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| The Art of Tito Schipa: Twelve arias recorded in 1913; eleven more from 1916-1938; thirteen songs (mostly Italian) recorded 1919-38. [transfers by Keith Hardwick] British Seraphim IB-6154(2). A- to A 13.00
653. SCOTTI: Arias (13); Songs (4). Rococo 35. A-(notes by Max de Schauensee) 5.00 654. SENIUS: (Felix): Arias - Elisir, Don Giovanni, Cosi, Creation, St. Paul; Songs of Beethoven, Ries, Brahms(2) & Liszt. Discophilia KG-S-2. A- 4.00 655.*SILJA: Berg - Lulu (Suite). Strauss - Salome (Final Scene). Dohnanyi/VPO. London OS-26397. A- 6.00 656.*SILLS: Handel – exc from Semele. Vanni, mezzo; Shaw/unidentified orch. [apparently live Cleveland performance (1967), so presumably CO] Private MGS-102. A- 13.00 657.*SILLS: Verdi Arias - Ernani, Corsaro, Attila, Vespri, Rigoletto, Traviata(2). [drm] Angel AV-34017. 6.00 658.*SILLS: Victor Herbert Songs - Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life; A Kiss in the Dark; 7 more. Kostelanetz/LSO, who also play 2 Herbert medleys. [Nice fold-open album] Angel SFO-37160. A- 8.00 LP's: Vocalists - continued 659. SIMANDY: (Jozsef): Arias - Carmen(2), Lucia, Trovatore(3), Aida(2), Bank Ban(3), Lohengrin, Boheme, Cav(2) & Meistersinger. [recorded 1953-59] Hungaroton LPX-12862-3(2). A- 16.00 660.*SIMANDY: (Jozsef): Hungarian Songs (15). Bolberitz/Hungarian Opera Orchestra. Qualiton SLPX-10144. A- 9.00 661.*SIMARDY: (Jozsef): Operetta Arias - Kalman(4), Oscar Strauss(2), Lehar(4) & Zeller. Sebestyen/Hungarian Radio Orch. Qualiton SLPX-16581. A- 9.00 662. SIMIONATO: Favorita, Aida, Don Carlo, Italiana, Tancredi, Barber & Cenerentola. Sanzogno/Unidenitifed Orch. [Live; Milan; 1959] Legendary LR-147. A- 11.00 663. SIMIONATO: Arias - Figaro(2), Werther(3), Arlesiana(2), Damnation(2), Adriana, Carmen; Songs of Neglia(23), Gordigiani, Paer, Campana, Brahms. [rec 1928-83; Italian-only notes] Timaclub 67 & 68(2). A- 16.00 664. SIMIONATO: Arias - Italiana(4), Carmen, Trovatore(2), Mignon(2), Samson(2 & Werther(2). [recorded 1949-64; misc orchs; notes in Italian only] Italian EMI 3C053-18031. A- to A 9.00 665.*SODERSTROM: Rachmaninov Songs, Vol. 3. 16 songs. Ashkenazy, piano. [Beswick; Wilkinson; 1976] London OS-26433. FS(c/c) 6.00 666.*SOUZAY: Faure - Bonne Chanson; Poeme d;un Jour; Songs (8). Baldwin, piano. Epic BC-1122. A-(moderate cover scuffs & spine split repair) 10.00 667. SOUZAY: Sings Classic Airs. Ravel - Don Quichotte a Dulcinee. Arias from Berenice, Orfeo & Perseus (Lully); Songs of Debussy(3) & Beethoven. Lindenberg/PCO. London LLP-194. B 11.00 668. STABILE: (Mariano): Arias (13). [rec 1924-29] Preiser LV-288. A- 6.00 669. STIGNANI: Arias - Trovatore, Favorita, Cav, Fedora, Carmen, Forza, Samson, Arlesiana, Gioconda & Norma. [rec 1927-50; Italian-only notes] Italian Odeon QCX-10510. FS 5.00 670. STIGNANI: Arias - Werther, Alceste, Orfeo, Samson, Semiramide, Gioconda, Ballo, Trovatore, Don Carlo. Votto/RAI Milan. [Italian-only notes] Odeon QALP-10144. A- 10.00 671. STRACCIARI: (Riccardo): 9 Arias; 8 Songs. Club 99 CL-99-29. A- 6.00 672.*STRATAS: "Sings Weill" - 15 selections. Schwarz/ Y Chamber Orch. Nonesuch 9 79131-1. FS(c/c; rec 1986, so presumably digital) 9.00 673. TAGLIABUE: (Carlo): Arias (12). [rec 1939-46] Preiser LV-270. A- 6.00 674. TETRAZINI: Arias (8); Songs (5). Club 99 VRCS-2. A- 6.00 675. THEBOM: Ravel Vocalise. Perle du Brasil: Charmant Oiseau. Hughes, piano. [7-inch, 45-rpm translucent red vinyl disc; bl cov] RCA 49-0843. B 6.00 676.*THEODORE: (Michael): Russian Songs (14). Villard/Das Orchestra George Strecha. [notes in German only] Eurodisc 85813. A- 9.00 677. TRAUBEL: Fourteen popular songs, including September Song, Autumn Leaves, Summertime, Brahms' Lullaby & Danny Boy. Rogers/Orch & Cho. [unusual Traubel item!] Dot DLP-3058. A- 16.00 678. TRAUBEL & MELCHIOR: Wagner - Two scenes each from Lohengrin & Tristan. Ormandy/Hollywood Bowl Orch. [August 26, 1948] Voce 94. A- 10.00 679.*VAN DAM: Songs of Schumann (9 songs on texts of Julius Kerner), Ibert (4 Chansons de Don Quichotte), Absil (3 Poemes de Klingsor) & Poulenc (Chansons Gaillardes). Vanden Eynden, piano. Directeur Gerard Mortier 1981 010. A- to A 9.00
681.*VEDERNIKOV: (Alexander; bass): Songs of Purcelll(4), Britten(5) (Gureyeva, piano) & Vladimir Rubin(3) (Composer, piano). Melodiya C10-25279 003. A- 6.00 682. WELITSCH: Arias - Freischutz, Onegin, Tosca (Susskind/PO; 1948); Aida (Krips/PO; 1947); Boheme (VSOO); Salome (Final Scene; live, Von Matacic/Austrian Radio, 1944). Electrola C047-01 267. A- to A 13.00 683. WEST: (Lucretia): Schubert Lieder (15). Leo Taubman, piano. West WN-18090. A- 23.00 684.*WHITE: (Robert): Beethoven - Scottish, English, Irish & Welsh Songs (16). Kavafian, violin; Ma, cello; Sanders, piano. RCA AGL1-4934. A-(c/c) 8.00 685. WUNDERLICH: Selections from Xerxes(4), Julius Caesar(3), Iphigenie auf Tauris(2), Barber(2), Sonnambula, Rigoletto, Don Carlos, Boheme, Tosca, Waffenschmied, Pecheurs, Das Glockchen des Eremiten (Maillart), Das Nachlager von Granada (Kreutzer). [recorded 1961-66; notes in German only] Heliodor 2700 709(2). A- to A 16.00 686.+ZABERS (Janis): Arias of Puccini(4), Mascagni(2) & Verdi(3). [Zabers (1935-73) was leading tenor of Latvian Opera; 2 of the Puccini sung in Latvian!] Kaibala 40D02. Ai 9.00 687. ZBRUJEWA: (Eugenia): 7 Arias; 10 Songs. [acoustics] Club 99 CL-99-78. A- 6.00 688.*ZEANI: Puccini Arias - Gianni Schicchi, Turandot, Boheme, Butterfly, Suor Angelica, Manon Lescaut, Tosca & La Rondine. Patane/ASCR. [Scarce disc: only in print from April 1960 until February 1962] London OS-25139. A-(c/c) 22.00 689. ZENATELLO: (Giovanni): Arias (13). [acoustics] OASI 611. A- 6.00 LP's: Vocalists - Duets 690.*CABALLE/VERRETT: Duets from Semiramide, Anna Bolena, Norma, Tales, Aida, Butterfly & Gioconda. Guadagno/NPO; Ambrosian Opera Cho. RCA LSC-3153. A- 8.00 691. CALLAS & SIMIONATO: Duets from Aida (1950), Ballo (1957), Anna Bolena (1957) & Norma (1955). HRE 209. A-(original sources not silent) 15.00 692.*DOMINGO/MILNES: Duets from Boheme, Forza(2), Vespri, Don Carlo, Pecheurs, Otello, Gioconda. Guadagno/LSO. RCA LSC-3182. A- 7.00 693.*DOMINGO/RICCIARELLI: Love Duets from Otello, Butterfly(2), Ballo, Francesca da Rimini. Gavazzeni/ASCR. Italian RCA MLDS-20261. A- 5.00 694.*LENORA LAFAYETTE/RICHARD LEWIS: Manon Lescaut; Boheme; Tosca; Butterfly. Barbirolli/Halle. [Obscure – was it ever issued in U.S.?] Pye GSGC-2036. A- 16.00 695.*LUDWIG/BERRY: Humorous/Satiric songs by Beethoven, Haydn, Rossini(4), Reger(2), Brahms(3), Strauss(2), Wolf(5). Moore, piano. German Odeon SMC-80976. A- 12.00 696. SCOTTO/CARRERAS: Scenes from Traviata (5; 1973); Butterfly (1974); Lombardi (1972); Boheme(2; 1977); Adriana (4; 1978). [All from live performances; unnamed companies; no notes or texts - as issued] HRE 351. A- 6.00 697.*VON STADE & BLEGEN: Duets by Brahms(6) & Schumann(2); Blegen sings songs of Schubert, Saint-Saens & Scralatti; Von Stade sings songs of Mozart & Chausson. Wadsworth, piano & harpsichord; misc assisting artists. Col M-33307. A- 6.00 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 pressings with "2-eyes" labels, or the even earlier "6-eyes" pressings, here is where they are in this catalog: #217, 271, 274, 345, 404, 588, 1041, 1126, 1131, 1149, 1187, 1188, 1194, 1196, 1197, 1201, 1457, 1482, 1491, 1493, 1501, 1503, 1513, 1523, 1563, 1564, 1572, 1573, 1607, 1608, 1609, 1611, 1612, 1615, 1616, 1636, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1782, 1783, 1784, 1785, 1787, 1788, 1852, 1854, 1889, 1890, 1920.] 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. 698. 35290: DUETS by MONTEVERDI(4), CARISSIMI(4) & DVORAK (13 Moravian Duets). Schwarzkopf; Seefried; Moore, piano. [apparently mint copy is still in its original "Made in England" glassine inner sleeve!] [th] A-(lovely!) 14.00 699. 35355: TANEIEV - Concert Suite for Violin & Orchestra. Oistrakh; Malko/PO. A--(occ tks fr tiny blems) 16.00 700. 35568: PROKOFIEV - Piano Concerto #1 (Susskind/PO). RACHMANINOFF - Piano Concerto #1 (Malko/PO). Lympany (in both). A-(lovely!) 8.00 701. 35573: DORUMSGAARD - Norwegian Songs (22). Kirsten Flagstad; Moore, piano. A- 16.00 702. 35608: EILEEN FARRALL - Songs & Ballads (16). Trovillo, piano. [ns] A- 13.00 703. 35621: TCHAIKOVSKY - Francesca da Rimini; 1812; March Slav. Kletzki/RPO. A- 14.00 LP's: Angels - continued 704. 35625: GILBERT & SULLIVAN - Selections from The Mikado, Iolanthe & The Pirates of Penzance. Rhodes/The Regimental Band & the Massed Pipers of the Scots Guards. [impressive cover photo!] A- 14.00 705. 35626: BRAHMS - Piano Sonata #3; Intermezzi Op.117, #1-3. Anda. A- 14.00 706. 35639: WALTON - Facade Suites; Johannesburg Festival & Portsmouth Point Overtures; Crown Imperial; Orb & Sceptre. Composer/PO. A- 16.00 707. 35643: HINDEMITH - Mathis der Maler. BARTOK - Divertimento. Silvestri/PO. A- 14.00 708. 35652: BEETHOVEN - Piano Sonatas #9, #10, #13 & #14. Gieseking. [ns] A- 7.00 709.*S-35400: LISZT - Psalm XIII (Midgley, tenor). BRAHMS - Song of Destiny; Academic Festival Overture. Beecham/RPO; Beecham Choral Soc. [earliest U.S. red labels; with the dowel spine used only very briefly on stereo issues] A-(s/s) 17.00 710.*SS-45007: JANACEK - Sinfonietta. Ozawa/CSO. [45 rpm] A- to A 18.00 711.*SS-45015: HANDEL - Royal Fireworks Music Suite. Mackerras/LSO. [45 rpm; quad] A- to A(c/c) 7.00 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. 712. CM-9269: IBERT - Divertissement. SAINT-SAENS - Danse Macabre; Rouet d'Omphale. BIZET - Jeux d'Enfants. Martinon/PCO. [mono equivalent of CS-6200] A- 6.00 713.*CS-6026: CHOPIN - Les Sylphides. DELIBES - La Source, Suite. Maag/PCO. A-(c/c) 6.00 714.*CS-6429: TCHAIKOVSKY - Symphony #4. Maazel/VPO. A- 10.00 715.*CS-6443: DVORAK - Symphony #8 (old #4). Karajan/VPO. A- 6.00 716.*CS-6485: NEW YEAR'S CONCERT - J.Strausses - Gypsy Baron Overture & March; Tritsch-Tratsch & 2 more Polkas; Wine, Women & Song; Aquarellen; Seid Umschlungen Millionen. Boskovsky/VPO. A- 6.00 717.*CS-6510: BEETHOVEN - Symphony #7; Prometheus Overture. Abbado/VPO. [one of Abbado's earliest recordings, c.1966] A-(c/c) 14.00 718.*CS-6522: PROKOFIEV - Excerpts from Romeo & Juliet & Chout. Abbado/LSO. A-(c/c) 11.00 719.*CS-6523: DVORAK - Symphony #1. Kertesz/LSO. A-(c/c) 10.00 720.*CS-6552: SCRIABIN - Poem of Ecstasy. SCHOENBERG - Verklaerte Nacht. Mehta/Los Angeles Sym. [Culshaw; Parry, Lock, Frost; fold-open jacket] A- 6.00 721.*CS-6569: RACHMANINOV - Symphony #2. A- 8.00 722.*CS-6587: MENDELSSOHN - Symphonies #3 & #4. Abbado/LSO. A- 7.00 723.*CS-6643: FRENCH OPERA OVERTURES - Marco Spada; Giralda; Fille de Madame Angot; Mignon; Cloches de Corneville; Lestocq; Poupee de Nuremberg; Calife de Bagdad. Bonynge/NPO. A- 12.00 724.*CS-6747: FRANZ SCHMIDT - Symphony #4. Mehta/VPO. [legendary work and performance; TAS 43:159-60] A-(a little writing on back cover) 20.00 725.*CS-6896: J.STRAUSSES (arr. Desormiere) - Le Beau Danube Ballet; (arr. Gamley) - Bal de Vienne (ballet suite for Fledermaus); Fledermaus Overture. Bonynge/National Phil. A- 11.00 LP's: Londons - continued 726.*CS-6984: ELGAR - Enigma Variations. SCHONBERG - Variations, Op.31. Solti/CSO. [Minshull; Wilkinson & Lock] A- 10.00 727.*CS-7018: BRAHMS - Piano Concerto #1. Rubinstein; Mehta/Israel Philharmonic. [Includes notes on the work by Rubinstein] A- 13.00 728.*CSA-2226(2): ADAM - Giselle (complete). Bonynge/Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra 20.00 729.*CSA-2231(2): MAHLER - Symphony #7. Solti/CSO. [Grammy Award, 1972: Best Classical Orchestral Performance] FS 32.00 730.*CSP--8(2): BEETHOVEN - Symphony #9. Lorengar; Minton; Burrows; Talvela; Solti/CSO & Cho. [TAS 4:236; Minshull; Wilkinson & Lock] A- 20.00 731. LL-1734: DEBUSSY - La Boite a Joujoux; Printemps. Ansermet/OSR. [Mono copy of one of the most sought-after of this series (CS-6079 in stereo)] A- 11.00 732.*OS-25020: RENATA TEBALDI in Operatic Recital - Cecilia(2; Refice), La Wally, Adriana, Figaro(2), Wm Tell, Lodoletta. Erede/ASCR. [bb; FFSS] A- 12.00 733.*OS-25040: VERDI - Il Trovatore (excerpts). del Monaco; Tebaldi; Simionato; Tozzi; Erede/MMF. [bb] A- 9.00 734.*OS-25083: BOITO - Mefistofele (highlights). Siepi; Tebaldi; Del Monaco; Serafin/ASCR. [AUTOGRAPHED BY TEBALDI, 1965, in bold green marker on back of jacket] [bb; FFSS] A- 20.00 735.*OS-25084: PUCCINI - Madama Butterfly (excerpts). Tebaldi; Bergonzi; Cossotto; Sordello; Mercuriali; Serafin/ASCR. [bb] A- 9.00 736.*OS-25115: MOZART - Don Giovanni (excerpts). Siepi; Corena; Dermota; Danco; Della Casa; Gueden; Berry; Krips/VPO; Cho. [bb] A- 11.00 737.*OS-25155: SCHUBERT - Die Schone Mullerin. Pears; Britten, piano. [bb; FFSS] A- 14.00 738.*OS-25218: PUCCINI - Tosca (excerpts). Tebaldi; Del Monaco; London; Corena; Molinari-Pradelli/ASCR. [bb] A- 9.00 739.*OS-25710: VERDI - Rigoletto (excerpts). Macneil; Sutherland; Cioni; Siepi; Corena; Sanzogno/ASCR. [bb] A- 10.00 740.*OSA--1167: GILBERT & SULLIVAN - Trial by Jury. Sullivan - Macbeth Overture; Incidental Music to Henry VIII. Nash/D'Oyly Carte; RPO. [TAS 42:112-115] A- 8.00 741.*OSA--1323(3): GILBERT & SULLIVAN - The Gondoliers; Cox & Box. Reed; Skitch; Sandford; Round; Styler; Riordan; Adams; Godfrey/New Sym Orch of London; D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus. [TAS 42:115] A-(c/c) 9.00 742.*OSA--1324(3): VERDI - Otello. Del Monaco; Tebaldi; Protti; Krause; Corena; Karajan/VPO. [TAS 61:130-4] A- 16.00 743.*OSA--1393(3): VERDI - Aida. Price; Vickers; Gorr; Merrill; Tozzi; Solti/Rome Opera. [Mohr; Layton; from RCA LSC-6158] 16.00 744.*OSA-1307(3): BOITO - Mefistofele. Siepi; Tebaldi; Del Monaco; Serafin/ASCR. [bb/FFSS] A- 12.00 745.*OSA-13135(3): STRAUSS - The Egyptian Helen. Jones; Hendricks; Kastu; Dorati/Detroit Sym; Kenneth Jewell Chorale. [Mallinson; Wilkinson & Moorfoot] A- 18.00 746.*OSA-1319(3): JOHANN STRAUSS - Die Fledermaus (with gala sequence). Gueden; Wachter; Resnik; Kmentt; Berry; Koth; Kunz; (also Tebaldi, Nilsson, Simionato, del Monaco, Sutherland, Berganza, Price, Bjoerling, Welitch, etc.); Karajan/VPO. [FFSS labels] A-(deluxe satin box shows almost no fraying) 35.00
748.*STS-15006: BERLIOZ - Symphonie Fantastique. Argenta/PCO. [TAS re orig issue on CS-6025: 42:83] A- 8.00 749.*STS-15032: BEETHOVEN - Symphonies #1 & #8. Ansermet/OSR. [from CS-6120] A- 7.00 750.*STS-15051: MASSENET - Le Cid Ballet Music. MEYERBEER-LAMBERT - Les Patineurs Ballet. Martinon/Israel Phil. [from CS-6058; very crisp!] A- 9.00 751.*STS-15084: MENDELSSOHN - Midsummer Night's Dream Music. Vyvyan; Lowe; Maag/LSO; ROHCG Female Cho. [From CS-6001; TAS 38:157] A- 12.00 752.*STS-15179: TCHAIKOVSKY - Sleeping Beauty (extended excerpts). Monteux/LSO. [from RCA LSC-2177; TAS 78:144] A- 10.00 753.*STS-15229/34(6): HAYDN - Symphonies #82 - #92; Sinfonia Concertante in B-Flat. Dorati/Philharmonia Hungarica. [Mallinson; Moorfoot] A-(minor box scuffs) 25.00
755.*SP-44042: THE ROMANTIC PIANOS OF RONNIE ALDRICH. September Song, Embraceable You, and ten more selections, with Strings of the London Festival Orch. [Mendl & White; Bannister] A- 8.00 756.*SP-44047: WERNER MULLER ON BROADWAY - Music from Wildcat, South Pacific, Oklahoma, My Fair Lady(2), Gypsy, Music Man, five more. A- 8.00 757.*SP-44066: THE NEW LIMELIGHT - Eleven popular selections including Warsaw Concerto, Night & Day, Scarlet Ribbons. Frank Chacksfield/His Orch. A- 8.00 758.*SPC-21005: RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - Scheherazade. Stokowski/LSO. A- 12.00 759.*SPC-21008: TCHAIKOVSKY - Swan Lake & Sleeping Beauty Selections. Stokowski/NPO. A- 11.00 760.*SPC-21011: OFFENBACH - Gaite Parisienne. Munch/NPO. [TAS 39:132; fold-open album includes nice session photos] [d'Amato; Lilley] A- 7.00 761.*SPC-21023: BIZET - Carmen & L'Arlesienne Suites. Munch/NPO. [Original British pressing in fold-open album; TAS 40:165-6] A- 14.00 762.*SPC-21024: RESPIGHI - Pines & Fountains of Rome. Munch/NPO. [d'Amato; Lilley; original British pressing in fold-open album] A- 14.00 763.*SPC-21036: KETELBY - In a Monastery Garden; In a Persian Market; In a Chinese Temple Garden; In the Mystic Land of Egypt; Wedgewood Blue; 'Appy 'Ampstead; Phantom Melody; Sanctuary of the Heart. Rogers/RPO & Cho. [d'Amato; Bannister; Kingsway Hall] A-- 6.00 764.*SPC-21043: BEETHOVEN - Symphony #9. Harper; Watts; Young; McIntyre; Stokowski/LSO; Cho. [TAS 12:513+515; great added horn & trumpet flourishes at end!] A- 10.00 765.*SPC-21173: BERNARD HERRMANN CONDUCTS - Les Preludes; Finlandia; Sorcerer's Apprentice; Samson Bacchanale. LPO. [d'Amato; Lilley; Kingsway] A- 14.00 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. 766. MG-10034: SCHUBERT - Symphony #8; Rosamunde Incidental Music. Heger/Bamberg Sym. B 9.00 767. MG-10040: JANACEK - Lach Dances. Jirak/Czech Radio Orch. MARTINU: Sinfonietta Giocosa. Leroux, piano; Krombholc/CPO. B+ 10.00 768. MG-10044: ERNA SACK SINGS SONG FAVORITES (six lighter items) & OPERA HIGHLIGHTS (Barber, Don Pasquale, Rigoletto, Freischutz & Martha). [no conductors shown; arias said to be with BPO; no orch identified for the songs] B++ 12.00 769. MG-10076: BRAHMS - Serenade #1. Heger/Bamberg Sym. A--(very fine for the vintage!) 25.00 770. MG-10081: SCHUBERT - Three Offeratories. MOZART - Exsultate Jubilate. Colette Lorand, soprano; Fekete/Vienna Tonkunstler. B-(misc scrs; surface itself not bad) 12.00 771. MG-10112: TCHAIKOVSKY - The Tempest; Hamlet. Rachmilovich/Stockholm Radio Orch. [MF-5/MF-7] A-(very fine!) 10.00 772. MG-10125: SIBELIUS - Symphonies #3 & 7. Ehrling/Stockholm Radio Orch. [gorgeous cover!] [MF-4/MF-1] A--(one of the scarcest of this cycle) 24.00 773. MG-10130: TIVOLI DANCES - Nine pieces by Hans Christian Lumbye. Tippe Lumbye (composer's grandson) conducting Tivoli Concert Hall Orchestra, Copenhagen. [MF-2/MF-5] A- to B++(scarce!) 15.00 774. MG-10132: GRIEG - Symphonic Dances; Norwegian Dances. Tuxen/Danish Radio Orch. [MF-2/MF-3] A-(occ tks sd 2) 12.00 775. MG-10150: A NORWEGIAN POP CONCERT - Short works of Ole Bull(2), Johannes Hanssen, Hohan Halvorsen(2), Johan Svendsen, Odd Gruner-Hegge & Arne Eggen. Download 1.07 Mb. Share with your friends:
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