24/48: Anthony Collins / New SO - Elgar -&- Vaughan Williams - Decca 1952

Sir Edward Elgar:
Introduction and Allegro, op.47
Serenade in E minor, op.20

Ralph Vaughan Williams:
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
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New Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Anthony Collins

Decca  LXT 2699  c.1957 1st edition re-cut matrices: ARL1195/1196-2DR. Recorded: 31 March/1 April 1952 - West Hampstead Studios.  Sleeve-note >>>

24/48: Sir Adrian Boult / New SO - Swan Lake -&- Nutcracker + Mendelssohn, Liszt, Elgar, Mussorgsky, Sullivan - Reader's Digest 1960

Felix Mendelssohn:  "Fingal's Cave" - Overture, op.26
Franz Liszt:  "Les Preludes"
Edward Elgar:  "Pomp & Circumstance March", op.39 no.1
Modest Mussorgsky:  "Night on the Bare Mountain"
Arthur Sullivan:  "di Ballo" - Overture
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Peter Tchaikovsky:  "The Nutcracker" - Suite, op.78a  (see label)
Peter Tchaikovsky:  "Swan Lake" - Ballet suite, op.20
Act2 - Scene, Act3 - Scene, Act2 - Allegro moderato, Act1 - Waltz, Act2 - Andante, Act3 - Mazurka, Allegro giusto
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New Symphony Orchestra (of London)  conducted by  Sir Adrian Boult  
Reader's Digest  RDS 5007, RDS 5012.  Original 1961 pressings.  Decca Matrices: L70Y6513/4 -1W & L70Y6523/4 - 2W/1W. Recorded: 12-16 & 22 July 1960 - Kingsway Hall.     Labels >>>

24/96: Eric Coates / New SO - Coates. The Three Elizabeths / Four Centuries - Decca 1953

Eric Coates:
"The Three Elizabeths" - suite  (1944)  
1: Elizabeth Tudor  ~  2: Elizabeth of Glamis  ~  3: Queen Elizabeth - March

"Four Centuries" - suite  (1941)
1: Prelude and Hornpipe  ~  2: Pavane and Tambourin  ~  3: Valse  ~  4: Rhythm
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New Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Eric Coates 
Decca  ACL 164  (LK 4056)  1962 pressing/c.1957 matrices: ARL1539/40 -1DR  Recorded: 3/4 February 1953  - West Hampstead Studios. Sleeve-note >>>

24/48: Alfredo Campoli plays... Bruch. Violin Concerto 1 / Lalo. Symphonie espagnole / Saint-Saens. Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, Havanaise - Decca 1951/1953

Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.26
I: Vorspiel - Allegro moderato ~ II: Adagio ~ III: Finale - Allegro energico
Alfredo Campoli, violin - New Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Royalton Kisch 
Decca  LXT 2904  (originally LXT 2596)  1957 LP/matrix: ARL809 -4DR    Recorded. 17 April 1951 - Kingsway Hall 
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Edouard Lalo:  Symphonie espagnole, op.21
I: Allegro non troppo ~ II: Scherzando ~ III: Intermezzo ~ IV: Andante
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Alfredo Campoli, violin - London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Eduard van Beinum    
Decca  ACL 124  (originally LXT 2801)  1961 LP/matrices: ARL 5031 -1A / ARL5032 -1A   Rec. 3-4 March 1953 - Kingsway Hall

Camille Saint-Saens:  Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso, op.28    /   Havanaise, op.83
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Alfredo Campoli, violin - London Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Anatole Fistoulari  
Decca  ACL 64  (originally LW 5085)   1959 LP/matrix: ARL4524 -2A   Recorded. 10 November 1953 - Kingsway Hall  

Arthur Bliss: Concerto / Theme & Cadenza - 1955 >>>  ACL/LXT covers/sleeve-notes >>>

24/96: Tchaikovsky. Violin Concerto - Ruggiero Ricci - New SO / Sargent - Decca 1950

Peter Tchaikovsky:   
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35  
I:  Adagio moderato - Cadenza  ~  II:  Canzonetta - Andante  ~  III:  Finale - Allegro vivacissimo  
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Ruggiero Ricci, violin  ~ New Symphony Orchestra of London conducted by  Sir Malcolm Sargent 
Decca  LXT 2509  (reissued 1957 as: LXT 5373)  1957 LP/matrices: ARL278 -1DR / ARL279 -1DR   Recorded: 26-27 January 1950 - Kingsway Hall  
Side One is really superb (the violin harmonics go to <30kHz in the Cadenza) - Side Two is marginally inferior (also in terms of performance) & transferred at a slightly lower level (a subdued pressing 'pimple' is near the start for a couple of revolutions)..  
Sleeve-note / 1950 EMG review >>>