876 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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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
Carl Schuricht was a German conductor and a champion of the Romantic symphony repertoire; this Siem pressing of a Schuricht Symphonie No. 1 is a German issue from an obscure label.AI summary
Siemens 67884 Classical
Carlos Skolnik performing two classical pieces on Winner, a British budget label.AI summary
Winner 4784 Classical
Castle Tressider performing the hymn 'The Lost Chord' and 'Ora Pro Nobis' on Inv 226, a British small-label pressing.AI summary
Invicta 226 Classical
Charles Draper, the leading English clarinettist of his generation, plays Weber's Concertino, with 'The Lost Chord' by W. Price on the reverse, on Ebonoid.AI summary
Ebonoid 10006 Classical
Charles Gilibert recorded 'Largo' for Victor, a classical or instrumental solo of the early 1900s or 1920s.AI summary
Victor 74155 Classical
Charles Knowles, the English bass, sings 'Why Do the Nations' from Handel's 'Messiah' on a single-sided G&T.AI summary
G&T 3-2490 Classical
Charles Saunders sings 'The Enemy Said' from Handel's 'Israel in Egypt' on a single-sided G&T.AI summary
G&T 3-2454 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
Chas Pagel performing classical vocal works—Fauré's Berceuse and the Liebeslied—on the Sc label, possibly a German or Austrian imprint.AI summary
Scala 5044 Classical
A choir recorded for Exo (ExoF) label, performing two traditional hymns: 'As with Gladness Men of Old' and 'We Plough the Fields and Scatter'. Exo was a minor British label, and hymn recordings by unidentified choirs were common commercial output.AI summary
Exo F574 Classical
A choir performing 'Fanfare' by M Shaw and 'Coronal' by Bantock on the Drury label, dates and pressing details unknown.AI summary
Drury Classical
A church choir performing two hymns: 'Abide with Me' and 'Sun of My Soul', on the Broadcast label, a budget British imprint. Such recordings were common devotional material for domestic or chapel use.AI summary
Broadcast 1008 Classical
A choir performing two hymns—"Jesu Lover of my Soul" and "Old Rugged Cross"—on Broadcast, a small British label.AI summary
Broadcast 1010 Classical
A choir on Broadcast 1024 singing the Christmas carols 'O come all ye Faithful' and 'First Nowell'.AI summary
Broadcast 1024 Classical
A choir performing two hymns, 'Now Thank We All Our God' and 'The Church's One Foundation', on Winner 2792.AI summary
Winner 2792 Classical
A choir sings Goodnight on G&T 4398, a single-sided record from the Gramophone and Typewriter Company era.AI summary
G&T 4398 Classical
A choir singing two hymns on StSR 004, a very early catalogue number suggesting a small British label from the late 1920s.AI summary
StSR SR004 Classical
A choir singing 'Christians Awake' and 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing' for Winner 2228, likely 1920s–30s.AI summary
Winner 2228 Classical
Choir directed by Marusczyk performing a Latin liturgical sequence (Lauda Sion) for Christschall, a small German religious label. This is an obscure sacred choral recording from an unidentified ensemble.AI summary
christschall 139 Classical
Choir of the School of English Church Music, 'Merbecke Communion Service' (Part 2), on ROX 189; a liturgical recording of this 16th-century English church composer's work, recorded by a specialist ensemble for a small label.AI summary
ROX 189 Classical
Claire Dux, an American opera soprano and concert singer, recorded 'Serenade' and 'Maria's Lullaby' for Brunswick, a major American label, as a British pressing. Dux was known for concert repertoire and minor operatic work in the 1910s-1920s.AI summary
Brunswick 10156 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
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
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
Claudio Arrau, the Chilean pianist, recorded Liszt's 'Au Bord d'une Source' and 'Concert Etude in F Minor' for Polyphon; Arrau was one of the great Romantic pianists of the 20th century.AI summary
Polyphon 95112 Classical
Parlophone 020469 Classical
Clifford Curzon, one of Britain's greatest pianists, and Benjamin Britten recorded 'Mazurka Elegiaga' and 'Intro and Rondo Alla Burlesca' for Decca K1117/8; this was a notable collaboration between two major British musical figures.AI summary
Decca K1117/8 Classical
Conchita Supervía, the Spanish mezzo-soprano, sings from Falla's 'El amor brujo' on Historic Masters, a society label issuing limited pressings from original Gramophone Company matrices.AI summary
Historic Masters HMB54 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, 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
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
D'Alvarez, an unidentified artist, performing a sacred vocal piece (a Mendelssohn aria) on Vocal, a small label. The catalogue format suggests an early recording from the acoustic era.AI summary
Vocalion 0148 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, the Australian violinist, plays a Hungarian Dance and Old Viennese folk songs on Duophone.AI summary
Duophone GS7004 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
Darre and the Lamoureux Orchestra under Wolff recorded Franck's Piano Concerto in D minor (d'Indy), parts 1 and 2, for Polyphon, a European imprint.AI summary
Polyphon 566130 Classical
A continuation of the d'Indy Piano Concerto recording (see 14573): Darre (soloist), the Lamoureux Orchestra, and Wolff (conductor), on Polyphon catalogue 566131, likely mid-1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
Polyphon 566131 Classical
A two-part recording of d'Indy's Piano Concerto, performed by the Lamoureux Orchestra under Wolff with Darre as soloist, on Polyphon catalogue 566132, likely a mid-1920s or early 1930s pressing.AI summary
Polyphon 566132 Classical