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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Ljuba Welitsch sings... "Salome" (1944) -&- "Salome"/ Tchaikovsky / Verdi / Puccini / Weber / Lehar / Millocker - Columbia 1947-8 / Decca 1950

Tchaikovsky:  "Eugene Onegin" -  Tatiana's Letter Scene    /     Verdi:  "Aida" - Ritorna Vincitor! **
Puccini:  "La Tosca" -  Vissi d'arte     /    Weber:  "Der Freischutz" -  Wie nahte mir der Schlummer  
The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Walter Susskind  (**Josef Krips)   
Puccini:  "La Boheme" -  Quando m'en vo?          Vienna State Opera Orchestra
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Richard Strauss:  "Salome" - Final Scene.         Wiener Rundfunk Orchester  conducted by  Lovro von Matacic
Richard Strauss:  "Salome" - Jochanaan descends into the cistern  /  Final Scene  (with Gertrud Schuster, Contralto -&- Josef Witt, Tenor)*    
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Herbert von Karajan                              
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HMV  HLM 7006 + EMI World Records  SH 286*  Matrices:  HLM 7006A -2 (SH 289 used)  / HLM 7006B -2G  + 2XVH 9134 -1*.

Tchaikovsky:  "The Queen of Spades" -  Ich muss am Fenster lehnen   /   Es geht auf Mitternacht
Verdi:  "Un Ballo in Maschera" -  Ma dall’arido stelo divulsa   /   Morro, ma prima in grazia  
Lehar:  "Zigeunerliebe" - Hor ich Cymbalklange     /     Lehar:  "Die Lustige Witwe" - Vilja-Lied   
Millocker-Mackeben:  "Grafin Dubarry" - Ich schenk’ mein Herz      /     Lehar:  "Der Zarewitsch" - Einer wird kommen   
Vienna State Opera Orchestra   conducted by   Rudolf Moralt                                    4 files zip WAV  Mega Download 
Decca  BR 3053  (originally LXT 2567)   1960 10" LP/matrices: TRL938 -1B / TRL939 -1B.   Recorded: c.June 1950 - Musikvereinsaal, Vienna.  Decca: slightly re-edited: Dec.2013     EMI 78 transfers by: Bryan Crimp / *Anthony Griffith     (Texts/SH 286 details in HMV/WRC folder)       
1949/50 Met - Reiner/Rudolf recital     Paul Schoeffler - Decca 1950. Excellent recital     The superb 1952 Moralt/VSO 'Salome'

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Benno Moiseiwitsch plays... Rachmaninov. Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Paganini Rhapsody - HMV 1937/1938/1948

Sergei Rachmaninov:
Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, op.1       
The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Malcolm Sargent          Rec: 23 December 1948  (HMV C.3932-34 / 2EA.13511-16)
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18            
London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Walter Goehr              Rec: 24 November / 13 December 1937  (HMV C.2973-76 / 2EA.5903-5910)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op.43             
London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Basil Cameron             Rec: 5 December 1938  (HMV C.3062-64 / 2EA.7178-83)
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano      Recorded: EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road.     3 files zip FLAC  Mega Download 
My 2013 78 Transfer of "Paganini Rhapsody"  FLAC  Mega Download       HMV  C.3062-4    Mint 1947 pressings.  Matrices: 2EA.7178-7183 (IIA/I//I/I/II/I) 
APR 7004  (2LP's 1987)   Transferred by Bryan Crimp from shellacs + EMI's previous tape copy transfer of PC1: the 78 matrices then destroyed..  
Bryan Crimp's transfer of PC1 retains a 'tape editing flaw' in mvt.3 (which I've removed - amongst much editing..) but, Strangely,  Mr Pristine's 'new release'  has the same fault (subdued, but still audible despite all the 'processing': which can make Moiseiwitsch sound like he's playing on a Pub Piano in the famed acoustics of the XR ConvoluteGebouw..). 
Over on The Music Parlour   BBC 'live' - Delius PC - Rachmaninov PC2 - Beethoven PC5, etc      1955 EMI Rachmaninov PC2 + Paganini Rhapsody, etc

Delius. Violin Concerto (Sammons) / Caprice & Elegy (Harrison) / Piano Concerto (Moiseiwitsch) - HMV/Columbia 1930/1944/1946

Frederick Delius:
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra       I:  With moderate tempo  ~  II:  Slower  ~  III:  Tempo I - Allegretto - Piu moderato
Albert Sammons, violin  - Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Malcolm Sargent     (Columbia DX.1160-1162   Rec: 4 July 1944)
Caprice & Elegy (arr: Fenby)  
Beatrice Harrison, 'cello  - Chamber Orchestra  conducted by  Eric Fenby     (HMV B.3721   Recorded: November 1930)
Concerto for Piano & Orchestra        
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano -  The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Constant Lambert.   (HMV C.3533-5  Rec: 24 August 1946)    
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EMI World Records  SH 224    Issued 1975   Matrices: 2XEA 5233 -1 / 2XEA 5234 -1   
Moiseiwitsch's  'live'  1955 BBC SO/Sargent performance of the Piano Concerto is on The Music Parlour

Solomon plays... Brahms. Piano Concerto 2 / Liszt. Hungarian Fantasia / Bliss. Piano Concerto - HMV 1943/1947/1948

Johannes Brahms:  Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major, op.83   
I:  Allegro non troppo  ~  II:  Allegro appassionato  ~  III:  Andante  ('cello: Haydn Rogerson: not named on label)  ~  IV:  Allegretto grazioso    
HMV  XLP 30093  1967 LP/matrices: 2XEA 3253 -1 / 3254 -1.  29 April - 1 May 1947 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road.  (HMV C.3610-15)  

4 files zip FLAC  Mega Download       Solomon Cutner, piano  ~  The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Issay Dobrowen

 
Franz Liszt:  Fantasia on Hungarian folk themes     27 April 1948 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road.   (HMV C.3761/2)  
Solomon Cutner, piano  ~  The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Walter Susskind    

Arthur Bliss:  Concerto for Piano & Orchestra     I: Allegro con brio  ~  II: Adagietto  ~  III: Andante maestoso - Molto vivace 

Solomon Cutner, piano  - Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Adrian Boult   12-13 January 1943 - Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool    (HMV C.3348-52) 

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HMV  BOX 70103  (RLS 701)  Matrices: W 9146 -2 / W 9147 -3    78 Transfers by Anthony Griffith (Brahms by Bill Newman?)   

XLP 30093 sleeve-note / original 1947/1948  EMG reviews + Brahms mvt.3 78 label >>>   (August 2022: Brahms / Bliss slight WAV re-edits / split into movements)

Adrian Boult conducts... Vaughan Williams. Symphony 6 ~ Flos campi ~ Concerto accademico, etc. EMI 1946-1953

Symphony no.6 in E Minor    Recorded: 23/24 February 1949 & 15 February 1950. First issue: HMV C.3873-6
Symphony no.6  (original  Scherzo)   Recorded: 24 February 1949. First issue: HMV C.3875 (in original issue pressings..)
London Symphony Orchestra                                           

Song of Thanksgiving.   Betty Dolemore, Soprano - Robert Speaight, Speaker - Harry Gabb, organ - Luton Choral Society, &  Luton Girls Choir - London Philharmonic Orchestra.  Recorded: 18 December 1951.  First issue: Parlophone SW 8138/9

The Lark Ascending   - Jean Pougnet, violin - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Rec: 21 October 1953.  First issue: Parlophone PMB 1003
HMV  ED 29 0258   Reissued 1985.  Matrices: -2 /-2    

Concerto accademico  - Yehudi Menuhin, violin - London Philharmonic Orchestra   Rec: 18 Feb.1952.

Flos campi  (Suite for viola, chorus & Orchestra)    William Primrose, viola - BBC Chorus - The Philharmonia Orchestra.  
Recorded: 11/12 June 1946.  First issue: HMV DB.6353-5                                                              6 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
HMV  EH 29 1276    Reissued 1987.       Conducted by  Sir Adrian Boult                                        
ED/EH Recording Details / Sleeve-notes / PMB 1003 sleeve/note  + EMG reviews (Sym.6 / Flos campi) from 1949/1947 >>>

Constant Lambert conducts... Lambert / Rawsthorne / Bliss - Columbia/HMV 1930-1950

Lambert:  "Horoscope".  Dance for the Followers of Leo ~ Valse for the Gemini ~ Invocation to the Moon, & Finale    Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
Rec: 15 May 1945. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool   (Columbia DX 1567/8) 
Lambert:  "Horoscope".  Saraband for the Followers of Virgo ~ Bachannale for the Followers of Leo   (LP: Columbia SX 1003).    
Liszt, arr: Lambert, orch: Jacob:  "Apparitions"  - Galop ~ Cave Scene (Mephisto Waltz, no.3)    (Columbia DX 1568/1560)    Rec: 13/14 January 1949  - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Rd. 
Chabrier, orch: Lambert:  "Ballabile".   Rec: 27 Sept 1950. Kingsway Hall.  (Columbia DX 1736)         The Philharmonia Orchestra  
Lambert:  "The Rio Grande" - Kyla Greenbaum, piano - Gladys Ripley, Contralto - Chorus.  The Philharmonia Orchestra    Rec: 13 Jan.1949  -  EMI Studio 1, Abbey Rd.      
Lambert:  "The Rio Grande" - Sir Hamilton Harty, piano - St.Michael's Singers (A.W.Whitehead, Contralto) - The Hallé Orchestra.  
Rec: 11 January 1930. Central Hall, Westminster.  (Columbia L 2374/5)
Alan Rawsthorne:  "Symphonic Studies"   (HMV C.3543-4)    /    "Street Corner"   (HMV C.3502) 
Bliss: March - "The Phoenix"  (HMV C.3518)       The Philharmonia Orchestra.    Rec: 28/29 March 1946 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Rd.        9 files zip FLAC  Mega Download 
HMV  HQM 1078   Reissued 1967  Matrix: XAX 180 -5   /   EMI   MFP 2089   Reissued 1967.  Matrix: 2XEA 641 -2    /    HMV  EH 29 1343    Reissued 1988.  Matrices: 2/2  
MFP Tippett is c/w 1952 BLISS PC (Mewton-Wood) >>>    1955 ARGO  Lambert Piano Concerto/8 Li-Po Poems >>>       Other HQM 1078 items + LXT Irving: Walton/Lambert >>>    HMV  EH / HQM sleeve-notes >>>

William Walton conducts... Belshazzar's Feast ~ Viola Concerto ~ Sinfonia concertante, etc. - HMV 1936-1951

"Belshazzar's Feast"    Dennis Noble, baritone - Huddersfield Choral Society - Brass Bands - Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 3 & 10 January 1943,  Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.  (HMV C.3340-4)  
"Henry V" -Passacaglia, Touch her soft lips and part. Philharmonia String Orch.  Rec: Oct.1945 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road  (HMV C.3480)
Comedy Overture, "Scapino"   The Philharmonia Orchestra.    Rec: 19 October 1951,  Kingsway Hall.  (HMV DB.21499)
Facade".  suite:   Fanfare ~ Scotch Rhapsody ~ Valse ~ Tango pasadoble ~ Swiss Yodelling Song ~ Country Dance ~ Polka ~ Noche Espagnole** ~ Popular Song ~ Old Sir Faulk** ~ Tarantella Sevillana.   London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Recorded: 5 March 1936 & 25 October 1938 (**) - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road  (HMV C.2836/7, C.3042**)
Spitfire Prelude & Fugue.   The Hallé Orchestra.  Recorded: 24 June 1943. Houldsworth Hall, Manchester.  (HMV C.3359)
"Siesta".  London Philharmonic Orchestra.   Recorded: 25 October 1938. - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road  (HMV C.3042)    
HMV  ED 29 0715    Reissued 1986.  Matrices: 2 / 1.                                             6 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
Viola Concerto  -   William Primrose, viola  ~ The Philharmonia Orchestra. Rec: 22/23 July 1946. - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road  (HMV  DB.6309-11)
Sinfonia concertante for orch.with piano.   Phyllis Sellick, piano  ~ City of Birmingham Orchestra.   Rec: 8 Aug.1945,  Town Hall, Dudley. (HMV C.3478-80)  
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HMV  EH 29 1276   Reissued 1987  -&-  EMI World Records  SH 128    Sleeve-note + HMV ALP  "Belshazzar's Feast" sleeve/ sleevenote >>>