24/48: Sir Malcolm Sargent / BBC SO - Sibelius. Symphony 2 - HMV 1958

Jean Sibelius: 
Symphony no.2 in D major, op.43  
I: Allegretto  ~  II: Tempo andante ma rubato  ~  III: Vivacissimo  ~  IV: Allegro moderato    

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BBC Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Malcolm Sargent

EMI Music for Pleasure  MFP 2052  (HMV ALP 1639). 1966 LP/matrices: 2XEA1285/6 -2.  Recorded: 9+12 August 1957 - Kingsway Hall

Re-edited August 2025 from 24/96 WAV - now no auto-declick or re-eq as not really needed. Just a few traces of minor groove-rustle in mvt.3 - some tape-edits removed - and as 3 files. Some intense string/brass-playing carries this performance..  NOT ON CD    Sleeve-note + Labels  >>>

24/48: Sir Malcolm Sargent / LSO - Vaughan Williams. Serenade ~ Toward The Unknown Region ~ Greensleeves ~ The Wasps - HMV 1957

Ralph Vaughan Williams:
Serenade to Music 
(soloists: Elsie Morison, Margorie Thomas, Duncan Robertson, Trevor Anthony + Chorus)
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Toward the Unknown Region  (with Chorus)     "The Wasps" - overture    (Excellent 'Wasps'..)

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London Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Malcolm Sargent

HMV  ALP 1499  1957 LP/Matrices: 2XEA1217/1218 -1N /2N    Recorded: 7-9 May 1957 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road

The stereo CD was apparently an improvement. Same matrices here used for CLP/MFP reissues.
These (still  NOT ON CD ) 2010 transfers slightly re-edited  1952 Sargent/BBC SO RVW: Tallis Fantasia / Elgar Wand of Youth 2       Sleeve-note / EMG review >>>   ('1.3' de-click + slight Treble)

24/48: Sir Malcolm Sargent / Royal Philharmonic - "Lollipops" - Reader's Digest 1963

Anderson:  “The Syncopated Clock”
Johann Strauss:  “Perpetuum Mobile”, op.257   
Ravel:  “Pavane pour une infante défunte"  
Alfvén:  Swedish Rhapsody no.1, op.19   “Midsummer Vigil”  
Rossini:  “Il Signor Bruschino” - overture  
Johann & Josef Strauss:  “Pizzicato-Polka”  
Tchaikovsky:  “Humoresque” in E minor, op.10/2  
Dvorak:  2 Slavonic Dances, op.46/1 & op.72/2  
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Malcolm Sargent 
Reader's Digest  RDS 2022 (from 1963 12LP box-set). 1971 Decca pressing/matrices: P2RS2047/8 -3K/-8K. Recorded: 28/29 March 1963 -Walthamstow Town Hall
Nice sound (except Dvorak: op.72) & performances.  Reader's Digest sleeve-note / sleeve >>> 

24/48: Sir Malcolm Sargent / London Symphony Orchestra - Elgar, Purcell, Walton, Bax - Decca 1953

Edward Elgar:  "Enigma Variations", op.36
Henry Purcell  arr: Albert Coates:  Suite from the Dramatic Music 
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Edward Elgar:  Pomp and Circumstance Marches, op.39 nos. 1 & 4
Edward Elgar:  Imperial March, op.32 
William Walton:  "Orb and Sceptre" - Coronation March, 1953 
Arnold Bax:  Coronation March, 1953 
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London Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Malcolm Sargent 
Decca  ACL 55  (LXT2786)  1960 pressing/matrices: ARL1511/2 -1DR / 2DR ... Decca  ACL 137  (LXT2793)  1963 pressing/matrices: ARL1644/5 -6NR / 2NR
Recorded: 5-7 January 1953 / 2 March & 27 April 1953 - Kingsway Hall.  ACL covers/sleeve-notes >>>  

24/48: Sir Malcolm Sargent / London Symphony Orchestra - Holst. The Planets - Decca 1954

Gustav Holst: "The Planets" suite, op.32
1: Mars, the Bringer of War ~ 2: Venus, the Bringer of Peace ~ 3: Mercury, the Winged Messenger      //    
4: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity ~ 5: Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age ~ 6: Uranus, the Magician ~ 7: Neptune, the Mystic.
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BBC Womens Chorus  - London Symphony Orchestra   conducted by   Sir Malcolm Sargent 
Decca  ACL 26  (LXT 2871)    1960 pressing, c.1958 matrices: ARL2067 -1DR / ARL2068 -1DR.    Recorded: 17/20-21 May 1954 - Kingsway Hall.   
Minimal de-click ('1.2')  + very slight treble increase to help compensate for any loss of 'air'.   
The original -1A matrices (used until 1957/8) have less clarity/cleanliness.  Lovely performance.    Not on CD        Sleeve-note >>>

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 >>>