Digging Deeper

Music Preserved has not only a range of rare recordings but lets you learn more about the artists and subjects covered by its recordings.

Charles Mackerras: a supremely versatile and theatrical conductor

5 recordings

Giuseppe Verdi, Joseph Haydn, Lennox Berkeley and more

Edinburgh International Festival

6 recordings

The Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama was founded in 1947 with a remit ‘to provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit’ and enrich the cultural life of Scotland, Britain and Europe in the wake of World War Two, echoing the creation of the Salzburg Festival in 1920 after World War One.

Aldeburgh and its extended family

13 recordings

The Aldeburgh Festival has been a pilgrimage for lovers of classical music and culture since 1948. Every June it brings together new commissions, world-premières and international stars on the stretch of Suffolk Coast which so bewitched its founder, the composer Benjamin Britten.

Lord Harewood favourites

24 recordings

George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, was born on 7 February 1923 and grew up at Harewood House in Yorkshire, just north of Leeds where as a child he heard early opera performances at its Grand Theatre and Opera House.