An English record label for classical music
Biddulph Recordings is a record label based in
Devon, England
[1] specialising in the restoration of historical performances, particularly by string musicians.
[2] It was founded in 1989 by violin dealer Peter Biddulph and Eric Wen, a
musicologist and historian of string performances.
[3]
[2] In 2003, Sarah Woodward joined and has since overseen the historical vocal label Romophone.
[4] Biddulph Recordings’ honours include the
Gramophone 1999 ICRC award for "Historical Recording of the Year".[
citation needed ]
Historic reissues
The early Biddulph titles included the first digital reissues of recordings by
Fritz Kreisler ,
Joseph Szigeti ,
Jacques Thibaud , and
Yehudi Menuhin .
[2]
[5]
[6] By the mid-1990s, Biddulph Recordings had also released complete editions of
Bronisław Huberman ,
Mischa Elman ,
Jan Kubelík ,
Henri Temianka ,
Toscha Seidel ,
Ossy Renardy ,
Lionel Tertis ,
William Primrose ,
Pablo Casals , and
Ruggiero Ricci .
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[5]
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[11]
[12] The Biddulph label soon include historical piano recordings, with the first digital reissues of recordings by
Alfred Cortot ,
Harold Bauer , and
Percy Grainger ,
[6]
[13]
[14]
[15] followed by
Myra Hess ,
Moriz Rosenthal ,
Raoul Koczalski ,
Wilhelm Backhaus , and
Shura Cherkassky .
[16]
[17]
[18]
[6]
[19] Biddulph later branched into historical orchestral and chamber music, reissuing the work of
Willem Mengelberg ,
Serge Koussevitzky ,
Leopold Stokowski ,
Thomas Beecham ,
Max Fiedler , and
Hermann Abendroth ,
[20]
[21]
[4]
[6]
[22]
[23]
[24] as well as the
Budapest String Quartet , the
Busch Quartet , the
Capet Quartet , and the
Primrose Quartet .
[25]
[26]
[27]
[28]
Original recordings
Biddulph Recordings has also produced a number of important original recordings.
[12] The first of these was the recital recording debut of violinist
Maxim Vengerov , then an unknown 14-year-old prodigy.
[12]
[6] This was followed by Ruggiero Ricci’s accounts of the
Beethoven and
Brahms Concertos featuring 16 and 14 different
cadenzas respectively (both concerto albums were tracked to enable the listener to choose which cadenza to program into each performance).
[29] Other new recordings on the Biddulph label include the
Bach interpretations of pianist
Edward Aldwell ,
[30] and the violin performances of
Oscar Shumsky ,
Aaron Rosand , and
Arnold Steinhardt .
[3]
[31]
[32]
References
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"Contacts" . Tokyo String Quartet. n.d. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"OUT NOW - Arnold Steinhardt and Seymour Lipkin's "Weber: Six Violin Sonatas" " . The Violin Channel. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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b Robbins, Terry (2 November 2020).
"EARLY, CLASSICAL AND BEYOND" . The Whole Note. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"CD Restorations of Recordings of Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra" . Stokowski.org. n.d. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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b Munstedt, Peter (1991).
"Recordings Received" (PDF) . Association for Recorded Sound Collections. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"Welcome" . Peter Biddulph. n.d. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"Ossy Renardy" . AllMusic. n.d. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"Bronislaw Huberman" . AllMusic. 1993. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"Jan Kubelík - Historical Recordings" . Jan Kubelik Society. n.d. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
^ McLellan, Joseph (16 August 1992).
"Classical Recordings" . The Washington Post . Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
^ Munstedt, Peter (1992).
"Recordings Received" (PDF) . Association for Recorded Sound Collections. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"Peter Biddulph" . Maestronet. n.d. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"Alfred Cortot" . AllMusic. n.d. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"Harold Bauer/Biddulph/" . Pianist Discography. n.d. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
^ Simon, Robert.
Peter Grainger: The Pictorial Biography . p. 129.
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"Shura Cherkassky: The Young Shura Cherkassky" . AllMusic. 1999. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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Myra Hess : the complete solo American Columbia recordings . WorldCat. 1994.
OCLC
36196392 . Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"Moriz Rosenthal" . AllMusic. 1999. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"Wilhelm Backhaus: Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 "Emperor" " . AllMusic. 1997. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"The complete solo double-bass recordings ; Early recordings with the Boston Symphony" . University of Nebraska Kearney. 1994. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"Willem Mengelberg : the complete 1922-25 New York Philharmonic recordings" . University of Chicago. n.d. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"CD Masters" . BBC. 16 January 2006. Retrieved 13 February 2022 .
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Max Fiedler conducts Brahms . WorldCat. 1994.
OCLC
37279970 . Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3" . AllMusic. 1999. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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Budapesti Voanosneagyes : (The original Budapest Quartet) . WorldCat. 1998.
OCLC
40742173 . Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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String quartet in F, op. 59, no. 1 ; String quartet no. 8 in E minor, op. 59, no. 2 . WorldCat. 2004.
OCLC
55496114 . Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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Capet String Quartet : string quartets . WorldCat. 2020.
OCLC
1182610541 . Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"Primrose Quartet: The Primrose Quartet" . AllMusic. 1992. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"Beethoven Violin Concerto: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra" . Gramophone. n.d. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"Aldwell's Bach" . Bach Cantatas. 1996. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"BRAHMS Violin Concerto (Oscar Shumsky)" . Gramophone. n.d. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
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"Fuchs Works for Violin and Piano" . Gramophone. n.d. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .