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Beethoven: Quartet No. 1 in F, Op. 18, No. 1 and
Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 22 - Scherzo
Catterall Quartet
Recorded May 8, 1922, and April 30 and June 18, 1923
HMV D 947 through D 950, four 78-rpm records
Link (FLAC files, 94.53 MB)
Link (MP3 files, 31.75 MB)
Beethoven: Quartet No. 2 in G, Op. 18, No. 2
Catterall Quartet
Recorded June 19, 1923, and May 6, 1924
HMV D 997 through D 999, three 78-rpm records
Link (FLAC files, 67.22 MB)
Link (MP3 files, 23.27 MB)
Brahms: Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1
Catterall Quartet
Recorded June 18 and 19, 1923
HMV D 791 through D 794, four 78-rpm records
Link (FLAC files, 89.84 MB)
Link (MP3 files, 31.38 MB)
Included in all three packages is a text file containing information about all the Catterall Quartet's recordings, for both HMV and Columbia, of which I'm aware.
The Catterall Quartet's recording career for HMV effectively ended when the Virtuoso String Quartet was formed by the Gramophone Company in 1924. The Catterall Quartet moved to Columbia after the introduction of electrical recording, but their repertoire there consisted mainly of potboilers, the only Beethoven being the slow variations movement of Op. 18, No. 5 (the only Beethoven quartet that Columbia's "star" ensemble of the period, the Léner Quartet, didn't record until the 1930s). Here is that sole Beethoven recording:
Beethoven: Quartet No. 5 in A, Op. 18, No. 5 - Andante cantabile
The Catterall Quartet
Recorded June 16, 1926
English Columbia 9141, one 78-rpm record
Link (FLAC file, 21.13 MB)
Link (MP3 file, 7.9 MB)
What, no comments!? What ingrates we are! Yesterday, I listened to your dub of the Léner's acoustical Beethoven Op.131 and today I downloaded your FLAC version of this Brahms and am listening now! Thank you again so much. By the way, do you know Catterall's lovely HMV disc of Elgar's Chanson de nuit and Chanson de matin? It's on CHARM. Best wishes, Nick
ReplyDeleteOver the last couple of days i've downloaded so much music from your blog that i find potentially extremely interesting - generally performers i've not heard of, and instead of cluttering the place with 'thank yous' i'll just express here, for now, my appreciation for your offerings.
ReplyDeleteSo far i've listened to these recordings from Catterall Quartet and indeed these are exceptional performances - their playing is wholly in tune with the music, and that whilst being surprisingly different from all the other renditions i've heard.
Thank you very much. It's wonderful these old recordings are given a chance to be heard today, and not least because they are music worth hearing.
I am actually cluttering the place with "thank yous". I'm delighted that you are sharing your music museum with the world.
ReplyDeleteclearing out my grandmother's house i have found a large collection of "catterall quartet" shellacks.
ReplyDeleteHMV D560 D562 D597 D610 D630x2 D646 D651
HMV D791 TO D794
HMV D947 TO D950
HMV D997 TO D999
COLUMBIA 9156 9178 9141 PT1&2 9203 PT1&2
CNA ANYONE RECOMMEND A DEALER I CAN CONTACT WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THESE?
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