21,677 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Josef Hofmann, one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, performing a Valse brillante and Berceuse on Columbia L1392 — a 12-inch pressing. Hofmann's recordings are seriously collected by devotees of historical piano playing.AI summary
Columbia L1392 Instrumental
Josef Hofmann was one of the greatest concert pianists of the twentieth century, a child prodigy and lifelong recording artist. 'Pastorale & Capriccio' and 'Magic Fire Spell' (from The Valkyrie) are piano recital pieces. This Brunswick 50035 pressing is from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 50035 Classical
Josef Hofmann, the legendary Austrian pianist, performing 'My Joys' and Rachmaninoff's 'Prelude in G Minor' on Brunswick 50045. Hofmann was one of the greatest pianists of the early 20th century.AI summary
Brunswick 50045 Classical
Josef Hofmann, one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, performing Mendelssohn's 'Spring Song' and Schumann's 'Warum?' on Columbia D9701. Hofmann's recordings are seriously collected by devotees of historical piano playing; this is the same disc as id 21572 in this collection.AI summary
Columbia D9701 Instrumental
Josef Hofmann, a legendary pianist of the early 20th century, recorded solo classical repertoire on Columbia, likely 1920s.AI summary
Columbia D1361 Classical
Josef Hofmann was a legendary pianist and composer, one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. This Brunswick recording of Chopin and Rachmaninoff—'Waltz in C Sharp Minor' and 'Turkish March'—represents the artistry of a canonically important musician captured on disc.AI summary
Brunswick 15057 Classical
Josef Hofmann, one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, performing Schubert's 'Erlkönig' (in piano transcription) and Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G Minor on Columbia L1416 — a 12-inch pressing. Hofmann's recordings are seriously collected by devotees of historical piano playing.AI summary
Columbia L1416 Instrumental
Josef Hofmann performing Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor and Schubert's Marche Militaire on Columbia catalogue 258 — an extremely low catalogue number suggesting one of the very earliest Columbia pressings. A Columbia catalogue number as low as 258 is characteristic of the very first years of the label's operation and warrants close examination.AI summary
Columbia 258 Instrumental
Josef Hofmann, one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, performing Liszt's 'Liebesträume' and Chopin's Waltz in E Minor on Columbia L1082 — a 12-inch pressing. Hofmann's recordings are seriously collected by devotees of historical piano playing.AI summary
Columbia L1082 Instrumental
Josef Hofmann, one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, performing Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor and Chopin's Polonaise in A Major on Columbia L1092 — a 12-inch pressing. Hofmann's recordings are seriously collected by devotees of historical piano playing.AI summary
Columbia L1092 Instrumental
Josef Hofmann, one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, performing Liszt's 'Liebesträume' and Chopin's Waltz in E Minor on Columbia L1082 — a 12-inch pressing. This is a duplicate of id 17575 in this collection; both copies should be compared for condition before sale.AI summary
Columbia L1082 Instrumental
Josef Hofmann performing Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor and Chopin's Polonaise in A Major on Columbia L1092 — a duplicate of id 17576 in this collection. Both copies should be compared for condition before sale.AI summary
Columbia L1092 Instrumental
Josef Hofmann, one of the greatest concert pianists of the early twentieth century, on Brunswick 15053, performing the Rachmaninoff Prelude in C sharp minor and a Hoffmann nocturne; an extremely scarce piano recording.AI summary
Brunswick 15053 Classical
Josef Hofmann, the legendary Polish-American pianist, recorded Chopin's 'Waltz in C sharp minor' and Rubinstein's 'Turkish march' on Brunswick 15057.AI summary
Brunswick 15057 Classical
Josef Hofmann, the legendary Polish pianist, performing Chopin's 'Polonaise Militaire' and Rubinstein's 'Melody in F' on Brunswick 15098.AI summary
Brunswick 15098 Classical
Josef Hofmann was one of the supreme pianists of the early twentieth century, a Polish-born prodigy who became a defining figure of the golden age of piano playing. This Columbia disc, catalogue D9701, contains Mendelssohn's 'Spring Song' and Schumann's 'Warum?' — two of the most characteristic salon pieces in the piano repertoire. Hofmann's recordings are seriously collected by devotees of historical piano playing.AI summary
Columbia D9701 Instrumental
Josef Kalenberg recorded 'Durch die Walder' and 'Jetzt ist wohl ihr Fenster offen' (German art songs or lieder) for Polyphon, a German label. Kalenberg was a Central European vocalist; artist and titles are German or Austrian repertoire.AI summary
Polyphon 66531 Voice
Decca 18046
Josef Marais, the South African folk singer, with Siembamba and As the Sun Goes Down on Decca 18232.AI summary
Decca 18232 Voice
Josef Marais and Miranda were a South African folk-song duo who recorded for Columbia in the 1950s, specialising in traditional southern African material; Marais later became known for his work with the New York folk scene.AI summary
Columbia DC582 Voice
Josef Wolfsthal was a respected German violinist and chamber musician (1899–1931); this His Master's Voice disc (EG series, acoustic era) pairs the 'Ungarischer Tanz' and a piece by Arnold Foldesy, recorded in the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice EG233 Classical
Joseph Cheetham recorded "Mountain Lovers" and "Bird of Love Divine" for Jumbo 1384, a British budget label.AI summary
Jumbo 1384 Voice
Guardsman 6031 Music Hall
Joseph Farrington recorded these classical pieces—Mussorgsky's Song of the Flea and an unnamed quintet arrangement of Autumn—for Met, an obscure British label.AI summary
Metropole 1037 Classical
Joseph Farrington recorded 'Boots' and 'Smuggler's Song' for Piccadilly 892. Piccadilly was a cheap British budget label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Piccadilly 892 Voice
Joseph Farrington on Piccadilly 5094, performing 'Qui sdegno non s'accende' and 'Non piu Andrai'. These are Italian operatic titles. Piccadilly was a budget British label of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Piccadilly 5094 Opera
Joseph Farrington recorded 'People That Walked in Darkness' and 'Why Do the Nations' for Piccadilly. Both are sacred or oratorio numbers; the artist is not documented.AI summary
Piccadilly 411 Classical
Joseph Farrington performing two traditional British songs—'Young Carbineer' and 'John Peel'—on Jumbo, catalogue BO998, from the early 1930s.AI summary
Jumbo BO998 Voice
Joseph Farrington singing 'Yeomen of England' and 'Off to Philadelphia' for Metropolitan Records (Met), catalogue 1094; a minor British label of the early 1900s–1920s.AI summary
Metropole 1094 Voice
Joseph Farrington, a classical solo artist, recorded 'Song of the Flea' and a quintet arrangement of 'Autumn' for Metropolitan Records, a small and short-lived British label.AI summary
Metropole 1037 Classical
Piccadilly 5058 Voice
Joseph Hislop, a distinguished Scottish tenor, performs two Italian operatic arias—'Ella mi fu rapita' and 'Parmi vedere le lagrime'—on His Master's Voice DA226.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA226 Opera
Joseph Hislop, a Scottish tenor, on His Master's Voice DA444, performing 'An Eriksay Love Lilt' and 'Herding Song'. Hislop was a celebrated concert and recording artist of the 1920s–30s, known for Scottish and Scandinavian song repertoire.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA444 Classical
Joseph Hislop, a Scottish tenor of international reputation, on HMV 2-052232, performing Puccini's 'Che gelida manina' from La Bohème. Hislop was a major British opera singer of the 1920s-40s and recorded extensively.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-052232 Opera
Joseph Hislop, the celebrated Scottish operatic tenor, sings 'Indian Love Call' and 'Rose-Marie' from the operetta Rose-Marie, on His Master's Voice's B series.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4404 Voice
Joseph Hislop, a Scottish lyric tenor, on His Master's Voice — Hislop was a classical and ballad singer with a long recording career from the 1920s onwards. This multi-record set couples Burns settings, a Scottish theme favored in his discography.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3264&3265 Classical
Joseph Joachim was the most celebrated violinist of the nineteenth century, the foremost interpreter of Brahms and the dominant figure in German classical violin playing for decades. His HMV D88 disc pairs his own 1903 recording of Brahms's Hungarian Dance No. 2 with a separate 1915 quartet recording of Schubert's 'Death and the Maiden' on the reverse. A Joachim recording on any label is among the most historically important early instrumental discs that can exist.AI summary
His Master's Voice D88 Instrumental
Joseph Marais and Miranda, South African singers, recorded 'The Zulu Warrior' and 'Johnnie Goggabie' for Columbia, world-music and folk sides from the 1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB3208 Voice
Joseph McNally was an Irish singer active in the mid-20th century. This MGM recording of two Irish ballads is a modest vocal release from the early 1950s.AI summary
MGM 146 Voice
Joseph Samuels Band on Curry's, a small British label, with 'Why Should I Cry Over You' and Glantz's 'Parade of the Wooden Soldiers'—a dance band recording from the 1930s.AI summary
Curry's 150 Dance
Joseph Schoffel, credited on Hom Records 50047, performing 'Lohengrin's Ankunft' and 'Trinklied', both German operatic or art-song material.AI summary
Hom 50047 Opera
His Master's Voice B1196
Joseph Smith Orchestra recorded two popular songs for Victor Records, a US label; this catalogue number suggests a 1920s American pressing, and UK copies are uncommon.AI summary
Victor 18632 Orchestra
Joseph Szigeti, the renowned Hungarian-American violinist, recorded 'Corcovado' and Beethoven's Minuet in G Major for Columbia. Szigeti was a major recording artist and a collector's name.AI summary
Columbia D1527 Classical
Joseph Szigeti, the Hungarian virtuoso violinist, playing 'Adieu' and Elgar's 'Serenade'. Szigeti was one of the supreme chamber musicians and recitalists of the twentieth century, recorded extensively throughout his long career.AI summary
Columbia LB14 Classical
Joseph Szigeti, the Hungarian violinist of international standing, on Columbia L2207 with Paganini's *Caprice No. 24* in two parts. An electrically recorded classical item from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia L2207 Classical
József Szigeti, the great Hungarian violinist, performing 'Ständchen' (Serenade) on HMV catalogue 07946 — from the early single-sided 07000-series. The 07000-series HMV pressings are early acoustic-era discs; a Szigeti recording in this series is earlier and less common than his later interwar recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice 07946 Instrumental
Joseph Szigeti, a preeminent Hungarian violinist of the 20th century, performing 'Ave Maria' on His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice 07955 Classical