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Nellie Melba`s most famous recording, `Home Sweet Home`. Acoustic recording 1905.

The first attempt at recording a `complete` Wagner opera. Bayreuth 1928, Columbia recorded this opera on 38 78rpm sides, Act 1 and Act 2 are virtually complete, but sadly Act 3 was badly cut to fit the discs. Cast includes Nanny Larsen-Todsen (Isolde), Gunnar Graarud (Tristan), Anny Helm (Bragane), Rudolf Bockelmann (Kurwenal) and Ivar Andresen (Konig Marke). The conductor was Karl Elmendorff. A landmark recording.

1959.

World premiere recording of this work. Yehuda Hanani (cello) with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland). Conductor: William Eddins. Recorded 2007.

Westphalian Synphony Orchestra. Conductor: Siegfried Landau. Three movements: 1. Pastoral 2. Chorale 3. Passacaglia and Fugue

Conductor - William Eddins. Recorded: April 23-24, 2007, Dublin.

Yehuda Hanani (cello) was a pupil of Leonard Rose, for whom the work was written. RTE National Symphony Orchestra (Ireland). Conductor: William Eddins. The work starts with the Shakespeare poem intended to be recited before the music begins, read by American actress Jane Alexander.

Recorded: March 16, 2002, USA.

Recorded: November 18, 2001, USA.