Friday 19th April 2024

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Wagenseil, Georg Christoph (1715-1777) Austrian

Konzert für Harfe und Orchester G-dur - Nicanor Zabaleta; Orchestre de Chambre Paul Kuentz: Paul Kuentz (V-33 818)

Wagner, Wilhelm  Richard (1813-1883) German

Arias and duets from operas by Mozart, Flotow and Wagner - Richard Tauber, with Benno Ziegler for Flotow duet (V-33 498)

Excerpts from Tristan und Isolde - Maria Callas, soprano (V-33 564)

Extracts from Wagner and Verdi - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar; Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin: Franz Konwitschny / Berliner Philharmoniker: Alberto Erede (V-33 755)

The Flying Dutchman: Overture - Bayreuth Festival Orchestra: Karl Böhm (Audio 151)

Götterdämmerung - Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gustav Neidlinger, Gottlob Frick, Claire Watson, Christa Ludwig etc; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: Georg Solti (V-33 1383)

Die Götterdämmrung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine journey; Siegfried's death and funeral music - Paris Conservatoire Orchestra: Carl Schuricht (V-33 R1251)

Introduction to [Wagner's] Ring Cycle - Deryck Cooke, narrator; Members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Wiener Sängerknaben: Georg Solti (V-33 1383)

Liebestod {from Tristan und Isolde - Italian} (V-33 1107)

Lohengrin: Bridal Chorus - Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra: Wilhelm Pitz (Audio 151)

Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 1 - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra: Rafael Kubelik (Audio 151)

Lohengrin: Vorspiele zum 1. und 3. Akt - Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Paris: Igor Markevitch (V-33 R1334)

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Hans Hotter, Otto Wiener, Jess Thomas, Friedrich Lenz, Claire Watson; Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera: Joseph Keilberth (V-33 1351)

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act 1 - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra: Rafael Kubelik (Audio 151)

Parsifal: Vorspiel und Karfreitagszauber - Sinfonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks: Eugen Jochum (V-33 R1334)

Das Rheingold - George London, Kirsten Flagstad, Claire Watson, Gustav Neidlinger, Set Svanholm, Walter Kreppel, Jean Madeira etc; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: Georg Solti (V-33 1383)

Siegfried - Wolfgang Windgassen, Birgit Nilsson, Hans Hotter, Gerhard Stolze, Gustav Neidlinger etcJames King, Régine Crespin, Gottlob Frick, Hans Hotter, Birgit Nilsson, Christa Ludwig etc; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: Georg Solti (V-33 1383)

Siegfried Idyll - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra: Rafael Kubelik (Audio 151)

Siegfried-Idyll - Berliner Philharmoniker: Herbert von Karajan (V-33 294)

Siegfried Idyll - Sinfonia of London: Colin Davis (V-33 1148)

Szenen aus Tristan und Isolde - Birgit Nilsson, Christa Ludwig, Wolfgang Windgassen, Eberhard Wächter; Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele: Karl Böhm (V-33 1110)

Tannhäuser: Ouvertüre - Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Paris: Igor Markevitch (V-33 R1334)

Tannhäuser: Overture - Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin: Otto Gerdes (Audio 151)

'Tannhäuser' overture (Wagner--Liszt) (V-33 1140)

Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra: Rafael Kubelik (Audio 151)

Tristan und Isolde - Liebestod - Philharmonia Orchestra: Wilhelm (V-33 1232)

Tristan und Isolde - Love duet - Kirsten Flagstad, soprano; Ludwig Suthaus, tenor; Philharmonia Orchestra: Wilhelm Furtwängler (V-33 1232)

Tristan und Isolde - Prelude Act 1 - Philharmonia Orchestra: Wilhelm Furtwängler (V-33 1232)

Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod - Paris Conservatoire Orchestra: Carl Schuricht (V-33 R1251)

Die Walküre - James King, Régine Crespin, Gottlob Frick, Hans Hotter, Birgit Nilsson, Christa Ludwig etc; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: Georg Solti (V-33 1383)

Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra: Herbert von Karajan (Audio 151)

Wie Todesahnung Dämmrung (from Tannhäuser) - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Orchestra of the German State Opera, Berlin: Franz Konwitschny (V-33 693)

Walton, William (Sir) (1902-1983) English

Belshazzar's Feast - Donald Bell, baritone; Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra: Sir William Walton (V-33 576)

Belshazzar's Feast - Robert Peterson, baritone; Oscar Chausow, violin; University of Utah Civic Chorale; Utah Symphony Orchestra: Maurice Abravanel (V-33 766)

Belshazzar's Feast - London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra: André Previn (V-33 R1269)

[Coronation music (1953) by Purcell, Stanford, Walton] (V-33 854)

Crown Imperial - Coronation March - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: Louis Fremaux (Audio 147)

Crown imperial: Coronation march - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: Louis Frémaux (V-33 577)

Façade (1st and 2nd) suite - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: Louis Frémaux (Audio 168)

Gloria - Barbara Robotham, mez.; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, ten.; Brian Rayner Cooke, bar.; CBSO Chorus: Gordon Clinton; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: Louis Frémaux (Audio 147)

Gloria - Barbara Robotham, mez.; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor; Brian Rayner Cooke, baritone; CBSO Chorus; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: Louis Frémaux (V-33 577)

Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten - John Shirley-Quirk; London Symphony Orchestra: André Previn (V-33 R1269)

Orb & Sceptre - Coronation March - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: Louis Frémaux (Audio 147)

Orb and sceptre: Coronation march - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: Louis Frémaux (V-33 577)

Partita for Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra: Sir William Walton (V-33 576)

Symphony no. 1 - New Philharmonia Orchestra: Sir Malcolm Sargent (V-33 575)

Te Deum - CBSO Chorus: Gordon Clinton; Choristers of Worcester Cathedral; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: Louis Fremaux (Audio 147)

Te Deum - CBSO Chorus; Choristers of Worcester Cathedral; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: Louis Frémaux (V-33 577)

Variations on an Elizabethan theme ('Sellenger's Round'): Var. 3-5 - Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra: Benjamin Britten (V-33 624)

The Wise Virgins ballet suite - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: Louis Frémaux (Audio 168)

Ward, John (1571-1638) English

Retire, my troubled soul - Purcell Consort of Voices: Grayston Burgess (V-33 173)

Warlock, Peter (1894-1930) English

Bethlehem Down - Norwich Cathedral Choir: Brian Runnett; Bernard Burrell, organ (V-33 174)

The curlew - Music Group of London (V-33 1176)

'The Curlew' - James Griffett, tenor; Haffner String Quartet; Mary Murdoch, cor anglais; Mary Ryan, flute (V-33 1187)

'The Curlew' (song cycle for solo voice and instruments) - Alexander Young, tenor; Lionel Solomon, flute; Peter Graeme, cor anglais; Sebastian String Quartet (V-33 1297)

Songs by Stanford, Keel, Warlock - John Shirley-Quirk, baritone; Viola Tunnard, piano (V-33 696)

[Twelve songs for solo voice and instruments] - James Griffett, tenor; Haffner String Quartet; Mary Murdoch, cor anglais; Mary Ryan, flute (V-33 1187)

Twelve songs [for solo voice] - Alexander Young, tenor; Gordon Watson, piano (V-33 1297)

Weber, Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von (1786-1826) German

Euryanthe: overture - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: Karl Böhm (V-33 R1272)

Fantaisie sur le Freischutz [de Weber] - Elizabeth Marr, flute; Naufal Mukumi, piano (CD 1123)

Der Freischutz : overture - Philharmonia Orchestra: Otto Klemperer (V-33 543)

Oberon: overture - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: Karl Böhm (V-33 R1272)

Ocean, thou mighty monster! {from Oberon} - Agnes Nicholls, with orchestral accomp. (1911) (V-33 1106)

Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn: overture - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: Karl Böhm (V-33 R1272)

Preciosa: overture - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: Karl Böhm (V-33 R1272)

Webern, Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von (1883-1945) Austrian

Fünf Stücke für Orchester, op. 10 - London Symphony Orchestra: Antal Dorati (Audio 141)

Weelkes, Thomas (c1575-1623) English

The Cries of London: Fantasias by Weelkes, Dering, Ravenscroft and others - Alfred Deller, counter-tenor; April Cantelo, soprano; Wilfred Brown, tenor; Deller Consort; London Chamber Players; Ambrosian Singers: Alfred Deller (V-33 765)

Give ear, O Lord - Choir of St John's College, Cambridge: George Guest; Jonathan Rennert, organ (V-33 697)

Hark, all ye lovely saints above - Germantown Friends School Choir: Lawrence Hoenig (V-33 1376)

Say, dear, when will your frowning leave? - Purcell Consort of Voices: Grayston Burgess (V-33 173)

Weiss, Sylvius Leopold (1686-1750) German

Fantasie - Eugen Müller-Dombois, lute (V-33 399)

Wert, Giaches de (Jakob van) (1535-1596) Flemish

Un jour je m'en allai (5 a cappella) - Monteverdi-Chor, Hamburg: Jürgen Jürgens (V-33 169)

Wesley, Samuel (1766-1837) English

[Rotherhithe, London (Byfield 1764):] Air & Gavotte - Nicholas Danby, organ (V-33 181)

[Coronation music (1953) by Wesley, Willan, Williams] (V-33 854)

Duet for organ (1st mov't) - John Dykes Bower & John Birch (V-33 1201)

Whitlock, Percy William (1903-1946) English

Fanfare [no. 4] - Noel Rawsthorne (V-33 1331)

Whittaker, William Gillies (1876-1944) English

Songs arr. Hughes, Quilter, Whittaker et al. (V-33 R1266)

Whyte, Robert (d 1574) English

Music by Blow, Croft, Gibbons, Purcell, Whyte - Choir of Westminster Abbey: Douglas Guest; Simon Preston, organ (V-33 373)

Widor, Charles-Marie (1844-1937) French

Toccata from the Fifth Symphony - Jeanne Demessieux, Flor Peeters, Noel Rawsthorne (V-33 1203)

Wieniawski, Józef (1837-1912) Polish

Violin concerto no. 2 in D min Op. 22 - Jascha Heifetz, violin; London Philharmonic Orchestra: John Barbirolli (V-33 1139)

Wilbye, John (1574-1638) English

Sweet honey-sucking bees - Purcell Consort of Voices: Grayston Burgess (V-33 173)

Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900) Irish

The importance of being Earnest - Sir John Gielgud and Dame Edith Evans in a production by Sir John Gielgud (V-33 851)

Wilder, Philip van (c1500-1554) Franco-Flemish

Chansons by De Vuildre, Arbeau, Le Jeune - King's Singers (V-33 1119)

Willaert, Adrian (1485-1562) Flemish

Chansons by Willaert, Certon, Mornable - King's Singers (V-33 1119)

O bene mio (4 a cappella) - Monteverdi-Chor, Hamburg: Jürgen Jürgens (V-33 169)

Willan, Healey (1880-1968) English

[Coronation music (1953) by Wesley, Willan, Williams] (V-33 854)

Willcocks, David Valentine (Sir) (1919-2015) English

Blessed be that maid Mary: traditional English carol - Norwich Cathedral Choir: Brian Runnett; Bernard Burrell, organ (V-33 174)

A child is born in Bethlehem, Alleluia - Norwich Cathedral Choir: Brian Runnett; Bernard Burrell, organ (V-33 174)

[Eighteen Christmas carols arr. Willcocks and others] - King's College Choir, Cambridge: David Willcocks (V-33 1270)

See amid the winter's snow - Norwich Cathedral Choir: Brian Runnett; Bernard Burrell, organ (V-33 174)

[Selected Christmas carols] - Lincoln Cathedral Choir: Philip Marshall; Roger Bryan, organ (V-33 179)

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day: traditional English carol - Norwich Cathedral Choir: Brian Runnett; Bernard Burrell, organ (V-33 174)

Williamson, Malcolm (1931-2003) Australian

The musicians of Bremen (V-33 1184)

Wilson, Thomas (1927-2001) Scottish

Cancion - Phillip Thorne, guitar (V-33 720)

Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903) Austrian

Alles endet, was entstehet - Alexander Kipnis, bass; Coenraad van Bos, piano (V-33 819)

Der Feuerreiter (from the poem by Mörike) - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Gerald Moore, piano (V-45 198)

Italian serenade - Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra: Karl Münchinger (V-33 1258)

Richard Strauss Lieder, Wolf Lieder - Lisa Della Casa, soprano; Karl Hudez, piano (V-33 778)

Seven songs - Peter Pears, tenor; Benjamin Britten, piano (V-33 1327)

Songs by Brahms, Wolf, R. Strauss - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, bar; Gerald Moore, piano (V-33 755)

Der Tambour (from the poem by Mörike) - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone; Gerald Moore, piano (V-45 198)

Wolkenstein, Oswald von (1377-1445) German

9 Lieder - Lotte Wolf-Matthäus, contralto; Bernhard Michaelis, tenor; Ferdinand Conrad, recorder and tambourin (with other instrumentalists) (V-33 772)

Wood, Haydn (1882-1959) English

The Lost Chord (and other songs) - Kenneth McKellar (accomp. dir. by Bob Sharples) (V-33 709)

103 works by 27 composers