Rob Cowan: The joy of listening to historical recordings.

https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/the-joy-of-listening-to-historical-recordings-the-thrill-of-the-old-is-easily-as-significant-as-the-thrill-of-the-new

Plus my own little corner of historical recordings (a random selection of ten in no order or preference, if riches indeed)…

Dorati Mercury mono, https://www.colinscolumn.com/eloquence-releases-antal-dorati-the-mercury-masters-the-mono-recordings/

Ansermet complete Decca, https://www.colinscolumn.com/decca-releases-ernest-ansermet-the-stereo-years/

Eduard van Beinum Decca & Philips, https://www.colinscolumn.com/eduard-van-beinum-complete-recordings-on-decca-philips/

Boult’s Decca Legacy, https://www.colinscolumn.com/eloquence-releases-sir-adrian-boult-the-decca-legacy-three-volumes-1-british-music-2-baroque-sacred-music-3-19th-20th-century-music/

Klemperer, https://www.colinscolumn.com/otto-klemperer-the-warner-classics-remastered-edition-volume-one-symphonic-works-concertos/

Ida Haendel’s Decca Legacy, https://www.colinscolumn.com/eloquence-presents-ida-haendel-the-decca-legacy/

Byron Janis’s Mercury Masters, https://www.colinscolumn.com/decca-releases-byron-janis-the-mercury-masters/

Max Rostal, https://www.colinscolumn.com/eloquence-releases-twentieth-century-violin-sonatas-recorded-by-max-rostal/

Ormandy in Minneapolis, https://www.colinscolumn.com/eugene-ormandy-minneapolis-symphony-orchestra-the-complete-rca-album-collection/

Furtwängler, https://www.colinscolumn.com/eloquence-releases-wilhelm-furtwangler-the-decca-legacy/