Britten. Frank Bridge Variations (Boyd Neel) ... Soirees -&- Matinees Musicales (Edgar Cree) - Decca 1953/4

Britten:  Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op.10 **
Boyd Neel String Orchestra  conducted by  Boyd Neel 
Rossini, arr: Britten:  Soirees musicales, op.9 
Rossini, arr: Britten:   Matinees musicales, op.24
New Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Edgar Cree  
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Decca  ACL 229  1964 LP/matrices: ARL 6241 -2A / ARL 6242 -2A
Recorded: 15 April 1953 / 29 Sept.1954 - Decca West Hampstead Studios.  Original issues: Decca LXT2790 / London W91075
(**) March 2012 file: re-edited. 'Musicales' aren't overly analytical recordings..   Dec.2014  +1.4dB Treble EQ  Cree  NOT ON CD    Sleeve-note >>>   

Gerard Souzay / New SO / Bonneau - French Operatic Arias - Decca 1956

Rameau:  "Les indes galantes"  - Soleil, on a detruit tes superbes asiles
Gounod:  "Philemon et Baucis"  - Berceuse: Que les songes sont heureux  /  Gounod:  "Romeo et Juliette"  - Ballade de la reine Mab  

Berlioz:  "La Damnation de Faust"  - Chanson de la puce  -&-  Serenade de Mephistopheles
Bizet:  "La jolie Fille de Perth"  - Quand la flamme de l'amour   /   Bizet:  "Les Pecheurs de perles"  - L'orage s'est calme

Massenet:  "Le Jongleur de Notre Dame"  - Legende de la Sauge    /     Offenbach:  "Les Contes d'Hoffman"  - C'est moi, Coppelius
Chabrier:  "Le Roi malgre lui"  - Romance du Roi      

Gerard Souzay, Baritone   - New Symphony Orchestra of London  conducted by  Paul Bonneau            3 files zip WAV  Mega Download  
Decca  'Grandi Voci'  414 613    Issued 1986 (originally in LXT 5269)        Recorded: 9-10 April & 9-10 July 1956  - Kingsway Hall  

Enrique Jorda / New SO - Dvorak. Symphony 9 - Decca 1951

Antonin Dvorak:  
Symphony no.9 in E minor, op.95  ('From the New World')   

I:  Adagio - Allegro molto  ~  II:  Largo
III:  Scherzo (Molto vivace)  ~  IV:  Allegro con fuoco  
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New Symphony Orchestra of London  conducted by  Enrique Jorda    
Decca  ACL 18   (originally LXT 2608)  1959 LP.  Matrices: ARL 883 -3DR / ARL 884 -4DR
Recorded: 2 July 1951 - Kingsway Hall       Slightly re-edited August 2012 - now as a single file.    Not on CD

Robert Irving / New SO - Gluck -&- Gretry: Ballet Suites - Decca 1955

Christoph Gluck:  Ballet Suite no.1   (arr: Felix Mottl)
Introduction ("Don Juan") -  Air gai ~ Lento ~ Air gai  ("Iphigenie en Aulide") ~ Dance of the Blessed Spirits  ("Orfeo ed Euridice") ~ Musette  ("Armide") - Air gai  ("Iphigenie en Aulide") ~ Siciliene  ("Armide") ~ Air gai  ("Iphigenie en Aulide").    
Andre Gretry:  Ballet Suite   (arr: Constant Lambert)      
Largo - Andante ~ Gigue legere ~ Pantomime ~ Passepied ~ Largo ~ Pantomime ~ Tambourin ~ Loure ~ Air lent ~ Passepied ~ Gavotte ~ Finale.  
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Geoffrey Gilbert  (flute solo)   New Symphony Orchestra of London  conducted by  Robert Irving   
Decca  LXT 5063   1959 Matrices: ARL 2519 -5NR / ARL 2520 -4NR     Recorded: 14/15 February 1955, Kingsway Hall.
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