Argo ZRG 600-699 series (1969-72)

With folk and ethnic recordings on their own ZFB series and spoken word largely confined to the PLP/ZPL series, the longest-running Argo series (RG/ZRG) devotes itself entirely to classical music, except that no more RG (mono) releases are issued – it’s all in stereo (ZRG) now.

Lots of ‘early’ music, including the first for Argo from David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London.

ZRG 601	Don Smithers (trumpet and cornetto), ensemble, Simon Preston (organ, harpsichord)	‘Music for Trumpet & Cornetto’ – Sonatas and Suites by Gross, Buonamente, Coperario, Frescobaldi, Corelli, Viviani and Hingeston	Apr 1969
ZRG 602	Musica Reservata, John Beckett	‘A Florentine Festival’	Jan 1971
ZRG 603	Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, dir Neville Marriner	Rossini – String Sonatas Donizetti – String Quartet in D	Dec 1969
ZRG 604	Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields dir Neville Marriner, Jack Brymer (clarinet)	Richard Strauss – Metamorphosen Richard Wagner – Siegfried Idyll, Baermann – Clarinet Quintet	Sep 1969
ZRG 605	a) & b) John Ogdon (piano), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, dir. Neville Marriner b) with Brenda Lucas (piano)	Mendelssohn – a) Piano Concerto in A minor b) Double Piano Concerto in E	Jan 1970
ZRG 606	Noelle Barker (soprano), Robert Sherlaw Johnson (piano)	Messiaen – Harawi	Sep 1969
ZRG 607	Louis Halsey Singers, dir Louis Halsey	Delius – four partsongs  Elgar – nine partsongs	Jun 1969
ZRG 620	St John’s College Choir, George Guest	Victoria – O Quam Gloriosum, Magnificat primi toni, Litaniae de Beata Virgine, Five motets	Feb 1970
ZRG 621	St John’s College Choir, dir. George Guest	Italian and English Church Music	Jun 1969
ZRG 622	a) Josephine Nendick (soprano), John Shirley-Quirl (baritone), b) Jane Manning (soprano), Anne Howells (mezzo-soprano), Norma Procter (contralto), BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Norman del Mar. Spons. by British Council	a) Elizabeth Lutyens – Quincunx, b) Nicolas Maw – Scenes and Arias	Oct 1969
ZRG 631	a) and b) Simon Preston (organ), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields dir Neville Marriner b) with Stephen Shingles (viola)	a) Joseph Haydn – Organ Concerto No 1 b) Michael Haydn – Duo Concertante	Nov 1969
ZRG 632	George Malcolm (harpsichord)	Couperin – Ordres Nos 8, 14 & 21	Oct 1969
ZRG 633	Simon Preston (organ)	Messiaen – Le Banquet Celeste, Les Corps Glorieux	Oct 1970
ZRG 634	April Cantelo (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Barry McDaniel (baritone), Stephen Cleobury (organ), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, St John’s College Choir dir George Guest	a) Haydn – Paukenmesse b) M. Haydn – Ave Regina	Apr 1970
ZRG 635	Heinrich Schutz Choir and Chorale dir Roger Norrington, Peter Smith (piano & harmonium), Ryland Davies (tenor)	Berlioz – Songs for Chorus	Nov 1969
ZRG 638	a) Jane Manning (soprano), members of BBC Symphony Orchestra cond John Carewe  b) Herbert Handt (tenor), members of BBC Symphony Orchestra cond Herbert Handt	a) David Bedford – Music for Albion Moonlight b) Elizabeth Lutyens – And Suddenyl it’s Evening	May 1970
ZRG 639	Peter Pears (tenor), Robert Tear (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Schutz Choir, London Cornet & Sackbut Ensemble, Elizabethan Consort of Viols dir. Roger Norrington	Schutz – Resurrection Oratorio	Oct 1970
ZRG 640	Colin Tilney (harpsichord)	‘Treasures of the English Baroque’	Feb 1970
ZRG 642	Early Music Consort of London, dir David Munrow	‘Ecco La Primavera’ – Florentine Music of the 14th Century	Jan 1970
ZRG 643	Purcell Consort of Voices, London Sackbut Ensemble, Elizabethan Consort of Viols dir. Grayston Burgess, Gary Watson (speaker)	‘The Triumphs of Oriana’	Apr 1970
ZRG 644	John Wilbraham (solo trumpet), Philip Jones (solo trumpet) Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Academy of St Martin-in-the Fields dir. Neville Marriner	‘Strings & Brass’ – Vivaldi Concerto for two Trumpets, Gabrieli & Vejvanovsky	Mar 1970
ZRG 645	Monteverdi Choir dir. John Eliot Gardiner	Monteverdi – Six Motets Gesualdo – Six Motets	Jun 1970
ZRG 646	Ensemble dir. Don Smithers feat. Bernard Thomas, Michael Oxenham, David Munrow, John Sothcott, Francis Grubb, Tess Miller, Michael Morrow, Peter Owen, Alan Lumsden, Tony Moore, John Pritchard, Penelope Howard, Roderick Skeaping, Janet Lyman-Hill, Adam Skeaping, Jane Ryan, James Tyler	‘Music of the Waits’	Jun 1970
ZRG 649	Peggy Ashcroft (reciter), Paul Schofield (reciter), London Sinfonietta cond. Sir William Walton	Sir William Walton – Facade – an entertainment	May 1972
ZRG 650- ZRG 651	John Ogdon (piano)	Messiaen – Vingt regards sur l’Enfant-Jesus	Oct 1969
ZRG 652	Purcell Consort of Voices dir Grayston Burgess, Robert Spencer (flute), Jeremy Brett (speaker)	‘I Love, Alas’ – Elizabethan Words and Music	Jan 1970
ZRG 653	Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields dir. Neville Marriner	Mozart – Symphonies No 23, 24, 26, 27	May 1970
ZRG 654	Alan Loveday (violin) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields dir. Neville Marriner	Vivaldi – The Four Seasons	Sep 1970
ZRG 655	Philip Jones Brass Ensemble	‘Just Brass’ – Arnold, Dodgson, Ewald, Salzedo	Nov 1970
ZRG 656	Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Highgate School Choir, Orpington Junior Singers, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra dir. Norman del Mar	Crosse – Changes	Jul 1970
ZRG 657	Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields dir. Neville Marriner	Bartok – Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Divertimento	Feb 1970
ZRG 658	Purcell Consort of Voices dir. Grayston Burgess, Elizabethan Consort of Viols, James Tyler (lute) John Neville (speaker)	‘Lo, Country Sports’ – Elizabethan life in music, song and poetry. Record 2 Country Life	Jan 1971
ZRG 659	Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral, Purcell Chorus of Voices, London Cornet & Sackbut Ensemble, dir. Grayston Burgess, Andrew Davis (organ) William Squire (speaker)	‘Ceremonial Tudor Church Music’ – Byrd & Weelkes	Nov 1970
ZRG 660	a) London Oboe Quartet, Janet Craxton (oboe) a) & b) Perry Hart (violin), Brian Hawkins (viola), Kenneth Heath (cello) c) Thea King (clarinet), Aeolian String Quartet members Sidney Humphreys (violin), Margaret Major (viola), Derek Simpson (cello). Rec. in assoc. with British Council	a) Rainier – String Trio b) Rainier – Quanta c) Rawsthorne – Clarinet Quartet	Sep 1970
ZRG 661	Robert Tear (tenor), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields dir. Neville Marriner	‘Cantatas and Songs’ – Arne, Boyce, Handel, Hook	Oct 1970
ZRG 662	St John’s College Choir, Andrew Brunt (solo treble) dir. George Guest, Stephen Cleobury (organ)	‘O Sacrum Convivium’ – Durufle, Faure, Langlais, Messiaen, Poulenc	Feb 1971
ZRG 663	Simon Preston (organ)	Hindemith – Organ Sonatas	Feb 1971
ZRG 664	John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Martin Isepp (piano)	Beethoven – Gellert-Lieder, An die ferne Geliebte Brahms – Vier ernste Gesange, Funf Lieder	Mar 1971
ZRG 665	John Ogdon (piano), Brenda Lucas (piano)	Messiaen – Visions de l’Amen	Oct 1971
ZRG 666	Schutz Choir, Symphoniae Sacrae Chamber Ensemble dir. Roger Norrington	Schutz – Deautsches Magnificat, Six motets for double choir	Mar 1971
ZRG 667	Purcell Consort of Voices dir. Grayston Burgess, Eliabethan Consort of Viols	‘Doulce Memoire’ – twenty one-chansons	Jul 1972
ZRG 668	Purcell Consort of Voices, Raymond Keenlyside (violin), Sydney Humphreys (violin), Dennis Nesbitt (gamba), James Tyler (lute and chitarrone), Adam Skeaping (violone), Andrew Davis (harpsichord) dir. Grayston Burgess	Monteverdi – 13 madrigals	Apr 1971
ZRG 669	John Wilbraham (trumpet), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields	Albrechtsberger – Concerto A 5 Leopold Mozart – Trumpet Concerto Hummel – Trumpet Concerto	Feb 1971
ZRG 670	Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields dir. Neville Marriner	Dvorak – Serenade for Strings Grieg – Holberg Suite	Nov 1970
ZRG 671	Ian Partridge (tenor), Schutz Choir dir. Roger Norrington	Schutz – Christmas Oratorio	Oct 1971
ZRG 672	Allegri String Quartet – Hugh Maguire (violin), David Roth (violin), Patrick Ireland (viola) Bruno Schrecker (cello)	‘Radcliffe Award 1969’ – Forbes String Quartet No 1, Maconchy String Quartet No 9, Sculthorpe String Quartet No 8, Sherlaw Johnson String Quartet No 2	Mar 1971
ZRG 673	Early Music Consort of London dir. David Munrow	‘Music of the Crusades’	Oct 1971
ZRG 674	John Ogdon (piano) a) John Wilbraham (trumpet) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields dir. Neville Marriner	Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No 1 Stravinsky – Capriccio	Feb 1972
ZRG 675	Colin Tilney (virginal/harpsichord)	‘English Virginal Music’ – Bull, Byrd, Farnaby, Gibbons etc	Jun 1973
ZRG 676	Alan Civil & Ian Harper (horns), English Chamber Orchestra dir. Norman del Mar	Maw – Sonata, Sinfonia	Jul 1971
ZRG 677	Ileana Cotrubas (soprano) Helen Watts (contralto) Robert Tear (tenor) John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) Schola Cantorum of Oxford	Mozart – Coronation Mass, Litaniae Lauretanae	Sep 1972
ZRG 678	Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields dir. Neville Marriner	Molter, Purcell, Corelli	Never Issued
ZRG 679	Alan Loveday (violin), Stephen Shingles (viola) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields dir. Neville Marriner	Mozart – Symphony No 32, Sinfonia Concertante in E Flat, Serenade No 13	Nov 1971
ZRG 680	Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields dir Neville Marriner	Tippett – Concerto for Double String Orchestra, Fantasia Concertante, Little Music for Strings	Jan 1972
ZRG 681	Purcell Consort of Voices dir. Grayston Burgess	Josquin de Pres – five chansons Dunstable – nine chansons	Jul 1971
ZRG 682	April Cantelo (soprano) Malcolm Williamson (piano) Gabrieli String Quartet – Kenneth Sillito (violin) Brendan O’Reilly (violin) Ian Jewel (viola) Keith Harvey (cello) Nash Ensemble	Williamson – Chamber and Vocal Works	Mar 1972
ZRG 683	Purcell Consort of Voices dir. Grayston Burgess	Maying –	Never issued
ZRG 684		Mendelssohn – Organ Sonatas Op 65	Never issued
ZRG 685	Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra conducted by a) b) c) Andre Previn d) Arthur Bliss e) Michael Tippett f) Eric Pinkett	a) Previn – Overture to a Comedy b) Ireland – A Dowland Suite c) Chappell – Panache d) Bliss – Introduction and Allegro e) Tippett – The Shires Suite excerpts f) Kelly – Cuban Suite	Apr 1971
ZRG 686	Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields dir. Neville Marriner	Handel Ballet Music	Jun 1972
ZRG 687-ZRG 688	William Bennett (flute) Thurston Dart (harpsichord), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields dir. Neville Marriner	Bach – Suites 1-4	Sep 1971
ZRG 689	Schutz Choir dir. Roger Norrington – Peter Pears (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) Derek McCulloch (counter-tenor) Philip Langridge (tenor) Benjamin Luxon (baritone) Meriel Dickinson (mezzo-soprano) David Thomas (bass)	Schutz – St Matthew Passion	Mar 1972
ZRG 690	St John’s College Choir dir. George Guest	Palestrina – Assumpta est Maria, Missa Assumpta est Maria, Missa Brevis	Jan 1972
ZRG 691	a) d) Margaret Price (soprano) James Lockhart (piano) c) Gerald English (tenor) Douglas Tate (harmonica) Valerie Tyron (piano) a) c) Cardiff Festival Players b) James Barton (violin) George Isaac (cello) Martin Jones (piano)	a) Hoddinott – Roman Dream b) Hoddinott – Piano Trio No 1 c) Tate – Apparitions d) Tate – Three Gaelic Ballads	May 1972
ZRG 692	Elizabeth Bainbridge (contralto) Robert Tear (tenor) Philip Ledger (piano)	Janacek – The Diary of One Who Disappeared	Nov 1971
ZRG 693	Magdalen College Choir Oxford, Elizabethan Consort of Viols dir. Bernard Rose	‘Music at Magdalen’ Vol 1	Mar 1972
ZRG 694	Robert Sherlaw Johnson (piano)	Messiaen – Canteyodjaya, Ile de Feu, Neumes Rhythmiques Sherlaw Johnson – Piano Sonata No 1, Seven Short Piano Pieces	Jan 1972
ZRG 695	George Isaac (cello) Valerie Tryon (piano)	Hoddinott – Cello Sonata 1 Rachmaninov – Cello Sonata Banks – Sequence
ZRG 696	Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields dir. Neville Marriner	Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending, Five Variants of Dives & Lazarus, Fantasia on a Theme by Tallis, Fantasia on Greensleeves	Oct 1972
ZRG 697	Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields dir. Neville Marriner	Handel – Water Music, Royal Fireworks Suite	Mar 1972
ZRG 698	Schutz Choir dir. Roger Norrington	Monteverdi – Six Madrigals	Jul 1972
ZRG 699	Noelle Barker (soprano) Robert Sherlaw Johnson (piano)	Messiaen – Poemes pour Mi, Chants de Terre et de Ciel	May 1972

~ by folkcatalogue on July 18, 2010.