It is rather sad that artists like Antonio Brosa, even if they have a substantial international fan base, quickly fall into oblivion after their demise if they hardly have recorded.
As even the most extensive research shows, there has never been a single recording of Antonio Brosa been issued on CD, and even his vinyl output (both on 33 and 78 RPM) is extremely scarce. Here is the current list of recordings Antonio Brosa has made or contributed in as a soloist (so not with his Brosa Quartet or the Pro Arte Quartet):
- Antonio Brosa, w/ Orchestra directed by Walter Goehr Mendelssohn, Violin Concerto in E major op.64, Andante London, EMI Studio No. 1, Abbey Road HMV 2EA 5372 (sample download available at http://images.cch.kcl.ac.uk/charm/liv/audio/flac/C_2928_2EA_5372-1.flac)
- Joseph Hislop, Antonio Brosa (violin), Percy Kahn (piano), Eugene Pini (cello) Toselli, Serenade C Studio, Small Queen’s Hall, London; 7 May 1929 Bb 16854-1/2 (many thanks to the CHARM website!)
- Joseph Hislop, Antonio Brosa (violin), Percy Kahn (piano), Eugene Pini (cello) Lady Scott, Annie Laurie C Studio, Small Queen’s Hall, London; 7 May 1929 Cc 16855-1A/2/3 (many thanks to the CHARM website!)
- Elena Danieli, Antonio Brosa (violin) Braga, The angel's serenade C Studio, Small Queen’s Hall, London; 22 April 1929 Cc 16377-1/2 (many thanks to the CHARM website!)
- Elena Danieli, Harold Craxton (piano), Antonio Brosa (violin) Liza Lehmann, There are fairies at the bottom of our garden C Studio, Small Queen’s Hall, London; 22 April 1929 Bb 15448-2 (many thanks to the CHARM website!)
- Aubrey Brain (horn), Antonio Brosa, orchestra Dame Ethel Smyth Concerto (incomplete, BBC radio broadcast) (see http://www.geocities.co.jp/MusicHall/1921/aubrey/introduction.html)
- Antonio Brosa, Kathleen Long (piano) Fauré, Violin Sonata No.1, op.13 (British Library, BIRS copy December 4th 1975 of tape loaned by Antonio Brosa)
- Nan Maryska, Gerald Moore (piano), Antonio Brosa Strauss, Serenade and ToMorrow HMV C3093
- 'Dreaming Lips', 1937 (Movie where Antonio Brosa plays parts of the Tchaikovsky and Beethoven concertos while actor Raymond Massey is his 'arm double', plus parts of the Walton score)
- Antonio Brosa, BBSO Haydn Wood, Concerto in B Minor (1933) ?
- Antonio Brosa, LPO, Barbirolli Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake, Scenes 1-5 Hungarian Dance HMV C 2619-20 (2x12")
- Dino Borgioli (tenor), Ivor Newton (piano), Antonio Brosa Dvorak, Songs my mother taught me, Strauss, Morgen Op.27 No.4 Columbia LB22 (10")
- Antonio Brosa, BBC Scottish Orchestra, Ian Whyte Ysaye, Sonata No. 2; Britten, Violin Concerto (ca. 1950s ?) (private release on SRT label of a tape or acetate recording of a BBC broadcast - download available at http://themusicparlour.blogspot.com/2010/05/antonio-brosa-violin-plays-britten.html) |