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RCA Bluebird Classics - list (a few missing items)

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wade

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May 16, 2013, 5:38:25 PM5/16/13
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I finally got my Canfield tome out and extracted the following for those interested:
RCA Bluebird LP Series (LBC)
1001 – Franck – Symphony in d – Leinsdorf, RHDO
1002 – Tchaikovsky – Symphony #6 – Malko, PO
1003 – Beethoven – Violin Concerto – Haendel, Kubelik, PO
1004 – Brahms – Symphony #1 – Leinsdorf, RHDO
1005 – Dvorak – Symphony #9 – Malko, DNO
1006 – Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade – Dorati, LPO
1007 – Tchaikovsky – Sleeping Beauty Suite – Malko, PO / Romeo & Juliet – Lambert, PO
1008 – Johann Strauss – music – Bohm, VPO (Roses, Morning Papers, Sphaerenklang) /Szell, VPO (Fruhlingstimme, Blue Danube, Pizzicato Polka, Tritsch-Tratsch Polka)
1009 – Prokofiev – Classical Symphony – Celibidache, BPO / Ravel – Mother Goose Suite – Previtali, LSO
1010 – Brahms – Haydn Variations – Markevitch, PO / Tchaikovsky – Francesca da Rimini – Dobrowen, PO
1011 – Chopin – Les Sylphides – Sargent, LPO? / Kodaly – Galanta Dances – Cameron, ROHO? / Delibes – Coppelia Suite – Irving, ROHO
1012 – Beethoven – Piano Concerto #3 – Moisiewitsch, Sargent, PO
1013 – Bruch – Violin Concerto #1 – Haendel, Kubelik, PO / Encores – Haendel, G.Moore (On wings of song; Banjo & Fiddle; Hungarian Dance #17; Preludium & Allegro)
1014 – Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture – Malko, PO / Capriccio Italien – Malko, DNO
1015 – Prokofiev – Peter & Wolf – Markevitch, PO / Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite – Markevitch, PO
1016 – Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake (ex) – Rignold, ROHO/ Gounod – Faust Ballet music – Fourestier, Paris Op
1017 – Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite 1 – Barbirolli, Halle / RStrauss – Rosenkavalier Suite – Barbirolli, Halle / Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite #2 – Irving, LSO
1018 – Beethoven – Symphony #5 – Barbirolli, Halle / Mozart – Symphony #41 – Bohm, VPO
1019 – Debussy – Afternoon of a Faun / Saint-Saens – Danse macabre / Ippolitov-Ivanov – Caucasian Sketches – Malko, ?
1020 – Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto #1 – Ciccolini, Cluytens, ?
1021 – Glinka – Valse fantasie – Malko, PO / Tchaikovsky – Serenade in C – Dobrowen, PO
1022 – Glazunov – Raymonda : Grand valse / Glazunov - Seasons Suite / Prokofiev – Love for 3 Oranges Suite / Mussorgsky – Khovantschina: Entr’acte / Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain – Malko, PO
1023 - ?
1024 – Tchaikovsky – Suite #3: Theme and Variations / Borodin – Symphony #2 – Malko, PO
1025 – Schumann – Carnival Ballet suite – Irving, PO / Delibes – Sylvia Suite – Fourestier, Paris Op
1026 – “Music of Imperial Russia” (R-K – Flight of Bumblebee ; Tchaikovsky – Waltz (?) ; Gliere – Russian Sailor’s Dance – Malko, PO / Borodin – Polovetsi March - Dobrowen, PO / R-K - Dance of Tumblers – Collingswood, PO / Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin – Waltz & Polonaise – L.Ludwig, PO)
1027 - ?
1028 – “Popular Orchestral Favorites” (Elgar – P & C #1 – Sargent, ?/ Weber-Berlioz – Invitation to the Dance – Markevitch, PO? / Mendelssohn – Hebrides Overture – Ludwig, ? / Wolf-Ferrari – Jewels of the Madonna – Bellezza, ? / Sibelius – Finlandia – Malko, ?)
1029 – Beethoven – Piano Sonata #8 & 14 – Dorfmann
1030 – JStrauss II – Blue Danube / Chopin – Ballade #1 ; Etude #8/ Brahms – Waltzes / Liszt – Liebestraum #3 ; Hungarian Rhapsody #6 – Byron Janis
1031 – Beethoven – Piano Sonata #23 - Medtner / Chopin – 3 Mazurkas; Fantasie-impromptu; Nocturne in c#; Polonaise #8 - Czerny-Stefanska
1032 - ?
1033 - ?
1034 - ?
1035 - ?
1036 - ?
1037 - ?
1038 – Chopin – Preludes & Scherzos – Moisiewitsch
1039 – Rossini - Overtures (Barber of Seville; William Tell) – Serafin, ? / Saint-Saens – Samson & Dalilah: Bacchanale; Spontini – Vestale Overture – Previtali, ?
1040 - ?
1041 – Liszt – Piano Concerto #1 – Cherkassy, Fistoulari, PO / Liszt – Consolation #3; Don Juan Fantasy – Cherkassy
1042 – Brahms – Symphony #3 – Barbirolli, Halle
1043 – Grieg – Piano Concerto – Dorfmann, Leinsdorf, PO / Mendelssohn – Piano Concerto #1 – Dorfmann, Leinsdorf, RHDO
1044 – Yuletide Hymns & Carols – Sargent, Grier (organ), Royal Choral Society
1045 – Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue – Janis, Winterhalter, orch / Grofe – Grand Canyon Suite (ex) –
Winterhalter, orch
1046 - ?
1047 – Schubert – Symphony #8 – Schwarz, PO / Schubert – Rosamunde Overture – Barbirolli, Halle / Bizet – l’Arlesienne (ex) – Barbirolli, Halle
1048 – Beethoven – Overtures (Leonore #3; Egmont) – Malko, DNO? / Wagner – Flying Dutchman Overture – Malko, ? / Wagner – Meistersinger Overture / Humperdinck – Hansel & Gretel Overture / JStrauss – Fledermaus Overture – Dobrowen, PO or Saxon St Orch
1049 – Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto – Borries, Barbirolli, Halle / Mendelssohn – Symphony #4 – Celibidache, BPO
1050 – Chopin – Waltzes (14) - Dorfmann
1051 – Brahms – Violin Concerto – Haendel, Celibidache, LSO
1052 – Tchaikovsky – Symphony #4 – Malko, PO
1053 – Handel – Messiah (ex) – MacMillan, Toronto SO (excerpts of LBC-6100)
1054 – Fireside Favorites and Beloved Hymns – Blanche Thebom, Braithwaite, Warwick, LSO
1055 – Norman Carol Recital (with Julius Levine)
1056 – Chausson – Symphony in b – Stock, CSO / Franck – Psyche (ex) ; Le Chasseur maudit – Defauw, CSO
1057 – Prokofiev – Scythian Suite – Defauw, CSO / Respighi – Pines of Rome – Goosens, CinnSO
1058 – Schumann – Symphony #3 – Mitropoulos, MSO
1059 – Gershwin-Bennett – Porgy & Bess Synthesis / Grieg – Symphonic Dances – Sevitsky, Indianapolis SO
1060 - ?
1061 – Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto – Morini, Defauw, CSO
1062 – Glazounov – Suite from Middle Ages / Haydn – Symphony #73 – Sevitsky, Indianapolis SO
1063 – Coronation Day (Queen Elizabeth II)
1064 - Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake (ex) – Irving, PO
1065 – Offenbach-Rosenthal – Gaitie Parisienne – Susskind, ? / Strauss – Waltzes (Emperor; Du und Du, ?) - Seidler-Winkler, ?
1066 – Rachmaninoff – Paganini Rhapsody – Cherkassy, Menges, LSO / Chopin – Nocturne in e; Mazurka #?; Fantasie in f – Cherkassy
1067 – Sibelius – Symphony #7 / Mozart – Symphony #38 – Golschmann, StLSO
1068 - ?
1069 – Mozart – Symphony #35; Symphony #40 – Blech, LMP
1070 – Liszt – Les Preludes; Hungarian Rhapsodies #1-3 & 6 – Schwarz, PO
1071 – Schubert – Lieder / Brahms – Lieder – Carol Smith, Renato Cellini
1072 – Marches – Dunn, Royal Marines
1073 – Beethoven – String Quartet Op.74 / Haydn – Lark Quartet - American Art Quartet
1074 – ?
1075 – Augustana Choir
1076 – Brahms – Variations Op 21 / Paganini Variations – Smeterlin
1077 –
1078 - Arnold – English Dances / Chopin – Les Sylphides – Irving, PO
1080 – Rossini-Respighi – Boutique fantasque – Irving, PO / Mendelssohn – Songs without words /
1081 – Schumann – Piano Concerto – Moiseiwitsch, Ackermann, PO / Schumann – Fantasiestucke - Moiseiwitsch
1082 – Mussorgsky – Boris Godunov (ex) – Kipnis, Berezowsky
1083 – Rossini – Barber of Seville (ex) – Reggiani, Browning, Landi, Bomboschek
1084 – Sibelius – Symphony #2 – Barbirolli, Halle
1085 - Schubert – Symphony #9 – Barbirolli, Halle
1086 – Encores – American Art Quartet
1087 – Haydn – Symphony #92 –Malko, Royal Orchestra Copenhagen / Beethoven - Overtures (Leonore #3, Coriolan, Prometheus) – Malko, PO
1088 – Elgar – Symphony #2 – Barbirolli, Halle
1089 – Mendelssohn – Symphony #3 – Goosens, ABC Sydney
1090 – Tchaikovsky – Hamlet / Dohnanyi – Suite in f# – Irving, PO
1091 – Schubert – Symphony #4 & 5 – Blech, LMP
1092 – Overtures (Verdi – Forza del destino; Rossini – Wm Tell; Weber – Oberon; Wolf-Ferrari – Segreto di Susanna) – Previtali, ?
1093 – Tchaikovsky – Symphony #5 – MacMillan, Toronto SO



Multi – 3 LP sets
LBC-6100 – Handel – Messiah – Marshall, Palmateer, Vickers, Milligan, Macmillan, Toronto SO
LBC-6101 – JSBach – St Matthew Passion – Marshall, Stillwell, Milligan, Brown, Macmillan, Toronto SO


can anyone fill in the missing items or unidentified orchestras?

td

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May 16, 2013, 5:52:07 PM5/16/13
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No, I can't help you, except to say that I own the two TSO sets on
Beaver Records, who first published some early Glenn Gould recordings
in fact.

What a trip down memory lane, I have to say. Some hoary stuff here.
Thanks for the memory, as BH used to sing.

TD

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May 20, 2013, 5:33:46 PM5/20/13
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A nice job! I can fill in some information. In all but one or two cases, the information comes from my copies of the LPs.

1000 - According to W.E.R.M. vol II, p. 225, this was the number first assigned to Tchaikovsky: Concerto no. 1 - Ciccolini/Cluytens/Paris Conservatory Orch. That was later LBC-1020. This number was apparently unused.

1007 - An interesting situation. Despite being credited to Malko/Phil. Orch., early issues of the Sleeping Beauty suite were a transfer of Victor 78 set M-673, Sadler's Wells Orch./Constant Lambert. My copy, pre-"Gruve/Gard" with the generic Bluebird cover, is 4S. Later issues, with much more modern sound, are indeed Malko/Philharmonia (later art cover, "Gruve/Gard," 11S in my copy.

1010 - Francesca da Rimini is Dobrowen/Danish State Radio Sym.

1011 - It is Sargent/LPO in Les Sylphides. The Galanta Dances are Basil Cameron/LPO. The Irving titles are as you show.

1015 - The narrator in Peter and the Wolf is Wilfred Pickles.

1020 - See LBC-1000. The orchestra is Paris Conservatory.

1023 - Blank in the 1955 RCA Victor numerical catalogue. Perhaps not used.

1024 - The Borodin 2 is the earlier of Malko's two Phil. Orch. recordings.

1026 - Verifying contents: Prince Igor: Polovtsi Marsh; Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings waltz - Dobrowen/Phil. O.; Gliere: Russian Sailors' Dance, R-K. Flight of the Bumble-bee - Malko/Phil. O.; R-K: Snow Maiden: Prologue & Dance of the Tumblers - Collingwood/Phil. Or.; Tchaikovsky: Evgeny Onegin: waltz & polonaise - Leopold Ludwig/Berlin State Orch.

1027 - Same as 1023 in Victor 19. num. cat.

1028 - contents: Elgar P & C #1 - Sargent/"Royal Festival Orch. & Cho." (live at opening of Royal Festival Hall, 1951); Sibelius: Finlandia - Malko/Phil. O.; Weber-Berlioz: Invitation to the Dance - Markevich/Phil. O.; Mendelssohn; Hebrides ov. - Leopold Ludwig/"German State Orch."; Wolf-Ferrari: Jewels of the Madonna: Acts II & III: intermezzi Vincenzo Bellezza/LSO

1030 - Byron Janis recital -- this was later moved to Red Seal as LM-2098.

1032/1037 - I have not been able to find any information about these numbers either. Perhaps they were unused.

1038 - Moiseiwitsch: the Chopin Preludes were only numbers 11-24, not the entire cycle. (One of Victor's stupidest things.) The Chopin Scherzi were numbers 1, 3, and 4.

1039 - orchestras etc.: Barber of Seville Ov., Samson & Dalila Bacchanale - Tullio Serafin/Orch. of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Spontini: La Vestale Ov. -Previtali/LSO; Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri Ov; William Tell: dances - Serafin/Santa Cecilia Orch.

1043 - both concerti are Dorfmann with Leinsdorf/Robin Hood Dell Orch. (of course, both are Philadelphia Orch. members)

1046 - I also show this as blank

1048 - "Six Great Overtures": orchestras etc.: Flying Dutchman: Malko/Phil. Orch.; Beethoven: Egmont, Leonore 3 - Malko/Danish State Radio; Meistersinger Act I - Dobrowen/Phil. Orch.; Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel - Boehm/Berlin PO (mislabelled "Saxon State O."; J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus - Boehm/Saxon State Orch.

1049 - Mendelssohn Violin Concerto is Borries/Celibidache/Berlin PO. Itlian Sym. is Barbirolli/Halle.

1051/2 - the contents are reversed for the numbers on your list. 1051 was Tchaikovsky 4; 1052 was Brahms Concerto.

1056 - This was apparently Stock's edition of the Chausson Symphony: the trumpet chorale at the end of the finale is played here on the organ. (The same on the 78s, of course.)

1058 - Schumann: Symphony 3, Mitropoulos/Minneapolis SO: this was a reissue of Red Seal LM-1067

1060 - this was advertised as Haydn: Symphony 83, "La Poule" - Barbirolli/Halle; Symphony 100, "Military" - Malko/Royal Danish Orch., Copenhagen. - I have never seen a copy of this and dealers I have asked have said they never have either. So perhaps not issued.

1063 (Coronation Day) - the narrator is Richard Dimbleby.

1065 - Gaite Parisienne: is Suesskind/Orch. of ROHO, Covent Garden. The Strauss waltzes contained are only the two you cite. They are credited simply to Seidler-Winkler/"orch." Research might help about that.

1068 - MacMillan/Toronto Tchaikovsky 5 - this no. per the 1955 Victor catalogue. Perhaps not used. The recording was subsequently issued as LBC-1093 and, later, Camden CAL-374.

1073 - the Haydn quartet is Op. 64#5, "The Lark"

1076 - this also had Brahms's Capriccio Op. 76#2

1080 - contents: La Boutique Fantasque - Irving/Phil. Orch.; Mendelssohn-arr. ? -Songs w/o words: Spinning Song, Spring Song; Gounod: Mors et vita: Judex; Delibes: Naila: Intermezzo - Malko/Phil. Orch.

1083 - Barber of Seville exc. - later reissued as Camden CAL-386

1092 - all cond. by Fernando Previtali. Contents: William Tell: Ov. (Rome SO of the Italian Radio); Soldiers' Dance (LSO). Verdi: Forza Ov. (RAI Sym., Rome). Weber: Oberon Ov.; Wolf-Ferrari: Secret of Suzanne Ov.(LSO).

Hope this is of use. A bit more to come. Hats off for youyr work.

Don Tait

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On May 20, 4:33 pm, "Dontaitchic...@aol.com" <Dontaitchic...@aol.com>
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>   A nice job! I can fill in some information. In all but one or two cases, the information comes from my copies of the LPs.

Once again, I can only marvel at the depth and breadth of information
that resides in Don's brain and archives.

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wade

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May 21, 2013, 11:26:24 AM5/21/13
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Wilfred Pickles! Now that's a Brit name if I ever heard one.

Dontait...@aol.com

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On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:26:24 AM UTC-5, wade wrote:
> On Monday, May 20, 2013 2:33:46 PM UTC-7, Dontait...@aol.com wrote:
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> > On Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:38:25 PM UTC-5, wade wrote:
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(Much editing, then in response to my message)...

> Wilfred Pickles! Now that's a Brit name if I ever heard one.

You're right! I believe he was very famous and popular in the UK for his broadcasting.

I hope what I posted about Bluebird was/is of value. I promised a bit more, so:

RCA Victor numerical catalogues show that there were 45-rpm equivalent sets issued for the LPs until LP LBC-1070. So, WBC-1070.

There were also some individual 45 rpm Bluebird EPs. I don't have much information about them and would love to have more if someone could provide it. What I have are:

ERAB-1: Rossini: Barber of Seville Ov.; Saint-Saens: Samson & Dalila: Bacchanale - Serafin/Orch. Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (from Bluebird LP LBC-1039)

ERAB-10: Chopin: waltzes 1, 7, 6, 3 in that order -- Ania Dorfmann, p. (from LBC-1050)

ERAB-13: Chabrier: Espana; Lehar Gold & Silver Waltzes - Barbirolli/Halle Orch. (No Bluebird LP of this, so it's doubly interesting)

More to come, I think.

Don Tait

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Hello,
I have LBC 1014
1812 overture
Capriccio Italien
Dane
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