831 – 5577 E – Mail - Polyphony Recordings

LP's : Conductors - continued
1620. STOKOWSKI: Mozart - Serenade for Winds, K.361. American Sym. Van VRS-1158. A-(c/c)......... 9.00
1621.*STOKOWSKI: Mussorgsky-Stokowski - Pictures at an Exhibition (fascinating deviations
from the traditional Ravel orchestrations of individual sections, some of them truly
inspired). Debussy-Stokowski - The Engulfed Cathedral. NPO. [TAS 3:154; 4:238L;
11:389L; 12:513; fold-open album] London SPC-21006. A-........................................................ 12.00
1622.*STOKOWSKI: Prokofiev - The Ugly Duckling (Resnik, soprano); Cinderella Suite.
DEBUSSY - Children's Corner Suite. Stadium Sym of NY. [Late, obscure Stokowski
Everest issue] Everest SDBR-3108. A- ......................................................................................... 12.00
1623.*STOKOWSKI: Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake & Sleeping Beauty Selections. NPO. London SPC-
21008. A-.......................................................................................................................................... 9.00
1624. STOKOWSKI: Tchaikovsky - Symphony #4 (NBC Symphony; recorded Nov 27, 1941); Song
Without Words, Op.40, #6 (Phila; recorded Dec 8, 1928). [LP transfer by Ward Marston;
notes by Mark Obert-Thorn, who remarks that for the symphony, "the original matrices .....
are being presented for the first time."] Leopold Stokowski Society of America SLOO1. A-...... 35.00
1625.*STOKOWSKI: Tchaikovsky - Symphony #5. 1973 International Youth Orch. Two-disc set:
one devoted to extended rehearsal excerpts, the other to the live concert given in the Royal
Albert Hall. Classics GOCLP-9007(2). A-/A- to B+(note regarding the condition of the
rehearsal disc: though it appears pristine, it has some minor surface sound; this has been
my experience in all copies of this set I have heard) ..................................................................... 50.00
STOKOWSKI: See #42, 55, 177, 223, 670, 703, 713, 783, 792, 816, 824, 871, 910, 1011,
1149, 1223, 1466.
1626. STRAUSS: Overtures & Preludes - Magic Flute; Iphegenie in Aulis; Euryanthe; Barber of
Bagdad; Tristan; Dutchman. BPO (Flute is BSOO). [German-only notes; recorded 1927-
31] Heliodor 2548 736. A- to A..................................................................................................... 10.00
1627. SZELL: Beethoven - Symphony #4. CO. [ealiest issue with plain, flimsy blue fold-over-the-top
sleeve in excellent condition with just a little tape repair; mono-only from Szell's very first
Cleveland sessions: April 22, 1947; not to be confused with stereo remake; very bracing
performance!] [blue labels] Col ML-4008. B+(occ tks, but a great copy for earliest issue) ......... 32.00
1628.*SZELL: Beethoven Overtures - Leonores #1-#3; Fidelio. CO. Col MS-7068. A-("2-eyes"
labels) ............................................................................................................................................. 12.00
1629.*SZELL: Dvorak - Carnival Overture; 4 Slavonic Dances. Smetana - The Moldau; 3 Dances
from The Bartered Bride. CO. CBS MY-36716. A....................................................................... 10.00
1630. SZELL: Dvorak - Five Slavonic Dances (Op.46: #1, 3, 8; Op.72: #10 & #15). CO. Smetana -
From Bohemia's Meadows & Forests; The Moldau. NYP. Dvorak come from Szell's very
first CO session: April 21, 1947; not to be confused w/either of his complete sets (1956
and 1963)] Col ML-4785. A--("6-eyes" labels)............................................................................. 25.00
1631. SZELL: Dvorak - Symphony #8. ACO. Richmond R-23245. A-........................................................ 12.00
1632.*SZELL: Dvorak - Symphony #8; Slavonic Dances #3 & #11. CO. [his last recordings] Angel
S-36043. A-.................................................................................................................................... 12.00
1633.*SZELL: Kodaly - Hary Janos Suite. Prokofiev - Lt. Kije Suite. CO. Col MS-7408. A-("2eyes"
labels) ................................................................................................................................... 12.00
1634. SZELL: Mendelssohn - Symphony #4 (CO); Midsummer Night's Dream Music (NYP).
[mono-only; not to be confused with Szell's stereo re-make of #4 with CO and of MSND
with CO and also ACO] Col ML-4498. A-("6-eyes;" rare in such fine condition) ...................... 20.00
1635.*SZELL: Mozart - Serenade #9 ("Posthorn"); Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. CO. Col MS-7273. A-
("2-eyes") ....................................................................................................................................... 12.00
1636.*SZELL: Mozart - Symphony #28 & 33; Figaro Overture. CO. Col MS-6858. A- ............................. 10.00
1637.*SZELL: Schubert - Symphony #9. CO. [Recorded April, 1970; one of Szell's last two discs;
includes commemorative booklet] Angel S-36044. A-.................................................................. 12.00
1638. SZELL: Schumann - Symphony #2. CO. [recorded 11-28-1952, mono-only; not to be confused
with Epic stereo remake] Col ML-4817. A-("6-eyes" labels)........................................................ 18.00