876 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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The Sistine Chapel Choir, recorded on the G&T (Gramophone and Typewriter Company) label. This is a liturgical choral recording, likely from the earliest electrical period of the label. G&T was an important early label and this catalogue number suggests a 1920s electrical pressing.AI summary
G&T 54769 Classical
The Sistine Chapel Choir (Vatican) recorded 'Ave Maria' and 'Innocentes' for Parlophone. This is a significant choral recording of sacred music from one of the world's most famous choirs, recorded in the early electrical era (R20000 series, circa 1930s). Such prestigious recordings typically had wide distribution but also substantial collecting interest.AI summary
Parlophone R20000 Classical
The Sistine Chapel Choir (Sistine-Vatican Choir), recorded by Parlophone R20001, performs two liturgical works: 'Laudate Dominum' and 'Exsultate Deo', likely from the 1930s or 1940s.AI summary
Parlophone R20001 Classical
G&T 38089 Classical
St Wandrille Abbey Choir performing liturgical chant and hymns ('Wandregisulus') for Mona, a small label of uncertain date.AI summary
MonaSM 73 Classical
Stedman's Choir sings from Mendelssohn's 'Elijah' on a single-sided Gramophone Company disc.AI summary
Gramophone Company -4872 Classical
'Sunday Half Hour', a BBC religious music programme, performing two hymns ('I Know That My Redeemer Lives', 'Love Divine All Loves Excelling'). Credited to Times Personal Recording, this appears to be a private or institutional pressing rather than a commercial release.AI summary
Times Personal Recording Classical
Suzanne Bertin performing classical vocal pieces 'Il Bacio' and 'Villanelle' on Piccadilly 5114. Bertin was a minor classical or light opera singer recorded for budget labels in the 1930s.AI summary
Piccadilly 5114 Classical
Sydney Rayner was a pianist and conductor who recorded light classical fare for British labels in the 1930s. This Decca M-series coupling of Massenet's 'Elegie' and Debussy's 'Clair de lune' represents the kind of salon-music repertoire that filled the middle of the dance-hall and domestic markets.AI summary
Decca M433 Classical
T Lattermann, credited as Kammersänger (chamber singer), recorded German vocal repertoire on Polyphon 65725: 'Dunkte zu wenig dich sein Dank' and 'Tatest du's wirklich', German classical or art-song material.AI summary
Polyphon 65725 Classical
T Weist Hill credited on Imperial 1026, performing classical violin selections 'Souvenir' and 'Solveig's Song'; Imperial was a small British label.AI summary
Imperial 1026 Classical
T. Weist Hill recorded two classical piano pieces—Mendelssohn's 'Spring Song' and Thome's 'Simple Aveu'—for Imperial, a British budget label of the early 20th century. The artist is not documented in standard references.AI summary
Imperial 1027 Classical
The Black Diamonds ensemble recorded Christmas music—including 'For Unto Us a Child Is Born'—for Zonophone, a British label owned by the Gramophone Company, in the early 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 951 Classical
The Schumann Quartette on VF Records, a small imprint, with two classical pieces: 'Spring Song' and 'Lo, Here the Gentle Lark'.AI summary
Velvet Face 1013 Classical
The Schumann Quartette performing 'Cavatina' and 'Souvenir', chamber music recorded for VF, an unidentified or short-lived British label.AI summary
Velvet Face 1161 Classical
Thomas Chalmers, an American baritone of the early 20th century, on Columbia 161: two hymn or religious vocal standards, recorded in the acoustic era (before c. 1925).AI summary
Columbia 161 Classical
Thomas Jensen conducting the Carl Nielsen work 'Saul og David' (a four-act opera) for the Danish Tono label; this is a classical issue with both sides devoted to the same work.AI summary
Tono 1655 Classical
His Master's Voice BD5867 Classical
The Tonhalle Orchestra recorded the Wolf-Ferrari Susanna's Secret Overture for Decca's classical K-series in the 1930s.AI summary
Decca K1872 Classical
The Tonhalle Orchestra under Woldemar Wolf-Ferrari performing the 'Susanna's Secret Overture' and 'Intermezzo' from Wolf-Ferrari's operetta on Decca K1872, a classical orchestral recording.AI summary
Decca K1872 Classical
Toscha Seidel, a celebrated Russian-American concert violinist, recorded 'Romance' by Wieniawski and 'Serenade' by Schubert for Columbia. Seidel (1899–1962) was a prominent virtuoso of the early twentieth century.AI summary
Columbia 7361 Classical
Toscha Seidel was a Russian-American concert violinist of the early 20th century, renowned for his virtuosity. This Columbia pressing pairs two romantic violin standards from his recital repertoire.AI summary
Columbia 7361 Classical
Tommy Reilly was a renowned British harmonica player known for his classical and folk interpretations; 'Träumerei' and 'Londonderry Air' on this Hohner label recording showcase his virtuosity on standard classical and traditional pieces.AI summary
Hohner Classical
An unidentified trio performing French salon songs on Dacapo. The repertoire—a sentimental drawing-room piece and a romantic vocal number—reflects inter-war light classical taste.AI summary
Dacapo 2003 Classical
An unidentified trio performing classical salon repertoire—Dvořák's "Humoreske" and "Love in Idleness"—on Dacapo, a small British label. The artist and pressing details cannot be determined from the label information alone.AI summary
Dacapo 2008 Classical
The Van Eps Banta Trio recorded these two classical salon pieces for Pathé, a French label. Pathé 1499 is a relatively high catalogue number suggesting 1920s. Van Eps was likely a house ensemble or minor recording artist.AI summary
Pathé 1499 Classical
Váša Příhoda, the Czech violin virtuoso, plays Toselli's 'Serenade' and Drdla's 'Souvenir' on Polydor.AI summary
Polydor 47067 Classical
Vása Příhoda, the Czech violinist and virtuoso, recorded 'Souvenir' and 'Serenata' for Decca. Příhoda was an accomplished concert and recording artist known for his technical brilliance.AI summary
Decca DE7003 Classical
Vasa Prihoda, a Czech violinist renowned for his virtuosity and wide repertoire, performing Salut d'Amour and Schubert's *Rosamunde* on Brunswick. Prihoda was an internationally celebrated concert artist of the mid-20th century.AI summary
Brunswick 7002 Classical
Ralph Vaughan Williams's 'Geud Man of Ballangigh', a folk-dance arrangement, performed on both sides of Columbia DB2242; a classical recording on the standard HMV-Columbia label.AI summary
Columbia DB2242 Classical
Ralph Vaughan Williams, the major English composer, arranged and conducted these folk dance settings for Columbia. 'Oranges and Lemons Square Dance' and 'Hunsdon House Country Dance' are from his English Folk Dance and Song Society work; this is a significant recording by a canonical British composer.AI summary
Columbia DB2241 Classical
Victor Opferman, a classical pianist, recorded 'Chanson Polonaise' and 'Slumber Song' for Winner 2048, a classical or light instrumental record from the early 1920s.AI summary
Winner 2048 Classical
Victor Opferman Quartet on Dacapo, an obscure small British label, with classical and operatic arias.AI summary
Dacapo 323 Classical
Victor Schioler performing two Chopin piano pieces (Mazurka Op. 68 No. 2 and Waltz Op. 69 No. 1) on Magic, an undocumented small British label of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Magic 2008 Classical
Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in Cherubini's Overture "Anacreon" for His Master's Voice. Furtwängler's pre-war recordings are prized by classical collectors for their interpretive authority and the Vienna Philharmonic's playing.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB21493 Classical
The Vienna Philharmonic under conductor Felix Weingartner performing Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in F Major on His Master's Voice D1481/3—a prestigious multi-disc set from the electrical era.AI summary
His Master's Voice D1481/3 Classical
Vincente Gomez, a classical Spanish guitarist, on Brunswick 02820. Gomez was an accomplished performer recorded internationally, and this appears to be flamenco material.AI summary
Brunswick 02820 Classical
An unnamed violinist performing two Romantic-era salon pieces—Massenet's Berceuse from Jocelyn and an Italian Canzonetta—on the Apollo label.AI summary
Apollo 163 Classical
A violin soloist performing 'Slow Movement' from Mendelssohn, coupled with 'Road to Loch Lomond', recorded for Bell 392. Bell was a small British label; the artist is unidentified, but the classical/folk programme suggests a serious musician recorded for the budget market.AI summary
Bell 392 Classical
An unnamed violin soloist recorded Abendfrieden and a serenade for Wotama, an obscure imprint of unknown origin. The performer and the precise recordings are not otherwise documented.AI summary
Wotama 9590 Classical
Vladimir Cernikoff performs 'Sonata' by Mozart and 'Prelude in C Sharp Minor' by Chopin on Columbia's early catalogue.AI summary
Columbia 379 Classical
Vladimir de Pachmann was a legendary Russian pianist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, celebrated as one of the finest interpreters of Chopin and a virtuoso of remarkable technical skill. This Victor recording of 'Prelude in D-flat Major' (Op. 28 No. 15, 'Raindrop', or another work) represents a major pianist's interpretation. Victor pressings of Pachmann's recordings are historically important and collectable.AI summary
Victor 6480 Classical
Vladimir de Pachmann, the celebrated Russian pianist, recorded the Liszt Rigoletto Paraphrase and other virtuoso piano pieces for Columbia in the acoustic or early electric era.AI summary
Columbia L1103 Classical
Vladimir de Pachmann plays a Liszt Polonaise Cadenza and Chopin Étude and Prelude on Columbia L1010 — a duplicate of id 17782 in this collection. Both copies are the same pressing; one is the one to sell.AI summary
Columbia L1010 Classical
Vladimir de Pachmann, the eccentric Ukrainian pianist celebrated for his Chopin interpretations, plays a Mazurka, a Prelude, and the Nocturne in E flat on Columbia L1014, a 12-inch pressing. The L-series is Columbia's 12-inch premium format; de Pachmann's 12-inch Columbia Chopin recordings are less common than his 10-inch equivalents and are keenly collected.AI summary
Columbia L1014 Classical
Vladimir de Pachmann was a Ukrainian-born pianist celebrated above all for his Chopin playing, an eccentric and much-discussed performer who recorded into the early electrical era. The Columbia L-series was the twelve-inch classical catalogue, and this coupling of a Chopin Mazurka with Liszt's Liebesträume is characteristic of his recital programmes. De Pachmann's recordings are consistently collected by pianophile enthusiasts and this is a desirable coupling.AI summary
Columbia L1102 Classical
Vladimir de Pachmann plays a Mazurka, an Étude, and La Fileuse by Chopin on Columbia L1112, a 12-inch pressing. Like the other de Pachmann Columbia L-series discs in this collection, this is a premium-format large-disc Chopin recording by the pianist most closely associated with that composer's music in the early recording era.AI summary
Columbia L1112 Classical
Vladimir de Pachmann was a Ukrainian-born pianist celebrated above all for his Chopin playing, famous as much for his eccentric stage manner as for his beautiful tone. Columbia L1131 — Schumann's 'Grillen' in D flat and Chopin's Scherzo in B minor — is a large-format 12-inch pressing from Columbia's premium L-series. De Pachmann's Columbia recordings are collected by enthusiasts of early piano recording.AI summary
Columbia L1131 Classical