Made between December 1948 and June 1950, these recordings enjoy an unusual history which is bound up with the burgeoning industry of classical music retail in the postwar era. Among the best stocked record stores in New York at that time was The Gramophone Shop on 42nd East Street, co-owned by William H. (Bill) Tyler and Joseph F. (Joe) Brogan, an Irish-American collector and dealer. Trying to rival or surpass the mail-order business of H. Royer Smith in Philadelphia, the shop issued (in 1929 and 1931) two fat paperback catalogues, The Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia of Recorded Music. Three further editions, from 1936, 1942, and 1948, remain standard reference works. The store also ran it's own mail-order business with the reputation as a specialist in rare and high-quality recordings from Europe. From that arm of the business naturally developed the store's own label, marketed as the Gramophone Shop Celebrities (GSC) series. This is the first time these recordings have been available on modern media.

Tracklist:

Herzlich lieb hab' Ich dich, O Herr, SWV 348
Was hast du verwirket, SWV 307
Bringt her dem Herren, Ihr gewaltigen, SWV 283
O sÃ¼sser, O freundlicher, o gÃ¼tiger Herr Jesu Christe, SWV 285
O misericordisslme Jesu, SWV 309
Jesu, meine Freud' und Lust, BuxWV 59
Jubilate Domino, omnis terra, BuxWV 64
Wenn ich, Herr Jesu, habe dich, BuxWV 107
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Zion spricht: Der Herr hat mich verlassen
O, hilf Christe, SWV 296
Meister, wir haben die ganze Nacht gearbeitet SWV 317
PharisÃ¤er und ZÃ¶llner SWV 444 I - Es gingen zween Menschen
PharisÃ¤er und ZÃ¶llner SWV 444 II - Ich sage euch: ErhÃ¶re mich, wenn ich rufe
Willkommen sÃ¼sser BrÃ¤utigam
FÃ¼rchtet euch nicht
O wie selig sind, BuxWV 90
Psalmus poenitentialis (Ps. 129 De Profundis)
Improperium
Motet, Super flumina Babylonis
Motet, Dies sanctificatus (In festo nativitatis Domini)
Missa Aeterna Christi Munera~Agnus Dei I ; II
Motet, Dixit Maria ad angelum
Pater noster
Motet, Vox in Rama audita est
Missa pange lingua~Kyrie, Christe, Kyrie - Sanctus
Missa pange lingua~Pleni sunt coeli - Benedictus
Missa pange lingua~Osanna - Agnus Dei
Magnificat secondi toni, 1-6
Canzona dopo l'epistola
Praeambulum (In dorian mode)
Diferencias
Tiento del quarto Tono
Magnificat quinti toni
Praeambulum
Fantasia
O lux beata trinitas. Var. 1 ; 2
Praeambulum
Alvus tumescit virginis
Tiento del primer tono
Arte de taÃ±er fantasia~Fantasia tertii toni
Cloches (from TroisiÃ¨me livre d' orgue c. 1685)
Variations on Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund, verses 1-6 (from Tabulatura nova)
secondo libro di toccata, canzone, versi d'hinni, magnificat. Toccata sopra I pedali
Fantasia op de Maneer van een Echo
Ach Herr, mich armen SÃ¼nder, choral prelude, BuxWV 178
Nun, komm, der Heiden Heiland, choral prelude, BuxWV 211
Vater unser im Himmelreich, choral prelude, Spitta II, 1, 96
Nun bitten wir den Heilgen Geist, choral prelude, Spitta II, 2, 24
Toccata F Major, BuxWV 156
Ricercare in phrygian mood
Ricercare F sharp minor
Grand dialogue in C Major
Prelude in G minor
Toccata in E minor
Fantasia in G minor
Ricercare in C minor
Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BuxWV 140
Canzonetta in E minor
Prelude and Fugue G minor, Spitta 14
Passacaglia in D minor, Spitta 1
Toccata in F Major, Spitta 21
Choral prelude in dulci jubilo, BuxWV 197
Prelude and Fugue in E Major (Spitta 8)

UPC: 5709499893968
Label: Danacord Records
Release Date: 5.7.21
Format: CD

Gramophone Shop / Various (4pk) - Gramophone Shop / Various (4pk) (CD)