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UPLOADED! Hermann Scherchen
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Frank Forman
Jan 20, 2012, 6:23:50 PM1/20/12
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Here are all the Westminsters up through 1961, plus some other material.
FOUR zip files but worth the downloading time.
Scherchen, along with Mengelberg and Coates, was one of the great
extroverts, while Mravinsky and Rosbaud were among the introverts. And
Scherchen is to drums as Mengelberg is to brass. When Mr. Mencken was
asked to update his obituary, he said, "Just add 'as he got older he got
worse!'" I would say he just got more characteristically himself, which is
certainly true of Scherchen, Mengelberg, and Gould. I myself don't hear
nearly as much change in, say, Szigeti or Schnabel.
I do have, scattered among many cassettes, the H.M.V.'s he made, but these
were his first studio recordings, made before he really get his own voice.
Some personal favorites
Berlioz Requiem
Haydn 100, second recording (PSOL) only a W-LAB LP and a Sonotape
Messiah MONO
Haydn 55 (Schoolmaster)
Mozart Requiem MONO
Egmont music
Beethoven overtures, several of them
Scheherezade
R&J, 1812, Marche Slav (stereo)
Bald Mtn.
Bolero
Sorcerer's
Bumblebee
Mahler 2
Mahler 8
What you won't get, because too late, is Wellington's Victory and works by
Orff and Gabrieli for multiple orchestras, nor Christ on the Mount of
Olives, and Vivaldi's Gloria. Live performances I can't include, for the
most part. He made the first Beethoven, Op. 126, Der glorreiche
Augenblick, a companion to Wellington's Victory and almost worth its
neglect. But his greatest recording, the greatest Mahler recording (which
happens to be of his greatest work) is the live third symphony, which may
still be available on Tahra.
Collecting Scherchen is fun. Though he made most of his Westminster
Recordings in London and Vienna, Westminster is an American label. Only a
fraction of them came out on European labels. I got many, many discs for
only $1. I packed off nearly most of them to a German collector, Werner
Unger, who runs the archiphon label, which contains a huge amount of both
records and concerts but is no longer as active as it was. I packed off
three big boxes, each holding a cubic foot of LPs to him to make, in due
course, expert transcriptions. It cost him $150 in U.S. postage per box.
Meanwhile, enjoy them yourself. Comments on which pressings I have are the
better ones will be much appreciated.
I have uploaded the Scherchen WAV files (again, through 1961) at
http://www.filefactory.com/f/e144f8d31b8590e7/. They are take up 45GB, but
hey! I've got 2TB of space at FileFactory. I am NOT going to zip them.
They are just there for anyone who might like to work with them. I no
longer have all but a few discs, which I am keeping as souvenirs.
Now comes a long and thorough listing of what may be my most diligent
project:
VIII. HERMANN SCHERCHEN, CONDUCTOR
(Westminster LPs, unless otherwise specified. This is mostly a shelf
listing, with matrix and stamper data often, but far from always, given.)
NOTE: My conversions to .wav files, even of monaural discs haver been
recorded stereophically, in case someone down the line would like to use
software that can pick the right channel, the left channel, or both
together as quieter. Paul Miller and Werner Unger have also produced .wav
transforms of Music for Multiple Orchestras, for both the WST and WGS
issues and Scherchen's second Haydn 100 (PSOL on W-LAB 7024). Werner also
converted the half-track Sonotape of the Haydn.
LONG BOXES
[matrix/stamper nos. recorded for all.]
WAL 207, VSOO
Mahler 5, m. 1,2 XTV 17843-1B
Mahler 5, m. 3 XTV 17844-1B
Mahler 5, m. 4 XTV 17845-1A
Mahler 10, m. 1 XTV 17846-1A
WAL 208, VSOO
Beethoven 9, m. 1 XTV 17835-1D
Beethoven 9, m. 2,3 XTV 17836-1L
Beethoven 9, m. 4 XTV 17837-1E
Beethoven 1 XTV 17838-1B
Magda Laszlo, soprano; Hildegarde Roessel-Majden, contralto; Petre
Munteanu, tenor; Richard Standen, bass; Wiener Singsakademie
WAL 210, VSOO
Gliere Red Poppy Suite XTV 188511-1H
Gliere 3, m. 1 XTV 18508-1E
Gliere 3, m. 2,3 XTV 18509-1E
Gliere 3, m. 4 XTV 18510-1J
WAL 211, VSOO
Mahler 7, m. 1 XTV 18809-1B
Mahler 7, m. 2,3 XTV 18810-1C
Mahler 7, m. 4 XTV 18811-1E
Mahler 7, m. 5 XTV 18812-1D
Recorded at Großer Saal des Wiener Musikvereins, June 22, 1950 Source of
place and date:
http://www.discogs.com/Gustav-Mahler-Wiener-Symphoniker-Hermann-Scherchen-Symphonie-No-7-E-Moll/release/2142857
WAL 301 (discs inside say WL 50-37/9 in drop automatic sequence), VSOO
Bach: Mass in b.
Emmi Loose, 1st soprano; Hilde Ceska, 2nd soprano; Gertrud
Burgsthaler-Schuster, contralto; Anton Dermota, tenor, Dr. Alfred Poell,
bass; Anton Heiller, organ; Akademie Kammerchor.
This is the third recording of the work and its first attempt at
authenticity. The first, on early electrics, was the over-sized recording
by Albert Coates, thrilling if hardly authentic. The second, late
electrics and early LPs, was conducted by Robert Shaw, an excellent
conductor for the music but not esp. individualistic. This, unfortunately,
describes most conductors. Coates and Scherchen are outstanding
exceptions, as are Abendroth, Mengelberg, and Mravinsky. I have obtained
nearly all of the recordings of these three also. This may mean that I am
able to distinguish at most a dozen conductors, which is my loss, but they
all sound like ormandy to me.
Kyrie and Christe XTV 13916-2D
Kyrie-Gratias XTV 14802-2D
Domine-Cum Sancto XTV 14083-2D
Credo-Et Resurrexit XTV 14084-2B
Et in Spiritum-Sanctus XTV 14085-2C
Osana-end XTV 14086-2G
That is, Stampers
2D, 2D, 2D, 2B, 2C, 2G,
while for WL 50-37/9, my copy reads
1B, 1B, 1B, 1D, 1C, 1F.
WAL 304 (Westminster-Seimer), xxxOrchestre de la Societe des Concerts du
Conservatoire
Berlioz: The Trojans at Carthage, or Les Troyens à Carthage
Prelude-Act 1, Scene 1 beginning XTV 17755-1A
Act 1, Scene 1 end XTV 17756-1B
Act 2, Scene 1 and Scene 2 beginning XTV 17757-2A
Act 2, Scene 2 end XTV 17758-2A
Act 3, Scene 3 XTV 17759-2A
Act 4, Scenes 4,5 XTV 17760-1C
Didon.....Arda Mahdikian, mezzo-soprano
Eneé......Jean Giraudeau, tenor
Anna......Jeannini Collard, contralto
Narbel....Xavier Depraz, bass
Ascagne...Micheline ROlle, soprano
Iopas.....André Dran, tenor
Panthée...Gérard Adboun, bass
Hylas.....Bernard Gallet, tenor
1st Soldier..Gerges Aboun, baritone
2nd Soldier..Jean Cazin, bass
André Jouve, Ensemble Vocal de Paris
WAL 308 Nixa License, LSO
Handel Messiah
1-9 XTV 20367-1AA
10-21 XTV 20368-1AA
22-5 XTV 20369-1G
26-37 XTV 20370-2C
38-44 XTV 20371-1AB
45-50 XTV 20372-1L
Margaret Richtie, soprano
Constance Shacklock, contralto
William Herbert, tenor
Richard Standen, bass
Thomas Matthews, violin; George Eskdale, trumpet
Frederick Jackson, London Philharmonic Choir
LSO leader is Thomas Matthews
WAL 401, unnamed chorus and orchestra [in fact the VSOO and Chorus]
Bach: Saint Matthew Passion
1-12 XTV 19938-1B
13-23 XTV 19939-1AB
24-31 XTV 19940-1L
32-5 XTV 19941-1K
36-51 XTV 19942-1AE
52-61 XTV 19943-1G
62-73 XTV 19944-1F
74-5 XTV 19945-1J
Madga Laszlo, soprano
Hildegard Roessel-Majden, contralto
Petre Munteanu, tenor
Hugues Cuenod, tenor (Evangelist)
Heins Rehfuss, bass (Jesus)
Eberhard Wächter, bass (Judas and Pilate)
Peter Lagger, bass (Peter and Pontifex I)
Elli Hofstätter, soprano (First Maid)
Helga Glöckner, soprano (Second Maid)
Elfi Monsberer, soprano (Pilate's wife)
Walter Barylli, solo violin
Wihlem Huebner, first violin
Karl Recnicek, first flute
Karl Mayerhofer, first oboe
Bruno Seidhofer, organ
Franz Holetschek, harpsichord
Beatrix Reichert, viola da gambe
Karl Oehlberger, first bassoon
Richard Harrand, first cello
Otto Rühm, first contrabass
Ferdinand Raab, first viola
WAL 403 (in manual sequence) English Baroque Orchestra
Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6
1-2 XTV 22659-1H
3-4 XTV 22660-1G
5 XTV 22661-1A
6 XTV 22662-1C
7-8 XTV 22663-1AA
9 XTV 22664-1B
10 XTV 22665-1F
11-2 XTV 22666-1B
WL 50-37/9 (Green Label)
Stampers 1B, 1B, 1B, 1D, 1C, 1F, while the stampers for WAL 301 are
2D, 2D, 2D, 2B, 2C, 2G.
WN 6601. HAYDN LONDON SYMPHONIES (blue record labels)
Dates come from the CD reissue: DG 471256.
93. XTV 23625-1B VSOO 1952 WL 5178 coupled with No. 88
94. XTV 23626-1E VSOO 1951 WL 5137 coupled with No. 92
95. XTV 23627-1E VSO 1950 WL 5045 October
96. XTV 23628-1K VSOO 1951 WL 5111
97. XTV 23629-1E VSO 1951 WL 5062
98. XTV 23625-1D VSOO 1951 WL 5111
99. XTV 23631-1E VSOO 1951 WL 5102
100. XTV 23632-1E VSO 1950 WL 5045 October
101. XTV 23633-1E VSOO 1951 WL 5102
102. XTV 23634-1D VSO 1951 WL 5062
103. XTV 23635-1G VSO 1951 WL 5050 coupled with No. 80
104. XTV 23636-1F VSO 1951 WL 5066 coupled with No. 55 (Schoolmaster)
Rearranged by original catalog numbers:
95. XTV 23627-1E VSO 1950 WL 5045 October
100. XTV 23632-1E VSO 1950 WL 5045 October
103. XTV 23635-1G VSO 1951 WL 5050 coupled with No. 80
97. XTV 23629-1E VSO 1951 WL 5062
102. XTV 23634-1D VSO 1951 WL 5062
104. XTV 23636-1F VSO 1951 WL 5066 coupled with No. 55 (Schoolmaster)
99. XTV 23631-1E VSOO 1951 WL 5102
101. XTV 23633-1E VSOO 1951 WL 5102
96. XTV 23628-1K VSOO 1951 WL 5111
98. XTV 23625-1D VSOO 1951 WL 5111
94. XTV 23626-1E VSOO 1951 WL 5137 coupled with No. 92
93. XTV 23625-1B VSOO 1952 WL 5178 coupled with No. 88
[The other WL Haydn issue is WL 5206 1953 Nos. 44 and 49.]
WN 7701 BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIES (blue record labels)
1. XTV 23489-iJ VSOO
2. XTV 22592-1D PSOL
3: 1-2 XTV 17833-1C VSOO
3: 3-4 XTV 17834-1G VSOO
4 XTV 22689-1F PSOL
5 XTV 22690-1E PSOL
6: 1-2 XTV 23637-1B VSOO
6: 3-4 XTV 23638-1B VSOO
7: 1-2 XTV 23639-1G VSOO
7: 3-4 XTV 23640-1C VSOO
8 XTV 22593-1D PSOL
9: 1 XTV 23641-1A VSOO
9: 2-3 XTV 23642-1A VSOO
9: 4 XTV 23643-1A VSOO
---
WL SINGLES
Conjecture: WL = Westminster Longplaying.
Note: The stamper numbers are sometimes opposite the matrix numbers in the
runout grooves, sometimes right next to them. It seems that opposite
numbers are earlier. In one case, the disc used both. All are recorded,
except for the two discs I lack and have, indeed, never seen.
Red label unless specified otherwise. Stamper number next to the matrix
number in the runout grooves, unless specified as OPPOSITE.
WL 50-45
Haydn 100 and 95, VSO
XTV 14004-3D, 14005-2F
WL 50-50 (GREEN label; jacket says 5050)
Haydn 103 and 80, VSO
Layout: Side 1: H103m1-3, Side 2: H104m4 and H80.
XTV 14165-1A OPPOSITE, 14166-1B1 OPPOSITE
WL 5062 (GREEN label)
Haydn 102 and 97, VSO
XTV 14002-1B(?) OPPOSITE, 14003-1A OPPOSITE
WL 5066 (GREEN label)
Haydn 104 and 55 (Schoolmaster), VSO
XTV 14466-2B, 14467-2B
WL 5070 (GREEN label)
Bach: Musical Offering, nine soloists
XTV 14327-1A OPPOSITE, 14328-2B OPPOSITE
WL 5089 (GREEN label)
Beethoven 7, VSOO
XTV 15507-2B OPPOSITE, 155082E OPPOSITE
WL 5091
Prokofiev Scythian Suite and Lieutenant Suite
XTV 15509-1B and 15510-1AA
WL 5095 (GREEN label)
Mozart Con. 7 and 10, Gianoli and Badura-Skoda, VSOO
XTV 15519-1C OPPOSITE, 15520-1C OPPOSITE
WL 5096
Tchaikowsky [sic] 4, VSOO
XTV 15511-1B, 15512-1AE
WL 5102
Haydn 99, 101, VSOO
XTV 15517-1B OPPOSITE, 15518-1D NEXT. NOTE THE MIXTURE.
[second copy XTV 15517-1D, 15518-1F]
WL 5108
Beethoven 6 (Old No. 5), VSOO
XTV 18028-1F, 18029-1B
WL 5111
Haydn 98, 96, VSOO
XTV 15515-1B OPPOSITE, 15516-1F OPPOSITE
WL 5114
Beethoven Concerto 5, Badura-Skoda, VSOO
WXTV 15560-2J, 15561-2AF
Note: The label usually gives the same matrix prefix as the runout groove.
Here the label gives XTV.
WL 5117
Brahms: Double Concerto, Fournier, Janigro, VSOO
XTV 16129-1G, 16130-1A
WL 5122
Bach Cantatas 140, 32, VSOO
XTV 16167-1B, 16168-1A
WL 5123
Bach Cantata 198 (Trauer Ode), VSOO
XTV 16165-1A, 16166-1A
WL 5125
Bach Cantatas 166 (Actus tragicus) and 84, VSOO
XTV 16127-1B, 16168-1B
Note the jump in the matrix number. I conjecture that the number for the
first side should have been 16167.
MORAL: ANY MISTAKE THAT CAN BE MADE WILL BE MADE.
WL 5137
Haydn 92, 94, VSOO
XTV 16125-1H, 16126-1H
[WL 5138
[Bach Cantata 202 (Wedding). I have never even seen this disc, though I
have the XWN reissue.]
WL 5143
Beethoven Concerto 4, Badura-Skoda, VSOO
E2-KP-2313-1CR, C2-KP-2314-1AR
Note: Peculiar matrix prefix. The first side is typed, the second
inscribed by hand. I do not want to go through all of these again! I have
no idea why these matrices were used.
WL 5168
Liszt Concerti, Edith Farnadi, VSOO
XTV 17831-1G, 1782-1F
WL 5177
Beethoven Leonore Overtures and Fidelio Overture, VSOO
XTV 17841-1B, 17842-1A
WL 5178
Haydn 93 and 88, VSOO
XTV 17768-1AA, 17769-1B
WL 5189
Brahms 1, VSOO (the most expensive Scherchen WL disk on the used record
market)
XTV 17839-1L, 17840-1AC
WL 5193
Rachmaninoff Concerto 2, Farnadi, VSOO
F8-OP-5338-1A1A, F8-OP-5339-1A1A
Note: Another peculiar matrix prefix.
[WL 5197
[Bach Cantata 53, 54, 170. I have never seen this disc, though I have the
XWN reissue
[Cantata 53, which is a lovely aria for soprano and was recorded on an
early electrical 78 rpm disc by Emmy Leisner and many times since, is now
regarded as not by Bach.]
WL 5201
Bach Cantata 76, VSOO
XTV 17795-1A, 17796-1C
WL 5206
Haydn 44 and 49, VSOO
XTV 17829-1B, XTC 17830-1B
WL 5209
Beethoven Concerto 1. Badura-Skoda, VSOO
WXTV 18813-1C, XTV 18814-1H
Note: The W is in the runout groove, not on the label, which is just XTV.
WL 5216
Beethoven 3, Badura-Skoda, VSOO
XTV 17833-1C, 17834-1E
NOTE: I want this record back for its cover, which features a scowling
image of the composer but no name. The seemingly ridiculously fast first
movement in the stereo remake is fabulous recording, because the listener
cannot help but get caught up in the hysteria.
WL 5249
Bartok Concerti 2 and 3. Farnadi, VSOO
XTV 20249-2E, 20250-2A.
Another Hungarian pianist, Geza Anda, made much better recordings.
Note the jump in matrix numbers between this disc and the last.
WL 5268
Berlioz Symphony
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
XTV 20365-1H, 20366-1AC
WL 5280
Rimsky-Korsakoff: The Great Russian Easter Holiday, Op. 36 and "Antar"
Suite Symphonique, Op. 9
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
XTV 20381-1J, 20382-1K
Note: The first work faces extreme competition with Leopold's electric
recording with the Philapa Orchestra.
WL 5281
Beethoven "Egmont" Music (complete, but it may not be), VSOO
XTV 20245-1C, 20246-1AB
WL 5282
Tchaikovsky (with a V this time): R&J, Marche Slave (with an e), 1812
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
XTV 20384-1E, 20385-1D
Note: Mengelberg's 1812 is even better.
WL 5288
Berlioz: Harold in Italy. Frederick Riddle
PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF LONDON
XTV 20363-1C, 20364-1C
WL 5302
Beethoven Concerto 2 and Overtures to Coriolanus and "Consecration of the
House." Badura-Skoda, VSOO
XTV 20247-1A, 20248-1B
WL 5309
Tchaikovsky (with a V): Concerto 1. Farnadi, VSOO
XTV 21731-2AB, 21732-2L
WL 5318
Bach Violin Concerti. Walter Barylli, VSOO
XTV 21729-1F, 21730-1C
WL 5335
Beethoven Overtures to Creatures of Prometheus, The Ruins of Athens,
Coriolan, Namensfeier, Consecration of the House, King Stephen. VSOO
XTV 21727-1A, 21728-1A
Someone should check whether the performances of Coriolan and Consecration
are the same as those on WL 5302.
WL 5362
Beethoven 2 and 8
PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF LONDON
XTV 22592-1C, 22593-1C
WL 5408
Beethoven 4 and 5 (Old No. 6)
PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF LONDON
XTV 22689-1F, 22690-1E
[END OF WL SINGLES]
---
W-LAB SERIES
Conjecture: W-LAB = Westminster LABoratory
W-LAB 7002 (with booklet, double-fold album))
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Capriccio Italien, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
XTV 20383-1K/20386-1AE
W-LAB 7024 (with booklet, double-fold album)
Haydn 100, PSOL
XTV 22903-1E/04-1A
W-LAB 7061
Enecso: Rumanian Rhapsody 1
Weinberger: Schwanda: Polka and Fugue
Smetana: Bartered Bride: Polka
XTV 264101G/11-1D
W-LAB-S1 Lab Sampler, PSOL
XTV 25160-1E/61-1F
Only one Scherchen among five items
Suppé: Light Cavalry Overture. Sir Adrian, London Promenade Orchestra
Haydn: Military Symphony: Allegretto. Hermann Scherchen Side 2:
Bizet: Carmen: Prelude to act 1. Artur Rodzinski
Chabrier: España-Rapsodie. Argeo Quadri
Wagner: Ride of the Valkeries. Rodzinski
XTV 25160-1E/61-1E
---
WN SERIES
Conjecture: WN = Westminster New
WN 18002
Geminiani: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3, ENGLISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
XTV 22657-1D; 658-1B
SWN 18012 (No notes and cheaper. SWN's did not last long.)
Bach: Suites 1 and 2, ENGLISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
XTV 22748-1B; 49-1B
SWN 18013
Bach: Suites 3 and 4, ENGLISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
XTV 27750-1G/51-1B
SWN 18014
Mahler 1
XTV 22917-1D/18-1H
SWN 18034
Beethoven 1, VSOO
Beethoven: Grosse Fuge, ENGLISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
XTV 23489-1D/90-1B
XWN 18099
Beloved Choruses from Handel's Messiah, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
And the glory of the Lord
And He shall purify
For unto us a child is born
His yoke is easy
Surely he hath borne our griefs Side 2:
He trusted in God
The Lord gave the word
Their sound is gone out into all land
Let us break their bonds
Hallelujah
Since by man came death
Worthy is the Lamb
The London Philharmonic Choir
XTV 23595-1D/6-1AD
XWN 18190
Liszt: 6 Hungarian Rhapsodies, PSOL
Orchestrations by the Composer
XTV 24540-1G/41-1BA
XWN 18273
Beethoven: Lenny 1-3 and Fideleo Ov., VSOO
XTV 17841-2J-42-2AA
XWN 18294, VSOO
Beethoven Overtures: Coriolan, King Stephan, Namensfeier Side 2:
Creatures, Ruins, Consecration, King Stephan, VSOO
XTV 18862-1E/63-1G
XWN 18392
Bach: Canatas 53, 54; 170
Hilde Roessel-Majdan, contralto
[The lovely 53 is not by Bach.]
XWN 18396
Bach: Cantata 202 (Wedding), VSOO
Magda Laszlo, soprano
Layout: Side 1, No. 1-4; Side 2, Nos. 5-10
E2KP 3956-1E; 57-1H
XWN 18486
Honegger (six works), PSOL
Side 1:
Pacific 231
Rugby
Mouvement Symphonique No. 3
Side 2:
Prélude pour "La Tempête
Pastorale d'Eté
XTV 22758-1C/59-1C
XWN 18530
Stravinsky: Firebird and Petrouchka, PSOL
XTV 26007-1A/08-1A
XWN 18598
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Rossini: WTO, PSOL
R-K: Cap. Esp., LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Rossini: Thieving Magpie Ov., PSOL
XTV 26190-1B/91-1A
XWN 18599, In March Tempo
Berlioz: March to the Scaffold from Symphony Fantastique. Scherchen LSO
Bizet: March of the Toreadors from Carmen. Rodzinski, PSOL
Bizet: March of the Smugglers from Carmen. Rodzinski, PSOL
Bizet: Changing of the Guard from Carmen. Rodzinski, PSOL
Mendelssohn: Wedding March from MSND. Boult, Philharmonic Promenade
Orchestra Side 2:
Prokofieff: March from The Love for Three Oranges. Rodzinski, PSOL
Chabrier: Marchee Joyeuse, Argeo Quadri, PSOL
Tchaikovsky: March Slav. Scherchen, LSO
Wagner: Siegfried's Funeral March from Götterdämmerung. Rodzinski, PSOL
XTV 26188-1A/69-1K
XWN 18613
Haydn 44 and 49, VSOO (wrapped in a WL 5206 jacket, which had more
complete notes)
XTV 17829-1C, 17830-1C
NOTE: The WN 6601 reissue of the London Symphonies uses mx XTV 23625-36.]
XWN 18614
Haydn 55 and 80, VSO
XTV 14467-2E/ 14466-2E
Note: WL matrices and stampers are XTV 14467-2B bzw. XTV 14166-1B1
DOES THIS MEAN THE RECORDINGS WERE NOT REMASTERED FOR RIAA?
[XWN 18615
[Haydn 64 and 91, HENRY SWOBODA, VSO. I got this to have a Westminster
Haydn 91!
[XTV 13811-2C/XTV 13812-2J. This was on WL 5023, so maybe the matrices are
in good order.]
XWN 18616
Haydn 88 and 92, VSOO
XTV 17769-1E/ XTV 16125 1AD
NOTE: WL matrices and stampers are 17769-1B bzw. XTV 16125-1H
COULD IT BE THAT MY COPY OF THE WLs WERE PRESSED LATER THAN MY XWN?
STAMPER NUMBERS REMAIN A HUGE MYSTERY TO ME!
XWN 18676
Highlights from Handel's Messiah, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Comfort yem My people
Every valley shall be exalted
O thou that tellest good tidings
The people walked in darkness
For unto us a child is born
Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
He was despised Side 2:
He trusted in God
Why do the nationsso furiously rage
I know that my Reddemer liveth
Amen
XTV 27121-1B/22-1C
XWN 18737
Prokofieff: Peter and the Wolf, Rodzinski, PSOL. WITHOUT NARRATION OR
NATURAL SOUNDS OF ANIMALS RECORDED AT THE BRONX ZOO!
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals. Joseph and Grete Dichler,
dio-pianists, Scherchen, VSOO. WITHOUT NARRATIO OR NATURAL SOUNDS OF
ANIMALS RECORDED AT THE BRONX ZOO!
Britten: Young Person's Guide, Boult, Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra
I am not sure narration or the natural sounds of animals recorded at the
Bronz Zoo could have worked into the Britten but none are on the
recordings.
Layout: Side 1: Prokofiev and Saint-Saëns 1-7; Side 2: Saint-Saëns 8-14
and Britten
STV 27185-1D/86-1F
XWN 18890
Storm in Hi-Fi
Eight works of various composers and performed with various conductors.
Three of eight conducted by Scherchen.
Side 1:
Rossini: The Storm from William Tell Overture. Hermann Scherchen, VSOO
Beethoven: Tempest and Storm from Symphony No. 6 (Old No. 5). Hermann
Scherchen, VSOO
Debussy: Dialogue du vent et de la mer (Dialogue of the Wind and The Sea)
from La Mer, or The Sea. Manuel Rosenthal, Orchestre du Théâre National de
l'Opéra de Paris
Sibelius: The Storm from The Tempest. "A Westminster-Discofil Recording"
Stig Westerberg, Stockholm Radio Orchestra
Grofé: Cloudburst from Grand Canyon Suite, Maruice Abrevanel, The Utah
Symphony. The only good thing Grofé ever wrote.
Side 2:
Britten: Storm from Four Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes," Op. 32a. Sir
Adrian Boult, Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Final Movement from Scheherezade (Festival at Bagdad.
The Sea. The Ship Goes to Pieces on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior.
Conclusion). Hermann Scherchen, VSOO.
XTV 28218-1D/19-1B
Content identical to WST 16004
XWN 18894
The Devil in Hi-Fi
Four Scherchen items
Content not the same as WST 16005, which substitutes a stereo Leibowit's
Witch's Sabbath for the mono Scherchen.
Moussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre (Solo Violin: Rudolf Steng) Side 2:
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz
Berlioz: Dream of a Witches' Sabbath from Symphonie Fantastique
XTV 28206-1A (was 207 but 7 scratched out with 6 replacing it)/207-1D (6
scratched out with 7 replacing it)
AWS 2230- 7-8-57/AWS 2230-1 7-8-57
XWN 3315, VSOO
Vivaldi: The Trial of Harmony and Invention. Op. 8.
Julian Olevsky, violin
XTV 60215-1B/26-1A/27-1C/28-1C/29-1D/30-1D
The notes refer to WST 305 and XWN 3315, but I trace no stereo issue of
anything but the Four Seasons. One of the rarest Scherchen Westminsters. I
paid $45 in 1999. Canfield's Guide has $55
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WST SERIES
Conjecture: WST = Westminster STereo and WSS = Westminster Stereo Sampler
WSS 1. Introduction to Stereo.
Side 1:
1. Khachaturian: Sabre Dance. Scherchen, VSOO
2. Chabrier: España. Scherchen, VSOO
3. Novacek: Castaldo March. Hermann, Deutschmeister Band
4. Kettleby: Bank Holiday. Aliberti, VSOO
5. Tchaikovsky: Trepak from Nutcracker. Rodzinski, PSOL
6. Bach: Toccata in d (does not include the fugue). Carl Weinrich. organ
of Vårfrukyrka in Skänninge, Sweden
Side 2:
7. Sound effects: Bowling Alley, Train, Truck, Rain, Subway, 4-motor
Bomber
8. Green: A Good Man is Hard to Find. Mary Lou Brewer; Sy Shaffer and his
Orchestra
9. Lecuona: Tabu. Ralph Foot and hHis Orchestra
10. Emmett: Dixie. Dick Leibert, organ of the Byrd Theater in Richmond,
Va.
11. Ferrante and Teicher: Peg-Leg Merengue. Ferrante and Teicher
12. Christmas Carol: The Spirit of Christmas. Holz, The Salvation Army
Band
XSV 27978-1D/79-1D
Label: NATURAL BALANCE in white on black background. STEREO in black
raised relief on red background
Front cover: NATURAL STEREO BALANCE. Red on white background, with STEREO
in red raised relief on white background
Back cover: STEREO in red raised relief on white background
Two Scherchen items, other conductors, and a track of sound effects
(bowling alley, train, truck, radio, subway, 4-motor bomber)
WSS 2. STEREO, STEREO, STEREO, STEREO, STEREO, STEREO
Side 1:
1. Tchaikovsky: Wedding March from Swan Lake. Abravanel, Utah Symphony
2. Gershwin: Concerto in F (excerpt). Reid Nibley, Abravanel, Utah
Symphony
3. Copland: Gun Battle from Billy the Kid. Abravanel, Utah Symphony
4. Coleman: Jazz Mambo. Cy Coleman Jazz Trio
5. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (excerpt). Abravanel, Utah Symphony
6. Rossini: William Tell Overture: Finale. Scherchen, VSOO
Side 2:
7. Hungarian March. Hermann, Deutschmeister Band
8. Martinez: Brazillian Willy-Nilly. Ralph Font and his Orchestra
9. Grofé: On the Trail from Grand Canyon Suite. Abravenel, Utah Symphony
10. Leibert: In a Little Clock Shop. Dick Leibert, organ of the Bird
Theater in Richmond, Virginia
11. Arlen: Get Happy. unidentified conductor, VSOO
12 Realistic Sounds Big and Small: buzz saw motor, telephones,
automobile, breaking glass, typewriters, lions and elephants, riveters,
and jet planes
Only Scherchen among 12 selections is the finale of the William Tell
Overture, VSOO
Covers (identical): S in yellow, T in green, E in red, R in light blue, E
in pink, O in yellow: six times in progressively larger fonts, all on
black background
Label: NATURAL BALANCE in white on black background. STEREO in black
raised relief on red background
K8OY 0084-1A/85-1D
WST 14003
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Scheherezade, VSOO
JBOY64304-1E A2, 6405-1E A2. The O in OY is a letter.
Disc label: STEREO in black and white raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in black and white raised relief on red background
PASTED onto the front cover; catalog no. in black
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14005
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, 1812 Overture, VSOO
XSV 28073-1AA, 28074-1B
Disc label: STEREO in black and white raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background;
catalog no. in red
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14027 (Vega)
French Overtures in Stereo Hi-Fi, Orchestre du Théâre Nationl de l'Opéra
de Paris
Auber: La muette de portici
Thomas: Mignon
Adam: Si j'etas roi Side 2:
Maillart: Les dragons de villars
Lalo: Le roi dys
Boiedliew: La dame blanche
JO8Y-2843-1 A2, 2844-1 A2 (JO8Y-2843/4-1 etched)
Disc label: STEREO in black and white raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background;
cat. no. in red
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14030
SMETANA THE MOLDAU, all VSOO
Weinberger Polka and Fugue from "Schwanda"
Enesco Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1
Smetana Suite from "The Bartered Bride"
JOBY-0841-1C A1; 0842-1F A1 (JOBY-0841-1C and JOBY-0841-1F etched)
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background;
cat. no. in red
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14031
ROSSINI WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE. all VSOO
Reznick Donna Diana Overture
Hérold Zampa Overture
Auber Fra Diavolo Overture
JOBY-2812-1C A4; 2813-1B A
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in black and blue raised relief on blue background;
cat. no. in black
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14032
DUKAS the Sorcerer's Apprentice (side 2A), all VSOO
Falla: Ritual Fire Dance; Dance of Terror (side 1B)
Ravel Bolero (side 1A)
Chabrier: Espa (side 2B)
JO8Y-2626-1A/27-1D
WST 14033
Khachataurian: Gayne Ballet Suite, all VSOO
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Flight of the Bumble Bee
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
XSXV 28220-1D; 21/1E
Disc label: STEREO in black and white raised relief on red background
SECOND COPY
Label gives XSV 28220/1, while runout groove has JOBY-1963-1D/4-1D
(ETCHED)
Disc label: NEW STYLE: STEREO and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background
Front cover; STEREO in black and white raised relief on white background
Back cover: STEREO does not appear
"A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramont Records, Inc."
WST 14042 VEGA
Weber Overtures, Orchestre du Théâre National de l'Opéra de Paris
Oberon
Preziosa
Jublilee Side 2:
Euryanthe
Peter Schmoll
Abu Hassan
WST-1021E-INSP; F-1NSP (etched)
ABC pressing, disc 3 of "16 Great Overtures"
Disc Label: Westminster-ABC
Front cover: NEW STYLE: STEREO and a figure with two arrow pointing
outward in white on green background
Back cover: STEREO doesn't appear.
"a subsidiary and trademark licensee of ABC Records, Inc."
WST 14044
Haydn 100 and 45, VSOO
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO does not appear.
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
JOBY 0589-1/90-1
WST 14045
Beethoven 3, VSOO
JO8Y-0595-1 (label says 1D) B1; 0596-1 (label says 1D) A1
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in red and white on white background; cat. no. in red
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14047
Beethoven; Concerto 3, Paul Badura-Skoda, VSOO
JO8Y-2001-1 S1; 2002-1 A1
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in black and white on white background; cat. no. in
black
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14054
LISZT mephisto waltz, all VSOO
Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre Side 2:
Liszt: Les Préludes
Weber: Der Freischütz Overture
WST 14054A/B
"A subsidiary of Am-Par Record Corp."
WST 14059
MAHLER Kindertotenlieder, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Lucretia West,
contralto, VSOO (rarest WST disc: I paid $31.)
JO8Y-3664-1F; 3664-1H A1 (A1 this side only)
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in purple and white on purple background; cat. no. in
black
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14095
Highlights from Handel's Messiah, VSOO
Comfort ye, My People
Every valley shall be exalted
And He himself shall purify the songs of Levi
O thou that tellest good tidings
The people walked in Darkness
Pife (Pastoral Symphony) Side 2:
He was despised
Why do the nations so furiously rage
Hallelujah
I know that my redeemer liveth
The trumpet shall sound
Pierrette Alarie, soprano
Nan Merriman, alto
Leopold Simoneau, tenor
Richard Standen, bass
Vienna Academy Chorus
KO8Y 0598-1B A1/0599-1B 41
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in purple and white on purple background; cat. no. in
black
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14100
LISZT HUNGARIAN RHAPSODIES NOS. 1, 4, 5, all VSOO
Liszt: Battle of the Huns (Symphonic Poem No. 11)
Side 1 has HR 1,5; side 2 has Poem 11, HR 4
AWS 2368 ABM; 2368-1 AR
Disc label: NEW STYLE: STEREO and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background
Front cover: STEREO in red, yellow, white, and black in relief on black
background
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
"A subsidiary of Am-Par Record Corp."
WST 14101
LISZT HUNGARIAN RHAPSODIES NOS. 2, 3, 6, all VSOO
Liszt: Mazeppa (Symphonic Poem No. 6)
Side 1 has HR 2,6; side 2 has Poem 6, HR 3
KO8Y-0789-1E A1; 0790-1A [A1]
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in red, yellow, white, and black in relief on black
background
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14114
Bach BBC 1, 2, VSOO
Side 1 has BBC 1
Willy Boskowsky, violin
Joerg Schaeftlein, oboe
Karl Dvorak, bassoon
Franz Koch, horn
Franz Bachmaier, horn
Franz Holetschek, harpsichord
Side 2 has BBC 2
Willi Boskowski, violin
Alfred Scherbaum, trumpet
Joerg Schaeftlein, oboe
Camillo Wanausek, flute
Richard Harand, cello
Franz Holetschek, harpsichord
AWS 2412 [A]; 2413 [A]
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: S·T·E·R·E·O in white on black background; no cat. no.
Back cover: STEREO does not appear. cat. no., composer, and works in large
black majuscule
WST 14115
Bach BBC 3, 4, VSOO
Side 1 has BBC 3
Franz Holetschek, harpsichord
Side 2 has BBC 4
Willy Boskowsky, violin
Paul Angerer, recorder
Karl Troetzmuller, recorder
Franz Holetschek, harpsichord
AWS 2412 [A]; 2413 [A]
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: S·T·E·R·E·O in white on black background; no cat. no.
Back cover: STEREO does not appear. cat. no., composer, and works in large
black majuscule
WST 14116
Bach BBC 5, 6, VSOO
Side 1 has BBC 5
Willy Boskowsky, violin
Richard Harand, cello
Camillo Wanausek, flute
George Malcolm, harpsichord
Franz Holetschek, harpsichord
AWS 2414 [3-18-60 ABM]/ AWS 2415 [3-18-60 AB 1 A]
MANY RECORDS SHOULD BE MORE CLOSELY EXAMINED FOR DATES IN THE RUNOUT
GROOVES!]
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: S·T·E·R·E·O in white on red background
Back cover: STEREO does not appear. cat. no., composer, and works in large
black majuscule
WST 14135
TRUMPET CONCERTI HAYDN Vivaldi Handel Torelli [Vol. 1]
Haydn: Concerto in Eb
Torelli: Concerto in E Side 2:
Vivaldi: Concerto in C, two trumpets, P. 75
Handel: Concerto in D, two trumpets
Roger Delmore, trumpet; Arthur Haneuse, 2nd trumpet (in Vivaldi and
Handel)
WST 14135A [RW]; 35B [SR], but W-14135A/B on the labels
Disc label NEW STYLE: STEREO and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; a subsidiary of ABC Records, Inc.
Front cover: S·T·E·R·E·O in black on white background; no cat. no.; "A
Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Back cover: STEREO does not appear.
[NOTE: Torelli and Vivaldi reappear on
WST 14139
Vivaldi: Gloria, VSOO
Side 1: 1-5, Side 2: 6-11
Mimi Coertse, first soprano
Ina Dressel, second soprano
Sonja Draxler, contralto
The Vienna Academy Chorus
AWS 2564/5 on label, WST 13139/40-SR in runout groove
Disc label: NEW STYLE: STEREO and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background
Front Cover: STEREO and a figure with two arrows pointing outward in black
on white background; ABC-Paramount's Westminster
Back cover: STEREO does not appear.
WST 14142
Handel: Water Music, VSOO
W 14142A-5,W 14142B-5
Disc label: NEW STYLE: STEREO and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO and a figure with two arrows pointing outward in dark
green on white background
Back cover: STEREO does not appear.
WST 16003
Mysterious East
One of eight items conducted by Scherchen
Kettelbey: In a Chinese Temple Garden. Armando Aliberti, VSOO
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Hymn to the Sun. Aramdo Aliberti, VSOO
Tchaikovsky: Chinese Dance from the Nutcracker Ballet. Artur Rodzinski,
PSOL
Delibes: Bell Song from Lakmé. Sy Shaffer, VSOO Side 2:
Rimsky-Korsakoff: The Story of Prince Kalander from Scheherezade. Hermann
Scherchen, VSOO
Kettelby: In a Persian Market. Armando Aliberti, VSOO
Puccini: Excerpts from Mrs. Butterfly. Sy Shaffer, VSOO
AWS 2226/-7-57
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in red, yellow, white, and black in relief on black
background
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 16004
Storm in Stereo Hi-Fi
Eight works of various composers and performed with various conductors.
Three of eight conducted by Scherchen.
Side 1:
Rossini: The Storm from William Tell Overture. Hermann Scherchen, VSOO
Beethoven: Tempest and Storm from Symphony No. 6 (Old No. 5). Hermann
Scherchen, VSOO
Debussy: Dialogue du vent et de la mer (Dialogue of the Wind and The Sea)
from La Mer, or The Sea. Manuel Rosenthal, Orchestre du Théâre Nationl de
l'Opéra de Paris
Sibelius: The Storm from The Tempest. "A Westminster-Discofil Recording"
Stig Westerberg, Stockholm Radio Orchestra
Grofé: Cloudburst from Grand Canyon Suite, Maruice Abrevanel, The Utah
Symphony. The only good thing Grofé ever wrote.
Side 2:
Britten: Storm from Four Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes," Op. 32a. Sir
Adrian Boult, Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Final Movement from Scheherezade (Festival at Bagdad.
The Sea. The Ship Goes to Pieces on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior.
Conclusion). Hermann Scherchen, VSOO.
AWS 2228-2/AWS 2229-1 9-13-59 (in the runout groove of the second side
only)
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: NATURAL STEREO BALANCE Ln red on white background, with
STEREO in raised relief
Back cover: STEREO in black raised relief on white background
Identical fo XWN 18890
WST 16005
The Devil in Stereo Hi-Fi
Three of four items with Scherchen. Substituted a stereo Leibowitz
Witches' Sabbath for the mono Scherchen that is on XWN 18894
Moussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre (Solo Violin: Rudolf Steng) Side 2:
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz
Berlioz: Dream of a Witches' Sabbath from Symphonie Fantastique
AWS 2230- 7-8-57/AWS 2230-1 7-8-57
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: NATURAL STEREO BALANCE in red on white background, with
STEREO in raised relief
Back cover: STEREO in black raised relief on white background
WST 17006
Handel: The Seven Last Words of Christ, VSOO
Side 1: Words 1-3; Side 2: Words 4-7
Virginia Babikian, soprano
Ina Dressel, soprano
Eunice Alberts, alto
Johann vanKesteren, tenor
Otto Wiener, bass [sang in Fritz Lehmann's definitive recording of the
German Requiem]
Vienna Academy Chorus
W 17006-A1/08-B
WST 17013
Music for Multiple Orchestras, VSOO
Beethoven: Wellington's Victory Sdie 2:
Orff: Entrata
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon in primi toni
W 17013A/B on label; WST 17013-A11/B in runout groove
Disc label: NEW STYLE: STEREO and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrows pointing
outward in white on pink background
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
Flier: "NATURAL STEREO BALANCE RECORD CATALOG through December 31, 1958"
with STEREO in raised relief
WST 17033
Beethoven: Christ on the Mount of Olives, VSOO
Jan Peerce, tenor (Jesus)
Maria Stader, soprano (Seraph)
Otto Wiener, bass (Peter)
Vienna Academy Chorus
WST 17033A-3; 033B-3
Disc label: STEREO and a figure with two arrow pointing outward in white
on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrows pointing
outward in white on red background. "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S Westminster"
Back cover: STEREO does not appear.
WST 17035
Offenbach: Famous Overtures, VSOO
La Vie parisienne
Orpheé aux Enfers
Monsieur et Madame Denis Side 2:
Le Belle Hélène
La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein
Barbe-bleue
W 17035A/B on label; WST 17035A/B-11RC in runout groove
Disc label: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrows pointing
outward in purple on white red background; "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S Westminster"
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
WST 17047
Concerti for 1, 2, 3 and 6 Trumpets [Vol. 2], VSOO
Side 1:
Telemann: Concerto in D for three trumpets, two oboes, timpani, and string
orchestra
Stoelzel: Concerto Grosso for 6 trumpets, three oboes,flute, bassoon,and
string orchestra
Side B:
Manfredini: Concerto for two trumpets, string orchestra, and harpsichord
Corelli: Concertino for 2 trumpets and strings, arranged by E. Werdin
after Sonata da camera for two violins, basso, and continuo (FIRST
RECORDING). I think this comes from Opus 6.
Leopold Mozart: Concerto in D for 1 trumpet, two horns, and strings
Roger Delmotte and Arthus Haneuse, trumpets. No other soloists identified.
"Notes by [Reginald] DE KOVEN"
W 17947A/B on label; WST 17047A-2/B-2 in runout groove
Disc label: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief here followed by a figure with two arrows
pointing outward in black and white on blue background. "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S
Westminster"
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
NOTE: Telemann and Corelli reappear on WGS 8108
WST 17058
Bach: Suites No. 1 and 2, VSOO
W 17058-A/B on label; WST 17058-A2/B 11 in runout grooves
Disc label: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief here followed by a figure with two arrows
pointing outward in white on orange background. "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S
Westminster"
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
WST 17059
Bach: Suites No. 3 and 4, VSOO
W 17059B[!]/A[!] on label; WST 17058A-2/B SR in runout groove
Disc label: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief here followed by a figure with two arrows
pointing outward in white on green background. "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S
Westminster"
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
WST 17080
Bach: Cantatas 35 and 42, VIENNA RADIO ORCHESTRA
Teresa Stich-Randall, soprano
Maureen Forrester, alto
Alexander Young, tenor
John Boyden, bass
Herbert Tachez, organ
Vienna Academy Chamber Choir
W 17080A/B on label; WST 17080A2/B2 in runout grooves
Disc label: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief here followed by a figure with two arrows
pointing outward in white on dark blue background. "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S
Westminster"
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
WST 17086, various soloists
Berg: Concertino
Robert Gerle, violin
Norman Shelter, piano
various soloists Side 2: mvt. 4
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony, Op. 9, 15 soloists
W 17086A/B on label; WST 17086A-2 [M 11]; 086B-2 [11 SR] in runout
grooves
Disc label: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief here followed by a figure with two arrows
pointing outward in black on light blue background. "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S
Westminster"
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
WST 17087, MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN STRING QUARTET AND VIENNA WIND GROUP
Hindemith: Kammermusik, No. 4, Op. 36, No. 3
Kurt Weill: Concerto for violin and winds, Op. 12
Robert Gerle, violin in both works
W 17087A/B on label; WST 17087A-2/B-2 in runout grooves
Disc label: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief here followed by a figure with two arrows
pointing outward in white on dark blue background. "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S
Westminster"
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
WST 17088, VIENNA RADIO ORCHESTRA
Schumann: Manfred
David Carlile Hermeges, narrator and arranger of Byron's test
W 17088A/B on label; WST 17088A/B SR in runout grooves
Disc label: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief here followed by a figure with two arrows
pointing outward in white on pink. "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S Westminster"
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
WST 17089
Bach: Musical Offering, MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN STRING QUARTET AND VIENNA
WIND GROUP
Side 1:
Ricercare à 3
Canon pertetuus supra thema regioum
Cannes Diversi Super Thema Regium
a. Canon à 2
b. Canon à 2 in unisono
c. Canon à 2 per motum contrarium
d. Canon à 2 per augmentatione, contrario moto
e. Canon à 2 per tonos
Fuga Canonicus in Epidiapente
Trio
a. Largo
b. Allegro Side 2:
c. Andante
d. Allegro
Canone perpetuo
[More canons]
a. Canon à 2 quaerendo invenietis
b. Canon à 2 quareendo invenietis
c. Canon à 4
Ricercare à 6
Kurt Rapf, harpsichord
W 17089A/B on label; WST 17089A SR/B [nothing] in runout grooves
Disc label: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief here followed by a figure with two arrows
pointing outward in white on black background. "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S
Westminster"
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
WST BOXES
WST 201 VEGA Orchestre du Théâre National de l'Opéra de Paris
Berlioz: Requiem
Jean Gureaudeaym tenor
Choeurs de la Radiodiffusion-télévision Français
Recorded on 1958.4.7Mo-10Th in La Chapelle of the Hôtel des Invalides, the
scene of its first performance on 1837.12.5
Side 1: Introit, Side 2 Quid sum miser, Side 3: Lacrymosa, Side 4: Sanctus
WST 201A [MH]; WST 201B [R]; WST 201C [R]; WST 201D [R]
Label: "Westminster ABC RECORDS" "A subsidiary of ABC Records, Inc."
Cover: "Westminster ABC RECORDS"
ABC Records
WST 205
Mozart: Requiem, VSOO (omitted Leibowitz fourth side)
Side 1: Introit; Side 2: Recordare, Side 3: Sanctus
Sena Jurinac, soprano
Lucretia West, alto
Hans Loeffler, tenor
Frederick Guthrie, bass
Vienna Academy Chorus (Günther Theuring, director)
JO8Y 3333-1/34-1B/35-A2
Cover: STEREO in bold and curved, red on white background
Label: NATURAL BALANCE STEREO, the last word in black relief on red
background
WST 206
Mahler 2, VSOO
Mimi Coertse, soprano
Lucretia West, alto
Vienna Academy Chorus (Günther Theuring, director)
JO8Y 0591-1/92-1A/93-1D/94-1D
Cover: NATURAL STEREO BALANCE, the middle word in relief, all red on a
white background
Label: NATURAL BALANCE STEREO, the last word in black relief on red
background
WST 237
Bach: Art of the Fugue [and Vor Deinem Thron tret' ich hiermit (only
Scherchen recording?), Members of VIENNA RADIO ORCHESTRA AND VIENNA
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Part One
Side 1:
Four simple fugues with one thematic element
1. Simple fugue on the original subject, rectus, four voices. Winds.
3'15"
2. Simple fugue on the original subject, inversus, four voices. Strings.
5'12
3. Simple fugue on the original subject, rectus, four voices. Winds.
3'00
4. Simple fugue on the original subject, inversus, four voices. Strings.
6'56
Four counter fugues with two thematic elements
5. Fugue in contrary motion on a new subject and the original subject,
rectus and inversus, four voices. Winds and strings. 2'55
6. First double fugue on a new subject and a variation of the original
subject, four voices. Winds and strings. 6'28
Side 2:
7. Second dboule fugue on a new subject and the original subject, four
voices. Winds and strings. 2'29
8. Fugue in contrary motion on a variatinos of the original subject,
rectus and inversus. Winds and strings. 3'11
Four counterpoints with three thematic variations
9. Canon in contrary motion with augmentation, two voices. Harpsichord.
3'36
10. First triple fugue on two new subjects and a variation of the
original subject, three voices. Full orchestra. 10'34"
11. Fugue in contrary motion on a variation of the original subject,
rectus and inversus, with augmentation and diminution, four voices. Winds
and strings. 4'57
Side 3:
12. Second triple fugue on two new subjects and a variation of the
original subject, four voices. Full orchestra. 10'28" ("PART I culminates
in the Second Triple Fugue (No. 12) which presents the rectus from the
original subject with its rising motion, brought about through a free
inversion of the descending First Triple Fugue (No. 10)."
PART TWO
13. Canon at the octave, two voices. Harpsichord. 2'35
14a. First mirror fugue on a variation of the original subject, rectus,
three voices. Winds and strings. 2'40
14b. Second mirror fugue on a variation of the original subject, inversus,
three voices. Winds and strings. 2'37
15. Canon at the 10th, two voices. Harpsichord. 6'28
16a. Second mirror fugue on a variation of the original subject, rectus,
four voices. Winds. 4'34
Side 4:
16b. Second mirror fugue on a variation of the original subject, inversus,
four voices. Strings. 5'02
17. Canon at the 12th, two voices. Harpsichord. 2'14
18. Quadruple fugue (unfinished) on three new subjects, the third subject
being B-A-C-H, four voices. Full orchestra. 13'04"
Bonus item:
19. Chorale prelude on Vor deinen Thron' tret' ich hiermit, or Before Thy
throne I now appear. 4'40 "After his second stroke, the master, blind by
now, dictated to his son-in-law Johann Christoph Altnikel Vor deinen
Thron. This composition, which was found among the pages of the original
manuscript of The Art of the Fugue, sprang from the mind still possessed
of the most astute creative power although residing in a nearly broken
body whose sensory functions had already become nearly extinguished."
[Another version of the legend that Bach lay on his death bed. Unable to
finish the 18th fugue, he dictated the chorale prelude. Spurious or not,
it makes a fitting conclusion, though the great Helmut Walcha recorded his
own completion of the fugue. Scherchen's other studio recording did not
contain the prelude, but at least one of the three live performances known
to me does.]
For this recording: Strings = 8 1st vn, 6 2nd vn, 6 va, 4 vnc, 2 db; Winds
= 3 fl, 2 ob, 2 Eng h, 3 bn. 2 trumpets and 2 trombones serve as timbral
extension in nos. 1-, 12, and 18. Nos. 9, 13, 15, and 17 harpsichord.
Instrumentation and order in which the fugues are played is by the
Conductor.
W 237A-D on label. WST 237A-D with something like LW/LW/W1/LW scratched
in.
Disc label: STEREO a figure with two arrows pointing outward in white on
blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
WST 304
Bach: Mass, VSOO
Pierrette Alarie, soprano
Nan Merriman, contralto
Léopold Simoneau, tenor
Gustav Neidlinger, bass
Franz Holetschek, harpsichord
Willi Boskowsky, violin
Vienna Academy Chamber Choir
Layout: side 1: 1, Kyrie, side 2: 4, Gloria; side 3: 8, Qui tollis; side
4: 12, Credo; side 5: 18, Et in spiritum; side 6: 22, Benedictus
Label: "Westminster abc RECORDS" "A subsidiary of ABC Records, Inc."
Cover: NATURAL STEREO BALANCE, the middle word in red, yellow, and white
relief, the first and last in white, all on a black background
W 204A-F on label. In the runout grooves:
WST 304A WST 304/1A I MS 6301A
WST 304B WST 304/2A II
WST 304C WST 304/3A III
WST 304D WST 304/3B IV
WST 304E WST 304/2B V
WST 304F WST 304/2B VI
WST 306 (four records for the price of three)
Handel: Messiah, VSOO
Pierrette Alarie, soprano
Nan Merriman, alto
Leopold Simoneau, tenor
Richard Standen, bass
Vienna Academy Chorus
Layout: s. 1: no. 1; s. 2, no. 7; s. 3: no. 14; s. 4: no. 24; s. 5: no.
26; s. 6: no. 35; s. 7: no. 43; s. 8: no. 47
KO8Y 0600-7 on label; W 306A-F LW in runout grooves
WST 319
Bach: St. John Passion, VSOO
Soprano: Phyllis Curtin
Alto: Eunice Alberts
Tenor: Waldemar Kmentt
Bass: Frederic Guthrie
Evangelist: John vanKesteren
Jesus: Otto Wiener
Pilate: David Smith
Peter: Robert Springer
Servant: Franz Lukasowsky
Maid: Elizabeth Thomann
viola d'amore: Karl Stierhof
viola d'amore: Karl Stimpf
gamba: Hubert Koller
lute: Konread Ragosnig
At the organ: Franz Holetschek
Vienna Academy Chorus
Layout: s. 1: no. 1; s. 2: no. 12; s. 3: no. 24; s. 4: no. 41; s. 5, no.
58; s. 6: nos. 64-8
W 319A-F on label; WST 319A-F LW in runout grooves
Disc label: STEREO a figure with two arrows pointing outward in white on
blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Cover: STEREO in black relief on white background; two arrows pointing
outward in white on brown background
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MUSIC GUILD
IDS 9901
NOW GENERATION SERIES
I DIG TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky 1812 and Romeo and Juliet, VSOO
W 14005B/A [sides reversed from WST 14005] on label; WST 14005B-2 XX/A
SR
Pink label "Music Guild; abc RECORDS; Now Generation Series"
Front Cover: "Music Guild; abc RECORDS; Now Generation Series" and an
image of a man on a motorcycle
Back cover: "Music Guild; abc RECORDS; Now Generation Series" "STEREO IDS
9901"; "a subsidiary of ABC Records, Inc." Quite a different text.
MS 847
Haydn: Symphonia Concertante in Bb, Op. 84 and Danzi: Symphonia
Concertante in Bb, VIENNA RADIO ORCHESTRA
WST 17100 [H]; WST 17100B [TSM]
ABC Records, pink label
Could well be WST 17100 with a new disc label.
MS 6201
Berlioz Requiem, Chorus of Radiodiffusion Français and Orchestre du Théâre
National de l'Opéra de Paris
MS 201A 6201A [IRC]; MS 201B 6201B [IRC]; MS 6201C 201C [IRC]; MS 6201D MS
201D [IRC]
Pink label
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W COLLECTORS SERIES
W 9701
Geminiani, Op. 3, ENGLISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
W 9701B Ri/W 9701B Ri (Ri could well be the initials of the engineer.)
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WMS MULTIPLES SERIES
Conjecture: WMS = Westminster Multiples Stereo
WMS 1007. Disc label: NEW STYLE: STEREO and a figure with two arrow
pointing outward in white on blue background
Scherchen Conducts the Russians, VSOO
Side 1. Disc label: WS-1007-A; W-14033-A
Khachaturian: Gayne Ballet Suite and Rimsky-Korsakoff: The Flight of the
Bumble Bee
WMS 1007A [R]
Side 2. Disc label: WS-1007-B; W-14033-B
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain and Borodin: Polovstian Dances
WMS 1007B {R}
Side 3. Disc label: WS-1007-C; W-14003-C
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Scherezade, mvt. 1, 2
WMS 14003A [SR]
Side 4. Disc label: WS-1007-D; W-14003-D
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Scherezade, mvt. 1, 2
WMS 14003A [R]
Side 5. Disc label: WS-1007-E; W-14005-5
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
14005A [E or M]
Side 6. Disc label: WS-1007-F; W-14005-F
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
WMS 1007 F [R]
Front Cover: ABC-PARAMOUNT'S® WESTMINSTER
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WGS WESTMINSTER GOLD SERIES
WGS 8101 Best of Beethoven
Sym. 9, m. 4 part. Monteux, LSO
Wellington's Victory: 1, Battle. Scherchen, VSOO Side 2:
Sym. 5 (o.n. 6): !. Steinberg, PittSO
Sym. ^ (o.n. 5) : 3 Steinberg, PitttSO
Con 5: 3. Badura-Skoda, Scherchen, VSOO
WGS 8102 The Best of Bach
Suite 3: 2, Air. Scherche, VSOO
Orelude and Fugue in e, S. 533. Carl Weinrich, organ of Vafrukrrka in
Skanninge, Sweden
Tocatta in F, S. 540. Virgil Fox, Riverside Chruch Organ
Sonata 3 in G, S. 1029: 1. Bernard Green house, cello; Anthony Makas, pf.
Side 2:
BBC 2: 1,. Scherchen , VSOO
Before Thy Throne, I Come, .S. 668. Weinrich
Musical Offering: Ricercar a 6. Scherchen, European SQ and Vienna Sym Wind
Gp
WGS 8105 Best Known Overtures [Vol. 1]
Scherchen, VSOO takes up side 1 and plays William Tell, Belle Helene, Vie
Parisenne.
Side 2 has JStraussJr: Fledermaus. Kurt Adler, Vienna Fest. O.
Suppe: Poet & Peasant and LIght Cavalry. JUlius Rudel, VSOO
WGS 8108
Baroque and Contemporary Concertos for Trumpet and Orchestra
Vivaldi, Corelli, Torelli, Telemann
plus Jolivet: Con. for trumpet, brass, piano, and percussion. The Composer
conducting.
IF MY WST IS NOT IN GOOD SHAPE, THIS WILL HAVE TO DO.
{NOTE: Vivaldi and Torelli first appeared on WST 14135, and Corelli and
Telemann on WST 17047. Whether the Haydn and Handel of WST 14135
reappeared on another WGS issue or the Stoelzel, Manfredini, or Leopold
Mozart of WST 17047 did, I do not know. Neither do I now know whether the
Corelli work (7'24" on this disc) is n excerpt of the work issued on WST
17047 or the Torelli (7'45") an excerpt of what appeared on WST 14135. The
Telemann is timed 12'07" on the cover of this disc but in fact occupies
three bands.]
WGS 8114
Handel: Water Music
WGS 8120
Liszt: HR 1, 4, 5 and Battle of the Huns
AGAIN, MY WST MAY NOT BE IN THE BEST SHAPE.
WGS 8121
Scheherezade, VSOO
WGS 8131
Bolero, Sorcerer's, Espana, Ritual Fire Dance, Dance of Terror, VSOO
WGS 8132
Vivaldi Gloria, VSOO
WSG 8134
Haydn 100 and 45, VSOO
WSG 8167
Liszt: HR 3,4,6 and Mazeppa
AGAIN, MY WST MAY NOT BE IN THE BEST SHAPE.
WGS 8187
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf. Artur Rodzinski, PSOL. Gary Moore, narrator
WITH NATURAL SOUNDS OF ANIMALS RECORDED AT THE BRONX ZOO!
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals. Joseph and Grete Dichler,
dio-pianists, Scherchen, VSOO. Gary Moore, narrator WITH NATURAL SOUNDS OF
ANIMALS RECORDED AT THE BRONX ZOO!
Note that the Britten Young Person's Guide, Boult, Philharmonic Promenade
Orchestra was omitted.
WGS 8187A Circle 2/WGS 8187B circle 1
WGS 8192
Music for Multiple Orchestra (singular!), VSOO
WGS 8206
Beethoven: Christ on the Mount of Olives
WSG 8208, VSOO
Vivaldi: Four Seasons. The XWN box has all twelve of Op. 8, and all are in
mono.
Julian Olevsky,violin
WG 8208A/B on label; WGS 8208A circle 3/WGS 8208B circle 2
WGM 8235-2 (mono)
Gliere 3 and Red Poppy Ballet
WGS 8262-2
Mahler 2
WGS 8266
The Best from the Russia We Love, Volume II
Stravinsky: Petrouchka: excerpts. Scherchen, PSOL
Shostakovich: Age of Gold: Two Dances. Howard Mitchell, The National
Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C. [It is said that he could not
conduct electricity.]
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker SUite: Overture Minuature and Three Characteristic
Dances. Steinberg, PittSO Side 2:
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite: Excerpts. Scherchen, PSOL
Moussorgsky: PIctures excerpts. Artur Rodzinsky [sic], PSOL
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini: Var. 17 and 18. The Bolshoi
Theater Philharmonic Orchestra and The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestar of Radio
and Teevee. No conductor named
WGS 8269
20th Century Violin Concerti (the Hindemith and Weill)
WGS 8286
Best Known Overtures Volume Two
Scherchen: Donna Diana, Zampa, Orpheus in the Underworld, Mignon,
Barbe-Bleue. Plus Ferando Previtali, Orchestre dell' Accademia de Danta
Cecilia conducting Rossini: Semiramide.
WGM 8301 (mono)
Haydn 94 and 101, VSOO
WGM 8301-1/-2 with an additional 1 or I with a circle around it
WGM 8302 (mono)
Honegger. Only five of the six works that were on XWN 18486, PSOL
WGS 8302
Bach: Cantatas 42 and 35, VIENNA RADIO ORCHESTRA
WGM 8318-4 (mono)
Bach: Saint Matthew Passion
WGS 8342
Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ, VSOO
WG 8352 (not WGS)
Beethoven 3, VSOO
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WESTMINSTER-MCA
MCA 1423, all VSOO (U.S.)
Romeo and Juliet Overture, 1812 Overture, Marche Slave [sic]
R&J and 1812 first issued on WST 14005; Marche Slave on W-LAB 7068
ONLY ISSUE OF THIS MARCHE SLAVE IN STEREO, I believe
Issued in 1980
MCA 2237 W7 LB/mca 2238 W1 LB
VIC 5380 (Japan)
Bach: Concerti for violin. Walter Barylli, VSOO
MCA 5254A 1 1/MCA 5254B 1 2 1
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OPEN REEL TAPES
C2241
from Mark Koldys, FIRST TAPE
Half-track stereo Sonotapes:
Ponchelli: Dance of the Hours (Paul Miller verified that this is the same
as that conducted by Armando Aliberti, VSOO, on W-LAB 7069). SWB 7051
Saint-Säens: Carnival of the Animals: 14, The Swan. VSOO, a different
recording from that with Gary Moore, narrator, and "the natural sounds of
animals recorded at the Bronx zoo" on WST 14040$. This recording has piano
and massed celli, while 14040 has piano and solo cello. I thank Paul
Miller for making these observations.
Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav. SWB 7009
Khachaturian: Gayaneh: Suite No. 1. SWB 7008 (for nos. 1, 5, 3, 6, and 4)
and SWB 7008 (for no. 7, Lezghinka)
Track B
Monophonic ?half-track Omegatape 8006:
Bach: BBC 2 & 4. Cento Soli Orchestra of Paris (tape also has BBC 1 & 3.
The Sontapes are recorded entire.)
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NON-WESTMINSTERS
Gravesano 1891-1 (stereo)
Scherchen: Quartet, Op. 1 (1914/5)
Erato Quartet, Basel
LP 1891-1A/1B circled T
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Rococo [Canada] 2063 (two mono discs)
Beethoven: Der glorreiche Augenblick, Op. 136
Turin Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of RAI, 1956.5.4 Fr live (1½ sides)
(unidentified on disc)
Lucille Udovick, Miriam Pirazzini, Amadeo Berdini, Paolo Montarsolo,
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus [live, nevertheless the FIRST RECORDING
AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, if you were lucky enough to get it; SUNG IN
ITALIAN!!]
AND
Beethoven 9, Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (really the orch. in Lugano)
[SUNG IN GERMAN]
Magda Lázlo, Lucinne Devalier; Petre Munteanu, Raffaele Arie
Italian Swiss Radio Orchestra and Chorus. 1965.5.4 live (unidentified on
disc)
2RR 2063-1A/1B/2C/2D. Layout: Sides 1,2A: op. 126; Side 2B: Symphony 9m1;
Side 3: Sym. 9m2,3: Side 4: Sym. 9m4
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Parliament PLP 141
Schubert 6, VSOO
"a supraphon/ramco production". Issued 1960.
PLP 141AX-1/B X-1
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Supraphon DV 5082, sampler disc of many works by many composers by many
conductors. Of interest is the first item
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
SVATEBNI-POCHOD
ze Snu noci svatojánaké
Orchestr Vidennské st. operi, ridi H. Scherchen
[That is, the Wedding March from the Midsummer Night's Dream]
NOT ISSUED IN THE TAHRA SET OF ULTRAPHONS!
F 03 13216 VM 2161/2 on the label; VM 2161A 1A/VM 2161B C in the runout
grooves
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Supraphon LPM 117 (10")
Hadyn 92
Hermann Scherchen, Vienna State Opera Orchestra
LOCATION: Miller 39
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Supraphon LPM 118 (10")
Schubert: Symphony 5.
Hermann Scherchen, Vienna Symphony Orchestra
LOCATION: Miller 044
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Supraphon LPM 119 (10")
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 and 2
Hermann Scherchen, Vienna State Opera Orchestra
LOCATION: Miller 39
Here are all the Westminsters up through 1961, plus some other material.
FOUR zip files but worth the downloading time.
Scherchen, along with Mengelberg and Coates, was one of the great
extroverts, while Mravinsky and Rosbaud were among the introverts. And
Scherchen is to drums as Mengelberg is to brass. When Mr. Mencken was
asked to update his obituary, he said, "Just add 'as he got older he got
worse!'" I would say he just got more characteristically himself, which is
certainly true of Scherchen, Mengelberg, and Gould. I myself don't hear
nearly as much change in, say, Szigeti or Schnabel.
I do have, scattered among many cassettes, the H.M.V.'s he made, but these
were his first studio recordings, made before he really get his own voice.
Some personal favorites
Berlioz Requiem
Haydn 100, second recording (PSOL) only a W-LAB LP and a Sonotape
Messiah MONO
Haydn 55 (Schoolmaster)
Mozart Requiem MONO
Egmont music
Beethoven overtures, several of them
Scheherezade
R&J, 1812, Marche Slav (stereo)
Bald Mtn.
Bolero
Sorcerer's
Bumblebee
Mahler 2
Mahler 8
What you won't get, because too late, is Wellington's Victory and works by
Orff and Gabrieli for multiple orchestras, nor Christ on the Mount of
Olives, and Vivaldi's Gloria. Live performances I can't include, for the
most part. He made the first Beethoven, Op. 126, Der glorreiche
Augenblick, a companion to Wellington's Victory and almost worth its
neglect. But his greatest recording, the greatest Mahler recording (which
happens to be of his greatest work) is the live third symphony, which may
still be available on Tahra.
Collecting Scherchen is fun. Though he made most of his Westminster
Recordings in London and Vienna, Westminster is an American label. Only a
fraction of them came out on European labels. I got many, many discs for
only $1. I packed off nearly most of them to a German collector, Werner
Unger, who runs the archiphon label, which contains a huge amount of both
records and concerts but is no longer as active as it was. I packed off
three big boxes, each holding a cubic foot of LPs to him to make, in due
course, expert transcriptions. It cost him $150 in U.S. postage per box.
Meanwhile, enjoy them yourself. Comments on which pressings I have are the
better ones will be much appreciated.
I have uploaded the Scherchen WAV files (again, through 1961) at
http://www.filefactory.com/f/e144f8d31b8590e7/. They are take up 45GB, but
hey! I've got 2TB of space at FileFactory. I am NOT going to zip them.
They are just there for anyone who might like to work with them. I no
longer have all but a few discs, which I am keeping as souvenirs.
Now comes a long and thorough listing of what may be my most diligent
project:
VIII. HERMANN SCHERCHEN, CONDUCTOR
(Westminster LPs, unless otherwise specified. This is mostly a shelf
listing, with matrix and stamper data often, but far from always, given.)
NOTE: My conversions to .wav files, even of monaural discs haver been
recorded stereophically, in case someone down the line would like to use
software that can pick the right channel, the left channel, or both
together as quieter. Paul Miller and Werner Unger have also produced .wav
transforms of Music for Multiple Orchestras, for both the WST and WGS
issues and Scherchen's second Haydn 100 (PSOL on W-LAB 7024). Werner also
converted the half-track Sonotape of the Haydn.
LONG BOXES
[matrix/stamper nos. recorded for all.]
WAL 207, VSOO
Mahler 5, m. 1,2 XTV 17843-1B
Mahler 5, m. 3 XTV 17844-1B
Mahler 5, m. 4 XTV 17845-1A
Mahler 10, m. 1 XTV 17846-1A
WAL 208, VSOO
Beethoven 9, m. 1 XTV 17835-1D
Beethoven 9, m. 2,3 XTV 17836-1L
Beethoven 9, m. 4 XTV 17837-1E
Beethoven 1 XTV 17838-1B
Magda Laszlo, soprano; Hildegarde Roessel-Majden, contralto; Petre
Munteanu, tenor; Richard Standen, bass; Wiener Singsakademie
WAL 210, VSOO
Gliere Red Poppy Suite XTV 188511-1H
Gliere 3, m. 1 XTV 18508-1E
Gliere 3, m. 2,3 XTV 18509-1E
Gliere 3, m. 4 XTV 18510-1J
WAL 211, VSOO
Mahler 7, m. 1 XTV 18809-1B
Mahler 7, m. 2,3 XTV 18810-1C
Mahler 7, m. 4 XTV 18811-1E
Mahler 7, m. 5 XTV 18812-1D
Recorded at Großer Saal des Wiener Musikvereins, June 22, 1950 Source of
place and date:
http://www.discogs.com/Gustav-Mahler-Wiener-Symphoniker-Hermann-Scherchen-Symphonie-No-7-E-Moll/release/2142857
WAL 301 (discs inside say WL 50-37/9 in drop automatic sequence), VSOO
Bach: Mass in b.
Emmi Loose, 1st soprano; Hilde Ceska, 2nd soprano; Gertrud
Burgsthaler-Schuster, contralto; Anton Dermota, tenor, Dr. Alfred Poell,
bass; Anton Heiller, organ; Akademie Kammerchor.
This is the third recording of the work and its first attempt at
authenticity. The first, on early electrics, was the over-sized recording
by Albert Coates, thrilling if hardly authentic. The second, late
electrics and early LPs, was conducted by Robert Shaw, an excellent
conductor for the music but not esp. individualistic. This, unfortunately,
describes most conductors. Coates and Scherchen are outstanding
exceptions, as are Abendroth, Mengelberg, and Mravinsky. I have obtained
nearly all of the recordings of these three also. This may mean that I am
able to distinguish at most a dozen conductors, which is my loss, but they
all sound like ormandy to me.
Kyrie and Christe XTV 13916-2D
Kyrie-Gratias XTV 14802-2D
Domine-Cum Sancto XTV 14083-2D
Credo-Et Resurrexit XTV 14084-2B
Et in Spiritum-Sanctus XTV 14085-2C
Osana-end XTV 14086-2G
That is, Stampers
2D, 2D, 2D, 2B, 2C, 2G,
while for WL 50-37/9, my copy reads
1B, 1B, 1B, 1D, 1C, 1F.
WAL 304 (Westminster-Seimer), xxxOrchestre de la Societe des Concerts du
Conservatoire
Berlioz: The Trojans at Carthage, or Les Troyens à Carthage
Prelude-Act 1, Scene 1 beginning XTV 17755-1A
Act 1, Scene 1 end XTV 17756-1B
Act 2, Scene 1 and Scene 2 beginning XTV 17757-2A
Act 2, Scene 2 end XTV 17758-2A
Act 3, Scene 3 XTV 17759-2A
Act 4, Scenes 4,5 XTV 17760-1C
Didon.....Arda Mahdikian, mezzo-soprano
Eneé......Jean Giraudeau, tenor
Anna......Jeannini Collard, contralto
Narbel....Xavier Depraz, bass
Ascagne...Micheline ROlle, soprano
Iopas.....André Dran, tenor
Panthée...Gérard Adboun, bass
Hylas.....Bernard Gallet, tenor
1st Soldier..Gerges Aboun, baritone
2nd Soldier..Jean Cazin, bass
André Jouve, Ensemble Vocal de Paris
WAL 308 Nixa License, LSO
Handel Messiah
1-9 XTV 20367-1AA
10-21 XTV 20368-1AA
22-5 XTV 20369-1G
26-37 XTV 20370-2C
38-44 XTV 20371-1AB
45-50 XTV 20372-1L
Margaret Richtie, soprano
Constance Shacklock, contralto
William Herbert, tenor
Richard Standen, bass
Thomas Matthews, violin; George Eskdale, trumpet
Frederick Jackson, London Philharmonic Choir
LSO leader is Thomas Matthews
WAL 401, unnamed chorus and orchestra [in fact the VSOO and Chorus]
Bach: Saint Matthew Passion
1-12 XTV 19938-1B
13-23 XTV 19939-1AB
24-31 XTV 19940-1L
32-5 XTV 19941-1K
36-51 XTV 19942-1AE
52-61 XTV 19943-1G
62-73 XTV 19944-1F
74-5 XTV 19945-1J
Madga Laszlo, soprano
Hildegard Roessel-Majden, contralto
Petre Munteanu, tenor
Hugues Cuenod, tenor (Evangelist)
Heins Rehfuss, bass (Jesus)
Eberhard Wächter, bass (Judas and Pilate)
Peter Lagger, bass (Peter and Pontifex I)
Elli Hofstätter, soprano (First Maid)
Helga Glöckner, soprano (Second Maid)
Elfi Monsberer, soprano (Pilate's wife)
Walter Barylli, solo violin
Wihlem Huebner, first violin
Karl Recnicek, first flute
Karl Mayerhofer, first oboe
Bruno Seidhofer, organ
Franz Holetschek, harpsichord
Beatrix Reichert, viola da gambe
Karl Oehlberger, first bassoon
Richard Harrand, first cello
Otto Rühm, first contrabass
Ferdinand Raab, first viola
WAL 403 (in manual sequence) English Baroque Orchestra
Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6
1-2 XTV 22659-1H
3-4 XTV 22660-1G
5 XTV 22661-1A
6 XTV 22662-1C
7-8 XTV 22663-1AA
9 XTV 22664-1B
10 XTV 22665-1F
11-2 XTV 22666-1B
WL 50-37/9 (Green Label)
Stampers 1B, 1B, 1B, 1D, 1C, 1F, while the stampers for WAL 301 are
2D, 2D, 2D, 2B, 2C, 2G.
WN 6601. HAYDN LONDON SYMPHONIES (blue record labels)
Dates come from the CD reissue: DG 471256.
93. XTV 23625-1B VSOO 1952 WL 5178 coupled with No. 88
94. XTV 23626-1E VSOO 1951 WL 5137 coupled with No. 92
95. XTV 23627-1E VSO 1950 WL 5045 October
96. XTV 23628-1K VSOO 1951 WL 5111
97. XTV 23629-1E VSO 1951 WL 5062
98. XTV 23625-1D VSOO 1951 WL 5111
99. XTV 23631-1E VSOO 1951 WL 5102
100. XTV 23632-1E VSO 1950 WL 5045 October
101. XTV 23633-1E VSOO 1951 WL 5102
102. XTV 23634-1D VSO 1951 WL 5062
103. XTV 23635-1G VSO 1951 WL 5050 coupled with No. 80
104. XTV 23636-1F VSO 1951 WL 5066 coupled with No. 55 (Schoolmaster)
Rearranged by original catalog numbers:
95. XTV 23627-1E VSO 1950 WL 5045 October
100. XTV 23632-1E VSO 1950 WL 5045 October
103. XTV 23635-1G VSO 1951 WL 5050 coupled with No. 80
97. XTV 23629-1E VSO 1951 WL 5062
102. XTV 23634-1D VSO 1951 WL 5062
104. XTV 23636-1F VSO 1951 WL 5066 coupled with No. 55 (Schoolmaster)
99. XTV 23631-1E VSOO 1951 WL 5102
101. XTV 23633-1E VSOO 1951 WL 5102
96. XTV 23628-1K VSOO 1951 WL 5111
98. XTV 23625-1D VSOO 1951 WL 5111
94. XTV 23626-1E VSOO 1951 WL 5137 coupled with No. 92
93. XTV 23625-1B VSOO 1952 WL 5178 coupled with No. 88
[The other WL Haydn issue is WL 5206 1953 Nos. 44 and 49.]
WN 7701 BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIES (blue record labels)
1. XTV 23489-iJ VSOO
2. XTV 22592-1D PSOL
3: 1-2 XTV 17833-1C VSOO
3: 3-4 XTV 17834-1G VSOO
4 XTV 22689-1F PSOL
5 XTV 22690-1E PSOL
6: 1-2 XTV 23637-1B VSOO
6: 3-4 XTV 23638-1B VSOO
7: 1-2 XTV 23639-1G VSOO
7: 3-4 XTV 23640-1C VSOO
8 XTV 22593-1D PSOL
9: 1 XTV 23641-1A VSOO
9: 2-3 XTV 23642-1A VSOO
9: 4 XTV 23643-1A VSOO
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WL SINGLES
Conjecture: WL = Westminster Longplaying.
Note: The stamper numbers are sometimes opposite the matrix numbers in the
runout grooves, sometimes right next to them. It seems that opposite
numbers are earlier. In one case, the disc used both. All are recorded,
except for the two discs I lack and have, indeed, never seen.
Red label unless specified otherwise. Stamper number next to the matrix
number in the runout grooves, unless specified as OPPOSITE.
WL 50-45
Haydn 100 and 95, VSO
XTV 14004-3D, 14005-2F
WL 50-50 (GREEN label; jacket says 5050)
Haydn 103 and 80, VSO
Layout: Side 1: H103m1-3, Side 2: H104m4 and H80.
XTV 14165-1A OPPOSITE, 14166-1B1 OPPOSITE
WL 5062 (GREEN label)
Haydn 102 and 97, VSO
XTV 14002-1B(?) OPPOSITE, 14003-1A OPPOSITE
WL 5066 (GREEN label)
Haydn 104 and 55 (Schoolmaster), VSO
XTV 14466-2B, 14467-2B
WL 5070 (GREEN label)
Bach: Musical Offering, nine soloists
XTV 14327-1A OPPOSITE, 14328-2B OPPOSITE
WL 5089 (GREEN label)
Beethoven 7, VSOO
XTV 15507-2B OPPOSITE, 155082E OPPOSITE
WL 5091
Prokofiev Scythian Suite and Lieutenant Suite
XTV 15509-1B and 15510-1AA
WL 5095 (GREEN label)
Mozart Con. 7 and 10, Gianoli and Badura-Skoda, VSOO
XTV 15519-1C OPPOSITE, 15520-1C OPPOSITE
WL 5096
Tchaikowsky [sic] 4, VSOO
XTV 15511-1B, 15512-1AE
WL 5102
Haydn 99, 101, VSOO
XTV 15517-1B OPPOSITE, 15518-1D NEXT. NOTE THE MIXTURE.
[second copy XTV 15517-1D, 15518-1F]
WL 5108
Beethoven 6 (Old No. 5), VSOO
XTV 18028-1F, 18029-1B
WL 5111
Haydn 98, 96, VSOO
XTV 15515-1B OPPOSITE, 15516-1F OPPOSITE
WL 5114
Beethoven Concerto 5, Badura-Skoda, VSOO
WXTV 15560-2J, 15561-2AF
Note: The label usually gives the same matrix prefix as the runout groove.
Here the label gives XTV.
WL 5117
Brahms: Double Concerto, Fournier, Janigro, VSOO
XTV 16129-1G, 16130-1A
WL 5122
Bach Cantatas 140, 32, VSOO
XTV 16167-1B, 16168-1A
WL 5123
Bach Cantata 198 (Trauer Ode), VSOO
XTV 16165-1A, 16166-1A
WL 5125
Bach Cantatas 166 (Actus tragicus) and 84, VSOO
XTV 16127-1B, 16168-1B
Note the jump in the matrix number. I conjecture that the number for the
first side should have been 16167.
MORAL: ANY MISTAKE THAT CAN BE MADE WILL BE MADE.
WL 5137
Haydn 92, 94, VSOO
XTV 16125-1H, 16126-1H
[WL 5138
[Bach Cantata 202 (Wedding). I have never even seen this disc, though I
have the XWN reissue.]
WL 5143
Beethoven Concerto 4, Badura-Skoda, VSOO
E2-KP-2313-1CR, C2-KP-2314-1AR
Note: Peculiar matrix prefix. The first side is typed, the second
inscribed by hand. I do not want to go through all of these again! I have
no idea why these matrices were used.
WL 5168
Liszt Concerti, Edith Farnadi, VSOO
XTV 17831-1G, 1782-1F
WL 5177
Beethoven Leonore Overtures and Fidelio Overture, VSOO
XTV 17841-1B, 17842-1A
WL 5178
Haydn 93 and 88, VSOO
XTV 17768-1AA, 17769-1B
WL 5189
Brahms 1, VSOO (the most expensive Scherchen WL disk on the used record
market)
XTV 17839-1L, 17840-1AC
WL 5193
Rachmaninoff Concerto 2, Farnadi, VSOO
F8-OP-5338-1A1A, F8-OP-5339-1A1A
Note: Another peculiar matrix prefix.
[WL 5197
[Bach Cantata 53, 54, 170. I have never seen this disc, though I have the
XWN reissue
[Cantata 53, which is a lovely aria for soprano and was recorded on an
early electrical 78 rpm disc by Emmy Leisner and many times since, is now
regarded as not by Bach.]
WL 5201
Bach Cantata 76, VSOO
XTV 17795-1A, 17796-1C
WL 5206
Haydn 44 and 49, VSOO
XTV 17829-1B, XTC 17830-1B
WL 5209
Beethoven Concerto 1. Badura-Skoda, VSOO
WXTV 18813-1C, XTV 18814-1H
Note: The W is in the runout groove, not on the label, which is just XTV.
WL 5216
Beethoven 3, Badura-Skoda, VSOO
XTV 17833-1C, 17834-1E
NOTE: I want this record back for its cover, which features a scowling
image of the composer but no name. The seemingly ridiculously fast first
movement in the stereo remake is fabulous recording, because the listener
cannot help but get caught up in the hysteria.
WL 5249
Bartok Concerti 2 and 3. Farnadi, VSOO
XTV 20249-2E, 20250-2A.
Another Hungarian pianist, Geza Anda, made much better recordings.
Note the jump in matrix numbers between this disc and the last.
WL 5268
Berlioz Symphony
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
XTV 20365-1H, 20366-1AC
WL 5280
Rimsky-Korsakoff: The Great Russian Easter Holiday, Op. 36 and "Antar"
Suite Symphonique, Op. 9
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
XTV 20381-1J, 20382-1K
Note: The first work faces extreme competition with Leopold's electric
recording with the Philapa Orchestra.
WL 5281
Beethoven "Egmont" Music (complete, but it may not be), VSOO
XTV 20245-1C, 20246-1AB
WL 5282
Tchaikovsky (with a V this time): R&J, Marche Slave (with an e), 1812
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
XTV 20384-1E, 20385-1D
Note: Mengelberg's 1812 is even better.
WL 5288
Berlioz: Harold in Italy. Frederick Riddle
PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF LONDON
XTV 20363-1C, 20364-1C
WL 5302
Beethoven Concerto 2 and Overtures to Coriolanus and "Consecration of the
House." Badura-Skoda, VSOO
XTV 20247-1A, 20248-1B
WL 5309
Tchaikovsky (with a V): Concerto 1. Farnadi, VSOO
XTV 21731-2AB, 21732-2L
WL 5318
Bach Violin Concerti. Walter Barylli, VSOO
XTV 21729-1F, 21730-1C
WL 5335
Beethoven Overtures to Creatures of Prometheus, The Ruins of Athens,
Coriolan, Namensfeier, Consecration of the House, King Stephen. VSOO
XTV 21727-1A, 21728-1A
Someone should check whether the performances of Coriolan and Consecration
are the same as those on WL 5302.
WL 5362
Beethoven 2 and 8
PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF LONDON
XTV 22592-1C, 22593-1C
WL 5408
Beethoven 4 and 5 (Old No. 6)
PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF LONDON
XTV 22689-1F, 22690-1E
[END OF WL SINGLES]
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W-LAB SERIES
Conjecture: W-LAB = Westminster LABoratory
W-LAB 7002 (with booklet, double-fold album))
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Capriccio Italien, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
XTV 20383-1K/20386-1AE
W-LAB 7024 (with booklet, double-fold album)
Haydn 100, PSOL
XTV 22903-1E/04-1A
W-LAB 7061
Enecso: Rumanian Rhapsody 1
Weinberger: Schwanda: Polka and Fugue
Smetana: Bartered Bride: Polka
XTV 264101G/11-1D
W-LAB-S1 Lab Sampler, PSOL
XTV 25160-1E/61-1F
Only one Scherchen among five items
Suppé: Light Cavalry Overture. Sir Adrian, London Promenade Orchestra
Haydn: Military Symphony: Allegretto. Hermann Scherchen Side 2:
Bizet: Carmen: Prelude to act 1. Artur Rodzinski
Chabrier: España-Rapsodie. Argeo Quadri
Wagner: Ride of the Valkeries. Rodzinski
XTV 25160-1E/61-1E
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WN SERIES
Conjecture: WN = Westminster New
WN 18002
Geminiani: Concerti Grossi, Op. 3, ENGLISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
XTV 22657-1D; 658-1B
SWN 18012 (No notes and cheaper. SWN's did not last long.)
Bach: Suites 1 and 2, ENGLISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
XTV 22748-1B; 49-1B
SWN 18013
Bach: Suites 3 and 4, ENGLISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
XTV 27750-1G/51-1B
SWN 18014
Mahler 1
XTV 22917-1D/18-1H
SWN 18034
Beethoven 1, VSOO
Beethoven: Grosse Fuge, ENGLISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
XTV 23489-1D/90-1B
XWN 18099
Beloved Choruses from Handel's Messiah, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
And the glory of the Lord
And He shall purify
For unto us a child is born
His yoke is easy
Surely he hath borne our griefs Side 2:
He trusted in God
The Lord gave the word
Their sound is gone out into all land
Let us break their bonds
Hallelujah
Since by man came death
Worthy is the Lamb
The London Philharmonic Choir
XTV 23595-1D/6-1AD
XWN 18190
Liszt: 6 Hungarian Rhapsodies, PSOL
Orchestrations by the Composer
XTV 24540-1G/41-1BA
XWN 18273
Beethoven: Lenny 1-3 and Fideleo Ov., VSOO
XTV 17841-2J-42-2AA
XWN 18294, VSOO
Beethoven Overtures: Coriolan, King Stephan, Namensfeier Side 2:
Creatures, Ruins, Consecration, King Stephan, VSOO
XTV 18862-1E/63-1G
XWN 18392
Bach: Canatas 53, 54; 170
Hilde Roessel-Majdan, contralto
[The lovely 53 is not by Bach.]
XWN 18396
Bach: Cantata 202 (Wedding), VSOO
Magda Laszlo, soprano
Layout: Side 1, No. 1-4; Side 2, Nos. 5-10
E2KP 3956-1E; 57-1H
XWN 18486
Honegger (six works), PSOL
Side 1:
Pacific 231
Rugby
Mouvement Symphonique No. 3
Side 2:
Prélude pour "La Tempête
Pastorale d'Eté
XTV 22758-1C/59-1C
XWN 18530
Stravinsky: Firebird and Petrouchka, PSOL
XTV 26007-1A/08-1A
XWN 18598
Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Rossini: WTO, PSOL
R-K: Cap. Esp., LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Rossini: Thieving Magpie Ov., PSOL
XTV 26190-1B/91-1A
XWN 18599, In March Tempo
Berlioz: March to the Scaffold from Symphony Fantastique. Scherchen LSO
Bizet: March of the Toreadors from Carmen. Rodzinski, PSOL
Bizet: March of the Smugglers from Carmen. Rodzinski, PSOL
Bizet: Changing of the Guard from Carmen. Rodzinski, PSOL
Mendelssohn: Wedding March from MSND. Boult, Philharmonic Promenade
Orchestra Side 2:
Prokofieff: March from The Love for Three Oranges. Rodzinski, PSOL
Chabrier: Marchee Joyeuse, Argeo Quadri, PSOL
Tchaikovsky: March Slav. Scherchen, LSO
Wagner: Siegfried's Funeral March from Götterdämmerung. Rodzinski, PSOL
XTV 26188-1A/69-1K
XWN 18613
Haydn 44 and 49, VSOO (wrapped in a WL 5206 jacket, which had more
complete notes)
XTV 17829-1C, 17830-1C
NOTE: The WN 6601 reissue of the London Symphonies uses mx XTV 23625-36.]
XWN 18614
Haydn 55 and 80, VSO
XTV 14467-2E/ 14466-2E
Note: WL matrices and stampers are XTV 14467-2B bzw. XTV 14166-1B1
DOES THIS MEAN THE RECORDINGS WERE NOT REMASTERED FOR RIAA?
[XWN 18615
[Haydn 64 and 91, HENRY SWOBODA, VSO. I got this to have a Westminster
Haydn 91!
[XTV 13811-2C/XTV 13812-2J. This was on WL 5023, so maybe the matrices are
in good order.]
XWN 18616
Haydn 88 and 92, VSOO
XTV 17769-1E/ XTV 16125 1AD
NOTE: WL matrices and stampers are 17769-1B bzw. XTV 16125-1H
COULD IT BE THAT MY COPY OF THE WLs WERE PRESSED LATER THAN MY XWN?
STAMPER NUMBERS REMAIN A HUGE MYSTERY TO ME!
XWN 18676
Highlights from Handel's Messiah, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Comfort yem My people
Every valley shall be exalted
O thou that tellest good tidings
The people walked in darkness
For unto us a child is born
Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
He was despised Side 2:
He trusted in God
Why do the nationsso furiously rage
I know that my Reddemer liveth
Amen
XTV 27121-1B/22-1C
XWN 18737
Prokofieff: Peter and the Wolf, Rodzinski, PSOL. WITHOUT NARRATION OR
NATURAL SOUNDS OF ANIMALS RECORDED AT THE BRONX ZOO!
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals. Joseph and Grete Dichler,
dio-pianists, Scherchen, VSOO. WITHOUT NARRATIO OR NATURAL SOUNDS OF
ANIMALS RECORDED AT THE BRONX ZOO!
Britten: Young Person's Guide, Boult, Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra
I am not sure narration or the natural sounds of animals recorded at the
Bronz Zoo could have worked into the Britten but none are on the
recordings.
Layout: Side 1: Prokofiev and Saint-Saëns 1-7; Side 2: Saint-Saëns 8-14
and Britten
STV 27185-1D/86-1F
XWN 18890
Storm in Hi-Fi
Eight works of various composers and performed with various conductors.
Three of eight conducted by Scherchen.
Side 1:
Rossini: The Storm from William Tell Overture. Hermann Scherchen, VSOO
Beethoven: Tempest and Storm from Symphony No. 6 (Old No. 5). Hermann
Scherchen, VSOO
Debussy: Dialogue du vent et de la mer (Dialogue of the Wind and The Sea)
from La Mer, or The Sea. Manuel Rosenthal, Orchestre du Théâre National de
l'Opéra de Paris
Sibelius: The Storm from The Tempest. "A Westminster-Discofil Recording"
Stig Westerberg, Stockholm Radio Orchestra
Grofé: Cloudburst from Grand Canyon Suite, Maruice Abrevanel, The Utah
Symphony. The only good thing Grofé ever wrote.
Side 2:
Britten: Storm from Four Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes," Op. 32a. Sir
Adrian Boult, Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Final Movement from Scheherezade (Festival at Bagdad.
The Sea. The Ship Goes to Pieces on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior.
Conclusion). Hermann Scherchen, VSOO.
XTV 28218-1D/19-1B
Content identical to WST 16004
XWN 18894
The Devil in Hi-Fi
Four Scherchen items
Content not the same as WST 16005, which substitutes a stereo Leibowit's
Witch's Sabbath for the mono Scherchen.
Moussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre (Solo Violin: Rudolf Steng) Side 2:
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz
Berlioz: Dream of a Witches' Sabbath from Symphonie Fantastique
XTV 28206-1A (was 207 but 7 scratched out with 6 replacing it)/207-1D (6
scratched out with 7 replacing it)
AWS 2230- 7-8-57/AWS 2230-1 7-8-57
XWN 3315, VSOO
Vivaldi: The Trial of Harmony and Invention. Op. 8.
Julian Olevsky, violin
XTV 60215-1B/26-1A/27-1C/28-1C/29-1D/30-1D
The notes refer to WST 305 and XWN 3315, but I trace no stereo issue of
anything but the Four Seasons. One of the rarest Scherchen Westminsters. I
paid $45 in 1999. Canfield's Guide has $55
---
WST SERIES
Conjecture: WST = Westminster STereo and WSS = Westminster Stereo Sampler
WSS 1. Introduction to Stereo.
Side 1:
1. Khachaturian: Sabre Dance. Scherchen, VSOO
2. Chabrier: España. Scherchen, VSOO
3. Novacek: Castaldo March. Hermann, Deutschmeister Band
4. Kettleby: Bank Holiday. Aliberti, VSOO
5. Tchaikovsky: Trepak from Nutcracker. Rodzinski, PSOL
6. Bach: Toccata in d (does not include the fugue). Carl Weinrich. organ
of Vårfrukyrka in Skänninge, Sweden
Side 2:
7. Sound effects: Bowling Alley, Train, Truck, Rain, Subway, 4-motor
Bomber
8. Green: A Good Man is Hard to Find. Mary Lou Brewer; Sy Shaffer and his
Orchestra
9. Lecuona: Tabu. Ralph Foot and hHis Orchestra
10. Emmett: Dixie. Dick Leibert, organ of the Byrd Theater in Richmond,
Va.
11. Ferrante and Teicher: Peg-Leg Merengue. Ferrante and Teicher
12. Christmas Carol: The Spirit of Christmas. Holz, The Salvation Army
Band
XSV 27978-1D/79-1D
Label: NATURAL BALANCE in white on black background. STEREO in black
raised relief on red background
Front cover: NATURAL STEREO BALANCE. Red on white background, with STEREO
in red raised relief on white background
Back cover: STEREO in red raised relief on white background
Two Scherchen items, other conductors, and a track of sound effects
(bowling alley, train, truck, radio, subway, 4-motor bomber)
WSS 2. STEREO, STEREO, STEREO, STEREO, STEREO, STEREO
Side 1:
1. Tchaikovsky: Wedding March from Swan Lake. Abravanel, Utah Symphony
2. Gershwin: Concerto in F (excerpt). Reid Nibley, Abravanel, Utah
Symphony
3. Copland: Gun Battle from Billy the Kid. Abravanel, Utah Symphony
4. Coleman: Jazz Mambo. Cy Coleman Jazz Trio
5. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (excerpt). Abravanel, Utah Symphony
6. Rossini: William Tell Overture: Finale. Scherchen, VSOO
Side 2:
7. Hungarian March. Hermann, Deutschmeister Band
8. Martinez: Brazillian Willy-Nilly. Ralph Font and his Orchestra
9. Grofé: On the Trail from Grand Canyon Suite. Abravenel, Utah Symphony
10. Leibert: In a Little Clock Shop. Dick Leibert, organ of the Bird
Theater in Richmond, Virginia
11. Arlen: Get Happy. unidentified conductor, VSOO
12 Realistic Sounds Big and Small: buzz saw motor, telephones,
automobile, breaking glass, typewriters, lions and elephants, riveters,
and jet planes
Only Scherchen among 12 selections is the finale of the William Tell
Overture, VSOO
Covers (identical): S in yellow, T in green, E in red, R in light blue, E
in pink, O in yellow: six times in progressively larger fonts, all on
black background
Label: NATURAL BALANCE in white on black background. STEREO in black
raised relief on red background
K8OY 0084-1A/85-1D
WST 14003
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Scheherezade, VSOO
JBOY64304-1E A2, 6405-1E A2. The O in OY is a letter.
Disc label: STEREO in black and white raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in black and white raised relief on red background
PASTED onto the front cover; catalog no. in black
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14005
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, 1812 Overture, VSOO
XSV 28073-1AA, 28074-1B
Disc label: STEREO in black and white raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background;
catalog no. in red
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14027 (Vega)
French Overtures in Stereo Hi-Fi, Orchestre du Théâre Nationl de l'Opéra
de Paris
Auber: La muette de portici
Thomas: Mignon
Adam: Si j'etas roi Side 2:
Maillart: Les dragons de villars
Lalo: Le roi dys
Boiedliew: La dame blanche
JO8Y-2843-1 A2, 2844-1 A2 (JO8Y-2843/4-1 etched)
Disc label: STEREO in black and white raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background;
cat. no. in red
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14030
SMETANA THE MOLDAU, all VSOO
Weinberger Polka and Fugue from "Schwanda"
Enesco Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1
Smetana Suite from "The Bartered Bride"
JOBY-0841-1C A1; 0842-1F A1 (JOBY-0841-1C and JOBY-0841-1F etched)
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background;
cat. no. in red
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14031
ROSSINI WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE. all VSOO
Reznick Donna Diana Overture
Hérold Zampa Overture
Auber Fra Diavolo Overture
JOBY-2812-1C A4; 2813-1B A
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in black and blue raised relief on blue background;
cat. no. in black
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14032
DUKAS the Sorcerer's Apprentice (side 2A), all VSOO
Falla: Ritual Fire Dance; Dance of Terror (side 1B)
Ravel Bolero (side 1A)
Chabrier: Espa (side 2B)
JO8Y-2626-1A/27-1D
WST 14033
Khachataurian: Gayne Ballet Suite, all VSOO
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Flight of the Bumble Bee
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
XSXV 28220-1D; 21/1E
Disc label: STEREO in black and white raised relief on red background
SECOND COPY
Label gives XSV 28220/1, while runout groove has JOBY-1963-1D/4-1D
(ETCHED)
Disc label: NEW STYLE: STEREO and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background
Front cover; STEREO in black and white raised relief on white background
Back cover: STEREO does not appear
"A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramont Records, Inc."
WST 14042 VEGA
Weber Overtures, Orchestre du Théâre National de l'Opéra de Paris
Oberon
Preziosa
Jublilee Side 2:
Euryanthe
Peter Schmoll
Abu Hassan
WST-1021E-INSP; F-1NSP (etched)
ABC pressing, disc 3 of "16 Great Overtures"
Disc Label: Westminster-ABC
Front cover: NEW STYLE: STEREO and a figure with two arrow pointing
outward in white on green background
Back cover: STEREO doesn't appear.
"a subsidiary and trademark licensee of ABC Records, Inc."
WST 14044
Haydn 100 and 45, VSOO
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO does not appear.
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
JOBY 0589-1/90-1
WST 14045
Beethoven 3, VSOO
JO8Y-0595-1 (label says 1D) B1; 0596-1 (label says 1D) A1
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in red and white on white background; cat. no. in red
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14047
Beethoven; Concerto 3, Paul Badura-Skoda, VSOO
JO8Y-2001-1 S1; 2002-1 A1
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in black and white on white background; cat. no. in
black
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14054
LISZT mephisto waltz, all VSOO
Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre Side 2:
Liszt: Les Préludes
Weber: Der Freischütz Overture
WST 14054A/B
"A subsidiary of Am-Par Record Corp."
WST 14059
MAHLER Kindertotenlieder, Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Lucretia West,
contralto, VSOO (rarest WST disc: I paid $31.)
JO8Y-3664-1F; 3664-1H A1 (A1 this side only)
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in purple and white on purple background; cat. no. in
black
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14095
Highlights from Handel's Messiah, VSOO
Comfort ye, My People
Every valley shall be exalted
And He himself shall purify the songs of Levi
O thou that tellest good tidings
The people walked in Darkness
Pife (Pastoral Symphony) Side 2:
He was despised
Why do the nations so furiously rage
Hallelujah
I know that my redeemer liveth
The trumpet shall sound
Pierrette Alarie, soprano
Nan Merriman, alto
Leopold Simoneau, tenor
Richard Standen, bass
Vienna Academy Chorus
KO8Y 0598-1B A1/0599-1B 41
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in purple and white on purple background; cat. no. in
black
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14100
LISZT HUNGARIAN RHAPSODIES NOS. 1, 4, 5, all VSOO
Liszt: Battle of the Huns (Symphonic Poem No. 11)
Side 1 has HR 1,5; side 2 has Poem 11, HR 4
AWS 2368 ABM; 2368-1 AR
Disc label: NEW STYLE: STEREO and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background
Front cover: STEREO in red, yellow, white, and black in relief on black
background
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
"A subsidiary of Am-Par Record Corp."
WST 14101
LISZT HUNGARIAN RHAPSODIES NOS. 2, 3, 6, all VSOO
Liszt: Mazeppa (Symphonic Poem No. 6)
Side 1 has HR 2,6; side 2 has Poem 6, HR 3
KO8Y-0789-1E A1; 0790-1A [A1]
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in red, yellow, white, and black in relief on black
background
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 14114
Bach BBC 1, 2, VSOO
Side 1 has BBC 1
Willy Boskowsky, violin
Joerg Schaeftlein, oboe
Karl Dvorak, bassoon
Franz Koch, horn
Franz Bachmaier, horn
Franz Holetschek, harpsichord
Side 2 has BBC 2
Willi Boskowski, violin
Alfred Scherbaum, trumpet
Joerg Schaeftlein, oboe
Camillo Wanausek, flute
Richard Harand, cello
Franz Holetschek, harpsichord
AWS 2412 [A]; 2413 [A]
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: S·T·E·R·E·O in white on black background; no cat. no.
Back cover: STEREO does not appear. cat. no., composer, and works in large
black majuscule
WST 14115
Bach BBC 3, 4, VSOO
Side 1 has BBC 3
Franz Holetschek, harpsichord
Side 2 has BBC 4
Willy Boskowsky, violin
Paul Angerer, recorder
Karl Troetzmuller, recorder
Franz Holetschek, harpsichord
AWS 2412 [A]; 2413 [A]
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: S·T·E·R·E·O in white on black background; no cat. no.
Back cover: STEREO does not appear. cat. no., composer, and works in large
black majuscule
WST 14116
Bach BBC 5, 6, VSOO
Side 1 has BBC 5
Willy Boskowsky, violin
Richard Harand, cello
Camillo Wanausek, flute
George Malcolm, harpsichord
Franz Holetschek, harpsichord
AWS 2414 [3-18-60 ABM]/ AWS 2415 [3-18-60 AB 1 A]
MANY RECORDS SHOULD BE MORE CLOSELY EXAMINED FOR DATES IN THE RUNOUT
GROOVES!]
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: S·T·E·R·E·O in white on red background
Back cover: STEREO does not appear. cat. no., composer, and works in large
black majuscule
WST 14135
TRUMPET CONCERTI HAYDN Vivaldi Handel Torelli [Vol. 1]
Haydn: Concerto in Eb
Torelli: Concerto in E Side 2:
Vivaldi: Concerto in C, two trumpets, P. 75
Handel: Concerto in D, two trumpets
Roger Delmore, trumpet; Arthur Haneuse, 2nd trumpet (in Vivaldi and
Handel)
WST 14135A [RW]; 35B [SR], but W-14135A/B on the labels
Disc label NEW STYLE: STEREO and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; a subsidiary of ABC Records, Inc.
Front cover: S·T·E·R·E·O in black on white background; no cat. no.; "A
Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Back cover: STEREO does not appear.
[NOTE: Torelli and Vivaldi reappear on
WST 14139
Vivaldi: Gloria, VSOO
Side 1: 1-5, Side 2: 6-11
Mimi Coertse, first soprano
Ina Dressel, second soprano
Sonja Draxler, contralto
The Vienna Academy Chorus
AWS 2564/5 on label, WST 13139/40-SR in runout groove
Disc label: NEW STYLE: STEREO and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background
Front Cover: STEREO and a figure with two arrows pointing outward in black
on white background; ABC-Paramount's Westminster
Back cover: STEREO does not appear.
WST 14142
Handel: Water Music, VSOO
W 14142A-5,W 14142B-5
Disc label: NEW STYLE: STEREO and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO and a figure with two arrows pointing outward in dark
green on white background
Back cover: STEREO does not appear.
WST 16003
Mysterious East
One of eight items conducted by Scherchen
Kettelbey: In a Chinese Temple Garden. Armando Aliberti, VSOO
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Hymn to the Sun. Aramdo Aliberti, VSOO
Tchaikovsky: Chinese Dance from the Nutcracker Ballet. Artur Rodzinski,
PSOL
Delibes: Bell Song from Lakmé. Sy Shaffer, VSOO Side 2:
Rimsky-Korsakoff: The Story of Prince Kalander from Scheherezade. Hermann
Scherchen, VSOO
Kettelby: In a Persian Market. Armando Aliberti, VSOO
Puccini: Excerpts from Mrs. Butterfly. Sy Shaffer, VSOO
AWS 2226/-7-57
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: STEREO in red, yellow, white, and black in relief on black
background
Back cover: STEREO in red and white raised relief on white background
WST 16004
Storm in Stereo Hi-Fi
Eight works of various composers and performed with various conductors.
Three of eight conducted by Scherchen.
Side 1:
Rossini: The Storm from William Tell Overture. Hermann Scherchen, VSOO
Beethoven: Tempest and Storm from Symphony No. 6 (Old No. 5). Hermann
Scherchen, VSOO
Debussy: Dialogue du vent et de la mer (Dialogue of the Wind and The Sea)
from La Mer, or The Sea. Manuel Rosenthal, Orchestre du Théâre Nationl de
l'Opéra de Paris
Sibelius: The Storm from The Tempest. "A Westminster-Discofil Recording"
Stig Westerberg, Stockholm Radio Orchestra
Grofé: Cloudburst from Grand Canyon Suite, Maruice Abrevanel, The Utah
Symphony. The only good thing Grofé ever wrote.
Side 2:
Britten: Storm from Four Sea Interludes from "Peter Grimes," Op. 32a. Sir
Adrian Boult, Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Final Movement from Scheherezade (Festival at Bagdad.
The Sea. The Ship Goes to Pieces on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior.
Conclusion). Hermann Scherchen, VSOO.
AWS 2228-2/AWS 2229-1 9-13-59 (in the runout groove of the second side
only)
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: NATURAL STEREO BALANCE Ln red on white background, with
STEREO in raised relief
Back cover: STEREO in black raised relief on white background
Identical fo XWN 18890
WST 16005
The Devil in Stereo Hi-Fi
Three of four items with Scherchen. Substituted a stereo Leibowitz
Witches' Sabbath for the mono Scherchen that is on XWN 18894
Moussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre (Solo Violin: Rudolf Steng) Side 2:
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz
Berlioz: Dream of a Witches' Sabbath from Symphonie Fantastique
AWS 2230- 7-8-57/AWS 2230-1 7-8-57
Disc label: STEREO in black and red raised relief on red background
Front cover: NATURAL STEREO BALANCE in red on white background, with
STEREO in raised relief
Back cover: STEREO in black raised relief on white background
WST 17006
Handel: The Seven Last Words of Christ, VSOO
Side 1: Words 1-3; Side 2: Words 4-7
Virginia Babikian, soprano
Ina Dressel, soprano
Eunice Alberts, alto
Johann vanKesteren, tenor
Otto Wiener, bass [sang in Fritz Lehmann's definitive recording of the
German Requiem]
Vienna Academy Chorus
W 17006-A1/08-B
WST 17013
Music for Multiple Orchestras, VSOO
Beethoven: Wellington's Victory Sdie 2:
Orff: Entrata
Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon in primi toni
W 17013A/B on label; WST 17013-A11/B in runout groove
Disc label: NEW STYLE: STEREO and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrows pointing
outward in white on pink background
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
Flier: "NATURAL STEREO BALANCE RECORD CATALOG through December 31, 1958"
with STEREO in raised relief
WST 17033
Beethoven: Christ on the Mount of Olives, VSOO
Jan Peerce, tenor (Jesus)
Maria Stader, soprano (Seraph)
Otto Wiener, bass (Peter)
Vienna Academy Chorus
WST 17033A-3; 033B-3
Disc label: STEREO and a figure with two arrow pointing outward in white
on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrows pointing
outward in white on red background. "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S Westminster"
Back cover: STEREO does not appear.
WST 17035
Offenbach: Famous Overtures, VSOO
La Vie parisienne
Orpheé aux Enfers
Monsieur et Madame Denis Side 2:
Le Belle Hélène
La Grande Duchesse de Gérolstein
Barbe-bleue
W 17035A/B on label; WST 17035A/B-11RC in runout groove
Disc label: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrows pointing
outward in purple on white red background; "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S Westminster"
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
WST 17047
Concerti for 1, 2, 3 and 6 Trumpets [Vol. 2], VSOO
Side 1:
Telemann: Concerto in D for three trumpets, two oboes, timpani, and string
orchestra
Stoelzel: Concerto Grosso for 6 trumpets, three oboes,flute, bassoon,and
string orchestra
Side B:
Manfredini: Concerto for two trumpets, string orchestra, and harpsichord
Corelli: Concertino for 2 trumpets and strings, arranged by E. Werdin
after Sonata da camera for two violins, basso, and continuo (FIRST
RECORDING). I think this comes from Opus 6.
Leopold Mozart: Concerto in D for 1 trumpet, two horns, and strings
Roger Delmotte and Arthus Haneuse, trumpets. No other soloists identified.
"Notes by [Reginald] DE KOVEN"
W 17947A/B on label; WST 17047A-2/B-2 in runout groove
Disc label: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief here followed by a figure with two arrows
pointing outward in black and white on blue background. "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S
Westminster"
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
NOTE: Telemann and Corelli reappear on WGS 8108
WST 17058
Bach: Suites No. 1 and 2, VSOO
W 17058-A/B on label; WST 17058-A2/B 11 in runout grooves
Disc label: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief here followed by a figure with two arrows
pointing outward in white on orange background. "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S
Westminster"
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
WST 17059
Bach: Suites No. 3 and 4, VSOO
W 17059B[!]/A[!] on label; WST 17058A-2/B SR in runout groove
Disc label: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief here followed by a figure with two arrows
pointing outward in white on green background. "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S
Westminster"
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
WST 17080
Bach: Cantatas 35 and 42, VIENNA RADIO ORCHESTRA
Teresa Stich-Randall, soprano
Maureen Forrester, alto
Alexander Young, tenor
John Boyden, bass
Herbert Tachez, organ
Vienna Academy Chamber Choir
W 17080A/B on label; WST 17080A2/B2 in runout grooves
Disc label: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief here followed by a figure with two arrows
pointing outward in white on dark blue background. "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S
Westminster"
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
WST 17086, various soloists
Berg: Concertino
Robert Gerle, violin
Norman Shelter, piano
various soloists Side 2: mvt. 4
Schoenberg: Chamber Symphony, Op. 9, 15 soloists
W 17086A/B on label; WST 17086A-2 [M 11]; 086B-2 [11 SR] in runout
grooves
Disc label: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief here followed by a figure with two arrows
pointing outward in black on light blue background. "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S
Westminster"
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
WST 17087, MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN STRING QUARTET AND VIENNA WIND GROUP
Hindemith: Kammermusik, No. 4, Op. 36, No. 3
Kurt Weill: Concerto for violin and winds, Op. 12
Robert Gerle, violin in both works
W 17087A/B on label; WST 17087A-2/B-2 in runout grooves
Disc label: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief here followed by a figure with two arrows
pointing outward in white on dark blue background. "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S
Westminster"
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
WST 17088, VIENNA RADIO ORCHESTRA
Schumann: Manfred
David Carlile Hermeges, narrator and arranger of Byron's test
W 17088A/B on label; WST 17088A/B SR in runout grooves
Disc label: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief here followed by a figure with two arrows
pointing outward in white on pink. "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S Westminster"
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
WST 17089
Bach: Musical Offering, MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN STRING QUARTET AND VIENNA
WIND GROUP
Side 1:
Ricercare à 3
Canon pertetuus supra thema regioum
Cannes Diversi Super Thema Regium
a. Canon à 2
b. Canon à 2 in unisono
c. Canon à 2 per motum contrarium
d. Canon à 2 per augmentatione, contrario moto
e. Canon à 2 per tonos
Fuga Canonicus in Epidiapente
Trio
a. Largo
b. Allegro Side 2:
c. Andante
d. Allegro
Canone perpetuo
[More canons]
a. Canon à 2 quaerendo invenietis
b. Canon à 2 quareendo invenietis
c. Canon à 4
Ricercare à 6
Kurt Rapf, harpsichord
W 17089A/B on label; WST 17089A SR/B [nothing] in runout grooves
Disc label: STEREO in relief and a figure with two arrow pointing outward
in white on blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Front Cover: STEREO in relief here followed by a figure with two arrows
pointing outward in white on black background. "ABC-PARAMOUNT'S
Westminster"
Back cover: "This is a STEREOPHONIC recording"
WST BOXES
WST 201 VEGA Orchestre du Théâre National de l'Opéra de Paris
Berlioz: Requiem
Jean Gureaudeaym tenor
Choeurs de la Radiodiffusion-télévision Français
Recorded on 1958.4.7Mo-10Th in La Chapelle of the Hôtel des Invalides, the
scene of its first performance on 1837.12.5
Side 1: Introit, Side 2 Quid sum miser, Side 3: Lacrymosa, Side 4: Sanctus
WST 201A [MH]; WST 201B [R]; WST 201C [R]; WST 201D [R]
Label: "Westminster ABC RECORDS" "A subsidiary of ABC Records, Inc."
Cover: "Westminster ABC RECORDS"
ABC Records
WST 205
Mozart: Requiem, VSOO (omitted Leibowitz fourth side)
Side 1: Introit; Side 2: Recordare, Side 3: Sanctus
Sena Jurinac, soprano
Lucretia West, alto
Hans Loeffler, tenor
Frederick Guthrie, bass
Vienna Academy Chorus (Günther Theuring, director)
JO8Y 3333-1/34-1B/35-A2
Cover: STEREO in bold and curved, red on white background
Label: NATURAL BALANCE STEREO, the last word in black relief on red
background
WST 206
Mahler 2, VSOO
Mimi Coertse, soprano
Lucretia West, alto
Vienna Academy Chorus (Günther Theuring, director)
JO8Y 0591-1/92-1A/93-1D/94-1D
Cover: NATURAL STEREO BALANCE, the middle word in relief, all red on a
white background
Label: NATURAL BALANCE STEREO, the last word in black relief on red
background
WST 237
Bach: Art of the Fugue [and Vor Deinem Thron tret' ich hiermit (only
Scherchen recording?), Members of VIENNA RADIO ORCHESTRA AND VIENNA
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Part One
Side 1:
Four simple fugues with one thematic element
1. Simple fugue on the original subject, rectus, four voices. Winds.
3'15"
2. Simple fugue on the original subject, inversus, four voices. Strings.
5'12
3. Simple fugue on the original subject, rectus, four voices. Winds.
3'00
4. Simple fugue on the original subject, inversus, four voices. Strings.
6'56
Four counter fugues with two thematic elements
5. Fugue in contrary motion on a new subject and the original subject,
rectus and inversus, four voices. Winds and strings. 2'55
6. First double fugue on a new subject and a variation of the original
subject, four voices. Winds and strings. 6'28
Side 2:
7. Second dboule fugue on a new subject and the original subject, four
voices. Winds and strings. 2'29
8. Fugue in contrary motion on a variatinos of the original subject,
rectus and inversus. Winds and strings. 3'11
Four counterpoints with three thematic variations
9. Canon in contrary motion with augmentation, two voices. Harpsichord.
3'36
10. First triple fugue on two new subjects and a variation of the
original subject, three voices. Full orchestra. 10'34"
11. Fugue in contrary motion on a variation of the original subject,
rectus and inversus, with augmentation and diminution, four voices. Winds
and strings. 4'57
Side 3:
12. Second triple fugue on two new subjects and a variation of the
original subject, four voices. Full orchestra. 10'28" ("PART I culminates
in the Second Triple Fugue (No. 12) which presents the rectus from the
original subject with its rising motion, brought about through a free
inversion of the descending First Triple Fugue (No. 10)."
PART TWO
13. Canon at the octave, two voices. Harpsichord. 2'35
14a. First mirror fugue on a variation of the original subject, rectus,
three voices. Winds and strings. 2'40
14b. Second mirror fugue on a variation of the original subject, inversus,
three voices. Winds and strings. 2'37
15. Canon at the 10th, two voices. Harpsichord. 6'28
16a. Second mirror fugue on a variation of the original subject, rectus,
four voices. Winds. 4'34
Side 4:
16b. Second mirror fugue on a variation of the original subject, inversus,
four voices. Strings. 5'02
17. Canon at the 12th, two voices. Harpsichord. 2'14
18. Quadruple fugue (unfinished) on three new subjects, the third subject
being B-A-C-H, four voices. Full orchestra. 13'04"
Bonus item:
19. Chorale prelude on Vor deinen Thron' tret' ich hiermit, or Before Thy
throne I now appear. 4'40 "After his second stroke, the master, blind by
now, dictated to his son-in-law Johann Christoph Altnikel Vor deinen
Thron. This composition, which was found among the pages of the original
manuscript of The Art of the Fugue, sprang from the mind still possessed
of the most astute creative power although residing in a nearly broken
body whose sensory functions had already become nearly extinguished."
[Another version of the legend that Bach lay on his death bed. Unable to
finish the 18th fugue, he dictated the chorale prelude. Spurious or not,
it makes a fitting conclusion, though the great Helmut Walcha recorded his
own completion of the fugue. Scherchen's other studio recording did not
contain the prelude, but at least one of the three live performances known
to me does.]
For this recording: Strings = 8 1st vn, 6 2nd vn, 6 va, 4 vnc, 2 db; Winds
= 3 fl, 2 ob, 2 Eng h, 3 bn. 2 trumpets and 2 trombones serve as timbral
extension in nos. 1-, 12, and 18. Nos. 9, 13, 15, and 17 harpsichord.
Instrumentation and order in which the fugues are played is by the
Conductor.
W 237A-D on label. WST 237A-D with something like LW/LW/W1/LW scratched
in.
Disc label: STEREO a figure with two arrows pointing outward in white on
blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
WST 304
Bach: Mass, VSOO
Pierrette Alarie, soprano
Nan Merriman, contralto
Léopold Simoneau, tenor
Gustav Neidlinger, bass
Franz Holetschek, harpsichord
Willi Boskowsky, violin
Vienna Academy Chamber Choir
Layout: side 1: 1, Kyrie, side 2: 4, Gloria; side 3: 8, Qui tollis; side
4: 12, Credo; side 5: 18, Et in spiritum; side 6: 22, Benedictus
Label: "Westminster abc RECORDS" "A subsidiary of ABC Records, Inc."
Cover: NATURAL STEREO BALANCE, the middle word in red, yellow, and white
relief, the first and last in white, all on a black background
W 204A-F on label. In the runout grooves:
WST 304A WST 304/1A I MS 6301A
WST 304B WST 304/2A II
WST 304C WST 304/3A III
WST 304D WST 304/3B IV
WST 304E WST 304/2B V
WST 304F WST 304/2B VI
WST 306 (four records for the price of three)
Handel: Messiah, VSOO
Pierrette Alarie, soprano
Nan Merriman, alto
Leopold Simoneau, tenor
Richard Standen, bass
Vienna Academy Chorus
Layout: s. 1: no. 1; s. 2, no. 7; s. 3: no. 14; s. 4: no. 24; s. 5: no.
26; s. 6: no. 35; s. 7: no. 43; s. 8: no. 47
KO8Y 0600-7 on label; W 306A-F LW in runout grooves
WST 319
Bach: St. John Passion, VSOO
Soprano: Phyllis Curtin
Alto: Eunice Alberts
Tenor: Waldemar Kmentt
Bass: Frederic Guthrie
Evangelist: John vanKesteren
Jesus: Otto Wiener
Pilate: David Smith
Peter: Robert Springer
Servant: Franz Lukasowsky
Maid: Elizabeth Thomann
viola d'amore: Karl Stierhof
viola d'amore: Karl Stimpf
gamba: Hubert Koller
lute: Konread Ragosnig
At the organ: Franz Holetschek
Vienna Academy Chorus
Layout: s. 1: no. 1; s. 2: no. 12; s. 3: no. 24; s. 4: no. 41; s. 5, no.
58; s. 6: nos. 64-8
W 319A-F on label; WST 319A-F LW in runout grooves
Disc label: STEREO a figure with two arrows pointing outward in white on
blue background; "A Subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, Inc."
Cover: STEREO in black relief on white background; two arrows pointing
outward in white on brown background
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MUSIC GUILD
IDS 9901
NOW GENERATION SERIES
I DIG TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky 1812 and Romeo and Juliet, VSOO
W 14005B/A [sides reversed from WST 14005] on label; WST 14005B-2 XX/A
SR
Pink label "Music Guild; abc RECORDS; Now Generation Series"
Front Cover: "Music Guild; abc RECORDS; Now Generation Series" and an
image of a man on a motorcycle
Back cover: "Music Guild; abc RECORDS; Now Generation Series" "STEREO IDS
9901"; "a subsidiary of ABC Records, Inc." Quite a different text.
MS 847
Haydn: Symphonia Concertante in Bb, Op. 84 and Danzi: Symphonia
Concertante in Bb, VIENNA RADIO ORCHESTRA
WST 17100 [H]; WST 17100B [TSM]
ABC Records, pink label
Could well be WST 17100 with a new disc label.
MS 6201
Berlioz Requiem, Chorus of Radiodiffusion Français and Orchestre du Théâre
National de l'Opéra de Paris
MS 201A 6201A [IRC]; MS 201B 6201B [IRC]; MS 6201C 201C [IRC]; MS 6201D MS
201D [IRC]
Pink label
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W COLLECTORS SERIES
W 9701
Geminiani, Op. 3, ENGLISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
W 9701B Ri/W 9701B Ri (Ri could well be the initials of the engineer.)
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WMS MULTIPLES SERIES
Conjecture: WMS = Westminster Multiples Stereo
WMS 1007. Disc label: NEW STYLE: STEREO and a figure with two arrow
pointing outward in white on blue background
Scherchen Conducts the Russians, VSOO
Side 1. Disc label: WS-1007-A; W-14033-A
Khachaturian: Gayne Ballet Suite and Rimsky-Korsakoff: The Flight of the
Bumble Bee
WMS 1007A [R]
Side 2. Disc label: WS-1007-B; W-14033-B
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain and Borodin: Polovstian Dances
WMS 1007B {R}
Side 3. Disc label: WS-1007-C; W-14003-C
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Scherezade, mvt. 1, 2
WMS 14003A [SR]
Side 4. Disc label: WS-1007-D; W-14003-D
Rimsky-Korsakoff: Scherezade, mvt. 1, 2
WMS 14003A [R]
Side 5. Disc label: WS-1007-E; W-14005-5
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet
14005A [E or M]
Side 6. Disc label: WS-1007-F; W-14005-F
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
WMS 1007 F [R]
Front Cover: ABC-PARAMOUNT'S® WESTMINSTER
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WGS WESTMINSTER GOLD SERIES
WGS 8101 Best of Beethoven
Sym. 9, m. 4 part. Monteux, LSO
Wellington's Victory: 1, Battle. Scherchen, VSOO Side 2:
Sym. 5 (o.n. 6): !. Steinberg, PittSO
Sym. ^ (o.n. 5) : 3 Steinberg, PitttSO
Con 5: 3. Badura-Skoda, Scherchen, VSOO
WGS 8102 The Best of Bach
Suite 3: 2, Air. Scherche, VSOO
Orelude and Fugue in e, S. 533. Carl Weinrich, organ of Vafrukrrka in
Skanninge, Sweden
Tocatta in F, S. 540. Virgil Fox, Riverside Chruch Organ
Sonata 3 in G, S. 1029: 1. Bernard Green house, cello; Anthony Makas, pf.
Side 2:
BBC 2: 1,. Scherchen , VSOO
Before Thy Throne, I Come, .S. 668. Weinrich
Musical Offering: Ricercar a 6. Scherchen, European SQ and Vienna Sym Wind
Gp
WGS 8105 Best Known Overtures [Vol. 1]
Scherchen, VSOO takes up side 1 and plays William Tell, Belle Helene, Vie
Parisenne.
Side 2 has JStraussJr: Fledermaus. Kurt Adler, Vienna Fest. O.
Suppe: Poet & Peasant and LIght Cavalry. JUlius Rudel, VSOO
WGS 8108
Baroque and Contemporary Concertos for Trumpet and Orchestra
Vivaldi, Corelli, Torelli, Telemann
plus Jolivet: Con. for trumpet, brass, piano, and percussion. The Composer
conducting.
IF MY WST IS NOT IN GOOD SHAPE, THIS WILL HAVE TO DO.
{NOTE: Vivaldi and Torelli first appeared on WST 14135, and Corelli and
Telemann on WST 17047. Whether the Haydn and Handel of WST 14135
reappeared on another WGS issue or the Stoelzel, Manfredini, or Leopold
Mozart of WST 17047 did, I do not know. Neither do I now know whether the
Corelli work (7'24" on this disc) is n excerpt of the work issued on WST
17047 or the Torelli (7'45") an excerpt of what appeared on WST 14135. The
Telemann is timed 12'07" on the cover of this disc but in fact occupies
three bands.]
WGS 8114
Handel: Water Music
WGS 8120
Liszt: HR 1, 4, 5 and Battle of the Huns
AGAIN, MY WST MAY NOT BE IN THE BEST SHAPE.
WGS 8121
Scheherezade, VSOO
WGS 8131
Bolero, Sorcerer's, Espana, Ritual Fire Dance, Dance of Terror, VSOO
WGS 8132
Vivaldi Gloria, VSOO
WSG 8134
Haydn 100 and 45, VSOO
WSG 8167
Liszt: HR 3,4,6 and Mazeppa
AGAIN, MY WST MAY NOT BE IN THE BEST SHAPE.
WGS 8187
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf. Artur Rodzinski, PSOL. Gary Moore, narrator
WITH NATURAL SOUNDS OF ANIMALS RECORDED AT THE BRONX ZOO!
Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals. Joseph and Grete Dichler,
dio-pianists, Scherchen, VSOO. Gary Moore, narrator WITH NATURAL SOUNDS OF
ANIMALS RECORDED AT THE BRONX ZOO!
Note that the Britten Young Person's Guide, Boult, Philharmonic Promenade
Orchestra was omitted.
WGS 8187A Circle 2/WGS 8187B circle 1
WGS 8192
Music for Multiple Orchestra (singular!), VSOO
WGS 8206
Beethoven: Christ on the Mount of Olives
WSG 8208, VSOO
Vivaldi: Four Seasons. The XWN box has all twelve of Op. 8, and all are in
mono.
Julian Olevsky,violin
WG 8208A/B on label; WGS 8208A circle 3/WGS 8208B circle 2
WGM 8235-2 (mono)
Gliere 3 and Red Poppy Ballet
WGS 8262-2
Mahler 2
WGS 8266
The Best from the Russia We Love, Volume II
Stravinsky: Petrouchka: excerpts. Scherchen, PSOL
Shostakovich: Age of Gold: Two Dances. Howard Mitchell, The National
Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C. [It is said that he could not
conduct electricity.]
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker SUite: Overture Minuature and Three Characteristic
Dances. Steinberg, PittSO Side 2:
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite: Excerpts. Scherchen, PSOL
Moussorgsky: PIctures excerpts. Artur Rodzinsky [sic], PSOL
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini: Var. 17 and 18. The Bolshoi
Theater Philharmonic Orchestra and The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestar of Radio
and Teevee. No conductor named
WGS 8269
20th Century Violin Concerti (the Hindemith and Weill)
WGS 8286
Best Known Overtures Volume Two
Scherchen: Donna Diana, Zampa, Orpheus in the Underworld, Mignon,
Barbe-Bleue. Plus Ferando Previtali, Orchestre dell' Accademia de Danta
Cecilia conducting Rossini: Semiramide.
WGM 8301 (mono)
Haydn 94 and 101, VSOO
WGM 8301-1/-2 with an additional 1 or I with a circle around it
WGM 8302 (mono)
Honegger. Only five of the six works that were on XWN 18486, PSOL
WGS 8302
Bach: Cantatas 42 and 35, VIENNA RADIO ORCHESTRA
WGM 8318-4 (mono)
Bach: Saint Matthew Passion
WGS 8342
Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ, VSOO
WG 8352 (not WGS)
Beethoven 3, VSOO
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WESTMINSTER-MCA
MCA 1423, all VSOO (U.S.)
Romeo and Juliet Overture, 1812 Overture, Marche Slave [sic]
R&J and 1812 first issued on WST 14005; Marche Slave on W-LAB 7068
ONLY ISSUE OF THIS MARCHE SLAVE IN STEREO, I believe
Issued in 1980
MCA 2237 W7 LB/mca 2238 W1 LB
VIC 5380 (Japan)
Bach: Concerti for violin. Walter Barylli, VSOO
MCA 5254A 1 1/MCA 5254B 1 2 1
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OPEN REEL TAPES
C2241
from Mark Koldys, FIRST TAPE
Half-track stereo Sonotapes:
Ponchelli: Dance of the Hours (Paul Miller verified that this is the same
as that conducted by Armando Aliberti, VSOO, on W-LAB 7069). SWB 7051
Saint-Säens: Carnival of the Animals: 14, The Swan. VSOO, a different
recording from that with Gary Moore, narrator, and "the natural sounds of
animals recorded at the Bronx zoo" on WST 14040$. This recording has piano
and massed celli, while 14040 has piano and solo cello. I thank Paul
Miller for making these observations.
Tchaikovsky: Marche Slav. SWB 7009
Khachaturian: Gayaneh: Suite No. 1. SWB 7008 (for nos. 1, 5, 3, 6, and 4)
and SWB 7008 (for no. 7, Lezghinka)
Track B
Monophonic ?half-track Omegatape 8006:
Bach: BBC 2 & 4. Cento Soli Orchestra of Paris (tape also has BBC 1 & 3.
The Sontapes are recorded entire.)
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NON-WESTMINSTERS
Gravesano 1891-1 (stereo)
Scherchen: Quartet, Op. 1 (1914/5)
Erato Quartet, Basel
LP 1891-1A/1B circled T
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Rococo [Canada] 2063 (two mono discs)
Beethoven: Der glorreiche Augenblick, Op. 136
Turin Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of RAI, 1956.5.4 Fr live (1½ sides)
(unidentified on disc)
Lucille Udovick, Miriam Pirazzini, Amadeo Berdini, Paolo Montarsolo,
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus [live, nevertheless the FIRST RECORDING
AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, if you were lucky enough to get it; SUNG IN
ITALIAN!!]
AND
Beethoven 9, Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (really the orch. in Lugano)
[SUNG IN GERMAN]
Magda Lázlo, Lucinne Devalier; Petre Munteanu, Raffaele Arie
Italian Swiss Radio Orchestra and Chorus. 1965.5.4 live (unidentified on
disc)
2RR 2063-1A/1B/2C/2D. Layout: Sides 1,2A: op. 126; Side 2B: Symphony 9m1;
Side 3: Sym. 9m2,3: Side 4: Sym. 9m4
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Parliament PLP 141
Schubert 6, VSOO
"a supraphon/ramco production". Issued 1960.
PLP 141AX-1/B X-1
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Supraphon DV 5082, sampler disc of many works by many composers by many
conductors. Of interest is the first item
F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
SVATEBNI-POCHOD
ze Snu noci svatojánaké
Orchestr Vidennské st. operi, ridi H. Scherchen
[That is, the Wedding March from the Midsummer Night's Dream]
NOT ISSUED IN THE TAHRA SET OF ULTRAPHONS!
F 03 13216 VM 2161/2 on the label; VM 2161A 1A/VM 2161B C in the runout
grooves
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Supraphon LPM 117 (10")
Hadyn 92
Hermann Scherchen, Vienna State Opera Orchestra
LOCATION: Miller 39
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Supraphon LPM 118 (10")
Schubert: Symphony 5.
Hermann Scherchen, Vienna Symphony Orchestra
LOCATION: Miller 044
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Supraphon LPM 119 (10")
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 and 2
Hermann Scherchen, Vienna State Opera Orchestra
LOCATION: Miller 39
mandryka
Jan 22, 2012, 2:08:34 AM1/22/12
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Thanks for all of this.
I've just taken the final four Handel Concerti Grossi Op 6, which I'd
been missing -- I have the commercial transfers of the others.
These Op 6 recordings are, I think, one of Scherchen's major
achievements. No one I've heard comes close to finding so much
humanity. They are deep interpretations.
I'm looking forward to hearing some of the Bach cantatas too (the one
with Stich Randall and Forester especially), and the concertos with
Badura Skoda. I guess he never recorded anything with Michelangeli for
Westminster.
I've just taken the final four Handel Concerti Grossi Op 6, which I'd
been missing -- I have the commercial transfers of the others.
These Op 6 recordings are, I think, one of Scherchen's major
achievements. No one I've heard comes close to finding so much
humanity. They are deep interpretations.
I'm looking forward to hearing some of the Bach cantatas too (the one
with Stich Randall and Forester especially), and the concertos with
Badura Skoda. I guess he never recorded anything with Michelangeli for
Westminster.
mandryka
Jan 22, 2012, 4:01:59 AM1/22/12
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short time I said to myself "there's something not right here!"
It wasn't hard to find out what was wrong. Why did you rip them to
64kbps MP3? It's barely music at that quality!
Anyway, thanks for giving me a glimpse of a very fine performance. I
guess I have to buy a better transfer somehow! Unfortunately the final
CD in Scherchen's series (9-12) are all extremely expensive -- if
anyone sees an upload or an affordable one, please let me know.
jserraglio
Jan 22, 2012, 4:48:01 AM1/22/12
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On Jan 22, 4:01 am, mandryka <howie.st...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> On Jan 22, 7:08 am, mandryka <howie.st...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for all of this.
>
> > I've just taken the final four Handel Concerti Grossi Op 6, which I'd
> > been missing -- I have the commercial transfers of the others.
>
> > These Op 6 recordings are, I think, one of Scherchen's major
> > achievements. No one I've heard comes close to finding so much
> > humanity. They are deep interpretations.
>
> > I'm looking forward to hearing some of the Bach cantatas too (the one
> > with Stich Randall and Forester especially), and the concertos with
[snipped from Mr Forman's original post]
> On Jan 22, 7:08 am, mandryka <howie.st...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for all of this.
>
> > I've just taken the final four Handel Concerti Grossi Op 6, which I'd
> > been missing -- I have the commercial transfers of the others.
>
> > These Op 6 recordings are, I think, one of Scherchen's major
> > achievements. No one I've heard comes close to finding so much
> > humanity. They are deep interpretations.
>
> > I'm looking forward to hearing some of the Bach cantatas too (the one
> > with Stich Randall and Forester especially), and the concertos with
]I have uploaded the Scherchen WAV files (again, through 1961) at
http://www.filefactory.com/f/e144f8d31b8590e7/. They are take up 45GB,
but
hey! I've got 2TB of space at FileFactory. I am NOT going to zip
them.
They are just there for anyone who might like to work with them. I
no
longer have all but a few discs, which I am keeping as souvenirs.
but
hey! I've got 2TB of space at FileFactory. I am NOT going to zip
them.
They are just there for anyone who might like to work with them. I
no
longer have all but a few discs, which I am keeping as souvenirs.
mandryka
Jan 22, 2012, 5:41:57 AM1/22/12
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Howard.
hiker_rs
Jan 22, 2012, 9:27:03 AM1/22/12
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(roughly equivalently divided). Too bad, considering all the work he's
put into this.
Rich
mandryka
Jan 22, 2012, 9:39:02 AM1/22/12
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and other things. I'm listening to Op6/9 right now and very nice it is
too.
Surfaces are a bit noisy but that just adds character :)
peter gutmann
Jan 22, 2012, 8:31:06 PM1/22/12
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Frank—
I just want to end what has been a remarkable weekend of rediscovery
of Scherchen with my heartfelt thanks for your fabulous trove of his
recorded legacy (although it’s a shame he didn’t record the modern
repertoire for which he was so well known. His ability to inspire
under-rehearsed orchestras to find fresh inspiration in even the most
well-worn warhorses (Brahms 1, Berlioz Fantastique, Tchaikovsky 4,
etc., etc.) may horrify those who want only pristine playing and
subtle balances, but I find them consistently thrilling. True, all of
your files need heavy declicking (Audacity does just fine with most of
them) and editing (to prune out the run-out groove repetitions), a few
files so far don’t seem active, and filefactory is a royal pain for
those of us who don’t want to feed their coffers, but overall it’s
wonderful to have these, if overwhelming all at once. So thanks
again, and I’m looking forward to some of your other sets, although
Scherchen should keep me occupied for the near future.
I just want to end what has been a remarkable weekend of rediscovery
of Scherchen with my heartfelt thanks for your fabulous trove of his
recorded legacy (although it’s a shame he didn’t record the modern
repertoire for which he was so well known. His ability to inspire
under-rehearsed orchestras to find fresh inspiration in even the most
well-worn warhorses (Brahms 1, Berlioz Fantastique, Tchaikovsky 4,
etc., etc.) may horrify those who want only pristine playing and
subtle balances, but I find them consistently thrilling. True, all of
your files need heavy declicking (Audacity does just fine with most of
them) and editing (to prune out the run-out groove repetitions), a few
files so far don’t seem active, and filefactory is a royal pain for
those of us who don’t want to feed their coffers, but overall it’s
wonderful to have these, if overwhelming all at once. So thanks
again, and I’m looking forward to some of your other sets, although
Scherchen should keep me occupied for the near future.
Steve Emerson
Jan 22, 2012, 11:43:54 PM1/22/12
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In article
<6754f8d6-e63d-44b4...@b18g2000vbz.googlegroups.com>,
The Loewenguth Beethoven, the tracks I looked at, are 128. Which is
certainly enough to let one determine whether to pursue them further.
I would imagine that the job he had in hand was already at least as big
as he wanted it to b, without adding the burden of uploading huge, dense
files.
SE.
<6754f8d6-e63d-44b4...@b18g2000vbz.googlegroups.com>,
certainly enough to let one determine whether to pursue them further.
I would imagine that the job he had in hand was already at least as big
as he wanted it to b, without adding the burden of uploading huge, dense
files.
SE.
дмитрий пожарский
Jan 27, 2012, 4:41:40 AM1/27/12
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Thanks for upload! But I can't determine which file in the list of
uploaded files on filefactory is Beethovens "Christ on the Mount of
Olives ". Help pl)
uploaded files on filefactory is Beethovens "Christ on the Mount of
Olives ". Help pl)
mandryka
Jan 28, 2012, 1:48:57 PM1/28/12
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WL 5216
Beethoven 3, Badura-Skoda, VSOO
XTV 17833-1C, 17834-1E
NOTE: I want this record back for its cover, which features a
scowling
image of the composer but no name. The seemingly ridiculously fast
first
movement in the stereo remake is fabulous recording, because the
listener
cannot help but get caught up in the hysteria.
Ah-ha. It's the Eroica. So what is the Badura Skoda connection? (I
Beethoven 3, Badura-Skoda, VSOO
XTV 17833-1C, 17834-1E
NOTE: I want this record back for its cover, which features a
scowling
image of the composer but no name. The seemingly ridiculously fast
first
movement in the stereo remake is fabulous recording, because the
listener
cannot help but get caught up in the hysteria.
thought it was PC 3)
eliasm...@gmail.com
Dec 15, 2016, 7:48:20 AM12/15/16
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WOW!! Much appreciated!!
leg rivers@hitmeonce.com
Dec 16, 2016, 1:57:20 AM12/16/16
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where is WL 5117a cannot see it
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