Felix Weingartner / Vienna Philharmonic - Beethoven. Symphony 8 -&- Symphony 9 - Columbia 1935/6

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony no.8 in F major, op.93 
I: Allegro vivace e con brio  ~  II: Allegretto scherzando  ~  III: Tempo di menuetto  ~  IV: Allegro vivace
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Symphony no.9 in D minor, op.125   "Choral"  
I: Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso  ~  II: Molto vivace  ~  III: Adagio molto e cantabile  ~  IV: Presto - Allegro assai
Louise Helletsgruber, Soprano,   Rosette Anday, Contralto,   Georg Maikl, Tenor,   Richard Mayr, Bass 
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Vienna State Opera Chorus  &  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Felix Weingartner    
French EMI  COLC 27-28. Original LP's (sounding better than the UK COLC: but these mint pressings needed much editing..).  Recorded: 25/26 February 1936 -&- 2-5 February 1935. 
Beethoven 9/mvt 3: '1.5' declick from 10:55 + a smidgeon of treble - mvt 4: amplified by 0.6dB from 13:00.   UK COLC Booklet enclosed with Beethoven 9.   EMG review >>>

Erich Kleiber / London Philharmonic - Beethoven. Symphony 6 ... Mozart. Symphony 40 - Decca 1948/9

Ludwig van Beethoven:  Symphony no.6 in F major, op.68  "Pastoral"
I: Allegro ma non troppo  (Awakening of happy feelings on arriving in the country)  ~  II: Andante molto mosso  (By the brook)  ~
III: Allegro (Peasants' merrymaking)  ~  IV: Allegro  (The storm)  ~  V: Allegretto  (Shepherd's Hymn; Thanksgiving after the storm)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:  Symphony no.40 in G minor,  K.550
I: Allegro molto ~ II: Andante ~ III: Minuetto & Trio (Allegretto) ~ IV: Finale (Allegro assai)

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London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Erich Kleiber

Decca  ACL 2  (LXT 2587)  1958 LP/matrices: ARL98/9 -1D.   Recorded: 24/25 February (+17 May) 1948 - Kingsway Hall
Decca  ACL 66  (LX 3022)  1959 matrix: ARL4525 -1A.   Recorded: 25 April 1949 - Kingsway Hall 
Presumably 78 transfers from c.1950 (Decca's PU certainly used for ACL2): the Mozart sounds cleaner - this ACL66 matrix also used for ECM518 (1969). Much editing required (bad joins, clicks, etc) ...thus superior to CD issue... ACL sleeves / sleeve-notes >>>

The ACL 66 van Beinum/Mozart Symphony 35 is on the main blog @ Beinum-LPO Decca's

Feodor Chaliapin - 50th Anniversary Album - 64 sides - Gramophone/HMV 1902-1936

Glinka:  "A Life for the Tsar" / "Ruslan & Ludmilla"   Side One/Bands 1-2-4    Side One/Band 3
Dargomijsky:  "Rusalka"   Side One/Bands 5-6    Rubinstein:  "The Demon"  Side One/Bands 7-8  
Mussorgsky:  "Boris Gudonov"  Side Two/Band 1    Side Two/Bands 2-5    Side Two/Bands 3-4     Side Three/Band 1
Borodin:  "Prince Igor"   Side Three/Bands 2-3-4    Rimsky-Korsakov:  "Sadko"  Side Three/Band 5
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Rossini / Bellini    Side Four/Bands 1-2-3     Meyerbeer / Donizetti / Verdi    Side Four/Bands 4-5-6    
Verdi / Boito    Side Four/Bands 7-8
Gounod / Delibes    Side Five/Bands 1-2-4-5     Gounod / Flegier / Massenet    Side Five/Bands 3-6-7    
Marseillaise / Glazunov    Side Five/Band 8 + Side Seven/Band 3
Beethoven / Mussorgsky    Side Six/Bands 1-6     Schubert / Koenemann / Sokolov    Side Six/Band 2 + Side Seven/Bands 4-5
Tchaikovsky / Glinka    Side Six/Band 3 + Side Seven/Band 1-2      Glinka / Rubinstein    Side Six/Bands 4-8    
Mussorgsky / Rubinstein / Stenka Razin    Side Six/Bands 5-7 + Side Seven/Band 9
Unaccompanied Folksongs    Side Seven/Bands 6-8 + Side Eight/Band 1    Brigands / Red Sun / Nevstruev    Side Seven/Band 7 + Side Eight/Bands 2-3     Wedel / Strokin / Gretchaninov / Archangelsky    Side Eight/Bands 5-6-7-8
Telephone Sketch    Side Eight/Band 9
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HMV  EX 7 61065 1  (1988: 4LP's DMM - bought 1989)   Transfers by Keith Hardwick  (much editing required......)     Full details are in the album notes, below >>>

Victor de Sabata / London Philharmonic - Beethoven. Symphony 3 / Berlioz / Sibelius / Wagner - Decca 1946

Ludwig van Beethoven:  Symphony no.3 in E flat major, op.55  "Eroica"
I: Allegro con brio ~ II: Marcia Funebre, adagio assai ~ III: Scherzo -Allegro vivace ~ IV: Allegro molto  
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Hector Berlioz:  "Le Carnaval Romain" - overture   
Jean Sibelius:  "En Saga", op.9    /    "Kuolema", op.44 - Valse Triste 
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Richard Wagner:  "Die Walkure" - Ride of the Valkyries 
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London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Victor de Sabata    
Decca  6BB 236/7   Issued 1976   Recorded: 2+3/30/23+24/30 May 1946 - Walthamstow Town Hall  
A plethora of retained surface clicks necessitated very light de-click (@1.3) except for the better transferred/livelier Wagner.  These are not really to 'EMI standard', nor Decca's 1950's dubbings of Beethoven 5/6 (Schuricht/Kleiber) due to rather heavy filtering; so a slight treble increase didn't improve matters too much...   (According to a John Culshaw article in "High Fidelity" metal matrices were unusable so a 'mint set of 78's' from the BBC Gramophone Library was utilised)  EMG reviews, 1947/8 >>>

Adolf Busch & Rudolf Serkin play... Beethoven. Sonatas 3, 5, 7 / Schubert. Fantasia / Brahms. Sonatas 1, 2 - HMV 1931-1933

Ludwig van Beethoven:  Violin Sonatas
No.3 in E flat major, op.12/3     I: Allegro con spirito ~ II: Adagio con molt'espressione ~ III: Rondo - Allegro molto
No.5 in F major, op.24    I: Allegro ~ II: Adagio molto espressivo ~ III: Scherzo & Trio ~ IV: Rondo (Allegro ma non troppo)  
No.7 in C minor, op.30/2     I: Allegro con brio ~ II: Adagio cantabile ~ III: Scherzo (Allegro) & Trio ~ IV: Finale (Allegro)
Recorded: 5 May 1931 - HMV  DB.1519/20  (2B824-7)   /  17 May 1933 - DB.1970-2  (2B6702-7)   /  22 September 1932 - DB.1973-5  (2B3888-93)
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Franz Schubert:  Fantasia in C major, D.934  Andante molto  - Allegretto - Andantino - Allegro - Allegretto - Presto
Recorded: 6 May 1931 - HMV  DB.1521-3 (2B834-8)   FLAC  Mega Download
Johannes Brahms:  Violin Sonatas   
No.1 in G major, op.78    I: Vivace ma non troppo ~ II: Adagio ~ III: Allegro molto moderato
No.2 in A major, op.100     I: Allegro amabile ~ II: Andante tranquillo ~ III: Allegretto grazioso - quasi andante  
Recorded: 5? May 1931 - DB.1527-9  (2B817-22)   /  20 September 1932 - DB.1805/6 (2B3872-5)  
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HMV  EX 137 290306 3 (1985 DMM: 5LP)  /  EMI World Records  SHB 53 (1978: 3LP)  /  SHB 61 (1980: 7LP)  Transfers by: Keith Hardwick (1985/1980) + Anthony Griffith (1978)
Files extensively edited.  Beethoven 3/7 have 'gritty' 78 surfaces (but very clear sound) - so only the most obtrusive defects have been removed.    

Victor de Sabata / Rome Augusteo - Beethoven. Symphony 6 - HMV 1947

Ludwig van Beethoven:

Symphony no.6 in F major, op.68  ('Pastoral') 
I: Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande  (Allegro ma non troppo)  ~  II: Szene am Bach  (Andante molto mosso)  ~ 
III: Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute  (Allegro)  ~  IV: Gewitter, Sturm  (Allegro)  ~
V: Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefuhle nach dem Sturm  (Allegretto)
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Orchestra dell'Augusteo, Roma (Santa Cecilia)  conducted by  Victor de Sabata 
EMI World Records  SH 235  1976 LP/matrices: 2XBA9193 -1 / 2XBA9194 -1  
Recorded: 23-25,29 January & 3 February 1947 - Argentina Theatre, Rome  (HMV DB.6743-7 -2BA6107-16)    Transfer by Anthony Griffith
1947 EMG review >>>  

Lotte Lehmann - "Die Lyriken der Gesangskunst" - Grammophon/Odeon/HMV 1916-1935

Volume One: Side 1 - 106 Le Nozze di Figaro / 189 Die Zauberflote / 143 Der Freischutz / 084/085 Oberon / 103/104 Fidelio
Volume One: Side 2 - 190 Die Lustigen Weber von Windsor / 205 Manon / 185 Mignon / 151 Schmerzen / 152 Traume / 243 Die Walkure, Act 2 / 177 Tristan & Isolde
Volume One: Side 3 - 169 Tannhauser / 067 Lohengrin / 193 Othello / 102/149 Tosca / 200 M.Butterfly / 081 Turandot / 063 Die tote Stadt
Volume One: Side 4  - 111 Ariadne auf Naxos / 210 Arabella /  217 Der Rosenkavelier / 206 Die toten Augen / 107 Das Wunder der Heliane
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Volume Two: Side 1   - 207 Le Nozze di Figaro / 064/065 Der Freischutz / 169 Tannhauser / 005 Lohengrin / 009/066 Die Meistersinger
Volume Two: Side 2 - 177 Die Walkure / 176/184 Mignon / 175 Faust / 204 Tales of Hoffmann / 085 Andrea Chenier / 086 Jocelyn / 063 Die tote Stadt / 187 Die Fledermaus 
Volume Two: Side 3 - 056 Manon / 202 Werther / 052 Manon Lescaut / 150 La Boheme / 101 Tosca / 192 Madame Butterfly / 082 Turandot / 068 Der Rosenkavelier

Volume Two: Side 4 - 105 Der Rosenkavelier / 208/209 Arabella / Lieder: 124 Morgen / 181 Die Mainacht / 117 Der Nussbaum
/ 194 Die Lotusblume / 094 Der Tod und das Madchen / 091 An die Musik
Schubert Lieder: 095 Sie mir gegrusst / 096 Auf dem Wasser zu singen / 100 Geheimes  (HMV  RLS 766)   
Wagner: Lohengrin: 171 Euch luften / Die Walkure, Act 2: 242/243 Raste nun hier / 245/246 Zauberfest...  (HMV  RLS 7711  &  EX29 01313)
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EMI Electrola 'Dacapo'  1C 147-29 116/117  &  1C-30 704/05    EMI Germany LP's: c.1975 & (my purchase) 1977   
Chock-full of dazzling gems...(2 folders = 4'30")  Volume 2 has generally noisier transfers and much editing/waveform repair was required.
Current Discography @ http://lottelehmannleague.org  - as numbered above + sleeve-backs included in all folders / Sleeve-backs >>>  

The Busch Quartet play... Beethoven. The Late String Quartets, etc (1, 9, 11, 12 - 16) - EMI 1932-1937 / CBS 1941

String Quartet no.1 in F, op.18/1                              Recorded: 11 Nov.1933                               
String Quartet no.9 in C, op.59/3  'Rasumovsky'                    Recorded: 10/16 Nov.1933     
String Quartet no.11, in F minor, op.95                   Recorded: 19-20 Sept.1932                  
String Quartet no.12 in E flat, op.127                      Recorded: 16-17 Oct.1937 + 2 Nov.1936           
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String Quartet no.13 in B flat, op.130     (CBS)        Recorded: June 1941                      
String Quartet no.14 in C sharp minor, op.131                    Recorded: 2 March 1936
String Quartet no.15 in A minor, op.132                    Recorded: 7 Oct.1937
String Quartet no.16 in F, op.135                           Recorded: 13 Nov.1933
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The Busch String Quartet  (Adolf Busch,  Gosta Andreasson, violins ~ Karl Doktor, viola ~ Hermann Busch, violoncello) 
HMV  EX 137 290306 3  (5LP)  Issued 1985 - EMI Germany DMM  /  CBS 61664   UK 1975 - CBS/Sony 1970
Nos. 12/14/16: transfers by Anthony Griffith - other EMI by Keith Hardwick     EX English notes / data / pics + CBS sleeve-note >>> 

The Violin Sonatas are here >>> http://musicparlourhistorical.blogspot.com/2014/08/adolf-busch-rudolf-serkin-play.html

Beethoven. Piano Concertos 1 ~ 5, etc. - Artur Schnabel / LSO -&- LPO / Malcolm Sargent - HMV 1932-1938

Piano Concerto no.1 in C major, op.15  (DB1690-4.  23 Mar.1932)    /   Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major, op.19  (DB.2573-6. 5 Apr.1935)
Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor, op.37  (HMV DB.1940-4.  17 February 1933)       3 files zip FLAC Mega Download
Piano Concerto no.4 in G major, op.58  (DB1886- 9. 16 Feb.1933)   /   Piano Concerto no.5 in E flat major, op.73  (DB1685-9.  24 Mar.1932)    
Variations in F major, op.34     (HMV DB.3263/4. 11 Jan.1938)     /     Bagatelle in A minor      (DB.3786. 10 Nov.1938)
Polonaise, op.89  /  Andante in F major  (unissued. Rec: 11 Nov.1938)                    
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Artur Schnabel, piano  - London Symphony Orchestra  (Conc. 1/5)  -&-  London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Malcolm Sargent
EMI World Records  SHB 63 (4LP)  Issued 1980.   78 Transfers by Keith Hardwick.  Rec:  EMI  Studio 1, Abbey Road  (Studio 3 -solo items).  

Beethoven. Violoncello Sonatas - Pierre Fournier -&- Artur Schnabel - HMV 1947/8

Sonata no.1 in F major, op.5/1    Adagio sostenuto  ~  Allegro  ~  Allegro vivace    
Sonata no.2 in G minor, op.5/2   Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo  ~  Allegro molto piu tosto presto  ~  Rondo (Allegro)    
Sonata no.3 in A major, op.69    Allegro ma non tanto  ~  Scherzo (Allegro molto)  ~  Adagio cantabile  ~  Allegro vivace    
Sonata no.4 in C major, op.102/1   Andante  ~  Allegro vivace  ~  Adagio  ~  Tempo d'Andante  ~  Allegro vivace    
Sonata no.5 in D major, op.102/2   Allegro con brio  ~  Adagio con molto sentimento d'affeto  ~  Allegro  ~  Allegro fugato  
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EMI  Electrola  'Dacapo'  1C 147-01 382/83 M   circa 1978 German matrices/pressings.  
Recorded: 1: 23 June 1948  ~  2: 24 June 1948  ~  3: 6/7 June 1947  (HMV DB.6464-6)  ~  4: 10/12 June 1947  (HMV DB.9555-6)   ~
5: 21/22 June 1948  (HMV DB.6829-31)    Original 1947 / 1950 EMG Monthly Letter reviews >>>

Fritz Kreisler / Berlin Staatsoper / Leo Blech - Beethoven. Violin Concerto - HMV 1926

Ludwig van Beethoven:  
Violin Concerto in D major, op.61
I:  Allegro ma non troppo  ~  II:  Larghetto  ~  III:  Rondo   (cadenzas: Kreisler)
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Fritz Kreisler, violin  - Berlin State Opera Orchestra  conducted by  Dr. Leo Blech  
HMV  HLM 7062    Reissued 1975   Matrices: A -1 / B -2.   Recorded:  December 1926 - Singakademie, Berlin  
Originally issued as: HMV Album no.33 (DB.990-995) - 78 matrices: CWR 631-41
Sleeve-note + HMV Album no.33  (1935)  analytical  notes >>> 

Willem Mengelberg / Amsterdam Concertgebouw - Beethoven. The Symphonies - AVRO / Telefunken 1937-1940

Symphony  no.1 in C major, op.21      I: Adagio molto - Allegro con brio  ~  II: Andante cantabile con moto  ~  
III: Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace)  ~  IV: Finale (Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace)  

14 April 1940
Symphony  no.2 in D major, op.36      I: Adagio molto - Allegro con brio  ~  II: Larghetto  ~  III: Scherzo (Allegro)  ~  IV: Allegro molto
21 April 1940
Overture, "Fidelio", op.72c    28 April 1940

Symphony  no.3 in E flat major, op.55  "Eroica"   (Telefunken  SK 3117-22) ..not 'Live'...

I: Allegro con brio  ~  II: Marcia funebre (Adagio assai)  ~  III: Scherzo (Allegro vivace)  ~ IV: Finale (Allegro molto)  

11 November 1940        4 files zip FLAC  Mega Download

Symphony  no.4 in B flat major, op.60    I: Adagio -Allegro vivace  ~ II: Adagio  ~  III: Allegro vivace  ~ IV: Allegro ma non troppo
25 April 1940
Symphony  no.5 in C minor, op.67      I: Allegro con brio  ~  II: Andante con moto  ~  III: Allegro  ~  IV: Allegro
18 April 1940  
Symphony  no.6 in F major, op.68  "Pastoral"     I: Allegro ma non troppo  ~  II: Andante molto mosso  ~  III: Allegro  ~  IV: Allegretto
21 April 1940                3 files zip FLAC  Mega Download   

Symphony  no.7 in A major, op.92    I: Poco sostenuto - Vivace  ~  II: Allegretto  ~  III: Presto - Assai meno presto  ~  IV: Allegro con brio
25 April 1940 
Symphony  no.8 in F major, op.93   I: Allegro vivace e con brio  ~  II: Allegretto scherzando  ~  III: Tempo di menuetto  ~  IV: Allegro vivace    
18 April 1940
Symphony  no.9 in D minor, op.125  "Choral"   

I: Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso  ~ II: Molto vivace  ~  III: Adagio molto e cantabile  ~  IV: Presto - Allegro assai

To van der Sluys (Soprano)  -  Suze Luger (Contralto)  -  Louis van Tulder (Tenor)  -  Willem Ravelli  (Bass) 

Toonkunstkoor, Amsterdam  -  Koninkliijke Oratorium-Vereniging

2 May 1940                     4 files zip FLAC   Mega Download  

Philips  6767 003  (8 LP box-set)  Issued 1977  'Live Concert Performances' from the Concertgebouw - 'AVRO', Hilversum recordings.

...extensively edited to remove many of the 'click/ticks', and repair numerous other defects originating from the 'AVRO' Acetates...  

Symphony 3 treble re-equalized by circa <+4dB due to a dull 78-to-LP transfer.

Symphony no.5 in C minor, op.67    (Telefunken  SK 2210~13)    Recorded: 4 May 1937
Symphony no.8 in F major, op.93   (Telefunken  SK 2670~72)    Recorded: 9 November 1938
Telefunken / King Records  K17C-9507  (Japan)  Limited-edition 1985 reissue- c.1972 transfers           2 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
(Treble re-equalised due to slightly dull sound, as the above 'Eroica' )