Beschreibung:

Collection of original 78rpm classical records, all featuring compositions by Sir Edward Elgar and conducted by the composer himself, including 6-part set of Symphony No 1 in A Flat Major (Op.55) with the London Symphony Orchestra (HMV Album Series No 119, D1944-1949), 4-part set of The Enigma Variations (Op. 36). recorded in 1926 with the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra (HMV Album Series No 28, D1154-1157), 6-part set of Symphony No 2 in E Flat (Op.63) recorded in 1927 with the London Symphony Orchestra (HMV Album Series No 42, D1230-1235), the famous recording in 6 parts of the Concerto in B Minor for Violin and Orchestra (Op.61) with the London Symphony Orchestra and Yehudi Menuhin (HMV set HT164, DB 1751-1756), very early single-sided 78rpm disc of Wand of Youth, The Tame Bear and The Wild Bear with The Symphony Orchestra (recorded on 28th February 1917, HMV 2-0729), early single-sided 78rpm disc of Pomp and Circumstance No 1 ("introducing Land of Hope and Glory") with The Symphony Orchestra (recorded in June 1914, HMV 2-0511), the Cockaigne Concert Overture (Op. 40) and Pomp and Circumstance No 4 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (recorded on 11th April 1933, HMV DB 1935-1936), Chanson de Nuit and Salut d'Amour with the Symphony Orchestra (recorded 1919 and 1914 respectively, HMV D180), Chanson de Nuit and Chanson de Matin with the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra (recorded 1926 and 1927 respectively, HMV D1236), the Enigma Variations 1-9 with the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra (D1154-1155, recorded on 28th April 1926, the first electrical recordings made by Elgar with HMV), scarce "Presentation Copy" (promo) of Pomp and Circumstance No 4 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (recorded on 11th April 1933) and a selection of excerpts on the reverse (HMV C.54), together with six other 78rpm Elgar records (a carton)