Elgar. The Dream of Gerontius - Malcolm Sargent - HMV 1945

Sir Edward Elgar:  "The Dream of Gerontius", op.38    
Gerontius............... Heddle Nash, Tenor   
Angel......................... Gladys Ripley, Contralto
The Priest......................... Dennis Noble, Baritone
Angel of the Agony.................... Norman Walker, Bass
Huddersfield Choral Society  ~ Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Malcolm Sargent 
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HMV  RLS 709  2LP set, 1975.  Matrices:  HLM7047 A/B -1G/1G / HLM7048 A/B -1G/1G   
Recorded: 8-12 April 1945 - Huddersfield Town Hall   (HMV C.3435-3446 / 2ER 834-857)  Transfer by Bryan Crimp.
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Delius. Violin Concerto (Sammons) / Caprice & Elegy (Harrison) / Piano Concerto (Moiseiwitsch) - HMV/Columbia 1930/1944/1946

Frederick Delius:
Concerto for Violin & Orchestra       I:  With moderate tempo  ~  II:  Slower  ~  III:  Tempo I - Allegretto - Piu moderato
Albert Sammons, violin  - Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Malcolm Sargent     (Columbia DX.1160-1162   Rec: 4 July 1944)
Caprice & Elegy (arr: Fenby)  
Beatrice Harrison, 'cello  - Chamber Orchestra  conducted by  Eric Fenby     (HMV B.3721   Recorded: November 1930)
Concerto for Piano & Orchestra        
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano -  The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Constant Lambert.   (HMV C.3533-5  Rec: 24 August 1946)    
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EMI World Records  SH 224    Issued 1975   Matrices: 2XEA 5233 -1 / 2XEA 5234 -1   
Moiseiwitsch's  'live'  1955 BBC SO/Sargent performance of the Piano Concerto is on The Music Parlour

Solomon plays... Brahms. Piano Concerto 2 / Liszt. Hungarian Fantasia / Bliss. Piano Concerto - HMV 1943/1947/1948

Johannes Brahms:  Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major, op.83   
I:  Allegro non troppo  ~  II:  Allegro appassionato  ~  III:  Andante  ('cello: Haydn Rogerson: not named on label)  ~  IV:  Allegretto grazioso    
HMV  XLP 30093  1967 LP/matrices: 2XEA 3253 -1 / 3254 -1.  29 April - 1 May 1947 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road.  (HMV C.3610-15)  

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Franz Liszt:  Fantasia on Hungarian folk themes     27 April 1948 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road.   (HMV C.3761/2)  
Solomon Cutner, piano  ~  The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Walter Susskind    

Arthur Bliss:  Concerto for Piano & Orchestra     I: Allegro con brio  ~  II: Adagietto  ~  III: Andante maestoso - Molto vivace 

Solomon Cutner, piano  - Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Adrian Boult   12-13 January 1943 - Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool    (HMV C.3348-52) 

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HMV  BOX 70103  (RLS 701)  Matrices: W 9146 -2 / W 9147 -3    78 Transfers by Anthony Griffith (Brahms by Bill Newman?)   

XLP 30093 sleeve-note / original 1947/1948  EMG reviews + Brahms mvt.3 78 label >>>   (August 2022: Brahms / Bliss slight WAV re-edits / split into movements)

Constant Lambert conducts... Lambert / Rawsthorne / Bliss - Columbia/HMV 1930-1950

Lambert:  "Horoscope".  Dance for the Followers of Leo ~ Valse for the Gemini ~ Invocation to the Moon, & Finale    Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
Rec: 15 May 1945. Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool   (Columbia DX 1567/8) 
Lambert:  "Horoscope".  Saraband for the Followers of Virgo ~ Bachannale for the Followers of Leo   (LP: Columbia SX 1003).    
Liszt, arr: Lambert, orch: Jacob:  "Apparitions"  - Galop ~ Cave Scene (Mephisto Waltz, no.3)    (Columbia DX 1568/1560)    Rec: 13/14 January 1949  - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Rd. 
Chabrier, orch: Lambert:  "Ballabile".   Rec: 27 Sept 1950. Kingsway Hall.  (Columbia DX 1736)         The Philharmonia Orchestra  
Lambert:  "The Rio Grande" - Kyla Greenbaum, piano - Gladys Ripley, Contralto - Chorus.  The Philharmonia Orchestra    Rec: 13 Jan.1949  -  EMI Studio 1, Abbey Rd.      
Lambert:  "The Rio Grande" - Sir Hamilton Harty, piano - St.Michael's Singers (A.W.Whitehead, Contralto) - The Hallé Orchestra.  
Rec: 11 January 1930. Central Hall, Westminster.  (Columbia L 2374/5)
Alan Rawsthorne:  "Symphonic Studies"   (HMV C.3543-4)    /    "Street Corner"   (HMV C.3502) 
Bliss: March - "The Phoenix"  (HMV C.3518)       The Philharmonia Orchestra.    Rec: 28/29 March 1946 - Kingsway Hall.                          9 files zip FLAC  Mega Download 
HMV  HQM 1078   Reissued 1967  Matrix: XAX 180 -5   /   EMI   MFP 2089   Reissued 1967.  Matrix: 2XEA 641 -2    /    HMV  EH 29 1343    Reissued 1988.  Matrices: 2/2  
MFP Tippett is c/w the 1952 BLISS PC (Mewton-Wood) >>>    1955 ARGO  Lambert Piano Concerto/8 Li-Po Poems >>>       Other HQM 1078 items + LXT Irving/LSO: Walton/Lambert >>>    HMV  EH / HQM sleeve-notes >>>

William Walton conducts... Belshazzar's Feast ~ Viola Concerto ~ Sinfonia concertante, etc. - HMV 1936-1951

"Belshazzar's Feast"    Dennis Noble, baritone - Huddersfield Choral Society - Brass Bands - Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 3 & 10 January 1943,  Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool.  (HMV C.3340-4)  
"Henry V" -Passacaglia, Touch her soft lips and part. Philharmonia String Orch.  Rec: Oct.1945 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road  (HMV C.3480)
Comedy Overture, "Scapino"   The Philharmonia Orchestra.    Rec: 19 October 1951,  Kingsway Hall.  (HMV DB.21499)
Facade".  suite:   Fanfare ~ Scotch Rhapsody ~ Valse ~ Tango pasadoble ~ Swiss Yodelling Song ~ Country Dance ~ Polka ~ Noche Espagnole** ~ Popular Song ~ Old Sir Faulk** ~ Tarantella Sevillana.   London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Recorded: 5 March 1936 & 25 October 1938 (**) - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road  (HMV C.2836/7, C.3042**)
Spitfire Prelude & Fugue.   The Hallé Orchestra.  Recorded: 24 June 1943. Houldsworth Hall, Manchester.  (HMV C.3359)
"Siesta".  London Philharmonic Orchestra.   Recorded: 25 October 1938. - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road  (HMV C.3042)    
HMV  ED 29 0715    Reissued 1986.  Matrices: 2 / 1.                                             6 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
Viola Concerto  -   William Primrose, viola  ~ The Philharmonia Orchestra. Rec: 22/23 July 1946. - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road  (HMV  DB.6309-11)
Sinfonia concertante for orch.with piano.   Phyllis Sellick, piano  ~ City of Birmingham Orchestra.   Rec: 8 Aug.1945,  Town Hall, Dudley. (HMV C.3478-80)  
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HMV  EH 29 1276   Reissued 1987  -&-  EMI World Records  SH 128    Sleeve-note + HMV ALP  "Belshazzar's Feast" sleeve/ sleevenote >>>