Sir Hamilton Harty Archive

Harty and Monteux conduct BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique, Overtures and Marches – Pristine Audio
Berlioz shines in these outstanding historic recordings from the 1930s!

The Music Treasury for 16 September 2018—Sir Hamilton Harty, Conductor/Composer
This week’s show of The Music Treasury will feature works of conductor Sir Hamilton Harty, from the first half of the last century. The show will air from 19:00 to 21:00 on Sunday, 16 September, and will be hosted as always by Dr Gary Lemco. The show may be heard from its host station, KZSU, or […]
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W.H. Squire, cello = Works of ELGAR, SAINT-AENS, HANDEL, WAGNER, MOZART, POPPER, BACH, ETC. – With Sir Hamilton Harty, cond. – Pristine Audio
“Old school” cello performances by a ’20s cellist often compared to Casals.

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major “Eroica”; Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major – New Queen’s Hall Orch./ Sir Henry Wood/ Halle Orch./ Sir Hamilton Harty – Pristine Audio
The British complement of Beethoven interpreters for the 1927 Centennial Series concludes with grandly wrought performances of the Eroica and B-flat Symphonies.

Conductor Sir Hamilton Harty = SMETANA: The Bartered Bride Ov.; DVORAK: Carnival Ove.; Symphony No. 9; LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12; BRAHMS: Hungarian Dances Nos. 5 & 6; DVORAK: Slavonic Dance No. 1 – London Philharmonic Orch./ Halle Orch./ Sir Hamilton Harty/Myra Hess and Hamilton Harty, piano duet – Pristine Audio
These energized inscriptions from Hamilton Harty convince us that his approach to music-making rivaled his more flamboyant contemporaries: Stokowski, Fried, and Mengelberg.
WILLIAM WALTON: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; Siesta – BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins – Hyperion Records
A very successful pairing of William Walton’s symphonies from Hyperion.