21,650 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Alfred Cortot was a celebrated French pianist and a giant of 20th-century piano recording; these Chopin pieces were recorded electrically by Victor and represent some of the most important keyboard recordings of the era.AI summary
Victor 6502 Classical
Alfred Deller, the celebrated English countertenor, recorded 'Flow My Tears' and 'Calleno Custure' for His Master's Voice. Deller was a pioneer of the early-music revival and one of the finest interpretive singers of the 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice C4236 Classical
Alfred Grünfeld, the Viennese pianist, plays Schubert songs on a single-sided G&T. He was one of the first notable pianists to make records.AI summary
G&T 045506 Classical
Alfred Lester was a much-loved Edwardian musical-comedy actor, creator of the role of 'The Arcadians' and one of the most popular light comedians of his day. HMV B1683 — 'Yes We Have No Bananas' and 'Why Did I Marry My Wife' — is a standard HMV popular-series pressing from the early electrical era. Lester is a collected name in British musical-comedy history.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1683 Music Hall
Alfred Lester, a celebrated British comic actor and music-hall performer, in a comedy duet with Violet Loraine on Columbia, with the title 'A Lady of a Thousand Charms', and a solo piece, 'Dear Old Shepherd's Bush', likely from the 1910s.AI summary
Columbia D1339 Music Hall
Alfred Lester, a British music-hall comedian, performing *Germs – Fun of the Fayre* and the catchphrase number *Ours is a Nice 'Ouse Ours Is* on Columbia. Lester was one of the most popular British comedians of the Edwardian era and 1910s.AI summary
Columbia 887 Music Hall
Alfred Lester was a British comic actor and revue performer of the Edwardian stage, known for his roles in musical theatre. This His Master's Voice recording preserves one of his comic theatrical sketches. HMV M110 is an early vocal series catalogue number, dating to around 1910-1912.AI summary
His Master's Voice M110 Music Hall
Columbia 544 Music Hall
Alfred Lester, the celebrated music-hall comic and actor, performing two monologues on His Master's Voice (catalogue C496, an early series).AI summary
His Master's Voice C496 Music Hall
Alfred Lester, the celebrated British comic actor, in two comic monologues — 'Restaurant Episode' and 'Hair Dresser' — on His Master's Voice, likely from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice C496 Music Hall
Alfred Lester recorded 'Village Fire Brigade' and 'Scene Shifter's Lament' for His Master's Voice, catalogue C497. Alfred Lester was an established British music-hall comedian and singer, and these are comic sketches or comic songs typical of early 1920s music-hall material. The very low catalogue number indicates an early HMV acoustic recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice C497 Music Hall
Alfred Lester, a British comedian and music-hall performer, recorded these character monologues for Columbia. Lester was a popular Edwardian and early 20th-century entertainer.AI summary
Columbia 544 Music Hall
Alfred Lester, a music-hall comedian of the Edwardian era, in two comic routines on Columbia from the very early 1900s.AI summary
Columbia 887 Music Hall
Alfred Lester, a music-hall comedian and actor, recorded two comic songs from the Edwardian musical theatre with F. Leo on His Master's Voice: 'Higgins on the River' and 'Higgins the Quack'.AI summary
His Master's Voice C495 Music Hall
Alfred Lester and Buena Bent, credited on Columbia 595, performing 'Longshoreman Bill'.AI summary
Columbia 595 Music Hall
Alfred Noyes, the English Romantic poet, reciting 'The Cathedral' (his own poem) with orchestral accompaniment on His Master's Voice, catalogue B12. An early electrical or acoustic pressing of spoken verse.AI summary
His Master's Voice B12 Voice
The Highwayman, Alfred Noyes's 1906 narrative poem, in two parts on Dominion B8, credited to Noyes.AI summary
Dominion B8 Personalities (Prs)
Alfred Piccaver, the British-based tenor, recorded 'Pour un Baiser' and 'Amor ti vieta' (the latter from Puccini's *Le villi*) for Brunswick. Piccaver was a leading lyric tenor of the 1920s and 1930s, much admired in both operatic and concert repertoire.AI summary
Brunswick 15133 Opera
Alfred Piccaver, an Austrian-born tenor of the early 20th century known for his operatic recordings on Brunswick. 'Carmen Flower Song' and 'Faust Salut, Demeure' are celebrated tenor arias from the standard repertoire.AI summary
Brunswick 50110 Opera
Alfred Piccaver recorded the arias 'Ah si ben mio' (from *Il Trovatore*) and 'O tu che in Seno Agli Angeli' (from *La Forza del Destino*) for Brunswick, catalogue 50115. Piccaver was a celebrated English-born Heldentenor who sang regularly in Vienna and Europe in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Brunswick 50115 Opera
Alfred Piccaver, an American-born tenor who had a major career at the Vienna State Opera, performing Puccini's 'Che gelida manina' from *La bohème* and a farewell aria on Polyphon, a major European label.AI summary
Polyphon 72880 Opera
Alfred Piccaver, the English-born tenor who was a star of the Vienna State Opera, sings the Prize Song and 'Am stillen Herd' from 'Die Meistersinger' on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion 38016 Opera
Alfred Piccaver was an Austrian tenor known for operatic and light-opera roles, recorded on the Polyphon label in the 1920s-30s singing Italian operatic standards.AI summary
Polyphon 70682 Opera
Alfred Piccaver, an Austrian tenor who enjoyed a long career on stage and record, recorded two arias — 'Questa o quella' and 'Siciliana' — on Brunswick in the 1920s.AI summary
Brunswick 15131 Opera
Alfred Piccaver, an Austrian-born tenor who sang at the Vienna State Opera and was a major Gramophone recording artist of the 1920s, performing 'Mattinata' and 'Lolita' on Brunswick 15129.AI summary
Brunswick 15129 Voice
Alfred Piccaver was an English tenor of the 1920s–30s who recorded Italian opera roles; this Brunswick pressing of Rossini's 'Siciliana' and 'Questa o Quella' captures his light tenor work in Italian repertoire.AI summary
Brunswick 15131 Opera
Alfred Piccaver, an established tenor of the 1920s–30s, recorded 'Pour un Baiser' and 'Amor ti vieta' (from *Fedora*) for Brunswick, catalogue 15133. Piccaver was a noted operatic tenor, and these are standard tenor-song repertoire items of the era.AI summary
Brunswick 15133 Opera
Alfred Piccaver, a celebrated Viennese tenor, performing 'Yours for a Song' and 'There's Danger in the Waltz' on Brunswick 02878.AI summary
Brunswick 02878 Voice
G&T 3-2796 Music Hall
The Dresden tenor Alfred von Bary sings a 'Liebeslied', backed by Karel Burian in 'Höchstes Vertrauen' from 'Lohengrin', on G&T.AI summary
G&T 2-42925 Opera
Alfredo, 'Side by Side' and 'The Little White House' on Winner 4666, a small British label.AI summary
Winner 4666 Dance
Alfredo performs 'Why can't we be Sweethearts' and 'Underneath the Weeping Willow' on Winner 4723, a popular song performance on a British budget label of the 1920s.AI summary
Winner 4723 Voice
A dance or light orchestral piece by Alfredo on Radio, a cheap British label of uncertain date.AI summary
Radio (Edison Bell) 876 Dance
A vocalist credited as Alfredo on the minor British label Rad, recording popular songs of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Radio (Edison Bell) 1341 Voice
Alfredo with Diane and I'll Think of You on Electron 0207.AI summary
Electron 0207 Dance
Alfredo on Rad catalogue 1363, a light sentimental vocal recording. Rad was an obscure British label of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Radio (Edison Bell) 1363 Voice
Alfredo recorded 'Puttin' on the Ritz' and 'On the Sunny Side of the Street' for Rad, an obscure British label. The artist and label are not clearly identified from the catalogue entry.AI summary
Radio (Edison Bell) 1375 Voice
Alfredo recorded 'More We Are Together' and 'Me Too Ho Ho Ha Ha' for Winner, catalogue 4553, likely 1920s.AI summary
Winner 4553 Dance
Alfredo recorded two popular songs for Winner, a mass-market British label of the 1920s-30s. Alfredo is not documented as a major artist.AI summary
Winner 4584 Voice
Alfredo on Winner 4585, performing popular novelty songs of the 1920s–30s. The artist is unidentified.AI summary
Winner 4585 Voice
Alfredo on Winner 4630, performing novelty dance numbers from the early 1930s. Alfredo is unidentified and Winner was a budget British label.AI summary
Winner 4630 Dance
Alfredo's band on Winner 4648, a British dance recording from the interwar period on a mass-market label.AI summary
Winner 4648 Dance
Alfredo recorded 'Side by Side' and 'The Little White House' for Winner Records, a small British label. The material and label suggest 1920s–1930s popular ballad output.AI summary
Winner 4666 Voice
Alfredo performing novelty dance numbers 'Do the Black Bottom with Me' and 'Half a Moon' on Winner, a budget British label.AI summary
Winner 4670 Dance
Credited to Alfredo on Winner, a cheap British imprint, with comic novelty titles suggesting spoken or specialty material.AI summary
Winner 4678 Comic
Alfredo on Winner Records with 'Tree in the Park' and 'Where's that Rainbow', from a British label active from the 1910s-30s.AI summary
Winner 4681 Voice
Alfredo credited on Winner 4700, a small British label. The titles suggest orchestral or light classical material typical of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Winner 4700 Instrumental
Alfredo on Winner 4955, performing 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'Pagan Love Song', likely late 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
Winner 4955 Voice