POLYPHONY2#AOL - Polyphony Recordings

AUDIOPHILE AND SPECIAL LABEL RECORDS
The following several sections are devoted to listings of records by manufacturer in order of prefix and issue number. In
most of these cases, either an individual item or a whole series has a following among groups of collectors on the basis of
either quality of recorded sound to begin with or of pressing vintage (or both); in some cases (audiophile or not) the label
per se has so devoted a following that it makes sense to list discs here rather than in an artist or repertoire category.
Since many of these audiophiles are also followers of The Abso!ute Sound magazine, I have also included notations when
I have found reviews or comments regarding specific discs in this publication. These take the form of the issue number
followed by a colon, then the page number, i.e. [38:155]. Please consult these references directly if you are interested in
what TAS has said. Their content in generally favorable, but they are not always so. Also, I have included these
references even in cases where TAS has discussed or listed a different issue of the same recording I have listed (for
example, a domestic vs. an imported pressing, or a reissue vs. original issue). So do not automatically assume that a TAS
reference means a rave review of the specific item listed. When the letter "L" follows one of these notes, it means that the
item was included on Harry Pearson's list on that page in that issue (rather than meaning that the item received an actual
review or comment). [If you have a specific interest in the early Columbia stereo pressings with "2-eyes" labels, or the
even earlier "6-eyes" pressings, here is where they are in this catalog: #184, 215, 279, 280, 332, 460, 936, 973, 990, 998,
1002, 1005, 1011, 1018, 1020, 1024, 1029, 1040, 1059, 1066, 1193, 1208, 1219, 1241, 1242, 1248, 1309, 1333-34, 1374,
1375, 1376, 1386, 1414, 1415, 1416, 1419, 1420, 1431, 1450, 1451, 1455, 1456, 1457, 1458, 1459, 1463, 1472, 1476,
1477, 1478, 1481, 1483, 1492, 1506, 1509, 1574, 1592, 1593, 1596, 1651, 1652, 1653, 1655, 1683 & 1685.
LP's: Angels
All of the mono Angels below (except as noted) are early British pressings from the period 1953-58. Except as noted
otherwise, these copies are the deluxe editions, with fine art work on the covers, extra heavy sleeves and dowel-rod spines
(boxed sets did not have the dowel-rod spines). In a few instances the spine is gone (indicated with "ns"); in some cases
the copy is from their thrift edition ("th"), wherein the same fine pressings were packaged in simple sleeves without notes
and sold for lower prices than the deluxe editions. Stereo items are early pressings ["red" = red label for the very
earliest of them, or "blue" = blue label used until the late '60's.
529. 3591(2)CZIFFRA: LISZT - Twelve Transcendental Etudes. Cziffra. Angel 3591(2). A- ..................................... 30.00
530. 35229: CHINESE OPERA - Excerpts from eight operas. Official Ensemble of the People's Republic of
China. A--(1/4-in scr sd 2; box has moderate damage)..................................................................................... 9.00
531. 35249: DEBUSSY - Twelve Preludes, Book Two. Gieseking. A- ......................................................................... 12.00
532. 35295: CEREMONIAL MUSIC OF THE SYNAGOGUE - Yom Kippur; Marriage Ceremony; Service for
Sabbath & Festivals. Emile Kacmann, bass (cantor of Union Liberale Israelite, Paris); with chorus &
organ. [obscure issue!!] A-............................................................................................................................... 30.00
533. 35307: OPERATIC BALLET MUSIC - Dance of the Hours, Dance of the Persian Slaves, Venusberg
Music, Polovetsian Dances, Aida Ballet Music. Karajan/PO. A--(slight spine split, tape repair)................. 12.00
534. 35311: FAURE - Suites from Dolly, Masques et Bergemasques and Pelleas et Melisande. Tzipine/Paris
Opera Comique Orch. A-- ............................................................................................................................. 12.00
535. 35321: SCHUMANN - Piano Concerto (Karajan/PO); Kinderscenen. Gieseking. A-......................................... 16.00
536. 35322: DONIZETTI - Favorita (exc). Garafalo; Formichini; Curiel/Milan Radio. A-........................................ 12.00
537. 35323: MOZART - Clarinet Concerto (Bernard Walton); Symphony #39. Karajan/PO. A-(first copy I've
seen in 20 years!).............................................................................................................................................. 20.00
538. 35332: BRAHMS - Sonatas #1 & #2 for Violin & Piano. Kogan; Mitnik. A- ...................................................... 35.00
539. 35338: FOUR SYMPHONIES BY THREE SONS OF BACH - C.P.E.(in D and in F), W.F.(in d) and J.C.
(in B-flat). Froment/His Chamber Orch. A-(lovely!)................................................................................... 25.00