831 – 5577 E – Mail - Polyphony Recordings

LP's: London Phase-4 Stereo
614.*SPC-21011: OFFENBACH - Gaite Parisienne. Munch/NPO. [TAS 39:132; nice session photos]
A-...................................................................................................................................................... 12.00
615.*SPC-21093: MOZART - Symphony #40; Horn Concerto #4 (Alan Civil); Marriage of Figaro
Overture. Lawrence Foster/RPO. [Few; Lilley] A- ....................................................................... 10.00
616.*SPC-21173: BERNARD HERRMANN CONDUCTS - Les Preludes; Finlandia; Sorcerer's
Apprentice; Bacchanale from Samson & Delilah. LPO. [d'Amato; Lilley; Kingsway Hall] A-..... 20.00
LP's: Mercuries
For the SR series (and some of the others) I am now replacing my previous pressing designation by means of
label-type with designations by means of stamper numbers, since most of my customers seem to find that
information more complete and useful. The FR's are the earliest stampers, followed by the RFR's, CFR's and
M's. FR stampers no longer appeared in issues with numbers above about SR-90265 (some earlier numbers
may also have been pressed first as RFR's), and there were no RFR's either above about SR-90500. Excellent
(or mint) copies of Mercury's early stereo pressings (particularly those with the early FR stampers), like those
of most companies in the late 50's and early 60's, sometimes grade A- but frequently have a degree of surface
noise which falls a little below my audition grade of A-, yet is quieter than what I grade B+. These are graded
"A- to B+." Items graded A- are very fine copies of very quiet pressings, and grades above that are exceptional.
617. MG-40010: PISTON - Symphony #3. Hanson/ERSO. [Golden Lyre label; recorded May, 1954;
mono only of course] [MF-7/MF-2] B+........................................................................................... 17.00
618. MG-50001: BARTOK - Music for Strings, Percussion & Celeste. BLOCH - Concerto Grosso #1.
Kubelik/CSO. [recorded in same sessions as the legendary "Pictures;" April, 1951] [RFR-
1/RFR-1] A-...................................................................................................................................... 16.00
619. MG-50020: RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - Capriccio Espagnole. RAVEL - Bolero. Paray/Detroit.
[First Paray/Detroit recording, spring 1953; strong debut!] [TAS 43:148] [MF-4/MF-4] A-
(superb copy) .................................................................................................................................... 25.00
620. MG-50029: FRANCK - Psyche. RAVEL - La Valse. FAURE - Pavane. Paray/Detroit Sym.
[recorded December 1953] [MF-11/MF-7] A-(Faure is B+) ........................................................... 12.00
621. MG-50037: TCHAIKOVSKY - Romeo & Juliet. SCHUBERT - Symphony #8. Dorati/CSO.
[Recorded January 1954; along with Dorati's Bartok/Kodaly disc (which made it to CD
whereas this did not) from same sessions, the last Mercury recordings with CSO; less than
eight weeks later it was Reiner & RCA for Heldenleben, Zarathustra & Salome's Dance. This
copy has the earlier jacket (not Juliet with flowers).] [MF-11/MF-1] A-(jacket has neat tape
repair) ............................................................................................................................................... 32.00
622. MG-50044: WAGNER - Tristan Prelude & Liebestod; Forest Murmurs (Siegfried); Good Friday
Spell (Parsifal); Flying Dutchman Overture. Paray/Detroit Sym. [Recorded Fall 1954, Spring
1955] [FR-8/FR-14] A-(lgt tks 1/8-in, Forest Murmurs, occ elsewhere)......................................... 12.00
623. MG-50045: BEETHOVEN - Symphony #6. Detroit Sym. [Recorded November 26, 1954] [FR-
2/FR-3] A-(c/c; lovely copy!)........................................................................................................... 24.00
624. MG-50046: RESPIGHI - Church Windows; Feste Romane. Dorati/Mpls. [Recorded November
20, 1954; Church Windows has famous all-time tam-tam crash (TAS 39:144; 58:134), but
don't overlook this terrific performance (and impactful mono-only recording) of the Feste!]
[MF-10/MF-13] A-(9 lgt tks early Windows) .................................................................................. 32.00
625. MG-50058: STRAVINSKY - Petrouchka. Mpls. [recorded April 6, 1955, mono only; not
common; not to be confused with stereo remake by same artists] [MF-4/MF-4] A-- ..................... 18.00
626. MG-50085: LOEFFLER - Poem for Orchestra ("La Bonne Chanson"); Life in a Russian Village
(from "Memories of My Childhood.") GRIFFES - Clouds; Bacchanale; Pleasure Dome of
Kubla Khan; White Peacock. Hanson/ERSO. [recorded 10/54] [RFR-1/RFR-1] A-/A-- .............. 18.00
627. MG-50103: McPHEE - Tabuh-Tabuhan. CARTER - The Minotaur. Hanson/ERSO. [TAS re
stereo issue of McPhee: 39:127-8; 53:120; 65:156L; Carter apparently never issued in stereo]
[MF-4/MF-2] A-............................................................................................................................... 15.00