Roger Desormiere / Paris Conservatoire - Ibert. Divertissement -&- Poulenc. Les Biches - Decca 1951

Jacques Ibert:  "Divertissement" - for Chamber Orchestra                      WAV   HF Download
(Introduction - Cortege - Nocturne - Valse - Parade - Finale)
Francis Poulenc:  "Les Biches" - Ballet suite                                        WAV   HF Download
(Rondeau - Chanson dansee - Adagietto - Rag-Mazurka - Andantino - Finale)

L'Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris  conducted by  Roger Desormiere
Decca  ACL 189    1963 LP/matrices: ARL 1798 -4Kr / ARL 1280 -2Kr.  
Recorded: 15-20 June 1951 - La Maison de la Mutualite, Paris.    Huh!! ...not much interest in this (presumably 'everyone' has the Testament CD?) - however this is one of the finest Decca LP's; the Poulenc, especially, being quite superb for performance/sound-quality...            Sleeve-note >>>

Wilhelm Backhaus plays... Chopin/Schumann/Brahms, etc. - HMV 1908-1937 - over on HISTORICAL

Chopin: Etudes, op.10, nos.1-12    /   Etudes, op.25, nos.1-12
Schumann:  Fantasie in C major, op.17  
Schumann:  Nachtstuck in F major, op.23/4   /   Fantasiestuck, op.12/2
Brahms:  Paganini Variations, op.35 
Handel:  The Harmonious Blacksmith   /   J.S.Bach:  Pastorale
Liszt:  Liebestraum no.3   /   Hungarian Rhapsody, no.2
Delibes:  "Naila" - Waltz   /   Albeniz:  Tango   /    Rachmaninov:  Prelude, op.3/2
EMI Electrola 'Dacapo'  137 290345 3   (2LP)   c.1984 German pressings.     
zip FLAC files @
http://musicparlourhistorical.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/wilhelm-backhaus-plays-chopin-etudes.html

Ljuba Welitsch sings... "Salome"/Mozart/Strauss/Puccini - Reiner/Rudolf - CBS 1949/1950

Richard Strauss:  "Salome", op.54 - Final Scene
Mozart:  "Don Giovanni" - Or sai chi l'onore  (with Alessio De Paolis, Tenor)  / ..Non mi dir, bell' idol mio  
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra  conducted by  Fritz Reiner                   3 files zip WAV  HF Download
Puccini:  "Tosca" - Quagl' occhio al mondo  (with Richard Tucker, Tenor)  /  Vissi d'arte  
Johann Strauss:  "Die Fledermaus" - Klänge der Heimat  /  "Der Zigeunerbaron" - So elend und so treu
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra  conducted by  Max Rudolf                    3 files zip WAV  HF Download
CBS Classics 61088  c.1979 UK LP/recut matrices: A2 / B1    Rec: 14/3/1949 - 10 Feb.1950 - 23/3/1950  
Ljuba Welitsch... Austrian Radio 1944  /  Columbia 1947-8  /  Decca 1950  
Richard Strauss: "Salome" - Final Scene (1944/48)    /   Tchaikovsky: "Eugene Onegin"   /   Verdi: "Aida"
Puccini: "Tosca" / "La Boheme"    //   Tchaikovsky: "The Queen of Spades"   /   Verdi: "Un Ballo in Maschera"
Lehar: "Zigeunerliebe" / "Die Lustige Witwe" / "Der Zarewitsch"   /   Millocker: "Grafin Dubarry"
FLAC/WAV files @ http://musicparlourhistorical.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/ljuba-welitsch-sings-salome     CBS sleeve-note/EMG reviews >>> 

Sir Thomas Beecham conducts... Elgar -&- German - CBS 1954/EMI 1956 - over on PRISTINE

Sir Edward Elgar:   Variations on an original theme, "Enigma", op.36
Philips  SBR 6224 - 1957 reissue.  Recorded: 26/27 Nov. + 13/14 Dec.1954

Sir Edward German:
"Gipsy suite" - 4 characteristic dances: Valse melancholique (Lonely Life) ~ Allegro di Bravura (The dance) ~ Menuetto (Love Duet) ~ Tarantella (The Revel)
HMV  ALP 1983   First edition 1963 LP.  Recorded: 1956  
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham, Bart.
WAV files @  
http://pristineclassics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/sir-thomas-beecham-conducts-elgar.html 

Holst. The Planets - London Philharmonic/Sir Adrian Boult - Nixa/Westminster 1954 - over on PRISTINE

Gustav Holst:
"The Planets" suite, op.32   
1: Mars  ~  2: Venus  ~  3: Mercury
4: Jupiter  ~  5: Saturn  ~  6: Uranus  ~  7: Neptune

London Philharmonic Choir -&- London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Adrian Boult

PYE/Nixa  NLP 903  c.1955 CBS matrices.   Recorded: 10-14 September 1953 - Walthamstow Town Hall
zip FLAC/WAV files @
http://pristineclassics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/holst-planets-london-philharmonicsir.html

Szymanowski. Violin Concertos 1 -&- 2 (Wilkomirska / Treger) - Muza 1961/2 - over on PRISTINE

Karol Szymanowski:

Violin Concerto no.1, op.35  (1916)     
Wanda Wilkomirska, violin   
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Witold Rowicki   
Violin Concerto no.2, op.61  (1932/3)  
Charles Treger, violin                
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Robert Satanowski   
Rediffusion Aurora  AUR 5063   1978 Nimbus LP / Polskie Nagrania recordings   
STEREO FLAC files @
http://pristineclassics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/szymanowski-violin-concertos-1-2.html

Bernard Vitebsky / Mervyn Vicars - Beethoven. Piano Concerto 3 - Concert Artist 1955 - over on PRISTINE

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Concerto for Piano & Orchestra no.3 in C minor, op.37  
I:  Allegro con brio (cadenza: Ignaz Moscheles)  ~
II: Largo  ~  III:  Allegro - Presto 
Bernard Vitebsky, piano  ~ Concert Artist Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Mervyn Vicars  
SAGA/ARC Fidelity  FDY 2043   Re-issued 1963  (Originally: Concert Artist LP LPA 1079).
Recorded: late '54/early '55
2 files zip FLAC @
http://pristineclassics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/bernard-vitebsky-mervyn-vicars.html

Colin Davis / ECO - Haydn. Symphony 84 / Mozart. Concertone K.190 - L'Oiseau-Lyre 1961 - over on PRISTINE

Mozart:  Concertone for 2 violins, oboe & violoncello, K.190
I:  Allegro spirituoso  ~  II:  Andantino grazioso  ~  III:  Tempo di Menuetto - Vivace 
(Emanuel Hurwitz & Eli Goren, violins - Peter Graeme, oboe - Terence Weil, 'cello)
   
Haydn:  Symphony no.84 in E flat major
I:  Largo - Allegro  ~  II:  Andante  ~  III:  Menuet - Allegretto  ~  IV:  Vivace  
The English Chamber Orchestra  conducted by  Colin Davis  
L'Oiseau-Lyre  SOL 60030   Original 1961 LP  
STEREO FLAC files @
http://pristineclassics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/colin-davis-english-chamber-orchestra.html

Richard Strauss. "Salome" - Wiener Symphoniker / Rudolf Moralt - Philips 1953

Richard Strauss:  "Salome"  - A Music Drama in One Act  (1905)
Salome............ Walburga Wegner,  Soprano  
Jochanaan........... Josef Metternich,  Baritone
Herodes................ Laszlo Szemere,  Tenor
Herodias................. Georgine von Milinkovic,  Mezzo-Soprano
Narraboth.................. Waldemar Kmentt,  Tenor
Ein Page...................... Dagmar Hermann,  Contralto
Erster Nazarener / Ein Cappadocier......... Oskar Czerwenka,  Bass
Zweiter Nazarener.............. Walter Berry,  Bass
Erster Soldat....................... Adolf Vogel,  Bass
Zweiter Soldat........................ Harald Proglhoff,  Bass
Ein Sklave................................ Dorothea Frass,  Soprano
Erster Jude................................. August Jaresch,  Tenor
Zweiter Jude.................................. Fritz Sperlbauer,  Tenor
Dritter Jude..................................... William Wernigk,  Tenor
Vierter Jude....................................... Erich Majkut,  Tenor
Funfter Jude......................................... Ljubomir Pantscheff,  Bass
Vienna Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Rudolf Moralt   
Side 1: Scenes 1,2,3    /    Side 2: Scenes 3,4                  2 files zip WAV   HF Download                    
Side 3: Scene 4/Salome's Dance   /    Side 4: Scene 4           2 files zip WAV   HF Download
Philips  6747 406 (2LP's)  c.1979 Dutch pressings/matrices: 1/2/1/1  (originally: Philips A 00163/64 L)
Rec: Dec.1952.      1954 'Die Zeit' review - pdf available        1954 3pp booklet notes/EMG reviews >>>

Dimitri Mitropoulos / New York Philharmonic - Mendelssohn. Symphonies 3 / 5 - CBS 1954 - over on PRISTINE

Felix Mendelssohn:
Symphony no.3 in A minor, op.56  - "Scotch"      
I: Andante con moto - Allegro un poco agitato - Assai animato  ~   II: Vivace non troppo  ~  III: Adagio  ~  IV: Allegro vivacissimo - Allegro maestoso assai
Symphony no.5 in D major, op.107  - "Reformation"      
I: Andante - Allegro con fuoco  ~   II: Allegro vivace  ~  III: Andante  ~  IV: Choral: Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott: Andante con moto - Allegro vivace
The Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York  conducted by  Dimitri Mitropoulos   
Philips  ABL 3082   1956 UK LP    Recorded: 2 November 1953               WAV files @
http://pristineclassics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/dimitri-mitropoulos-new-york.html

Anatole Fistoulari / Paris Conservatoire - Gounod/Thomas/Ponchielli - Decca 1950 - over on PRISTINE

Charles Gounod:  "Faust" - Ballet music

Ambroise Thomas:  "Mignon" - Overture

Amilcare Ponchielli:  "La Gioconda" - Dance of the Hours

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra  conducted by  Anatole Fistoulari

Decca  ACL 112    First issued as Decca LK 4018.   Recorded: 14/17 February 1950
3 files zip WAV  @
http://pristineclassics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/anatole-fistoulari-paris-conservatoire.html

Carl Schuricht / Paris Conservatoire - Wagner. Tristan & Isolde / Gotterdammerung -&- Schumann - Decca 1954 - over on PRISTINE

Richard Wagner:  "Tristan & Isolde" - Prelude & Liebestod
Richard Wagner:  "Die Gotterdammerung"  (arr: Carl Schuricht)  
- Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey / Siegfried's Death & Funeral Music

Robert Schumann:  Overture, Scherzo & Finale in E, op.52
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra  conducted by  Carl Schuricht    
Decca  LXT 5026 / ACL 117 / ACL 231    Rec: 4/5 & 8-11 June 1954  
WAV files @
http://pristineclassics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/carl-schuricht-paris-conservatoire_15.html

Enrique Jorda / Paris Conservatoire - Francesca da Rimini -&- Music from Spain - Decca 1950 - over on PRISTINE

Tchaikovsky:  "Francesca da Rimini" (Fantasia after Dante), op.32
Decca  ACL 89  

"Music from Spain"
Falla:  "La Vida Breve" - Spanish Dance no.1
Granados:  Danzas Espanolas, op.37 - Andaluza ~ Oriental ~ Rondalla aragonesa
Turina:  La Procesion del Rocio, op.9  - Fiesta en Triana ~ La Procesion
Albeniz / Arbos:  "Iberia" - El Puerto ~ Triana
Decca  ACL 12  
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra  conducted by  Enrique Jorda        WAV files @
http://pristineclassics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/enrique-jorda-paris-conservatoire.html

Thurston Dart/Philomusica - J.S.Bach. 6 Brandenburg Concertos - L'Oiseau-Lyre 1959 - over on PRISTINE

Johann Sebastian Bach:  The Six Brandenburg Concertos:
Concerto no.1 in F major,  BWV 1046  
Concerto no.2 in F major,  BWV 1047
Concerto no.3 in G major,  BWV 1048
Concerto no.4 in G major,  BWV 1049
Concerto no.5 in D major,  BWV 1050
Concerto no.6 in B flat major,  BWV 1051 
Philomusica of London  directed by  Thurston Dart, harpsichord    
L'Oiseau-Lyre  SOL 60005/6    Original 1959 LP's     STEREO FLAC files @
http://pristineclassics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/thurston-dart-philomusica-6-brandenburg.html

George Weldon conducts... Elgar -&- Handel - EMI 1954/1960 - over on PRISTINE

Handel/Harty: "Water Music" - suite     /       "Royal Fireworks" - suite  
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  George Weldon  
HMV  XLP 20033  mono   Recorded: 1960. EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road
Sir Edward Elgar: Sea Pictures, op.37   /     "In the South" (Alassio), op.50    
HMV  XLP 30008.  (Columbia 33SX 1028)
Handel: arr Elgar. Overture in D (Chandos Anthem No. 2).    
Handel: "Solomon" - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba  /  Occasional oratorio - March
Columbia  SED 5516
Gladys Ripley, Contralto ~ London Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  George Weldon
Recorded: 19/26 February 1954 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road.         FLAC files @  
http://pristineclassics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/george-weldon-conducts-elgar-handel-emi.html

Khachaturian. Violin Concerto - Igor Oistrakh/Philharmonia/Goossens - Columbia 1954

Aram Khachaturian:  
Violin Concerto in D minor  (1940)  
I:  Allegro con fermezzo - Cadenza (by David Oistrakh) - Tempo I  ~
II:  Andante sostenuto  ~  III:  Allegro vivace
2 files zip FLAC  HF Download
Igor Oistrakh, violin  ~ The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Eugene Goossens  
EMI / Music for Pleasure  MFP 2050   (1954 issue: Columbia 33CX 1141)
1966 LP/matrices: XAX448 -3 / XAX449 -3.   Recorded: 2 December 1953 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road.
Slightly 'cleaner' sound than the original 1954 matrices.   Not on CD   33CX sleeve-note/MFP sleeve >>>

Quintetto Chigiano play... Dvorak. Piano Quintet - Decca 1950 - over on PRISTINE

Antonin Dvorak:
Piano Quintet in A major, op.81  
I: Allegro ma non troppo  ~  II: Dumka (Andante con moto)  ~  III: Scherzo (Furiant)  ~  IV: Finale (Allegro)
Quintetto Chigiano:  
Riccardo Brengola & Mario Benvenuti, violins - Giovanni Leone, viola -
Lino Filippini, cello - Sergio Lorenzi, piano
Decca  LXT 2519  1951 pressing.    Recorded: 12-13 April 1950 -  Decca West Hampstead Studios
Not on CD          2 files zip WAV @
http://pristineclassics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/quintetto-chigiano-play-dvorak-piano_22.html

Eugene Goossens / London Philharmonic - La Boutique Fantasque - HMV 1936 - over on COLLECTORS CORNER

Rossini - arr:  Respighi:

"La Boutique Fantasque" (1919) - Suite
London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Eugene Goossens   
HMV  C.7468-70 Auto (C.2846-8)  
Recorded: EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road - 25/29-30 June 1936.  

FLAC file @
http://themusicparlour78.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/eugene-goossens-london-philharmonic-la.html

The Hoffnung Music Festival Concert - Royal Festival Hall - EMI STEREO 1956 ..... Hoffnung. A Last Encore - BBC 1953-1958

Speech by Mr T.E.Bean  /  Francis Baines:  Fanfare
Malcolm Arnold:  A Grand Grand Overture  (Dennis Brain, organ)
Leopold Mozart:  Concerto for hose-pipe & strings  (Dennis Brain, hose-pipe)
Franz Reizenstein:  Concerto Populare  (Yvonne Arnaud, piano)     2 files zip FLAC  HF Download
Haydn arr: Donald Swann: "Symphony no.94 - The Surprise"   
Speech by Gerard Hoffnung  /  Chopin arr: Daniel Abrams: Mazurka no.47
Humphrey Searle:  'Lochinvar'  (Yvonne Arnaud & Gerard Hoffnung, reciters)
Gordon Jacob:  Variations on "Annie Laurie"                                    2 files zip FLAC  HF Download
HMV  SLS 870  (3LP set: bought 1974)   Recorded: 13 November 1956.  Matrices: YAX4575/4576 -1
Malcolm Arnold: A Grand Grand Overture only: my fave '70's 'HiFi demo'....       WAV  ZS Download
EMI 1989 CDs are only in MONO for the 1956/1958 concerts. 

Presumably few are now interested in such faded 'sophisticated humour' (MusicWeb is)....
Gerard Hoffnung: The 1958 Oxford Union speech    FLAC  HF Download
Gerard Hoffnung: The Charles Richardson interviews    
Gerard Hoffnung: "My Life" - "Film Fun" - "Talking about Music"   5 files zip FLAC  HF Download
2002 BBC Cassette set - "A Last Encore"   (via Bang & Olufsen Beocord 8004 - and sounding pretty good..).         
2 scans from the EMI booklet + BBC notes + Decca LF 1330  'Oxford Union' cover/sleeve-note >>>  

Britten. Frank Bridge Variations (Boyd Neel) ... Soirees -&- Matinees Musicales (Edgar Cree) - Decca 1953/4

Britten:  Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op.10 **
Boyd Neel String Orchestra  conducted by  Boyd Neel                            WAV  HF Download
Rossini, arr: Britten:  Soirees musicales, op.9    /     Matinees musicales, op.24
New Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Edgar Cree                      2 files zip WAV  HF Download
Decca  ACL 229  1964 LP/matrices: ARL 6241 -2A / ARL 6242 -2A
Recorded: 15 April 1953 / 29 Sept.1954 - Decca West Hampstead Studios.
Original issues: Decca LXT2790 / London W91075
(**) March 2012 file: re-edited: some minimal 'ticks' removed - easily done via software, but high-strings become damaged in incisiveness/clarity: as if you care :~). 'Musicales' aren't overly analytical recordings.. 
The same transfer equipment used.       Sleeve-note >>>

The Boskovsky Quartet play... Dvorak. String Quartet 3 - Decca 1951 - over on PRISTINE

Antonin Dvorak:
String Quartet no.3 in E flat major, op.51    

The Boskovsky Quartet:  
Willi Boskovsky, violin - Philipp Matheis, violin - Gunther Breitenbach, viola - Nikolaus Hubner, 'cello

Decca  LXT 2601       Recorded: c.March 1951 - Brahmssaal, Vienna.        Not on CD

2 files zip FLAC @
http://pristineclassics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/the-boskovsky-quartet-play-dvorak.html

George Malcolm... J.S.Bach recital / "Mr Malcolm Goes to Town" - Decca 1961/2 - over on PRISTINE

Johann Sebastian Bach:
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor,  BWV 903   /    Italian Concerto in F major,  BWV 971
Toccata and Fugue in D major,  BWV 912    /    French Suite No.5 in G major, BWV 816
Decca  SDD 272   (original issue SXL2259)     

Alex Templeton:  Bach Goes to Town    /    George Malcolm:  Bach before the mast
Domenico Paradies:   Toccata    /    Louis Daquin:  The Cuckoo
Rimsky-Korsakov (arr: Malcolm):  The Flight of the Bumble-Bee
Decca  CEP 5502 (mono)    zip FLAC files @
http://pristineclassics.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/george-malcolm-jsbach-recital-mr_2.html

Puccini. La Boheme - Beecham - RCA 1956 / Jussi Bjorling recital - Decca 1957 - over on PRISTINE

Rudolpho, a poet.................... Jussi Bjorling, Tenor  
Marcello, a painter...................... Robert Merrill, Baritone
Schaunard, a musician..................... John Reardon, Baritone
Colline, philosopher............................ Giorgio Tozzi, Bass
Benoit, the landlord / Alcindoro, a state counsellor.............. Fernando Corena, Bass
Mimi, a seamstress................................ Victoria de los Angeles, Soprano
Musetta, a grisette................................... Lucine Amara, Soprano
Parpignol, a toy vendor.................................. William Nahr, Tenor
A Customs Officer............................................ Thomas Powell, Baritone
A Sergeant....................................................... George del Monte, Baritone
Columbus Boychoir (director: Herbert Huffman) ~ Chorus (chorus master: Thomas Martin)  
RCA Victor Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham      RCA LM 6042 1/2  1957 USA Maroon labels

Ponchielli: "La Gioconda" - Cielo e mar! / Puccini: "La Fanciulla del West" - Ch’ella mi creda / Giordano: "Fedora" - Amor ti vieta
Cilea: "L’Arlesiana" - E la solita storia / Verdi: "Un Ballo in Maschera" - Di' tu se fidele / Puccini: "Manon Lescaut" - Tra voi belle
Jussi Bjorling  with  Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra  conducted by  Alberto Erede.     RCA  SB 2011    
FLAC/WAV zip files @  http://pristineclassics.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/puccini-la-boheme-beecham-rca-1956.html

Helen Watts -&- Thurston Dart. "Songs for Courtiers & Cavaliers" - L'Oiseau-Lyre 1956 - over on PRISTINE

Caccini:  Dolcissimo sospiro (1602)  ~  Calestani: Damigella tutta bella ~ Folgorate (1617)  ~
Cifra:  In quel gelato core (1614)  ~  Grandi:  Vientene, o mia crudel (1629)
d'India:  Infelice Didone ~ Torna il sereni zeffiro (1617)   
Henry Lawes:  A Complaint against Cupid ~ No constancy in man ~ An eccho ~ Tavola: In quel gelato core ~ Parting ~ Dissuasion from presumption ~ Sufferance ~ Among rosebuds ~  A lady to a young courtier ~
I prithee send me back my heart
Hymn to God the Father ~ Hymn to God the Son ~ Hymn to God the Holy Ghost
Helen Watts, Contralto  - with  Thurston Dart, harpsichord -&- chamber organ  
L'Oiseau-Lyre  OL 50128                         zip WAV files @                    Very Nice!!!
http://pristineclassics.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/helen-watts-thurston-dart-songs-for.html

Tippett. Pears & Mewton-Wood - Argo 1953 / Amadeus Qt. - HMV 1956

Michael Tippett:  "Boyhood's End"
Michael Tippett:  "The Heart's Assurance"       2 files zip WAV   HF Download
Peter Pears, Tenor -&- Noel Mewton-Wood, piano  
Michael Tippett:  String Quartet no.2    - The Amadeus String Quartet      WAV   HF Download
Argo  DA 34    1970 pressing/1965 Decca matrices: ARG 2693 -1A / ARG 2694 -1A 
Original issues:  Argo ATC 1005 (RG 15)  Recorded: 1952  /  HMV ALP 1302   Recorded: 1955

This is an addition to the 1942-50 Pears & Britten HMV recordings on  HISTORICAL
Sleeve-note/Song-Texts  + 1965 Gramophone + 1953/1956 EMG reviews >>>

Bernard Lefort sings... Egk -&- Francaix (Louis de Froment, etc) - L'Oiseau-Lyre 1956

Werner Egk:  "La Tentation de Saint-Antoine"     - Bernard Lefort, Baritone
Georges Ales & Pierre Doukan, violins - Pierre Ladhuie, viola - Roger Albin, 'cello
- directed by  Louis de Froment                                                        WAV  HF Download
Francaix: "Cinq Poemes"  -Bernard Lefort, Baritone  - Jean Francaix, piano - Fernand Marseau, flute
Francaix:  "Invocation a la Volupte"  - Bernard Lefort, Baritone   
L'Ensemble Orchestral de L'Oiseau-Lyre  conducted by  Louis de Froment
Francaix:  "L'Adolescence Clementine"                                       3 files zip WAV  HF Download
Bernard Lefort, Baritone - Jean Francaix, piano -&- Jacques Lancelot, clarinet
L'Oiseau-Lyre  OL 50134   1956 Decca LP/French(?) matrices: TT 365/366.   
Sleeve-note (with full details) + "St.Antoine" text (English/German/French: DGG 139 142) >>>

Milhaud conducts... Les Quatre Saisons. Soloists / Concerts Lamoureux - Philips 1958

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    
2 files zip FLAC  HF Download
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
2 files zip FLAC  HF Download
Ensemble de Solistes des Concerts Lamoureux  conducted by  Darius Milhaud  
Philips  6527 221  1984 Stereo reissue.   Rec: June 1958   6/2/2011 post  -  Re-edited Nov.2012
You can compare this to 'Mr Pristine's'  Fizzed-Up drubbing  ('Printemps' mp3)  MusicWeb Review  (Herr Barnett didn't 'notice' the jacked-up treble...) - and ''Lasmoureux''?    NB: I've 2 copies of the Capitol (no UK stereo?), & wonder if 'his' stereo was ripped from the EMI CD...

Elgar. Symphony 2 - Halle / Barbirolli - HMV 1954 - over on PRISTINE CLASSICS

Sir Edward Elgar:
Symphony no.2 in E flat, op.63
I:  Allegro vivace e nobilemente  ~   II:  Largetto  
III: Rondo (Presto)  ~  IV:  Moderato e maestoso  

The Halle Orchestra  conducted by  Sir John Barbirolli

HMV  ALP 1242     Recorded: 8-9 June 1954 - Free Trade Hall, Manchester

FLAC/WAV files @
http://pristineclassics.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/elgar-symphony-2-halle-barbirolli-hmv.html

Pierre-Michel Le Conte - Massenet. Le Cid -&- Scenes Napolitaines / Bizet. Jolie Fille de Perth - Parlophone 1958 - over on PRISTINE CLASSICS

Massenet: "Le Cid" - Ballet Music 
(Castillane ~ Andalouse ~ Aragonaise ~ Aubade ~ Catalane ~ Madrilene ~ Navaraisse)
Massenet: "Scenes Napolitaines" (La danse ~ La procession ~ La fete)    
Bizet: "La Jolie Fille de Perth" - suite (Prelude ~ Serenade ~ Marche ~ Danse Bohemienne)    
Orchestre du Theatre National de L'Opera, Paris  conducted by  Pierre-Michel Le Conte   
  
Parlophone  PMC 1051  Original 1958 pressing.    
Very Scarce   Not on CD         WAV files @
http://pristineclassics.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/pierre-michel-le-conte-massenet-le-cid.html

Leopold Ludwig / Hamburg Opera - Wagner. Lohengrin -&- Die Meistersinger - Ducretet-Thomson 1955 - over on PRISTINE CLASSICS

Richard Wagner:  "Lohengrin"
Prelude    /    Prelude, Act.3  &  Bridal Chorus    /   "In Fermen Land"  - Walter Geisler, Tenor

Richard Wagner:  "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg"
Prelude    /    Prelude, Act.3
"Wahnmonolog"  - James Pease, Baritone   /    "Prize Song"  - Walter Geisler, Tenor
Chorus & Orchestra of the Hamburg Opera  conducted by  Leopold Ludwig    
Ducretet-Thomson  DTL 93054   Original 1956 Decca pressing/matrices.
Rec: ('live'): 1955  - France.   Not on CD   Very Scarce!          FLAC/WAV zip files @
http://pristineclassics.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/leopold-ludwig-hamburg-opera-wagner.html