The first ever complete recording of this favourite oratorio from 1930.
Cast includes:
HAROLD WILLIAMS as Elijah
ISOBEL BAILLIE as an Angel
PARRY JONES as Obadiah
CLARA SERENA as an Angel
TOM PURVIS as Ahab, with
BERKELEY MASON (organ), THE WIRELESS SINGERS,
BBC NATIONAL CHORUS & ORCHESTRA
conducted by STANFORD ROBINSON
Superb vintage performances and much critical acclaim.
Artist: Harold Williams
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Mendelssohn: ELIJAH
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Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci (2 CD set)
Perhaps among the greatest performances ever made in English of these two short operas.
Sung in English by Heddle Nash, Miriam Licette, May Blyth, Dennis Noble, Harold Williams, Frank Mullings, Marjorie Parry and Justine Griffiths with the Chorus and Orchestra of the British National Opera Company conducted by Eugene Goossens (Cav) and Aylmer Buesst (Pag)Recorded in 1927 and digitally re-mastered by Pristine Audio.