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  • Created Tue at 6:41 AM by Russell McNeil - 2 comments
    Handel - Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Major with Leon Goossens (oboe) and Eugene Goossens conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Victor disc 12605 (7:11)
    Handel - Concerto No.1 - Leon Goossens
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  • Created May 10 by Russell McNeil - 0 comments
    Gladys Swarthout - Lascia Ch' Io Pianga. Two part Victor disc 16778. Part A; Lascia Ch' Io Pianga (Leave me to Languish); part B: 1: Come Again, Sweet Love; 2: Nymphs and Shepherds with Lester Hodges at the Piano (7:45)
    Gladys Swarthout - Lascia Ch' Io Pianga
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  • Created May 10 by Russell McNeil - 0 comments
    Choir of the Temple Church, London - I Waited for the Lord & O, Come Everyone That Thirsteth. Sacred music from two part Victor disc 130812 (8:24)
    Choir of the Temple Church, London - I Waited for the Lord
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  • Created May 8 by Russell McNeil - 2 comments
    Hearts and Flowers & The Glow Worm - Victor Concert Orchestra. Side A: Hearts and Flowers - Intermezzo (Tobani) - Nat Shilkret, Directing. Side B: Ihe Glow Worm - Idyl (Robinson-Lincke) - Rosario Bourdon, Directing. Two part Victor 78 rpm disc 35922 (7:18)
    Hearts and Flowers & The Glow Worm - Victor Concert Orchestra
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  • Created May 8 by Russell McNeil - 4 comments
    Beethoven & Paganini - Scherzo & Moto Perpetuo - Toscanini. Scherzo (Beethoven) from Quartet in F Major Op. 135 & Moto Perpetuo (Paganini) - Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra. From Victor M 590 1&2 (7:24)
    Beethoven & Paganini -  Scherzo & Moto Perpetuo - Toscanini
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  • Created May 6 by Russell McNeil - 0 comments
    Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - Alfred Cortot. Recorded from Victor two part disc 6626. A stunningly unusual performance full of musical drama, humour, and daring. I've never heard this piece played quite like this before. (8:59)
    Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - Alfred Cortot
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  • Created May 5 by Russell McNeil - 0 comments
    Nell Gwyn - Three Dances (Country Dance #1, Pastoral Dance #2, and The Merrymaker's Dance #3) - St. Louis Symphony conducted by Rudolph Ganz (8:10)
    Nell Gwyn - Three Dances - St. Louis Symphony
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  • Created May 4 by Russell McNeil - 0 comments
    Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 ("Morning") Op. 46 - Victor Symphony Orchestra - Recorded from two part Victor disc 35793 (7:42)
    Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 ("Morning") - Victor Symphony
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  • Created May 3 by Russell McNeil - 0 comments
    Mendelssohn - Fingal's Cave Overture Op. 26 - Adrian Boult conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra. From Victor two part disc 11886 (8:57)
    Mendelssohn - Fingal's Cave Overture Op. 26 - Adrian Boult
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  • Created May 2 by Russell McNeil - 3 comments
    Saint-Saens - Dance Macabre Op. 40 - Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. From 78 rpm Victor recording 6505 A&B. Digitized using Audacity (6:50)
    Saint-Saens - Dance Macabre Op. 40 - Leopold Stokowski
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  • Created May 1 by Russell McNeil - 0 comments
    Jascha Heifetz - Ave Maria & Rondo - Victor 78 rpm record 6691 A&B with minimum equalization and compression - digitized with Audacity (9:39)
    Jascha Heifetz - Ave Maria & Rondo
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  • Created April 30 by Russell McNeil - 0 comments
    Franck - Panis Angelicus - Richard Crooks. This two part RCA Victor Red Seal 78 rpm recording 11-8490 features tenor Richard Crooks performing Franck's Panis Angelicus and Massenet's Elegie with Charles O'Connell conducting the Victor Symphony Orchestra (7:15)
    Panis Angelicus - Richard Crooks
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  • Created April 29 by Russell McNeil - 1 comment
    Verdi - Traviata Preludes to Act 1 and Act 3 - Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra. MP3 file from two part original 78 rpm Victor Disc 18080 (7:28)
    Verdi - Traviata Prelude - Arturo Toscanini
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