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Historic Sound

Historic Sound

Historical recordings.

Divine Art founder Stephen Sutton has from the age of 14 been a collector of vintage recordings, though the "78" was obsolete well before then. The passion began with his parents' small collection and, in 1968, with a gift of two edited highlights sets of Gilbert & Sullivan. The collection has now grown to over 10,000 discs. A long held ambition, once digital sound restoration software became affordable, was to start a series of historic recording re-issues, and by pure coincidence, in early 2005, Stephen was contacted by Andrew Rose, an ex-BBC engineer who had relocated to France and was setting up his company Pristine Audio, with the aim of providing the best possible audio restorations . Andrew was looking for a home for some existing projects and so the Divine Art "historic Sound" label was born.

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Showing 1 - 10 of 11 results
  • Peter Warlock: Collected 78rpm Recordings

    Peter Warlock: Collected 78rpm Recordings

    Recorded 1925-51, digitally remastered.

    Josef Szigeti (violin), Nikita Magalov (piano), René Soames (tenor), Flora Nielsen (mezzo-soprano), Peter Dawson (bass-baritone), Gerald Moore (piano), John Goss (baritone), Diana Poulton (lute), John Armstrong (baritone), Parry Jones (tenor), Ann Wood (mezzo-soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Cecil...

    • Release Date: 12th Oct 2009
    • Catalogue No: DDH27811
    • Label: Divine Art
    • Series: Historic Sound
    • Length: 2 hours 23 minutes

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    2 CDs

    $18.50

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  • Coates & Moeran - Violin Concertos

    Coates & Moeran - Violin Concertos

    Colin Sauer (violin), Alfredo Campoli (violin)

    BBC Northern Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, Sir Adrian Boult

    Campoli's 1954 live Festival hall broadcast of EJ Moeran's Violin Concerto outclasses the few recordings it has had since - his playing is utterly charismatic, turning the work unashamedly into... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…
    • Catalogue No: DDH27806
    • Label: Divine Art
    • Series: Historic Sound
    • Length: 59 minutes

    CD

    $11.00

    This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched.

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  • Gounod: Faust

    Gounod: Faust

    Giuliano Romagnoli (Faust), Gemma Bosini (Margherita), Fernando Autori (Mefistofele), Gilda Timitz (Siebel), Napoleone Limonta (Wagner), Adolfo Pacini (Valentino) & Nelda Garrone (Marta)

    La Scala Milan Chorus & Orchestra, Carlo Sabajno

    • Release Date: 6th Oct 2008
    • Catalogue No: DDH27810
    • Label: Divine Art
    • Series: Historic Sound
    • Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

    2 CDs

    $18.50

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  • Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70

    Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70

    Sung in English

    Harold Williams, Parry Jones, Isobel Baillie, Clara Serena, Tom Purvis

    BBC National Chorus & Orchestra, Stanford Robinson

    • Catalogue No: DDH27802
    • Label: Divine Art
    • Series: Historic Sound
    • Length: 92 minutes

    2 CDs

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  • 'Cav and Pag'

    'Cav and Pag'

    May Blyth (Santuzza), Heddle Nash (Turiddu), Harold Williams (Alfio), Frank Mullings (Canio), Miriam Licette (Nedda), Harold Williams (Tonio), Heddle Nash (Beppe), Dennis Noble (Silvio)

    British National Opera Company, Aylmer Buesst, Eugene Goossens

    As Andrew Rose, the man responsible for this transfer, points out, there was a period when Columbia records were known for their 'silent surfaces', and happily he has had access to early copies... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…
    • Catalogue No: DDH27805
    • Label: Divine Art
    • Series: Historic Sound
    • Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

    2 CDs

    $18.50

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  • Sibelius Symphonies 5 & 6

    Sibelius Symphonies 5 & 6

    London Symphony Orchestra, Finnish National Orchestra, Robert Kajanus, Georg Schnéevoigt

    • Catalogue No: DDH27801
    • Label: Divine Art
    • Series: Historic Sound
    • Length: 72 minutes

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  • Bizet: Carmen

    Bizet: Carmen

    Raymonde Visconti & Georges Thill

    Chorus et Orchestre Symphonique de Paris, Elie Cohen

    • Release Date: 13th Nov 2006
    • Catalogue No: DDH27809
    • Label: Divine Art
    • Series: Historic Sound
    • Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

    2 CDs

    $18.50

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  • Milhaud - Orchestral & Chamber Music

    Milhaud - Orchestral & Chamber Music

    Ulysse Delecluse (clarinet), Jacques Parrenin (violin), Annette Haas-Hamburger (piano), Reginald Kell (clarinet), Jean Pougnet (violin), George Eskdale (trumpet), Anthony Pini (cello), Paul Draper (bassoon), Paul Badura-Skoda (piano)

    San Francisco Symphony, Wiener Symphoniker, Pierre Monteux,...

    • Catalogue No: DDH27807
    • Label: Divine Art
    • Series: Historic Sound
    • Length: 79 minutes

    CD

    $11.00

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  • The Art of Fugue

    The Art of Fugue

    The Roth Quartet

    • Catalogue No: DDH27804
    • Label: Divine Art
    • Series: Historic Sound
    • Length: 76 minutes

    CD

    $11.00

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  • Moeran - The Collected 78rpm Recordings 1925-42

    Moeran - The Collected 78rpm Recordings 1925-42

    Jean Pougnet, Frederick Riddle and Anthony Pini, John Goss, John Goss with Hubert Voss (piano), Heddle Nash & Gerald Moore

    Cathedral Male Voice Choir, Hallé Orchestra, Leslie Heward

    • Release Date: 13th Nov 2006
    • Catalogue No: DDH27808
    • Label: Divine Art
    • Series: Historic Sound
    • Length: 73 minutes

    CD

    $10.00

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