Dennis Noble (baritone), Manchester Beecham Opera Choir,
as “Orchestra”, Thomas Beecham
Probably recorded during rehearsals, as the LSO (then contracted to H.M.V) played this work in an afternoon concert at the Royal Albert Hall the same day.
DELIUS Sea Drift WAX4296-02
Unpublished on 78rpm: replaced by a recording with the LPO in 1936.
LP: (’85) Beecham Society WHS107.
CD: (May01) SOMM BEECHAM10.
>0062 H.M.V.
Pr: Fred Gaisberg & Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke & F.Bulkley
[a] 19 & [bcd] 20 Dec 1928 Kingsway Hall
Edward Elgar
[a] ELGAR The Wand of Youth - Suite No.1 Op.1a Cc15062-66
[b] The Wand of Youth - Suite No.2 Op.1b Cc15067-70
[c] Contrasts Op.10/3 Cc15071
[d] Beau Brummel - incidental music : Minuet Cc15072
[c] Unpublished: replaced by a recording with the LPO in Feb 33.
78rpm: [ad] (Jly29) D1636-38; Victor 9470-72,
[b] (Jly29) D1649-50; Victor 9594-95,
[ab] (Nov32) auto D7486-90.
LP: [abd] (Dec74) HLM7058 = 0C 191 01624M in 6LP set RLS713.
CD: [ab] (Dec92) 3CD set CDS7 54564.2,
[d] (Jly93) 3CD set CDS7 54568.2,
[ab] (Jun04) 2CD set 5 85153.2,
[abd] (Apr11) 9CD set 0 95694.2.
>0063 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: George Dillnutt, Arthur Clarke & F.Bulkley
3 Jan 1929 Kingsway Hall
Noel Eadie (soprano), Evelyn Arden (mezzo-soprano), Albert Coates
HUMPERDINCK Hänsel und Gretel : Dream Pantomime Cc15081
Coupled with part two on CR1697, recorded on 16 Feb 28.
78rpm: (Sep29) ES556.
>0064 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: George Dillnutt & Arthur Clarke
18,20,22 Mar, 3,23 Apr, 14,29&31 May 1929 Kingsway Hall
Elisabeth Schumann (soprano [29&31 May]), Margaret Balfour
(contralto [23 Apr, 29&31 May]), Walter Widdop (tenor [23 Apr & 31 May]),
Friedrich Schorr (baritone [14 May]), Philharmonic Choir
(Charles Kennedy Scott), Arnold Greir (organ), Albert Coates
BACH Mass in B minor BWV232 see note & Cc16605-8/30-33/43-48
The first twenty sides were recorded as duplicate matrices (CR2303-22
being made in the mobile van and Cc15156-58/64-69/75-81/88-90 in
the hall) and the published set drew equally on each series.
78rpm: (Nov29) C1710-26 = auto C7032-48; Victor set 104 = 9955-71.
LP: (Jun71) HQM1243 = 1E 053 01151M [excerpt - Schorr],
(Nov81) Pearl GEMM218 [excerpt - Widdop].
CD: (Jly91) Claremont CDGSE785039-40,
(Sep91) Pearl 2CD set GEMMCDS9900,
(Oct94) Stradivarius 2CD set STR78004.
>0065 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: George Dillnutt & F.Bulkley
6 May 1929 Kingsway Hall
Frida Leider (soprano), Lauritz Melchior (tenor), Albert Coates
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde : O sink hernieder Cc16618-21
The first two sides were replaced by a re-make in Berlin on 13 Sep 29.
78rpm: (Dec29) D1723-24; Victor 7273-74.
LP: (Feb63) COLH132,
(Aug73) HLM7026 = 0C 047 01454M,
(May83) HLM7286 = 0C 137 54395M in 7LP set RLS7711;
(Jun83) Seraphim 6130,
(Aug85) Danacord DACO119-20.
CD: (Nov87) Danacord DACOCD315-16,
(Feb89) Claremont CDGSE785026,
(Oct89) Legato Classics 2CD set LCD146 2,
(Dec89) Preiser 89004,
(Oct90) Nimbus NI7816,
(Oct91) 4CD set CMS7 64008.2,
(Sep02) 2CD set CZS5 75486.2,
(Feb03) Naxos Historical 8 110744-45.
>0066 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke, G.Dillnutt & Edward Fowler
[a] 16,17 & [ab] 22 May 1929 Queen’s Hall
Lauritz Melchior (tenor); [a] Nora Grühn (soprano),
Albert Reiss (tenor), Rudolf Bockelmann (bass-baritone); Albert Coates
[a] WAGNER Siegfried : excerpts CR2197-00/2401-6
[b] Tannhäuser : Inbrunst im Herzen CR2407-8
[a] Coupled with sides conducted by Robert Heger in May 30,
May 31 & May 32 and four more recorded earlier in Vienna.
78rpm: [b] (Oct29) D1675; Victor 9707,
[a] (May30) D1690-94, (Dec32) auto DB7252-70;
Victor set 83 = 9805-8/11.
LP: [a] (Ger:’63) Electrola E80744-45,
[b] (Mar72) HLM7004 = 1E 047 01266M,
[b] (May83) HLM7282 = 0C 137 54391M in 7LP set RLS7711,
[(a)] (May83) HLM7284 = 0C 137 54393M in 7LP set RLS7711;
[(a)b] (Jun83) Seraphim 6130,
[b] (Aug85) Danacord DACO119-20,
[a] (Jly86) Danacord DACO171-76.
CD: [b] (Nov87) Danacord DACOCD315-16,
[a] (Nov87) Danacord DACOCD319-21,
[(a)b] (May89) CDH7 69789.2,
[ab] (Apr90) Claremont CDGSE785033,
[a] (Nov94) Pearl 7CD set GEMMCDS9137,
[a] (Jly04) Naxos Historical 8 110091-92,
[a] (Oct08) Gala 4CD set GL100668.
Download: [a] Pristine Classical PACO114.
>0067 H.M.V.
Eng: Edward Fowler, E.Gower & Douglas Larter
10 Jly 1929 Queen’s Hall
Joseph Hislop (tenor), as “Orchestra”, John Barbirolli
This session is listed in HMV’s contractual account with the LSO.
[a] PUCCINI Tosca : E lucevan BR2439
[b] PUCCINI Tosca : Recondita armonia BR2440
[c] LEONCAVALLO Pagliacci : Vesti la giubba BR2441
[d] LEONCAVALLO Pagliacci : No, Pagliaccio non son BR2442
78rpm: [ab] (Jan30) DA1063, [cd] (Jan30) DA1062.
LP: [cd] (’66) Rococo 5283,
[a-d] (Jly77) Rubini GV43.
CD: [b] (’94) Conifer CDHD235.
>0068 H.M.V.
Eng: Arthur Clarke, E.Gower & Edward Fowler
12 Jly 1929 Queen’s Hall
Joseph Hislop (tenor), as “Orchestra”, John Barbirolli
This session is listed in HMV’s contractual account with the LSO.
[a] WAGNER Die Meistersinger : Morgenlich leuchtend CR2443
[b] WAGNER Lohengrin : In fernem Land CR2444
[c] BIZET Carmen : La fleur que tu CR2445
[c] Unpublished on 78rpm.
78rpm: [ab] (Jan30) DB1351.
LP: [c] (’8?) Rubini 2LP set RDA010.
CD: [ab] (Aug92) Pearl GEMMCD9956.
>0069 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke
24-25 Sep 1929 Queen’s Hall
three sides (2448/50/52) re-made 31 Oct 1929
all eight sides re-made 12-13 Mar 1930
Wilhelm Backhaus (piano), Landon Ronald
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.4 in G Op.58 CR2446-53
78rpm: (Dec30) DB1425-28 = auto DB7070-73.
CD: (Dec97) Biddulph LHW037,
(Dec01) Andante 2996-99.
>0070 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Edward Fowler & J.H.Ellis
8 Oct 1929 Queen’s Hall
Albert Coates
[a] RIMSKY-KORSAKOV May Night : Overture CR2454-55
[b] The Golden Cockerel : Bridal procession CR2456
[a] CR2455 was re-made as Cc17848 at Kingsway Hall on 5 Nov 29.
[b] Coupled with the Prelude on Cc17853, recorded on 5 Nov 29.
78rpm: [a] (Jan30) D1744; Victor 11424,
[b] (Mar30) D1745; Victor 9696.
CD: [a] (Aug92) Koch 3 7700.2,
[a] (May11) Historic Recordings HRCD0088 private issue.
Download: [a] Pristine Classical PASC304.
>0071 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke & E.Gower
[a] 22 & [abc] 23 Oct 1929 Kingsway Hall
[a] Artur Rubinstein (piano); Albert Coates
[a] BRAHMS Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat Op.83 Cc17825-27/29-31/33-36
[b] MUSORGSKY Sorochintsy Fair : Gopak Cc17828
[c] WAGNER Lohengrin : Prelude to Act III Cc17832
[b] Coupled with Rimsky-Korsakov on Cc20618, recorded on 14 Oct 30.
[c] Coupled with the “Ride of the Valkyries” on CR143, recorded with an
anonymous orchestra in Feb 26 and originally issued as D1088 in Jun 26.
78rpm: [a] (Feb30) D1746-50 = auto D7185-89; Victor set 80 = 7237-41,
[c] (Dec30) D1815,
[b] (Apr31) D1934; Victor 11443.
LP: [a] (’80) Supraphon 10102856.
CD: [a] (May92) Claremont CDGSE785041,
[b] (Aug92) Koch 3 7700.2,
[a] (Jun00) R.C.A. 09026 63001.2,
[b] (Sep02) 2CD set CZS5 75486.2,
[a] (Mar05) A.S.V. AJC8550,
[a] (Jan08) Naxos Historical 8 111271.
>0072 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke, Edward Fowler & J.H.Ellis
29 Oct 1929 Queen’s Hall
Albert Coates
[a] WAGNER Götterdämmerung : Siegfried’s Funeral March CR2461-62
[b] Götterdämmerung : Siegfried’s Rhine Journey CR2463-64
[c] Die Walküre : Magic Fire Music CR2465-66
78rpm: [b] (Jly30) D1777, [c] (May30) D1797, [a] (Jly38) D1810.
>0073 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke & J.H.Ellis
[a-d] 5, [bce] 6 & [fgh] 7 Nov 1929 Kingsway Hall
[b] one side (17858) re-made 18 Apr 1931
Albert Coates
[a] RIMSKY-KORSAKOV May Night : Overture Cc17848
[b] BORODIN Symphony No.2 in B minor Cc17849-50/56-59
[c] RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio Espagnol Op.34 Cc17851-52/54-55
[d] RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Golden Cockerel : Prelude Cc17853
[e] DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture Op.92 B169 Cc17860-61
[f] LIADOV Eight Russian Folksongs Op.58 Cc17862-64
[g] BORODIN In the Steppes of Central Asia Cc17865-66
[h] LIADOV A Musical Snuffbox Op.32 Cc17867
[a] Replaced CR2455, recorded at Queen’s Hall on 8 Oct 29.
[d] Coupled with the Bridal Procession on CR2456, recorded on 8 Oct 29.
78rpm: [a] (Jan30) D1744; Victor 11424,
[d] (Mar30) D1745; Victor 9696,
[e] (Aug30) D1796,
[fh] (Oct31) D1811-12; Victor 9797-98,
[c] (Oct31) D1861-62,
[g] (Oct31) D1885; Victor 11169,
[b] (Mar32) DB1554-56, (Nov32) auto DB7220-22;
Victor set 113 = 11163-65.
LP: [b] (Oct78) Past Masters PM11.
CD: [afg] (Aug92) Koch 3 7700.2,
[e] (Dec92) Koch 2CD set 3 7704.2,
[bh] (Sep95) Claremont CDGSE785061,
[b] (Sep02) 2CD set CZS5 75486.2,
[c] (’09) Historic Recordings PAGCD0021 private issue,
[ag] (May11) Historic Recordings HRCD0088 private issue.
Download: [a] Pristine Classical PASC304,
[b] Beulah.
>0074 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke, Edward Fowler & J.H.Ellis
[a] 11 Nov 1929 Kingsway Hall
[a] all four sides re-made & [b] 14 Nov 1929 Queen’s Hall
[a] Mischa Levitzki (piano); Landon Ronald
[a] LISZT Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat S124 CR2467-70
[b] STANFORD Irish Rhapsody No.4 Op.141 : side 1 CR2435
[b] Unpublished: evidently an aborted attempt at a replacement for a
recording made with the New Symphony Orchestra (CR2435-38)
on 27 Jun 29.
78rpm: [a] (Feb30) D1775-76; Victor 11309-10.
Cass: [a] (Mar83) Claremont 785008.
CD: [a] (May92) APR 2CD set CDAPR7020,
[a] (Nov03) Naxos Historical 8 110769.
>0075 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke
13-14 Nov 1929 Kingsway Hall
Mark Hambourg (piano), as “Symphony Orchestra”, Malcolm Sargent
These sessions are listed in HMV’s contractual account with the LSO.
To preserve the LSO’s “Red Label” status, recordings made in 1929-30
issued on the cheaper Plum Label concealed the orchestra’s identity.
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor Op.37 Cc17873-80
78rpm: (May30) C1865-68 = auto C7058-61.
LP: (May80) unidentified label P26.
Cass: (Jan86) Concert Artist CH TC 4005.
CD: (Jun95) Pearl GEMMCD9147.
Download: Pristine Classical PASC223.
>0076 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke & H.Fleming
3 Dec 1929 Kingsway Hall
[ab] Landon Ronald
[c] as “Royal Opera Orchestra”, Victor Hely-Hutchinson
This pseudonym was applied to several recordings made in 1929-32
whilst the LSO’s contract with HMV was linked to an agreement to
supply players for the opera seasons at Covent Garden.
[a] TCHAIKOVSKY Suite No.3 in G Op.55 : Theme & Vars. Cc17901-5
[b] TCHAIKOVSKY Chant sans paroles in F Op.2/3 Cc17906
[c] HELY-HUTCHINSON A Carol Symphony : A Noël Fantasy Cc17907-8
78rpm: [ab] (Mar30) D1798-00 = (Nov32) auto D7369-71,
[c] (Dec30) C1968.
CD: [ab] (’09) Historic Recordings HRCD0005 private issue.
>0077 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke
[a] 10 & [abc] 11 Dec 1929 Kingsway Hall
[a] two sides (17912/13) re-made 11 Apr 1930
as “Royal Opera Orchestra”, John Barbirolli
These sessions are listed in HMV’s contractual account with the LSO.
[a] LUIGINI Ballet russe Op.23 Cc17911-14
[b] GRIEG Symphonic Dance Op.64/4 Cc17919-20
[c] WALLACE Maritana : Overture Cc17921-22
78rpm: [c] (Nov30) C1927,
[b] (Jly38) C1928,
[a] (Jan31) C1948-49.
CD: [c] (’10) Historic Recordings HRCD0055 private issue.
>0078 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke & Robert Beckett
16 Dec 1929 Kingsway Hall
as “Symphony Orchestra”, Malcolm Sargent
These sessions are listed in HMV’s contractual account with the LSO.
[a] SIBELIUS Finlandia Op.26 Cc17931-32
[b] MENDELSSOHN Ruy Blas - Overture Op.95 Cc17933-34
[c] SCHUBERT Rosamunde Op.26 D797 : Overture Cc17935-37
[c] Coupled with Brahms on Cc11677, recorded with the ROHO in Oct 27.
78rpm: [b] (Feb30) C1813; Victor 9733X,
[a] (Mar30) C1827,
[c] (Jun30) C1873-74.
>0079 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke, H.Fleming & F.Rennie
[a] 19 & [ab] 20 Dec 1929 Queen’s Hall
[a] Mischa Elman (violin); John Barbirolli
[a] TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D Op.35 CR2471-78
[b] LALO Two Aubades CR2479-80
[b] Unpublished.
78rpm: [a] (Sep30) DB1405-8 = auto D7057-60; Victor set 79 = 8186-89.
LP: [a] (c82) Discocorp RR318,
[a] (Mar84) Pearl GEMM270,
[a] (Sep89) B.B.C. REH717.
CD: [a] (Sep89) B.B.C. CD717,
[a] (Dec90) Pearl GEMMCD9388,
[a] (May01) Naxos Historical 8 110912.
>0080 H.M.V.
“Recorded under the supervision of Rupert D’Oyly Carte” Eng: Arthur Clarke
4-6 Feb, 14&24 Mar 1930 Kingsway Hall
one side (18643) re-made 4 Jun 1930 Queen’s Hall
chorus, as “Orchestra”, Malcolm Sargent
The HMV Artist Sheets identify the orchestra as the LSO.
SULLIVAN HMS Pinafore Cc18636-49/98/704-5/13
Henry Lytton (baritone) Sir Joseph Porter
George Baker (baritone) Captain Corcoran
Charles Goulding (tenor) Ralph Rackstraw
Darrell Fancourt (bass) Dick Deadeye
Sydney Granville (baritone) Bob Bobstay
Stuart Robertson (baritone) Bob Becket
Elsie Griffin (soprano) Josephine
Nellie Briercliffe (soprano) Hebe
Bertha Lewis (contralto) Little Buttercup
The March sessions were recorded as duplicate matrices (CR2743-48/55-58)
by George Dillnutt in the mobile van, but these alternatives were not used.
78rpm: (Jly30) D1844-52 = auto D7230-38; Victor set C13 = 9937-45.
LP: (Nov55) ALP1293-94,
(Jun67) Music for Pleasure MFP2070 [abridged].
CD: (’88) Arabesque 2CD set Z8052,
(Jun94) Conifer 2CD set CDHD253-54,
(Jan96) Romophone 2CD set 89002.2,
(Mar03) Castle Pulse 4CD set PBXCD468.
The penultimate side of “Iolanthe” (Cc18092, originally recorded with an anonymous orchestra on 25 Oct 29) was re-made with the LSO on 6 Feb 30. Of the pre-war H.M.V. series of Savoy Operas, “HMS Pinafore” seems to be the only one entirely recorded by the LSO, though the orchestra was apparently engaged for parts of two more,“Patience” in Oct 30 &“Ruddigore” in Sep 31, and for the three abridged recordings made in Mar-May 31.
>0081 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke
[a] 8 & [abc] 11 Apr 1930 Kingsway Hall
[a] Landon Ronald
[bc] as “Royal Opera Orchestra”, John Barbirolli
These sessions are listed in HMV’s contractual account with the LSO.
[a] SCHUMANN-Glazunov Carnaval Op.9 Cc18734-36/45-47
[b] GLAZUNOV The Seasons Op.67 : Bacchanale Cc18748
[c] GLAZUNOV Les Ruses d’amour Op.61 : Ballabile Cc18749
78rpm: [a] (Aug30) D1840-42 = (Nov32) auto D7357-59,
[bc] (Nov30) C1930; Victor 11442.
CD: [a] (Jan11) Historic Recordings HRCD0079 private issue.
>0082 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke & S.E.Tunn
1 May 1930 Kingsway Hall
Rudolf Laubenthal (tenor), Friedrich Schorr (baritone), Albert Coates
WAGNER Die Meistersinger : Act III excerpts Cc18758-60
These sides were recorded as duplicate matrices (CR2777-79) by G.Dillnutt
& G.Castle in the mobile van and the published discs drew on both sources.
Further excerpts were recorded on 10 May 30 and in May 31.
78rpm: (Sep30) Electrola EJ567-68; Victor 7427-28,
(Apr31) D1990 [first two sides only].
LP: (Oct63) COLH137 [first two sides only].
CD: (Sep92) Pearl GEMMCD9944,
(Dec94) Preiser 2CD set 89214 [first two sides only],
(Jly97) Claremont CDGSE785070-71,
(Apr05) Preiser 89606.
Laubenthal and Coates recorded four more sides with
the New Symphony Orchestra on the following day.
>0083 H.M.V.
Eng: George Dillnutt, H.Fleming, S.E.Tunn & G.Castle
7 May 1930 Queen’s Hall
Albert Coates
[a] MUSORGSKY Khovanshchina : Dance of the Persian slaves CR2486-87
[b] GLINKA Kamarinskaya CR2488-89
78rpm: [a] (Nov30) D1855; Victor 11135,
[b] (Oct30) D1856; Victor 11482.
CD: [b] (Aug92) Koch 3 7700.2,
[a] (c04) Haydn House HH0017 private issue,
[a] (’09) Historic Recordings PAGCD0021 private issue.
Download: [a] Pristine Classical PASC304.
>0084 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: George Dillnutt
10 May 1930 Queen’s Hall
Friedrich Schorr (baritone), Albert Coates
[a] WAGNER Die Meistersinger : Jerum! Jerum! CR2494
[b] Aha! Da streicht die Lene CR2495
[c] Fliedermonolog CR2496-97
[a] Coupled with CR2493, recorded with the New SO on 9 May 30.
[b] Coupled with another excerpt on 2B543, recorded on 16 May 31.
78rpm: [a] (Nov30) D1866; Victor 7426,
[b] (Jan32) D2002; Victor 7428,
[c] (May31) Electrola EJ685; Victor 7425.
LP: [abc] (Feb51) Victor LCT1001; (Oct63) COLH137,
[bc] (May83) HLM7287 = 0C 137 54396M in 7LP set RLS7711;
(Jun83) Seraphim 6130.
CD: [a] (Dec90) Pearl GEMMCD9398,
[ab] (Sep92) Pearl GEMMCD9944,
[c] (Oct91) 4CD set CMS7 64008.2,
[abc] (Dec94) Preiser 2CD set 89214,
[abc] (Jly97) Claremont CDGSE785070-71.
>0085 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: George Dillnutt
12-13 May 1930 Queen’s Hall
Lauritz Melchior (tenor); [c] Otto Helgers (bass); Robert Heger
[a] WAGNER Siegfried : Act III excerpts CR2498-00
[b] Tristan und Isolde : Wohin nun Tristan CR2501
[c] Götterdämmerung : Act III excerpts CR2502-4
[d] Tristan und Isolde : Wie sie selig CR2505
78rpm: [ab] (Apr31) D1836-37, [cd] (Oct31) D1838-39;
Victor [a] 9812-13, [bd] 11136, [c] 7659,
[a] (Dec32) auto DB7252-70, see note to 16 May 29.
LP: [c] (Sep59) COLH105,
[bd] (Feb63) COLH132,
[a] (Ger:’63) Electrola E80745,
[c] (Ger:’72) 1C 147 01259-60M,
[(c)] (May83) HLM7285 = 0C 137 54394M in 7LP set RLS7711,
[bd] (May83) HLM7286 = 0C 137 54395M in 7LP set RLS7711;
[b(c)d] (Jun83) Seraphim 6130,
[bcd] (Aug85) Danacord DACO119-20,
[a] (Jly86) Danacord DACO171-76.
CD: [bcd] (Nov87) Danacord DACOCD315-16,
[a] (Nov87) Danacord DACOCD319-21,
[b(c)d] (May89) CDH7 69789.2,
[bd] (Oct91) 4CD set CMS7 64008.2,
[a] (Nov94) Pearl 7CD set GEMMCDS9137,
[a] (Jly04) Naxos Historical 8 110091-92,
[a] (Oct08) Gala 4CD set GL100668,
[c] (Oct08) Gala 4CD set GL100670.
Download: [a] Pristine Classical PACO114.
>0086 H.M.V.
Eng: Arthur Clarke, H.Fleming, George Dillnutt & G.Castle
16 May 1930 Queen’s Hall
[ab] Rudolf Laubenthal (tenor);
[c] as “Royal Opera Orchestra”; Lawrance Collingwood
The HMV monthly report and the Artist Sheets identify the orchestra as the LSO.
[a] BEETHOVEN Fidelio Op.72 : Gott! welch’ Dunkel hier! CR2506
[b] WAGNER Der Fliegende Holländer : Mit Gewitter CR2507
[c] DELIBES Naila Valse - Pas des fleurs CR2508
[c] Coupled with Gounod on CR2490, recorded with the New SO on 9 May 30.
[ab] Unpublished.
78rpm: [c] (Oct30) C1969; Victor 11442.
In HMV’s contractual account with the LSO, “Collingwood” is crossed out and
replaced by “Barbirolli & Melchior”, but their session later on the same day
was with the New SO, according to both the monthly report and matrix cards.
>0087 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke
[ab] 21 & [c] 23 May 1930 Kingsway Hall
as “Royal Opera Orchestra”, Eugene Goossens
The HMV monthly report identifies the orchestra as the LSO.
[a] CHABRIER Marche joyeuse Cc18784
[b] MENDELSSOHN Die Hebriden - Overture Op.26 Cc18785-86
[c] FRANCK Le Chasseur maudit Cc18791-93
[b] Unpublished.
78rpm: [ac] (Mar31) C2016-17.
CD: [ac] (Jly11) Historic Recordings HRCD0120 private issue.
>0088 H.M.V.
Eng: Arthur Clarke & S.E.Tunn
29 May 1930 Kingsway Hall
[abce] Lauritz Melchior (tenor); John Barbirolli
[a] LEONCAVALLO Pagliacci : Jetzt spielen Cc19608
[b] WAGNER Tannhäuser : Dir töne Lob Cc19609
[c] WAGNER Rienzi : Allmächt’ger Vater Cc19610
[d] DE GREEF Old Flemish Folk-Songs : No.2 Cc19611
[e] MEYERBEER L’Africaine : Land so wunderbar Cc19612
[d] Unpublished.
78rpm: [ae] (Jan31) Electrola EJ582,
[bc] (Feb31) Electrola EJ583; (Sep38) D2057; Victor 7656.
LP: [abce] (Ger:’72) 1C 147 01259-60M,
[be] (Nov81) Pearl GEMM228-29,
[c] (May83) HLM7282 = 0C 137 54391M in 7LP set RLS7711;
(Jun83) Seraphim 6130,
[b] (Sep85) 13LP set EX29 0169.3; (Dec85) Seraphim IM6143,
[abce] (Aug85) Danacord DACO119-20.
CD: [abce] (Nov87) Danacord DACOCD315-16,
[bc] (May89) CDH7 69789.2,
[c] (Jly90) Nimbus NI7812,
[abe] (Oct90) Nimbus NI7816,
[abce] (Jly94) Preiser 89086,
[bc] (Jun97) Preiser 89981,
[b] (Dec99) Testament 10CD set SBT0132.
>0089 H.M.V.
Eng: Arthur Clarke
2 Jun 1930 Kingsway Hall
as “Royal Opera Orchestra”, Eugene Goossens
The HMV monthly report identifies the orchestra as the LSO.
[a] ROSSINI-RESPIGHI La Boutique fantasque : excerpts Cc19617/20
[b] AUBER Le Cheval de bronze : Overture Cc19618-19
78rpm: [a] (Jan31) C1996; Victor 11147,
[b] (Mar31) C1997.
CD: [b] (Jly11) Historic Recordings HRCD0120 private issue.
>0090 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke & George Dillnutt
[a] 20, [b] 24, [cd] 26 Jun, [ef] 1 & [bg-k] 2 Jly 1930 Kingsway Hall
as “Royal Opera Orchestra”, Vincenzo Bellezza
These sessions are listed in HMV’s contractual account with the LSO.
[a] RESPIGHI Antiche Arie e Danze - Suite No.2 Cc19640-42/45
[b] MARINUZZI Suite Siciliana Cc19643-44
[c] ROSSINI L’Italiana in Algeri : Overture Cc19658-59
[d] VAN WESTENHOUT Ronde d’amour & Ma belle Bb19660-61
[e] MASCAGNI Le Maschere : Overture Cc19664-65
[f] PUCCINI Suor Angelica : Intermezzo Cc19666
[g] ROSSINI Tancredi : Overture Cc19667-68
[h] MASCAGNI Iris : Danza delle quecas Cc19669
[i] MONTEMEZZI L’Amore dei Tre Re : Prelude Act III Cc19670
[j] WOLF-FERRARI I Gioielli della Madonna : Intermezzo Cc19671
[k] MASSENET Manon : Gavotte & Menuet Bb19672-73
[d] Unpublished: “not effective for gramophone”
according to the Artist Sheet.
78rpm: [k] (Oct30) B3544,
[g] (Feb31) C1998; Victor 11137,
[c] (Jly38) C1999,
[e] (Mar31) C2018,
[a] (May32) C2345-46; Victor 11138-39,
[fh] (Italy: Nov30) S10223; [fi] Victor 11417,
[ij] (Italy: Dec30) S10224,
[b] (Italy: Nov30) S10226.
>0091 H.M.V.
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke & F.Bulkley
[ab] 15 & [abc] 18 Sep 1930 Kingsway Hall
[a] one side (19741) re-made 22 Nov 1930
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