Tony Duggan wrote: >There were the two attempts Fred Gaisberg had at getting Elgar conducting >"The Dream of Gerontius" (Hereford Cathedral and Royal Albert Hall in, >I think, 1925 and 1926). IIRC there were quite a number of live recordings made at that time to exploit the just-introduced electric technology. The Elgar performance Tony mentions is new to me, but I can think of Melba's farewell concert and Chaliapine at Covent Garden in 'Boris Godunow' (or was that later?). Does anyone here know of any others? Felix Delbruck [log in to unmask]