Lambert. Rio Grande - Francaix. Piano Concerto - Hahn. Piano Concerto 1 - Milhaud. Scaramouche - 1930/1937-8

Constant Lambert:  "The Rio Grande"      (11 Jan.1930)       FLAC  Mega Download
Sir Hamilton Harty, piano  - The Hallé Orchestra  conducted by  Constant Lambert
Jean Francaix:  Piano Concerto in D major      (Dec.1937)   
I: Allegro  ~  II: Andante  ~  III: Scherzo  ~  IV: Finale
Jean Francaix, piano  - Paris Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Nadia Boulanger
Reynaldo Hahn:  Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor      (10/11 May 1937)   
I: Improvisation  ~  II: Danse  ~  III: Reverie, Toccata & Fugue
Magda Tagliaferro, piano  - Orchestra  conducted by  Reynaldo Hahn
Darius Milhaud:  "Scaramouche"   -Vif ~ Modere ~ Braziliera      (Dec.1938)   
Marcelle Meyer, Darius Milhaud, pianos                  3 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
EMI World Records  SH 227   1975 LP/matrices: 2XEA5247/8 -1 / -2.  Transfers by Anthony Griffith. This "Rio Grande" transfer in  LAMBERT conducts  (a less-good 1988 dubbing).    
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Hamilton Harty conducts... Hector Berlioz - (Halle / London Philharmonic) - Columbia 1931-1935

"Les Troyens"  - Royal Hunt & Storm.                 DX 291   (WAX 6062/3)    10 April 1931 **
"Roman Carnival"  - Overture.                 LX 172   (CAX 6227/8)    12 February 1932 **    
"Romeo and Juliet"  - Romeo Alone / Fetes.                DB 1230/1   (CA 13894-7)    7/9 September 1933    
"Beatrice and Benedict"  - Overture.                LX 511   (CAX 7331/2)    9 November 1934  
"Le Corsaire"  - Overture.                DX 664   (CAX 7334/3)    9 November 1934  
"Hamlet"  - Funeral March.                 LX 421   (CAX 7525/6)    26 April 1935                              6 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
The Hallé Orchestra **  /   London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Hamilton Harty  
EMI World Records  SH 148   1971 LP/matrices: W 9270 -1 / W 9271 -1     
'Crackly' 78 transfers by Anthony Griffith    Terrific performances..       Sleeve-note >>>

Hamilton Harty conducts... Elgar. Cello Concerto (W.H.Squire) & Enigma Variations - Columbia 1930/1932

Sir Edward Elgar:
Concerto for Violoncello & Orchestra, in E minor, op.85     (W.H.Squire, cello)  
Adagio - Moderato ~ Allegro molto ~ Adagio ~ Allegro molto - Moderato - Allegro ma non troppo         
Recorded: 30 November 1930 - Free Trade Hall, Manchester.  (Columbia DX 117-20 - matrices: WAX 4410-7)
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Variations on an original theme, op.36     
Recorded: March 1932 - Central Hall, Westminster.  (Columbia DX 322-25 - matrices: WAX 5852-8)
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The Hallé Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Hamilton Harty 
Cambridge Records  IMP 1   Issued 1981.   Transfers by Bryan Crimp: (a) Shellacs - BBC Library - (b) Vinyls from metalwork (penultimate side is a Columbia dubbing).  Hundreds of troublesome 78-surface 'blips' (+ numerous bad edits) have been removed.   Re-edited August 2012
(This W.H.Squire transfer is superior (more detail/lack of muffling/muddying) to the August 2013 'Pristine' dubbing  by Obert-Thorn) 

John Barbirolli conducts... Bax. Symphony 3 / Ireland / Elgar / Delius / Grainger / Quilter - HMV 1933-1950

Arnold Bax:  Symphony no.3 in C      I: Lento moderato - Allegro moderato  ~  II: Lento  ~  III: Moderato   
Roger Quilter:  A Children's Overture, op.17  -  (London Philharmonic Orchestra)  
Percy Grainger:  The Londonderry Air     /     Frederick Delius:  Two Aquarelles
Edward Elgar:  Dream Children, op.43, no.1   &   Bavarian Dance no.2, op.27
John Ireland:  "Mai-Dun"    /    "These Things Shall Be"  (with Parry Jones & Halle Choir)    /    "The Forgotten Rite"        
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The Hallé Orchestra  conducted by  John Barbirolli          
HMV  EX 29 0107  (2LP's)   Reissued 1984.  Matrices: -1/-1, -1/-1    
Recording details and 3 pages of sleeve-notes / 1944 HMV ad. >>>

Leslie Heward conducts... Moeran. Symphony -&- Ireland / Shostakovich (Eileen Joyce), etc. - EMI 1938-1942

Moeran:  Symphony in G minor    /    German: "Nell Gwyn Dances"  /  Elgar: "Salut d'amour"     /  
Dvorak:  Notturno in B major, op.40    /    Lalo:  Aubade no.1.  (London Philharmonic Orchestra)   /  
Sibelius:  "Rakastava" - suite, op.14. &  King Christian II - 'Elegie'  ( String Orchestra )    /    Borodin:  Overture: "Prince Igor"
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John Ireland:  Piano Concerto in E flat     /    Shostakovich:  Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings, op.35* 
Eileen Joyce, piano  -&-  *Arthur Lockwood, trumpet
The Hallé Orchestra  (except Lalo/Sibelius)   conducted by  Leslie Heward     
Maggie Teyte  sings...  Berlioz:  Spectre de la Rose -&- Absence             
Duparc:  Invitation au voyage -&- Phidyle    (31 July 1940 - from: HMV RLS 716)        4 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
HMV  EM 29 0462 (2LP's)   Reissued 1985.  Matrices: 1 / 1 , 1 / 1    Recording details / 3 pages of sleeve-notes / Gramophone review >>>

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 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Rd.        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 1952 BLISS PC (Mewton-Wood) >>>    1955 ARGO  Lambert Piano Concerto/8 Li-Po Poems >>>       Other HQM 1078 items + LXT Irving: 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 >>>