Frank Forman
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Are Biddulph and Tahra virtually inactive?
I want to discuss whether to upload my holdings on these two labels. Also
whether to upload the Glenn Gould from Music & Arts, since that label has
delisted all of them.
I stated that I was refraining from uploading recordings from small ACTIVE
labels because I did not want to discourage their good efforts to make
available to the public, even though they are not under European
copyright. My overall aim to do what I can to proliferate great old
recordings.
However, it seems that Biddulph and Tahra are no longer making FRESH
conversions to any significant extent. Biddulph now sells a grand total of
28 recordings. Tahra also maintains a catalog, but the site is in such a
mess that the public cannot get them in most cases.
All labels can keep the entire catalog available as mp3 downloads. It is a
simple matter to do so. The reason seems to be that their owners are
either getting old or otherwise disinclined to make sales. The process of
aging will eventually affect us all.
If I upload whatever is in my own collection, this will make them
available to anyone who wants to gain entertainment and enlightenment. It
is important to maintain continuity, as the shift away from classical
music and, especially older recordings of classical music, proceeds apace.
I wish I knew how many of each older record has ever been sold over all
the years.
THREE MORE LABELS
MUSIC & ARTS seems to still be active. It sells seven albums items in my
collection on CDs and three more as mp3 downloads. These ten compare to 38
albums I have altogether, which include several with Gould. Since the
label has lost all interest in this great pianist, I would like to upload
the Goulds but only the Goulds.
Go down for details.
NAXOS is quite active, and there have been 17 new releases of historical
recordings during 2012 June through 2013 May, several quite valuable
(though I am not big on Heifetz and Kreisler). I have 29 albums in my
collection. I shall upload nothing.
SYMPOSIUM has released seven in spring of this year. Seven of the ten are
still in its catalog. I shall upload nothing.
There are 22 more labels I counted as small and active, but I am not going
to worry about them.
My earlier listing, to which I added for Music & Arts and Symposium an
asterisk to indicate that they are being sold by the label:
SMALL ACTIVE LABELS (not to be uploaded) (216)
Appian (3)
Arbiter (3)
Archipel (2)
archiphon (4)
Beulah (2)
Biddulph (74)
CBC (1)
Dutton (2)
Glenn Gould Foundation (1)
Malibran (2)
Marston (1)
Melodram (1)
Mercury (2)
Music and Arts (38)
Myto (1)
Naxos (29)
Nimbus (1)
Opus Kura (1)
Parnassus (1)
Preiser (1)
Pristine Audio (1)
Q-Disc (1)
Romophone (1)
Symposium (10)
Tahra (25)
Testament (4)
VAIA-IPA (4)
DETAILS
* means for sale by the label
Appian APR 5526 Schnabel The 1946-47 HMV Solo Recordings
Appian APR 5533 Chaminaide and Saint-Saëns Piano G&Ts
Appian APR 5571-2 (2) Cortot late rec
Arbiter 121. Schnabel Brahms PT1 and VS 1&2 Szigeti & Fournier
Arbiter 139 Amar-Hindemith Q Moz 16 Bartok 2 Bee 11
Arbiter 147 (2) d'Albert, Eugen studios
Archipel APRCD 0201 (5) Scherchen Beethoven Syms (mono Westminster)
Archipel ARPCD 0211 Scherchen Brahms 1 and Kalinnikov 1
archiphon ARC 101 Klemperer COA Janacek Bartok Schoenberg
archiphon ARC 103-4 Kolisch Q. plays Schoenberg Q
archiphon ARC 105 ROLLS Serkin Welte-Mignon
archiphon ARC 121-5 (5) Klemperer The 'Complete' 78 RPM Recordings
Beulah 1PD6 Coates Tchaikovsky 6 & R&J National Philharmonic Orch
Beulah 2PD11 Coates and Beinum Russian Masters
Biddulph 80204 Szigeti ML 4257 Prokofiev VSs, ML 2122 StravSonata 1 In F
w. Joseph Levine
Biddulph 80212 ML 5266 Szigeti Br VS1 and ML 4712 Br PQ3
Biddulph 80217 ML 4286A Bach VAS3 and ML 4891 Handel, Tartini, Bach
Biddulph BID 80171 DuBois Bach
Biddulph BID 80172 DuBois Frank, Debussy, Beethoven
Biddulph BID 80216 and 80219 (8) Tertis Complete Recordings
Biddulph BID 82045 Ney Mozart Con. 15 Beethoven Con. 2+
Biddulph BID 83072 Stokowski The Complete 1925 Electrics
Biddulph LAB 005-8 (4) Szigeti, The Art of Joseph
Biddulph LAB 013 Seidel Brahms and Grieg
Biddulph LAB 014 Thibaud The 1922-23 HMV & 1924 Victor Recordings
Biddulph LAB 017 Casals Victors 1926-8
Biddulph LAB 023 Sammons and Tertis
Biddulph LAB 024 Thibaud The 1924-27 HMV Recordings
Biddulph LAB 029 Cortot Franck Qn + Thibaud in Chausson and Fauré
Biddulph LAB 030 Francescatti Compete HMVs
Biddulph LAB 043 Szigeti Acoustics
Biddulph LAB 045 Hubay and Flesch Complete HMVs
Biddulph LAB 048 Feuermann 1939
Biddulph LAB 054 Spohr and Mendelssohn
Biddulph LAB 064 Szigeti Bach-Reitz, Tar, Moz
Biddulph LAB 070-1 (2) Szigeti with Foldes and Bartok
Biddulph LAB 072-3 (2) Flonzaley Q Plays Romantic Masterpieces
Biddulph LAB 074 Primrose String Trios and Duos w Heifetz and Feuermann
Biddulph LAB 076 Menges Beethoven & Brahms
Biddulph LAB 077-8 (2) Huberman Complete Brunswicks
Biddulph LAB 083-5 (3) Busch Q plays Beethoven Q. 11-7
Biddulph LAB 088 Primrose Spalding
Biddulph LAB 089-90 (2) Flonzaley Play Classical Masterworks
Biddulph LAB 091-2 (2) The Czech Quartet Tradition
Biddulph LAB 093 Pro Arte Schubert Qn in C, Brahms Sextet 1
Biddulph LAB 097 Capet Q Haydn Lark, Moz 19, Bee 5
Biddulph LAB 099 Capet Q Beethoven 14 & 15
Biddulph LAB 103 Busch Q Mozart, Schumann, and Dvorak Qs
Biddulph LAB 105 Pro Arte Debussy, Ravel, Fauré
Biddulph LAB 107 Bartok Q2 (Budapest), Q 5 (Kolisch) and Strav 3 Pieces
(Krettly)
Biddulph LAB 116 Thibaud Fauré Chamber Music
Biddulph LAB 120-1 (2) Budapest Q (old) Brahms Q2-3 Qn 1-2 Sex2
Biddulph LAB 133-4 (2) Capet Q Schubert 14 Schmann 2 Franck Qn Deb Rav
Biddulph LAB 135 Prihoda Paganini, Vieuxtemps, Wieniawski
Biddulph LAB 138 Seidl Franck and Victors
Biddulph LAB 141-3 (3) Casals Acoustics
Biddulph LAB 150 Primrose Brahms Viola Sonatas
Biddulph LAB 159 Budapest Q (Old) Beet Qs 7, 13 m 1-5 and GF
Biddulph LAB 165 Busch Q Brahms Schumann Reger
Biddulph LHW 002 Cortot Weber & Mendelssohn
Biddulph LHW 003-5 (3) Cortot plays Schumann
Biddulph LHW 006 Cortot plays Debussy and Ravel
Biddulph LHW 008 Grainger Schumann Brahms
Biddulph LHW 012-3 (2) Lamond Beethoven
Biddulph LHW 014-5 (2) Cortot Acoustic Victors
Biddulph LHW 016 Landowska The Early Recordings
Biddulph LHW 018 Backhaus Brahms Con. 2 +
Biddulph LHW 020 Cortot plays short works
Biddulph LHW 021 Cortot HMV acoustics
Biddulph LHW 023 WTC 1-17 -Harriet Cohen and Evlyn Howard-Jones
Biddulph LHW 031 Landowska play Bach w. Menuhin
Biddulph LHW 032 Landowska plays harpsichord concerti
Biddulph LHW 033 Ney pre-war Beethoven
Biddulph LHW 037 Backhaus Beethoven Concerti 4 and 5 -Ronald
Biddulph LHW 041 Grainger plays Grieg & Granger Stoki H. Bowl + Rubinstein
Rach 2
Biddulph WHL 003-4 (2) Max Fiedler Conducts Brahms
Biddulph WHL 008-9 (2) Toscanini BBC All 78 releases
Biddulph WHL 014 Coates Tchaikovsky 3+
Biddulph WHL 020 Mengelberg Beethoven 1 and 3 PSONY
Biddulph WHL 023 Mengelbarg Music from France Telefunken
Biddulph WHL 024 Mangelberg Music for Strings Telefunken
Biddulph WHL 025-6 (2) Mengelberg acoustics
Biddulph WHL 027 Stokowski Dvorak 9 (Old No. 5) 1927 +
Biddulph WHL 051 Mengelberg Tchaikovsky Con. 1 (Hansen) and Sym. 5 BPO
Biddulph WHL 052 Brahms 1 (Abendroth) and 3 (Krauss)
Biddulph WHL 053 Brahms 2 (Damrosch) and 4 (Abendroth)
Biddulph WHL 057 Mengelberg Brahms 2 and 4
Biddulph WLH 039 Mengelberg Schubert 8 and 9 studio
CBC PSCD 2004+ (6) Glenn Gould -The Young Maverick
Dutton CDAX 8004 Wood Vaughan Williams
Dutton CDLX 7103 Ireland Violin Sonatas+
Glenn Gould Foundation CDNK 1190 At Home with Glenn Gould
Malibran Music CDRG 114 (2) Coppola Carmen +
Malibran Music CDRG 150 Thibaud Galliera and Flipse 1953 + electrics
Marston 52022 (2) Bizet Carmen (1908) +
Melodram MEL 29001 (2) Krebs Fledermaus live 491108 -Fricsay
Mercury 434334 Fennell Hands across the Sea
Mercury 434360 Dorati 1812, Cap It, and Wellington's
Music and Arts CD 270 Mengelberg Bloch VC Szigeti and Debussy Fantasie
Gieseking
Music and Arts CD 272 Gould Broadcast Recitals 1956 & 1967
Music and Arts CD 284 Gould Beethoven Con 2&3, 32 Var in c
Music and Arts CD 285 Gould Brahms Int in b, Op. 119, No. 1 (No Date) + Br
PfQn (Montreal SQ)
Music and Arts CD 297 (stereo) Gould Brahms Concerto 1 Peter H. Adler +
Music and Arts CD 615 Cortot Rare 78s & Test Pressings
Music and Arts CD 617 Gould Mozart Fan. 2 in c, K. 396 + Hammerklavier
*Music and Arts CD 632 Schnabel Mozart Con. 23-4 live
Music and Arts CD 639 Gould Beethoven Var Op 34 and Ghost Trio + Emperor
Music and Arts CD 654 Gould Bach broadcasts 1957-69
Music and Arts CD 659 Gould Broadcast 681226 Gibbons, Haydn, Hindemith
Music and Arts CD 663 Gould Piano sonatas 680208
Music and Arts CD 668 Szigeti & Mitropolous Bach-Schreck, Mozart 3, Berg
Music and Arts CD 676 Gould Mozart Son. 6-8, 13 1968-8
Music and Arts CD 679 Gould Broadcasts 1966-9 Bach Moz Hind Berg
Music and Arts CD 680 Gould Beethoven and Mozart broadcasts
Music and Arts CD 681 Schnabel Mozart Con. 22 & Beethoven 3 live
Music and Arts CD 683 Glenn Gould in Romantic Repertoire
*Music and Arts CD 702 Novaës Victor 78s
Music and Arts CD 720 (4) Szigeti Centennial live
Music and Arts CD 750 Schnabel Mozart Con. 20, 17 (exc.) & Son. Old No.
Unnumbered
Music and Arts CD 768 Kempff Beethoven Concerti 3 and 5 live
*Music and Arts CD 774 Szigeti Bach 1001, 1003, 1006 live
*Music and Arts CD 780 (4) Mengelberg Public Performances 1938-1944
Music and Arts CD 813 (2) Szigetit A Golden Treasury of the Best English
Columbia 78s (extra)
Music and Arts CD 821 Landowska A Treasury of Concert Performances, vol. 1
Music and Arts CD 861 Busch Brahms, Beethoven, Busoni
*Music and Arts CD 868 Elman Tch (1945) & Mend (1953) Music and Arts CD
868
Music and Arts CD 877 (3) Busch, Serkin Public Performances 1934-49
Music and Arts CD 1005 (5) Mengelberg Beethoven Symphonies (live)
*Music and Arts CD 1038 (2) Abendroth Romantic Masterworks
Music and Arts CD 1045 (2) Kirchner, Leon Historic Recordings
Music and Arts CD 1065 (4) Abendroth Unissued Broadcast Performances
*Music and Arts CD 1071 (2) Kempff Rare Recordings, 1936-1945
*Music and Arts CD 1083 Busch Brahms 2Con, Sextet 1+
Music and Arts CD 1111 Schnabel Schumann Con Monteux & Schubert PT
Szigeti, Fournier
*Music and Arts CD 1113 (13) Casals Festivals at Prades
*Music and Arts CD 4614 Toscanini Berlioz
Myto MCD 92361 (2) Krebs Mozart Abduction
Naxos 810049-50 (2) Parsifal Muck, Hertz, and others
Naxos 8110152-3 (2) Mahler earliest recordings
Naxos 8110161 Mengelberg Strauss Heldenleben, Tod und Verklärung
Naxos 8110164 Mengelberg Brahms 3, AFO, TrO
Naxos 8110195 Cortot-Thibaud-Casals (extra)
Naxos 8110601-2 (2) Rachmaninov Plays Rachmaninov Con. 1, 4 Pag Rhap
Naxos 8110613 Cortot Franck, S-S, Ravel Concerti
Naxos 8110638-40 (3) Schnabel Beethoven Con. (Sargent) +
Naxos 8110651-4 (4) Fischer, Edwin Bach WTC
Naxos 8110664-5 (2) Schnabel Brahms Concerti +
Naxos 8110677 ROLLS, Welte-Mignon, Vol. 1 (1905-1927)
Naxos 8110699 Backhaus Brahms 1 + Pag + Rhap 79
Naxos 8110853 Mengelberg Orchestral bits - Lizst, Berlioz, Weber
Naxos 8110855 Mengelberg Wagner Strauss Humperdin ck Mahler
Naxos 8110856+ Weingartner Beethoven Syms + (not all booklets)
Naxos 8110864 Mengelberg Beethoven Overtures +
Naxos 8110880-2 (3) Mengelberg Bach St Matthew Passion +
Naxos 8110885 Mengelberg Tchaikovsky 6 (1941) and Serenade for Strings
Naxos 8110915-6 (2) Casal Bach Cello Suites
Naxos 8110930 Casals Brahms 2C and Dvorak CC
Naxos 8110948 Szigeti Brahms (Harty) & Mendelssohn (Sir Thomas) (extra)
Naxos 8110949-50 (2) Casals Beethoven CS and Brahms CS 2
Naxos 8110951 Sammons Elgar and Delius
Naxos 8110954 Busch and Serkin Beethoven VS 3, 5, 9
Naxos 8110961+ (3) Powel, Maud
Naxos 8110972 & 811096 (2) Casals Encores & Transcriptions
Naxos 8110973 Szigeti Prokofiev and Bloch
Naxos 8110979 Szigeti Bach and Tartini
Naxos 8501201 (12) Brahms Piano Works -Idil Biret
Nimbus NI 8808 ROLLS Bach Aeolian Duo-Art
Opus Kura OPK 2053 Capet Q Mozart 19 and Beethoven 7
Parnassus PACD 96015-6 (2) Gregorian Chants Early Recordings
Preiser 93111 Wlach Pfitzner
Pristine Audio PASC 184 Mengelberg live NYPO 1924 and BBC 1938
Q-Disc 97106 (10) + DVD Mengbelberg The Live Recordings
Romophone 87001 Christmas from a Golden Age
Symposium 1058 Berliners 1888-1901
*Symposium 1071 Great Violinists Vol. 1
*Symposium 1075 Harrison, May (violin)
*Symposium 1109 Adolf Busch Acoustics
Symposium 1115 Casals Tovey CC in C, Op. 40
Symposium 1140 Harrison, Beatrice (cello)
*Symposium 1253 Ionisation
*Symposium 1291 Spalding
*Symposium 1312 Lener, Kreisler, Fachiri Beethoven VSs 6,8,10
*Symposium 1337 Mahler Lieder 1918-49
Tahra TAH 101 (2) Scherchen Mahler 3 and 10.1 BEST PERF. OF SYM. 3)
Tahra TAH 102 (2) Abendroth Enregistrements 1927-1941
Tahra TAH 106-7 (2) Abendroth Gewandhauskapellmeister
Tahra TAH 112 Scherchen Wagner S Idyll (chamber) and Tch 6
Tahra TAH 113 Scherchen Mozart Petits Riens, Flute and Harp Con, EKN
Tahra TAH 114-5 (2) Abendroth Bruckner 7 and 8
Tahra TAH 116 Scherchen Dvorak CC (Fournier) BEST REC. OF THE WORK +
Brahms 3
Tahra TAH 120 Scherchen Mahler 8 (Columbia rec.)
Tahra TAH 129-31 (3) Abendroth Beethoven 9, VC (Oistrakh), 3+
Tahra TAH 138 Abendroth Strauss Tone Pomes
Tahra TAH 139-42 (4) Abendroth Portrait Inédit
Tahra TAH 143-4 (2) Scherchen Berlioz Les Troyens à Carthage
Tahra TAH 145-6 (2) Abendroth Brahms
Tahra TAH 152-3 (2) Scherchen Birth of Symphony
Tahra TAH 154 Scherchen Mozart Flute and Harp Con. Syms. 40-1
Tahra TAH 185-9 (5) Tribute to Hermann Scherchen
Tahra TAH 192-3 (2) Abendroth w. Ney & Taschner
Tahra TAH 199-200 (2) Erdmann, Eduard Pianist-Philosopher
Tahra TAH 218-9 (2) Erdmann Schubert
Tahra TAH 259 Abendroth, Askenase Mozart at Dresden State Tahra TAH 259
Tahra TAH 283-6 (4) Scherchen Ultraphon Recordings, vol. 1
Tahra TAH 338-9 (2) Scherchen Mahler 3 VSO studio 501031
Tahra TAH 391-3 + 401-2 + 420-1 (7) Mengelberg Archives inédites
Tahra TAH 413-6 (4) Scherchen Nixa recordings
Tahra TAH 422 Scherchen Mahler 5 Philapa Orch. 641030
Testament SBT 1008 Rossini, Viva! (old recordings)
Testament SBT 1015 Toscanini HMV unpub studios Brahms 2 +
Testament SBT 1024 De Vito Brahms Vn. Son
Testament SBT 1085 Hollywood Q Haydn Mozart Hummel
VAIA-IPA 1001 Catalan Piano Tradition
VAIA-IPA 1018 Ossip Gabrilowitsch complete
VAIA-IPA 1028 (2) Renard at Carnegie Hall + 78s
VAIA-IPA 1065 (2) Darre, Jeanne-Marie Early rec