Biddulph Recordings Explained

Biddulph Records
Founder:Peter Biddulph
Eric Wen
Country:United Kingdom
Location:Devon, England

Biddulph Recordings is a record label based in Devon, England[1] specialising in the restoration of historical performances, particularly by string musicians.[2] It was founded in 1989 by violin dealer Peter Biddulph and Eric Wen, a musicologist and historian of string performances.[3] [2] In 2003, Sarah Woodward joined and has since overseen the historical vocal label Romophone.[4] Biddulph Recordings’ honours include the Gramophone 1999 ICRC award for "Historical Recording of the Year".

Historic reissues

The early Biddulph titles included the first digital reissues of recordings by Fritz Kreisler, Joseph Szigeti, Jacques Thibaud, and Yehudi Menuhin.[2] [5] By the mid-1990s, Biddulph Recordings had also released complete editions of Bronisław Huberman, Mischa Elman, Jan Kubelík, Henri Temianka, Toscha Seidel, Ossy Renardy, Lionel Tertis, William Primrose, Pablo Casals, and Ruggiero Ricci.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] The Biddulph label soon include historical piano recordings, with the first digital reissues of recordings by Alfred Cortot, Harold Bauer, and Percy Grainger,[5] [13] [14] [15] followed by Myra Hess, Moriz Rosenthal, Raoul Koczalski, Wilhelm Backhaus, and Shura Cherkassky.[16] [17] [18] [5] [19] Biddulph later branched into historical orchestral and chamber music, reissuing the work of Willem Mengelberg, Serge Koussevitzky, Leopold Stokowski, Thomas Beecham, Max Fiedler, and Hermann Abendroth,[20] [21] [4] [5] [22] [23] [24] as well as the Budapest String Quartet, the Busch Quartet, the Capet Quartet, and the Primrose Quartet.[25] [26] [27] [28]

Original recordings

Biddulph Recordings has also produced a number of important original recordings.[12] The first of these was the recital recording debut of violinist Maxim Vengerov, then an unknown 14-year-old prodigy.[12] [5] This was followed by Ruggiero Ricci’s accounts of the Beethoven and Brahms Concertos featuring 16 and 14 different cadenzas respectively (both concerto albums were tracked to enable the listener to choose which cadenza to program into each performance). [29] Other new recordings on the Biddulph label include the Bach interpretations of pianist Edward Aldwell,[30] and the violin performances of Oscar Shumsky, Aaron Rosand, and Arnold Steinhardt.[3] [31] [32]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Contacts. n.d.. Tokyo String Quartet. 2022-03-13.
  2. Web site: OUT NOW - Arnold Steinhardt and Seymour Lipkin's "Weber: Six Violin Sonatas". 2022-03-07. The Violin Channel. 2022-03-13.
  3. Web site: EARLY, CLASSICAL AND BEYOND. 2020-11-02. Robbins. Terry. The Whole Note. 2022-03-13.
  4. Web site: CD Restorations of Recordings of Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. n.d.. Stokowski.org. 2022-03-13.
  5. Web site: Welcome. n.d.. Peter Biddulph. 2022-03-13.
  6. Web site: Ossy Renardy. n.d.. AllMusic. 2022-03-13.
  7. Web site: Bronislaw Huberman. 1993. AllMusic. 2022-03-13.
  8. Web site: Recordings Received. Munstedt. Peter. 1991. Association for Recorded Sound Collections. 2022-03-13.
  9. Web site: Jan Kubelík - Historical Recordings. n.d.. Jan Kubelik Society. 2022-03-13.
  10. News: Classical Recordings. McLellan. Joseph. 1992-08-16. The Washington Post. 2022-03-13.
  11. Web site: Recordings Received. Munstedt. Peter. 1992. Association for Recorded Sound Collections. 2022-03-13.
  12. Web site: Peter Biddulph. n.d.. Maestronet. 2022-03-13.
  13. Web site: Alfred Cortot. n.d.. AllMusic. 2022-03-13.
  14. Web site: Harold Bauer/Biddulph/. n.d.. Pianist Discography. 2022-03-13.
  15. Book: Simon, Robert. [{{Google books|6oxc5L6zGI4C|page=129|plainurl=yes}} Peter Grainger: The Pictorial Biography]. 129.
  16. Web site: Shura Cherkassky: The Young Shura Cherkassky. 1999. AllMusic. 2022-03-13.
  17. Book: Myra Hess : the complete solo American Columbia recordings. 1994. WorldCat. 36196392 . 2022-03-13.
  18. Web site: Moriz Rosenthal. 1999. AllMusic. 2022-03-13.
  19. Web site: Wilhelm Backhaus: Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 "Emperor". 1997. AllMusic. 2022-03-13.
  20. Web site: The complete solo double-bass recordings ; Early recordings with the Boston Symphony.. 1994. University of Nebraska Kearney. 2022-03-13.
  21. Web site: Willem Mengelberg : the complete 1922-25 New York Philharmonic recordings.. n.d.. University of Chicago. 41044383 . 2022-03-13.
  22. Web site: CD Masters. 2006-01-16. BBC. 2022-02-13.
  23. Book: Max Fiedler conducts Brahms.. 1994. WorldCat. 37279970 . 2022-03-13.
  24. Web site: Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3. 1999. AllMusic. 2022-03-13.
  25. Book: Budapesti Voanosneagyes : (The original Budapest Quartet).. 1998. WorldCat. 40742173 . 2022-03-13.
  26. Book: String quartet in F, op. 59, no. 1 ; String quartet no. 8 in E minor, op. 59, no. 2. 2004. WorldCat. 55496114 . 2022-03-13.
  27. Book: Capet String Quartet : string quartets. 2020. WorldCat. 1182610541 . 2022-03-13.
  28. Web site: Primrose Quartet: The Primrose Quartet. 1992. AllMusic. 2022-03-13.
  29. Web site: Beethoven Violin Concerto: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. n.d.. Gramophone. 2022-03-13.
  30. Web site: Aldwell's Bach. 1996. Bach Cantatas. 2022-03-13.
  31. Web site: BRAHMS Violin Concerto (Oscar Shumsky). n.d.. Gramophone. 2022-03-13.
  32. Web site: Fuchs Works for Violin and Piano. n.d.. Gramophone. 2022-03-13.

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