Aubrey Brain: Some Commercial Orchestral Recordings
Auber: Masaniello Overture BBC SO/ Boult. CD: Dutton CDBP 9763 “Sir Adrian Boult Conducts The B.B.C. S.O.” (2006)
DB 2364 2EA 878-3A Part 1 2 Nov. 1934
2EA 879-2A Part 2 2 Nov. 1934
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F BWV 1046 Busch Chamber Players, Bradley (Second Horn), Rothwell (Oboe)/ Busch. COLC 13; CD: EMI CHS 7 64047 2; EMI CDH 7 64 046-2; Sotone Historic Recordings CD 104
LX436 CAX7625-1 1st movt. Allegro 13 Oct. 1935
CAX7626-1 2nd movt. Adagio 13 Oct. 1935
LX437 CAX7527-1 3rd movt. Allegro 13 Oct. 1935
CAX7528-1 4th movt. Menuetto, Trio no.1 13 Oct. 1935
LX438 CAX7629-1 5th movt. Polacca, Trio no.2 13 Oct. 1935
Bach arr. Elgar: Fantasia & Fugue in C minor RAHO/ Elgar
D 614 Cc758-2 7 Dec. 1921
Side filler:
Cc759-3 Elgar: King Olaf – Ballad: A little bird in the Air 7 Dec. 1921
Bach arr. Elgar: Fantasia & Fugue in C minor RAHO/ Elgar
D 838 Cc3729-1 26 Oct. 1923
Bach arr. Elgar: Fantasia & Fugue in C minor RAHO/ Elgar. CR346-1A; CR347-1A. Rec. Queen’s Hall, 28 April 1926. LP: box set, Images Of Elgar Recordings and Photographs (RLS 708) 1972
Bach arr. Elgar: Fantasia & Fugue in C minor (Fugue) LSO/ Coates. Kingsway Hall, 11 Oct. 1928
D 1560 Cc13709-1 Fugue 11 Oct. 1928
Bach arr. Wood: Suite No.6 for full orchestra NQHO/ Wood
L 1684 AX 909-2 Prelude, Lament 5 Feb. 1925
AX 910-2 Scherzo 5 Feb.1925
L 1685 AX 911-1 Gavotte and Musette 5 Feb. 1925
AX 912-1 Finale 5 Feb. 1925
Balfour Gardiner: Shepherd Fennel’s Dance RAHO/ Ronald
D 159 0765 Cc4567 8 Sep. 1921
NB, an earlier recording of Shepherd Fennel’s Dance (0765 z6575f) was made 14 Sep. 1912, issued also on D 159.
Bantock: Pierrot of the Minute Overture (1908) NQHO/ Wood
L 1463 75237-2 Part 1 11 Dec. 1922
75238-2 Part 2
11 Dec. 1922
Beethoven: Coriolan Overture op.62. RAHO/Ronald
D 690 Cc2176-3 Part 1 27 Nov. 1922
Cc2177-2 Part 2
27 Nov. 1922
Beethoven: Fidelio Act 1: Leonora’s Aria: Abscheulicher wo eilst du hin? – Komm Hoffnung. Leider (S), Orchestra (LSO)/ Barbirolli. CD: Historic Recordings: Frida Leider. Lebendige Vergangenheit. Mono 89004; Naxos Historical The Great Singers S.110781-82 (2003).
D1497 Cc12956-1 Part 1 Abscheulicher wo eilst du hin? 8 May 1928
Cc12957-1 Part 2 Komm Hoffnung 8 May 1928
Beethoven: Leonora Overture no.3 in C major op.72b RAHO/ Ronald
D 145 0701 ac5598f Part 1 21 Oct. 1911
0702 ac5599f Part 2 21 Oct. 1911
D 146 0703 ac5600f Part 3 conclusion 21 Oct. 1911
Side filler:
2-0553 Ho829f Fair at Sorochinsk – Gopak (Mussorgsky) 22 May 1915
Beethoven: Leonora Overture no.3 in C major op.72b NQHO/ Wood
L1978
WRAX2467-2 Part 1 28
Feb. 1927
WRAX2468-2
Part 2 28
Feb. 1927
L1979
WRAX2469-1 Part 3 28 Feb.
1927
WRAX2470-1 Part 4 28 Feb. 1927
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor op.37 Solomon (piano), BBC SO/ Boult. DB 6197-98. 8, 9 Aug. 1944. CD: CDLX 7015, Jan. 2003
1st movt. Allegro con brio
2nd movt. Largo
3rd movt. Rondo – Allegro and Presto
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major op.73 “Emperor” Lamond (piano), RAHO/ Goossens
D 625 Cc1182-1 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro 4 April 1922
Cc1183-1 Part 2 1st movt. 4 April 1922
D 626 Cc1184-3 Part 3 1st movt. 4 April 1922
Cc1185-4 Part 4 1st movt 4 April 1922
D 627 Cc1186-2 Part 5 1st movt. (conclusion) 4 April 1922
Cc1187-1 Part 1 2nd movt. Adagio, un poco mosso 4 April 1922
D 628 Cc1188-2 Part 2 2nd movt. (conclusion). 4 April 1922
Cc1189-4 Part 1 3rd movt. Rondo (Allegro-Piu allegro) 27 April 1922
D 629 Cc1190-3 Part 2 3rd movt. 27 April 1922
Cc1191-2 Part 3 3rd movt. (conclusion) 27 April 1922
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major op.73 “Emperor” Backhaus (piano), RAHO/ Ronald. Album 34; auto D 7626-7629. Queen’s Hall, 27 Jan.1927. Also issued on ’78 Electrola EJ 112-5. CD: Biddulph Piano Series LHW37; Toshiba/Shinseido SGR 1509; Andante 2995
D 1198 CR 938-2 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro 27 Jan.1927
CR 939-2 Part 2 1st movt. 27 Jan.1927
D 1199 CR 940-2A Part 3 1st movt. Allegro 27 Jan.1927
CR 941-1 Part 4 1st movt. 27 Jan.1927
D 1200 CR 942-1 Part 1 2nd movt. Adagio un poco mosso 27 Jan.1927
CR 943-2 Part 2 2nd movt. Part 1 3rd movt: Rondo Allegro 27 Jan.1927
D 1201 CR 944-2A Part 2 3rd movt 27 Jan.1927
CR 945 Part 3 3rd movt. 27 Jan 1927
Beethoven: Prometheus Overture op.43 Symphony Orchestra (LSO)/Coates. Victor black label 9048. Kingsway Hall, 6 Jan 1927
D 1163 CR909-2A 6 Jan 1927
Beethoven: Prometheus Overture op.43. BBC SO/ Toscanini. CD: Grammofono AB 78616. Queen’s Hall, June 1 1939
Beethoven: Symphony No.1 in C major op.21 Old RPO/ Henschel
L 1889 WRAX 2284-1 Part 1 1st movt. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio
14 Dec. 1926
WRAX 2285-1 Part 2 1st movt. 14 Dec. 1926
L 1890 WRAX 2286-2 Part 3 1st movt. (conclusion) 14 Dec. 1926
WRAX 2287-5 Part 1 2nd movt. Andante cantabile con moto
4 Feb. 1927
L 1891 WRAX 2303-6 Part 2 2nd movt. (conclusion) 4 Feb. 1927
WRAX 2304-2 3rd movt. Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace)
21 Dec. 1926
L 1892 WRAX 2305-1 Part 1 4th movt. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace
21 Dec. 1926
WRAX 2306-2 Part 2 4th movt. (conclusion) 21 Dec. 1926
Beethoven: Symphony No.1 in C major op.21 BBC SO/ Toscanini. DB 3537-39; DBS 3540. 2ER 241-247. Record Library Series 315; auto DB 8520-1, DBS 8522, DB 8523. CD: Dutton CDEA 5004; Biddulph WHL 008-009. Queen’s Hall, 25 Oct. 1937
1st movt. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio.
2nd movt. Andante cantabile con moto
3rd movt. Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace) & Trio
4th movt. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace
Beethoven: Symphony No.2 in D major op.36 LSO/ Beecham. Scala Theatre, London, 9 & 10 Nov. 1926
L 1864 WRAX 2142-2 Part 1 1st movt: Adagio molto: Allegro con brio
9 Nov. 1926
WRAX 2143-2 Part 2 1st movt. 9 Nov. 1926
L 1865 WRAX 2144-2 Part 1 2nd movt. Larghetto 9 Nov. 1926
WRAX 2145-2 Part 2 2nd movt. 9 Nov. 1926
L 1866 WRAX 2149-3 Part 3 2nd movt. 10 Nov.1926
WRAX 2150-2 3rd movt. Scherzo: Allegro 10 Nov. 1926
L 1867 WRAX 2151-2 Part 1 4th movt. Allegro molto 10 Nov. 1926
WRAX 2152-2 Part 2
4th movt. 10 Nov. 1926
Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E flat major op.55 (Eroica) SO (LSO)/ Coates. Album Series No.30; auto D 7547-52. Kingsway Hall. See also Prometheus Overture (D 1163). CD: Claremont CDGSE78-50-55
D 1158 CR678-3A Part 1 1st movt. Allegro con brio 16 Sep. 1926
CR679-1 Part 2 1st movt. 16 Sep. 1926
D 1159 CR680-2A Part 3 1st movt. 16 Sep. 1926
CR681-1 Part 1 2nd movt. – Adagio assai 16 Sep.1926
D 1160 CR682-1A Part 2 2nd movt. 16 Sep.1926
CR683-1A Part 3 2nd movt. 16 Sep. 1926
D 1161 CR684-3A Part 4 2nd movt. 26 Oct. 1926
CR685-1 3rd. movt. Scherzo, Allegro vivace 26 Oct. 1926
D 1162 CR686-1 Part 1 4th movt. Finale (Allegro molto) 16 Sep. 1926
CR687-1 Part 2 4th movt. 16 Sep. 1926
D 1163 CR688-1 Part 3 4th movt. (conclusion) 6 Jan. 1927
(side-filler:)
CR 909-2A Prometheus Overture Op.43, D studio, small Queen’s Hall.
6 Jan. 1927
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E Flat major op.55 (Eroica) NQHO/ Wood
L1868 WRAX2212-1 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro con brio 28 Nov 1926
WRAX2213-1 Part 2 1st movt. 28 Nov 1926
L1869 WRAX2214-1 Part 3 1st movt. 28 Nov 1926
WRAX2215-1 Part 4 1st movt. 28 Nov 1926
L1870 WRAX2216-2 Part 1 2nd movt. Adagio assai 28 Nov 1926
WRAX2249-1 Part 2 2nd movt. 2 Dec.1926
L1871 WRAX2250-1 Part 3 2nd movt. 2 Dec. 1926
WRAX2251-2 Part 4 2nd movt. 2 Dec. 1926
L1872 WRAX2252-1 Part 5 2nd movt. 2 Dec. 1926
WRAX2253-1 Part 1 3rd movt. Scherzo, Allegro vivace 2 Dec. 1926
L1873 WRAX2254-2 Part 2 3rd movt. 2 Dec. 1926
WRAX2262-1 Part 1 4th movt. Finale (Allegro molto) 5 Dec. 1926
L1874 WRAX2263-2 Part 2 4th movt. 5 Dec. 1926
WRAX2264-3 Part 3 4th movt. 5 Dec. 1926
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B Flat major op.60 BBC SO/ Toscanini. DB 3896-99; auto DB8733-6; Record Library Series 334. 2EA 7959-66. Queen’s Hall, 1 June 1939. CD: Biddulph WHL 008-09; Dutton CDEA 5004; Naxos 8110854
1st movt. Adagio – Allegro vivace
2nd movt. Adagio
3rd movt. Allegro vivace
4th movt. Allegro ma non troppo
Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor op.67 LSO/ Weingartner
L 1640 AX 725-2 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro con brio 6 Nov. 1924
AX 726-2 Part 2 1st movt. (conclusion) 6 Nov. 1924
L 1641(2) AX 727-2-3 Part 1 2nd movt. Andante con moto – Piu mosso – Tempo I
13 March 1925
AX 728-2. Part 2 2nd movt. (conclusion) 6 Nov. 1924
L 1642 AX 729-1 3rd movt. Allegro ?7 Nov. 1924
AX 732-2 Part 1 4th movt. Allegro – Presto ?7 Nov. 1924
L 1643 AX 731-1 Part 2 4th movt. ?7 Nov. 1924
AX 732-2 Part 3 4th movt. (conclusion) ?7 Nov. 1924
Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor op.67 RAHO/ Ronald
D 665 Cc1812-4 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro con brio 24 Oct. 1922
Cc1813-3 Part 2 1st movt. (conclusion) 24 Oct. 1922
D 666 Cc1814-4 Part 1 2nd movt. Andante con moto – Piu mosso – Tempo I
24 Oct. 1922
Cc1815-1 Part 2 2nd movt. (conclusion) 24 Oct. 1922
D 667 Cc1948-2 3rd movt. Allegro 10 Oct. 1922
Cc1949-1 Part 1 4th movt. Allegro - Presto 10 Oct. 1922
D 668 Cc2017-1 Part 2 4th movt. 24 Oct. 1922
Cc1950-2 Part 3 4th movt. (conclusion) 10 Oct. 1922
Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor op.67 Old RPO/ Weingartner
L 1880 WRAX 2414-2 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro con brio 28 Jan. 1927
WRAX 2415-2 Part 2 1st movt. (conclusion) 28 Jan. 1927
L 1881 WRAX 2417-2 Part 1 2nd movt. Andante con moto – Piu mosso – Tempo I
29 Jan. 1927
WRAX 2418-2 Part 2 2nd movt. (conclusion) 29 Jan. 1927
L 1882 WRAX 2419-1 Part 1 3rd movt. Allegro 29 Jan. 1927
WRAX 2420-1 Part 2 3rd movt. (conclusion) & 4th movt. Allegro - Presto Part 1 29 Jan. 1927
L 1883 WRAX 2421-2 Part 2 4th movt 30 Jan. 1927
WRAX 2422-3 Part 3 4th movt. (conclusion) 30 Jan. 1927
Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in C minor op.67 (Instruments of the Orchestra). Issued April 1923. L 9421-25. See Also Schubert Ave Maria. Also issued on Col. 3198-20 (10 inch Columbia blue label)
Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F major op.68 (Pastoral) Old RPO/ Weingartner. CD: LYS 136
L 1893 WRAX 2363-1 Part 1 1st movt.Allegro ma non troppo 18 Jan. 1927
WRAX 2364-2 Part 2 1st movt. 18 Jan. 1927
L 1894 WRAX 2365-1 Part 3 1st movt (conclusion) 18 Jan. 1927
WRAX 2366-2 Part 1 2nd movt. Andante molto mosso 18 Jan. 1927
L 1895 WRAX 2377-3 Part 2 2nd movt. 19 Jan. 1927
WRAX 2378-1 Part 3 2nd movt. (conclusion) 19 Jan. 1927
L 1896 WRAX 2379-2 Part 1 3rd movt. Allegro 19 Jan. 1927
WRAX 2380-2 Part 2 3rd movt. (conclusion) & 4th movt. 19 Jan. 1927
L 1897 WRAX 2381-2 Part 1 5th movt. Allegretto 19 Jan. 1927
WRAX 2382-1 Part 2 5th movt. (conclusion) 19 Jan. 1927
Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F major op.68 (Pastoral) BBC SO/ Toscanini. DB 3333-37. Record Library Series 295; auto DB 8369-73. Queen’s Hall 22 June, 16 July, 21 & 22 Oct. 1937. CD: Biddulph WHL 009; World Classics 44013
Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A major op.92 Old RPO/ Weingartner
L1898 WRAX2323-2 Part 1 1st movt. Poco sostenuto – Vivace 20 Jan. 1927
WRAX2390-2 Part 2 1st movt. 25 Jan. 1927
L1899 WRAX2391-1 Part 3 1st movt. 25 Jan. 1927
WRAX2392-1 Part 1 2nd movt. Allegretto 25 Jan. 1927
L1900 WRAX2393-1 Part 2 2nd movt. 25 Jan. 1927
WRAX2394-2 Part 3 2nd movt. 25 Jan. 1927
L1901 WRAX2397-2 Part 1 3rd movt. Presto 26 Jan. 1927
WRAX2398-2 Part 2 3rd movt. 26 Jan. 1927
WRAX2400-2 Part 2 4th movt. 26 Jan. 1927
Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A major op.92 BBC SO/ Toscanini. CD: BBC Legends BBCL 4016. Queen’s Hall, 12 June 1935
Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A major op.92 BBC SO/ Mengelberg. Rec. 1938. CD: Archiv Documents ADCD III “The Mengelberg Edition Vol.5”
N.B., Aubrey Brain returned
as co-principal horn of the LSO with Thomas Busby in November 1923, following
the departure of Alfred Brain, who emigrated to America in September 1922. Thomas Busby or Henri van der Meerschen will
be heard in the principal horn solos on any recordings between September 1922
and November 1923. The co-principal arrangement lasted until Busby’s
resignation on 4 April 1924 so any recordings between these dates will be
either Aubrey Brain or Thomas Busby. See Stephen Pettitt, Dennis Brain a
biography, Hale, 1989, pp.42-43.
(1) AX244-2 Part 2 1st movt. 27 Nov.1923
L1539 AX245-1 2nd movt. Allegro scherzando 27 Nov. 1923
AX246-2 Part 1 3rd movt. Tempo di menuetto 27 Nov. 1923
L1540 AX247-2 Part 2 3rd movt. 27 Nov. 1923
AX248-1 Part 1 4th movt. Allegro vivace 27 Nov. 1923
L1541 AX249-2 Part 2 4th movt. 27 Nov. 1923
Side-filler:
AX259-2 Tempest-Entracte, Ferdinant & Miranda (Weingartner)
Note, a later recording was made of the first movement:
L1538 AX243-3 Part 1 1st movt 6 Nov.1924
(2) AX244-2 Part 2 1st movt. 6 Nov. 1924
Beethoven: Symphony No.8 in F major op.93 Old RPO/ Weingartner
L 1903 WRAX 2412-2 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro vivace e con brio 28 Jan. 1927
WRAX 2413-2 Part 2 1st movt. (conclusion) 28 Jan. 1927
L 1904 WRAX 2404-2 2nd movt. Allegretto scherzando 27 Jan. 1927
WRAX 2405-2 3rd movt. Tempo di menuetto 27 Jan. 1927
L 1905 WRAX 2406-2 Part 1 4th movt. Allegro vivace 27 Jan. 1927
WRAX 2407-2 Part 2
4th movt. (conclusion) 27 Jan. 1927
Beethoven: Symphony No.8 in F major op.93 BBC SO/ Boult. Matrix nos. 2B2980-85; auto DB7172-74. LP: Pearl GEMM 264 (1983); Beulah 1PD12. 21 July 1932
DB 1764 1st movt. Allegro vivace e con brio. 2nd movt. Part 1 Allegretto scherzando.
DB 1765 2nd movt, Part 2. 3rd movt. Tempo di menuetto
DB 1766 4th movt. Allegro vivace
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in D minor op.125 SO (LSO), soloists and chorus/ Weingartner. Soloists: Licette (S), Brunskill (C), Eisdell (T), Williams (B). CD: TRAX 125
L 1775 WAX 1350-3 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
16 March 1926
WAX 1351-2 Part 2 1st movt. 16 March 1926
L 1776 WAX 1352-1 Part 3 1st movt. 16 March 1926
WAX 1353-2 Part 4 1st movt. (conclusion). 16 March 1926
L 1777 WAX 1354-3 Part 1 2nd movt. Molto Vivace 17 March 1926
WAX 1355-2 Part 2 2nd movt. 17 March 1926
L 1778 WAX 1356-1 Part 3 2nd movt. (conclusion) 17 March 1926
WAX 1357-1 Part 1 3rd movt. Adagio molto e cantabile
17 March 1926
L 1779 WAX 1358-1 Part 2 3rd movt. 17 March 1926
WAX 1359-2 Part 3 3rd movt. 17 March 1926
L 1780 WAX 1360-2 Part 4 3rd movt. (conclusion) 17 March 1926
WAX 1361-2 Part 1 4th movt. Finale 17 March 1926
Licette, (S); Brunskill (C), Eisdell (T), Williams (B) & Chorus
L 1781 WAX 1362-2 Part 2 4th movt. 18 March 1926
WAX 1363-3 Part 3 4th movt. 18 March 1926
L 1782 WAX 1364-1 Part 4 4th movt. 18 March 1926
WAX 1365-2 Part 5 4th movt. (conclusion) 18 March 1926
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in D minor op.125 Philharmonic choir and soloists: Suddaby (S),Walker (C), Widdop (T), Robertson (B), SO (LSO)/ Coates. Album Series No.31; auto D 7580-87. Victor M-12 (16 sides). C Studio small Queen’s Hall, 14, 15, 19 Oct. 1926
D 1164 CR759-1 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
14 Oct. 1926
CR760-2 Part 2 1st movt. 14 Oct. 1926
D 1165 CR761-2A Part 3 1st movt. (conclusion) 14 Oct. 1926
CR762-1 Part 1 2nd movt. Molto Vivace 14 Oct. 1926
D 1166 2 CR763-2A Part 2 2nd movt. Molto Vivace 14 Oct. 1926
CR764-1 Part 3 2nd movt. 14 Oct. 1926
D 1167 CR765-1 Part 4 2nd movt. (conclusion) 14 Oct. 1926
CR766-1A Part 1 3rd movt. Adagio molto e cantabile 14 Oct. 1926
D 1168 CR767-2 Part 2 3rd movt. 15 Oct. 1926
CR768-1A Part 3 3rd movt. (conclusion). 15 Oct. 1926
D 1169 CR769-2 Part 1 4th movt. Finale 15 Oct. 1926
CR779-1A Part 2 4th movt. 19 Oct. 1926
D 1170 CR780-1A Part 3 4th movt. 19 Oct. 1926
CR781-2 Part 4 4th movt. 19 Oct. 1926
D 1171 CR782-1A Part 5 4th movt 19 Oct. 1926
CR778-2A Part 6 4th movt. (conclusion) 19 Oct. 1926
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in D minor op.125 Soloists: Baillie (S), Jarred (M-S), Jones (T), Williams (B), BBCSO/ Toscanini. CD: World Premiere Release: Music & Arts Programs of America Inc. CD-1144 (2004). From an original BBC broadcast, 3 November 1937, recorded in Queen’s Hall
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major op.61 Menges (violin), RAHO/ Ronald. 21 Aug. 1923, 4-7 & 21 Sep. 1923. Note that two versions of D 769 were made: the first has recording sessions for 5 and 21 Sep, 1923. On D 769(2), recording sessions were for 5 and 6 Sep. 1923
D 767 Cc3392-1 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro ma non troppo 4 Sep. 1923
Cc3398-2 Part 2 1st movt. 5 Sep. 1923
D 768 Cc3399-2 Part 3 1st movt. 5 Sep. 1923
Cc3400-3 Part 4 1st movt. 21 Aug. 1923
D 769(1) Cc3401-2 Part 5 1st movt. 5 Sep. 1923
Cc3406-3 Part 6 1st movt. (conclusion) 21 Sep. 1923
D 769(2) Cc3401-2 Part 5 1st movt. 5 Sep. 1923
Cc3406-2 Part 6 1st movt. (conclusion) 6 Sep. 1923
D 770 Cc3407-2 Part 1 2nd movt. Larghetto 6 Sep. 1923
Cc3408-3 Part 2 2nd movt. (conclusion) 21 Sep. 1923
D 771 Cc3413-2 Part 1 3rd movt. Rondo Allegro 6 Sep. 1923
Cc3414-2 Part 2 3rd movt. (conclusion) 7 Sep. 1923
Berlioz: Carneval Romain Overture op.9 BBC SO/ Boult. DB 2078; 2B 4685-86. Abbey Road Studio no.1, 20 Oct. 1933. CD: Dutton CDBP 9771 “Sir Adrian Boult Conducts The B.B.C. S.O. Volume 2” (2006)
Berlioz: King Lear Overture op.4 BBCSO/ Boult. DB 3093-94. Rec. Dec. 1936
CD: Dutton CDBP 9763 “Sir Adrian Boult Conducts The B.B.C. S.O.” (2006)
Berlioz: Les Francs-Juges Overture op.3 BBC SO/ Boult. DB 3131-32. 3 Dec. 1936. CD: Dutton CDBP 9763 “Sir Adrian Boult Conducts The B.B.C. S.O.” (2006)
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique op.14 LSO/ Weingartner
L 1708 WAX 1111-2 Part 1 1st movt. – Rèveries – Passions 29 Oct. 1925
WAX 1112-2 Part 2 1st movt. 29 Oct. 1925
L 1709 WAX 1113-2 Part 3 1st movt. (conclusion) 29 Oct. 1925
WAX 1114-2 Part 1 2nd movt. Un Bal 29 Oct. 1925
L 1710 WAX 1115-3 Part 2 2nd movt. (conclusion) 29 Oct. 1925
WAX 1116-2 Part 1 3rd movt. Scène aux Champs. 29 Oct. 1925
L 1711 WAX 1119-2 Part 2 3rd movt. 1 Nov. 1925
WAX 1120-1 Part 3 3rd movt. 1 Nov. 1925
L 1712 WAX 1121-3 Part 4 3rd movt. (conclusion) 1 Nov. 1925
WAX 1117-3 4th movt. Marche au supplice 1 Nov. 1925
L 1713 WAX 1122-3 Part 1 5th movt. Songe d’une nuit de Sabbat 1 Nov. 1925
WAX 1118-2 Part 2 5th movt. (conclusion) 1 Nov. 1925
Bizet: L’Arlesienne Suite No.1 & 2 (excerpts). RAHO/ Ronald
D 147 Ho360aj Suite No.1: Prelude; Minuet No.1 7 Jan. 1913
D 148 Ho385af Suite No.2: Farandole 6 Jan. 1913
Bizet: Carmen, Entracte Act 2 NQHO/ Wood
L1208R WRAX1977-2 Entracte Act 2 1 Oct. 1926
(2) WRAX1978-2 Entracte Act 2 1 Oct. 1926
L1209R WRAX1979-2 Ballet Music, Act 4 1 Oct. 1926
(2) WRAX1980-2 Ballet Music, Act 4 1 Oct. 1926
Borodin: Prince Igor: Overture Symphony Orchestra (LSO)/ Coates. Victor 9123. D Studio, small Queen’s Hall, 26 Oct. 1926. CD: Koch 3-7704-2. In this recording, Aubrey Brain used a B flat crook.
D 1210 CR815-1 Part 1 26 Oct. 1926
CR816-1 Part 2 26 Oct. 1926
Borodin: Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances LSO/ Coates. Victor 9474. Small Queen’s Hall, 24 Oct. 1927
D 1528 CR1554-1 Part 1 24 Oct. 1927
CR1555-1A Part 2 24 Oct. 1927
Borodin: Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances LSO/ Beecham
L 1811 WAX 1556-2 Part 1 2 June 1926
WAX 1557-2 Part 2 2 June 1926
L 1812 WAX 1558-2 Part 3 2 June 1926
Borodin: Prince Igor: Polovtsian March LSO/ Beecham. Col. 7193-M, 50130-D; Beecham Society WHS 105
L 2058 WAX 3159-1-2 20 Dec. 1927
Borodin: Prince Igor: Polovtsian March BBCSO/ Boult. DB3094. Rec. Jan. 1937. CD: Dutton CDBP 9763 “Sir Adrian Boult Conducts The B.B.C. S.O.” (2006)
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn op.56A Auto D 7396-98. LSO/ Casals. Rec. 1928. CD: GEMM CCD 9128
D 1376 Theme and Variation No.1: Poco più animato; No.2: Più vivace; No.3: Con moto
D 1377 Theme and Varation No.4: Andante con moto; No.5: Vivace; No.6: Vivace; No.7: Grazioso
D 1378 Theme and Variation No.6: Vivace No.7: Grazioso; No.8: Presto non troppo; Finale: Andante
Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos 19, 20 & 21 BBC SO/ Boult. DB 1804; 2B 3457. Kingsway Hall, 7 October 1932. CD: Dutton CDBP 9771 “Sir Adrian Boult Conducts The B.B.C. S.O. Volume 2” (2006)
Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 19, 20 & 21 BBC SO/ Boult. DB 3814. Rec. 1939.
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor op.15 Backhaus (piano), BBC SO/ Boult. 28, 29 Nov 1932, Studio No.1 Abbey Road. Album Series No.174; auto DB 7307-11. Also issued on Victor M 209. CD: Biddulph 7273641; Biddulph LHW017; Toshiba Shinseido SGR 1510; Andante 2995 (4 vols.) ARDI 1CD78569; EMI 566418-2 (2)
DB 1839 22B4709-2 Part 1 1st movt: Maestoso
22B4110-1 Part 2 1st movt.
DB 1840 22B4111-3 Part 3 1st movt: Maestoso
22B4112-1 Part 4 1st movt. (conclusion).
DB 1841 22B4113-2A Part 1 2nd movt. Adagio
22B4114-2 Part 2 2nd movt.
DB 1842 22B4115-2 2nd movt. (Cadenza);
Part 1 3rd movt. Rondo-Allegro non troppo
22B4116-1A Part 2 3rd movt.
DB 1843 22B4117-2A Part 3 3rd movt. (Cadenza)
22B4118-3A Part 4 (conclusion). 3rd movt.
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2 in B Flat major op.83 Schnabel (piano), BBC SO/ Boult. DB 2696-2701. 14 Nov. 1935. LP: COLH 82; H109 (World Record Club); CD: Pearl Gemm 9399; Naxos 8110665
1st movt: Allegro non troppo
2nd movt: Adagio
3rd movt: Rondo – Allegro non troppo
Brahms: Symphony No.1 in C minor op.68 LSO/ Abendroth. Album Series No.69; auto D 7348-52. 20 March 1928. CD: WHL052
D 1454 CR1749-1 Part 1 1st movt. Un poco sostenuto-Allegro-Meno allegro
20 March 1928
CR1750-1 Part 2 1st movt. 20 March 1928
D 1455 CR1751-1 Part 3 1st movt. (conclusion) 20 March 1928
CR1752-2A Part 1 2nd movt. Andante sostenuto 20 March 1928
D 1456 CR1753-1 Part 2 2nd movt. (conclusion). 20 March 1928
CR1748-2 3rd movt. Un poco allegretto e grazioso 20 March 1928
D 1457 CR1744-2 Part 1 4th movt. Adagio-Più andante-Allegro non troppo, ma con brio-Più allegro 20 March 1928
CR1751-1 Part 2 4th movt. 20 March 1928
D 1458 CR1746-1 Part 3 4th movt. 20 March 1928
CR1747-1 Part 4 4th movt. (conclusion) 20 March 1928
Brahms: Symphony No.1 in C minor op.68 Old RPO/ Weingartner. CD: Koch Legacy 3-7128- 2H1
L 2145 WAX 3476-3 Part 1 1st movt. Un poco sostenuto-Allegro-Meno allegro
11 April 1928
WAX 3477-2 Part 2 1st movt. 11 April 1928
L 2146 WAX 3478-1 Part 3 1st movt. (conclusion) 11 April 1928
WAX 3479-2 Part 1 2nd movt. Andante sostenuto 11 April 1928
L 2147 WAX 3480-2 Part 2 2nd movt. 11 April 1928
WAX 3481-1 3rd movt. Un poco allegretto e grazioso 11 April 1928
L 2148 WAX 3482-3 Part 1 4th movt. Adagio-Più andante-Allegro non troppo, ma con brio-Più allegro 11 April 1928
WAX 3483-2 Part 2 4th movt. 11 April 1928
L 2149 WAX 3484-1 Part 3 4th movt. 12 April 1928
WAX 3485-1 Part 4
4th movt. (conclusion) 12 April 1928
Brahms: Symphony No.2 in D major op.73 RAHO/ Ronald
D 871 Cc3429-4 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro non troppo 3 Dec. 1923
Cc3433-1 Part 2 1st movt. 12 Sep. 1923
D 872 Cc3434-2 Part 3 1st movt. 13 Sep. 1923
Cc3435-2 Part 1 2nd movt.Adagio non troppo 13 Sep. 1923
D 873 Cc3814-1 Part 2 2nd movt. 3 Dec. 1923
Cc4163-1 3rd movt. Allegretto grazioso (Quasi Andantino) – Presto ma non assai – Tempo 1 5 Feb. 1924
D 874 Cc4161-2 Part 1 4th movt. Allegro con spirito 5 Feb. 1924
Cc4162-2 Part 2
4th movt. 5 Feb. 1924
Brahms: Symphony No.2 in D major op.73 BBCSO/ Toscanini. Rec. 1938. CD: Testament SBT 1015
Brahms: Symphony No.4 in E minor op.98 LSO/ Abendroth 27 Mar. 1927. CD: TAHR TAH 102 (2); Biddulph WHL 053
D 1265 CR1235-1 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro non troppo 27 Mar. 1927
CR1236-2 Part 2 1st movt. 27 Mar. 1927
D 1266 CR1237-1 Part 3 1st movt. 27 Mar. 1927
CR1238-1 Part 1 2nd movt.Andante 27 Mar. 1927
D 1267 CR1239-1 Part 2 2nd movt. 27 Mar. 1927
CR1240-1 Part 3 2nd movt. 27 Mar. 1927
D 1268 CR1241-2 Part 4 2nd movt. (conclusion) 27 Mar. 1927
CR1242-1 Part 1 3rd movt. Allegro giocoso 27 Mar. 1927
D 1269 CR1243-1 Part 2 3rd movt. (conclusion) 27 Mar. 1927
CR1244-1 Part 1 4th movt. Allegro energico e passionato 27 Mar. 1927
D 1270 CR1245-1a Part 2 4th movt. 27 Mar. 1927
CR1246-1 Part 3 4th movt. (conclusion) 27 Mar. 1927
Brahms:
Symphony No.4 in E minor Op.98 BBCSO/ Walter. DB 2253-7. Auto DB1718-22;
Record Library Series 218. Rec. 1934. CD: Koch 37120-2
Brahms: Tragic Overture op. 81 Parts 1-3. Allegro ma non troppo-Molto più moderato – Tempo primo. BBC SO/ Toscanini. CD: Biddulph WHL 008-009; EMI CDH 7 69783 Queen’s Hall 25 Oct. 1937
Brahms:
Tragic Overture op.81 Parts 1-3. Allegro ma non
troppo-Molto più moderato – Tempo primo. BBC SO/ Boult. DB 1803-1804. See also
Hungarian Dances nos. 19, 20, 21 (DB 1804). Rec. 1932. CD: Dutton CDBP 9771
“Sir Adrian Boult Conducts The B.B.C. S.O. Volume 2” (2006)
Cherubini: Anacréon Overture (1803) BBC SO/ Toscanini. CD: BBC Legends 4016. Queen’s Hall, 3 June 1935
Cherubini:
Anacréon Overture (1803) BBC SO/ Mengelberg. BBC
b/c 1938. CD: Archiv Documents ADCD III. “The Mengelberg Edition Vol.5”
Debussy: L’Enfant Prodigue – Cortège et Air de Danse Old RPO/ Klenau
L 2001 WAX1310-2 19 Feb. 1926
Debussy: La Mer. BBC SO/ Toscanini. CD: EMI CDH 7 63044 2; CDH 7 69784. Queen’s Hall 12 June 1935
Debussy: Images Pour Orchestra, no.2: Iberia (1910) Old RPO/ Klenau. 19 Feb. 1926 L 1999-2001
L 1999 WAX1303-2 1. Part 1 Par les rues et par les chemins 19 Feb. 1926
WAX1304-2 1. Part 2 19 Feb. 1926
L 2000 WAX1305-2 2. Les parfums de la nuit 19 Feb. 1926
WAX1306-2 2. Part 2 19 Feb. 1926
L 2001 WAX1307-1 3. Le matin d’un jour de fête 19 Feb. 1926
Side filler:
WAX1310-2 L’Enfant prodigue. Cortège et air de danse (Debussy) 19 Feb. 1926
Debussy: Nocturne No.2: Fêtes RAHO/ Ronald
D 1000 Cc5863-3 10 Mar. 1925
Cc5864-2 10 Mar. 1925
Debussy: Nocturne No.1: Nuages SO (LSO)/ Coppola
C 1691 CK3048-2 No.1 Nuages, Part 1 31 May 1928
CK3049-2 No.1 Nuages, Part 2 31 May 1928
Debussy arr. Busser: Petite Suite LSO/ Godfrey
L 1786 WAX1344-1 1. En bateau 12 Mar. 1926
WAX1345-2 2. Cortege 12 Mar. 1926
L 1787 WAX1346-1 3. Menuet 12 Mar. 1926
WAX1347-1 4. Ballet 12 Mar. 1926
Debussy: Prelude à l’après midi d’un faune Old RPO/ Klenau
L 1772 WAX 1308-1 Part 1 19 Feb. 1926
WAX 1309-1 Part 2 19 Feb. 1926
Debussy: Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune RAHO/ Ronald
D 130 Cc 1802-2 8 Sep. 1922
Cc 1803-2 8 Sep. 1922
Delibes: Sylvia: Ballet RAHO/ Ronald
D 160 Ho406af Cortège de Bacchus 13 Jan. 1913
D 161 Ho427af (a) Intermezzo (b) Valse Lente 25 Jan. 1913
Ho447af Pizzicato
3 Feb. 1913
Delibes: Sylvia: Ballet Royal Opera Orchestra, Covent Garden/ Sargent. C 1417-18. Rec. Oct 1927
Delius: Brigg Fair – An English Rhapsody RAHO/ Goossens. D 799-800. 31 Dec. 1923. NB., an alternative take (Cc 4017-2) was used for D 799(2). Both versions have takes Cc 4018-1
D 799(1) Cc4017-1 Part 1 31 Dec. 1923
Cc4018-1 Part 2 31 Dec. 1923
D 799(2) Cc4017-2 Part 1 31 Dec. 1923
Cc4018-1 Part 2 31 Dec. 1923
D 800 Cc4019-2 Part 3 (conclusion) 31 Dec. 1923
Side-filler
Cc4081-1 Delius: On hearing the first Cuckoo in
Spring 15 Jan. 1924
Delius: Brigg Fair – An English Rhapsody SO (LSO)/ Beecham
L2294(1) WAX4335-5 Part 1 11 Dec. 1928
WAX 4441-2 Part 2 11 Dec. 1928
L2295 WAX4442-1 Part 3 11 Dec. 1928
WAX4443-2 Part 4 11 Dec. 1928
Delius: Dance Rhapsody No.1 NQHO/ Wood
L 1505 AX 26-1 Part 1 30 May 1923
AX 27-2 Part 2 30 May 1923
L 1506 AX 28-2 Part 3 30 May 1923
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo In Spring (No.1 of two pieces for small orchestra). Old RPO/ Beecham. Fyvie Hall, London. CD: Somm-Beecham 10; Naxos 811905
L 2096 WAX 3156-2 Part 1 19 Dec. 1927
WAX 3157-1 Part 2 19 Dec. 1927
Delius: Summer Night on the River (No.2 of two pieces for small orchestra). Old RPO/ Beecham. CD: CDLX 7011; Naxos 8110904
D 1638 WA 7621-2 Part 1 12 July 1928
WA 7622-1 Part 2 12 July 1928
Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet: Walk to the Paradise Garden. Old RPO/ Beecham. Rec. Fyvie Hall, London. CD: SOMM-Beecham 3; CDLX 7026
L 2087 WAX 3155-3 Part 1 19 Dec. 1927
WAX 3160-1 Part 2 20 Dec. 1927
Dvořák: Carnaval Overture op.92/ B.169 RAHO/ Ronald
D 1062 Cc7227-1 Part 1 10 Nov. 1925
Cc7228-2 Part 2 10 Nov. 1925
Dvořák: Slavonic Dances op.46/B.83, Book 1 LSO/ Godfrey
L 1830 WAX 1340-2 No.1 in C major 12 Mar. 1926
WAX 1341-2 No.2 in E minor 12 Mar. 1926
L 1831 WAX 1342-2 No.3 in A flat major 12 Mar. 1926
WAX 1343-2 No.4 in F major 12 Mar. 1926
Dvořák: Slavonic Dance no.8, op.46/B.83, Book 2 in G minor NQHO/ Wood
L 2313 WAX 4737-3 4 Mar.1929
Dvořák: Symphony No.9 in E minor op.95/B.178 “New World” (1893) RAHO/ Ronald. Album Series No.43; auto D 7553-57. Rec.1927
D 1250 1st movt. Parts 1 & 2 – Adagio
D 1251 2nd movt. Parts 1 & 2 – Largo
D 1252 2nd movt. Part 3, 3rd movt. Part 1 – Scherzo, Molto Vivace
D 1253 3rd movt. Part 2 – Scherzo, Molto vivace
4th movt. Part 1 – Allegro con fuoco
D 1254 4th movt. Parts 2 & 3 – Allegro con fuoco
Elgar: Concerto in B minor op.61 for Violin Sammons (V), NQHO/ Wood. LP: HMV Treasury HLM 7011 (1972). CD: AVIS AMSC 587; GEM0050; Naxos 8110951
L 2346 WAX 4785-1 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro 18 March 1929
WAX 4786-2 Part 2 1st movt. 18 March 1929
L 2347 WAX 4787-1 Part 3 1st movt. 18 March 1929
WAX 4788-1 Part 4 1st movt. (conclusion) 18 March 1929
L 2348 WAX 4789-1 Part 1 2nd movt. Andante 18 March 1929
WAX 4790-2 Part 2 2nd movt. 18 March 1929
L 2349 WAX 4791-2 Part 3 2nd movt. (conclusion) 18 March 1929
WAX 4792-2 Part 1 3rd movt. Allegro molto 18 March 1929
L 2350 WAX 4793-3 Part 2 3rd movt. 18 March 1929
WAX 4794-2 Part 3 3rd movt. 18 March 1929
L 2351 WAX 4846-1 Part 4 3rd movt. 10 April 1929
WAX 4847-1 Part 5
3rd movt. (conclusion) 10 April 1929
Elgar: Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in E minor op.85 Parts 1-6. Harrison (cello), NSO/ Elgar Auto D 7455-57. Kingsway Hall, 23 March 1928, 13 June 1928. LP: Box set, Images Of Elgar Recordings And Photographs RLS 708. CD: Claremont CDGSE 78-50-31; EMI 555221-2; EMI 754568-2 (3). Note that EMI give Royal Albert Hall Orchestra not New Symphony Orchestra
D 1507 CR1754-2A Part 1 1st movt: Adagio - Moderato
CR1755-2 Part 2 1st movt
D 1508 CR1758-1 Part 3 2nd movt. Lento – Allegro molto
CR1759-2 Part 4 3rd movt. Adagio
D 1509 CR1756-6A Part 5 4th movt. Allegro Moderato Allegro, ma non troppo.
CR1757-5A Part 6
4th movt (conclusion)
Elgar: Cockaigne – Concert Overture op.40 RAHO/ Elgar. CD: EMI 567298-2; EMI 567298-2
D 1110 CR332-1a Part 1 27 April 1926
CR333-2 Part 2 27 April 1926
D 1111 CR334-1a Part 3 27 April 1926
CR33501a Part 4 27
April 1926
Elgar: Cockaigne – Concert Overture op.40 BBC SO/ Elgar. DB 1935-36
Side-filler:
Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March No.4 in G. Rec. 1933. CD: EMI 754568-2 (3); HMV 574001-2
Elgar: Enigma Variations op.36 NQHO/ Wood. Issued May 1925
L 1629 AX 505-1 Theme; Var.1 Elgar’s wife (C.A.E.) 9 July 1924
AX 511-1 Var.2 Steuart-Powell (H.D.S.P.)
Var.3 R.B.Townsend (R.B.T.);
Var.4 W.Meath Baker (W.M.B.) 10 July 1924
L 1630 AX 512-1 Var.5 R.P.Arnold (R.P.A.)
Var.6 Miss Isabel Fitton (Ysobel) 10 July 1924
AX 513-2 Var.7 Arthur Troyte Griffith (Troyte)
Var.8 Miss Winifred Norbury (W.N.)
Var.9: A.J. Jaeger (Nimrod) 10 July 1924
L 1631 AX 514-1 Var.10 Dora Penny (Dorabella)
Var.11: Sinclair (G.R.S.) 10 July 1924
AX 515-1 Var.12: B.G. Nevinson (B.G.N.)
Var.13: Lady Mary Lygon 10 July 1924
L 1632 AX 516-2 Var.14: Sir Edward Elgar (E.D.U.) 10 July 1924
AX 522-3 Finale. 16 July 1924
Elgar: Enigma Variations op.36 RAOH/ Elgar. Album Series No.28; auto D 7564-67. Queen’s Hall, 28 April 1926, 30 August 1926 (CR341-3). Issued on box set LP, Images Of Elgar, Recordings and Photographs (RLS 708). CD: EMI 754564-2 (3); EMI 566979-2; CH4-TC-4023
D 1154 CR339-1A Theme: Var.1 Elgar’s wife (C.A.E.) 28 April 1926
CR340-1A Var.2 Steuart-Powell (H.D.S.P.);
Var.3 R.B.Townsend (R.B.T.)
Var. 4 W.Meath Baker (W.M.B.) 28 April 1926
D 1155 CR342-1A Var.5 R.P.Arnold (R.P.A.)
Var.6 Miss Isabel Fitton (Ysobel) 28 April 1926
CR343-1 Var.7 Arthur Troyte Griffith (Troyte);
Var.8 Miss Winifred Norbury (W.N.)
Var.9 “Nimrod” – A.J. Jaeger 28 April 1926
D 1156 CR344-1A Var.10 Dora Penny (Dorabella)
Var. 11 Sinclair (G.R.S)
Var. 12 B.G. Nevinson (B.G.N.)
Var. 13 Lady Mary Lygon 28 April 1926
D 1157 CR341-3 Var.14 Sir Edward Elgar 30 Aug. 1926
Elgar: Enigma Variations op.36 BBC SO/ Toscanini. Queen’s Hall, 3 June 1935. CD: EMI CDH 769784-2
Elgar: Enigma Variations op.36 BBC SO/ Boult. DB 2800-2; auto DB 8068-70. Rec. 1936.
Elgar: In The South (Concert Overture) op.50 RAHO/ Elgar
D 785 Cc760-4 Part 1 26 Oct. 1923
Cc844-2 Part 2 30 Dec. 1921
Cc845-2 Part 3 30 Dec. 1921
Cc846-1 Part 4 30 Dec.
1921
Elgar: Light Of Life (Lux Christi) Meditation op.29 (1896) RAHO/ Elgar
D 1017 Cc6031-2 The Light of Life: Meditation 16 April 1925
Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March op.39, no.1 & 2 RAHO/ Elgar. Rec. 1926. CD: ASV CDAJA5209; EMI 754568-2 (3)
D 1102 CR336-2a No.1 27 April 1926
CR337-1a No.2 27 April 1926
Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March op.39 nos.3 and 4 Queen’s Hall, 15 July 1927. LSO/ Elgar. LP (no.3 only) HMV Treasury HLM 7005; CD: EMI 754568-2 (3)
D 1301 CR 1454 No.3 in C minor 15 July 1927
D 1301 CR 1455 No.4 in G major 15 July 1927
Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance March op.39 nos.1, 2 and 4 Kingsway Hall (nos. 1 & 2), 7 Oct. 1932; Abbey Road (no.4) 11 April 1933. BBCSO/ Elgar. LP: HMV Treasury HLM 7005; CD: EMI 754568-2 (3); HMV 574001-2
DB 1801 2B 3456 No 1 in D major op.39 7 Oct. 1932
DB 1801 2B 3455 No 2 in A minor op.39 7 Oct. 1932
DB 1936 2B 4177 No 4 in G major 11 April 1933
Elgar: Symphony No.2 in E flat op. 63. RAHO/ Elgar. Note two versions of D 1012 were commercially issued. In the first, matrix 4307-2 was used, in the second, matrix 4307-1. Both versions are coupled with matrix Cc 4308-7. CD: GEMM CDS 9951/5 (3)
D 1012(1) Cc 4307-2 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro vivace e nobilemente 5 Mar. 1924
Cc 4308-7 Part 2 1st movt. 16 April 1924
D 1012(2) Cc 4307-1 Part 1 1st movt. 5 Mar. 1924
Cc 4308-7 Part 2 1st movt. 16 April 1924
D 1013 Cc 4309-3 Part 3 1st movt. (conclusion) 5 Mar. 1924
Cc 4310-2 Part 1 2nd movt. Larghetto 5 Mar. 1924
D 1014 Cc 4311-2 Part 2 2nd movt. 5 Mar. 1924
Cc 4395-2 Part 3 2nd movt. (conclusion) 3rd movt. Rondo (Presto)
20 Mar. 1924
D 1015 Cc 4396-2 Part 1 20 Mar. 1924
Cc 4397-1 Part 2 3rd movt. (conclusion) 20 Mar. 1924
D 1016 Cc 4398-2 Part 1 4th movt. Moderato e maestoso 20 Mar. 1924
Cc 4399-1 Part 2 4th movt. 20 Mar. 1924
D 1017 Cc 4400-2 Part 3 4th movt. (conclusion) 20 Mar. 1924
Side filler
Cc6031-2 The Light of Life (Elgar) Meditation 16 April 1925
Elgar: Symphony No.2 in E flat op. 63 LSO/ Elgar. Album Series No.42; auto D 7558-63. Queen’s Hall, 1 April 1927, 15 July 1927. LP: Box set RLS 708, Images Of Elgar Recordings And Photographs. CD: EMI 754560-2 (3); EMI 567297-2.
D 1230 CR1268-1 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro vivace e nobilemente
CR1269-1A Part 2 1st movt.
D 1231 CR1270-1 Part 3 1st movt.
CR1271-1A Part 4 1st movt.
D 1232 CR1272-2 Part 1 2nd movt. Larghetto
CR1273-1 Part 2 2nd movt.
D 1233 CR1274-1A Part 3 2nd movt.
CR1276-1A Part 1 3rd movt – Rondo (Presto)
D 1234 CR1277-1 Part 2 3rd movt.
CR1278-1 Part 1 4th movt – Moderato e maestoso
D 1235 CR1279-1 Part 2 4th movt.
CR1275-2 Part 3
4th movt.
Elgar: Symphony No.2 in E flat op. 63 BBC SO/ Boult. DB 6190-5; auto: DB8967-72; Record Library Series 378. 3, 4, 8 & 25 Aug. 1944. CD: Beulah 1-3PD15; 1-3PD15 (3)
Falla de: La Vida Breve: Spanish Dance no.1 SO (LSO)/ Coppola
D 1453 CK2757-2 Spanish Dance no.1 6 Mar. 1928
Falla de: El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance no.7 SO(LSO)/ Coppola
D 1453 CK2756-1 Ritual Fire Dance no.7 6 Mar. 1928
Falla de: Noches En Los Jardines De España (Nights In The Garden Of Spain) Van Barenstein (piano), “Orchestra” (LSO)/ Coppola. 7 June 1928.
D 1569 CT4031-2 1. En el Generalife Part 1 7 June 1928
CT4032-2 1. En el Generalife Part 2 (conclusion) 7 June 1928
D 1570 CT4033-2 2. Danza lejana (Distant Dance) 7 June 1928
CT4034-2 3 En los jardines de la Sierra Córdoba Part 1 7 June 1928
D 1571 CT4035-2 3 En los jardines de la Sierra Córdoba (concl.) 7 June 1928
Side filler:
CT4050-2 Andaluza 11 June 1928
Franck: Le Chasseur Maudit M.44 (1882) NQHO/ Wood
Note, the first recording of this (also confusingly with L1423 as the number) was with Alfred Brain junior (1885-1966) who emigrated to America in the Autumn of 1922. The earlier recording matrix numbers are 75015-1 and 75016-1, recorded 12 December 1921.
L1423 75015-3 Part 1 5 Feb. 1925
(2) 75016-4 Part 2 5 Feb. 1925
Franck: Symphony in D minor M.48 (1888) NQHO/ Wood. 2, 9 & 16 July 1924. Issued October 1924
L 1569 AX 493-2 Part 1 1st movt. Lento – Allegro 2 July 1924
AX 494-1 Part 2 1st movt. 2 July 1924
L 1570 AX 495-4 Part 3 1st movt. (conclusion.) 16 July 1924
AX 496-1 Part 1 2nd movt. Allegretto 2 July 1924
L 1571 AX 497-2 Part 2 2nd movt. 2 July 1924
AX 502-1 Part 3 2nd movt. (conclusion.) 9 July 1924
L 1572 AX 503-1 Part 1 3rd movt. Allegro 9 July 1924
AX 504-2 Part 2
3rd movt. (conclusion) 9 July 1924
Franck: Symphonic Variations M.46 (1885) de Greef, RAHO/ Ronald
D 697 Cc1332-1 Part 1 15 May 1922
Cc1333-2 Part 2 15 May 1922
D 698 Cc1334-1 Part 3 15 May 1922
Cc1335-2 Part 4 15 May 1922
German: Henry VIII Suite (1892) RAHO/ Ronald
D 143 2-0856 Ho830ac Shepherd Dance 21 May 1915
2-0857 Ho832ac (a) Morris Dance (b) Torch Dance 21 May 1915
Glinka: Russlan and Ludmilla Overture (1842) LSO/ Coates. Kingsway Hall, 17 Oct. 1928. Issued in Italy on AW 48 and in Australia on ES-483
AW 48 Cc13723-2 17 Oct. 1928
Goossens: Judith, op.46: Ballet Music (1929) Fear (Bar.), NSO/ Goossens
C 1706 Cc16661-2A Part 1 Ballet Music 7 June 1929
Cc16662-3A Part 2 Ballet Music 7 June 1929
Gounod: Faust Nash (T), Licette (S), Easton (B),Williams (B-Bar.),Vane (S), Brunskill (C) and Carr (Bar.). With (BBC) Symphony Orchestra and Choir/ Beecham. DX 88-103; Dutton 2CDAX 2001 (1999). Rec. 3-6, 8-10 April 1929, 13, 14 January 1930, Central Hall Westminster
Gounod: Faust: Ballet Music Act 5 NQHO/ Wood
L 1794 WAX1184-4 1 Les Nubiennes 2 Danse antinque 26 April 1926
WAX1185-1 3 Adagio 7 Dec. 1925
L 1795 WAX1186-1 4 Variations de Cleopatre 5 Les Troyennes 7 Dec. 1925
WAX1187-2 6 Variations du Miroir 7 Danse de Phryne 7 Dec. 1925
Gounod: Funeral March for a Marionette RAHO/ Ronald
Note. D 142 was first recorded on 25 January 1913 but later another recording was issued on D 142 on 7 July 1922.
D 142 0848 Ho426af 25 Jan. 1913
D 142 0848 Cc1621-3 7 Jul. 1922
Gounod: Mors et Vita – Judex (1884). RAHO/ Ronald
D 155 2-0561 Ho980ac 29 Jul. 1915
Side filler:
2-0609 Ho989ac “Philemon et Baucis” Prelude – Dance des Bacchantes (Gounod) 25 Aug. 1915
Note, Philemon et Baucis – Dance Des Bacchantes has four horns in the scoring.
Grieg: Lyric Suite op.54 RAHO/ Ronald
D149 0799 ac6186f No.1 Shepherd Boy (strings and harp only) 19 Mar. 1912
0800 ac6122f No.2 Norwegian Rustic Dance 4 Mar. 1912
D 150 0887 ac6187f No.3 Notturno 19 Mar. 1912
0888 ac6188f No.4 March of the Dwarfs 18 Mar. 1912
Grieg: Lyric Suite op.54 RAHO/ Ronald
D 1081 Cc7229-2 1. Shepherd Boy (strings and harp only) 10 Nov. 1925
Cc7230-2 2. Norwegian Rustic March 10 Nov. 1925
D 1082 Cc7254-2 3. Nocturne 13 Nov. 1925
Cc7255-1 4. March of the Dwarfs 13 Nov. 1925
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor op.16 (1868) de Greef, RAHO/ Ronald
D 551 Cc78-1 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro molto moderato 19 April 1921
Cc79-1 Part 2 1st movt. (conclusion) 19 April 1921
D 552 Cc80-1 2nd movt. Adagio 19 April 1921
Cc81-2 3rd movt. Allegro moderato molto e marcato
19 April 1921
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No.1 op.46 RAHO/ Ronald
D 156 0717 ac5774f No.1 Morning 18 Nov. 1911
0718 ac5775f No.2 Death of Ase 18 Nov. 1911
D157 0719 ac5776f No.3 Anitra’s Dance 18 Nov. 1911
0720 ac5777f No.4 In The Hall of The Mountain King 18 Nov. 1911
Note, No.2 Death of Ase was re-recorded on D 156, 8 January 1921 and coupled with the original recording of No.1 Morning (18 Nov. 1911). No.3 Anitra’s Dance was re-recorded on D 157 (Cc1404-3) on 20 June 1922 and coupled with the original recording of No.4 In The Hall of The Mountain King. Yet a further recording of No.4 In The Hall of The Mountain King (Cc3031-1) on 28 May 1953, was coupled with the second recording of No.3 Anitra’s Dance (Cc1404-3)
Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfer op.56 (1872) In the King’s Hall; Borghild’s Dream – Intermezzo; Homage March (Huldigungsmarsch) LSO/ Schnéevoigt. L 1748-49. 22 Dec. 1925
L 1748 WAX1218-2 1. In the King’s Hall 22 Dec. 1925
WAX1219-1 2. Borghild’s Dream – Intermezzo 22 Dec. 1925
L 1749 WAX1220-2 3. Homage March Part 1 22 Dec. 1925
WAX1221-2 3. Homage March Part 2 22 Dec. 1925
Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfer op.56 (1872) Homage March SO (LSO)/ Godfrey
L 2002 WAX2524-1 Part 1 Homage March 23 Mar. 1927
WAX2525-1 Part 2 Homage March 23 Mar. 1927
Handel arr Elgar: Chandos Anthem No.2 (Overture) in D minor RAHO/ Elgar
D 838 Cc3728 26 Oct. 1923
See also: J.S.Bach arr. Elgar. Fantasia in C minor (Cc3729-1)
Handel arr Elgar: Chandos Anthem No.2 (Overture) in D minor LSO/ Coates. Kingsway Hall, 18 Oct. 1928. Victor (USA) 9404
D 1527 Cc13729-1 18 Oct. 1928
Haydn: Symphony no.94 in G major “Surprise” NQHO/ Wood
L1668
AX913-2 Part 1 1st movt.Adagio; Vivaci
assai 5 Feb. 1925
AX967-1 Part 2 1st movt. 25 Mar. 1925
L1669 AX968-1 Part 1 2nd movt. Andante 25 Mar.1925
AX969-2 Part 2 2nd movt.; 3rd movt. Menuet and Trio:
Allegro di molto 25 Mar. 1925
L1670 AX970-1 4th movt. Allegro di molto 25 Mar. 1925
Side filler:
AX970-1
Praeludium (Jarnefelt) 25 Mar. 1925
Hérold: Zampa Overture RAHO/ Ronald
D 169 2-0571 Ho985ac Part 1 25 Aug. 1915
2-0572 Ho986ac Part 2 25 Aug. 1915
Hérold: Zampa Overture NQHO/ Wood
L1247 76208-4 Part 1 24 April 1923
(2) 76209-4 Part 2 24 April 1923
Note, a later recording was made:
L1247 WAX1483-1 Part 1 21 April 1926
(3) WAX1484-1 Part 2 22 April 1926
Holst: Beni Mora: Oriental Suite in E minor op.29/ H.107 (1910) LSO/ Holst. 14 Feb. 1924
L 1586 AX304-2 1. First Dance Part 1 14 Feb. 1924
AX305-1 1. First Dance Part 2 14 Feb. 1924
L 1587 AX306-2 2. Second Dance 14 Feb. 1924
AX307-2 3. In the Street of the Ouled Nails 14 Feb. 1924
Holst: The Planets op.32/ H.125 LSO/ Holst. NB, Aubrey Brain was co-principal with Thomas Busby from November 1923 until 4 April 1924. In the following recording, L 1499(1) (Venus the bringer of peace) will have either Thomas Busby or Henri van der Meerschen playing the 1st horn part. Any sessions prior to November 1923 will not have Aubrey Brain as 1st horn.
L 1543(1) AX 135-3 Mercury the winged Messenger 23 Aug.1923
Side filler:
AX 303-1 Song without words – No.2, Marching Song (Holst)
14 Feb. 1924
L 1499(1) AX 136-2 Part 1 Venus, the bringer of peace 23 Aug. 1923
AX 137-4 Part 2 23 Aug. 1923
L 1509(1) AX 138-2 Part 1 Uranus, the Magician 24 Aug. 1923
AX 139-3 Part 2 24 Aug. 1923
L 1528(1) AX 197-2 Part 1 Mars the bringer of War 30 Oct.1923
AX 198-2 Part 2 30 Oct. 1923
L 1532(1) AX 199-1 Part 1 Saturn, bringer of old age 30 Oct. 1923
AX 200-2 Part 2 30 Oct.1923
L 1532(2) AX 199-3 Part 1 Saturn, bringer of old age 19 Feb. 1925
AX 200-3 Part 2 19 Feb.1925
L 1542(1) AX 205-1 Part 1 Neptune, the Mystic 6 Nov. 1923
AX 206-1 Part 2 6 Nov. 1923
Note, another recording of Uranus was made:
L 1509R(2) WAX1714-1 Part 1 2 July 1926
WAX1715-1 Part 2 2 July 1926
Holst: The Planets op.32 LSO/ Holst. CD: Koch Legacy 3-7018-2 (Austria, 1990)
L 1528R(2) WAX 1671-1 Part 1 Mars, the Bringer of War 22 June 1926
WAX 1672-1 Part 2 22 June 1926
L 1499(2) WAX 1717-1 Part 1 Venus, the Bringer of Peace 2 July 1926
WAX 1905-1 Part 2 14 Sep. 1926
L 1543R(2) WAX 1716-4 Mercury, the Winged Messenger 22 Oct. 1926
Side filler:
WAX 1906-1 Songs without words – No.2, Marching Song (Holst)
14 Sep. 1926
[Not issued] WAX 1673-74 Jupiter the Bringer of Jollity 22 Oct. 1926
L 1532R(2) WAX 1903-1 Part 1 Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age 14 Sep.1926
WAX 1904-2 Part 2 14 Sep.1926
L 1509R(2) WAX 1714-1 Part 1 Uranus, the Magician 2 July 1926
WAX 1715-1 Part 2 2 July 1926
L 1542R(2) WAX 2039-1 Part 1 Neptune, the Mystic 22 Oct. 1926
WAX 2040-2 Part 2 22 Oct. 1926
Holst: The Planets op.32 Symphony Orchestra (LSO)/ Coates. D Studio, small Queen’s Hall, 20 Sep. 1926. Victor (USA) 11808 (D 2006) CD: Koch 37704-2
D 1129 CR 689-1A Part 1 Jupiter, the bringer of Jollity 20 Sep. 1926
CR 690-1 Part 2 20 Sep. 1926
D 1384 CR 691-2 Part 1 Uranus, the Magician 20 Sep. 1926
CR 692-1 Part 2. 20 Sep. 1926
D 1308 CR 693-2 Part 1 Mercury, the Winged Messenger 20 Sep. 1926
Side filler:
The Perfect Fool: Dance 20 Sep. 1926
D 2006 CR 694-1 Part 1 Mars the Bringer of War 20 Sep. 1926
CR 695-1 Part 2 20 Sep. 1926
Holst: The Planets op.32 BBC SO/ Boult. Record Library Series No.389 (British Council Recording); auto DBS 8994, DB 8995-9000. Matrix nos. 2EA 10348-10360. Corn Exchange, Bedford, Jan. 2-5, 1945. LP: HMV Treasury ED 29 0725 1 (1986); CD: Beulah 2PD12; AVIS AMSC582
DB 6227 Mars, The Bringer of War
DB 6228 Venus, The Bringer of Peace
DBS 6229 Mercury, The Winged Messenger
DB 6230 Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity
DB 6231 Saturn The Bringer of Old Age
DB 6232 Uranus, The Magician
DB 6233 Neptune, The Mystic (with women’s chorus)
Holst: Song Without Words no.1 (Country Song) op.22a/ H.88 (1906) LSO/ Holst. 1 Sep. 1924
L 1649 AX573-2 1 Sep. 1924
Note, this work which has two horns is the last side of Holst’s St Paul’s Suite which is for strings only
Holst: Song Without Words no.2 (Marching Song) op.22b/ H.88 (1906) LSO/ Holst
L 1543(1) AX303-1 14 Feb. 1924
Note, a later recording was made:
L1543R(2) WAX1906-1 14 Sep. 1926
Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel Overture SO (LSO)/ Coates. D Studio, small Queen’s Hall, 26 Oct. 1926. Victor (USA) 9705. CD: Koch 37704-2 (2)
D 1261 CR697-3 Part 1 26 Oct. 1926
CR698-3 Part 2 26 Oct. 1926
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel: Overture BBC SO/ Boult. 25 July 1932. 2B2993-4; DB 1758. LP: GEMM 264 (1983); CD: Beulah 1 PD12
Lalo: Aubade no.1 in G minor and no.2 in D minor( 1872) NQHO/ Wood
L 1531 AX2-1 Aubade no.1 in G minor 16 May 1923
AX3-2 Aubade no.2 in D minor 16
May 1923
Liszt: Symphonic Poem no.3, Les Préludes, G.97 (1853) LSO/ Coates. Kingsway Hall, 12 Oct. 1928
D 1616 Cc13716-1 Part 1 12 Oct. 1928
Cc13717-2 Part 2 12 Oct. 1928
D 1617 Cc13718-1 Part 3 12 Oct. 1928
Cc13719-1 Part 4
12 Oct. 1928
Liszt: Hungarian Fantasia, G.123 (1853) de Greef (piano), RAHO/ Ronald
D 523 Ho4573af Part 1 27 Oct. 1920
Ho4574af Part 2 27 Oct. 1920
D 528 Ho4575af Part 3 27 Oct. 1920
Ho4576af Part 4 27 Oct. 1920
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C minor, G.359/2 RAHO/ Ronald
D 144 0726 ac5597f 21 Oct. 1911
Side filler:
2-0518 ac8042f Invitation to the Waltz op.65 (Weber) 11 July 1914
Liszt arr. Wood: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C minor NQHO/ Wood. L 1796-1797. Note the first issue was in the Columbia 9000 series, 9765-6
L 1796 (9765) WAX 1450-1 Part 1 26 April 1926
WAX 1451-1 Part 2 7 Dec. 1925
L 1797 (9766) WAX 1452-1 Part 3 7 Dec. 1925
WAX 1453-2 Part 4 (conclusion) 7 Dec. 1925
Liszt arr. Wood: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in C minor NQHO/ Wood. Transferred to DX9-10 on 4 Sep. 1929
L 2334 WAX5028-4 Part 1 19 June 1929
WAX5029-4 Part 2 19 June 1929
L 2335 WAX5030-4 Part 3 19 June 1929
Side filler: (strings only) Partita in E BWV 1006 (WAX5031-4) 4 Sep. 1929
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat G.124 de Greef, RAHO/ Ronald
D 890 Cc1804-3 Part 1 1st movt Allegro maestoso 7 Nov.1922
Cc1805-3 Part 2 1st movt. (conclusion).
Part 1. 2nd movt. Allegro animato 11 Sep. 1922
D 891 Cc1806-3 Part 2 2nd movt. (conclusion). 7 Nov. 1922
Cc1810-4 Part 1 3rd movt. Allegro marziala animato 21 Nov. 1922
D 892 Cc1822-5 Part 2 3rd movt. (conclusion) 21 Sep. 1923
Cc1823-5 4th movt. Quasiadagio – allegretto vivace 21 Sep. 1923
Massenet: Herodiade: Ballet Music: No.4 Les Pheniciennes (1881) RAHO/ Goossens
C 2349 CR2027-2 No.4 Les Pheniciennes 23 May 1928
Note, this is the side-filler to Bizet’s Patrie Overture, with the same orchestra conducted by Dr Malcolm Sargent. Bizet’s Patrie Overture does not have horns. Herodiade Ballet Music has four horns.
Massenet: Suite No.4 Scènes Pittoresques (1874) RAHO/Ronald
D 158 2-0580 Ho991ac No.4 Fête Bohème 15 Aug. 1915
2-0599 Ho977ac No.3 Angelus 28 Jul 1915
Massenet: Le Cid Ballet Music (1885) “Sir Henry Wood and His Orchestra” NQHO/ Wood
L1327(2) 76187-4 Part 1 Castillane 16 July 1924
(2) 76188-3 Part 2 Aragonaise 23 July 1924
L1328(2) 76189-3 Part 3 Aubade, Catalane 23 July 1924
(2) 76190-4 Part 4 Ballet Music: Madrilene 23 July 1924
L1329(2) 76191-3 Part 5 Navarraise 16 July 1924
(2) 76192-3 Part 6 March du Cid 16 July 1924
Massenet: Le Cid Ballet Music (1885) NSO/ Goossens
C 1638 CR2073-1 1 Castillane 2 Andalouse 7 June 1928
CR2076-1 3 Aragonese 4 Aubade 7 June 1928
C 1639 CR2075-2 5 Catalane 7 June 1928
CR2074-2 6 Madrilene 7 Navarraise 7 June 1928
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture op.26 (1832) (Fingal’s Cave). NQHO/ Wood
L 1478 76953-2 Part 1 24 April 1923
76954-2 Part 2 24 April 1923
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture op.26 (1832) (Fingal’s Cave). NQHO/ Wood
9843 WAX 4731-2 Part 1 4 March 1929
WAX 4732-2 Part 2 4 March 1929
9844 WAX 4733-2 Part 3 4
March 1929
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture op.26 (1832) (Fingal’s Cave). Parts 1-2. BBC SO/ Boult. DB 2100 20 Oct. 1933. CD: Beulah 3PD12; Dutton CDBP 9763 “Sir Adrian Boult Conducts The B.B.C. S.O.” (2006)
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo op. 61 no.1 (1842) and Nocturne op.61 No.7 (1842) RAHO/ Ronald
D 152 ac5550f No.1 Scherzo 7 Nov. 1911
ac6036f No.7 Nocturne 17 Feb. 1912
Note, D 152 was issued with a later recording of the Scherzo
Cc3146-2 No.1 Scherzo 23 June 1923
ac6036f No.7 Nocturne 17 Feb. 1912
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Nocturne op.61 No.7 (1842) Old RPO/ Walter
L 1651 AX 881-2 11 Feb. 1925
Side-filler:
AX 878-1-2 Wagner: Die Meistersinger Prelude Act 3 11 Feb. 1925
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Nocturne op.61 No.7 (1842) In Brass Wind Section, Part 3 from Instruments of The Orchestra. C.1311-1312. See also Wagner: Siegfried: Horn Call from Act 2. Rec.1926
C 1312: Brass Wind Section – Part 3: French Horn; Trumpet; Trombone; Tuba; Brass Ensemble.
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Nocturne op.61 No.7 (1842) Parts 1-2. BBC SO/ Boult. DA 1318. 6 April 1933. Aubrey Brain’s name features on the record label even though he was playing in the orchestra and not as soloist. The other musicians are not given.
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Nocturne op.61 No.7 (1842) BBCSO/ Toscanini. CD: Testament SBT 1015 (1988). 14 June 1935
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Nocturne op.61 No.7 (1842) BBCSO/ Mengelberg. BBC b/c. 1938. CD: Archiv Documents ARHI ADCD III: The Mengelberg Edition Vol.5.
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Overture op.21 (1826) RAHO/ Ronald
D 153 0853 Ho450f 3 Feb. 1913
Mendelssohn:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Overture op.21 (1826)
NQHO/Wood
L 1462 75233-2 Part 1 4 Dec. 1922
75234-2 Part 2
11 Dec. 1922
Mendelssohn:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Overture op.21 (1826)
NQHO/Wood
9559 WAX3907-2 Part 1 13 July 1928
WAX3908-1 Part 2 13 July 1928
9560 WAX3909-2 Part 3 13 July 1928
The side filler is the scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream performed by the Concergebouw Orchestra, conducted by Mengelberg.
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March op.61, no.9 (1842) RAHO/ Ronald
D 166 0755 Cc2695-2 13 Mar. 1923
Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto no.1 in G minor op.25 (1831) Moiseiwitsch, RAHO/ Ronald. Note that another “take” was issued for D 970, Part 2 (2nd movement).
D 969 Cc5655-3 Part 1 1st movt. Molto allegro con fuoco 27 Jan. 1925
Cc5656-2 Part 2 1st movt. 27 Jan. 1925
D 970 (1) Cc5657-1 Part 1 2nd movt. Andante 27 Jan. 1925
Cc5658-2 Part 2 2nd movt. 27 Jan. 1925
D 970 (2) Cc5657-1 Part 1 2nd movt. 27 Jan. 1925
Cc5658-1 Part 2 2nd movt. 27 Jan. 1925
D 971 Cc5659-2 Part 1 3rd movt. Molto allegro e vivace 27 Jan. 1925
Cc5660-2 Part 2 3rd movt. 27 Jan. 1925
Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture op.95 (1839) RAHO/ Ronald
D 166 0725 ac5831f 16 Dec. 1911
Side filler:
0755 ac6008f No.9 Wedding March (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
10 Feb. 1912
Note, the Wedding March was recorded again on 13 March 1923 (D 166; Cc2695-2)
Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture op.95 (1839) WSO/ Pitt
9278 WAX2457-1 Part 1 15 Feb. 1927
WAX2458-2 Part 2 15 Feb. 1927
Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture op.95 (1839) BBCSO/ Boult. DB 2365. Rec. Nov. 1934. CD: Dutton CDBP 9771 “Sir Adrian Boult Conducts The B.B.C. S.O.” (2006)
WAX4809-1 Part 2 1st movt. 27 Mar. 1929
9888 WAX4810-1 Part 3 1st movt. 27 Mar. 1929
WAX4811-2 2nd movt. Vivace non troppo 27 Mar. 1929
9889 WAX4812-1 Part 1 3rd movt. Adagio 27 Mar. 1929
WAX4813-2 Part 2 3rd movt. 28 Mar. 1929
9890 WAX4814-1 Part 1 4th movt. Allegro vivacissimo
– allegro maestoso assai 28 Mar. 1929
WAX4815-2 Part 2 4th movt 28 Mar. 1929
Meyerbeer: Le Prophète: Coronation March (1849) BBC SO/ Boult. DB 3163. See also Elgar: Imperial March. Rec. 1935
Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte Overture K.588 (1790) BBCSO/ Boult. DB 2190. Rec. March 1934. See also Schumann: Manfred Overture (DB 2189-90). Rec. 1933
Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte Overture K.588 (1790) BBCSO/ Boult. DB 3814. See also Brahms: Hungarian Dances, Nos. 19, 20 & 21. Rec. 1939
Mozart: Marriage Of Figaro Overture K.492 (1786) RAHO/ Ronald
D 141 0682 ac5551f 7 Oct. 1911
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte Overture K.620 (1791) LSO/ Beecham. Columbia Studios, Petty France, London 30 March 1926. Dutton CDLX 7026 (1997)
L 1001R WAX 1384-2 Part 1 30 Mar. 1926
WAX 1385-2 Part 2 30 Mar. 1926
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte Overture K.620 (1791) BBCSO/ Toscanini. DB 3550; CD: Biddulph WHL 008-9. Queen’s Hall 2 June 1938
Mozart: Schauspieldirektor Overture (Impresario) K.486 (1786) Symphony Orchestra (LSO)/ Coates. (With Symphony No.41: D 942-45)
D 945 Cc 5270-2 22 Oct. 1924
Mozart: Schauspieldirektor Overture (Impressario) K.486 (1786) LSO/ Coates. 26 Aug. 1927
(With Symphony No.41: D 1359-62). Victor 9360. 26 Aug. 1927
D 1362 CR1488-1A 26 Aug. 1927
Mozart: Schauspieldirektor Overture (Impressario) K.486 (1786) BBCSO/ Boult. DB 1969. Rec.1933
Mozart: Symphony No. 32 in G K.318 (1779) DB 6172. BBCSO/ Boult. Bedford, 11 Aug. 1944. CD: Dutton CDBP 9763 “Sir Adrian Boult Conducts The B.B.C. S.O” (2006)
1st movt. Allegro spiritoso
2nd movt. Andante
3rd movt. Primo tempo
Mozart: Symphony No. 34 in C major K.338 (1780) Old RPO/ Beecham. Portman Rooms, London 24 Oct. 1928. CD: Dutton CDLX 7026 (1997). NB, from November 1928, Aubrey Thonger was co-principal with Aubrey Brain.
L 2220 WAX 4197-2 Part 1 1st movt Allegro vivace 24 Oct. 1928
WAX 4198-2 Part 2 1st movt (conclusion) 24 Oct. 1928
L 2221 WAX 4200-1 Part 1 2nd movt Adagio di molto 24 Oct. 1928
WAX 4201-2 Part 2 2ndmovt (conclusion) 24 Oct. 1928
L 2222 WAX 4202-1 Part 1 3rd movt Allegro vivace 24 Oct. 1928
WAX 41991-4 Part 2 3rd movt (conclusion) 24 Oct. 1928
Mozart: Symphony No.35 in D “Haffner” K.385 (1782) BBCSO/ Toscanini. CD: BBC Legends BBCL 4016. Queen’s Hall 14 June 1935
1st movt: Allegro con spirito
2nd movt: Andante
3rd movt: Menuetto
4th
movt: Presto
Mozart: Symphony No.36 in C major “Linz” K.425 (1783) BBCSO/ F Busch. DB 2191-3 (auto). Rec.1934. CD: Biddulph 83066-2
1st movt: Adagio-Allegro spiritoso
2nd movt: Poco adagio
3rd movt: Menuetto
4th
movt: Presto
Mozart: Symphony No.39 in E flat, K.543 (1788) Old RPO/ Weingartner
9450 WAX 3493-1 Part 1 1st movt. Adagio – Allegro 12 April 1928
WAX 3494-1 Part 2 1st movt. (conclusion) 12 April 1928
9451 WAX 3495-1 Part 1 2nd movt. Andante con moto 12 April 1928
WAX 3496-2 Part 2 2nd movt. (conclusion) 12 April 1928
9452 WAX 3497-1 3rd movt. Menuetto (Allegretto) & Trio12 April 1928
WAX 3498-2 4th movt. Finale (allegro) 12 April 1928
Mozart: Symphony No.39 in E flat, K.543 (1788) LSO/ Weingartner. N.B., Thomas Busby was co-principal with Aubrey Brain from November 1923 until Busby’s resignation from the LSO on 4 April 1924.
L 1563(1) AX 253-4 Part 1 1st movt. Adagio – Allegro 21 Mar. 1924
AX 245-2 Part 2 1st movt. (conclusion) 21 Mar. 1924
L 1563(2) AX 253-8 Part 1 1st movt. 13 Feb. 1925
AX 254-2 Part 2 1st movt. (conclusion) 28 Nov. 1923
L 1564(1) AX 255-1 Part 1 2nd movt. Andante con moto 28 Nov. 1923
AX 256-1 Part 2 2nd movt. (conclusion) 21 Mar. 1924
L 1564(2) AX 255-1 Part 1 2nd movt. 28 Nov. 1923
AX 256-4 Part 2 2nd movt. (conclusion) 6 Nov. 1924
L 1565 AX 257-2 Part 1 3rd movt. Menuetto (Allegretto) & Trio 28 Nov. 1923
AX 258-2 4th movt. Finale
(Allegro)
28 Nov. 1923
Mozart: Symphony No.39 in E flat, K.543 (1788) BBCSO/ Walter. DB 2258-60; auto DB 7715-17. Rec. 1934. CD: Gramophono AB78793
Mozart: Symphony No.41 in C major, K.551 “Jupiter” (1788) LSO/ Coates Victor (USA) set M-30
D 1359 CR1476-3A Part 1 1st movt. Allegro vivace 25 Oct. 1927
CR1477-2A Part 2 1st movt. 26 Aug. 1927
D 1360 CR1478-2A Part 1 2nd movt.Andante cantabile 26 Aug. 1927
CR1479-2A Part 2 2nd movt. 25 Oct. 1927
D 1361 CR1480-2A 3rd movt. Minuet (Allegretto) & Trio 26 Aug. 1927
CR1481-1A Part 1 4th movt. Molto allegro 26 Aug. 1927
D 1362 CR1482-1A Part 2 4th movt. 26 Aug. 1927
Side filler:
CR1488-1A Overture Der Schauspieldirektor 26 Aug. 1927
Mozart:
Symphony No.41 in C major, K.551 “Jupiter” (1788)
SO (LSO)/ Godfrey
L1938 WRAX2432-2 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro vivace 4 Feb. 1927
[9788] WRAX2433-1 Part 2 1st movt. 4 Feb. 1927
L1939 WRAX2434-2 Part 3 1st movt. 4 Feb. 1927
[9789] WRAX2435-2 Part 1 2nd movt. Andante cantabile 4 Feb. 1927
L1940 WRAX2436-2 Part 2 2nd movt. 4 Feb. 1927
[9790] WRAX2437-2 3rd movt. Minuet (Allegretto) & Trio 4 Feb. 1927
L1941 WRAX2438-2 Part 1 4th movt. Molto allegro 4 Feb. 1927
[9791] WRAX2439-2 Part 2 4th movt. 4 Feb. 1927
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov: Coronation Scene Chaliapin (B), SO/LSO/ Coates
DB 900 26 Oct. 1925
Mussorgsky: Fair of Sorochinsk – Gopak RAHO/ Ronald
D 146 Ho829f 22 May 1915
Nicolai: Merry Wives of Windsor Overture (1849) RAHO/ Ronald
D 153 0735 ac5934f 20 Jan. 1912
Side filler:
0853 Ho450f A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Ov.) Mendelssohn
3 Feb. 1913
Nicolai: Merry Wives of Windsor Overture (1849) NQHO/ Wood
L 1723(1) WAX1182-1 Part 1 7 Dec. 1925
WAX1183-1 Part 2 7 Dec. 1925
Note, another recording was made and issued:
L 1723(2) WAX2276-2 Part 1 9 Dec. 1925
WAX2277-2 Part 2 9 Dec. 1925
Ponchielli: La Gioconda: Dance of The Hours (1876) RAHO/ Ronald
D 996 Cc5866-2 Part 1 10 Mar. 1925
Cc5867-2 Part 2 10 Mar. 1925
Prokofiev: Love For Three Oranges LSO/ Coates. Victor 9128. Kingsway Hall, 6 Jan 1927
D 1259 CR904-2 Scène infernale 6 Jan. 1927
CR905-2A March & Scherzo
6 Jan. 1927
Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte SO (LSO)/ Coppola
D 1564 CTR3200-1 Pavane pour une infante defunte 12 Oct. 1927
Side filler:
CTR 3201-2 Ravel arr. Roger Branga: L’enfant et les sortilèges – Five o’clock
12 Oct. 1927
Ravel: La Valse (1920) SO (LSO)/ Coates. Gloucester House, 26 March 1926. LP: Encore E 302; CD: Koch 3-7704-2
Victor 9130 CR214-1 Part 1 26 Mar. 1926
CR215-1 Part 2 26 Mar. 1926
Victor 9131 CR216-1 Part 3 26 Mar. 1926
Respighi: Fountains of Rome LSO/ Coates. D studio small Queen’s Hall. 4 Jan 1927, 5 Jan 1928. CD: Koch 3-7704-2
D 1429 CR894-4 Part 1 Fountain of Valle Giulia at dawn 5 Jan. 1928
CR895-3A Part 2 Triton Fountain at morn 5 Jan. 1928
D 1430 CR896-2 Part 3 Fountain of Trevi at midday 4 Jan.1927
CR897-2A Part 4 Fountain Villa Medici, sunset 4 Jan.1927
Rimsky-Korsakov: Dubinushka op.62 (1905) RAHO/ Goossens
D 623 Cc1328-2 Dubinushka 15 May 1922
Side filler:
Cc1331-2 Reverie (Scriabin) 15 May 1922
Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night Overture (1879) RAHO/ Goossens. CD: Koch 37700-2
D 656 Cc1779-2 Part 1 31 Aug. 1922
Cc1778-2 Part 2 31 Aug. 1922
Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphony No.2 “Antar” (1875) 3rd movt only: March. Old RPO/ Beecham
L 2058 WAX 3158-1 19 Dec. 1927
Side filler:
WAX 3159-3 Prince Igor, no.18, Polovtsi March (Borodin) 20 Dec. 1927
Rossini: La Scala Di Seta Overture (The Silken Ladder) Solo oboe: MacDonagh. BBCSO/ Toscanini. DB 3541. CD: Biddulph WHL 009 (1988). Queen’s Hall 13 June 1938
Rossini: Semiramide Overture (1823) BBCSO/ Toscanini. CD: Testament SBT 1015. 12 June 1935
Rossini: William Tell Overture (1829) RAHO/ Ronald
D 167 0850 Ho407f Part 1 Andante 18 Jan. 1913
2-0560 Ho978ac Part 2 Storm 28 July 1915
D 168 0753 ac6189f Part 3 Pastorale 16 Feb. 1912
0754 ac6039f Part 4 Allegro 17 Feb. 1912
Note D 167 and D 168 were re-recorded in 1922. Part 4 of D 168 remained the same “take” as that issued in the first set.
D 167 0850 Cc1469-4 Part 1 7 July 1922
2-0560 Cc1483-3 Part 2 14 June 1922
D 168 0753 Cc2249-1 Part 3 6 Dec. 1922
0754 Ac6039f Part 4 17 Feb. 1912
Rossini: William Tell Overture NQHO/ Wood. 5058-59. 13 July 1928
Rossini-Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque Ballet Suite Selections. RAHO/ Goossens
D 1018 Cc6289-2 Part 1 3 July 1925
Cc6290-1 Part 2
3 July 1925
Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre op.40 RAHO/ Ronald
D 140 ac8035f Danse Macabre 11 July
1914
Side filler:
Ho395f Bacchanale (Samson & Delilah)
Saint-Saëns 11 Jan. 1913
Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre op.40 NQHO/ Wood.
L1987
WAX2779-1 Part 1
9 Dec.1926
WAX2579-2 Part 2 13 April 1927
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto no.2 in G minor op.22 (1868) de Greef, RAHO/ Ronald
D 583 Cc522-1 Part 1 1st movt. Andante sostenuto 30 Sep. 1921
Cc523-2 Part 2 1st movt. (conclusion) 30 Sep. 1921
D 584 Cc524-2 2nd movt. Allegretto scherzando 30 Sep. 1921
Cc525-2 3rd movt. Presto 30
Sep. 1921
Schubert-Merrick: Symphony No.8 in B minor “Unfinished” Old RPO/ Robinson Frank Merrick was a winner of the Columbia International Composers’ contest in 1928.
9562 WAX 4180-2 Part 1 Scherzo 20 Oct. 1928
WAX 4181-1 Part 2 Scherzo 20 Oct. 1928
9563 WAX 4249-1 Part 1 Poco allegro 3 Nov. 1928
WAX 4250-3 Part 2 Poco allegro 3 Nov. 1928
Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor “Unfinished” D.759 RAHO/ Ronald
D 164 5931f 1st movt. Allegro moderato Part 1 20 Jan. 1912
Ho1055ac 1st movt. Part 2 18 Sep. 1915
D 165 5933f. 2nd movt. Andante con moto. 20 Jan. 1912
Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor “Unfinished” D.759 RAHO/ Ronald
D 934 Cc3420-3 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro moderato 9 Sep. 1924
Cc3428-1 Part 2 1st movt. 12 Sep. 1924
D 935 Cc3438-1 Part 3 1st movt. (conclusion) 12 Sep. 1924
Cc3421-4 Part 1 2nd movt. Andante con moto 9 Sep. 1924
D 936 Cc3422-4 Part 2 2nd movt. 9 Sep. 1924
Cc3423-4 Part 3 2nd movt (conclusion) 9 Sep. 1924
Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor “Unfinished” D.759 (Sir Henry Wood and His Orchestra) NQHO/Wood. 13 Feb. 1923. NB, another recording was made on 3 November and 3 July 1919 and issued as L 1360(1)-1361(1). Alfred Brain junior is most probably the first horn in that recording.
L 1360(2) 76518-1 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro moderato 13 Feb. 1923
76519-4 Part 2 1st movt.(conclusion) 13 Feb. 1923
L 1361(2) 76520-4 Part 1 2nd movt. Andante con moto 13 Feb. 1923
76521-4 Part 2 2nd movt.(conclusion). 13 Feb. 1923
Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor “Unfinished” D.759 NQHO/ Wood. L 1791-1793. 23 April 1926. Note, first issued in the Columbia 9000 series on 9513-15 and transferred to L 1791-93.
L 1791 WAX 1490-1 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro moderato 23 April 1926
WAX 1491-2 Part 2 1st movt. 23 April 1926
L 1792 WAX 1492-2 Part 3 1st movt. (conclusion) 23 April 1926
WAX 1493-2 Part 1 2nd movt. Andante con moto 23 April 1926
L 1793 WAX 1494-2 Part 2 2nd movt. 23 April 1926
WAX 1495-2 Part 3
2nd movt. (conclusion) 23 April 1926
Schubert: Symphony No.9 “The Great” in C major D.944 LSO/ Blech. Album Series No.59; auto D 7606-11. Rec. 1927. CD: Koch 37072-2
D 1390 Parts 1-2 1st movt – Andante – Allegro ma non troppo
D 1391 Part 3 1st movt
D 1392 Parts 1-2 2nd movt – Andante con moto
D 1393 Parts 3-4 2nd movt
D 1394 Parts 1-2 3rd movt – Scherzo – Allegro vivace
D 1395 Parts 1-2 4th movt – Finale – Allegro vivace
Schubert: Symphony No.9 “The Great” in C major D.944 BBCSO/ Boult. Auto: DB 2415-20. 17 Dec. 1934. CD: Beulah 3PD12
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor op.54 Davies (piano), Old RPO/ Ansermet. LP: Pearl CLA 1000 (9). CD: GEMM CD9291; Dant LYS456
9616 WAX 3770-2 Part 1 1st movt. Allegro affettuoso 15 June 1928
WAX 3771-2 Part 2 1st movt. 15 June 1928
9617 WAX 3772-2 Part 3 1st movt. 15 June 1928
WAX 3773-1 Part 4 1st movt. (conclusion) 16 June 1928
9618 WAX 3774-1 2nd movt. Intermezzo 16 June 1928
WAX 3775-1 Part 1 3rd movt. Allegro vivace 16 June 1928
9619 WAX 3776-2 Part 2 3rd movt. 16 June 1928
WAX 3777-1 Part 3
3rd movt. (conclusion) 16 June 1928
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor op.54 Cortot (piano), RAHO/ Ronald. Rec. 1923. CD: Biddulph LHW021
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor op.54 Cortot (piano), LSO/ Ronald. Rec. 1927. CD: Buddulph LHW003
Scriabin: Reverie op.24 (1898) RAHO/ Goossens
D 623 Cc1331-2
15 May 1922
Sibelius: Symphonic Poem Finlandia op.26 (1900) RAHO/ Ronald
D 142 0683 ac5553f 7 Oct. 1911
Side filler:
0848 Cc1621-3 Funeral March of a Marionette (Gounod) 7 July 1922
Note, an earlier recording of the Funeral March, 25 Jan. 1913 (D 142 Ho426af)
Sibelius: Symphonic Poem Finlandia op.26 (1900) RAHO/ Ronald. Rec. 1926. D 1089
Sibelius: Symphonic Poem Finlandia op.26 (1900) NQHO/ Wood.
9655 WAX4735-4 Part 1 4 Mar. 1929
WAX4736-4 Part 2 4 Mar. 1929
Sibelius: Symphonic Poem The Oceanides op.73 (1914) BBC SO/ Boult. DB 2797; 2EA 2882-81. Abbey Road, Studio no.1, 23 Jan. 1936. CD: Dutton CDBP 9771 “Sir Adrian Boult Conducts The B.B.C. S.O. Volume 2” (2006)
Sibelius: Symphonic Poem Nightride and Sunrise op.55 (1907) BBC SO/ Boult. DB 2795-96; 2EA 2882-85. Abbey Road Studio no.1, 23 Jan. 1936. CD: Dutton CDBP 9771 “Sir Adrian Boult Conducts The B.B.C. S.O. Volume 2” (2006)
Sibelius: Symphony No.2 in D major op.43 (1902). BBC SO/ Toscanini. Matrix nos. 2EA 5769-75; 2EA 5780-82. CD: “Great Recordings Of The Century” EMI CDH 7 63307 2 (1990). Queen’s Hall 10 June 1938. A previously unissued performance recorded live at the Queen’s Hall.
1st movt. Allegretto
2nd movt. Tempo andante, ma rubato
3rd movt. Vivacissimo
4th movt. Finale (Allegro moderato)
Sibelius: Symphony no.7 in C major op.105 (1914) BBCSO/ Koussevitzky. Rec. live, May 1933. LP: SH 174 (W.9522CD: Biddulph WHL029/30; GEMM CDS 9408; EMI 575118-2 (2)
Smetana: Bartered Bride Overture B.143 (1870) RAHO/ Ronald
D 643 Cc1329-1 Part 1 15 May 1922
Cc1320-2 Part 2 15 May 1922
Strauss, J: Blue Danube Waltz op.314 Old RPO/ Weingartner
L 2086 WRAX2416-1 Part 1 28 Jan. 1927
WAX2423-2 Part 2 30 Jan. 1927
Strauss, R: Don Juan op.20 Old
RPO/ Walter.
L 2067
WAX1603-3 Part 1 17
Nov. 1926
WAX1604-2
Part 2 13
June 1926
L 2068
WAX1605-1 Part 3 13 June 1926
WAX1606-1
Part 4 13
June 1926
Strauss R: Don Juan op.20 Symphony Orchestra (LSO)/ Coates. Victor 9114-15. CD: Koch 3-7704-2. C Studio, small Queen’s Hall 15 Oct. 1926
D 1309 CR770-2 Part 1 15 Oct. 1926
CR771-1A Part 2 15 Oct. 1926
D 1310 CR772-2 Part 3 15 Oct. 1926
CR773-2 Part 4 15 Oct. 1926
Strauss R: Der Rosenkavalier op.59 Augmented Tivoli (Cinema) Orchestra/ Strauss. Queen’s Hall, London. Album Series No.3. 13 April 1926
D 1096 Introduction Act 1, Parts 1-2.
D 1094 Waltz Movements & The Presentation of the Silver Rose
D 1095 Trio & Finale Act 3, Parts 1-2
D 1097 Sophie and Octavian Duet (b) Presentation March
Note, the side-filler: Mendelssohn: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra and it was recorded on 27 July 1925 at Hayes, Middlesex. This day, Landon Ronald was completing his recording of Tchaikovsky’s 4th Symphony.
Strauss R: Salome: Dance of the seven veils op.54 (1905) SO (LSO)/ Coates. Hayes Room no.1, 1 June 1924
D 909 Cc4671-2 Part 1 1 June 1924
Cc4672-1 Part 2 1 June 1924
Strauss R: Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche op.28 (1895) BBC SO/ F. Busch. Rec. 1933
DB 2187 2B6811-2 (32-4462) Part 1
2B6812-1 (21-4463) Part 2
DB 2188 2B6813-1 (32-4464) Part 3
2B6814-2A (32-4465) Part 4
Strauss: R:
Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche op.28 (1895) LSO/
Coates. D Studio small Queen’s Hall, 25 Oct. 1927, 5 Jan. 1928
D 1418 CR1558-1 Part 1 25 Oct. 1927
CR1559-2A Part 2 25 Oct. 1927
D 1419 CR1560-2A Part 3 5 Jan. 1928
CR1561-1A Part 4 25 Oct. 1927
Strauss R: Tod und Verklärung op.24 (1889) Old RPO/ Walter. There is an L 1623(1); AX 793-1, 5 Dec. 1924, and L 1623(2); WRAX2188-2, 19 Nov. 1926. The latter was only issued in America in April 1927
L 1621 AX 787-1 Part 1 5 Dec. 1924
AX 788-2 Part 2 5 Dec. 1924
L 1622 AX 791-2 Part 3 5 Dec. 1924
AX 792-2 Part 4 5 Dec. 1924
L 1623(1) AX 793-1 Part 5 (conclusion.) 5 Dec. 1924
Side-filler:
AX 794-1. Berlioz: Damnation of Faust: Danse des Sylphes 5 Dec. 1924
L 1623(2) WRAX 2188-2 Damnation of Faust: Danse des Sylphes 19 Nov. 1926
Strauss R: Tod und Verklärung op.24 (1889) LSO/ Coates. Auto D 7378-80. Victor 9402-4204. Victor black label set G-11 (with Beethoven: Prometheus Overture). CD: Koch 3-7704-2; EMI 575486-2 (2). Kingsway Hall, 12 Oct.1928
D 1525 Cc 13714-1 Part 1 12 Oct. 1928
Cc 13710-1 Part 2 12 Oct. 1928
D 1526 Cc 13711-1 Part 3 12 Oct. 1928
Cc 13712-3 Part 4 12 Oct. 1928
D 1527 Cc 13713-2 Part 5 12 Oct. 1928
Side filler
Cc13729-1 Handel arr. Elgar: Chandos Anthem: Overture in D Major.
18 Oct. 1928
Stravinsky: L’Oiseau de Feu Suite (Firebird) LSO/ Coates. D Studio, small Queen’s Hall, 15 Feb. 1928. CD: Koch 3-7700-2
D 1510 CR1692-2A Jeu des princesses 15 Feb. 1928
CR1693-1 Danse Infernale
15 Feb. 1928
Stravinsky: Petrouchka Ballet Music (1911) Parts 1-8. LSO/ Coates. D Studio, small Queen’s Hall, 19, 24 Oct. 1927, 5 Jan, 15 Feb. 1928. Album series No.54; auto D 7353-56. LP: Encore E 302
D 1521 CR1542-2B Part 1 19 Oct. 1927
CR1543-3A Part 2 5 Jan. 1928
D 1522 CR1544-1A Part 3 19 Oct. 1927
CR1545-4 Part 4 15 Feb. 1928
D 1523 CR1546-1 Part 5 19 Oct. 1927
CR1547-2 Part 6 15 Feb. 1928
D 1524 CR1552-1A Part 7 24 Oct. 1927
CR1553-2 Part 8 24 Oct.
1927
Stravinsky: Petrouchka Ballet Music (1911) SO (LSO)/ Stravinsky. 27, 28 June 1928. CD: GEMMCD 9329
L 2173 WAX 3867-3 Part 1 1st Tableau: (a) Carnival 27 June 1928
WAX 3868-3 Part 2 1st Tableau: (a) Carnival
(b) Le Tour de Passe-Passe
(c) Danse Russe 27 June 1928
L 2174 WAX 3869-1 Part 1 2nd Tableau: Petrouchka 28 June 1928
WAX 3870-1 Part 2 3rd Tableau: The Moor 28 June 1928
L 2175 WAX 3871-1 Part 1 4th Tableau: Grand Carnival 28 June 1928
WAX 3872-3 Part 2 4th Tableau: Grand Carnival 28 June 1928
Von Suppé: Light Cavalry Overture (1866) BBC SO/ Boult. Rec. 1934
DB 2362 2EA 876-2A Part 1
2EA 877-2A Part 2
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien op.45 (1880) BBC SO/ Boult. Colston Hall, Bristol. CD: Beulah 1PD12
DB 3956 2EA 8651-2 Part 1 9 April 1940
2EA 8652-1 Part 2 9 April 1940
DB 3957 2EA 8653-1 Part 3 9 April 1940
2EA 8654-1 Part 4 9 April 1940
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini op.32 (1876) Symphony Orchestra (LSO)/ Coates. Hayes Room No.1. CD: EMI 575486-2 (2)
D 951 Cc5272-2 Part 1 22 Oct. 1924
Cc5273-2 Part 2 22 Oct. 1924
D 952 Cc5274-1 Part 3 22 Oct. 1924
Cc5290-1 Part 4 24 Oct. 1924
Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav op.31 (1876) BBC SO/ Boult. DB 3971. Colston Hall, Bristol, 9 April 1940
DB 3971 2EA 8655-1 Part 1 9 April 1940
2EA 8656-1 Part 2 9 April 1940
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Ballet Suite op.71 (1892) RAHO/ Ronald
D 126 Cc1467-2 Valse des Fleurs 14 June 1922
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Ballet Suite op.71 (1892) WSO/ Pitt. Issued Dec. 1927, deleted Feb. 1948
9260 WAX2911-1 Part 1 Suite-Overture Miniature 29 June 1927
WAX2907-1 Part 2 Marche 29 June 1927
9261 WAX2908-4 Part 3 Danse de la Fee Dragee; Danse des Mirlitons
29 June 1927
WAX2909-1 Part 4 Danse Chinois; Danse Russe 29 June 1927
9262 WAX2910-2 Part 5 Danse Arabe 29 June 1927
WAX2906-1 Part 6 Valse des Fleurs 29 June 1927
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Ballet Suite op.71 (1892) Old RPO/ Fried
WAX4635-2 Danse de la fee dragee; Trepak 5 Feb. 1929
L2319 WAX4636-2 Danse Arabe 5 Feb. 1929
WAX4637-1 Danse Chinoise; Danse des Mirlitons 5 Feb. 1929
L2320 WAX4638-1 Part 1 Valse des fleurs 6 Feb. 1929
WAX4639-2 Part 2 Valse des fleurs 6 Feb. 1929
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin: Act 2, no.19 Polonaise (1878) BBC SO/ Boult. Jan. 1937. DB 3132. CD: Dutton CDBP 9763 “Sir Adrian Boult Conducts The B.B.C. S.O.” (2006)
Tchaikovsky: Overture Solennelle “1812” op.49 (1880) NQHO/Wood
L 1764 WAX 1478-1 Part 1 12 Jan. 1926
WAX 1479-2 Part 2 12 Jan. 1926
L 1765 WAX 1480-2 Part 3 12 Jan. 1926
WAX 1481-2 Part 4 12 Jan 1926
L 1766 WAX 1472-3 Part 5 (conclusion) 22 April 1926
Side filler:
WAX1485-1 Souvenir de Haspal op.2 no.3: Chant sans paroles no.2 in F major (Tchaikovsky) 22 April 1926
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor op.23 (1875) Hambourg (piano), RAHO/ Ronald. Album Series No.22; auto D 7568-71. Rec. April 1926
D 1130 Parts 1-2 1st movt: Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso
D 1131 Parts 3-4 1st movt
D 1132 Parts 1-2 2nd movt: Andantino semplice
D 1133 Parts 1-2 3rd movt: Allegro con fuoco
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet LSO/ Coates. Issued in Italy. Kingsway Hall. CD: Buddulph WHL014. N.B., Aubrey Thonger did not become co-principal with Aubrey Brain until November 1928. See Pettitt, Dennis Brain a biography, 1989, p.47.
AW 46 Cc13707-2 Part 1 11 Oct. 1928
Cc13701-1 Part 2 11 Oct. 1928
AW 47 Cc13702-2 Part 3 11 Oct. 1928
Cc13703-1 Part 4 11 Oct. 1928
AW 48 Cc13704-1 Part 5 11 Oct. 1928
Side-filler
AW-48 Glinka: Russlan und Ludmilla: Overture. 17 Oct. 1928.
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Haspal op.2 no.3: Chant sans Paroles (Song Without Words) NQHO/ Wood. 22 April 1926. L 1794-1795.
Tchaikovsky: Suite no.3 in G major op.55 (1884) RAHO/ Ronald D 162-3 19 Oct. 1912
D 162 0792 z6700f Theme and Variations 1-3 19 Oct. 1912
0793 z6702f Variations 4-7 19 Oct. 1912
D 163 0794 z6704f Variations 8-10 19 Oct. 1912
Side filler:
0757 Ho1058ac Symphony no.6 (Tchaikovsky) 3rd movt. 19 Oct. 1912
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 in F minor op.36 (1877) RAHO/ Ronald
D 1037 Cc6374-2 Part 1 1st movt. Andante sostenuto – Moderato con anima
20 July 1925
Cc6375-3 Part 2 1st movt. 20 July 1925
D 1038 Cc6376-3 Part 3 1st movt. 20 July 1925
Cc6377-2 Part 4 1st movt. (conclusion) 20 July 1925
D 1039 Cc6378-2 Part 1 2nd movt. Andantino in modo di canzona
– Più mosso – Tempo 1 21 July 1925
Cc6379-2 Part 2 2nd movt. 21 July 1925
D 1040 Cc6381-1 Part 1 3rd movt. Allegro con fuoco 21 July 1925
Cc6410-1 Part 2 3rd movt. (conclusion) 27 July 1925
D 1041 Cc6380-5 Part 1 4th movt. Finale – Allegro 9 Sep. 1925
Cc6382-2 Part 2 4th movt. (conclusion) 27 July 1925
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 “Pathetique” in B minor op.74 (1893) RAHO/ Ronald
D 713 Cc2463-4 Part 1 1st movt. Adagio – Allegro non troppo 30 Jan. 1923
Cc2916-2 Part 2 1st movt. 4 May 1923
D 714 Cc2917-2 Part 3 1st movt. 1 May 1923
Cc2918-2 Part 4 1st movt. (conclusion) 1 May 1923
D 715 Cc2919-4 Part 1 2nd movt.Allegro con grazia 29 May 1923
Cc2920-1 Part 2 2nd movt. (conclusion) 1 May 1923
D 716 Cc2921-1 Part 1 3rd movt. Allegro molto vivace 1 May 1923
Cc2984-2 Part 2 3rd movt. (conclusion) 15 May 1923
D 717 (1) Cc2985-4 Part 1 4th movt. Adagio lamentoso 29 May 1923
Cc2986-4 Part 2 4th movt. (conclusion) n.d.
Note, another “take” was used for D 717, Part 2, 4th movement:
D 717 (2) Cc2985-4 Part 1 4th movt. 29 May 1923
Cc2986-7 Part 2 4th movt. (conclusion) n.d.
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6
“Pathetique” in B minor op.74 (1893)
NQHO/Wood
L1489
76927-2 Part 1 1st movt. Adagio – Allegro non
troppo 17 April 1923
76928-2 Part 2 1st movt. 17 April 1923
L1490
76929-1 Part 3 1st movt. 17 April 1923
76930-2 2nd movt. Allegro con grazia 17 April 1923
L1491
76931-3 Part 1 3rd movt. Allegro molto
vivace 18 April 1923
76932-2 Part 2 3rd movt. 18 April 1923
L1492
76933-2 Part 1 4th movt. Adagio lamentoso 18 April 1923
76934-2
Part 2 4th
movt. 18 April
1923
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 “Pathetique” in B minor op.74 (1893) SO (LSO)/ Coates. G Studio, small Queen’s Hall, 15 Sep. 1926 and D Studio, small Queen’s Hall, 25 Oct. 1926. Victor (USA) M-3
D 1190 CR665-2A Part 1 1st movt. Adagio – Allegro non troppo
15 Sep. 1926
CR666-3-3A-4 Part 2 1st movt. 25 Oct. 1926
D 1191 CR667-2 Part 3 1st movt. 15 Sep. 1926
CR668-2 Part 4 1st movt. 15 Sep. 1926
D 1192 CR669-2A Part 1 2nd movt. Allegro con grazia 25 Oct. 1926
CR670-1 Part 2 2nd movt. 15 Sep. 1926
D 1193 CR671-1 Part 1 3rd movt. Allegro molto vivace 15 Sep. 1926
CR672-1 Part 2 3rd movt. 15 Sep. 1926
D 1194 CR673-1A Part 1 4th movt. Adagio lamentoso 15 Sep. 1926
CR674-1A Part 2 4th movt. 15 Sep. 1926
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 “Pathetique” in B minor op.74 (1893) Old RPO/ Fried
WAX4621-2 Part 2 1st movt. 1 Feb. 1929
9868 WAX4622-1 Part 3 1st movt. 1 Feb. 1929
WAX4623-2 Part 4 1st movt. 1 Feb. 1929
9869 WAX4624-2 Part 1 2nd movt. Allegro con grazia 1 Feb. 1929
WAX4629-2 Part 2 2nd movt. 4 Feb. 1929
9870 WAX4630-1 Part 1 3rd movt. Allegro molto vivace 4 Feb. 1929
WAX4631-3 Part 2 3rd movt. 4 Feb. 1929
9871 WAX4632-1 Part 1 4th movt. Adagio lamentoso 4 Feb. 1929
WAX4633-1
Part 2 4th movt.
5 Feb. 1929
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony LSO/ Godfrey. CD: Symposium 1377 (2007)
L 1717 AX1020-1 Part 1 1st movt. Lento; Allegro risoluto 24 April 1925
AX1021-2 Part 2 1st movt. 24 April 1925
L 1718 AX1022-1 Part 3 1st movt. 24 April 1925
AX1023-2 Part 4 1st movt. 1 May 1925
L 1719 AX1027-2 Part 1 2nd movt. Lento 1 May 1925
AX1029-2 Part 2 2nd movt. 1 May 1925
L 1720 AX1030-2 Part 3 2nd movt. 1 May 1925
AX1031-2 Part 1 3rd movt. Scherzo-Nocturne 24 April 1925
L 1721 AX1032-2 Part 2 3rd movt. 24 April 1925
AX1024-2 Part 1 4th movt. Finale: Andante con moto;
Maestoso alla Marcia; Allegro 24 April 1925
L 1722 AX1025-1 Part 2 4th movt. 24 April 1925
AX1026-1 Epilogue 24 April 1925
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.4 in F Minor BBC SO/ Vaughan Williams. DB 8406-9. Rec. 1937. 2EA 5400, 5801-5807. CD: Koch Legacy 3-7018-2 (Austria, 1990); Dutton CDAX 8011 (1999). See also Gustav Holst, Planets (1926) conducted by the composer. Oct. 1937. AVIS AMSC 599; GEMS 0062 (2)
1st Movement: Allegro
2nd Movement: Andante
3rd Movement: Scherzo – Allegro Molto
4th Movement: Finale con Epilogo Fugato (Allegro Molto)
Verdi: Aida: Grand March WSO/ Pitt. Issued December 1927, deleted April 1941
Note, Aubrey did not become principal horn of the Wireless Symphony Orchestra until 1927 so he will not be heard in any recordings prior to this year. See Stephen Pettitt, Dennis Brain, a biography, Hale, 1989, pp.44-45
9259 WAX2350-1 Part 1 14 Jan. 1927
WAX2351-1 Part 2 14 Jan. 1927
Verdi: Il Travatore: selection WSO/ Pitt. Issued April 1927, deleted April 1941
9185 WRAX2340-1 Part 1 13 Jan. 1927
WRAX2341-1 Part 2 13
Jan. 1927
Wagner: Faust: Overture (1840) LSO/ Coates.Victor 9734. Electrola EJ 274. D studio, small Queen’s Hall 16 Feb. 1928
D 1631 CR1694-1A Part 1 16 Feb. 1928
CR1695-1 Part 2 16 Feb. 1928
Wagner: Faust: Overture (1840) BBC SO/ Toscanini. 5 June 1935 CD: EMI CDH 7 63044 2.
Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer: Overture (1842) Old RPO/ Walter. CD: Bruno Walter The Early Electrical Recordings (1925-1931), VAIA 1059 (VAI AUDIO, USA)
L 1961 WAX 2165-1 Part 1 17 Nov. 1926
WAX 2166-2 Part 2 17 Nov. 1926
L 1962 WAX 2167-2 Part 3 (conclusion) 17 Nov. 1926
Side-filler:
WAX 1929-1 Wagner: Lohengrin Introduction Act 3 20 Sep. 1926
Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Opera in three Acts (1874) D 1572-1581, D1586-87. Venue, Kingsway Hall recorded by landline to small Queen’s Hall, 23 Aug. 1927, 25 Oct. 1927; 16 Feb. & 10, 17-18 Oct. 1928. D 1586-87: 25, 26 Aug & 25 Oct. 1927. Album Series No.76; auto D 7809-7824. The soloists: Brünnhilde: Austral (S); Siegfried: Widdop (T); Hagen: Collier (Bar.); Gunther: Fear (B); Gutrune: Ljüngberg (S); Waltraute: Offers (C); Three Norns: Eadie (S), Arden (C), Palmer (C). With LSO/ Coates, LSO/ Collingwood. CD: (of some of these records) Claremont (2CD) GSE 78-50-37/38 (1990)
This is a very complicated set with sides conducted by Dr Leo Blech and Karl Muck with soloists (Ivar Andrésen, bass, Desider Zador, baritone, Rudolf Laubenthal, tenor, Tilly de Garmo, soprano, Fln Kindeamann, soprano and Fln Marker, soprano) and the Berlin State Opera Orchestra. Unfortunately, for the purpose of this discography, the Berlin items are mixed on the same discs as the sessions with the LSO. Below, I list both orchestras in order to make it clearer which sides are LSO, which Berlin State Opera Orchestra. The Berlin items are in italics. The LSO is conducted by Albert Coates and Lawrance Collingwood. I use my copy of the HMV catalogue (1935, p.314) as a guide to the personnel on these records.
D1572 Cc13724-2 Norn Scene Part 1 17 Oct. 1928
Cc13725-1A Norn Scene Part 2 17 Oct. 1928
D 1573 Cc13726-5 Norn Scene Part 3 3 Jan. 1929
Cc13727-5A Norn Scene Part 4 3 Jan. 1929
Eadie, Arden and Palmer, LSO/ Coates
D 1574 Cc13730-2 Part 1 Parting of Siegfried and Brünnhilde 18 Oct. 1928
D 1574 Cc13731-3 Part 2 Parting of Siegfried and Brünnhilde 18 Oct. 1928
Austral, Widdop, LSO/Coates
D 1575 Siegfried’s Journey down the Rhine
Berlin State Opera Orchestra/ Karl Muck
Cc13699-1 Act 1 Gunther and Gutrune welcome Siegfried; Siegfried drinks the potion. 10 Oct. 1928
Ljüngberg, Widdop, Fear, Collier, LSO/ Coates
D 1576 Hagen meditates revenge
Ivar Andrésen, Berlin State Opera Orchestra/ Leo Blech
CR1460-3A Part 1 Act 1 Waltraute’s Narrative 16 Feb. 1928
D 1577 CR1461-2 Part 2 Act 1 Waltraute’s Narrative 23 Aug. 1927
CR1473-3 Part 3 Act 1 Waltraute’s Narrative 25 Oct. 1927
Offers, LSO/ Coates
D 1578 CR1474-3 Act 1, Brünnhilde refuses to give up the ring 25 Oct. 1927
Offers, Austral, LSO/ Coates
Ivar Andrésen, Berlin State Opera Orchestra/ Leo Blech
D 1579 Cc13728-3A Act 2 Siegfried’s oath on Hagen’s spear 17 Oct. 1928
Austral, Widdop, LSO/Coates
Hagen bids the vassals prepare for the feasting
Ivar Andrésen, Berlin State Opera Orchestra and Chorus/ Leo Blech
D 1580 Cc13732-2A Act 2 Hagen suggests revenge to Brünnhilde 18 Oct. 1928
Cc13733-2 Act 2 Brünnhilde reveals Siegfried’s vulnerability
18 Oct. 1928
Austral, Fear, Collier, LSO/ Coates
D 1581 Cc13734-1 Act 2, The conspirators agree on Siegfried’s death
18 Oct. 1928
Austral, Fear, Collier, LSO/ Coates
Act 3: The Rhinemaidens sing of the gold they have lost
De Garmo, Kindeamann and Marker, Berlin State Opera Orchestra/Leo Blech
D 1582-1585 are all with the Berlin State Opera Orchestra
D 1586 Act 3, Finale Part 1 Brünnhilde comes to grief over Siegfried 25 Oct. 1927
Austral, LSO/ Collingwood
D 1586 CR1486-3 Act 3, Finale, Part 2 Brünnhilde bids a funeral pyre be built
25 Oct. 1927
D 1587 CR1487-1 Act 3, Finale Part 3 Brünnhilde lights the pyre 26 Aug. 1927
CR1475-2 Act 3, Finale, Part 4 Brünnhilde rides into the blazing pyre
25 Aug. 1927
Austral, LSO/ Coates
Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Act 3: Siegfried’s Funeral March RAHO/ Ronald
D 502 Ho4433-2af Part 1 11 June 1920
Ho4434-2af Part 2 11 June 1920
Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Act 3: Siegfried’s Funeral Music LSO/ Coates. Recorded Gloucester House, 26 Jan., 26 Mar. 1926. CD: Claremont (2CD) GSE 78-50-37/38 (1990), Disc 2, track 4; CDGSE 78-50-33
D 1092 CR 217-2 Part 1 26 Mar. 1926
CR 141-3 Part 2 26 Jan. 1926
Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Act 3: Song of the Rhinemaidens NQHO/ Wood
L 1993 WAX 1458-2 15 April 1926
WAX 1459-2 15 April 1926
L 1994 WAX 1460-2 15 April 1926
WAX 2580-2 13 April 1927
Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Act 3: Siegfried’s Death and Funeral Music BBC SO/ Toscanini. 5 June 1935. CD: EMI CDH 763044 2.
Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Prologue: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey Symphony Orchestra (LSO)/ Coates. Recorded Gloucester House, 26 Jan. 1926. Victor 9007; Victor M-60. CD: Koch 3-7704-2.
D 1080 CR 136-3 26 Jan. 1926
CR 137-1
26 Jan. 1926
Wagner: Götterdämmerung: Prologue: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey Old RPO/ Walter. L 1636; WAX 2758-59. 20 May 1927. CD: Bruno Walter the Early Electrical Recordings (1925-1931), VAIA 1059 (VAI Audio, USA); VAIA 1114; LYS 441/3
L 1636 (2) WAX2758 20 May 1927
WAX2759-2 20 May 1927
Note, an earlier recording was made in 1924:
L 1636 (1) AX798-2 7 Dec. 1924
AX799-2 7 Dec. 1924
Wagner: Kaiser March (1871) SO (LSO)/ Godfrey
L 2003 WAX2524-1 Part 1 Kaiser March 23 Mar. 1927
WAX2525-1 Part 2
Kaiser March 23 Mar. 1927
Wagner: Lohengrin: Act 2 March SO (LSO)/ Coates. Hayes Studio B, 27 Oct. 1925
Victor (USA) 9017 Cc7079-2 27 Oct. 1925
Wagner: Lohengrin: Act 3 Prelude SO (LSO)/ Coates
D 937 Cc5271-2 22 Oct. 1924
Wagner: Lohengrin: Act 3 Prelude SO (LSO)/ Coates Hayes Studio B, 27 Oct. 1925
D 1054 Cc7083-2 27 Oct. 1925
Wagner: Lohengrin: Act 3 Prelude Old RPO/ Walter
L 1962 WAX1929-1 20 Sep. 1926
Wagner: Lohengrin: Act 3 Prelude NQHO/ Wood.
L1005R WAX1461-1 15 April 1926
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Dance of the Apprentices; Procession of the Masters RAHO/ Ronald
D 138 0835 Ho386af Dance of the Apprentices 6 Jan. 1913
0836 Ho389af Procession of the Masters 7 Jan. 1913
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Dance of the Apprentices SO (LSO)/ Coates. D Studio, small Queen’s Hall, 26 Oct. 1926. Victor (USA) 9060
D 1139 CR814-2 26 Oct. 1926
Wagner: Die
Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 1 Prelude D Studio,
small Queen’s Hall, 26 Oct. 1926. SO (LSO)/ Coates
D 1260 CR663-3 Part 1 26 Oct. 1926
CR664-3A Part 2 26 Oct. 1926
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 3 Prelude Old RPO/ Walter
L 1651 AX878-1-2 11 Feb. 1925
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act 3 Prelude 6 Jan. 1927. LSO/ Coates. D Studio, small Queen’s Hall, 6 Jan. 1927
D 1219 CR912-1A Part 1
6 Jan. 1927
CR913-1A Part 2 6 Jan. 1927
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture RAHO/ Ronald
D 139 0817 ac6117f Part 1 2 Mar. 1912
0818 ac6119f Part 2 2 Mar. 1912
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture BBC SO/ Boult. CD: Dutton CDBP 9771 “Sir Adrian Boult Conducts The B.B.C. S.O. Volume 2” (2006)
DB 1924 2B4170-1A (32-3660) Part 1 6 April 1933
2B4171-1A (32-3660) Part 2 6 April 1933
Wagner: Parsifal: Act 1 & excerpts Soloists: E Baker (S), Widdop (T), Heming (B), Radford (B), SO (LSO)/ Coates. Hayes, Studio B, 29 July 1925
D 1025 Cc6418-1 Part 1 Act 1 Prelude 29 July 1925
Cc6419-1A Part 2 Act 1 Prelude 29 July 1925
D 1026 Cc6420-1 Part 3 Act 1 Prelude 29 July 1925
Cc6432-1 Act 1 Gurnemanz reproaches Parisfal for slaying the swan
31 July 1925
D 1027 Cc6430-3 Act 1 Gurnemanz leads Parisfal to Montsalvat 31 July 1925
Cc6431-2 Act 1 The Knights of the Grail assemble 31 July 1925
D 1028 Cc6433-1 Act 1 Grail Scene, Part 1 31 July 1925
D 1029 Cc6434-1 Act 1 Grail Scene, Part 2 31 July 1925
Cc6435-2 Act 1 Grail Scene, Part 3 31 July 1925
Wagner: Parsifal: Act 2: Klingsor’s Magic Garden and Flower Maidens SO (LSO)/ Coates. Hayes Studio B, 28 July 1925
D 1030 Cc 6416-3 Part 1 Parisfal: Klingsor’s Magic Garden and the Flower Maidens’ Scene 28 July 1925
Cc 6417-1 Part 2 28 July 1925
Wagner: Parsifal: Act 3: Good Friday Music SO (LSO)/ Coates. Hayes Studio B, 28 July 1925
D 1031 Cc 6414-3 Part 1 28 July 1925
Cc 6415-3 Part 2 28 July 1925
Wagner: Parsifal: Act 1: Prelude, Transformation Scene; Act 2: Magic Garden & Flower Maidens Scene Old RPO/ Walter. CD: Bruno Walter The Early Electrical Recordings (1925-1931). VAI Audio (USA), VAIA 1059; LYS 441-3 (3)
L 1744 (1) WAX1167-2 Part 1 Prelude 25 Dec. 1925
WAX1168-2 Part 2 Prelude 25 Dec. 1925
L 1745 (1) WAX1169-2 Part 3 Prelude 25 Nov. 1925
WAX1170-2 Act 1: Transformation Scene 25 Nov. 1925
L 1746 WAX1156-2 Part 1 Act 2: Magic Garden & Flower Maidens Scene
22 Nov. 1925
WAX1157-1 Part 2 22 Nov. 1925
L 1747 WAX1158-1 Part 3 22 Nov. 1925
WAX1159-2 Part 4 22 Nov. 1925
Note, another later recording was made, 19 May 1927:-
L 1744 (2) WAX2720-1 Part 1 Prelude 19 May 1927
WAX2721-2 Part 2 19 May 1927
L 1745 (2) WAX2722-2 Part 3 19 May 1927
WAX2723-2 Act 1: Transformation Scene 19 May 1927
Wagner: Parsifal: Act 3 Good Friday Music Parts 1-2. BBC SO/ Boult. DB 1677. Rec. April 1932, April 1933
Wagner: Parsifal: Act 1 Prelude & Act 3: Good Friday Music BBC SO/ Toscanini. 5 June 1935. CD: EMI CDH 7 63044 2
Wagner: Das Rheingold: Entry of the gods SO(LSO)/ Coates. Recorded Gloucester House, 26 Jan. 1926. Victor (USA) 9109
D 1117 CR138-1 Part 1 26 Jan. 1926
CR139-1 Part 2 26 Jan. 1926
Wagner: Das Rheingold: Prelude SO(LSO)/ Coates. Gloucester House 26 Jan. 1926. Victor (USA) 9163
D 1088 CR 142-1 Part 1 26 Jan. 1926
CR 143-1 Part 2 26 Jan. 1926
Wagner: Das Rheingold: Prelude Scene 2 & 3 Soloists: Fear (B), Walker (C), Suddaby (S), Trenton (S), Fry (B), McKenna LSO/ Coates. D Studio, small Queen’s Hall, 5 Jan. 1928
D 1546 CR1540-3 Prelude Scene 2 Dawn Over Valhalla. Fear, Walker, Suddaby, Trenton 5 Jan. 1928
CR1541-2B Prelude Scene 3 Wotan & Loge descend into Nibelheim. Fear, Widdop, Fry, Walker, McKenna 5 Jan. 1928
Wagner: Rienzi: Overture (1840) Old RPO/ Walter. CD: LYS 441/3 (3)
L 1820 WAX 1613-1 Part 1 15 June 1926
WAX 1614-1 Part 2 15 June 1926
L 1821 WAX 1615-1 Part 3 15 June 1926
WAX 1616-1 Part 4 (conclusion) 15 June 1926
Wagner: Siegfried: Idyll Old RPO/ Walter
Not issued in the U.K:-
AX880-2 Part 2 3 Dec. 1924
L 1654 (1) AX789-2 Part 3 3 Dec. 1924
AX90-2 Part 4 3 Dec. 1924
L 1653 (2) WRAX2180-1 Part 1 19 Nov. 1926
WRAX2181-2 Part 2 19 Nov. 1926
L 1654 (2) WRAX2182-1 Part 3 19 Nov. 1924
WRAX2183-2 Part 4 19 Nov. 1924
Note, the second versions of L 1653-4 were test pressed 21/1/27 to 22/3/38. Together with Part 5 on WRAX2184-2 (not issued in U.K.) the masters were sent to Bridgeport for U.S. issue on 7/2/27
Wagner: Siegfried: Idyll LSO/ Siegfried Wagner. D 1297-98. Rec. 1926. LP: TRXLP 112
Wagner: Siegfried Act 2: Horn Call. Instruments of The Orchestra. C1312. Rec.1926
Wagner: Tannhäuser: Act 2: Grand March SO (LSO)/ Coates. Hayes Studio B, 27 Oct. 1925
D 1101 Cc7082-2 27 Oct. 1925
Side filler:
Cc7165-2 Lohengrin: Act 1, Appearance of the swan 3 Nov. 1925
Wagner: Tannhäuser: Act 2: Grand March. WSO/ Pitt. Issued Aug. 1929, deleted Jan. 1927
9826 WAX4484-2 Part 1 20 Dec. 1928
WAX4485-1 Part 2 Pilgrim’s Chorus 20 Dec. 1928
Wagner: Tannhäuser: Overture RAHO/ Ronald
D133 Cc1503-2 Part 1 20 June 1922
Cc1504-2 Part 2 20 June 1922
Wagner: Tannhäuser: Overture Symphony Orchestra (LSO)/ Coates. Victor 9059-60. D studio, small Queen’s Hall, 16 Sep. 1926. See also Dance of the Apprentices (Die Meistersinger) D 1139. CD: GEMS 0024; CDGSE 78-50-54
D 1138 CR675-2A Part 1 16 Sep. 1926
D 1139 CR676-1 Part 2 16 Sep. 1926
Wagner: Tannhäuser: Venusberg Music and Bacchanale SO (LSO)/ Coates. D 1071-72. Victor 9027-28. Hayes, Studio B, 29, 30 July 1925
D 1071 Cc6428-1 Part 1 30 July 1925
Cc6429-2 Part 2 30 July 1925
D 1072 Cc6421-2 Part 3 29 July 1925
Side filler:
Cc7035-5 Tannhäuser: Prelude Act 3 (Wagner) 27 Oct. 1925
Wagner: Tannhäuser: Venusberg Music Old RPO/ Walter. CD: VAIA 1114; LYS 441/3 (3)
L 1982 WAX 1607-1 Part 1 14 June 1926
WAX 1608-1 Part 2 14 June 1926
L 1983 WAX 1609-1 Part 3 14 June 1926
WAX 1610-3 Part 4 (conclusion.) 14 June 1926
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Act 3 D 1413-17. Victor set M-41 (9625-9628). Album Series no.51. Automatic couplings D7438-2; Solists: Ljüngberg (Isolde), Widdop (Tristan), Fry (Kurvenal), Shepherd (McKenna) SO (LSO)/ Coates and (D.1417, CR1612-1) Collingwood. D. 1416 and D 1417 also have sides with the Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Leo Blech. Recorded 16 Aug. 1926 (Collingwood) 24 Aug 1927, 14, 24, 16 October 1927, 9 Nov. 1927
D 1413 CR1537-1 Prelude 18 Oct. 1927
CR1557-1A Act 3 The shepherd’s plaintive piping awakens Tristan
24 Oct. 1927
D 1414 CR1556-2A Act 3 Kurvenal tells Tristan how they came to Kareol
24 Oct. 1927
CR1539-1A Act 3 Tristan awaits Isolda impatiently 18 Oct. 1927
D 1415 CR1538-1 Act 3 Isolda’s ship appears in sight 18 Oct. 1927
CR1470-1 Act 3 Tristan dies in Isolda’s arms 24 Aug. 1927
D 1416 CR1471-1A Act 3 Isolda weeps over the dead Tristan 24 Aug. 1927
CWR1327-2 (with Berlin State Opera/ Blech) 9 Nov. 1927
D 1417 CWR1328-1 (with Berlin State Opera/ Blech) 9 Nov. 1927
Isolde’s Liebestod SO (LSO)/ Collingwood 16 Aug. 1926
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod, Act 3 RAHO/ Ronald
D 542 Ho4721-2af Prelude Act 3 29 Jan. 1921
Ho4720af Liebestod Act 3 29 Jan. 1921
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude, Act 3 RAHO/ Ronald
D 592 Ho4718af Part 1 29 Jan. 1921
Cc539-2 Part 2 7 Oct. 1921
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Love Duet Ljüngberg (S), Widdop (T), LSO/ Collingwood. D 1322. Rec. 1927
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod Old RPO/ Walter
L 1652 AX 879-1 Part 1 11 Feb. 1925
AX 880-2 Part 2
11 Feb. 1925
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude Act 1 SO (LSO)/ Coates. Recorded, Gloucester House, 26 Jan. 1926
D 1107 CR 144-1 Part 1 26 Jan. 1926
CR 145-1 Part 2 26 Jan. 1926
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude Act 1 BBC SO/ Boult. 25 July 1932. LP: GEMM 264 (1983); CD: Dutton CDBP 9771 “Sir Adrian Boult Conducts The B.B.C. S.O. Volume 2” (2006)
DB 1757 2B2991-92 25 July 1932
Wagner: Die Walküre: Excerpts, Act 1
& 2 Sung in German. Soloists: Brünnhilde:
Austral (S), Hunding: Trenton (S), Sieglinde: Ljüngberg (S), Siegmund: Widdop (T), Fry (B) SO (LSO)/
Collingwood (Act 1), LSO/ Coates (Act 2). D 1320-28. Album Series No. 47; auto
D 7786-7799. Victor (USA) set M-26 and M-27 Queen’s Hall, 27 May 1927, 23, 26 Aug., 13 April, 25
Oct. 1927. These excerpts of Walküre also contain sides recorded with the
Berlin State Opera Orchestra, conducted by Leo Blech. All Berlin material is in
italic. The following uses HMV 1935 catalogue, pp.316-17:
D 1320 CR1467-1A Prelude Act 1 Siegmund seeks shelter in Hunding’s dwelling;
The sword-hilt gleams in the firelight 23 Aug. 1927
Widdop, LSO/ Coates
D 1321 CR1367-1A Act 1 Sieglinde comes
to Siegmund
Ljüngberg, Widdop, LSO/ Coates 27 May 1927
CR1465-2 Act 1
Siegmund greets the Spring night
Ljüngberg, Widdop, LSO/ Coates 23 Aug. 1927
D 1322 Act 1 Love Duet Part 1
Ljüngberg, Widdop, LSO/ Collingwood
Act 1 Love Duet Part 2
D 1323 CR1466-2A Act 1 Siegmund draws
the sword 23 Aug. 1927
Ljüngberg, Widdop, LSO/ Coates
Act 2 Wotan bids Brünnhilde shield Siegmund in
the fight
Leider, Schorr, Berlin State Opera Orchestra/ Blech
D 1324 Act 2 Wotan tells
Brunnhilde of the Ring
Wotan orders Brünnhilde not to aid Siegmund
Leider, Schorr, Berlin State Opera Orchestra/ Leo
Blech
D 1325 CR1368-2 Act 2 Siegmund and
Sieglinde reach the mountain pass
Ljüngberg, Widdop, LSO/ Coates 27 May 1927
CR1369-1 Sieglinde is tormented with dread.
Ljüngberg, Widdop, LSO/Coates 27 May 1927
D 1326 CR1462-1 Act 2 Brünnhilde
appears before Siegmund 23 Aug.
1927
Austral, Widdop, LSO/ Coates
CR1483-1A Siegmund refuses to follow Brünnhilde
Austral, Widdop, LSO/ Coates 26 Aug. 1927
D 1327 CR1484-1A Act 2 Brünnhilde promises to aid Siegmund
Austral Widdop, LSO/ Coates 26 Aug. 1927
D 1327 coupling:
Act 3 Brünnhilde gives Sieglinde the
broken sword
Leider, Ljüngberg, Berlin State Opera Orchestra/
Blech
D 1328 CR1463-3 Act 2 Siegmund
challenges Hunding 25
Oct. 1927
Trenton, Widdop, LSO/ Coates
CR1464-1A The Combat: Siegmund is slain 23 Aug. 1927
Ljüngberg, Austral, Widdop, Fry, LSO/ Coates
Wagner: Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries LSO/ Coates. Recorded, Gloucester House, 26 Jan. 1926
D 1815 CR 143-1 (4-0790)
26 Jan. 1926
Wagner: Die Walküre: Act 3. Magic Fire Music LSO/ Coates. Recorded, Gloucester House, 26 Jan. 1926. Victor (USA) 9006. CD: Koch 3-7704-2
D 1079 CR 134-1 Part 1 26 Jan 1926
CR 135-2 Part 2 26 Jan 1926
Walton: Crown
Imperial. BBC SO/ Boult Organ: Berkeley
Mason. DB 3164. 16 April 1937
Weber: Der Freischütz Overture Parts 1-2. BBCSO/ Boult. Matrix nos. 2B2855-56; DB 1678. LP: Pearl GEMM 264 (1983). CD: Dutton CDBP 9771 “Sir Adrian Boult Conducts The B.B.C. S.O. Volume 2” (2006). Kingsway Hall, 7 Oct. 1932
Weber: Invitation to the Dance op.65 RAHO/ Ronald
D 144 ac8042f 11 Jul. 1914
Weber: Oberon Overture RAHO/ Ronald
D 154 ac5829f. 16 Dec. 1911
Side filler:
Ho1061ac Praeludium (Järnefelt) 18 Sep. 1915
Weber: Oberon Overture NQHO/ Wood.
L 1677 AX 974-2 Part 1 26 Mar. 1925
AX 975-2 Part
2
26 Mar. 1925
Weber: Oberon Overture Symphony Orchestra (LSO)/ Coates.D Studio, small Queen’s Hall, 25 Oct. 1926. CD: Koch 3-7704-2 (2); EMI 575486-2 (2)
D 1311 CR807-2-2A Part 1 25 Oct. 1926
CR806-1 Part 2 25 Oct. 1926
With additional information by Stephen Gamble
BBC SO = BBC Symphony Orchestra
LSO = London Symphony Orchestra
NQHO = New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
NSO = New Symphony Orchestra
RAHO = Royal Albert Hall Orchestra (pseudonym for New Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Landon Ronald)
Old RPO = Orchestra of the Royal Philharmonic Society
SO = Symphony Orchestra (LSO) NB. not all recordings that mention “Symphony Orchestra” are the LSO.
Abbreviations (voice types)
B = Bass
Bar = Baritone
C = Contralto
S = Soprano
T = Tenor
New Grove Dict. = New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition, ed. Stanley Sadie, London, Macmillan Publications Ltd., 2001
New Grove Opera = New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie, London, Macmillan Publications Ltd., 1992
Abendroth = Hermann Paul Maximilian Abendroth (b.Frankfurt am Main 19 Jan. 1883-d.Jena 29 May 1956) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.1, p.21
Ansermet = Ernest Alexandre Ansermet (b.Vevey, 11 Nov. 1883-d.Geneva 20 Feb. 1969) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.1, pp.710-11
Hudry, François, Ernst Ansermet, pionier de la musique. Lausanne, Ed. De l’Aire, 1983 (Individual list of works and discography)
Barbirolli = John (Giovanni Battista) Barbirolli (later Sir John Barbirolli), conductor, cellist (b.London, 2 Dec. 1899-d.London 29 July 1970) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.2, pp.704-5
Bicknell, D., & Anderson, K. Sir John Barbirolli, C.H. in Gramophone, xlviii (1970-71), pp.401-2.
Palmer, Russell An Encyclopoedia of British Musicians, London, Skelton Robinson, 1947, p.24 (hereafter: Palmer, 1947)
Beecham = Sir Thomas Beecham Bart. C.H. (b. St Helens Lancs. 29 April 1879-d.London, 8 Mar.1961) Sir Thomas had a high regard for Aubrey Brain and gave him a large signed photograph of himself, addressed “To the horn player with the beautiful tone from Thomas Beecham - 1926” Author’s collection. Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.3, pp.66-7
Gray, Michael, Beecham: A Centenary Discography, London, Duckworth, 1979
Jefferson, Alan, Sir Thomas Beecham a Centenary Tribute, Macdonald & Jane’s, 1979
Palmer, 1947, p.32
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Blech = Dr Leo Blech (b.Aachen 21 April 1871-d.Berlin 24 Aug. 1958). Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.3, p.695
Jacob, W, ed. Leo Blech, Ein Brevier, Hamburg, Prismen-Verlag, 1931
Boult = Dr Adrian Cedric Boult, later Sir Adrian Boult CH (b.Chester, 8 April 1889-d.Tunbridge Wells, Kent 22 Feb.1983) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.4, pp.108-9
Clough, F.F., Cuming, G.J., Sir Adrian Boult: the Man & the Records, in Music Yearbook, 1973-4, pp.170-86 (Discography)
Boult, Adrian: A handbook on the technique of conducting, Oxford, Hall, 1920
Boult, Adrian: My Own Trumpet, London, Hamish Hamilton, 1973
Boult, Adrian: Boult On Music: Words From A Lifetime’s Communications, London, Toccata Press, 1983
Palmer, 1947, p.38
Busch = Adolf (Georg Wilhelm) Busch (b.Siegen 8 Aug. 1891-d.Guilford, VT, 9 June 1952), conductor, violinist Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.4, pp.652-3
Delaland, J., and Potter, T., The Busch Brothers: a Discography in Recorded Sound, no.86 (1984), pp.29-90
HMV Catalogue, 1935, Celebrity Artists, p.387 (with photo)
Publication pending:
Potter, Tully, Adolf Busch: The Life Of An Honest Musician. London, Toccata Press, December 2008
Busch F = Fritz Busch (b.Siegen 13 March 1890-d.London 14 Sep. 1951), conductor, younger brother of Adolf Busch. Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.4, pp.653-4
Delalande, J., and Potter, T., The Busch Brothers: a Discography in Recorded Sound, no.86 (1984), pp.29-90
Casals = Pablo (Pau) Carlos Salvador Casals i Defilló (b.Vendrell, Catalonia, Spain 29 Dec. 1876-d.San Juan, Puerto Rico, 22 Oct. 1973), cellist, conductor Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.5, pp.225-227
Littlehales, L., Pablo Casals, London & New York, W.W.Norton & Co.1929; 2nd edition, 1949 (with discography)
Coates = Albert Coates (b.St Petersburg, Russia, 11 or 23 April 1882-d.Milnerton, nr. Cape Town, 11 Dec. 1953) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.6, pp.57-8
Foss, H. & Goodwin, N., London Symphony: Portrait of an Orchestra, London, 1954
Robinson, S., Albert Coates in Recorded Sound, nos. 57-58 (1975), pp.386-405 (with discography by Christopher Dyment)
Buesst, Aylmer, Albert Coates 1882-1883 in Music And Letters, 1954, xxxv, 136-139
Palmer, 1947, pp.59-60
Collingwood = Lawrance Collingwood CBE (b.London 14 March 1887-d.Killin, Perthshire 19 Dec. 1982) Literature:
Palmer, 1947, p.65
Coppola = Piero Coppola (b.Milan 11 Oct. 1888-d.Lausanne, 17 March 1971). Conductor, pianist, composer. Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.6, p.407
Elgar = Sir Edward Elgar Bart., OM, KCVO (b.Broadheath nr. Worcester 2 June 1857-d.Worcester 23 Feb.1934), composer, conductor. Sir Edward Elgar had a high regard for Aubrey Brain and gave him a large signed photograph inscribed ”To Aubrey Brain with many thanks for particularistic playing on many occasions from Edward Elgar 1925” Private collection. Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.8, pp.115-137
Northrop Moore, Jerrold: Elgar A Life In Photographs, London, Oxford University Press, 1972
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Fried = Oscar Fried (b.Berlin 1 Aug. 1871-d.Moscow 5 July 1941). Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.9, pp.268-9
German = Sir Edward German (b.Whitchurch, Shropshire 17 Feb. 1862-d.London 11 Nov. 1936), composer, conductor Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.9, pp.703-705
Dunhill, T.F., Edward German 1862-1936 in Musical Times, lxxvii (1936), pp.1073-7
Godfrey = Sir Daniel (Dan) Eyers Godfrey (b.London 20 June 1868-d.Bournemouth 20 July 1939). Literature
New Grove Dict., vol.10, p.72
Godfrey, Sir Dan, Memories and Music. London, Hutchinson & Co. 1924
Goossens = Sir Eugène Aynsley Goossens III (b.London, 26 May 1893-d.Hillingdon, Middlesex, 13 June 1962), composer, conductor. Literature:
Goossens, Eugene: Overture And Beginners A Musical Biography, Methuen, 1951.
New Grove Dict., vol.10, pp.149-50
Palmer, 1947, p.106
Henschel = Sir George Henschel (b.Breslau, 18 Feb. 1850-d.Aviemore, Scotland, 10 Sep. 1934). Baritone, pianist, conductor and composer
Holst = Gustavus Theodore von Holst (b.Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 21 Sep. 1874-d.London, 25 May 1934). Composer, conductor. Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.11, pp.647-655
Klenau = Paul (August von) Klenau (b.Copenhagen, 11 Feb.1883-d.Copenghagen 31 Aug. 1946). Conductor, composer. Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.13, p.670
Levi, E., Atonality, 12-Tone Music And The Third Reich in Tempo, no.178 (1991), pp.17-21
Koussevitzky = Dr Sergei Aleksandrovich Koussevitzky (b.Vyschny Volochek, Tver Oblast, Russia 26 July 1874- d.Boston, Massachusetts 4 June 1951) Conductor, double-bass player. Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.13, pp.844-45
Smith, Moses, Koussevitzky New York, Allen, Towne & Heath Inc.,1947
Wooldridge, D., Conductor’s World, New York, Praeger Publications, London, Barrie & Rockliff 1970, pp.137-52
HMV Catalogue, 1935, Celebrity Artists, p.398 (with photo)
Mengelberg = Willem (Josef) Mengelberg (b.Utrecht Holland, 28 March 1871-d.Zuort, Switzerland 22 March 1951). Conductor, composer. According to Douglas Moore, a pupil of Aubrey Brain at the Royal Academy of Music before the War, Aubrey sometimes talked about the conductors he admired and one of them was Mengelberg. Conversation with the author, 2004
Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.16, p.428
Shore, B., The Orchestra Speaks. London, Longmans, Green & Co. 1938
Wooldridge, D., Conductor’s World, New York, Praeger Publications, London, Barrie and Rockliff, 1970, pp.155-65
Hardie, R.H., The Recordings of Willem Mengelberg. Nashville, TN, Hardie, 1972
Kalisch, Alfred, Willem Mengelberg in Musical Times, 1 July 1912 vol.53, no.833, pp.433-35.
Pitt = Percy Pitt (b.London 4 Jan. 1869-d.London 23 Nov. 1932) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.19, p.811
Chamier, J. Daniel, Percy Pitt of Covent Garden & The BBC. London, Edward Arnold & Co. 1938
Robinson = Stanford Robinson OBE (b.Leeds 5 July 1904-d.Brighton 25 Oct. 1984). Conductor, composer. Literature:
Palmer, 1947, p.206
Ronald = Sir Landon Ronald (b.London 1873-d.1938) Conductor, composer, pianist. Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.21, pp.642-3
Ronald, Landon Sir, Variations On A Personal Theme, London, Hodder & Stoughton 1922
Sargent = Dr Harold Malcolm (Watts) Sargent, later Sir Malcolm Sargent (b.Ashford, Kent, 29 April 1895-d. London 3 Oct. 1967) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.22, pp.288-289
Reid, C., Malcolm Sargent: a Biography. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1968, 2nd ed. 1973
Palmer, 1947, p.219
Schnéevoigt = Georg Schnéevoigt (b.Viipuri, Finland 8 Nov. 1872-d.Malmö, Sweden 28 Nov. 1947) Conductor, cellist. Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.22, pp.552-53
Strauss = Richard Strauss (b.Munich 11 June 1864-d.Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, 8 Sep. 1949), composer, conductor. Literature:
Del Mar, Norman, Richard Strauss, London, Barrie & Jenkins, 1962
Who’s Who In Music, 1949-50, Section 7, Obituary, p.413
Stravinsky = Igor (Fyodorovich) Stravinsky (b.Oranienbaum, Russia, 17 June 1882-d.New York 6 April 1971), composer, conductor Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.24, pp.528-567
Stravinsky, Igor: Chronicle Of My Life, London, Gollancz, 1936
Walsh, Stephen, Stravinsky A Creative Spring: Russia And France 1882-1934, London, Jonathan Cape, 2000
Toscanini = Arturo Toscanini (b. Parma, Emilia-Romagna 28 March 1867-d.New York 16 Jan. 1957).
Aubrey kept a London Music Festival concert programme with Toscanini conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Queen’s Hall, Monday 3 June 1935. It is signed and dated by Toscanini under Toscanini’s photograph at the front of the programme. The concert comprised the National Anthem, marking the occasion of His Majesty King George V’s seventieth birthday, Cherubini’s Anacreon Overture, Brahms’ Symphony No.4, Wagner’s Death and Funeral March (Gotterdammerung) from Siegfried, and Elgar’s Enigma Variations. The Leader at that concert was Arthur Catterall and organ was played by Berkeley Mason. The list of personnel of the orchestra on the back page of the programme (horn section) includes (apart from Aubrey Brain), Francis Bradley, Aubrey Thonger, J F Alexandra, Michael Graydon, Harry F Thornton, Alfred J Cursue and Harry G Watson. Author’s collection.
Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.25, pp.643-646
Segre, A., Toscanini: The First Forty Years in Music Quarterly, vol.xxxiii, 1947, pp.178-87
Matthews, Denis, Arturo Toscanini, New York, Hippocrene Books, 1982
Sachs, Harvey, Reflections On Toscanini, New York, Prima Publishing, 1993
HMV Catalogue, 1935, Celebrity Artists, p.411 (with photo)
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Vaughan Williams = Ralph Vaughan Williams OM (b.Down Ampney, near Cirencester 12 Oct. 1872-d.London, 26 Aug. 1958), composer, conductor. Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.26, pp.345-362
Vaughan Williams, Ursula, A Biography of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Oxford University Press, 1964
Palmer, 1947, pp.239-341
Siegfried Wagner = Siegfried (Helferich Richard) Wagner (b.Tribschen, near Lucerne 6 June 1869-d.Bayreuth 4 Aug. 1930) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.26, p.972
Walter = Bruno Walter (b.Berlin 15 Sep. 1876-d.Beverley Hills, 17 Feb. 1962) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.27, pp.52-54
Stefan, P., Bruno Walter, Vienna, Herbert Reichner Verlag, 1936
Boult, Sir Adrian, Bruno Walter in Recorded Sound, no.40 (1970), pp.668-71
Walter, Bruno, translated Gals, James A. Theme And Variations: An Autobiography, New York, A A Knopf 1946
Weingartner = Dr Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg (b.Zara, Dalmatia, 2 June 1863, d. Winterthur, Switzerland 7 May 1942). Conductor, composer and pianist. Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.27, pp.240-41
Weingartner, Felix, On The Performance Of Beethoven’s Symphonies And Other Essays New York: Dover Publications (2004)
Dyment, Christopher, Felix Weingartner: Recollections and Recordings. Rickmansworth, England, Triad Press 1976
Wood = Sir Henry J Wood (b.London 3 Mar. 1869-d. Hitchin Herts. 19 Aug. 1944). Conductor, composer and accomplished amateur artist. Sir Henry had a high regard for Aubrey Brain and gave him a signed photograph of himself in 1926, inscribed “Aubrey Brain the greatest horn player I have ever known. Sincerely Yours, Sir Henry J Wood, 1926”. Aubrey at that time, of course, was his principal horn in the Queen’s Hall Orchestra, a post that Aubrey’s brother, Alfred, had also held from 1908 to 1922. Private collection. Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.27, pp.546-48
Wood, Sir Henry, My Life In Music, London, Victor Gollancz, 1938, 1946
Elkin, R., Queen’s Hall, 1893-1941 London, Ryder & Co. 1944
Philip, R., Early Recordings and Musical Style. Changing Tastes In Instrumental Performance Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992
Jacobs, Arthur, Henry J Wood Maker of the Proms, London, Methuen, 1994
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Arden = Evelyn Arden, contralto
Austral = Florence Mary Austral, soprano (b.Florence May Wilson, Richmond, Victoria Australia, 26 April 1894-d.Mayfield, Newcastle, Australia, 15 May 1968) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.2, pp.192-3
New Grove Opera, vol.1. This, however, gives a different place and date of birth! Melbourne and 26 April 1894.
White, D., Florence Austral in Record Collector, vol.xiv, (1961-2), pp.4-29;pp.168-9 (discography by W.Hogarth & D. White.)
HMV Catalogue 1935, Celebrity Artists, p.385 (with photo)
Baker = George Baker, baritone (b.Birkenhead, 1885-d.8 Jan.1976) Literature:
Palmer, 1947, pp.23-24
Chislett, W.A., George Baker, The Gramophone, March 1976, vol.53, p.1453.
E Baker = Elsie Baker, soprano
Baillie = Isobel Baillie, soprano (b.Hawick, 9 March 1895-d.Manchester 24 Sep. 1883). Literature:
Baillie, Isobel, Never Sing Louder Than Lovely, London, Hutchinson, 1982
Brunskill = Muriel Brunskill, contralto (b.Kendal, Lake District, 18 Dec. 1900-d.1980). Literature:
Palmer, 1947, pp.48-9
Carr = Robert Carr, baritone (b.London 12 April 1881-d.Essex, 20 Nov. 1948)
Chaliapin = Fydor (Ivanovich) Chaliapin, bass (b.Kazan, 1 Feb.1873-d.Paris 12 April 1938) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.5, pp.428-29
Semeonoff, B., Chaliapin’s Repertoire and Recordings in Record Collector, vol.xx (1971-2), pp.171-230 (with discography by A Kelly)
Borovsky, Chaliapin: A Critical Biography. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1988 (with discography by A Kelly and V. Garrick)
Chaliapin (autobiography), Man And Mask: Forty Years In The Life of A Singer, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1932
HMV Catalogue 1935, Celebrity Artists, p.388 (with photo)
Collier = Frederick Redmond Collier, baritone (b. Collingwood, Melbourne, 5
Oct. 1885-d.South Yarra, 14 Oct.1964).
Literature:
O’Neill, Sally, Collier, Frederick Redmond 1885-1964 in Australian Dictionary of National Biography, vol.8, Melbourne University Press, 1981, pp.68-69
Mackenzie, Barbara & Findlay, Singers of Australia From Melba To Sutherland, Melbourne, Landsdowne Press, 1967
Eadie = Noel Eadie, soprano (b.Paisley, 10 Dec.1901-d.London 11 April 1950). Literature:
New Grove Opera, vol.2, p.1
Easton = Robert Easton, bass (b. Sunderland 8 June 1898-d.26 May 1987). Literature:
Brook, D., Singers Of Today, London, revised edition, Rockliff, 1958, pp.70-74
Palmer, 1947, pp.82-3
Eisdell = Hubert Mortimer Eisdell, tenor (b.Hampstead 21 Sep. 1882-d.Peterborough, Ontario, 30 May 1948). Literature:
Who’s Who In Music, 1949-50 (Obituary) p.411
Fear = Arthur Fear, baritone (b. Blaina, Monmouthshire, 1902-d.1984). Literature:
Palmer, 1947, p.88
Fry = Howard Fry, bass. Literature:
Who’s Who In Music, 1949-50, p.78
Heming = Percy Heming, bass (b.Bristol 6 Sep. 1883-d.11 Jan. 1956). Literature:
New Grove Opera, vol.2, p.692
Palmer, 1947, p.120, who gives the year of birth as 1887.
Who’s Who In Music, 1949-50, pp.98-99
Jarred = Mary Jarred, mezzo-soprano (b.Brotton, Yorks. 9 Oct. 1899-d.12 Dec.1993). Literature:
Palmer, 1947, p.137
Jones = Gwynn Parry Jones, tenor (b.Blaina, Monmouthshire, 14 Feb.1891-d.London 26 Dec.1963). Literature:
New Grove Opera, vol.2, pp.914-15
Palmer, 1947, pp.138-9
Leider = Frida Leider, soprano (b.Berlin, 18 April 1888-d.Berlin 4 June 1975) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.14, p.504
Lieder, Frida, Das War Mein Teil. Berlin, F.A. Herbig 1959; English translation by Charles Osborne, Playing My Part, London, Calder & Boyars, 1966 (with discography by H Burros)
Shawe-Taylor, D., Frida Leider (1888-1975) in Opera, vol. xxxix (1988), pp.905-8.
HMV Catalogue, 1935, Celebrity Artists, p.400 (with photo)
Licette = Miriam Licette, soprano (b.Chester 9 Sep. 1892-d.Twyford 11 Aug. 1969) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.14, pp.651-2
New Grove Opera, vol.2, p.1254
Who’s Who In Music, 1949-50, p.129
Ljüngberg = Göta Ljüngberg, soprano (b.Sundsvall 4 Oct. 1893- d.Lidingö nr. Stockholm, 30 June 1955) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.15, p.24.
New Grove Opera, vol.2, p.1296
HMV Catalogue 1935, Celebrity Artists, p.400 (with photo)
McKenna = Kennedy McKenna, tenor.
Nash = Heddle Nash, tenor (b.Deptford, South London, 14 June 1894-d.London 14 Aug.1961). Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.17, p.647
New Grove Opera, vol.3, pp.559-60
Blyth, A., Heddle Nash: A Centenary Note in Opera, vol.xlv (1994), pp.670-73
Jarrett, J., Heddle Nash in Record Advertiser, vol.iii, no.5 (1972-3), pp.2-11
Offers = Maartje Offers, contralto (b.Koudekerk, Rhine, 27 Feb. 1891-d.Tholen, 28 Jan. 1944). Literature:
HMV Catalogue, 1935, Celebrity Artists, p.403 (with photo)
Palmer = Gladys Palmer, contralto.
Radford = Robert Radford, bass (b.Nottingham 13 May 1874-d.London, 1 March 1933). Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.20, p.725
New Grove Opera, vol.3, p.1211
Kloet, W.G., Robert Radford in Record Collector, vol.xiv (1961-2), pp.200-30 (with discography by J.P. Kenyon)
Radford, W., Robert Radford in Recorded Sound, no.39, (1970), pp.632-8
Robertson = Stanley Robertson, bass.
Suddaby = Elsie Suddaby, soprano (b.Leeds 1893-d.1980)
Thornton = Edna Thornton, contralto (b.Bradford, 1875-d.Worthing 15 July 1964) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.25, pp.429-30
New Grove Opera, vol.4, p.732
Trenton = Louise Trenton B.A. (b.Philadelphia, USA, 1882, Louise Githens, d.1969), soprano. Literature:
Who’s Who In Music, 1949-50, p.206
See also National Portrait Gallery, vintage print portrait, dated 1920 by Bassano
Vane = Doris Vane, soprano
Walker = Nellie Walker, contralto
Webster = Frank Webster, tenor
Widdop = Walter Widdop, tenor (b.Norland, Yorks. 19 April 1892-d.Hampstead, London 6 Sep.1949). Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.27, pp.355-56
Blyth, A., Koloman von Pataky and Walter Widdop in Opera, vol. xl (1989), pp.288-95 (with discography)
Palmer, 1947, pp.247-48
Who’s Who In Music, 1949-50, very brief obituary note, p.413
Hillier, A.D., & Jarrett, J., Walter Widdop: A Biography and Discography in Record Advertiser, vol.iv, no.2 (1973-4), p.2
Williams = Harold John Williams, bass (b. Woollahra, Sydney 3 Sep.1893-d.Gordon, Sydney, 5 June 1976). Literature:
Palmer, 1947, p.248
Backhaus = Wilhelm Backhaus (b.Leipzig 26 March 1884-d.Villach, Austria 5 July 1969) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.2, p.447
Clough F., and Cuming G.J., A Backhaus Discography in Gramophone Record Review, no.68, 1959, p.578
HMV Catalogue, 1935, Celebrity Artists, p.385 (with photo)
Van Barenstein = Madame Van Barenstein
Davies = Fanny Davies (b.Guernsey 27 June 1861-d.London, 1 Sep. 1934). Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.7, pp.60-61
Miss Fanny Davies: A Biographical Sketch in Musical Times, xlvi, 1905, pp.365-7
Mayer, D., Fanny Davies, in Recorded Sound nos.70-71 (1978), pp.776-9
Saul, P., and Ellis, C., Fanny Davies Recordings, in Recorded Sound, nos.70-71 (1978), pp.779-80
Papers of Fanny Davies 1883-1814, MS7499a-7511, Library of the Royal College of Music
De Greef = Artur De Greef (b.Louvain, Belgium, 10 Oct. 1862-d.Brussels 29 Aug. 1940). Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.7, p.138
Hambourg = Mark Hambourg (b.Boguchar, Russia, 31 May/12 June 1879-d.Cambridge, England 26 Aug.1960). Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.10, p.713
Schnabel, A., My Life And Music, New York, St Martin’s Press, 1961, pp.25-26
Schonberg, H.C., The Great Pianists. New York, Simon & Schuster Inc. 1963, pp.307-8
Hambourg, Mark, How to Become a Pianist, London, C. Arthur Pearson, 1922
Hambourg, Mark, From Piano to Forte. London, Cassell, 1931
Hambourg, Mark, The Eighth Octave, London, Williams & Norgate, 1951
Lamond = Frederic (Archibald) Lamond (b.Glasgow 28 Jan. 1868-d.Stirling, 21 Feb. 1948) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.14, pp.193-4.
Vicat, A., Great Pianists of the Twentieth Century: Frederic Lamond in International Piano Quarterly, vol.1, no.3 (1997-8), pp.54-69 (including complete discography)
Palmer, 1947, p.146
Who’s Who in Music, 1949-50, Obituary, p.411
Moiseiwitsch = Benno Moiseiwitsch (b.Odessa, Ukraine 10/22 Feb. 1890-d.9 April 1963). Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.16, p.885
Moiseiwitsch, Maurice, Moiseiwitsch, Biography Of A Concert Pianist, London F Muller, 1965
Schonberg, Harold C., The Great Pianists From Mozart To The Present, New York, Simon & Schuster, second edition, 1987
Palmer, 1947, p.167
Schnabel = Artur Schnabel (b.Lipnik, Austria 17 April 1882-d.Axenstein, Switzerland 15 Aug. 1951) Literature:
New Grove Dict. Vol.22, pp.548-9
Schnabel, A., My Life And Music New York, St Martin’s Press, 1961
Stone, R., Artur Schnabel in Grand Baton vol. ix no.3 (1972), p.19 (with discography)
HMV Catalogue, 1935, Celebrity Artists, p.407 (with photo)
Solomon = Solomon Cutner CBE (b.London 9 Aug. 1902-d. 22 Feb. 1988) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.23, pp.654-5
Brook, D., Masters of the Keyboard. London, Rockliff 1946
Moore, G., Am I Too Loud? Memoirs of an Accompanist. London, Hamish Hamilton, 1962
Schonberg, H., The Great Pianists From Mozart To The Present. New York, Simon & Schuster Inc. 1963
Crimp, Bryan, Solo: The Biography Of Solomon London, Travis & Emery, 2008
Menges = Isolde Menges (b. Hove, 16 May 1893-Richmond Surrey 13 Jan. 1976) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.16, p.430
Sammons = Albert Edward Sammons (b.London 23 Feb. 1886-d.Southdean Sussex, 24 Aug. 1957) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.22, p.217
Tankard G. et al., Albert Sammons in Royal College of Music Magazine, lii, (1956), pp.94-5
Ireland, J. A Sammons: a Tribute in Musical Times, xcviii (1957), p.548
Harrison = Beatrice Harrison (b.Roorkee, N.W. India, 9 Dec. 1892-d. Smallfield, Surrey 10 March 1965) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.11, p.61
Moore, G., Am I Too Loud?Memoirs Of An Accompanist London, Hamish Hamilton, 1962
Cleveland-Peck, P., The Lady of the Nightingales, in The Strad, vol.ciii (1992), pp.1174-9 (with discography by B.Crimp)
MacDonagh = Terence (John Alfred) MacDonagh (b.Woolwich 13 Feb.1908-d.London 12 Sep.1986) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.15, p.546
Rothwell = Evelyn Rothwell (Later, Lady Barbirolli) OBE (b. Wallingford-on-Thames 24 Jan.1911-d.London 25 Jan. 2008). In a recorded conversation with the author, Lady Barbirolli remembered Aubrey Brain as someone whose sound was beautiful and “limpid”. She fondly remembered the Busch Chamber concerts at the Queen’s Hall, in which Aubrey was principal horn and especially the debut concert of his son, Dennis Brain, second horn, in Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.1, 6 October 1938.
Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.21, pp.784-85
Lady Barbirolli: Life With Glorious John London, Robson Books, 2002
Ponsonby, Robert: Evelyn Barbirolli: Remarkably Fine Oboist (Obituary in The Independent, Tuesday 29 Jan. 2008)
Bradley = Francis Gilbert Bradley (b.19 Rochester Road, Camden Town, London 12 Aug.1898-d.12 Barn Hill, Wembley, Middlesex 29 Nov.1986). Son of Friedrich Adolph Borsdorf (b.25 Dec. 1854-d.15 April 1923) and Sybel Stuart Borsdorf, née Hambleton (b.23 Aug. 1867-d.19 Oct. 1956). Francis changed his surname to Bradley.
Francis Bradley had a high regard for Aubrey Brain, although they did disagree about the type of instrument. In the BBC Symphony, Aubrey insisted on the French type of instrument and when Francis Bradley joined the BBC, he had to adopt the same instrument as the rest of the section. Before joining the BBC, he had been playing on an Alexander 103 double horn as principal of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Bradley’s Alexander was one of the very few to be first used professionally in England. Literature:
Private information
Auber = Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (b.Caen 29 Jan 1782-d.Paris 12 May 1871) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.2, pp.153-57
Bach = Johann Sebastian Bach (b.Eisenach 21 March 1685-d.Leipzig 28 July 1750) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.2, pp.309-382
Marshall, R.L. The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach: the Sources, the Style, the Significance. New York, 1989
Mellers, W., Bach and the Dance of God, London, Faber, 1980
Butt, John (ed) The Cambridge Companion to Bach. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1997
Wolff, Christoph, Johann Sebastian Bach The Learned Musician. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 2000
Balfour Gardiner = Henry Balfour Gardiner (b.London 7 Nov.1877-d.Salisburg 28 June 1950) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.9, pp.538-39
Lloyd, Stephen, Henry Balfour Gardiner. Cambridge University Press, 1984; 2005
Banfield, Stephen, and Lloyd, Stephen, New Grove Dictionary of Music And Musicians, 1980, rep. 1994, vol.7, 163.
Bantock = Sir Granville Bantock (b.44 Cromwell Road Notting Hill, London, 7 Aug. 1868- d London, 16 Oct. 1946) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.2, pp.669-71
Beethoven = Ludwig van Beethoven (b.Bonn, 17 Dec. 1770-d.Vienna 26 March 1827) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.3, pp.73-140
Matthews, Denis, Beethoven. London, Dent, 1985
Vaughan Williams, R., Some Thoughts on Beethoven’s Choral Symphony, with Writings on Other Musical Subjects. London, Oxford University Press, 1953
Davies, Peter J., The Character of a Genius: Beethoven In Perspective. Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood Press, 2002
Berlioz = Hector Berlioz (b.Le Côte-Saint-André, France 11 Dec.1803-d.Paris 8 March 1869) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.3, pp.384-420
Macdonald, H., Berlioz. London, J M Dent 1982 (2nd edition, 1991)
Cairns, D., Berlioz 1803-1832: The Making of an Artist. Vol.1 London, André Deutsch, 1989
Cairns, D., Berlioz Servitude & Greatness: 1832-1869. Vol.2 London, André Deutsch, 1999
Bizet = Georges (Alexandre-César-Léopold) Bizet (b.Paris 25 Oct.1838-d.Bougival 3 June 1875) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.3, pp.641-656
Curtiss, M.S.K., Bizet and His World. Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood Press 1977
Borodin = Alexander Porfir’yevich Borodin (b.St Petersburg, 31 Oct/ 12 Nov. 1833-d.St Petersburg, 15/27 Feb. 1887) Composer, chemist. Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.3, pp.905-917
Dianin, Serge, translated by Lord, Robert, Borodin, London, Oxford University Press, 1963
Hutchings, A.J.B., A Study of Borodin: 1 The Man in Musical Times, 1936, vol.77, no.1124, pp.881-883
Brahms = Johannes Brahms (b.Hamburg 7 May 1833-d.Vienna 3 April 1897) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.4, pp.180-227
Swafford, J., Johannes Brahms. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1997
Musgrave, M. A Brahms Reader. New Haven,Yale University Press, 2000
Geiringer, Karl, and Geiringer, Irene, Brahms, His Life And Work, New York, Da Capo Press, 1987
Cherubini = Maria Luigi Carlo (Zénobio Salvatore) Cherubini (b.Florence, 8 Sep. 1760-d.Paris, 15 March 1842) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.5, pp.571-586
Deane, Basil, Cherubini, Oxford Studies of Composers, London, Oxford University Press, 1965
Chopin = Fryderyk (Fédéric) Franciszek (François) Chopin (b.Zelazowa Wola, Poland 1 March 1810-d.Paris 17 Oct. 1849) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.5, pp.706-736
Marek, George R., & Gordon-Smith, M, Chopin: A Biography. New York, San Francisco and London, Harper & Row, 1978
Samson, Jim, Chopin, New York and Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1996
Siepmann, Jeremy, Chopin: The Reluctant Romantic. London, Victor Gollancz, 1995
Debussy = Claude (Achille-) Debussy (b.St Germain-en-Laye 22 Aug. 1862-d. Paris 25 March 1918) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.7, pp.96-119
Howatt, Roy, Debussy in Proportion: A Musical Analysis. Cambridge University Press, 1983
Nichols, R. The Life Of Debussy. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1998
Fulcher, Jane, Debussy and His World, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2001
Delibes = (Clément Philibert) Léo Delibes (b.Saint-Germain-Du-Val 21 Feb.1836-d.Paris 16 Jan. 1891) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.7, pp.158-160
Delius = Frederick (Fritz) Delius (b.Bradford, Yorks., 29 Jan.1862-d.Grez-sur-Loing 10 June 1934) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.7, pp.161-169
Carley, Lionel, Delius: A Life In Letters (1) 1862-1908. Aldershot, Ashgate (imprint of Scolar Press), 1983
Carley, Lionel, Delius: A Life In Letters (2) 1909-1934. Aldershot, Ashgate (imprint of Scolar Press), 1988
Carley, Lionel, Delius: Music, Art and Literature. Aldershot, Ashgate (imprint of Scolar Press), 1998
Warlock, Peter, Frederick Delius, Wesport, Connecticut, Greenwood Press, 1974
Dvořák = Antonín Leopold Dvořák (b.Nelahozeves, 8 Sep. 1841-d. Prague 1 May 1904) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.7, pp.777-814
Hughes, Gervase, Dvořák, His Life And Music. London, Cassell, 1967
Melville-Mason, G., Dvořák and Elgar in Czech Music, vol.xvii, no.1 (1991-2), pp.30-38
Elgar = Sir Edward Elgar Bart., OM, KCVO (b.Broadheath nr. Worcester 2 June 1857-d.Worcester 23 Feb.1934) See Conductors section
Falla de = Manuel de Falla (b. Cádiz 23 Nov. 1876-d. Alta Gracia, Argentina, 14 Nov. 1946) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.8, pp.529-535
Burnett, James, Manuel de Falla and the Spanish Musical Renaissance, London, Gollancz, 1979
Lee, Harper, Nancy, Manuel de Falla, Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood Press, 1998
Franck = César (Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert) Franck (b.Liège, Belgium, 10 Dec.1822-d.Paris, 8 Nov. 1890) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.9, pp.177-185
German = Sir Edward German. Pseudonym of Edward German Jones (b.Whitchurch, Shropshire 17 Feb.1862-d.London 11 Nov.1936) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.9, pp.703-705
Rees, Brian, A Musical Peacemaker: The Life And Works Of Sir Edward German. Abbotsbrook, Kensal Press, 1986
Scott, William Herbert, Edward German: An Intimate Biography, London, Cecil Palmer, 1932
Dunhill, T.F., Edward German 1862-1936 in Musical Times, vol.lxxvii (1936), pp.1073-7
Glinka = Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (b.Novospasskoye 20 May/1 June 1804-d. Berlin 15 Feb.1857) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.10, pp.1-13
Brown, David, Mikhail Glinka, a Biographical and Critical Study, London, Oxford University Press, 1974
Goossens = Sir Eugène (Aynsley) Goossens (b.London, 26 May 1893-d.Hillingdon, Middlesex, 13 June 1962) See Conductors section
Gounod = Charles-François Gounod (b.Paris 17 June 1818-d.Saint-Cloud 18 Oct.1893) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.10, p.215
Grieg = Edvard Hagerup Grieg (b.Bergen, 15 June 1843-d. Bergen, 4 Sep.1907) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.10, pp.396-410
Grimley, Daniel, Grieg: Music, Landscape And Norwegian Cultural Identity. London, Boydell Press, 2006
Handel = George Frideric Handel (b.Halle 23 Feb.1685-d.London 14 April 1759) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.10, pp.747-812
Burrows, Donald, Handel, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1994
Hogwood, Christopher, Handel. London, Thames & Hudson, 1984
Haydn = Franz Josef Haydn (b. Rohrau, 31 March 1732-d.Vienna 31 May 1809) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.11, pp.171-271
Geiringer, Karl, Geiringer, Irene, Haydn: A Creative Life In Music. 3rd edition, Berkeley & Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1982
Hérold = (Louis Joseph) Ferdinand Hérold (b.Paris 28 Jan.1791-d.Paris, 19 Jan.1833) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.11, pp.431-435
Holst = Gustavus Theodore von Holst (b.Cheltenham Gloucestershire 21 Sep. 1874-d.London 25 May 1934) See Conductors section
Humperdinck = Engelbert Humperdinck (b.Siegburg 1 Sep. 1854-d.Neustrelitz, 27 Sep.1921) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.11, pp.836-844
Lalo = (Victor-Antoine) Édouard Lalo (b.Lille, France, 27 Jan. 1823-d. Paris 22 April 1892) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.14, pp.151-154
Liszt = Franz Liszt (b.Raiding 22 Oct. 1811-d. Bayreuth, 31 July 1886) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.14, pp.755-877
Walker, Alan, Franz Liszt, The Virtuoso Years 1811-1847. Revised edition, New York, Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1987
Walker, Alan, Franz Liszt, The Weimar Years, 1848-1861. New York, Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1989
Walker, Alan, Franz Liszt, The Final Years, 1861-1886. New York, Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1997
Massenet = Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet (b. Montaud 12 May 1842-d. Paris 13 Aug.1912) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.16, pp.89-105
Harding, James, Massenet. New York, St Martin’s Press, 1970
Irvine, Demar, Massenet: A Chronicle of His Life and Times. Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1994
Mendelssohn = (Jakob Ludwig) Felix Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy) (b.Hamburg 3 Feb.1809-d.Leipzig 4 Nov.1847) Pianist, composer, conductor, accomplished amateur artist in watercolours. Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.16, pp.389-424
Mercer-Taylor, Peter, The Life of Mendelssohn. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2000
Todd, R. Larry, Mendelssohn – A Life In Music. Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press, 2003
Merrick = Frank Richard Merrick (b.Clifton Bristol 30 April 1886-London 19 Feb. 1981). Pianist, teacher and composer, winner of 1928 competition to finish Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony. Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.16, pp.466-67
Meyerbeer = Giocomo Meyerbeer. Born Jakob Leibmann Beer (b.Vogelsdorf, near Berlin 5 Sep. 1791-d. Paris 2 May 1864) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.16, pp.566-580
Mozart = (Johann Crysostom) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (b.Salzburg 27 Jan.1756-d.Vienna 5 Dec.1791) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.17, pp.276-347
Deutsch, Otto, Mozart: A Documentary Biography. Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1966
Marshall, Robert L., Mozart Speaks. New York, Schirmer Books, 1991
Solomon, Maynard, Mozart: A Life. New York, Harper Perennial, 1995
Mussorgsky = Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (b.Karevo, Pskov district 9/21 March 1839-d. St Petersburg, 16/28 March 1881) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.17, pp.541-555
Brown, David, Mussorgsky: His Life And Works. Oxford, New York, Oxford University Press, 2002
Nicolai = (Carl) Otto (Ehrenfried) Nicolai (b.Königsberg 9 June 1810-d.Berlin 11 May 1849) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.17, pp.871-874
Ponchielli = Amilcare Ponchielli (b.Paderno Fasolaro 31 Aug. 1834-d. Milan 17 Jan.1886) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.20, pp.88-91
Prokofiev = Sergei Sergeievich Prokofiev (b.Sontsovka, Ukraine 27 April 1891-d.Moscow 5 March 1953) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.20, pp.404-423
Ravel = Joseph-Maurice Ravel (b.Ciboure, 7 March 1875-d.Paris 28 Dec. 1937) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.20, pp.864-878
The Cambridge Companion To Ravel. Cambridge Companions to Music, Cambridge University Press, 2000
Respighi = Ottorino Respighi (b.Bologna 9 July 1879-d.Rome 18 April 1936) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.21, pp.214-220
Respighi, Elsa, Ottorino Respighi. London, Ricordi 1962
Rimsky-Korsakov = Nikolai Andreievich Rimsky-Korsakov (b.Tikhvin 6/18 March 1844-d. Lyubensk, 8/21 June 1908) Literature
New Grove Dict., vol.21, pp.400-424
Abraham, Gerald, Rimsky-Korsakov: A Short Biography. London, Duckworth, 1945
Griffiths, Steven, A Critical Study of the Music Of Rimsky-Korsakov, 1844-1890. New York & London, Garland Publishing, 1989
Rossini = Gioachino Antonio Rossini (b.Pesaro 29 Feb.1792-d.Passy 13 Nov.1868) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.21, pp.734-768
Saint-Saëns = Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (b.Paris 9 Oct.1835-d.Algiers 16 Dec.1921) Literature:
New Grove. Dict., vol.22, pp.124-135
Stegemann, Michael, Camille Saint-Saëns and the French Solo Concerto From 1850 to 1920. Portland Oregon, Amadeus Press, 1991
Schubert = Franz Peter Schubert (b.Vienna 31 Jan.1797-d.Vienna 19 Nov.1828) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.22, pp.655-729
Gibbs, Christopher (ed.) The Cambridge Companion To Schubert. Cambridge University Press, 1997
Newbould, Brian, Schubert: The Music and the Man. University of California Press, 1999
Schumann = Robert Alexander Schumann (b.Zwickau, Saxony 8 June 1810-d.Endenich nr. Bonn 29 July 1856) Literature:
New Grove Dict. Vol.22, pp.760-816
Worthen, John, Robert Schumann: Life And Death of a Musician. Newhaven, Connecticut & London, Yale University Press, 2007
Scriabin = Alexander Nikolaievich Scriabin (b.Moscow 25 Dec. 1871/6 Jan.1872-d.Moscow 14/27 April 1915) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.23, pp.483-495
Sibelius = Jean (Johan) (Christian Julius) Sibelius (b.Hämeenlinna, Finland 8 Dec.1865-d.Jārvenpāā Finland 20 Sep.1957) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.23, pp.319-347
Goss, Glenda D., ed. The Sibelius Companion, Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood Press, 1996
Burnett, James, Sibelius. London, New York, Omnibus Press, 1989
Strauss J = Johann (Baptist) Strauss II (b.Vienna 25 Oct.1825-d.Vienna 3 June 1899) Literature:
New Grove Dict. vol.24, pp.478-487
Strauss R = Richard Strauss (b.Munich 11 June 1864-d.Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, 8 Sep. 1949) See Conductors section
Stravinsky = Igor Stravinsky (b.Oranienbaum, Russia, 17 June 1882-d.New York 6 April 1971) See Conductors section
Von Suppé = Franz (von) Suppé (b.Ezechiele Ermenegildo Cavalieri Suppè Demielli, Spalato, Dalmatia 18 April 1819-d.Vienna 21 May 1895) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.24, pp.717-718
Tchaikovsky = Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky (b.Votkinsk 25 April/7 May 1840-d.St Petersburg 25 Oct./6 Nov. 1893) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.25, pp.144-183
Brown, David, Tchaikovsky: The Man And His Music. New York, Pegasus Books, 2007
Vaughan Williams = Ralph Vaughan Williams OM (b.Down Ampney Gloucestershire 12 Oct.1872-d.London 26 Aug.1958) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.26, pp.345-362
Ottaway, H., Vaughan Williams Symphonies. Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1972
Verdi = Giusepp (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi (b.La Roncole 9 or 10 Oct.1813-Milan, 27 Jan.1901) Literature
New Grove Dict., vol.26, pp.434-470
Martin, G., Verdi: His Music, Life and Times. New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1963
Phillips-Matz, Mary Jane, Verdi: A Biography. Oxford University Press, 1993
Wagner = Wilhelm Richard Wagner (b.Leipzig 22 May 1813-d.Venice 13 Feb.1883) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.26, pp.931-971
Burbidge, Peter, & Sutton, Richard (eds) The Wagner Companion. Cambridge University Press, 1979
Walton = Sir William Walton OM (b.Oldham, Lancs. 29 March 1902-d.Ischia, Italy, 8 March 1983) Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.27, pp.65-72
Lloyd, Stephen, William Walton: Muse Of Fire. Woodbridge, Suffolk, & Rochester, New York, Boydell & Brewer Inc., 2002
Weber = Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (b.Gutin, Holstein 18 Nov.1786-d.London 5 June 1826) Composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist, critic. Literature:
New Grove Dict., vol.27, pp.135-172
