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Now that I have my 65-66 MK export catalog at hand, this recording of Medtner himself is not listed, but there is a Soviet recording of the 3rd listed by T. Nikolayeva with Svetlanov and the Moscow Radio Opera-Symphony Orch on D 09321-2 mono and C 0229-30 stereo. There also is a Soviet recording of the 2nd concerto by A. Shalskes with Svetlanov and the USSR State Sym Orch on D 05080-1. Not having the Medtner recording listed for export probably is a good indication that it is the British recording (or they replaced the murky one with a new one.) Mike Biel [log in to unmask] Don Cox wrote: > On 20/12/2008, Punto wrote: > >> Apologies for the discographic question, but I have exhausted my other >> resources at hand. >> >> I have in hand an LP that is of Soviet origin, but not Melodiya/MK or >> anything that I have seen previously. The acronym of the label name >> appears to be something along the lines of BCT (with the "t" looking >> more like a gibbet). The catalog number is 06501/06502. I have been >> able to decipher that it is Medtner playing his Piano Concerto no. 3, >> but I can't convince myself that the rest stands for "Philharmonia >> Orchestra conducted by Issay Dobrowen", which is the only version that >> I have turned up elsewhere. >> >> Anyone out there (Mike Biel, maybe?) that can tell me what I've got. >> If this it indeed a Russian pressing of the Abbey Road Philharmonia >> recording, it has done a pretty good job of overlaying it with a layer >> of acoustic sludge/fudge. >> >> > As Medtner settled in Britain in 1936, and composed his 3rd concerto in > the early 1940s, the recording must have been made in Britain. > > Perhaps it is from a poor tape copy of the usual recording? > > Regards >