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It is part of the wiki [[Classical 'Society' Records by Nick Morgan]].
 
It is part of the wiki [[Classical 'Society' Records by Nick Morgan]].
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In future, it is hoped to publish an additional page dedicated to each issue, with more information about its production, contents and reception.
 
In future, it is hoped to publish an additional page dedicated to each issue, with more information about its production, contents and reception.
  
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For an account of the Society itself, please see [[National Gramophonic Society]].
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For an account of the NGS itself, please see [[National Gramophonic Society]].
  
 
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|(iv) Rondo. Poco Allegretto e grazioso [part 3]||Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Lockyer (viola II), Patterson Parker, Robinson (cello II)||<div style="text-align: center;">6</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">GS 30</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. July 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Parlophone||Parlophone studio,<br />City Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">DD+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
 
|(iv) Rondo. Poco Allegretto e grazioso [part 3]||Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Lockyer (viola II), Patterson Parker, Robinson (cello II)||<div style="text-align: center;">6</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">GS 30</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. July 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Parlophone||Parlophone studio,<br />City Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">DD+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
 
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|<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Aynsley_Goossens '''Goossens, Eugene''']</span> [III] <span class="plainlinks">[https://imslp.org/wiki/2_Sketches,_Op.15_(Goossens,_Eugene) ''Two Sketches'' Op.15]</span> –<br />(i) ''By the Tarn''||[[Music Society String Quartet]]<br />(Mangeot, Pecker, Berly, Barbirolli)||<div style="text-align: center;">4</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">GS 17<sup>2</sup></div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. May 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Parlophone||Parlophone studio,<br />City Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">DD–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>||Filler. Coupled by mistake, against wishes of André Mangeot<ref>'[...] would it be possible to get the Lament of Tomlinson on 12 inch put together[?] with the Brahms 6<sup>tet</sup> of Spencer Dyke and get our Goossens By the Tarn go on the back of Gibbons 3,9'<br />Annotation in André Mangeot's hand on MS letter from Robert Gathorne-Hardy to Mangeot, dated 23 December 1925, André Mangeot Collection, Royal College of Music, London</ref>
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|<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Aynsley_Goossens '''Goossens''', Eugene]</span> [III] <span class="plainlinks">[https://imslp.org/wiki/2_Sketches,_Op.15_(Goossens,_Eugene) ''Two Sketches'' Op.15]</span> –<br />(i) ''By the Tarn''||[[Music Society String Quartet]]<br />(Mangeot, Pecker, Berly, Barbirolli)||<div style="text-align: center;">4</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">GS 17<sup>2</sup></div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. May 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Parlophone||Parlophone studio,<br />City Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">DD–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>||Filler. Coupled by mistake, against wishes of André Mangeot<ref>'[...] would it be possible to get the Lament of Tomlinson on 12 inch put together[?] with the Brahms 6<sup>tet</sup> of Spencer Dyke and get our Goossens By the Tarn go on the back of Gibbons 3,9'<br />Annotation in André Mangeot's hand on MS letter from Robert Gathorne-Hardy to Mangeot, dated 23 December 1925, André Mangeot Collection, Royal College of Music, London</ref>
 
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|(ii) Adagio [part 3]||Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">AX 1071-2</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">15 July 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Columbia||Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">JJ–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
 
|(ii) Adagio [part 3]||Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">AX 1071-2</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">15 July 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Columbia||Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">JJ–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
 
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|(ii) Adagio [part 4]<br />(iii) Scherzo. Presto||Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">AX 1072-2</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">15 July 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Columbia||Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">KK+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
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|(ii) Adagio [part 4]<br />(iii) [part 1] Scherzo. Presto||Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">AX 1072-2</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">15 July 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Columbia||Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">KK+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
 
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|(iii) Trio. Andante sostenuto||Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">AX 1073-2</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">16 July 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Columbia||Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">KK–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
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|(iii) [part 2] Trio. Andante sostenuto||Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">AX 1073-2</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">16 July 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Columbia||Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">KK–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
 
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|(iii) 'Bridge passage leading to' Scherzo. Presto, da capo||Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">AX 1074-2</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">16 July 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Columbia||Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">LL+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
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|(iii) [part 3] 'Bridge passage leading to' Scherzo. Presto, da capo||Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">AX 1074-2</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">16 July 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Columbia||Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">LL+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
 
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|(iv) Allegretto [part 1]||Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">AX 1075-2</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">16 July 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Columbia||Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">LL–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
 
|(iv) Allegretto [part 1]||Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">AX 1075-2</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">16 July 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Columbia||Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">LL–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
 
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|(iv) Allegretto [part 3]||Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">AX 1076-2</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">16 July 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Columbia||Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">MM+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
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|(iv) Allegretto [part 2]||Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">AX 1076-2</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">16 July 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Columbia||Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">MM+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
 
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|(iv) Allegretto. Più allegro [part 3]||Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">AX 1077-2</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">16 July 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Columbia||Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">MM–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
 
|(iv) Allegretto. Più allegro [part 3]||Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">AX 1077-2</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">16 July 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Columbia||Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">MM–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
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|[[Tomlinson, Ernest (viola)|'''Tomlinson''', Ernest]]<ref>Ernest Tomlinson (1877-1957), well-known teacher and viola player in several distinguished quartets including the [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]], is not to be confused with the composer and conductor <span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Tomlinson Ernest Tomlinson]</span> (1924-2015)</ref> ''A Lament''||[[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]<br />(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)||<div style="text-align: center;">4</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">GS 21</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. July 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Parlophone||Parlophone studio,<br />City Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">EE+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>||Coupled by mistake, against wishes of André Mangeot<ref>'[...] would it be possible to get the Lament of Tomlinson on 12 inch put together[?] with the Brahms 6<sup>tet</sup> of Spencer Dyke and get our Goossens By the Tarn go on the back of Gibbons 3,9'<br />Annotation in André Mangeot's hand on MS letter from Robert Gathorne-Hardy to Mangeot, dated 23 December 1925, André Mangeot Collection, Royal College of Music, London</ref>
 
|[[Tomlinson, Ernest (viola)|'''Tomlinson''', Ernest]]<ref>Ernest Tomlinson (1877-1957), well-known teacher and viola player in several distinguished quartets including the [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]], is not to be confused with the composer and conductor <span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Tomlinson Ernest Tomlinson]</span> (1924-2015)</ref> ''A Lament''||[[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]<br />(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)||<div style="text-align: center;">4</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">GS 21</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. July 1925</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Parlophone||Parlophone studio,<br />City Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">EE+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>||Coupled by mistake, against wishes of André Mangeot<ref>'[...] would it be possible to get the Lament of Tomlinson on 12 inch put together[?] with the Brahms 6<sup>tet</sup> of Spencer Dyke and get our Goossens By the Tarn go on the back of Gibbons 3,9'<br />Annotation in André Mangeot's hand on MS letter from Robert Gathorne-Hardy to Mangeot, dated 23 December 1925, André Mangeot Collection, Royal College of Music, London</ref>
 
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|<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Gibbons '''Gibbons''']</span> [ed. Fellowes?]<br /><span class="plainlinks">[https://imslp.org/wiki/Fantasia_in_G_minor%2C_VdGS_2.3_(Gibbons%2C_Orlando) Fantasia à 3 VdGS 3]</span><br /><span class="plainlinks">[https://imslp.org/wiki/Fantasia_in_D_minor%2C_VdGS_2.9_(Gibbons%2C_Orlando) Fantasia à 3 VdGS 9]</span>||[[Music Society String Quartet]]<br />(Mangeot, Pecker, Berly, Barbirolli)||<div style="text-align: center;">3</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">GS 18</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. May-25</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Parlophone||Parlophone studio,<br />City Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">EE–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>||Fantasia No.3 played by violin, viola and 'cello<br />Fantasia No.9 played by two violins and 'cello
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|<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Gibbons '''Gibbons''']</span> arr. Fellowes(?)<ref>Gibbons' 3-part fantasies probably performed in the arrangement for modern string trio by <span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Fellowes Edmund Fellowes]</span>, published by Stainer & Bell, London, 1924</ref><br /><span class="plainlinks">[https://imslp.org/wiki/Fantasia_in_G_minor%2C_VdGS_2.3_(Gibbons%2C_Orlando) Fantasia à 3 VdGS 3]</span><br /><span class="plainlinks">[https://imslp.org/wiki/Fantasia_in_D_minor%2C_VdGS_2.9_(Gibbons%2C_Orlando) Fantasia à 3 VdGS 9]</span>||[[Music Society String Quartet]]<br />(Mangeot, Pecker, Berly, Barbirolli)||<div style="text-align: center;">3</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">GS 18</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. May-25</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Parlophone||Parlophone studio,<br />City Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">EE–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>||Fantasia No.3 played by violin, viola and 'cello<br />Fantasia No.9 played by two violins and 'cello
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|<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Gibbons '''Gibbons''']</span> arr. Fellowes(?)<br /><span class="plainlinks">[https://imslp.org/wiki/Fantasia_in_D_minor%2C_VdGS_2.6_(Gibbons%2C_Orlando) Fantasia à 3 VdGS 6]</span><br /><span class="plainlinks">[https://imslp.org/wiki/Fantasia_in_D_minor%2C_VdGS_2.8_(Gibbons%2C_Orlando) Fantasia à 3 VdGS 8]</span>||[[Music Society String Quartet]]<br />(Mangeot, Pecker, [Berly,] Barbirolli)||<div style="text-align: center;">3</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">GS 19</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. May-25</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Parlophone||Parlophone studio,<br />City Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">FF+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">10" / 25 cm</div>||Fantasias both played by two violins and 'cello but four players credited on disc label
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|<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Aynsley_Goossens '''Goossens''', Eugene]</span> [III] <span class="plainlinks">[https://imslp.org/wiki/2_Sketches,_Op.15_(Goossens,_Eugene) ''Two Sketches'' Op.15]</span> –<br />(ii) ''Jack o' Lantern''||[[Music Society String Quartet]]<br />(Mangeot, Pecker, Berly, Barbirolli)||<div style="text-align: center;">4</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">GS 20<sup>3</sup></div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. May-25</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Parlophone||Parlophone studio,<br />City Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">FF–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">10" / 25 cm</div>
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===Issue 8, May 1926===
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|<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Elgar '''Elgar''']</span> <span class="plainlinks">[https://imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Quintet,_Op.84_(Elgar,_Edward) Quintet for piano and strings in a Op.84]</span> –<br />(i) Moderato; Allegro [part 1]||Hobday, [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 1X</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. February/March 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">NN+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>||Quartet members not named on disc labels; presumed to be Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker
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|(i) Allegro [part 2]||Hobday, [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 2X</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. February/March 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">NN–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
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|(i) Allegro [part 3]||Hobday, [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 3X</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. February/March 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">OO+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
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|(i) Allegro [part 4]||Hobday, [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 4X</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. February/March 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">OO–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
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|(ii) Adagio [part 1]||Hobday, [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. February/March 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">PP+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
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|(ii) Adagio [part 2]||Hobday, [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 6</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. February/March 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">PP–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
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|(ii) Adagio [part 3]||Hobday, [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 7</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. February/March 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">QQ+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
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|(iii) Andante. Allegro [part 1]||Hobday, [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 8X</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. February/March 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">QQ</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
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|(iii) Allegro [part 2]||Hobday, [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 9</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. February/March 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">RR+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
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|(iii) Allegro [part 3]||Hobday, [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 10X</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. February/March 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">RR–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
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===Issue 9, June 1926===
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|<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Brahms '''Brahms''']</span> <span class="plainlinks">[https://imslp.org/wiki/Clarinet_Quintet,_Op.115_(Brahms,_Johannes)Quintet for clarinet and strings in b Op.115]</span> –<br />(i) Allegro [part 1]||<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Thurston Thurston]</span>, [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 11X</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. May/June 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">SS+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>||Quartet members named on label of filler only (see below); presumed to be Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker
 +
|-
 +
|(i) Allegro [part 2]||<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Thurston Thurston]</span>, [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 12X</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. May/June 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">SS–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
 +
|-
 +
|(i) Allegro [part 3]||<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Thurston Thurston]</span>, [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 13X</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. May/June 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">TT+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
 +
|-
 +
|(ii) Adagio [part 1]||<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Thurston Thurston]</span>, [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 14</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. May/June 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">TT–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
 +
|-
 +
|(ii) Adagio [part 2]||<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Thurston Thurston]</span>, [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 15</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. May/June 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">UU+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
 +
|-
 +
|(ii) Adagio [part 3]||<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Thurston Thurston]</span>, [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 16X</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. May/June 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">UU–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
 +
|-
 +
|(iii) Andantino||<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Thurston Thurston]</span>, [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 17X</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. May/June 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">VV+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
 +
|-
 +
|(iv) Con moto [part 1]||<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Thurston Thurston]</span>, [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 18X</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. May/June 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">VV–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
 
|-
 
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|<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Gibbons '''Gibbons''']</span> [ed. Fellowes?]<br /><span class="plainlinks">[https://imslp.org/wiki/Fantasia_in_D_minor%2C_VdGS_2.6_(Gibbons%2C_Orlando) Fantasia à 3 VdGS 6]</span><br /><span class="plainlinks">[https://imslp.org/wiki/Fantasia_in_D_minor%2C_VdGS_2.8_(Gibbons%2C_Orlando) Fantasia à 3 VdGS 8]</span>||[[Music Society String Quartet]]<br />(Mangeot, Pecker, Berly, Barbirolli)||<div style="text-align: center;">3</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">GS 19</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. May-25</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Parlophone||Parlophone studio,<br />City Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">FF+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">10" / 25 cm</div>||Fantasias both played by two violins and 'cello but four players credited on disc label
+
|(iv) Con moto [part 2]||<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Thurston Thurston]</span>, [[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]||<div style="text-align: center;">5</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 19X</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. May/June 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">WW+</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>
 
|-
 
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|<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Aynsley_Goossens '''Goossens, Eugene''']</span> [III] <span class="plainlinks">[https://imslp.org/wiki/2_Sketches,_Op.15_(Goossens,_Eugene) ''Two Sketches'' Op.15]</span> –<br />(ii) ''Jack o' Lantern''||[[Music Society String Quartet]]<br />(Mangeot, Pecker, Berly, Barbirolli)||<div style="text-align: center;">4</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">GS 20<sup>3</sup></div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. May-25</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Parlophone||Parlophone studio,<br />City Road, London||<div style="text-align: center;">FF–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">10" / 25 cm</div>
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|<span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Gli%C3%A8re '''Glière''']</span> <span class="plainlinks">[https://imslp.org/wiki/String_Quartet_No.1,_Op.2_(Gli%C3%A8re,_Reinhold)String Quartet in A Op.2]</span> –<br />(ii) Scherzo. Allegro||[[Spencer Dyke String Quartet]]<br />(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)||<div style="text-align: center;">4</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">NGS 27</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">c. May/June 1926</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">ac</div>||Vocalion||Vocalion studio,<br />Duncan Avenue, London||<div style="text-align: center;">WW–</div>||<div style="text-align: center;">12" / 30 cm</div>||Filler
 
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1924-25 Season

Issue 1, October 1924

Selection(s) Artist(s) # Art. Matrix Rec. date Sys. Producer Location Cat. ID Diam. Notes
Beethoven String Quartet in Eb Op.74 –
(i) Poco adagio; Allegro [part 1]		 Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
AX 541-1
30 July 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
A+
12" / 30 cm
 Analytical note, Title unknown, by 'N.P.' (Alec Robertson) issued with discs; no copy known
(i) Allegro [part 2] Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
AX 542-1
30 July 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
A–
12" / 30 cm
(ii) Adagio ma non troppo [part 1] Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
AX 543-1
30 July 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
B+
12" / 30 cm
(ii) Adagio ma non troppo [part 2] Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
AX 544-1
30 July 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
B–
12" / 30 cm
(iii) Presto Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
AX 545-1
30 July 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
C+
12" / 30 cm
(iv) Allegretto con variazioni Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
AX 546-1
30 July 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
C–
12" / 30 cm
Debussy String Quartet in g Op.10 –
(i) Animé et très décidé [part 1]		 Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
AX 547-1
30 July 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
D+
12" / 30 cm
 Analytical note, Title unknown, by 'N.P.' (Alec Robertson) issued with discs; no copy known
(i) Animé et très décidé [part 2]
(iii) Andantino [part 1]		 Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
AX 548-1
30 July 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
D–
12" / 30 cm
 Movements recorded in order (i), (iii), (ii), (iv), probably to reduce number of discs
(iii) Andantino [part 2] Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
AX 549-2
30 July 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
E+
12" / 30 cm
(ii) Assez vif et bien rythmé Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
AX 550-1
30 July 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
E–
12" / 30 cm
(iv) Très modéré [part 1] Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
AX 551-1
30 July 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
F+
12" / 30 cm
(iv) Très modéré [part 2] Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
AX 552-1
30 July 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
F–
12" / 30 cm

Extraordinary issue, January 1925

Selection(s) Artist(s) # Art. Matrix Rec. date Sys. Producer Location Cat. ID Diam. Notes
Rubinstein, Anton String Quartet in F Op.17 No.3 –
(ii) Allegro		 Cobbett Quartet
(Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Hann
4
AX 540-1
28 July 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
G+
12" / 30 cm
 Both sides (and two others, see below) recorded as 'tests', not originally destined for issue
Raff String Quartet No.7 in D Op.192 No.2, Die schöne Müllerin [as 'Maid of the Mill Suite'] –
(v) Erklärung [as 'The Declaration']. Andantino, quasi allegretto		 Cobbett Quartet
(Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Hann)
4
AX 537-1
28 July 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
G–
12" / 30 cm
 Disc distributed gratis to members as present for Christmas 1924, in compensation for delay to Society's next issue

Issue 2, February/March 1925

Selection(s) Artist(s) # Art. Matrix Rec. date Sys. Producer Location Cat. ID Diam. Notes
Schubert Piano Trio in Eb D.929 –
(i) Allegro [part 1]		 Spencer Dyke, Patterson Parker, Craxton
3
AX 667-1
10 October 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
H+
12" / 30 cm
 Coupled with Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht as one set
(i) Allegro [part 2] Spencer Dyke, Patterson Parker, Craxton
3
AX 668-1
10 October 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
H–
12" / 30 cm
(i) Allegro [part 3] Spencer Dyke, Patterson Parker, Craxton
3
AX 669-1
10 October 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
I+
12" / 30 cm
(ii) Andante con moto [part 1] Spencer Dyke, Patterson Parker, Craxton
3
AX 670-1
10 October 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
I–
12" / 30 cm
(ii) Andante con moto [part 2] Spencer Dyke, Patterson Parker, Craxton
3
AX 671-1
10 October 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
K+
12" / 30 cm
 Catalogue letter J not used
(iii) Scherzando. Allegro moderato Spencer Dyke, Patterson Parker, Craxton
3
AX 840-1
7 January 1925
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
K–
12" / 30 cm
(iv) Allegro moderato [part 1] Spencer Dyke, Patterson Parker, Craxton
3
AX 841-1
7 January 1925
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
L+
12" / 30 cm
 Recording date of this side stated on Columbia manufacturing card, erroneously, as '7th Jan 1924'
(iv) Allegro moderato [part 2] Spencer Dyke, Patterson Parker, Craxton
3
AX 842-1
7 January 1925
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
L–
12" / 30 cm
(iv) Allegro moderato [part 3] Spencer Dyke, Patterson Parker, Craxton
3
AX 843-1
7 January 1925
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
M+
12" / 30 cm
Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht, sextet Op.4
[Part 1]		 Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Lockyer (viola II), Patterson Parker, Robinson (cello II)
6
AX 663-1
10 October 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
M–
12" / 30 cm
 Effectively performed by Spencer Dyke String Quartet, not credited as such on disc labels, plus supernumeraries. Coupled with Schubert Piano Trio D.929 as one set
[Part 2] Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Lockyer (viola II), Patterson Parker, Robinson (cello II)
6
AX 664-1
10 October 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
N+
12" / 30 cm
[Part 3] Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Lockyer (viola II), Patterson Parker, Robinson (cello II)
6
AX 665-1
10 October 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
N–
12" / 30 cm
[Part 4] Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Lockyer (viola II), Patterson Parker, Robinson (cello II)
6
AX 666-1
10 October 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
O+
12" / 30 cm
[Part 5] Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Lockyer (viola II), Patterson Parker, Robinson (cello II)
6
AX 829-1
30 December 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
O–
12" / 30 cm
[Part 6] Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Lockyer (viola II), Patterson Parker, Robinson (cello II)
6
AX 830-1
30 December 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
P+
12" / 30 cm
[Part 7] Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Lockyer (viola II), Patterson Parker, Robinson (cello II)
6
AX 831-1
30 December 1924
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
P–
12" / 30 cm

Issue 3, July/August 1925

Selection(s) Artist(s) # Art. Matrix Rec. date Sys. Producer Location Cat. ID Diam. Notes
Beethoven String Quartet in F Op.59 No.1 –
(i) Allegro [part 1]		 Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
GS 73
c. June 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
T+
12" / 30 cm
 '[...] unusual difficulties have been encountered, and re-recordings have been necessary'[1]
(i) Allegro [part 2] Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
GS 8
April 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
T–
12" / 30 cm
 Main recording session held shortly before 24 April 1925 board meeting of Gramophone (Publications) Limited[2]
(i) Allegro [part 3] Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
GS 9
April 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
V+
12" / 30 cm
 Catalogue letter U not used
(ii) Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando [part 1] Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
GS 10
April 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
V–
12" / 30 cm
(ii) Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando [part 2] Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
GS 11
April 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
W+
12" / 30 cm
(ii) Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando [part 3] Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
GS 122
April 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
W–
12" / 30 cm
(iii) Adagio molto e mesto [part 1] Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
GS 13
April 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
X+
12" / 30 cm
(iii) Adagio molto e mesto [part 2] Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
GS 14
April 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
X–
12" / 30 cm
(iii) Adagio molto e mesto [part 3]
(iv) Thème russe. Allegro [part 1]		 Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
GS 15
April 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
Y+
12" / 30 cm
(iv) Thème russe. Allegro [part 2] Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
GS 16
April 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
Y–
12" / 30 cm

Issue 4, October/November 1925

Selection(s) Artist(s) # Art. Matrix Rec. date Sys. Producer Location Cat. ID Diam. Notes
Brahms String Sextet in Bb Op.18 –
(i) Allegro ma non troppo [part 1]		 Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Lockyer (viola II), Patterson Parker, Robinson (cello II)
6
GS 22
c. July 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
Z+
12" / 30 cm
 Effectively performed by Spencer Dyke String Quartet, not credited as such on disc labels, plus supernumeraries
(i) Allegro ma non troppo [part 2] Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Lockyer (viola II), Patterson Parker, Robinson (cello II)
6
GS 23
c. July 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
Z–
12" / 30 cm
(i) Allegro ma non troppo [part 3] Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Lockyer (viola II), Patterson Parker, Robinson (cello II)
6
GS 24
c. July 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
AA+
12" / 30 cm
(ii) Andante ma moderato [part 1] Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Lockyer (viola II), Patterson Parker, Robinson (cello II)
6
GS 252
c. July 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
AA–
12" / 30 cm
(ii) Andante ma moderato [part 2] Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Lockyer (viola II), Patterson Parker, Robinson (cello II)
6
GS 262
c. July 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
BB+
12" / 30 cm
(iii) Scherzo. Allegro molto Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Lockyer (viola II), Patterson Parker, Robinson (cello II)
6
GS 272
c. July 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
BB–
12" / 30 cm
(iv) Rondo. Poco Allegretto e grazioso [part 1] Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Lockyer (viola II), Patterson Parker, Robinson (cello II)
6
GS 282
c. July 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
CC+
12" / 30 cm
(iv) Rondo. Poco Allegretto e grazioso [part 2] Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Lockyer (viola II), Patterson Parker, Robinson (cello II)
6
GS 294
c. September 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
CC–
12" / 30 cm
(iv) Rondo. Poco Allegretto e grazioso [part 3] Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Lockyer (viola II), Patterson Parker, Robinson (cello II)
6
GS 30
c. July 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
DD+
12" / 30 cm
Goossens, Eugene [III] Two Sketches Op.15 –
(i) By the Tarn		 Music Society String Quartet
(Mangeot, Pecker, Berly, Barbirolli)
4
GS 172
c. May 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
DD–
12" / 30 cm
 Filler. Coupled by mistake, against wishes of André Mangeot[3]

1925-26 Season

Issue 5, October/November 1925 (held over from 1924-25 season)

Selection(s) Artist(s) # Art. Matrix Rec. date Sys. Producer Location Cat. ID Diam. Notes
Mozart Quartet for oboe and strings in F K.370 (368b) – (i) Allegro [part 1] Goossens, Spencer Dyke, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker
4
GS 14
c. June 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
Q+
10" / 25 cm
 '[...] unusual difficulties have been encountered, and re-recordings have been necessary'[4]
(i) Allegro [part 2] Goossens, Spencer Dyke, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker
4
GS 23
c. June 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
Q–
10" / 25 cm
 Main recording session held shortly before 24 April 1925 board meeting of Gramophone (Publications) Limited[5]
(ii) Adagio Goossens, Spencer Dyke, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker
4
GS 3
April 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
R+
10" / 25 cm
 Spencer Dyke String Quartet credited on disc labels but members not named
(iii) Rondeau. Allegro [part 1] Goossens, Spencer Dyke, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker
4
GS 4
April 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
R–
10" / 25 cm
(iii) Rondeau. Allegro [part 2] Goossens, Spencer Dyke, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker
4
GS 52
April 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
S+
10" / 25 cm
Bach, J.S. Ich steh' mit einem Fuß im Grabe BWV 156 – (i) Sinfonia Goossens, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
GS 6
April 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
S–
10" / 25 cm
 Filler. Quartet members not named on disc labels; presumed to be Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker

Issue 6, January/February 1926

Selection(s) Artist(s) # Art. Matrix Rec. date Sys. Producer Location Cat. ID Diam. Notes
Schubert String Quintet in C D.956 –
(i) Allegro ma non troppo [part 1]		 Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)
5
AX 1066-3
16(?) July 1925
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
GG+
12" / 30 cm
 Columbia manufacturing card for first matrix shows no recording date; higher take suggests second day?
(i) Allegro ma non troppo [part 2] Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)
5
AX 1067-2
15 July 1925
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
GG–
12" / 30 cm
 Ensemble effectively final formation of Cobbett Quartet, although not credited as such on disc labels, plus supernumerary
(i) Allegro ma non troppo [part 3] Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)
5
AX 1068-1
15 July 1925
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
HH+
12" / 30 cm
 Recording paid for by Cobbett; six discs charged to NGS members as five
(i) Allegro ma non troppo [part 4]
(ii) Adagio [part 1]		 Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)
5
AX 1069-2
15 July 1925
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
HH–
12" / 30 cm
(ii) Adagio [part 2] Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)
5
AX 1070-2
15 July 1925
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
JJ+
12" / 30 cm
 Catalogue letters II not used
(ii) Adagio [part 3] Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)
5
AX 1071-2
15 July 1925
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
JJ–
12" / 30 cm
(ii) Adagio [part 4]
(iii) [part 1] Scherzo. Presto		 Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)
5
AX 1072-2
15 July 1925
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
KK+
12" / 30 cm
(iii) [part 2] Trio. Andante sostenuto Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)
5
AX 1073-2
16 July 1925
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
KK–
12" / 30 cm
(iii) [part 3] 'Bridge passage leading to' Scherzo. Presto, da capo Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)
5
AX 1074-2
16 July 1925
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
LL+
12" / 30 cm
(iv) Allegretto [part 1] Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)
5
AX 1075-2
16 July 1925
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
LL–
12" / 30 cm
(iv) Allegretto [part 2] Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)
5
AX 1076-2
16 July 1925
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
MM+
12" / 30 cm
(iv) Allegretto. Più allegro [part 3] Cobbett, Keady, Spain Dunk, Dare, Crabbe (cello II)
5
AX 1077-2
16 July 1925
ac
 Columbia Columbia studio, Clerkenwell Road, London
MM–
12" / 30 cm

Issue 7, February/March 1926

Selection(s) Artist(s) # Art. Matrix Rec. date Sys. Producer Location Cat. ID Diam. Notes
Tomlinson, Ernest[6] A Lament Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
GS 21
c. July 1925
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
EE+
12" / 30 cm
 Coupled by mistake, against wishes of André Mangeot[7]
Gibbons arr. Fellowes(?)[8]
Fantasia à 3 VdGS 3
Fantasia à 3 VdGS 9		 Music Society String Quartet
(Mangeot, Pecker, Berly, Barbirolli)
3
GS 18
c. May-25
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
EE–
12" / 30 cm
 Fantasia No.3 played by violin, viola and 'cello
Fantasia No.9 played by two violins and 'cello
Gibbons arr. Fellowes(?)
Fantasia à 3 VdGS 6
Fantasia à 3 VdGS 8		 Music Society String Quartet
(Mangeot, Pecker, [Berly,] Barbirolli)
3
GS 19
c. May-25
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
FF+
10" / 25 cm
 Fantasias both played by two violins and 'cello but four players credited on disc label
Goossens, Eugene [III] Two Sketches Op.15 –
(ii) Jack o' Lantern		 Music Society String Quartet
(Mangeot, Pecker, Berly, Barbirolli)
4
GS 203
c. May-25
ac
 Parlophone Parlophone studio,
City Road, London
FF–
10" / 25 cm

Issue 8, May 1926

Selection(s) Artist(s) # Art. Matrix Rec. date Sys. Producer Location Cat. ID Diam. Notes
Elgar Quintet for piano and strings in a Op.84 –
(i) Moderato; Allegro [part 1]		 Hobday, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
NGS 1X
c. February/March 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
NN+
12" / 30 cm
 Quartet members not named on disc labels; presumed to be Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker
(i) Allegro [part 2] Hobday, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
NGS 2X
c. February/March 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
NN–
12" / 30 cm
(i) Allegro [part 3] Hobday, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
NGS 3X
c. February/March 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
OO+
12" / 30 cm
(i) Allegro [part 4] Hobday, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
NGS 4X
c. February/March 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
OO–
12" / 30 cm
(ii) Adagio [part 1] Hobday, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
NGS 5
c. February/March 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
PP+
12" / 30 cm
(ii) Adagio [part 2] Hobday, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
NGS 6
c. February/March 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
PP–
12" / 30 cm
(ii) Adagio [part 3] Hobday, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
NGS 7
c. February/March 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
QQ+
12" / 30 cm
(iii) Andante. Allegro [part 1] Hobday, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
NGS 8X
c. February/March 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
QQ
12" / 30 cm
(iii) Allegro [part 2] Hobday, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
NGS 9
c. February/March 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
RR+
12" / 30 cm
(iii) Allegro [part 3] Hobday, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
NGS 10X
c. February/March 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
RR–
12" / 30 cm

Issue 9, June 1926

Selection(s) Artist(s) # Art. Matrix Rec. date Sys. Producer Location Cat. ID Diam. Notes
Brahms for clarinet and strings in b Op.115 –
(i) Allegro [part 1]		 Thurston, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
NGS 11X
c. May/June 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
SS+
12" / 30 cm
 Quartet members named on label of filler only (see below); presumed to be Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker
(i) Allegro [part 2] Thurston, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
NGS 12X
c. May/June 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
SS–
12" / 30 cm
(i) Allegro [part 3] Thurston, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
NGS 13X
c. May/June 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
TT+
12" / 30 cm
(ii) Adagio [part 1] Thurston, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
NGS 14
c. May/June 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
TT–
12" / 30 cm
(ii) Adagio [part 2] Thurston, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
NGS 15
c. May/June 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
UU+
12" / 30 cm
(ii) Adagio [part 3] Thurston, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
NGS 16X
c. May/June 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
UU–
12" / 30 cm
(iii) Andantino Thurston, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
NGS 17X
c. May/June 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
VV+
12" / 30 cm
(iv) Con moto [part 1] Thurston, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
NGS 18X
c. May/June 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
VV–
12" / 30 cm
(iv) Con moto [part 2] Thurston, Spencer Dyke String Quartet
5
NGS 19X
c. May/June 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
WW+
12" / 30 cm
Glière Quartet in A Op.2 –
(ii) Scherzo. Allegro		 Spencer Dyke String Quartet
(Spencer Dyke, Quaife, Tomlinson, Patterson Parker)
4
NGS 27
c. May/June 1926
ac
 Vocalion Vocalion studio,
Duncan Avenue, London
WW–
12" / 30 cm
 Filler

References

  1. ↑ 'National Gramophonic Society Notes', The Gramophone, Vol.III No.2, July 1925, p.80
  2. ↑ Minutes of 24 April 1925 board meeting of Gramophone (Publications) Limited, undated
  3. ↑ '[...] would it be possible to get the Lament of Tomlinson on 12 inch put together[?] with the Brahms 6tet of Spencer Dyke and get our Goossens By the Tarn go on the back of Gibbons 3,9'
    Annotation in André Mangeot's hand on MS letter from Robert Gathorne-Hardy to Mangeot, dated 23 December 1925, André Mangeot Collection, Royal College of Music, London
  4. ↑ 'National Gramophonic Society Notes', The Gramophone, Vol.III No.2, July 1925, p.80
  5. ↑ Minutes of 24 April 1925 board meeting of Gramophone (Publications) Limited, undated
  6. ↑ Ernest Tomlinson (1877-1957), well-known teacher and viola player in several distinguished quartets including the Spencer Dyke String Quartet, is not to be confused with the composer and conductor Ernest Tomlinson (1924-2015)
  7. ↑ '[...] would it be possible to get the Lament of Tomlinson on 12 inch put together[?] with the Brahms 6tet of Spencer Dyke and get our Goossens By the Tarn go on the back of Gibbons 3,9'
    Annotation in André Mangeot's hand on MS letter from Robert Gathorne-Hardy to Mangeot, dated 23 December 1925, André Mangeot Collection, Royal College of Music, London
  8. ↑ Gibbons' 3-part fantasies probably performed in the arrangement for modern string trio by Edmund Fellowes, published by Stainer & Bell, London, 1924