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Elgar and his musicians accompanying Beatrice Harrison, whose most famous recording (HMV B2470) was made in her garden, where she played the cello accompanied by nightingales.

That's a lovely picture.

Beatrice Harrison also made the first recording of Elgar's Cello Concerto (or at least a truncated version of it) on HMV D541 and D545 in 1919 and 1920, which may well be what she is recording here.

Thanks for posting it, Epigramophone.

Regards

Tim W-W

Thanks both for the photo and data. B2470 is also in my collection issued in Spain by Gramófono on AE1892:

BEATRICE HARRISON VN + RUISEÑORES
— londonderry air (fred e weatherly) — hmv ae 1892 gvdsa (2246 25cm t18) — Mx. br 1046 1 ^ = 2 9253 — Rec. b harrison's garden oxted uk
— sadko: cancion hindu (rimsky-korsakow) — hmv ae 1892 gvdsa (2246 25cm t18) — Mx. br 1047 1 ^ = 12 ga = 2 9254 — Rec. b harrison's garden oxted uk