Recordings
Squire recorded cello miniatures for the Gramophone and Typewriter Company (the forerunner of HMV) from around 1906 - one of his earliest recordings being Mélodie by Anton Rubinstein recorded in January 1906. He played cello obligato on many vocal recordings, for example in "A Summer Night" (by Goring Thomas) sung by the contralto Louise Kirkby Lunn for HMV in 1911. He also recorded his arrangements of other composers' works and one of his own pieces: Serenade (in 1911) for HMV.
In 1926 Squire recorded the Saint-Saëns cello concerto No.1 in A minor Op. 33 for Columbia with the Hallé orchestra conducted by Hamilton Harty. He recorded the Elgar cello concerto in c.1930 also for Columbia with the Hallé and Harty - this recording being made at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester. He also recorded chamber music, for example the Beethoven Piano Trio No. 6 in B-flat major Op. 97 "Archduke" with William Murdoch (piano) and Albert Sammons (violin) in 1926.
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