175 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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A chamber ensemble featuring violinist Albert Sammons, cellist William Henry Squire, and pianist William Murdoch performing Schutt and Saint-Saëns on Columbia; British chamber music of the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia L1169 Classical
A Columbia L-series chamber recording of Albert Sammons, William Henry Squire and William Murdoch performing Spanish and Beethoven works. Sammons was a celebrated British concert violinist.AI summary
Columbia L1225 Classical
Adela Verne was a British pianist — one of four musical Verne sisters — who had a considerable concert career in the early twentieth century. Columbia L1213 — Chopin's Polonaise in A flat, across two sides — is a large-format 12-inch pressing from Columbia's premium L-series. Verne's Columbia recordings are a modest collector interest for enthusiasts of early British piano recording.AI summary
Columbia L1213 Classical
Albert Sammons, a celebrated British concert violinist, performs 'Songs My Mother Taught Me' and 'Liebesleid' on Columbia DB911 — classical violin repertoire recorded at the acoustic era's end.AI summary
Columbia DB911 Classical
Albert Sammons (1886–1957) was a British violinist of international reputation and founder of the British String Quartet. This Columbia D-series pressing of a Bach Chaccone is from the era of his most celebrated recordings.AI summary
Columbia D1496 Classical
Albert Sammons, the British violinist and chamber musician, recorded 'Songs My Mother Taught Me' (Dvořák) and 'Liebesleid' (Kreisler) for Columbia; Sammons was one of the leading British string players and chamber musicians of the early twentieth century.AI summary
Columbia DB911 Classical
Albert Sammons, the eminent British violinist and chamber musician, performing Pugnani's Prelude and Allegro and a Garden Melody on Columbia's prestigious L-series, likely from the late 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia L1170 Classical
Albert Sammons, the celebrated British concert violinist, recorded these piano-accompanied art songs for Columbia; a significant classical artist of the early 20th century.AI summary
Columbia D1420 Classical
Albert Sammons on Columbia 9484, performing solo violin works by classical composers. Sammons was a respected British concert violinist and chamber musician of the early 20th century.AI summary
Columbia 9484 Classical
Albert Schweitzer, the Nobel Prize–winning theologian, physician and organist, performing two Bach chorale arrangements on Columbia. Schweitzer's organ recordings are historically significant.AI summary
Columbia ROX8020 Classical
Albert Schweitzer, the physician, theologian and organist, recorded Bach organ music for Columbia—a historic document of the great humanitarian's musical mastery.AI summary
Columbia ROX146 Classical
Andrés Segovia, the Spanish classical guitarist, performing two pieces from his concert repertoire on a Columbia LX long-playing disc.AI summary
Columbia LX1248 Classical
Anton van Rooy, a celebrated Dutch baritone, recorded 'Beiden Grenadiere' (Schubert's ballad) for Columbia, catalogue 30029, dating to the 1910s-1920s. Van Rooy was a major concert and opera singer of the early 20th century and a founding member of the Metropolitan Opera.AI summary
Columbia 30029 Classical
Archie Camden was a leading British bassoon soloist of the mid-twentieth century; this Columbia record pairs him with conductor Hamilton Harty in Mozart's Bassoon Concerto, an important work in the bassoon repertoire.AI summary
Columbia L1826 Classical
A remarkable pairing: Bartók's 'Staccato' and 'Ostinato' studies, and an excerpt from Stravinsky's Les Noces with the composer conducting on Columbia; a modernist-music recording from the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB1790 Classical
Bidu Sayao was a Brazilian soprano (1906–1994) celebrated in the Metropolitan Opera and concert halls for her interpretation of lyric roles; this Columbia 12-inch pressing of Heitor Villa-Lobos's 'Bachianas Brasileiras' showcases her voice.AI summary
Columbia LX1439 Classical
The Blind of Burma Choir performs sacred music on Columbia RE36 — a religious or speciality-label pressing, likely 1930s–40s.AI summary
Columbia RE36 Classical
The Blind of Burma Choir for Columbia, performing a 'Shepherd Cantata' on both sides. This is a rare recording of a 1920s–30s ethnic or religious choir on a major label, and subject matter is unusual.AI summary
Columbia RE37 Classical
Bronislaw Huberman was a Polish-born violinist and one of the leading concert soloists of the early 20th century; this Columbia LX pressing features two celebrated classical pieces, Brahms' Waltz in A Major and Bach's Air on the G String.AI summary
Columbia LX107 Classical
Bronislaw Huberman, the Polish virtuoso violinist (1882–1947), was one of the great soloists of the 20th century; this Columbia album set (L2335-8) contains his electrical recording of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D, a major work of the concerto repertoire.AI summary
Columbia L2335-8 Classical
Bronislaw Huberman, the celebrated Polish violinist, performing 'Waltz in A Major' (Brahms) and 'Air on G String' for Columbia LX107, a long-playing 12-inch.AI summary
Columbia LX107 Classical
Clara Butt, the celebrated British contralto, recorded by Columbia in the acoustic era; a significant voice of Edwardian Britain.AI summary
Columbia X232 Classical
Dame Clara Butt sings 'Softly and Gently Dearly Ransomed Soul' — the Angel's Farewell from Elgar's Dream of Gerontius — on Columbia 75008. This is a standard electric-era Columbia pressing from the same 75000 series as the other Clara Butt discs in this collection; it is a fitting coupling of Britain's most celebrated contralto with Elgar's greatest choral work.AI summary
Columbia 75008 Classical
Clara Butt recorded 'He Shall Feed His Flock' and 'Creation's Hymn' for Columbia 7311; these are concert and oratorio pieces from the late Victorian repertoire, recorded by one of the most significant British singing voices of her era, though such recordings are extremely common.AI summary
Columbia 7311 Classical
Dame Clara Butt, the celebrated British contralto and early gramophone artist, recorded 'The Sweetest Flower That Blows' for Columbia in the acoustic era; Butt was one of the most famous British singers of the Edwardian and interwar periods.AI summary
Columbia X226 Classical
Clara Butt, the celebrated British mezzo-soprano of the Edwardian era, recorded two art songs for Columbia in the acoustic period.AI summary
Columbia PB6 Classical
Clara Butt, the legendary British contralto known for her signature recording of 'Land of Hope and Glory', recorded 'O that we two were maying' and 'Home sweet Home' for Columbia catalogue X339.AI summary
Columbia X339 Classical
Dame Clara Butt, the celebrated English contralto, sings 'My Work Is Done My Task Is O'er' with M D'Oisly on Columbia 75005, a single-sided pressing. This is a companion to the other Clara Butt Columbia 75000-series pressings in this collection; the 75000 series is a standard electric-era Columbia format.AI summary
Columbia 75005 Classical
Dame Clara Butt, one of the most celebrated contraltos of the Edwardian era, sings 'I See Not Those False Spirits' with M D'Oisly on Columbia 75006. Clara Butt's recordings are consistently collected by admirers of the British vocal tradition and this Columbia pressing is a standard electric-era format.AI summary
Columbia 75006 Classical
Dame Clara Butt sings 'We Now Have Passed the Gate' with M D'Oisly on Columbia 75007, a single-sided pressing from the same 75000 series as the other Clara Butt Columbia discs in this collection. Standard electric-era format with consistent modest demand from Clara Butt collectors.AI summary
Columbia 75007 Classical
Cyril Scott, the British composer and pianist, performing his own piano works 'Valse Scherzando' and 'Water Wagtail' on Columbia 5435.AI summary
Columbia 5435 Classical
Cyril Scott, the English composer once dubbed 'the English Debussy', with two of his own short piano pieces, 'Water-Wagtail' and 'Valse Scherzando', on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 5435 Classical
Violinist Daisy Kennedy performing two virtuoso encores: Kreisler's Liebesfreud and a Russian Dance, on Columbia D1373. Kennedy was a respected Scottish-Australian concert violinist active in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia D1373 Classical
Daisy Kennedy and Hamilton Harty on Columbia L1440 — Grieg's Violin Sonata Op 8, across two sides. Kennedy was a distinguished Australian-born violinist who had a significant career in Britain, and Harty was the celebrated Irish conductor and pianist. A duo recording between two significant British musical figures on Columbia's premium L-series.AI summary
Columbia L1440 Classical
Daisy Kennedy was a Scottish violinist and composer of the early 20th century; Sir Hamilton Harty (1880–1941) was an Irish composer and conductor. This Columbia long-playing side (L series) is a violin solo, likely a concerto movement or showcase piece.AI summary
Columbia L1335 Classical
David Bispham, a celebrated American baritone of the turn of the 20th century, recorded Schubert's Erlkönig for Columbia; an important classical vocal recording from an artist of major reputation.AI summary
Columbia 30019 Classical
Don Zelaya on Columbia 02502 — 'Tarantella' (Liszt) and 'Waltz Marguerite.' Zelaya was a Honduran-born pianist who had a career in Europe and America. The Columbia 02xxx series is an early electrical issue. A relatively obscure pianist on a standard Columbia series; collector interest is modest.AI summary
Columbia 02502 Classical
Columbia DB3975 Classical
Eddy Brown, a violinist, recorded 'Your Eyes Have Told Me So' and 'That Naughty Waltz' for Columbia A2989. An early acoustic recording from the 1910s-1920s.AI summary
Columbia A2989 Classical
Edith Barnett and Vladimir Cernikoff perform Brahms Waltzes on this Columbia classical side, a part-1 and part-2 recording likely from the acoustic era or early electric period, probably 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 9230 Classical
Elena Gerhardt, the supreme German lieder soprano of the early twentieth century and a close associate of Arthur Nikisch, records 'Zigeunerlied' on Columbia E3515. Gerhardt is among the most revered of all early 78rpm song recitalists, and her Columbia recordings are collected by enthusiasts of historic lieder singing. The E-series Columbia is a premium vocal series.AI summary
Columbia E3515 Classical
Elena Gerhardt and M Bloch on Columbia E4854 — 'Du liegst mir im Herzen' and 'Wer uns getraut.' Gerhardt was one of the foremost lieder singers of the early twentieth century, and this Columbia E-series coupling of German songs with piano accompaniment is a further example of her recorded art. The E-series is a standard Columbia issue.AI summary
Columbia E4854 Classical
Erik Tuxen conducting the Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra in a 'Little Suite for Strings', parts 1 and 2, on Columbia's premium classical DX series.AI summary
Columbia DX8401 Classical
Erik Tuxen conducting the Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra performing a 'Little Suite for Strings' on Columbia's DX series (long-playing classical); Tuxen was a respected Danish conductor.AI summary
Columbia DX8402 Classical
Ernest Van Dyck was a celebrated Belgian tenor, one of the outstanding Wagnerian singers of the late nineteenth century and a favourite of Bayreuth. This Columbia IRCC6 — 'Ich grolle nicht' from Schumann's Dichterliebe and 'Du bist wie eine Blume' — is a pressing on IRCC (International Record Collectors' Club), a series that reissued historically important acoustic recordings for collectors. The IRCC prefix makes this a deliberate reissue for the collector market rather than an original pressing.AI summary
Columbia IRCC6 Classical
Columbia DB579 Classical
Eugène Ysaÿe, the legendary Belgian violinist and composer, recorded 'Humoreske' on Columbia 7102.AI summary
Columbia 7102 Classical
Eugene Ysaÿe, the legendary Belgian virtuoso violinist and composer, performing the Prize Song (Act 3) from Wagner's *Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg* on Columbia 7107. Ysaÿe's recordings are extremely rare and highly prized by serious collectors.AI summary
Columbia 7107 Classical