UPLOADED! Albert Coates, conductor

[Frank Forman]

http://www.filefactory.com/f/284789ef06528a32/

Nearly everything is here, except for a few things that I have only on LPs
less than fifty years old or on CDs.

ALBERT COATES (1882 April 23 (Good Friday) St. Petersburg-1953 December 11
Capetown)
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Coates_%28composer%29

Coates was the most masculine and vigorous of all conductors. He made his
first recording in 1920, Scriabin's The Poem of Ecsasy, and participated
in the abridged acoustic Ring. an acoustic and electric Beethoven Ninth,
sung in English, and a great many Russian works. He was one of several
conductors of the "Potted Ring," about a third of the tetralogy, fron
1929-32 for H.M.V., reissued on Pearl CDs. When Coates returns after other
conductors, there is a quite noticable picking up of vigor. When listening
to the set, I noted the pickup and said to myself, this is not
Collingwood, it is Coates! Sure enough, the notes to the set had made a
mistake.

Between 1932 and 1945, there was a lapse in his recording. It resumed with
a few recordings with the National Symphony Orchestra on Decca. The next
year he settled in South Africa. A few of his recodings there have
surfaced on South African CDs, on the Claremont label. I have all those I
know about, but since CDs are under copyright, I cannot send them. This
goes for a few other selections made on H.M.V, but which I have only on
LPs < fifty years old. I have one recording of his playing the piano, but
also on a late LP.

I have only managed to get some of the discs for the acoustic
Meistersinger. The whole thing appeared on CD, which I cannot send.

Otherwise, everything is here, though I think I am missing a few alternate
issued takes.

Dyment = Christopher Dyment, "Albert Coates Discography," Recorded Sound,
No. 57-8 (1975.1-4): 386-405.
mediafiretrend.com/f/513998/birs_albert_coates_discography.html
This is as good as discographies get.

F1574 from Claude Arnold

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel: Suite. Sessions [per Christopher
Dyment, "Albert Coates Discography," Recorded Sound, No. 57-8 (1975.1-4):
386-405] 17 and 21. 22.5.10 and 7.14. mxCc 1307/10, Cc 1659/60. G.D 732/4,
issued 23.9
Stravinsky: Firebird: Suite. Sessions 56/7. 24.10.24&29. mxCc 5298, Cc
5297, Cc 5291, Cc 5296. G.D 958/9. Issued 25.3

B
[Scratch first item, as it came from an LP <50 years old.]
Wagner: Parsifal: ii: Herzliede. Sessions 88, 97, and 102. 27.8.24,
28.1.10, and 28.10.11. Ljungberg and Widdop, LSO. mxCc 13706, CR 1640, CR
1469, CR 1641. G.D 1651/2
Wagner: Parsifal: iii: Good Friday Music. Session 60 (electric). 25.7.28.
mxCc 6414/5. G.D 1031

F1575 from Claude Arnold

Boito: Nerone: Gloria! Gloria! Session 52. 24.7.2. Mummery, Halland,
Hubbard, Michael, Wilde, 5 trumpets, SO. mxCc 4831-1. G.D 938B
Boito: Mefistofele: Salve Regina. Session 56. 24.10.24. Same soloists.
mxCc 5177-2. G.D 938A
Sterndale Bennett: God is a Spirit. mxBb 6404-2. Session 59, Coates' first
electric session. 25.7.27. SO&C. G.E 397.
Sullivan: The Golden Legend: O Gladsome Night. mxBb 6405.
Georg Gottfried Wagner (1698-1756): Blessing, Glory, and Wisdom. This was
published in 1819 by Breitkopf und Härtel as a work of J.S. Bach. The disc
says the work is by Bach. Session 62. 25.7.30. mxCc 6424-1/25-2. G.D 1036
Purcell: Ode for St. Cecilia's day: Soul of the world. mxCR 3-3. Session
69. 25.10.29. Leeds FC. G.D 1045B
Bax: Mater, ora filium. mxCR 4-1/5-2/6-1. G.D 1044/5A
Wagner: Tannhäuser: i: Pilgrims' chorus. mxCc 7163- 2. Session 70.
25.11.3. With Bessie Jones and Walter Widdop. G.D 1074

B
":": iii: Pilgrims' return. With Bessie Jones and Edward Halland. mxCc
7164-1
Gounod: Faust: iv: Church scene. mxCc 7067-2, 7075-1. Session 67.
25.10.26. With Florence Austral and Chaliapin. G.D 899
Mendelssohn: Elijah: Es ist genug. mxCR 2483-2B. Session 127. 30.4.30.
With Friedrich Schorr and New SO. G.D 2017
Beethoven: Fidelio: i: Ha! welch ein Augenblick. mxCR 2485-2B. Also ss.
127 w. Schorr. G.D 2112
Wagner: Meistersinger iii: Grüß' Gott, mein Junker...Mein Freund. mxCR
2777-1/8-1. Session 128. 30.5.1. Friedrich Schorr, Rudolf Laubenthal,
LSO. G.EJ 567
: Abendlich glühend. mxCc 18760-2. G.EJ 568
Weber: Freischütz i: Durch der Wälder. Rudolf Laubenthal. mxCc 18761-1/62-
2. This is undoubtedly from ss.128, though it is not in Dyment's
discography.
Wagner: Tannhäuser ii: Blick ich umher. mxCR 2493-1. Friedrich Schorr, New
SO. Session 130. 30.5.9. G.EJ 566

F1576 from Claude Arnold
THE ENGLISH RING (not all Coates)

DAS RHEINGOLD:
Alberich seizes the gold..the dawn over Valhalla. Radford, SO cond. by
Coates. Session 28. mxCc 2243. 22.12.18. D 677A
The Descent to Nibelheim... Capture of Alberich. Radford and Fumedge, SO
cond. by Coates. mxCc 2244. D 677B
Entry of the gods into Valhalla. Landon Ronald, RAHO, D503

DIE WALKÜRE:
Act i:
Prelude: Siegfried seeks shelter from the storm. Coates, SO. Session 19.
22.6.28. mxCc 1584. D 678A
Siegmund sees the sword hilt in the tree. Tudor Davies, orch. cond. by
Eugene Goossens. D 678B
Siegmund greets the Spring night. Davies and Goossens. D 679A
Siegmund draws out the sword. (Finale.) Davies and Goossens. D 679B
Act ii:
Introduction and Brünnhilde's Battle Cry. Austral and Radford, cond. by
Coates. Session 27. 22.12.8. mxCc 2253. D 680A
Wotan warns Brünnhilde not to disobey. Austral and Radford, Goossens
cond. D 680B
Brünnhilde foretells Siegmund's death. Austral and Davies. Coates cond.
Session 28. 22.12.18. mxCc 2276. D681A

[Combat bewteen Siegmund and Hunding. Radford, Davies, and Miranda;
Coates. Planned for issue on D 946A but is listed neither in Dyment's dg
nor in Voices of the Past.]

B Act iii:
Introduction-The Ride of the Valkyries. Coates. Session 22. 22.7.17. mxCc
1666. D 681B

[The Assembly of the Valkyries. Likewise to have been recorded and issued
on D 946B.]

Brünnhilde gives Sieglinde the broken sword. Austral, Furmedge, and
Halland; Coates. Session 27. 22.12.8. mxCc 2250. D 682A
Wotan overtakes Brünnhilde. Miranda, Walker, and Radford; Coates. Session
51. 24.6.6. mxCc 4706. D 929A
Wotan's sentence. Ancrum, Walker, and Radford; Coates. Session 49.
24.5.35. mxCc 4634. D 929B
Brünnhilde implores he protection of fire. Ausrtral and Radford;
Goossens. D 682B
Wotan bids farewell to Brünnhilde. Clarence Whitehill; Coates. Session
18. mxCc 1523. 22.6.22. DB 440A [in fact recorded from single-sided
G.3-078]
He kisses he into a deep slumber. Clarence Whitehill; Coates. Session 20.
22.6.30. mxCc 1522. DB 440B [recorded form 3-0780]
The rock is surrounded by fire a/k/a Magic Fire Music (Finale). Whitehill;
Coates. Session 18. 22.6.22. mxCc 1524. DB 439 [recorded from 3-0782]

C1577 from Claude Arnold
THE ENGLISH RING, concluded

SIEGFRIED:
Act i:
Siegfried forges the Broken Sword. Tudor Davies; Coates. Session 20.
22.6.30. mxCc 1591. D 700A
Act ii:
Forest Murmurs. Percy Pitt, The SO. D 561
The forest bird warns Siegfried of Mime's Treachery. Davies, Russell, and
Austral; Coates. D 700B. mx? This is not in Dyment's dg.
Siegfried follows the forest bird. Davies and Jones; Coates. Session 31.
23.4.26. mxCc 2840. D 701A
Act iii:
Introduction: Wotan invokes Erda a/k/a Wotan's Soliloquy. Clarence
Whitehill; Coates. Session 18. 22.6.22. mxCc 1525. DB 441A
Siegfried's ascent to the Valkyrie rock. Whitehill and Davies; Coates.
Session 20. 22.6.30. mxCc 1592. DB 441B
Brünnhilde hails the radiant sun. Austral and Davies; Percy Pitt. D 701A
Brünnhilde recalls her Valkyrie days. Austral and Davies; Coates. Session
29. 22.12.19. mxCc 2251. D 702A
Brünnhilde yields to Siegfried: Finale of Opera. Austral and Davies;
Coates. Session 29. 22.12.19. mxCc 2252. D 702B

B
GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG:
Prolog: The parting of Brünnhilde and Siegfried a/k/a Brünnhilde's
farewell. Austral and Davies; Coates. Session 29. 22.12.19. mxCc 2277/8.
D 703
Siegfried's Rhine Journey. Percy Pitt, SO. D 559
Act i:
Gunther and Gutrune welcome Siegfried. Davies, Radford, and Jones; Coates.
Session 31. 23.4.26. mxCc 2895. D 704A
Hagen meditates revenge. Radford; Pitt. D 704B

[Act ii:
Hagen summons the vassals. Radford and Chorus; Coates. Session 49.
24.5.25. mxCc 4636/7. D 930. Issued but not included.]

Act iii:
Prelude: The song of the Rhine-maidens. Goossens. D 705A

[Siegfried's Funeral March. Ronald, RAHO. D 502. Issued but not included.]

Brünnhilde kindles the funeral pyre a/k/a Immolation Scene. Austral;
Coates. Session 30. 22.12.22. mxCc 2303/05/06. D 705B/706

C1578 from Claude Arnold

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde:
Prelude. Ronald, RAHO. D 592
Act i:

Isolde's narrative and curse. Florence Austral, Tudor Davies; Coates.
Session 51. 24.6.6. mxCc 4703/4. D 911
They drink the potion ...Finale. mxCc 4702/01. D 912
Act ii:
Love duet. Session 34. 23.5.11. mxCc 2955/3/4/9. D 736/7

B
THE FLONZALEY QUARTET:
V.74634: Smetana 1 in E: 2, Allegro moderato a la Polka
V.74685: Brahms 1 in c, Op. 51.1: 3, Allegretto
V.74710: Schumann 3 in A, Op. 41.3: Assai agitato.
V.6119: Mendelssohn 4 in e, Op. 44.2: Scherzo
V.6425A: Mozart 20 in d, K. 499: Adagio.
V.6425B: Schumann 1 in a, Op. 41.1: Adagio
V.1352 Adeste, fideles and The first Nowell, both arr. Pochon.

Albert Sammons
D 1496/7. Vitali: Chaconne

ALBERT COATES (1882-1953)

Cassette tapes held by Frank Forman. C2201/21 and C2224 from John Toczek's
collection, through Bill Lampe, with additions of my own dubbed from an
earlier cassette of mine and notes "<- ." C2222/3 mostly from #Past
Masters records and tapes made at Allen Mackler's. Acoustics were recorded
from 1919-24; electrics from 1926-45. There were no 1925 acoustics.

Listing is Composer, Work. Orchestra and solosits. Year of recording.
Record label and catalog number. [Number of 78 r.p.m. sides, if greater
than one].

C2201
Bach: Mass in b, S. 232. LSO [London Symphony Orchestra], Philharmonic
Choir. Elisabeth Schumann, s.; Margaret Balfour, c.; Walter Widdop, t.;
Friedrich Schorr. bar. Plus George Reeves, piano, and Arnold Grier, organ.
Recorded in 1929. V (Victor).M 104 (= 9955/71) [34 sides]

C2202 Mass end
Bizet: Carmen: Act 4: Les Voici (Choeur du Cortège). SO&C [Anon E. Mouse
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus]. 1925. G.D 1047A

B
Beethoven 7. SO. V.55,165/66/74 [6] [last disc ¬ open reel 688]
Remainder of tape left blank for the D 927/8 remake of mvt. 3-4

C2203
Beethoven: Symphony 3. SO. 1926. V.M 6 (9403/8A) [11]
Borodin: Symphony 2. LSO. 1929 and 1931. V.M 113 (11,163/5) [6]
Borodin: Prince Igor Ov. SO. 1926. D 1210 [2]
Borodin: Prince Igor: 17, Polovtsian Dances. LSO&C. 1927. D 1528 [2]

C2204
Beethoven: Symphony 9. Sung in English. SO & Chorus of Eight Voices and
Mrs. Salteni-Mochi, s.; Edna Thornton, c.; Nellie Walker, c.; Frank
Webster, t.; George Baker, bar. 1923. D 842/9 [16]

B mvt. 4
Gounod: Faust: Act 2: Kermesse. SO&C. Feodor Chaliapin, bass. 1925. D
1047B
Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia. LSO. 1929. V.11,169 [2]
Debussy: Golliwog's Cakewalk. SO. 1922. D 620A
Liadov: Kikimora. SO. 1921. D 620B

C2205
Beethoven: Symphony 9. Sung in English. SO, Philharmonic Chorus, and Elsie
Suddaby, s.; Nellie Walker, c.; Walter Widdop, t.; and Stuart Robertson,
bar. 1926. V.M 12 (9061/8) [16]

B mvt. 4, s. 2 to end
Glinka: Kamarinskaya. LSO. 1930. D 1856 [2]
Glinka: Ruslan & Ludmilla Ov. SO. 1922. D 658A
Rimsky-Korsakov: Snegorouchka, or The Snow Maiden: Act 3: Dance of the
Tumblers. SO. 1923. D 658B
Handel-Elgar: Chandos Anthem 2: Overture in d. LSO. 1928. D 1527B
Handel: Organ Concerto 7 in Bb, Op. 7, No. 1: Bourrée and 13 in F: 1 ("The
Cuckoo and the Nightingale"). Herbert Dawson, organ, LSO. 1932. DA 1261, 2
10" sides]

C2206
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel Prelude. SO. 1926. V.9075 [2]
Liadov: Eight Russian Fairy Tales. LSO. 1929. Italian G.AW 168/9A [3]
Liadov: A Musical Snuff Box. LSO. 1929. Filler
Liadov: Kikimora (Légende). LSO. 1930. G.E 565 [2 10" sides]
Holst: The Perfect Fool: 1, Dance of the Spirits of the Earth. SO. 1926. D
1308B
[scratch next item, as it came from a compact disc]

B
: 3, Mercury, the Winged Messenger. D 1308A
: 4, Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity. D 1129 [2]
: 6, Uranus, the Magician. D 1384 [2]
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody 1. LSO. 1930. D 1931 [2]
Liszt: Les Preludes. LSO. 1928. D 1616/7 [4]

C2207
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz. LSO. 1930. D 1928 [2]
Mozart: Symphony 41. SO. 1923. V.55,277/80A [7]
Mozart: Impressario Ov. Filler V.55,280B
Mozart: Symphony 41. LSO. 1927. V.M 30 (9201/4A) [7]
Mozart: Impressario Ov. Filler
Moussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain. LSO. 1931. V.11,448 [2]
Moussorgsky: Sorochinsky (Sorochintsy) Fair: Act 3: Gopak, or Hopak. LSO.
1929. D 1934B
Rimsky-Korsakov: Mlada: Act 2: Procession of the Nobles (erroneously
labelled "Funeral March"). LSO. 1930. D 1934A

C2208
Moussorgsky: Boris Godounov: Prolog to Scene 2: Coronation Scene. Feodor
Chaliapin, bass, SO and Covent Garden Choir. Sung in Russian? 1925.
V.11,485 [2]
Moussorgsky: Boris Godounov: Act 4: Revolution Scene. Sung in English.
SO&C and B. Mills, bass; Edward Halland, bass; Robert Gwynne, ten.; F.
Kelsey, bar.; Walter Widdop, ten. 1925. D 1090/1 [4]
Prokofiev: Le Pas d'Acier (The Age of Steel) Suite: 1. Entrée des
Personnages; 2. Train des Paysans and Ravitailleurs; 3. Les Commissairees;
4. Les Petits Camelots; 5. L'Orateur; 6, Màtaelots à Bracelets et
Ouvrière; 10. Les Marteaux; 11. Finale. Layout: Side 1: Nos. 1-2; Side 2:
Nos. 3-4; Side 3: Nos. 5-6; Side 4: Nos. 10-1. LSO. 1932. DB 1680/1

B
Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges Suite: 2. Fiends Infernal (Scène
Infernale) (Waltz Scherzo); 3. March; and 4. Scherzo. LSO. 1927. V.9128
[2]
Rachmaninoff: Concerto 3. Vladimir Horror Witch, LSO. 1930. V.M 117 [9]
Rachmaninoff: Prelude in g, Op. 23, No. 5. Horror Witch alone. Filler

C2209
Ottorino Respighi: The Fountains of Rome. LSO. 1927 and 1928. French G.W
933/4 [4]
Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or (The Golden Cockerel) Suite: Introduction and
Bridal Procession. LSO. 1929. V.9696 [2]
Rimsky-Korsakov: Czar (Tsar) Sultan: Act 4, Scene 2 Introduction (The
Three Wonders). LSO. 1932. D 1491 [2]
Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose) Suite: 1. Pavane of the Sleeping
Beauty, 2. Hop o' My Thumb, 3. Laideronette, Empress of the Pagodes. SO.
21.11.25. V.55,170 [¬OR 688] [2]

B
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite: 4. The Conversations of Beauty and the Beast,
5. The Fairy Garden. SO. 22.4.25. V.55,175 [2]
Rimsky-Korsakov: Ivan the Terrible, or The Maid of Pskov: Act 3 Prelude:
Storm Music (Intermezzo Sinfonica, or "Musical Picture"). LSO. 1932.
V.11,454B
Rimsky-Korsakov: Snegorouchka, or The Snow Maiden: Act 3: Dance of the
Tumblers. LSO. 1932. V.11,454A
Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night Ov. LSO. 1929. D 1744
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade: 2, The Tale of the Kalendar Prince
(20.11.15. English Col.L 1429) and 4, The Festival at Bagdad (19.12.13. L
1355/6. Earliest released recording of Coates) [6]

C2210
Scriabin: Symphony 3, Op. 54, ("Poème d'Extase"). LSO. 1920. American
Columbia.68,014/6-D [5]
Strauss: Don Juan. SO. 1922. V.55,176/7 [4]
Strauss: Don Juan. SO. 1926. D 1309/10 [4]

B side 4
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel. LSO. 1927 and 1928. D 1418/9 [4]
Strauss: Death and Transfiguration. SO. 1923. V.55,264/5 [4]
Beethoven: Creatures of Prometheus Ov. LSO. 1927. V.9404B

C2211
Strauss: Death and Transfiguration. LSO. 1928. V.9402/4A [5]
Wagner: Tannhäuser Ov. SO. 1926. V.9059/60A [3]
Wagner: Tannhäuser: Act 1: Venusberg Bacchanale. Sung in English. SO&C.
1925. D 1071/2A [3]

B
Stravinsky: Petrouchka Suite. LSO. 1927 and 1928. D 1521/4 [8]
Stravinsky: Le Chant du Rossignol (The Song of the Nightingale) Suite:
Chinese March. LSO. 1930. D 1932 [2]

C2212
Tchaikovsky: Symphony 3. LSO. 1932. V.M 166 [8]

B
Tchaikovsky: Symphony 5. SO. 1922. D 759/64 [12]

C2213
Tchaikovsky: Symphony 6. SO. 1926 and 1927. V.M 4 [10]
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel. SO. 1921. D 608/9 [4]
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Ov. National SO. 1945. Decca.K 1305/7A [6]
Moussorgsky: A Night on a Bare Mountain. National SO. 1945. Decca.K
1317/8A [3]

C2214
Tchaikovsky: Symphony 6. NSO. 1945. English Decca.AK 1243/8 [12]

B last side
Weber: ObOv. SO. 1926. V.9122 [2]
[Scratch last two items, as they came from an LP <50 years old.]

C2215
Brahms: Concerto 2. Arthur Rubenstein, LSO. 1929. V.M 80 [10]
Moussorgsky: Sorochinsky (Sorochintsy) Fair: Act 3: Hopak, or Gopak.
National SO. 1945. Decca.K 1318B

B
Ravel: La Valse. SO. 1926. French G.W 758/9A [3]
Mendelssohn: Elijah: 10, Baal Chorus and 20, Thanks Be to God. Sung in
English. SO&C. 1925. D 1070 [2]
Mendelssohn: Elijah: 7, For He Shall Give His Angels Charge and 5, Yet
Doth the Lord. Sung in English. Royal Albert Hall Orchestra and Royal
Choral Society. Soloists in No. 7: Florence Austral, s.; Edna Thornton,
c.; Walters; Ripley; Frank Webster, t.; Hargreaves; Edward Halland, bass;
Howard Fry, bar. 1926 live. D 1144 [2]
Moussorgsky: Khovanschina (Khovanshchina): Act 4: Dances of the Persian
Slaves. LSO. 1930. V.11,135 [2]
Wagner: Die Feen Ov. LSO. 1932. DB 1679 [2]

C2216
Borodin: Prince Igor: 17, Polovitsan Dances. SO&C. Sung in Russian. 1923.
D 795 [2]
Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini. SO. 1924. D 951/2 [4]
Strauss: Salome: Opening Scene, Jokannan Is Summoned, The Head of
Jokannan, Dance of the Seven Veils. SO and Göta Ljungberg, s.; Nellie
Walker, c.; Tudor Davies, t.; George Baker, bar.; Edward Halland, bass.
1924. D 908/10 [6]

B end
Bach-Elgar: Fantasia and Fugue in c, S. 537, Peters Vol. 3, No. 6. LSO.
1928. D 1560 [2]
Borodin: Prince Igor: 18, Act 3 Prelude (Polovtsian March). LSO. 1932. DB
1683A
Rimsky-Korsakov: Dubinushka. LSO 1932. DB 1683B
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagñole. LSO. 1929. D 1861/2 [4]
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite: The Princesses Play with the Apples and Fiends
Infernal. LSO. 1928. D 1510 [2]

C2217
DIE GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, LSO. Complete excerpts on D 1572/87.
D 1572/3 (ss. 1/4) Prelude: The Norns' Scene. Noël Eadie, s.; Evelyn
Arden, c.; Gladys Palmer, c.
D 1574 (ss. 5/6) Parting of Siegfried and Brünnhilde. Florence Austral,
s.; and Walter Widdop, t.
D 1575B (s. 8) Act 1: Quartet (Gunther and Gutrune Welcome Siegfried and
Siegfried Drinks the Potion). Göta Ljungberg, s.; Walter Widdop, t.;
Arthur Fear, bass; Frederic Collier, bass
D 1576B/77 (ss. 10/2) Waltraute's Narrative, parts 1-3. Maartje Offers,
c.; and Florence Austral, s.
[D 1578/9 (ss. 13/6) Waltraute's Narrative, part 4 = Brünnhilde Refuses to
Give Up the Ring (s. 13, Coates) + Hagen Summons the Vassals (ss. 14/5,
Blech) + Siegfried Takes Oath on Hagen's Spear (s. 16, Coates). Side 13 is
on C2222 and Side 16 is on C2223 below and are taken from M 60.]

B
D 1580A (s. 17) Act 2: Hagen Suggests Revenge to Brünnhilde. Austral,
Fear, Collier
D 1580B (s. 18) Brünnhilde Reveals Siegfried's Vulnerability. Austral,
Fear, Collier
D 1581A (s. 19) The Conspirators Agree on the Death of Siegfried. Austral,
Fear, Collier
D 1586B/7 (ss. 30/2) Act 3: Immolation Scene. Austral [consists of
Brünnhilde Bids a Funeral Pyre to Be Built, Brünnhilde Lights the Pyre,
and Brünnhilde Rides into the Blazing Pyre]

SIEGFRIED, LSO. 1929. G.D 1690/4
D 1690A Act 1: Siegfried Determines to Learn Fear. Lauritz Melchior, t.;
Albert Reiss, t.
D 1690B/91A Siegfried Forges the Sword. Melchior, Reiss
D 1691B Siegfried Cleaves the Anvil. Melchior, Reiss

C2218
D 1692A Act 2 Siegfried Meditates on His Parentage. Melchior
D 1692B Siegfried Tries to Imitate the Forest Bird. Melchior
D 1693A Siegfried Rests after Slaying the Dragon. Melchior
D 1693B Siegfried Follows the Forest Bird. Melchior, Nora Grühn, s. These
first four sides constitute the Forest Murmurs.
D 1694A Act 3 Wotan Tries to Bar Siegfried's Path. Melchior, Rudolf
Bockelmann, bar.
D 1694B Siegfried Ascends the Fire-Girt Rock (Fire Music). Melchior,
Bockelmann

DAS RHEINGOLD, LSO. 1928:
D 1546A Interlude to Scene 2: Alberich Steals the Gold (Dawn over
Valhalla). Louise Trenton, s.; Elsie Suddaby, s.; Nellie Walker, c.,
Arthur Fear, bass
D 1546B Interlude to Scene 3 (Wotan and Loge Descend to Nibelheim). Walter
Widdop, t.; Kennedy MacKenna; Howard Fry, bar.; Arthur Fear, bass

TRISTAN UND ISOLDE. LSO, 1927. Taken from V.M 41, sides 1-7 (9625/8A) [all
from Act 3]:
1. Prelude
2. The Shepherd's Plaintive Piping Wakes Tristan. Walter Widdop, t.;
Howard Fry, bar.; Kennedy MacKenna, t.

B
3. Kurwenal Tells Tristan How They Came to Kareol. Fry and Widdop
4. Tristan Awaits Isolde Impatiently. Fry and Widdop
5. Isolde's Ship Appears in Sight. Widdop and Charles Victor, bar.
6. Tristan Dies in Isolde's Arms. Göta Ljungberg, s., Widdop
7. Isolde Weeps over the Dead Tristan. Ljungberg.

DIE WALKÜRE. LSO. 1927. V.M 26/7:
1. Act 1: Prelude. Siegmund Seeks Shelter in Hunding's Dwelling. Walter
Widdop, t.
2. The Sword-Hilt Gleams in the Firelight (Siegmund's Monologue). Widdop
3. Sieglinde Comes to Sigemund. Göta Ljungberg, s.; Widdop.
4. Siegmund Greets the Spring Night (Spring Song). Ljungberg, Widdop
7. Siegmund Draws the Sword from the Tree and The Lovers Fly into the
Night. Ljungberg, Widdop

11. Act 2: Siegmund and Sieglinde Reach the Mountain Pass. Ljunberg,
Widdop

C2219
12. Sieglinde Is Tormented with Dread. Ljungberg, Widdop
13. Brünnhilde Appears before Siegmund. Florence Austral, s.; Widdop
14. Siegmund Refuses to Follow Brünnhilde into Valhalla. Austral, Widdop
15. Brünnhilde Promises to Aid Siegmund. Austral, Widdop
17. Siegmund Challenges Hunding. Louise Trenton, s.; Widdop
18. The Combat: Siegmund Is Slain. Ljungberg, Widdop, Austral, Howard Fry,
bar.

THE MASTERSINGERS in English. SO&C and Florence Austral, s.; Doris Lemon,
c.; Tudor Davies, t.; William Michael, bass; Robert Radford, bass; Edward
Halland, bass. 1923. D 745/58:
D 745A Act 1. Church Scene-The Chorale
D 745B Meeting of Walther meets Eva and Magdalene. Austral, Lemon, Davies
D 746A David and the Apprentices. Davies
D 746B Entry of the Mastersingers. Lemon, Davies, Michael, Radford

B
D 747A Pogner Extols the Art of Song. Radford
D 747B By Silent Hearth (Walther Confesses Nature His Only Teacher).
Davies, Michael, Radford
D 748A Kothner Announces the Mastersinger's Rules. Davies, Michael,
Halland
D 748B Prize Song (Walther's First Trial). Davies, Michael, Radford
D 749A Walther's Song Displeases the Masters (Finale of Act 1). Davies,
Michael, Radford
D 749B Act 2: Prelude (Apprentices Celebrate Midsummer's Day). Radford
D 750A The Scent of the Elder Blossoms Inspires Sachs (Fliedermonolog).
Radford
D 750B Sachs' Love for Eva. Austral, Lemon, Radford
D 751A Walther Tells Eva of the Master's Injustice. Austral, Davies
D 751B Sachs Sings at His Work (Schusterlied). Radford
[D 752-7 missing, but D 756/7 on C2222 below]

C2220
D 758A Act 3: Walther's Prize Song. Davies
D 758B Sach's Panegyric on German Art (Finale of the Opera). Radford

LOHENGRIN in English
Act 1: Appearance of the Swan. SO&C. 1925. V.9017A
Act 2: March (Procession to the Cathedral). SO. 1925. V.9017B
Act 3: Prelude. SO. 1925. V 9005B
Act 3: Bridal Chorus. SO&C. 1925 V.9005
Act 3 Prelude. LSO. 1929. D 1815B

DIE MEISTERSINGER
Overture. SO. 1921. V.55,171

B
Overture. LSO. 1926. D 1260 [2]
Act 3 Prelude. LSO. 1927. D 1219 [2

OTHER WAGNER
Rienzi Ov. SO. 1921. D 607 [2]
Siegfried Idyll. LSO. 1921. English Columbia.L 1425/6

C2221
Siegfried Idyll. SO. 1922. D 649/50 [4]
Rheingold: Prelude. SO. 1926. V.9163A
Rheingold: Scene 4: Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla. SO. 1926. D 1117
[2]
Walküre: Act 3: Ride of the Valkyries. SO. 1926. V.9163
Walküre: Act 3: Magic Fire Music. SO. 1926. V.9006
Walküre: Act 3: Magic Fire Music. LSO. 1929. D 1797

B
Götterdämmerung: Prolog: Siegfried's Rhine Journey. SO. 1926. V.9007 [2]

WEBER: Freischütz Ov. SO. 1922. D 624 [2]
WAGNER: Götterdämmerung: Prolog: Siegfried's Rhine Journey. LSO. 1929. D
1777 [2]
Wagner: Tannhäuser: Act 3: Prelude. SO. 1925. D 1072B
BACH-ESSER: Toccata and Fugue in F, S. 540, Peters Vol. 3, No. 2. LSO.
1932. DB 1662 [2]

C2222
[scratch the first two items, as they came from a conpact disc.]

THE MASTERSINGERS IN ENGLISH, SO&C. 1923 [¬C64]:
D 756A Act 3: Quintet. Florence Austral, s.; Nellie Walker, c.; Tudor
Davies, t.; Browning Mummery, t.; Robert Radford, bass.
D 756B Interlude and Procession of the Guilds
D 757A Dance of the Apprentices
D 757B The Townspeople Acclaim Their Idol-Sachs

[Scratch item, which came from an LP < 50 years old.]

WAGNER
Götterdämmerung: Act 3: Siegfried's Funeral March. SO. 1926. V.9049 [¬OR
688] [2]

B
[Scratch first item, as it came from a compact disc.]
Götterdämmerung: Act 1: Brünnhilde Refuses to Give Up the Ring. Maartje
Offers, c.; Florence Austral, s.; LSO. 1927. V.9461A (s. 13 in V.M 60)
[Scratch three items, as they came from an LP <50 years old.]
[ABOUT 20 MINUTES LEFT ON THE TAPE]

C2223
Götterdämmerung: Act 2: Siegfried Takes Oath on Hagen's Spear. Florence
Austral, s.; Walter Widdop, t.; LSO. LSO. 1928. V.9462B (s. 16 in V.M 60)
Eine Faust Overture. LSO. 1928. V.9734 [2]

Dvorák: Carnival Ov. 1929. D 1796 ® #Past Masters.36 [2]
Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or (The Golden Cockerel) Suite: Introduction and
Bridal Cortège. LSO. 1945. Decca.K 1330 [¬OR 715] [2]
Weber: Freischütz: Act 3: Wer legt auf ihn strengen Bann (Hermit's Aria).
Friedrich Schorr, New SO. 1930. E 586A (10")®#Alte Meister.1
[MBOL172\f"Symbol"\s12OR 715]
Wagner: Tannhäuser: Act 1: Als du in kühnem Sange (Wolfram's Cavatina).
Friedrich Schorr, New SO. 1930. E 586B (10")®#Alte Meister.1 [¬OR 715]
Mendelssohn: Elijah: 17, Isst nicht des Herrn Wort wie Feuer (Is Not His
Word Like a Fire). Sung in German. Friedrich Schorr, New SO. 1930. D
2017A®#Alte Meister.1 [¬OR 715]
[Scratch two items, which came from an LP <50 years old.]

Liszt: Hungarian Storm March. LSO. 1932. DB 1647B
[ABOUT 25 MINUTES LEFT ON THE TAPE]

C2224
Rimsky-Korsakov: Snegorouchka, or The Snow Maiden: Act 3: Dance of the
Tumblers. National SO. 1945. Decca.K 1307B

PARSIFAL IN ENGLISH. SO and Chorus. 1925. G.D 1025/31
Act 1:
Prelude. D 1025/6A
Gurnemanz Reproaches Parsifal for Slaying the Swan. Robert Radford, bass,
and Walter Widdop, t. D 1026B
Gurnemanz Leads Parsifal to Monsalvat (Transformation Music). Radford and
Widdop. D1027A
Knights of the Grail Assemble. Chorus only. D 1027B
Amfortas' Prayer and Lament. Percy Heming. D 1028A
Grail Scene, side 1. George Baker, bar., and Chorus. D 1028B
Grail Scene, side 2. Chorus only. D 1029A

B
Grail Scene, side 3. Radford, Nellie Walker, c., and Chorus. D 1029B
Act 2:
Klingsor's Magic Garden and Flower Maiden Scene. SO only. D 1030 [2]
[D 1031, Good Friday Music, is on C1574.]
[ABOUT 30-35 MINUTES LEFT ON THE TAPE]

[deta...@att.net]

Frank,

Do these files still exist? I am a big fan of Coates but do not seem to be able download files. Please let me know.

Thanks,
Doug

[richard...@gmail.com]

Thank you for these. They downloaded without a hitch. I haven't played them yet though, but they uncompressed fine.
Richard