I’ve been busy tidying up the site, so haven’t done much transfer work recently. But, finally to welcome March, yet more acoustic recordings by Eugene Goossens, all with the London Symphony Orchestra. Wolf-Ferrari – Il Segreto di Susanna – Overture Sibelius – Scènes Historiques No.3 – Festivo Columbia 908 Matrices 75139-1, 75148-1 (4048, 4057) Recorded […]
Acoustic recordings by Eugene Goossens
Posted by Damians78s on March 8, 2009
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Mendelssohn with Harty, Mendelssohn’s Walpurgisnacht, Golschmann’s Shostakovich, Raybould, Goossens, Heger, Frank Mullings and Salvatore Salvati
This latest update sees a site redesign, and a number of new transfers on site. In the orchestral arena, we have Harty’s sparkling account of Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony (afflicted by swish), Golschmann’s early 1950s LP recording of Shostakovich’s 5th Symphony, overtures conducted by Clarence Raybould (on Regal), and Eugene Goossens (on Edison Bell), and a […]
Posted by Damians78s on February 22, 2009
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Mario Rossi conducts Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony, Robert Easton sings Mendelssohn and Gounod
As Mendelssohn’s 200th birthday arrives, it seems apt to provide a few more items by this wonderful composer. Thus we have a symphony, and a wonderful bass aria which was much loved by English speaking singers, yet seems sadly neglected now. Mendelssohn – Son and Stranger – I am a roamer Gounod – Philemon and […]
Posted by Damians78s on February 3, 2009
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2009/02/03/mario-rossi-conducts-mendelssohns-italian-symphony-robert-easton-sings-mendelssohn-and-gounod/
German’s Welsh Rhapsody from Landon Ronald and Henry Gibson, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf in La Traviata
There are just a few items today, with more to follow later in the week. Edward German’s “Welsh Rhapsody” was, surprisingly, not one of the many works that German himself conducted for the Gramophone Company. Pioneering acoustic versions were left to Dan Godfrey (on one side), Henry Gibson and the Mayfair Orchestra (2 sides) and […]
Posted by Damians78s on February 1, 2009
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2009/02/01/germans-welsh-rhapsody-from-landon-ronald-and-henry-gibson-elisabeth-schwarzkopf-in-la-traviata/
Rodzinski’s Mussorgsky-Ravel Pictures and Henry Wood’s Handel
Today brings another two brief updates, because I’ve been busy. There’s an early LP of Rodzinski conducting Pictures at an Exhibition. The record I’ve taken this from is in terrible condition, so there is a considerable amount of noise that could not be removed. The other item is Henry Wood conducting an arrangement of a […]
Posted by Damians78s on January 26, 2009
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2009/01/26/rodzinskis-mussorgsky-ravel-pictures-and-henry-woods-handel/
Scheherezades from Philippe Gaubert and Eugene Goossens
Because I’ve been hard at work on transfers, here’s yet another update. This time there are three Scheherezades – two are highly abridged, one only slightly. Landon Ronald’s acoustic account (now available to download from Historic Recordings ) takes one side for each movement. The early electrical version by Eugene Goossens adopts the same principle, […]
Posted by Damians78s on January 20, 2009
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Malcolm Sargent conducts Mendelssohn’s Ruy Blas and Horenstein conducts Haydn’s Surprise
2009 brings the bicentenary of Mendelssohn’s birth, for which we have Malcolm Sargent conducting Ruy Blas, and the bicentenary of Haydn’s death, with Jascha Horenstein conducting the Surprise Symphony. Both recordings are 80 years old in 2009. Download – Mendelssohn – Ruy Blas Overture – Malcolm Sargent (mp3 files – right click the link, then […]
Posted by Damians78s on January 1, 2009
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2009/01/01/malcolm-sargent-conducts-mendelssohns-ruy-blas/
Henry Wood’s Vaughan Williams
To round off this Vaughan Williams anniversary year, here are the remainder of Henry Wood’s recordings of Vaughan Williams’s music: The Serenade to Music, The Wasps Overture and the Fantasia on Greensleeves. Download – Vaughan Williams – The Wasps – Wood Download – Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves – Wood (mp3 files – right […]
Posted by Damians78s on December 31, 2008
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2008/12/31/henry-woods-vaughan-williams/
Vaughan Williams’s “A London Symphony” – Wood and Goossens
As we approach the end of the year, it’s time to remember a composer who died fifty years ago: Ralph Vaughan Williams. There have been many reissues in connection with this, including, from Symposium, Dan Godfrey’s premiere recording of A London Symphony – both his earlier recording of the first (abridged) and third movements, and […]
Posted by Damians78s on December 24, 2008
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2008/12/24/vaughan-williamss-a-london-symphony-wood-and-goossens/
Luella Melius
Luella Melius is a far from well known singer. “Luella Melius, soprano, born 21st August 1892, Appleton, Wisconsin. Date of death unknown. Her actual name was Mrs. W. Fulton Melhuish. She began her training in Chicago as a child, and then studied under Jean de Reszke in Paris. She debuted at the Vienna Volksoper under […]
Posted by Damians78s on November 23, 2008
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2008/11/23/luella-melius/
Safford Cape conducts Dufay
Safford Cape and the Pro Musica Antiqua of Brussels recently appeared on this site on an Anthologie Sonore 78 of works by Dufay and Isaac. Cape and his group returned to the Dufay in 1950 – it was one of thirteen items on an LP of Dufay’s secular works which he recorded for Elaine Music […]
Posted by Damians78s on November 11, 2008
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2008/11/11/safford-cape-conducts-dufay/
Konstantin Ivanov conducts Glazunov’s Fifth Symphony
Konstantin Ivanov’s 1963 EMI/Melodiya recording of Glazunov’s Symphony No.5 is well-regarded, but his earlier account for Supraphon with the Czech PO is little known. This issue appears in the WERM 1951-2 supplement as a reissue, so the LP would appear to be from around 1950, and the timing of one or two conspicuous edits suggest […]
Posted by Damians78s on September 12, 2008
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2008/09/12/konstantin-ivanov-conducts-glazunovs-fifth-symphony/
Leo Blech conducts Schubert’s Great C Major Symphony
A few recordings by Leo Blech have appeared previously on this site, and it seemed time for another – his 1927 account of Schubert’s Great C major Symphony with the London Symphony Orchestra. Mediafire link for Blech’s 1927 Schubert C major (These are zip files – left click the link, download the files, then unzip […]
Posted by Damians78s on September 12, 2008
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2008/09/12/leo-blech-conducts-schuberts-great-c-major-symphony/
Charles Munch conducts Haydn’s Symphonie Concertante
Haydn’s wonderful Symphonie Concertante in C was recorded by L’Oiseau-Lyre, and provides another chance to hear the French bassoon sound of Fernand Oubradous, and an early example of Charles Munch conducting. Mediafire link for Haydn – Symphonie Concertante – Munch (These are zip files – left click the link, download the files, then unzip when […]
Posted by Damians78s on August 15, 2008
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2008/08/15/charles-munch-conducts-haydns-symphonie-concertante/
Pauline Aubert plays music of the Couperin dynasty
Pauline Aubert has appeared here already in a number of Anthologie Sonore recordings. The present set is slightly later, probably about 1950, on a Classics Club LP. Aubert plays music of “The Couperin Dynasty”. Mediafire link for Pauline Aubert recordings of Couperin dynasty (These are zip files – left click the link, download the files, […]
Posted by Damians78s on August 15, 2008
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2008/08/15/pauline-aubert-plays-music-of-the-couperin-dynasty/
The Floral Dance and The Lute Player
Katie Moss’s 1911 song “The Floral Dance” was first recorded by Peter Dawson in 1912, and its popularity has endured. Dawson recorded four commercially released versions of it, and two broadcasts survive. The first recording of September 1912 was followed by a 10” version on the cheaper Zonophone label before the end of the year. […]
Posted by Damians78s on August 2, 2008
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2008/08/02/the-floral-dance-and-the-lute-player/