Browse: Historical (series)
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
Offer, Great Violinists - Kaufmann
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Louis Kaufman (violin), Peter Rybar (violin)
Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Clemens Dahinden
this is avowedly old-school Vivaldi; indeed, the oldest on disc. Recorded in 1947, this is the first-ever recording of The Four Seasons; Louis Kaufman is worlds away from Alessandrini's account... — More…
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Offer, Great Conductors - Furtwängler
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Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Offer, Great Violinists - Joseph Szigeti
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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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Offer, Rachmaninov: The Edison Recordings, April 1919
Pianists - Solo Piano Recordings, Vol. 4
Sergey Rachmaninov (piano)
These archival gems are a must listen. Sergei Rachmaninov’s brilliance cuts through the constant crackle on these fledgling Edison recordings; the background fizz becomes a comfort rather than... — More…
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The LSO plays out of its skin for the composer; Falstaff is brilliantly characterised, the Symphony has serious intensity. Fair sound for the vintage, with some harshness in the Symphony. — More…
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Offer, Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
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Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eilidh McNab, Arda Mandikian, Sheila Rex, Anna Pollak, Thomas Hemsley & David Lloyd
The Mermaid Singers and Orchestra, Geraint Jones
[On the original release in January 1953] At last we have a really satisfactory recording of Dido. — More…
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Offer, 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)
This grand transcription may forever be associated with Vladimir Horowitz's 1965 historic return, yet his rival Arthur Rubinstein arguably played it better for one of his least discussed and... — More…
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Offer, Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
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Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
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There are wrong notes, some of the recordings are of poor quality, others remarkably good for the 1920s: what is amazing is the unfailing verve, poetry, warmth and spontaneity. Some of the playing... — More…
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