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tracks 2, 4, 9 chorus Huddersfield Choral Society
tracks 12, 13 conductor Barry Wordsworth
tracks 1 conductor Constant Lambert
tracks 8 conductor Hugo Rignold
tracks 10 conductor John Pritchard
tracks 11 conductor Sir Charles Groves
tracks 3 to 7, 9 conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent
tracks 2 conductor Sir William Walton
tracks 14 conductor Vernon Handley
cover Ashley Grosart Design
cover BDP
liner notes Fritz Spiegl
orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Phonographic Copyright (p) EMI Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) Music For Pleasure
Total Playing Time: 74:50

This collection is sponsored by IBM United Kingdom Ltd.

Recorded in the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, except for [4] & [7] Huddersfield Town Hall

[1] Recorded 22 December 1942 - From DX 1107-8
[2] 3 & 10 January 1943 - C 3330-34
[3] 15 March & 7 May 1943 - DX 1118-20
[4] 8-12 April 1945 - C 3435-46
[5] 25 October 1946 - DX 1307-95
[6] 4 July 1944 - C 3407
[7] 29 May - June 1947 - DX 1408-23
[8] 15 June 1949 - DX 1625
[9] 27 February and 1 & 2 March 1958
[10] 13 & 14 August 1954
[11] 23 & 24 June 1968
[12] 12 & 13 March 1983
[13] 28 & 29 May 1986
[14] September 1986

Recorded under the auspices of the British Council: [2], [4], [8], [10]

Transferred from 78's where catalogue numbers are given; the first item is included for its historical interest as the orchestra's first published recording, despite the less than ideal quality of the recorded sound.

Barcode: 0077776337029
Label Code: LC 0110
Matrix / Runout: BIEM / MCPS
ASIN: B00008ETZ3