Definitive Interpretations - these conductors were colleagues and friends of the composer.
Symphony no. 5 and Tapiola recorded 1932
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA cond. ROBERT KAJANUS
Symphony no. 6 recorded 1934
FINNISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA cond. GEORG SCHNEEVOIGT
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The first ever complete recording of this favourite oratorio from 1930.
Cast includes:
HAROLD WILLIAMS as Elijah
ISOBEL BAILLIE as an Angel
PARRY JONES as Obadiah
CLARA SERENA as an Angel
TOM PURVIS as Ahab, with
BERKELEY MASON (organ), THE WIRELESS SINGERS,
BBC NATIONAL CHORUS & ORCHESTRA
conducted by STANFORD ROBINSON
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TRIO SANTOLIQUIDO present immortal performances of
Piano Trio No 3 in C minor (rec.1942)
Piano Trio no 5 in D ("Ghost Trio")(rec 1952)
Piano Trio no 11 in G ("Kakadu Variations")(rec 1952)

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THE ROTH QUARTET
play the string quartet arrangement of Bach's finest masterpiece composed by Roy Harris and M D H Norton.
This historically important document also includes the conjectural completion composed and played by Sir Donald Tovey.
Recorded 1934/1935 and digitally re-mastered by Pristine Audio
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Perhaps among the greatest performances ever made of these two short operas, at bargain price - 2CDs for price of 1.
Sung in English by Heddle Nash, Miriam Licette, May Blyth, Dennis Noble, Harold Williams, Frank Mullings, Marjorie Parry and Justine Griffiths with the Chorus and Orchestra of the British National Opera Company conducted by Eugene Goossens (Cav) and Aylmer Buesst (Pag)

Recorded in 1927 and digitally re-mastered by Pristine Audio.
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RARE BRITISH MUSIC!!
Runner-up, Concerto category, Classic Record Collector Awards 2006
Colin Sauer (violin) with the BBC Northern Orchestra* conducted by Sir Charles Groves:
VIOLIN CONCERTO in D (1934) by Douglas Coates
(live broadcast performance 1951)

Alfredo Campoli (violin) with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult:
VIOLIN CONCERTO (1937-41) by E J Moeran
(live broadcast performance 1954)

* now the BBC Philharmonic

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A variety of historic treasures:
SERENADE FOR ORCHESTRA
TROIS RAG CAPRICES
SUITE FROM "MAXIMILIEN"
CINQ ETUDES FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA *
Vienna Symphony Orchestra / Henry Swoboda
*with Paul Badura-Skoda (piano)
SYMPHONIC SUITE No. 2 (Protee)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Monteux
Little Symphony No. 3
Pougnet, Pini, Kell, Draper & Eskdale, conducted by Walter Goehr
Trio for Violin, Clarinet & Piano
Parrenin, Delecuse & Haas-Hamburger
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Though E.J. Moeran is one of the leading British composers of the 20th century,very little of his music was commercially recorded during his lifetime - this is all of it!
This performance of the Symphony from 1942 is still widely regarded as the best version ever recorded.
CD contains:
String Trio in G major (recorded 1941)
Jean Pougnet, Frederick Riddle, Anthony Pini
Symphony in G minor (recorded 1942)
The Halle Orchestra, conducted by Leslie Heward
Songs:
Diaphenia and The Sweet o' the Year (recorded 1945)
Heddle Nash (tenor)
O Sweet fa's the Eve (recorded 1925)
Can't you Dance the Polka? (recorded 1925)
Sheep Shearing (recorded 1926)
John Goss (baritone) & Cathedral Male Voice Quartet
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This recording, in French, of the world's most well-known opera, was made in 1928 and still amazes with its musicality, drama and quality - 2CDs for price of 1.
Cast includes Georges Thill as Don Jose, Raymonde Visconti as Carmen, with the company of the Paris Opera under Elie Cohen.
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Our most ambitious vintage recording yet, this version of Faust (in Italian) was recorded by La Scala Milan, under the baton of Carlo Sabajno, in 1920 using the acoustic recording process. Magnificently restored and re-mastered by Andrew Rose of Pristine Audio, this is THE classic opera performance and not to be missed.

The CD booklet contains full libretto in Italian, and the English, French and Italian librettos are provided in a PDF file on the CD which can be printed from any PC.

at budget price (2CDs for the price of 1).
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Philip Heseltine, aka Peter Warlock, was an enigma in many ways - song-writing and arranging genius; fine orchestrator - but also a political animal, bon-viveur and ultimately a self-absorbed depressive who took his own life. This 2 CD set comprises (with one exception) all the recordings of Warlock's work issued on standard-groove records, between 1925 and 1951 - all lovingly collected by the late John Bishop, stalwart of the Peter Warlock Society, which has generously assisted with the production of this album whcih can be seen as a tribute to one of England's most influential composers of the early 20th century. Detailed notes on the man and his music, and these recordings, are included. Performers include some of Britain's finest of the age. The 'missing' item is a recording of 'The Curlew' by John Armstrong with the International String Quartet - this omission was not taken lightly, but would have required a 3rd CD making the set quite expensive - the recording is available via Pristine Audio
TRACKS:
tracks: Capriol Suite
London Chamber Orch/Bernard
Serenade for Strings
NGS Chamber Orchestra/Barbirolli
Purcell/Warlock: Fantaisie no. 3
The Pasquier Trio
Purcell/Warlock: 2-Part Fantasia no. 9
The Griller String Quartet
Capriol Suite (arr. Szigeti)
Josef Szigeti & Nikita Magalov
The Curlew
Soames, Nielsen, Aeolian String Quartet
Serenade for Strings
Capriol Suite
Constant Lambert String Orch. /Lambert
Captain Stratton's Fancy
Peter Dawson
Oh Good Ale; Flow not fast ye fountains; There is a garden; O eyes, O mortal stars; Come, my Celia
John Goss
Corpus Christi
The English Singers
Sleep; Chop Cherry
John Armstrong/ International String Qt.
The Fox; Sleep; Take o take those lips away; Sweet and Kind; As Ever I Saw; The Passionate Shepherd
Parry Jones
Corpus Christi
Ann Jones, Peter Pears, BBC Chorus
A Cornish Christmas Carol
BBC Chorus/Woodgate
Six Nursery Jingles
Cecil Cope
Milkmaids; Captain Stratton's Fancy; Sigh no More; Pretty Ring Time; Passing By; My Own Country; Fair and True; Piggesnie
Roy Henderson
Sweet and Twenty; Sleep
Nancy Evans
Rest Sweet Nymphs
Truro County Girls' School Choir
The First Mercy
Billy Neeley
Corpus Christi
Flora Nielsen, Rene Soames, Festival Singers
The Frostbound Wood; The Fox
Dennis Noble
Captain Stratton's Fancy
Oscar Natzke
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