Radio and private recordings

When I went to the British Library National Sound Archive to listen some of BBC materials,
The announcement from the control-room was interesting:

Haydn Horn Concerto No.1(Dennis Brain/BBC Midland Orch.)
Some noises occured during transportation by truck from Midland to London.

 I.  indicates that the recording has already been issued on CD.
See Orchestral Solo Favourites or Solo Album Collection.

BBC BBC sound archives BBC TS   BBC Transcription Service
NSA       National Sound Archive, London NDR North German Radio, Hamburg
SWR South West German Radio, Baden-Baden   SDR   South German Radio, Stuttgart
RIAS  Radio In the American Sector, Berlin      WDR West German Radio, Cologne
NOS   Nederlands Omroep Stichting, Hilversum   SR   Swedish Radio, Stockholm
DRS Radio Swiss, Basel YLE Radio Finland, Helsinki

Composer Title Orchestra/
Conductor		 Date held in
archives
of		 I.
Bayeux Tapestry Incidental music for BBC children's hour
(arrangements by Alec Robertson)
Theme Music Hunting Scene		 unknown 44/09/26 BBC  
Beethoven Sonata in F Op.17 for horn and piano Conrad Hansen 50/04/20 RIAS  
Beethoven Sonata in F Op.17 for horn and piano Conrad Hansen 51/04/19 SDR  
Beethoven Sextet Op.81b for two horns,strings Alan Civil, English SQ 57/02/28 BBC I.
Beethoven Quintet Op.16 for piano and wind Benjamin Britten, Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble 55/06/22 BBC TS I.
Beethoven Quintet Op.16 for piano and wind Wilfrid Parry, Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble 57/08/24 BBC I.
Berkeley Trio for violin, horn, and piano Colin Horsley(pf), Max Rostal(vn) 56/01/09 private  
Berlioz The Capture of Troy, The Trojans
Cassandra:Marisa Ferrer
Chorebus:Charles Gambon
Aeneas:Colin Cunningham
Helenus:Irene Joachim
Hecuba:Yvonne Corke
Pantheus:Charles Paul
Priam:Scott Joynt
Ghost of Hector:Ernst Frank
Greek Captain:Denis Dowling
Trojan Soldier:Denis Dowling
BBC Theatre Chorus		 Royal Phil./Sir Thomas Beecham 47/06/03 BBC I.
Berlioz The Trojans at Carthage, The Trojans
Dido:Marisa Ferrer
Anna:Yvonne Corke
Iopas:Frans Vroons
Ascanius:Maris Branze
Pantheus:Charles Paul
Narbal:Charles Gambon
Aeneas:Jean Giraudeau
Hylas:Colin Cunnigham
Soldiers:Ernst Frank, Scott Joynt
Ghost of Cassandra:Yvonne Corke
Ghost of Chorebus:Charles Gambon
Ghost of Hector:Ernst Frank
Ghost of Priam:Scott Joynt
Mercury:Stearn Scott
BBC Theatre Chorus		 Royal Phil./Sir Thomas Beecham 47/07/02 BBC I.
Bowen, York Concerto for horn,strings and timpani Wellbeck Orch./Maurice Miles 56/07/01 private  
Brahms Tragic Overture Philh./Arturo Toscanini 52/09/29 private I.
Brahms Symphony No.1 and 2 Philh./Arturo Toscanini 52/09/29 private I.
Brahms Symphony No3 and 4 Philh./Arturo Toscanini 52/10/01 private I.
Brahms 'Haydn' Variations Philh./Arturo Toscanini 52/10/01 private I.
Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Ernst Haefliger, RIAS SO/Paul Sacher 50/04/20 RIAS  
Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Peter Pears, BBC SO/John Hollingsworth 53/07/30 BBC TS I.
Britten Fire for tenor, horn and piano Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten 56/06/21 BBC  
Britten So out of the dark for tenor, horn and piano Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten 56/06/21 BBC  
Britten Canticle Still Falls the Rain Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten 55/06/22 private  
Britten Canticle Still Falls the Rain Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten 56/07/06 NOS  
Britten Canticle Still Falls the Rain Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten 56/06/21 BBC I.
Cooke Arioso and Scherzo for horn and strings Carter Trio etc. 56/11/03 BBC  
Cooke Arioso and Scherzo for horn and strings Carter Trio etc. 57/03/05 BBC I.
Danzi Horn concerto in E flat Kurpfalz Chamber Orch./Edwin Bodart 55/06/01 private I.
Dukas Villanelle for horn and piano Klaus Billing 53/05/04 RIAS  
Dukas Villanelle for horn and piano Benjamin Britten 56/07/06 NOS  
Dukas Villanelle for horn and piano Wilfred Parry 57/08/24 BBC I.
Fibich, Zdenek Quintet for clarinet, horn, violin, cello and piano
Op.42 in D		 Frederick Thurston(cl), Lisa Fuchsova(pf),
James Whitehead(vc), Marie Wilson(vn)		 48/02/01 private I.
Fricker, P. Racine Sonata for horn and piano Wilfred Parry 56/08/04 private  
Fricker P. Racine Quintet for winds Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble
Gareth Morris(fl), Stephen Waters(cl)
Leonard Brain(ob), Cesil James(fg) 		57/08/24 BBC I.
Haydn Concerto No.1 in D BBC Midland Orch./Leo Wurmser 57/01/21 BBC I.
Haydn Concerto No.2 in D unknown unknown private  
Haydn Se Ti Perdo Goldsborough Orch./Charles Mackerras 56/12/17 private I.
Hindemith Sonata for horn and piano Noel Mewton-Wood 53/01/28 BBC I.
Hindemith Sonata for horn and piano Conrad Hansen 50/04/20 RIAS  
Hindemith Sonata for horn and piano Conrad Hansen 51/04/19 SDR I.
Hindemith Sonata for horn and piano Denis Matthews 53/07/19 private  
Hindemith Concerto for horn and orchestra WDR Orch./Josef Keilberth 51/01/22 WDR I.
Hindemith Sonata for four horns Neil Sanders, Edmund Chapman, Alfred Cursue 56/01/05 BBC I.
Jacob, Gordon Concerto for horn and strings Riddick Orch./Kathleen Riddick 51/07/03 private  
Janacek Mladi Suite for wind sextet Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble unknown private  
Kaminski, Heinrich Ballade for horn and piano Klaus Billing 53/05/04 RIAS  
Lewis, Anthony Concerto for horn and strings BBC Midland Orch./Gerald Gentry 57/01/18 private  
Malipiero Dialogue no.4 for wind quintet Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble 57/08/24 BBC I.
Marais Le Basque for horn and piano Wilfred Parry 57/08/24 BBC I.
Milhaud Le Cheminee du roi Renee for wind Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble 55/06/22 BBC TS I.
Milhaud Chassa a Vallarbe Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble 56/06/19 BBC TS I.
Mozart Concerto for horn No.2 in E flat K.417 SWR Orch./Paul Hindemith 48/10/10 SWR I.
Mozart Concerto for horn No.2 in E flat K.417 SWR Orch./Hans Rosbaud 53/05/06 SWR I.
Mozart Concerto for horn No.2 in E flat K.417 NDR Orch./Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt 54/05/07 NDR I.
Mozart Concerto for horn No.2 in E flat K.417 Swedish Radio SO/Sten Frykberg 56/10/07 SR  
Mozart Concerto for horn No.3 in E flat K.447 WDR Orch./Gunter Wand 51/01/23 WDR I.
Mozart Concerto for horn No.3 in E flat K.447 SDR Orch./Hans Muller Kray 52/04/20 SDR  
Mozart Concerto for horn No.3 in E flat K.447 BBC SO/Sir Malcolm Sargent 53/07/30 BBC I.
Mozart Concerto for horn No.3 in E flat K.447 RIAS Orch./Paul van Kempen 53/05/04 RIAS  
Mozart Concerto for horn No.3 in E flat K.447 SWR Orch./Hans Rosbaud 53/05/06 SWR I.
Mozart Quintet for horn and strings K.407 Carter String Trio, Eileen Grainger(va) 56/11/03 BBC  
Mozart Quintet for horn and strings K.407 English Q. 57/02/18 BBC I.
Mozart Quintet for piano and wind K.452 Conrad Hansen, Dennis Brain Wind Quintet
Stephen Waters(cl), Leonard Brain(ob),
Jack Alexandra(fg) 		51/09/22 RIAS  
Mozart Divertiment in B flat K.270 Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble 55/06/22 BBC TS  
Mozart Divertiment in B flat K.270 Movements 1 & 4 Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble 56/03/19 BBC TS I.
Mozart Divertiment in B flat K.270 Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble 57/07/22 BBC I.
Mozart Idomeneo
Idomeneo:Richard Lewis
Idamante:Leopold Simoneau
Ilia:Sena Jurinac
Elettra:Birgit Nilsson
Arbace:Alfred Poell
Gran Sacerdote di Nettuno:Alexander Young
La Voce:Bruce Dargavel
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus		 Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra/Fritz Busch 51/06/30 private I.
Rosetti Concerto for horn in E flat Goldsbrough Orch. 52/04/14 private  
Schoek Concerto for horn and strings Collegium Musicum/Paul Sacher 56/05/04 DRS I.
Schubert Auf dem Strom for tenor, horn and piano Peter Pears, Mewton-Wood 53/01/28 BBC I.
Schubert Auf dem Strom for tenor, horn and piano Richard Lewis, Ernest Lush 54/04/06 BBC TS  
Schubert Auf dem Strom for tenor, horn and piano Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten 56/07/06 NOS  
Schumann Adagio and Allegro for horn and piano Klaus Billing 53/05/04 RIAS  
Schumann Adagio and Allegro for horn and piano Benjamin Britten 56/06/21 BBC TS I.
Schumann Adagio and Allegro for horn and piano Benjamin Britten 56/07/06 NOS  
Schreiter, Hans Sonatina for horn and piano (first performance) Alfred Westphal 54/05/06 NDR  
Seiber Notturno for and strings LSO/Basil Cameron 55/07/29 private I.
Seiber Fantasy for flute, horn and strings Gareth Morris, Allegri SQ 57/02/06 BBC  
Smyth, Ethel Concerto for violin and horn Liverpool PO/Eugene Goossens
Frederick Grinke(vn)		 46/11/05 NSA  
Strauss, R. Concerto No.1 in E flat for horn NDR Orch./Hans Schumidt-Isserstedt 54/05/07 NDR I.
Strauss, R. Concerto No.1 in E flat for horn BBC SO/Sir Adrian Boult 56/03/18 private  
Strauss, R. Concerto No.1 in E flat for horn Finnish RSO/Nils-Eric Fougstedt 56/10/05 YLE  
Strauss, R. Concerto No.2 in E flat for horn BBC Welsh Orch./Rae Jenkins 51/02/05 private I.
Strauss, R. Erectra
Elektra:Erna Schluter
Chrysothemis:Ljuba Welitsch
Clytemnestra:Elizabeth Hongen
Aegisthus:Walter Widdop
Orestes:Paul Schoffler
Guardian of Orestes:Ernst Urbach
The Confidante:Mildred Watson
Trainbearer:Gwladys Garside
Young Servant:Eric Goldie
Overseer:Ruth Packer
Maids:Maud Heaton, Gwladys Garside, Monica Warner,
Sylvia Patriss, Marion Davies
BBC Theatre Chorus		 Royal Phil./Sir Thomas Beecham 47/10/29 BBC I.
Strauss, R. Four Last Songs (first performance) Kirsten Flagstad, Philh./Wilhelm Furtwangler 50/05/22 private I.
Strauss, R. Four Last Songs Sena Jurinac, Philh./Karl Rankl 52/07/12 NSA  
Tomlinson Romance and Rondo for horn and Orchestra BBC Concert Orch./Earnest Tomlinson 57/06/22 private  
Vinter Hunter's Moon for horn and orchestra BBC Concert Orch./Vilem Tausky 57/06/16 BBC I.
Various Desert Island Discs Roy Plomley 56/08/13 BBC I.
Various Lecture-recital on 'The Early Horn'
Handel Minuet from Water Music
Bach Cantata No.208 'Was mir behagt'
for soprano,2 horns,continuo
Vivaldi Concerto in F for 2 horns
Mozart Concerto No.1 in D K412 played
on 1818 Raoux hand-horn
Mozart Fragment from Concerto in E K98a
(first performance in modern times)
Rosetti Finle from Concerto in E flat : Rondo
Schubert Auf dem Strom
for soprano,horn,and piano
Jacqueline Delman(sop), Neill Sanders(hr)
(only the following items were issued by Toshiba)
Britten Serenade : Prologue(on 1818 Raoux hand-horn)
Anonymous Two Hunting Calls
(From a 17th-Century Cor de Chasse Treatise)
Mozart Duet for Two Horns in B flat K487/12 		Haydn Orchestra/Harry Newstone 55/07/23 private I.
Wagner Wesendonk Lieder Kirsten Flagstad, RPO/Sir Thomas Beecham 52/12/21 BBC I.
Wagner Siegfreid
The 100th Covent Garden performance
Mime:Paul Kuen
Siegfried:Set Svanholm
The Wanderer:Ferdinand Franz
Alberich:Otakar Kraus
Brunnhilde:Margaret Harshaw
The Woodbird:Joan Sutherland 		The Covent Garden Orch./Fritz Stiedry 54/06/25 private I.

Last updated 2010/01/11