Harold Williams
Harold Williams (1893-1976) was an Australian baritone, one of the important British-based singers of the early and mid-twentieth century. He was admired in oratorio, song and concert repertory.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Handel, Beethoven, Harty and Boult’s Mahler Eighth, among other British and choral recordings.
Williams’s singing combined firm tone, clear diction and the breadth needed for large choral works. He...
Studio recording, 1927
Total duration: 2hr 4:04
Muriel Brunskill contralto
Hubert Eisdell tenor
Harold Williams bass
Orchestra and BBC Choir
Sir Thomas Beecham conductor
MAHLER Symphony No. 5
MAHLER Symphony No. 7
MAHLER Symphony No. 8 'Symphony of a Thousand'
Live broadcast recordings, 1947/48
Total duration: 3hr 47:48
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Chorus & Soloists
conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
Recorded 1927
Duration 62'13"
Principals, Chorus & Orchestra of the British National Opera Company
Conductor: Eugene Goossens Snr.
ROSSINI Il barbiere di Siviglia
Stereo studio recording, 1962
Total duration: 2hr 21:14
Figaro – Sesto Bruscantini
Rosina – Victoria de los Angeles
Il conte d’Almaviva – Luigi Alva
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Vittorio Gui
ELGAR Enigma Variations
BAX Overture to a Picaresque Comedy*
HARTY With the Wild Geese
HARTY Scherzo from An Irish Symphony
DAVIES Solemn Melody for Organ and Orchestra
ELGAR Dream Children
ELGAR The Apostles - By The Wayside
Studio recordings, 1926-1935
Total duration: 74:52
Hallé Orchestra & Chorus
*London Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Sir Hamilton Harty
BEETHOVEN The 9 Symphonies - and more
conducted by
Sir George Henschel
Sir Thomas Beecham
Sir Henry J Wood
Sir Hamilton Harty
Felix Weingartner
Recorded 1926 & 1927
