Carl Schuricht / Paris Conservatoire - Wagner. Tristan & Isolde - Gotterdammerung -&- Schumann - Decca 1954

Richard Wagner:  "Tristan & Isolde" - Prelude & Liebestod          
Richard Wagner:  "Die Gotterdammerung"  (arr: Carl Schuricht)  - Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey -&- Siegfried's Death & Funeral Music 
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Richard Wagner:  "Die Gotterdammerung" - as above:   transfer from ACL 117 
Robert Schumann:  Overture, Scherzo & Finale in E, op.52  (Andante con moto - Allegro ~ Vivo ~ Allegro molto vivace)  
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L'Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris  conducted by  Carl Schuricht  
Decca  LXT 5026   1955 pressing / matrices: ARL2188 -2A / ARL2189 -2A  
ACL 117 - Gotterdammerung: c.1960 Matrix: ARL2189 -4AR  / ACL 231 - Schumann: (LXT 2985)  1964 Matrix: ARL1700 -5K
Recorded: 4/5 & 8-11 June 1954 - La Maison de la Mutualite, Paris.   ACL files from March 2012   EMG review + LXT 5026 sleeve-note >>>

Leopold Ludwig / Hamburg Opera - Wagner. Lohengrin -&- Die Meistersinger - Ducretet-Thomson 1955

Richard Wagner:  "Lohengrin"
Prelude      /      Prelude, Act.3  &  Bridal Chorus      /     "In Fermen Land"  - Walter Geisler, Tenor     

Richard Wagner:  "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg"
Prelude      /      Prelude, Act.3       /      "Wahnmonolog"  - James Pease, Baritone
"Prize Song"  - Walter Geisler, Tenor                                                                                            7 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
Chorus & Orchestra of the Hamburg Opera  conducted by  Leopold Ludwig     
Ducretet-Thomson  DTL 93054  1956 Decca pressing/matrices: ADU 107/8 -1B. Rec: ('live performances') 28-30 April 1955 - Salle Apollo, Paris.
Very Scarce    NOT ON CD      (slight 'bubbly' tape-noises are sometimes audible)         Sleeve-note / EMG review >>>

Paul Schoeffler recital - Mozart, Verdi, Wagner - Decca 1950

Wagner:  "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg"  - Fliedermonolog  &  Wahnmonolog
Paul Schoeffler, Bass-Baritone  - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Hans Knappertsbusch   
First issue: 1951. Decca  LXT 2560-1 (Act 2)   Recorded: 2-9 September 1950  
Mozart:  "Le Nozze di Figaro"  - Non piu andrai   /  "Don Giovanni"  - Madamina, il catalogo  
Verdi:  "Otello"  - Era la notte  &  Credo in un dio crudel  
Wagner:  "Die Walkure"  - Wotan’s Farewell & Magic Fire Music     4 files zip WAV   Mega Download           
with  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Karl Bohm  &  Rudolf Moralt (Wagner)      1951: Decca  LXT 2554  Rec: 14/15 Sept.1950
Decca  'Grandi Voci'   411 660    1984 LP/matrices: ARL 12751 -4A / ARL 12752 -4A.            Ljuba Welitsch - Decca 1950 - on HISTORICAL

Benno Moiseiwitsch plays... Delius / Rachmaninov / Beethoven, etc - BBC 1954-1956/1963

Wagner, arr.Liszt:  "Tannhauser" overture.  1954 BBC TV 'Celebrity Recital'.
Schumann:  "Traumerai"  +  Benno Moiseiwitsch.....speaking about: Delius' Piano Concerto, his pianism, & Schumann:  1959 BBC Broadcast. 
Delius:  Piano Concerto  13 Sept.1955  - Henry Wood Proms / Royal Albert Hall.  
Rachmaninov:  Piano Concerto no.2.   6 Aug.1956 - Henry Wood Proms / Royal Albert Hall      
Beethoven:  Piano Concerto no.5 - "Emperor"   6 March 1963 - Royal Festival Hall.         5 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
BBC Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Malcolm Sargent   
BBC Radio 3 FM  ("BBC Legends" - July 2001) - Meridian 104 FM tuner.  CD-RW digital transfers from MiniDisc.  
Files re-edited: Feb./May 2013 (Delius now cleared of minor ticks - the Rachmaninov also minus disfiguring BBC Transcription disc 'clicks')
Rachmaninov PC.1/2 + Paganini on HISTORICAL    Delius Concerto on HISTORICAL