Albert Coates

Albert Coates (23 April 1882 – 11 December 1953) was an English conductor and composer. Born in Saint Petersburg where his English father was a successful businessman, he studied in Russia, England and Germany, before beginning his career as a conductor in a series of German opera houses. He was a success in England conducting Wagner at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1914, and in 1919 was appointed chief conductor of the London Sympho...

COATES conducts Russian Music (1922-24) - PASC297

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TCHAIKOVSKY - Symphony No. 5
TCHAIKOVSKY - Francesca da Rimini
BORODIN - Prince Igor - Ballet

Acoustic HMV recordings 1922-1924
Total duration: 68:50

The Symphony Orchestra
Albert Coates, conductor

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COATES Mozart: Symphony No. 41; Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 (1926-27) - PASC455

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MOZART Symphony No. 41
MOZART The Impresario, Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3

HMV Studio Recordings ∙ 1926 – 1927
Total duration: 71:42

Albert Coates, conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
"Symphony Orchestra"

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COATES Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 etc. (1926-30) - PASC301

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TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, "Pathétique"
TCHAIKOVSKY March Slave
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
GLINKA Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture

Electric HMV recordings 1926-1930
Total duration: 74:46

Albert Coates, conductor
London Symphony Orchestra

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COATES The Pristine Collection - transfers by Ward Marston (1921-30) - PABX024

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BACH (ARR ELGAR) - Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
BEETHOVEN - Gratulations-Menuett
BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus - Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
TCHAIKOVSKY - Symphony No. 5
TCHAIKOVSKY - Francesca da Rimini
BORODIN - Prince Igor - Ballet
MOZART - Symphony No. 41, 'Jupiter'
MOZART - Der Schauspieldirektor - Overture
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 7
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, "Pathétique"
TCHAIKOVSKY March Slave
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
GLINKA Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Coq d'Or - suite
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
RAVEL Ma Mère l'Oye - Suite
Music by GLINKA, LIADOV, DEBUSSY
STRAVINSKY Petrushka Ballet
BORODIN Prince Igor - excerpts
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Czar Sultan - Suite
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV May Night - Overture
MUSSORGSKY Khovanshchina: Persian Dances

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COATES, BLECH Wagner: The Potted Ring, Vol. 1 (1926-32) - PACO107

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WAGNER The Potted Ring - Volume One
DAS RHEINGOLD
DIE WALKÜRE

Studio recordings, 1926-32
Total duration: 2hr 33:07

Frida Leider ∙ Friedrich Schorr ∙ Emmi Leisner
Florence Austral ∙ Walter Widdop ∙ Göta Ljungberg
Albert Coates ∙ Leo Blech, conductors

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COATES, BLECH Wagner: The Potted Ring, Vol. 3 (1926-31) - PACO118

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WAGNER The Potted Ring - Volume 3: Götterdämmerung, Motives and Extras

Studio recordings, 1926-31
Total duration: 2hr 23:59 and 60:30

Florence Austral ∙ Walter Widdop
Rudolf Laubenthal ∙ Maartje Offers ∙ Ivar Andrésen
Lauritz Melchior ∙ Friedrich Schorr
Götterdämmerung: Albert Coates ∙ Leo Blech
Appendix: Lawrance Collingwood ∙ Leo Blech ∙ Karl Muck

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