18 May 2012

Wilhelm Furtwangler / Vienna Philharmonic - Brahms. Symphony 1 - EMI 1952

Johannes BrahmsSymphony no.1 in C minor, op.68

IUn poco sostenuto - Allegro  ~  IIAndante sostenuto
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IIIUn poco allegretto e grazioso  ~  IVAdagio - Allegro non troppo, ma con brio
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Wiener Philharmoniker  conducted by  Wilhelm Furtwangler

HMV  ED 270124 1   1985 German EMI pressing/matrices: A-4 / B-4.
Live recording: 27 January 1952 - Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna.    German/English Sleeve-note >>>
You can compare this Brahms to the identical LP via a  sample mp3 - of mvt.1  'released' today on Mr Pristines site >>>  which, by comparison, is dirty/soft-focus: abysmal.. but various tame/bent 'reviewers' will, doubtless, drool over his "glorious and so transformed">>>  de-mastering...
..over 700 file downloads in under a week. 

8 May 2012

Antal Dorati / Minneapolis SO - Respighi. Feste Romane -&- Church Windows - Mercury 1955

Ottorino Respighi:
Feste Romane   (Circenses ~ Giubileo ~ L’Ottobrata ~ La Befana)
FLAC: www.mediafire.com/?8p4o1ia55n18t64           WAV: www.mediafire.com/?iergyk3m5463uz0

Vetrate di Chiesa   (La fuga in Egitto ~ San Michele Arcangelo ~ Il Mattutino di Santa Chiara ~ San Gregorio Magno)
FLAC: www.mediafire.com/?uggef4k8nij3av4           WAV: www.mediafire.com/?7xai46m3d1l4cc0

PYE / Mercury  MRL 2002    1956 pressing - MG-50045 'YMG' matrices.   Recorded: 20 November 1954.
Sleeve-note / 'Mr Pristine'  >>>  (End of Romane has tape (etc) congestion: have also slightly increased the volume)   Dorati - Scheherazade - Mercury 1952 >>>      Dorati - Kodaly + Bartok - Mercury 1954 + 1956 >>>

25 April 2012

Gerard Souzay / New SO / Bonneau - French Operatic Arias - Decca 1956

Rameau:  "Les indes galantes"  - Soleil, on a detruit tes superbes asiles
Gounod:  "Philemon et Baucis"  - Berceuse: Que les songes sont heureux
Gounod:  "Romeo et Juliette"  - Ballade de la reine Mab      http://www.mediafire.com/?e12h21h6nzjhhxr

Berlioz:  "La Damnation de Faust"  - Chanson de la puce  -&-  Serenade de Mephistopheles
Bizet:  "La jolie Fille de Perth"  - Quand la flamme de l'amour
Bizet:  "Les Pecheurs de perles"  - L'orage s'est calme        http://www.mediafire.com/?6ueebg66hbyljin

Massenet:  "Le Jongleur de Notre Dame"  - Legende de la Sauge
Offenbach:  "Les Contes d'Hoffman"  - C'est moi, Coppelius...
Chabrier:  "Le Roi malgre lui"  - Romance du Roi               http://www.mediafire.com/?volz3dzlf7tuovz

Gerard Souzay, Baritone   - New Symphony Orchestra of London  conducted by  Paul Bonneau
Decca  'Grandi Voci'  414 613    Issued 1986 (originally in LXT 5269)   Recorded: 9-10 April & 9-10 July 1956  - Kingsway Hall        WAV files
NB: almost 800 file downloads in under a month...

16 March 2012

Paul Schoeffler -&- Lisa Della Casa - Mozart/Verdi/Wagner/R.Strauss - Decca 1950-1954

Wagner:  "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg"  - Fliedermonolog  &  Wahnmonolog
FLAC: http://www.sendspace.com/file/x7jcyo         WAV: www.mediafire.com/?al28ddjgetrklr2
Paul Schoeffler, Bass-Baritone  - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Hans Knappertsbusch
First issued 1951 as: Decca  LXT 2560-1 (Act 2)   Recorded: 2-9 September 1950

Mozart:  "Le Nozze di Figaro"  - Non piu andrai   /  "Don Giovanni"  - Madamina, il catalogo
FLAC: http://www.sendspace.com/file/c7o0fh         WAV: www.mediafire.com/?131966jtzjowcwy

Verdi:  "Otello"  - Era la notte  &  Credo in un dio crudel
FLAC: http://www.sendspace.com/file/y0wt5l         WAV: www.mediafire.com/?zrva6w0wj9cqizb

Wagner:  "Die Walküre"  - Wotan’s Farewell & Magic Fire Music
FLAC: http://www.sendspace.com/file/jbtkr9         WAV: www.mediafire.com/?v41usq32uxbgmul
with Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Karl Bohm  &  Rudolf Moralt (Wagner)  1951: Decca  LXT 2554.  Recorded: 14-15 Sept.1950

Richard Strauss:  "Vier Letzte Lieder (Beim Schlafengehen - September - Fruhling - Im Abendrot)
FLAC: http://www.sendspace.com/file/neapps         WAV: www.mediafire.com/?ufn1md3o6cpkl61
Lisa Della Casa, Soprano  - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Karl Bohm
First issued 1953 as: Decca  LW 5056   Recorded: c.June 1953

Richard Strauss:  "Ariadne auf Naxos"  - Es gibt ein Reich     (Lisa Della Casa)
FLAC: http://www.sendspace.com/file/1eiwlm         WAV: www.mediafire.com/?ce9i8xsk4nfts7a

Richard Strauss:  "Capriccio"  - Wo ist mein Bruder?     (Lisa Della Casa  &  Franz Bierbach, Bass)
FLAC: http://www.sendspace.com/file/ebj2b6         WAV: www.mediafire.com/?0n1b3prs691qqbe

Richard Strauss:  "Arabella"  - Der Richtige so hab’ich     (Lisa Della Casa  &  Paul Schoeffler)
FLAC: http://www.sendspace.com/file/7kyol8         WAV: www.mediafire.com/?wsz84zgmb14j153
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Heinrich Hollreiser         First issued 1955 as: Decca  LXT 5017     Recorded: 21-23 April 1954

Decca  'Grandi Voci'   411 660   Matrices: ARL 12751 -4A / ARL 12752 -4A  (Della Casa: The 4 R.Strauss Lieder,  from 1956, not included)
Decca  414 453   Matrices: ARL 18510 -1G / ARL 18511 -1G    Reissued 1984/85.   Recorded: Musikvereinsaal, Vienna    LW 5056 Sleeve >>>

11 March 2012

Karl Munchinger / Stuttgart CO - Vivaldi / Mozart / Haydn - Decca 1951

W.A.Mozart:  Serenade in G, K.525 - “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”
FLAC: http://www.sendspace.com/file/v5fwo8         WAV: www.mediafire.com/?lqwyidna8kjlzia

W.A.Mozart:  Divertimento in D, K.136  (K125a)
FLAC: http://www.sendspace.com/file/n5jv56           WAV: www.mediafire.com/?0zbboz67xb9yrn7

Josef Haydn:  Symphony no.45 in F sharp minor - “Farewell”
I: Allegro assai  II: Adagio III: Minuet & Trio (Allegretto)  ~  IV: Finale: Presto - Adagio
FLAC: http://www.sendspace.com/file/qzsouq            WAV: www.mediafire.com/?xeldv1psfv4pen5
Decca  ACL 96   1960 LP/matrices: ARL 4774 -1A / ARL 1077 -4A

Antonio Vivaldi: "The Four Seasons" - op.8 / 1-4     (Reinhold Barchet, violin)
Spring: Allegro  ~  Largo  ~  Allegro   /   Summer: Allegro non molto  ~  Adagio  ~  Presto  
FLAC: http://www.sendspace.com/file/p9h23b           WAV: www.mediafire.com/?g5qtibs56cfcbft
Autumn: Allegro  ~  Adagio molto  ~ Allegro   /   Winter: Allegro non molto  ~  Largo  ~  Allegro    
FLAC: http://www.sendspace.com/file/mc5dwb          WAV: www.mediafire.com/?4oqbvhq73fl2itz

Decca  ACL 91   1960 LP  c.1958 LXT matrices: ARL 791 -3Dr / ARL 792 -3Dr
The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra  conducted by  Karl Munchinger
(Haydn Symphony 45:  with wind players from  Suisse Romande Orchestra)              
Recorded circa: March 1951 / March '51 / October '51 / March '51 - Victoria Hall, Geneva

J.S.Bach. Suites 2 & 3 - 1949/50 - over on The Music Parlour >>>     Sleeve-notes >>>

2 March 2012

Boyd Neel conducts... Handel. Water Music -&- Britten. Frank Bridge Variations - Decca 1953/4

Benjamin Britten:  Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op.10
Introduction & theme - Adagio - March - Romance -Aria Italiana - Bouree classique -
Wiener Waltzer - Moto perpetuo - Funeral March - Chant - Fugue & Finale
FLAC: http://www.sendspace.com/file/azcjdf           WAV: www.mediafire.com/?vuk5526oaik72h2
Decca  ACL 229  (originally in LXT2790)   1964 pressing/matrix: ARL 6241 -2A
Recorded: 15 April 1953 - Decca West Hampstead Studios

G.F. Handel:  Water Music  (Arnold edition)
Side One: Overture - Adagio e staccato - Allegro - Andante - Moderato - Air - Bouree & Hornpipe - Minuet  
FLAC: http://www.sendspace.com/file/pei1t0
Side Two: Allegro molto - Allegro - Minuet - Aria - Lentement - Allegro - Minuet - Coro - Air - Hornpipe
FLAC: http://www.sendspace.com/file/2qeixu
Decca  ACL 19  (originally LXT2988)  1958 pressing/matrices: ARL 2996 -1Dr / ARL 2997 -1Dr      Rec: 21 July 1954 - West Hampstead Studios
The Boyd Neel Orchestra  conducted by  Boyd Neel           Not on CD      ACL 19 sleeve >>>   

20 February 2012

Mstislav Rostropovich plays... Miaskovsky. Cello Concerto / Prokofiev. Sinfonia Concertante - EMI 1956/1957

Nikolai Miaskovsky: Cello Concerto, op.66   I: Lento ma non troppo - Andante - Tempo 1  ~  II: Allegro - vivace - Piu marcato - Meno mosso - Tempo 1 - Piu largamente - Andante semplice e tranquillo - Tempo 1 - Piu tranquillo - Cadenza - Lento come prima   
http://www.sendspace.com/file/kxefle

Serge Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante, op.125   I: Andante  ~  II: Allegro giusto  ~  III: Andante con moto
http://www.sendspace.com/file/jic1d0

Mstislav Rostropovich, violoncello  ~  Philharmonia Orchestra  /  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra   
conducted by  Sir Malcolm Sargent

HMV  SXLP 30155  (1973)  matrix: 2YEA 23 -4   /   SXLP 30266  (1978)  matrices: 2YEA 5998 -2 / 5999 -2
Recorded: Studio 1, Abbey Road: 5 March 1956 / 15 April 1957.    STEREO FLAC files    Sleeve-notes >>>

2 January 2012

Enrique Jorda / New SO - Dvorak. Symphony 9 - Decca 1951

Antonin Dvorak:  Symphony no.9 in E minor, op.95  ('From the New World')

I:  Adagio - Allegro molto  ~  II:  Largo
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III: Scherzo (Molto vivace) IV:  Allegro con fuoco
FLAC:                                                                       WAV:  www.mediafire.com/?wbtn9tfgkk637gg

New Symphony Orchestra of London  conducted by  Enrique Jorda
Decca  ACL 18   (originally LXT 2608)  1959 LP.  Matrices: ARL 883 -3Dr / ARL 884 -4Dr
Recorded: 2 July 1951 - Kingsway Hall                           Not on CD

16 December 2011

Herbert von Karajan / Vienna Philharmonic - Johann Strauss. Die Fledermaus: Gala Sequence - Decca 1960 / Overtures, Waltzes, Polkas - Decca/RCA 1959

Johann Strauss II:  "Die Fledermaus"  -  Overture    
FLAC: www.mediafire.com/?lbnrnojmpmr8qad            WAV: www.mediafire.com/?8zvne6nlx6996cc
Johann Strauss II:  "Die Fledermaus"  -  Ballet Music  (with Vienna State Opera Chorus)
FLAC: www.mediafire.com/?77a7znwbbd6uod7            WAV: www.mediafire.com/?euk4os26zb21lqh

Gala - Part 1   FLAC: www.mediafire.com/?xq2iqry6pypgwjd      WAV: Too large for Mediafire..
Renata Tebaldi  (Villa-Lied -Lehar:"Merry Widow")  ~  Fernando Corena  ('Domino' -Ferari)  ~  Birgit Nilsson
(I could have danced all night -Lerner/Loewe:"My Fair Lady")  ~  Mario del Monaco  ('Passione' -Valente)  ~   
Teresa Berganza  ('Lullaby' -Lavilla)  ~  Joan Sutherland  ('Il Bacio' -Arditi)
Gala - Part 2   FLAC: www.mediafire.com/?gw3n2vd1g5a0i1q      WAV: www.mediafire.com/?0ipvev5zext15hh
Jussi Bjorling  (Dein ist meinganzes Herz -Lehar:"The Land of Smiles")  ~  Leontyne Price  (Summertime -Gershwin:"Porgy & Bess")  ~  Giulietta Simionato  &  Ettore Bastianini  (Anything you can do.. -Berlin:"Annie get your gun")  ~  Ljuba Welitsch  ('Wien, Wien nur du allein' -Sieczynski)

Decca  SET 201-203   New 1960 LP's  Matrices: ZAL 4923 -4E / ZAL 4926 -1E / ZAL 4927 -1E    Recorded: June/July 1960 - Sofiensaal, Vienna, also Rome & London.  The Gala Sequence was mastered at a much lower-level than the main orchestral recording: as is the SDD, below; levels there set to contain the 'Auf der Jagd' climaxes: so 'Fledermaus' is much quieter compared to the 1960 version..

Johann Strauss II:  "Die Fledermaus" - overture
FLAC: www.mediafire.com/?kjg261y0xxtmae6              WAV: www.mediafire.com/?ymzbzmez6ap65gq
Johann Strauss II:  Annen Polka  &  Auf der Jagd 
FLAC: www.mediafire.com/?3er1nv0ei65nmq6              WAV: www.mediafire.com/?8cmhc22z3rmrm4c
Josef Strauss:  Delirien - waltz
FLAC: www.mediafire.com/?e961axest3sk04j               WAV: www.mediafire.com/?u02wavphicv73gd
Johann Strauss II:  "Gipsy Baron" - overture
FLAC: www.mediafire.com/?nyn9fhn0w25xyxq              WAV: www.mediafire.com/?h5cp9comooh2omh
Johann Strauss II:  Tales from the Vienna Woods
FLAC: www.mediafire.com/?32inzm83x8e8vo8             WAV: www.mediafire.com/?s49h2mv5ssn19n5

Decca  SDD 259  (RCA SB 2091)   New 1971 LP/matrices: ZAL 9925 -1W / ZAL 9926 -1W  Recorded: 7/8 April 1959 - Sofiensaal, Vienna 
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Herbert von Karajan   (The channels are reversed...my faux-pas)   SDD 259 Sleeve-note >>>

2 December 2011

Jean Martinon / London Philharmonic - J.Strauss-Desormiere. Le Beau Danube ~ Rossini. William Tell - ballet - Decca 1956

Johann Strauss II (arr: Desormiere):  "Le Beau Danube"  - ballet 
FLAC:                                                          WAV:   www.mediafire.com/?pg3z7oh9d0wyy5o  

Gioachino Rossini:  "Guillaume Tell"  - ballet music
FLAC:  http://www.sendspace.com/file/w093sc        WAV:  www.mediafire.com/?cm9aml63yusyamy   

London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Jean Martinon

Decca  ACL 158   c.1960/1 matrices: ARL 2903 -2Lr / ARL 2904  -1Lr  
Recorded: 24-26 October 1955 - Kingsway Hall.                ACL 158 sleeve / LXT 5149 sleeve-note >>>  

19 November 2011

Guido Cantelli / La Scala Orchestra - Tchaikovsky. Symphony 5 - HMV 1952

Peter Tchaikovsky:  Symphony no.5 in E minor, op.64

I: Andante - Allegro con anima  ~  II: Andante cantabile con alcuna licenza
FLAC:                                                       WAV: www.mediafire.com/?hk5qa3453khbd7b

III: Valse (Allegro moderato)  ~  IV: Finale (Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace)
FLAC:                                                        WAV: www.mediafire.com/?d0hp8ysumgd19au

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano  conducted by  Guido Cantelli
HMV  ALP 1001   New 1955 LP/circa 1955 matrices: 2XEA 119 -20N / 2XEA 120 -18N
Recorded: 23/26 September 1950 - EMI Studio no.1, Abbey Road.         Sleeve-note >>>

12 September 2011

Peter Katin ~ London Philharmonic / Sir Adrian Boult - Rachmaninov. Piano Concerto 1 -&- Tchaikovsky. Concert Fantasia - Decca 1958

Sergei Rachmaninov:  Piano Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor, op.1
I:  Vivace ~  II:  Andante  ~  III:  Allegro vivace         http://www.mediafire.com/?3kvxjxofc1ep11a

Peter Tchaikovsky:  "Concert Fantasia", op.56      
I:  Quasi rondo  ~  II:  Contrastes         http://www.mediafire.com/?qqrqfw8v8t5wlnc   

Peter Katin, piano  - London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Adrian Boult

Decca  SDD 188   (original issue: SXL 2034)   1968 matrices: ZAL 4061 -2W / ZAL 4062 -3W
Recorded: 17-19 February 1958 - Kingsway Hall.    
1972 pressing    STEREO FLAC files   (slight traces of 'Decca Crackle' remain..)    Sleeve-note >>>

17 August 2011

Sergio Fiorentino ~ Hamburg Pro Musica / George Hurst - Tchaikovsky. Piano Concerto 1 - Saga 1959

Peter Tchaikovsky:  Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23
I:  Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito
FLAC: www.mediafire.com/?7a5qmu6tcmccg9n                  WAV:

IIAndantino semplice - Prestissimo - Andantino  ~  IIIAllegro con fuoco
FLAC: www.mediafire.com/?4zedmwno6ug7o47               WAV:

Sergio Fiorentino, piano  - Hamburg Pro Musica (NDR SO, Hamburg) - George Hurst

Saga Films  AAA-ST 4003   STEREO    c.1959 pressing / PYE matrices:  A-1 / B-2
Rec: 18 May 1959 - Musikhalle, Hamburg.    SAGA history @garthbanks.blogspot    Label scan >>>  

7 August 2011

Howard Hanson / Eastman-Rochester SO - McPhee. Tabuh-Tabuhan -&- Carter. The Minotaur - Mercury 1956

Colin McPhee:  "Tabuh-Tabuhan" - Toccata for Orchestra              Recorded: January 1956
Ostinatos  ~  Nocturne  ~  Finale
FLAC:                                                          WAV: www.mediafire.com/?v0avllx81g7pbad

Elliott Carter:  "The Minotaur" - Suite from the Ballet                     Recorded: May 1955
I:  Overture  ~  Pasiphae  ~  Entrance of the Bulls  ~  Bulls' Dance with Pasiphae
II:  Pas de Deux - Ariadne & Theseus  ~  The Greeks enter the Labyrinth  ~  Theseus fights & kills the Minotaur  ~  The Greeks emerge triumphant & prepare to leave Crete.
FLAC:                                                       WAV: www.mediafire.com/?4tlp3k9h5982yln

PYE / Mercury  MRL 2515  1956 LP (review copy) / MG-50103 'YMG' matrices.  sleeve-note >>>

3 August 2011

Arthur Bliss conducts... Bliss - Violin Concerto (Alfredo Campoli) ~ Colour Symphony ~ Things to Come, etc - Decca 1955/1957


Concerto for Violin & Orchestra  (1955)
I: Allegro ma non troppo  ~  II: Scherzo (vivo)  ~  III:  Introduzione: Andante sostenuto - Allegro deciso (in modo zingaro)
FLAC:                                         WAV: www.mediafire.com/?k28i2j258roz2w7
Theme & Cadenza for Violin & Orchestra  (1949)       FLAC:                               WAV: www.mediafire.com/?5zwoufb2pkt5m2b 

Alfredo Campoli, violin  ~  London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Arthur Bliss
Decca  ACL 317   1969 LP/matrices: ARL 2938 -3A / ARL 2939 -3A     Recorded: 9-11 November 1955 - Kingsway Hall

A Colour Symphony  (1922/1932)  I: Purple (Andante maestoso)  ~  II: Red (Allegro vivace)  ~  III: Blue (Gently Flowing)  ~  IV: Green (Moderato)
FLAC:                                     WAV: www.mediafire.com/?7pbpymq4jwoczbb
Introduction & Allegro  (1923)      FLAC:                                                        WAV: www.mediafire.com/?cq6ea63wmdtj3g6
Decca  ACL 239    1964 LP/matrices: ARL 2948 -5K / ARL 2949 -5K     Recorded: 23/24 November 1955 - Kingsway Hall

"Things to Come"  (1935)  Suite:  Ballet for Children  ~  Attack  ~  Pestilence  ~  Reconstruction  ~  Machines  ~  March
FLAC: www.mediafire.com/?p7wozyhtoscmcpn            WAV: I do retain the WAV.
"Welcome the Queen"  (1954)       FLAC:                    WAV: www.mediafire.com/?47s31vs0y0iks1k

Decca / RCA  SB 2045  1960 LP.  Matrix: J2RY 5253-D -1K   Rec: 30 April 1957 - Kingsway Hall  /  21 May 1957 - Walthamstow Assembly Hall

London Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Arthur Bliss   
("Things to Come": original 1935 LSO recordings are/were on  Collectors Corner )      ACL 239 sleeve / sleeve-notes >>>

21 July 2011

Howard Hanson / Eastman-Rochester SO - The American Symphony - Barber. no.1 ~ Hanson. no.4 ~ Harris. no.3 ~ Piston. no.3 - Mercury 1953/4

Samuel Barber:  Symphony no.1, op.9              Recorded: May 1954
FLAC:                                                                    WAV: www.mediafire.com/?a6mi4f7eayyaey6

Roy Harris:  Symphony no.3                             Recorded: May 1953
FLAC:                                                                    WAV: www.mediafire.com/?yoo5x584he9v1v2

EMI / Mercury   MMA 11097 
1960 pressing.   Matrices: MG 50148A -FR1 / MG 50077A -FR2

The above transfers (as with those below) will be VASTLY superior to those of  'Pristine Audio' : that only 'tamely reviewed' ('what a Huge Surprise' !!) on  MusicWeb   19 March 2012

Walter Piston:  Symphony no.3                        Recorded: 11 May 1954
FLAC: www.mediafire.com/?z13c3rdi85sbgyf               WAV:  

Howard Hanson:  Symphony no.4                     Recorded: 11-13 May 1953
FLAC: www.mediafire.com/?bbs4fmjfvkrvp36             WAV:  

Philips / Mercury   SRI 75107  (electronic stereo)  1982 pressing.   Matrices: 1Y -1 / 2Y -1  
Sleeve-notes >>>

22 June 2011

Jascha Horenstein / Vienna Pro Musica - Beethoven Choral Symphony - VOX 1957

Ludwig van Beethoven:  Symphony no.9 in D minor, op.125  ("Choral")  
I: Allegro ma non troppo  ~  II: Scherzo - Molto vivace  ~  III: Adagio molto e cantabile
FLAC: www.mediafire.com/?un5b4dp3xidiysp                 WAV:

IV: Finale: Presto - Allegro ma non troppo - Allegro assai
FLAC: www.mediafire.com/?wdfd3a5b7mb32i3                 WAV: 

Wilma Lipp, soprano  ~  Elisabeth Hoengen, contralto  ~  Julius Patzak, tenor  ~  Otto Wiener, bass
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna
Pro Musica Symphony, Vienna  conducted by  Jascha Horenstein

VOX  GBY 10000    First edition 1966 Decca pressing/matrices: M-1293A -2B  /  M-1293B -1B
Much superior to the original 'RVG' matrices - used 'elsewhere'.....ie: the original 1957 (UK) issue: PL 10 000 cover/sleeve-note >>>

20 April 2011

William Walton conducts... "Troilus & Cressida" -&- Orb & Sceptre / Crown Imperial / Portsmouth Point / Wise Virgins - EMI 1953/1955

"Troilus and Cressida"
Act One: "Is Cressida a slave?" ... "Slowly it all comes back"
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Act Two: "Now can I sleep?" ... "If one last doubt remain"
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Act Two: "Now close your arms"
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Act Three: "All's well!" ... "Diomede! ; Father!"
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TROILUS:  Richard Lewis, tenor  ~  CRESSIDA:  Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano  ~  EVADNE:  Monica Sinclair, contralto  ~  THREE WATCHMEN:  Geoffrey Walls, tenor  ~  John Hauxvell, baritone  ~  Lewis Thomas, tenor
World Record Club  OH 217
   1969 reissue/matrices: XAX 790 -3 / XAX 791 -2     Rec: 18 April ~ 20 May 1955 - Kingsway Hall.

"Orb & Sceptre" - Coronation March, 1953
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"Portsmouth Point" - overture
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"Crown Imperial" - Coronation March, 1937 (original version)
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J.S.Bach: arr Walton: "Sheep may safely graze" ("The Wise Virgins")
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Columbia  33C 1016  1953 LP. Matrices: XA 291 -4N / XA 292 -4N.   Rec: 18 March 1953 - Kingsway Hall

The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Sir William Walton
The 1951 "Scapino" (& much more 'shellac-era' Walton conducting...) available over on   HISTORICAL >>>               Sleeve-notes >>>

24 March 2011

Hugo Rignold / Royal Opera House Orchestra - Prokofiev. Cinderella - Decca/RCA 1957

Serge Prokofiev:  "Cinderella"
Suite no.1, op.107  Introduction  ~  Pas de Chat  ~  Quarrel  ~  Fairy Godmother  &  Fairy Winter  ~  Mazurka  ~  Cinderella goes to the Ball
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Suite no.2, op.108   Cinderella Dreams of the Ball  ~  Dancing Lesson  &  Gavotte  ~ Fairy Spring  & Fairy Summer  ~  Bouree  ~  Cinderella at the Castle  ~  Galop
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Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden  conducted by  Hugo Rignold.    
RCA  VICS 1138   STEREO    First edition 1965 Decca pressing.   Matrices: SVRS 3979 -1G / SVRS 3980 -2G
Recorded: 2,3,8 May 1957 - Kingsway Hall.   (1000+ downloads in 5 months)     Not on CD

14 March 2011

Jean Morel / ROHO, Covent Garden. L'Arlesienne ~ Espana ~ Marche joyeuse - Decca/RCA 1959

Emmanuel Chabrier:  "Espana" - Rapsodie        FLAC:  http://www.mediafire.com/?tut04lgh285pxgi        

Georges Bizet:  L'Arlesienne: Suite no.1  (Prelude ~ Minuetto ~ Adagietto ~ Carillon)     
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L'Arlesienne: Suite no.2   - orch/arr: Guiraud   (Pastorale ~ Intermezzo ~ Minuetto ~ Farandole)
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Emmanuel Chabrier:  Marche joyeuse             FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?ok80j6nk6c5tcrk          

Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden  conducted by  Jean Morel
RCA  VICS 1058  STEREO  (RCA SB 2057)  1969 Decca pressing/original 1959 Decca matrices: K2RY 0785/D -2D  /  K2RY 0786/D -1D
Recorded: 18-20 September 1958 - Kingsway Hall.      Not on CD

4 February 2011

Milhaud conducts... Les Quatre Saisons. Goldberg ~ Wallfisch ~ Joy ~ Bonneau ~ Suzan ~ Concerts Lamoureux - Philips 1958

No.1:  Concertino de Printemps  (for violin & chamber orchestra)     Syzmon Goldberg, violin
No.2:  Concertino d'ete  (for solo viola & nine instruments)     Ernst Wallfisch, viola
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No.3:  Concertino d'automne  (for two pianos & eight instruments)
Genevieve Joy  &  Jacqueline Bonneau, pianos
No.4:  Concertino d'hiver  (for trombone & string orchestra)      Maurice Suzan, trombone
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Ensemble de Solistes des Concerts Lamoureux  conducted by  Darius Milhaud      
Gramophone review - 1963     Gramophone review - 1984                                         STEREO FLAC files  
Philips 6527 221    Recorded: June 1958.  1984 Dutch matrices/pressing: -1 /-1       Sleeve-note >>>

28 January 2011

Delius. Hassan - RPO - Sir Thomas Beecham - Fontana 1958

Frederick Delius: "Hassan" 
Introduction  ~  Serenade  ~ Short Interlude  ~  Unaccompanied chorus behind scene  ~  The Beggars of Baghdad  ~  Chorus of women  ~  Prelude to Act.III  ~  Chorus of soldiers  ~  The Procession of Protracted Death  ~  Serenade - repeated  ~  Closing scene: The Golden Road to Samarkand
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Leslie Fry, Baritone -  Arthur Leavins, violin - Frederick Riddle, viola
BBC Chorus, (chorus-master: Leslie Woodgate)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham

Fontana CFL 1020 - issued 1958.  Recorded: 29 May 1956 - Walthamstow Assembly Hall.
Closing scene: "The Golden Road to Samarkand"  (ONLY)   FLAC: www.mediafire.com/?b7k8g6ce6n23kbb