Deryk Barker wrote: >I know there are early tapes of Beecham conducting from this time, but I >thought they were with the LPO. Although the BPO did visit London in 1937 >and played B9 *under Furtwaengler) in honour of the coronation of George >VI. I suppose Beecham could have conducted them while they were on tour, >but I'm unaware fo any recordings. Beecham did record Mozart's "Magic Flute" with the Berlin Phil and a cast of prime German singers, in 1937/38. Regards, Bill Karzas [log in to unmask]