Norman Del Mar
BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67
Analysis by Thomas Scherman and the “M.A.R. Orchestra”.
LP: (c54) MAR81; not released in UK.
>0336 DECCA
Pr: Peter Andry
13-14 Jly 1954 West Hampstead Studios
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Anthony Collins
MOZART Clarinet Concerto in A K622
Coupled with the Bassoon Concerto, recorded on 9-10 Aug 54.
LP: (Nov54) LXT2990; (Feb55) LL1135,
(Nov64) ACL240,
(Nov70) ECS567 (fake stereo).
CD: (Oct11) Australian Eloquence 480 3608,
(Feb16) Forgotten Records FR1161.
Download: Beulah.
>0337 DECCA
Pr: Peter Andry Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson
29-30 Jly 1954 Kingsway Hall
Julius Katchen (piano), Benjamin Britten
BRITTEN Diversions Op.21
Coupled with “Sinfonia da Requiem”, recorded in Denmark in Sep 53.
LP: (Nov54) LXT2981; (Feb55) LL1123,
(Apr69) ACL314,
(Jun77) ECS799 (fake stereo).
CD: (Apr89) 421 855.2LH2,
(c99) 460 837.2DF2,
(Mar06) 475 7221DC8,
(Nov06) 475 6051DC7,
(Dec12) Heritage HTGCD244,
(May13) Membran Documents 10CD set 600047,
(Jun13) 478 5538 = 478 5364DX66,
(Nov13) 478 5451DX13,
(Feb15) 478 7946DC53,
(Sep15) Praga Digitals PRD250315,
(Aug16) 483 0356DC35.
>0338 DECCA
Pr: Victor Olof Eng: Arthur Lilley
9-10 Aug 1954 West Hampstead Studios
Henri Helaerts (bassoon), Anthony Collins
MOZART Bassoon Concerto in B flat K191 (K186e)
Coupled with the Clarinet Concerto, recorded on 13-14 Jly 54.
LP: (Nov54) LXT2990; (Feb55) LL1135,
(Nov64) ACL240,
(Nov70) ECS567 (fake stereo).
CD: (Oct11) Australian Eloquence 480 3608.
Download: Beulah 2PD26.
Granville Jones would have led most sessions from here until Jly 56,
though William Armon (until Sep 55)
and Roy Davies (thereafter) probably deputized occasionally.
>0339 MUSIC-APPRECIATION RECORDS [U.S.A]
[ab] 23 & [cd] 24 Aug 1954 Abbey Road Studio 1
Norman Del Mar
[a] WAGNER Die Meistersinger : Prelude to Act I
[b] Tannhäuser : Overture
[c] Der Fliegende Holländer : Overture
[d] Lohengrin : Prelude to Act III
[cd] Unpublished.
LP: [ab] (c55) MAR124; not released in UK.
>0340 MUSIC-APPRECIATION RECORDS [U.S.A]
25&28 Aug 1954 Abbey Road Studio 1
Endre Wolf (violin), Walter Goehr
BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D Op.77
LP: (c54) MAR15; not released in UK.
>0341 DECCA
Pr: Victor Olof
15-16 Sep 1954 Kingsway Hall
Friedrich Gulda (piano), Anthony Collins
[a] MOZART Piano Concerto No.14 in E flat K449
[b] STRAUSS Burleske in D minor AV85
LP: [ab] (Feb55) LXT5013; (Apr55) LL1158.
CD: [b] (Mar99) Philips 456 820.2PM2,
[b] (Apr99) 460 296.2DF2,
[a] (Oct11) Australian Eloquence 2CD set 480 3442,
[b] (Dec13) Membran Documents 10CD set 600126,
[a] (Jun15) Deutsche Grammophon 482 2418GB10.
>0342 DECCA
Pr: Peter Andry Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson
4-7 Oct 1954 Kingsway Hall
Irma Kolassi (soprano), Raoul Jobin (tenor), Anatole Fistoulari
BERLIOZ La Damnation de Faust Op.24 : excerpts
MASSENET Werther : excerpts
LP: (Mar55) LXT5034; (Jun55) LL1154.
Download: Naxos Classical Archives 9 80307.
>0343 CAPITOL [U.S.A]
Pr: John Culshaw
20&25 Oct 1954 Wembley Town Hall
Gwynne Edwards (viola), Anatole Fistoulari
ADAM Giselle - ballet (abridged)
LP: (Apr55) P8306; (Sep55) CTL7097.
>0344 COLUMBIA
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Harold Davidson
[a] 17, [ab] 18 & [b] 20 Nov 1954 Abbey Road Studio 1
David Oistrakh (violin), Lovro von Matačić
[a] BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.26
[b] PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No.1 in D Op.19
LP: [ab] (Sep55) 33CX1268; (Jly55) Angel 35243,
[a] (Aug68) H.M.V. XLP30109,
[ab] (Feb75) 5LP set SLS5004 = 0C 177 05777-81 (fake stereo).
CD: [a] (Oct89) CDM7 69261.2,
[b] (Jan98) Testament SBT1116,
[b] (Aug04) 5 62888.2,
[a] (Mar06) 3 45758.2,
[ab] (Aug08) 17CD set 2 14712.2,
[a] (Mar12) Urania WS121 138,
[b] (Oct13) Regis 3CD set RRC3017,
[b] (Jun14) Membran Documents 10CD set 600158.
>0345 DECCA
Pr: Victor Olof Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson
25-27 Jan 1955 Kingsway Hall
Anthony Collins
[a] SIBELIUS Symphony No.5 in E flat Op.82
[b] Symphony No.6 in D minor Op.104
LP: [ab] (Sep55) LXT5083-84; (Nov&Dec55) LL1276-77,
[b] (Jun64) ACL228,
[a] (Jun69) ACL319,
[b] (Feb72) ECS603 (fake stereo),
[a] (May72) ECS605 (fake stereo);
[ab] (Sep74) Vox 5LP set VSPS15 (fake stereo).
CD: [b] (May94) Beulah 2PD8,
[a] (Jly94) Beulah 4PD8,
[ab] (Feb06) Beulah 4CD set 14PD8,
[ab] (Sep07) Australian Eloquence 2CD set 442 9493,
[ab] (Aug15) 478 8589DC11.
>0346 DECCA
Pr: Victor Olof
[a] 14 & [b] 18 Feb 1955 Kingsway Hall
Ruggiero Ricci (violin), Anthony Collins
[a] PAGANINI Violin Concerto No.1 in D Op.6
[b] Violin Concerto No.2 in B minor Op.7
LP: [ab] (Sep55) LXT5075; (Nov55) LL1215,
[a] (Jan59) ten inch LW5344,
[ab] (Mar73) ECS654 (fake stereo),
[ab] (Jan74) Turnabout TVS34527 (fake stereo).
CD: [ab] (Sep03) 475 105.2DC5,
[ab] (Feb15) 478 7946DC53.
From this point stereo recording was gradually introduced, but
it took around two years before mono recording was superseded.
>0347 H.M.V. stereo
Pr: John Cruft Eng: Robert Beckett (m), Christopher Parker (s)
22-23 Mar 1955 Kingsway Hall
Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Dino Fedri
[a] VOLONNINO Luntano, luntano 0EA18269
[b] CARLINI Questo foulard 0EA18270
[c] DI VEROLI Ritorna ancor 0EA18271
[d] LEO Ave Maria 0EA18272
[e] PAPARAZZO Senza amore 0EA18273
[f] ANGELELLI Valzer campagnolo 0EA18274
[g] FEDRI Donna Milena 0EA18275
[h] VISCO L’eterna canzone 0EA18276
[i] rehearsal for [d] (1 minute)
45rpm: [b] (Dec58) mono 7ER5115.
LP: [abdi] (Apr79) stereo HLM7151 = 0C 153 03476M
in 3LP set RLS732,
[cefgh] (Mar82) 3C 153 54010,
[b] (Mar86) 2LP set 103532.3.
CD: [a-i] (Feb99) Testament SBT1165.
>0348 H.M.V. stereo
Pr: Brian Culverhouse Eng: Robert Beckett (m), Christopher Parker (s)
4 May 1955 Abbey Road Studio 1
Peter Dawson (bass-baritone) [aged 73], Charles Mackerras
[a] Clancy of the overflow
[b] Mandalay Scena
45rpm: [ab] (Feb56) 7EG8157.
LP: [a] (’77) World Records SM414 in 4LP set,
[b] (Jan82) E.M.I. Australia OXLP7667 in 10LP set PD1 [mono],
[a] (Jan82) E.M.I. Australia OXLP7669 in 10LP set PD1 [stereo].
Download: [a] Beulah.
>0349 ARGO mono
Pr: Cyril Clarke Eng: Harley Usill
4-5 May 1955 Carlton Rooms, Maida Vale
[d] Alexander Young (tenor);
[cd] Goldsmiths’ Choral Union; Richard Austin
[a] Balfour GARDINER Overture to a Comedy
[b] Shepherd Fennel’s Dance
[c] April
[d] Philomela
LP: [a-d] (Jan56) RG69; not released in US.
>0350 H.M.V. mono
Pr: David Bicknell Eng: Neville Boyling
21 May 1955 Abbey Road Studio 1
PAGANINI Violin Concerto No.1 in D Op.6
Coupled with Sibelius, recorded with the LPO and Boult on 20 Jun 55.
LP: (Nov56) ALP1350; (Apr56) Victor LM1946.
CD: (Sep03) 10CD set 5 85562.2,
(Mar09) 50CD set 2 64131.2,
(Nov13) Bearac BRC3670 private issue,
(Oct15) Membran Documents 30CD set 600260.
Download: Naxos Classical Archives 9 80041.
>0351 DECCA mono
Pr: James Walker Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson
2-3 Jun 1955 Kingsway Hall
Anthony Collins
[a] SIBELIUS Night Ride and Sunrise Op.55
[b] Karelia Op.11 : Overture
[c] Pelleas et Melisande : four movements Op.46/2,7,8,9
[d] Pelleas et Melisande : Pastorale Op.46/6
[ac] Coupled with Symphonies Nos.5&6, recorded on 25-27 Jan 55.
LP: [a] (Sep55) LXT5083; (Nov55) LL1276,
[c] (Sep55) LXT5084; (Dec55) LL1277,
[bcd] (Dec55) ten inch LW5209,
[c] (Jun64) ACL228,
[ab] (Jun69) ACL319,
[cd] (Feb71) ECS581 (fake stereo),
[ab] (May72) ECS605 (fake stereo).
CD: [b] (Apr94) Beulah 1PD8,
[acd] (Jun94) Beulah 3PD8,
[a-d] (Feb06) Beulah 4CD set 14PD8,
[abc] (Sep07) Australian Eloquence 2CD set 442 9493,
[a-d] (Aug15) 478 8589DC11.
>0352 H.M.V. mono
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Neville Boyling
4-5 Jly 1955 Abbey Road Studio 1
Evelyn Rothwell (oboe), John Barbirolli
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Oboe Concerto in A minor
Coupled with the Tuba Concerto, recorded on 14 Jun 54.
LP: (Mar56) ten inch BLP1078, (Jun66) HQM1016,
(Sep79) Barbirolli Society SJB102.
CD: (Jly98) 2CD set CMS5 66543.2.
>0353 DECCA mono
1-2 Sep 1955 Kingsway Hall
Alexander Murray (flute), Horace Green (cor anglais),
Harold Beck (cello), Pierino Gamba [aged 18]
ROSSINI Le Siège de Corinthe : Overture
Guillaume Tell : Overture
Tancredi : Overture
Il Signor Bruschino : Overture
La Cenerentola : Overture
LP: (Dec55) LXT5137; (May56) LL1366,
(Nov63) ACL198,
(Jan70) ECM531 = ECS531 (fake stereo).
CD: (Mar13) Australian Eloquence 2CD set 480 3899,
(Feb15) 478 7946DC53.
>0354 COLUMBIA mono
Pr: Brian Culverhouse Eng: Christopher Parker
12 Sep 1955 Abbey Road Studio 1
George Weldon
[a] GRIEG Peer Gynt : Suite No.2 Op.55
[b] HOLST A Somerset Rhapsody Op.21/2 H87
[c] HOLST Marching Song Op.22/2 H88/2
[a] Coupled with the First Suite, recorded in Oct 52.
[bc] Coupled with “St.Paul’s Suite”, recorded with the Philharmonia in Sep 53.
LP: [a] (Sep56) ten inch 33S1091,
[bc] (Nov56) ten inch 33S1100,
[bc] (Mar66) H.M.V. XLP30049.
CD: [bc] (Jun97) Dutton CDCLP4002.
>0355 PARLOPHONE stereo
Pr: John Hughes Eng: Christopher Parker (s)
[a] 22 & [b] 23 Sep 1955 Abbey Road Studio 1
André Navarra (cello), Richard Austin
[a] BLOCH Schelomo - Hebrew Rhapsody
[b] TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme Op.33
Stereo version unpublished.
LP: [ab] (Dec57) PMC1046; (May56) Capitol P18012.
>0356 E.M.I. PATHÉ MARCONI [France] stereo
Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Douglas Larter
14-15 Nov 1955 Abbey Road Studio 1
Annie Fischer (piano), Igor Markevich
BARTÓK Piano Concerto No.3 in E Sz119
Coupled with the “Dance Suite”, recorded with the Philharmonia in Jan 54.
Stereo version unpublished on LP.
LP: (Jun58) H.M.V. ALP1588; not released on LP in US.
CD: (Mar88) Price-Less D15100,
(Apr96) 2CD set CZS5 68733.2,
(Apr14) Warner 8CD set 2564 634123.
>0357 COLUMBIA mono
Pr: Geraint Jones Eng: Harold Davidson
18 Nov 1955 Abbey Road Studio 1
Leonid Kogan (violin), Basil Cameron
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor Op.63
Coupled with Mozart’s K216, recorded with the Philharmonia on 23 Nov 55.
LP: (Nov56) 33CX1395; (Sep57) Angel 35344.
CD: (Jun02) Testament SBT1224.
>0358 DECCA mono
23-24 Nov 1955 Kingsway Hall
Arthur Bliss
[a] BLISS A Colour Symphony
[b] Introduction and Allegro
LP: [ab] (Jun56) LXT5170; (Oct56) LL1402,
[ab] (Nov64) ACL239,
[a] (Jly71) ECS625 (fake stereo),
[b] (Sep72) ECS649 (fake stereo),
[b] (Mar76) ECS783 (fake stereo).
CD: [ab] (Jun95) Dutton CDLXT2501,
[b] (Jun97) Belart 461 353.2,
[b] (Oct01) 2CD set 470 186.2,
[ab] (Sep11) Heritage HTGCD221,
[ab] (May13) Dutton 2CD set 2CDBP9818,
[ab] (Feb15) 478 7946DC53.
Download: [ab] Naxos Classical Archives 9 80004.
>0359 H.M.V. stereo
Pr: David Bicknell Eng: Francis Dillnutt (m), Christopher Parker (s)
[abc] 14, [def] 17, [gk] 19,
[cdhj] 21 & [efhijl] 22 Dec 1955 Abbey Road Studio 1
Antonietta Stella (soprano), Alberto Erede
[a] PUCCINI Gianni Schicchi : O mio babbino
[b] La Fanciulla del West : Laggiù nel Soledad
[c] Manon Lescaut : Sola, perduta, abbandonata
[d] Madama Butterfly : Un bel dì vedremo
[e] Madama Butterfly : Tu? tu? Piccolo Iddio!
[f] Turandot : Tu che di gel sei cinta
[g] La Bohème : Sì, mi chiamano
[h] Tosca : Vissi d’arte
[i] Suor Angelica : Senza mamma
[j] Madama Butterfly : Che tua madre
[k] La Bohème : Donde lieta
[l] Manon Lescaut : In quelle trine
[kl] Unpublished.
LP: [a-j] (Feb57) ALP1428 [mono]; not released in US.
45rpm: [achj] (Dec59) RES4253 [stereo].
CD: [a-j] (Oct98) Testament SBT1148 [abchj stereo].
>0360 DECCA stereo
Pr: James Walker Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson (m), James Brown (s)
15-16 Dec 1955 Kingsway Hall
Julius Katchen (piano), Pierino Gamba
[a] TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23
[b] LISZT Hungarian Fantasia S123
Stereo version unpublished.
LP: [ab] (May56) LXT5164; (Jly56) LL1423,
[ab] (Oct59) ACL63,
[a] (Oct69) ECM510 = ECS510 (fake stereo).
CD: [ab] (c99) 460 834.2DF2,
[b] (Mar02) 470 257.2DM,
[ab] (Aug16) 483 0356DC35.
Download: [ab] Naxos Classical Archives 9 80467,
[a] Beulah.
>0361 DECCA stereo
Pr: James Walker Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson (m), James Brown (s)
17-18 Jan 1956 Kingsway Hall
Anthony Collins
TCHAIKOVSKY Francesca da Rimini Op.32
Capriccio Italien Op.45
Stereo version unpublished.
LP: (Apr56) LXT5186; (Dec56) LL1441,
(Oct65) ACL258,
(Jun70) ECS546 (fake stereo).
CD: (’08) Bearac BRC3088 private issue,
(Oct11) Australian Eloquence 480 4849.
>0362 PARLOPHONE stereo
Pr: Brian Culverhouse Eng: Christopher Parker & Stuart Eltham
7,8&10 Feb 1956 Abbey Road Studio 1
Emanuel Young
BIZET Jeux d’enfants
Symphony in C
Stereo version unpublished.
LP: (Dec57) PMC1045; (Aug56) Capitol P18018.
>0363i DECCA stereo
Pr: James Walker Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson (m), James Brown (s)
9-10 Feb 1956 Kingsway Hall
Peter Katin (piano), Anthony Collins
[a] MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.25
[b] Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor Op.40
LP: [ab] (Jun56) LXT5201; (Nov56) LL1453,
[ab] (Oct62) ACL169,
[ab] (Nov71) ECS627; (Mar74) STS15236.
CD: [ab] (Aug89) 425 504.2DC,
[a] (Apr91) Pickwick PWK1154,
[ab] (Nov96) 452 410.2DF2,
[ab] (May04) Archipel ARPCD0203.
Download: [ab] Pristine Classical PASC279.
>0363ii [Additional entry] B.B.C. Studio Broadcast, first performance
13 Mar 1956 Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street
Jascha Horenstein
RATHAUS Symphony No.3 Op.50
Download: (Feb15) Pristine Classical PASC434.
>0363iii [Additional entry] B.B.C. Studio Broadcast
26 Mar 1956 Maida Vale Studio 1?
Nicolai Malko
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Tsar’s Bride : Overture
CD: (Nov15) Lyrita 4CD set REAM2120.
Excerpted from a broadcast of the complete opera.
>0364 H.M.V. stereo
Pr: Brian Culverhouse Eng: Christopher Parker
4 Apr 1956 Abbey Road Studio 1
[c] George Eskdale (trumpet); Charles Mackerras
[a] HANDEL-Harty Water Music : four excerpts
[b] HANDEL Berenice HWV38 : Minuet
[c] CLARKE-Wood Trumpet Voluntary
[d] JACOB Fanfare & God Save the Queen
[d] Unpublished.
45rpm: [abc] (Dec56) 7EP7031.
CD: [ab] (Oct02) Testament SBT1253 [stereo],
[b] (May13) Major Classics 2CD set M2CD014.
>0365 B.B.C. recorded live at two studio concerts
[a] 12 & [b] 25 Apr 1956 Maida Vale Studio 1 ?
[a] Louis Kaufman (violin); Bernard Herrmann
led by Granville Jones
[a] PISTON Violin Concerto No.1
[b] IVES Symphony No.2
LP: [a] (’7?) Discopaedia MB1050, unauthorized release.
CD: [a] (Jan91) Bay Cities BCD1019.
Download: [b] Pristine Classical PASC232.
>0366 Recorded live at a concert
19 May 1956 Royal Festival Hall
Louis Kaufman (violin), Bernard Herrmann
led by Granville Jones
R.Russell BENNETT Violin Concerto in the Popular Style
LP: (Dec76) Klavier Citadel CT6005; not released on LP in UK,
(’78) Musical Heritage Society MHS3974.
CD: (Mar90) Bay Cities BCD1008.
Download: Pristine Classical PASC232.
>0367 COLUMBIA stereo
This was the first LSO recording to be issued in stereo, in a short-lived
open reel tape format, a year before the first stereo discs appeared.
Pr: Brian Culverhouse Eng: Christopher Parker (s)
23-24 May 1956 Abbey Road Studio 1
Charles Mackerras
[a] COATES The Three Bears - Phantasy
[b] The Merrymakers - Overture
[c] Summer Days Suite : At the dance
[d] By the Sleepy Lagoon
[e] The Three Men Suite : The Man from the Sea
[f] London Again Suite : Oxford Street
[g] The Three Elizabeths : March
Tape: [a-g] (Jly57) BTD708 [stereo].
LP: [a-g] (Sep56) ten inch 33S1092; not released in US,
[a-d] (Jun67) H.M.V. XLP30071,
[a-g] (Jan78) Classics for Pleasure CFP40279,
[a-e] (Aug86) 2LP set CFPD41 4456.3.
CD: [a-e] (Sep88) 2CD set CDCFPD4456 = CDB7 62557.2,
[a-e] (Mar06) 2CD set 3 52356.2,
[a-g] (May10) Dutton CDVS1964,
[a-d] (Sep11) 5CD set 0 98189.2.
Download: [abdf] Beulah.
>0368 MERCURY [U.S.A] stereo
Pr: Alan Melville Eng: C.Robert Fine
[a] 3-4, [c] 4, [bd] 5 & [ef] 6 Jly 1956 Walthamstow Assembly Hall
[c] chorus; Antal Dorati
[a] MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.3 in A minor Op.56 “Scottish”
[b] MENDELSSOHN Die Hebriden - Overture Op.26
[c] BORODIN Prince Igor : Polovtsian Dances
[d] RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Golden Cockerel : suite
[e] MOZART Symphony No.36 in C K425 “Linz”
[f] MOZART Serenade No.13 in G K525
LP: [ef] (Jan57) MG50121 = (Aug59) SR90121; (Jan58) MRL2562,
[cd] (Dec56) MG50122 = (Feb59) SR90122; (May57) MRL2537,
[ab] (Dec57) MG50123 = (May60) SR90123; (Oct59) MMA11048,
[c] (Nov60) MG50265 = SR90265,
[b] (Jan63) MG50323 = SR90323,
[c] (Jan63) MG50327 = SR90327,
[d] (Oct63) MG50344 = SR90344,
[f] (Nov64) MG50412 = SR90412,
[ab] (Feb65) MGW14056 = SRW18056,
[e] (Jan67) SRW18064,
[cd] (Aug67) SRW18070,
[c] (Apr69) SR2 9130;
[cd] (Nov59) MMA11058 = AMS16008,
[ef] (May60) MMA11087, stereo not released in UK,
[d] (Oct65) Philips GL5822 = 642225GL,
[ab] (’67) Concert Hall SMSC2465,
[b] (Sep67) Philips 2LP set SDAL502 = D88124-25Y,
[cd] (May68) Fontana SFL14024 = 700425WGY,
[cd] (US: Dec73, UK: Jan83) SRI75016,
[cd] (Feb76) Philips 6582 012.
CD: [cd] (May92) 434 308.2MM,
[ab] (May96) 434 363.2MM,
[f] (May98) 434 398.2MM,
[ef] (Feb05) Haydn House HH2084 private issue,
[e] (Dec11) Antal Dorati Centenary Society ADE013,
[abcdf] (Mar15) 478 7896MB53.
SACD: [cd] (Sep04) 475 6194MSA.
Download: [abf] Beulah.
>0369 H.M.V. mono
Pr: Alan Melville Eng: Robert Beckett
[ab] 17, [cdi] 20, [ef] 23 & [bghjk] 26 Jly 1956 Abbey Road Studio 1
Lois Marshall (soprano), Hubert Dawkes (organ), Anthony Bernard
[a] MENDELSSOHN Elijah Op.70 : Hear ye, Israel
[b] HAYDN The Creation H.XXI.2 : With verdure clad
[c] HANDEL Samson HWV57 : Let the bright Seraphim
[d] HANDEL Solomon HWV67 : With thee
[e] HANDEL Solomon HWV67 : Bless’d the day
[f] HANDEL Judas Maccabaeus HWV63 : So shall the lute
[g] HANDEL Jephtha HWV70 : Farewell, ye limpid springs
[h] HAYDN The Seasons H.XXI.3 : Oh, how pleasing
[i] HANDEL Messiah HWV56 : Rejoice greatly
[j] HANDEL Messiah HWV56 : I know that my
[k] HAYDN The Creation H.XXI.2 : And God said
[ijk] Unpublished: the masters were destroyed in Aug 59.
LP: [a-h] (Sep57) CLP1127; (Nov57) Angel 35531.
CD: [bdeh] (’92) CBC Records PSCD2001.
Download: [a-h] Naxos Classical Archives 9 80620.
Hugh Maguire would have led most sessions from here until Jly 62,
though Norman Nelson or Peter Gibbs probably deputized occasionally.
>0370 H.M.V. (in association with the British Council) stereo
Eng: Neville Boyling (m), Christopher Parker (s)
3 Aug 1956 Kingsway Hall
Elizabeth Fretwell (soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano),
Alexander Young (tenor), Marie Goossens (harp), Walter Susskind
ROSSINI Otello : Canzone del gondolier & Assisa a piè 2EA18840-41
These matrices were transferred from tape on 1 Jan 57.
Stereo version unpublished.
78rpm: (Sep58) History of Music in Sound HMS85.
LP: (Sep58) HLP20; (Jan60) Victor 3LP set LM6146.
45rpm: (Apr61) 7EP7111.
>0371 DECCA mono
Pr: Christopher Whelan Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson
11-13 Oct 1956 Kingsway Hall
Mischa Elman (violin), Anatole Fistoulari
[a] BRUCH Violin Concerto No.2 in D minor Op.44
[b] MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64
[b] Unpublished: “an attempt to record violin concertos with
Mischa Elman late in his career proved little short of disastrous”
(Culshaw, “Putting the Record Straight” page 132).
LP: [a] (May57) ten inch LW5290; not released in US.
CD: [a] (Mar04) Testament 4CD set SBT4 1343.
>0372 DECCA stereo
Pr: Christopher Whelan Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson (m), Gordon Parry (s)
15&19 Oct 1956 Kingsway Hall
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