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National Gramophonic Society Discography
http://tim78rpm.com/NGSdiscog.htm
[Hooray for this! If there is any set of old 78s that ought to be
restored, this is it. The NGS was similar to the Musical Heritage Society,
except that NGS brought recordings to the world, while the MHS mostly
distrusted recordings in Europe to the United States, though there were a
few discs made freshly for it. One of Stamitz comes to mind. It was quite
exciting back then to record something for the very first time, so there's
an energy in these nearly forgotten records that is rarely found today.
[Of the ten or so I have heard, I cannot really claim that any have
surpassed later recordings, except for 147-9, the Brahms third piano trio,
recorded by the Pirani Trio. That one digs into the music like no other.
[Most of the artists have been forgotten, with the exception of John
Barirolli, who was a cellist on 132B/133/134, as well as a conductor.
[Still, I'd rather have these than any other crop of old 78s that have
never been reissued on CD. The Brahms Horn Trio (65-68, the first version
with Aubrey Brain, made it to an Opal LP and Barbolli's Bach on a private
set issued by Thomas L. Clear, who had one of the best collections of
scarce treasures in the world.
[As documentation of the early days of recording of works taking more than
a single disk, the NGS discs cannot be beaten.]
Compiled and Introduced by Ronald Russell
(This discography and the introduction are the work of Ronald
Russell. Anyone involved in the amateur music scene or the record
collecting scene in Los Angeles during the 60s and 70s would
probably have met him or heard of him. Despite problems with his
hearing he was an accomplished performer on the violin and the
viola. His knowledge of recorded music was equally remarkable and
his huge collection included all the NGS records. So the
information in this document is taken from the actual discs, not
from catalogues or other sources. It was because of Ronald that I
became interested in the NGS records, so I respectfully dedicate
these NGS pages to his memory.)
THE NATIONAL GRAMOPHONIC SOCIETY was founded October 29, 1923, by
Compton MacKenzie.
The actual date of the first subscription recording is unknown;
however, the last was made in 1931. The Society recorded for a
total period of eight years. The records from numbers 1 through 56
were recorded acoustically. Numbers 57 through 165 were electric
recordings. (An interesting feature of the NGS was that they used
record letters instead of numbers. The first 68 records, extending
into electricals, used letters twice through the alphabet, then a
third cycle through TTT.) All of the acoustic recordings were out
of print by 1928, but a select number of electric recordings
continued to be available until the end of World War II.
Originally, the NGS records were pressed by the Columbia,
Parlophone and Vocalion Companies, but from numbers 109 through 165
they were pressed by Columbia only.
All of the listed selections, with the exception of the Boccherini
Quartet in E-flat (Nos. 92 & 93), and the Malipiero Quartet (Nos.
103 & 104), were selected by an advisory board consisting of the
following persons: W. W. Cobbett, W. R. Anderson, Spencer Dyke,
Alec Robinson, Peter Latham and Compton MacKenzie.
The Society was never well supported and few subscribers ever
acquired the complete catalogue. As far as is known only two
organizations (Trinity College in England and the University of
Iowa) were subscribers to the complete series.
The formation of the Hugo Wolf, Haydn Quartet and Beethoven Piano
Sonata Societies was the signal for the end of the National
Gramophonic Society, as it was originally formed to bring to the
public works which would not be recorded by the other companies. As
can be seen, the selections are almost totally chamber music works.
Discs
Composers
Compositions
Artists
Sides
1-3 Beethoven String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat, Op.74 "Harp" The
Spencer Dyke String Quartet 6 sides
4-6 Debussy String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op.10 The Spencer Dyke
String Quartet 6 sides
7 Rubinstein String Quartet in F, Op.17/3 (2nd Movement, Allegro)
The Cobbett String Quartet side 1
Raff String Quartet in G, Op. 192/2 "The Maid of the Mill" (5th
movement, Declaration) side 2
8-12 Schubert Trio No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 100 (D. 929) Spencer Dyke,
violin; B. Patterson Parker, cello; Harold Craxton, pianoforte 9
sides
12-15 Schonberg Verklarte Nacht, Op. 4 (original sextet version)
Spencer Dyke Quartet; J. Lockyer, viola; E. J. Robinson, cello 7
sides
(Note: the above 8 records constitute one complete set)
16-18 Mozart Oboe Quartet in F Major (KV-370) Leon Goossens, oboe &
members of The Spencer Dyke String Quartet 5 sides
18 Bach Arioso from Cantata No. 156 1 side
19-23 Beethoven String Quartet No. 7 in F, Op. 59/1 The Spencer
Dyke String Quartet 10 sides
24-28 Brahms String Sextet No. 1 in G Major, Op. 18 The Spencer
Dyke String Quartet (with Lockyer & Robinson) 9 sides
28 Eugene Goossens By the Tarn, Op. 15/1 (from "Two Sketches") The
Music Society String Quartet 1 side
29 Tomlinson A Lament The Spencer Dyke String Quartet side 1
Gibbons Fantasias Nos. 3 and 9 (in 3 parts) The Music Society
String Quartet side 2
30 Gibbons Fantasias Nos. 6 and 8 (in 3 parts) The Music Society
String Quartet side 1
Eugene Goossens Jack o' Lantern, Op. 15/2 (from "Two Sketches")
side 2
31-36 Schubert Quintet in C Major for Strings, Op. 161 The Cobbett
String Quartet & Charles Crabbe, 2nd cello 12 sides
37-41 Elgar Quintet in A Minor for Piano & Strings, Op. 84 Ethel
Hobday, pianoforte & The Spencer Dyke Quartet 10 sides
42-46 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 Frederick
Thurston, clarinet & The Spencer Dyke Quartet 9 sides
46 Gliere String Quartet in A Major, Op. 2 (Allegro) The Spencer
Dyke String Quartet 1 side
47-50 Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A Major (KV-581) Charles Draper,
clarinet & Spencer Dyke Quartet 7 sides
50 Duet No. 1 in G for Violin & Viola, KV-423 (2nd movement)
Spencer Dyke, violin; Ernest Tomlinson, viola 1 side
51 Purcell Four Part Fantasia No. 4 in C Minor The Music Society
String Quartet 2 sides
52 Purcell Three Part Fantasia No. 3 in G Minor The Music Society
String Quartet side 1
J. B. McEwan Peat Reek (#3 of String Quartet #5 "Nugae") side 2
53 Purcell Fantasia in Five Parts (Upon One Note) The Music Society
String Quartet (2nd violist unknown--possibly Jean Pougnet) side 1
Four Part Fantasia No. 2 in C Minor The Music Society String
Quartet side 2
54-55 Vaughan-Williams Phantasy Quintet for Strings (1912) The
Music Society String Quartet & Jean Pougnet, 2nd viola 4 sides
56 Eugene Goossens Sonata for Violin & Piano, Op. 21 (2nd movement,
Adagio) Andre Mangeot, violin; Eugene Goosens, piano 2 sides
57-61 Schubert Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 29 The Spencer Dyke
String Quartet 9 sides
61 Mendelssohn Quartet in E Minor, Op. 44/2 (Scherzo) 1 side
62-64 Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 The
Spencer Dyke String Quartet 6 sides
65-68 Brahms Horn Trio in E-flat, Op. 40 Aubrey Brain, horn;
Spencer Dyke, violin; York Bowen, pianoforte 8 sides
69-70 Corelli Concerto for Christmas Night (edited by Frank Bridge)
Op. 6/8 The NGS Chamber Orchestra/John Barbirolli, conductor 3
sides
70-71 Debussy Deux Danses ("Danses Sacres et Profanes") Ethel
Bartlett, pianoforte/NGS Chamber Orch--Barbirolli, conductor 3
sides
Note: the above three records were re-issued later as follows:
69A-69B Corelli Concerto for Christmas Night The NGS Chamber
Orchestra/John Barbirolli, conductor 3 sides
69B Bach Cantata #208 "Sheep May Safely Graze" Martha Amstad,
soprano; Boris Ord, harpsichord; Edward Walker & Evelyn Claye,
flutes 1 side
70-71 Debussy Deux Danses ("Danses Sacres et Profanes") Ethel
Bartlett, pianoforte/NGS Chamber Orch--Barbirolli 3 sides
71 Epigraphes Antiques, Nos. 1 and 6 Ethel Bartlett & Rae
Robertson, duo pianists 1 side
72 Delius Summer Night on the River The NGS Chamber Orchestra/John
Barbirolli, conductor 2 sides
73-74 Mozart Symphony No. 28 in C Major (KV-200) NGS Chamber
Orchestra (Leader: John Fry)/Andre Mangeot, conductor 4 sides
75 Peter Warlock Serenade for Delius on his 60th Birthday NGS
Chamber Orchestra (Leader: Andre Mangeot)/John Barbirolli,
conductor 2 sides
76-77 Bax Quintet for Oboe & Strings (dedicated to Leon Goossens)
Leon Goossens, oboe and The International String Quartet 4 sides
78-81 Ravel String Quartet in F Major (supervised by Ravel) The
International String Quartet 7 sides
81 Sonatine for piano (1st movement) Kathleen Long, pianoforte solo
1 side
82-86 Dvorak Quintet in A Major for Piano & Strings, Op. 81 Ethel
Bartlett, piano/The Spencer Dyke String Quartet 9 sides
86 Joseph Speight Shakespeare Fairy Characters (1st Series, No. 2,
"The Lonely Shepherd" The Spencer Dyke String Quartet 1 side
87 Ravel Sonatine for Piano (2nd & 3rd movements) Kathleen Long,
pianoforte solo 2 sides
88 - 91 Brahms Quartet in C Minor for Piano & Strings, Op. 60 Olive
Bloom, piano & members of The Spencer Dyke Quartet 8 sides
92-93 Boccherini String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 6/3 The
Poltronieri String Quartet 4 sides
94-95 Elgar Introduction & Allegro for Strings, Op. 47
International String Quartet and the NGS Chamber Orchestra/John
Barbirolli, conductor 4 sides
96-97 Purcell Suite for Strings (arranged by Barbirolli) The NGS
Chamber Orchestra/John Barbirolli, conductor 3-1/2 sides
97 Marcello Allegretto for Strings (arranged by Barbirolli) 1/2
side
98-101 Haydn Symphony No. 104 in D Major "London" The NGS Chamber
Orchestra/John Barbirolli, conductor 7 sides
101 Mozart Cassation No. 2 in C Major, KV-99 (Adagio) 1 side
102 Bax Moy Mell ("The Happy Plain") (supervised by the composer)
Ethel Bartlett & Rae Robertson, Duo Pianists 2 sides
103-104 Malipiero String Quartet No. 2 (Stornelli e Ballate) The
Poltronieri Quartet 4 sides
105-108 Brahms Sextet for Strings No. 2 in G, Op. 36 The Spencer
Dyke String Quartet; J. Lockyer, 2nd viola; E. J. Robertson, 2nd
cello 8 sides
109-111 Haydn String Quartet in B-flat, Op. 76/4 "Sunrise" The
International String Quartet 5 sides
111 Purcell Four Part Fantasia No. 9 D Minor 1 side
112-113 Mozart Quartet in D for Flute & Strings (KV-285) Rene
LeRoy, flute & members of The International String Quartet 4 sides
114-117 Beethoven Sonata No. 10 in G for Violin & Piano Adila
Fachiri, violin & Donald Francis Tovey, pianoforte 7 sides
117 Bach Sonata No. 2 in A Major (3rd movement) 1 side
118-120 Bax Fantasy Sonata for Viola & Harp Raymond Jeremy, viola;
Maria Korchinska, harp 6 sides
121-123 Mozart Quintet in E-flat for Piano & Winds (KV-452)
Kathleen Long, piano; Leon Goossens, oboe; Frederick Thurston,
clarinet; Aubrey Brain, horn; J. Alexandra, bassoon 6 sides
124-126 Schubert Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 168 The International
String Quartet 6 sides
127-128 Debussy Sonata No. 3 in G Minor for Violin and Piano Andre
Mangeot, violin; Lyell Barbour, piano 3 sides
128 Preludes, Set 1, No. 4. "Les sons et les parfums tournent dans
l'air du soir" Lyell Barbour, pianoforte solo 1 side
129-130 Mozart Piano Sonata in D Major (KV-576) Kathleen Long,
pianoforte solo 3 sides
130 Muffat Minuet & Air from Suite in B-flat 1/2 side
Couperin Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins 1/2 side
131-132 Vivaldi Sonate en Concert No. 5 in E Minor for Cello &
Strings, arr. Vincent d'Indy Georges Pitsch, cello, with string
quartet 3 sides
132 Three Pieces arranged by Ethel Bartlett for Cello & Piano: a)
Golden Slumbers; b) An Ancient Lullaby; c) My Love's an Arbutus
John Barbirolli, cello; Ethel Bartlett, piano 1 side
133-134 Bach Sonata No. 1 in G for Cello & Piano John Barbirolli,
cello; Ethel Bartlett, piano 4 sides
135-136 Bach Sonata No. 2 in E-flat for Flute & Piano Rene LeRoy,
flute; Kathleen Long, piano 3 sides
136 Honegger Danse de la Chevre (for Solo Flute) Rene LeRoy, flute
1 side
137 Handel Sonata No. 3 in G for Flute & Piano Rene LeRoy, flute;
Kathleen Long, piano 2 sides
138-139 Haydn Sonata in C Minor for Piano Kathleen Long, piano solo
3 sides
139 Rameau Theme & Variations in A Minor 1 side
140-142 Haydn String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 76/6 The International
String Quartet 5 sides
142 Purcell Four Part Fantasia No. 4 in C Minor 1 side
143 Matthew Locke String Quartet #6 (Suite in 4 parts, transcribed
by Peter Warlock and edited by Andre Mangeot) The International
String Quartet 2 sides
144-146 Paul Juon Chamber Symphony, Op. 27 The New Chamber
Orchestra/Charles Kreshover, cond. (personnel: S. Kutcher, violin;
R. Jeremy, viola; C. Sharpe, cello; L. Goossens, oboe; G. W.
Anderson, clarinet ; A . R. Newton, bassoon; A Thonger, horn; Rae
Robertson, piano.) 6 sides
147-149 Brahms Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101 The Pirani Trio (Max
Pirani, piano; Leila Doubleday Pirani, violin; Charles Hambourg,
cello) 6 sides
150 Wolf Italian Serenade The International String Quartet 2 sides
151-152 Bach Concerto #5 in F Minor for Piano & Strings Ethel
Bartlett, piano, with string quartet (No conductor listed--could be
Barbirolli) 3 sides
152 Chorale: "Blessed Jesus, here we stand" (Arr. Rummel) Ethel
Bartlett, pianoforte solo 1 side
153-155 Bax String Quartet No. 1 in G Major The Marie Wilson String
Quartet 6 sides
156-158 Bax Sonata for Two Pianos Ethel Bartlett & Rae Robertson,
Duo Pianists 5 sides
158 Hardanger (with acknowledgements to Grieg) 1 side
159-160 Mozart Trio No. 5 in G Major (KV-564) The Budapest Trio
(Georges Roth, violin; Nicholas Roth, cello; Lyell Barbour, piano)
4 sides
161-162 Mozart Trio No. 7 in E-flat for Viola, Clarinet & Piano
(KV-498) "Kegelstedt" Rebecca Clarke, viola; Frederick Thurston,
clarinet; Kathleen Long, piano) 4 sides
163-165 Peter Warlock The Curlew (Song Cycle after W. B. Yeats)
John Armstrong, baritone*; International String Quartet; Robert
Murchie, flute; T. McDonagh, oboe; Constant Lambert, conductor 5
sides
165 Sleep (from "The Woman Hater") John Armstrong, baritone* & The
International String Quartet 1/2 side
Chop Cherry (from "The Old Wives' Tale") 1/2 side
* This is questionable--WERM and Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia both
list John Armstrong as a tenor. He certainly sounds like one,
although the voice is rather heavy.
http://tim78rpm.com/NGSdiscog.htm
[Hooray for this! If there is any set of old 78s that ought to be
restored, this is it. The NGS was similar to the Musical Heritage Society,
except that NGS brought recordings to the world, while the MHS mostly
distrusted recordings in Europe to the United States, though there were a
few discs made freshly for it. One of Stamitz comes to mind. It was quite
exciting back then to record something for the very first time, so there's
an energy in these nearly forgotten records that is rarely found today.
[Of the ten or so I have heard, I cannot really claim that any have
surpassed later recordings, except for 147-9, the Brahms third piano trio,
recorded by the Pirani Trio. That one digs into the music like no other.
[Most of the artists have been forgotten, with the exception of John
Barirolli, who was a cellist on 132B/133/134, as well as a conductor.
[Still, I'd rather have these than any other crop of old 78s that have
never been reissued on CD. The Brahms Horn Trio (65-68, the first version
with Aubrey Brain, made it to an Opal LP and Barbolli's Bach on a private
set issued by Thomas L. Clear, who had one of the best collections of
scarce treasures in the world.
[As documentation of the early days of recording of works taking more than
a single disk, the NGS discs cannot be beaten.]
Compiled and Introduced by Ronald Russell
(This discography and the introduction are the work of Ronald
Russell. Anyone involved in the amateur music scene or the record
collecting scene in Los Angeles during the 60s and 70s would
probably have met him or heard of him. Despite problems with his
hearing he was an accomplished performer on the violin and the
viola. His knowledge of recorded music was equally remarkable and
his huge collection included all the NGS records. So the
information in this document is taken from the actual discs, not
from catalogues or other sources. It was because of Ronald that I
became interested in the NGS records, so I respectfully dedicate
these NGS pages to his memory.)
THE NATIONAL GRAMOPHONIC SOCIETY was founded October 29, 1923, by
Compton MacKenzie.
The actual date of the first subscription recording is unknown;
however, the last was made in 1931. The Society recorded for a
total period of eight years. The records from numbers 1 through 56
were recorded acoustically. Numbers 57 through 165 were electric
recordings. (An interesting feature of the NGS was that they used
record letters instead of numbers. The first 68 records, extending
into electricals, used letters twice through the alphabet, then a
third cycle through TTT.) All of the acoustic recordings were out
of print by 1928, but a select number of electric recordings
continued to be available until the end of World War II.
Originally, the NGS records were pressed by the Columbia,
Parlophone and Vocalion Companies, but from numbers 109 through 165
they were pressed by Columbia only.
All of the listed selections, with the exception of the Boccherini
Quartet in E-flat (Nos. 92 & 93), and the Malipiero Quartet (Nos.
103 & 104), were selected by an advisory board consisting of the
following persons: W. W. Cobbett, W. R. Anderson, Spencer Dyke,
Alec Robinson, Peter Latham and Compton MacKenzie.
The Society was never well supported and few subscribers ever
acquired the complete catalogue. As far as is known only two
organizations (Trinity College in England and the University of
Iowa) were subscribers to the complete series.
The formation of the Hugo Wolf, Haydn Quartet and Beethoven Piano
Sonata Societies was the signal for the end of the National
Gramophonic Society, as it was originally formed to bring to the
public works which would not be recorded by the other companies. As
can be seen, the selections are almost totally chamber music works.
Discs
Composers
Compositions
Artists
Sides
1-3 Beethoven String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat, Op.74 "Harp" The
Spencer Dyke String Quartet 6 sides
4-6 Debussy String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op.10 The Spencer Dyke
String Quartet 6 sides
7 Rubinstein String Quartet in F, Op.17/3 (2nd Movement, Allegro)
The Cobbett String Quartet side 1
Raff String Quartet in G, Op. 192/2 "The Maid of the Mill" (5th
movement, Declaration) side 2
8-12 Schubert Trio No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 100 (D. 929) Spencer Dyke,
violin; B. Patterson Parker, cello; Harold Craxton, pianoforte 9
sides
12-15 Schonberg Verklarte Nacht, Op. 4 (original sextet version)
Spencer Dyke Quartet; J. Lockyer, viola; E. J. Robinson, cello 7
sides
(Note: the above 8 records constitute one complete set)
16-18 Mozart Oboe Quartet in F Major (KV-370) Leon Goossens, oboe &
members of The Spencer Dyke String Quartet 5 sides
18 Bach Arioso from Cantata No. 156 1 side
19-23 Beethoven String Quartet No. 7 in F, Op. 59/1 The Spencer
Dyke String Quartet 10 sides
24-28 Brahms String Sextet No. 1 in G Major, Op. 18 The Spencer
Dyke String Quartet (with Lockyer & Robinson) 9 sides
28 Eugene Goossens By the Tarn, Op. 15/1 (from "Two Sketches") The
Music Society String Quartet 1 side
29 Tomlinson A Lament The Spencer Dyke String Quartet side 1
Gibbons Fantasias Nos. 3 and 9 (in 3 parts) The Music Society
String Quartet side 2
30 Gibbons Fantasias Nos. 6 and 8 (in 3 parts) The Music Society
String Quartet side 1
Eugene Goossens Jack o' Lantern, Op. 15/2 (from "Two Sketches")
side 2
31-36 Schubert Quintet in C Major for Strings, Op. 161 The Cobbett
String Quartet & Charles Crabbe, 2nd cello 12 sides
37-41 Elgar Quintet in A Minor for Piano & Strings, Op. 84 Ethel
Hobday, pianoforte & The Spencer Dyke Quartet 10 sides
42-46 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 Frederick
Thurston, clarinet & The Spencer Dyke Quartet 9 sides
46 Gliere String Quartet in A Major, Op. 2 (Allegro) The Spencer
Dyke String Quartet 1 side
47-50 Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A Major (KV-581) Charles Draper,
clarinet & Spencer Dyke Quartet 7 sides
50 Duet No. 1 in G for Violin & Viola, KV-423 (2nd movement)
Spencer Dyke, violin; Ernest Tomlinson, viola 1 side
51 Purcell Four Part Fantasia No. 4 in C Minor The Music Society
String Quartet 2 sides
52 Purcell Three Part Fantasia No. 3 in G Minor The Music Society
String Quartet side 1
J. B. McEwan Peat Reek (#3 of String Quartet #5 "Nugae") side 2
53 Purcell Fantasia in Five Parts (Upon One Note) The Music Society
String Quartet (2nd violist unknown--possibly Jean Pougnet) side 1
Four Part Fantasia No. 2 in C Minor The Music Society String
Quartet side 2
54-55 Vaughan-Williams Phantasy Quintet for Strings (1912) The
Music Society String Quartet & Jean Pougnet, 2nd viola 4 sides
56 Eugene Goossens Sonata for Violin & Piano, Op. 21 (2nd movement,
Adagio) Andre Mangeot, violin; Eugene Goosens, piano 2 sides
57-61 Schubert Quartet No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 29 The Spencer Dyke
String Quartet 9 sides
61 Mendelssohn Quartet in E Minor, Op. 44/2 (Scherzo) 1 side
62-64 Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 The
Spencer Dyke String Quartet 6 sides
65-68 Brahms Horn Trio in E-flat, Op. 40 Aubrey Brain, horn;
Spencer Dyke, violin; York Bowen, pianoforte 8 sides
69-70 Corelli Concerto for Christmas Night (edited by Frank Bridge)
Op. 6/8 The NGS Chamber Orchestra/John Barbirolli, conductor 3
sides
70-71 Debussy Deux Danses ("Danses Sacres et Profanes") Ethel
Bartlett, pianoforte/NGS Chamber Orch--Barbirolli, conductor 3
sides
Note: the above three records were re-issued later as follows:
69A-69B Corelli Concerto for Christmas Night The NGS Chamber
Orchestra/John Barbirolli, conductor 3 sides
69B Bach Cantata #208 "Sheep May Safely Graze" Martha Amstad,
soprano; Boris Ord, harpsichord; Edward Walker & Evelyn Claye,
flutes 1 side
70-71 Debussy Deux Danses ("Danses Sacres et Profanes") Ethel
Bartlett, pianoforte/NGS Chamber Orch--Barbirolli 3 sides
71 Epigraphes Antiques, Nos. 1 and 6 Ethel Bartlett & Rae
Robertson, duo pianists 1 side
72 Delius Summer Night on the River The NGS Chamber Orchestra/John
Barbirolli, conductor 2 sides
73-74 Mozart Symphony No. 28 in C Major (KV-200) NGS Chamber
Orchestra (Leader: John Fry)/Andre Mangeot, conductor 4 sides
75 Peter Warlock Serenade for Delius on his 60th Birthday NGS
Chamber Orchestra (Leader: Andre Mangeot)/John Barbirolli,
conductor 2 sides
76-77 Bax Quintet for Oboe & Strings (dedicated to Leon Goossens)
Leon Goossens, oboe and The International String Quartet 4 sides
78-81 Ravel String Quartet in F Major (supervised by Ravel) The
International String Quartet 7 sides
81 Sonatine for piano (1st movement) Kathleen Long, pianoforte solo
1 side
82-86 Dvorak Quintet in A Major for Piano & Strings, Op. 81 Ethel
Bartlett, piano/The Spencer Dyke String Quartet 9 sides
86 Joseph Speight Shakespeare Fairy Characters (1st Series, No. 2,
"The Lonely Shepherd" The Spencer Dyke String Quartet 1 side
87 Ravel Sonatine for Piano (2nd & 3rd movements) Kathleen Long,
pianoforte solo 2 sides
88 - 91 Brahms Quartet in C Minor for Piano & Strings, Op. 60 Olive
Bloom, piano & members of The Spencer Dyke Quartet 8 sides
92-93 Boccherini String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 6/3 The
Poltronieri String Quartet 4 sides
94-95 Elgar Introduction & Allegro for Strings, Op. 47
International String Quartet and the NGS Chamber Orchestra/John
Barbirolli, conductor 4 sides
96-97 Purcell Suite for Strings (arranged by Barbirolli) The NGS
Chamber Orchestra/John Barbirolli, conductor 3-1/2 sides
97 Marcello Allegretto for Strings (arranged by Barbirolli) 1/2
side
98-101 Haydn Symphony No. 104 in D Major "London" The NGS Chamber
Orchestra/John Barbirolli, conductor 7 sides
101 Mozart Cassation No. 2 in C Major, KV-99 (Adagio) 1 side
102 Bax Moy Mell ("The Happy Plain") (supervised by the composer)
Ethel Bartlett & Rae Robertson, Duo Pianists 2 sides
103-104 Malipiero String Quartet No. 2 (Stornelli e Ballate) The
Poltronieri Quartet 4 sides
105-108 Brahms Sextet for Strings No. 2 in G, Op. 36 The Spencer
Dyke String Quartet; J. Lockyer, 2nd viola; E. J. Robertson, 2nd
cello 8 sides
109-111 Haydn String Quartet in B-flat, Op. 76/4 "Sunrise" The
International String Quartet 5 sides
111 Purcell Four Part Fantasia No. 9 D Minor 1 side
112-113 Mozart Quartet in D for Flute & Strings (KV-285) Rene
LeRoy, flute & members of The International String Quartet 4 sides
114-117 Beethoven Sonata No. 10 in G for Violin & Piano Adila
Fachiri, violin & Donald Francis Tovey, pianoforte 7 sides
117 Bach Sonata No. 2 in A Major (3rd movement) 1 side
118-120 Bax Fantasy Sonata for Viola & Harp Raymond Jeremy, viola;
Maria Korchinska, harp 6 sides
121-123 Mozart Quintet in E-flat for Piano & Winds (KV-452)
Kathleen Long, piano; Leon Goossens, oboe; Frederick Thurston,
clarinet; Aubrey Brain, horn; J. Alexandra, bassoon 6 sides
124-126 Schubert Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 168 The International
String Quartet 6 sides
127-128 Debussy Sonata No. 3 in G Minor for Violin and Piano Andre
Mangeot, violin; Lyell Barbour, piano 3 sides
128 Preludes, Set 1, No. 4. "Les sons et les parfums tournent dans
l'air du soir" Lyell Barbour, pianoforte solo 1 side
129-130 Mozart Piano Sonata in D Major (KV-576) Kathleen Long,
pianoforte solo 3 sides
130 Muffat Minuet & Air from Suite in B-flat 1/2 side
Couperin Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins 1/2 side
131-132 Vivaldi Sonate en Concert No. 5 in E Minor for Cello &
Strings, arr. Vincent d'Indy Georges Pitsch, cello, with string
quartet 3 sides
132 Three Pieces arranged by Ethel Bartlett for Cello & Piano: a)
Golden Slumbers; b) An Ancient Lullaby; c) My Love's an Arbutus
John Barbirolli, cello; Ethel Bartlett, piano 1 side
133-134 Bach Sonata No. 1 in G for Cello & Piano John Barbirolli,
cello; Ethel Bartlett, piano 4 sides
135-136 Bach Sonata No. 2 in E-flat for Flute & Piano Rene LeRoy,
flute; Kathleen Long, piano 3 sides
136 Honegger Danse de la Chevre (for Solo Flute) Rene LeRoy, flute
1 side
137 Handel Sonata No. 3 in G for Flute & Piano Rene LeRoy, flute;
Kathleen Long, piano 2 sides
138-139 Haydn Sonata in C Minor for Piano Kathleen Long, piano solo
3 sides
139 Rameau Theme & Variations in A Minor 1 side
140-142 Haydn String Quartet in E-flat, Op. 76/6 The International
String Quartet 5 sides
142 Purcell Four Part Fantasia No. 4 in C Minor 1 side
143 Matthew Locke String Quartet #6 (Suite in 4 parts, transcribed
by Peter Warlock and edited by Andre Mangeot) The International
String Quartet 2 sides
144-146 Paul Juon Chamber Symphony, Op. 27 The New Chamber
Orchestra/Charles Kreshover, cond. (personnel: S. Kutcher, violin;
R. Jeremy, viola; C. Sharpe, cello; L. Goossens, oboe; G. W.
Anderson, clarinet ; A . R. Newton, bassoon; A Thonger, horn; Rae
Robertson, piano.) 6 sides
147-149 Brahms Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 101 The Pirani Trio (Max
Pirani, piano; Leila Doubleday Pirani, violin; Charles Hambourg,
cello) 6 sides
150 Wolf Italian Serenade The International String Quartet 2 sides
151-152 Bach Concerto #5 in F Minor for Piano & Strings Ethel
Bartlett, piano, with string quartet (No conductor listed--could be
Barbirolli) 3 sides
152 Chorale: "Blessed Jesus, here we stand" (Arr. Rummel) Ethel
Bartlett, pianoforte solo 1 side
153-155 Bax String Quartet No. 1 in G Major The Marie Wilson String
Quartet 6 sides
156-158 Bax Sonata for Two Pianos Ethel Bartlett & Rae Robertson,
Duo Pianists 5 sides
158 Hardanger (with acknowledgements to Grieg) 1 side
159-160 Mozart Trio No. 5 in G Major (KV-564) The Budapest Trio
(Georges Roth, violin; Nicholas Roth, cello; Lyell Barbour, piano)
4 sides
161-162 Mozart Trio No. 7 in E-flat for Viola, Clarinet & Piano
(KV-498) "Kegelstedt" Rebecca Clarke, viola; Frederick Thurston,
clarinet; Kathleen Long, piano) 4 sides
163-165 Peter Warlock The Curlew (Song Cycle after W. B. Yeats)
John Armstrong, baritone*; International String Quartet; Robert
Murchie, flute; T. McDonagh, oboe; Constant Lambert, conductor 5
sides
165 Sleep (from "The Woman Hater") John Armstrong, baritone* & The
International String Quartet 1/2 side
Chop Cherry (from "The Old Wives' Tale") 1/2 side
* This is questionable--WERM and Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia both
list John Armstrong as a tenor. He certainly sounds like one,
although the voice is rather heavy.