Isolde Menges

ABenedictus No 3

Label: His Master's Voice
Catalogue number: 2-07939
Genre: Instrumental
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #15501

Isolde Menges was a British violinist of some distinction in the early twentieth century who recorded for HMV. This disc, catalogue 2-07939, contains the Benedictus No. 3 — likely from Elgar's The Kingdom or a similar large choral work. Early HMV single-sided pressings of British violinists are moderately uncommon.

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