876 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Philips 12060 Classical
Richard Crean performing 'Demande et Response' and 'Tristesse' (likely art songs or light classical pieces) for Decca MW-series (MW201), 1930s–40s.AI summary
Decca MW201 Classical
Richard Kenneth performing 'Don Juan's Serenade' and 'Toreador Song' on HomHD (Home Harmonic series) 2161.AI summary
Hom HD2161 Classical
Richard Strauss, the German composer and conductor, led a recording of his own symphonic poem "Don Quixote", op. 35, for Decca's prestigious LY series. This is a multi-disc classical recording from the late 1940s–early 1950s, a significant document of the composer conducting his own work.AI summary
Decca LY6087 Classical
Richard Tauber, the celebrated Austrian tenor, recorded German art songs 'Ungeduld' and 'Lotusblume' for Parlophone catalogue RO20028, likely from the 1930s or early 1940s.AI summary
Parlophone RO20028 Classical
Rita Fornia was an Italian operatic soprano; this Victor recording of 'Dein Gedenk' Ich. Margaretha' is a classical vocal piece, likely from operatic or art-song repertoire.AI summary
Victor 64290 Classical
Rita Fornia on Victor, performing a classical vocal piece — artist otherwise unidentified to standard reference.AI summary
Victor 74227 Classical
Winner 3197 TEST Classical
Robert Burg recorded two German art-song numbers—'Als du in kühnem Sange' and 'O du mein holden Abendstern'—for Parlophone, catalogue E10721, likely 1920s–30s.AI summary
Parlophone E10721 Classical
Robert Carr performing Christmas hymns—'Hark the Herald Angels' and 'While Shepherds Watched'—on Victor, a major American label, British pressing.AI summary
Victor E2 Classical
Robert Carr recorded 'Holy Holy Holy' and 'It is well'—two hymns—for Pioneer Records (Pion), a small British religious or classical label. The artist is not a major-label recording figure.AI summary
Pioneer 139 Classical
Robert Howe is not identified in standard discographies. 'Until/Youth' and 'Two Grenadiers' are recorded on Mara 114, a small and poorly documented British label.AI summary
Marathon 114 Classical
Robert Leonhardt performing two German classical pieces, 'Aus der Jugendzeit' and 'Wenn Schneeglockchen Lauten', on Columbia E3140, a German-language pressing.AI summary
Columbia E3140 Classical
London HLR8758 Classical
Roger-Miclos, an unidentified performer. Fonotipia 1093 records piano pieces (Godard, Chopin) from the acoustic era.AI summary
Fonotipia 1093 Classical
Roger-Miclos, an unrecognised pianist. Fonotipia 665 records Chopin and Mendelssohn from the acoustic era.AI summary
Fonotipia 665 Classical
The Rosé Quartet, led by Arnold Rosé, concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic, plays scherzos by Schubert and Tchaikovsky on Homochord.AI summary
Hom P5007 Classical
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Thomas Beecham on His Master's Voice, performing Delius: 'Prelude to Irmelin' and 'Concerto for Violin and Orchestra'.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB6371 Classical
Bruno Walter conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the Prelude to Act III of Die Meistersinger and the Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream on Columbia L1651, a 12-inch pressing. Walter is one of the most revered conductors of the twentieth century and his Columbia RPO recordings are collected by admirers of historic orchestral performance.AI summary
Columbia L1651 Classical
Rudolph Ganz was a Swiss-American pianist and conductor who had a distinguished career in Chicago and recorded for Pathé in the acoustic era. The Pathé label used a distinctive centre-start playing format in its earlier years. Piano solos of this kind on early Pathé are collected by pianophile enthusiasts, and Ganz was a respected artist, though not among the very most collected pianists.AI summary
Pathé 1077 Classical
Rudolph Ganz (1877–1956) was a Swiss pianist and conductor of international standing. This Victor pressing of "Song of India" and a Minuet represents the classical piano repertoire he recorded in the acoustic and early electric era.AI summary
Victor 45531 Classical
Szymon Goldberg and Paul Hindemith on Columbia LX291 — a Mozart Duo in B flat major, in two parts. Goldberg was a distinguished Polish-born violinist, and Hindemith was of course one of the major composers and viola players of the twentieth century; this coupling records Hindemith as a performer rather than just a composer. Columbia LX is the prestigious large-format electrical series, and a duo recording between these two significant musicians is of real collector interest.AI summary
Columbia LX291 Classical
Albert Sammons, Lionel Tertis and Frank St Leger performed a chamber trio for Vocalion. This 'Trio in E flat' recording is from the electrical era and is scarce in the UK.AI summary
Vocalion D02015 Classical
Violinist Albert Sammons, violist Lionel Tertis and pianist Ethel Hobday play a trio in E major on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion D02091 Classical
Vassily Sapellnikoff, the Russian pianist and champion of Tchaikovsky, plays a Mendelssohn Scherzo and Brahms's Hungarian Dance No. 6 on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion B3110 Classical
Vassily Sapellnikoff, the Russian pianist who was a friend and champion of Tchaikovsky, plays his own Valse in E flat and Liszt's 'Waldesrauschen' on British Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion 0231 Classical
Vassily Sapellnikoff, the Russian pianist and champion of Tchaikovsky, plays Schumann's 'Traumes Wirren' and a Staccato Étude on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion 0270 Classical
Vassily Sapellnikoff, who played Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto under the composer's own baton, plays the opening of the concerto on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion 0259 Classical
Sapellnikoff, Russian pianist. Vocalion B3108 ('Rossignol' and 'Gavotte No 3'). Note: this appears to be a duplicate of id 19700 and 19701.AI summary
Vocalion B3108 Classical
Sapellnikoff, Russian pianist. Vocalion B3108 ('Rossignol' and 'Gavotte No 3'). Note: this appears to be a duplicate of or closely related to id 19701.AI summary
Vocalion B3108 Classical
Sapellnikoff, Russian pianist. Vocalion B3108 ('Scherzo Mendelssohn' and 'Hungarian Dance No 6'). Note: this appears to be a duplicate of or closely related to id 19702.AI summary
Vocalion B3110 Classical
Sapellnikoff was a Russian pianist. Vocalion B3110 ('Scherzo Mendelssohn' and 'Hungarian Dance No 6') is from a later electrical period.AI summary
Vocalion B3120 Classical
Sarah Gorby, credited on the Ducretet-Thomson (DucretetZ) label 8517, sings German art songs ('Du Sollst Nicht Gehn' and 'Wiegenlied'—Brahms's famous lullaby); this appears to be a French pressing of a light classical vocalist from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Ducretet Z8517 Classical
Pablo de Sarasate, the legendary Spanish violin virtuoso who died in 1908, made only a tiny handful of recordings for G&T in 1904; this disc preserves his own composition "Tarantelle".AI summary
G&T 37933 Classical
A Schubert piece 'One Summer Night' and an anonymous work 'Positively Absolutely' on Imperial 1800. Imperial was a cheap British pressing label of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Imperial 1800 Classical
The Seidler Orchestra on HMV 2-40878/9, performing the overtures to Verdi's *La Traviata* and Flotow's *Martha*. This is a double-sided or double-catalogue classical orchestral recording from HMV's 40000-series.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-40878/9 Classical
Selma Kurtz, credited on the German GC (Grammophon Company) label, 6943794; the title 'Es glanzie schon das Sternenheer' is a classical vocal piece, likely recorded in Berlin in the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
G&T G.C.-43794 Classical
Selma Kurz, an Austrian soprano renowned for her coloratura technique and Lieder recitals, recorded Schubert's 'Styrienne' and 'Der Vogel im Wald' (German Lied) on Zonophone; a significant European classical voice of the early 20th century.AI summary
Zonophone X23012/5 Classical
Sergei Rachmaninoff plays his own piano transcription of Kreisler's 'Liebesfreud' in two parts on an American Victor Red Seal disc.AI summary
Victorola 1142 Classical
Sergei Rachmaninoff, the Russian composer-pianist, recorded his own "Prelude in C Sharp Minor" (Op. 3 No. 2, 1892) for His Master's Voice catalogue 5672. This is one of his most famous and frequently recorded compositions, and Rachmaninoff's own recordings are historically and artistically significant.AI summary
His Master's Voice 5672 Classical
Sergei Rachmaninoff, the Russian composer and pianist, recorded his own 'Scherzo' and 'Serenade' for His Master's Voice DA1522, an acoustic pressing from the 1920s and a historic recording of major repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1522 Classical
Sergei Rachmaninoff, the great Russian pianist and composer, recorded for His Master's Voice. This DB408 coupling of Rachmaninoff's own 'Liebesleid' and the Chopin Waltz in E Flat major represents a major classical artist, though many of his HMV recordings are known.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB408 Classical
Sergei Rachmaninoff, the Russian composer and pianist, performing his own famous Prelude in G Minor on His Master's Voice 05652. A significant historical recording by one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice 05652 Classical
Sergei Rachmaninoff performing two of his own compositions on His Master's Voice D368: 'Le Coucou' (not Rachmaninoff's title, possibly mislabeled) and the Prelude in G sharp minor, one of his most famous works. Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) was a Russian composer-pianist of international renown.AI summary
His Master's Voice D368 Classical
Sgt Leggett on Scala 470, performing 'Lost chord' and 'Holy City' — sacred or classical-vocal material from a small British label, likely 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Scala 470 Classical
The Sheffield Choir under Henry Coward, one of the greatest British choral conductors, recorded the 'Hallelujah' chorus from Handel's Messiah for Odeon. This is a historically significant performance from the early electrical era.AI summary
Odeon 44944 Classical
Siegfried Borries recorded a Romanza in G Major (parts 1 and 2) for His Master's Voice (DB4662). Borries was a German or Swiss musician of the early-to-mid 20th century; the recording is likely from the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB4662 Classical
Odeon R20559/20558 Classical