Please note colour coding: black the discography itself

Paolo Silveri (baritone), Walter Goehr

[a] PONCHIELLI La Gioconda : Oh monumento! CAX10922

[b] BIZET Les Pêcheurs de perles : In nembo CA21566-67

[c] GASTALDON Musica proibita Op.5 CA21568

[d] DENZA Occhi di fata CA21569

[e] VERDI La Forza del Destino : Urna fatale CAX10391

[e] Replaced the original takes, recorded with the ROHO on 6 Dec 48.

78rpm: [cd] (Dec50) LB103, [b] (Apr51) LB107, [ae] (Feb51) LX1359.

45rpm: [cd] (Sep54) SEB3503.

CD: [a-e] (Jan04) Preiser 89573.

>0257 H.M.V.

Eng: Robert Beckett

13 Oct 1950 Abbey Road Studio 1

Gwen Catley (soprano), Warwick Braithwaite

[a] ROSSINI La pastorella 2EA15119

[b] WALDTEUFEL Les Patineurs - Waltz Op.183 2EA15120

[c] GERMAN Tom Jones : Which is my own 0EA15121

[c] Coupled with “Merrie England” on 0EA14220, recorded on 30 Sep 49.

78rpm: [ab] (Dec50) C4043,

[c] (May51) B10058.

CD: [a] (Apr97) Dutton CDLX7022.

>0258 DECCA

Pr: Victor Olof Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson

30-31 Oct 1950 Kingsway Hall

Max Rostal (violin), Malcolm Sargent

BARTÓK Violin Concerto No.2 in B minor Sz112 AR15533-42

78rpm: (Ger: c50) K23104-8.

LP: (May51) LXT2574; (Feb51) LLP302.

>0259 M.G.M. [U.S.A]

28 Nov 1950 Abbey Road Studio 1

These matrices were transferred from tape on this date;

the sessions may have taken place some weeks earlier.

Anatole Fistoulari

SCHUBERT Symphony No.8 in B minor D759 : 1st mvt. 2SM119-20

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.4 in F minor Op.36 : 3rd mvt. 2SM121

DVOŘÁK Symphony No.9 in E minor Op.95 : 2nd mvt. 2SM122-23

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.4 in A Op.90 : 3rd mvt. 2SM124

BEETHOVEN Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67 : 1st mvt. 2SM125-26

Unpublished.

>0260 DECCA

[a] 16-17, [b] 18 & [c] 27 Jan 1951 Kingsway Hall

Ilse Hollweg (soprano); [a] Erna Gal (piano); Josef Krips

[a] STRAUSS Ariadne auf Naxos Op.60 : Grossmächtige AR15751-53

[b] MOZART Mia speranza adorata - rondo K416 AR15754-55

[c] MOZART No, che non sei capace - aria K419 AR15756

LP: [abc] (Jun51) ten inch LX3054; (Jly51) LPS250.

>0261 DECCA

18 Apr 1951 Kingsway Hall

Royalton Kisch

[a] GLUCK Alceste : Overture AR16059-60

[b] GLUCK Iphigénie en Aulide : Overture AR16061-62

[c] CIMAROSA Il Matrimonio Segreto : Overture AR16063-64

[d] CIMAROSA Gli Orazi ed i Curiazi : Overture AR16065

78rpm: [c] (Ger: c51) K23201, [a] (Ger: c51) K23231,

[b] (Ger: c51) K23246. [d] Unpublished on 78rpm.

LP: [a-d] (Sep51) ten inch LX3063; (Aug51) LPS353.

CD: [a-d] (Dec07) Bearac BRC2042 private issue,

[a-d] (Mar12) Classical Recordings Quarterly CRQ CD033-34.

>0262 H.M.V. recorded live at the ceremonial opening of the hall

Eng: Robert Gooch

3 May 1951 Royal Festival Hall

“Royal Festival Orchestra and Chorus” comprising twenty members of the

L.S.O. and similar contingents from four other London orchestras,

[ad] Adrian Boult / [bcef] Malcolm Sargent

[a] PURCELL Hail, bright Cecilia : Soul of the world 2EA15572

[b] HANDEL Zadok the Priest - Coronation Anthem 0EA15573-74

[c] ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance March Op.39/1 0EA15575-76

[d] VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music 0EA15577-80

[e] HANDEL Messiah : Hallelujah & Amen 2EA15581-82

[f] ARNE Rule, Britannia 2EA16017

[a] Coupled with a hymn from the preceding Service of Dedication.

[f] Unpublished: this matrix was transferred from tape on 17 Oct 51.

78rpm: [ae] (Jly51) DB21273-74, [bc] (Jly51) DA1980-81,

[d] (Jly51) DA1984-85 = auto DA7040-41.

LP: [c] (Nov52) Victor LBC1028, [abde] Not released in US,

[d] (Oct86) ED29 1092.1.

CD: [d] (Apr13) 13CD set 9 03567.2.

>0263 R.C.A. / H.M.V.

Pr: David Bicknell & L.Collingwood Eng: Robert Beckett & Francis Dillnutt

[a] 16,18 & [b] 19 May 1951 Abbey Road Studio 1

Jascha Heifetz (violin), Malcolm Sargent

[a] BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.26 2EA15603-08

[b] MOZART Violin Concerto No.5 in A K219 2EA15610-17

78rpm: [b] allocated H.M.V. DB21472-75 but not released on 78rpm.

LP: [a] (Sep52) Victor LM9007, [b] (Dec52) Victor LM9014;

[ab] (Apr54) H.M.V. ALP1124,

[a] (Jun75) R.C.A. 4LP set ARM4 0947,

[b] (Jly77) R.C.A. 6LP set CRM6 2264; (Sep78) RL42474.

CD: [ab] (Nov94) R.C.A. 65CD set 09026 61778.2,

[a] (Jan05) Archipel ARPCD0209,

[b] (May08) Naxos Historical 8 111288,

[a] (Sep11) Naxos Historical 8 111371.

>0264 M.G.M. [U.S.A]

(17 Jun?) 1951 Abbey Road Studio 1

Anatole Fistoulari

GLINKA Ruslan and Lyudmila : Overture & three dances 2SM143-48

LP: (Mar52) ten inch E105,

(Dec53) E3053; (Mar56) Parlophone PMC1031.

CD: (Jun14) Guild GHCD2408.

>0265 R.C.A. / H.M.V.

Pr: Alan Melville

27-29 Aug 1951 Abbey Road Studio 1

Robert Irving

SULLIVAN-Mackerras Pineapple Poll - ballet 2EA15822-33

LP: (Feb52) Victor LM1224; not released in UK.

>0266 DECCA

Pr: John Culshaw Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson

15-16 Oct 1951 Kingsway Hall

Clifford Curzon (piano), Anatole Fistoulari

GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16 AR16407-13

LP: (Jan52) LXT2657; (Mar52) LLP512,

(Sep56) LXT5165; (Sep56) LL1397,

(Oct60) ACL102,

(May70) ECS514 (fake stereo),

(Feb76) ECS753 (fake stereo).

CD: (Sep03) 475 084.2DC4,

(’05) Audio Archive Classics CLA017,

(Oct07) Delta 3CD set MSC10007,

(Aug12) 478 4389DX24.

Download: Naxos Classical Archives 9 80318,

Beulah,

Pristine Classical PASC312.

>0267 DECCA

29-30 Oct 1951 Kingsway Hall

Clifford Curzon (piano), Malcolm Sargent

RAWSTHORNE Piano Concerto No.2 AR16463-68

First performed, by the same artists, on 17 Jun 51.

LP: (Mar52) ten inch LX3066; (Mar52) LPS513,

(Jly74) ECS707 (fake stereo).

CD: (Mar03) 473 116.2DC4,

(Aug12) 478 4389DX24.

>0268 H.M.V.

Pr: David Bicknell Eng: Robert Beckett

5&8 Nov 1951 Kingsway Hall

Gioconda De Vito (violin), Malcolm Sargent

MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64 2EA16104-9/14

LP: (Apr53) ten inch BLP1008; not released in US.

CD: (Aug02) Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS6378.

>0269 DECCA

21-22 Nov 1951 Kingsway Hall

Zara Nelsova (cello), Josef Krips

DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto in B minor Op.104 B191 AR16529-38

LP: (Sep52) LXT2727; (Oct52) LL537,

(Jun60) ACL92.

CD: (Mar03) 473 121.2DC5,

(Jan05) 475 6327DC5.

Download: Naxos Classical Archives 9 80783.

>0270 DECCA

Pr: Victor Olof Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson

[abcf] 17, [d] 18, [e] 19 Dec 1951 & [gh] 2-4 Jan 1952 Kingsway Hall

Josef Krips

[a] MOZART Die Zauberflöte K620 : Overture AR16657-58

[b] Le Nozze di Figaro K492 : Overture AR16659

[c] Don Giovanni K527 : Overture AR16660-61

[d] Symphony No.39 in E flat K543 AR16662-67

[e] Symphony No.31 in D K297 “Paris” AR16668-71

[f] Die Entführung K384 : Overture AR16672-73

[g] Cosi fan tutte K588: Overture AR16674

[h] Der Schauspieldirektor K486 : Overture AR16675

78rpm: [a] (Ger: c52) K23311.

LP: [abcfgh] (Jun52) LXT2684; (May52) LL356,

[de] (Jun52) LXT2689; (Jun52) LL542,

[d] (Nov57) LXT5356,

[abcfgh] (Nov57) LXT5376,

[e] (May61) ACL128,

[d] (Jly61) ACL135,

[abcfgh] (Jun68) Everest SDBR3199 (fake stereo),

[d] (Apr74) ECS716 (fake stereo),

[ef] (Apr74) ECS717 (fake stereo).

CD: [abcgh] (Feb95) 443 530.2LF2,

[de] (Mar03) 473 121.2DC5,

[de] (’05) Audio Archive Classics CLA021.

Download: [d] Pristine Classical PASC231,

[e] Beulah.

>0271 DECCA

Pr: Victor Olof Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson

17 Dec 1951 & 2-4 Jan 1952 Kingsway Hall

Alfredo Campoli (violin), Josef Krips

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D Op.61

LP: (Mar52) LXT2674; (Jun52) LL560,

(Nov57) LXT5352,

(Mar70) ECS521 (fake stereo).

CD: (Dec94) Beulah 2PD10,

(Jun97) Belart 461 355.2,

(Oct08) Beulah 5PD10,

(’09) Forgotten Records FR230.

>0272 H.M.V.

Pr: David Bicknell & Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Douglas Larter

2 Jan 1952 Kingsway Hall

Robert Irving

GRIEG Peer Gynt : Suite No.2 Op.55 2EA16199-02

78rpm: (Apr52) auto C7902-3.

LP: (Nov52) Victor LBC1017; not released on LP in UK.

>0273 DECCA

Pr: John Culshaw Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson

21,22,29,30 Jan & 28 Mar 1952 Kingsway Hall

Alfredo Campoli (violin), Willem de Mont (cello), Anatole Fistoulari

led by George Stratton

The violin solos were originally recorded by George Stratton. Decca’s

dissatisfaction and insistence on engaging a soloist for a re-make

prompted his retirement from the leadership a few months later.

TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake Op.20

LP: (Jun52) LXT2681-82; (Jly52) LL565-66,

(Sep60) ACL100-1; (Jan61) Richmond 2LP set RS42003.

CD: (Nov07) Opus Kura 2CD set OPK7024-25,

(c07) Bearac BRC2860 private issue.

Download: Naxos Classical Archives 9 80724-25,

Pristine Classical PASC022.

>0274 ARGO (in association with the Society for Twentieth Century Music)

Pr: Cyril Clarke

(?) Feb 1952 Hollymount Studio, Hampstead ?

Probably recorded within a few days of the concert performance on 11 Feb 52.

Hedli Anderson (reciter),

L.S.O. chamber ensemble, directed by Peter Stadlen (piano)

SCHÖNBERG Pierrot Lunaire Op.21

Unpublished: the master tape was destroyed in a fire at Argo’s studios

before the release on ATC1001, which had been announced for Jly 52.

It was re-made in 1955 (with a different reciter and a conductor) when

the instrumentalists, though still drawn from the LSO, were billed as

the Virtuoso Chamber Ensemble.

>0275 DECCA

Pr: Victor Olof Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson

21-22 Feb 1952 Kingsway Hall

Anthony Collins

SIBELIUS Symphony No.1 in E minor Op.39

LP: (Aug52) LXT2694; (Aug52) LL574,

(Nov62) ACL170; (Jan61) Richmond B19069,

(Feb71) ECS581 (fake stereo);

(Sep74) Vox 5LP set VSPS15 (fake stereo).

CD: (Apr94) Beulah 1PD8,

(Feb06) Beulah 4CD set 14PD8,

(Sep07) Australian Eloquence 2CD set 442 9490,

(Aug15) 478 8589DC11.

Other works in this complete set of the symphonies were

recorded in May 53, Feb 54, May 54, Jan 55 & Jun 55.

>0276 H.M.V. (in association with the British Council)

Pr: Basil Lam Eng: Robert Beckett

5 May 1952 Abbey Road Studio 1

[b] Elsie Suddaby (soprano); B.B.C. Chorus,

Ralph Downes (organ), section of the L.S.O., Leslie Woodgate

led by George Stratton

[a] M.HAYDN Prope est Dominus - Graduale 2EA16542

[b] MOZART Litaniae Lauretanae K195 (K186d) : Agnus Dei 2EA16543

78rpm: [ab] (Nov57) History of Music in Sound HMS73.

LP: [ab] (Nov57) History of Music in Sound HLP17;

(Jun58) Victor 3LP set LM6137.

CD: [b] (Mar96) Amphion PHICD134.

>0277 H.M.V.

Pr: David Bicknell & Lawrance Collingwood Eng: William Dickson

3 Jun 1952 Abbey Road Studio 1

[a] Moura Lympany (piano); Herbert Menges

[a] MENDELSSOHN Rondo Brillant in E flat Op.29 2EA16610-11

[b] VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Wasps : Overture 2EA16612-13

78rpm: [a] (Oct52) C4191, [b] (Nov52) C4195.

LP: [a] (Dec52) Victor LHMV1025,

[a] (Jun79) HLM7179 = 0C 051 03594M.

CD: [a] (Apr94) Classics for Pleasure CDCFP4650 = CDB5 68145.2,

[a] (Jly13) Appian 2CD set APR6011.

>0278 M.G.M. [U.S.A]

4 Jun 1952 Abbey Road Studio 1

Anatole Fistoulari

SIBELIUS Finlandia Op.26 2SM209-10

Scènes historiques : Festivo Op.25/3 2SM211-12

Four Legends Op.22 : The Swan of Tuonela 2SM213-14

Kuolema Op.44 : Valse Triste 2SM215

LP: (Jan53) ten inch E166; not released in UK,

(Aug56) E3332.

>0279 COLUMBIA

Pr: Victor Carne Eng: Harold Davidson

17 Jun 1952 Abbey Road Studio 1

Ebe Stignani (mezzo-soprano), Franco Capuana

[a] THOMAS Mignon : Connais-tu le pays? CAX11710

[b] BIZET Carmen : L’amour est CAX11711

[c] GLUCK Orfeo ed Euridice : Che farò CAX11712

[d] VERDI Il Trovatore : Stride la vampa! CAX11713

[cd] Unpublished.

78rpm: [ab] (Feb53) LX1578.

45rpm: [ab] (Dec53) SCB111.

>0280 DECCA

Pr: John Culshaw Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson

14-16 Jly 1952 Kingsway Hall

Robert Irving

[a] MASSENET Le Cid : ballet music

[b] MEYERBEER Les Patineurs

LP: [ab] (Nov52) LXT2746; (Nov52) LL651,

(Oct59) ACL62; (Nov58) Richmond B19025,

(Dec73) ECS705 (fake stereo).

CD: [a] (Nov12) Magdalen 2CD set METCD8021.

Download: [ab] Naxos Classical Archives 9 80453,

[a] Pristine Classical PASC037.
Thomas Matthews would have led most sessions from here until Aug 54,

though William Armon probably deputized occasionally.
>0281 MONARCH

(Sep-Oct ?) 1952 London

These singers were in London for a Grand Season of Italian

Opera at the Stoll Theatre, running from 15 Sep to 4 Oct 52.

[a] Luisa Malagrida (soprano);

[b] Piermiranda Ferraro (tenor), Antonio Manca-Serra (baritone);

Maria Teresa Mandalari (mezzo-soprano), David Ellenberg

led by Thomas Matthews

[a] BELLINI Norma : excerpts

[b] DONIZETTI La Favorita : excerpts

LP: [ab] (Jan53) MWL303; not released in US.

>0282 H.M.V.

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood & David Bicknell Eng: Douglas Larter

30 Sep 1952 Abbey Road Studio 1

Tito Gobbi (baritone), Warwick Braithwaite

[a] VERDI Macbeth : Pietà, rispetto, amore 2EA16794

[b] Un Ballo in Maschera : Eri tu 2EA16795-96

78rpm: [b] (Jan54) DB21606.

LP: [ab] (May79) HLM7164 = 0C 153 03552M in 3LP set RLS738.

CD: [b] (Jly89) CDM7 63109.2,

[a] (May93) Testament SBT1019,

[b] (Aug04) Regis RRC1183,

[ab] (Feb10) 5CD set 4 55378.2.

>0283 H.M.V.

Pr: David Bicknell Eng: Douglas Larter

2 Oct 1952 Abbey Road Studio 1

Tito Gobbi (baritone), Armando La Rosa Parodi

[a] COTTRAU Santa Lucia 0EA16808

[b] DI CAPUA O sole mio 0EA16809

[c] TOSTI Marechiare 0EA16810

[d] Trad. Fenesta che lucive 0EA16811

78rpm: [ac] (Dec52) DA2022, [bd] (Feb53) DA2026.

LP: [a-d] (May79) HLM7165 = 0C 153 03553M in 3LP set RLS738.

CD: [a-d] (May93) Testament SBT1019,

[a-d] (Feb10) 5CD set 4 55378.2.

>0284 H.M.V.

Pr: David Bicknell Eng: [1952] Robert Beckett & [1953] Harold Davidson

15,18 Oct 1952 & 9,17 Oct 1953 Abbey Road Studio 1

Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Anatole Fistoulari

TURINA Canto a Sevilla Op.37 2EA16829-31/45-46

The vocal sections of the work were completed in the 1952 sessions

and matrices were transferred from tape on 3 Mar 53,

but the planned 78rpm discs were not issued.

LP: (Nov54) ALP1185; (Dec57) Angel 35440,

(Oct66) World Record Club T522.

CD: (Nov91) CDH7 64028.2.

>0285 COLUMBIA

Pr: Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Douglas Larter

17 Oct 1952 Abbey Road Studio 1

George Weldon

[a] GERMAN Henry VIII : three dances CA22372-73

[b] GRIEG Peer Gynt : Suite No.1 Op.46 CAX11817-20

[c] QUILTER A Children’s Overture Op.17 CAX11821-22

[b] Coupled with the Second Suite, recorded in Sep 55.

[a] these matrices were transferred from tape on 31 Oct 52,

[bc] these matrices were transferred from tape on 5 Dec 52,

[b] the planned 78rpm discs were not issued.

78rpm: [a] (Jan53) DB3217, [c] (Mar53) DX1869.

45rpm: [a] (Sep54) SED5515, [c] (Nov59) SCD2107.

LP: [a] (May54) ten inch 33S1022, [b] (Sep56) ten inch 33S1091.

CD: [b] (Feb12) Magdalen METCD8012.

>0286 H.M.V.

Pr: David Bicknell Eng: Douglas Larter

23 Oct 1952 Abbey Road Studio 1

Walter Midgley (tenor), Geraint Jones (organ),

members of the L.S.O., George Weldon

[a] SULLIVAN The Lost Chord 2EA16870

[b] BIZET Agnus Dei 2EA16871

[c] ADAMS The Holy City 2EA16872

[d] FRANCK Panis angelicus 2EA16873

78rpm: [bd] (Dec52) DB21550, [ac] (Dec53) DB21604.

>0287 H.M.V.

Pr: David Bicknell & Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Douglas Larter

27 Oct 1952 Abbey Road Studio 1

Moura Lympany (piano), Rudolf Schwarz

GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor Op.16

Coupled in the US with Mozart’s Concerto K467, recorded in Feb 53

with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Herbert Menges, with whom

Lympany re-made Grieg’s Concerto on 4 Nov 54.

LP: (Jly54) Victor LHMV1067; not released in UK.

>0288 DECCA

Pr: John Culshaw

14-15 Nov 1952 Kingsway Hall

Georg Solti

MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.3 in A minor Op.56 “Scottish”

LP: (Feb53) LXT2768; (Apr53) LL708,

(Jan62) ACL149,

(Jan70) ECM527 = ECS527 (fake stereo).

CD: (Apr06) Australian Eloquence 476 8459,

(’10) Forgotten Records FR401,

(Oct10) Membran 4CD set 233022.

Download: Beulah.

>0289 DECCA

26-27 Nov 1952 Kingsway Hall

Josef Krips

[a] SCHUMANN Symphony No.4 in D minor Op.120

[b] MOZART Le Nozze di Figaro K492 : Overture

[a] Coupled with Mendelssohn’s Fourth, recorded on 27-28 Oct 53.

[b] Unpublished: matrix number AR17370; curiously another version

(AR16659) had been issued on LP as recently as Jun 52.

LP: [a] (Feb54) LXT2887; (Jun54) LL930.

CD: [a] (Mar03) 473 121.2DC5.

Download: [a] Naxos Classical Archives 9 80544.

>0290 DECCA

Pr: John Culshaw Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson

5-7 Jan 1953 Kingsway Hall

Malcolm Sargent

[a] PURCELL-Coates Suite from the Dramatic Music

[b] ELGAR Enigma Variations Op.36

LP: [ab] (May53) LXT2786; (Jun53) LL740,

[ab] (Sep59) ACL55,

[b] (Oct71) ECS588 (fake stereo).

CD: [ab] (Oct07) Beulah 2PD13,

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

[b] (’11) Forgotten Records FR562.

Download: [ab] Naxos Classical Archives 9 80785,

[b] Pristine Classical PASC040.

>0291 M.G.M. [U.S.A]

[a] 9,12 & [b] 11 Feb 1953 Abbey Road Studio 1

Elizabeth Lockhart (violin), Anatole Fistoulari

[a] RAVEL Tzigane 2SM339/45-46

[b] CHAUSSON Poème Op.25 2SM342-44

[ab] Coupled with works for piano and orchestra by Honegger and Milhaud,

recorded with the Philharmonia in Oct 51.

LP: [ab] (Jly53) E3041; not released in UK.

CD: [ab] (Mar13) Bearac BRC3652 private issue.

>0292 DECCA

Pr: Victor Olof Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson

23-25 Feb 1953 Kingsway Hall

Anthony Collins

[a] DELIUS Brigg Fair

[b] On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

[c] A Song of Summer

[d] Walk to the Paradise Garden

LP: [a-d] (May53) LXT2788; (Jun53) LL758,

[ab] (Jun61) ACL131,

[cd] (Oct61) ACL144,

[a-d] (Nov71) ECS633 (fake stereo).

CD: [abc] (Jun95) Dutton CDLXT2503,

[cd] (Jun97) Belart 461 358.2,

[ab] (Jun97) Belart 461 362.2,

[a] (Oct01) 470 190.2,

[cd] (Feb02) 2CD set 470 375.2,

[cd] (Sep08) Beulah 1PD26,

[b] (Nov11) Danacord DACOCD717.

Download: [a-d] Pristine Classical PASC015.

>0293 DECCA

Pr: John Culshaw Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson

26-27 Feb 1953 Kingsway Hall

Robert Irving

LAMBERT Horoscope : suite

Coupled with “Façade”, recorded on 10&27 Mar 53.

LP: (May53) LXT2791; (Jun53) LL771,

(Nov62) ACL171, scheduled but not released,

(Jan73) ECS657 (fake stereo).

CD: (Feb15) 478 7946DC53.

Download: Naxos Classical Archives 9 80159.

>0294 DECCA

Pr: John Culshaw Eng: Kenneth Wilkinson

[ab] 2 Mar & [cd] 27 Apr 1953 Kingsway Hall

Malcolm Sargent

[a] ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance Marches Op.39/1 & 4

[b] ELGAR Imperial March Op.32

[c] WALTON Orb and Sceptre - Coronation March, 1953

[d] BAX Coronation March, 1953

[c] is probably unique in being recorded twice (the composer conducted the

Philharmonia Orchestra for Columbia in Mar 53) before its first public

performance, which was during the Coronation ceremony on 2 Jun 53.

LP: [a-d] (May53) LXT2793; (Jun53) LL804,

[a-d] (Jly61) ACL137,

[a-d] (Dec70) Everest SDBR3277 (fake stereo),

[a-d] (Sep72) ECS649 (fake stereo).

CD: [bcd] (May90) 425 662.2LM,

[ad] (Jun95) Beulah 1PD13,

[d] (Jly02) 473 080.2,

[ab] (Oct06) Beulah 4PD15,

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

[c] (Jan08) Alto ALC1026,

[cd] (Sep10) Australian Eloquence 480 3783.

Download: [a-d] Naxos Classical Archives 9 80308,

[a] Pristine Classical PASC040.

>0295 H.M.V.

Pr: David Bicknell & Lawrance Collingwood Eng: D.Larter & R.Beckett

[ck] 2, [a] 23, [b] 25, [d-g] 28 & [hij] 30 Mar 1953 Abbey Road Studio 1

[i] Sidney Fell (clarinet), Willem de Mont (cello); Fernando Previtali

[a] KODÁLY Dances of Marosszék 2EA17244-46

[b] ROSSINI Guillaume Tell : ballet music 2EA17264-66

[c] BIZET Carmen : Suite No.1 0EA17278-81

[d] WOLF-FERRARI Il Segreto di Susanna : Overture 2EA17282

[e] WOLF-FERRARI I Quattro Rusteghi : Intermezzo Act II 2EA17283

[f] WEBER Oberon J306 : Overture 2EA17284-85

[g] GRIEG Norwegian Dances Op.35/2,3&4 2EA17286-87

[h] BOCCHERINI Symphony in D G503 2EA17288-92

[i] MASSENET Scènes alsaciennes : excerpts 2EA17293

[j] MOZART Divertimento in D K334 : Minuet 2EA17296

[k] MASCAGNI Cavalleria rusticana : Intermezzo 0EA17359

[h-k] Unpublished, as was part of [b], 2EA17266 (Tirolienne).

78rpm: [c] (May53) auto B7035-36, [de] (Oct53) C4228,

[b] (Mar54) C4243, [g] (Oct54) C4257,

LP: [ac] (Feb55) ten inch DLP1064,

[bdf] (Sep55) Victor LBC1092; not released on LP in UK.

45rpm: [ef] (Nov58) 7EP7066.

>0296 H.M.V.

Pr: David Bicknell & Lawrance Collingwood Eng: Douglas Larter

5-6 Mar 1953 Abbey Road Studio 1