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The Dolmetsch family were makers of various  keyboards instruments based in Surrey. The records bearing their name date to 1937 & 1938. They were 10" size with a catalogue series numbered DR-1 upwards and cost 4/- each. The labels of DR-1 to DR-15 state they were recorded by Leslie Ward & Hugh Gough and pressed by Decca. DR-1 to DR-3 were all labelled as "Early Welsh Music Society". DR-16 has an inscribed date of 29/9/48, so is much later than the others. It was recorded by Gui de Buire Ltd, 82-84 New Bond Street, London W.1.  Thanks to Bill Dean-Myatt for providing the label image.

This listing is based on research by Peter Adamson and the lates Eddie Shaw and Frank Andrews.
Please e-mail me if you have any additions or corrections to this page.

Thanks to the folloiwng for extra information: Paul Buck

Page last updated on: November 11, 2022

Cat No	Matrix No	Title	Artist
DR-1	ADC. 2	Caniad Llewelyn ab Ifan y gof, part 1 (trans. Arnold Dolmetsch)	Marie Dolmetsch (bardic harp)
DR-1	ADC. 3	Caniad Llewelyn ab Ifan y gof, part 1 (trans. Arnold Dolmetsch)	Marie Dolmetsch (bardic harp)
DR-2	ADC. 1	Caniad marwnad Ifan y gof, part 1 (trans. Arnold Dolmetsch)	Marie Dolmetsch (bardic harp)
DR-2	ADC. 6	Caniad marwnad Ifan y gof, part 2 (trans. Arnold Dolmetsch)	Marie Dolmetsch (bardic harp)
DR-3	ADC. 4	Profiad yr eos, part 1 (trans. Arnold Dolmetsch)	Marie Dolmetsch (bardic harp)
DR-3	ADC. 5	Profiad yr eos, part 2, and the first strain of Caniad bach ar y gogywair (trans. Arnold Dolmetsch)	Marie Dolmetsch (bardic harp)
DR-4	ADC. 9	The Four Note Pavan for Five Viols (Alfonso Ferrabosco)	Arnold, Mabel, Cecile, Nathalie & Carl Dolmetsch
DR-4	ADC. 14	Pavan & Gaillard "The Lord Of Salisbury" (William Byrd)	Arnold Dolmetsch (clavichord)
DR-5	ADC. 10	The Carman's Whistle; Fortune My Foe; Boree (for 2, 3 & 4 recorders	Carl & Marie Dolmetsch, Robert Goble & Harley Glegg
DR-5	ADC. 11	Deux Musettes for 2 viola de gamba and harpsichord	Mabel, Nathalie & Arnold Dolmetsch
DR-6	ADC. 7	The Bashful Thames (Henry Purcell)	Cecile Dolmetsch (vocal) with Carl & Marie Dolmetsch (recorders), Nathalie Dolmetsch (viola de gamba), Arnold Dolmetsch (harpsichord)
DR-6	ADC. 8	Anacreon's Ode To The Lute (Henry Lawes)	Artemy Raevsky (bass), with Arnold Dolmetsch (harpsichord)
DR-7	ADC. 13	The Primrose (Henry Lawes)	Cecile Dolmetsch (vocal) wih iana Poulton (lute) & Mabel Dolmetsch (viol)
DR-7	ADC. 15	King Of Denmark's Gaillard (John Dowland)	Diana Poulton (lute)
DR-8	ADC. 18	Moonlight Sopnata (Beethoven), part 2	Arnold Dolmetsch (period piano)
DR-8	ADC. 19	Moonlight Sopnata (Beethoven), part 1	Arnold Dolmetsch (period piano)
DR-9	ADC. 20	Fantasy For Three Viols, No. 8 (John Jenkins), part 1	Carl & Cecile Dolmetsch (treble viols) & Nathalie Dolmetsch (viola de gamba)
DR-9	ADC. 21	Fantasy For Three Viols, No. 8 (John Jenkins), part 2	Carl & Cecile Dolmetsch (treble viols) & Nathalie Dolmetsch (viola de gamba)
DR-10	ADC. 22	Il est Ressuscite, Easter hymn (Arnold Dolmetsch), part 1	Tom Goodey (tenor) with Carl Dolmetsch (violin), Joseph Saxby (piano), Douglas Brown (organ & viollone)
DR-10	ADC. 24	Il est Ressuscite, Easter hymn (Arnold Dolmetsch), part 2	Tom Goodey (tenor) with Carl Dolmetsch (violin), Joseph Saxby (piano), Douglas Brown (organ & viollone)
DR-11	ADC. 23	Il est Ressuscite, Easter hymn (Arnold Dolmetsch), part 3	Tom Goodey (tenor) with Carl Dolmetsch (violin), Joseph Saxby (piano), Douglas Brown (organ & viollone)
DR-11	ADC. 25	Had I Wist, Quote Spring To The Swallow (Arnold Dolmetsch, Swinburne)	Cecile Dolmetsch (vocal) with Diana Poulton (lute) & Nathalie Dolmetsch (viola de gamba)
DR-12	ADC. 26	Come Away Death (Arnold Dolmetsch)	Artemy Raevsky (bass) with Mabel Dolmetsch (viola de gamba) & JOseph Saxby (harpsichord)
DR-12	ADC. 27	Hark! Hark! The Lark At Heaven's Gate Sings (Arnold Dolmetsch)	Tom Goodey (tenor) with Carl Dolmetsch (recorder obbligato)
DR-13	ADC.
DR-13	ADC.
DR-14	ADC.
DR-14	ADC.
DR-15	ADC. 30	Chaconne in F Major (Henry Purcell)	Carl Dolmetsch (treble recorder & English flute) & Joseph Saxby (harpsichord)
DR-15	ADC. 33	Two Minuets in E Minor (J.M. Leclair)	Carl Dolmetsch (descant recorder) & Joseph Saxby (harpsichord)
DR-16	1004/1	Suite for Four Viols (John Jenkins)	Carl & Cecile Dolmetsch (treble viols), Nathalie Dolmetsch & Stephanie Barker (tenor viols), Joseph Saxby (virginals)
DR-16	1004/3	Two Pieces from "The Royal Consort"	Carl & Nathalie Dolmetsch (violins), Stephanie Barker (viola de gamba), Joseph Saxby (vharpsichord)