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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....

Three LPs from Arthur Fiedler

After a VERY long absence, here is a small addition. Smetana: Die Moldau / Dvorak: Husitska Overture Op. 67 (both recorded 19th June...

Some recordings by Franz Andre

I haven't been here much, due to domestic issues. To make up for my absence a little, here are four recordings by the Belgian conductor:...

More Swoboda

There has been a very positive response to this venture, so here are some more recordings by H.SS. But first, some information about the...

Henry Swoboda conducts Tchaikovsky's 3rd Symphony

This is my first attempt to post a recording, so let's see if it works. Here's an LP from around 60 years ago. The transfer to digital...

My new blog

For the past 10 years, I have operated a website devoted to historic recordings of classical music ( historic-recordings.co.uk ). As this...

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