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Extra Tracks
Below are tracks from our library that never made
it onto one of our compact discs. They can be
downloaded here as high quality 320kbs AAC encoded
(MP3) files. Those originating on 78rpm discs are
raw and no attempt to clean up the surface noise
had been made although we have removed some loud
cracks and bangs. Please note the previews are
compressed files so the sound is not as good as
that on the whole track.
Purchasers of tracks have unlimited personal use
but must not pass or sell on to third parties nor
broadcast without prior permission from PPL
Peter Dawson (1882-1961)
Peter Dawson, an Australian baritone who became a
prolific recording artist, mainly of popular
ballads, also recorded serious music and it is to
these we turn to for our downloads on this page. In
1909 he appeared at Covent Garden opera house as
the Night Watchman in The Mastersingers of
Nuremberg under Hans Richter. During one of these
performances, after winning a large kitty at poker
in the wings from Claude Fleming, he hurried on at
his call and accidentally scattered his winnings
over the stage. Once asked why he did not persue a
career in the opera house he replied that he was
not going to work long hours for little reward when
he could make a fine living in the recording
studio. His recording career spanned over 50 years
from early acoustic records through to the stereo
era. Between 1904 and 1920 Dawson is thought to
have sold some 5 million discs but over the next
five years to 1925 he sold another 8 million discs.
Most of his recordings made in London between 1926
and 1939 (from the advent of electrical recording)
stayed in the catalogue for many years. For the
duration of the war he returned to Australia and
there he retired, although he did enter
the recording studio occasionally. His last session
on 4 May 1955 was conducted by a young Charles
Mackerras.
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"Dawson sings Edward German with confidence and stout, bluff manliness; just what's needed, in fact. His diction is excellent, as was the diction of so many of his contemporaries. His Elgar is superb, his Sullivan equally so. His Handelian divisions sparkle and this famous trio of recordings should make him new friends, one hopes. There is a late acoustic, a 1922 Verdi, sung in English of course that broadens the spectrum somewhat. His Erlking is sung in the vernacular, as was the fashion: Gerald Moore is the pianist. If downloads are your thing - they're not mine but they may be in future - Beulah's catalogue should offer some tasty items. " Jonathan Woolf at Music Web International
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