Marriner was certainly very prolific during the Stereo era, but I don't think he ever recorded before the Academy of St. Martins-in-the-Field was formed in 1959, except as a member of the London Symphony.  Would he have had time since '59 to catch up with some of the other candidates mentioned in the various postings?

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> From: Dennis Rooney <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 11:53:39 PM
>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] truth or myth -- RCA claims about first digital recording
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>Neville Marriner was generally accorded most-recorded conductor status,
>even beyond his publicists. But such "stats" are writ on water. I can't
>contribute much to this thread beyond confirming Ormandy's span of
>acoustic/digital and the story that those who brought him copies of the
>Cameos, Lincolns and Okehs he made usually saw them broken
over his knee.
>Another conductor, Eugene Goosens, got from acoustic to 35mm mag film. The
>Judson Radio Program Corp. Ormandy discs are Green label, 12in, and not all
>are inside out. They appear to have been manufactured by Columbia as they
>are laminated.
>
>I was off-line for 24hrs and just spent the better part of an hour chopping
>all this cyber
kudzo out of my inbox. Jeez, you guys! Think before you
>post. Someone has to deal with all these missives. Otherwise, it's a global
>delete.
>
>Ciao,
>
>DDR
>
>On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 8:32 PM, [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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>> Marriner perhaps?
>>
>> Eric Nagamine
>>
>> ----- Reply message -----
>> From: "Cary Ginell" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: [ARSCLIST] truth or myth -- RCA
claims about first digital
>> recording
>> Date: Wed, Nov 28, 2012 11:48 AM
>>
>>
>> Kostelanetz is
the proper spelling. I might guess Fiedler, Toscanini, or
>> Stokowski.
>>
>> Cary
>>
>> On Nov 28, 2012, at 1:28 PM, "Tom Fine" <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Thanks Mike. Do you (or anyone else on-list) know what was, in fact, the
>> most-recorded conductor? As I wrote before, Dorati and Karajan come to
>> mind, but maybe some obscure guy laboring for budget-priced classics did
>> more? Maybe Kostelonitz (sp?)?
>> >
>> > -- Tom Fine
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gray, Mike" <[log in to unmask]
>> >
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 2:27 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] truth or myth -- RCA claims about first digital
>> recording
>> >
>> >
>> >> Hype on both counts - Gene made violin records in the late 20s, though
>> not so far as I know acoustic ones. After he got hooked up with Arthur
>> Judson and became a conductor, he wanted everyone to forget he ever made
>> them.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Mike
>>
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