Description
Tracklist:
: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra In E Minor Op. 64
: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra No. 8 In A Minor “In Modo Di Scena Cantante” Op. 47 “In The Form Of A Vocal Scene”
: Concerto For Violin And Orchestra No. 1 In D Major Op. 6
: Symphony No. 1 In C Major Op. 21
: Symphony No. 2 In C Major Op. 61
: Symphony No. 6 In B Minor “Pathtique” Op. 74
: The Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a
3-13: Church Scene (From The Opera “Christmas Eve”)
: Pictures At An Exhibition
4-17: Les Prludes S 97. Symphonic Poem No. 3 After Lamartine
4-18: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 In A Major Op. 11/1
4-19: Minstrels L 117/12 (From: Pludes – Book i)
5-1: Ah! Perfido Op. 65
: Oberon J 306
: Fidelio Op. 72
: Die Walkre
: Lohengrin
: Tannhuser Und Der Sngerkrieg Auf Der Wartburg
: Gtterdmmerung
5-11: Now Let Every Tongue Adore Thee (After Cantata “Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme” BWV 140)
: Louise
: L’Enfant Prodigue L 57
: Die Walkre
: Siegfried
: Die Meistersinger Von Nrnberg
: Lohengrin
: Parsifal
: Wesendonck-Lieder
: Der Fliegende Hollnder
: Tannhuser Und Der Sngerkrieg Auf Der Wartburg
: Lohengrin
: Parsifal
: Die Meistersinger Von Nrnberg
: Symphonia Domestica Op. 53. Tone Poem For Large Orchestra
7-5: Der Rosenkavalier: Suite
: Symphony No. 1 “The Santa Fe Trail”
: From Childhood. Suite For Harp And Orchestra
8-7: Cakewalk. Scherzo From Symphony No. 4
: 3 Poems On Aramaic Themes
: Concerto For 2 Violins, Strings And Basso Continuo In A Minor RV 522 (Op. 3/8)
: Dido And Aeneas. Suite For Orchestra
: Divertimento For 2 Horns And Strings In F Major “First Lodron Night Music” K 247
: Ouverture-Suite For Treble Recorder, Strings And Basso Continuo In A Minor TWV 55:a2
9-22: 5-Part Fantasy In D Major
: Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 1 In F-Sharp Minor Op. 1
: Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 4 In G Minor Op. 40
: Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No. 3 In D Minor Op. 30
: Concerto For Piano And Orchestra In A Minor Op. 16
: Concerto For Violin, Cello And Orchestra In A Minor “Double Concerto” Op. 102
: Don Quixote Op. 35. Fantastic Variations On A Theme Of Knightly Character
: Symphony No. 2 In D Major Op. 73
13-5: Alto Rhapsody Op. 53. Fragment From Goethe’s Harzreise Im Winter For Alto, Male Chorus And Orchestra
13-6: Dein Blaues Auge Hait So Still Op. 59/8
13-7: Der Schmied Op. 19/4
13-8: Immer Leiser Wird Mein Schlummer Op. 105/2
13-9: Von Ewiger Liebe Op. 43/1
: Ein Heldenleben Op. 40. Tone Poem For Large Orchestra
: Daphnis Et Chlo. Symphonie Fragments – Suite No. 2
15-1: Finlandia Op. 26. Tone Poem
: Lemminkainen Suite Op. 22. 4 Legends From The Kalevala
: Symphony No. 1 In E Minor Op. 39
: Symphony “Mathis Der Maler”
16-4: Amelia Goes To The Ball: Overture
16-5: First Essay For Orchestra Op. 12
: 3 Pieces For Orchestra
16-9: Washington Post March
16-10: The Stars and Stripes Forever
17-1: Prelude And Fugue In F Minor BWV 534
17-2: Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring. After The Chorale “Jesus Bleibet Meine Freude” From Cantata Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben BWV 147
17-3: Preludio In E Major. From Partita No. 3 For Solo Violin In E Major BWV 1006
17-4: Prelude And Fugue In B Minor BWV 544
17-5: My Dearest Jesus. Alter The Chorale “Herzliebster Jesu, Was Hast Du Verbrochen” From The St. Matthew Passion BWV 244
17-6: Frhlingsstimmen Op. 410 (Voices Of Spring). Walzer
17-7: Wiener Blut Op. 354 (Vienna Blood). Walzer
17-8: Kaiser-Walzer op. 437 (Emperor Waltz).
: The Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a
: Symphony No. 5 In E Minor Op. 64
: Symphony No. 5 In C Minor Op. 67
: Symphony No. 8 In B Minor “Unfinished” D 759
: Symphony No. 40 In G Minor K 550
: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 In F Major BWV 1047
: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major BWV 1048
: Symphony No. 2 In D Major Op. 73
Comes with a 72 pages 12.5×12.5 cm booklet comprised of an English presentation by Richard Evidon translated to French and German, and detailed tracklists for all CDs.
— Quoted from booklet, p. 71 —
Produced by Robert Russ
Booklet Editors: Jochen Rudelt & Marvin J. Deitz, texthouse
Design: [ec,ko] communications
Disc Research: Matt Fiveash
Production Manager: Miriam Rodriguez
All recordings transferred, restored and mastered from the original analogue masters by Nancy Conforti, Shane Carroll and Andreas K. Meyer, Swan Studios NYC, using 24 bit / 96 kHz technology.
All photos and scans of 78s from the Eugene Ormandy photographs (Ms. Coll. 330), Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania Libraries; p. 9 by Ray Lee Jackson.
The covers of the CD sleeves included in this set mimic RCA Victor’s idiosyncratic 78rpm album cover designs from the 1930s, some with their off-center printed titles. The CD labels also mimic 78rpm labels of the time, so as to give today’s listeners an idea of what classical music albums looked like in the heyday of the gramophone record. However, for practical reasons, as with our John Barbirolli set with the New York Philharmonic, we have in many cases combined the repertoire of several original 78rpm sets onto a single CD.
Consists of previously released material. CDs 3 [13], 4 [19] and 9 [22] previously unreleased.
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Links to original releases on Discogs (master releases when available)
CD 1 : M-544 [r=10222983]
CD 1 : DM-361 [r=15228777]
CD 2: M-409 [m=2775266]
CD 3 : M-337 [m=1801989]
CD 3 : DM-915 [m=673138]
CD 4 : DM-442 [r=15753408]
CD 4 : DM-453 [m=2953990]
CD 4 : M-830 [m=1816621]
CD 5 : CAL-462 [r=7669042]
CD 5 : LM-3086 [r=12443449]
CD 6 VIC 1500 [m=1303440]
CD 6 : 1807 [r=13022768]
CD 6 : SP-33-555 [m=1013284]
CD 7 : CAL-248 [r=11659933]
CD 7 : 18390 [m=2833355]
CD 8 : M-754 [m=3484600]
CD 9 : M-647 [r=22148284]
CD 10 : DM-865 [m=1108011]
CD 10 : DM-972 [m=1027408]
CD 11 : DM-710 [m=1154187]
CD 11 : DM-900 [m=582716]
CD 12 : M-815 [m=908236]
CD 12 : DM-720 [m=3616648]
CD 13 : DM-694 [m=3611648]
CD 13 : M-555 [m=1642108]
CD 14 : M-610 [m=2155492]
CD 14 : M-667 [m=3611333]
CD 15 : M-750 [m=975091]
CD 15 : DM-881 [m=3607259]
CD 16 : M-854 [m=1638605]
CD 16 : 18062 [r=9304253]
CD 17 : D.B.3393 [r=31855403]
CD 17 : 14973 [r=31855403]
CD 17 : 18166 [r=9075730]
CD 17 : 18060 [r=14399378]
CD 17 : 18220 [m=999256]
CD 18 : M-1020 [m=673138]
CD 18 : M-828 [m=1674750]
CD 19 : SR-4/5/6/7 [r=12430920]
CD 19 : SR-1/2/3 [r=7825895]
CD 20 : SR-8/9/10 [r=14573677]
CD 20 : SR-14/15/16 [m=1276180]
CD 21 : SR-28/29/30/31/32 [r=14573541]
Recording dates Recording venues Original releases (78 if identified) … Matrices (78 if identified)
CD 1 TT: 61:58
Tracks 1-1 to 1-3: 1941-12-20 Philadelphia, Academy of Music DMM4-0455,
… CS 071271-2, CS 071272-1, CS 071273-2 [1]; CS 071274-1 [2]; CS 071275-2 [2/3]; CS 071276-2 [3]
Tracks 1-4 to 1-6: 1938-05-09 Philadelphia, Academy of Music M-544 ,
… CS 022377-1, CS 022378-3, CS 022379-3, CS 022380-1 [4-6]
Track 1-7: 1936-12-13 Philadelphia, Academy of Music M-361,
… CS 03149/50-1, CS 03151/52-2 [7]
1938/1939/1980 Sony Music Entertainement
— Quoted from booklet p. 23
Note, The master disc 071274-1 for side 4 of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto appeared to be unplayable. We have therefore sourced this segment from the analogue tape copy DMM4- 0455-E. Ali other matrices played fine and we restored the concerto from the original disc masters.
— End of Quote
CD 2 TT: 61:09
Tracks 2-1 to 2-4: 1937-01-09 Philadelphia, Academy of Music M-409,
… CS 03194-96-1 [1]; CS 03197/98-1 [2]; CS 03199-1 [3]; CS 04000/01-1 [4]
Tracks 2-5 to 2-7: 1936-12-13 Philadelphia, Academy of Music M-448,
… CS 03141-43-1 [5]; CS 03144/45-1 [6]; CS 03146-48-1 [7]
Tracks 2-8: 1937-01-09 Philadelphia, Academy of Music M-448,
… CS 03189-1, CS 03190-2 [8]
1938 Sony Music Entertainement
— Quoted from the booklet p. 24
Note, The RCA Blue Card for matrix CS 03144 of Schumann’s Symphony No. 2 describes it as containing part 4 of the first movement but it actually features part 1 of the second movement.
— End of quote
CD 3 TT: 61:58
Tracks 3-1 to 3-4: 1936-12-13 & 1937-01-09* (Tracks 3-1 & 3-4) Philadelphia, Academy of Music M-337,
… CS 0313l-4A*, CS 03132-34-1 [1], CS 03135-2, CS 03136-1 [2]; CS 03137/38-1 [3],
… CS 03139-1, CS 03140-2* [4]
Tracks 3-5 to 3-12: 1941-12-20 Philadelphia, Academy of Music DM-915,
… CS 071285-2 [5], CS 071286-2A [6/7]; CS 071287-2A [8/9], CS 071288-1A [10/11],
… CS 071289-1, CS 071290-1A [12],
Tracks 3-13: 1941-12-20 Philadelphia, Academy of Music Previously unreleased,
… CS 071291-1A [13]
1937/1942/2025 Sony Music Entertainment
— Quoted from booklet p.27
Note, Some discographies are unclear about the actual commercial release of album DM-915 with Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite as well as the takes designated as masters. The album was indeed listed in September 1942 as a Red Seal release and appeared in the new release listings of The New Records and The Musical Quarterly magazines in 1942. Later, album DM-915 made it into the Best Selling Record Albums list of Classical Artists by Billboard magazine beginning of 1945 and 1946, right alter the previous years’ holiday seasons.
The designated master takes are
CS 07 1285-1-1A-2-2A-3-3A
Ouverture miniature
CS 071286-l-1A-2-2A
Marche; Danse de la fe Drage
CS 071287-1-1A-2-2A
Trpak; Danse arabe
CS 071288-1-1A
Danse chinoise; Danse des mirlitons
CS 071289-1-1A
Valse des fleurs, part 1
CS 071290-1-1A
Valse des fleurs, part 2
— End of quote
CD 4 TT: 58:56
Tracks 4-1 to 4-16: 1937-10-17 Philadelphia, Academy of Music DM-442,
… CS 13057-1, CS 13058-2, CS 13059-61-1, CS 13062-1A, CS 13063/64-1 [1-16]
… CS 066735-1, CS 066736-2A [18]; BS 04002-1-1A [19]
Track 4-17: 1937-10-17 Philadelphia, Academy of Music M-453,
… CS 13065-68-1 [17]
Track 4-18: 1941-08-01 Philadelphia, Academy of Music M-830,
… CS 066735-1, CS 066736-2A [18];
Track 4-19: 1937-01-09 Philadelphia, Academy of Music Previously unreleased,
… BS 04002-1-lA [19]
1938/1941/2025 Sony Music Entertainment
— Quoted from booklet p. 28
Note, The actual master for side 2 of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition is CS 013058-2 according to the RCA Victor Blue Card and not take -1 (Hl) [Hi= Hold indefinitely] as sources suggest. interestingly, there are three metal part copies of take -1 in the Sony Music Archives, so it might well be that take -1 was used for release, although the Blue Card gives no information that master -2 was worn out and needed to be replaced (see p. 19).
— End of quote
CD 5 TT: 79:38
Tracks 5-1 to 5-4: 1937-10-17 Philadelphia, Academy of Music CAL-462
Tracks 5-5 to 5-6: 1935-10-09 New York City, RCA Victor Studio No.2 CAL-462
Track 5-7: 1937-10-17 Philadelphia, Academy of Music CAL-462
Tracks 5-8 to 5-9: 1935-10-09 New York City, RCA Victor Studio No.2 Cal-462
Tracks 5-10: 1937-10-17 Philadelphia, Academy of Music CAL-462
Tracks 5-11 to 5-13: 1940-10-20 New York City, RCA Victor Studio No.2 LM-3086
1936/1937/1938/1939/1941/1970
— Quoted from booklet p. 32 —
Note: We have added here four tracks unrelated to Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra [5/6/8/9} to complete the Camden album The Art of Kirsten Flagstad.
— End of quote —
— Quoted from booklet p. 33 —
Note: Wagner’s “Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort” remained unreleased on 78 and was remade by RCA Victor on November 12, 1939 with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra conducted by Edwin McArthur, and issued with new serial numbers and listed as 15841/42 respectively 15963/60-B in set M/DM-644.
— End of Quote —
CD 6 TT: 69:28
Tracks 6-1 to 6-2: 1938-04-17 Philadelphia, Academy of Music VIC1500
Track 6-3: 1940-11-22 Philadelphia, Academy of Music VIC1500
Tracks 6-4 to 6-6: 1939-04-20 Philadelphia, Academy of Music VIC1500
Track 6-7: 1938-04-17 Philadelphia, Academy of Music VIC1500
Tracks 6-8 to 6-9: 1939-04-20 Philadelphia, Academy of Music VIC1500
Tracks 6-10 to 6-12: 1940-11-22 Philadelphia, Academy of Music VIC1500
Tracks 6-13 to 6-14: 1938-04-17 Philadelphia, Academy of Music SP 33-555
Track 6-15: 1937-01-09 Philadelphia, Academy of Music 1807
1938/1939/1940/1941/1970 Sony Music Entertainment
— Quoted from booklet p. 35
Note, We have added here four tracks unrelated to Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra [3/10-12) to complete the album VIC-1500
Lauritz Melchior – Wagner.
— End of quote
CD 7 TT 50:06
Tracks 7-1 to 7-4: 1938-05-09 Philadelphia, Academy of Music CAL-248
… CS 022364-66-3, CS 022367/68-1, CS 022369-71-3, CS 022372-2A (previously-3). CS 022373-1 (previously -3, then -2) [1-4];
Tracks 7-5: 1941-10-25 Philadelphia, Academy of Music 18390
… CS 071208-1, CS 071209-IA [5]
1939/1942 Sony Music Entertainment
— Quoted from the booklet p. 38 —
Note, The matrix that served as master for side 9 of Strauss’s Symphonia Domestica was CS 022372-2A and -3. For this release we worked from a test pressing of -2A . The existence of three copies of metal parts and a test pressing in the Sony Music Archives indicates that -2A was the preferred master. For side 10, matrices CS 022373-3, -2, and -1 have all – at some point – acted as masters according to the RCA Victor Blue Card. The original designations were -1 {Hi), -2 {Hi), -3 {M) [Hi= Hold indefinitely as master back-up; M = Master]. First, take -2 was then assigned “M” and -3 “Hi”, before -1 became “M” and -2 “Hi” again. The existence of two metal part copies as well as a test pressing of CS 022373-1 indicates that -1 was indeed final/y chosen as master.
— End of quote —
CD 8 TT: 51:38
Tracks 8-1 to 8-3: 1940-10-20 Philadelphia, Academy of Music M-754,
… CS 056567/68-1, CS 056569-2, CS 056570-72-1 [1-3];
Tracks 8-4 to 8-6: 1941-03-15 Philadelphia, Academy of Music DM-893,
… CS 062564-1, CS 062565-1A, CS 062566-1, CS 062567-1A, CS 062568/69-1 [4-6]
Track 8-7: 1938-05-09 Philadelphia, Academy of Music 15377-A,
… CS 022376-1 [7];
Tracks 8-8 to 8-9: 1937-01-09 & 1937-04-05 Philadelphia, Academy of Music 14903,
… CS 04003-2, previously-1*, CS 07572-2 [8/9]
1938/1939/1941 Sony Music Entertainment
— Quoted from the booklet, p. 40
Note:: A note on the RCA Blue Gard for release 14903 reads, “1st + 3rd Poem on each side per Mr. O’Connell, March 2, 1938.” We identified track 9 to be Poem No. 2.
Note: The Suite From Childhood was commissioned by Edna Phillips and Sam Rosenbaum. Composed in 1940, if was dedicated ta Edna Phillips. Ifs premire was given by Edna Phillips, harp, with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy conducting. If is one of many works that Phillips, who was the first woman principal player in a major American orchestra, commissioned “for the purpose of enlarging the harp repertory.”
— End of Quote
CD 9 TT: 71:01
Tracks 9-1 to 9-3: 1939-01-08 Philadelphia, Academy of Music DMM4-0260,
… CS 030905-08-1
Tracks 9-4 to 9-10: 1939-01-08 & 1939-12-11 Philadelphia, Academy of Music M-647,
… CS 030911-2*, CS 030912/13-1
Tracks 9-11 to 9-14: 1938-04-17 Philadelphia, Academy of Music M-603,
… BS 022328-33-1 [11-14]
Tracks 9-15 to 9-21: 1941-03-15 Philadelphia, Academy of Music M- 890,
… CS 062546-1, CS 062547-2A, CS 062548-lA, CS 062549-1 [15-21]
Track 9-22: 1939-01-08 Philadelphia, Academy of Music Previously unreleased,
… BS 030909-1-1 A [22]
1939/1940/1942/1977/2025 Sony Music Entertainment
— Quoted from booklet p. 42
Note. Movement Il of Vivaldi’s Concerto for 2 Violins was original/y recorded in one take on two 10″ discs, BS 030906/01. On November 19, 1941 these were rerecorded onto two 12″ discs al the request of producer Ronald S. Wise to “raise the level a fraction”.
Note. Due to running time restrictions in 78rpm production the “Rjouissance” movement of the Telemann Ouverture-Suite was moved to the last side of the set, “Air l’Italien” was split on two sides, and Passepieds I & Il appeared on separate disc sides. For this release we restored the original movement order.
— End of Quote
CD 10 TT: 49:20
Tracks 10-1 to 10-3: 1939-12-04 & 1940-02-24 Philadelphia, Academy of Music DM-865,
… CS 045621-2, CS 045622-3*, CS 045623-2 (previously -1) [1]; CS 045624-1 [2]; CS 045625/26-3* [3]
Tracks 10-4 to 10-6: 1941-12-20 Philadelphia, Academy of Music DM-972,
… CS 071277/78-2, CS 071279-1A [4]; CS 071280-1A, CS 071281-1 [5]; CS 071282-84-1 [6]
1942/1944 Sony Music Entertainment
— Quoted from booklet p. 45
Note: CS 045623-2 re-recorded to CS 045623-1R and -2R at Studio 2 on November 28, 1941 to repair “overcut grooves”.
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CD 11 TT: 59:59
Tracks 11-1 to 11-3: 1939-12-04 & 1940-02-24 Philadelphia, Academy of Music DM-710,
… CS 045627-30-1 [1]; CS 045631-1, CS 045632-2A* [2]; CS 045633-1, CS 045634-3*, CS 045635-1 [3]
… CS 073207-3, CS 073208-1, CS 073209-2B [4], CS 073210-2C [5]; CS 073211/12-2A [6]
Tracks 11-4 to 11-6: 1942-03-06 Philadelphia, Academy of Music DM-900,
… CS 073207-3, CS 073208-1, CS 073209-2B [4], CS 073210-2C [5]; CS 073211/12-2A [6]
1940/1942 Sony Music Entertainment
— Quoted from booklet p. 47
Note: Matrices CS 073209-2B and CS 073210-2C were re-recorded on December 8 and October 30, 1942 at Studio 1 “from New York acetate file”.
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CD 12 TT: 67:02
Tracks 12-1 to 12-3: 1939-12-21 Philadelphia, Academy of Music M-815,
… CS 045645-2 (previously -1), CS 045646-4R (ex 2), CS 045647-2R (ex 2), CS 045648-1R (ex 2) [1];
… CS 045649/50-2 [2]; CS 045651-2, CS 045652-3 [3]
Tracks 12-4 to 12-16: 1940-02-24 Philadelphia, Academy of Music DM-720,
… CS 048027-1 [4]; CS 048028-1 [4/5]; CS 048029-1 [6]; CS 048030-1 [7/8]; CS 048031-1 [8];
… CS 048032-1 [9/10]; CS 048033-2A [10-12]; CS 048034-1 [13-15]; CS 048035-1 [15]; CS 048036-2 [16]
1941 Sony Music Entertainment
— Quoted from booklet p. 52
Note. The indications on the RCA Blue Card for side 1 of the Brahms Double Concerto, CS 045645, are slightly confusing. While on the card take -2 from the first cutter is clearly designated as master, the three metal parts and the test pressing in the Sony Music Archives all specify -2A and come from the second cutting machine. For this release we have used -2A.
Note. In some Emanuel Feuermann and Philadelphia Orchestra discographies take -1 is given as master take for the last part of Don Quixote, matrix CS 048036. However, the original RCA Blue Gard has take -2 assigned as master and take -1 to serve as master back-up (Hi). For sonic reasons, we used the back-up for this portion to complete the confusion (see p. 19).
— End of quote
CD 13 TT: 66:46
Tracks 13-1 to 13-4: 1939-12-21 & 1940-03-27 Philadelphia, Academy of Music DM-694,
… CS 045653-55-1, CS 045656-2 [1]; CS 045657-59-1 [2]; CS 045660-3*, CS 045661-2 [3]; CS 045662-2, CS 045663/64-1 [4];
Tracks 13-5 to 13-8: 1939-01-08 Philadelphia, Academy of Music M-555,
… CS 030914-3 (previously -2). CS 030915-1, BS 030916-1, BS 030917-2 [5]; CS 030918-1 [6/7]; CS 030919-1 [8];
Track 13-9: 1939-01-08 Philadelphia, Academy of Music Previously unreleased,
… BS 030920/21-1 [9]
1939/1940 Sony Music Entertainment
CD 14 TT: 58:13
Tracks 14-1 to 14-6: 1939-04-30 Philadelphia, Academy of Music M-610,
… CS 035813/14-1, CS 035815-2, CS 035816-22-1 [1-6]
Tracks 14-7 to 14-9: 1939-01-08 Philadelphia, Academy of Music M-667,
… CS 030900/01-1, CS 030902-2, CS 030903-1 [7-9)
1939/1940 Sony Music Entertainment
CD 15 TT: 58:25
Tracks 15-1 to 15-3: 1940-10-20 Philadelphia, Academy of Music M-750,
… CS 047821/22-2 [l]; CS 047823/24-2 [2]; CS 056565-lA, CS 056566-1 [3]
Tracks 15-4 to 15-7: 1941-10-25 Philadelphia, Academy of Music DM-881,
… CS 071200-2A, CS 071201-1 [4]; CS 071202/03-1 [5]; CS 071204-1 [6]; CS 071205-07-1 [7]
1941/1942 Sony Music Entertainment
CD 16 TT: 50:18
Tracks 16-1 to 16-3: 1940-10-20 Philadelphia, Academy of Music M-854,
… S 056578-1, CS 056579-IA [1]; CS 056580-1 [2]; CS 056581/82-IA, CS 056583-1 [3]
Tracks 16-4: 1939-01-08 Philadelphia, Academy of Music 15377-B,
… CS 030904-2 (previously-1) [4]
Tracks 16-5: Philadelphia, Academy of Music 18062,
… CS 056573-1, CS 056574-2 [5]
Tracks 16-6 to 16-8: 1941-10-25 Philadelphia, Academy of Music DMM4-0455,
… CS 071210/11-1 [6-8]
Tracks 16-9 to 16-10: 1942-03-06 Philadelphia, Academy of Music 11-8451,
… CS 073214-2 [9]; CS 073213-1 [10]
1939/1941/1942/1943/1980 Sony Music Entertainment
CD 17 TT: 46:59
Tracks 17-1 to 17-2: 1936-12-13 Philadelphia, Academy of Music 14382/14973,
… CS 03128-1, CS 03129-2 [1]; CS 03130-2 [2]
Track 17-3: 1935-04-05 Philadelphia, Academy of Music 14973,
… CS 03191-213]
Track 17-4: 1938-05-09 Philadelphia, Academy of Music
… CS 022374/75-1 [4]
Track 17-5: 1940-03-27 Philadelphia, Academy of Music 18166,
… CS 047825-1 [5]
Tracks 17-6 to 17-7: 1941-03-15 Philadelphia, Academy of Music 18060,
CS 062560-1 [6]; CS 062561-1 [7]
Track 17-8: 1941-03-01 Philadelphia, Academy of Music 18220,
CS 062562-2A (previously -1A, then -3A), CS 062563-4A [18]
1937/1938/1941/1980 Sony Music Entertainment
— Quoted from booklet p. 63
Note. The final master for side 1 of Strauss’s Emperor Waltz is CS 062562-2A according to the RCA Victor Blue Gard and not take -3/3A (Hi) as other sources suggest. The existence of two copies of metal parts and a test pressing in the Sony Music Archives indicates that -2A was the preferred master.
— End of quote
CD 18 TT: 66:06
Tracks 18-1 to 18-8: 1945-01-10 Philadelphia, Academy of Music M-1020,
… D5-RC 643-3A [1]; D5-RC 644-2A [2/3]; D5-RC 645-2A [4/5]; D5-RC 646-2 [6/7];
… D5-RC 647-1A, D5-RC 648-1 [8];
Tracks 18-9 to 18-12: 1941-03-15 Philadelphia, Academy of Music M-828,
… CS 062550-1, CS 062551/52-1A [9]; CS 062553-2, CS 062554/55-1A [10]; CS 062556-1A [11];
… CS 062557-1A [11/12]; CS 062558/59-1A [12]
1941/1945 Sony Music Entertainment
CD 19 TT: 53:17
Tracks 19-1 to 19-4: 1938-10-17 Philadelphia, Academy of Music World’s Greatest Music SR-4-7,
… CS 027814-2, CS 027815-1 [1]; CS 027816/17-1 [2]; Cs 027818-1A [3]; CS 027819-1A [3/4]; CS 027820/21-1 [4]
Tracks 19-5 to 19-6: 1938-10-17 Philadelphia, Academy of Music World’s Greatest Music SR-1-3,
… CS 027808-1, CS 027809/10-2 (now -1 [5]; CS 027811-1A, CS 027812/13-1 [6]
1938 Sony Music Entertainment
— Quoted from booklet p. 67
Note: The “World’s Greatest Music” releases on CDs 19 to 21 were produced by RCA Victor on behalf of the Publishers Service Company, a subsidiary of the New York [i]Post[/] with specially-designed labels.
Note: On the recording sheet for October 11, 1938 the orchestra is credited as “Symphony Orchestra”.
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— Quoted from booklet p. 68
Note, Two takes of the beginning of Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 were recorded on two machines on October 11, 1938. The recordings on machine “A” were apparently not good and were marked “D” for “destroy” (CS 027808-1). The recordings from machine “B” were deemed suitable for release and take -2 was selected as master, CS 027808-2 (M). [M = Master]. Alter transferring and listening to both takes, we found that take -2 sounded rather poor compared to take -1, which at this point was marked “HI” [Hi = Hold indefinitely] to serve as a master backup. For this edition we decided to do like our predecessors in the shellac era and replaced the defective master CS 027808-2 with its backup CS 027808-1.
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CD 20 TT: 45:50
Tracks 20-1 to 20-4: 1938-11-12 Philadelphia, Academy of Music World’s Greatest Music SR-8-10,
… CS 028834/35-1 [1]; CS 028836/37-1 [2]; CS 028838-1 [3]; CS 028839-1 [4]
Tracks 20-5 to 20-7: 1938-11-12 Philadelphia, Academy of Music World’s Greatest Music SR-14/15-A,
… CS 028831-2 [5]; CS 028832-1 [6]; CS 028833-1 [7];
Tracks 20-8 to 20-9: 1938-11-12 Philadelphia, Academy of Music World’s Greatest Music SR-15-B/16,
… CS 028840/41-1 [8]; CS 028842-1 [9];
1939 Sony Music Entertainment
— Quoted from booklet p. 67
Note The “World’s Greatest Music” releases on CDs 19 to 21 were produced by RCA Victor on behalf of the Publishers Service Company, a subsidiary of the New York [i]Post[/i] with specially-designed labels.
— End of quote
— Quoted from booklet p. 69
Note, On the recording sheets the orchestra is credited as “NY Post-Symphony Orchestra”.
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CD 21 TT: 39;24
Tracks 21-1 to 21-4: 1939-03-26 Philadelphia, Academy of Music World’s Greatest Music SR-28/29/30/31/32,
… CS 035400-1, CS 035401-2, CS 035402-1, CS 035403-2 [1]; CS 035404-2A, CS 035405-1 [2];
… CS 035406-2, CS 035407-1 [3]; CS 035407-09-1 [4]
1939 Sony Music Entertainment
— Quoted from booklet p. 67
Note The “World’s Greatest Music” releases on CDs 19 to 21 were produced by RCA Victor on behalf of the Publishers Service Company, a subsidiary of the New York [i]Post[/i] with specially-designed labels.
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