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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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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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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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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Chopin: Nocturnes & Scherzi
Artur Rubinstein (piano)
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Building a Library, March 2010, First Choice (Scherzo 4)
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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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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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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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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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Great Conductors - Furtwängler | Commercial Recordings 1940-50 Volume 3
Yehudi Menuhin (violin) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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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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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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Gilbert & Sullivan: Princess Ida & Highlights from The Gondoliers
Fisher Morgan, Thomas Round, Leonard Osborn, Jeffery Skitch, Victoria Sladen D’Oyly Carte Opera Company & New Symphony Orchestra, Isidore Godfrey
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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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Special offer. 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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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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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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Bach, J S: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV1007-1012
Pablo Casals (cello)
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Schwarzkopf sings Schubert Lieder
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) & Edwin Fischer (piano), Gerald Moore (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Serge Koussevitzky
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky
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Building a Library, July 2002, Historic Choice
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Great Singers - Nellie Melba | Songs by Puccini, Gounod, Verdi, Wagner, Thomas, Mozart
Dame Nellie Melba (soprano)
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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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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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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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Special offer. 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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The Gigli Edition 5 | New York Recordings 1927-28
Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Giuseppe De Luca (baritone), Amelita Galli-Curci (soprano), Louise Homer (contralto), Angelo Bada (tenor), Ezio Pinza (bass) Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra, Rosario Bourdon, Giulio Setti
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Great Singers - Melba | The Hayes and London Recordings 1921-26
Nellie Melba
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Strauss, J, II: Die Fledermaus
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Helmut Krebs, Rita Streich, Karl Dönch, Erich Kunz, Rudolf Christ, Erich Majkut, Franz Böheim & Luise Martini Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Herbert von Karajan
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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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Barber conducts Barber
Zara Nelsova (cello) New Symphony Orchestra of London, Samuel Barber
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Great Conductors - Furtwängler
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Strauss, R: Ariadne auf Naxos
Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (Prima Donna/Ariadne), Rita Streich (Zerbinetta), Irmgard Seefried (The Composer), Rudolf Schock (The Tenor/Bacchus), Alfred Neugebauer (Major Domo), Karl Dönch (The Music Teacher) (An Officer) Gerhard Unger (An Officer), Lisa Otto (Naiad), Grace Hoffman (Dryad), Anny Felbermayer (Echo) Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
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Strauss - Four Last Songs | Recorded at the Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, June, 1953
Lisa della Casa (soprano), Franz Bierbach (Graf), Hilde Gueden (Zdenka), Alfred Poell (Mandryka) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm, Heinrich Hollreiser, Rudolf Moralt
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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 - Pablo Casals | Encores and Transcriptions Volume 2
Pablo Casals (cello)
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Great Cellists - Casals | Encores and Transcriptions 3
Pablo Casals (cello), Charles Albert Baker
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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 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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Smetana: Má Vlast
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Václav Talich
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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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Great Pianists - Claudio Arrau | 1939-1946 Recordings
Claudio Arrau (piano) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Désiré Defauw, Karl Krueger
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Michelangeli - The Early Recordings Volume 3 | 1939-1948
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano) Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Antonio Pedrotti & Alceo Galliera
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 and Für Elise
Artur Schnabel (piano) London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent
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Great Guitarists - Segovia | The 1944 American Recordings
Andrés Segovia (guitar)
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