Catalogue

HISTORIC CARL FLESCH RECORDINGS REMASTERED

Symposium's highly acclaimed three disc set of recordings of Carl Flesch from 1905 to 1936, which features rare and previously unissued material, includes concertos, sonatas and encore pieces by Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Saint-Saëns, Suk etc. Re-released after fresh re-mastering by Authentic Transfer Process.

VIRTUOSO VARIATIONS FOR PIANO DUET

Anthony Goldstone (piano) and Caroline Clemmow (piano) play music by Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-88) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) César Franck (1822-90) Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1843-1900) Felix Mendelssohn (1809-47) and Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870)

OTTO KLEMPERER and the Staatsoper Orchestra, Berlin

Auber - Beethoven - Debussy - Offenbach - Ravel - Wagner - Weill Recorded Berlin 1926-1931 We think of the severely classical programmes of Klemperer's last years, but in his earlier days he conducted a much wider repertoire.

EUGÈNE YSAŸE (1858-1931)

Ysaÿe was one of the greatest of 19th century violinists. As a central figure in the tradition of violin playing, his influence continues to this day. Complete Violin Recordings & Two as a Conductor

CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN (1813-1888)

CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN (1813-1888) French composer, predominantly of piano music, a close friend of Chopin and Liszt in Paris.  He was also a leading piano virtuoso of the 19th century, indeed, when Liszt heard him play he went pale.  Alkan's music includes some of the most powerful keyboard writing of his time. However, much of it is ferociously difficult to play, not because it is for virtuoso display, but because that is how he needs to express himself. However, he was a recluse who did so little to promote his own work that it was virtually forgotten, though it was admired and played by Busoni and Petri.  It is thanks to the pioneering work of Raymond Lewenthal and Ronald Smith in the 1960s that Alkan is ever more widely known today.

Recital by Nicholas King at the organ of St. Peter's Church, St. Albans.
Re-release on Compact Disc

Nicholas King at the organ of St. Peter's Church, St. Albans. Re-release on Compact Disc.

The HAROLD WAYNE Collection - Volume I

The first of a series making the world's greatest and most significant vocal rarities available to all. Giovanni GRAVINA - Guerrina FABBRI - Giovanni Battista de NEGRI - Giuseppe KASCHMANN - Fanny TORESELLA - Leopoldo SIGNORETTI

ALFRED ORDA (1915-2004)

Songs by Tchaikovsky, Arensky, Glière, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov, Chopin & Dargomyzhsky

The HAROLD WAYNE Collection - Volume II

FRANCESCO MARCONI (22 tracks) & ANTONIO COTOGNI (1 track)

ENRICO CARUSO (1873-1921)

Greatest Operatic Recordings (1902-1920)

The GREAT VIOLINISTS Volume I

Joseph JOACHIM - Hugo HEERMANN - Pablo de SARASATE - Leopold AUER - Eugène YSAŸE - Jenö HUBAY - Tivadar NACHEZ - John DUNN - Karol GRIGOROWICH - Willy BURMESTER - Carl FLESCH - Fritz KREISLER

The GREAT VIOLINISTS Volume II - JAN KUBELIK

The Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor and the Carmen Fantasia demonstrate that Jan Kubelik possessed one of the most sovereign violin techniques ever heard. Recordings from 1902 to 1934, including complete Supraphon recordings and private recordings.

The HAROLD WAYNE Collection - Volume III

Francesco MARCONI (5 tracks) - Angelica PANDOLFINI - Fernando VALERO - Eugenio GIRALDONI - Giovanni ZENATELLO - Gemma BELLINCIONI - Fiorello GIRAUD from G&T recordings

PETER ALLANSON, baritone & Stephen BETTERIDGE, piano

An Album of Victorian Songs by Balfe - Sterndale Bennett - Hatton - Loder - Pearson - Sullivan including Sullivan's cycle 'The Window' or 'The Love of the Wrens'

The GREAT VIOLINISTS Volume III - MAY HARRISON

Bax - Delius - Moeran - Warlock from private recordings c.1936-1937

MAX ROSTAL, violin & COLIN HORSLEY, piano

Debussy - Schubert - Schumann - Stravinsky

WILLEM MENGELBERG

conducts the New York P.O., the New York P.S.O. & the Concertgebouw Orchestra - recordings from 1923 to 1938

MAX ROSTAL

plays music by Bach, Beethoven, Biber & Tartini OUT OF PRINT

ARTHUR NIKISCH (1855-1922)

conducts the London Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

Nikisch was admired by Sir Adrian Boult, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Richard Strauss and Arturo Toscanini.
An outstanding record of performing practice from the late 19th/early 20th centuries.
The first time a complete symphony was recorded by a significant conductor.
Complete Orchestral Recordings 1913 to c.1921
Original Issue 1991 - Remastered 2005 by Authentic Transfer Process

"I heard Arthur Nikisch in Hamburg in 1920 or 21; my father used to buy tickets for me to hear important musicians, it was part of my education.
Nikisch had the sonority of Stokowski and the élan ofBeecham." - Berthold Goldschmidt

THOMAS WAKEFIELD - A Recital to Commemorate Liszt's British Isles Tour 1840-1841

Overture-William Tell (Rossini-Liszt), Serenade (Schubert-Liszt), Reminiscences de Norma (Bellini-Liszt) etc.

Sir THOMAS BEECHAM, Bart.

Special price re-issue - two discs for the price of one.
a) A selection of recordings of the years 1910 to 1918, mainly of material which Sir Thomas never recorded again, and including the six Odeon records.
b) From a concert in the Queen's Hall in 1936 Symphony No.3 in F (now No.5) Op.76 (Dvorak) and an excerpt from Beethoven's 7th Symphony.
c) A programme of popular classical works presented by Beecham's Pills Ltd. on Radio Luxembourg and introduced by Sir Thomas in 1939.
With the Beecham Symphony Orchestra & the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

MARKO ROTHMÜLLER, baritone & SUZANNE GYR, piano

Die Winterreise and 8 Lieder (Schubert)
Songs and Dances of Death (Mussorgsky)
Great interpretations from very rare Swiss EMI recordings of 1945

OPERA at La SCALA

ZENATELLO - COBELLI - MERLI - SCACCIATI - MASINI - LAURI-VOLPI - ZANELLI

The HAROLD WAYNE Collection - Volume X

ALCHEVSKY - CHALIAPIN - KUZNETSOVA - LABINSKY - OREL - SHARONOV From Russian G&T recordings 1902-1904

KATHARINA WOLPE plays Arnold Schoenberg

The Complete Solo Piano Works Newly Remastered

The HAROLD WAYNE Collection - Volume XI

EMMA CARELLI - GIUSEPPE de LUCA - AMELIA PINTO From G&T recordings 1902-1904