RECORDINGS
Among the recordings on which Gilbert played are pre-war LPO sets under Beecham, including a series of Mozart symphonies, recorded across several years beginning in 1934 and, with Beecham and the Royal Philharmonic, symphonies by Haydn and Schubert, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben, works by Delius, and many French pieces, including Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune with its prominent opening flute solo.
Gilbert recorded Brahms’ Fourth Symphony with Fritz Reiner and the RPO, and Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra with Rafael Kubelík and the RPO.
Orchestral Recordings with GEOFFREY GILBERT, flute
EMI Label (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
Haydn Symphony #101
- RPO-Beecham SXLP 30265
Haydn Symphony #103
- RPO-Beecham SXLP 30257 This has been reissued on CD on the EMI Classics for Pleasure label: CD-CFP 4530
Liszt Faust Symphony
- RPO-Beecham SXDW 3022 re-issued on Seraphim S-6012
Rimsky-Korsakoff Scheherazade
- RPO-Beecham SXLP 30152 re-issued on Angel RL 32027
Schubert Symphony #3
- RPO-Beecham SXLP 30204
Strauss Ein Heldenleben
- RPO-Beecham SXLP 30293 re-issued on Seraphim S-60041
Beecham Conducts French Lollipops
- SXLP 30299 includes:
- Debussy L’Apres Midi
- Chabrier March Joyeuse
- Debussy Cortege et Air de Danse
- Saint-Saens Bacchanale
The French Lollipops has been re-issued on a CD as part of a Great Conductor’s series
RCA Label
Brahms Symphony #4
- RPO-Reiner
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
- RPO
Delius’ Brigg Fair
- Seraphim, S-60185