MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Golden Years of the Gramophone (incl. Gendarmes' Duet, Cats' Duet & Song of the Flea)

Tracks:

HANDEL: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)/London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham (recorded 1933)

MENDELSSOHN: O, for the wings of a dove/ Ernest Lough (treble)/ Temple Church Choir/ Sir George Thalben-Ball (organ & director) (1927)

CLARKE: Purcell's Trumpet Voluntary/ Alex Harris (trumpet)/ Hallé Orchestra / Sir Hamilton Harty (1927)

GRECHANINOV: The Creed/ Choir of the Russian Church of the Metropolitan of Paris / Nicolai Afonsky (1931)

J. S. BACH: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring/ Dame Myra Hess (piano) (1940)

BACH-GOUNOD: Ave Maria/ Alessandro Moreschi (castrato)/ Piano & harmonium with violin obbligato (1904)

SULLIVAN: The Lost Chord/ Peter Dawson (baritone)/ Herbert Dawson (organ) (1938)

JOHANN STRAUSS II: Nuns' Chorus (Paganini)/ Anni Frind (soprano)/ Chorus & Orchestra of the Grosse Schauspielhaus, Berlin / Ernst Hauke (1928)

LEHÁR: You are my heart's delight (The Land of Smiles)/ Richard Tauber (tenor)/Orchestra (1935)

CHARLES WILLIAMS: The Dream of Olwen/ Arthur Dulay (piano)/ Charles Williams and his Concert Orchestra (1947)

PURCELL: Nymphs and Shepherds/ Manchester School Children's Choir/ Hallé Orchestra / Sir Hamilton Harty (1929)

TRAD arr. MOSS: The Floral Dance/ Peter Dawson (baritone)/Orchestra / Clifford Greenwood (1934)

MORGAN: Count Your Blessings/ Luton Girls' Choir/Orchestra / George Melachrino (1948)

DAVIES: Solemn Melody/ Hallé Orchestra / Sir Hamilton Harty (1929)

BRAHMS: Lullaby (Wiegenlied) Op.49 No.4/ Elisabeth Schumann (soprano) _ George Reeves (piano) (1935)

MUSSORGSKY: Song of the Flea/ Feodor Chaliapin (bass) George de Godzinsky (piano) (1936)

WIDOR: Toccata (Organ Symphony No.5 in F minor Op.42 No.1)/Charles-Marie Widor (organ) (1932)

ADAMS: The Holy City/ Richard Crooks (tenor) _ Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli (1933)

MOZART: Der Hölle Rache (Die Zauberflöte)/ Florence Foster Jenkins (soprano) Cosme McMoon (piano) (?1930s) (Courtesy of BMG Music)

PUCCINI: O my beloved father (Gianni Schicchi)/Dame Joan Hammond (soprano) _ Hallé Orchestra / Leslie Heward (1941)

KERN: Ol' Man River (Show Boat)/ Paul Robeson (bass) Chorus & Orchestra / Clifford Greenwood (1936)

OFFENBACH: Gendarmes' Duet (Geneviève de Brabant)/ Harold Williams (baritone) _ Malcolm McEachern (bass) Orchestra (1933)

ROSSINI: Cats' Duet (Duetto buffo di due gatti)/Victoria de los Angeles & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (sopranos)/ Gerald Moore (piano) (1967 live)