RG 500-599, ZRG 500-599, 1967-69
The resumption of ‘ethnic’ music issues after a break of nearly three years with the first in the ‘Living Tradition’ series of field recordings made by Deben Bhattacharya.
Spoken word in yellow, classical in grey, folk (including more of the BBC Radio ballads) in green and some “common sense yoga exercises” in white.
RG 500 ZRG 5500 | Erna Spoorenberg (soprano) Bernadette Greevy (contralto) John Mitchinson (tenor) Tom Krause (baritone) St John’s College Choir, Academy of St Martin in the Fields cond George Guest, with Brian Runnet (organ) | Haydn – Mass in B Flat (Theresienmesse) | Nov 1965 |
RG 501 ZRG 5501 |
Bernadette Greevy (contralto), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields cond. Raymond Leppard (harpsichord) | ‘Airs by Handel’ | Nov 1966 |
RG 502 | MacColl, Parker, Seeger etc | ‘Singing the Fishing’ (BBC Radio Ballad) | March 1967 |
RG 503 ZRG 503 |
Simon Preston (organ), rec. City Hall, Hull | Liszt – Fantasia & Fugue on the Chorale | 1967 |
RG 504 ZRG 504 |
Forbes Robinson (bass), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields cond. Philip Ledger (harpsichord) | Handel – Arias | 1967 |
RG 505 Zrg 505 |
Elizabeth Vaughan (soprano), Janet Baker (contralto) , Ian Partridge (tenor), Christopher Keyte (bass), Choir of King’s College Cambridge, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields cond. David Willcocks. | Pergolesi – Magnificat | 1967 |
RG 506 ZRG 506 |
Academy of St. Martin-in- the-Fields led by Neville Marriner (violin) | Rossini String Sonatas Nos 1, 3, 5, 6 | 1967 |
RG 507 ZRG 507 |
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge cond. David Willcocks, Andrew Davis (organ) | Herbert Howells – Vocal Works | 1967 |
RG 508 | Church, Redgrave, Johnson, Scales, rec.in assoc British Council, dir. Rylands | John Milton – Paradise Lost Books 7-8 | 1967 |
RG 509 | Church, Redgrave, Hordern, Marquand, Johnson, Scales, Squire, dir. Rylands, rec.in assoc British Council | John Milton – Paradise Lost Books 9-10, 12 | 1967 |
RG 510 | Holm, McCarthy, Neville. Dir. Rylands, in assoc British Council | John Milton – Paradise Regained (excerpts) | 1967 |
RG 511 ZRG 511 |
St John’s College Choir, George Guest, London Brass Players, Jonathan Bielby (organ) | Ascensiontide Service – Bach, Byrd, Praetorius, Purcell, Vaughan Williams etc | Apr 1967 |
RG 512 ZRG 512 |
Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano), Purcell Singers conducted by Imogen Hoist | Holst – Songs and Unaccompanied Part Songs | Nov 1968 |
RG 513-RG 514 | Jose Ainge, Stephen O’ Reilly (narr.) | Yoga |
1966 |
RG 515 ZRG 515 | Erna Spoorenberg (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Alexander Young (tenor), Joseph Rouleau (bass), Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields cond. George Guest with Brian Runnett (organ) | Haydn – Mass in B Flat ‘Harmoniemesse’ | Nov 1966 |
RG 517 | Various poets read their own works. In assoc. with British Council | The Poet Speaks Vol 7 – John Betjeman, Robert Graves, Stephen Spender, Kathleen Raine, W. H. Auden, Basil Bunting, William Empson, Patrick Dickinson, R. S. Thomas, Hilary Corke | May 1967 |
RG 518 | Various poets read their own works. In assoc. with British Council | The Poet Speaks Vol 8 – Philip Larkin, Roy Fuller, Laurie Lee, Charles Causley, Ken Smith, Jon Stallworthy, Dom Moraes, Geoffrey Hill, Charles Tomlimson, Jon Silkin | May 1967 |
RG 519 | Various poets read their own works. In assoc. with British Council | The Poet Speaks Vol 9 – Hugh MacDiarmid, Sydney Goodsir Smith, Norman MacCaig, Ian Crichton-Smith, Austin Clarke, Louis MacNeice, Seamus Heaney | June 1967 |
RG 520 | David Michael Jones | David Michael Jones – The Anathemata, In Parenthesis, The Hunt | 1967 |
RG 521 | Ian Holm, Marius Goring, Derek Jacobi | English Poets – Arnold, Clough, Fitzgerald | Sep 1967 |
RG 522 ZRG 522 | Marisa Robles (harp) | Harp with variations – Beethoven, Cabezon, Handel, Mozart, Sanz etc. | Jan 1968 |
RG 523 ZRG 523 |
John Alldis Choir, dir. John Alldis | Choral Recital – Bruckner, Scoenberg, Debussy, Messiaen | Oct 1967 |
RG 524 ZRG 524 | Erna Spoorenberg (soprano) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, dir. Neville Marriner, with Philip Ledger (organ and harpsichord) | Mozart – Vocal Works | Oct 1967 |
RG 526 ZRG 526 |
Boys of All Saints’, Margaret Street, Choir, Purcell Consort cond. Grayston Burgess | Now Make we Merthe – Medieval carols | Nov 1967 |
RG 527 ZRG 527 |
April Cantelo (soprano) , Helen Watts, Shirley Minty (contraltos), Robert Tear, Ian Partridge (tenors), Christopher Keyte (bass), Elizabethan Singers, Viola Tunnard (piano), conducted by Louis Halsey. | Schubert – Part Songs | Jun 1967 |
RG 528 ZRG 528 | Simon Preston (organ) | English Organ Music – Elgar, Leighton, Bridge, Howells, Tippett, Britten | Sep 1967 |
RG 529 ZRG 529 | April Cantelo (soprano)Norma Procter (contralto) Michael Maurel (baritone)David Pinto (treble), Finchley Children’s Music Group, cond. John Andrewes | Williamson – Julius Caesar Jones | Sep 1967 |
RG 530 ZRG 530 | Various Artists – field recordings by Deben Bhattacharya | The Living Tradition – The Himalayas | Oct 1967 |
RG 531 ZRG 531 | Various Artists – field recordings by Deben Bhattacharya | The Living Tradition – Romania | Oct 1967 |
RG 532 ZRG 532 | Various Artists – field recordings by Deben Bhattacharya | The Living Tradition – The Middle East | Oct 1967 |
RG 533 ZRG 533 | Various Artists – field recordings by Deben Bhattacharya | The Living Tradition – The Far North | 1967 |
RG 534 | Gary Watson, Peter Orr, Flora Robson | The English Poets – The Pre-Raphaelites (Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Swinburne, Christina Rossetti, Morris) | Jan 1968 |
RG 535 ZRG 535 | a) London Symphony Orchestra b) John Alldis Choir, dir. John Alldis c) Barry Tucknell Horn Quartet | Tippett – a) Symphony No 2 b) The Weeping Babe c) Sonata for Four Horns | Jan 1968 |
RG 536 ZRG 536 | Music Group of London: Janet Craxton (oboe), Jack Brymer (clarinet), Roger Birnstingl (bassoon), Alan Civil (horn), David Parkhouse (piano) | Maw – Chamber music for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano Rawsthorne – Quintet for wind and piano |
Oct 1968 |
RG 538 | MacColl, Parker, Seeger et al | The Big Hewer – BBC Radio Ballad | 1967 |
RG 539 | MacColl, Parker, Seeger et al | The Fight Game – BBC Radio Ballad | 1968 |
RG 541 ZRG 541 | April Cantelo (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields dir. by David Willcocks | Handel – Chandos Anthem Nos 6 and 10 | July 1968 |
RG 542 ZRG 542 | April Cantelo (soprano) Shirley Minto (contralto) Ian Partridge (tenor) Christopher Keyte (bass) St John’s College Choir, Jonathan Bielby (organ) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, dir. George Guest | Haydn – Mass in B Flat Heilig | Nov 1967 |
RG 543 ZRG 543 | a) Alan Stringer (trumpet) b) Barry Tuckwell (horn) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, dir. Neville Marriner | a) Joseph Haydn – Trumpet Concerto E flat major, Six Allemandes b) Michael Haydn – Horn Concerto D major, Six Minuets |
Nov 1967 |
RG 544- RG 545 ZRG 544-ZRG 545 | Barbara Jefford, William Squire, Gary Watson, Patrick Garland, Ian Holm, Margaret Rawlings, Tony Church, Denis McCarthy, dir. George Rylands | John Milton – Comus (complete), Samson Agonistes (excerpts) | Aug 1968 |
RG 546- RG 547 | Read by Emlyn Williams | Dylan Thomas – A Boy Growing Up (reminiscences) | 1968? |
RG 550 ZRG 550 | St John’s College Choir, Cambridge | A Meditation on Christ’s Nativity – readings and carols | Oct 1968 |
RG 553 ZRG 553 | BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Norman del Mar. rec. in assoc. with British Council | Gerhard – Concerto Rawsthorne – Symphony No 3 | Feb 1968 |
RG 554 ZRG 554 | Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, dir Neville Marriner | Mozart – Divertimentos for Strings (x3), Serenade No 6 “Notturna” | Feb 1968 |
RG 555 ZRG 555 | Elizabethan Consort of Viols, dir. Thurston Dart (chamber organ), with Donald Weekes, John Russell (baroque violins), Ann Griffiths (triple harp), Robert Spencer (theorbo). Sponsored by British Council | Lawes – Consort Music (Sonatas and Suites) | Jan 1968 |
RG 556 ZRG 556 Never issued |
King’s College Choir, dir. David Willcocks | Gibbons – Viol Anthems | n/i |
RG 557 ZRG 557 | Boys of All Saints, Margaret Street, Purcell Consort cond. Grayston Burgess. Rec. in assoc. British Council | Church Music – The Eton Choirbook | May 1968 |
RG 558 ZRG 558 | Boys of All Saints, Margaret Street, Purcell Consort cond. Grayston Burgess, Ian Partridge (tenor), Christopher Keyte. Rec. in assoc. British Council | Davy – St Matthew Passion | Mar 1968 |
RG 559 ZRG 559 | Various artists incl. Jyotish Chandra Chowdhury, field recordings by Deben Bhattacharya | The Living Tradition – Ragas from Benares | 1968 |
RG 560 ZRG 560 | Various Artists – field recordings by Deben Bhattacharya | The Living Tradition – Portrait of Andalusia | 1968 |
RG 561 ZRG 561 | Various Artists – field recordings by Deben Bhattacharya | The Living Tradition – Music from Turkey | 1968 |
RG 562 ZRG 562 | Various Artists – field recordings by Deben Bhattacharya | The Living Tradition – Songs and Dances from Bulgaria | 1968 |
RG 563 ZRG 563 | April Cantelo (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields dir. by David Willcocks | Handel – Ode for St Cecilia’s Day | Jan 1968 |
RG 565 ZRG 565 | Aeolian String Quartet Sydney Humphreys, Raymond Keenlyside(violins), Margaret Major (viola), Derek Simpson (cello) rec. in assoc. British Council | Maw – String Quartet No 1 Wood – String Quartet No 1 | Feb 1968 |
RG 566 ZRG 566 | Purcell Consort dir. Grayston Burgess, Musica Reservata dir. Michael Morrow | To Entertain a King – Music for Henry VIII and his court | Jun 1968 |
RG 569 ZRG 569 | Academy of St Martin-in- the-Fields, with Kenneth Heath (cello) | Mendelssohn – Octet in E Flat Major Boccherini – Cello Quintet |
May 1968 |
RG 570 ZRG 570 | Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, dir. George Guest | Victoria – Requiem, Four Motets | Apr 1968 |
RG 571 ZRG 571 | Simon Preston (organ), New English Singers dir. Preston | Brahms – Motets and Chorale Preludes | Jun 1968 |
RG 572 ZRG 572 | Purcell Consort of Voices, dir. Grayston Burgess, Musica Reservata, dir Michael Morrow | Metaphysical Tobacco – Songs and Dances by Dowland, East and Holborne | Jul 1968 |
RG 573 ZRG 573 | Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, dir. Neville Marriner | Elgar – Works for String Orchestra | |
ZRG 574 | Robles Trio – Marisa Robles (harp), Christopher Hyde-Smith (flute), John Underwood (viola) a) Thea King (clarinet), Delme String Quartet – Jurgen Hess, Galina Solodchin (violins), John Underwood (viola), Joy Hall (cello) bc) John Underwood (viola) | a) Ravel – Introduction and Allegro b) Debussy – Sonata for flute viola and harp c) Bax – Elegiac Trio |
Feb 1970 |
RG 575 ZRG 575 | Academy of St Martin-in- the-Fields, dir. Neville Marriner | Stravinsky – Apollo, Pulcinella Suite | Sep 1968 |
RG 576 ZRG 576 | Purcell Chorus, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Raymond Leppard | Voices and Brass – Scheidt, Schein Schutz | Jan 1969 |
RG 577 ZRG 577 | George Malcolm (harpsichord), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, dir. Neville Marriner | Works by Arne and C.P.E. Bach | Jul 1968 |
RG 578 ZRG 578 | St John’s College Choir, Cambridge, dir. George Guest | Palestrina –Missa Veni Sponsa Christi, Magnificat | Sep 1968 |
RG 579 | Sir Michael Redgrave, George Rylands, Barbara Jefford, Richard Pascoe | The English Poets – Gerard Manley Hopkins | 1969 |
RG 580 | Jill Balcon, Freda Bowie, Ian Holm, Gary Watson | Early Victorian Poetry – Clare, E. Bronte, C. Bronte, A. Bronte, E. Barrett Browning | 1969 |
RG 581 RG 582 | Ian Holm, Richard Pascoe, Barbara Jefford, David King | The English Poets – Thomas Hardy (2 LPs) | Jan 1969 |
RG 583 | Various poets read their own works. In assoc. with British Council | The Poet Speaks Vol 10 – Edmund Blunden, Andrew Young, Edwin Muir, Geoffrey Grigson, John Wain, Dannie Abse, George Barker, W. S. Graham, Christopher Logue, Edward Lucie-Smith, Edward Brathwaite, B. S. Johnson | Nov 1968 |
ZRG 584 | Academy of St Martin-in- the-Fields, dir. Neville Marriner | Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence in D minor | Apr 1969 |
ZRG 585 | John Wilbraham (trumpet) Academy of St Martin-in- the-Fields, dir. Neville Marriner | Baroque Trumpet Concertos – Albinoni, Fasch, Telemann, Hertel | Jul 1969 |
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RG 588 | Frank Duncan, Ian Holm, David King | Late Victorian Poetry – Wilde, Thomson, Dowson, Johnson, Stevenson, M. Coleridge, Bridges, F. Thompson, Housman | Jul 1969 |
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RG 590 ZRG 590 | Hazel Holt, Maureen Keetch (sopranos) Paul Esswood (counter-tenor) Ian Partridge, Jack Irons, David Johnston (tenors) Stafford Dean, Geoffrey Coleby (basses) Heinrich Schlitz Choir, London String Players, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Camden Wind Ensemble dir Roger Norrington | Glad Tidings – Schutz, Purcell, Anon, Haznmerschmidt, Bouzignac, etc | Jan 1969 |
RG 593 | Richard Johnson, Tony Church, Frank Duncan | Wilfred Owen – Poems and Letters | Dec 1968 |
RG 594 ZRG 594 | Academy of St Martin-in- the-Fields, dir. Neville Marriner | Mozart – “Four Early Symphonies” Nos. 13-16 | Nov 1968 |
ZRG 596 | Purcell Consort of Voices dir Grayston Burgess, Iona Brown (violin) Alan Lumsden (ophicleide) Jennifer Partridge (piano) | Music All Powerful – music to entertain Queen Victoria – Mendelssohn, Sullivan, Walmsley etc | May 1969 |
ZRG 597 | Purcell Consort of Voices dir Grayston Burgess, Jennifer Partridge (piano) | Music of Albert – Prince of Saxe, Coburg und Gotha | Jul 1969 |
ZRG 598 | April Cantelo (soprano) Helen Watts (contralto) Robert Tear (tenor) Forbes Robinson (bass) St John’s College Choir, Stephen Cleobury (organ) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, dir. George Guest | Haydn – Mass in B Flat | Mar 1969 |
RG 599 | Peter Ustinov | Cautionary Tales – Browning, Lewis Carroll, Hilaire Belloc, | Dec 1968 |
Missing Entry:
RG 500/ZRG 5500 1965
Haydn – Mass in B Flat ‘Theresienmesse’
Erna Spoorenberg (soprano), Bernadette Greevy (contralto), John Mitchinson (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone), Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge, Brian Runnett (organ), Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by George Guest.
(from Penguin Stereo Record Guide & Gramophone (reviewed:12/65))
cheers for that. i’m going to have to go back over all the earliest entries in the RG/ZRG discography to add details and correct some stuff like release dates that i’ve managed to establish from new sources (including yours). bear with me…in the meantime, thanks
Now I see. It’s one I missed altogether! Thanks.