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ELGAR "Enigma" Variations
ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance Marches 1 & 4
Recorded in 1953
Duration: 43:10
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Malcolm Sargent
ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Recorded in 1945
Duration:1hr 30:04
Heddle Nash, Gladys Ripley,
Dennis Noble, Norman Walker
Huddersfield Choral Society
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor
GILBERT & SULLIVAN The Pirates of Penzance
SULLIVAN Cylinder Recordings
Studio recording, 1959-60, Additional recordings, 1899-1914
Total duration: 1 hr 50:19
George Baker Major-General Stanley
Monica Sinclair Ruth
James Milligan The Pirate King
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
The Pro Arte Orchestra
Conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent
GILBERT & SULLIVAN HMS Pinafore
GILBERT & SULLIVAN The Pirates of Penzance
Studio recordings, 1929 & 1930
Total duration: 2hr 30:57
Cast and Chorus
London Symphony & Light Opera Orchestras
conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent
HOLST The Planets
Recorded in 1954
Duration 47:12
London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
SHAKESPEARE/MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night's Dream
Recorded 23 & 26 July (orchestra) and 11, 16 – 20 August 1954 (actors) in EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London.
Total duration: 2hr 25:23
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor
WALTON Troilus and Cressida (original version)
Live recording, 1954
Total duration: 2hr 18:27
Richard Lewis, Troilus
Magda Laszlo, Cressida
Frederick Dalberg, Calkas
Geraint Evans, Antenor
Peter Pears, Pandarus
Covent Garden Opera Chorus & Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor
ORFF Carmina Burana
Recorded in 1956 under the personal supervision of Carl Orff
Total duration: 57:11
Agnes Giebel, soprano
Marcel Cordes, baritone
Paul Kuén, tenor
Chorus of the Westdeustchen Rundfunk
Cologne Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester
conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch
BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos. 5, 6, 8, Leonora Overture
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”
Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Mark Obert-Thorn
Total duration: 2hr 9:08
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Franz Schalk, conductor
J. S. BACH Mass in B minor, BWV.232
Recorded in 1950
Duration: 2hr 04:40
Emmy Loose (soprano)
Hilde Ceska (soprano)
Gertrud Burgstaler-Schuster (contralto)
Anton Dermota (tenor)
Alfred Poell (bass)
Vienna Akademie Kammerchor
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Hermann Scherchen
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
Recorded in 1954
Total duration: 52:32
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Hermann Scherchen
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
BEETHOVEN Six Overtures
Recorded 1954
Total duration: 71:48
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna State Opera Orchestra
conducted by Hermann Scherchen