3,288 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Victoria de los Angeles was a celebrated Spanish soprano known for her roles in opera and art song; this His Master's Voice recording captures her in Wagner arias, preserving one of the great voices of the mid-20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB21095 Opera
His Master's Voice DB21457
Victoria de los Angeles, the celebrated Spanish soprano, recording 'Din Dan Boleran' and 'El Cant des Ogells' (Catalan folk songs) for HMV. De los Angeles is one of the greatest lyric sopranos of the 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA977 Voice
Victoria de los Angeles, the celebrated Spanish soprano, recorded these two Spanish songs—a farruca and the traditional canción 'Clavelitos'—for His Master's Voice, likely in the 1950s.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1926 Opera
Victoria de los Angeles, the celebrated Spanish soprano, recorded these two Spanish songs—a saeta and traditional canción—for His Master's Voice, likely in the 1950s.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1929 Opera
Victoria de los Angeles was a celebrated Spanish soprano and one of the great lyric voices of the 20th century; this His Master's Voice side captures two operatic arias.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA2030 Opera
Victoria de los Angeles, the celebrated Spanish soprano, in Spanish song on His Master's Voice. De los Angeles was one of the finest operatic voices of the 20th century and remains actively collected.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA1961 Opera
Victoria de los Angeles, the celebrated Spanish mezzo-soprano, performing two selections from La Maja y el Ruiseñor on HMV's premium DB label. De los Angeles was one of the most important Spanish vocal artists of the mid-20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB21069 Opera
Victoria Hopper singing 'Love's Wisdom' and 'Lorna's Song' on His Master's Voice B8249. Hopper was a British actress and singer active in the 1920s–30s, and this represents a light popular song of the period.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8249 Voice
Victoria Hopper was a British singer; this His Master's Voice recording from the early era of electrical recording documents a minor artist from the classical or art-song tradition.AI summary
His Master's Voice 8249 Voice
The Vienna Philharmonic under Wilhelm Furtwängler performing the 'Emperor Waltz' and 'Pilgrims' Chorus' (two parts) on His Master's Voice DB21174. A prestigious electrical recording of classic repertoire by one of the era's greatest conductors.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB21174 Orchestra
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
Violet Essex was a singer of the 1920s. This very early HMV B-series acoustic recording, numbered B1391, captures 'Somewhere in fairyland' and the traditional Irish number 'Peggy O'Neill'.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1391 Voice
Violet Essex recorded 'How Do I Know I Love You' and a duet with Dawson ('I Want the Sun and Moon') for His Master's Voice in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1114 Voice
Violet Essex, a vocalist of the 1920s, with 'Just for a While' and 'In Romany', the latter arranged by Jack Hylton and P. Baselow. The HMV label and C-series catalogue number place this in the mid-to-late 1920s; Essex and Hylton were both active in British dance music of that period.AI summary
His Master's Voice C1085 Voice
Violet Essex, a British vocalist, recorded sentimental ballads for His Master's Voice in the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1417 Voice
Violet Loraine, a British stage comedian and singer, recorded 'Let the Great Big World Keep Turning' for His Master's Voice, catalogue 03552, dating to the 1900s-1910s. Loraine was a London revue and comedy performer.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03552 Music Hall
Violet Loraine, a British musical theatre star and singer, on His Master's Voice; Loraine performed in the West End musical theatre of the 1910s-1920s and recorded early electrical and acoustic sides.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03576 Voice
Violet Loraine, a British music-hall comedienne and singer popular in the 1910s-20s, recorded a medley on His Master's Voice C2357. The medley is presented as a two-part recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice C2357 Music Hall
Violet Loraine, the British musical-theatre singer and actress, recorded 'Oh the Woman in Room 13' and 'You'd be Surprised' for His Master's Voice, catalogue D475. Loraine was popular in Edwardian musical comedy and revue.AI summary
His Master's Voice D475 Voice
Violet Loraine, a British stage entertainer and early recording artist, on 'Gipsy warned me' and 'Oh by jingo oh by gee' for His Master's Voice D487. Loraine recorded in the early acoustic era and her sides are of interest to period collectors.AI summary
His Master's Voice D487 Music Hall
Violet Loraine, the English musical theatre star and singer, performing 'Oh how I laugh when I think how I cried about you' and 'If Mr Cupid went on Strike' on His Master's Voice D494. Loraine was a leading West End comedienne and performer in the early twentieth century.AI summary
His Master's Voice D494 Voice
The Virginians were an American jazz ensemble active in the 1920s; this HMV B series pressing pairs two of their jazz-age songs from the early electrical recording era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1520 Jazz
The Virginians, a hot-dance jazz ensemble of the early-to-mid 1920s, performing 'Blue' and Zez Confrey's 'Struttin' at the Strutters Ball' on His Master's Voice B1408. These are seminal early jazz recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1408 Jazz
The Virginians, an important early jazz and dance band, in two titles on His Master's Voice — 'Nobody Lied' and 'Yankee Doodle Blues' — from the early 1920s. The Virginians were a leading American jazz-dance ensemble.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1421 Jazz
The Virginians, a jazz ensemble of the 1920s, recorded these popular jazz and novelty dance numbers for His Master's Voice — "Sister Kate" became one of the decade's best-loved pieces.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1459 Jazz
The Virginians, a hot-jazz band, recorded 'Kiss Mama Kiss Papa' and '(Doerr) Swanee Smiles' for His Master's Voice B1520 in the mid-1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1520 Jazz
The Virginians, a popular dance orchestra of the 1920s, recorded for His Master's Voice B1408, performing 'Blue' and Frank Confrey's 'Struttin' at the Strutters Ball'. The Virginians were one of the leading dance bands of the early jazz age and their recordings, especially on HMV, are collected.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1408 Dance
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under Lehár (composer-conductor) performing 'Musical Memories' on His Master's Voice catalogue EH1301, a likely 1930s–1940s pressing of a salon piece.AI summary
His Master's Voice EH1301 Orchestra
W Barnes and J Coyne recorded an incomplete title 'Didn't know the Way to' for His Master's Voice, catalogue 04213, dating to the early 1910s or earlier. Both artists are unidentified in surviving discographies.AI summary
His Master's Voice 04213 Music Hall
A duet disc on HMV M-series (catalogue M59) by Danish singers William Herold and Helge Nissen, performing duets from Bizet's Les Pêcheurs de Perles and what appears to be a Danish work. The HMV M-series was a Scandinavian or continental vocal series. Herold was a significant Danish tenor of the early recording era; pressings from the M-series are uncommon in British collections.AI summary
His Master's Voice M59 Voice
W Jefferies recorded 'There's a long long Trail' and 'Everybody's crazy on the Fox Trot' for His Master's Voice, catalogue B567—an early acoustic-era release from the 1920s or earlier. 'Long long Trail' is a WWI standard.AI summary
His Master's Voice B567 Dance
His Master's Voice B853 Music Hall
Walter de la Mare, the celebrated English poet, reads selections from his own poetry on this HMV record, catalogue B8177, likely from the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8177 Personalities (Prs)
Walter Glynne performing two British folk-song arrangements on His Master's Voice from the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3293 Voice
Walter Glynne singing 'Moonlight and Roses' and 'The World is Waiting for the Sunrise' on His Master's Voice B8195; Glynne was a British tenor active in the dance-band era, and these popular songs date to the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8195 Voice
Walter Glynne, a British light tenor of the 1920s, singing sentimental ballads on HMV.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1644 Voice
Walter H Long performs 'Home Rule' on HMV 1388, a single-sided pressing from the very early Gramophone Company series — the 1000-range HMV numbers date from around 1903–1906. Long was a prolific early recording artist in both comic and topical song; single-sided HMV pressings from this period are genuinely old and attract collectors of early British records.AI summary
His Master's Voice 1388 Music Hall
Walter O'Keefe recorded 'Man on the Flying Trapeze' for His Master's Voice. O'Keefe was an American singer, comedian and actor active from the 1920s onward; 'Man on the Flying Trapeze' is a traditional music-hall song.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8050 Voice
Walter Pidgeon, the major Hollywood actor, on His Master's Voice B1882. Pidgeon recorded occasionally in the early 1930s; this is a film-related vocal recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1882 Personalities (Prs)
Walter Schumann leading orchestral arrangements of 'Goodnight Waltz' and 'Paddlin' Madeline Home' on His Master's Voice. Schumann was a conductor known for film-score work and orchestral arrangements in the 1950s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10757 Orchestra
Walter Schumann was an American composer and conductor known for orchestral and film work; this His Master's Voice recording of 'Goodnight waltz' and 'Paddlin' Madeline Home' may be a reissue of US material.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10757 Orchestra
Walter van Brunt and Maurice Burkhardt recorded 'Fiddle-dee-dee' for His Master's Voice, catalogue 2-4046, an early or novelty recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-4046 Voice
Walter Widdop, a noted English tenor, performing arias from Gounod's operas on His Master's Voice, catalogue DB1566.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB1566 Opera
Walter Widdop was a leading British tenor of the 1920s–1930s, famous for Wagnerian and operatic roles. This HMV DB-series recording of vocal songs from opera is from his later recording period.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB1566 Opera
Walton and Carter, a comedy or music-hall duo, recorded 'Loading up the Mandy Lee' and 'Oh that Beautiful Land' on HMV B695, from the early 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B695 Music Hall
Wanda Landowska performing a Vivaldi Concerto in D Major (Parts 1 and 2) on His Master's Voice DB6819. Landowska was one of the most important keyboard artists of the 20th century, pioneering the harpsichord revival and recording extensively for HMV from the 1920s onwards.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB6819 Classical