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Headphoneus Supremus
In case anyone is interested, I've posted a few of my experiments in digital restoration techniques. These were all taken from original 78rpm shellac disks.
Mahler Symphony No 9: Bruno Walter/VPO 1938
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/mahler9walter1938.mp3
Beethoven Diabelli Variations: Artur Schnabel 1937
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/schnabeldiabellis.mp3
Wagner Die Walkure Act 1: Bruno Walter/VPO, Lehmann, Melchior, List 1935
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/walkureact1walter1935.mp3
Vincent D'Indy: Overture to "Fervaal"
Charles Munch / L'Orchestre de la Societe du Conservatoire de Paris (Recorded 1947)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/dindyfervaal1947.mp3
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5 in D Minor "Reformation"
Charles Munch / L'Orchestre de la Societe du Conservatoire de Paris (Recorded 1948)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/mendelssohnreformation1948.mp3
Handel: Concerti Grossi Op 6 (complete)
Adolph Busch / Busch Chamber Players Recorded 1947
Disk 1
http://vintageip.com/xfers/1-01handel_concertogrosso01.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/1-02handel_concertogrosso02.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/1-03handel_concertogrosso03.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/1-04handel_concertogrosso04.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/1-05germinianisiciliana.mp3
Disk 2
http://vintageip.com/xfers/2-01handel_concertogrosso05.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/2-02handel_concertogrosso06.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/2-03handel_concertogrosso07.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/2-04handel_concertogrosso08.mp3
Disk 3
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/3-01handel_concertogrosso09.mp3
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/3-02handel_concertogrosso10.mp3
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/3-03handel_concertogrosso11.mp3
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/3-04handel_concertogrosso12.mp3
THE SOUNDING SILENCE
Knudage Riisager
Johan Hye-Knudsen conducting Det Kongelige Kapel (Recorded September, 1939)
Qarrtsiluni: http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/soundingsilence01.mp3
Jean Sibelius
Robert Kajanus conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra (Recorded June, 1932)
Tapiola: http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/soundingsilence02.mp3
Pohjola's Daughter: http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/soundingsilence03.mp3
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major: http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/soundingsilence04.mp3
RICHARD WAGNER: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC FROM BETWEEN THE WARS
Tannhauser: Grand March (1938) Sir Thomas Beecham / London Philharmonic Orchestra (4:04)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/wagnerbetweenwars01.mp3
The Flying Dutchman Overture (1937) Sir Thomas Beecham / London Philharmonic Orchestra (10:47)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/wagnerbetweenwars02.mp3
Goetterdaemmerung: Siegfried's Journey To The Rhine (1927) Bruno Walter / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (6:31)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/wagnerbetweenwars03.mp3
Parsifal: Prelude To Act I (1927) Max Von Schillings / State Opera Orchestra, Berlin (12:25)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/wagnerbetweenwars04.mp3
Parsifal: Transformation Music (1927) Hans Knappertsbusch / State Opera Orchestra, Berlin (8:13)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/wagnerbetweenwars05.mp3
Parsifal: Scene Of The Flower Maidens (1927) Max Von Schillings / State Opera Orchestra, Berlin (8:10)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/wagnerbetweenwars06.mp3
Parsifal: Good Friday Spell (1927) Max Von Schillings / State Opera Orchestra, Berlin (9:05)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/wagnerbetweenwars07.mp3
Parsifal: Finale To Act III (1927) Max Von Schillings / State Opera Orchestra, Berlin (4:00)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/wagnerbetweenwars08.mp3
Goetterdaemmerung: Song Of The Rhine Daughters (1926) Sir Henry J. Wood / The New Queen's Hall Orchestra (9:29)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/wagnerbetweenwars09.mp3
Christoph Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (concise version in Italian)
Fritz Stiedry conducting the Southern Philharmonic Orchestra
Kathleen Ferrier, Anne Ayars, Zoe Vlachopoulos
& the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (Recorded 1947)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/gluckorfeoedeuridice.mp3
Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Act III (Recorded 1938)
Karl Bohm conducting the Saxon State Orchestra
Chorus and Soloists of the Dresden State Opera
Torsten Ralf, Hans Hermann Nissen, Eugen Fuchs, Margarrete Teschemacher, Lene Jung, Sven Nilsson, Arno Schellenberg, et al.
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/meistersingeract3.mp3
Sheiks & Vamps: 1920s Dance Bands Vol. 1
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps01.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps02.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps03.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps04.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps05.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps06.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps07.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps08.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps09.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps10.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps11.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps12.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps13.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps14.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps15.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps16.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps17.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps18.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps19.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps20.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps21.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps22.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps23.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps24.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps25.mp3
Mahler Symphony No 9: Bruno Walter/VPO 1938
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/mahler9walter1938.mp3
Beethoven Diabelli Variations: Artur Schnabel 1937
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/schnabeldiabellis.mp3
Wagner Die Walkure Act 1: Bruno Walter/VPO, Lehmann, Melchior, List 1935
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/walkureact1walter1935.mp3
Vincent D'Indy: Overture to "Fervaal"
Charles Munch / L'Orchestre de la Societe du Conservatoire de Paris (Recorded 1947)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/dindyfervaal1947.mp3
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No 5 in D Minor "Reformation"
Charles Munch / L'Orchestre de la Societe du Conservatoire de Paris (Recorded 1948)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/mendelssohnreformation1948.mp3
Handel: Concerti Grossi Op 6 (complete)
Adolph Busch / Busch Chamber Players Recorded 1947
Disk 1
http://vintageip.com/xfers/1-01handel_concertogrosso01.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/1-02handel_concertogrosso02.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/1-03handel_concertogrosso03.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/1-04handel_concertogrosso04.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/1-05germinianisiciliana.mp3
Disk 2
http://vintageip.com/xfers/2-01handel_concertogrosso05.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/2-02handel_concertogrosso06.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/2-03handel_concertogrosso07.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/2-04handel_concertogrosso08.mp3
Disk 3
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/3-01handel_concertogrosso09.mp3
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/3-02handel_concertogrosso10.mp3
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/3-03handel_concertogrosso11.mp3
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/3-04handel_concertogrosso12.mp3
THE SOUNDING SILENCE
Knudage Riisager
Johan Hye-Knudsen conducting Det Kongelige Kapel (Recorded September, 1939)
Qarrtsiluni: http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/soundingsilence01.mp3
Jean Sibelius
Robert Kajanus conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra (Recorded June, 1932)
Tapiola: http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/soundingsilence02.mp3
Pohjola's Daughter: http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/soundingsilence03.mp3
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major: http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/soundingsilence04.mp3
RICHARD WAGNER: ORCHESTRAL MUSIC FROM BETWEEN THE WARS
Tannhauser: Grand March (1938) Sir Thomas Beecham / London Philharmonic Orchestra (4:04)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/wagnerbetweenwars01.mp3
The Flying Dutchman Overture (1937) Sir Thomas Beecham / London Philharmonic Orchestra (10:47)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/wagnerbetweenwars02.mp3
Goetterdaemmerung: Siegfried's Journey To The Rhine (1927) Bruno Walter / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (6:31)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/wagnerbetweenwars03.mp3
Parsifal: Prelude To Act I (1927) Max Von Schillings / State Opera Orchestra, Berlin (12:25)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/wagnerbetweenwars04.mp3
Parsifal: Transformation Music (1927) Hans Knappertsbusch / State Opera Orchestra, Berlin (8:13)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/wagnerbetweenwars05.mp3
Parsifal: Scene Of The Flower Maidens (1927) Max Von Schillings / State Opera Orchestra, Berlin (8:10)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/wagnerbetweenwars06.mp3
Parsifal: Good Friday Spell (1927) Max Von Schillings / State Opera Orchestra, Berlin (9:05)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/wagnerbetweenwars07.mp3
Parsifal: Finale To Act III (1927) Max Von Schillings / State Opera Orchestra, Berlin (4:00)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/wagnerbetweenwars08.mp3
Goetterdaemmerung: Song Of The Rhine Daughters (1926) Sir Henry J. Wood / The New Queen's Hall Orchestra (9:29)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/wagnerbetweenwars09.mp3
Christoph Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (concise version in Italian)
Fritz Stiedry conducting the Southern Philharmonic Orchestra
Kathleen Ferrier, Anne Ayars, Zoe Vlachopoulos
& the Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (Recorded 1947)
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/gluckorfeoedeuridice.mp3
Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Act III (Recorded 1938)
Karl Bohm conducting the Saxon State Orchestra
Chorus and Soloists of the Dresden State Opera
Torsten Ralf, Hans Hermann Nissen, Eugen Fuchs, Margarrete Teschemacher, Lene Jung, Sven Nilsson, Arno Schellenberg, et al.
http://www.vintageip.com/xfers/meistersingeract3.mp3
Sheiks & Vamps: 1920s Dance Bands Vol. 1
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps01.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps02.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps03.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps04.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps05.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps06.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps07.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps08.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps09.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps10.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps11.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps12.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps13.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps14.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps15.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps16.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps17.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps18.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps19.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps20.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps21.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps22.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps23.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps24.mp3
http://vintageip.com/xfers/sheiksandvamps25.mp3