   Mendelssohn: Song without words, no.20 in E flat   
Liszt:  Liebstraum no.3 in A flat major   /   Delius:  "Hassan" - Serenade**   /    Pugnani:  Prelude & Allegro 
Lionel Tertis, viola ~ accompanied by  Ethel Hobday  /  **George Reeves, piano          
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HMV  HQM 1055   1966 LP/matrices: 2YEA 2935 -1 / 2YEA 2936 -1   
Excellent Mozart transfer (from metalwork: superior to my 78's.....the remainder derive from noisy shellcrap).     Full details/sleeve-note >>>

Webster Booth sings... Arias -&- Songs - HMV 1938-1944

Handel:  "Serse" - 'Grove so beautiful & stately...Shadows so sweet'  /   Handel:  "Jeptha" - 'Deeper & deeper still.. Waft her angels'
Handel:  "Semele" - 'Where'er you walk'
Mozart:  "Don Giovanni" - 'Mine be her burden' / 'Speak to me my lady'  
Mendelssohn:  "Elijah" - 'Ye people rend your hearts... If with all your hearts'  
Verdi:  "Aida" - '... Heavenly Aida'  /  Gounod:  "Faust" - 'All hail thy dwelling pure & lowly'  /   Bizet:  "Carmen" - 'Flower song'
Puccini:  "La Boheme" - 'Your tiny hand is frozen'  /   "Madama Butterfly" - 'Ah, love me a little' (with Joan Hammond, Soprano)
Boughton:  "The Immortal Hour" - 'The Faery Song'   /   Sullivan:  "The Gondoliers" - 'Take a pair of sparkling eyes'
German:  "Merrie England" - 'English Rose'  /  Coleridge-Taylor: "Hiawatha" - 'Onaway! Awake, beloved'    
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HMV  HLM 7109   Issued 1977/matrices: 2XEA 5836 -2 / 2XEA 5837 -2.   78 Transfers by Bryan Crimp - except Keith Hardwick: "Madama Butterfly" (Liverpool PO/ Sir Malcolm Sargent. Rec: 21 Oct.1943 - from "The Art of Joan Hammond" HMV  RLS 2900143 (2LP 1984).      Full recording details/sleeve-note >>>