I always thought that Supraphon (sp ?)licensed them from Telefunken.
Roger
--- On Tue, 9/23/08, Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Mercury MG10000 series listing or discography
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 5:43 PM
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