POLYPHONY2#AOL - Polyphony Recordings

Open Reel Pre-Recorded Tapes
I have not auditioned all of the tapes below, but those to which I have listened are in excellent condition, and all are so
guaranteed (understanding that early 2-track tapes are delicate and require very careful handling). When a listing contains
more music than would fit on a single LP, I have indicated the LP equivalent in parentheses as I do with the record
listings; I am no longer counting the reels also. Tapes are 7 1/2 ips, 4-Track, non-Dolby and include libretti for vocal
works unless otherwise indicated. With some of the rarer Barclay-Crocker issues I have placed a number at the end of the
listing indicating the total number of copies of the tape ever made. In one of their last flyers, BC published these numbers
to give an idea of which items were particularly scarce. With some of the "audiophile" material I have noted reviews or
comments I have found of a tape's LP counterpart (or the tape itself) in The Absolute Sound by the letters TAS followed
by issue number, colon, page number (i.e. 58:139). The following codes also apply:
3 3/4 = 3 3/4 ips D = Dolby NL = No Libretto BC = Barclay Crocker issue
Open Reels: Operatic & Choral Repertoire
Operatic and choral listings include libretti unless noted NL for "No Libretto."
1.*BELLINI: Norma. Sutherland; Horne; Alexander; Cross; Bonynge/LSO & Cho. London W-90168(3). .............. 16.00
2.*GLUCK: Orfeo ed Euridice. Horne; Lorengar; Donath; Solti/ROHCG. [D] London K-41285(2)......................... 20.00
3.*HUMPERDINCK: Hansel & Gretel. Moffo; Donath; Fischer-Dieskau; Berthold; Ludwig; Auger; Popp;
Eichorn/BVRS; Cho. [D; NL] RCA EOP2-0637-K-DP(2)............................................................................... 12.00
4.*LEHAR: Merry Widow. Gueden; Grunden; Kmentt; Loose; Donch; Stolz/VSOO; Cho. London LOH-
90003(2).............................................................................................................................................................. 20.00
5.*MOZART: Cosi fan Tutte. Lorengar; Berganza; Berbie; Davies; Krause; Bacquier; Solti/LPO. [D; NL]
London S-41442(4). (box has moderate tape repair) .......................................................................................... 15.00
6.*MOZART: Masses in C, K.257 ("Credo") & K.317 ("Coronation"). Donath; Knight; Davies; Grant;
Davis/LSO; Cho. Philips L-5034. ...................................................................................................................... 12.00
7.*PFITZNER: Palestrina. Gedda; Fischer-Dieskau; Weikl; Prey; Steinbach; Ridderbusch; Donath; Fassbaender;
Kubelik/BVRS & Cho. DGG W-41013(4). (w/LP-sized libretto; minor box tape repair) ............................... 32.00
8.*STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier. Crespin; Minton; Donath; Jungwirth; Pavarotti; Wiener; Dickie; Solti/VPO;
Cho. London I-90165(4). .................................................................................................................................... 24.00
Open Reels: Vocalists
9.*CABALLE: French Arias - Faust, Mireille, Romeo, Huguenots, Louise, Carmen, Thais. Giovaninetti/NPO.
DGG L-3073. (first copy I've seen in a dozen years) ......................................................................................... 12.00
10.*CRESPIN: Prima Donna from Paris. Iphigenie; 3 Valses(3); Damnation; Sapho; Ascanio; Werther(3);
Carmen(2); Perichole(3); Helene; Duchesse; Phi-Phi; Amour Masque; Damnation; Ciboulette(2).
Lombard/Sebastian; OSR/VSOO. London K-90203(2).................................................................................. 20.00
11.*FARRELL: Puccini Arias - La Rondine, Manon Lescaut, Boheme, Gianni Schicchi, Butterfly, Tosca &
Turandot. Rudolf/Col Sym. Col MQ-358.......................................................................................................... 12.00
12.*FARRELL: I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues! Twelve popular songs including September Song, On the
Sunny Side of the Street, Blues in the Night, Old Devil Moon. Luther Henderson/Orch. Col CQ-343......... 12.00
13.*PAVAROTTI: Mamma - Popular Italian Songs (16), arranged and conducted by Henry Mancini. [digital;
recorded in Geneva, 1984; there were not very many open-reels which were recorded digitally!] London
1R1-7668............................................................................................................................................................. 16.00