Percy Pitt was instrumental in bringing Hans Richter to London for the famed Covent Garden Ring Cycles of the early 20th Century, and later on joined the fledgling BBC as its music director, making numerous records with the BBC Wireless Symphony Orchestra, including many “Operatic selections” both on Columbia and its sister label, Regal.
I’d recommend Daniel Chamier’s book “Percy Pitt of Covent Garden and the BBC”, published in 1938. Pitt died during the night of November 22nd 1932, probably from a heart attack. He was only 62. The book is very much a glowing tribute to the man, and therefore paints a very positive picture, but also makes clear that though he may not have been one of the greats, he was a very fine musician – a conductor, pianist, composer, arranger – and a very good music director both at Covent Garden and at the BBC. He spent a very fruitful time in mainland Europe as a student, and was competent in several languages. The letters between him and Richter quoted in the book suggest a very strong and close working relationship, particularly where it comes to their efforts to champion opera in English at Covent Garden, particularly focused around the English Ring of 1908. After that it was very much a losing battle with the syndicate to get opera in the vernacular in the house. It was left to the Beecham Opera Company and the Carl Rosa company to continue the fight, and to perform a wider repertoire than the very traditional one that the syndicate at Covent Garden promoted.
In the early years at the BBC Pitt conducted live broadcasts of several operas – Hansel and Gretel (the first live opera broadcast in Europe, complete on Jan 6 1923), The Magic Flute, Pagliacci, Siegfried, Marriage of Figaro, Faust and Madam Butterfly. Then there was a broadcast of La Boheme with Melba as Mimi.
Like Adrian Boult some years later, Pitt was forcibly retired from the BBC when he reached the age of 60, in January 1929. Hamilton Harty assumed that Pitt’s retirement was voluntary, and wrote to hope that it wasn’t for health reasons.
It’s a fascinating biography, and well worth seeking out a copy.
Prior to his work in the Columbia studios with the BBC Wireless SO, Pitt conducted for HMV – mainly as an accompanist for singers such as Louise Kirkby Lunn, Clarence Whitehill, Luisa Tetrazzini, Minnie Saltzmann-Stevens, Maria Gay, Emmy Destinn, John McCormack, Titta Ruffo, Fernand Ansseau, Miriam Licette, Edith Evans, Rosina Buckman, Robert Radford, Edna Thornton, Marie Louise Edvina, Graziella Pareto, Dmitri Smirnov, Florence Austral and Chaliapin. It’s also worth noting that Pitt did make some purely orchestral records with HMV: Wagner excerpts in particular, and interestingly in 1912, the 2 Intermezzi from Wolf-Ferrari’s Jewels of the Madonna – which he recorded again for Columbia in 1926.
NB – Hans Richter’s conducting is discussed in Filson Young’s 1911 study of music and musicians, “More Mastersingers”, within a section on The Art of the Conductor.
Percy Pitt – discography
Gramophone Company – Pitt conducting “orchestra” unless otherwise noted
20th December 1907 – Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano
2170f 053141 Rigoletto: Caro nome (Verdi)
2171f 053142 Mignon: Io son Titania (Thomas)
2172f 053150 Lakmé: Dov’è l’indiana bruna (Delibes)
2173f
2174f
2175f 053143 Dinorah: Ombra leggiera (Meyerbeer)
2176f 053144 Lucia di Lammermoor: Splendon le sacri faci (Donizetti)
2177f 053145 Le Nozze di Figaro: Voi che sapete (Mozart)
2178f 053146 Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa (Rossini)
2179f 053147 La Traviata: Follia! Follia! … Sempre libera (Verdi)
2180f 053148 Don Giovanni: Batti batti o bel Masetto (Mozart)
2181f
2182f
2183f
2184f
2185f
2186f
2187f
July 1908 – Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano – Pitt not credited in matrix listings; label for 053195 names him as conductor
2524f 053195 Romeo e Giulietta: Nella calma, Valzer (Gounod) DB542
2525f
2526f
August 1908 – Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano
2573f 053196 La Traviata: Ah fors’è lui (Verdi)
2574f Mignon: Io son Titania (Thomas) EMI CDH 7 68303 2
2575f
2576f
2577f
September 1908 – Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano
2585f Die Zauberflöte: Gli angui d’inferno (Mozart) EMI CDH 7 63803 2
2586f 053197 Voci di Primavera, Walzer (Johann Strauss) (with piano, Pitt)
2587f
2588f
2589f
2590f
2591f
10th February 1909 – Peter Cornelius, tenor (in Danish)
2800f Die Walküre: Vinterstorme (Wagner)
2801f 042198 Die Walküre: Vinterstorme (Wagner) 082034 082036 M43
2802f 082043 Hun sover i ly (Rosenfeld)
2803f 042199 Fliegende Holländer: Styrmandsang – Fra det stormende hav (Wagner) 082033 M43
12th February 1909 – Minnie Saltzmann-Stevens, soprano; Clarence Whitehill, baritone
2811f Die Walküre: Seek not, o maiden (Wagner)
2812f 04041 Die Walküre: Seek not, o maiden (Wagner) HMB106
12th February 1909 – Clarence Whitehill, baritone
2813f 2-042000 Die beiden Grenadiere (Schumann)
2814f 042196 Tannhäuser: Wohl wüsst‘ ich (Wagner)
2815f Tannhäuser: O Star of Eve
15th February 1909 – Minnie Saltzmann-Stevens, soprano
2816f 03135 Götterdämmerung: Closing scene (Wagner), in English
2817f Götterdämmerung: Closing scene (Wagner), in English
15th February 1909 – Minnie Saltzmann-Stevens, soprano; Peter Cornelius, tenor
2818f Walküre: Siegfried, sieh’ auf mich (Wagner)
2819f 044107 Walküre: Wer bist Du, sag’ (Todesverkündigung) HMB106
2820f 044111 Siegfried: Dich lieb’ ich (Wagner)
15th February 1909 – Clarence Whitehill, baritone
2821f 042197 Das Rheingold: Abendlich strahlt (Wagner)
2822f Das Rheingold: Abendlich strahlt (Wagner)
20th May 1909 – Louise Kirkby Lunn, contralto
3069f Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s’ouvre (Saint-Saëns)
3070f Samson et Dalila: Printemps qui commencent
3071f Samson et Dalila: Printemps qui commencent
3072f 03146 Faust: When all was young (Gounod)
3073f Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s’ouvre (Saint-Saëns)
3074f Don Carlos: O don fatale (Verdi)
3075f Don Carlos: O don fatale (Verdi)
25th May 1909 – Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano
3076f 053222 Un Ballo in Maschera: Saper vorreste (Verdi)
3077f 053223 Lucia di Lammermoor: Regnava nel silenzio (Donizetti) DB528
3078f 053224 Lucia di Lammermoor: Quando rapita in estasi DB528
3079f 053225 Carnevale di Venezia (Benedict), pt 1
3080f 053226 Carnevale di Venezia (Benedict), pt 2
25th May 1909 – Louise Kirkby-Lunn, contralto with Percy Pitt, piano
3086f 03182 a) Love is a dream (Pitt); b) O that we two were maying (Nevin)
3087f 03174 When the stars were young (Rubens)
3088f 03142 Three fishers went sailing (Hullah)
3089f A white rose (Pitt)
2nd June 1909 – Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano
3101f 053227 La Sonnambula: Ah non credea (Bellini), with cello obbligato
3102f 053228 I Pescatori di Perle: Siccome un dì (Bizet) DB544
2nd June 1909 – Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano with Percy Pitt, piano
3103f 053229 Aprile (Tosti) DB538
3104f 053230 La serenata (Tosti)
29th June 1909 – Louise Kirkby-Lunn, contralto
3196f 2-053001 La Clemenza di Tito: Non più di fiori (Mozart)
3197f 2-053000 Don Carlos: O don fatale (Verdi)
3198f Samson et Dalila: Printemps qui commencent (Saint-Saëns)
3199f 2-033001 Samson et Dalila: Printemps qui commencent (Saint-Saëns)
(3200 to 3399 not used, presumably omitted in error)
3400f Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s’ouvre (Saint-Saëns)
3401f 2-033002 Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s’ouvre (Saint-Saëns)
5th July 1909 – Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano
3423 2-053012 I Pescatori di Perle: Brahma gran dio (Bizet) DB544
3424 Romeo e Giulietta: Valzer (Gounod)
3425 Romeo e Giulietta: Valzer (Gounod)
3426 2-053013 Mirella: Valzer (Gounod) DB703
3426-2 Mirella: Valzer (Gounod) (transfer from 3426)
3427 Mignon: Polacca (Thomas)
28th July 1909 – Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano
3551 2-063001 Las Hijas del Zebedeo: Carceleras (Chapi)
5th November 1909 – Maria Gay, mezzo-soprano
3797f 2-033017 Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s’ouvre (Saint-Saëns)
3798f Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s’ouvre (Saint-Saëns)
3799f Samson et Dalila: Printemps qui commencent
3800f 2-063003 Carmen: Habanera (Bizet)
3801f Carmen: Habanera (Bizet)
3802f 2-033019 Berceuse (Flies-Mozart)
8th November 1909 – Maria Gay, mezzo-soprano
3803f 2-053018 Il Trovatore: Stride la vampa (Verdi) VB31
3804f 2-053011 Il Trovatore: Giorni poveri (Condotta all’era)
3805f Carmen: Seguidille (Bizet)
3806f 2-063002 Carmen: Air des cartes
3807f 2-053016 Don Giovanni: Vedrai carina (Mozart)
3808f Samson et Dalila: Printemps qui commencent (Saint-Saëns)
3809f 2-053017 Orfeo ed Eurydice: Che farò (Gluck)
9th November 1909 – Maria Gay, mezzo-soprano
3810f Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni)
3811f Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete (Mascagni)
3812f 2-033018 Samson et Dalila: Amour viens aider (Saint-Saëns)
3813f 2-033016 Alceste: Divinités du Styx (Gluck)
3814f Orfeo ed Eurydice: Deh placatevi con me (Gluck), with chorus
3815f Orfeo ed Eurydice: Deh placatevi con me (Gluck), with chorus
3816f 2-063000 Carmen: Chanson boema – Les tringles (Bizet)
3817f Carmen: Chanson boema – Les tringles (Bizet)
30th June 1910 – Francis Macmillen, violin with New Symphony Orchestra
4259f Piano concerto (Mendelssohn) (Violin concerto)
4260f 07924 Concerto in A Op 28: Air (Goldmark) 047933
2nd November 1910 – Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano
4576f 2-053035 Linda di Chamounix: O luce di quest’anima (Donizetti)
4577f 2-053033 I Vespri Siciliani: Mercè diletti amichi (Verdi)
4578f 2-053034 Semiramide: Bel raggio (Rossini) DB537 VB15
4579f 2-053030 L’eco (Erhardt)
4580f 2-053031 Peer Gynt: Canzone di Solveig (Grieg)
4581f 2-053032 Armino: Pur dicesti (Lotti) not used
16th June 1911 – Louise Kirkby-Lunn, contralto with Percy Pitt, piano
5085f 03245 Auld Robin Gray (trad)
3rd July 1911 – Emmy Destinn, soprano; John McCormack, tenor
5130f Mira la bianca luna (Rossini)
5131f Mira la bianca luna (Rossini)
3rd July 1911 – Emmy Destinn, soprano
5132f Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo (Puccini) 76140
5133f 2-053052 Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo (Puccini) 76141
5134f 2-053053 La Tosca: Vissi d’arte (Puccini)
6th July 1911 – Emmy Destinn, soprano; Louise Kirkby Lunn, contralto
5143f 2-054020 La Gioconda: L’amo come il fulgor del creato (Ponchielli)
5144f 2-054020X La Gioconda: L’amo come il fulgor del creato (Ponchielli) DB517
5145f 2-054023 Aida: Ebben, qual nuovo fremito (Verdi)
6th July 1911 – Emmy Destinn, soprano
5146f Aida: L’insana parola … Ritorna vincitor! (Verdi)
5147f 2-053054 Aida: L’insana parola … Ritorna vincitor! (Verdi) 76157 DB646
18th July 1911 – Emmy Destinn, soprano; John McCormack, tenor
5203f 2-054019 Mira la bianca luna (Rossini) DK123 IRX1015
18th July 1911 –John McCormack, tenor; Mario Sammarco, baritone
5204f La Gioconda: O grido di quest’anima (Ponchielli)
5205f 2-054021 Il Barbiere di Siviglia: All’idea di quel metallo (Rossini) DB608 VB33 IRX1013
5206f 2-054022 La Gioconda: O grido di quest’anima (Ponchielli) DB608 VB33 IRX1013
20th September 1911 – Louise Kirkby-Lunn, contralto – Pitt not credited in matrix listings; label for 2-033028 names him as conductor
z5469f 2-033031 Samson et Dalila: Printemps qui commencent (Saint-Saëns)
5470f Samson et Dalila: Printemps qui commencent (Saint-Saëns)
5471f Carmen: Pres des remparts de Séville, Seguidille (Bizet)
z5472f 2-033028 Carmen: Pres des remparts de Séville, Seguidille (Bizet) DB508
z5473f 2-033029 Carmen: L’amour est un oiseau rebelle, Habanera DB508
z5474f 03257 Faust: When all was young (Gounod)
31st October 1911 – Louise Kirkby-Lunn, contralto
5666f Rienzi: O righteous God (Wagner)
z5667f 03440 Rienzi: O righteous God (Wagner)
z5668f 03269 Elijah: O rest in the Lord (Mendelssohn)
z5669f 03272 Xerxes: Largo (Rest)(Handel), organ STANLEY ROPER
5670f Xerxes: Largo (Rest)(Handel), organ STANLEY ROPER
5671f Don Carlos: O don fatale (Verdi)
2nd April 1912 – Louise Kirkby-Lunn, contralto with Percy Pitt, piano
6215f In sweet September (Hope Temple)
ah15118e One spring morning (Nevin)
ah15119e One spring morning (Nevin)
ah15120e Love is a dream (Pitt)
ah15121e Love is a dream (Pitt)
ah15122e 3913 Little brown bird (del Riego) DA435
11th July 1912 – Louise Kirkby-Lunn, contralto
z6316f 2-053074 La Gioconda: Voce di donna (Ponchielli)
6317f Alceste: Divinités du Styx (Gluck)
6318f Alceste: Divinités du Styx (Gluck)
z6319f 03302 The Prodigal Son: Love not the world (Sullivan)
z6320f 2-053075 Rinaldo: Lascia ch’io piango (Handel) DB505
13th July 1912 – Louise Kirkby-Lunn, contralto with Percy Pitt, piano, plus organ
z6326f There is a green hill (Gounod), with piano & organ
z6327f 03316 There is a green hill (Gounod), with piano & organ DB503
6328f The lost chord (Sullivan), with piano & organ
z6329f 03325 The lost chord (Sullivan), with piano & organ
z6330f 03295 a) Rose in the bud (Dorothy Forster);
b) It is not because your heart is mine (Herman Löhr)
z6331f 03287 In sweet September (Hope Temple)
6332f Golden days (Sullivan)
z6333f Golden days (Sullivan))
y15320e 3918 Down here the lilacs fade (Maud)
22nd August 1912 – Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pitt
HO223ai 020675 Le Cosakchoque (Dargomizhsky) 0760 030638 W78
HO223½ai Le Cosakchoque (Dargomizhsky)
HO224ai Valse caprice (Rubinstein)
HO224½ai Valse caprice (Rubinstein)
HO225ai 0758 I Gioielli della Madonna: Intermezzo after Act 2 (Wolf-Ferrari) 030599 040725,
2-0250580, D194 S4096 W65
HO226ai 0759 I Gioielli della Madonna: Intermezzo after Act 3 030600 040726 2-0250581
D194 S4096 W65
HO227ai I Gioielli della Madonna: Intermezzo after Act 3
HO228ai Test No title
HO229ai Test No title
HO230ai 020699 Valse caprice (Rubinstein)
17th October 1912 – Orchestra (Imperial Philharmonic Orchestra) conducted by Pitt
z6696f Philemon & Baucis: Vulcan’s song (Gounod), accompaniment only
z6697f 0797 Petite Suite de Concert: Demande et réponse (Coleridge Taylor)
z6698f 0798 Petite Suite de Concert: Un sonnet d‘amour
21st October 1912 – Clarence Whitehill, baritone
y15829e Faust: The Calf of Gold (Gounod)
y15830e 4-2235 Faust: The Calf of Gold (Gounod) DA522
24th December 1912 – Titta Ruffo, baritone
6933f 2-052075 La Favorita: Vien Leonora (Donizetti) AGSB91
16th September 1913 – Edmund Burke, tenor
7502f Thaïs: Venez, anges du ciel (Massenet)
7503f La Jolie Fille de Perth: Quand la flamme de l’amour (Bizet)
7504f Benvenuto Cellini: Combien de fois au jour (Diaz)
7505f Benvenuto Cellini: Combien de fois au jour (Diaz)
7506f Thaïs: Venez, anges du ciel (Massenet)
23rd October 1913 – Alice Lakin, soprano with Percy Pitt, piano
7569f Nobody else (Crimp)
7570f Nobody else (Crimp)
17098e Irish love song (Lang)
17099e Irish love song (Lang)
29th October 1914 – Louise Kirkby-Lunn, contralto with Percy Pitt, piano, Stanley Roper, organ
ak18447e 2-3054 A psalm of love (Forster) DA437
ak18448e 2-3042 Harvest (del Riego) DA433
ak18449e Harvest (del Riego)
ak18450e 2-3063 Soul of mine (Barnes) DA437
ak18451e Soul of mine (Barnes)
ak18452e I dream of a garden of sunshine (Lohr), with piano only
al8132f 03395 Entreat me not to leave thee (Gounod) DB504
8133f Entreat me not to leave thee (Gounod)
25th October 1915 – Nora d’Argel, soprano; William Samuell, baritone
HO2002ab Sincerity (E Clarke)
HO2003ab 2-4337 Friendship (Marzials) E104
HO1150ac 04139 Sincerity (Clarke) D297
HO1151ac 04158 Go, pretty rose (Marzials)
HO1152ac Go, pretty rose (Marzials)
HO1153ac Rigoletto: Dear child, recall not (Verdi)
HO1154ac 04140 Rigoletto: Dear child, recall not (Verdi) D298
HO1155ac 04141 Rigoletto: Gilda, Gilda D298
HO1156ac Rigoletto: Gilda, Gilda
1st November 1915 – Louise Kirkby-Lunn, contralto
HO1168ac Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s’ouvre (Saint-Saëns)
HO1169ac Samson et Dalila: Mon coeur s’ouvre (Saint-Saëns)
HO1170ac Samson et Dalila: Printemps qui commencent
HO1171ac 2-033031 Samson et Dalila: Printemps qui commencent DB509
HO1172ac 2-033031X Samson et Dalila: Printemps qui commencent DB509
HO1173ac Samson et Dalila: Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse
HO1174ac Samson et Dalila: Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse
5th November 1915 – Louise Kirkby-Lunn, contralto with Percy Pitt, piano
HO1194ac 03142X Three fishers (Hullah) DB511
HO1195ac 03448 On the banks of Allan Water (trad)
HO1196ac 03447 The land o’ the leal (trad) DB735
HO1197ac The land o’ the leal (trad)
HO2038ab O that we two were Maying (Nevin)
HO2039ab 2-3139 O that we two were Maying (Nevin)
HO2040ab Jock o’ Hazeldean (Scott)
HO2041ab 2-3138 Jock o’ Hazeldean (Scott) DA435
10th November 1915 – Jeanne Brola, soprano
HO1217ac 03449 La Tosca: The prayer (Vissi d’arte)(Puccini) D198
HO1218ac La Bohème: They call me Mimi (Puccini)
HO1219ac 03464 La Bohème: They call me Mimi (Puccini) D197
10th November 1915 – William Samuel, baritone
HO1220ac 02631 Romeo and Juliet: Queen Mab (Gounod) D274
HO1221ac 02614 The Tales of Hoffmann: Mirror song (Offenbach) D274
11th November 1915 – Louise Kirkby-Lunn, contralto
HO1222ac 2-053121 Orfeo ed Eurydice: Che farò (Gluck) DB505
HO1223ac 03257 Faust: When all was young (Gounod) DB503
HO1224ac Don Carlos: O don fatale (Verdi)
HO2061ab 7-33013 Carmen: Seguidille – Près des remparts de Séville (Bizet) DA436
HO2062ab 7-33012 Carmen: Habanera – L’amour est un oiseau rebelle DA436
30th November 1915 – Evelyn Matthews, soprano; John Harrison, tenor
HO1308ac 04147 Faust: Let me gaze (Gounod) D304
HO1309ac Faust: Let me gaze (The hour is late)
30th November 1915 – John Harrison, tenor, Chorus (Ernest Pike, Peter Dawson, Gee, Wynne)
HO1310ac The Mikado: A wand’ring minstrel (Sullivan)
HO1311ac The Mikado: A wand’ring minstrel (Sullivan)
HO1312ac The Tales of Hoffmann: Legend of Kleinsack (Offenbach)
HO1313ac The Tales of Hoffmann: Legend of Kleinsack (Offenbach)
17th December 1915 – Louise Kirkby-Lunn, contralto
HO1376 Mignon: Connais-tu le pays (Thomas)
HO1377 Faust: Flower song (Gounod)
HO1378 Faust: Flower song (Gounod)
HO1379 La Gioconda: Voce di donna (Ponchielli)
HO2250ab Mignon: Gavotte – Io veder (Thomas)
4th April 1916 – Miriam Licette, soprano
HO1724ac 2-053122 La Traviata: Ah, fors’è lui (Verdi) D109
HO1725ac La Traviata: Sempre libera
HO1726ac 2-053123 La Traviata: Sempre libera D109
HO1727ac 03482 Romeo and Juliette: Waltz song (Gounod) D113
HO1728ac Romeo and Juliette: Waltz song (Gounod)
4th April 1916 – Mayfair Orchestra, Pitt
HO2717ab 2-552 The Tales of Hoffmann: Intermezzo (Offenbach) B836
3rd May 1916 – Louise Kirkby-Lunn, contralto with Percy Pitt, piano
HO1807ac Daddy (Behrend)
HO1808ac 03499 Daddy (Behrend) DB514
HO1809ac 03287X In sweet September (Hope Temple) DB512
HO1810ac 03537 She wore a wreath of roses (Knight)
HO2816ab Memories (A memory)(Goring Thomas)
HO2817ab Memories (A memory)(Goring Thomas)
HO2818ab In sweet September (Hope Temple)
HO2819ab 2-3191 A memory (Goring Thomas) DA434
HO2820ab Slave song (del Riego)
13th July 1916 – Edith Evans, soprano with Percy Pitt, piano
HO1989af Cavalleria Rusticana: Santuzza’s romance (Mascagni)
HO1990af Cavalleria Rusticana: Santuzza’s romance (Mascagni)
HO1991af Ivanhoe: Lord of our chosen race (Sullivan)
HO1992af 03515 Ivanhoe: Lord of our chosen race (Sullivan) D220
HO1993af 03508 Trovatore: Breeze of the night (Verdi) D220
HO1994af Cavalleria Rusticana: Santuzza’s romance (Mascagni)
14th July 1916 – Flora Woodman, soprano
HO2001af Parla! Valzer (Arditi)
HO2002af 2-053125 Parla! Valzer (Arditi)
HO2941ae Cossack’s cradle song (arr Whishaw)
HO2942ae Ye banks and braes (old Scotch)
HO2943ae Ye banks and braes (old Scotch)
19th July 1916 – Miriam Licette, soprano
HO2013af 03514 The Magic Flute: Ah, I know it (Mozart) D110
HO2014af 2-033055 Mignon: Je suis Titania (Thomas) D112
27th July 1916 – Phyllis Lett, soprano
HO2048af The arrow and the song (Balfe)
HO2049af 03521 The arrow and the song (Balfe) D251
HO2989ae Creation’s hymn (Beethoven)
HO2990ae Creation’s hymn (Beethoven)
HO2991ae 2-3280 Ships that pass in the night (Stephenson)
24th October 1916 – Percy Pitt, piano
HO2257af Test Friend o’ mine (Sanderson)
1st November 1916 – Rosina Buckman, soprano; Walter Hyde, tenor
HO2287af Romeo and Juliette: O shrine of beauty (Gounod)
HO2288af 04195 Romeo and Juliette: O shrine of beauty (Gounod) D118
HO2289af La Traviata: Far from gay Paris (Verdi)
HO2290af 04187 La Traviata: Far from gay Paris (Verdi) D118
1st November 1916 – Walter Hyde, tenor
HO2291af Elijah: If with all your hearts (Mendelssohn)
HO2292af The Prodigal Son: I will arise (Sullivan)
HO2292½af 02700 The Prodigal Son: I will arise (Sullivan)
5th January 1917 – Jeanne Brola, soprano
HO2426af 03603 The Marriage of Figaro: Ye who have knowledge (Mozart) D198
HO2427af 03586 Dear heart (Mattei) D197
HO2428af Adonais, An elegy (Shelley-Landon Ronald)
15th May 1917 – Flora Woodman, soprano
HO3588ae The lass with the delicate air (Arne)
HO3589ae 2-3277 The lass with the delicate air (Arne)
HO3590ae A pastoral (Carey arr Lane Wilson)
HO3591ae 2-3288 A pastoral (Carey arr Lane Wilson)
HO3592ae The old folks at home (Foster), with piano, to the accompaniment of Dvořák’s Humoreske
HO3593ae The old folks at home (Foster), with piano, to the accompaniment of Dvořák’s Humoreske
15th May 1917 – Flora Woodman, soprano
HO2650af The echo (Eckert)
HO2651af 03574 The echo (Eckert) D289
19th June 1917 – Rosina Buckman, soprano
HO3634ae Waita poi (Maori love song)(Hill)
HO3635ae 2-3308 Waita poi (Maori love song)(Hill) E182
19th June 1917 – Rosina Buckman, soprano
HO2700af Il Trovatore: The night calm and serene (Verdi)
HO2701af 03591 Il Trovatore: The night calm and serene (Verdi) D99
HO2702af 03640 For ever with the Lord (Gounod) D97
HO2703af For ever with the Lord (Gounod)
19th July 1917 – Miriam Licette, soprano
HO2749af The Marriage of Figaro: Love, I pray on me take pity (Mozart)
HO2750af 03596 The Marriage of Figaro: Love, I pray on me take pity (Mozart) D111
HO2751af Goodbye (Tosti), with piano
HO2752af Goodbye (Tosti), with piano
HO2753af The Marriage of Figaro: Gone for ever (Dove sono)(Mozart)
HO2754af The Marriage of Figaro: Gone for ever (Dove sono)(Mozart)
HO2755af Louise: On that fair day (Charpentier)
HO2756af 03579 Louise: On that fair day (Charpentier)
11th December 1917 – Rosina Buckman, soprano; Walter Hyde, tenor
HO3004af Maritana: Oh, Maritana (Wallace)
HO3005af 04217 Maritana: Oh, Maritana (Wallace) D119
HO3006af Romeo and Juliette: O night of Hymen (Gounod)
11th December 1917 – Rosina Buckman, soprano
HO3007af 03610 It was a dream (Cowen) D97
11th December 1917 – Rosina Buckman, soprano; Walter Hyde, tenor
HO3008af Romeo and Juliette: O night of Hymen (Gounod)
HO3009af 04249 O lovely night (Ronald), with piano PERCY PITT D119
20th February 1918 – Robert Radford, bass
HO3085af Boris Godunov: My power is absolute (Musorgsky)
HO3086af 02792 Boris Godunov: My power is absolute (Musorgsky) D115
HO3087af 02812 The Marriage of Figaro: I’ll have vengeance (Mozart) D115
HO3088af 02819 The Flight from the Seraglio: When a maiden takes your fancy (Mozart) D114
HO3089af 02804 The Flight from the Seraglio: Ah, my pretty brace of fellows D114
HO3090af The Flight from the Seraglio: Ah, my pretty brace of fellows
22nd March 1918 – Jeanne Brola, soprano
HO3154af Ivan The Terrible: Olga’s aria (….. [?opera]
22nd March 1918 – Jeanne Brola, soprano
HO4030ae Pagliacci: Ballatella (Leoncavallo)
HO4031ae American Battle Hymn (Howe)
11th July 1918 – Edna Thornton, contralto, Walter Hyde, tenor
HO4274ae 3-4030 Il Trovatore: In the combat with me he contended (Verdi) E20
11th July 1918 – Edna Thornton, contralto; Walter Hyde, tenor
HO3363af Il Trovatore: If a moment I but linger (Verdi)
HO3364af 04250 Il Trovatore: If a moment I but linger (Verdi) D120
HO3365af Il Trovatore: Home to our mountains
HO3366af 04251 Il Trovatore: Home to our mountains D120
26th July 1918 – John Harrison, tenor
HO3403af Faust: All hail thou dwelling (Gounod)
HO3404af Faust: All hail thou dwelling (Gounod)
HO3405af 02809 Faust: All hail thou dwelling (Gounod) D229
HO3406af 02810 Pagliacci: On with the motley (Leoncavallo) D237
HO3407af Pagliacci: On with the motley (Leoncavallo)
HO3408af 02834 Carmen: Flower song (Bizet) D229
HO3409af Carmen: Flower song (Bizet)
26th August 1918 – Miriam Licette, soprano
HO3429af The Flight from the Seraglio: I am dreaming of the springtime (Mozart)
HO3430af 03634 The Flight from the Seraglio: I am dreaming of the springtime (Mozart) D112
HO3431af 03635 The Marriage of Figaro: Gone for ever those days of pleasure (Mozart) D111
HO3432af La Tosca: Vissi d’arte (Puccini)
HO3433af La Tosca: Vissi d’arte (Puccini)
12th September 1918 – Rosina Buckman, soprano
HO3447af Cavalleria Rusticana: Mother, you know the story (Mascagni)
HO3448af Cavalleria Rusticana: Mother, you know the story (Mascagni)
HO3449af La Bohème: They call me Mimi (Puccini)
HO3450af 03632 La Bohème: They call me Mimi (Puccini) D99
HO3451af Aida: O patria mia (Verdi)
HO3452af Aida: O patria mia (Verdi)
HO3453af 03633 Carmen: Micaela’s air (Bizet) D98
HO3454af Carmen: Micaela’s air (Bizet)
23rd September 1918 – Louise Kirkby-Lunn, contralto with Percy Pitt, piano
HO3465af The lover’s curse (Irish arr H Hughes)
HO3466af The lover’s curse (Irish arr H Hughes)
26th September 1918 – Louise Kirkby-Lunn, contralto with Percy Pitt, piano
HO3467af 03637 My ships (Barratt) DB511
HO3468af My ships (Barratt)
26th September 1918 – Louise Kirkby-Lunn, contralto with Percy Pitt, piano
HO4418ae 2-3331 Boat song (Stanford) DA438
HO4419ae 2-3311 Now sleeps the crimson petal (Quilter) DA434
HO4420ae I know where I’m going (arr H Hughes)
HO4421ae Robin Dale (Noel Johnson)
HO4422ae Robin Dale (Noel Johnson)
13th March 1919 – Miriam Licette, soprano
HO3647af The Flight from the Seraglio: Never more can hope delude me (Mozart)
HO3648af The Flight from the Seraglio: Never more can hope delude me (Mozart)
HO3649af Otello: Ave Maria (Verdi)
HO3650af Otello: Ave Maria (Verdi)
HO3651af 03648 Tannhäuser: Elisabeth’s greeting (Wagner) D110
19th June 1919 – Flora Woodman, soprano
HO3813af Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa (Rossini)
HO3814af Se saran rose (Arditi), in Italian
HO3815af 2-053170 Se saran rose (Arditi), in Italian (03715 not used) D465
HO3816af 2-053169 Semiramide: Bel raggio lusinghier (Rossini) (03714 not used) D465
HO3817af Semiramide: Bel raggio lusinghier (Rossini)
20th June 1919 – Olga Haley, soprano
HO3818af A soul’s anguish (M Phillips)
20th June 1919 – Olga Haley, soprano
HO4956ae Harp of the woodland (Easthope Martin)
HO4957ae Life and death (Coleridge Taylor)
HO4958ae Life and death (Coleridge Taylor)
30th June 1919 – Olga Haley ,soprano
HO3852af Semele: Where’er you walk (Handel)
HO3853af Semele: Where’er you walk (Handel)
30th June 1919 – Olga Haley, soprano
HO4972ae At night (Landon Ronald)
HO4973ae At night (Landon Ronald)
HO4974ae Carmen: Bohemian love song (Bizet)
HO4975ae 2-3352 Carmen: Bohemian love song (Bizet) E20
4th July 1919 – Fernand Ansseau, tenor with piano Mme Adami and orchestra
HO3857af 2-032034 Roméo et Juliette: Ah, lève-toi, soleil (Gounod)
HO3858af 2-032034X Roméo et Juliette: Ah, lève-toi, soleil (Gounod) DB486
HO3859af 2-032033 Carmen: Air de la fleur (Bizet)
HO3860af 2-032033X Carmen: Air de la fleur (Bizet) DB482
HO3861af Paillasse: Me grimer (Leoncavallo)
HO3862af 2-032035 Paillasse: Me grimer (Leoncavallo) DB483
HO3863af 2-032036 Au drapeau (Cornélis) DB484
25th July 1919 – Fernand Ansseau, tenor with piano Mme Adami and orchestra
HO3899af 2-032038 La Tosca: Le ciel luisait d’étoiles (Puccini) DB483
HO3900af La Tosca: Douce harmonie
HO3901af 2-032039 Werther: Invocation – O Nature (Massenet) DB485
HO3902af 2-032040 Werther: Le Désolation de Werther – J‘aurais sur ma poitrine DB485
25th July 1919 – Marie Louise Edvina, soprano, with piano Mrs Baker
HO3903af Le Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maisons (Debussy)
25th July 1919 – Marie Louise Edvina, soprano
HO3904af Louise: Depuis le jour (Charpentier)
5th November 1919 – Marie Louise Edvina, soprano with piano Mrs Baker and orchestra
HO4086af La Tosca: Vissi d’arte (Puccini)
HO4087af 2-033071 Louise: Depuis le jour (Charpentier) DB548
HO4088af Louise: Depuis le jour (Charpentier)
HO4089af 2-053150 La Tosca: Vissi d’arte (Puccini) DB548
23rd December 1919 – Stella Power soprano with John Cockerill, harp and orchestra
HO4206af Il Flauto Magico: Ah, lo so (Mozart)
HO4207-1af 2-053171 Romeo e Giulietta: Nella calma (Gounod)
HO4207-2af Romeo e Giulietta: Nella calma (Gounod)
HO4208-1af 2-053166 Lucia di Lammermoor: Regnava nel silenzio (Donizetti) D54
HO4208-2af Lucia di Lammermoor: Regnava nel silenzio
28th April 1920 – Louise Kirkby-Lunn, contralto with Percy Pitt, piano
HO5625-1ae Linden Lea (R Vaughan Williams)
HO5625-2ae Linden Lea (R Vaughan Williams)
29th April 1920 – Louise Kirkby Lunn, contralto with Percy Pitt, piano
HO4366-1af 03721 Little house of blessing (Lohr) DB514
HO4366-2af Little house of blessing (Lohr)
HO4367af L’esclave (Lalo)
HO4368af Gipsies (Peel)
19th May 1920 – Louise Kirkby Lunn, contralto with Percy Pitt, piano
HO4390af Three fishers went sailing (Hullah)
HO4391-1af 2-033082 Plaisir d’amour (Martini) DB510
HO4391-2af Plaisir d’amour (Martini)
20th May 1920 – Louise Kirkby-Lunn, contralto with flute, Mr Barton
HO5664-1ae By the waters of Minnetonka (Lieurance), with flute obbligato
HO5664-2ae By the waters of Minnetonka (Lieurance), with flute obbligato
29th May 1920 – Graziella Pareto, soprano
HO4414-1af I Pescatori di Perle: Siccome un dì (Bizet)
HO4414-2af 2-053178 I Pescatori di Perle: Siccome un dì (Bizet)
HO4415-1af Il bacio (Arditi)
HO4415-2af 2-053179 Il bacio (Arditi) DB564
HO4416-1af 2-053173 Don Pasquale: Quel guardo il cavaliere (Donizetti) DB567
HO4416-2af Don Pasquale: Quel guardo il cavaliere (Donizetti)
9th June 1920 – Fernand Ansseau, tenor
HO4427-1af Hérodiade: Ne pouvant reprimer (Massenet)
HO4427-2af 2-032056 Hérodiade: Ne pouvant reprimer (Massenet) DB623
HO4428-1af Aubade (Mattinata)(Redhegiere)
HO4428-2af 2-032055 Aubade (Mattinata)(Redhegiere)
9th June 1920 – Fernand Ansseau, tenor
HO5717-1ae 7-32035 Rigoletto: Qu’une belle (Verdi)
HO5717-2ae Rigoletto: Qu’une belle (Verdi)
10th June 1920 – Graziella Pareto, soprano
HO5718ae O bimba bimbetta (Sibella)
10th June 1920 – Graziella Pareto, soprano
HO4429-1af La Traviata: Ah, fors’è lui (Verdi)
HO4429-2af 2-053177 La Traviata: Ah, fors’è lui (Verdi) DB565
HO4430-1af Le Nozze di Figaro: Deh vieni non tardar (Mozart)
HO4430-2af 2-053176 Le Nozze di Figaro: Deh vieni non tardar (Mozart) DB567
HO4431-1af La Traviata: Sempre libera (Verdi)
HO4431-2af 2-053175 La Traviata: Sempre libera (Verdi) DB565
HO4432af 2-053174 O Bimba bimbetta (Sibella) DB564
29th June 1920 – Fernand Ansseau, tenor
HO4447-1af Joseph: Champs paternels (Méhul)
HO4447-2af 2-032057 Joseph: Champs paternels (Méhul) DB482 AGSB82
HO4448af 2-032058 Manon: Ah fuyez (Massenet) (not used)
HO4449af Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller (Massenet)
29th June 1920 – Fernand Ansseau, tenor
HO5747ae 7-32036 Werther: Pourquoi me réveiller (Massenet) DA427
2nd April 1921 – Marie Louise Edvina, soprano
Bb 32-1 Thaïs: Qui te fait si sévère (Massenet)
Bb 32-2 7-33037 Thaïs: Qui te fait si sévère (Massenet) DA447 VA48
Bb 33-1 Thaïs: L’amour est une vertue rare
Bb 33-2 7-3303 Thaïs: L’amour est une vertue rare DA447 VA48
Cc 34-1 Phidylé (Henri Duparc), piano PERCY PITT
Cc 34-2 2-033085 Phidylé (Henri Duparc), piano PERCY PITT DB547
Bb 35-1 Chanson triste (Henri Duparc), piano PERCY PITT
21st April 1921 – Rosina Buckman, soprano; Edna Thornton, contralto
Cc 85-1,2,3 Aida: Nay, tell me then, what new-fledged love (Verdi), pt 1
Cc 86-1,2 Aida: Nay, tell me then, what new-fledged love (Verdi), pt 2
(further takes on 2nd May)
22nd April 1921 – Dmitri Smirnov, tenor
Cc 87-1 Sadko: Hindu song (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Cc 87-2 2-022003 Sadko: Hindu song (Rimsky-Korsakov) DB581
Bb 88-1 7-22008 Dobrinya Nikitich: Flowers are blooming (Grechaninov) (not used)
Bb 89-1 7-52174 Maria Mari (di Capua) DA463
Bb 89-2 Maria Mari (di Capua)
29th April 1921 – Dmitri Smirnov, tenor
Cc 110-1 2-032065 Roméo et Juliette: L’amour, l’amour … Ah, lève-toi, soleil (Gounod) DB595
Cc 110-2 Roméo et Juliette: L’amour, l’amour … Ah, lève-toi, soleil (Gounod)
Cc 111-1 052193 Mefistofele: Giunto sul passo estremo (Boito) DB582
Cc 111-2 Mefistofele: Giunto sul passo estremo (Boito)
Cc 112-1 Les Pêcheurs de Perles: Je crois entendre encore (Bizet)
Cc 112-2 2-052194 Les Pêcheurs de Perles: Je crois entendre encore (Bizet) DB583
2nd May 1921 – Rosina Buckman, soprano; Edna Thornton, contralto
Cc 85-4,5 Aida: Nay, tell me then, what new-fledged love (Verdi), pt 1
Cc 86-3,4 Aida: Nay, tell me then, what new-fledged love (Verdi), pt 2
(takes 5 and 6 of Cc 86 with Byng on 14th December 1921)
6th May 1921 – The Symphony Orchestra
Cc 132-1 Die Götterdämmerung: Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt (Wagner- Humperdinck), part 2
3-0612 D559 W423 AB3 2-0250633 S8160
Cc 132-2 Die Götterdämmerung: Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt (Wagner- Humperdinck), part 2
Cc 133-1 Die Götterdämmerung: Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt (Wagner- Humperdinck), part 1
Cc 133-2 3-0611 Die Götterdämmerung: Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt (Wagner- Humperdinck), part 1
D559 W423 AB3 2-0250632 S8160
3rd June 1921 – The Symphony Orchestra
Cc 212-1 Siegfried: Forest murmurs, Siegfried’s Journey (Wagner), pt 1
Cc 212-2 3-0629 Siegfried: Forest murmurs, Siegfried’s Journey (Wagner), pt 1
D561 W418 2-0250634 S8162
Cc 212-3 Siegfried: Forest murmurs, Siegfried’s Journey (Wagner), pt 1
Cc 213-1 3-0630 Siegfried: Forest murmurs, Siegfried’s Journey (Wagner), pt 2
D561 W418 2-0250635 S8162
Cc 213-2 Siegfried: Forest murmurs, Siegfried’s Journey (Wagner), pt 2
8th June 1921 – Louise Kirkby Lunn, contralto
Cc 229-1,2 Love me or not (Secchi)
Bb 230-1,2 L’esclave (Lalo), in French
Bb 231-1,2 Linden Lea (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Bb 232-1,2 Reaping (Robert Coningsby Clarke)
23rd June 1921 – Dmitri Smirnov, tenor
Bb 304-1 7-52179 Il Tabarro: Hai ben ragione (Puccini) DA461
Bb 304-2 Il Tabarro: Hai ben ragione (Puccini)
Cc 305-1 2-022004 Eugene Onegin: How far, how far (Chaikovsky) DB581
Cc 305-2 2-022004X Eugene Onegin: How far, how far (Chaikovsky) DB581
27th June 1921 – Louise Kirkby Lunn, contralto
Bb 316-1,2 The shepherd’s song (Elgar)
Cc 317-1,2,3 Xerxes: Rest (Ombra mai fu)(Handel), in English
Bb 318-1,2,3 Reaping (Robert Coningsby Clarke)
Cc 319-1 03770 Like to the damask rose (Elgar) DB507
5th February 1922 – Louise Kirkby Lunn, contralto
Cc 317-4 Xerxes: Rest (Ombra mai fu)(Handel), in English (organ ROPER)
Cc 317-5 03272X Xerxes: Rest (Ombra mai fu)(Handel), in English (organ ROPER) DB506
Cc 317-6 Xerxes: Rest (Ombra mai fu)(Handel), in English (organ ROPER)
29th June 1922 – Louise Kirkby Lunn, contralto
Cc 317-7,8,9 Xerxes: Rest (Ombra mai fu)(Handel), in English organ FRANCIS W SUTTEN)
10th October 1921 – Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Cc 549-1 2-022005 The song of the flea (Musorgsky)(Key B flat minor) DB103
(takes 2 and 3 recorded 8th October 1924 with Julius Harrison, in A minor)
Cc 550-1 2-022006 The Prophet (Rimsky-Korsakov)(Key C major) DB105
Cc 551-1,2,3 In questa tomba oscura (Beethoven)(Key A flat major)
11th October 1921 – Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Cc 556-1 2-022007 The two grenadiers (Schumann)(Key C major) DB102
(take 2 on 9th October 1922, and takes 3 and 4 on 23rd October 1922 all with George W Byng; issued take 5 on 8th October 1924 with Julius Harrison)
Cc 557-1 (2-022008) When the King went forth to war (Th Koeneman)(Key A major)
(issued take 2 on 25th September 1922 with George W Byng)
Cc 558-1 2-022009 The midnight review (Glinka)(Key F minor) DB102
12th October 1921 – Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Cc 551-4 2-052212 In questa tomba oscura (Beethoven)(Key A flat major) DB107
(take 5 recorded 25th September 1922, and 6 and 7, 23rd October 1922 all with George W Byng)
Cc 560-1 2-022010 Songs and Dances of Death: No 1 Trepak (Musorgsky)(Key D minor) DB101
21st November 1921 – Rosina Buckman, soprano
Cc 693-1,2 Aida: Return victorious (Verdi)
(takes 3 and 4 on 28th March 1922 with Eugene Goossens)
Cc 694-1,2 Lohengrin: Elsa’s dream (Wagner)
Cc 695-1 21-11-21 Tannhäuser: Elisabeth’s greeting to the Hall of Song (Wagner)
(takes 2 and 3 on 28th March 1922 with Eugene Goossens)
24th November 1921 – Edna Thornton, contralto
La Gioconda: Romance (Voci di donna)(Ponchielli)
Cc 706-1,2 La Gioconda: Romance (Voci di donna)(Ponchielli)
Cc 707-1 Samson and Delilah: Softly awakes my heart (Saint-Saëns)
Cc 707-2 03408X Samson and Delilah: Softly awakes my heart (Saint-Saëns) D282
Cc 708-1,2 Carmen: Seguidille (Bizet)
12th December 1921 – Walter Hyde, tenor
Cc 769-1 Lohengrin: Lohengrin’s farewell – My trusty swan (Wagner)
Cc 769-2 02931 Lohengrin: Lohengrin’s farewell – My trusty swan (Wagner) D598
Bb 770-1,2 The minstrel (Easthope Martin)
21st December 1921 – Rosina Buckman, soprano
Cc 821-1 The Tales of Hoffmann: Thou art flown (Offenbach)
Cc 821-2 03772 The Tales of Hoffmann: Thou art flown (Offenbach) D599
Cc 822-1 03771 On wings of song (Mendelssohn) D599
Cc 822-2 On wings of song (Mendelssohn)
Cc 823-1,2 Tristan and Isolde: Isolde’s Liebeslied (Wagner)
9th January 1922 – Edna Thornton, contralto
Cc 865-1 Samson and Delilah: Fair spring (Saint-Saëns)
Cc 865-2 03780 Samson and Delilah: Fair spring (Saint-Saëns) D619
Cc 866-1 03781 Samson and Delilah: O Love, from thy power (Saint-Saëns) D619
Cc 866-2 Samson and Delilah: O Love, from thy power (Saint-Saëns)
Bb 867-1 Shepherd’s cradle song (A Somervell)
Bb 867-2 2-3671 Shepherd’s cradle song (A Somervell) E261
3rd February 1922 – Louise Kirkby Lunn, contralto
Cc 972-1 03210X The Messiah: He shall feed His flock (Handel) DB506
Cc 972-2 The Messiah: He shall feed His flock (Handel)
Cc 973-1 Samson and Delila: Softly awakes my heart (Saint-Saëns)
29th June 1922 – Louise Kirkby Lunn, contralto
Cc 973-2,3,4 Samson and Delila: Softly awakes my heart (Saint-Saëns)
19th January 1923 – Louise Kirkby Lunn, contralto
Cc 973-5,6 Samson and Delila: Softly awakes my heart (Saint-Saëns) (in French)
Cc 973-7 2-033033X Samson and Delila: Softly awakes my heart (Saint-Saëns) (in French) DB509
20th June 1922 – Clarence Whitehill, baritone
Die Meistersinger: Wahn, wahn (Wagner), in German
Cc 1499-1 Die Meistersinger: Wahn, wahn (Wagner), in German
Cc 1499-2 2-042020 Die Meistersinger: Wahn, wahn (Wagner), in German DB442
Cc 1500-1,2 Die Walküre: Abschied – Der Augen leuchtendes Paar (Wagner), in German
Cc 1500-3 2-042002X Die Walküre: Abschied – Der Augen leuchtendes Paar (Wagner), in German DB442
29th June 1922 – Robert Radford, bass
Cc 730-4 Prince Igor: Galitsky’s song – If I were Prince (Borodin)
Cc 730-5 02960 Prince Igor: Galitsky’s song – If I were Prince (Borodin) D648
(takes 1 and 2 on 1st December 1921, take 3 on 30th May 1922 all with George W Byng
Cc 1585-1 Die Meistersinger: Pogner’s address (Wagner)
Cc 1585-2 3-0875 Die Meistersinger: Pogner’s address (Wagner)
Cc 1586-1 3-0857 Die Götterdämmerung: Hagen’s Watch, A1 (Wagner) D704 W572 (set 4)
21st July 1922 – Walter Hyde, tenor
Cc 1706-1,2 Tannhäuser: The pilgrimage (Wagner), pt1
Cc 1707-1,2 Tannhäuser: The pilgrimage (Wagner), pt2
15th September 1922 – Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano (for Victor Co.) [CDH 7 63805 2 takes uncertain]
Bb 1835-1,2 I Millioni d’Arlecchino: Serenata (Drigo), in Italian
Bb 1836-1,2 Come le rose (G Lama), in Italian
Cc 1837-1,2 Parla! Valzer (Arditi), in Italian
23rd September 1922 – Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano (for Victor Co.)
Bb 1883-1,2 Serenata (Toselli), in Italian
Bb 1884-1,2 I Puritani: Son vergin vezzoso (Bellini), in Italian
23rd September 1922 – Luisa Tetrazzini, soprano; Attilio Baggiari, tenor (for Victor Co.)
Cc 1885-1 Rigoletto: E il sol dell’anima (Verdi)
14th December 1922 – Florence Austral, soprano; Tudor Davies, tenor with Symphony Orchestra
Cc 2270-1 3-0860 Siegfried: Brunnhilde’s awakening (Wagner) D701 W569 (set 4)
Cc 2270-2 Siegfried: Brunnhilde’s awakening (Wagner)
Cc 2271-1 Lohengrin: Love duet, pt 2 – Breathest thou not (Wagner)
Cc 2271-2 3-0867 Lohengrin: Love duet, pt 2 – Breathest thou not (Wagner) D931
19th January 1923, Louise Kirkby Lunn, contralto
Cc 2410-1,2 Elijah: O rest in the Lord (Mendelssohn)
Cc 2410-3 03269X Elijah: O rest in the Lord (Mendelssohn) DB504
19th January 1923 – Edna Thornton, contralto
Cc 706-3,4 La Gioconda: Romance (Voci di donna)(Ponchielli)
(takes 5 and 6 on 14th September 1923 with George W Byng)
Cc 1864-3,4 Alceste: Ye powers that dewll below (Divinités du Styx) (Gluck)
(takes 1 and 2 on 20th September 1922 with Eugene Goossens, takes 5 and 6 on 4th January 1924 with George W Byng, take 6 issued)
Bb 2412-1,2 Lurline: Gentle troubadour, Ballad (W Vincent Wallace)
Bb 2412-3 2-3771 Lurline: Gentle troubadour, Ballad (W Vincent Wallace) E298
Columbia and Regal (G) – with BBC Wireless SO unless noted
11th September 1923 – British National Opera Company Orchestra, Beatrice Miranda, soprano
AX 144-1,-2 Tristan and Isolde Prelude pt 1
AX 145-1,-2 Tristan and Isolde Prelude pt 2
AX 146-1,-2,-3 Tristan and Isolde Mild and softly he is smiling (Liebestod)
12th September 1923 – British National Opera Company Orchestra, Beatrice Miranda, soprano; Frank Mullings, tenor
AX 147-1,-2 Tristan and Isolde Act II scene 2 Love Duet (But the Light its fear and defeat afraid)
AX 148-1,-2 Tristan and Isolde Act II scene 2 Love Duet (O night of rapture)
14th February 1924 – British National Opera Company Orchestra(?), James Reedman, cor anglais; Harold Williams, baritone, Sydney Russell, tenor, Frank Mullings, tenor
AX 308-1,-2 Tristan and Isolde Prelude Act III, pt 1
AX 309-1,-2,-3 Tristan and Isolde Prelude Act III, pt 2, opening of Act 3 (Reedman, Williams, Russell)
AX 310-1,-2,-3 Tristan and Isolde Act III The awakening of Tristan (Mullings, Williams)
22nd July 1924
AX 529-1 (of 2) Lyric Suite Op.54 No.1 (Grieg) 990
AX 530-2 Lyric Suite Op.54 No.2 (Grieg) 990
(990 available 10/24 to 5/28)
29th August 1924
AX 531-3 Lyric Suite Op.54 No.3 (Grieg) 991
AX 532-4 Lyric Suite Op.54 No.4 (Grieg) 991
(991 available 10/24 to 5/28)
AX 569-1 Empire March (Elgar) 9059
(9059 available 12/25 to 4/27)
AX 570-1,-2 Manon Lescaut Act III Intermezzo (British Broadcasting SO)
16th January 1925
AX 859-1,-2 Scènes napolitaine (Massenet) (BBC Wireless SO) La Danse]
AX 860-1,-2 Scènes napolitaine (Massenet) (BBC Wireless SO) La Procession]
AX 861-1,-2 Scènes napolitaine (Massenet) (BBC Wireless SO) La Fete
AX 862-1 (of 2) Krakowiak – Russian Dance (Moszkowski) 9059
(9059 available 12/25 to 4/27)
3rd December 1925
WAX 1178-2 Semiramide Overture Pt.1 (Rossini) 9076
WAX 1179-1,2 Semiramide Overture Pt.2 (Rossini) 9076
(9076 available 3/26 to 4/41)
WAX 1180-1 (of 2) Les Millions d’Arlequin Serenade (Drigo) 9092
WAX 1181-1 Minuet (Boccherini) 9092
(9092 available 6/26 to 2/48, minuet replaced later in 1926)
22nd February 1926
WAX 1311-2 Coq d’Or – Russian Dance (Rimsky-Korsakov) 9101
WAX 1312-1 (of 2) Coq d’Or – Bridal Procession (Rimsky-Korsakov) 9101
(9101 available 8/26 to 1/37)
WAX 1313-2 Concert Waltz (Glazounov) 9114
WAX 1314-2 Le Villi – Witches’ Dance (Puccini) 9114
(9114 available 10/26 to 1/39)
23rd February 1926
WAX 1315-2 Jewels of the Madonna – Intermezzo Act 3 (Wolf-Ferrari) 9091
WAX 1316-1 (of 2) Jewels of the Madonna – Intermezzo Act 2 (Wolf-Ferrari) 9091
(9091 available 5/26 to 1/37)
WAX 1317-2 Christmas Overture pt 1 (Coleridge-Taylor) 9137
WAX 1318-2 Christmas Overture pt 2 (Coleridge-Taylor) 9137
(9137 available 12/26 to 1/39)
27th April 1926
WAX 1499-1,2 Barber of Seville overture pt 1 (Rossini)
WAX 1500-1,2 Barber of Seville overture pt 2 (Rossini)
WAX 1501-2 Bohemian Girl overture pt 1 (Balfe) 9160
(9160 available from 1/27 to 4/41)
11th June 1926
WAX 1502-3 (of 4) Bohemian Girl overture pt 2 (Balfe) 9160
(9160 available from 1/27 to 4/41)
WAX 1499-3 (of 4) Barber of Seville overture pt 1 (Rossini) 9166
WAX 1500-4 Barber of Seville overture pt 2 (Rossini) 9166
(9166 available from 2/27 to 2/48)
WAX 1181-3 Minuet (Boccherini) 9092
(9092 2nd version of Minuet from late 1926 to 3/1927)
28th April 1926
WAX 1507-1 Il Trovatore – selections (Verdi)
WAX 1508-1,-2 Il Trovatore – selections (Verdi)
WAX 1509-1 (of 2) Carmen – selection 1 (Bizet) 9125
WAX 1510-1 (of 2) Carmen – selection 2 (Bizet) 9125
(9125 available from 11/26 to 4/41)
8th July 1927
WAX 1775-1 (of 2) Coppelia – Ballet Music: Entracte & Valse (Delibes) 901R
WAX 1776-1 (of 2) Coppelia – Ballet Music: Prelude & Mazurka (Delibes) 901R
(901R replaced 1922 recording with LSO/Goossens, available from 9/26 to 3/42)
WAX 1777-1,-2 Faust – selection 1 (Gounod) (careless idle maiden, Kermesse scene)
16th December 1926
WAX 1179-3,4 Semiramide Overture Pt.2 (Rossini) (Australian issue?) 9076
WAX 2298-1 (of 2) Faust selection pt 1 (Gounod) (Careless idle maiden, Red or white liquor) (9413)
WAX 2299-1 (of 2) Faust selection pt 2 (Gounod) (highborn gentle maid, Light as air) (9413)
(9413/4 Cancelled & not issued – masters sent to Spain & USA)
13th January 1927
WRAX 2340-1 Il Trovatore selection pt 1 (Verdi) 9185
WRAX 2341-1 Il Trovatore selection pt 2 (Verdi) 9185
(9185 available from 4/27 to 4/41)
WRAX 2342-1,-2 La Traviata – selections (Verdi) (BBC Wireless SO) (rec Wigmore Hall)
WAX 2343-2 13/1/27 Minuet (Boccherini) 9092
(3rd version of minuet on 9092 available 3/27 to 2/48)
14th January 1927
WAX 2348-1-2 Faust selection pt 3 (Gounod) (9414)
WAX 2349-1-2 Faust selection pt 4 (Gounod) (a) Soldiers chorus (9414)
(9413/4 Cancelled & not issued – masters sent to Spain & USA)
WAX 2350-1 (of 2) Aida – Grand March (Verdi) 9259
WAX 2351-1 (of 2) Aida – selection (Verdi) 9259
(9259 available 12/27 to 4/41)
17th January 1927
WAX 2352 Marche militaire (Schubert) (HM Grenadier Guards)
15th February 1927
WAX 2455-1-2 Lohengrin Act 1 Introduction pt 1 (Wagner)
WAX 2456-1-2 Lohengrin Act 1 Introduction pt 2 (Wagner)
WAX 2457-1 (of 2) Ruy Blas overture pt 1 (Mendelssohn) 9278
WAX 2458-1 (of 2) Ruy Blas overture pt 2 (Mendelssohn) 9278
(9278 available from 2/28 to 4/41)
29th June 1927
WAX 2907-1 Casse-Noisette Suite – Marche (Tchaikovksy) 9260
WAX 2908-4 Casse-Noisette Suite – Danse de la Fee Dragée; Danse des Mirlitons
(Tchaikovksy) 9261
(all 4 takes same day)
WAX 2909-1 Casse-Noisette Suite – Danse Chinois; Danse Russe (Tchaikovksy) 9261
WAX 2910-2 Casse-Noisette Suite – Danse Arabe (Tchaikovksy) 9262
WAX 2911-1 (of 2) Casse-Noisette Suite – Overture Miniature (Tchaikovsky) 9260
WAX 2906-1 (of 2) Casse-Noisette Suite – Valse des Fleurs (Tchaikovksy) 9262
(9260-2 available 12/27 to 2/48)
25th November 1927
WAX 3133-1 (of 2) Aida – selection pt 1 (Verdi-Tavan) (NQHLO) 9304
WAX 3134-1 (of 2) Aida – selection pt 2 (Verdi-Tavan) (NQHLO) 9304
(9304 available from 4/28 to 11/40)
WAX 3135-2 Tosca – selection pt 1 (Puccini-C Godfrey) (NQHLO) 9305
WAX 3136-2 Tosca – selection pt 2 (Puccini-C Godfrey) (NQHLO) 9305
(9305 available from 4/28 to 6/40)
WAX 3137-1 (of 2) Madam Butterfly – selection pt 1 (Puccini-Tavan) (NQHLO) 9306
WAX 3138-2 Madam Butterfly – selection pt 2 (Puccini-Tavan) (NQHLO) 9306
(9304 available from 4/28 to 4/41)
1st February 1928
WAX 3211-2 La Bohème – selection pt 1 (Puccini) (NQHLO) 9307
WAX 3212-1 La Bohème – selection pt 2 (Puccini) (NQHLO) 9307
La Boheme selections arranged by Frenchman, unable to decipher name
(9307 availble from 4/28 to 4/41)
3rd February 1928
WAX 3215-2 Mignon – selection pt 1 (Thomas) (NQHLO) 9308
WAX 3216-1 (of 2) Mignon – selection pt 2 (Thomas) (NQHLO) 9308
(9308 available from 4/28 to 1.40)
WAX 3217-2 Pagliacci selection pt 1 (Leoncavallo) (NQHLO) 9441
(9441 available from 9/28 to 4/41)
15th February 1928
WAX 3277-1 Pagliacci selection pt 2 (Leoncavallo) (NQHLO) (Intro Act 2, Gavotte Act 2, Duet Act 2, Finale Act 2) 9441
(9441 available from 9/28 to 4/41)
WAX 3278-1,-2 Manon – selections (Massenet) (NQHLO) (a) Allez a l’a…. (I) (b) Et il sais votre nom (II)
WAX 3279-1,-2 Manon – selections (Massenet) (NQHLO) (a) En fermant les yeux (b) Finale Duet
20th December 1928, Portman Rooms
WAX 4484-2 (of 3) Tannhäuser – Grand March (Wagner) (+BBC Choir) 9826
WAX 4485-1 (of 3) Tannhäuser – Pilgrims’s Chorus (Wagner) (+ BBC Choir) 9826
(9826 available from 8/29 to 2/55)
18th January 1929, Westminster Central Hall
WAX 4564-1,2 HMS Pinafore selection 1 (Sullivan) We sail the ocean blue; Sorry her lot;
When I was a lad; His foot should stamp
WAX 4565 Il Trovatore selection 2 (Verdi) (rec Westminster Central Hall)
WAX 4566 Il Trovatore selection 1 (Verdi) (rec Westminster Central Hall)
WAX 4567-1,2 HMS Pinafore selection 2 (Sullivan) Little Buttercup; Gaily tripping,
lightly skipping; Then give three cheers; For he himself has said it
19th January 1929, Westminster Central Hall
WAX 4568-1 (of 2) Samson and Delilah selection 1 (Saint-Saëns arr Luigini): Glory to Dagon;
Fair spring is returning; Fair spring smiles again G1072
WAX 4569-1 (of 2) Samson and Delilah selection 2 (Saint-Saëns arr Luigini): O Samson! O
thou my well beloved; Ah, once again Israel, burst your bonds G1072
(G1072 available from 10/29 to 3/41)
29th January 1929, Portman rooms
WAX 4598-1 Lohengrin selection 1 (Wagner arr Luigini): Descent of Dove; Doth he not
seem from heaven descended; The Bridal March G1074
WAX 4599-1 Lohengrin selection 2 (Wagner arr Luigini): The King’s Prayer; Oh joy!
Oh joy! Intone a lay of pleasure (Finale Act 1) G1074
(G1074 available from 11/29 to 3/41)
26th February 1929, Portman rooms
WAX 4697-2 La Boutique Fantasque selection 1 (Respighi arr H Carr) G1065
(G1065 available from 5/29 to 3/41)
WAX 4698-2 Iolanthe selection 2 (Sullivan arr C Godfrey) (If you go in; Sentry’s song,
O foolish fay, Finale to Act I) G1067
(G1067 available from 6/29 to 3/41)
28th February 1929, Portman Rooms
WAX 4565-3 Il Trovatore selection 2 (Verdi arr Tavan): Miserere; Now let the trumpet be sounding G1071
WAX 4566-4 Il Trovatore selection 1 (Verdi arr Tavan): Gipsy Chorus; Fierce flames are raging;
All thou has told me; To tell of love so glowing G1071
(G1071 available from 9/29 to 3/41)
WAX 4597-4 Iolanthe selection 1 (Sullivan) (March of the Peers; None shall part us;
When I went to the bar; When Britain really ruled the waves) G1067
(G1067 available from 6/29 to 3/41)
28th February 1929, Westminster Central Hall
WAX 4707-1 (of 2) La Boutique Fantasque selection 2 (Respighi arr H Carr) G1065
WAX 4708-2 La Cimarosiana pt2 (Cimarosa arr Malipiero): 4th mov: Larghetto,
5th mov: Allegro Vivace G1073
(G1073 credited as Classic Symphony Orchestra, in fact BBCWSO, available 10/29 to 3/41)
WAX 4564-3(of 4) HMS Pinafore selection 1 (Sullivan) We sail the ocean blue; Sorry her lot;
When I was a lad; His foot should stamp (rec Westminster Central Hall) G1069
WAX 4567-3(of 4) HMS Pinafore selection 2 (Sullivan) Little Buttercup; Gaily tripping,
lightly skipping; Then give three cheers; For he himself has said it G1069
(G1069 available from 7/29 to 3/41)
23rd August 1929
WAX 5147-2 (of 4) La Cimarosiana pt1 (Cimarosa arr Malipiero): 1st mov: Andante gracioso,
2nd mov: Allegro moderato, 3rd mov: Non troppo mosso G1073
(G1073 credited as Classic Symphony Orchestra, in fact BBCWSO, available 10/29 to 3/41)
3rd September 1929
WAX 5148-3 (of 6) Poet and Peasant overture pt 1 (Suppé) (Augmented SO) 9760
WAX 5149-7 (of 8) Poet and Peasant overture pt 2 (Suppé) (Augmented SO) 9760
(9760 available from 12/29 to 10/51)
10th March 1930, Westminster Central Hall (matrix sheets state “Orchestra”)
WAX 5456-1 (of 2) Light Cavalry – Overture Part 1 (Suppé) (Court SO) DX42
WAX 5457-1 (of 2) Light Cavalry – Overture Part 2 (Suppé) (Court SO) DX42
WAX 5458(-1 or -2) Raymond (Mignon?) – Overture Part 1 (Thomas) (Court SO) DX104
WAX 5459(-1 or -2) Raymond (Mignon?) – Overture Part 2 (Thomas) (Court SO) DX104