CRQ CD144 – Eugene Goossens conducts Gramophone premières

Eugene Goossens conducts the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra in Gramophone Premières:

All except tracks 3 and 12 are the first recordings of these works.

  1. Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major – I. Allegro
    (HMV D683, Cc 1935-3, 1936-2 (3-0826/7), 5th October 1922)
  2. Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major – III. Allegro assai
    (HMV D684, Cc 1937-2 (3-0828), 5th October 1922)
  3. Bach-Wilhelmj – Air on the G string (from Suite No.3 in D major)
    (HMV D684, Cc 2215-4 (3-0829), 24th January 1923)
  4. Delius – Brigg Fair
    (HMV D799-800, Cc 4017-1, 4018-1, 4019-2 (3-0974/5/6), 31st December 1923)
  5. Delius – On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (slightly abridged)
    (HMV D800, Cc 4081-1 (3-0977), 15th January 1924)

Stravinsky – Petrushka

(HMV D853-7 / Victor 55245-8, Cc 4013-1, 4014-4, 4077-2, 4078-1, 4079-3, 4015-2, 4016-2, 4080-2 (3-0990/7); Sides 1,6,7: 21st December 1923; Sides 2-5,8: 15th January 1924)

  1. – First Tableau (sides 1-2)
  2. – Second Tableau (side 3)
  3. – Third Tableau (last 2 bars of side 3, sides 4-5)
  4. – Fourth Tableau (last 2 bars of side 5, sides 6-8)
  5. Rimsky-Korsakov – Dubinushka
    (HMV D623, Cc 1328-II (3-0732), 15th May 1922)
  6. Scriabine – Rêverie Op.24
    (HMV D623, Cc 1331-II (3-0733), 15th May 1922)
  7. Grainger – Molly on the Shore – Irish Reel
    (HMV D694, Cc 2426-II (3-0845), 24th January 1923)
  8. Goossens – Tam O’Shanter – Scherzo
    (HMV D694, Cc 1777-II (3-0846), 31st August 1922)