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  • paulrterry1921
    • Jun 17, 2020
    • 1 min read

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. This includes two choruses from "Messiah" recorded live at Crystal Palace in 1926 (around 4,000 performers!).


http://www.mediafire.com/file/ctz8qxgsqxyjrtl/Henry_Wood_Prom_favourites_%2528flac%2529.zip/file


Secondly, Sir Hamilton Harty in Berlioz, an old World Record Club release. Some of these have been released by Pristine Classical recently, but I haven't heard those. The transfers here are by A. C. Griffith.


http://www.mediafire.com/file/ej89dv4c6kynu2l/Hamilton_Harty_conducts_Berlioz_%2528flac%2529.zip/file





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