http://www.geocities.com/elumpe/introduction.htm
Refers to Mercury's issuance of Bavarian radio tapes.
I forgot about a few significant Mercury LP issues from Telefunken, such as
Stravinsky and Hindemith conducting "Jeu de cartes" and "Mathis der Maler".
dl
David Lennick wrote:
> Ernst Lumpe has written extensively about the German radio tapes that
> ended up on LP labels in the US, particularly since there was
> duplication between Royale (and Varsity etc) and Mercury on some
> recordings. I'll try and find a link. I'm not aware of too many
> Telefunkens that were transferred to Mercury LPs outside of a couple of
> Mengelberg performances and Erna Sack and a couple of recordings by
> Joseph Keilberth..seems to me they had a lot more Czech material on LP.
> Also Danish (from Tono) and some French recordings (the Rampal recital).
>
> dl
>
> Tom Fine wrote:
>> Hi Dave:
>>
>> Do you know what the arrangement was for the German radio recordings?
>> I thought they were also part of "Telefunken" although I'm not sure
>> exactly what that entity encompassed before and during WWII. Did the
>> Czechs also confiscate the radio recordings as war reparations or was
>> that a whole separate deal? I did not get clarity re-reading the
>> relevant parts of John Hammond's autobiography.
>>
>> -- Tom Fine
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lennick"
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>> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9:52 AM
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Mercury MG10000 series listing or discography
>>
>>
>>> Mercury also had German radio tapes as LP sources, so the Heger
>>> Bamberg recordings were probably NOT Telefunkens.
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> Tom Fine wrote:
>>>> Hi:
>>>>
>>>> Returning to this thread. A few specifics --
>>>>
>>>> 1. who is the artist for
>>>> MG 10002 VIVALDI: CONCERTO GROSSO IN D MINOR OP. 3 #11;
>>>> MOZART DIVERTIMENTO IN D K. 251
>>>>
>>>> 2. does anyone know the artist/content of MG10019, specifically Side A?
>>>>
>>>> 3. Here's another one for the listings --
>>>> MG10076 - Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11, Robert Heger
>>>> conducting the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra (Recorded by the Bavarian
>>>> Radio Co.) -- I believe this is one of the Telefunken recordings
>>>> licensed from the Czech government in the late 40's. My LP is a very
>>>> early-era LP, not even sure if it's made of vinyl.
>>>>
>>>> 4. can someone confirm that MG10090, side A, is the first part of
>>>> the Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3, Albenari Trio (I am not familiar
>>>> with this work, but the record is indeed chamber music)? If it is
>>>> correct, then FYI it was recorded November 28-29, 1950 at Reeves
>>>> Studios, using what's in the logs as "Altec mic." This was the last
>>>> recording made for Mercury with a single Altec mic. The next session
>>>> at Reeves, December 28, 1950, was the first use of the Neumann U-47
>>>> for symphonic recording in the U.S., Louisville Orchestra recording
>>>> Schuman "Judith" and "Undertow." Those works were first released on
>>>> MG10088.
>>>>
>>>> 5. does anyone know the artist/content of MG10124, side A?
>>>>
>>>> 6. ditto for MG10126, side B?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance for any/all help!
>>>>
>>>> -- Tom Fine
>>>>
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