Gerard Souzay & Jacqueline Bonneau - Schumann. Dichterliebe -&- Wolf. 4 lieder - Decca 1952

Robert Schumann:  Dichterliebe, op.48

Hugo Wolf:  Four lieder

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Gérard Souzay, Baritone -&- Jacqueline Bonneau, piano

Decca  LXT 2734  1952 LP/matrices: ARL1095 -2B / ARL1096 -1B.  Recorded: c.August/September 1951 - Paris.

Very Quickly deleted LP (replaced with 1953 recording of Dichterliebe: LXT2875)   NOT ON CD   Sleeve-note / EMG review >>>

Souzay - 1956 French Opera arias   ( Fabulous performances + immaculate 1986 Dutch vinyl ! ) 

24/48: Beatrice Lillie / LSO / Skitch Henderson - Peter and the Wolf -&- Carnaval des animaux - Decca 1960

Sergei Prokofiev: "Peter and the Wolf", op.67

Camille Saint-Saens: "Le Carnaval des animaux"
(Julius Katchen & Gary Graffman, pianos & Kenneth Heath, 'cello)

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Beatrice Lillie, Narrator - London Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Skitch Henderson

Decca  SXL 2218  1973 pressing/matrices: ZAL4785 -5W / ZAL4786 -4W.  Recorded: 10/12 February 1960 - Kingsway Hall.
Session photograph /  rear-sleeve / EMG review >>> 

Sir Ernest MacMillan / Toronto S.O. - Handel. Messiah - Beaver 1952

G.F.Handel:  " The Messiah "

16/44 FLAC     Sides 1/2/3  Mega Download        Sides 4/5/6  Mega Download

Lois Marshall, Soprano  - Mary Palmateer, Contralto  - Jon Vickers, Tenor  - James Milligan, Bass
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir & Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Ernest MacMillan   

World Record Club   TP 216-8   1962 pressings/matrices: W7596-7601 -2N,2N,2N,3N,2N,2N.  Recorded:  5 January 1952 - Massey Hall, Toronto.  
NOT ON CD   CD-RW transfer    (Illustration is from the SKIRA booklet for Beecham's 1959 set:  DURER: "The Adoration of the Trinity" (1511)
A Thoroughly convincing performance.   Track listing / info >>>  

Liszt. Via Crucis - Francis Jackson / BBC Northern Singers / Gordon Thorne - Saga 1961

Franz Liszt:  "Via Crucis" - The Fourteen Stations of the Cross - for Mixed Choir, Soloists & Organ
Side One: I: Jesus is condemned to death (organ solo) ~ II: Jesus bears His Cross (organ solo) ~ III: Jesus falls for the first time ~ IV: Jesus meets His Blessed Mother (organ solo) ~  V: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry the Cross (organ solo) ~ VI: St. Veronica wipes Jesus' feet with her veil ~ VII: Jesus falls for the second time ~ VIII: The women of Jerusalem weep for Jesus (organ solo) ~ IX: Jesus falls for the third time.
Side Two: X: Jesus is stripped of His clothing (organ solo) ~ XI: Jesus is nailed to the Cross ~ XII: Jesus died on the Cross ~ XIII: Jesus is taken down from the Cross (organ solo) ~ XIV: Jesus is laid in the tomb.
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Francis Jackson, organ  - BBC Northern Singers  conducted by  Gordon Thorne   
Saga  STXID 5079  1965 stereo release/pressing.  Recorded: 1959. Town Hall, Birmingham  (1.3 de-click).   Sleeve-note  / SRG5 review >>>

Jan Hus Tichy / Prague National - Tchaikovsky. Mazeppa, Eugene Onegin, Joan of Arc, Pique Dame - Supraphon 1962

Peter Tchaikovsky:  "Mazeppa"  Act Two  - Josef Heriban  
"Eugene Onegin"  Acts Two & Three  - Ivo Zidek  /  Eduard Haken  /  Milada Subrtova  &  Premsyl Koci   
"Joan of Arc"  Act One  - Eva Zikmundova  
"Pique Dame"  Act One  - Beno Blachut,  Drahomira Tikalova,  Vera Krilova  
"Pique Dame"  Act Two   - Vera Krilova  /  Jindrach Jindrak
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Prague National Theatre Orchestra  conducted by  Jan Hus Tichy  
Supraphon  SUAST 50469  c.1964 LP/matrices: E159 -A / E160 -A    Recorded: c.1961       NOT ON CD      EMG review / sleeve-notes >>>
Excellent clean sound ....mildly 'tickly' surfaces. 

Clemens Krauss / Vienna Philharmonic - Richard Strauss. Salome - Decca 1954 .... Elektra-ROHO-Kleiber 1977 link

Richard Strauss:  "Salome", op.54  - A Music Drama in One Act  (1905)
Salome....................... Christel Goltz,  Soprano   
Jochanaan.................... Hans Braun,  Baritone
Herodes........................ Julius Patzak,  Tenor
Herodias......................... Margareta Kenney,  Mezzo-Soprano
Narraboth......................... Anton Dermota,  Tenor
Ein Page............................. Else Schurhoff,  Soprano
Erster Nazarener.................... Ludwig Weber,  Bass
Zweiter Nazarener.................... Harald Proglhoff,  Bass
Erster Soldat............................ Walter Berry,  Bass
Zweiter Soldat............................ Herbert Alsen,  Bass
Ein Cappadocier............................ Ljubomir Pantscheff,  Bass
Ein Sklave..................................... Hermann Gallos,  Tenor
Erster Jude..................................... Rudolf Christ,  Tenor
Zweiter Jude...................................... Hugo Meyer-Welfing,  Tenor
Dritter Jude......................................... Kurt Preger,  Baritone
Vierter Jude.......................................... Murray Dickie,  Tenor
Funfter Jude............................................ Franz Bierbach,  Bass
Wiener Philharmoniker  conducted by  Clemens Krauss   
4 files zip FLAC Mega Download     FLAC  (Side 4 - Final scene + preceding 4mins)  Mega Download
Decca  ACL 207-8  (LXT 2863/4)   1965 set. c.1958 matrices: ARL2101-4 -2DR/-1DR/-2DR/-2DR.     Recorded: 15-21 March 1954 - Musikvereinsaal, Vienna
CD-RW: original surfaces/no auto-declick..    ACL 208 cover/sleeve-note / EMG review>>>     Philips 1952 Salome - VSO/Moralt >>>      Ljuba Welitsch - Final scene - 1949 + 1944/1948 >>>

CARLOS KLEIBER  1977 Covent Garden "ELEKTRA" details below....  or £9 @  'crq editions'  for the inferior 6th May recording (originally FREE on 'symphonyshare')..

Richard Strauss:  "Elektra" 

First Maid...................... Elizabeth Bainbridge
Second Maid...................... Jean Bailey
Third Maid...................... Anne Wilkens
Fourth Maid...................... Margaret Curphey
Fifth Maid...................... Teresa Cahill
The Overseer...................... Milla Andrew
Elektra...................... Birgit Nilsson
Chrysothemis...................... Gwyneth Jones
Clytemnestra...................... Marta Szirmay
Her Confidante...................... Anna Cooper
Her Trainbearer...................... Elena Davies
A Young Servant...................... Paul Crook
An Old Servant...................... Paul Statham
Orestes...................... Donald McIntyre
Orestes' Tutor...................... Michael Langdon
Aegisthus...................... Charles Craig
Servants of the Household
        
The Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden  conducted by  Carlos Kleiber

Performance of 14 May 1977 (with 10 second insert from 6 May + slight editing/re-eq).. Includes my 10 May 1977 Covent Garden booklet: programme notes in .bmp.  

16 bit FLAC (mono)  https://www.mediafire.com/file/hr8ubfrbqyu1rfm/RStrauss-Elektra-ROHO-CarlosKleiber.zip/file    

DETAILS / "Salome" scans >>>   

Maria Callas / Tullio Serafin - Donizetti. Lucia di Lammermoor - EMI 1953

Gaetano Donizetti:  "Lucia di Lammermoor"
Lucia............................ Maria Callas,  Soprano  
Edgardo.......................... Guiseppe di Stefano,  Tenor 
Enrico.............................. Tito Gobbi,  Baritone
Raimondo............................ Rapphaele Arie,  Bass
Arturo.............................. Valiano Natali,  Tenor
Alisa................................. Anna Maria Canali,  Mezzo-Soprano
Normanno............................ Gino Sarri,  Tenor
Orchestra & Chorus of "Maggio Musicale Fiorentino"  conducted by  Tullio Serafin   
16/44 FLAC:  ACT ONE  Mega Download          ACT TWO  Mega Download         ACT THREE  Mega Download  
HMV  SLS 5056  (2LP 1977 -1985 set). Matrices: XBX9127-30 -1/-1/-2/-4 (disc 2 c.1982 recut).  Rec: Jan/Feb.1953 -Teatro Comunale, Florence.
Bought recently: CD-quiet surfaces/minimal editing needed. Wonderful performance (especially Act 3) - more idiomatic (esp. the chorus) than the 1960 SAX/33CX version/s.
The second LP appears slightly 'brighter'.  The 'stereo' processing seems pretty good (by David Pickett).    Somewhat unenthusiastic (...) EMG/Record Guide reviews >>>

Owen Brannigan sings... Songs You Remember - Song of the Flea, Mandalay, Linden Lea, etc - HMV 1961

A1:  Song Of The Flea   (bloody good!)
A2-4:  Riding Down From Bangor, Leanin', Clementine
A5:  On The Road To Mandalay
A6-9:  My Bonny, Silent Worship, Vilikins And His Dinah, The Plough Boy

B1-4:  Father O'Flynn, Mr. Maguire, Border Ballad, My Love She's But A Lassie Yet 
B5:  Ten Green Bottles
B6-10:  Yorkshire Coortin' Song, Lancashire Slumber Song, Yarmouth Fair, Linden Lea, Drinking
7 files zip 16/44 FLAC  Mega Download    
Owen Brannigan, Bass  - Ernest Lush, piano   
HMV  CSD 1350   First edition 1961 pressing/matrices: 2YEA529 -1 / 2YEA530 -3     Sleeve-note >>>

John Shirley-Quirk sings... Vaughan Williams. Songs of Travel, etc + Ireland - Stanford - Keel - Warlock - Saga 1962

Ralph Vaughan Williams:  Songs of Travel
(The Vagabond - Let Beauty Awake - The Roadside Fire - Youth and Love - In Dreams - The Infinite Shining Heaven - Wither must I wander -
Bright is the King of Words - I have trod the upward and downward slope)
Ralph Vaughan Williams:  Linden Lea  ~  Silent Noon  ~  John Ireland:  Sea Fever  
Charles Villiers Stanford:  Drake's Drum  ~  The Old Superb  ~  Frederick Keel:  Trade Winds  ~   Peter Warlock:  Captain Stratton's Fancy 
3 files zip FLAC  Mega Download     
John Shirley-Quirk, Baritone  &  Viola Tunnard, piano   
SAGA  XID 5211  c.1964 pressing - original XIP 7011 matrices.  Recorded: c.1962 - SAGA Studio, Maresfield Gardens, London.
October 2015: Files now lightly declicked ('1.3') with additional treble.     Sleeve-note >>>

Bretislav Bakala conducts... Leos Janacek. Glagolitic Mass, Lach Dances, Sinfonietta - Supraphon 1950-2

  

Leos Janacek:  "Lachian Dances"   
I: Ancient I  ~  II: Blessing's Dance  ~  III: Smith Dance  ~  IV: Ancient II  ~  V: Celadensky  ~ VI: Saws Dance
16/44  FLAC  (de-clicked @ '1.3')  Mega Download
Brno Radio Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Bretislav Bakala   
Supraphon  LPV 201 (DV 5182)  c. mid-1950's LP/matrix: VM 250/M.  Recorded: c.1951 - Brno
Leos Janacek:  "Sinfonietta"     
I: Allegretto  ~  II: Andante  ~  III: Moderato  ~  IV: Allegretto  ~  V: Allegro
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Bretislav Bakala 
Leos Janacek:  "Glagolitic Mass"       
I: Introduction  ~  II: Kyrie  ~  III: Gloria  ~  IV: Credo  ~  V: Sanctus  ~  VI: Agnus Dei  ~  VII: Postlude  ~  VIII: Intrada
Libuse Domaninska, Soprano ~ Josef Valka, Tenor ~ Marie Jurenova. Contralto ~ Jaroslav Hromadka, Bass.  Frantisek Michalek, organ.  
Moravan Academic Singing Association & Vach Moravian Lady Teacher's Choir, Josef Veselka, chorus master.  
Brno Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestra  conducted by  Bretislav Bakala 
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Rediffusion  HCN 7005  1978 LP/CBS UK matrices.  Recorded: 16-18 October 1950 - Studio Domovina, Prague / March 1951 - Brno  
Sleeve-notes / 1955 Record Guide review >>> 

Bakala, Vogel, etc. Files from the 20 June 2013 Janacek/Supraphon post below
SUA 10095  "z mrtveho domu": highlights: Mega Download        LPV 450  Janacek arias: Mega Download   

Leoncavallo. I Pagliacci - La Scala, Milan / Tullio Serafin - Columbia 1955

Ruggiero Leoncavallo:  "I Pagliacci"
Nedda............. Maria Meneghini Callas,  Soprano  
Canio.................. Giuseppe di Stefano,  Tenor
Tonio...................... Tito Gobbi,  Baritone
Beppe......................... Nicola Monti,  Tenor
Silvio.............................. Rolando Panerai,  Baritone
Side One: Prologue, Act One (part 1)   /  Side Two: Act One (part 2)   /   Side Three: Intermezzo, Act Two   
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Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Opera House, Milan  conducted by  Tullio Serafin  
Columbia  33CXS 1211 / 33CX 1212   1963 pressings / pre-1959 matrices: XBX 157 -4N / XBX 158 -4N / XBX 159 -2N  
Recorded: 12-17 June 1954, Teatro alla Scala, Milan       16/44 HD       EMG review >>>
Presumably you would prefer this copied from the stunningly scarce 'original 24bit CD'; as re-recorded in the Balls Pond Road Swimming Baths. 
So you can compare this to Mr P's Sample  (starts @ 8.57", side two)  - and spend your pocket-money THERE !!
http://www.mcelhearn.com/the-new-maria-callas-remasters-good-or-bad   
Robert E. Seletsky  07/24/2015  
Having written at very great length in The Opera Quarterly about Callas’ recordings in articles published between 2000 and 2005........ Mr. Rose has his own agenda, with which I personally take issue. He is marketing from-LP, “ambient stereo” versions of the Callas studio material. That is his right, though I find them neither appealing nor accurate.
Peter 01/31/2016   
However, I feel Andrew’s remasters lack real transparency – it’s as if the music has been a little “smoothed over”, certainly leading edges are slightly rounded, blurred if you prefer. Perhaps most significantly, “ambient stereo” is no replacement for those subtle acoustic cues which exist even on 1950s mono recordings. 

Nelson   Sep 14, 2017
Andrew Rose... has no access to master materials. Quite often he is not forthcoming on what his sources are at all, so they could just be reworked from commercial CD releases OR LP pressings…who knows. If some hear his fake stereo and overprocessed versions as desirable, so be it..

Leos Janacek. Z Mrtveho Domu, Vec Makropulos, Cunning Little Vixen, Jenufa - Bakala, Vogel,etc. - Supraphon 1950's

"From the House of the Dead":    Goryantchikov... Vladimir Sauer  /  Alyeya... Marie Steinerova  /  Camp Commandant... Vaclav Halir  /
Old Prisoner... Bohumil Kurfurst  /  Skuratov... Jaroslav Ulrych   /  Chekunov... Frantisek Mikulica  /  Drunken Prisoner... Zdenek Sousek  /  
Schapkin... Jaroslav Jaros  /  Shishkov... Vladimir Bauer   /  Cherevin... Antonin Pelc  /  Don Juan... Eduard Hrobes
Act.1: Intro. / Act.2: Skuratov's story & The Play  / Act.3:  Finale. 
Soloists & Chorus of Janacek Theatre, Brno  conducted by  Bretislav Bakala   
Act.3:  Shishkov's story     - Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Jaroslav Vogel   
4 files zip FLAC   Mega Download - use the link below >>>
Supraphon  SUA 10095  1963 pressing/matrices: VM 1695/H / VM 1696/C    Recorded: c.mid 1950's?  
    
"The Makropulos Affair":  Emilia Marty... Zdenka Hrncirova  /  Albert Gregor... Beno Blachut  /  
Kristina... Milada Musilova   /   Baron Jaroslav Prus... Theodor Srubar  /  Janek Prus... Rudolf Vonasek   /    
Dr.Kolenaty... Rudolf Asmus.   - Chorus & Orchestra of Prague National Theatre  conducted by  Jaroslav Vogel  
"Jenufa":   Act.2:  Kostelnitscha's aria.    Marie Steinerova  - Janacek Theatre Orchestra, Brno  conducted by  Frantisek Jilek
"Jenufa":   Act.2:  Jenufa's Prayer.    Libuse Domaninska  - Prague National Theatre Orchestra  conducted by  Milan Sachs  
"The Cunning Little Vixen" - Finale.   Zdenek Kroupa  &  Libuse Domaninska -Janacek Theatre Orchestra, Brno  conducted by  Bohumil Liska  
4 files zip FLAC  Mega Download - use the link below >>>
Supraphon  LPV 450   1959 LP/matrices: VM 1151/C / VM 1152/D     Recorded: c.1953?  Good sound-quality - but not the Highest-Fi.  
Surfaces needed slight de-click (1.4) + slight treble increase (=<+1.4dB).   Wonderful performances   Not on CD ?         Sleeve-notes >>>

Files re-instated on  above Janacek post   My complaint re: their previous deletion >>>   (** "House of the Dead" was a video-game..) 

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  /  Side 3: Scene 4/Salome's Dance  /   Side 4: Scene 4     
4 files zip FLAC   Mega Download
Philips  6747 406 (2LP's)  c.1979 Dutch pressings/matrices: 1/2/1/1  (originally: Philips A 00163/64 L)   Recorded: December 1952.
SUPERB SOUND  (an 'as new' Philips GP412/II PU used)  1954 3pp booklet notes/EMG reviews >>>   1954 Clemens Krauss 'Salome' / VPO >>> 

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

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 (dir. Herbert Huffman), Chorus (chorus master: Thomas Martin)   -  
RCA Victor Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham                          The Complete Opera:  4 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
RCA Victor  LM 6042 1/2  1957 USA LP's/matrices: G2RP3580 -1S/3581 -1S/3582 -7S/3583 -3S  (A1/B1/A1/A2)  Rec: 16/17/30 March & 1-3/5/6 April 1956 - Manhattan Center, N.Y.

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                                 2 files zip FLAC   Mega Download
RCA  SB 2021   STEREO   1959 Decca pressing/matrix: J2RY3029/D -2K    Recorded: Aug./Sept.1957 - Teatro Pergola, Florence               EMG 1957/1959 reviews >>>

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

Caccini:  Dolcissimo sospiro  ~  Calestani:  Damigella tutta bella ~ Folgorate  ~  Cifra:  In quel gelato core  ~  Grandi:  Vientene, o mia crudel
d'India:  Infelice Didone ~ Torna il sereni zeffiro

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
Hymns to the Holy Trinity: Hymn to God the Father ~ Hymn to God the Son ~ Hymn to God the Holy Ghost      
4 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
Helen Watts, Contralto  - with  Thurston Dart, harpsichord -&- chamber organ  
L'Oiseau-Lyre  OL 50128   c.1964 LP.  Matrices: TT 379 -1B / TT 380 -1B   Recorded: c.June 1956 - Decca West Hampstead Studios ??
A very fine (and well recorded) recital - the 'Didone' lament is splendid - as are Crofts 'Hymns'.      Not on CD       Sleeve-note >>>

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

Michael Tippett:  "Boyhood's End"
Michael Tippett:  "The Heart's Assurance"       
Peter Pears, Tenor -&- Noel Mewton-Wood, piano  
Michael Tippett:  String Quartet no.2    - The Amadeus String Quartet       
3 files zip FLAC  Mega 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 >>>

Leopold Ludwig / Hamburg Opera - Wagner. Lohengrin -&- Die Meistersinger - Ducretet-Thomson 1955

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                                                                                            7 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
Chorus & Orchestra of the Hamburg Opera  conducted by  Leopold Ludwig     
Ducretet-Thomson  DTL 93054  1956 Decca pressing/matrices: ADU 107/8 -1B. Rec: ('live performances') 28-30 April 1955 - Salle Apollo, Paris.
Very Scarce    NOT ON CD      (slight 'bubbly' tape-noises are sometimes audible)         Sleeve-note / EMG review >>>

Anthony Lewis conducts... Purcell. Come Ye Sons of Art - The Tempest - Trumpet Sonata, etc - L'Oiseau-Lyre 1953/1958

Henry Purcell:  "Come Ye Sons of Art" - Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary II  (1694)               FLAC  Mega Download
Margaret Ritchie, Soprano ~ Alfred Deller, Counter-tenor ~ John Whitworth, Counter-tenor ~ Bruce Boyce, Baritone
Ruggero Gerlin, harpsichord  ~ The St.Anthony Singers  &  L'Ensemble Orchestral de L'Oiseau-Lyre  conducted by  Anthony Lewis
L'Oiseau-Lyre  OL 50166   1958 matrix: TT 455 -1L     Recorded: Paris, 1953.  (1954 10" LP: DL 53004)

Henry Purcell:  "The Tempest"
'Arise ye subterranean winds'   ~  'Aeolus, you must appear'   (Hervey Alan, Bass)   
'Your awful voice I hear'  ~  'See, see, the Heavens smile'   (William Herbert, Tenor)

"The Tempest":  'Halcyon days'   /  "Diocletian": 'What shall I do'   (Jennifer Vyvyan, Soprano)     
Sonata in D for Trumpet & Strings   (Dennis Egan, trumpet)  

"The Virtuous Wife":  (March ~ Minuet I ~ Minuet II)   /  Chacony in G minor      
5 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
Philomusica of London  conducted by  Anthony Lewis  
L'Oiseau-Lyre  SOL 60002   Original 1958  STEREO LP   Matrices: ZTT 481 -1K / ZTT 482 -2K   Recorded: 1958.      Not on CD      Sleeve-notes >>>

Puccini. La Tosca - Arturo Basile - Cetra 1956

Floria Tosca............................ Gigliola Frazzoni,  Soprano
Mario Cavaradossi........................ Ferruccio Tagliavini,  Tenor
Il barone Scarpia.............................. Giangiacomo Guelfi,  Baritone 
Il Sagristano...................................... Alfredo Mariotti,  Bass
Cesare Angelotti.................................... Antonio Zerbini,  Bass
Spoletta................................................ Vittorio Pandano,  Tenor
Sciarrone  /   Un carceriere ........................... Alberto Albertini,  Baritone
Un pastore.................................................. Editta Amedeo,  Soprano
Chorus & Orchestra of Radiotelevisione Italiana, Torino  conducted by  Arturo Basile      
Complete Opera  3 file zip FLAC  Mega Download
Concert Hall  CM 2286 A/B   (from Cetra OLPC1261 1-2)  1964 Philips UK masters/pressings.     Recorded: 12 October 1956, Turin.

Gerard Souzay / New SO / Bonneau - French Operatic Arias - Decca 1956

Rameau:  "Les indes galantes"  - Soleil, on a detruit tes superbes asiles
Gounod:  "Philemon et Baucis"  - Berceuse: Que les songes sont heureux  /  Gounod:  "Romeo et Juliette"  - Ballade de la reine Mab  

Berlioz:  "La Damnation de Faust"  - Chanson de la puce  -&-  Serenade de Mephistopheles
Bizet:  "La jolie Fille de Perth"  - Quand la flamme de l'amour   /   Bizet:  "Les Pecheurs de perles"  - L'orage s'est calme

Massenet:  "Le Jongleur de Notre Dame"  - Legende de la Sauge    /     Offenbach:  "Les Contes d'Hoffman"  - C'est moi, Coppelius
Chabrier:  "Le Roi malgre lui"  - Romance du Roi      

Gerard Souzay, Baritone   - New Symphony Orchestra of London  conducted by  Paul Bonneau            3 files zip WAV  Mega Download  
Decca  'Grandi Voci'  414 613    Issued 1986 (originally in LXT 5269)        Recorded: 9-10 April & 9-10 July 1956  - Kingsway Hall