Elena Souliotis: Chronicle of a career 1965-74 
The Greek-born soprano Elena Souliotos galvanised the world’s operatic stages following her debut in Naples in late 1964. Immediately offered a significant recording contract by Decca, she was then thrust to the forefront of the operatic world, making her electrifying debut at La Scala, Milan only two years later in 1966. However over-work soon took its toll and by 1974 it was all over, but not before Souliotos had generated much excitement wherever she sang. This publication contains twenty complete live opera recordings in mp3 form covering the full extent of her career, including some of the most challenging dramatic soprano roles in the repertoire. Full documentation included. 
CRQ DVD 37
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Josef Krips: the complete Concert Hall recordings
Following the termination of his recording contract with Decca in 1960 Josef Krips made a number of recordings for the Concert Hall record club (also known as the Musical Masterpiece Society) with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra in 1960 and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in 1962. The works recorded covered the cornerstones of Krips's repertoire, with symphonies by Brahms, Dvorak and Tchaikovsky, overtures by Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms, and a Johann Strauss concert. In anticipation of the significant re-release by Eloquence of the complete Decca and Philips recordings made by Krips, this release presents all the Concert Hall recordings in mp3 form on a single CD-ROM as an valuable appendix to Krips’s recording career.
CRQ CD-ROM 36
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Massenet: Werther
Alain Vanzo; Charlotte: Francine Arrauzau; Albert: Yves Bisson; Sophie: Daniele Chlostawa; Le Bailli: Jean-Louis Soumagnas; Schmidt: Jacques Loreau; Johann René Dumont. Maitrise de Radio France, Orchestra of the Paris Opera, Pierre Dervauz, conductor. Live relay from the Opera-Comique, Paris, March 1978.
An ultra-rare opportunity to see the great French lyric tenor Alain Vanzo in one of the key roles of the French romantic repertoire, Massenet’s Werther. Ably supported by an excellent cast including Francine Arrauzau as Charlotte, Vanzo gives his all under the dramatic musical direction of Pierre Dervaux, another great name in French musical life from the past. (Please note: in view of the age of this video recording the quality is inevitably compromised and not to today’s standards).
CRQ DVD 35
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Wyn Morris conducts Mahler
The Welsh conductor Wyn Morris (1928-2010) had a stormy professional career as a conductor. Nonetheless his interpretations of the music of Mahler constitute a fascinating and completely convincing insight into Mahler’s sound world. This DVD-ROM brings together in mp3 form his recordings of Mahler’s Symphonies Nos 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 10, Das Klagende Lied, Das Knaben Wunderborn and Lieder eines fahrenden gesellen, with the Symphonica of London, London Symphony Orchestra and New Philharmonia Orchestra, plus full documentation.
CRQ DVD 34
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Verdi: Aida
Aida: Gwynneth Jones; Amneris: Grace Bumbry; Radames: Charles Craig; Amonasro: John Shaw; Ramphis: Joseph Rouleau; King: David Kelly; Messenger: Glynne Thomas; Priestess: Anne Finley;  Covent Garden Opera Chorus, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Edward Downes conductor, Peter Potter, director, Nicholas Georgiadis, designer. BBC live relay of 5 February 1968. 
The Peter Potter production of Aida, with lavish sets by Nicholas Georgiadis, lasted between 1968 and 1984 in the Royal Opera’s repertoire and was revived many times. This live relay of one of the first run performances features Charles Craig, a regular Radames, in place of the more familiar Jon Vickers, as well as Gwynneth Jones in the title role, Grace Bumbry as a powerful Amneris, and Australian John Shaw a powerful Amonasro.. Sir Edward Downes conducts with great vigour. (NB: a time counter is present throughout at the bottom of the screen image)
CRQ DVD 33
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Giordano: Fedora
Fedora: Renata Herdia-Capnist; Ipanoff: David Poleri; De Siriex: Mario Boriello et al. Chorus and Orchestra of RAI Milan, Bruno Bartoletti, conductor, Mario Lanfranchi, director. 11 04 1956.
A fine television production of one of Giordano’s lesser-known operas, featuring two major but forgotten singers of the period: soprano Renata Herdia-Capnist is a beguiling Fedora and the American tenor David Poleri a persuasive Ipanoff. Bartoletti is  the highly sympathetic conductor.
CRQ DVD 32
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The Italian Radio (RAI) broadcasts of 1951 to mark the 5oth anniversary of the death of Giuseppe Verdi. During 1951 RAI broadcast virtually all of the operas by Verdi to mark the 50th anniversary of his death in 1901. This remarkable set of performances has well stood the test of time, with many of them being reissued in different formats. This DVD-ROM brings together in mp3 form all the 21 broadcasts that have survived, in performances which really capture the unique essence of Verdi. The conductors include Mario Rossi, Fernando Previtali, Vittorio Gui, Carlo Maria Giulini and Alfredo Simonetto. Amongst the leading singers are names both now largely forgotten and others well-remembered, including Caterina Mancini, Maria Vitale, Lina Pagliughi, Gine Penno, Carlo Bergonzi,  Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Paolo Silveri, Rolando Panerai, Gian-Giacomo Guelfi, Sesto Bruscantini, Giulio Neri, Italo Tajo, Mario Petri and Boris Christoff. A treasure-trove of great Verdi perfomances.
CRQ DVD 31
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Homage to Jeanine Micheau. Janine Micheau (1914-1976) was the outstanding French lyric soprano of her generation. Such was her musicianship she was as equally at home in grand opera as in operetta, as well as in the fields of contemporary music and early music. This homage to her art includes the following performances in mp3 form: Cherubini: Les Deux Journées Beecham 1947 broadcast; Auber Le Domino Noir Gressier 1950 broadcast; Bizet Carmen Wolff 1951 Decca; Massenet Manon Wolff 1951 Decca; Adam Le Postillon de Longjumeau Gressier 1952 broadcast; Thomas Mignon Sebastian 1952 Decca; Gounod Romeo et Juliette Erede 1953 Decca; Debussy Pélleas et Mélisande Fournet 1953 Philips; Stravinsky Le Rossignol Cluytens 1955 broadcast; Messager Madame Chrysantheme Gressier 1956 broadcast; Lalo Le Roi d’Ys Cluytens 1957 EMI; Bizet Ivan IV extracts Cluytens EMI 1958; van Parys and Pares Le Moulin Sans-Souci extracts Bonneau 1958 EMI; Chabrier Le roi malgré lui Bigot 1960 broadcast; Mozart/Richard Strauss: Idomeneo (in French) Cloez 1960 broadcast; Bizet The Pearl Fishers Dervaux EMI 1961; Planquette Les Cloches de Corneville extracts Pourcel 1961 EMI; plus recitals.
CRQ DVD 30 
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Cavalli: La Calisto / Glyndebourne 1971 / Leppard, Hall, Bury
Janet Baker: Diana, Ileana Cotrubas: Calisto, Teresa Kubiak: Giunone, Janet Hughes: Satirino, Marjorie Biggar: Eternità, Enid Hartle: Natura, Teresa Cahill: Destino, James Bowman: Endimione, Hugues Cuénod: Linfea, Ugo Trama: Giove, Peter Gottlieb: Mercurio, Federico Davià: Pan: Owen Brannigan: Silvano. Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard, conductor, Peter Hall. Producer, John Bury, designer. Live BBC television broadcast from the Glyndebourne Festival 09 08 1971
The BBC television broadcast of the 1971 revival of Peter Hall’s 1970 production of Cavalli’s La Calisto in Raymond Leppard’s realisation. This was the first production to be undertaken by Peter Hall at Glyndebourne. It was arguably one of his very best and was also the only one of his Glyndebourne productions not to be released commercially on DVD. The cast assembled was one of Glyndebourne's finest, led by Janet Baker, Ileana Cotrubas and Teresa Kubiak. (Colour, with English subtitles. Time counter in upper left hand corner throughout.)
CRQ DVD29
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Josef Krips conducts opera
A survey in mp3 form of the opera recordings of the legendary Viennese conductor Josef Krips, who rebuilt the Vienna State Opera after World War II and then enjoyed a distinguished career in the UK and USA prior to his death in 1974.. Sixteen complete opera performances, plus excerpts: Mozart Don Giovanni Vienna Decca 1955; Wagner Rienzi Vienna 1960; Wagner Die Meistersinger Bayreuth 1960; Gluck Orfeo Vienna 1965; Beethoven Fidelio extracts Vienna 1965; Mozart: Entführung Vienna EMI 1966; Offenbach Hoffmann Vienna 1966; Mozart Zauberflöte New York 1967; Puccini Tosca Vienna 1967; Von Einem Danton’s Tod Vienna 1967; Mozart Così Vienna 1968; Verdi Simon Boccanegra Vienna 1969; Smetana Dalibor Vienna 1969; Mozart Figaro New York 1970; R Strauss: Die ägyptische Helena Vienna 1970; R Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Vienna in Moscow 1971; Verdi La traviata Vienna 1971, plus extracts.
CRQ DVD 28
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The great pirate LP labels: Estro Armonico: Vol. 5
The fifth and final volume in our complete publication of all the recordings issued by the 1970s pirate label Estro Armonico, one of the most interesting of the pirate labels of the period, contains 12 outstanding complete performances in mp3 form. They are: Donizetti Caterina Cornaro Paris 1973 Masini Caballé; Zandonai Giulietta e Romeo RAI Milan 1955 Questa Rovere; Verdi Alzira New York 1968 Perlea Ross; Bizet Les Pêcheurs de perles Naples 1959 De Fabritiis Pobbé; Verdi Stiffelio Naples 1972 De Fabritiis Gulin; Spontini Agnes von Hohenstaufen RAI Rome 1970 Muti Caballé; Wagner Parsifal RAI Rome 1950 Gui Callas; Mozart Die Zauberflöte Salzburg 1937 Toscanini Novotná;’Reyer Sigurd ORTF Paris 1973 Rosenthal Guiot; D'Albert Tiefland Dusseldorf 1964 Quennet Varnay; Mozart Don Giovanni Paris 1975 Solti Price; Meyerbeer L' Africaine San Francisco 1972 Périsson Verrett
CRQ DVD 27
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Joseph Keilberth conducts Richard Strauss’s Arabella Munich 1964
Arabella: Lisa della Casa; Zdenka: Anneliese Rothenberger; Mandryka: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Adeliade: Ira Malaniuk; Count Waldner; Karl Christian Kohn; Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth, conductor. Live television broadcast from the Prinzregentheater, Munich, 1964.
Another treasure from Munich. Lisa della Casa remains the supreme interpreter of the title role of Strauss’s magnificent opera, and she is ably supported here by an all-star cast for the period, including Anneliese Rothenberger and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Keilberth conducts with great stylistic authority. Stage direction by Rudolf Hartmann.
CRQ DVD26
(1 DVD) £15 including postage.

Homage to Piero Coppola: the essential recordings
A comprehensive overview of Piero Coppola’s recordings, containing music by twenty-six composers, as well as a selection of operatic excerpts, all in mp3 format. Also contains William Holmes’s Coppola discography of 1973 to aid identification (see also new book releases below). 
CRQ CD-ROM 01
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The great pirate LP labels: Estro Armonico: Vol. 4
The fourth volume in our projected complete publication of all the recordings issued by the 1970s pirate label Estro Armonico, one of the most interesting of the pirate labels of the period, contains 12 outstanding complete performances in mp3 form. They are: Berlioz The Damnation of Faust Naples 1964 Maag Simionato; Verdi Oberto RAI Turin 1951 Simonetto Vitale; Massenet Don Quichotte RAI Milan 1957 Simonetto Berganza; Rossini La Gazza Ladra London 1979 Zedda Pizzo; Zandonai Francesca da Rimini Milan 1959 Gavazzeni Olivero; Puccini La Boheme Milan 1977 Pretre Cotrubas; Verdi Don Carlos New York 1955 Adler Steber; R. Strauss Elektra Salzburg 1964 Karajan Varnay; Ponchielli La Gioconda New York 1962 Cleva Farrell; Tchaikovsky Mazeppa Florence 1954 Perlea Olivero; Giordano Fedora Lucca 1969 Annovazzi Olivero; Rossini Mose RAI Rome 1968 Sawallisch Zylis-Gara.
CRQ DVD25
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Rafael Kublelik conducts Janacek’s ‘Jenufa’
Jenufa: Hildegard Hillebrecht; Kostelnicka: Astrid Varnay; Laca: Willam Cochrane; Steva; Jean Cox; Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik, conductor. Live television broadcast from the National Theatre, Munich, 1970
The great Czech conductor Rafael Kubelik had few equals as a conductor of the operas of Janacek, and his direction of ‘Jenufa’ was particularly outstanding, remembered at Covent Garden and in both the USA and Europe. This rare recording of his conducting a performance at Munich’s National Theatre in 1970 has further advantages: the production is by the great German stage director Günther Rennert, and the cast includes the mesmerising Astrid Varnay as the Kostelnicka.
CRQ DVD24
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Homage to Eleanor Steber: a great American prima donna
Eleanor Steber shot to prominence on winning the Metropolitan Opera’s Auditions of the Air in 1940, and stayed at the top of her profession for the next twenty years. During this time she sang with a dizzying array of the world’s greatest conductors in America and Europe, including Sir Thomas Beecham / Falstaff, George Szell / Don Giovanni, Eugene Ormandy / Butterfly, Fritz Busch / Figaro, Fritz Reiner / Rosenkavalier, Fritz Stiedry / Cosi, Karl Bohm / Frau ohne Schatten, Wozzeck, Joseph Keilberth / Lohengrin, Dmitri Mitropoulos / Fanciulla del West, Vanessa, Rudolf Kempe / Arabella, Jonel Perlea / Idomeneo, and Charles Munch / Damnation of Faust. This DVD-ROM brings together all of these fourteen performances complete in mp3 form to create a homage to one of the greatest opera singers ever produced by the USA.
CRQ DVD23
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The great pirate LP labels: Estro Armonico: Vol. 3
The third volume in our projected complete publication of all the recordings issued by the 1970s pirate label Estro Armonico, one of the most interesting of the pirate labels of the period, contains 12 outstanding complete performances in mp3 form. They are: Verdi Il Trovatore Milan 1953 Votto Callas; Verdi Nabucco Naples 1949 Gui Callas; Bellini La Sonnambula Milan 1955 Bernstein Callas; Mozart Così fan Tutte Milan 1956 Cantelli Schwarzkopf; Mascagni Iris Turin 1956 Questa Olivero; Wagner Das Rheingold Bayreuth 1957 Knappertsbusch; Wagner Die Walküre Bayreuth 1957 Knappertsbusch; Wagner Siegfried Bayreuth 1957 Knappertsbusch; Wagner Götterdämmerung Bayreuth 1957 Knappertsbusch; R. Strauss Salome Munich1953 Weigert Varnay; Verdi Attila Berlin 1971 Patanè Janowitz.
CRQ DVD22
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Sir Adrian Boult conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Elgar and Beethoven
In February 1964 Sir Adrian Boult made a TV studio recording with the London Symphony Orchestra playing Nimrod and WN from Elgar’s Enigma Variations and a complete performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’. The recording was made by Associated Rediffusion Television, but has never been broadcast. A good copy of the video recording has recently come to light and is now offered as a DVD, complete with notes by the London Symphony Orchestra’s discographer Philip Stuart. 
CRQ DVD21
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Jascha Horenstein: The Complete Vox Recordings 1952-1960
Between 1952 and 1960 the conductor Jascha Horenstein recorded a representative repertoire for the Vox label. This was the only long-term contractual relationship that Horenstein enjoyed during his career, and the resulting recordings helped to establish his international reputation. The composers covered include: Bach, Bartok, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Dvorak, Haydn, Janacek, Liszt, Mahler, Mozart, Prokofiev, Ravel, Schoenberg, Shostakovich, Richard Strauss, Stravinsky, Wagner. This DVD-ROM contains all the published Vox titles in mp3 form.
CRQ DVD20
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The great pirate LP labels: Estro Armonico: Vol. 2
The second volume in our projected complete publication of all the recordings issued by the 1970s opera pirate label Estro Armonico, one of the most interesting pirate labels of the 1970s, contains 13 outstanding complete performances in mp3 form. They are: Giordano Andrea Chenier Milan 1955 Votto; Puccini Tosca New York 1965 Cleva; Weber Der Freischütz Cologne 1955 E. Kleiber; Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia Milan 1956 Giulini; Rossini Armida Venice 1970 Franci; Verdi  Falstaff  Milan 1952 De Sabata; Verdi I Vespri Siciliani Florence 1951 E. Kleiber; Catalani Loreley Milan 1968 Gavazzeni; Verdi Rigoletto Rome 1966 Giulini; Bellini Norma London 1952 Gui; Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice Milan 1951 Furtwängler; Verdi Simon Boccanegra New York 1960 Mitropoulos; Massenet Milan 1969 Maag. 
CRQ DVD19
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The great pirate LP labels: Estro Armonico: Vol. 1
Little is formally known about the LP pirate label Estro Armonico. It flourished during the mid-1970s, publishing around sixty complete opera sets. The overall artistic standard of the recordings issued is very high, and the catalogue as a whole provides a fascinating insight into operatic tastes during the 1970s. This first volume in a projected complete republication of all the recording published by Estro Armonico contains 12 complete performances in mp3 form: Verdi Aida Mexico City 1951 De Fabritiis; Bizet Carmen Rome 1949 Bellezza; Verdi La Traviata Vienna 1971 Krips; Bellini Il Pirata New York 1959 Rescigno; Verdi Macbeth Milan 1952 De Sabata; Donizetti Poliuto Milan 1960 Votto; Verdi Luisa Miller New York 1968 Schippers ; Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Bayreuth 1943 Furtwängler; Spontini La Vestale Milan 1954 Votto; Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro Salzburg 1974 Karajan; Donizetti La Favorita Tokyo 1971 De Fabritiis; Mozart Don Giovanni Paris 1975 Solti.
CRQ DVD18
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Homage to Ljuba Welitsch
The Bulgarian soprano Ljuba Welitsch burst onto the international operatic scene immediately after the Second World War, and established herself as the dramatic soprano of her generation. She excelled in demanding roles such as the title parts in Richard Strauss’s ‘Salome’ and ‘Aida’ and in ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’, as well as proving to be a fine comedienne in Johann Strauss’s ‘Die Fledermaus’. This DVD-ROM brings together in mp3 form all her extant sound recordings, and includes numerous examples of her performances in song, operatic excerpts as well as complete operas.
CRQ DVD17
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Gigliola Frazzoni and Carla Gavazzi on film
Puccini: La Fanciulla del West: Gigliola Frazzoni (Minnie); Ken Neate (Dick Johnson); Mario Petri (Jack Rance); Chorus and Orchestra of RAI Milan / Alfredo Simonetto, conductor; Mario Lanfranchi, director. 13 03 1956
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Carla Gavazzi (Santuzza); Mario Ortica (Turiddu); Giuseppe Valdengo (Alfio); Maria Amadini (Mamma Lucia); Rosita Gilardi (Lola). Chorus and Orchestra of RAI, Milan / Arturo Basile, conductor; Mario Lanfranchi, director. 11 07 1956
Two rare Italian films of opera made for television featuring explosive performances from Gigliola Frazzoni and Carla Gavazzi, both on top form. (Please see new sound releases CRQ 411 and 412 and DVD15 below)
CRQ DVD16
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The Cetra Sopranos: Gigliola Frazzoni and Carla Gavazzi
During the post-war era the Cetra LP label introduced international audiences to many excellent Italian singers of the period, most of whom were eclipsed in the public eye by the major record companies’ contracted artists. Two of the most exciting sopranos of the period were Carla Gavazzi and Gigliola Frazzoni, both of whom delivered emotionally charged performances of the traditional operatic repertoire. This DVD-ROM brings together not only their original Cetra recordings but also live operatic performances of note.
CRQ DVD15
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Rudolf Kempe conducts opera in New York and London
The conductor Rudolf Kempe remains one of the greatest conductors of opera to have appeared since the Second World War, still unparalleled in his realisations of the operas of Wagner and Richard Strauss as well as of many other major composers. This new DVD-ROM brings together in mp3 format all his broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera during the two seasons that he appeared there, 1954-1955 and 1955-1956, and many of his performances at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, from 1953 to 1973.
CRQ DVD14
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Homage to Flaviano Labò
The Italian tenor Flaviano Labò was a mainstay of the world’s major operatic stages from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. However competition was intense at this time – for instance Corelli and Bergonzi were just two distinguished contemporaries – and Labò made only two studio recordings of complete operas. This DVD-ROM seeks to redress the balance by bringing together more than a dozen recordings of Labò’s complete live opera performances on a single DVD-ROM in mp3 format, to provide an overview of his considerable strengths as a powerful and communicative singer. The list of the prima donnas with whom he sang is alone staggering: Caballé, Cerquetti, Gencer, Maragliano, Olivero, Leontyne Price, Ricciarelli, Roberti, Stella, Tebaldi, Tucci and Zeani to name just a few. Not to be missed by lovers of full-strength operatic performances.
CRQ DVD13
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Sergiu Celibidache: the complete concerts with the London Symphony Orchestra, 1978-1982
Between 1978 and 1982 the celebrated Romanian-born conductor Sergiu Celibidache conducted seven concerts with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, London. Celibidache’s impact on both the Orchestra and on London’s musical life was profound. This new DVD-ROM contains all these concerts in very good broadcast sound, encoded in mp3 files at 360kps.
CRQ DVD12
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The San Francisco Opera: the Kurt Adler era, 1960-1982
The collected Mike Richter CD-ROMs brought together on one DVD-ROM, devoted to recordings from the San Francisco Opera chronicling the era when conductor Kurt Herbert Adler was in charge of this fine opera company. This DVD-ROM contains over 60 complete opera recordings in good mp3 sound, many with exemplary casts and interesting conductors. During this period the San Francisco Opera certainly gave the Metropolitan Opera in New York a run for its money, and here is the aural evidence. Comes with booklet giving complete cast details.
CRQ DVD11 
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Břetislav Bakala conducts Janáček: the legendary Brno Radio broadcasts of the operas, together with other recordings
This DVD-ROM brings together in mp3 format all the major Janáček operas, as well as other music by Janáček, including the legendary 1949 recording of Taras Bulba, conducted by the composer’s close disciple, Břetislav Bakala. Includes a 40-page monograph on the subject by noted Janacek scholar Nigel Simeone.
CRQ DVD10
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Sir Thomas Beecham conducts opera live, 1936-1958
The vast majority of Beecham’s live opera recordings from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (1930s and 1950s), the Metropolitan Opera, New York (1940s), the BBC (1940s and 1950s) and the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (1958) - 31 different operas in total, either complete or extracts where no full recording exists, on one DVD-ROM in mp3 format.
CRQ DVD9
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Free download!
Sir Thomas Beecham’s second, 1956, BBC broadcast of Bizet’s ‘La Jolie Fille de Perth’, starring Mattiwilda Dobbs as Catherine, Alexander Young as Henry and Anna Pollak as Mab. Omitted from our ‘Beecham conducts Opera Live’ DVD-ROM (above), now at last located, and offered as a free download.

Three cycles of Wagner’s ‘Der Ring des Nibelungen’ from the Bayreuth Festival: Joseph Keilberth, 1952; Hans Knappertsbusch, 1957; Lorin Maazel, 1968
Three Ring cycles from the Bayreuth Festival conducted by different but equally powerful interpreters of this masterpiece. This DVD-ROM presents all three cycles complete in good sound, encoded in mp3 format. 
CRQ DVD8
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Homage to Hermann Abendroth: the complete Arlecchino CD edition
The Hermann Abendroth edition published on the Arlecchino label during the 1990s presented an excellent cross-section of Abendroth's post-war recordings. This DVD-ROM presents all 22 volumes published originally on CD in mp3 format.
CRQ DVD7
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Homage to Magda Olivero (1910-2014)
Mefistofele – excerpts, La Wally, Adriana Lecouvreur (3), Fedora, Iris, Werther, La Bohème, Madama Butterfly, La Fanciulla del West, Manon Lescaut, Tosca, Turandot, La Visita della vecchia Signora (von Einem), Francesca da Rimini, on a DVD-ROM in mp3 format.
CRQ DVD6
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Carlos Kleiber conducts opera live, 1965-1990
Falstaff, Wozzeck, Tristan (2), Rosenkavalier (5), Fledermaus (2), Otello (3), Elektra (2), La Traviata (3), Carmen, La Bohème (3), on a DVD-ROM in mp3 format.
CRQ DVD5
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Carlo Sabajno and Lorenzo Molajoli: the electric opera recordings for HMV and Columbia
All the major electric recordings of complete and excerpted operas made in Milan by these two major conductors of the inter-war period. Complete with a pdf of the lavishly illustrated Italian Columbia catalogue of 1932 and other documents.
CRQ DVD4
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Urania Records Inc. – the complete opera catalogue
This DVD-ROM contains in MP3 form all the complete opera recordings and unique highlights discs published by Urania Records Inc., in the USA from 1951 onwards, from the pre-Urania Kempe Der Rosenkavalier released by the Oceanic label in 1950 to Urania’s final complete opera recording, Offenbach’s La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein, of 1958. 
CRQ DVD3
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Sir Alexander Gibson (1926-1995), a discography by Philip Stuart 
Compiled under lockdown conditions in 2020 this discography of the recordings conducted by Sir Alexander Gibson by master discographer Philip Stuart will be of invaluable assistance to admirers of this conductor and of his recorded output. Please see also above CRQ 536, Gibson conducts Sibelius Symphonies Nos. 3 and 7 with the Scottish National Orchestra. Updated January 2023
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK029

Reader’s Digest Treasury of Great Music insert leaflet
The Reader’s Digest Treasury of Great Music, produced by Charles Gerhardt, brought together over 12 long-playing records a wide variety of popular repertoire led by international conductors active at the time of recording, the early 1960s, including Sir John Barbirolli, Oscar Danon, Antal Dorati, Anatole Fistoulari, Jascha Horenstein, Rudolf Kempe, Josef Krips, René Leibowitz, Charles Munch, Georges Prêtre, Fritz Reiner and Sir Malcolm Sargent, each conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The lavish 36 page insert leaflet accompanying the set is packed with session photos and two pages devoted to each release. This pdf scan presents the complete document in easily accessible format. Issued to accompany the gradual release of these recordings as downloads, please see above CRQ 533, Earl Wild and Sargent perform the First Piano Concertos of Chopin and Liszt.
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK028

Clara Haskil – Discography by René Trémine, with commentary by Jerome Spycket
To accompany our release of all of Clara Haskil’s pre-Philips recordings, a scan of the discography of Clara Haskil’s recordings originally published to accompany the Tahra 2 CD set ‘ Inedits Haskil’, TAH 389-390, now extremely hard to obtain. Generously illustrated with many fine photographs of Haskil, the discography by Rene Trémine is notable for the contextualising notes by Haskil’s biographer, Jerome Spycket, which add great value to the listings.
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK027

Sylvia Juliet Darley, OBE – Memories
Sylvia Darley, for many years secretary to Sir Malcolm Sargent, recalls her fascinating life as a WRN during the Second World War, and her years at the centre of post-war musical London. As told to, and transcribed by, Peter Avis and Andrew Keener from conversations recorded at her home by sound engineer Oscar Torres.
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK026 

Henri Verbrugghen in Minneapolis by Dennis D. Rooney; Transferring the Verbrugghen Recordings: Engineer’s Notes by Seth B. Winner
Detailed and profusely illustrated notes to accompany CRQ 503 and CRQ 504: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Henri Verbrugghen conducting: the complete Brunswick recordings 1924-1929 (please see new releases above).
Together with: 
The Minneapolis Symphony on Record, 1925-1950 by John Michel
An annotated and illustrated discography of recording sessions and 78rpm releases featuring the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra in its prime.
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK025

Everest – The Belock Recordings. A Chronological Discography by Philip Stuart
At last a detailed discography of all the classical recordings originally released on the Everest LP label during its first incarnation as a record company financed by the Belock Corporation. Philip Stuart’s research draws on his earlier discographies of the London Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestras, and in addition contains full details of the American recordings made by Belock. An essential document for the serious collector.
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK024

Michael Gray – Seven Articles from The Absolute Sound
Reprints from the magazine The Absolute Sound of seven articles by Michael Gray on the recording techniques of Columbia-USA. EMI, Mercury, RCA. Reader’s Digest and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta. Classics of the genre.
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK023 

The Concert Hall Record Club 
A reprint of the article on the history of the Concert Hall Record Club and its successor labels by David Patmore, first published in International Classical Record Collector in 2000. The article is based upon an extensive interview with Dr. David Josefowitz, one of the founders of Concert Hall, also known as Musical Masterpiece Society. Updated 15 March 2022
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK022
 

Homage to Piero Coppola: the essential documents  
• Piero Coppola: Dix sept ans de musique à Paris 1922-1939 Lausanne 1944
  (Coppola’s autobiography, in French)
• Piero Coppola: Biography (in English) by William Holmes Le Grand Baton 1973
• Piero Coppola: Discography (in English) by William Holmes Le Grand Baton 1973
Three essential documents for the study of one of the recording industry’s formative figures. Coppola’s first-hand account of his time in charge of the HMV label in France presents an unique view of how the recording industry operated during the inter-war period. The September – November 1973 issue of the Journal of The Sir Thomas Beecham Society, Le Grand Baton, presented a detailed biography of Coppola in English, and a comprehensive Coppola discography, both by the American scholar, William Holmes. Taken all together these documents present an excellent overview of the career of this great musician. (See also the CD-ROM of Coppola’s recordings, Homage to Piero Coppola: the essential recordings, offered under new DVD-ROMS and CD-ROMS above.)
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK021

Singing For Arthur by Robin Moore
This book is devoted to Arthur Oldham, one of the greatest English chorus masters in the second half of the twentieth century. It is written from the point of view of a chorister who had the privilege of singing symphonic choral music under Oldham’s direction, first as a member of the LSO Chorus from 1969 to 1974 and then the Edinburgh Festival Chorus from 1974 to 1977. The book describes how Arthur Oldham became a chorus master and examines his approach and methods with regard to choral training. It looks at the origins and development of the Edinburgh Festival Chorus and Oldham’s work with the LSO Chorus. Pre-eminent among the conductors he worked with are Carlo Maria Giulini and Colin Davis and the book examines his relationship with both. The list of legendary conductors he also worked with includes Bernstein, Stokowski, Kertesz, Previn, Abbado and Barenboim. To that list two composer-conductors, Britten and Tippett need to be added, and particularly the former as Arthur was Britten’s only composition pupil. The book looks at and compares the differing interpretative approaches to the choral masterworks of these conductors and reviews the critical reaction to the resulting concerts and recordings. It also chronicles the stresses and satisfactions of an amateur chorister who has to hold down a demanding job while singing symphonic choral music at the highest level with major orchestras under leading maestros of the day.
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK020

The Philharmonia Orchestra – the further revised discography by Brian Godfrey, Philip Stuart and Alan Sanders. A further new edition, extensively revised by Alan Sanders, of the discography of the Philharmonia Orchestra by Brian Godfrey and Philip Stuart, bringing it as up to date as possible. Updated January 2022
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK019

Sir Georg Solti: A Discography by Brian Godfrey, edited by Philip Stuart. The recorded output of the great Hungarian born conductor Sir Georg Solti represents one of the corner stones of the operatic and symphonic repertoire on disc from the 1950ss to the turn of the century. The late Brian Godfrey’s discography, edited by Philip Stuart, presents this unique legacy in a clear and easily understood format.
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK018

Recording Classical Music in Britain: The long 1950s by Terence Curran. A reprint of Terence Curran’s ground breaking PhD thesis of 2015 which examines in detail the development of the recording of classical music from 1948 to 1964, the era of the long-playing record and of stereophonic sound. Essential reading for all with an interest in the history of recording during this key period.
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK017

Victor Olof: An Autobiography. The distinguished record producer Victor Olof was a key figure in the establishment of the Decca classical catalogue after the Second World War. Following his retirement he committed his memoirs to paper but these were never published. We have acquired a typescript of his autobiography which describes his life and career up to his departure from Decca in 1956. The text provides a vivid insight into the early days of LP recording.
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK016 

Artur Schnabel: A Discography, by Brian Godfrey. The Austrian-American pianist, composer and teacher Artur Schnabel remains a living presence in contemporary music, not least through his recorded legacy. The late Brian Godfrey’s discography lists Schnabel’s full recorded output in a clear and easily understood format. It will be an essential work of reference for admirers of this protean musician.
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK015 

Vernon Handley: A Discography, by Brian Godfrey. The British conductor Vernon Handley (1930-2008), a pupil of Sir Adrian Boult, transformed the catalogue of recordings by British composers by championing many previously unknown or neglected works. This discography of his recordings by the late Brian Godfrey will be invaluable to admirers of both British music and of this great musician.
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK014 

The BBC’s Orchestras on Record, by Philip Stuart. This very extensive discography covers not only the recordings of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Concert Orchestra and their predecessors, but also the BBC’s regional orchestras based in Manchester, Glasgow and Cardiff. Running to over 700 pages, this is an impressive work of research and scholarship, which will be an invaluable aid to record collectors world-wide. Philip Stuart’s previous discographies include authoritative works on the recordings of the London Symphony Orchestra, whose archive record collection he curates, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the English Chamber Orchestra, Adrian Boult, Britten, Decca and the Saga labels. Updated August 2024
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK013

Richard Hickox: A Discography, by Brian Godfrey. Sir The British conductor Richard Hickox, who died at the age of 60 in 2008 of a heart attack, left a substantial discography which he had generated in a relatively short space of time. Hickox was a masterly conductor of choral music in general and of English music in particular. He later branched out into baroque music and opera, in both of which he excelled. This first discography of his substantial record legacy by Brian Godfrey covers his work in great detail
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK012

Sir Colin Davis: A Discography, by Brian Godfrey. Sir Colin Davis, who died six years ago in 2013, left a significant legacy of sound recordings, which are listed in depth in this latest discography compiled by Brain Godfrey. It is an essential companion to his discography of Sir Charles Mackerras (see below), Davis's exact contemporary and frequent colleague in both opera house and concert hall. Together these documents form an essential testimony to British musical life at the end of the last century. Updated 1 July 2019.
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK011

Sir Charles Mackerras: A Discography, by Brian Godfrey. Sir Charles Mackerras was one of the most prolific recording artists of his generation, active from the early 1950s right up to his death in 2010. This new discography presents his recorded legacy in greater depth than ever before. Updated 2 Nov 2019.
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK010  

Richard Bonynge, CBE: A Discography, by Brian Godfrey. The first detailed discography to be published devoted to the formal and informal recordings of the Australian conductor and pianist Richard Bonynge. An essential document for every collector of vocal and operatic LP recordings. Updated 11 Jan 2020.
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK009

Classics Club / Saga, 1956-1986, a discographical adventure by Philip Stuart. Several years in the making this expertly written monograph and discography charts the incredibly tangled web of budget labels run by the entrepreneur Marcel Rodd. Almost 500 pages in length, it provides much fascinating reading as well as essential information for all second-hand LP record collectors. Absolutely not to be missed. Updated August 2023
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK008 

Benjamin Britten Performing and Performed. A Centenary Discography by Philip Stuart. Britten performing his own music, Britten performing music by other composers and Britten’s music performed by other artists. Updated December 2023
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK007

The English Chamber Orchestra – the discography of the world’s most recorded chamber orchestra by Philip Stuart. An extensive discography of the English Chamber Orchestra, packed with much fascinating detail. Updated June 2019.
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK005.  

 
Style and Tradition in String Quartet Performance: a study of 32 recordings of Beethoven's Op.131 Quartet by Richard Turner. A reprint of Richard Turner’s landmark PhD thesis of 2004, which examines 32 recordings of Beethoven’s Op. 131 String Quartet made between 1924 and 1995 in great detail, revealing many new insights.
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK004

Adrian Boult, 1889-1983. A Chronological Discography by Philip Stuart. A specially commissioned new discography by master discographer Philip Stuart of the recordings of Sir Adrian Boult containing much new detail. Kindly supported by Colin Pointer. Updated December 2023
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK003

The influence of recording and the record industry upon music activity, as illustrated by the careers of Sir Thomas Beecham, Sir Georg Solti and Sir Simon Rattle – a reprint of the PhD thesis of 2001 by David Patmore which examines the recording careers of three major conductors, and reflecting different phases of the development of the recording industry.
Classical Recordings Quarterly Editions CRQ BK001