831 – 5577 E – Mail - Polyphony Recordings
831 – 5577 E – Mail - Polyphony Recordings
831 – 5577 E – Mail - Polyphony Recordings
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Abbreviations<br />
(Record labels are often abbreviated: Col = Columbia; West = Westminster; etc.)<br />
AAM = Academy of Ancient Music<br />
ASCR = Accademia Santa Cecilia, Rome<br />
ASMF = Acad, St. Martin-in-the-Fields<br />
ACO = Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orch<br />
BPS = Boston Pops<br />
BSO = Boston Symphony Orchestra<br />
BSOO = Berlin State Opera Orch<br />
BVRS = Bavarian Radio Orchestra<br />
CO = Cleveland Orchestra<br />
CPO = Czech Philharmonic Orchestra<br />
CSO = Chicago Symphony Orchestra<br />
DSO = Detroit Symphony Orchestra<br />
ECO = English Chamber Orchestra<br />
ERSO = Eastman-Rochester Sym Orch<br />
EWE = Eastman Wind Ensemble<br />
LAPO = Los Angeles Philharmonic<br />
LPO = London Philharmonic Orchestra<br />
LSO = London Symphony Orchestra<br />
MMF = Maggio Musicale Fiorentino<br />
Mpls = Minneapolis or Minnesota Orch<br />
NDR = North German Radio Orch<br />
NPO = New Philharmonia Orchestra<br />
NYP = New York Philharmonic<br />
ORTF = French National Radio-TV Orch<br />
OSR = Orchestre de la Suisse Romande<br />
PCO = Paris Conservatory Orchestra<br />
Phila = Philadelphia Orchestra<br />
PO = Philharmonia Orchestra<br />
PSO = Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra<br />
PSOL = Philharmonic Sym Orch, London<br />
ROHCG = Royal Opera, Covent Garden<br />
RPO = Royal Philharmonic<br />
SFSO = San Francisco Symphony Orch<br />
SWDR = Southwest German Radio Orch<br />
VPO = Vienna Philharmonic<br />
VSO = Vienna Symphony<br />
VSOO = Vienna State Opera Orchestra<br />
bbl = bubble<br />
beg = beginning<br />
bl cov = blank cover<br />
blem = blemish<br />
c/c = cover punched or cut on corner or edge<br />
ch = chamber<br />
cho = choir or chorus<br />
cov dam = cover damage<br />
dig = digital<br />
drm = digitally remastered<br />
ens = ensemble<br />
exc = excerpts<br />
fr = from<br />
inc = includes<br />
lgt or lt = light<br />
mod = moderate<br />
nse = noise<br />
occ = occasional<br />
op = opera<br />
ov = overture<br />
pres - pressing<br />
rec = recorded<br />
scr = scratch<br />
sd = side<br />
sec = seconds<br />
snd = sound<br />
s/s = 1-in sticker neatly around lower spine<br />
sur = surface<br />
tk = tick<br />
* = recording is in true stereo<br />
+ = recording is in electronic stereo<br />
For pressing codes [in brackets] in audio-<br />
phile sections, see header for that section.<br />
A few other sections have their<br />
own abbreviations; some are repeated here:<br />
D = Dolby (tapes)<br />
BC = Barclay Crocker issue (tapes)<br />
NL = no libretto (opera/choral repertoire)
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