Who plays on Basic Library of the World's Greatest Music?

[Can Altinbay]

As part of a nice large collection I received recently (thanks, Mike), I
obtained volumes 3 and 4 of what calls itself The Basic Library of the
World's Greatest Music. A Google search yielded a site selling reissues of
parts of it on CDs with a claim that the notes tell all about the
performers, some links to an antique dealer who is selling volumes of it,
some eBay links to auctions of parts or all of it (see, for example,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2260700601), and links
that don't pertain to the LP collection.

I'm curious - does anyone know who plays on Scheherazade, Dvorak's 9th
Symphony (here called the 5th, of course, this being from 1958), Prelude to
the Afternoon of a Faun and Les Preludes? Those are what's on these two
volumes, all or in part.

[Paul Goldstein]

In article <NXBQc.10406$9Y6....@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>, Can Altinbay
says...

David Gideon can tell you, I bet.

--
Paul Goldstein

[Curtis Croulet]

I have a complete set of them. The performances range from wonderful to
laughably inept (e.g., Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto). The first four volumes,
which my parents bought for a buck or two at a supermarket in 1959, were the
spark that ignited my interest in classical music. I literally wore those
records out.
--
Curtis Croulet
Temecula, California
33° 27' 59" N, 117° 05' 53" W

[david gideon]

In article <NXBQc.10406$9Y6....@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>, Can

Altinbay <caltinb...@earthlink.net> wrote:

We do offer several sets with music from the "Basic Library". These
include the Scheherazade and Les Preludes (the latter in stereo) among
many other performances from the set. Our notes identify the performers
and reveal the sources of the recordings in this and other anonymous
supermarket series.

dg

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[Can Altinbay]

"david gideon" <davidD...@rediscovery.us> wrote in message
news:060820040937085757%davidD...@rediscovery.us...

> >
> We do offer several sets with music from the "Basic Library". These
> include the Scheherazade and Les Preludes (the latter in stereo) among
> many other performances from the set. Our notes identify the performers
> and reveal the sources of the recordings in this and other anonymous
> supermarket series.
>
> dg
>

Yes, I believe yours was the site I mentioned that had the CD reissues.

[Eric Grunin]

The sets were reissues of older recordings. I tracked down the
'Eroica': it's Ignaz Neumark and the Utrecht Symphony, originally
issued on Musical Masterworks Society around 1953.

Regards,
Eric Grunin
www.grunin.com/eroica

[Brendan R. Wehrung]

Wasn't there a lot of Otto Ackermann in the series?

Brendan
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[Curtis Croulet]

> The sets were reissues of older recordings. I tracked down the
> 'Eroica': it's Ignaz Neumark and the Utrecht Symphony, originally
> issued on Musical Masterworks Society around 1953.

Thank you for identifying this. Someday I look forward to finding out who did
the Schubert Ninth in this set.

[garylsa...@gmail.com]

Go to my new website: classicalmusicreferences.com you will find out all you want to know.

[garylsa...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, August 5, 2004 at 7:22:37 PM UTC-7, Can Altinbay wrote:

My new web site, classicalmusicreferences.com has a huge amount of information on both the Basic Library of the World's Greatest Music, and The Standard Treasury of the World's Great Music. Photos, brochures, orchestras, conductors, and soloists.

[garylsa...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, August 5, 2004 at 7:22:37 PM UTC-7, Can Altinbay wrote:

My new web site classicalmusicreferences.com has very complete information on both the Basic Library of the World's Greatest Music, and on The Standard Treasury of the World's Great Music. Artists, photos, brochures, etc.

[garylsa...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, August 5, 2004 at 7:22:37 PM UTC-7, Can Altinbay wrote:

Hi David,
My new web site classicalmusicreferences.com has very complete information on both the Basic Library of the World's Greatest Music, and on The Standard Treasury of the World's Great Music. Artists, photos, brochures, etc. I think you will enjoy it. Thanks for your work in researching these records, and keeping the performances alive. - Gary Sanders

[garylsa...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, August 5, 2004 at 7:22:37 PM UTC-7, Can Altinbay wrote:

My new web site classicalmusicreferences.com has very complete information on both the Basic Library of the World's Greatest Music, and on The Standard Treasury of the World's Great Music. Artists, photos, brochures, etc. - Gary Sanders