Re: [ARSCLIST] Mercury MG10000 series listing or discography

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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" 
> > <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 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