UPLOAD! Biddulph Recordings

[Frank Forman]

But first:
Query: Which of the following labels are mostly defunct, meaning I can
upload them and share them with you?

archiphon
Appian
Arbiter
Archipel
Beulah
CBC
Dutton
Glenn Gould Foundation
Romophone
Maliban
Marston
Melodram
Mercury
Music and Arts
Myoto
Naxos
Nimbus
Romophone
Symposium
Testament
VAIA

[I realize that, for example, Music & Arts and Naxos are still active.
This listing consists of labels I have not uploaded, though perhaps
sometimes I have.]


Here they are, as promised. Biddulph says "coming soon," but it never
happened. Go to
http://www.filefactory.com/folder/738654e91939ac03
The individual files of music are double-zipped. Download. Unzip to get
each CD. It will be zipped. Unzip it to get the tracks. Enjoy great
recordings of great music!

Here's what you get:

Biddulph Booklets.zip

Bidulph 1.zip
Biddulph 80204 Szigeti Prok & Strav
Biddulph 80212 ML 5266 Szigeti Br VS1 and ML 4712 Br PQ3
Biddulph 80217 Szigeti ML 4286A Bach VAS3 and ML 4891 Handel, Tartini,
Bach
Biddulph BID 80147 Spalding
Biddulph BID 80147 William Primrose 1947 Recordings
Biddulph BID 80171 DuBois Bach
Biddulph BID 80172 DuBois Frank, Debussy, Beethoven
Biddulph BID 80216 and 80219 (8) Tertis Complete Recordings

Bidulph 2.zip
Biddulph BID 82045 Ney Mozart Con. 15 Beethoven Con
Biddulph BID 83066 Adolf and Fritz Busch conduct Mozart
Biddulph BID 83069-70 (2) Great Orchestral Transcriptions
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 016 Kreisler & Thibaud Play Mozart
Biddulph LAB 017 Casals Victors 1926-8
Biddulph LAB 023 Sammons and Tertis Moz Mend
Biddulph LAB 024 Thibaud The 1924-27 HMV Recordings

Bidulph 3.zip
Biddulph LAB 029 Cortot Franck PQn + Chausson & Faure
Biddulph LAB 029 Thibaud Chausson Con. + Fauré Berceuse w
Biddulph LAB 030 Francescatti Compete HMVs
Biddulph LAB 043 Szigeti Acoustics
Biddulph LAB 045 Flesch, Carl The HMV Recordings
Biddulph LAB 045 Hubay, Jenö The HMV Recordings
Biddulph LAB 048 Feuermann 1939 Victors
Biddulph LAB 051 Meng. Tch Con. 1 (Hansen) and Sym 6
Biddulph LAB 054 Spohr and Mendelssohn Spalding
Biddulph LAB 064 Szigeti Bach-Reitz, Tar, Moz
Biddulph LAB 070 Szigeti with Foldes disc 1
Biddulph LAB 071 Szigeti with Foldes disc 2 and Bartok
Biddulph LAB 072-3 (2) Flonzaley Q plays Romantic Masterpieces
Biddulph LAB 074 Feuermann Mozart and Dohnanyi
Biddulph LAB 074 Primrose String Trios and Duos w Heifetz and Feuermann
Biddulph LAB 076 Menges Beethoven & Brahms

Bidulph 4.zip
Biddulph LAB 076 Samuel Brahms VS 2,3 w
Biddulph LAB 077-8 (2) Huberman Complete Brunswicks
Biddulph LAB 083-5 BuschBeethoven Q
Biddulph LAB 088 Primrose with Spalding
Biddulph LAB 089-90 (2) Flonzaley Q Play Classical Masterworks
Biddulph LAB 091-2 Bohemian Q Smet 1 Suk 1 Dv 12 (on6) +
Biddulph LAB 092 Prague Q Dvorak on 7,8
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 Mozart, Schumann, and Dvorak Qs

Bidulph 5.zip
Biddulph LAB 105 Pro Arte Debussy, Ravel, Fauré
Biddulph LAB 107 Bartok Q2 (Budapest), Q 5 (Kolisch) and Strav 3 Pieces
Biddulph LAB 116 Thibaud Faure Chamber Music
Biddulph LAB 120-1 (2) Budapest Q (Old) Brahms Q2-3 Qn 1-2 Sex2
Biddulph LAB 133-4 (2) Capet Q Sb 14 Sm 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 Anderson sings Brahms with Primrose and ormandy
Biddulph LAB 150 Primrose Brahms Viola Sonatas +

Bidulph 6.zip
Biddulph LAB 159 Budapest Q (Old) Beet Qs 7, 13 m 1-5 and GF
Biddulph LAB 165 Brahms, Schumann, Reger Busch Q
Biddulph LHW 002 Cortot Weber & Mendelssohn
Biddulph LHW 003-5 (3) Cortot Schumann
Biddulph LHW 006 Cortot Debussy Ravel
Biddulph LHW 008 Grainger Schumann Brahms
Biddulph LHW 010 Grainger Bach and Chopin
Biddulph LHW 012-3 (2) Lamond Beethoven
Biddulph LHW 014-5 (2) Cortot Acoustic Victors
Biddulph LHW 016 Landowska play Bach w
Biddulph LHW 016 Landowska The Early Recordings (1923-30)

Bidulph 7.zip
Biddulph LHW 016 Landowska The Early Recordings (1923-30) (again (sorry))
Biddulph LHW 018 Brahms Con + Backhaus
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 Menu
Biddulph LHW 032 Landowska plays harpsichord concerti
Biddulph LHW 033 Ney pre-war Beethoven
Biddulph LHW 037 Beethoven Concerti 4 and 5 Backhaus
Biddulph LHW 038 Backhaus Polydor acoustics + Trout
Biddulph LHW 039 Schubert 8 and 9 studio Mengelberg
Biddulph LHW 041 Grainger plays Grieg & Granger Stoki H. Bowl + Rubinstein
Rach 2
Biddulph WHL 003-4 (2) Fiedler Brahms

Bidulph 8.zip
Biddulph WHL 008-9 (2) Toscanini BBC All 78 releases
Biddulph WHL 014 Tchaikovsky 3+ Coates
Biddulph WHL 023 Music from France Telefunken Mengelberg
Biddulph WHL 024 Music for Strings Telefunken Mengelberg
Biddulph WHL 025-6 (2) Mengelberg acoustics
Biddulph WHL 027 Stokowski Dv9 (on6) 1927 +
Biddulph WHL 051 Meng Tch Con. 1 (Hansen) & Sym 5
Biddulph WHL 052 Brahms 1 Abendorth,LSO

Bidulph 9.zip
Biddulph WHL 052 Brahms 1 Abendorth,LSO (again)
Biddulph WHL 052 Brahms 3 Krauss VPO
Biddulph WHL 053 Brahms 2 Damrosch NY Sym
Biddulph WHL 053 Brahms 4 Abendroth LSO
Biddulph WHL 057 Brahms 2 and 4 Mengelberg
Biddulph WHL 107 Beethoven 1 and 3 PSONY Mengelberg ERROR: In fact WHL 020

STATISTICS: 55,505-54,148, or 1357 new downloads last
month. Glad to be of service.

I repeat my by now standard monthly message, with the Biddulph recordings
addded.

This is a monthly reminder for those who know about my uploading efforts, as
well as those who are finding out about this for the first time.

Unless something unexpected comes up, I am done my job. Lots of work, and
I am grateful for the some 55,505 downloads to date. I know of no effort
of making these great old recordings of classical music that it anywhere
comparable to mine. IS THIS TRUE?? It is my gift to the world.

European copyright law has placed all recordings made up through 1963,
irregardless of whether it was "fixed in sound" for LP or CD after that
date. Since the server is located in Holland, I am not in violation of
American copyright laws, which are a tangle of confusion.

Below is a repeat of what I have uploaded to date. Visit the first folder
first. It will contain instructions about what's what. Basically, there are:

1. Cassettes of the Columbia and Victor M-sets that Bill Lampe collected
over a long time. (The cassettes that come from Bill are prefixed with an L.
Those from me are prefixed with an F.)
2. Miscellaneous cassettes from many collectors, prefixed with a C.
3. Cassette compilations by artists (prefixed with a C)
4. LP conversions
5. Compact Discs

Indexes to the recordings
http://www.filefactory.com/f/b0ef5dfa848181b9
There are instuctions among these indexes to help you search for recordings
by artists you love.

Abendroth cas AND CDs
Hermann Abendroth, 1883-1956, German conductor
http://www.filefactory.com/f/f835edf60620e15d
When I first listened to him, at the behest of the late Allen Mackler, who
said the best Fourth was Abendroth's, I felt that I was intruding upon
something so very German that I was invading the Germans' privacy. As
Furtwängler is the German conductor for the world, Abendroth is the German
conductor for Germans. The great secret of Abendroth's method, I think, is
his selectively holding a lot for a fraction of a second too long, which he
does with great meaning.

Acoustic Organ Discs  cassettes with zip
http://www.filefactory.com/f/c31becd379064e43
It might come as a surprise that there were any acoustic organ records at
all, since the acoustical process could hardly record low frequency organ
notes. But here is a sample of them. Neither is the music or the organist
outstanding, but the first truly outstanding organist was Helmut Walcha,
whose earliest recordings appeared on late 78s, though in the same
performances afaik as those on early monophonic LPs.

Barylli Quartet with piano LPs
http://www.filefactory.com/f/6f65fe64c37fab38
Their discs are prized collectors' items, but I an enthusiastic only about
those compositions that include a piano. Here are all of them.

Biddulph CDs
http://www.filefactory.com/folder/738654e91939ac03

Beethoven Loewenguth
Active 1930s-1970s Loewenguth Quartet of Paris.
Contains Middle and Late Quartets
http://www.filefactory.com/f/9b903ded71b95f76
THIS IS THE VERY HEIGHT OF MY ENTIRE COLLECTION. Excellent performances,
with just the right amount of gruffness. Exceptionally wide stereo spread
that sits you in the middle of the quartet, allowing you to fully savor
Beethoven's genius in bouncing melodies from instrument to indstrument.

Brain Dennis and Aubrey horns LPs
Dennis Brain, 1921-1957 in a car accident (English)
Aubrey Brain, his father (English), 1893-1955
http://www.filefactory.com/f/b8bfa4f62f200522

Casals LPs
Pablo Casals, 1876-1973, cello and conductor (Spanish, or more properly
Catalan)
http://www.filefactory.com/f/ca1d603a9080d624
All the Columbia LPs, plus some on other labels, up through 1963 that is.
Too bad I can't include the stereo Brandenburgs, whose big, robust
old-fashioned playing is my vary favorite. Nor can I include my favorite
rehearsal disc, of the same.
Tom Clear said in notes to his cello album that information about Casals is
available at your "nearest drugstore." That was then, for today, just grab
the Wikipedia article.

Coates  cassettes
Albert Coates, Anglo-Russian conductor, 1882 1953
http://www.filefactory.com/f/284789ef06528a32
A great extrovert among conductors. No one has most robustly recorded the
Russians or Wagner.

CD Booklets
http://www.filefactory.com/f/0ef97b5e7fcfb055

Flonzaley Quartet cass
1902-1928
http://www.filefactory.com/f/653008cf04d8d395
String quartet playing has changed more than any other kind of classical
music playing. The early style was ragged and deeply dug into, unlike the
smoothed-out perfectionism that came later. Fortunately, this kind of
playing survived into the recordings era. Outstanding examples are the
Flonzaley Quartet (here), the London, the Bohemian, and the *early* Budapest
(before the Russians replaced the Hungarians).

Gianoli LP
Reine Gianoli, French pianist, 1915-79
http://www.filefactory.com/f/2cd0abae3958d6b0
She is much my favorite lady pianist and plays with bounce and vigor. Her
Mozart and Bach is what I often want when I get an overdoes of Gould.

Harty cassettes
Sir Hamilton Harty, Irish conductor, pianist, and composer 1879-1941
Knighted 1925
http://www.filefactory.com/f/fd8d34a7a1897b0b
He is quite popular with those who collect historical recordings. Though I
have collected them, mostly from Bill Lampe, I can't say that I have ever
really grasped his individuality. They remain popular downloads.

Kapell Victors plus Australian Concerts
William Kapell, American pianist, 1922-1953, died in a plane crash.
http://www.filefactory.com/f/27fb13d776c15197
Whoever said he admired Kapell but did not love him expressed perfectly my
own attitude. He is quite popular with those who collect historical
recordings. Though I have collected them, mostly from Bill Lampe, I can't
say that I have ever really grasped his individuality. They remain popular
downloads.

Krebs  LPs
Helmut Krebs, German tenor, 1913-2007
http://www.filefactory.com/f/909396da35dec52a
My favorite singer. He had a "small voice," whatever that means, and never
performed Wagner afaik. His angelic voice is exactly right for Bach, so much
so that, whenever I listen to a Bach vocal work that includes a solo tenor
part that is sung by someone else, I feel ROBBED. Here are nearly all his
recordings. He also sung during first performances of many modern works.

Lehmann cassettes
Fritz Lehmann, German conductor, 1904-1956
http://www.filefactory.com/f/03b29bc2d6aaf0f5
While he conducted a number of orchestras, he is best remembered as a DGG
house conductor that re-recorded music on early LPs. Despite his recording
the best imho St. Matthew Passion, Choral Fantasy, German Requiem, and
Capriccio Italien, he is largely forgotten today. I am not sure what is on
these cassettes. Search in other places for more Lehmann.

Mengelberg cass
Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor, 1871-1971
My favorite conductor and an extravert.
http://www.filefactory.com/f/44eb80876ed8046e

M-Sets
These M-set represent how most American heard classical music during the 78
rpm days. There were over 2500 of them on Columbia and Victor. I have
uploeaded a majority of them. They constitute the core of my offerings.
http://www.filefactory.com/f/554b11e8cd9fe5c6

OoP Hist. CDs
Out of Print Historical CDs.
I have refrained from uploading CDs from small active labels, to not
discourage them from continuing their good work. I have also refrained from
uploading Gould, Walcha, the Kempff Beethven sonata cycles, and the Backhaus
stereo Beethoven cycle for the same reason.
http://www.filefactory.com/f/e506defe41134d59

Other Cassettes
These are non-M sets from my own collection
http://www.filefactory.com/f/e2b09b29f8c29acf

Other Mono LPs
These are LPs that are not among the artist collection listed here.
http://www.filefactory.com/f/45bbac97e080cdee

Other Stereo LP to mp3
There are stereo LPs that are not among the artist collection listed here.
http://www.filefactory.com/f/552cc040b44b49d1

Rodzinski cassettes
Artur Rodzinski, Polish conductor, 1892-1958
http://www.filefactory.com/f/3a51c433aef61fbb
He is quite popular with those who collect historical recordings. Though I
have collected them, mostly from Bill Lampe, I can't say that I have ever
really grasped his individuality. They remain popular downloads.

Rybar LPs
Peter Rybar, Czech violinist, 1913-2002
http://www.filefactory.com/f/8bc7a61a20683ae0
A vigorous performer, whose interpretations are highly italicized, he is a
favorite of those who collect old recordings. Here are most of them. His
recording of the Shreck transciption of Bach's fifth klavier concerto I find
is even more incisive than Szigeti's. His recorded repertoire is wide. I
commend esp. his recording of Italian Baroque composers.

Scherchen LPs in mp3
Hermann Scherchen, German conductor, 1891-1966
http://www.filefactory.com/f/5ceace722ff1720c
A great extrovert, whose performances got more markedly inflected as he got
older. Mr. Mencken, when asked to update his obituary for the Baltimore Sun,
where he worked, said, "Just add, 'As he got older, he got worse.'" But I
find Scherchen's stereo remakes to be better, more characteristic of him,
with the exception of the Messiah and the Mozart Requiem, which I find
rather ponderous. I call attention to the stereo remake of the Eroica, which
whips through the music so fast you wonder whether the orchestra loses
itself in the process. Yet when the movement is over and you are exhausted,
you remain moved. Better wait a few minutes before going on with the funeral
march.

Scherchen LPs in WAV
Hermann Scherchen, German conductor, 1891-1966
http://www.filefactory.com/f/e144f8d31b8590e7

Scherchen Lugano Cycle
Hermann Scherchen, German conductor, 1891-1966
Contains the Beethoven symphonies in performance and rehearsal excepts of
many movements.
http://www.filefactory.com/f/4a0421ccbf5a62bf
Scherchen at his best, or at his worst? A whipsaw first movement of the
Seventh that somehow manages to sweep you into it, unlike Albert Coates's
two recordings (acoustic and electric) of the first movement of the Jupiter.

Scherchen WAV
Hermann Scherchen, German conductor, 1891-1966
In general, I did not make many WAV files, because I did not realize there
would be much of a demand for them. These are a good selection, but still
not all Scherchens are here.
http://www.filefactory.com/f/e144f8d31b8590e7

Silverman
Robert Silverman, Canadian pianist, born 1938.
With his permission I have uploaded Beethoven Sonatas 18 and 28, along with
his excellent liner notes, from his Beethoven cycle. Also with his
permission, I have uploaded a live Mozart sonata cycle, given at the house
of his friend and philosopher, Jan Narveson. I find his seriousness and
thoughtfulness to make him the best living pianist and cannot fathom why he
is little known outside Canada. Please visit his site,
http://www.robertsilverman.ca
http://www.filefactory.com/f/5d3d7ccf9a0b6ed4

Spalding LPs
American violinist, 1888-1953. First American musician to gain international
renown. Complete LPs
http://www.filefactory.com/f/e80fa589cbc1790d
Saying any recording beats Szigeti's is, for me, making the highest praise.
But his 78s of the Brahms Second Sonata beats Szigeti's and his"Tartini's"
Devil's Trill, though not recorded by Szigeti, is the best of that music.
(Alas, you won't find them in this folder but elsewhere.)

Stock cass
Dr. Frederick Stock, 1872-1972
http://www.filefactory.com/f/dee173966a8cbae0
He is quite popular with those who collect historical recordings. Though I
have collected them, mostly from Bill Lampe, I can't say that I have ever
really grasped his individuality. They remain popular downloads.

Szigeti Am Saloons
Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist, 1892-1973
These are all the fillers and single discs recorded in America
http://www.filefactory.com/f/81186ee2d67eab82
Several of these delights never came out on LPs. The most elusive is
Cowell's "How Old Is Song?", which the late Don Hodgman was able to finally
locate and get me a tape of.

Szigeti LPs
Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist, 1892-1973
My favorite clarinetist
Complete early Columbia LPs and the early Mercury stereo LPs.
Incisive. Intellectual. Inflected. His is much my favorite violinist.

Tahra CDs (zip only):
http://www.filefactory.com/folder/973c925f05aed666

Thibaud
Jacques Thibaud, French violinist, 1880-1953, in a plane crash
http://www.filefactory.com/f/7b4f23c2ea9e3a6d
These are nearly all his recordings.
B.H. Haggin speaking of "the powerful tone and phrasing playing of Casals
that is in striking contrast with the elegance of Thibaud and the intimate
warmth of Corot" is as an astute observation of musicians as any I have
read. All of their playing together in the greatest of all trios, as well as
any pairing of two of them, is there.

Weingartner acousticals
Felix Weingartner, German conductor, 1863-1942
This is almost certainly the most complete set. It is one of the most
popular of my downloads. In general, though, I never did become a big
Weingartner fan. Surprisingly, perhaps, I find his early electric of the
Fantastic Symphony to be my favorite.
http://www.filefactory.com/f/d3cafa296cc18a34

Wlach LPs
Leopold Wlach, clarinet, 1902-56
My favorite clarinetist, whose sheer power can be devasting, esp. the Brahms
Clarinet Quintet, which I regard as the swan song of Western Civilization.
http://www.filefactory.com/f/643eb663ca9c5bca

[moza...@gmail.com]

Many thanks for the Bidulph collection. Your efforts are much appreciated.

Honza

[wkasimer]

On Thursday, January 1, 2015 4:59:10 AM UTC-5, Frank Forman wrote:

> Query: Which of the following labels are mostly defunct, meaning I can
> upload them and share them

Romophone is certainly defunct; the label was essentially replaced by Marston, which is still very active (the Strauss Lieder set, issued a week or two ago, is magnificent).

Some of the Romophones, though, have been essentially reissued by Naxos - mostly the better-known singers like McCormack, Gigli, Schipa, and Warren. But some of Romophone's best material, though, is OOP and not available in alternative transfers. Used copies are still available, though, and mostly still affordable.

Many thanks, Frank, especially for the Biddulphs and Tahras. Many of these are on my "wish list", but used copies are currently unaffordable.

Bill

[Frank Berger]

Purely out of curiosity, doesn't someone own the copyright for the
recordings of companies that are either dormant or outright
non-existent? I'm not trying to moralize here, but isn't Frank Forman
setting himself up for possible trouble?

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[wkasimer]

On Friday, January 2, 2015 10:38:02 AM UTC-5, Frank Berger wrote:

> Purely out of curiosity, doesn't someone own the copyright for the
> recordings of companies that are either dormant or outright
> non-existent? I'm not trying to moralize here, but isn't Frank Forman
> setting himself up for possible trouble?

Possibly, but I think that this is a case where it's better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission. Certainly less aggravating.

Bill

[Frank Forman]

I'm being careful. European copyright law says performances recorded
before 1964 (including any LP or CD processing) is in the public
domain. My server is in Holland. So I'm in the clear. I do have a fair
amount of later material, but I don't want to risk my whole project for
its sake. Right now, it's too expensive to monitor European copyright
violation, compared to what value old classical recordings might bring.
But detection software may make it cheaper.

I do respect the idea behind copyright, though it goes on too long, as
far as the entire public interest (producers + consumers) goes. That's
because of "concentrated benefits, diffuse costs." It is a universal
problem.

I refrain from uploading recordings made by small, courageous label.
Though it would be legal, I want these labels to continue their good
work.

I've said all this repeatedly!

Frank

[pgut...@wcsr.com]

I just want to add my thanks. I already have most of the original CDs, but it's nice to be able to hear some of the others that I had missed, especially the early Cortots, early Szigetis, the Backhaus/International Trout, and the Grainger/Rubinstein/Stokowski Hollywood Bowl concert. I realize this isn't a proper legal assertion (and I am a lawyer), but when copyright holders don't make their materials available we have to be grateful for the efforts of others - after all, these are not just commercial product but our common cultural heritage.

[godfearin...@gmail.com]

Is there a Miscellaneous 5.zip file?

[Frank Berger]

On 4/30/2020 10:51 PM, godfearin...@gmail.com wrote:
> Is there a Miscellaneous 5.zip file?
>

Do you know you responded to a 5 year old thread?

[thore...@gmail.com]

Thanks so much for these beautiful and so complete collections !
May I ask you to re-upload the Ramor SQ/ Bartok set...
THX...