Download – Strauss II – Die Fledermaus Overture – Beecham

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The overture is heavily cut. The recording contains bars 1-11, with bar 12 changed to unison B rather than E, to lead to b200-208, then b225-420. In the run out area of the record, an attempt has been made to scratch out the number 4360f II. This is because 4360f was also assigned to an unpublished Evan Williams recording, This Beecham recording, when the duplication was realised, was renumbered 4360f-II, and later (May 1911) as 381ac.

This recording was coupled on C431 with:
Elgar – Salut d’amour
La Scala Symphony Orchestra, Carlo Sabajno

Download – Berlioz – A Roman Carnival – Beecham
Download – Berlioz – Damnation of Faust – March – Beecham

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The overture is substantially abridged, shorn of its introduction. The recording contains bars 78-157 and 255-440 (the end of the work), and is very dimly recorded at the beginning. The March from Faust is given complete.

Puccini – Tosca – Vissi d’arte
Mascagni – Cavalleria Rusticana – Voi lo sapete
Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
Eva Turner, soprano

Mediafire link for Verdi, Puccini, Mascagni arias – Eva Turner, Thomas Beecham

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Columbia L 2118
Matrices WAX 3929-3, 3930-2 (9952, 9951)
Recorded 18th July 1928
Available from November 1928 to April 1950