1,092 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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A recording of Roger Quilter's incidental music for the children's play 'Where the Rainbow Ends', performed by an orchestra under or associated with Quilter, on Parlophone E11175. Quilter's music for this play was a perennial British favourite and was recorded in the acoustic and early electric eras. Parlophone E-series were standard British pressings of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Parlophone E11175 Orchestra
An orchestra under Rhené-Baton plays Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Festival Overture in two parts on Vocalion A0255.AI summary
Vocalion 0255 Orchestra
An orchestra under conductor Landon Ronald performing 'Garden of Allah' on His Master's Voice D488, a two-part side. Ronald was a distinguished British conductor and composer. 'Garden of Allah' was a popular orchestral number.AI summary
His Master's Voice D488 Orchestra
An orchestra conducted by Ronald performing 'Garden of Allah' parts 3 and 4 for His Master's Voice D489, a descriptive or mood music recording from the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice D489 Orchestra
Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent performing Richard Strauss's 'Bourgeois Gentilhomme Intermezzo' and Walter Goehr's 'Sospiri' on Columbia DB1784, a 1930s pressing; Sargent was a major British conductor.AI summary
Columbia DB1784 Orchestra
An HMV D445 disc of the Overture to Ethel Smyth's opera The Boatswain's Mate (1916) in two parts, conducted by an orchestra under 'Smythe' — almost certainly Ethel Smyth herself conducting, which would make this a rare document of a pioneering female composer directing her own work. HMV D-prefix indicates a 12-inch disc; the 'D' series includes many electric-era orchestral recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice D445 Orchestra
Two orchestral pieces on HMV D191: a Suite of Ancient Dances conducted by Stanford (1916) paired with Sir Alexander Mackenzie conducting an overture to 'The Cricket on the Hearth'. Sir Charles Villiers Stanford was one of the dominant figures of the British musical renaissance; his self-conducted HMV recordings are of historical importance to collectors of early British orchestral 78s.AI summary
His Master's Voice D191 Orchestra
HMV D192 pairs Sir Charles Villiers Stanford conducting his Irish Rhapsody No. 1 (1916) with Shamus O'Brien overture. Stanford's self-conducted HMV recordings are primary documents of his own music and are historically important to students of the British musical renaissance. As a companion to ids 17627 and 17629, this forms part of an early HMV D-series acoustic recording set.AI summary
His Master's Voice D192 Orchestra
Orchestra conducting the Radetsky March by Johann Strauss Sr. and 'Mein Oesterreich' by Dobrindt on Parlophone B12473. Military march repertoire was standard fare for recording orchestras.AI summary
Parlophone B12473 Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky conducting an orchestra in the Grand Carnaval from his own ballet Petrushka, on Columbia L2175 — a 12-inch pressing. A composer conducting their own most celebrated work is a primary musical document; Stravinsky's self-conducted Columbia recordings are among the most important early orchestral 78s.AI summary
Columbia L2175 Orchestra
Ralph Vaughan Williams conducts the orchestra in this Vocalion recording of his own ballet 'Old King Cole', an unusual example of the composer directing his own music on disc.AI summary
Vocalion 0247 Orchestra
The companion disc to Vocalion 0247, continuing Ralph Vaughan Williams's own recorded performance of his ballet 'Old King Cole' with parts 3 and 4.AI summary
Vocalion 0248 Orchestra
An orchestral recording of Wagner's Flying Dutchman overture conducted by Max von Schillings, on what appears to be a Schallplatten-labelled disc, catalogue 69557. Von Schillings was a significant German conductor and composer of the late Romantic era. If this is an early electrical recording of a German conductor performing Wagner, it has specialist interest.AI summary
Schall 69557 Orchestra
Sir Henry Wood's orchestra recorded 'Three Blind Mice' (parts 1 and 2) for Columbia L1134; Wood was one of Britain's most celebrated conductors, famous for the Promenade Concerts.AI summary
Columbia L1134 Orchestra
Orchestra conducted by Wood performing the Tannhäuser Overture (Wagner) on two sides of Columbia L1196, a concert-hall piece in the orchestral repertoire.AI summary
Columbia L1196 Orchestra
An early Gramophone Company orchestral recording of waltzes by Carl Michael Ziehrer, part of the company's acoustic-era 040000 series devoted to Viennese orchestral repertoire.AI summary
Gramophone Company 040582 Orchestra
An orchestra plays a Carmen march and the Radetzky March on Derby G501.AI summary
Derby G501 Orchestra
An unidentified orchestra performing instrumental light music on Winner 2441. Winner was a budget British label.AI summary
Winner 2441 Orchestra
An unnamed orchestra recorded two popular instrumental pieces, 'Chicken Reel' and 'Lilene', for Winner. This is a mass-produced dance side from Winner's cheap catalogue.AI summary
Winner 2567 Orchestra
An unnamed orchestra playing overtures from Auber's 'Le Philtre' and 'La Meule à vent' ('The Mill'), released on an anonymous label.AI summary
Anon 281 Orchestra
An unnamed orchestra recorded two classical concert overtures—Rossini's 'Thieving Magpie' overture and the barcarolle from Offenbach's *Tales of Hoffmann*—for Anon, a mysterious budget British label with an extremely low catalogue number.AI summary
Anon 76 Orchestra
An orchestra on Winner, performing 'Chocolate Soldier Waltz' and 'Quaker Girl Waltz' — selections from two popular operettas. Winner was a budget British label.AI summary
Winner 2024 Orchestra
An instrumental orchestra recording on Winner, a small British label of the early 1900s, pairing a devotional piece with a light classical selection.AI summary
Winner 2025 Orchestra
A band recording of two orchestral concert pieces, 'Songe d'Automne' (Autumn Dream) and 'Vision of Salome', on Winner, a small British label. The orchestra is not identified.AI summary
Winner 2026 Orchestra
An orchestral selection from the 'Wild Geese' on Hom, a budget British label whose catalogue structure and provenance are unclear. The catalogue number range suggests a single-sided or coupled recording from the early 1930s or earlier.AI summary
Hom 60972/3 Orchestra
An unnamed orchestra on Curry's Records, a tiny British label, with two light-orchestral popular tunes.AI summary
Curry's 223 Orchestra
An orchestra performing two operatic overtures on Alex Records, an obscure British label; repertoire consists of Wagner's 'Pilgrims' Chorus' from *Tannhäuser* and Weber's *Der Freischütz* Overture.AI summary
Alexander 20364 Orchestra
An unidentified orchestra on Alex Records 294: 'On Jersey's Shore' and 'Austria March'. Alex was a small British label; no artist information is given.AI summary
Alexander 294 Orchestra
An unnamed orchestra performing the overture to Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades) in two parts on Anker, an obscure British label, catalogue 286.AI summary
Anker 286 Orchestra
An unnamed orchestra recorded 'Pagliacci Fantasia' and 'Jubel Overture' on the Anker label, catalogue 288. Anker was a minor or short-lived British imprint. The operatic repertoire and instrumental arrangement suggest continental European or early British pressing.AI summary
Anker 288 Orchestra
An orchestra performing two pieces—'Georgia Camp Meeting' and 'King George March'—on the Globo label, catalogue 114.AI summary
Glob 114 Orchestra
An unnamed orchestra recording for Columbia, catalogue 1055, performing 'Whispering Flowers' and 'Spring Song', typical of the light instrumental dance material Columbia issued in the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 1055 Orchestra
An anonymous orchestra recorded selections from *The Desert Song* on both sides for Curry's, a minor British label of the 1920s–30s. The two-part format was typical of longer instrumental arrangements on 78rpm.AI summary
Curry's 348 Orchestra
Two orchestral selections—Herman Kenin's Ambassador Hotel Orchestra on 'Kids Again' and Edwin J. McEnelly's Orchestra on 'Dear, When I Met You'—coupled on HMV's B series.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5699 Orchestra
An unidentified orchestra performing 'Morning Noon & Night Overture', a light orchestral medley, in two parts. This Flag label pressing is from an obscure British marque, likely from the 1920s–30s era.AI summary
Flag 416 Orchestra
Orchestra credited on Tow, a small or obscure British label, performing instrumental popular material.AI summary
Tower 110 Orchestra
An orchestra recording of two sentimental ballads, 'Kashmiri Song' and 'Till I Wake', on the DuoB label, a British budget marque of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Duophone B5012 Orchestra
An orchestra recording two Turkish national and military pieces on Janus, a small or obscure British label of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Janus 2065 Orchestra
An orchestra performs the Dollar Princess Waltz and waltzes from A Pretty Girl and A Waltz Dream on the JLCO label, catalogue 5065. JLCO is an unidentified label abbreviation; the Edwardian operetta repertoire suggests a period pressing but the label cannot be placed.AI summary
JLCO 5065 Orchestra
An orchestral recording of light classical pieces, 'Valse Espagnole' and 'Minuet Waltz', pressed on Polyphon, a German label with British distribution. The orchestra is not credited and the date is uncertain.AI summary
Polyphon 12001 Orchestra
A German military march recorded by an unnamed orchestra on Polyphon, 'Der Sieger von Masuren' (The Victor of the Masurian Lakes), commemorating a World War I battle. The reverse is a march in honour of Field Marshal von Hindenburg.AI summary
Polyphon 15467 Orchestra
An unnamed orchestra on Arrow (a minor British label) performing 'Dollar Princess Selection', a selection from the operetta. Early Arrow pressings are scarce.AI summary
Arrow A31 Orchestra
An unnamed orchestra performs Schumann's 'Träumerei', a beloved piano piece transcribed for ensemble, on Columbia in the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 702 Orchestra
An orchestra performing two novelty or light instrumental pieces on Anon Records (an anonymous or unidentified British label); repertoire includes a German song and a famous light orchestral piece.AI summary
Anon 8265 Orchestra
An uncredited orchestra recorded 'Trenkler March' and 'Berlin Air' for Universal, a budget British label.AI summary
Universal 2002 Orchestra
An orchestra performing two theatre incidental music pieces on Universal Records, a minor British label; repertoire suggests early 20th-century theatre, pantomime, or ballet music.AI summary
Universal 2031 Orchestra
An unidentified orchestra on Universal Records performing 'The Native's Glory' and 'Moskwa'. Universal was an American label with UK distribution; no artist is credited.AI summary
Universal 2038 Orchestra
An orchestra recorded two light orchestral and instrumental selections on Whit (Whitworth or similar British label) 145, likely 1920s–1930s. The orchestra and label are not clearly identified.AI summary
Whit 145 Orchestra