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Today's MONO playlist
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Two-Headed Boy
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
Symphony No. 5 (renamed Symphony No. 9)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Rafael Kubelik
on Mercury Living Presence (Chicago), from 1951
mono recording
I like the sound of those old Mercury monos, how does that one sound? What do you use for a cart with those old recordings?
George O.
Super Member
I like the sound very much.
I generally use a GE VR II cartridge flipped to the .7 mil stylus. I prefer it to the "correct" 1 mil stylus.
George O.
Super Member
Lukas Foss (1922-2009): A Parable of Death
text by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926); English version by Anthony Hecht
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959): Intermezzo
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974): Kentuckiana
Vera Zorina, narrator
Farrold Stevens, tenor
The Louisville Orchestra / Robert Whitney
Choir of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
on Columbia (NYC), from 1954
works commissioned by The Louisville Orchestra
cover by Gene Federico
mono recording
George O.
Super Member
Paul Creston (1906-1985): Invocation and Dance, op 58
recorded May 15, 1954
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959): Dawn in a Tropical Forest
recorded Jan 23, 1954
Halsey Stevens (1908-1989): Triskelion
recorded Feb 27, 1954
The Louisville Orchestra / Robert Whitney
First record from first 6-LP box set on The Louisville Orchestra Commissioning Series, from 1955
mono recording
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Gang-Twanger
Resident Wharfedaliophool
Ella Fitzgerald - "Ella Sings Gershwin" US Decca 1st-pressing mono LP
This one sounds a lot better than I had expected. Sparse recordings of her with Ellis Larkin on piano. Good stuff. Best date I could find was 1957, but I get the feeling that this record is older than that. It's a microgroove with the same label shown in the picture. Boy, I get the feeling I'm gonna' grow to love this LP once I get a dedicated mono setup going with that Garrard RC88/4 that I have.
Ella Fitzgerald - "Sings The Rodgers And Hart Songbook" US Verve mono double-LP
Just one that I've had for a while. I listen to a lot more mono stuff nowadays than I used to, but mono pressings are usually cheap and often allow me to enjoy artists that I otherwise might not (like Clyde McCoy). I have an excellent Ella CD set, "Twelve Nights In Hollywood". Might have to give that a listen later. That set is smokin'. If you see it somewhere and the price is right, buy it.
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George O.
Super Member
Frantisek Benda (1709-1786): Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord
Frantisek X. Richter (1709-1789): Sonata da Camera for Flute and Harpsichord
Serge Prokofiev (1891-1953): Sonata for Flute and Piano, op 94
Jeanne-Pierre Rampal, flute
Viktorie Svihlikova, harpsichord
Alfred Holecek, piano
on Supraphon (Czechoslovakia), from 1958
mono recording
George O.
Super Member
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (1833-1887)
String Quartet No. 2, in D Major
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865-1936)
Anatoly Konstantinovich Liadov (1855-1914)
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Jour de Fete
(each of the three composers wrote one movement)
Galimir Quartet:
Felix Galimir, violin
Henry Sigl, violin
Seymour Barah, cello
Karen Tuttle, viola
on Period Records (NYC), from 1950
mono recording
George O.
Super Member
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Symphony No. 5, in C Minor, op 67
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Serge Koussevitzky
78 rpm set of four discs on RCA Victor (Camden, New Jersey), from 1949
Recorded in three sessions in 1944 and 1945
Release was delayed until RCA could handle sides this long (sometimes more than five minutes)
mono recording
