Please note colour coding: black the discography itself

[h] women’s choir; Gustav Holst

[a] HOLST The Planets Op.32 H125 : Mars WAX1671-72

[b] Jupiter WAX1673-74

[c] Uranus WAX1714-15

[d] Mercury WAX1716

[e] Venus WAX1717/1905

[f] Saturn WAX1903-04

[g] Marching Song Op.22/2 H88/2 WAX1906

[h] The Planets Op.32 H125 : Neptune WAX2039-40

Replacements for the acoustic recordings made in Oct 22-Nov23,

retaining the old catalogue numbers.

78rpm: [a-h] (Dec26) L1459/99/1509/28/32/42/43R; set M83 = 67394-00D.

LP: [a-fh] (Aug72) H.M.V. HLM7014 = 1E 047 01343M.

CD: [a-fh] (Jan91) Koch 3 7018.2,

[a-fh] (Aug93) CDC7 54837.2,

[a-h] (Jan95) Pickwick GLRS108,

[a-h] (Aug03) Pickwick 790262,

[a-h] (Jly06) Naxos Historical 8 111048,

[a-fh] (Nov08) 22CD set 2 17575.2.

>0037 COLUMBIA

9-10 Nov 1926 Scala Theatre

Thomas Beecham

BEETHOVEN Symphony No.2 in D Op.36 WRAX2142-45/49-52

78rpm: (Mar27) L1864-67; set M45 = 67223-26D.

LP: (’7?) Beecham Society WHS101.

Download: Pristine Classical PASC366.

H.M.V.

Recordings made in 1926 by “The Symphony Orchestra”, Albert Coates,

while the LSO was contracted to Columbia, are listed in an appendix at >AS.

>0038 H.M.V.

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke & Douglas Larter

4 Jan 1927 Kingsway Hall

[a] two sides (894/95) re-made 5 Jan 1928

Albert Coates

[a] RESPIGHI Fontane di Roma CR894-97

[b] RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Legend of Kitezh : excerpts CR898-99

[b] Unpublished.

78rpm: [a] (Jun28) D1429-30; Victor 9126-27.

LP: [a] (May82) Albert Coates Heritage TR520615.

CD: [a] (Dec92) Koch 2CD set 3 7704.2.

>0039 H.M.V.

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke, M.Alexander & D.Larter

6 Jan 1927 Kingsway Hall

Albert Coates

[a] TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.6 in B minor Op.74 : excerpt CR674

[b] PROKOFIEV The Love for Three Oranges Op.33a : excerpts CR904-5

[c] WAGNER Lohengrin : Prelude to Act I CR906-7

[d] WAGNER Götterdämmerung : Rhinemaidens’ scene CR908

[e] BEETHOVEN Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus Op.43 : Overture CR909

[f] WAGNER Siegfried : Forest Murmurs CR910-11

[g] WAGNER Die Meistersinger : Prelude to Act III CR912-13

[a] The complete work was recorded with an anonymous orchestra in Sep 26;

the last of the ten sides was re-made with the LSO at these sessions.

[e] Coupled with the “Eroica” on CR678-88, recorded with an anonymous

orchestra on 16 Sep 26.

[c] Unpublished: “tone too hard, particularly the strings” according to

the Artists Sheet; replaced by Cc17832, recorded on 23 Oct 29.

[df] Unpublished: replaced by recordings made in Berlin in 1928.

78rpm: [e] (Mar27) D1163; Victor 9404,

[a] (Mar27) D1190-94; Victor set 4 = 9050-54,

[g] (May27) D1219,

[b] (Nov27) D1259; Victor 9128.

CD: [g] (Jly97) Claremont CDGSE785070-71.

Download: [e] Pristine Classical PASC296,

[a] Pristine Classical PASC301.

>0040 H.M.V. recorded live at a “Daily Express” Community Singing concert

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke, M.Alexander,

Douglas Larter & Edward Fowler

19 Feb 1927 Royal Albert Hall

[i] Gladys Ripley (contralto); [abcdf] John Goss (baritone);

Ten thousand voices (directed by Hugh Allen), Malcolm Sargent

[a] Marching through Georgia BR979

[b] Shenandoah BR980

[c] Bonnie Charlie’s now awa’ BR981

[d] Fire down below BR982

[e] Jesu, lover of my soul (Aberystwyth) BR983

[f] A-roving BR984

[g] Swing low, sweet chariot BR985

[h] Ye watchers and ye holy ones BR986

[i] Land of Hope and Glory CR987-88

[bcfgi] Unpublished.

78rpm: [adeh] (Apr27) B2423-24.

CD: [adh] (’89) Pearl GEMMCD9380.

This was HMV’s final bid in an escalating advertising campaign to

demonstrate the potential of electrical recording by capturing the sound

of ever more massive choirs. It was topped by Columbia’s live recording

of ninety-two thousand voices at the Wembley Cup Final on 23 Apr 27.

>0041 H.M.V.

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke, M.Alexander & D.Larter

27 Mar 1927 Queen’s Hall

Hermann Abendroth

[a] BRAHMS Symphony No.4 in E minor Op.98 CR1235-46

[b] BACH Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G BWV1048 CR1247-48

[b] Unpublished: “too weak” according to the Artists Sheet.

78rpm: [a] (Nov27) D1265-70 = (Dec29) auto D7154-59;

Victor set 31 = 9212-17.

CD: [a] (Mar94) Tahra 2CD set TAH102,

[a] (Feb99) Biddulph WHL053.

>0042 H.M.V.

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke, M.Alexander & D.Larter

1 Apr 1927 Queen’s Hall

[a] one side (1275) re-made 15 Jly 1927

Edward Elgar

[a] ELGAR Symphony No.2 in E flat Op.63 CR1268-79

[b] Chanson de Matin Op.15/2 CR1280

[a] Issued to mark the composer’s 70th birthday; the re-made

side was substituted in later copies. Part of the rehearsal

for the re-make was recorded: a three minute excerpt was

included with the LP transfer and five minutes with the EMI CD.

The 2007 & 2011 CDs include both Apr & Jly takes of CR1275.

[b] Coupled with Op.15/1 on CR338, recorded with the RAHO on 27 Apr 26.

78rpm: [a] (Jun27) D1230-35 = (Nov30) auto D7239-44,

[b] (Jun27) D1236.

LP: [a] (Sep71) World Record Club SH163,

[b] (Mar72) HLM7005 = 1E 047 01280M,

[a] (Jan73) HLM7023 = 1E 147 02356M in 5LP set RLS708,

[b] (Dec74) HLM7056 = 0C 191 01622M in 6LP set RLS713.

CD: [a] (Jun92) 3CD set CDS7 54560.2,

[b] (Dec92) 3CD set CDS7 54564.2,

[a] (Jan98) Grammofono 2000 AB78771,

[a] (Mar00) CDM5 67297.2,

[b] (May00) HMV5 74001.2,

[a] (Apr07) Naxos Historical 8 111260,

[b] (Sep07) 30CD set 5 03603.2,

[ab] (Apr11) 9CD set 0 95694.2,

[(a)] (Aug16) Somm SOMMCD261-64 (CR1275 take 3 only).

>0043 H.M.V.

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: G.Dillnutt, Douglas Larter & M.Alexander

8 Apr 1927 Queen’s Hall

Siegfried Wagner

[a] WAGNER Lohengrin : Prelude to Act I CR1294-95

[b] Huldigungsmarsch CR1296-97

[c] Siegfried Idyll CR1298-01

78rpm: [a] (Sep27) D1258, [b] (Oct27) D1271; Victor 9158,

[c] (Feb28) D1297-98.

LP: [abc] (Ger:’75) 1C 147 30647-48M.

[abc] (Oct87) Trax Classique 2LP set TRXLP112.

CD: [abc] (Oct87) Trax Classique 2CD set TRXCD112,

[abc] (Dec97) Grammofono 2000 AB78753-54,

[b] (Apr98) Pearl 2CD set GEMS0024,

[abc] (May06) Archipel 2CD set ARPCD0288.

>0044 H.M.V.

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke

[a] 27 & [abc] 30 May 1927 Kingsway Hall

[a] one side (1368) re-made 10 Jan 1928

[a, Jan 28 re-make] Göta Ljungberg (soprano), Walter Widdop (tenor);

Albert Coates

[a] WAGNER Die Walküre : excerpts CR1367-70

[b] Tristan und Isolde : Death of Tristan CR1371-72

[c] Parsifal : Herzeleide [sides 1&2] CR1373-74

[a] Coupled with sides recorded in Aug 27 and others made in Berlin.

[(a)bc] Unpublished: five sides were renumbered when re-made,

CR1370/71-72/73 at Queen’s Hall as CR1466/70-71/68

on 24 Aug 27 and CR1374 as CR1640 on 10 Jan 28.

78rpm: [a] (Feb28) D1320-33 = auto D7041-54;

Victor sets 26&27 = 9164-77.

LP: [a] (Nov68) HQM1164.

CD: [a] (Jun91) Claremont CDGSE785035-36,

[a] (Nov94) Pearl 7CD set GEMMCDS9137,

[a] (Oct08) Gala 4CD set GL100668.

Download: [a] Pristine Classical PACO107.

>0045 H.M.V.

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke, D.Larter & A.D.Lawrence

22&30 Jun 1927 Queen’s Hall

Alfred Cortot (piano), Landon Ronald

[a] SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54 CR1398-05

[b] FRANCK Symphonic Variations CR1406-9

78rpm: [a] (Jan28) DB1059-62 = (Dec29) auto DB7029-32;

Victor set 39 = 6978-81,

[b] (Nov27) DB1069-70; Victor 6734-35.

LP: [a] (May58) COLH31,

[b] (Sep85) Pathé Marconi 29 0267.1M.

CD: [a] (Sep91) Biddulph LHW003,

[ab] (Oct92) Music & Arts CD718,

[b] (Jun96) Biddulph LHW027,

[a] (Apr98) The Piano Library PL259-61,

[a] (Jly05) Andromeda 3CD set ANDRCD5012,

[ab] (Nov12) 40CD set 7 04907.2.

Download: [a] Pristine Classical PASC447.

>0046 H.M.V.

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: M.Alexander & Douglas Larter

15 Jly 1927 Queen’s Hall

Edward Elgar

[a] ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance Marches Op.39/3&4 CR1453-54

[b] Bavarian Dances Nos.1&2 CR1455-56

[b] the third dance was recorded on 4 Jun 31 (2B576).

78rpm: [a] (Jan28) D1301, [b] (Feb28) D1367.

LP: [(a)b] (Mar72) HLM7005 = 1E 047 01280M,

[ab] (Dec74) HLM7056 = 0C 191 01622M in 6LP set RLS713.

CD: [b] (Dec92) 3CD set CDS7 54564.2,

[a] (Jly93) 3CD set CDS7 54568.2,

[(a)] (May00) HMV5 74001.2 [No.3 only],

[b] (Jun04) 2CD set 5 85153.2,

[a] (Nov05) Naxos Historical 8 111022,

[(a)] (Sep07) 30CD set 5 03603.2 [No.3 only],

[ab] (Apr11) 9CD set 0 95694.2.

>0047 H.M.V.

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke, D.Larter & M.Alexander

[ab] 23, [acd] 24, [a] 25 & [abef] 26 Aug 1927 Queen’s Hall

[abde] seven sides (1463/70/73/74/76/79/86) re-made 25 Oct 1927

[c] one side (1468) re-made 10 Jan 1928 Kingsway Hall

[a] one side (1460) re-made 16 Feb 1928 Kingsway Hall

[ab] Florence Austral (soprano); [a-d] Göta Ljungberg (soprano);

[b Oct 27 re-make] Louise Trenton (soprano);

[a] Maartje Offers (contralto); [abd] Walter Widdop (tenor);

[b] Howard Fry (baritone); Albert Coates

[a] WAGNER Götterdämmerung : excerpts CR1460-61/72-75/86-87

[b] WAGNER Die Walküre : excerpts CR1462-67/83-85

[c] WAGNER Parsifal : Herzeleide [sides 1&3] CR1468-69

[d] WAGNER Tristan und Isolde : Death of Tristan CR1470-71

[e] MOZART Symphony No.41 in C K551 “Jupiter” CR1476-82

[f] MOZART Der Schauspieldirektor K486 : Overture CR1488

[a] Coupled with sides recorded in Oct 28 and others made in Berlin.

[b] Coupled with sides recorded in May 27 and others made in Berlin.

[c] Coupled with sides recorded in Jan & Oct 28.

[d] Coupled with sides recorded in Oct 27 and others made in Berlin.

[(c)] CR1468 is unpublished and the side was re-made at

Kingsway Hall as Cc13706 on 11 Oct 28.

[(a)] Coates’s CR1472 is unpublished and the side was re-made on

1 Dec 27 by an anonymous orchestra (deploying 32 strings in

place of the LSO’s 54) conducted by Lawrance Collingwood.

78rpm: [b] (Feb28) D1320-33 = auto D7041-54;

Victor sets 26&27 = 9164-77,

[ef] (Apr28) D1359-62 = (Nov30) auto D7250-53;

Victor set 30 = 9201-4,

[d] (May28) D1413-17 = (Jan33) auto D7438-42;

Victor set 41 = 9625-29,

[a] (Apr29) D1572-87 = auto D7085-00; Victor 9456-69/86-87,

[c] (Sep29) D1651-52.

LP: [(a)] (Aug64) COLH147,

[e] (May82) Albert Coates Heritage TR520615,

[(b)] (May83) HLM7283 = 0C 137 54392M in 7LP set RLS7711,

[(a)] (May83) HLM7285 = 0C 137 54394M in 7LP set RLS7711,

[(ab)] (Jun83) Seraphim 6130.

CD: [d] (Feb89) Claremont CDGSE785026,

[b] (Jun91) Claremont CDGSE785035-36,

[a] (Jun91) Claremont CDGSE785037-38,

[e] (Apr94) Claremont CDGSE785055,

[c] (Jly97) Claremont CDGSE785070-71,

[ab] (Nov94) Pearl 7CD set GEMMCDS9137,

[d] (Jun03) Naxos Historical 8 110200-2,

[b] (Oct08) Gala 4CD set GL100668,

[a] (Oct08) Gala 4CD set GL100669.

Download: [b] Pristine Classical PACO107,

[a] Pristine Classical PACO118,

[ef] Pristine Classical PASC455.

>0048 H.M.V. recorded live at the Three Choirs Festival

Eng: M.Alexander & G.W.George

[a-e] 4, [f] 6 & [ghi] 8 Sep 1927 Hereford Cathedral

[f] Margaret Balfour (contralto), Tudor Davies (tenor), Horace Stevens

(bass-baritone); Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Herbert Brewer (organ);

[adfi] Edward Elgar / [bcegh] Percy Hull

[a] ELGAR Civic Fanfare & God Save the King BR1137

[b] BREWER Magnificat in D CR1138

[c] BREWER Nunc dimittis in D CR1139

[d] ELGAR The Apostles : The Spirit of the Lord CR1140-41

[e] PARRY Jerusalem - choral song CR1142

[f] ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius Op.38 : excerpts CR1143-49

[g] HOLST The Hymn of Jesus Op.37 H140 CR1150-55

[h] PARRY Songs of Farewell : My soul, there is a country CR1156

[i] ELGAR The Music Makers Op.69 : excerpts CR1157-61

[f] “...during a sudden silent pause after a forte climax, a lady’s voice talking

about ‘a lovely camisole for 11s 6d.’ was clearly exposed when the record

was played back, and so ruined a fine set.” (Fred Gaisberg)

[i] could not be recorded complete as the mezzo-soprano soloist,

Olga Haley, was contracted to a rival company.

[a] Unpublished on 78rpm, but the composer’s own test pressing

survived, unlike the other unpublished sides.

[bdegh] Unpublished, as were parts of [fi] CR1144/46/47/58/60.

78rpm: [cfi] (Jan28) D1347-50.

LP: [afi] (Jan73) HLM7020 = 1E 147 02353M in 5LP set RLS708,

[afi] (Jly73) World Record Club SH175.

CD: [afi] (Jun92) 3CD set CDS7 54560.2,

[afi] (Apr11) 9CD set 0 95694.2.

>0049 H.M.V. recorded live at a concert

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke, Edward Fowler,

Douglas Larter, H.Fleming & G.W.George

11 Oct 1927 Royal Albert Hall

[bc] Feodor Chaliapin (bass); [b] Theodore Ritch (tenor);

[a] Royal Choral Society; as “Symphony Orchestra”, Albert Coates

This recording is noted in HMV’s contractual account with the LSO;

the orchestra is also named in the concert programme.

[a] MOZART Requiem in D minor K626 : excerpts BR1508/23-24

[b] RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Mozart and Salieri Op.48 : excerpts CR1525-28

[c] MUSORGSKY Boris Godunov : Inn scene CR1529-30

[ac] Unpublished and lost. [b] Unpublished on 78rpm.

LP: [b] (Sep73) HLM7028 = 0C 191 01486M in 2LP set RLS710.

CD: [b] (Mar98) Preiser 89965.

>0050 H.M.V.

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke

[ab] 18, [c] 19, [acd] 24 & [e] 25 Oct 1927 Queen’s Hall

[bce] four sides (1540/41/43/60) re-made 5 Jan 1928 Kingsway Hall

[c] three sides (1545/47/53) re-made 15 Feb 1928 Kingsway Hall

[ab] Walter Widdop & Kennedy MacKenna (tenors),

Howard Fry (baritone); [a] Charles Victor (baritone);

[b] Elsie Suddaby & Louise Trenton (sopranos), Nellie Walker (contralto),

Arthur Fear (baritone); [d] chorus; Albert Coates

[a] WAGNER Tristan und Isolde : Act III excerpts CR1537-39/56-57

[b] WAGNER Das Rheingold : excerpts CR1540-41

[c] STRAVINSKY Petrushka - ballet CR1542-47/52-53

[d] BORODIN Prince Igor : Polovtsian Dances CR1554-55

[e] STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel Op.28 CR1558-61

78rpm: [a] (May28) D1413-17, see note to 24 Aug 27,

[e] (May28) D1418-19; Victor 9271-72,

[c] (Jan29) D1521-24 = (Nov32) auto D7353-56,

[d] (Jan29) D1528; Victor 9474,

[b] (Mar29) D1546.

LP: [c] (Apr80) Encore E302,

[e] (Sep82) Cambridge IMP7.

CD: [a] (Feb89) Claremont CDGSE785026,

[b] (Jun91) Claremont CDGSE785035-36,

[b] (Nov94) Pearl 7CD set GEMMCDS9137,

[a] (Jun03) Naxos Historical 8 110200-2,

[b] (Oct08) Gala 4CD set GL100668,

[d] (’09) Historic Recordings PAGCD0021 private issue,

[c] (May11) Historic Recordings HRCD0088 private issue.

Download: [cd] Pristine Classical PASC304,

[b] Pristine Classical PACO107.

>0051 H.M.V.

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke, Douglas Larter & H.Fleming

15 Nov 1927 Queen’s Hall

Leo Blech

SCHUBERT Symphony No.9 in C D944 “Great” CR1587-98

78rpm: (Apr28) D1390-95 = (Dec29) auto D7166-71;

Victor set 33 = 9235-40.

CD: (Jun92) Koch 3 7072.2.

>0052 H.M.V.

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke, H.Fleming & Douglas Larter

6 Dec 1927 Queen’s Hall

Pablo Casals

[a] BRAHMS Variations on a Theme of Haydn Op.56a CR1612-17

[b] BEETHOVEN Coriolan - Overture Op.62 CR1618-19

78rpm: [a] (Mar28) D1376-78 = (Nov32) auto D7396-98; Victor 9287-89,

[b] (May28) D1409; Victor 9279.

LP: [ab] (Ger:’77) Electrola 2LP set 1C 187 03039-40M.

CD: [ab] (Oct94) Pearl GEMMCD9128,

[b] (Feb04) Naxos Historical 8 110976,

[a] (Aug07) Naxos Historical 8 111262.

>0053 H.M.V.

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke & Edward Fowler

10 Jan 1928 Kingsway Hall

Göta Ljungberg (soprano), Walter Widdop (tenor), Albert Coates

WAGNER Parsifal : Herzeleide [sides 2&4] CR1640-41

78rpm: (Sep29) D1651-52, see note to 24 Aug 27.

CD: (Jly97) Claremont CDGSE785070-71.

>0054 H.M.V.

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke, Robert Beckett & W.Vogel

19 Jan 1928 Kingsway Hall

Geoffrey Toye

[a] DELIUS Brigg Fair CR1649-52

[b] On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring BR1653-54

[c] In a Summer Garden CR1655-57

[c] Coupled with “A Song Before Sunrise” on Cc16663, recorded with

the New Symphony Orchestra conducted by Barbirolli in Jun 29.

The composer wrote “All three...are excellent and I

shall be glad to have them sold as authorised by me.”

78rpm: [b] (Jun28) E505; Victor 4270,

[a] (Jly28) D1442-43,

[c] (Oct29) D1696-97; Victor 9731-32.

CD: [b] (Oct93) Beulah 1PD4,

[abc] (Dec93) Dutton CDAX8006.

>0055 H.M.V.

Pr: Fred Gaisberg & Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke & G.Dillnutt

3 Feb 1928 Queen’s Hall

[a] Margaret Balfour (contralto);

Philharmonic Choir, Arnold Greir (organ), Edward Elgar

[a] ELGAR Land of Hope and Glory CR1658

[b] arr. ELGAR God Save the King CR1659

[c] CROFT O God, our help in ages past CR1660

[d] ELGAR The Banner of St.George : It comes from CR1661

[ad] Unpublished on 78rpm: Elgar wrote that he “was disappointed

with the vocal balance & the want of articulation.”

78rpm: [bc] (May28) C1467.

LP: [a-d] (Dec74) HLM7057 = 0C 191 01623M in 6LP set RLS713.

CD: [a-d] (Dec92) 3CD set CDS7 54564.2,

[b] (Apr09) The Elgar Society EECD008,

[a-d] (Apr11) 9CD set 0 95694.2,

[bcd] (Aug16) Somm SOMMCD261-64.

>0056 H.M.V.

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Arthur Clarke & A.D.Lawrence

[a] 15 & [bce] 16 Feb 1928 Kingsway Hall

[c] Louise Trenton (soprano), Nellie Walker (contralto);

[d] chorus; Albert Coates

[a] STRAVINSKY The Firebird - ballet : excerpts CR1692-93

[b] WAGNER Faust Overture CR1694-95

[c] HUMPERDINCK Hänsel und Gretel : Dream Pantomime CR1696-97

[d] BORODIN Prince Igor : Polovtsian Dances CR1698

[e] RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Tsar Saltan Op.57 : excerpt CR1699-00

[(c)] Unpublished: the vocal part, on the first side only, was originally

sung in English by “voices not well chosen for music” according

to the Artists Sheet. It was replaced by a German version, with

different singers (Cc15081), recorded on 3 Jan 29.

[d] Unpublished: the two sided version (CR1554-55), recorded

in Oct 27 and issued in Jan 29, was evidently preferred.

78rpm: [e] (Dec28) D1491; Victor 9473,

[a] (Feb29) D1510,

[b] (Sep29) D1631; Victor 9734,

[(c)] (Sep29) ES556.

CD: [a] (Aug92) Koch 3 7700.2,

[b] (’09) Historic Recordings PAGCD0021 private issue.

Download: [e] Pristine Classical PASC304.

>0057 H.M.V.

Eng: Arthur Clarke, A.D.Lawrence, M.Alexander & W.Vogel

20 Mar 1928 Queen’s Hall

Hermann Abendroth

BRAHMS Symphony No.1 in C minor Op.68 CR1744-53

78rpm: (Sep28) D1454-58 = (Nov32) auto D7348-52.

CD: (Feb99) Biddulph WHL052.

>0058 H.M.V.

Eng: George Dillnutt & A.D.Lawrence

2-3 Jly 1928 Queen’s Hall

[a] Elsie Suddaby (soprano), Percy Manchester (tenor),

Howard Fry (baritone); Philharmonic Choir,

as “Orchestra”, Charles Kennedy Scott

These sessions are noted in HMV’s contractual account with the LSO.

[a] SCHUBERT Mass in G D167 CR2116-19/21/23

[b] Psalm 23 D706 CR2120

[b] Unpublished: “blasty notes” according to the Artists Sheet.

This would have been the coupling if an attempt to fit the

Gloria and Sanctus (CR2117/23) on to a single side (CR2122)

had been successful.

78rpm: [a] (Nov28) D1478-80 = (Nov32) auto D7393-95.

CD [(a)] (Jly97) Amphion PHICD140 [excerpt - Suddaby].

>0059 H.M.V. recorded live at the Leeds Festival

Eng: Arthur Clarke & G.W.George

[a-d] 4 & [e] 5 Oct 1928 Leeds Town Hall

Leeds Triennial Festival Choir, Hugh Allen

[a] BACH Cantata BWV70 : Watch ye, pray ye CR2211

[b] Motet BWV228 “Be not afraid” CR2212-14

[c] Cantata BWV50 “Now shall the grace” CR2215

[d] Cantata BWV31 : The heavens shout CR2216

[e] BEETHOVEN Mass in D Op.123 “Missa Solemnis” : excs CR2217-21

[bd] Unpublished, as was one side of [e] CR2219.

78rpm: [ace] (Jan29) C1596-98.

CD: [(e)] (Jan03) Amphion PHICD182.

>0060 H.M.V.

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: George Dillnutt & Arthur Clarke

[ab] 10, [b-f] 11, [fgh] 12, [ai] 17 & [ajk] 18 Oct 1928 Kingsway Hall

[a] two sides (13726/27) re-made 3 Jan 1929

[abde] Göta Ljungberg (soprano); [ab] Walter Widdop (tenor);

[a] Florence Austral & Noel Eadie (sopranos),

Evelyn Arden (mezzo-soprano), Gladys Palmer (contralto),

Arthur Fear (baritone), Frederic Collier (bass), chorus; Albert Coates

[a] WAGNER Götterdämmerung : excerpts Cc13699/724-28/30-34

[b] WAGNER Parsifal : Herzeleide [sides 4&1] Cc13700/6

[c] TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet - Fantasy Overture Cc13701-04/7

[d] WAGNER Tannhäuser : Dich, teure Halle Bb13705

[e] WAGNER Lohengrin : Euch Lüften Bb13708

[f] BACH-ELGAR Fantasy & Fugue in C minor Op.86 Cc13709/15

[g] STRAUSS Tod und Verklärung Op.24 Cc13710-14

[h] LISZT Les Préludes S97 Cc13716-19

[i] GLINKA Ruslan and Lyudmila : Overture Cc13723

[j] HANDEL-ELGAR Overture in D minor Cc13729

[k] WAGNER Tristan und Isolde : Liebestod Cc13735

[dek] Unpublished, as was one side of [b] Cc13700.

78rpm: [gj] (Jan29) D1525-27 = (Nov32) auto D7378-80; Victor 9402-4,

[f] (Mar29) D1560,

[a] (Apr29) D1572-87, see note to 23 Aug 27,

[h] (May29) D1616-17,

[b] (Sep29) D1651-52, see note to 24 Aug 27,

[ci] (Jun29) ES481-83.

LP: [(a)] (Aug64) COLH147,

[g] (Sep82) Cambridge IMP7,

[(a)] (May83) HLM7285 = 0C 137 54394M in 7LP set RLS7711;

(Jun83) Seraphim 6130.

CD: [a] (Jun91) Claremont CDGSE785037-38,

[c] (May93) Claremont CDGSE785051,

[b] (Jly97) Claremont CDGSE785070-71,

[(a)] (Oct91) 4CD set CMS7 64008.2,

[i] (Aug92) Koch 3 7700.2,

[fg] (Dec92) Koch 2CD set 3 7704.2,

[c] (Sep93) Biddulph WHL014,

[a] (Nov94) Pearl 7CD set GEMMCDS9137,

[b] (Sep97) Pearl GEMMCD9257,

[g] (Sep02) 2CD set CZS5 75486.2,

[fj] (Oct07) Beulah 4CD set 14PD15,

[a] (Oct08) Gala 4CD set GL100669,

[h] (’09) Historic Recordings PAGCD0021 private issue.

Download: [f] Pristine Classical PASC296,

[ci] Pristine Classical PASC301,

[a] Pristine Classical PACO118,

[(a)] Beulah.

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