JOHN McCORMACK

 

ELECTRICAL RECORDINGS FOR THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY


NOTES


THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY / EMI
Recording Sessions, 1927-1942:

1927

1930

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1939

1940

1941

1942


1927

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1 SEPTEMBER 1927, "C" Studio, Small Queen's Hall, London.
With EDWIN SCHNEIDER, piano. 77.43 rpm:

La Procession ("Dieu s'avance A travers les champs!")(Franck)

Cc 11335-1        unpublished
   
Cc 11335-2        -----       -----       (2-032118)  DB 1095     IRX 26      EMI P 69+        -----
                                                                              GEMM 159
                                                                              GEMM 176e++


Desolation (from "Songs of the Chinese Poets")(Bantock, Op.2,#3)

Bb 11336-1        -----       -----       (6-2904)    DA 917      IR 1018     GV 523           -----
                                                      VA 59                   GEMM 159++


Bb 11336-2        -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       Opal 841/2       GEMM CD 9970


A Dream of Spring (from "Songs of the Chinese Poets")(Bantock, Op.2,#2)

Bb 11337-1        -----       -----       (6-2905)    DA 917      IR 1018     GV 523           -----
                                                      VA 59                   GEMM 159++
      
Bb 11337-2        -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       Opal 841/2       GEMM CD 9970
   
   
Du meines Herzens Krönelein (Strauss, Op.21 #2)

Bb 11338-1        -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       Opal 841/2       -----

Bb 11338-2        -----       -----       (7-42106)   DA 932      -----       HMV EX 2900563+  -----
                                                                              GEMM 158++


Allerseelen (Strauss, Op.10 #8)
   
Bb 11339-1        -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       Opal 841/2       -----

Bb 11339-2        -----       1660        (7-42107)   DA 932      IR 1019     COLH 123+        -----
                                                      VA 72                   GEMM 158++


2 SEPTEMBER 1927. "C" Studio, Small Queen's Hall, London.
With EDWIN SCHNEIDER, piano. 77.43 rpm:

Since First I Saw Your Face (Traditional, arr. Somervell)

Bb 11340-1        unpublished
   
Bb 11340-2        -----       -----       (6-2908)    DA 946      -----       GEMM 159         -----


FORTUNIO: J'amais la vielle maison grise (La Maison grise)(Messager) 

Bb 11341-1        -----       -----       (7-32121)   DA 946      -----       GV 523           -----
                                                                              GEMM 156

Bb 11341-2        -----       1660        -----       -----       -----       GEMM 275         -----


Who is Sylvia? (Schubert)

Bb 11342-1        -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       Opal 841/2       -----

Bb 11342-2        -----       1306        (6-2893)    DA933       IR 1012     P 69+            -----
                                                                              GEMM 158++

Die Liebe hat gelogen (Schubert)

Bb 11343-1        -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       Opal 841/2       -----

Bb 11343-2        -----       -----       (7-42108)   DA 933      IR 1012     COLH 123+        -----
                                                                              GEMM 158++

A Fairy Story By the Fire (Merikanto)

Bb 11344-1        unpublished

Bb 11344-2        -----       1307        (6-2906)    DA 942      IR 303      FLPS 1840+       -----
                                                      DA 1111                 GEMM 160
                                                                              GEMM 176e++
                                                                                    

The Silver Ring (Chaminade)

   Bb 11345-1           -----       1303        (6-2607)    DA 942      IR 259      -----            -----
                                                            DA 973      (IR  1051)


Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (Quilter)

   Bb 11346-1           -----       -----       (6-2894)    DA 1111     IR 304      -----            -----
   
   Bb 11346-2           -----       1307        -----       -----       -----       Opal 833/4       -----


The Cloths of Heaven (Dunhill)

   Bb 11347-1           -----       -----       (6-2895)    -----       -----       Arab.8124        -----
                                                                                    Opal 833/4       

Notes:
Victor 1303 shows title as "The Little Silver Ring."

               


5 SEPTEMBER 1927, "D" Studio, Small Queen's Hall, London.
With EDWIN SCHNEIDER, piano; R. GOSS-CUSTARD, organ; and LAURI KENNEDY, 'cello. 77.43 rpm:

Panis Angelicus (Franck)
  
  CR 1497-1             -----       -----       (2-052348)  DB 1095     IRX 26      P 69             -----
  
  CR 1497-2             -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       -----            -----
  
  CR 1497-3             -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       -----            -----


1930

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3 DECEMBER 1930, "C" Studio, Small Queen's Hall, London. With EDWIN SCHNEIDER, piano. 77.72 rpm:

There (Parry)

   Bb 21026-1           -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       -----            Pearl GEMM CD 970

   Bb 21026-2           -----       -----       (30-5304)   DA 1172     -----       EMI HQM 1228     Pearl GEMM CD 9343


The Fairy Tree (O'Brien)

   Bb 21027-1           unpublished

   Bb 21027-2           unpublished
   
   Bb 21027-3           -----       -----       (30-5305)   DA 1178     IR 266      RCA LCT 1036     -----


Far Apart (Falkenburgh-Vilas)  

  Bb 21028-1            -----       -----       (30-5307)   DA 1178     IR 303      -----            -----


Three Aspects (Parry)

   Bb 21029-1           -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       -----            Pearl GEMM CD 9970

   Bb 21029-2           -----       -----       (30-5307)   DA 1172     -----       -----            Pearl GEMM CD 9343
                                                            AGSA 21

Anakreons Grab (Wolf)  

   Bb 21030-1           unpublished; extant test pressings
   
   Bb 21030-2           -----       1568        (30-5308)   DA 1170     IR 1019     -----            -----
   

Schlafendes Jesuskind (Wolf)

   Bb 21031-1           -----       -----       (30-5309)   DA 1170      IR 1026    -----            Pearl GEMM CD 9343
   
   
Love's Secret (Bantock)

   Bb 21032-1           -----       -----       (30-5391)   DA 1175     IR 1013     -----            -----



4 DECEMBER 1930, "C" Studio, Small Queen's Hall, London. With EDWIN SCHNEIDER, piano. 76.00 rpm:

     
The Garden Where the Praties Grow (Traditional, arr. Liddle)

   Bb 21036-1           unpublished
                        
   Bb 21036-2           -----       1553        (30-5310)   DA 1171     IR 209      EMI COLH 124     -----


The Harp That Once Thro' Tara's Halls (Traditional)

   Bb 21037-1           -----       1553        (30-5311)    DA 1171    IR 209      Arab.8124        -----
                                    10-0042               
                                    in DM-1358

The Bitterness of Love (Dunn)

   Bb 21040-1           unpublished
   
   Bb 21040-2           -----       1568        (30-5312)   DA 1175     IR 1013     Pearl GEMM 240   -----
                    DA 1175   GEMM 240                      AGSA 21


Notes:
Re: Bb 21036: Note recent article in Scientific American about a Grecian Bend (!).
            


5 DECEMBER 1930, Kingsway Hall, London. With HERBERT DAWSON, organ. 76.00 rpm:

Ave Maria (Cornelius)

   Bb 20690-1           unpublished
   
   Bb 20690-2           -----       -----       (30-5313)   DA 1177     IR 266      EMI HLM 7037     -----


The Prayer Perfect (Speaks)

   Bb 20691-1           unpublished
   
   Bb 20691-2           -----       1554        (30-5314)   DA 1177     IR 304      Pearl GEMM 240   -----


McCormack's next recording sessions were in the United States on July 6th and November 2, 1931, his last two sessions there. The last session was notable for being recorded in comparative high fidelity, although only one take is known to exist and was not published until after the centenary of McCormack's birth. McCormack did not record again until May 27, 1932 in the UK. He never again made studio recordings in the United States.

1932

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27 MAY 1932, Kingsway Hall, London. With HERBERT DAWSON, organ, and Male Octet. 77.50 rpm:

Hymn to Christ the King (O'Brien)

   2B 3419-1
   
   2B 3419-2            -----       -----       (32-2868)   GSS 1       -----       Pearl GEMM 274   -----

Notes:
Single-face disc issued to benefit the building fund of Liverpool Cathedral.  Blank side contains photographs
  of the Archbishop of Liverpool and of McCormack as Rodolfo, his favorite photograph.


31 MAY 1932, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With EDWIN SCHNEIDER, piano. 77.50 rpm:

Beherzignung (Wolf)

   2B 2276-1            unpublished
   
   2B 2276-2            unpublished; extant test pressings
   
   2B 2276-3            -----       -----       (32-2883)   DB 1830     IRX 1008    EMI COLH 123     Pearl GEMM CD 9343


Ganymed (Wolf)

   2B 2277-1            unpublished
   
   2B 2277-2            -----       -----       (32-2884)   DB 1830     IRX 1008    EMI COLH 123     Pearl GEMM CD 9343

Notes:
HMV DB 1830 was recorded and issued under the auspices of the Hugo Wolf Society and included in the
  second album of songs issued by that group.


16 SEPTEMBER 1932. Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With EDWIN SCHNEIDER, piano. 77.50 rpm:

Bless This House (Brahe)

   OB 3850-1            -----       1625        (30-9364)   DA 1285     IR 205      EMI P 69         -----
                                                            DA 1712

   OB 3850-2            unpublished
            


Once in a Blue Moon (Fisher)

   OB 3851-1            unpublished

   OB 3851-2            -----       -----       (30-9365)   DA 1285     -----       EMI P 69         -----


L'Automne (Fauré)

   OB 3852-1            -----       -----       (30-9366)   DA 1286     (IR 1047)   Pearl GEMM 274   Pearl GEMM CD 9343
                                                            VA 72


Is She Not Passing Fair? (Elgar)

   OB 3853-1            -----       1649        (30-9367)   DA 1286     IR 1036     EMI HLM 7037     Pearl GEMM CD 9343


A Prayer to Our Lady (Ford)

   OB 3854-1            unpublished
   
   OB 3854-2            -----       1625        (30-9368)   DA 1287     IR 1014


Charm Me Asleep (Sanderson).

   OB 3855-1            -----       1649        (30-9369)   DA 1287     IR 1014     Pearl GEMM 274   -----
                                                            AGSA 57

I Know of Two Bright Eyes (Clutsam)

   OB 3856-I            -----       -----       (30-9370)   -----       -----       Pearl GEMM 274   -----



1933

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7 SEPTEMBER 1933, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. 77.92 rpm:


With PERCY KAHN, piano:

As I Sit Here (Sanderson)
   
   OB 5305-1            unpublished
   
   OB 5305-2            unpublished
   
   OB 5305-3            unpublished
   
   OB 5305-4            -----       -----       (30-11068)  DA 1342     IR 302      Pearl GEMM 274   -----


Vespers (Fisher)

   OB 5306-1            -----       -----       (30-11069)  DA 1343     -----       Pearl GEMM 274   -----

   OB 5306-2            unpublished

With MARTIN BROONES, piano:

Love's Roses (Broones)
   OB 5307-1            unpublished 

   OB 5307-2            -----       -----       (30-11070)  DA 1341     -----       Pearl GEMM 274   -----

With PERCY KAHN, piano:

South Winds (Kahn)

   OB 5308-1            -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       Pearl GEMM 274   -----

   OB 5308-2            -----       -----       (30-11071)  DA 1343     -----       Pearl GEMM 274   -----


My Moonlight Madonna (Fibich)

   OB 5309-1            -----       -----       (30-11072)  DA 1341     IR 258      Pearl GEMM 274   -----


Notes:
Sheet Music for OB 5305 gives title as "Remembering You."


13 SEPTEMBER 1933, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With PERCY KAHN, piano. 77.92 rpm:

I Know of Two Bright Eyes ("Myrra")(Clutsam)
           
   OB 5310-1`           -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       -----            -----
           
   OB 5310-2            -----       -----       (30-11115)  DA 1342     IR 262      Pearl GEMM 274   -----

   OB 5310-3            -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       -----            -----

   OB 5310-4            -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       -----            -----


1934

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24 AUGUST 1934, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With EDWIN SCHNEIDER, piano. 77.92 rpm:

Music of the Night (Coates)

   OEA 404-1            unpublished; extant test pressings

   OEA 404-2            -----       -----       -----       DA 1390     IR  1015    -----            -----


A Song Remembered (Coates)

   OEA 405-1            -----       -----       -----       DA 1390     IR  1015    -----            -----

   OEA 405-2            unpublished

     
Candle Light (Cadman)

     OEA 406-1          -----       -----       -----       DA  1404    IR  1039    -----            -----


An Old Sacred Lullaby (Corner, arr. Liddle)

   OEA 407-1            -----       -----       -----       DA  1404    IR  1039    EMI P 69         -----


Ein neues andachtiges Kindelwiegen (Corner, arr. Liddle)

   OEA 408-1            -----       -----       -----       DA  1675    (IR 1055)   Opal 833/4       -----


Friend O' Mine (Sanderson)

   OEA 409-1            -----       -----       -----       DA  1391    -----       EMI P 69         -----


Poor Man's Garden (Russell)

   OEA 410-1            -----       -----       1695        DA 1391     -----       EMI P 69         -----

     
Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair (Foster)

   OEA 411-1            -----       1700        -----       DA 1405     IR 1016     EMI COLH 124     -----


Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (Foster)

   OEA 412-1            unpublished

   OEA 412-2            -----       1700        -----       DA 1405     IR 1016     EMI COLH 124     -----

Notes:
Re OEA 406: Label states: "Dedicated by both author and composer to everybody's mother."



29 AUGUST 1934, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With EDWIN SCHNEIDER, piano. 71.92 rpm:

Green Pastures (Sanderson)
   
   OEA 419-1            unpublished

   OEA 419-2            -----       1695        -----       DA 1392     -----       EMI P 69         -----


A Little Prayer for Me (Russell)

   OEA 420-1            unpublished
   
   OEA 420-2            -----       -----       -----       DA 1392     -----       EMI P 69         -----


A Life Lesson (Nevin) 

   OEA 421-1            unpublished       

   OEA 421-2            -----       1711        -----       DA 1406     IR 1020     EMI BLP 1107     -----


A Necklace of Love (Nevin) 

   OEA 422-2            -----       1711        -----       DA 1406     IR 1020     EMI P 69         -----


Terence's Farewell to Kathleen  (Traditional)

   OEA 423-1            -----       -----       -----       DA 1396     IR 212      EMI COLH 124     -----


The Dawning of the Day (Traditional)

   OEA 424-1            unpublished
   
   OEA 424-2            -----       -----       -----       DA 1396     IR 212      MRF 5            -----


A House Love Made for You and Me (Coates)

   OEA 425-1            -----       -----       -----       DA 1393     -----       -----            -----


The Quietest Things (Wood) 

   OEA 426-1            -----       -----       -----       DA 1393     -----       EMI P 69         -----
   


1935

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27 JUNE 1935, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With EDWIN SCHNEIDER, piano. 77.92 rpm:

Oh Gathering Clouds (Traditional?)

   OEA 2121-1           -----       26772       -----       DA 1427     IR 1023     -----            -----
                                                            DA 1533     IR 1040    

OEA 2122-I     Little Child of Mary (from    

   OEA 2122-1           -----       26772       -----       DA 1427     IR 1040     -----            -----
                                                            DA 1534

   OEA 2122-2           -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       -----            -----

  
When the Children Say Their Prayers (Russell)

   OEA 2123-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1425     -----       -----            -----


Baby Aroon (O'Brien)

   OEA 2124-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1425     IR 1048     -----            -----

   OEA 2124-2           unpublished


When I Have Sung My Songs (Charles)
     
   OEA 2125-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1446     IR 1017     -----            -----


Song to the Seals (Bantock)
         
   OEA 2126-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1444     IR 326      -----            -----     
                                                            DA 1534
                                                            DA 1851
Earl Bristol's Farewell (Traditional)
   
   OEA 2127-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1446     IR 1017     -----            -----



28 JUNE 1935, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With EDWIN SCHNEIDER, piano. 77.92 rpm:

0 Mary Dear (Traditional)

   OEA 2128-1           unpublished; extant test pressing

   OEA 2128-2           -----       10-0042     -----       DA 1432     IR 368      EMI P 69         -----
                                    in DM-1358                           

Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms (Traditional)

   OEA 2129-1           -----       26569       -----       DA 1432     IR 257      EMI COLH 124     -----

   OEA 2129-2           unpublished
   

Shannon River (Morgan)

   OEA 2130-1           -----       26569       -----       DA 1426     IR 264      EMI 7P276        -----
   
   OEA 2130-2           unpublished; extant test pressing      


I Met an Angel (Morgan)

   OEA 2131-1           unpublished
     
   OEA 2131-2           -----       -----       -----       DA 1426     IR 301      -----            -----
                                                                        

Little House I Planned (Oliver)

   OEA 2132-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1428     -----       Opal 833/4       -----



Rise, Dawn of Love (Campton)
   
   OEA 2133-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1428     -----       Opal 833/4       -----


Herr, was trägt der Boden hier (Wolf)

   OEA 2134-1           -----       1739        -----       DA 1441     IR 1022     EMI COLH 123     -----


Auch kleine Dinge (Wolf) 

   OEA 2135-1           -----       1739        -----       DA 1441     IR 1022     EMI COLH 123     -----


23 JULY 1935, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With EDWIN SCHNEIDER, piano. 77.92 rpm:

Love's Secret (Bantock)

   OEA 2180-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1444     -----       -----            -----  
                                                            DA 1533
   OEA 2180-2           unpublished
    

She Rested By the Broken Brook (Coleridge-Taylor)
   
   OEA 2181-1           -----       -----       -----       -----       IR 1060     EMI HQM 1176     -----

   OEA 2181-2           unpublished


The Cloths of Heaven (Dunhill)

   OEA 2182-1           -----       26705       -----       DA 1445     IR 326      -----            -----
                                                            DA 1851

0 Men from the Fields (Traditional?)

   OEA 2183-1           -----       26705       -----       DA 1445     -----       EMI BLP 1107     -----


Notes:
Love's Secret, OEA 2180, is sung in key one-half step lower than in previous recordings.
Re OEA 2183-1, DA 1445: Label gives title as "Cradle Song" and attributes music to Hamilton Harty.


1936

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31 MARCH 1936, Abbey Road Studios, London.


With PERCY KAHN, piano. Studio 3. 77.40 rpm:

In Sweet Content (Sanderson)
   OEA 2746-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1478     -----       Opal 833/4       -----

   OEA 2746-2           unpublished


Ever In My Mind (Russell)
   
   OEA 2747-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1478     -----       Opal 833/4       -----

With orchestra conducted by LAWRANCE COLLINGWOOD. Studio 1. 77.40 rpm:

Green Isle of Erin (Roeckel)

   2EA 2748-1, 1A       -----       -----       -----       DB 2848     IRX 72      EMI P 69         -----  


The Kerry Dance (Molloy)

   2EA 2748-1, 1A       unpublished
                  
   2EA 2748-2           -----       14611       -----       DB 2848     IRX 72      EMI P 69         -----


She is Far from the Land (Traditional)
   
   2EA 2750-1, -1A      -----       14611       -----       DB 2849     IRX 1009    EMI P 69         -----


Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes (Traditional)

   2EA 2751-1, -1A      -----       -----       -----       DB 2849     IRX 1009    EMI P 69         -----

   2EA 2751-2           unpublished


Notes:
Published takes of 2EA 2748 are both -1 as well as -1A.
Published takes of 2EA 2750 are usually -1A.


7 APRIL 1936, Studio 1, Abbey Road, London. With orchestra conducted by WALTER GOEHR. 77.40 rpm:

IL PASTOR FIDO: Caro Amor (Handel)
   
   2EA 2764-1, 1A      -----       14305       -----       DB 2867     IRX 95      EMI COLH 123     -----


SEMELE: Where 'er You Walk (Handel)

   2EA 2765-1, 1A      -----       14305       -----       DB 2867     IRX 95      EMI COLH 123     -----


Träume (Wagner)

   2EA 2766-1, 1A      -----       -----       -----       DB 2868     (IRX 1018)  RCA LCT 1036     -----
   
   2EA 2766-2           unpublished
      
     
Schlafendes Jesuskind (Wolf)

   2EA 2767-1          -----       -----        -----      DB 2868     IRX 1014    EMI COLH 123     -----


Notes:
Some pressings of 2EA 2764 erroneously show this aria as being from FLORIDANTE.
Published takes of 2EA 2764-2766 are usually -1A.


McCormack did not record in the studio again until November 30, 1939. In this intervening interval, however, there are many surviving radio broadcasts. In the summer of 1936 he also recorded the three songs featured in the film "Wings of the Morning." He retired from active concertizing in 1938, but emerged to sing again in public with the outbreak of war. He sang a great many concerts to raise money for the war effort, and it is thought by many that these activities, frequently at outdoor rallies, contributed to his decline in health that led to his premature death in 1945.


1939

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30 NOVEMBER 1939, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With GERALD MOORE, piano. 78.00 rpm:

The Old House (O'Connor)

   OEA 8320-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1715     IR 206      EMI COLH 124     -----

   OEA 8320-2           unpublished


A Child's Prayer (Thayer)

   OEA 8321-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1715     IR 206      EMI 7P 211

   OEA 8321-2           unpublished


The Star of the County Down (Traditional, arr. Hughes)

   OEA 8322-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1718     IR 200      EMI COLH 124     -----
   
   OEA 8322-2           unpublished


I'll Walk Beside You (Murray)

   OEA 8323-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1718     IR 200      EMI P 69         -----
   
   OEA 8323-2           unpublished



1940

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12 APRIL 1940, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With orchestra conducted by LAWRANCE A. COLLINGWOOD. 78.00 rpm:

When You Wish Upon a Star (Harline)

   OEA 8525-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1729     IR 1033     EMI P 69         -----

   OEA 8525-2           unpublished


Little Wooden Head (Harline)

   OEA 8526-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1729     IR 1033     EMI P 69         -----

   OEA 8526-2           unpublished


The Magic of Your Love (Lehar-Stothart)

   OEA 8574-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1730     IR 207      EMI P 69         -----


2 MAY 1940, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With orchestra conducted by WALTER GOEHR. 78.00 rpm:

So Deep is the Night (Viaud-Chopin)

   OEA 8399-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1730     IR 207      EMI P 69         -----
   
   OEA 8399-2           unpublished
   

Mighty Lak' a Rose (Nevin)

   OEA 8604-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1740     (IR 1054)   EMI P 69         -----

   OEA 8604-2           unpublished


My Treasure (Trevalsa)

   OEA 8605-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1740     IR 256      EMI BLP 1107     -----


19 JUNE 1940, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With GERALD MOORE, piano. 78.00 rpm:

Plasir d'amour (Martini)

   OEA 8806-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1829     IR 1042     EMI P 69         -----

   OEA 8806-2           unpublished


Nina ("Tre giorni son che Nina")(Ciampi)

   OEA 8807-1           -----       -----       -----       AGSA 61     (IR 1045)   EMI COLH 123     -----


Echo (Somerset) 

   OEA 8808-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1741     IR 305      -----            -----

   OEA 8808-2           unpublished


Trees (Rasbach) 

   OEA 8809-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1741     IR 257      EMI P 69         -----

   OEA 8809-2           unpublished


Notes:
The Song, Nina, was formerly attributed to G. B. Pergolesi.


11 JULY 1940, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With GERALD MOORE, piano. 78.00 rpm:

Kashmiri Song (Woodforde-Finden)  

   OEA 8820-1           -----       2169        -----       DA 1746     -----       EMI P 69         -----


Till I Wake (Woodforde-Finden)  

   OEA 8821-1           -----       2169        -----       DA 1746     (IR 1053)   EMI P 69         -----

   OEA 8821-2           unpublished


The Lass With the Delicate Air (Arne)

   OEA 8822-1           -----       -----       -----       AGSA 52     -----       EMI P 69         Pearl GEMM CD 9970
   
   
The Blind Ploughman (Clark) 

   OEA 8823-1           -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       -----            Pearl GEMM CD 9970
   

Passing By (E. Purcell)

   OEA 8824-1           _____       -----       -----       AGSA 57     -----       EMI P 69         -----
   
   
The Sweetest Flower that Blows (Peterson)

   OEA 8825-1           unpublished; extant test pressings
   
   OEA 8825-2           unpublished
   


9 AUGUST 1940, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With GERALD MOORE, piano. 78.00 rpm:

Oft in the Stilly Night (Traditional, arr. Schneider)

   OEA 8849-1           -----       -----       -----       (DA 1760)   IR 1043     EMI COLH 124     -----

   OEA 8849-2           unpublished


The Meeting of the Waters (Traditional, arr. Schneider)

   OEA 8850-1           -----       10-0041     -----       DA 1752     IR 216      EMI COLH 124     -----
                                    in DM-1358


The Gentle Maiden (Traditional, arr. Somervell)
   
   OEA 8851-1           -----       -----       -----       (DA 1760)   IR 1043     EMI COLH 124     -----

   OEA 8851-2           unpublished


The Bard of Armagh (Traditional, arr. Hughes)

   OEA 8852-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1752     IR 216      EMI COLH 124     -----

   OEA 8852-2           unpublished



Notes: 
OEA 8851-1 was re-released on an unnumbered disc by the "Pigott Company," that was probably a re-recording
(speed unknown, probably 78.00 rpm at this late date) as well as unauthorized by the Gramophone Company. See OEA 9458,
August 26, 1941.


25 OCTOBER 1940, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With GERALD MOORE, piano. 78.00 rpm:

Silent Night (Gruber)

   OEA 8887-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1755     IR 263      EMI P 69         -----

   OEA 8887-2           unpublished


A Legend (Christ in His Garden)(Tchaikovsky)

   OEA 8888-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1755     -----       EMI EX 2900-     Pearl GEMM CD 9990
                                                                                            563


Faith (Carne)

   OEA 8889-1           -----       2205        -----       DA 1803     IR 297      -----            -----


All Through the Night ("Ar hyd y nos")(Traditional)

   OEA 8890-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1756     IR 262      -----            Pearl GEMM CD 9990


See Amid the Winter Snow (Traditional?)

   OEA 8891-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1756     IR 302      -----            Pearl GEMM CD 9990


Notes:
Re: OEA 8891: The tune that McCormack sings is not that of John Goss as presented in The New Oxford Book of Carols #95.


17 DECEMBER 1940, Studio 3. Abbey Road, London. With GERALD MOORE, piano. 78.00 rpm:

There is a Green Hill (Gounod)

   OEA 9062-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1773     IR 1032     -----            Pearl GEMM CD 9990



The Blind Ploughman (Clarke)

   OEA 9063-1           -----       -----       -----       AGSA 59     -----       EMI P 69         -----
   
   OEA 9063-2           unpublished
   
      
Oh! What Bitter Grief is Mine (Mozart)

   OEA 9064-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1828     IR 1038     EMI P 69         -----

   OEA 9064-2           unpublished


Oh, Could I But Express in Song (Malashkin)

   OEA 9065-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1829     IR 1042     EMI P 69         -----


Since First I Saw Your Face (Traditional, arr. Somervell)

   OEA 9066-1           -----       -----       -----       -----       IR 1060     -----            -----


Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon (Miller, arr. Gerald Moore)

   OEA 9067-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1762     IR 260      EMI COLH 124     -----


Maiden of Morven (Traditional)

   OEA 9068-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1762     IR 1023     -----            -----


Light of the Sunset Glow (Martin)

   OEA 9069-1           unpublished

   OEA 9069-2           -----       -----       -----       DA 1770     (IR 1054)   EMI P 69         -----


Notes:
Re OEA 9064: Cf. the extant broadcast recording of 27 December 1936.


1941

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                                                                         HMV
                        Victor      Victor      HMV         HMV         Irish       Lp Re-           CD Re-
Matrix-take             78 Sf       78 Df       78 Sf       78 Df       78 Df       Issue            Issue
-----                   -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       -----            -----


28 JANUARY 1941. Studio 3. Abbey Road, London. With GERALD MOORE, piano. 78.00 rpm:

 
"God Keep You" is My Prayer (Ray)

   OEA 9082-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1770     (IR 1058)   EMI P 69         Pearl GEMM CDS 9188
                                                                                                     Pearl GEMM CD 9990


At the Mid Hour of the Night (Traditional, arr. Stanford)

   OEA 9083-1           -----       -----       -----       AGSA 60     IR 1044     Asco A-110       Pearl GEMM CDS 9188


When I Awake (Wright)

   OEA 9084-1           -----       -----       -----       AGSA 58     (IR 1046)   Arab.8124        Pearl GEMM CDS 9188

   OEA 9084-2           unpublished


Down By the Sally Gardens (Traditional, arr. Hughes)

   OEA 9085-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1778     IR 300      EMI P 69         Pearl GEMM CDS 9188


She Rested  By the Broken Brook (Coleridge-Taylor)

   OEA 9086-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1778     -----       -----            Pearl GEMM CDS 9188


6 MARCH 1941, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With GERALD MOORE, piano. 78.00 rpm:

Jesus Christ, the Son of God (Bach, BWV 4)

   OEA 9099-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1773     IR 1032     MRF 5            Pearl GEMM CDS 9188
                                                                                                     Pearl GEMM CD  9990
   OEA 9099-2           unpublished
                                                                                                     
                                                                                                     
Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach, BWV 147)

   OEA 9100-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1786     IR 388      EMI P 69         Pearl GEMM CDS 9188
                                                                                                     Pearl GEMM CD  9990
                                                                                                     
The Street Sounds to the Soldiers' Tread (Somervell)

   OEA 9201-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1834     -----       Rococo 5343      Pearl GEMM CDS 9188


Silent Noon (Vaughn Williams)

   OEA 9202-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1776     IR 305      EMI P 69         Pearl GEMM CDS 9188


Loveliest of Trees (Somervell)

   OEA 9203-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1776     IR 301      EMI P 69         Pearl GEMM CDS 9188
     

White in the Moon the Long Road Lies (Somervell)

   OEA 9204-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1834     -----       Rococo 5343      Pearl GEMM CDS 9188


29 MAY 1941, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With GERALD MOORE, piano. 78.00 rpm:

The Dawn will Break (Wood)

   OEA 9314-1           -----       -----       -----       AGSA 55     (IR 1057)   Arab.8124        Pearl GEMM CDS 9188
   
   OEA 9314-2           unpublished 


The Village That Nobody Knows (Wood)

     OEA 9315-1         -----       -----       -----       AGSA 59     -----       EMI 7ER 5054     Pearl GEMM CDS 9188


Praise Ye the Lord (Ochs)

   OEA 9316-1           unpublished

   OEA 9316-2           -----       -----       -----       DA 1786     IR 388      EMI HLM-7037     Pearl GEMM CDS 9188
   
Notes:
Praise Ye the Lord was formerly attributed to Handel.


25 JUNE 1941, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With GERALD MOORE, piano. 78.00 rpm:

Linden Lea (Vaughn Williams)

   OEA 9326-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1791     IR 300      EMI P 69         Pearl GEMM CDS 9188    
                         

The White Peace (Bax) 

   OEA 9327-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1791     IR 299      EMI P 69         Pearl GEMM CDS 9188
   
   OEA 9327-2           unpublished


The Little Boats (Traditional, arr. Hughes) 
   
   OEA 9328-1           -----       -----       -----       AGSA 52     (IR 1057)   Arab.8124        Pearl GEMM CDS 9188

   OEA 9328-2           unpublished
   
   
She Moved Through the Fair (Traditional, arr. Hughes) 

   OEA 9329-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1813     IR 231      EMI P 69         Pearl GEMM CDS 9188
  

No, Not More Welcome (Traditional)

   OEA 9330-1           -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       -----            Pearl GEMM CDS 9188


26 AUGUST 1941, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With GERALD MOORE, piano. 78.00 rpm:

The Green Bushes (Traditional)

   OEA 9458-1           -----       -----       -----       AGSA 53     -----       EMI P 69         Pearl GEMM CDS 9188


Bantry Bay (Traditional)

   OEA 9459-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1813     IR 231      EMI P 69         Pearl GEMM CDS 9188
   

Our Finest Hour (G.Moore)

   OEA 9460-1           unpublished

   
Maureen (Roberton)

   OEA 9461-1           -----       -----       -----       AGSA 54     -----       EMI 7ER 5054     Pearl GEMM CDS 9188


Notes:

Notes: 
OEA 9458-1 was re-released on an unnumbered disc by the "Pigott Company," that was probably a re-recording
(speed unknown, probably 78.00 rpm at this late date) as well as unauthorized by the Gramophone Company. See OEA 8851,
August 9, 1940.



17 SEPTEMBER 1941, Studio 3, London. With GERALD MOORE, piano. 78.00 rpm:

Our Finest Hour (G. Moore) 

   OEA 9460-2           -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       -----            Pearl GEMM CDS 9188
                                                                                                     Pearl GEMM CD  9970                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
   OEA 9460-3           -----       2205        -----       DA 1803     IR 299      -----            Pearl GEMM CDS 9188

   OEA 9460-4           unpublished


6 NOVEMBER 1941, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With GERALD MOORE, piano. 78.00 rpm:

Jerusalem (Parry)

   OEA 9497-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1817     IR 1031     P 69             Pearl GEMM CDS 9188
                                                                                                     Pearl GEMM CD  9990
                                                                                                     Pearl GEMM CD  9970       

A Rose Still Blooms in Picardy (Wood)

   OEA 9489-2           -----       -----       -----       DA 1806     -----       -----            Pearl GEMM CDS 9188

   OEA 9489-3           unpublished


8 NOVEMBER 1941, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With GERALD MOORE, piano. 78.00 rpm:

Will You Go With Me (Murray) 

   OEA 9488-2           -----       -----       -----       DA 1806     IR 298      -----            Pearl GEMM CDS 9188

   OEA 9488-3           unpublished


25 NOVEMBER 1941, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London.
With MAGGIE TEYTE, soprano, and GERALD MOORE, piano 78.00 rpm:

Night Hymn at Sea (Goring-Thomas)

   2EA 9651-1           unpublished

   2EA 9651-2           -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       EMI RLS 716      Pearl GEMM CDS 9188


Still as the Night (Götze)

   2EA 9652-1           -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       EMI RLS 716      Pearl GEMM CDS 9188


Notes:
Re 2EA 9652-1: Re-recorded on December 24, 1947 to matrices 2EA 9652-1T1, -1T2, -1T3.


3 DECEMBER 1941, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With GERALD MOORE, piano. 78.00 rpm:

Off to Philadelphia (Traditional)

   OEA 9655-1           -----       -----       -----       AGSA 54     IR 1056     EMI COLH 124     Pearl GEMM CDS 9188


Come Back My Love (Rubinstein-Grün) 

   OEA 9656-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1809     IR 298      OASI 624         Pearl GEMM CDS 9188


Here in the Quiet Hills (Carne)

   OEA 9657-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1809     IR 297      -----            Pearl GEMM CDS 9188

   OEA 9657-2           unpublished



16 DECEMBER 1941, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With GERALD MOORE, piano. 78.00 rpm:

God Bless America (Berlin) 

   OEA 9666-1           unpublished

   OEA 9666-2           unpublished


The Battle Hymn of the Republic (Steffe)

   OEA 9667-1           unpublished

   OEA 9667-2           unpublished


23 DECEMBER 1941, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With GERALD MOORE, pianist. 78.00 rpm:

God Bless America (Berlin) 

   OEA 9666-3           -----       -----       -----       DA 1808     IR 1021     OASI 619         Pearl GEMM CDS 9188
                                                                                                     Pearl GEMM CD  9990
   OEA 9666-4           unpublished

        
The Battle Hymn of the Republic (Steffe)

   OEA 9667-3           -----       -----       -----       DA 1808     IR 1021     OASI 619         Pearl GEMM CDS 9188
                                                                                                     Pearl GEMM CD  9990


1942

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                                                                         HMV
                        Victor      Victor      HMV         HMV         Irish       Lp Re-           CD Re-
Matrix-take             78 Sf       78 Df       78 Sf       78 Df       78 Df       Issue            Issue
-----                   -----       -----       -----       -----       -----       -----            -----


26 MAY 1942, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With GERALD MOORE, piano. 78.00 rpm:

By the Lakes of Killarney (Case)   

   OEA 9868-1           -----       -----       -----       AGSA 60     IR 1044     Asco A 110       Pearl GEMM CDS 9188

               
Love Thee, Dearest, Love Thee (traditional)

   OEA 9869-1           -----       -----       -----       AGSA 53     IR 1056     EMI COLH 124     Pearl GEMM CDS 9188

   OEA 9869-2           unpublished


Children's Prayer in Wartime (Wolfe)

   OEA 9870-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1817     IR 1031     -----            Pearl GEMM CDS 9188

   OEA 9870-2           unpublished
   

Notes:
Re OEA 9868: Label credits words to Fitzgerald.



10 AUGUST 1942, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With GERALD MOORE, piano. 78.00 rpm:

One Love Forever (Leslie-Smith)

   OEA 9887-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1820     -----       -----            Pearl GEMM CDS 9188

   OEA 9887-2           unpublished

     
Say a Little Prayer (Mason)

   OEA 9888-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1820     -----       EMI P 69         Pearl GEMM CDS 9188

   OEA 9888-2           unpublished


10 SEPTEMBER 1942, Studio 3, Abbey Road, London. With GERALD MOORE, piano. 78.00 rpm:

Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart)

   OEA 9276-1           -----       -----       -----       DA 1828     IR 1038     -----            Pearl GEMM CDS 9188

   OEA 9276-2           unpublished


To Chloë (Mozart)

   OEA 9277-1           -----       -----       -----       AGSA 61     (IR 1045)   EMI COLH 123     Pearl GEMM CDS 9188


Waiting for You (Phillips)

   OEA 9278-1           -----       -----       -----       AGSA 58     IR 1046     Arab.8124        Pearl GEMM CDS 9188


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