Don Tait wrote:
This software doesn't seem to enable me to quote anyone's messages, so
after saying that I've enjoyed the discussion I'll say about Obie, pirates, et.al.
that Mengelberg's Concertgebouw recording of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony
(Telefunken SK 2424/9) was pirated on the "Music Appreciation Recordings of the
World's Greatest Music" 78 series. The labels say "World's Greatest
Symphonies," the disc numbers are X-40/44, and they are in a flimsy album with a leaflet
of notes. The labels say "Copyright 1941 Music Appreciation Projects, Inc."
I used to also have a set of Dvorak's New World in this series but was
never able to identify what the souce recording might have been. It wasn't the
Mengelberg Telefunken; Mengelberg is always unmistakable.
Don Tait
I recently found the Beethoven Eroica on "World's Greatest Symphonies", in two 3-disc
albums, and I'd bet it's the Mengelberg although I haven't made a direct comparison yet. The
transfer is actually half-decent, from the little I sampled. But some of those Obie dubs are
really horrible, full of wow, running onto the label, you name it.
I have the New World on a couple of labels..Philharmonic, Masterpiece. Isn't that the one
that was issued as "Havana Symphony Orchestra" in one incarnation?
dl
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