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Today's classical playlist

Mozart--Trio for piano, clarinet and viola in E flat K 498 'Kegelstatt'
Tabea Zimmermann (viola)
Jörg Widmann (clarinet)
Denes Varjon (piano)

Ray
 
Bartok
Violin Concerto

Yehudi Menuhin: violin
Antal Dorati: conductor
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

Mercury Wing
Date ?

I lucked out with this copy. Aside from the expected, but unobtrusive, ticks, and tape hiss, the vinyl is clean and quiet. Bartok's Violin Concerto is an intriguing piece, and eventually I'll have to compare this version with a brand new CD release on Chandos and see whose interpretation I prefer.

Anyone know when this recording was made? I can't find information about my specific version on discogs.com.

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juncers said:
Mozart--Trio for piano, clarinet and viola in E flat K 498 'Kegelstatt'
Tabea Zimmermann (viola)
Jörg Widmann (clarinet)
Denes Varjon (piano)

Ray
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Do the Gesualdo madrigals you listed a little while ago continue to have the hushed, dark sound of the third one?
 
Mr. Lin said:
Bartok
Violin Concerto

Anyone know when this recording was made? I can't find information about my specific version on discogs.com.

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What I found is not conclusive with the info you posted...But, it looks pretty good...

BARTÓK
Violin Concerto No. 1, Sz37
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
New York, Carnegie Hall
SR-90003
Mercury
2/17/1957

Doráti held the post as principal conductor of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra from 1949 to 1960. So, it's definately the right time frame.

SR-90003 is listed as a "Catalog" number, But, I don't know if it is Mercury's or even if it is for an LP. Obviously, if your album has that number on it, it will cinch it.

I think if the album mentions Carnegie Hall, it would put it in the 95% + area

2/17/1957 is the performance date, not the publishing date.

Mike
 
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Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Felix Prohaska
Bamberger Symphoniker
Tamás Vásáry (Piano)

Concerto, piano, no. 1, E♭ major
Concerto no. 1 in E flat major for piano and orchestra
Legend no. 2 for piano (St. Francis of Paolo walking on the water)
Concerto no. 2 in A major for piano and orchestra
Paganini etude no. 2 in E flat major

Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft 3335 131-10 [1978]
1 Cassette tape

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Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)
Rafael Kubelik
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Symphonie Nr. 2, c-moll

Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft 413 149-4 [1970]
1 Cassette tape

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TEX-Tech said:
What I found is not conclusive with the info you posted...But, it looks pretty good...

BARTÓK
Violin Concerto No. 1, Sz37
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
New York, Carnegie Hall
SR-90003
Mercury
2/17/1957

Doráti held the post as principal conductor of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra from 1949 to 1960. So, it's definately the right time frame.

SR-90003 is listed as a "Catalog" number, But, I don't know if it is Mercury's or even if it is for an LP. Obviously, if your album has that number on it, it will cinch it.

I think if the album mentions Carnegie Hall, it would put it in the 95% + area

2/17/1957 is the performance date, not the publishing date.

Mike
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On the CD edition, the same recording date is quoted. Literally:

Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one 201 and two M54 Telefunken microphones, in Carnegie Hall, New York City, 17 February 1957. Originally released on SR90003..
 
Mr. Lin said:
Awesome. Dr. John Bull is one of my favorite composers but I never run across his stuff unless I go to ebay, especially vinyl copies.
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I never hunt for records (well, almost never ;)), they find me when I'm out foraging for fresh vinyl to feed the TT. :yes::D

The hardest part is gaining the experience to recognize these things when they cross your path. If I'd known then what I know, there are a couple of shelves of records that would never have entered the house, and a shelf or two of other records that would never have escaped my grasp. :sigh:
 
flyz51 said:
... The hardest part is gaining the experience to recognize these things when they cross your path. If I'd known then what I know, there are a couple of shelves of records that would never have entered the house, and a shelf or two of other records that would never have escaped my grasp. :sigh:
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Ain't it the Truth!!
 
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Orff, Carl (1895-1982)
James Levine
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Carmina Burana : cantiones profanae

Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft 415 136-4 [1985]
1 Cassette tape

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Delius: Appalachia - Variations on an old slave song / Brigg Fair: an English Rhapsody

Barbirolli, Halle Orchestra
Alan Jenkins Baritone
Ambrosian Singers
MHS 4566 1982 reissue of a
Kingsway Hall/EMI 1970 recording.

Thanks to audiodon for turning me onto these beautiful late romantic works.
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Mr. Lin said:
Do the Gesualdo madrigals you listed a little while ago continue to have the hushed, dark sound of the third one?
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The last 3 books are more harmonically and rhythmically experimental and, in my opinion, more interesting. He didn't stay musically in one place for long, so although it's still recognizable as Gesualdo, by Book 6, his madrigals are stretched way beyond Book 3 and just about everyone else's. It's no coincidence that Book 6 contains his most famous, and by extension, THE most famous madrigals.

Ray
 
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Ode To Joy, Great Choruses By Beethoven • Wagner • Bach • Handel & Mozart
Ode an die Freude

Ludwig Van Beethoven
"Ode To Joy" From Symphony No. 9 In D Minor
Herbert Von Karajan Orchestra
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Richard Wagner
"Tannhäuser": Entry Of The Guests (Act 2)
Otto Gerdes
Chorus And Orchestra Of The Deutsche Oper, Berlin

Ludwig Van Beethoven
"Fidelio": Finale Of Act 2 (Conclusion)
Karl Böhm
Dresden State Orchestra

Georg Friedrich Händel
Hallelujah Chorus From "Messiah"
Karl Richter
Munich Bach Orchestra & Chorus*


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ave Verum Corpus K. 618
Günther Arndt
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Berlin Handel Chorus

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
"Exsultate, Jubilate" K. 165 (158a) (Opening Aria)
Ferenc Fricsay
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Maria Stader

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata BWV 51 "Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen" (Opening Aria)
Karl Richter
Munich Bach Orchestra
Soprano Vocals – Edith Mathis
Trumpet – Pierre Thibaud


Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata BWV 214 "Tönet, Ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!" (Opening Chorus)
Peter Schreier
Lead Vocals – Berlin Soloists
Berlin Chamber Orchestra


Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft 413 414-4 [1980]
1 Cassette tape

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Mr. Lin said:
Bartok
Violin Concerto

Yehudi Menuhin: violin
Antal Dorati: conductor
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

Mercury Wing
Date ?

I lucked out with this copy. Aside from the expected, but unobtrusive, ticks, and tape hiss, the vinyl is clean and quiet. Bartok's Violin Concerto is an intriguing piece, and eventually I'll have to compare this version with a brand new CD release on Chandos and see whose interpretation I prefer.

Anyone know when this recording was made? I can't find information about my specific version on discogs.com.

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Mercury "Wing" was a budget LP label.The Mercury equivalent to RCA's "Victrola" label perhaps but I do not know if "wing" was solely reserved for classical music or if Mercury used it for popular recording as well. RCA also used Victrola to release some of their previously unreleased stereo recordings from the early age of stereo before the advent of the stereo LP.

I would suppose that Wing reissues might have started in the mid 1960's to appeal to buyers that did not have the wherewithall (money) to afford stereo LPs in the original run of the Mercs.

EDIT: Mercury wing was used for both popular and classical music - I looked on ebay. :D
 
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Spinning on the TD125:
Mozart Horn Concertos
Alan Civil - French Horn
Philharmonia Orchestra
Otto Klemperer Conducting
Rare opportunity to hear a French Horn front and center, and it is a treat! Well recorded and a very enjoyable listen for a relaxed afternoon!
Regards,
Jim
 
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Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643)
Hanns-Martin Schneidt
Regensburg Cathedral Boy's Choir
Vespro della Beata Vergine
Vespers of the Blessed Virgin
Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft 410 564-4 [1975]
1 Cassette tape

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Musical Heritage Society LP
MHS 7538X
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik | Sernata notturna | Sinfonia concertante
Neville Marriner & the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
 
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