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William Steinberg
Conductor
Montreal Symphony
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Symphony Nº 5 in B Flat Major
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Symphony Nº 1 in C Minor
These familiar works were recorded at the Salle Wilfrid Pelletier in Montreal in 1975. Thanks heavens they were as both are spectacular realizations. The overall sound is not bad and we did our best to bring to this level without intruding on the music itself. The Montreal Symphony hold nothing back here give its all to Steinberg's interpretations. A well chosen Haydn House stereo effect was added to the original mono sources with fine results.Antal Dorati
Conductor
London Symphony *
Philharmonia Hungarica
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Symphony Nº 94 in G Major "Surprise"
Symphony Nº 101 in D Major "The Clock" *
Symphony Nº 103 in E flat Major "Drum Roll"
Before Antal Dorati embarked on his complete Haydn Symphonies project for London/Decca during the 1970's, he had already recorded several Haydn Symphonies for Mercury "Living Presence" including the three works on this CD: the "Surprise" and the "Drum Roll" with the Philharmonia Hungarica - in the massive Vienna Konzerthaus in 1962 - and "The Clock" with the London Symphony - at Watford Town Hall, near London in 1957. The performances, sound and transfer make this CD a "must have" for all Haydn enthusiasts.George Tzipine
Marius Constant*
Conductors
Orchestre Nationale
ANDRÉ JOLIVET: Symphonie Nº 1
TOLIA NIKOPROWETZKY: Hommage à Antonio Gaudi*
One of our more unique CDs of modern music which takes hold of your imagination from start to finish. All is beautifully performed and well recorded. The Jolivet Symphony was recorded slightly shy in the bass so more was added to give the performance more impact. The stereo image is typical ORTF with plenty of width and a locked in center image. Both these works are well liked here.
Eduard van Beinum
Conductor
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
BRUCKNER: Symphony Nº 7 in E Major
One of the best Bruckner 7th ever as recorded in May of 1953! And it is with the Concertgebouw Orchestra with is sonic signature, not like a generic European orchestra it has become of late. We've taken a mint LP copy, removed the underlying hum which was evident throughout and added our ambient stereo effect to widen the soundstage. The outcome is a sonic knockout with hefty brass and a solid bass foundation. Van Beinum was a Bruckner master in all respects conducting an orchestra with a longtime Bruckner tradition. The more Van Beinum you hear the more you want. Check out our Composers' Index for more Van Beinum in out catalog.
Leslie Jones
Conductor
Little Orchestra of London
THE SIX PARIS SYMPHONIES OF FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Symphony Nº 82 in C Major, “L’Ours”
Symphony Nº 83 in G Minor, “La Poule”
Symphony Nº 84 in E Flat Major
Symphony Nº 85 in B Flat Major, “La Reine”
Symphony Nº 86 in D Major
Symphony Nº 87 in A Major
As below, customers who have these Leslie Jones recordings are providing some clean LP pressings from this unique series such as the five symphonies issued here. This transfer continues the Leslie Jones Haydn Symphonies Series and more will be issued soon.
Much more Leslie Jones Haydn below.
The Fine Arts Quartet
HAYDN: String Quartets Opus 74, Nos. 1, 2 and 3
The first in a series of CDs of all the string quartets of Franz Joseph Haydn as played by The Fine Arts Quartet with Leonard Sorkin and Abram Loft, violins; Bernard Zaslav, viola; and George Sopkin, cello. The playing is honest, straightforward with a strong Viennese influence. The sound is very good and close with a kind of sonic intimacy as though the quartet is playing just for you! We hope you will demand more from this unique Haydn String Quartets series. As one colleague put it, "These performances can be included in the best Haydn Quartet playing ever and the sound is 21st century too!"
Antal Dorati
Conductor
Minneapolis Symphony
RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé (complete)
Another early Mercury recording - December,1954 - quite similar in sound to the Bartok below. It was quite hard to find in decent LP condition for our transfer to CD. Numerous requests made this all happen. Assisting is the Macalester College Choir and captured in perfect balance with the orchestra. This is must have Dorati as well as the Bartok recording below.
Antal Dorati
Conductor
Minneapolis Symphony
BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra
Antal Dorati pulls out all the stops again with the Minneapolis SO. The dynamic range (soft to loud) is incredible within this 1953 recording. It is typical Mercury one microphone sound with brilliant strings and forward brass. Many have asked us to release this recording but finding a mint pressing was quite difficult. Finally we secured a mint pressing and it is of the first edition, deep groove pressing run. This is must have Dorati who championed Bartok's music throughout his long conducting career. As this Bartok Concerto for Orchestra recording is under 35 minutes, it was decided to include on this CD the original remastered mono version followed by a stereo effect version of the same mono recording in order to widen the stage image and add a bit more acoustics to this incredible performance. Oh yes, a third choice will be available: just switch the stereo effect version to mono and listen with added acoustics! Final thought: Digital age reverb possibilities are limitless and can enhance a recording without adding artificially sounding, "old era" effects in the process. A customer review here
Leslie Jones
Conductor
Little Orchestra of London
FIVE SYMPHONIES OF FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Symphony Nº 26 in D Minor “Lamentatione” / Symphony Nº 12 in E / Symphony Nº 3 in G
Symphony Nº 73 in D “La Chasse” / Symphony Nº 83 in G Minor “La Poule”As below, customers who have these Leslie Jones recordings are providing some clean LP pressings from this unique series such as the five symphonies issued here. This transfer continues the Leslie Jones Haydn Symphonies Series and more will be issued soon.
Sir Henry Wood
Conductor
London Symphony
Sir Hamilton Harty
Conductor
London Symphony
Hallé Orchestra
THREE SYMPHONIES OF FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Symphony Nº 45 in F Sharp Minor "Farewell" / Symphony Nº 95 in C Minor
Symphony Nº 101 in D "Clock"
These performances range from 1927 to 1935 and are remastered from very rare 78 rpm releases recorded in London. We removed the clicks and pops and reduced some of the surface noise but never went beyond our artistic barrier in noise reduction technique, as we continue celebrate this anniversary year Haydn and his music. Sir Henry Wood conducts the LSO with a spirited Farewell" including horns in the upper register, a unique choice considering the 1934 recording year. Sir Hamilton Harty conducts the LSO with a unique "95" recorded in 1935 and oddly enough, the best sounding of the three recordings, Harty conducts the Hallé in a 1927 "Clock". Due to time constraints, the massive third movement of the "Clock" was edited in order to fit the 78 rpm set. Not so here! We fixed all to give, finally, a complete performance. We think Sir Hamilton would approve totally......and so would Haydn. A customer review here
Leslie Jones
Conductor
Little Orchestra of London
FOUR SYMPHONIES OF FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Symphony Nº 61 in D / Symphony Nº 54 in G / Symphony Nº 34 in D Minor /
Symphony Nº 75 in DAs below, customers who have these Leslie Jones recordings are providing some clean LP pressings from this unique series such as the four symphonies issued here. Last month we issued the 12 London Symphonies as well as Symphonies, 90, 91 and 77. These are powerful performances with up front brass and timpani.
Max Rudolf
Conductor
Cincinnati Symphony
RICHARD STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier - Suite, Op. 59; JOHANN STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus Overture
Wine Women and Song Waltzes, Op 333; Thunder and Lightning Polka, Op. 324
GEORGES BIZET: Symphony in C Major; ALBERT ROUSSEL: Suite in F Major, Op. 33; VINCENT D’INDY: Istar
WILLIAM SCHUMAN: New England Triptych; PETER MENNIN: Canto for Orchestra
ANTON WEBERN: Passacaglia for Orchestra, Op. 1; LUIGI DALLAPICCOLA: Variazione per Orchestra
During the 1960's Decca US issued a number of recordings with Max Rudolf and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. These performances had a unique dedication behind them, both from musicians and audio engineers. The results were quite spectacular although the stereo stage was a bit exaggerated and the LP pressings ranged from bad to good and could have been factors that brought and end to this series. An avid customer provided us with clean near mint pressings with which to work. The end results of our remastering fixes all and bring forth these spirited recordings to the place they deserve. German conductor, Max Rudolf, led the Cincinnati Symphony for 12 seasons -1958 to 1970. This 2 CD set has nearly 2½ hours of good music both familiar and eclectic. More Max Rudolf on page 3!!
Leslie Jones
Conductor
Little Orchestra of London
THREE SYMPHONIES OF FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Symphony Nº 90 in C / Symphony Nº 91 in E-Flat / Symphony Nº 77 in B-Flat
Customers who have these Leslie Jones recordings are providing some clean LP pressings from this unique series such as the three symphonies issued here. Last month we issued the London Symphonies - available below - and they have been selling very well with requests to issue more Jones / Haydn
Walter Schneiderhan, violin
Gustav Swoboda, violin
Senta Benesch, cello
BOCCHERINI TRIOS
Trio Nº 5 in C Major, Op. 35 / Trio Nº 2 in G Major, Op. 35 / Trio Nº 4 in D Major, Op. 35Is music a series of musical phrases made up of notes? Or, is music a series of notes making up phrases? The correct answer is "yes" to the first question. Present day string playing seems to favor the second question. It seems that the printed scores are not sheets of staves of stems and circles/dots but of stems and little bananas! The effect is commonly referred to as either "ya-ya" or "banana note" playing which plagues our orchestras and string ensembles today with only a few exceptions. To drive the message home, this very rare recording gives us a good example of playing string instruments with the first question in mind, that is, playing music and not playing a series of notes. It is all masterful throughout although the source recording was often played and taken from a tough, 1950 green label Westminster LP. This CD is too good to overlook.
Wolfgang Sawallisch Conductor
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
BEETHOVEN
Symphony Nº 6 “Pastoral”
Fidelio OvertureBack in the catalog after a long absence. Being recorded in 1960 points to the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Van Beinum and the wonderful sound of this orchestra back then is in full bloom here especially the woodwind playing. Very special Beethoven is the end result. This is a must have Pastoral as the audio sample well demonstrates.
Miklós Rózsa
Conductor
RCA Italiana Orchestra
MIKLÓS RÓZSA
Overture to a Symphony Concert, Op. 26a
Three Hungarian Sketches, Op. 14
Notturno Ungherese, Op. 25
Theme, Variations and Finale, Op. 13
MAX STEINER: Symphonie Moderne - on themes from the movie, "Four Wives"
Werner Janssen conducting the Werner Janssen Symphony of Los Angeles
(78 RPM rarity)These recording have been in our archives for quite some time and demonstrate orchestral works of the Rózsa which are not available on CD. The performances are first rate and have quite bit of the composers ability to develop great themes which are, of course, abundant here and in his very popular film music. The sound is quite good and with a sound stage quality about it. As a filler, we included the very rare 78 RPM mono recording of one of Max Steiner's orchestra works. Wonderful music on all fronts!
Leslie Jones
Conductor
Little Orchestra of London
The London Symphonies of Franz Joseph Haydn, Volume 1
Symphony Nº 93 in D / Symphony Nº 99 in E-Flat / Symphony Nº 100 in G "Military"
Symphony Nº 94 in G "Surprise" / Symphony Nº 97 in C / Symphony Nº 101 in D "Clock"Are there decent LP pressings still available to fix? Is there an audience for these recordings? Are the performances worthy of remastering? Yes is the answer to all these questions. The source LPs are in unplayed condition, but still noisy. Many have requested us to reissue them and above all else, the performances are truly spectacular, with plenty of muscle and up front brass and woodwinds. This is not Haydn for the weak-minded. We fixed all the problems giving each more bass, removing the sonic edginess, removing hum and noise, and adding more spaciousness where required, giving these long unavailable recordings a wonderful new "release" on life. All repeats are observed throughout. As Toscanini often said in rehearsal, "Finalemente!!!"
Leslie Jones
Conductor
Little Orchestra of London
The London Symphonies of Franz Joseph Haydn, Volume 2
Symphony Nº. 95 in C minor / Symphony Nº 98 in B-Flat
Symphony Nº 104 in D "London" / Symphony Nº 96 in D "Miracle"
Symphony Nº 102 in B-Flat / Symphony Nº 103 in E-Flat "Drum Roll"As above.