Landon Ronald
Sir Landon Ronald (1873-1938) was an English conductor, pianist and administrator, one of the important British musical figures of the early recording era. He was closely associated with the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra and the recording industry.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in early electrical and concerto recordings, including Alfred Cortot, Mark Hambourg and the 1925 recording-history anthology.
Ronald’s significance ...
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4
SAINT-SAËNS Danse Macabre
BIZET Petite Suite
Music by CHOPIN, MEYERBEER, MASCAGNI, SCHUBERT & many more
Studio and Live Recordings, 1920 - 1925
Total duration: 2hr 20:22
Alfred Cortot
Jesse Crawford
Giuseppe De Luca
Art Gillham
Mischa Levitzki
Margarete Matzenauer
Landon Ronald
Leopold Stokowski
and many more
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
BACH Brandenburg Concertos
BACH (ARR. CORTOT) Organ Concerto No. 5
Studio recordings, 1927-1937
Total duration: 2hr 15:24
Alfred Cortot, piano, conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Landon Ronald, conductor
Gabriel Bouillon, violin
Roger Cortet, flute
Jacques Thibaud, violin
Orchestre de l'Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
Recorded in 1926 and 1929
Total duration: 63:28
Mark Hambourg, piano
Royal Albert Hall Orchestra
conducted by Landon Ronald
London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Malcolm Sargent
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
Recorded in 1935
Duration: 25:30
Fritz Kreisler, violin
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Landon Ronald
J. S. BACH Concerto for 2 Violins
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1
KREISLER Violin Concerto (in the style of Vivaldi)
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4
PAGANINI (arr., KREISLER) Violin Concerto in One Movement
Studio recordings, 1915-1945
Total duration: 3hr 27:33
Fritz Kreisler, violin
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Victor String Orchestra
conductors: Sir Landon Ronald, Eugene Goossens, Leo Blech, Eugene Ormandy, Donald Voorhees
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4
Studio recordings, 1935-38
Total duration: 2hr 14:48
Fritz Kreisler, violin
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors: John Barbirolli, Sir Landon Ronald, Malcolm Sargent