Catalogue

THE SYMPOSIUM OPERA COLLECTION VOLUME 3

Charles Dalmorès (1871-1939) and Louis Cazette (1887-1922)

Two most polished stylish French tenors

THE SYMPOSIUM OPERA COLLECTION VOLUME 4

Operatic music sung by Emma Eames (1865-1952) and 1939 interview.

One of the most brilliant pupils of the Marchesi school

THE SYMPOSIUM OPERA COLLECTION VOLUME 5

A Recital of opera, oratorio and songs
sung by Pol Plançon (1854-1914)

Regarded by many as the most polished
bass on record.  

THE GREAT VIOLINISTS VOLUME 10 VÁSA PRÍHODA

VÁSA PRÍHODA'S tone and technique are breathtaking

An individual and powerful musician with a transcendental technique, of which the breath-taking double-stopping is but one feature. Heard here in superb sound on recordings of 1935 to 1938.

RARE RECORDS of FAMOUS TENORS

A Feast for lovers of the Tenor Voice

Gaetano PINI-CORSI - Edoardo FERRARI-FONTANA - Mario GILION Manuel UTOR - Erik SCHMEDES - Vasili DAMAEV - Andrej LABINSKI - David JUSHIN - Modest MENZINSKY - Peter RAITSCHEFF - Paul FRANZ - Giovanni MARTINELLI (Edison Electric, 1929)

THE GREAT VIOLINISTS VOLUME 11 TOM JENKINS

TOM JENKINS with DOROTHY BOND & JACK BYFIELD

"I am now taking you over to the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne." 

TOM JENKINS (1910-1957), a pupil of Carl Flesch, was a master equally of classical and light repertoire.
He was praised for his Brahms and Mendelssohn concerti.
He is heard here in a programme of music by Dvorak, Ponce, Wieniawsky, Bach, Ries, Schubert, Kreisler, Chopin, de Sarasate and Suk.
Also Dorothy Bond (soprano)

MARIAN ANDERSON, contralto (1897-1993)

One of the great women of the 20th century sings
spirituals, operatic arias and Lieder.

FRANZ SCHREKER (1878-1934)

By 1930 in Germany Franz Schreker was the most performed opera composer of his generation, but under fascism his music was suppressed and his career cut short by a stroke. Schreker was also a gifted conductor.

On 2 CDs every known surviving recording of him as a conductor of his own music (including records with his wife, Maria Schreker) + a third CD FREE of his recordings of other composers' music. 3CDs - Three for the price of Two

IDOMENEO

The Glyndebourne performance of 1951,
with a superb cast under the great conductor, Fritz Busch

Alfred Einstein felt this to be 'one of those works that even a genius of the highest rank like Mozart, could write only once in his life.'
Perhaps the greatest production ever of this sadly neglected masterpiece.
Richard Lewis, Leopold Simoneau, Sena Jurinac, Birgit Nilsson, Alfred Poell, Alexander Young and Bruce Dargavel

Bar code: 7 60411 27402 4

DANIEL GOITI

Recital by the brilliant Romanian pianist.

Daniel Goiti plays music by Liszt, Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Enescu and Ravel

LORD BERNERS (1883-1950)

A leading English avant-garde composer of the inter-war years,
he astonished Casella and Stravinsky with his advanced style and originality.
Irony and parody abound in songs and music for theatre, ballet and film.
From première recordings.
Also private recordings by Lord Berners himself.

SONGS OF F. PAOLO TOSTI

The popularity of Italian opera tends to make us overlook the very fine work of Italian song writers.  Here, some of the greatest singers, including Patti, Battistini, Eames, De Lucia, Tetrazzini, Caruso, Anselmi and McCormack, offer a recital of songs by Paolo Tosti.

The VERDI REVIVAL in the WEIMAR REPUBLIC

recalled through the art of Meta Seinermeyer, Ivar Andrésen, Heinrich Schlusnus, Helge Roswaenge, Alexander Kipnis, Wilhelm Strienz and Fritz Busch.

A Survey of European ZONOPHONE Recordings, 1901-1903

In the first years of the 20th century the one serious rival to the Gramophone & Typewriter Company was the International Zonophone Company. Here a selection, mainly of the famous and rare "Pale Blue Zonophones" to explain why G&T's answer was to buy out Zonophone.

THE GREAT VIOLINISTS VOLUME 12 FRITZ KREISLER

Fritz Kreisler plays
Bruch Concerto No.1 from test pressings belonging to Elgar, 1924.
Paganini 1st Concerto 1st movement, 1936.
Mendelssohn Concerto 1st mov. 17th July 1944.
Chausson Poème 1948
Mozart 4th Concerto 1st mov. 1945

THE SYMPOSIUM OPERA COLLECTION VOLUME 6

EMMY DESTINN (1878-1930) was one of the great dramatic sopranos
By the time of the later, more usually encountered records the voice was
tired and in decline. Here, a decade and more younger, is Destinn, the
overwhelming dramatic singer. A recital drawn from scenesfrom operas by
Weber, Meyerbeer, Thomas, Wagner, Verdi, Smetana, Puccini,
Kovarovik and Richard Strauss – .

MAURICE GRAU @ METROPOLITAN OPERA

LIVE PERFORMANCES at the METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE 1901 - 1903
Under Maurice Grau’s management audiences at the Metropolitan Opera heard casts which may have been equalled, but cannot have been surpassed. Fragments of these performances were recorded by the company's librarian on fragile cylinders.
Completely new transfers from the original 78RPM releases. Bar code: 7 60411 28402 3

MUSIC IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC - 'DIE DREIGROSCHENOPER'

The weaknesses and inadequacies of the Weimar Republic led to its downfall, but it was also an unparalleled epoch for art, literature, music and the sciences. Contemporary performances by members of the original cast, including LOTTE LENYA.

THE SYMPOSIUM OPERA COLLECTION VOLUME 7

HERMANN JADLOWKER (1877-1953)

This issue attempts to correct the impression, from his more commonly encountered
records, of a somewhat wooden artist with a rather hard voice. As the admiring Czar
remarked to the admiring Kaiser, "Your Lohengrin, but my subject."  A tenor, with an
astonishing head-voice and a superb trill, in a recital of arias by Mozart, Beethoven,
Auber, Weber, Meyerbeer, Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Goldmark, Napravnik & Tchaikovsky.

THE GREAT VIOLINISTS VOLUME 13

ALBERT SPALDING (1888-1953)
Generally regarded as the greatest American violinist
A recital of music by Tartini, Mozart and Spohr

MAJOR RARITIES OF THE FIRST DECADE

A selection of the world's rarest vocal recordings; many of them believed to be unique copies. Transfers using the Symposium Records Authentic Transfer Prosess

Including:
VICTOR CAPOUL - xPh 564-4 and 564-2
FÉLIA LITVINNE - Ich grolle nicht
ERNEST van DYCK On Homophone his status is much more apparent.
PIERRE GAILHARD - La Paloma, a 2nd take
GUILLAUME IBOS - Rigoletto & Werther
LUCIEN FUGÈRE - Pantophone Records
MAGGIE TEYTE - Because (d'Hardelot) 1908
EMMA ALBANI - Unpublished & Test Records 1903

H.M.S. PINAFORE

H.M.S. PINAFORE
From the very rare 1908 set by Odeon

'THE STARS WERE SHINING' - Broadcasts & Soundtracks 1926-1942

Lauritz Melchior, Tino Pattiera, Anna Case, Charles Hackett, Giuseppe de Luca, Richard Crooks, Lawrence Tibbett, Marguerita Grandi, Dino Borgioli, Jan Peerce & Anne Roselle
Bar code: 7 60411 29402 2

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

The young Bernstein

Sea Drift (John Alden Carpenter) and Symphony No.5 Op.47 (Shostakovich) 1944 concert.
An American in Paris (Gershwin) Studio 1947

 Bar code: 7 60411 29502 9

THE SYMPOSIUM OPERA COLLECTION VOLUME 8

FLORENCE EASTON

An operatic recital by one of England's greatest singers.
Includes 'O mio babbino caro' from Gianni Schicchi;
a role which she created.

Recordings from 1918 to 1942. Bar code: 7 60411 29602 6