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A Night at the Proms with Henry Wood

On Friday 17th July the BBC Proms began. It’s 120 years since the first Proms season, and for the first fifty seasons, Sir Henry Wood did the lion’s share of the conducting. Wood’s discography is large, and includes many works he performed at the proms. In 1934, Columbia made a compilation record of excerpts of […]

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by on July 19, 2015  •  Permalink
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Posted by Damians78s on July 19, 2015

https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2015/07/19/a-night-at-the-proms-with-henry-wood/

Albert Whelan – Dickens; Bransby Williams – Dickens and others; Wilhelm Backhaus – Chopin, Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms, Bach; Vladimir de Pachmann – Chopin; Mark Hambourg – Chopin, Schubert; Irene Scharrer – Chopin; Moritz Rosenthal – Chopin 1st Piano Concerto

This Christmas update brings a batch of Dickensian spoken word recordings and related items. A few of these have appeared here before, but are presented here in new transfers. There are more items for the Chopin anniversary from various pianists, and some recordings by the same pianists of other composers, including a little festive Bach. […]

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by on December 24, 2010  •  Permalink
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Posted by Damians78s on December 24, 2010

https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2010/12/24/albert-whelan-dickens-bransby-williams-dickens-and-others-wilhelm-backhaus-chopin-schubert-beethoven-brahms-bach-vladimir-de-pachmann-chopin-mark-hambourg-chopin-schubert-irene-sch/