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Koussevitzky conducts Scriabin ((unedited)

Here is the original broadcast of the Poem of Ecstasy without the "added on" final chord from another recording !...

Koussevitzky live

The Boston Symphony recently uploaded 8 programmes conducted by their one-time music director. I am adding four more pieces, Prokofiev's...

Arnold Schoenberg 150th anniversary

Schoenberg will always be controversial, but to commemorate his anniversary, here is his own recording of "Pierrot Lunaire" :-...

Two LPs, Villa Lobos, Enescu & Vaclav Neumann

Enescu conducts his Roumanian Rhapsodies & Villa-Lobos his Choros No, 6 Enescu Rhapsodies 1 & 2 Colonne Orchestra / Enescu Villa-Lobos:...

Yuri Fayer conducts "The Sleeping Beauty"

This recording with the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra seems to date from the mid-50s. Ben Cutler lent me his copy of Colosseum CRLP 10081 /...

Sibelius broadcasts from Hannikainen

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...

More Steinberg / Pittsburgh recordings

Here are two more recordings that fell through the EMI / Warner net when they issued their Icon boxed set of William Steinberg & the...

Ansermet's 1964 "La Mer"

Universal recently issued a mega-box of Ansermet stereo recordings, but somehow missed off this recording, while duplicating the 1957...

Louis Lane in Beethoven's "Prometheus"

I don't usually upload records that are currently available, but I'm going to make an exception here. I recently bought the...

Newell Jenkins

Here are five LPs conducted by Newell Jenkins. Original discs kindly loaned by Ben Cutler, who also provided a note on the conductor....

2 Constant Lambert collections

Part 1: 1: Rimski-Korsakov: Ivan the Terrible Overture (Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Columbia DX 1140, 25th October 1943 (6:58) 2:...

Well, I am back (at last)

... 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....

Edwin Fischer, pianist & conductor

Here are four collections, showing the versatility of this remarkable artist. Volume 1: Mozart Symphony No. 33, the Ricercare a 6 from...

Five new LPs for the New Year

1. Borodin Symphony No. 1 & Dohnanyi Symphonic Minutes Bavarian Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Kurt Graunke. Urania URLP 7066...

Horenstein & Kurtz in Russian music

Jascha Horenstein's Vox recording of the Prokofiev 5th Symphony: https://www.mediafire.com/file/j4ib4zzf4phqxk6/Prokofiev_Symph_5_Horenst...

Sibelius from Fougstedt & Andrade

Through the courtesy of the UK Sibelius Society, I am able to share some rarities. Sibelius' Violin Concerto (Janine Andrade, violin),...

More from Gaubert (Dukas & Faure)

From my 78s: Dukas' La Peri & a filler by Faure: http://www.mediafire.com/file/ca1g5zo1ssuuv8t/Gaubert_Dukas_Peri_%2526_Faure.zip/file

Two musical knights (Wood & Harty)

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....

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