Boyd Neel conducts... Handel. Water Music -&- Britten. Frank Bridge Variations - Decca 1953/4 - over on PRISTINE CLASSICS

Benjamin Britten:  Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op.10
Introduction & theme - Adagio - March - Romance -Aria Italiana - Bouree classique -
Wiener Waltzer - Moto perpetuo - Funeral March - Chant - Fugue & Finale

Decca  ACL 229 (originally LXT2790)    Recorded: 15 April 1953

G.F. Handel:  Water Music  (Arnold edition)
Overture - Adagio e staccato - Allegro - Andante - Moderato - Air - Bouree & Hornpipe - Minuet
Allegro molto - Allegro - Minuet - Aria - Lentement - Allegro - Minuet - Coro - Air - Hornpipe

Decca  ACL 19  (originally LXT2988)    Recorded: 21 July 1954

The Boyd Neel Orchestra  conducted by  Boyd Neel
FLAC files  @  http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com        (would normally include WAV's - but am minimizing files due to only using one provider..)

MEGAUPLOAD..et al.. Cumulative listing of THIS blogs re-uploaded files

Some older files may take quite some time to appear as, when the WAV has been retained, I may wish to re-edit them. MEDIAFIRE (for some reason) since 14 February seems 'unusable' for uploading.. though have, for the first time, just received - 29Feb - a DMCA notice re: the Martin - Chicago/Martinon file - which, ironically, was only uploaded due to a 'request' (normally wouldn't make such files available if they were otherwise available on CD!!!) - the complainant apparently being a PORN Company!! (RK NetMedia Inc. Address: 705 Washington Ave Miami Beach, FL 33139, USA [Website: http://www.eurosexparties.com] - represented by Degban Ltd in the UK)..  WEIRD!!!!

March List of re-instated files: 
RE-EDITED:  Shura Cherkassky - WRC recital + Petrushka - Islamey, etc   Superb: worth 'upgrading' any previous downloads..


January List of re-instated files (over 260):
Richard Rodney Bennett - Jazz Calendar - FLAC        Martinon/Chicago - Varese (Martin NLA..due to DMCA)
Larry Adler/RPO/Gould - WAV        Joyce Hatto - Bax. Sonatas, etc - FLAC/WAV
Stravinsky. Soldiers Tale - Ansermet / Pritchard - FLAC         Lambert. Piano Concerto and Li-Po Poems - WAV
USSR Ministry of Defence Band - WAV            Weill. Chansons - Sauvage, etc - FLAC
Philip Jones - FLAC  (The 1979 Arnold Symphony for Brass added from the Arnold Symphonies post)
Vaughan Williams. Symphony 9. RPO/Sargent - FLAC           Antonio Brosa - Britten.Violin Concerto / Ysaye - FLAC
Janacek. Jiri Waldhans and Belohlavek - FLAC         The Red Violin and Scotch Bestiary - FLAC
MERCURY - Dorati - Bartok and Kodaly - FLAC              Munchinger - Bach Suites 2 and 3 1949/50 - WAV           Jeanne Demessieux plays JS Bach - WAV
Nielsen.Clarinet and Flute concertos - Turnabout - FLAC         Andre Jouve: Prokofiev. Ugly Duckling/Summers Day/Hebrew - WAV
RE-EDITED FILES:   Walter Susskind / ROHO. Gaite Parisienne - FLAC             Arnold. Symphonies 1 - 7 . BBC PO / Gamba - FLAC
RE-EDITED FILES:   Fernando Germani. Italian Organ - WAV          RE-EDITED FILES:   Robert Simpson - Carl Nielsen. An Introduction to the Symphonies - FLAC - MP3    
Imogen Holst conducts Gustav Holst. Military band - WAV         Prokofiev. Quartets - Novak Qt - FLAC         Gluck - Gretry - NSO/Irving - FLAC
Prokofiev. Kije / Oranges - Boult - FLAC           Enescu conducts Dixtuor / 2 Rhapsodies - FLAC       Shostakovich Symphony 12. Leipzig - Durjan - FLAC
Julius Isserlis plays Scriabin - FLAC           Thurston Dart - Water Music - FLAC             George Weldon - Elgar, etc - FLAC
RE-EDITED FILES:  Gerhard. Symphonies 3 - 4 - Conc for Orch - FLAC   Highly recommended....  Bach. Musical Offering. London Harpsichord Ens. - FLAC  .
Elgar. Starlight Express - BBC - FLAC     Maxim Vengerov -Barbican recital - FLAC     Alan Bush. Piano Concerto - BBC - FLAC

Mstislav Rostropovich plays... Miaskovsky. Cello Concerto / Prokofiev. Sinfonia Concertante - EMI 1956/1957 - over on PRISTINE CLASSICS

Nikolai Miaskovsky:  Cello Concerto, op.66

Serge Prokofiev:  Sinfonia Concertante, op.125

Mstislav Rostropovich, violoncello  ~  Philharmonia Orchestra  /  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Malcolm Sargent

HMV  SXLP 30155 / SXLP 30266   First stereo LP issues      STEREO FLAC files  @  http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com

The Miaskovsky was recently made available from 'Pristine' (sic) - using a mono LP.... RMCR 'advert' / link
This is the 'real' stereo (likely Blumlein @ this date - 1956) - and was coupled thus on a now OOP EMI 1988 CD >>>
The Prokofiev is from 1957 and is absolutely UNMISSABLE.  Superb quality too...

Beethoven. Violoncello Sonatas - Pierre Fournier -&- Artur Schnabel - HMV 1947/8 - over on HISTORICAL

Sonata no.1 in F major, op.5/1         Adagio sostenuto ~ Allegro ~ Allegro vivace
Sonata no.2 in G minor, op.5/2         Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo ~ Allegro molto piu tosto presto ~ Rondo (Allegro)
Sonata no.3 in A major, op.69          Allegro ma non tanto ~ Scherzo (Allegro molto) ~ Adagio cantabile ~ Allegro vivace
Sonata no.4 in C major, op.102/1     Andante ~ Allegro vivace ~ Adagio ~ Tempo d'Andante ~ Allegro vivace
Sonata no.5 in D major, op.102/2     Allegro con brio ~ Adagio con molto sentimento d'affeto ~ Allegro ~ Allegro fugato

EMI Electrola 'Dacapo' 1C 147-01 382/83 M   c.1978 German matrices/pressings.
FLAC/WAV files  @  http://musicparlourhistorical.blogspot.com

Presumably these excellent performances aren't currently available judging by the CD/LP prices being asked!
The files are on Sendspace as uploading to MediaFire is currently hopeless... so the files may take slightly longer to download..

Pablo Casals plays... J.S.Bach. 6 Suites for Violoncello - HMV 1936-1939 - over on HISTORICAL

J.S.Bach. Six Suites for solo violoncello, BWV 1007 - 1012

no.1 in G major:               (HMV DB.3671-3673 - Paris, 2 June 1938)
no.2 in D minor:               (HMV DB.3399-3401 - Abbey Road, 25 November 1936)   
no.3 in C major:               (HMV DB.3402-3404 - Abbey Road, 25 November 1936)
no.4 in E flat major:         (HMV DB.6538-6540 - Paris, 13 June 1939)  
no.5 in C minor:               (HMV DB.6541-6544s - Paris, 13 June 1939)  
no.6 in D major:               (HMV DB.3674-3677 - Paris, 3 June 1938)
HMV RLS 712  (3LP box: 1974 pressings). Matrices: EMI Germany (from: EMI Electrola 'Dacapo' 1C 147-00 892/4 M).  
FLAC/WAV files  @  http://musicparlourhistorical.blogspot.com
You can compare these with an allegedly 'tremendous improvements' transfer/s from a downloadable 'Pristine' (sic) sample mp3 from Suite 1 which is linked from HERE...

Dimitri Mitropoulos / New York PO - Petrushka -&- Romeo & Juliet - CBS 1951/1957

Igor Stravinsky:   "Petrushka" - Ballet - 1911 version.

First Tableau:  The Shrove-Tide Fair  ~  Danse Russe
Second Tableau:  Petrushka's Room
Third Tableau:  The Moor's Room
Fourth Tableau:  The Shrove-Tide Fair (towards evening) ~ Grand Carnival

http://www.mediafire.com/?3h9t7j7bgx3uo9r

Philips GBL 6519 (10")   1958 Philips UK matrices/pressing: -4/-1.  Recorded: Columbia Studios, N.Y.  5 March 1951

Serge Prokofiev:  "Romeo & Juliet", op.64 - Ballet suite (excerpts)

Suite 2/1:  The Montagues & Capulets  ~  Suite 2/2:  Juliet: The little girl  ~  Suite 1/1: Folk dance  ~  Suite 1/5:  Masks  ~  Suite 1/6:  Romeo & Juliet  //
Suite 1/7: The Death of Tybalt  ~  Suite 2/5:  Romeo & Juliet before parting  ~  Suite 2/3:  Friar Lawrence  ~  Suite 2/7:  Romeo at Juliet's grave

http://www.mediafire.com/?hro4s3wwh92leab

Philips ABL 3236 (no UK stereo)  1959 Philips UK matrices/pressing: -1/-1.  Recorded: St.Georges Hotel, N.Y.  11 November 1957

The New York Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Dimitri Mitropoulos

December 2010 WAV's further edited January 2012.   mono FLAC files     "EMG Monthly Letter" review of 'Petrushka' >>>

Antal Dorati / Minneapolis - Rimsky-Korsakov. Scheherazade - Mercury 1952

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov:  "Scheherazade",  Symphonic suite, op.35

I: The Sea & Sinbad's Ship  ~  II: The Tale of the Kalandar Prince

III:  The Young Prince & the Young Princess  ~  IV:  Festival of Baghdad.  The Sea.  The Ship goes to pieces on a Rock surmounted by a Bronze Warrior.  Conclusion.  
FLAC file:   http://www.mediafire.com/?iid9g9xgiuyyid5        (The WAV file @ 204MB is slightly over MediaFire's limit)

Rafael Druian, violin  - Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Antal Dorati  
EMI / Mercury  MMA 11022   1959 re-issue  (John Johnson  transfers).  Recorded: 27-29 April 1952 - Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis.

WAV's extensively re-edited January 2012  (so should now be 'flawless')      Sleeve-note >>>  (Audacity screen-shots: 18 Oct. 2010)

Felicia Weathers - Kodaly Songs / Spirituals - Decca 1966

Eight Spirituals:   Mr. Banjo  ~  Ain't got time to die  ~  Go 'way from my window (**)  ~  City called heaven  ~  My good Lord done been here  ~  Jesus lay your head in de winder  ~  Hush l'il baby (**)  ~  Chere mo lemme toi.
 http://www.mediafire.com/?muififdmh9rt1ij

Zoltan Kodaly:  Eight Folk Songs:   Torik mar a reteket  ~  Kocsi szeker  ~  A csitari hegyek alatt ~ Ifjusag mint solyommadar ~  Viragos kenderem  ~  Magas kosziklanak  ~  Akkor szep az erdo  ~  Este rocsam ne jojj hozzam
http://www.mediafire.com/?zg9gi0s8x3qvv6k

Felicia Weathers  (Soprano)  accompanied by  Georg Fischer  (piano)  / ** Karl Scheidt  (guitar)        
Decca SXL 6245    Matrices: ZAL 7253 -2G / ZAL 7254 -3G   (1967 pressing)   Recorded: 7-10 March 1966, Sofiensaal, Vienna.    
The Kodaly never on CD. Other side was in a 1998 CD (Belart).   Edited WAV's re-edited Jan 2012     STEREO FLAC files     Sleeve-note >>>  
COPYRIGHT NOTICE: This is made available solely for the purpose of evaluating/reviewing the copyrighted recording, after which it must not be otherwise stored/copied.  By downloading the file/s you agree to accept these conditions.

Enrique Jorda / New SO - Dvorak. Symphony 9 - Decca 1951 - over on PRISTINE CLASSICS

Antonin Dvorak:  Symphony no.9 in E minor, op.95   ('From the New World')

I: Adagio - Allegro molto  ~  II: Largo
III: Scherzo  (Molto vivace)  ~  IV: Allegro con fuoco

The New Symphony Orchestra of London  conducted by  Enrique Jorda 

Decca  ACL 18 (originally LXT 2608)  1959 LP.  Recorded: 2 July 1951 - Kingsway Hall         Not on CD    

FLAC/WAV files @  http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com

Herbert von Karajan / Vienna Philharmonic - Johann Strauss. Die Fledermaus: Gala Sequence - Decca 1960 / Overtures, Waltzes, Polkas - Decca/RCA 1959 - over on PRISTINE CLASSICS

Johann Strauss II:  "Die Fledermaus" - Overture   /  Ballet music (with Vienna State Opera Chorus)
Gala Sequence - Part One
Renata Tebaldi  (Villa-Lied - Lehar:"Merry Widow")  ~  Fernando Corena  ('Domino' - Ferari)  ~  Birgit Nilsson  (I could have danced all night - Lerner/Loewe:"My Fair Lady")  ~  Mario del Monaco  ('Passione' -Valente)  ~  Teresa Berganza  ('Lullaby' - Lavilla)  ~  Joan Sutherland  ('Il Bacio' - Arditi)
Gala Sequence - Part Two

Jussi Bjorling  (Dein ist meinganzes Herz - Lehar:"The Land of Smiles")  ~  Leontyne Price  (Summertime - Gershwin:"Porgy & Bess")  ~  Giulietta Simionato  &  Ettore Bastianini  (Anything you can do.. - Berlin:"Annie get your gun")  ~  Ljuba Welitsch  ('Wien, Wien nur du allein' - Sieczynski)

Decca  SET 201-203   New! 1960 LP's.  Recorded: June/July 1960 - Sofiensaal, Vienna, also Rome & London

Johann Strauss II: "Die Fledermaus" - overture
Johann Strauss II: Annen Polka  &  Auf der Jagd
Josef Strauss: Delirien waltz
Johann Strauss II: "Gipsy Baron" - overture
Johann Strauss II: Tales from the Vienna Woods

Decca SDD 259 (RCA SB 2091)   New! 1971 LP.  Recorded: 7/8 April 1959 - Sofiensaal, Vienna

Vienna State Opera Chorus ~ Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Herbert von Karajan

The LP mastering of the Gala Sequence (as with the SDD) is at a much lower-level than the orchestral recordings: that difference is retained here.
Also: the L/R channels are reversed due to a re-wiring 'glitch'...& which nobody mentioned whilst there was the 'opportunity'...Ha Ha..
STEREO FLAC/WAV files @  http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com

Joyce Hatto plays... Arnold Bax. Piano Sonatas 1 & 4, Toccata, Water Music - Revolution 1971

Sir Arnold Bax:  Sonata no.1 in F sharp minor
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?srb2vrfy87hdfhl            WAV: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZP03218C 
"Water Music"        FLAC: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RT4GSH5G            WAV: http://www.mediafire.com/?k10cc366tj8ccah

Sonata no.4 in G major   (Allegro giusto ~ Allegretto quasi andante ~ Allegro)
FLAC: http://www.mediafire.com/?co3dyi3omgkg5z5             WAV: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IIEKO0XS 
"Toccata"              FLAC: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S7QE9DDE             WAV: http://www.mediafire.com/?3bvhss0v04unpk5

Joyce Hatto, piano        Revolution  RCF.010    Recorded: c.1969.   New! RCA UK pressing/matrices: 1E / 1E            STEREO files

Whilst this LP has very fine piano sound the matrices appear to have been contaminated - causing numerous loud 'ticks/clicks', etc.
These are now 'mostly' removed and reveal performances as being far better than when heard through a barrage of distracting surface defects.
Additionally (& apparently no longer online) is   Radio New Zealand's http://www.mediafire.com/?gdf82hgns21aod6   28 May 2006 Murray Khouri programme - with Joyce Hatto speaking by telephone on 7 April 2006.
These 'Revolution' master-tapes are apparently now 'lost'.              'All Rights Reserved for the Sound Restoration'                                   Sleeve-note  >>>
COPYRIGHT NOTICE : This is made available solely for the purpose of evaluating/reviewing the copyrighted recording, after which it must not be otherwise stored/copied. By downloading the file/s you agree to accept these conditions.

Gianandrea Noseda / BBC Philharmonic - Rachmaninov. The Covetous Knight - BBC 2008 - over on OPERA PARLOUR

Sergei Rachmaninov:  "The Miserly Knight" - An opera in One Act, 3 scenes.  (1905)

Baron ......................... Maxim Mikhailov  (Bass)
Albert ........................ Misha Didyk  (Tenor)
Duke .......................... Sergey Murzaev  (Baritone)
Moneylender ................ Peter Bronder  (Baritone)
Servant ...................... Gennadi Bezzubenkov  (Bass)

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Gianandrea Noseda 
BBC Radio 3FM - Live from Bridgewater Hall, Manchester - 21 November 2008.

A slightly different cast compared to the   CHANDOS   recording.  This is an outstanding performance of a marvellous composition.
The CHANDOS link has a downloadable booklet.       STEREO FLAC files + Russian/English libretto @  http://operaparlour.blogspot.com

Jean Martinon / London Philharmonic - J.Strauss-Desormiere: Le Beau Danube ~ Rossini: William Tell - ballet - Decca 1956 - over on PRISTINE CLASSICS

Johann Strauss II (arr: Desormiere):  "Le Beau Danube"  - ballet

Gioachino Rossini:  "Guillaume Tell"  - ballet music

London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Jean Martinon

Decca  ACL 158   c.1960/1 matrices

This transfer is marginally 'cleaner-sounding' than original LXT transfers - and was rated as 'Superlative' by EMG Monthly Letter..

FLAC/WAV files @  http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com

Guido Cantelli / La Scala Orchestra - Tchaikovsky. Symphony 5 - HMV 1952 - over on PRISTINE CLASSICS

Peter Tchaikovsky:  Symphony no.5 in E minor, op.64

I: Andante - Allegro con anima  ~  II: Andante cantabile con alcuna licenza

III: Valse (Allegro moderato)  ~  IV: Finale (Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace)

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano  conducted by  Guido Cantelli

HMV  ALP 1001   Edited from a 1955 'as new from the shop'/never wet-cleaned LP.

FLAC/WAV files @  http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com

Dmitri Hvorostovsky / Yuri Temirkanov - St.Petersburg Philharmonic: Glinka, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov - BBC Proms 2004

Mikhail Glinka:  "Ruslan and Lyudmila" (Act.3) - Dances of Naina's Magical Maidens      http://www.mediafire.com/?qufc0fe296copey

Modest Mussorgsky (orch: Shostakovich):  "Songs & Dances of Death"   - Lullaby  ~  Serenade  ~  Trepak  ~  The Field Marshal
http://www.mediafire.com/?l63cdt2m9kadnh2

Sergei Rachmaninov:  Symphonic Dances, op.45.      http://www.mediafire.com/?2z7ic209qi69xok
I: Non allegro ~ II: Andante con moto (Tempo di valse) ~ III: Lento assai - Allegro vivace - Lento assai. Come prima - Allegro vivace

Modest Mussorgsky (arr: Rimsky-Korsakov):  "Khovanshchina" - Prelude: Dawn over the Moscow River
http://www.mediafire.com/?gzzzxxxa166q34s
Dmitri Hvorostovsky  (Baritone)  ~  St.Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra   conducted by  Yuri Temirkanov                       STEREO FLAC files
BBC Radio 3 FM. Live: 24 August 2004 - Royal Albert Hall.     (Cambridge Audio T55 > Minidisc >optical> CD-Recorder)    
Warner only issued the two main works in 2005:   MusicWeb review   The other two works total about 18minutes.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE: This is made available solely for the purpose of evaluating/reviewing the copyrighted recording, after which it must not be otherwise stored/copied. By downloading the file/s you agree to accept these conditions.

 

USSR Ministry of Defence Symphonic Band - Rimsky-Korsakov. Oboe Variations / Trombone -&- Clarinet Concertos ... Prokofiev / Tchaikovsky. Marches - EMI/Melodiya 1975

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Trombone Concerto    (Victor Batashov, trombone,  conducted by  Nicolai Navarov)
FLAC:                   WAV: http://www.mediafire.com/?oza3zdszq5f6uki
Variations for Oboe & Brass Band     (Yevgeny Lyakhovitsky, oboe,  conducted by  Yuri Pitiriov)
FLAC:                  WAV: http://www.mediafire.com/?75ogd3m5369ps9z
Clarinet Concerto    (Lev Mikhailov, clarinet,  conducted by  Leonid Dunsev)
FLAC:                   WAV: http://www.mediafire.com/?31nf1nxlpa3l6ps
Serge Prokofiev: Marches, op.69 no.1 in B flat major  //  no.3 in B flat major   (conducted by  Nicolai Navarov)
FLAC:                WAV: http://www.mediafire.com/?ww2qvofmswwwxi2
March, op.69 no.2 in F major  //  March in B flat major, op.99    (conducted by  Nicolai Sergeyev)
FLAC:                  WAV: http://www.mediafire.com/?jc3yej9bcdfcflf
Peter Tchaikovsky:  Military March in B flat major    (conducted by  Nicolai Sergeyev)
FLAC:                  WAV: http://www.mediafire.com/?bdd8e2xdc8fvjiv

EMI/Melodiya  ASD 3107  Issued 1975 (p)1971  Matrices: 2YRM 1281 -1 / 2YRM 1282 -1.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE: This is made available solely for the purpose of evaluating/reviewing the copyrighted recording, after which it must not be otherwise stored/copied. By downloading the file/s you agree to accept these conditions.

Elgar. The Starlight Express - BBC Welsh Orchestra / Lionel Salter - BBC 1965

Sir Edward Elgar:  "The Starlight Express", op.78   (A Play with Songs & Incidental Music)

The Organ Grinder ............................. Denis Dowling            

Laughter .................................. Audrey Attwood                       Henry Rogers ................................... Patrick Barr

Daddy ...................................... Noel Howlett                           Mother ........................................ Noel Hood

Madame Jequier .............................. Cecile Chevreau                Jane Anne ................................... Jane Wenham

Monkey ................................... Elizabeth Proud                        Jimbo .................................... Danny Rambler

A Gardener ................................... Wilfrid Carter                     A Dustman ................................... Bruce Beeby

A Lamplighter ................................... Brian Hewlett                  A Tramp ................................... John Dearth

A Sweep ......................................... Hector Ross                      The Guard ................................... Patricia Gallimore

BBC Welsh Orchestra  conducted by  Lionel Salter         Adapted and Produced by  Raymond Raikes.        Recorded: 10 December 1965.  

As first broadcast - 26 December 1965 on the BBC Home Service:   http://www.sendspace.com/file/3yxwz7
Additional music included in the BBC Radio 3 repeat - 29 Dec.1968:   http://www.sendspace.com/file/x9t1au

BBC Radio 3 FM - 13 December 2004.   MONO FLAC files    Wikipedia article
COPYRIGHT NOTICE: This is made available solely for the purpose of evaluating/reviewing the copyrighted recording, after which it must not be otherwise stored/copied. By downloading the file/s you agree to accept these conditions.

Peter Katin ~ London Philharmonic / Sir Adrian Boult - Rachmaninov. Piano Concerto 1 -&- Tchaikovsky. Concert Fantasia - Decca 1958 - over on PRISTINE CLASSICS

Sergei Rachmaninov:  Piano Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor, op.1       

Peter Tchaikovsky:  "Concert Fantasia", op.56      

Peter Katin, piano  - London Philharmonic Orchestra   conducted by   Sir Adrian Boult

Decca  SDD 188   Recorded: 17-19 February 1958 - Kingsway Hall

The Tchaikovsky (FLAC previously posted 25 Feb.) re-edited from original edited WAV. The Rachmaninov newly edited from a Feb.2011 WAV.
Except for Christopher Howell's July  MusicWeb review  there were no 'comments' (343 downloads) - so no need to bother this time, either!   Despite very careful editing some faint residual 'Decca crackle' remains.  STEREO FLAC/WAV files  @ http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com

Sergio Fiorentino ~ Hamburg Pro Musica/Hurst - Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1 - Saga 1959 - over on PRISTINE CLASSICS

Peter Tchaikovsky:
Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23

Sergio Fiorentino, piano - Hamburg Pro Musica (NDR SO, Hamburg)  conducted by  George Hurst.

Saga Films  AAA-ST 4003   c.1959 pressing/PYE matrices    Recorded: 18 May 1959 Musikhalle, Hamburg.

Side.1 also matrixed 'STM 6021 A3'. Side.2 was mastered at a lower level: transferred @ c.3dB more. Though the peak-levels now 'match' the sides seem dissimilar. Both matrices have a very slight 'background'. Additionally have the AAA pressing of the Beethoven "Emperor".   

Stereo FLAC/WAV files @  http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com

Nielsen. Clarinet -&- Flute Concertos - Deak / Pazmandi ~ Philharmonia Hungarica ~ Maga - Turnabout 1970

Carl Nielsen:
Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra
FLAC:  http://www.mediafire.com/?t0tcrdz50p6jqtb              WAV:  

Concerto for Flute & Orchestra
FLAC:  http://www.mediafire.com/?8dnlhds0mnljdj9             WAV: 

Josef Deak, clarinet  -&-  Paul Pazmandi, flute  - Philharmonia Hungarica  conducted by  Othmar Maga

Turnabout  TV34261S   1970 Decca pressing/matrices: VS2054 -1L / VS2955 -1L
Excellent UK transfer (as with Nielsen Sym.2 / Garaguly). Better performances than as reviewed in  Gramophone        Not on CD    Sleeve-note >>>
COPYRIGHT NOTICE: This is made available solely for the purpose of evaluating/reviewing the copyrighted recording, after which it must not be otherwise stored/copied. By downloading the file/s you agree to accept these conditions.

Howard Hanson / Eastman-Rochester SO - McPhee. Tabuh-Tabuhan / Carter. The Minotaur - Mercury 1956 - over on PRISTINE CLASSICS

Colin McPhee:  "Tabuh-Tabuhan" - Toccata for Orchestra
Ostinatos ~ Nocturne ~ Finale

Elliott Carter:  "The Minotaur" - Suite from the Ballet
Overture ~ Pasiphae ~ Entrance of the Bulls ~ Bulls' Dance with Pasiphae ~ Pas de Deux - Ariadne & Theseus ~ The Greeks enter the Labyrinth ~ Theseus fights & kills the Minotaur ~ The Greeks emerge triumphant & prepare to leave Crete.

PYE / Mercury  MRL 2515   Original 1956 LP / MG-50103 'YMG' matrices.

FLAC/WAV files @  http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com

Arthur Bliss conducts his: Violin Concerto (Alfredo Campoli) ~ Colour Symphony ~ Things to Come, etc - over on PRISTINE CLASSICS

Concerto for Violin & Orchestra  (1955)    ** UNMISSABLE **  /   Theme & Cadenza for Solo Violin & Orchestra  (1949)
Alfredo Campoli, violin - London Philharmonic Orchestra - Sir Arthur Bliss    Decca ACL 317

A Colour Symphony  (1922)  /  Introduction & Allegro  (1923)    Decca ACL 239     //     "Things to Come" - suite  (1935)   /  "Welcome the Queen"  (1954)  RCA SB 2045 
London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Arthur Bliss                  FLAC/WAV files @   http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com

Howard Hanson / Eastman-Rochester SO - The American Symphony - Barber. no.1 ~ Hanson. no.4 ~ Harris. no.3 ~ Piston. no.3 - Mercury 1953/4 - over on PRISTINE CLASSICS

Samuel Barber:  Symphony no.1, op.9    Recorded: May 1954

Roy Harris:  Symphony no.3       Recorded: May 1953       EMI / Mercury  MMA 11097   


Walter Piston:  Symphony no.3     Recorded: 11 May 1954

Howard Hanson:  Symphony no.4     Recorded: 11-13 May 1953       Philips / Mercury  SRI 75107

FLAC/WAV files @   http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com   

Paul Kletzki / Suisse Romande Orchestra - Nielsen: Symphony 5 - Decca 1971

Carl Nielsen: Symphony no.5, op.50

I: Tempo giusto - Allegro non troppo
FLAC:     http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ISVJO4NB           WAV:      http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9XW3CTGW

II: Allegro; Andante un poco tranquillo; Allegro
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L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande  conducted by  Paul Kletzki

Decca  SXL 6491    1971 LP/matrices: ZAL 10037 -1W / ZAL 10038 -1W    Recorded: 13-15 September 1969 - Victoria Hall, Geneva.
A very very slight occasional trace of 'Decca crackle' remains.      Not on CD         1971 "Gramophone" review
Previously auditioned with a Decca Gold (& the defunct Stanton CS100)  & still sounding rather 'coloured/congested' using the  B&O MMC-5000  MMC5000 review    (I rather prefer the  Bournemouth SO / Berglund  performance, which also sounds extremely fine in an early '80's 'EMI Eminence' transfer: the original ASD pressing is now @ 'In My Room' Blog   )
If you don't like this transfer you can blame Bang&Olufsen - and/or Decca's typically 'bloated' Dolby-ized recording         Robert Simpson's  sleeve-note >>>
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Robert Simpson - Carl Nielsen: An Introduction to the Symphonies - Unicorn 1974

STEREO FLAC files:
Side A: Three tracks (33")    Symphonies 1, 2, 3   http://www.mediafire.com/?kviornea64k8bqi

Side B: Three tracks (30")    Symphonies 4, 5, 6   http://www.mediafire.com/?txg62v9maptjdxr

STEREO 320 mp3 files:
Symphony 1   http://www.mediafire.com/?532m9rlwu9tw41n             Symphony 2   http://www.mediafire.com/?p1ws2z5fhl2s9rz  
Symphony 3   http://www.mediafire.com/?mw59wp96u93tpr2            Symphony 4   http://www.mediafire.com/?ylwa5ia1vz62vxu 
Symphony 5   http://www.mediafire.com/?g6b14zd8p7jtp1r               Symphony 6   http://www.mediafire.com/?03g951gua4obt9n

Dr.Robert Simpson - with illustrations from the recordings by the London Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Ole Schmidt       
Unicorn  RHS 330.  - From the original 1974 German pressed box set:  RHS 324-330     NOT ON CD   Edited January 2012    'Gramophone' comment >>>
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Jascha Horenstein / Vienna Pro Musica - Beethoven Choral Symphony - Decca/VOX 1966 - over on PRISTINE CLASSICS

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no.9 in D minor, op.125  ("Choral") 

Wilma Lipp, Soprano  ~  Elisabeth Hoengen, Contralto  ~ 
Julius Patzak, Tenor  ~  Otto Wiener, Bass
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna
Pro Musica Symphony, Vienna  conducted by  Jascha Horenstein
Decca/VOX  GBY 10000   First edition 1966 LP     
FLAC / WAV files @      http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com

Some congestion/limiting of loud passages is still apparent despite Decca's superior tape-to-disc transfer compared to the original 'RVG' transfers used by Decca for PL 10 000.

Fernando Germani - Italian Organ: Frescobaldi, Pasquini, Bencini, Casini, Porpora, Zipoli - DG Archiv 1970

Girolamo Frescobaldi:  Toccata Quinta     http://www.mediafire.com/?r5f39o2dfjm4duh
Toccata Quarta     http://www.mediafire.com/?bjxtnmvjdmcr9pw        Toccata Prima    http://www.mediafire.com/?3022wnpnu20h9xh   
Toccata Terza    http://www.mediafire.com/?trtd6rnsk3ozqbo         Toccata Sesta   http://www.mediafire.com/?xc1d95sgsumubua
Bernardo Pasquini: Toccata / Sonata   http://www.mediafire.com/?hso3da3glof4nci
Domenico Zipoli: Canzona in G     http://www.mediafire.com/?dcecenbyp0g5rde      
Giovanni Maria Casini: Pensiero in D     http://www.mediafire.com/?xciavdc6zdv04bi
Guiseppe Bencini: Fuga in G / Sonata in F        http://www.mediafire.com/?gh4ydr8fuxzoo3s
Nicolo Antonio Porpora: Fuga in E    http://www.mediafire.com/?53vy8mqp2xw3y3o

Fernando Germani  at the Church Organ of   Santa Maria del Riposo - Venice.  
Archiv Produktion  2533 043    Recorded: 20-23 January 1969.    1970 pressing - matrices: February 1970.     Gramophone review      
STEREO WAV files   Most WAV's re-edited Jan. 2012     Sublime music/performances - & Organ !       Sleeve-note/track-listings >>>
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London Harpsichord Ensemble. Bach: The Musical Offering - Saga 1964 ..... Sarah Francis ~ Millicent Silver ~ Bernard Richards: 4 Oboe Sonatas - Argo 1978

Johann Sebastian Bach:  "The Musical Offering", BWV 1079  ( realisation: Millicent Silver )
Side One:   FLAC:   http://www.mediafire.com/?4bf6shni9ha7srf
Side Two:  FLAC:   http://www.mediafire.com/?q14m1ec30m1qv24

The London Harpsichord Ensemble   ( John Francis, flute  ~  John Tunnell, violin  ~    Francis, oboe/cor anglais  ~  Bernard Davis, viola  ~  Roger Birnstingl, bassoon  ~  Norman Jones, 'cello  ~  Millicent Silver, harpsichord )  directed by  John Francis

SAGA  XID 5237   1964 Mono: no stereo issue (a 'dry' acoustic - & the sound becomes a bit/more 'hair-shirt' towards side-ends..)   1965 Gramophone review

G.F.Handel:  Sonata no.2 in G minor

FLAC:      http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VM1RP9D6           WAV:     http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S6S0A06F  

Georg Telemann:  Sonata in B flat major

FLAC:     http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WBC9YM6W          WAV:    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T9UVYWVW

Nicolas Chedeville  (attrib: Vivaldi):  Sonata in A major, op.13, no.4
FLAC:     http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PV0GJCY6             WAV:    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SBSGQ3R3

Johann Sebastian Bach:  Sonata in G minor, BWV 1020
FLAC:     http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UBYHF3JV             WAV:    http://www.miegaupload.com/?d=ZEWASC1T

Sarah Francis, oboe  ~  Millicent Silver, harpsichord  ~  Bernard Richards, 'cello        Millicent Silver - Biography
ARGO  ZK 41     1978 LP/matrices: ZRG 4623 -1Y / ZRG 4624 -1Y     Recorded: 16/17 May 1977 - St.George the Martyr.    Sleeve-notes >>>
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William Walton conducts... "Troilus & Cressida" -&- Orb & Sceptre / Crown Imperial / Portsmouth Point / Wise Virgins - EMI 1953/1955 - over on PRISTINE CLASSICS

"Orb & Sceptre" - Coronation March, 1953     /    "Portsmouth Point" - overture
"Crown Imperial" - Coronation March, 1937 (original version)  /  J.S.Bach: arr Walton: "Sheep may safely graze" ("The Wise Virgins") 
Columbia  33C 1016   (10")   1953 pressing.     Recorded: 18 March 1953 - Kingsway Hall

"Troilus and Cressida" (scenes)  
TROILUS: Richard Lewis, tenor  ~  CRESSIDA: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano  ~  EVADNE: Monica Sinclair, contralto ~
THREE WATCHMEN: Geoffrey Walls, tenor  ~  John Hauxvell, baritone  ~  Lewis Thomas, tenor 
World Record Club  OH 217  (originally: Columbia 33CX 1313)    Recorded: 18 April ~ 20 May 1955 - Kingsway Hall.    
The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Sir William Walton     
FLAC / WAV files  @  http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com 

Equale Brass - "Cabaret" ..... Morera ~ Spanish Renaissance ~ Bartok ~ Rameau - Nimbus 1981

Enric Morera:  Four Sardanas:  La Senta Espina ~ La Nostre Roser ~ Les Fulles Segues ~ La Sardana de las Monjes
FLAC:      http://www.megaupload.com/?d=49VE8IJQ              WAV:       http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DZ1AJSCZ
Spanish Renaissance Music:  Ponce: Torres de la Nina ~ Anon: Cancion Nina y Vina ~ Valderravano: Differencia sobre Guardame las vacas ~ Anon: Cancion de la Virgen que Parlo ~ Milan: Fantasia
FLAC:      http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IJ3WR7S3             WAV:      http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZIPMY1MN
Bela Bartok:  "Mikrokosmos" - Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm: (nos. 6, 1, 2, 3, 5) ~ Crossed Hands ~ Merry Andrew ~ From the Diary of a Fly ~ Major seconds; Broken & Together ~ Bagpipe
FLAC:     http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ISPHCA06             WAV:      http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5LOTU9IN
Jean-Philippe Rameau:  Les Sauvages ~ Le Rappel des Oiseaux
FLAC:      http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9QU6E5QB            WAV:      http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZPBFPVTN

John Kander:  "Cabaret" - Three Songs: Willkommen ~ Mein Herr ~ Maybe this time   /   Hanns Eisler: Lied eines Freudenmadchens ~ Ballade von der Judenhure Marie Saunders
FLAC:      http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZSLUEWPD            WAV:     http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YKZ1ECZ5
Herbert Chappell:  "Hollywood Portraits": Keaton - Bogart - Marilyn Munroe - Presley   /   William Walton: "Facade": Popular Song
FLAC:      http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SD8BOXHP            WAV:      http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O899OB10
Scott Joplin: Cleopha   /   George Gershwin: By Strauss ~ Love is here to stay ~ Fascinating Rhythm
FLAC:      http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ORZGDPNG           WAV:      http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YXXLWUAO
Cole Porter: I've got you under my skin ~ Easy to love   /   Ned Washington: On Green Dolphin Street
Irving Berlin: Top Hat, White Tie & Tails   /   Scott Joplin: Combination March & two-Step
FLAC:     http://www.megaupload.com/?d=61SFD8AM            WAV:     http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T9V4KUZ0
NIMBUS  45010 / 45014  45rpm  Rec: 22/23 December 1980  &  8/9 May 1981 - Nimbus Studios    Ambisonic/UHJ   FLAC/WAV files
I WILL SEE IF RE-EDITING IS WORTHWHILE - UNFORTUNATELY THE 'SURFACES' WERE MOSTLY LESS THAN QUIET..
Equale Brass:  John Wallace, trumpet ~ John Miller, trumpet ~ Michael Thompson, horn ~ Peter Goodwin, trombone ~ John Jenkins, tuba
Not on CD  (a minor degree of 'matrix contamination' except, fortunately, 45010/side 2 - the superb Bartok..)            Sleeve-notes >>>
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Philip Jones Memorial Concert - Ewald ~ Mussorgsky 'Pictures', etc. / PJBE: Archive recordings - BBC 2001

Quintet in Honorium Philip Jones:  ( James Watson, Rod Franks, James Gourlay, Roger Harvey, David Pyatt )
16th C. Dances ~ Aston: Hornpipe (arr: Howarth)  /  Stephen Dodgson: 'Philip's Repose'      http://www.mediafire.com/?ilcxipnmc1x1i71

Victor Ewald:  Quintet no.3 in D flat, op.7      Allegro Moderato ~ Intermezzo ~ Andante ~ Vivo 
The Wallace Collection        http://www.mediafire.com/?srn503nw8z3t8sa

Modest Mussorgsky:  "Pictures at an Exhibition"  (arr: Elgar Howarth)     http://www.mediafire.com/?i1mnzz9f59ac8vn
London Symphony Orchestra Brass Ensemble  conducted by  Elgar Howarth 
BBC Radio 3 FM- 21 January 2001 - from Barbican Hall concert: 17 January 2001

Iain Hamilton:  "Circus" for 2 Trumpets & Orchestra (1969)     http://www.mediafire.com/?usz43pujbrlewjh
Philip Jones ~ Elgar Howarth, trumpets - BBC SO  conducted by  John Pritchard.   21 January 1970 - Royal Festival Hall.

Giovanni Gabrieli:  8vv Sonata (Sinfoniae Sacrae, 1615) -&- Motet: "Salvator noster"   http://www.mediafire.com/?0fdgqa0rn9z99b9
PJBE, John Angelo Massana, Counter-Tenor - Monteverdi Choir - John Eliot Gardiner.   4 January 1973 - Westminster Cathedral

Samuel Scheidt:  "Battle Suite" (arr: Philip Jones)   Philip Jones Brass Ensemble    http://www.mediafire.com/?7umtdv9nbkh16ys

Benjamin Britten: Fanfare for St.Edmundsbury (1959)    Philip Jones ~ John Miller ~ James Watson, trumpets.   
http://www.mediafire.com/?lgyjewjlp5eaa52

Malcolm Arnold:  Symphony for Brass Instruments, op.123  (1978)  Allegro moderato ~  Allegro grazioso ~ Andante con moto ~ Allegro con brio    Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
http://www.mediafire.com/?bqxyknrb4ds1lld
BBC Radio 3 FM. Cheltenham Festival, July 1979. Re-broadcast 28 January 2001 ( 'BBC Legends' series ).           STEREO FLAC files       "The Times" Obituary >>>
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Jean Martinon / Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Edgar Varese -&- Frank Martin - RCA 1966

Edgar Varese:  "Arcana"
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Frank Martin: 
Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion & String Orchestra      ( Allegro ~ Adagietto ~ Allegro vivace )

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Jean Martinon

RCA SB 6710   Decca pressing/matrices: TRRS 2362 -2K / TRRS 2363 -2K      Recorded: March 1966 - Orchestra Hall, Chicago.
STEREO FLAC/WAV files    Gramophone review - 1967     Sleeve-note >>>
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Larry Adler - RPO/Morton Gould - Harmonica Concertos: Arnold/Benjamin/Milhaud/Vaughan Williams - RCA 1968

Malcolm Arnold:  Concerto for Harmonica & Orchestra, op.46
FLAC:    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OPGDHGLD             WAV:     http://www.mediafire.com/?wqd8dhwd7bdsz52

Arthur Benjamin:  Concerto for Mouth Organ & Orchestra
FLAC:    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=E7N08XXS              WAV:      http://www.mediafire.com/?3faxj9fehvq1ra6

Ralph Vaughan Williams:  Romance for Harmonica & String Orchestra (with Piano)
FLAC:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UG887K5S               WAV:      http://www.mediafire.com/?9gdpb26ephs1jga


Darius Milhaud:  Suite for Harmonica & Orchestra  ( Gigue ~ Sailor Song ~ Hornpipe )
FLAC:   http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VOTPSD0A              WAV:      http://www.mediafire.com/?ma555cce5vctkq5

Larry Adler, harmonica - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Morton Gould                                      Larry Adler's 1958 PYE recital @apartyinsuburbia.blogspot >>>
RCA SB 6786    1969 Decca pressing/matrices: T2PY-9494 -2K / T2PY-9495 -1K      PYE recording    Not on CD     STEREO FLAC/WAV files     1969 Gramophone review   
24bit-recorded CD-RW: 'indistinguishable' from the LP (LP mastered @ a low level: this transfer peaks @ 0dB: some occasional low-frequency 'noises' are audible)   Sleeve-note >>>
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Hugo Rignold / Royal Opera House Orchestra - Prokofiev: Cinderella - Decca/RCA 1957 - over on Pristine Classics

Serge Prokofiev:  "Cinderella"
Suite no.1, op.107
Introduction ~ Pas de Chat ~ Quarrel ~ Fairy Godmother & Fairy Winter ~ Mazurka ~ Cinderella goes to the Ball

Suite no.2, op.108
Cinderella Dreams of the Ball ~ Dancing Lesson & Gavotte ~ Fairy Spring & Fairy Summer ~ Bouree ~ Cinderella at the Castle ~ Galop

Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden   conducted by  Hugo Rignold      ... over @   http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com

RCA VICS 1138 - First edition 1965 Decca pressing    Recorded: 2,3,8 May 1957 - Kingsway Hall     Not on CD      STEREO FLAC/WAV files
Somewhat low-voltage performance in places. There is a small difference in sound quality between sessions.  24-bit CD recorder used.

Jean Morel / ROHO - L'Arlesienne ~ Espana ~ Marche joyeuse - Decca/RCA 1959 - over on PRISTINE CLASSICS

Emmanuel Chabrier:  "Espana" - Rapsodie  /  Marche joyeuse
 
Georges Bizet:  L'Arlesienne: Suite no.1  (Prelude ~ Minuetto ~ Adagietto ~ Carillon)

Georges Bizet:  L'Arlesienne: Suite no.2  - orch/arr: Ernest Guiraud
(Pastorale ~ Intermezzo ~ Minuetto ~ Farandole)

Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden  conducted by  Jean Morel.         http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com

RCA  VICS 1058   1969 Decca pressing of RCA SB 2057.  Original 1959 Decca matrices.   Recorded: 18-20 Sept.1958 - Kingsway Hall.
STEREO FLAC/WAV files     Not on CD   (Might upload the original RCA SB of Morel/ROHO "Swan Lake")

Edward Downes / London Symphony Orchestra - Bax: Symphony 3 -&- The Happy Forest - RCA 1969

Sir Arnold Bax:  The Happy Forest       http://www.mediafire.com/?t6aesm3m93gs24q

Sir Arnold Bax:  Symphony no.3 
I: Lento Moderato - Allegro moderato       http://www.mediafire.com/?9g8gzuhzdgc1v3l
II: Lento  ~  III: Moderato        http://www.mediafire.com/?e9647sbyvv5gxsp

London Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Edward Downes                         Symphony 3 (1943 Halle/Barbirolli) also over on HISTORICAL  
RCA GL 42247   1977 RCA Italy/RCA UK matrices: 1E/1E  (First issue: RCA SB 6806)   Recorded 9/10 January 1969 - Barking Assembly Hall.

Sir Arnold Bax:  Overture to a Picaresque Comedy    http://www.mediafire.com/?ghztx1dfofqhv2h
Above file uploaded last September (Lennox Berkeley: Divertimento in B flat - not yet dubbed. See 25 August 2010 post for sleeve)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Igor Buketoff
RCA SB 6730    Decca pressing/matrix: T2PY 9347 -1K   Recorded by PYE, 1967.       STEREO FLAC files     Not on CD     Sleeve-note >>>
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Vernon Handley / BBC Philharmonic - Arnold Bax: Orchestral Concert - BBC 2006

Sir Arnold Bax:   "Nympholept"     http://www.mediafire.com/?a9c7xv70i47xrki

"Into the Twilight" ('Eire' - Prologue)      http://www.mediafire.com/?a4d038s21h3x4oi

"Red Autumn" (orch: Graham Parlett)      http://www.mediafire.com/?y5cyibp3rnciy26

Northern Ballad no.1      http://www.mediafire.com/?2x63sshzoymcrca
Northern Ballad no.2      http://www.mediafire.com/?issq3ejuiscesxe
"Prelude for a Solemn Occasion"  (Northern Ballad no.3)     http://www.mediafire.com/?4ncddmvggocd9p5

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra   conducted by  Vernon Handley.           MusicWeb review of the CHANDOS release
BBC Radio 3 DAB (192kbps). Live relay: BBC Studio 7, Manchester - 19 December 2006. Minidisc: direct analog transfer.     STEREO FLAC files
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Barry Tuckwell, Gervase de Peyer, a.o. - Instrumental Music: Banks / Bennett / Hamilton / Tate - Argo 1966

Don Banks:  Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano      http://www.mediafire.com/?2hzfa1o95qhot8l

Richard Rodney Bennett:  Trio for Flute, Clarinet & Oboe       http://www.mediafire.com/?fcsjise7dxd5pgn

Phyllis Tate:  Sonata for Clarinet & Cello      http://www.mediafire.com/?278l467nimzcqbg

Iain Hamilton:  "Sonata Notturna" for Horn & Piano      http://www.mediafire.com/?e55ik2fu3bfj4f7

Barry Tuckwell, horn  -  Gervase de Peyer, clarinet  -  Brenton Langbein, violin  -  William Pleeth, cello  -  William Bennett, flute
-  Peter Graeme, oboe  -  Maureen Jones, piano (Banks)  -  Margaret Kitchin, piano (Hamilton)
Argo  ZRG 5475    First Edition pressing/matrices: ZRG 2827 -2G / ZRG 2828 -3W        Gramophone review - 1966       STEREO FLAC files
Recorded: 19 January & 25 February 1966 - Kingsway Hall.    Not on CD      Sleeve-note >>>
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Milhaud conducts... Les Quatre Saisons. Soloists / Concerts Lamoureux - Philips 1958 - over on PRISTINE CLASSICS

No.1: Concertino de Printemps (for violin & chamber orchestra)    Syzmon Goldberg, violin

No.2: Concertino d'ete (for solo viola & nine instruments)    Ernst Wallfisch, viola

No.3: Concertino d'automne (for two pianos & eight instruments)    Genevieve Joy & Jacqueline Bonneau, pianos

No.4: Concertino d'hiver (for trombone & string orchestra)    Maurice Suzan, trombone
Ensemble de Solistes des Concerts Lamoureux conducted by Darius Milhaud

Philips 6527 221 Stereo re-issue, 1984. Recorded June 1958
STEREO FLAC files @  http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com

London Wind Quintet - Arnold / Fricker / Gerhard / Seiber - Argo 1962

Matyas Seiber:   Permutazioni a Cinque  (1958)        http://www.mediafire.com/?yu5ebr2nsdcws21

Roberto Gerhard:  Wind Quintet  (1928)         http://www.mediafire.com/?4purutdh9hevaal

Peter Racine Fricker:  Wind Quintet, op.5  (1947)        http://www.mediafire.com/?hhiakxjssk8tk0a

Malcolm Arnold:  Three Shanties for Wind Quintet  (1952)       http://www.mediafire.com/?k5g2rek6ln10nky

The London Wind Quintet -   
Gareth Morris, flute  -  Sidney Sutcliffe, oboe  -  Bernard Walton, clarinet  -  Gwydion Brooke, bassoon  -  Alan Civil, horn
Argo  ZRG 5326  1962 matrices: ZRG 2145 -1D / ZRG 2146 -3G        STEREO FLAC files     Not on CD
Recorded: c.February 1962 - Decca West Hampstead Studio no.3.     An 'Audiophile' LP.     Sleeve-note >>> 
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Delius. Hassan - RPO - Sir Thomas Beecham - Fontana 1958 - over on PRISTINE CLASSICS

Frederick Delius: "Hassan" 
Introduction  ~  Serenade  ~ Short Interlude  ~  Unaccompanied chorus behind scene  ~  The Beggars of Baghdad  ~  Chorus of women  ~  Prelude to Act.III  ~  Chorus of soldiers  ~  The Procession of Protracted Death  ~  Serenade - repeated  ~  Closing scene: The Golden Road to Samarkand

Leslie Fry, Baritone - Arthur Leavins, violin - Frederick Riddle, viola
BBC Chorus, (chorus-master: Leslie Woodgate) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham

Fontana CFL 1020 - issued 1958.  Recorded: Walthamstow Assembly Hall. 29 May 1956

Mono FLAC / WAV files  @  http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com    (Closing Scene: "The Golden Road to Samarkand" additionally as a FLAC)