I recently invested in the Warners / Beecham mono years set, which I enjoyed very much, but it was unfortunate that some of his recordings had to be omitted for contractual reasons. When he returned to the UK in 1944, Beecham was under contract to RCA, so the recordings that he made between 1944 and 1950, first with the London Philharmonic, and then with his new orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, could not be included in the recent Warners box: they belong to Sony, who have n

Entitled "Great DG & EMI Recordings", this is one of those South Korean boxed sets that has a short shelf-life, and is difficult to obtain in the Western world. It was issued about 10 years ago by Universal, but most of the recordings are on EMI. Here's an overview of the contents:- CD1: Mendelssohn & Bruch Violin Concertos (1953) Pittsburgh SO / Steinberg CD2: "Recital" (mono, 1953, 1954) Pergolesi, Schumann, Brahms, Suk, Bloch & Milstein (Carlo Bussotti, piano) CD3: Brahms

In 1957, Boult accompanied Rabin in four recordings, the Mendelssohn Concerto, the Wieniawski 2nd, Bruch's Scottish Fantasia & Ravel's Tzigane. They were not included in the Warner boxed sets of Boult's recordings, presumably for contractual reasons, so here they are, from an old Michael Rabin compilation: https://www.mediafire.com/file/5cojrejl47gex4z/Boult+Rabin+flac.zip/file

This seems to be something of a rarity, never on CD as far as I can tell: Haydn's Symphony No. 94 ('Surprise') recorded in Symphony Hall, Boston, on 5 November 1946, by Koussevitzky and 51 players of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Transferred from RCA Victor album DM 1165 (records 11-9764 to 11 9766) by an Australian collector (vintagesounds3878), and posted to YouTube. This was Koussevitzky's second recording of this piece, a remake of his 1929 version, which also seems to b

Another item that seems to have slipped through the cracks. Boult made two visits to Vienna in 1959 to record for Westminster: Holst's "The Planets" & the two Vaughan Williams fantasies (Tallis & Greensleeves) have appeared on a DG disc, but there wasn't room for the English Folk-Song Suite. Here it is from an MCA disc (MCAD2 9813B):- https://www.mediafire.com/file/n7in7znc3hof3hf/V-W+Folk+Song+Suite+Boult+Vienna+Flac.zip/file VAUGHAN WILLIAMS English Folk Song Suite Vienna S

In 1953, Sir Adrian Boult recorded Holst's "The Planets" for Pye / Nixa. This mono recording was replaced a few years later by a stereo version on Westminster, with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra. When I bought the Adrian Boult mono recordings boxed set from Warner / EMI last year, I was disappointed to note that this 1953 version was missing. To make good that omission, here it is:- https://www.mediafire.com/file/7j4xp7o28uqvh70/Boult+Planets+1954+flacs.zip/file The Philha

This repertoire suits Mr. Wild, and this recording seems to be out of circulation. Contents: 1. Ballade No. 2 in B minor 2. Tarantelle di bravura (after La Muette de Portici by Auber) 3. Petrarch Sonnet 104 4. Petrarch Sonnet 123 5. Valse ouliee No. 1 6. La Campenella (Paganini Etude No. 3) 7. Feux Follets (Transcendental Study No. 5) 8. Ricordanza (Transcendental Study No. 9) Recorded in July 1973 at Abbey Road. Originally on HMV LP HQS 1332, this issue from CD 586522-2....

Two live performances from his years as head of the Cleveland Orchestra. Brahms' Piano Quartet in G minor, orchestrated by Schoenberg...

The name "Schoenberg" may be a bit off-putting to some, but these pieces are quite mellow. In this concert from January 29th 1979 from...

These recordings were issued by dell'Arte around 30 years ago. They don't seem to be available any more, although some of the...

A few recordings by this unjustly neglected British conductor. The Ride of the Valkyries (Symphony Orchestra) 25th January 1926 Lohengrin...

A Russian miscellany today. Firstly, two LPs by Malko: Disc 1: Track 1: Saint-Saens Danse macabre (rec. 1951) 2: Debussy Prelude a...

Here is the 8-CD set issued nearly 20 years ago. Some of the recordings have reappeared, most recently in the Decca "mono years" box set....

Sorry for the recent silence. I lost my wife a couple of months back, but am starting up again with some old CDs from my collection....

A few years ago, Melodiya re-issued around 100 CDs of Svetlanov in three boxed sets, under the title Anthology of Russian Orchestral...

https://www.mediafire.com/file/8wc84b7j6lukpqb/Aurora's+Wedding+(Kurtz)+flac.zip/file TCHAIKOVSKY The Sleeping Beauty Op.66 ...

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" :-...