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The Philadelphia story.

LIBRA - Manuscripts Storage Ms. Coll. 410 Item 470
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Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Genre:
  • Sound recordings.
Physical Description:
  • 3 audio discs : 33 1/3 rpm, stereo ; 12 in.
  • 12 in.
Contained In:
Eugene Ormandy Commercial Sound Recordings. Item 470
Other Title:
  • Isle of the dead.
  • Pathetique.
Place of Publication:
London : RCA, 1970.
System Details:
  • 33 1/3 rpm
  • microgroove
  • stereo
Contents:
Don Quixote, op. 35 / Strauss. Violin concerto in D / Paganini arr. Kreisler. Symphony no. 4 in A minor / Sibelius. Isle of the dead / Rachmaninoff. Symphony no. 6 in D minor "Pathetique" / Tchaikovsky.
Participant:
Emanuel Feuermann, cello (1st work); Fritz Kreisler, violin (2d work); The Philadelphia Orchestra ; Eugene Ormandy (1st, 2d, 5th works), Leopold Stokowski (3rd work), and Serge Rachmaninoff (4th work), conductors.
Notes:
  • Program notes ([6] p.) by Edward Johnson laid in container.
  • Strauss (recorded 24 Feb. 1940); Paganini (recorded 13 Dec. 1936); Sibelius (recorded 23 April 1932); Rachmaninoff (recorded 20 April 1929); Tchaikovsky (recorded 27 May 1968).
  • Paganini violin concerto transcribed from his Concerto No. 1 in D, first movement, by Fritz Kreisler.
  • Album in blue leather presentation case: "Presented by RCA to Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra to commemorate their European tour, London, May 1970."
Contains:
  • Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Don Quixote.
  • Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840. Concertos, violin, orchestra, no. 1, op. 6, E♭ major
  • Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Symphonies, no. 4, op. 63, A minor
  • Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Symphonies, no. 6, op. 74, B minor
  • Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Ostrov mertvykh.
Publisher Number:
SRS 3001 RCA Red Seal
Access Restriction:
Off-site storage: 24-hour retrieval.

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