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400 years

Although I have had not had a great deal of time to work on recordings for this site recently, I could not let the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death pass unmarked. There are several spoken word Shakespeare recordings to be found on site and music based on his works (just enter Shakespeare in the search […]

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by on April 23, 2016  •  Permalink
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Posted by Damians78s on April 23, 2016

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Albert Ketelbey – Massenet’s Angelus and Luigini’s The Voice of the Bells; Hamilton Harty – Wagner’s Die Meistersinger Overture, overtures to Stanford’s Shamus O’Brien and Rossini’s Barber of Seville

Now we head back to the early 1920s for three English Columbia acoustic discs, featuring two of Columbia’s regular conductors: Albert W Ketelbey and Hamilton Harty. The reason for grouping these together is a little confusion in the catalogues as to who is conducting on one of the records. Massenet – Angelus from “Scenes Pittoresques” […]

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by on June 11, 2012  •  Permalink
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Posted by Damians78s on June 11, 2012

https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2012/06/11/albert-ketelbey-massenets-angelus-and-luiginis-the-voice-of-the-bells-hamilton-harty-wagners-die-meistersinger-overture-overtures-to-stanfords-shamus-o/