Beatrice Harrison
Born: 9th December 1892, Roorkee, India
Died: 10th March 1965, Surrey, England
Nationality: British
Beatrice Harrison was a British cellist active in the first half of the 20th century. She gave first performances of several important English works, especially those of Frederick Delius, and made the first or standard recordings of others, particularly the first recording of Elgar’s cello concerto in 1920 with the composer conducting.
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Adrian Bradbury on The Pre-Raphaelite Cello
20th May 2024
The cellist talks about his new album of British Romantic works for cello and piano with pianist Andrew West, out now on Somm.
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Elgar Remastered | By Lani Spahr
Beatrice Harrison (cello), Princess Victoria H.R.H. (piano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), New Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonic Festival Choir, Sir Edward Elgar, Lawrance Collingwood
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, Orchestral Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Elgar conducts Elgar | The complete recordings 1914 -1925 in new digital transfers from Elgar’s own record library
Charles Mott (baritone), Henry Ainley (speaker), Agnes Nicholls (soprano), Marie Hall (violin), Beatrice Harrison (cello), Leila Megane (contralto) The Symphony Orchestra & Royal Albert Hall Orchestra
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Delius: 150th Anniversary Edition
Piers Lane (piano), John Noble (baritone), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Paul Tortelier (cello), Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Elena Duran (flute), Eric Fenby (piano), Tasmin Little (violin), John Lenehan (piano), Moray Welsh (cello), Israela Margalit (piano), Igor Kipnis (harpsichord), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Marjorie Thomas (mezzo), Elsie Suddaby (soprano), Dora Labbette (soprano), Sir Thomas Beecham (piano), Gerald Moore (piano), Heddle Nash (tenor), Beatrice Harrison (cello), Martyn Hill (tenor), Brian Rayner Cook (baritone), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo), Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Eugene Holmes (Koanga), Claudia Lindsey (Palmyra), Raimund Herincx (Don José Martinez), Keith Erwen (Simon Perez), Jean Allister (Clotilda), Simon Estes (Rangwan), Benjamin Luxon (Manz), Noel Mangin (Marti), Colin Manley (Sali - as a child), Wendy Eathorne (Vrenchen - as a child), Elizabeth Harwood (Vrenchen), Robert Tear (Sali), John Shirley-Quirk (The Dark Fiddler), Elisabeth Söderström (Fennimore, Gerda), Brian Rayner Cook (Niels Lyhne), Robert Tear (Erik Refstrup) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia of England, The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Britten Quartet, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Baccholian Singers of London, Chamber Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, London Philharmonic Choir, Royal Choral Society, John Alldis Choir, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Danish Radio Chorus, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Charles Mackerras, Vernon Handley, Richard Hickox, Sir Neville Marriner, Sir Charles Groves, Meredith Davies, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Sir Philip Ledger
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The Elgar Edition: The Complete Electrical Recordings
Steuart Wilson (Gerontius), Margaret Balfour (Angel), Herbert Heyner (The Priest/The Angel of the Agony), Tudor Davies (Gerontius), Horace Stevens (The Angel of the Agony), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Margaret Balfour (contralto), Beatrice Harrison (cello), Sir Edward Elgar (piano) London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Royal Choral Society, Three Choirs Festival Chorus, Philharmonic Choir, New Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, New Light Symphony Orchestra, Light Symphony Orchestra, Lawrance Collingwood, J. Ainslie Murray, Haydn Wood, Sir Landon Ronald
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Historic non-vocal
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