Historical
Recordings over 50 years old.
A huge catalogue featuring many of the greatest artists of the 20th Century.
Made up of the following series:
Great Cellists - Great Conductors - Great Opera Recordings
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Vladimir Horowitz (piano) NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Building a Library, November 2022, Also Recommended - Tchaikovsky
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Elgar conducts Elgar
London Symphony Orchestra, Edward Elgar
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th February 2009
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Building a Library, October 2016, Historic Choice
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Raffaele Arié, Valiano Natali, Anna Maria Canali, Gino Sarri Chorus and Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tullio Serafin
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Building a Library, October 2008, First Choice
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Building A Library, May 2025, Recommended Recording
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Great Violinists - Joseph Szigeti
Joseph Szigeti (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Paris, Thomas Beecham, Constant Lambert, Charles Munch
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Great Violinists - Kaufmann
Louis Kaufman (violin), Peter Rybar (violin) Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Clemens Dahinden
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The Composers Conduct - Holst / Vaughan Williams
London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Building A Library, May 2022, Also Recommended
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Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky | 1940 & 1946 Recordings
Philharmonic-Symphony of New York, Igor Stravinsky
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Building a Library, March 2013, First Choice
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Bellini: I Puritani
Maria Callas, Aurora Cattelani, Carlo Forti, Angelo Mercuriali, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Giuseppe di Stefano Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin
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Building a Library, January 2005, Budget Choice
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Robert Merrill (Rigoletto), Roberta Peters (Gilda), Jussi Björling (Il Duca), Anna Maria Rota (Maddalena), Giorgio Tozzi (Sparafucile) Rome Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Jonel Perlea
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Gounod: Faust
Roger Bourdin, Georges Nore, Roger Rico Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Thomas Beecham
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Building a Library, April 2005, Historic Choice
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Special offer. Great Conductors - Furtwängler
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Great Cellists - Casals | Encores and Transcriptions 3
Pablo Casals (cello), Charles Albert Baker
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Puccini: La Bohème
Jussi Björling, Victoria de los Angeles, Robert Merrill, Lucine Amara & Giorgio Tozzi RCA Victor Chorus and Orchestra (Thomas Martin) & The Columbus Boychoir (Herbert Huffman), Sir Thomas Beecham
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Giuseppe di Stefano (Riccardo), Tito Gobbi (Renato), Maria Callas (Amelia), Fedora Barbieri (Ulrica), Eugenia Ratti (Oscar), Silvio Maionica (Samuele), Nicola Zaccaria (Tom), Ezio Giordano (Silvano) Orhcestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala, Antonino Votto
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Building a Library, October 2013, Recommendation available on single CD
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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Sergey Rachmaninov
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Building a Library, March 2016, Also Recommended
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Schumann: Piano Quintet & Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2
Clifford Curzon (piano) Budapest String Quartet
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Building a Library, April 2008, Budget Choice
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Chopin: Nocturnes & Scherzi
Artur Rubinstein (piano)
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Building a Library, March 2010, First Choice (Scherzo 4)
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Great Conductors - Walter
Desi Halban (soprano), Bruno Walter (piano) Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
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Elgar conducts Elgar
Beatrice Harrison (cello) London Symphony Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra, Edward Elgar
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th January 2008
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Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2
Edwin Fischer (piano)
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto Nos. 1 & 4 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Sergey Rachmaninov (piano) Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Leopold Stokowski
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Building a Library, January 2003, Historic Choice
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Great Singers - Ferrier
Kathleen Ferrier, Desi Halban New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter
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Massenet: Werther
Georges Thill, Ninon Vallin, Germaine Feraldy Chorus and Orchestra of the Paris Opera, Elie Cohen
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Gramophone Awards, 1990, Winner - Historic vocal
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Bach - Piano Transcriptions Volume 2 | Rare Historical Recordings c 1925-1950
Vitya Vronsky and Victor Babin, Egon Petri & Harriet Cohen, Ferruccio Busoni & Edwin Fisher, Walter Rummel, Luigi Perrachio & Emma Boynet, Percy Grainger, Nicolai Mednikoff, Ethel Bartlett and Rae Robertson, Theodore Saidenberg and Edward Rebner, Guy Maier, Pierre Luboschutz and Genia Nemenoff, Alexander Siloti & Ellen Ballon, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Wilhelm Kempff, Jeanne Behrend and Alexander Kelberine, Ray Lev
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Bach - Goldberg Variations
Glenn Gould (piano)
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th March 2007
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Massenet: Manon
Germaine Féraldy, Louis Guénot, Joseph Rogatchewsky, Georges Villier Chorus & Orchestra of the Opéra-Comique Paris, Elie Cohen
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Building a Library, March 2018, Also recommended
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Great Violinists - Albert Sammons
Albert Sammons (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Hamilton Harty
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Building a Library, June 2019, Also Recommended
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Serge Koussevitzky
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky
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Building a Library, July 2002, Historic Choice
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Jussi Björling Collection, Vol. 3 | Opera arias & duets by Puccini, Verdi, Ponchielli, Meyerbeer, Massenet, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Bizet, Flotow, Gounod & Giordano
Jussi Björling (tenor) & Hjördis Schymberg (soprano)
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Great Pianists - Cortot | 78 rpm recordings - volume 4
Alfred Cortot (piano)
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2007, Re-issue of the Month
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Schumann: Kinderszenen & Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
Artur Schnabel (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult
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Building a Library, March 2019, Also Recommended
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Serge Koussevitzky
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky
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Building a Library, July 2005, Historic Choice
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The Gigli Edition 7 | London, New York & Milan Recordings 1931-32. Works by Schubert, Massenet, Sullivan, Rossini, Abeniz & Tosti.
Beniamino Gigli
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Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Licia Albanese (Manon Lescaut), Jussi Björling (Des Grieux), Robert Merrill (Lescaut), Franco Calabrese (Geronte/Un sergente degli arcieri), Mario Carlin (Edmondo/Il maestro di ballo/Lampionaio), Anna Maria Rota (Una voce sola), Plinio Clabassi (L'oste/Un comandante di Marina) Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus, Jonel Perlea
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Building a Library, April 2006, First Choice
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Rachmaninov: The Edison Recordings, April 1919 | Pianists - Solo Piano Recordings, Vol. 4
Sergey Rachmaninov (piano)
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2017, Editor's Choice
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Bizet: Carmen
Solange Michel, Raoul Jobin, Martha Angelici, Michel Dens Chorus & Orchestra of the Opéra-Comique Paris, André Cluytens
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Great Violinists - Adolf Busch
Adolf Busch (violin), Rudolf Serkin (piano)
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Building a Library, December 2002, Historic Choice
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Bach - Piano Transcriptions Volume 1 | Selected works including Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565 and more
Sergey Rachmaninov, Alfred Cortot, Winifred Christie, Ethel Bartlett, Rae Robertson, Olga Samaroff, George Copeland, Harriet Cohen, Alexander Kelberine, Walter Gieseking, Wilhelm Backhaus, Byron Janis, Artur Rubinstein (all piano)
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Best-kept Secrets
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Alfred Cortot - Encores
Alfred Cortot (piano)
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2007, Re-issue of the Month
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Bach, J S: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
Edwin Fischer (piano)
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Emil Gilels: Early Recordings Volume 3 | All tracks recorded in the USSR, 1935-1955
Emil Gilels (piano)
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2012, Re-issue of the Month
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Great Pianists - Walter Gieseking | Concerto Recordings Vol. 1
Walter Gieseking (piano) Preussischen Staatskapelle Dresden, Berlin State Opera Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm, Hans Rosbaud, Henry Wood
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Building a Library, June 2010, Historic Choice
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Václav Talich conducts Dvorak's Slavonic Dances | Recorded on 27th and 28th November, 1935 in EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Talich
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2009, Re-issue of the Month
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eilidh McNab, Arda Mandikian, Sheila Rex, Anna Pollak, Thomas Hemsley & David Lloyd The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra, Geraint Jones
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Building a Library, November 2019, Also Recommended
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Special offer. Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas
Fritz Kreisler (violin), Franz Rupp (piano)
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Jussi Bjorling - Opera Arias | Selected arias by Donizetti, Verdi and more
Jussi Bjorling (tenor) Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra, Stockholm Symphony Orchestra, Nils Grevillius
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Great Conductors - Furtwängler | Commercial Recordings 1940-50 Volume 3
Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Verdi: Il Trovatore
Jussi Bjorling (Manrico), Zinka Milanov (Leonora), Leonard Warren (Il Conte di Luna), Fedora Barbieri (Azucena), Nicola Moscona (Ferrando), Margaret Roggero (Ines), Paul Franke (Ruiz), George Cehanovsky (Un vecchio zingaro), Nathaniel Sprinzena (Un messo) RCA Victor Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Renato Cellini
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Furtwängler conducts Wagner
Kirsten Flagstad (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Václav Talich conducts Dvorak's Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Talich
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Great Violinists - Szigeti
Joseph Szigeti (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, British Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Beecham, Bruno Walter
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Great Guitarists - Andrés Segovia | The 1946 New York and the 1949 London Recordings
Andrés Segovia (guitar) New London Orchestra, Alec Sherman
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Great Cellists - Casals | Encores and Transcriptions 4
Pablo Casals (cello)
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Violin Sonatas
Fritz Kreisler (violin) & Sergey Rachmaninov (piano) (Unissued alternate take version)
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Great Cellists - Pablo Casals | Encores and Transcriptions Volume 2
Pablo Casals (cello)
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Great Violinists - Kreisler
Fritz Kreisler (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Barbirolli
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Kreisler: The Complete Recordings Volume 4 | Recorded 1916-1919
Fritz Kreisler (violin)
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Great Cellists - Casals
Pablo Casals (cello), Jacques Thibaud (violin) Pablo Casals Orchestra of Barcelona, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfred Cortot, George Szell
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Smetana: Má Vlast
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Talich
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Lehár conducts Lehár
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, Franz Lehár
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