Rather than the usual Viennese fare to welcome 2018, I’ve opted instead by some early Pathé sides by the great English contralto Louise Kirkby-Lunn. They’re from 28cm diameter, centre-start, etched label double-sided issues. All are piano accompanied. There is a spoken introduction to the first side, presumably Madam Kirkby-Lunn herself. The second record has Kirkby-Lunn […]
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- Andrée Grandjean
- Carole Lynne
- Carrie Lanceley
- Clara Joanna
- Dame Nellie Melba
- Eleanor Jones-Hudson
- Geraldine Farrar
- Giuseppina Huguet
- Ines Maria Ferraris
- Jane Marignan
- Jane Marnac
- Janine Micheau
- Johanna Gadski
- Lina and Rosa Garaviglia
- Luella Melius
- Marguerite Mérentié
- Marguerity Marilly
- Maria Gantéri
- Miriam Licette
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- T-Z
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- A-C
- D-L
- Andreas Dippel
- Carlo Dani
- Claude Devos
- Dan Jones
- Edward Leer
- Erik Enderlein
- Gaston de Poumayrac
- Giuseppe Lenghi-Cellini
- Guglielmo Fazzini
- Heinz Kraayvanger
- Jean de Reszke
- Leo Larsen
- Lorenz Fehenberger
- Nicolai Gedda
- Octave Dua
- Parry Jones
- Paul Derenne
- Paul Franz
- Pierre Germain
- Pietro Lara
- Tudor Davies
- M-R
- S-Z
- Wind players
- Books and texts
- CRQ Editions
- CRQ CD076 – Percy Pitt conducts, Vol. 1
- CRQ CD095 – Percy Pitt conducts, Vol. 2
- CRQ CD104 – Percy Pitt conducts, Vol. 3
- CRQ CD120 – Lorenzo Molajoli conducts the Milan Symphony Orchestra
- CRQ CD131-132 – Percy Pitt conducts Vol. 4
- CRQ CD144 – Eugene Goossens conducts Gramophone premières
- CRQ CD153 – Eugene Goossens conducts Vol. 2: Edison Bell and Columbia recordings
- CRQ CD171-172 – The Virtuoso String Quartet
- CRQ CD182-183 – Alick Maclean conducts light music, Vol. 1
- CRQ CD192 – Marjorie Hayward and Una Bourne
- CRQ CD193 – Alick Maclean conducts light music, Vol. 2
- CRQ CD210-211 – By Spa and Seaside
- CRQ CD223-224 – Homage to Arthur de Greef, Isolde Menges and Landon Ronald
- CRQ CD239-240 – Sir Landon Ronald conducts the late Tchaikovsky Symphonies
- CRQ CD244-246 – Sir Edward German: the complete issued recordings
- CRQ CD296-297 – Albert Coates – the rare Columbia recordings (1919-1921), Beethoven’s Ninth (1923) and other treasures
- CRQ CD328-329 – Albert Coates Vol. 2 – The acoustic Richard Strauss recordings (1921-1924), choral music and rarely reissued Wagner
- CRQ CD340-341 – The Saga years, Vol. 2: Maurice Cole plays Bach’s ‘48’. Book 1.
- CRQ CD363 – Albert Coates Vol. 3 – London Symphony Orchestra rarities (1926-1932)
- CRQ CD378-380 – The Saga years, Vol. 3: Maurice Cole plays Bach’s ‘48’. Book 2; Italian Concerto; Overture in the French Style
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Louise Kirkby-Lunn
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Lorenzo Molajoli orchestrals, and opera in America
Over the past year or so I’ve produced several CD reissues for CRQ Editions. One of these was devoted to orchestral recordings conducted by Lorenzo Molajoli. The following set arrived too late for inclusion on the Molajoli CD. Verdi – Nabucco – Overture Bizet – Carmen – Prelude Act 1 Milan Symphony Orchestra, Lorenzo Molajoli […]
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2014/08/24/lorenzo-molajoli-orchestrals-and-opera-in-america/
A festive feast of Wagner and Verdi
To round off the Wagner and Verdi bicentenary year, I’ve gathered a varied selection of music by these two operatic greats, in various guises. Dajos Béla recorded extensively in many genres. The following abridged version of the Tannhäuser Overture is one of his more straightforwardly classical recordings, though the scoring is adapted for his band […]
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2013/12/27/a-festive-feast-of-wagner-and-verdi/
Marguerite d’Alvarez – Silent Night, Habanera, Ai nostri monti (with Giulio Crimi); George Baker – Toreador Song, Il balen
Aeolian Vocalion records are the source for a quintet of vocal recordings in time for Christmas. They also serve as a little coda to the pile of Carmen recordings that I posted here in October. The English-born contralto, Marguerite d’Alvarez, sings Silent Night, and then the Habanera from Carmen, and, with tenor Giulio Crimi, “Ai […]
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2011/12/23/marguerite-dalvarez-silent-night-habanera-ai-nostri-monti-with-giulio-crimi-george-baker-toreador-song-il-balen/
Aida excerpts and other items with Sydney Rayner, Eva Turner, Giovanni Inghilleri, Tina Poli-Randaccio, Agustarello Affre, Jane Marignan, Frank Mullings, Elsa Stralia, Andreina Beinat, Vincenzo Bettoni, Valentina Bartolomasi, Guido Fernandez, Rosita Pagani, Enrico Trentini, conducted by Beecham, Haarth, Albergoni, Barbirolli, Sabajno, Harty; Mackenzie-Rogan, Coldstream Guards Band – Orth, Tchaikovsky; Stanley Chapple – excerpts from Stravinsky’s Firebird; Franz André – Liszt, Richard Strauss
When you have a lot of free time, it sometimes turns out that the things you planned to use it for just don’t happen. Such was the case with my summer holidays. This is why it’s been two and a half months since the last update. I hope the new selection proves interesting. I’ve been […]
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2010/10/10/aida-excerpts-and-other-items-with-sydney-rayner-eva-turner-giovanni-inghilleri-tina-poli-randaccio-agustarello-affre-jane-marignan-frank-mullings-elsa-stralia-andreina-beinat-vincenzo-betton/
Lilian Stiles Allen; Hamilton Harty and Henry Wood – Schubert; winners of Columbia’s Schubert competition; Lilac Time
The first selection of recordings this time is of the soprano Lilian Stiles-Allen. She was widely respected in her day, though her performances were confined to the concert platform and broadcasting as she was “not suited to the operatic stage.” She was one of the original sixteen soloists in Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music, and […]
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2010/06/07/lilian-stiles-allen-hamilton-harty-and-henry-wood-schubert-winners-of-columbias-schubert-competition-lilac-time/
Landon Ronald – Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Wagner, Svendsen Bizet; Eugene Goossens – Tchaikovsky; Mary Law; Il Trovatore – Carrie Lanceley & Gwilym Richards; Daisy Kennedy interviewed
People are probably starting to wonder just how many Landon Ronald recordings I have. There are still plenty more to come, and a few early transfers which I’m keen to revisit. So, for the summer, a selection of Tchaikovsky, Svendsen, Wagner and Bizet, including a bonus side by Eugene Goossens. Schumann – Carnaval Mediafire link […]
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2009/08/03/landon-ronald-eugene-goossens-mary-law-carrie-lanceley-gwilym-richards-daisy-kennedy/
Georg Hann, Harry Secombe and Franz André conducts
The Viennese bass, Georg Hann, was born in 1897, and died in Munich in 1950, still at the height of his powers. He left a substantial recorded legacy. Mediafire link for Georg Hann singing Verdi, Rossini, Cornelius (This is a zip file – left click the link, download the file, then unzip when downloaded) Cornelius […]
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2009/05/26/george-hann-harry-secombe-and-franz-andre-conducts/
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 […]
https://music.damians78s.co.uk/2009/02/01/germans-welsh-rhapsody-from-landon-ronald-and-henry-gibson-elisabeth-schwarzkopf-in-la-traviata/
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