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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: #124, 220, 271, 362, 450, 499, 1056, 1149, 1265, 1353, 1398, 1407, 1430, 1436, 1440, 1447, 1477, 1479, 1480- 2, 1503-5, 1536, 1587, 1588-9, 1591-3, 1628, 1630, 1633-5, 1638, 1640, 1644, 1680, 1682-84.] LP's: Angels All of the mono Angels below (except as noted) are early British pressings from the period 1953-1958 when Dario Soria was Angel's president. 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 usually either early pressings ["red" = red label for the very earliest of them, or "blue" = blue label used until the late '60's] or 45 rpm audiophile issues from the early 1980's. I sometimes also list other stereo Angels here when their EMI incarnations have been particularly popular. 550. 3536(2): BACH - Orchestral Suites #1 - #4. Klemperer/PO. A- .......................................................... 32.00 551. 3544(2): BEETHOVEN - Symphonies #8 & #9. Schwarzkopf; Hoffgen; Haefliger; Edelman; Karajan/PO; Vienna Musikfreude Cho. A- ................................................................................. 30.00 552. 3593(3): PUCCINI - La Fanciulla Del West. Nilsson; Mongelli; Gibin; Ercolani; Von Matacic/La Scala. A- ...................................................................................................................... 15.00 553. 35120: LOUIS AUBERT - La Habanera. CHARPENTIER - Impressions of Italy Suite. Fourestier/Paris Opera Orch. A-(minor cover tape repair neatly done)....................................... 18.00 554. 35247: SCHUMANN - Carnaval; Kreisleriana. Anda, piano. A-.......................................................... 16.00 555. 35248: BEETHOVEN - Piano Concerto #1; Sonata #14. Anda; Galliera/PO. A-............................... 12.00 556. 35250: DEBUSSY - The Twelve Etudes; d'Un Cahier d'Esquisses. Gieseking. A--............................. 12.00 557. 35255: LULLY (arr. Mottl) - Ballet Suite. TARTINI - Concerto #58. CIMAROSA - Oboe Concerto (Gallesi). Caracciolo/Scarlatti Orch. A-........................................................................ 18.00 558. 35256: BURNS NIGHT - Songs and Poems (15) by Robert Burns. Ian Gilmour & Meta Forrest, speakers; Hans Oppenheim/The Saltire Music Group; Zorian String Quartet. [With nice booklet of notes and texts enclosed; lovely copy of an obscure, scarce issue - the first I've ever seen] A- ...................................................................................................................... 45.00 559. 35257: SPANISH CHORAL MUSIC - Works of Victoria, Morales, Brudieu, Anonymous, Vasquez; ten traditional works. Ribo/Capilla Clasica Plifonica, Barcelona. [another very scarce item among the early Angels] A- .......................................................................................... 35.00 560. 35258: BEETHOVEN OVERTURES - Leonore #1-#3; Fidelio. Klemperer/PO. A--......................... 12.00 561. 35262: GERALD MOORE - The Unashamed Accompanist. Moore speaks on the art of the accompanist, with many musical examples. A- ............................................................................... 25.00 562. 35268: LISZT - Piano Concerto #1; Hungarian Fantasy. Anda; Ackermann/PO. A- ......................... 16.00
LP's : Angels - continued 563. 35277: KHATCHATURIAN - Gayne & Masquerade Suites. Composer/PO. A-(brief tks in Masquerade) ..................................................................................................................................... 12.00 564. 35284: CHOPIN - Polonaises (3) & Mazurkas (8). Macuzynski, piano. A- ......................................... 15.00 565. 35291: BALAKIREV - Islamey; Russia; Thamar. Von Matacic/PO. A- ............................................. 25.00 566. 35296: MALIPIERO - Quartet #4. PROKOFIEV - Quartet #2. Quartetto Italiano. [th] B+............... 12.00 567. 35299: SCHUBERT - Symphony #8. BRAHMS - Haydn Variations. Karajan/PO. A-(brief tks mvt 1)................................................................................................................................................ 12.00 568. 35300: BEETHOVEN - Piano Concerto #4. Arrau; Galliera/PO. A- ................................................. 16.00 569. 35303: MOZART - Quintet, K.452. BEETHOVEN - Quintet, Op.16. Gieseking/PO Wind Quartet (Dennis Brain; Sidney Sutcliffe; Bernard Walton; Cecil James). A-.......................... 18.00 570. 35306: PROKOFIEV - Violin & Piano Sonata #2. KAREN KHATCHATURIAN - Violin & Piano Sonata #3. Oistrakh; Yampolsky. A-................................................................................... 20.00 571. 35308: SHOSTAKOVICH - Preludes #1, #5 & #24 fr Op.87. CHOPIN - Sonata #2. Gilels, piano. [Gilels' first American recording, predating by about a week his RCA disc of the Tchaikovsky 1st with Reiner/CSO (October 29th). Early dowel-spine issue, but pressed in the U.S. - perhaps because it was recorded here?] B+...................................................................................... 15.00 572. 35609: REGIMENTAL MARCHES OF THE BRITISH ARMY (27). McBain/Band of Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall. [Recorded 12/15/1957; with nicely-illustrated 12page booklet] A-(but first band each side has a skip) ...................................................................... 16.00 573.*S-35661: BEETHOVEN - Symphony #4; Consecration of the House Overture. Klemperer/PO. A-(earliest U.S. red labels) ............................................................................................................... 12.00 574.*S-35671: FRANCK - Symphony; Psyche et Eros. Giulini/PO. A-(earliest U.S. red labels)................ 12.00 575.*S-36953: SCHMITT - La Tragedie de Salome; Psalm 47. Guiot, soprano; Litaize, organ (in Psalm); Martinon/ORTF & Cho (in all). [TAS 65:158L re EMI issue] A-................................... 11.00 LP's: Londons The very early [c.1958-1963] blue-backed issues with "FFSS" on the label are designated [bb]. All of the items listed below are British pressings unless otherwise noted. 576.*414 101-1(3): WAGNER - Das Rheingold. Flagstad; London; Svanholm; Neidlinger; Solti/VPO. [TAS 12:527; 73:150L] [digital remastering c.1979] FS! ............................................ 18.00 577.*CS-6017: STRAVINSKY - Firebird (complete). Ansermet/OSR. A-(blue-backed jacket; not FFSS labels)...................................................................................................................................... 18.00 578.*CS-6027: HAYDN - Symphonies #94 & #99. Krips/VPO. [bb] A- .................................................... 12.00 579.*CS-6055: RACHMANINOV - Concerto #1. TCHAIKOVSKY - Concert Fantasy. Katin; Boult/LPO. A- ................................................................................................................................. 12.00 580.*CS-6088: MOZART - Les Petits Riens. GRIEG - Holberg Suite. Munchinger/Stuttgart Ch Orch. [bb] A- ................................................................................................................................... 15.00 581.*CS-6240: PROKOFIEV - Romeo & Juliet (excerpts). Ansermet/OSR. A-(a little writing on back cover)................................................................................................................................................ 16.00 582.*CS-6249: BRAHMS - Symphony #3; Tragic Overture. Karajan/VPO. A-......................................... 12.00 583.*CS-6359: RACHMANINOV - Piano Concerto #3. Ashkenazy; Fistoulari/LSO. [strong performance!] A- .............................................................................................................................. 12.00 584.*CS-6523: DVORAK - Symphony #1. Kertesz/LSO. A-(c/c)............................................................... 12.00 585.*CS-6524: DVORAK - Symphony #2. Kertesz/LSO. A-........................................................................ 9.00 586.*CS-6525: DVORAK - Symphony #3; Hussite Overture. Kertesz/LSO. A-........................................... 9.00 587.*CS-6526: DVORAK - Symphony #4; In Nature's Realm Overture. Kertesz/LSO. A-(c/c) .................. 9.00 588.*CS-6613: WILLIAM KRAFT - Contextures: Riots, Decade '60; Percussion Concerto. COPLAND: Lincoln Portrait (Gregory Peck). Mehta/LA Phil. A-(c/c; minor cover scuffs) ....... 10.00 589.*CS-6671: BRITTEN - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (LSO); Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (ECO). Composer conducts both. A- to A(lovely Dutch pressing).......................... 12.00 590.*CS-6675: BEETHOVEN - Egmont (complete music). Wussow, speaker; Lorengar; Szell/VPO. [thrilling!] A- .................................................................................................................................... 16.00
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Page 9 and 10: Open Reel's: Conductors 50.*BERNSTE
Page 11 and 12: LP's: Operatic & Choral Repertoire
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Page 37 and 38: LP's: London Phase-4 Stereo 614.*SP
Page 39 and 40: LP's: RCA's I am now listing RCA's
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Page 77 and 78: LP's: Cellists 1402. CASALS: Elgar
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Page 81 and 82: LP's : Pianists - continued 1483.*S
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