RG 300-399 (mono), ZRG 5300-5399 (stereo)
A lot more of the marathon effort to issue recordings of all of the Shakespeare plays, plus the beginnings of a major new series of recorded poetry, The English Poets – Chaucer to Yeats.
Spoken word in yellow, classical recordings in grey (releases from the Paris label Erato in white) – and a sole miscellaneous item (The Barrow Poets) in green.
| Argo No | Performer | Title | Year |
| RG 300-302 ZRG 5300- ZRG 5302 |
Marlowe Society of Cambridge/Peggy Ashcroft/John Gielgud | Much Ado About Nothing | 1962 |
| RG 303-306 ZRG 5303- ZRG 5306 |
Marlowe Society of Cambridge | Henry VIII | 1962 |
| RG 307-310 ZRG 5307- ZRG 5310 |
Marlowe Society of Cambridge, plus Johnson/Worth/Eddison/Scales/Watson et al | Anthony & Cleopatra | 1962 |
| RG 311-312 ZRG 5311- ZRG 5312 |
Marlowe Society of Cambridge, plus Michael Bates/Michael Hordern et al | The Comedy of Errors | 1962 |
| RG 313-315 ZRG 5313- ZRG 5315 |
Marlowe Society of Cambridge, plus Godfrey/Watson/Eddison/Scales/Diana Rigg | Love’s Labour’s Lost | 1962 |
| RG 316 ZRG 5316 |
King’s College Choir, Willcocks | Taverner – Kyrie Leroy/Mass ‘The Western Wind’/Three Motets | Aug 1962 |
| RG 318 ZRG 5318 |
Peterborough Cathedral Choir, dir Stanley Vann, Richard Latham (organ) | Batten/Dering – Tudor Church Music | 1962 |
| RG 319 | Hubert Gregg | Jerome K Jerome – Three Men in a Boat/Three Men on a Bummel (excerpts) | 1964? |
| RG 320 ZRG 5320 |
Lewis/Brannigan/St John’s College Choir, dir. Guest | Stainer – The Crucifixion | Feb 1962 |
| RG 322 ZRG 5322 |
Pears/Harwood/Watts/Young/Alan/ Ward/King’s College Choir/Willcocks/ Philomusica |
Bach – St John Passion (excerpts) | 1963 |
| RG 323 | Sir Michael Redgrave | Chekhov (extracts) | 1962 |
| RG 325 ZRG 5325 |
Stahlmann/Watts/Brown/Krause/ London Symphony Orchestra, King’s College Choir/Willcocks |
Haydn – Nelson Mass | Nov 1962 |
| RG 326 ZRG 5326 |
London Wind Quartet | Arnold – Three Shanties Fricker – Wind Quintet Opus 5 Gerhard – Wind Quintet Seiber – Permutazione a cinque |
Feb 1963 |
| RG 327 ZRG 5327 |
Cirencester Grammar School Choir & Orchestra, Simon Preston/Peter Maxwell Davies | Maxwell Davies – O Magnum Mysterium | Oct 1963 |
| RG 328 ZRG 5328 |
Parikian/Crowson | Fricker – Twelve Studies Musgrave – Colloquy Rawsthorne – Violin Sonata |
Mar 1963 |
| RG 329 ZRG 5329 |
Allegri String Quartet | Maconchy String Quartet No 5 Walton – String Quartet in A min |
Oct 1964 |
| RG 333 ZRG 5333 |
Alan/London Symphony Orchestra/ King’s College Choir/Willcocks | Vaughan Williams – Fanstasia on Christmas Carols Twelve Carols |
Oct 1962 |
| RG 334 | Marlowe Society of Cambridge, plus Church/Ashcroft/Holmes | The Rape of Lucrece | 1963 |
| RG 336-337 | Marlowe Society of Cambridge, plus Irene Worth/Rylands/Peter Orr/Michael Hordern | Shakespeare – Venus & Adonis/The First Folio Dedications and Ben Johnson Eulogy | 1963 |
| RG 338 | Brock Peters/Gordon Heath/Vinette Carroll/Cleo Laine, dir Harley Usill | Beyond the Blues –American Negro Poetry | 1963 |
| RG 339 ZRG 5339 |
Simon Preston | Franck – Choral No 2 Franck – Piece heroique Messiaen – L’Ascension |
Mar 1963 |
| RG 340 ZRG 5340 |
St John’s College Choir, Guest | Twentieth Century Cathedral Music | Mar 1963 |
| RG 341 | Tony Church/Derek Godfrey/ Margaretta Scott/Gary Watson | Keats Poems | 1963 |
| RG 342 | Church/Duncan/McCarthy/Scott/ Watson/ | Tennyson Poems | 1963 |
| RG 343 | Max Adrian /Frank D Duncan/Keith Michell/George Rylands | Pope Poems | 1963 |
| RG 344 | Orr/Duncan/Johnson | Lord Byron Poems | 1963 |
| RG 345 | Bates/Church/Godfrey/Hordern/Orr | William Wordsworth Poems | 1963 |
| RG 346 | Bates/McCarthy/Adrian/Duncan | Robert Browning Poems | 1963 |
| RG 347 | Bates/Church/Godfrey/Hordern/Orr | Wordsworth Poems 2 | 1963 |
| RG 348-350 ZRG 5348- ZRG 5350 |
Marlowe Society Cambridge with Peggy Ashcroft/Derek Godfrey etc | The Taming of the Shrew | 1963 |
| RG 351-353 ZRG 5351- ZRG 5353 |
Marlowe Society Cambridge plus Wymark, Beatrix Lehmann, Angela Baddeley, Geraldine McEwan | The Merry Wives of Windsor | 1963 |
| RG 354-356 ZRG 5354- ZRG 5356 |
Marlowe Society Cambridge plus Prunella Scales/Peter Orr/Michael Hordern/Roy Dotrice etc | All’s Well That Ends Well | 1963 |
| RG 357-359 ZRG 5357- ZRG 5359 |
Marlowe Society Cambridge, with William Devlin/Frank Duncan/Tony Church etc | Titus Andronicus | 1963 |
| RG 360 | The Barrow Poets | An Entertainment of Poetry and Music | 1963 |
| RG 361 ZRG 5361 |
Marie-Claire Alain/Jean-Francois Paillard Chamber Orchestra | Handel – Organ Concertos Vol 1 Opus 4 Nos 1-4 | Oct 1963 |
| RG 362 ZRG 5362 |
King’s College Choir, Willcocks | Byrd – Mass for Three Voices Byrd – Mass for Four Voices |
Oct 1963 |
| RG 363 ZRG 5363 |
Xavier Depraz/Helene Bouvier/ Chorales Caillard et Caillat/Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux/Maurice Durufle | Durufle – Requiem Op 9 | Oct 1963 |
| RG 364 | Paillard Chamber Orchestra | Rameau – Six Concertos for Strings | Oct 1963 |
| RG 365 ZRG 5365 |
King’s College Choir | Evensong for Ash Wednesday | Feb 1964 |
| RG 366 ZRG 5366 |
Scherbaum/Redel/Kalmus/Schmid/Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Munich | Telemann – Four Concertos | Sep 1963 |
| RG 367 ZRG 5367 |
Selig/Jelden/Wenk/, Heinrich Schutz Chorale/Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra/ Fritz Werner | Bach – Cantata 21 | Sep 1963 |
| RG 369 ZRG 5369 |
King’s College Choir, English Chamber Orchestra | Handel – Anthems for the Coronation of George II | 1963 |
| RG 370 | Max Adrian/John Barton/Dorothy Tutin | Now What is Love | 1963 |
| RG 371 ZRG 5371 |
Westminster Abbey Choir, McKie, Preston | Evensong of St Edward | Sep 1963 |
| RG 372 ZRG 5372 |
Amadeus String Quartet | Britten – String Quartet No 2 Fricker – String Quartet No 2 |
Oct 1963 |
| RG 373 | Ashcroft/Rylands | Pope – The Rape of the Lock | 1964 |
| RG 374 | Peggy Ashcroft/Richard Johnson | Lord Byron – Don Juan, Cantos I and II | 1964 |
| RG 375 ZRG 5375 |
Marie-Claire Alain/Paillard Chamber Orchestra | Handel – Organ Concertos (Nos 5-8) | 1963 |
| RG 376 ZRG 5376 |
Angelici/Selig/Mourant/Lesueur/Abdoun/ Chorale des Jeunesses Musicales de France/Durufle/Paillard Orchestra | Charpentier – Midnight Mass for Christmas | 1964 |
| RG 377 ZRG 5377 |
Marie-Claire Alain/Paillard Chamber Orchestra | Handel Organ Concertos (Nos 9-12) | 1964 |
| RG 378 ZRG 5378 |
Paillard Chamber Orchestra | Mouret – Fanfares/ Symphonies | 1964 |
| RG 379 ZRG 5379 |
Marie-Claire Alain/Paillard Chamber Orchestra | Handel Organ Concertos (Nos 13-16) | 1964 |
| RG 380 | Garland/Marquand/Watson | Shelley – Poems | 1964 |
| RG 381 | Eve Watkinson/Christopher Casson | Grimm’s Fairy Tales Vol 1 | 1963 |
| RG 384 | Cornelia Otis Skinner | The Loves of Charles II | 1963 |
| RG 385 | Balcon/Burden/Hordern/C Day Lewis/ John Stride/Gary Watson/Patrick Wymark | What Passing Bell – Poetry and prose of World War I | 1964 |
| RG 386-388 ZRG 5386- ZRG 5388 |
Marlowe Society Cambridge, with Devlin/Orr/Watson/Wymark/Rossington etc | Henry VI Part 1 | 1964 |
| RG 389-392 ZRG 5389- ZRG 5392 |
Marlowe Society Cambridge, with Devlin/Orr/Watson/Wymark/Rossington etc | Henry VI Part 2 | 1964 |
| RG 393-396 ZRG 5393- ZRG 5396 |
Marlowe Society Cambridge, with Devlin/Orr/Watson/Wymark/Rossington etc | Henry VI Part 3 | 1964 |
| RG 398 ZRG 5398 |
King’s College Choir, Willcocks | Palestrina – Magnificat/Litaniae de Beata Virgine Maria/Stabat Mater/Two motets | Nov 1964 |
| RG 399 ZRG 5399 |
Elizabethan Singers, Louis Halsey, Simon Preston | Sing Nowell | Nov 1963 |
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Great blog–just stumbled upon it looking for information about Edric Connor. I don’t know if you’re familiar with the recording of his “Arrivants” trilogy that the Barbadian poet Edward Kamau Brathwaite did for Argo in the late 60s–really important documents in the history of black people in Britain. I recently contacted Decca records, who told me that some Argo spoken word records were slated for re-release “shortly.” (This was in November…)
cheers for that. hadn’t heard about the decca re-releases of spoken word albums. would be really good if that included the brathwaite albums. i haven’t been able to afford them when they’ve come up on ebay. can you let me know if you hear any more?