RAHOrch/Elgar

ABallad King Olaf
BFugue in C Minor

Label: His Master's Voice
Catalogue number: D614
Genre: Orchestra
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #15343

The Royal Albert Hall Orchestra conducted by Edward Elgar himself, performing the Ballad from his cantata 'King Olaf' paired with a Fugue in C Minor, on His Master's Voice D614. Elgar's self-conducted HMV recordings are among the most important early documents of British music and are consistently among the most collected orchestral 78s.

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AOverture in D Minor Handel
BFantasia in C Minor Bach

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