The 22-CD Charles Ives boxed set (Columbia & RCA recordings 1945 to 1977)
I submitted a review of this to Amazon UK, but they didn't use it. I then posted a shorter version - same result. Anyway, I am loath to...
I submitted a review of this to Amazon UK, but they didn't use it. I then posted a shorter version - same result. Anyway, I am loath to...
Here is the original broadcast of the Poem of Ecstasy without the "added on" final chord from another recording !...
The Boston Symphony recently uploaded 8 programmes conducted by their one-time music director. I am adding four more pieces, Prokofiev's...
Schoenberg will always be controversial, but to commemorate his anniversary, here is his own recording of "Pierrot Lunaire" :-...
Enescu conducts his Roumanian Rhapsodies & Villa-Lobos his Choros No, 6 Enescu Rhapsodies 1 & 2 Colonne Orchestra / Enescu Villa-Lobos:...
This recording with the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra seems to date from the mid-50s. Ben Cutler lent me his copy of Colosseum CRLP 10081 /...
This is a recent release by the UK Sibelius Society, which I helped to prepare. Sunday 13th June 1954 Symphony No. 3, Six Songs Op. 88...
Here are two more recordings that fell through the EMI / Warner net when they issued their Icon boxed set of William Steinberg & the...
Universal recently issued a mega-box of Ansermet stereo recordings, but somehow missed off this recording, while duplicating the 1957...
I don't usually upload records that are currently available, but I'm going to make an exception here. I recently bought the...
Here are five LPs conducted by Newell Jenkins. Original discs kindly loaned by Ben Cutler, who also provided a note on the conductor....
Part 1: 1: Rimski-Korsakov: Ivan the Terrible Overture (Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Columbia DX 1140, 25th October 1943 (6:58) 2:...
... I'll try not to leave it so long next time. My wife has been poorly for some years, and I have felt very rough these past few months....
So, after another long absence, here are a few new offerings:- William Steinberg & the Pittsburgh. Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony was omitted...
Here are four collections, showing the versatility of this remarkable artist. Volume 1: Mozart Symphony No. 33, the Ricercare a 6 from...
1. Borodin Symphony No. 1 & Dohnanyi Symphonic Minutes Bavarian Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Kurt Graunke. Urania URLP 7066...
Jascha Horenstein's Vox recording of the Prokofiev 5th Symphony: https://www.mediafire.com/file/j4ib4zzf4phqxk6/Prokofiev_Symph_5_Horenst...
Through the courtesy of the UK Sibelius Society, I am able to share some rarities. Sibelius' Violin Concerto (Janine Andrade, violin),...
From my 78s: Dukas' La Peri & a filler by Faure: http://www.mediafire.com/file/ca1g5zo1ssuuv8t/Gaubert_Dukas_Peri_%2526_Faure.zip/file
From two old LP's:- Firstly, Sir Henry Wood. An LP on the Pearl label, "Promenade Favourites". Never transferred to CD, as far I know....