Golden Years of the Gramophone

5 85911 2 ADD Mono REISSUE 78'25" 2004 EMI Records Ltd

London Philharmonic Orchestra; Thomas Beecham, conductor; Ernest Lough, treble; Temple Church Choir; George Thalben-Ball, organ, director; Alex Harris, trumpet; Harold Dawber, organ; Hallé Orchestra; Hamilton Harty, conductor; G Pavlenko, alto; Choir of the Russian Church of the Metropolitan of Paris; Nicolai Afonsky, director; Myra Hess, piano; Alessandro Moreschi, castrato; Peter Dawson, bass-baritone; Herbert Dawson, organ; Anni Frind, soprano; Chorus and Orchestra of the Grosse Schauspielhaus Berlin; Ernst Hauke, conductor; Richard Tauber, tenor; Arthur Dulay, piano; Charles Williams Concert Orchestra; Charles Williams, conductor; Manchester School Children's Choir; Gertrude Riall, choir mistress; Luton Girls' Choir; George Melachrino, conductor; Clyde Twelvetrees, cello; Elisabeth Schumann, soprano; George Reeves, piano; Feodor Chaliapin, bass; George de Godzinsky, piano; Charles-Marie Widor, organ; Richard Crooks, tenor; Herbert Dawson, organ; John Barbirolli, conductor; Florence Foster Jenkins, soprano; Cosme McMoon, piano; Joan Hammond, soprano; Leslie Heward, conductor; Paul Robeson, bass; Clifford Greenwood, conductor; Harold Williams, baritone; Malcolm McEachern, bass; Victoria de los Angeles, soprano; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano; Gerald Moore, piano

Handel: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon); Mendelssohn: O, for the wings of a dove (Hear my Prayer); Jeremiah Clarke (attrib Purcell, arr Wood): Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince of Denmark's March); Grechaninov: The Creed (Second Liturgy of St John Chrysostom); Bach (arr Hess): Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Cantata 147); Bach-Gounod: Ave Maria; Sullivan: The Lost Chord; Johann Strauss II arr Ralph Benatzky: Nun's Chorus (Casanova); Franz Lehár: You are my heart's delight (The Land of Smiles); Charles Williams: The Dream of Olwen (Edward Dryhurst 1947 film 'While I Live'); Purcell: Nymphs and Shepherds (The Libertine); arr Katie Moss: The Floral Dance; Reginald Morgan: Count Your Blessings; Walford Davies: Solemn Melody; Brahms: Wiegenlied Op 49 No 4; Musorgsky: Song of the Flea; Widor: Toccata (Allegro) (Organ Symphony No 5 in F minor Op 42 No 1); Stephen Adams: The Holy City; Mozart: Der Hölle Rache (Die Zauberflöte); Puccini: O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi); Jerome Kern: Ol' Man River (Show Boat); Offenbach: Gendarmes' Duet (Geneviève de Brabant); G Berthold: Duetto buffo di due gatti