831 – 5577 E – Mail - Polyphony Recordings
831 – 5577 E – Mail - Polyphony Recordings
831 – 5577 E – Mail - Polyphony Recordings
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AUDIOPHILE AND SPECIAL LABEL RECORDS<br />
The following several sections are devoted to listings of records by manufacturer in order of prefix and issue<br />
number. In most of these cases, either an individual item or a whole series has a following among groups of<br />
collectors on the basis of either quality of recorded sound to begin with or of pressing vintage (or both); in<br />
some cases (audiophile or not) the label per se has so devoted a following that it makes sense to list discs here<br />
rather than in an artist or repertoire category. Since many of these audiophiles are also followers of The<br />
Abso!ute Sound magazine, I have also included notations when I have found reviews or comments regarding<br />
specific discs in this publication. These take the form of the issue number followed by a colon, then the page<br />
number, i.e. [38:155]. Please consult these references directly if you are interested in what TAS has said.<br />
Their content in generally favorable, but they are not always so. Also, I have included these references even in<br />
cases where TAS has discussed or listed a different issue of the same recording I have listed (for example, a<br />
domestic vs. an imported pressing, or a reissue vs. original issue). So do not automatically assume that a TAS<br />
reference means a rave review of the specific item listed. When the letter "L" follows one of these notes, it<br />
means that the item was included on Harry Pearson's list on that page in that issue (rather than meaning that<br />
the item received an actual review or comment). [If you have a specific interest in the early Columbia stereo<br />
pressings with "2-eyes" labels, or the even earlier "6-eyes" pressings, here is where they are in this catalog:<br />
#124, 220, 271, 362, 450, 499, 1056, 1149, 1265, 1353, 1398, 1407, 1430, 1436, 1440, 1447, 1477, 1479, 1480-<br />
2, 1503-5, 1536, 1587, 1588-9, 1591-3, 1628, 1630, 1633-5, 1638, 1640, 1644, 1680, 1682-84.]<br />
LP's: Angels<br />
All of the mono Angels below (except as noted) are early British pressings from the period 1953-1958 when<br />
Dario Soria was Angel's president. Except as noted otherwise, these copies are the deluxe editions, with fine<br />
art work on the covers, extra heavy sleeves and dowel-rod spines (boxed sets did not have the dowel-rod<br />
spines). In a few instances the spine is gone (indicated with "ns"); in some cases the copy is from their thrift<br />
edition ("th"), wherein the same fine pressings were packaged in simple sleeves without notes and sold for<br />
lower prices than the deluxe editions. Stereo items are usually either early pressings ["red" = red label for the<br />
very earliest of them, or "blue" = blue label used until the late '60's] or 45 rpm audiophile issues from the early<br />
1980's. I sometimes also list other stereo Angels here when their EMI incarnations have been particularly<br />
popular.<br />
550. 3536(2): BACH - Orchestral Suites #1 - #4. Klemperer/PO. A- .......................................................... 32.00<br />
551. 3544(2): BEETHOVEN - Symphonies #8 & #9. Schwarzkopf; Hoffgen; Haefliger; Edelman;<br />
Karajan/PO; Vienna Musikfreude Cho. A- ................................................................................. 30.00<br />
552. 3593(3): PUCCINI - La Fanciulla Del West. Nilsson; Mongelli; Gibin; Ercolani; Von<br />
Matacic/La Scala. A- ...................................................................................................................... 15.00<br />
553. 35120: LOUIS AUBERT - La Habanera. CHARPENTIER - Impressions of Italy Suite.<br />
Fourestier/Paris Opera Orch. A-(minor cover tape repair neatly done)....................................... 18.00<br />
554. 35247: SCHUMANN - Carnaval; Kreisleriana. Anda, piano. A-.......................................................... 16.00<br />
555. 35248: BEETHOVEN - Piano Concerto #1; Sonata #14. Anda; Galliera/PO. A-............................... 12.00<br />
556. 35250: DEBUSSY - The Twelve Etudes; d'Un Cahier d'Esquisses. Gieseking. A--............................. 12.00<br />
557. 35255: LULLY (arr. Mottl) - Ballet Suite. TARTINI - Concerto #58. CIMAROSA - Oboe<br />
Concerto (Gallesi). Caracciolo/Scarlatti Orch. A-........................................................................ 18.00<br />
558. 35256: BURNS NIGHT - Songs and Poems (15) by Robert Burns. Ian Gilmour & Meta<br />
Forrest, speakers; Hans Oppenheim/The Saltire Music Group; Zorian String Quartet.<br />
[With nice booklet of notes and texts enclosed; lovely copy of an obscure, scarce issue - the<br />
first I've ever seen] A- ...................................................................................................................... 45.00<br />
559. 35257: SPANISH CHORAL MUSIC - Works of Victoria, Morales, Brudieu, Anonymous,<br />
Vasquez; ten traditional works. Ribo/Capilla Clasica Plifonica, Barcelona. [another very<br />
scarce item among the early Angels] A- .......................................................................................... 35.00<br />
560. 35258: BEETHOVEN OVERTURES - Leonore #1-#3; Fidelio. Klemperer/PO. A--......................... 12.00<br />
561. 35262: GERALD MOORE - The Unashamed Accompanist. Moore speaks on the art of the<br />
accompanist, with many musical examples. A- ............................................................................... 25.00<br />
562. 35268: LISZT - Piano Concerto #1; Hungarian Fantasy. Anda; Ackermann/PO. A- ......................... 16.00