Everest Recordings
Donald Witt
There are many justifiably famous Everest recordings, but I recently
discovered one that I'd not heard praised before. _A Symphony of
Dance_, Everest 3122, is simply a stunning recording. If you are a
golden age classical collector, I would recommend not passing this one
up if you see it!
Does anyone else have favorite Everests that are relatively unknown?
Paul Penna
In article <5opsk1$3nh$1...@news.nyu.edu>, rubi...@is2.nyu.edu (Kalman
Rubinson) wrote:
> Donald Witt (dew...@smtp.erols.com) wrote:
> > There are many justifiably famous Everest recordings, but I recently
> > discovered one that I'd not heard praised before. _A Symphony of
> > Dance_, Everest 3122, is simply a stunning recording.
>
> Tell us more. Original Everests ran from SDBR3001 (LPBR 6001 in mono) up
> and, so far as I know, never got to SDBR3100. I have some over 3100 but
> they are reissues of licensed material not Belock originals.
>
> > If you are a golden age classical collector, I would recommend not
> > passing this one up if you see it!
>
> So what's on it?
I used to have the stereo LP, which was originally on the Counterpoint
label. Counterpoint (and Esoteric) were two independent labels which were
bought up either by Everest or by whoever bought up Everest. Anyway, it
featured a pickup orchestra (the "Concert Arts Orchestra" I think)
conducted by Felix Slatkin. Kind of a pops concert affair; Invitation to
the Dance, Bartered Bride, Russian Sailors Dance, that kinda stuff. The
liner notes were divided fifty/fifty between lauding the recording
technology and the virtousity of the musical execution, IIRC. Nice shiny
cover, too.
Paul Penna
Kalman Rubinson
Donald Witt (dew...@smtp.erols.com) wrote:
> There are many justifiably famous Everest recordings, but I recently
> discovered one that I'd not heard praised before. _A Symphony of
> Dance_, Everest 3122, is simply a stunning recording.
Tell us more. Original Everests ran from SDBR3001 (LPBR 6001 in mono) up
and, so far as I know, never got to SDBR3100. I have some over 3100 but
they are reissues of licensed material not Belock originals.
> If you are a golden age classical collector, I would recommend not
> passing this one up if you see it!
So what's on it?
Kal
Matthew B. Tepper
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Kalman Rubinson
Paul Penna (tter...@calon.com) wrote:
> I used to have the stereo LP, which was originally on the Counterpoint
> label. Counterpoint (and Esoteric) were two independent labels which were
> bought up either by Everest or by whoever bought up Everest. Anyway, it
> featured a pickup orchestra (the "Concert Arts Orchestra" I think)
> conducted by Felix Slatkin. Kind of a pops concert affair; Invitation to
> the Dance, Bartered Bride, Russian Sailors Dance, that kinda stuff. The
> liner notes were divided fifty/fifty between lauding the recording
> technology and the virtousity of the musical execution, IIRC. Nice shiny
> cover, too.
From your description, it should have been a Capitol recording since such
LP existed with that title and contents. I didn't think that Everest (or
anyone) reissued Capitol discs except EMI.
SOOOOO, we still are curious.
Kal
Paul Penna
In article <5orbah$835$4...@news.nyu.edu>, rubi...@is2.nyu.edu (Kalman
Rubinson) wrote:
Ahh... I was unclear, I realize. The stereo LP I had was an original
Counterpoint edition - not an Everest reissue. And despite the
similarities, it was not a Capitol production. I am, however, not 100% sure
about the pickup orchestra name; Capitol did use that one, right? The
Counterpoint used either that or a similarlly generic-sounding name.
Paul Penna
Mark Koldys
"Symphony of Dance" was originally a Concert-Disc release; their tapes
were later reissued by Everest. Concert-Disc was a Chicago-area label that
leaned heavily on the Fine Arts Quartet for its classical line. They also
had Leonard Sorkin, of the quartet, conducting a pickup orchestra doing
several LPs, and SoD was one of them.
Sorkin also did an album of Vivaldi, Mozart, and Bach...which has the
finest Nachtmusik I have heard, and a stunning transcription for string
orchestra of Bach's Prelude in E by a fellow named Stoessel.
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Paul Penna
In article <5osim8$ebj$1...@news.nyu.edu>, rubi...@is2.nyu.edu (Kalman
Rubinson) wrote:
> Mark Koldys (mko...@rust.net) wrote:
> > "Symphony of Dance" was originally a Concert-Disc release; their tapes
> > were later reissued by Everest. Concert-Disc was a Chicago-area label that
> > leaned heavily on the Fine Arts Quartet for its classical line. They also
> > had Leonard Sorkin, of the quartet, conducting a pickup orchestra doing
> > several LPs, and SoD was one of them.
Wow, did I have that wrong. It all comes back to me now (except the exact
contents - sorry to the person who keeps asking that question so
patiently). Got my absorbed-by-Everest record labels mixed up, and also my
S- conductors! I hereby banish myself back to lurkerdom in this NG.
Paul Penna
TransfrGuy
On 25 Jun 1997, rubi...@is2.nyu.edu (Kalman Rubinson) wrote:
>From your description, it should have been a Capitol recording since such
>LP existed with that title and contents. I didn't think that Everest (or
>anyone) reissued Capitol discs except EMI.
Stokowski's Capitol recording of the Shostakovich 11th was available on a
two-LP Everest set (3310-2 or S-60228), which was still available even
after it had been reissued by EMI on a single Seraphim LP. I've often
wondered how that managed to appear on both labels.
- Mark Obert-Thorn
Kalman Rubinson
Mark Koldys (mko...@rust.net) wrote:
> "Symphony of Dance" was originally a Concert-Disc release; their tapes
> were later reissued by Everest. Concert-Disc was a Chicago-area label that
> leaned heavily on the Fine Arts Quartet for its classical line. They also
> had Leonard Sorkin, of the quartet, conducting a pickup orchestra doing
> several LPs, and SoD was one of them.
Thanks. Now, what's on the disc?
Kal
Kalman Rubinson
TransfrGuy (trans...@aol.com) wrote:
> Stokowski's Capitol recording of the Shostakovich 11th was available on a
> two-LP Everest set (3310-2 or S-60228), which was still available even
> after it had been reissued by EMI on a single Seraphim LP. I've often
> wondered how that managed to appear on both labels.
Same Houston performance? Interesting.
Kal
Vodnik
Donald Witt <dew...@smtp.erols.com> writes:
>Does anyone else have favorite Everests that are
>relatively unknown?
Music of Lili Boulanger led by Igor Markevitch. Beautiful
and original stuff by a composer who died in her twenties.
-Sol Siegel, Philadelphia, PA
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"Power corrupts, but I wouldn't mind finding out for myself."
Doctor Gonzo
vod...@aol.com (Vodnik) wrote:
>Donald Witt <dew...@smtp.erols.com> writes:
>>Does anyone else have favorite Everests that are
>>relatively unknown?
>Music of Lili Boulanger led by Igor Markevitch. Beautiful
>and original stuff by a composer who died in her twenties.
Ditto that - and perhaps the most sonically spectacular of the
Everests on CD to date. Makes me wish Markevitch had recorded
Schmitt's Psaume XLVII for them :-(
I'll also plug Stokowski's Shostakovich 5 (the best American recording
of the work) and Poem of Ecstasy.
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john harkness
I could be wrong about this:
I suspect that the Houston Shostakovitch 11 was originally recorded by
Everest -- Stoky was doing a lot of everests in this period -- and then
quite possibly acquired by EMI -- it's still a fairly spectacular
recording, and sounds more like Everest than like lete 50s/early 60s EMI
-- for ENGLAND only. It reappeared on emi compact disc, both as a stand
alone and as part of a twofer later in UK and North America at a time
when no one was reissuing the everest recordings.
Anybody know better? (I hope!)
John Harkness
j...@netcom.ca
John P. Cloninger
Doctor Gonzo wrote:
...
>
> I'll also plug Stokowski's Shostakovich 5 (the best American recording
> of the work) and Poem of Ecstasy.
Umm, Bernstein perhaps? Yes, Stoki's is quite good, but...
David M. Cook
On Fri, 27 Jun 1997 09:49:08 -0400, john harkness <j...@netcom.ca> wrote:
>I suspect that the Houston Shostakovitch 11 was originally recorded by
>Everest --
No, it was a Capitol recording. Everest later issued a poor pressing of
it.
Dave Cook
Don Patterson
john harkness wrote:
>
> Kalman Rubinson wrote:
> >
> > TransfrGuy (trans...@aol.com) wrote:
> > > Stokowski's Capitol recording of the Shostakovich 11th was available on a
> > > two-LP Everest set (3310-2 or S-60228), which was still available even
> > > after it had been reissued by EMI on a single Seraphim LP. I've often
> > > wondered how that managed to appear on both labels.
> >
> > Same Houston performance? Interesting.
> >
> > Kal
>
> I could be wrong about this:
>
> quite possibly acquired by EMI -- it's still a fairly spectacular
> recording, and sounds more like Everest than like lete 50s/early 60s EMI
> -- for ENGLAND only. It reappeared on emi compact disc, both as a
Nope. Recorded by EMI. Stoky's HSO discs for EMI included Gliere 3rd,
Shosty 11th, Orff Carmina, and some Scriabin and Wagner (?). For
Everest, he taped Brahms 3rd (interesting), Bartok's CfO (the first
stereo recording), and [I can't remember the rest}.
--
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In <33B3EF...@worldnet.att.net> "John P. Cloninger"
What *is* it with the Bernstein recording that gets people excited? I
just don't get it. Bad intonation, aborted climaxes, skims over really
deep parts (especially in the opening pages and the Largo), very
superficial... I feel sorry for people who know only that version.
They're missing a lot.
John
john harkness
Don Patterson wrote:
>
>> > >
> > > TransfrGuy (trans...@aol.com) wrote:
> > > > Stokowski's Capitol recording of the Shostakovich 11th was available on a
> > > > two-LP Everest set (3310-2 or S-60228), which was still available even
> > > > after it had been reissued by EMI on a single Seraphim LP. I've often
> > > > wondered how that managed to appear on both labels.
> > >
> > > Same Houston performance? Interesting.
> > >
> > > Kal
> >
> > I could be wrong about this:
> >
> > I suspect that the Houston Shostakovitch 11 was originally recorded by
> > Everest -- Stoky was doing a lot of everests in this period -- and then
> > quite possibly acquired by EMI -- it's still a fairly spectacular
> > recording, and sounds more like Everest than like lete 50s/early 60s EMI
> > -- for ENGLAND only. It reappeared on emi compact disc, both as a
>
> Nope. Recorded by EMI. Stoky's HSO discs for EMI included Gliere 3rd,
> Shosty 11th, Orff Carmina, and some Scriabin and Wagner (?). For
> Everest, he taped Brahms 3rd (interesting), Bartok's CfO (the first
> stereo recording), and [I can't remember the rest}.
>
> --
> Don Patterson <don...@erols.com>
> "The President's Own"
> United States Marine Band
> .
Thanks for the input and the correction. I never doubt the Marines. They
tend to be much better armed than I am. I'm still a little surprised,
because it doesn't sound like and EMI recording.
John Harkness
j...@netcom.ca
Chuck Nessa
john harkness wrote:
>
> Don Patterson wrote:
> >
> >> > >
> > > > TransfrGuy (trans...@aol.com) wrote:
> > > > > Stokowski's Capitol recording of the Shostakovich 11th was available on a
> > > > > two-LP Everest set (3310-2 or S-60228), which was still available even
> > > > > after it had been reissued by EMI on a single Seraphim LP. I've often
> > > > > wondered how that managed to appear on both labels.
> > > >
> > > > Same Houston performance? Interesting.
> > > >
> > > > Kal
> > >
> John harkness wrote:
>
> > > I could be wrong about this:
> > >
> > > I suspect that the Houston Shostakovitch 11 was originally recorded by
> > > Everest -- Stoky was doing a lot of everests in this period -- and then
> > > quite possibly acquired by EMI -- it's still a fairly spectacular
> > > recording, and sounds more like Everest than like lete 50s/early 60s EMI
> > > -- for ENGLAND only. It reappeared on emi compact disc, both as a
> >
> > Nope. Recorded by EMI. Stoky's HSO discs for EMI included Gliere 3rd,
> > Shosty 11th, Orff Carmina, and some Scriabin and Wagner (?). For
> > Everest, he taped Brahms 3rd (interesting), Bartok's CfO (the first
> > stereo recording), and [I can't remember the rest}.
> >
> > --
> > Don Patterson <don...@erols.com>
>
> Thanks for the input and the correction. I never doubt the Marines. They
> tend to be much better armed than I am. I'm still a little surprised,
> because it doesn't sound like and EMI recording.
>
> John Harkness
> j...@netcom.ca
This may come as a shock to some, Capitol was not always an EMI company.
The Stoky, Hollywood Qt, Steinberg, etc recordings were made by Capitol,
so it is not surprising that they don't sound like EMIs.
Chuck
Chuck
PGoldst515
Not to quibble, but wasn't the Stoki Shostakovich 11 recorded by Capitol
Records, EMI's American affiliate? Answering my own question, yes, it
was. It was one of Capitol's "Full Dimensional Stereo" recordings,
produced by Ralph O'Connor and recorded in April 1958. "Full Dimensional
Stereo" was Capitol's answer to Mercury Living Presence - "A pair of
Neumann U-47 condenser microphones mounted 20 feet above the main floor of
the Jones Auditorium served as the main orchestral pickup. A single U-47
covered the woodwind section and an RCA 44-BX ribbon microphone accented
the orchestra's strings" (this from the CD booklet). So maybe not as
purist as Mercury, but probably quite a different approach to recording an
orchestra than Walter Legge, for example, would have used for EMI in
London in 1958. This is why the recording sounds more like an Everest
than an EMI, I think.
Paul Goldstein
JFMist
In article <33B434...@erols.com>, Don Patterson <*nospam*@erols.com>
writes:
>>
>> I suspect that the Houston Shostakovitch 11 was originally recorded by
>> Everest -- Stoky was doing a lot of everests in this period -- and then
>> quite possibly acquired by EMI -- it's still a fairly spectacular
>> recording, and sounds more like Everest than like lete 50s/early 60s
EMI
>> -- for ENGLAND only. It reappeared on emi compact disc, both as a
Don replied:
>Nope. Recorded by EMI. Stoky's HSO discs for EMI included Gliere 3rd,
>Shosty 11th, Orff Carmina, and some Scriabin and Wagner (?). For
>Everest, he taped Brahms 3rd (interesting), Bartok's CfO (the first
>stereo recording), and [I can't remember the rest}.
Also :some Richard Strauss works (Don Juan, Till and Salome's Dance, I
believe) with the Houston Symphony Orchestra.
J. Forman
Don Patterson
john harkness wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for the input and the correction. I never doubt the Marines. They
> tend to be much better armed than I am.
The only weapon I carry is an Edwards trombone.
--
Don Patterson <don...@erols.com>
"The President's Own"
United States Marine Band
Concerned about the state of the Mac?
Don Patterson
Thank you for your input, Paul. I was not aware of the separate
companies. I had thought that Capitol simply licensed EMI tapes.
Thanks again. Most interesting.
john harkness
Don Patterson wrote:
>
> john harkness wrote:
> >
>
> >
> > Thanks for the input and the correction. I never doubt the Marines. They
> > tend to be much better armed than I am.
>
> The only weapon I carry is an Edwards trombone.
>
> Don Patterson <don...@erols.com>
> "The President's Own"
> United States Marine Band
>
> Concerned about the state of the Mac?
> Visit: http://www.MacMarines.com
>
> The views expressed are my own and in no way reflect
> those of the U.S. Marine Band or the Marine Corps.
In my high school band, for some reason, we saxophones sat in front of
the trombones. That's plenty scary right there!
John Harkness
j...@netcom.ca
Matthew B. Tepper
In article <33B509...@erols.com>, *nospam*@erols.com was heard to
remark...
>
>john harkness wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the input and the correction. I never doubt the Marines.
>> They tend to be much better armed than I am.
>
>The only weapon I carry is an Edwards trombone.
Deadly enough. :--)
>--
>Don Patterson <don...@erols.com>
>"The President's Own"
>United States Marine Band
>
>Concerned about the state of the Mac?
>Visit: http://www.MacMarines.com
>
>The views expressed are my own and in no way reflect
>those of the U.S. Marine Band or the Marine Corps.
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Kalman Rubinson
JFMist (jfm...@aol.com) wrote:
> Also :some Richard Strauss works (Don Juan, Till and Salome's Dance, I
> believe) with the Houston Symphony Orchestra.
Nope. Those were true Eversts with the Stadium Symphony of NY(!?).
Kal
Don Patterson
I disagree. Stoky recorded those works with Houston for Everest.
I have a dismal Bescol reissue to affirm that. I believe they
are now issued on an Everest disc. I am quite sure that the
sound is far superior. (...or did I see these on an EMI ffrr
disc? Did he record these for Capitol?)
Either way, I am sure he used the Houston Symphony.