194 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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His Master's Voice EK20 Classical
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His Master's Voice EK80 Classical
A Nicholls, E. Thornton, and H. Eisdell performed part 2 of 'In a Persian Garden' for HMV in the early electrical era, around 1928–30; this was part of a larger recorded suite.AI summary
His Master's Voice 04169 Classical
Early His Master's Voice acoustic recording, catalogue 04168, of 'In a Persian Garden' featuring A Nicholls, E Thornton, H Eisdell and G Baker—a light classical piece that was frequently recorded in the 1900s-1910s period.AI summary
His Master's Voice 04168 Classical
A. Nicholls, E. Thornton, H. Eisdell, and G. Baker recorded part 6 of 'In a Persian Garden' for HMV, catalogue 04172, in the electrical era (late 1920s–early 1930s); part of a complete recorded suite.AI summary
His Master's Voice 04172 Classical
Alfred Cortot, one of the 20th century's greatest pianists, recorded two Chopin Etudes for His Master's Voice; Cortot's interpretations were defining performances of the Romantic piano repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice 5661 Classical
Alfred Cortot, the legendary French pianist, performing Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11 and Franck's Prière pour le Repos des Ames on His Master's Voice DB21618 — a substantial classical 78 suitable for longer works.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB21618 Classical
Alfred Cortot, the Swiss pianist and conductor, performing Chopin's 'Berceuse' on His Master's Voice 05650. Cortot (1877–1962) was one of the supreme pianists of the 20th century and a prolific recording artist from the acoustic era through the 1950s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 05650 Classical
Alfred Cortot, the celebrated French pianist, performs 'The Fountain' on His Master's Voice. Cortot was one of the most important classical pianists of the early 20th century and his solo recordings are highly regarded.AI summary
His Master's Voice 05657 Classical
Alfred Cortot, the celebrated Swiss pianist, recorded a Saint-Saëns Étude for His Master's Voice, catalogue 2-035501, likely an electrical 10-inch single from the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-035501 Classical
Alfred Cortot, the celebrated French pianist, recorded 'The Fountain' for His Master's Voice, catalogue 05657. Cortot was one of the leading concert pianists of the early twentieth century and his recordings remain sought after.AI summary
His Master's Voice 05657 Classical
Alfred Deller, the celebrated English countertenor, recorded 'Flow My Tears' and 'Calleno Custure' for His Master's Voice. Deller was a pioneer of the early-music revival and one of the finest interpretive singers of the 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice C4236 Classical
Alma Gluck, the Romanian–American soprano, recorded 'Chanson Indoue' for HMV (7-33006). Gluck was a celebrated opera and concert singer of the early twentieth century; this electrical recording on HMV represents a late stage in her recording career.AI summary
His Master's Voice 7-33006 Classical
Alma Gluck was an American mezzo-soprano of the early 20th century, celebrated for art song and operatic repertoire; this His Master's Voice DA-series disc from the acoustic era carries two classical songs.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA515 Classical
Alma Gluck, the celebrated Romanian–American soprano, recorded 'Carry Me Back to Old Virginny' and 'Old Black Joe' for HMV (DB275). These are American folk and parlour songs; Gluck made these recordings in the early 1920s electrical era, representing a late phase of her recording career.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB275 Classical
Andrés Segovia was one of the greatest classical guitarists of the twentieth century and a prolific recording artist from the 1920s onward. 'Fandanguillo' and 'Tremolo Story' are guitar pieces. This His Master's Voice D1305 pressing is from the classical series, probably 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice D1305 Classical
Arthur De Greef performing solo piano: Chopin's Nocturne in F Sharp Major and Liszt's Serenade and Etude, recorded for His Master's Voice catalogue number D655. De Greef was a significant concert pianist of the early recording era.AI summary
His Master's Voice D655 Classical
Arthur de Greef, a Belgian pianist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, performs 'Arabesque' and 'Carnival in Vienna' on His Master's Voice B49—a very early catalogue number indicating an acoustic recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice B49 Classical
Arthur Foreman performing 'Drei Romanzen' (Three Romances, likely art-song settings) for His Master's Voice 9442, a very early acoustic catalogue number from around 1910–1920.AI summary
His Master's Voice 9442 Classical
Artur Rubinstein, the celebrated Polish-American pianist, performing two short romantic pieces—"Valse Oubliée" (likely a Liszt work) and "Prophet Bird"—on His Master's Voice DA1883, part of HMV's premium acoustic piano catalogue.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1883 Classical
Auguste van Biene, a Belgian-born cellist and composer, recorded 'The Broken Melody' on His Master's Voice 07853. Van Biene was famous for this composition, one of the best-known Victorian concert pieces for cello. HMV's 07000-series catalogue suggests a very early electrical or late acoustic recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice 07853 Classical
B. Harrison and E. Fenby recorded a work by Frederick Delius for His Master's Voice, likely around the 1920s-1930s when the composer was receiving increased attention from British recording interests. HMV B3721 is a pre-war 12-inch classical series catalogue number.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3721 Classical
Pianist Barbezat performing two works for solo piano: Debussy's Clair de Lune and Lalo's Les Erynnies, recorded for His Master's Voice on catalogue K537.AI summary
His Master's Voice K537 Classical
Beatrice Harrison, a British cellist of the early twentieth century, recorded for His Master's Voice. The D-series catalogue number places this in the acoustic or early electrical era, around 1920–1927.AI summary
His Master's Voice D346 Classical
Beatrice Harrison was a celebrated British cellist; this HMV duet with pianist Georg Henschel presents baroque keyboard transcriptions, representative of her refined chamber-music work.AI summary
His Master's Voice D474 Classical
Beatrice Harrison, the celebrated British cellist, performing the Sarabande and Gavotte with pianist George Henschel for His Master's Voice, recorded in the 1920s. Harrison was one of the earliest recording artists and pioneered the cello on record.AI summary
His Master's Voice D474 Classical
Ben Lawes recorded folk songs for His Master's Voice, C1232; the C-series denotes longer or classical repertoire, and the title indicates a multi-part traditional music recording, likely from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice C1232 Classical
Benno Moiseivitch, one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century, recorded 'Träumerei' and 'Frühlingsnacht' for HMV—Schumann piano pieces performed by a supreme virtuoso.AI summary
His Master's Voice E265 Classical
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Arthur Nikisch performing Beethoven's Fifth Symphony on HMV D91 is one of the landmark recordings in the history of the gramophone. Nikisch's 1913 acoustic recording of the Fifth was the first complete symphony ever committed to disc and remains one of the most important records ever made. HMV D91 is a standard series number for these sides, which were widely pressed; the historical importance is enormous even if individual copies are not the rarest.AI summary
His Master's Voice D91 Classical
His Master's Voice ES292 Classical
Campagnola, a tenor, sings Bach's 'Ave Maria' with pianist Payan performing Gounod's 'Crucifix' on the reverse, on HMV 032307. The 032000 HMV series is a single-sided acoustic-era pressing from the early Gramophone Company catalogue, likely pre-1910. Campagnola was an Italian tenor who recorded for the Gramophone Company in the early acoustic period.AI summary
His Master's Voice 032307 Classical
Carl Reich performing a classical vocal piece, 'A Captive Nightingale', on two sides of an early His Master's Voice pressing (B390); Reich's identity and repertoire are not established.AI summary
His Master's Voice B390 Classical
Carl Reich recorded a two-part classical piece, 'A Captive Blackbird', for His Master's Voice on catalogue number B392, indicating an early 1920s acoustic recording. Reich was an accomplished but now-obscure classical musician.AI summary
His Master's Voice B392 Classical
Charles-Marie Widor's famous organ toccata from his Symphony No. 5, a defining work of French organ repertoire, recorded by an unidentified performer for HMV's prestigious DB series. Widor's toccata is a standard gramophone recording piece.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB4856 Classical
Clara Butt, the English mezzo-soprano and principal contralto of the Edwardian era, recorded this art-song for His Master's Voice. Butt was one of the most celebrated British classical singers of her time, known for her powerful voice and emotional depth.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03157 Classical
Cyril Scott, a British classical composer and pianist, performing two of his own character pieces on HMV in the acoustic era (early 1920s).AI summary
His Master's Voice B33315 Classical
A two-sided acoustic recording of Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor, performed by Albert Cortot (listed as de Greef) with the Albert Hall Orchestra under Landon Ronald, one of the most celebrated British conductors of the early 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice D551 Classical
Willy de Groot was a Dutch conductor and pianist who recorded extensively for HMV from the 1920s to 1940s; this coupling of salon miniatures — Schumann's Albumblatt and Liszt's Liebestraume — typifies his light classical repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice C1480 Classical
A historic duet of Enrico Caruso and the violinist Mischa Elman performing "Ave Maria" and the "Elegie Melodie," released on His Master's Voice DK103. This coupling of two legendary artists makes it a notable item.AI summary
His Master's Voice DK103 Classical
Enrico Caruso, the greatest tenor of the early 20th century, performs 'Ave Maria' in duet with Mischa Elman, the virtuoso violinist, for His Master's Voice, paired with 'Elegie Melodie'.AI summary
His Master's Voice DK103 Classical
Sir Edward Elgar recorded his own composition Chanson de Nuit for His Master's Voice; this two-sided acoustic recording captures the British composer performing his own work in the early electrical recording period.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-0885 Classical
Edward Lloyd, the leading English lyric tenor of the Victorian era and a favourite of Sullivan and Elgar, sings 'I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby' and 'Sound an Alarm' from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus on HMV D822. Lloyd made very few recordings given his fame, and his HMV discs are collected by admirers of the Victorian English tenor tradition.AI summary
His Master's Voice D822 Classical
Edwin Fischer on His Master's Voice DA 1389, performing two solo piano works: Schubert's Adagio and Beethoven's Minuet. Fischer was a major Swiss classical pianist and conductor.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1389 Classical
Elena Gerhardt (1883–1961) was a German mezzo-soprano celebrated for her interpretations of German Romantic lieder and folk songs. This His Master's Voice pressing preserves two of Schubert's art songs.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA706 Classical
The Elman String Quartette performing a Quartet in G Minor on His Master's Voice 08056, an early chamber recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice 08056 Classical
Fay Compton, the distinguished British stage and film actress, performing the art songs 'When thou art dead' and 'Searching for Lambs' on His Master's Voice B3969.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3969 Classical
Finn Videro was a Danish organist and harpsichordist of considerable distinction. HMV DA5262 — 'Danket dem Herrn' and 'Praeludium, Sarabande and Courante' — is a late-period HMV DA pressing of Baroque keyboard or organ music. The DA5262 number suggests a post-war electrical pressing. A specialist organ-music recording on a standard HMV series.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA5262 Classical
The Flonzaley Quartet, a celebrated American string ensemble of the early twentieth century, perform a lento movement from a quartet in F major on this HMV electrical recording from the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 08096 Classical