Soloists, orchestral principals, Conductor

leader

COMPOSER Repertoire matrix number (78rpm only)

Coupling.

Unpublished material.

(Release date) Catalogue number.

Reissues and transfers.

Acoustic recording was the method used until 1925, thereafter electrical. Mono was replaced by stereo in 1955/57 and analogue gave way to digital in 1978/83. The technology is only specified during the transitional periods. Recording in more than two channels became common during the 1970s but is not specified here, as the various quadraphonic formats failed to find a significant market, despite support from E.M.I. (releases with international catalogue numbers that end in Q, eg: 0C 063 02612Q), C.B.S. and others. The resurgence of interest in surround sound in the early twenty-first century may eventually prompt the issue of multi-channel recordings hitherto only available in stereo.

The dates given are those of the LSO’s sessions, not all of which necessarily produced material used in the final master. They may also exclude the dates for cadenzas, recitatives or overdubbing needed to complete the recording. Note that a 78rpm side was sometimes re-made after the recording had been issued, so that early and later copies of discs bearing identical catalogue numbers may contain different performances.

All performers take part in all works listed unless specified as [a], [bc], etc.; all such specification applies until the next semi-colon. An alternative layout, with a cast list, is adopted where singers have particular named roles.

This term is used both where the LSO provided an accompaniment to singers or soloists subsequently recorded elsewhere, and where the orchestra’s contribution was overlaid on a pre-existing recording. The sources are not always conclusive – artists occasionally attended sessions without performing, owing to illness or constraints of time – and so it has not always been possible to determine which operatic roles were overdubbed.

In the titles of works, a hyphen is used with descriptive terms and a colon to indicate an excerpt, as Coriolan - Overture Op.62

Egmont Op.84 : Overture

the former being a self-contained concert work and the latter one movement from a set of incidental music. Many arias are familiarly identified by a few words of text. Since the trend has been towards recording arias with some of the preceding recitative, these are not necessarily the first words sung, nor do they necessarily indicate the language adopted for the recording.

H.M.V. used prefixes beginning with B (then 0, from 1931) for ten inch sides and C (then 2) for twelve inch. Apart from Columbia CA and Decca DR, all other prefixes appearing here indicate twelve inch 78rpm sides.

78rpm recordings often ran to an odd number of sides, so that a coupling or fill-up was required. Sessions for LPs and CDs usually aimed to produce a complete disc, though a few labels (notably Lyrita and Reader’s Digest) tended to record repertoire to fit session time and sort it into discs later. Where an LSO recording was used as a coupling or fill-up, the entries are cross-referenced; brief details are given for non-LSO couplings. Note that these original couplings were not necessarily retained in reissues.

The label is that given in the heading, unless otherwise stated, except that

i) many Decca recordings were issued on the London label in the US,

ii) CD transfers of Columbia and H.M.V. originals are labelled E.M.I. Classics.

In general UK and US numbers are listed, separated by a semi-colon (;). If a recording was not released (nr) there, the number for another country may be shown. An equals sign (=) is used to link alternative numbers given to the same release, for example mono and stereo versions, set and individual disc numbers, or domestic and export numbers. A point indicates a format specific suffix (such as .1 for LP and .2 for CD). A hyphen always indicates a continuous sequence of numbers and a slash a discontinuous sequence (so Ho555-58c is a run of four and Ho555/56/61c is just the three specified).

An item in parentheses, as [(c)], was only issued in partial form under the number that follows.

Most complete reissues on twelve inch LPs or CDs are listed but excerpts (such as single disc selections from complete operas or individual titles from recitals) are generally ignored. Many ten inch LPs and most 45rpm discs (formats used in the 1950s and early 1960s to break down LPs into more affordable parts) have been omitted. Compilations, samplers, magazine covermounts and – with very few exceptions – transfers to tape formats (whether open-reel, cassette, cartridge or DAT) are also excluded. So too minidiscs; SACD and DVD-A are included on probation while the market considers its verdict.

Italicized notes are used to

i) identify recordings of particular historic significance, either through

proximity to the first performance or by the presence of the composer

at the sessions,

ii) justify the inclusion of recordings marketed without naming the LSO,

iii) indicate the start of a set or series of recordings,

iv) explain or draw attention to any other points of interest.

Pr.& Eng: Fred Gaisberg

[a] BEETHOVEN Egmont Op.84 : Overture Ho494-95c

[b] WEBER Oberon J306 : Overture Ho496-98c

[c] LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody in F minor S359/1 Ho499-01c

[b] Unpublished: allocated 0915-16 but not released; re-made on 21 Jun 14.

[c] The first two sides were subsequently replaced by Ho563-64c.

78rpm, single sided: [a] (Nov13) 0913-14, [c] (Dec13) 0917-19.

Double sided reissue: [a] (Oct24) D814, [(c)] (Oct24) D815.

LP: [(c)] (Ger:’73) Electrola 1C 053 01466M,

[a] (Rus: c84) Melodiya M10 44953.

CD: [a(c)] (Nov91) Symposium 1088 in 2CD set,

[a(c)] (Apr08) Dutton CDBP9784.

>0002 H.M.V.

Pr.& Eng: Fred Gaisberg

[a] WEBER Oberon J306 : Overture Ho555-58c

[b] WEBER Der Freischütz J277 : Overture Ho559-60c

[c] MOZART Le Nozze di Figaro K492 : Overture Ho561-62c

[d] LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody in F minor S359/1 Ho563-65c

Unpublished: alternative takes Ho555/56/61c plus the third side of [d],

as Ho501c from 1913 was retained in preference to Ho565c.

78rpm, single sided: [a] (Jly14) 0998-99,

[bcd] (Oct14) 2 0500-4.

Double sided reissue: [c] (Apr20) D195,

[cd] (Oct24) D815-16,

[b] (Oct24) D817,

[a] (Oct24) D818,

[ab] (’89) Symposium 1040-41.

LP: [acd] (Ger:’73) Electrola 1C 053 01466M,

[c] (Rus: c84) Melodiya M10 44953.

CD: [a-d] (Nov91) Symposium 1088 in 2CD set,

[b] (Apr96) 7CD set CMS5 65915.2,

[a] (Nov04) Andante 4CD set AN4100,

[a-d] (Apr08) Dutton CDBP9784.

>0003 COLUMBIA

Pr.& Eng: Arthur Brooks

TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture 76551-56

Unpublished: an electrical version was recorded in Oct 28.

>0004 COLUMBIA

Pr.& Eng: Arthur Brooks

c28 Aug 1919 Petty France Studios

[a] Elsa Stralia (soprano), chorus; Tom Burke (tenor), Eugene Goossens

[a] VERDI Il Trovatore : Miserere 76589

[b] PUCCINI Manon Lescaut : Donna non vidi mai 76590

[a] Unpublished: rejected by the artists.

78rpm, single sided: [b] (Feb20) C7225.

>0005 COLUMBIA

Pr.& Eng: Arthur Brooks

[ab] 15? & [c-f] 18 Sep 1919 Petty France Studios

[acd] Elsa Stralia (soprano); [abef] Tom Burke (tenor); Hamilton Harty

[a] PUCCINI Madama Butterfly : Vogliatemi bene 76598

[b] PUCCINI La Bohème : Che gelida manina 76599

[c] VERDI Il Trovatore : D’amor sull’ali rosee 76602

[d] Haydn WOOD Wonderful world of romance 76603

[e] PUCCINI Tosca : E lucevan 76604

[f] PUCCINI Tosca : Recondita armonia 76605

[acef] Unpublished: rejected by the artists.

78rpm, single sided: [b] (Jan20) C7205,

[d] (Nov20) C7240.

Double sided reissue: [b] (Apr24) C7347.

LP: [b] (Apr72) VIP Records LP104,

[b] (Oct82) Pearl 2LP set GEMM246-47.

>0006 COLUMBIA

Pr.& Eng: Arthur Brooks

11 Dec 1919 Petty France Studios

Albert Coates

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade Op.35 : 4th mvt. 76742-45

78rpm: (May20) L1355-56; 65014-15D.

>0007 COLUMBIA

Pr.& Eng: Arthur Brooks

RICE Dear old pal of mine 76763

78rpm, single sided: (May20) C7233.

Double sided reissue: (Apr24) C7348.

>0008 COLUMBIA

Pr.& Eng: Arthur Brooks

SCRIABIN Poem of Ecstasy Op.54 74060-62/81-82

Coupled (most incongruously) with a work by Lecocq on 76569,

recorded with another orchestra conducted by Goossens in Aug 19.

78rpm: (Nov,Dec20&Jan21) L1380-82; 65016-18D.

LP: (Oct78) Past Masters PM11.

>0009 COLUMBIA

Pr.& Eng: Arthur Brooks

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade Op.35 : 2nd mvt. 74186-87

78rpm: (Aug22) L1429; 65013D.

>0010 COLUMBIA

Pr.& Eng: Arthur Brooks

[a] WAGNER Siegfried Idyll 74268-71

[b] PURCELL-Coates Suite from the Dramatic Music 74272-73

[c] BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7 in A Op.92 : 3rd mvt. 74296

[d] TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.6 in B minor Op.74 : 3rd mvt. 74297-99

[bcd] Unpublished: an electrical version of [d] was recorded in 1926.

78rpm: [a] (May&Jun22) L1425-26; 65011-12D.

>0011 COLUMBIA

Pr.& Eng: Arthur Brooks

[a] 18 & [bc] 19 Jan 1922 Petty France Studios

Richard Strauss

led by W.H.Reed

[a] STRAUSS Don Juan Op.20 75034-37

[b] Der Rosenkavalier Op.59 : Waltzes Act II 75038-39

[c] Salome Op.54 : Dance of the seven veils 75040-41

78rpm: [abc] (Apr22) L1419-22.

CD: [abc] (Oct14) Classical Recordings Quarterly CRQ CD155-57.

Download: [abc] Pristine Classical PASC175.

>0012 COLUMBIA

Pr.& Eng: Arthur Brooks

[a] BOÏELDIEU Le Calife de Bagdad : Overture 75135

[b] WOLF-FERRARI I Gioielli della Madonna : excerpts 75136/40

[c] DELIBES Le Roi l’a dit : Overture 75137-38

[d] WOLF-FERRARI Il Segreto di Susanna : Overture 75139

[e] AUBER Les Diamants de la couronne : Overture 75141-42

[f] AUBER Le Cheval de bronze : Overture 75143-44

[g] MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Overture 75145-46

[h] CHABRIER Habanera 75147

[i] SIBELIUS Scènes historiques : Festivo Op.25/3 75148

[j] DELIBES Coppélia - ballet : excerpts 75149-50

[k] PLANQUETTE Paul Jones : excerpts 75151-52

[l] OFFENBACH La Périchole : excerpts 75153-54

[g] Unpublished: rejected as “badly rendered”.

78rpm: [j] (Oct22) 901, [f] (Nov22) 902, [di] (Dec22) 908,

[b] (Jan23) 914, [k] (Feb23) 916, [e] (Mar23) 918,

[ah] (Apr23) 921, [c] (May23) 923, [l] (Jan24) 959.

CD: [cdefijkl] (Oct14) Classical Recordings Quarterly CRQ CD153.

>0013 COLUMBIA

27 Oct 1922 Petty France Studios

Gustav Holst

HOLST The Planets Op.32 H125 : Jupiter 75204-5

78rpm: (Feb23) L1459; 67148D in set M29.

CD: (Feb91) Pearl GEMMCD9417.

Download: Pristine Classical PASC131.

The six other movements were recorded in Aug-Nov 23. This movement was

re-recorded on 15 Sep 25, using the same matrix and catalogue numbers.

>0014 COLUMBIA

Pr.& Eng: Arthur Brooks

29 May 1923 Petty France Studios

Rutland Boughton

BOUGHTON The Immortal Hour : Love Duet & Faery Chorus AX24-25

78rpm: (Sep23) 935.

LP: (Oct82) Pearl OPAL801.

>0015 COLUMBIA

Pr.& Eng: Arthur Brooks

[a] BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7 in A Op.92 AX35-43

[b] WEINGARTNER The Tempest Op.65 : Scherzettino AX44

78rpm: [ab] (Sep23) L1480-84; set M1 = 67034-38D.

CD: [a] (Jap: Sep99) E.M.I. Japan SGR8527,

[b] (Jap: Sep99) E.M.I. Japan SGR8544.

>0016 COLUMBIA

Pr.& Eng: Arthur Brooks

24 Jly 1923 Petty France Studios

Dan Godfrey

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No.2 “London” : 1st&3rd mvts. AX101-4

78rpm: (Dec23) L1507-8.

CD: (Jly08) Symposium 1377.

>0017 COLUMBIA

Pr.& Eng: Arthur Brooks

25 Jly 1923 Petty France Studios

Harold Williams (baritone), male quartet, Charles Stanford

STANFORD Songs of the Fleet Op.117 AX108-13

78rpm: (Dec23) 949-51.

LP: (Jly74) Pearl GEM123.

CD: (May07) Dutton CDBP9777.

>0018 COLUMBIA

Pr.& Eng: Arthur Brooks

26 Jly 1923 Petty France Studios

Frank Bridge

BRIDGE The Sea - suite H100 AX114-17

78rpm: (Nov23) L1500-1.

LP: (Oct82) Pearl OPAL801.

CD: (Jan01) Symposium 1202,

(May07) Dutton CDBP9777.

>0019 COLUMBIA

Pr.& Eng: Arthur Brooks

[a] HOLST The Planets Op.32 H125 : Mercury AX135

[b] Venus AX136-37

[c] Uranus AX138-39

[d] Mars AX197-98

[e] Saturn AX199-00

[f] Neptune AX205-6

[g] Beni Mora Op.29/1 H107 : First Dance AX207-8

[a] Coupled with “Marching Song” on AX303, recorded on 14 Feb 24.

[g] Unpublished: re-made as a single side (AX304) when

the complete work was recorded on 14 Feb 24.

78rpm: [b] (Nov23) L1499,

[c] (Dec23) L1509,

[d] (Feb24) L1528,

[e] (Mar24) L1532,

[f] (Apr24) L1542,

[a] (May24) L1543;

[a-f] set M29 = 67145-47/49-51D.

CD: [abcdf] (Feb91) Pearl GEMMCD9417.

Download: [a-f?] Pristine Classical PASC131.

>0020 COLUMBIA

Pr.& Eng: Arthur Brooks

23 Nov 1923 Petty France Studios

Dan Godfrey

[a] VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Wasps : Overture AX239-40

[b] BACH-Abert Praeludium & Choral AX241

[ab] Unpublished: [a] allocated L1534 but not released.

>0021 COLUMBIA

Pr.& Eng: Arthur Brooks

[a] BEETHOVEN Symphony No.8 in F Op.93 AX243-49

[b] BRAHMS Symphony No.1 in C minor Op.68 AX250-52/379-85

[c] MOZART Symphony No.39 in E flat K543 AX253-58

[d] WEINGARTNER The Tempest Op.65 : Entr’acte AX259

78rpm: [ad] (Apr24) L1538-41; set M2 = 67005-8D,

[c] (Sep24) L1563-65; set M4 = 67018-20D,

[b] (Jan25) L1596-00; set M9 = 67042-46D.

CD: [a] (Jap: Sep99) E.M.I. Japan SGR8526,

[c] (Jap: Sep99) E.M.I. Japan SGR8533,

[b] (Jap: Sep99) E.M.I. Japan SGR8538,

[d] (Jap: Sep99) E.M.I. Japan SGR8544.

>0022 COLUMBIA

Pr.& Eng: Arthur Brooks

[a] HOLST Marching Song Op.22/2 H88/2 AX303

[b] Beni Mora - Oriental Suite Op.29/1 H107 AX304-7

[a] Coupled with “Mercury” on AX135, recorded on 23 Aug 23.

78rpm: [a] (May24) L1543; 67147D in set M29,

[b] (Nov24) L1586-87; 67076-77D.

LP: [ab] (Nov74) Pearl GEM126.

CD: [ab] (Feb91) Pearl GEMMCD9417,

[b] (Jan01) Symposium 1202,

[b] (May07) Dutton CDBP9777.

>0023 COLUMBIA

5 Sep 1924 Petty France Studios

Dan Godfrey

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No.2 “London” : 2nd&4th mvts. AX578-81

Unpublished: intended as a supplement to the four sides recorded on

24 Jly 23, but instead this abridged version was replaced by a complete

set on twelve sides recorded in Apr-May 25.

>0024 COLUMBIA

[a] BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67 AX725-32

[b] Symphony No.6 in F Op.68 “Pastoral” AX733-36

[b] Unpublished: only the first two movements were completed.

Replaced by an electrical recording with the RPO in Jan 27.

78rpm: [a] (Jly25) L1640-43; set M12 = 67062-65D.

CD: [a] (Jap: Sep99) E.M.I. Japan SGR8526.

>0025 COLUMBIA

COWEN The Language of the Flowers AX759-61/78-80

Unpublished.

>0026 COLUMBIA

HOLST The Planets Op.32 H125 : Saturn AX199-00

78rpm: (Apr25) L1532, replacing the worn-out recording made in Oct 23.

CD: (Feb91) Pearl GEMMCD9417.

Re-made electrically as WAX1903-4 on 14 Sep 26.

>0027 COLUMBIA

BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique Op.14 AX920-23/29-32/40-42/44-46

Unpublished: re-made electrically as WAX1111-22 in Oct-Nov 25.

>0028 COLUMBIA

[a] MOZART Die Zauberflöte K620 : Overture AX947-48

[b] BORODIN Prince Igor : Polovtsian Dances AX949-50

[c] BERLIOZ La Damnation de Faust : March AX956

[d] RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Symphony No.2 “Antar” : excs AX957-58/78/80

[e] FAURÉ Pavane Op.50 AX963

[f] SMETANA The Bartered Bride : Overture AX964-65

[g] MOZART Le Nozze di Figaro K492 : Overture AX966

[h] MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream : Scherzo AX979

[a-h] Unpublished: [abfgh] were re-made electrically in Mar-Jun 26.

>0029 COLUMBIA

24 Apr & 1 May 1925 Petty France Studios

Dan Godfrey

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No.2 “London” AX1020-27/29-32

78rpm: (Apr26) L1717-22.

CD: (Jly08) Symposium 1377.

>0030 COLUMBIA

15 Sep 1925 Petty France Studios

Gustav Holst

[a] HOLST The Planets Op.32 H125 : Jupiter 75204-5

[b] A Fugal Overture Op.40/1 H151 AX1093

[b] Unpublished.

78rpm: [a] (Oct25) L1459, replacing the worn-out recording made in Oct 22.

Re-made electrically as WAX1673-74 on 22 Jun 26.

BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique Op.14 WAX1111-22

78rpm: (Mar26) L1708-13; set M34 = 67174-79D.

LP: (Oct78) Past Masters PM10.

CD: (Jun96) Dante LYS080,

(Dec98) Grammofono 2000 AB78850,

(Aug12) Historic Recordings HRCD0193 private issue.

>0032 COLUMBIA

[a] GRIEG Norwegian Dances Op.35 WAX1214-17

[b] Sigurd Jorsalfar - Suite Op.56 WAX1218-21

78rpm: [a] (May26) L1733-34; 7128-29M, [b] (Aug26) L1748-49.

CD: [ab] (’09) Historic Recordings HRCD0023 private issue.

>0033 COLUMBIA

[a] DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dances Op.46/1-4 B83/1-4 WAX1340-43

[b] DEBUSSY Petite Suite WAX1344-47

78rpm: [b] (Nov26) L1786-87; 67406-7D, [a] (Mar27) L1830-31.

>0034 COLUMBIA

16-17 Mar 1926 Petty France Studios

Miriam Licette (soprano), Muriel Brunskill (contralto),

Hubert Eisdell (tenor), Harold Williams (baritone),

chorus, Felix Weingartner

BEETHOVEN Symphony No.9 in D minor Op.125 “Choral” WAX1350-65

78rpm: (Oct26) L1775-82; set M39 = 67194-01D.

LP: (Jun81) Phoenix ALP1002.

CD: (Dec88) Trax Classique TRXCD125,

(’97) Dante LYS190.

Download: Pristine Classical PASC427.

>0035 COLUMBIA

[a] MOZART Die Zauberflöte K620 : Overture WAX1384-85

[b] MOZART Le Nozze di Figaro K492 : Overture WAX1386

[c] MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream : Scherzo WAX1393

[d] SMETANA The Bartered Bride : Overture WAX1394-95

[e] BORODIN Prince Igor : Polovtsian Dances WAX1556-58

[bd] Unpublished: [d] allocated L1810 but not released.

78rpm: [a] (May26) L1001R; 7123M,

[c] (Oct26) L1075R,

[ce] (Jan27) L1811-12; 7138-39M.

LP: [ace] (’7?) Beecham Society WHS101.

CD: [a] (Dec97) Dutton CDLX7026.

>0036 COLUMBIA

Eng: Arthur Brooks

[ab] 22 Jun, [cde] 2 Jly, [efg] 14 Sep & [dh] 22 Oct 1926 Petty France Studios