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:  Concerto for Oboe and Strings   
I: Rondo Pastorale -Allegro moderato  ~  II: Minuet & Musette -Allegro moderato  ~  III: Finale (Scherzo) -Presto
Johann Sebastian Bach - arr Tovey:  Oboe d'amore Concerto in A major   (continuo: Thornton Lofthouse)   
I: Allegro  ~  II: Larghetto  ~  III: Allegro ma non troppo
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Léon Goossens, oboe / oboe d'amore  - Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Alceo Galliera  and  Walter Susskind   
EMI World Records  SH 243  1978 LP.  Matrices: W9881 -2  /  W9882 -2.  Recorded: 1947, 1952, 1949+1952. 
The tape-recordings are rather 'fuzzy'n'seedy'..  Sleeve-note / EMG reviews >>>  

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 Orchestra  conducted by  Benjamin Britten    

Ralph Vaughan Williams:  "On Wenlock Edge"
Peter Pears, Tenor - Benjamin Britten, piano - Zorian String Quartet   
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Decca  ECM 814   1982 Phonogram UK pressing. Matrices: ARL14309 -2G / ARL14308 -1A  (slightly superior to the 1979 '1A' LP - & superior to the 1986 LP: 417 183-1).   Recorded: 25 May/8 October 1944 -&- 2/3 July 1945 - West Hampstead Studios.  Very considerable waveform repair.....      
Sleeve-note / song texts / original 1945 "Serenade" 78's / 1979 HiFi News review >>>         Pears/Britten - HMV 1942-1950 >>>

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 >>>

Adrian Boult / BBC Symphony Orchestra - Elgar. Symphony 2 / Holst. Planets / Vaughan Williams. Job - HMV 1932-1946

Ralph Vaughan Williams:  "Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis".      Recorded:  9 April 1940  - Colston Hall, Bristol.   (HMV DB.3958/9)     
Ralph Vaughan Williams:  "Job" - A Masque for Dancing.     Recorded:  22/3 & 28/9 March 1946 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road.  (HMV DB.6289-93)    2 files zip FLAC   Mega Download  

Gustav Holst:  Suite:  "The Planets", op.32.      Recorded:  2-5 January 1945 -  Corn Exchange, Bedford.  (HMV  DB.6227/8, DBS.6229, DB.6230-3)    FLAC  Mega Download

Sir Edward Elgar:  Introduction & Allegro for Strings. op.47.      Recorded:  24 March 1937 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road   (HMV  DB.3198/9)         
Chopin arr./orch: Elgar: 'Funeral March'.     Recorded: 30 May 1932 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road.  (HMV DB 1722).   3 files zip FLAC  Mega Download

Sir Edward Elgar:  Symphony no.2  in E Flat major, op.63.   I: Allegro vivace e nobilemente  ~ II: Larghetto  ~  III: Rondo (Presto)  ~ IV: Moderato e maestoso     
Recorded: 3,4,25 August & 10 October 1944 - Bedford Grammar School.  (HMV DB 6190-95).   4 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
HMV  ED 29 0800  (1986)  Matrices: -1 / -1  ~  ED 29 0725  (1986)  Matrices: -1 / -1   ~  ED 29 0355  (1985)  Matrices: -2 / -1    Sleeve-notes >>>    Elgar 2 re-edited Jan 2022 

Henry Wood / Queens Hall Orchestra - Vaughan Williams. Symphony 2, Wasps, Greensleeves - Decca 1936

Ralph Vaughan Williams:
Symphony no.2.  "A London Symphony"    
I: Lento - Allegro risoluto   ~  II: Lento   ~  III: Scherzo (Nocturne) Allegro vivace  ~
IV: Andante con moto - Maestoso alla marcia (quasi lento) - Allegro - Lento - Epilogue (Andante sostenuto) 
"The Wasps" - overture  /    Fantasia on "Greensleeves"            6 files zip FLAC Mega Download
The Queens Hall Orchestra  (leader: George Stratton)   conducted by  Sir Henry Wood  
Decca  ACL 255    Issued 1965.  Matrices: ARL 6727 -2A / ARL 6728 -2A    First issued 1936 as Decca  X.114-18  &  K.821/2
Recorded: 21-22 April 1936 - Thames Street Studios.    Re-edited: March 2022

Sleeve-note / 'The Times' 1936 review + Henry Wood's rebuttal >>>   

Ralph Vaughan Williams conducts... Vaughan Williams. Symphony 4 - BBC Symphony Orchestra - HMV 1937

Ralph Vaughan Williams:  
Symphony no.4 in F minor  (1935)
I: Allegro  ~  II: Andante  ~  III: Scherzo - Allegro molto  ~  IV: Finale con Epilogo Fugato (Allegro molto)
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BBC Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  The Composer  
EMI World Records  SH 128   Matrices: W 9182 -2 / W 9183 -3  (later re-cut: slightly superior to the original LP issue)
78 Transfer by Anthony Griffith.  Original issue: HMV DB.3367-70.  Recorded: 11 October 1937 -  EMI  Studio 1, Abbey Road.

CHARM analysis (no longer there..)  https://www.mediafire.com/file/tt8hgpddavq7iu8/s3Trezise.pdf/file
Sleeve-note / 1935 "Times" concert reviews >>>   (+ for Walton: Sinfonia concertante - available in the above  "William Walton conducts"