Music

Peter Dawson sings these three songs by Edward German (Jones) in recordings dating from 1929

Peter Dawson sings But Rome and all Her Legions and Oh my Warriors from Caractacus by Edward Elgar in a recording conducted by Sir John...

Peter Dawson sings; Ah, could I behold the glances (Act 2 Il Trovatore) Cruel is He (Act 2 Othello) in recordings made in 1922 and 1927

Peter Dawson sings The Lost Chord with Herbert Dawson (no relation) at the organ in a 1934 recording

Peter Dawson is accompanied by Gerald Moore in this 1926 recording of The Erlking

Peter Dawson sings The Song of the Flea in a 1928 recording conducted by Sir John Barbirolli

Peter Dawson sings: I rage, I melt, I burn O ruddier than the cherry from Acis and Galatea Honour and Arms from Samson Why do the Nations? from Messiah

The BBC Wireless Military Band under its conductor B Walton ODonnell was a broadcasting band of very high standard that lasted from 1927 to 1943.

This is a 1930 recording made by Australian baritone Peter Dawson of Amy Woodforde-Findens song cycle A Lover in Damascus. High quality 320kb per second MP3 file

Helen Lawrence (mezzo soprano) and Julian Rolton (piano) perform three songs by Daergomischky to words by Pushkin: God preserve you, my friends To a Greek girl The...