Another big interest of mine - I suppose from reading British music magazines my entire adult life - is English music and English interpreters. They will be a theme here, if only because they make up a big part of my collection.
In these performances you get both: the English composer Frederick Delius, and the English conductor/composer Anthony Collins leading the London Symphony, on the Decca label. This was even a "special Coronation issue" of 1953. Decca seemed to dub many of its English music releases that year "Coronation issues." Maybe it didn't sell records then, but it does help date the issues now.
This was a 10-inch version of a 12-inch record, with only two pieces included; about 15 minutes of music. Not especially generous.
These performances are not nearly as well known as Beecham's, but they are nonetheless in print as two different reissues. Collins makes the music's links to Wagner and Franck evident.
This is a good sounding transfer (if I do say so myself), but there was some peak distortion on my pressing in The Walk to the Paradise Garden.
REMASTERED VERSION - OCTOBER 2014
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The Decca LW series of the 1950s was actually not intended to have a generous playing time. They termed it "Medium Play" - it was a lower priced 10" disc and, as you say, had a total playing time of approximately 15 minutes. The Medium Play disc was strictly reserved for classical music.
Thanks, Mel. I am always amazed at the erudition of the classical collector. Your information is most interesting and appreciated.
Hey Buster,
I happened to come across the 12 incher...if you are interested, I will try to post in the near future.
Fred
Fred,
Sure - sounds good.
Buster,
After listening to Frederick Delius' "Sonata No. 1 and reading your above comments, I was looking forward to this recording, but the link is no longer active. If you could please put this on your re-activate list, it would be appreciated.
Thanks for everything.
Broken link, any chance of reupping? thanks a lot
New link:
https://mega.nz/#!Lc9ggADL!P8DdBnTtKTxZTy-JCaijCrLcwSQltrXzZoXxGHFGtv8
Thanks, you rock
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