Download: Howard Hanson & Eastman Rochester Orch. - Victor M-802 (1941)
Bill Anderson
Just a quick little transfer project of an unusual set (2 records) of
American music.
Here is Howard Hanson and members of the Eastman Rochester Orchestra
doing four works for wind instruments and strings. From Victor Set
M-802 with remarkably quiet surfaces. I know of no LP or CD reissue.
Each side is a separate piece and listed below:
Bernard Rogers
Soliloquy for Flute and String Orchestra
Joseph Mariano, flute
Victor 18101-A
Wayne Barlow
Rhapsody "The Winters Past" for Oboe and String Orchestra
Robert Sprenkle, oboe
Victor 18101-B
Burrill Phillips
American Dance for Bassoon and String Orchestra
Vincent Pezzi, bassoon
Victor 18102-A
Homer Keller
Serenade for Clarinet and Strings
Rufus Arey, clarinet
Victor 18102-B
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?0znwdmidwsn
I do not have a recording date or venue, so if some RMCR member could
provide this to the group, it would be most appreciated A short TIME
review (Sept 15,1941) of the set can be seen here:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,766080,00.html
That's it for my downloads this year. Enjoy the balance of the
holidays!
- Bill
Heck51
> Each side is a separate piece and listed below:
>
> Bernard Rogers
> Soliloquy for Flute and String Orchestra
> Joseph Mariano, flute
> Victor 18101-A
>
> Wayne Barlow
> Rhapsody "The Winters Past" for Oboe and String Orchestra
> Robert Sprenkle, oboe
> Victor 18101-B
>
> Burrill Phillips
> American Dance for Bassoon and String Orchestra
> Vincent Pezzi, bassoon
> Victor 18102-A
>
> Homer Keller
> Serenade for Clarinet and Strings
> Rufus Arey, clarinet
> Victor 18102-B
Bill - that's awesome - I'd love to hear the Phillips Concert Piece
[aka American Dance] with Pezzi playing - I knew the recording
existed, but thought it was long since NA...there are precious few
examples of his playing available, TMK.
he was my teacher's [Van Hoesen's] teacher....He taught some of the
greatest names in the bassoon world - Willard Elliot[CSO], George
Goslee[Cleveland I], Ron Phillips [Cleveland Orch II], Loren Glickman
[NY free-lancer - ColSO/Walter and Stravinsky], Ken Pasmanick[NatSO],
David Van Hoesen[RochPO + his successor at Eastman]
Bill Anderson
I must confess ignorance of these individually named players, Vincent
Pezzi included. I found a webpage last night that discussed Mr. Pezzi
and his playing, including some modifications to his instrument's keys
and other technical info. As a non-musician, most of this went over my
head, sadly. But the writer (an ex-student) was clearly affectionate &
appreciative of both the man and the musician.
I have tried to bring the page up again, but now cannot find it. Damn,
the internet can be annoying at times! If I come across it again, I
will post the address.
- Bill
jrs...@aol.com
I have a mono Mercury lp with at least some of these recordings, but
I'm glad to have the digital transfer. If I get some time to search
for it I might find some info on the jacket. Thanks for the upload!
--Jeff
Bill Anderson
I believe the Mercury performances (MG40003 possibly) are later
recordings from the early to mid 1950's. They were taped with some of
the same soloists. The Mercury recording of Barlow's 'The Winters
Past' is on a CD reissue, but I'm not sure about the others.
A little OT, but for those interested in the history of Mercury
records, here is a very interesting site:
http://www.soundfountain.com/amb/mercury.html
- Bill
jserr...@gmail.com
Thank you, Bill.
OHIOLink's online catalog lists the Mercury MG 40003 LP and gives a
1953 date of issue. They also list a 1956 reissue on Mercury
Olympian:
Title American music for solo winds and string orchestra
No MG 40003 Mercury (1953)
Series American music festival series, v. 4
Performers Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra ; with various
soloists ; Howard Hanson, conductor Hoard Hanson
Contents The winter's past [i. e. passed] ; Rhapsody for oboe and
strings / W. Barlow -- Soliloquy for flute and strings / B. Rogers --
Quiet city, for strings, trumpet and English horn / A. Copland --
Night soliloquy, for flute and string orchestra / K. Kennan --
Serenade for clarinet and strings / H. Keller --Serenade for flute,
strings, and harp ; Pastorale for oboe, strings, and harp / H. Hanson
Barlow, Wayne, 1912- The winter's passed
Rogers, Bernard, 1893-1968. Soliloquy
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 Quiet city
Kennan, Kent Wheeler, 1913- Night soliloquy
Keller, Homer, 1915- Serenade, clarinet, string orchestra
Hanson, Howard, 1896-1981 Instrumental music. Selections
Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra. Performer
regards,
jjS
Bill Anderson
Good to hear from you again. Thanks the detailed info on the Mercury
LP's, and the OHIOLink catalogue. A very good search engine for a
public library system.
Heck51
> I believe the Mercury performances (MG40003 possibly) are later
> recordings from the early to mid 1950's. They were taped with some of
> the same soloists. The Mercury recording of Barlow's 'The Winters
> Past' is on a CD reissue, but I'm not sure about the others.>>
I think the Sprenkle and Mariano recordings are from the 50s...
Arey and Pezzi would be from the 40s...
Matthew B. Tepper
in news:e44a682f-1b92-465a...@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
> OHIOLink's online catalog lists the Mercury MG 40003 LP and gives a
> 1953 date of issue. They also list a 1956 reissue on Mercury
> Olympian:
>
> Title American music for solo winds and string orchestra
>
> No MG 40003 Mercury (1953)
>
> Series American music festival series, v. 4
>
> Performers Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra ; with various
> soloists ; Howard Hanson, conductor Hoard Hanson
> Contents The winter's past [i. e. passed] ; Rhapsody for oboe and
> strings / W. Barlow -- Soliloquy for flute and strings / B. Rogers --
> Quiet city, for strings, trumpet and English horn / A. Copland --
> Night soliloquy, for flute and string orchestra / K. Kennan --
> Serenade for clarinet and strings / H. Keller --Serenade for flute,
> strings, and harp ; Pastorale for oboe, strings, and harp / H. Hanson
>
> Barlow, Wayne, 1912- The winter's passed
> Rogers, Bernard, 1893-1968. Soliloquy
> Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 Quiet city
> Kennan, Kent Wheeler, 1913- Night soliloquy
> Keller, Homer, 1915- Serenade, clarinet, string orchestra
> Hanson, Howard, 1896-1981 Instrumental music. Selections
> Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra. Performer
If memory serves, that LP was entitled "restful music" and was funded by a
grant from a wealthy music-lover who wanted to hear more consonant new music.
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francis
The Victors and Mercury series are completely discrete. Sprenkle and
Mariano recorded their concerted works at least twice--about 15 years
apart. In the Mercury issue Van Hoessen replaced his teacher, Pezzi,
as soloist in the Phillips American Dance. The four works Bill has
kindly uploaded for us here were all recorded in 1939--the only year
during the Eastman/Victor contract in which all four works were in
Hanson's Eastman repertory. None of the Hanson/RCA Victor series have
ever been reissued in any form. Many, but not all of the works in the
Victor series were re-recorded for Mercury and one, Hanson's own
"Romantic" Symphony No 2 was re-recorded in the late-1940s in Hanson/
Columbia Masterworks series--and, again, for Mercury in the late-50s.
The Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra was the "record de plume" of
the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra augmented with the few Eastman
instrumental faculty not already RPO members and advanced Eastman
graduate and undergraduate students. The recordings were usually made
on the stage of the Eastman Theatre--and always in conjunction with
concert performances of the repertory in Hanson's annual Festival of
American Music (1925-71).
This is the complete repertory of the Hanson/RCA Victor and Columbia
Masterworks series:
Victor:
Wayne Barlow: The Winter's Passed, rhapsody for oboe and strings,
Robert Sprenkle, oboe
Robert Braine: "Hananera" from Lazy Cigarette; "Pavanne" from El Greco
George Chadwick: Jubilee
Aaron Copland: Music for Theatre (Hanson gave the first performance of
this on the very first Festival of American Music concert in 1926)
Charles Griffes: Poem, for flute and orchestra; The White Peacock
Howard Hanson: Lament for Beowulf, for chorus and orchestra; Suite
from the opera, Merry Mount; Symphony No. 1 "Nordic;" Symphony No. 2
"Romantic"
Homer Keller: Serenade, for clarinet and strings
Kent Kennan: Night Solilquy, for flute, piano and strings
Charles Loeffler: Pagan Poem
Edward MacDowell: Dirge, from Indian Suite No. 1
Spencer Norton: Prologue, from Dance Suite
Thomas Paine: Overture to Oedipus Tyrannus
Burrill Phillips: American Dance, for bassoon and strings
Bernard Rogers: Soliloquy, for flute and strings, Joseph Mariano,
soloist
Charles Skilton: Sunrise Song; War Dance
Leo Sowerby: Overture, Comes Autumn Time (the first Victor/Hanson
issue--a uplad of which will be coming shortly)
William Grant Still: Scherzo from Afro-American Symphony
Charles Vardell: Joe Clark Steps Out
Columbia:
Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite
Howard Hanson: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Rudolph Firkusny,
piano; Symphony No. 2, "Romantic"
Edward MacDowell: Concerto No. 2 in d minor for piano and orchestra,
Jesus Maria Sanroma, piano
Peter Menin: Symphony No. 3
Wallingford Riegger: Symphony No. 3
Dontait...@aol.com
A nice list from Francis. Great work. Yes, the four recordings Bill
posted were recorded by Victor in 1939 and are different from later
Mercury versions.
The Mercury catalogue number for the 1956 reissue of "American Music
for Solo Winds and Strings," originally on MG 40003, was MG 50076.
One thing...Mennin's Third Symphony on Columbia was performed by the
New York Philharmonic conducted by Mitropoulos. The Riegger Third was
done by Hanson/Eastman. The catalogue number is Columbia ML 4902.
Don Tait
Bill Anderson
Some great information regarding these Victor sides. More importantly,
the significant data and listing of all the HH-ER recordings prior to
the Mercury issues. I was not only (pleasantly) surprised by the
amount of Victor discs in existence, but was completely unaware of his
relationship or output for American Columbia.
Thanks so much for this! (and sorry I could not get better sound out
of the Sowerby item)
- Bill
Heck51
> The Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra was the "record de plume" of
> the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra augmented with the few Eastman
> instrumental faculty not already RPO members and advanced Eastman
> graduate and undergraduate students. >>
except, they were under different management structures...the E-R Orch
was not the RPO...
When I was there, the E-R played primarily as the accompanist
orchestra for the "Concerto Concerts" in which candidates for
Performers' Certificates played a major solo with orchestra...mostly
RPO personnel, with added faculty and/or grad students, as needed.
> Wallingford Riegger: Symphony No. 3>
When was this recorded??
I have this release on a CRI disc....no date listed...Thanx...
jserr...@gmail.com
> Wallingford Riegger: Symphony No. 3>
>
> When was this recorded??
> I have this release on a CRI disc....no date listed...Thanx...
from an Amazon review of the CRI . . .
"CRI has gathered together recordings of various origins, whose dates
range from 1952 mono (the recording dates aren't given on the CD, but
the Symphony was the recipient of the 1951 Walter Naumburg Recording
Award - a year after Schuman's 3rd by Ormandy and a year before
Mennin's Third by Mitropolous -, then recorded in April 1952 and
originally released as Columbia ML 4902, paired with Mennin's
composition) to stereo 1967 (the works for brass and winds)."
http://www.amazon.com/Riegger-Symphony-Orchestra-Concerto-Woodwind/dp/B000005TU0
begarv
that there was (and maybe still is) a Biddulph CD (WHL 038) containing
transfers from the RCA Victor 78s of Hanson's 1st and 2nd symphonies
as well the "Merry Mount" Suite.
Also, the following RCA Victor 78s were transferred to LP or CD:
Habanera "Lazy Cigarette" by Robert Braine was included on an ASV Disc
entitled "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette".
The White Peacock by Griffes was part of a Rochester Philharmonic
compilation LP that had limited distribution.
The Griffes Poem, Rogers' Soliloquy and Kennan's Night Soliloquy have
been transferred to CD by the National Flute Association (Historic
Recording Series, Vol.2) and is available from them
(www.nfaonline.org).
I'm not aware that the American Dance by Phillips was remade for
Mercury. Anyone have any further information?
Finally, I'd like to suggest that the recording date of 1939 for RCA
M-802 may not be correct. The first session for Hanson and the Eastman-
Rochester Symphony Orchestra (as it was then called) was on May 11,
1939, but did not include the music on M-802. Also, M-781 (Hanson's
Merry Mount Suite) was recorded on April 19, 1940. This would seem to
suggest that M-802 would have been recorded later than 1939.
Looking forward to the Sowerby upload!
Jim McGarvey
francis
Jim, Don, Bill, Thanks for the clarifications. And thanks especially
for the word on the Biddulph! Comes Autumn Time upload post should be
up shortly. FC
Don Rice
I have owned MG 40003 Mercury since 1958. I purchased it at a used lp
shop on 6th avenue in New York City. It was rather beat up but I've
enjoyed listening to it repeatedly. A few years ago I transferred the
contents of the lp to a cd and cleaned it up a bit. I have scanned the
cover and made mp3 files out of the originals. I am uploading all to
mediafire and will post a link for anyone interested in downloading.
Don
Don Rice
http://www.mediafire.com/?48ym9edmyez
>>
>
> I have owned MG 40003 Mercury since 1958. I purchased it at a used lp
> shop on 6th avenue in New York City. It was rather beat up but I've
> enjoyed listening to it repeatedly. A few years ago I transferred the
> contents of the lp to a cd and cleaned it up a bit. I have scanned the
> cover and made mp3 files out of the originals.
> Don
Bill Anderson
- Bill
Don Rice
> Don - Thanks for doing this - I am downloading it now.
>
> - Bill
and your upload finally motivated me.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I have over the years.
Don
notes...@yahoo.com
It occurred to me that rather than the latest prodigy banging or
scraping away on some standard concerto, an enterprising music
director could feature all of his/her woodwind (or brass) principals
on pieces like these, in about the same time duration. That would
surely get me to a concert.
Just a thought.
Bruce