78 rpm INSTRUMENTAL RECORDINGS

78 rpm INSTRUMENTAL
RECORDINGS
String, Keyboard & Wind Soloists – Conductors - Orchestras
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JOHN AMADIO [flutist]
3631. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 9695 [Cc17488-IV/17489-III]. THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE
(arr. Briccaldi)/HUNGARIAN PASTORAL FANTASIE (Doppler). With Orch. dir.
George Byng. Small lbl. stkr., few lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $12.00.
AMAR STRING QUARTET [L. Amar; W. Caspar; P. Hindemith; R. Hindemith]
2388. 12” Blk. EE Polydor 66422-66424 [429bg-434bg]. STRING QUARTET, Op. 22 (Paul
Hindemith). Six sides. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
AARON AVSHALOMOV [composer/conductor]. Siberia, 1894-Portland, OR, 1964.
Avshalomov developed an approach that grafted elements of
traditional Chinese music—which he had first encountered as
a child among the Chinese community of his Siberian hometown—onto a colorful Russian style in the manner of RimskyKorsakov. He used the Western-oriented symphony orchestra
to imitate and evoke sounds of traditional Chinese instruments, and he also transcribed characteristic ornamentations
and used such instruments as temple blocks and finger
cymbals. His only musical studies were in Zurich and he
then resided in Shanghai, excepting a few years in the U.S.
and elsewhere, until 1946. He then permanently moved to
Portland, OR, where his son, Jacob, was conductor of the
Portland Symphony. – American Composers Alliance website.
3507. 12” PW Columbia Master Works Set 286 (68870-D
– 68873-D). [A3074/3075-2, 3076/3077,
3078/3079-2, 3080/3081-2]. CONCERT IN G
UPON CHINESE THEMES AND RHYTHMS (Aaran
Avshalomov). Eight sides. With GREGORY
SINGER [pianist]. Conducted by the composer. No
album. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
GEORGES BARRÈRE [flutist]
2160. 10” PW Red (gold print) Victor 1975. LA TIMIDE;
L’INDISCRÈTE/LA PANTOMIME (all Rameau).
With HORACE BRITT [cellist], CARLOS SALZEDO [harpist]. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
AARON AVSHALOMOV
2161. 10” PW Red (gold print) Victor 1976. TAMBOURIN/LA CUPIS (both Rameau). With BRITT [cello] and SALZEDO [harp). Few
lt. rubs, 2. $7.00.
HANS BARTH [pianist]
2290. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 20396. WITCHES’
DANCE, Op. 17, No. 2/SEA PICTURES: No.
7, Nautilus; No. 1, To the Sea (all
MacDowell). Small lbl. tear side one, few
lightest rubs, cons. 2. $7.00.
HAROLD BAUER [pianist]
3156. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 8162. IMPROMPTU-ROCOCO (Schütt, Op. 56, No. 2)/
VALSE (Arensky, Op. 15). Both with OSSIP
GABRILOWITSCH [pianist]. Excellent pressing, superb condition. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3549. 12” Blk. vinyl Victor mat. CS-068860-1.
NOVELETTE (Schumann). Unpublished. Just
about 1-2. $50.00.
RENÉ BENEDETTI [violinist]
3908. 12” Blue PW Eng. Columbia D15074, D15075
[WLX437/438, 439/440]. LE BOEUF DUR
LE TOIT (Darius Milhaud). Four sides. With
JEAN WIENER [pianist]. IMs. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
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HANS BARTH
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ARTHUR BERGH [violinist]. St. Paul, MN, 1881-Los Angeles, CA, 1962.
A composer,
conductor, violinist, and pianist, Bergh was a violinist with the Metropolitan Opera (1903-08) and
the New York Symphony. He was a musical director for the Emerson Phonograph Company and in
the later 1920s for Columbia. Here he recorded as a piano accompanist for several singers,
including Alexander Kipnis. Later he worked for MGM in Hollywood as a music researcher and
librarian. Bergh composed over 400 works in various genres. His setting of Poe’s The Raven had
been successfully performed by David Bispham and Percy Hemus (who also recorded it for Victor).
2042. 10” Vertical Blk. Phono-Cut 5187. ROMANCE (van Goens)/EATON [violin],
ARTRELLA [flute], EATON [harp]. DREAMY MOMENTS (Ludwig). Cons. 3-4.
$10.00.
LOUIS BILLAUT [composer/conductor] dir. ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE
3607. 12” PW Plum Disque Gram. L-884 [2G-502-2/504-1]. RAPSODIE LIMOUSINE:
Pastorale/Bourée (Louis Billaut). Recorded March 23, 1931. Cons. 2. $20.00
LEO BLECH [conductor] dir.
BERLIN STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA.
Aachen, 1871-1958. Blech studied at the
Berlin Hochschule für Musik and with composer Engelbert Humperdinck. His long term
conducting included the German Opera in
Prague (1899-1906), the Berlin State Opera
(1906-1923), the Charlottenburg Opera
(1923-25) and then again the Berlin State
Opera (1926-1937). Despite being Jewish, he
was permitted to conduct in Germany
following 1933 by having been made an
“honorary Aryan”, although while guest
conductiong in Riga in the later 1930s he was
warned not to return to Germany. He remained with the Riga Opera until 1941 and
then moved to Sweden, where he conducted
the Stockholm Royal Opera. He ended his
career by returning to the Berlin Opera, 19491954. In addition to his success as an
operatic and symphonic conductor, Blech was
also a recognized composer in a variety of
idioms, his opera Versiegelt (1908) having
experienced international performances.
3250. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 9329
[CLR3951-IV/CLR3952-II].
MASANIELLO: Overture (Auber).
Two sides. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3222. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 9485
[CLR3994-I/CwR464-I]. BALLO IN
MASCHERA: Overture (Verdi)/COSÌ
FAN TUTTE: Overture (Mozart). One
tiny LSS side one, just about 1-2.
$7.00.
LEO BLECH
LOUIS BLEUZET [oboist]
3883. 12” Blk. PW Eng. Col. DFX 3 [WLX1076/1077, 1078/1079]. SONATINE POUR
HAUBOIS [OBOE] ET PIANO (Marcel Mihalovici). Four sides. With TOMAS TERAN
[pianist]. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
NAOUM BLINDER [violinist]. Lutsk, Russia, 1889-San Francisco, 1965. A graduate of
the Imperial Conservatory of Odessa at the age of 14, Blinder studied with Alexander Fiedeman
and then at the Royal Manchester College of Music, 1910-1913, with Adolph Brodsky. He then
taught at his Odessa alma mater until 1920 and toured the next eight years. In 1928 he made ten
sides for Columbia in New York (his only solo recordings) around the time of his April 10, 1928
Carnegie Hall debut and then remained in New York for two years on the Juilliard School faculty.
He subsequently became concert master of the San Francisco Symphony and was also noted as a
teacher. Perhaps his most illustrious pupil was Isaac Stern, who made his debut at the age of 15,
playing the Bach Double Concerto with his teacher. Glenn Dicterow was also a pupil. At one point
Blinder had 17 students as members of the San Francisco Symphony and the entire first violin
section of the Oakland Symphony.
3007. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 158-M [W145634-2/145635-6]. PERPETUUM
MOBILE (Novacek)/WIEGENLIED (Schubert, arr. Elman). Piano acc. Valentin
Pavlowsky. Two very small rubs side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
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3648. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50118-E [W98459-1/98511-2]. LA CAPRICIEUSE,
Op. 17 (Elgar)/CONCERTO: Canzonetta (Tschaikowsky). Piano acc. Valentin
Pavlowsky. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
BOHEMIAN [SUK] STRING QUARTET [Karl Hoffmann, Josef Suk, Jiri Herold,
Ladislav Zelenka]
3737. 12” Brunswick 90425 – 90428 [779bm/780, 781/782, 783/784, 785/786].
QUARTET IN E MINOR (Smetana). Rare set, particularly as beautiful laminated
Columbia pressings. Just about 1-2. $200.00.
JOSEPH BOPP [flutist]
3489. 12” Plum Swiss HMV HEX 120 [2ZA-11-2/12-2]. BALLADE FOR FLUTE, STRING
ORCHESTRA AND PIANO (Frank Martin). With Paul Sacher dir. Basler
Kaminerorchester. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
ROSARIO BOURDON [conductor] and VICTOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
3904. 12” Blk. Orth. Vicor 36067. MARCHE JOYEUSE/
LE ROI MALGRÉ LUI: Danse Slave (both Chabrier, ed. Hinrichs). Cons. 2. $8.00.
EMMA BOYNET [pianist]
3068. 10” Red Scroll Victor 4315 [Z-type shellac]. LE
MARCHANDE D’EAU FRAICHE/LE PETIT ANE
BLANC (both Jacques Ibert). Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
ALEXANDER BRAILOWSKY [pianist]
3085. 10” PW Blue Polydor 90174 [2598½BH/2599½].
VALSE, Mi Mineur (Chopin)/ TOCCATA (Debussy). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3302. 12” PW Gold Brunswick 90230 [1114½BI/
1115½BI]. VALSE IMPROMPTU IN A FLAT MAJOR (Liszt)/MARCHE MILITAIRE IN D FLAT MAJOR, Op. 51, No.1 (Schubert). Excellent late ‘30s
Columbia pressing. Few minor rubs, 2. $12.00.
YOVANOVITCH BRATZA [violinist]
3647. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50112-D
[WAX2510/2511]. ROMANCE (Wieniawski)/
LEGENDE NAÏVE (Jongen). Piano acc. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
HORACE BRITT [cellist]
ROSARIO BOURDON
3083. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 2081-D [W149653-1/149654-3]. GRANADINA (Nin)/
PIÈCE EN FORME DE HABANERA (Ravel). J. Adler [pianist]. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
EDDY BROWN, ROMAN TOTENBERG, BENNO RABINOFF, BORIS
SCHWARZ [violinists]
3003. 10” Blk. Royale 1826, 1827 [US 1244-2/1245-1, 1246-1/1247-1]. CONCERTO FOR
FOUR VIOLINS (Leonardo Leo). With ERNST VICTOR WOLFF [harpsichordist),
celli and bass. Four sides. Scarce. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
2156. 10” Blk. Royale 1826, 1827 [US 1244-2/1245-1, 1246-1/1247-1]. Same as previous
listing (#3003). Superficial rubs, 2-3. $15.00.
FRITZ BUSCH [conductor] dir. LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
3461. 12” Scroll Victor 11983, 11984 [2EA4013-I/4014-I, 4015-I/4016-I]. DON JUAN,
Op. 20 (R. Strauss). Four sides. “Z”-type shellac. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
FERRUCCIO BUSONI [pianist/composer]
3147. 12” Blue acous. Eng. Columbia L1470 [76060/76072]. PRÉLUDE IN A MAJOR;
ÉTUDE IN G FLAT (Chopin)/PRELUDE TO CHORAL (Bach-Busoni); SCOTCH STEP
(Beethoven). Couple lightest mks., cons. 2. $75.00.
LOUIS CAHUZAC [clarinetist]
3374. 12” PoW Blue English Columbia LBX 3 [CCX 1273-2/1274-1]. SONATE POUR
CLARINETTE ET PIANO (Honegger). 1½ sides/CANZONETTA (Pierné). With Folmer
Jensen [pianist]. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
PABLO CASALS [cellist]
3637. 12” Scroll “Z” Victor 6635. GOYESCAS: Intermezzo (Granados)/TOCCATA IN C
MAJOR: Adagio (Bach-Siloti-Casals). Glassy mint surface. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER [composer/conductor] dir. ORCH. SYMPHONIQUE.
3449. 12” Art-Label Pathé X.5477 – X.5479
[N300066-2/300067-1, 300068-2/
300062-1, 300063-1/300064-1].
IMPRESSIONS D’ITALIE (Charpentier). Six sides. Scarce set. Rerecorded
later by Charpentier on Odeon/Decca.
Cons. 2. $35.00.
ABRAM CHASINS [pianist/composer]
3000. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1582 [OB-17972A/1798-1A]. THREE CHINESE
PIECES: Flirtation in a Chinese Garden; Rush-Hour in Hong Kong/A
Shanghai Tragedy (Abram Chasins).
One LSS (i.e. harmless) side one,
otherwise 2 (or better). $12.00.
RENÉE CHEMET [violinist]. Boulogne-
sur-Seine, 1888- ? . Chemet studied with
Berthelier and then became first violinist of the
Cologne Orchestra, marrying pianist Camille
Decreus in 1909. She subsequently became a
soloist and performed with Nikisch, Wood, Mengelberg and other major conductors. Chemet
performed internationally and was particularly
successful in the U.S. from 1921 to 1932. She
was cited by the NY Times reviewer of a 1923
Aeolian Hall concert as “a player of vivid temperament, of constant light and shade, yet
broadly grounded in contrasting styles”. Earlier
she had been an assisting artist in an Emma
Calvé tour and later she was particularly successful on the radio. 1n 1932 she was enthusiastically received in a tour of Japan. This also
GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER
marked the year of her last recordings and
seemingly her disappearance as well, one source
mentioning that she vanished in the Far East, although it has been determined the she was living
and likely teaching in Paris in the earlier 1950s.
2209. 10” Red Victrola 1328. ROBIN HOOD: Oh Promise Me (De Koven)/LOVE’S GARDEN
OF ROSES (Wood). Piano acc. Anca Seidlova. Cons. 2. $8.00.
3231. 12” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 6609. MINUET (Haydn-Hartmann)/NOCTURNE
(Tschaikowsky-Hartmann). Piano acc. Harry Kaufman. Beautiful pressing.
Slightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
IVAN CHENSKI [violinist]. Nom-du-disque for RICHARD CZERWONKY (1886-1949).
3037. 10” Plum acous. Grey Gull 4027 [Y1435-B/Y1439-A]. MINUET [possibly Czerwonky]/THAÏS: Méditation (Massenet). One harmless discoloration area side two. Gen.
3. $10.00.
ALBERT COATES [conductor] dir. LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
3651. 12” Red Scroll “Z” Victor 9049 [CR217-II/141-III]. GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG: Siegfried’s Funeral March (Wagner). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3604. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 9216, 9217 [CR894-I/895-1A, 896-II/897-IIA]. THE
FOUNTAINS OF ROME (Respighi). Four sides. Excellent pressings. Few lt. rubs,
cons. 2. $20.00.
3660. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 11160 [Cc20615-II/20614-II]. SONG OF THE
NIGHTINGALE: Chinese March (Igor Stravinsky). Two sides. Excellent copy, few
lightest rubs. Cons. 2. $12.00.
3659. 12” Red “Z”-type shellac Scroll Victor 11482 [CR2488-I/2489-III]. KOMARINSKAYA
(Glinka). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $12.00
ERIC COATES [composer/conductor] dir. LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCH.
3458. 12” PW Blue Columbia Master Works 69399-D [WCAX6748-1/6749-2]. LONDON
SUITE: Covent Garden [Tarantelle]; Westminster [Meditation]/ Knightsbridge
[March] (Eric Coates). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
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GEORGE COPELAND [pianist]
2112. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 2111. FANDANGO, Op. 79, No 5 (Turina)/SAUDADES DAS SELVAS BRASILEIRAS, No. 2 (Villa-Lobos). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
PIERO COPPOLA [composer and conductor] dir. GRAND ORCH. SYMPHONIQUE
(blk. Disque) or CONSERVATOIRE ORCH. (red Disque)
1976. 10” Plum elec. Disque Gram. K-6853, K6854 [OPG-468-2/469-2, 470-1/472-2].
SUITE MIGNONNE (Piero Coppola). Four sides. Scarce set. Excellent laminated
pressings. Just about 1-2. $40.00.
1977. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 9276 [CTR-3389-I/3390-I. PACIFIC 231 (Honegger).
Two sides. With “Continental Symphony Orchestra.” Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3658. 12” Red Orth. 9702 [CT4041-III/CR2755-I]. ALBORADA DEL GRACIOSO (Ravel).
Two sides. Not “Z” but good shellac. Lt. rubs, 2. $10.00.
3605. 12” Blk. PW Disque Gram. W-1029, W-1030 [CM349-III/350-V, 351-IV/352-III].
RAPSODIE ESPAGNOLE (Ravel). Four sides. Small lbl. stkr. Cons. 2. $20.00.
3657. 12” Blk. PW Disque Gram. W-1074 [CF2736-II/2737-II]. MENUET ANTIQUE (Ravel).
Two sides. IMs. Cons. 2. $15.00.
3606. 12” Red PW Disque Gram. DB-4950, DB-4951 [2W-1518-2/1519-2, 1520-1/767-1].
ISTAR-VARIATIONS SYMPHONIQUES (Vincent d’Indy). Three sides. / MARCHE
JOYEUSE (Chabrier). Couple small rubs, otherwise just about 1-2. $20.00.
3459. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 9306. L’ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES: Five O’ Clock
(Ravel, arr. Roger Granga)/PAVANE POUR UNE INFANTE DÉFUNTE (both Ravel).
With “Continental Symphony Orch.” Just about 1-2. $10.00.
PIERO COPPOLA [composer and pianist]
2614. 10” Blk. acous. Disque Gram. P.531 [BT1219-II/1323-I]. SCHERZO BURLESQUE
(Piero Coppola)/GAZOUILLEMENT DU PRINTEMPS [RUSTLE OF SPRING]
(Sinding). Harmless lt. superficial rubs, 2-3. $35.00.
2620. 10” Blk. elec. Disque Gram. P.702 [BFR419-I/BFR418-I]. VALSE MINIATURE (Piero
Coppola)/GAZOUILLEMENT DU PRINTEMPS [RUSTLE OF SPRING]
(Sinding). Lt. superficial rubs, 2-3. $25.00.
ALFRED CORTOT [pianist]
3612. 12” PW Red (gold print) Victor 7728, 7729
[2B855-1 856-1, 857-II/858-IV]. SONATINE (Ravel). Three sides./JEUX D’EAU (Ravel). Excellent
pressings, just about 1-2. $20.00.
3623. 12” Red Australian HMV DB 1069, DB 1070
[CR1406-IIA/1407-II, 1408-II/1409-II]. VARIATIONS SYMPHONIQUES (Franck). Four sides.
With Sir LANDON RONALD dir. LONDON SYMP.
ORCH. Excellent pressings. Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
CUARTETO RAFAEL [string quartet]
3611. 12” Blk. PW Disco Gramófono AB591, AB592
[CJ3133-II/CJ3157-II/3155-I/3156-I]. VISTES
AL MAR [POETIC EVOCATIONS FOR STRING
QUARTET) (E. Toldrà). The royalty stickers are
actually signed by Toldrà. Four sides. One LSS,
few rubs, cons. 2. $25.00.
ALFRED CORTOT and silent film star
MABEL NORMAND
EUGEN D’ALBERT [pianist]
3163. 12” Blk. acous. No-Dog Gramophone 65577 (045580/045581) [1124m/1125m].
TÜRKISCHER MARSCH (Mozart)/AN EINER QUELLE (Liszt). One TN side one, lbl.
stkr., few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $200.00.
MARCEL DARRIEUX [violinist]. A violinist active in Paris, particularly in the 1920s‘30s, Darrieux served a concertmaster with the Paris Opéra Orchestra as well as a soloist
and ensemble performer. He gave the premiere of Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 (in
1923). Two years later he was soloist in the first performance of Kurt Weill’s Concerto for
Violin and Wind Orchestra, Op. 12.
2261. 10” Green elec. Odeon 166.196 [KI-2324-2/2325-2]. SÉRÉNADE (Pierné)/CANCIÓN
CATALÁN (Albeniz). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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ARTHUR DE GREEF [pianist]
3049. 10” Blk. elec. Australian HMV E.563 [Bb18467-II/18468-I]. VALSE IN E MAJOR, Op.
34 (Moszkowski). Two sides. Good surfaces. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
THEOPHIL DEMETRIESCU [pianist]
3956. 10” Red acous. Vox 6269 [2671B/2672B]. HEIMFAHRT (G. Bizet)/PRÉLUDE [C
MAJOR] (Prokofieff). Superficial rubs, 3. $12.00.
VLADIMIR DE PACHMANN [pianist]
2090. 10” Red Pats. “A” plate Victor 64224. MAZURKA,
Op. 15, No. 2 (Chopin). Small lbl. stkr., superficial
rubs, 2-3. $7.00.
ULYSSE DELÉCLUSE [clarinetist]. 1907-1995.
Delécluse won First Prize for Clarinet at the Paris Conservatoire in 1925. He taught there in later years (1949-1978). As
the major French clarinetist of his era, he had over thirty
works dedicated to him. In addition to his solo career, he
played with most of the major French orchestras of his time,
including the Concerts Colonne, the Orchestrre Philharmonique de Paris under Charles Munch and soloist of the
Garde Republicaine (1940-50).
2155. 10” Red elec. PoW Selmer SA.11 [PART.5889/
5890]. SÉRÉNADE (Pierné)/DEUX PIÈCES
POUR CLARINETTE SOLO (Stravinsky). Side
one piano acc. Annie d’Arco. Few lt. rubs, cons.
2. $10.00.
MARCEL DUPRÉ [organist]
3652. 12” Red Scroll “Z” Victor 7271 [CR1414-II/
1415-I]. PRÉLUDE IN G MAJOR/FUGUE IN G
MAJOR (both Bach). Organ of Queen’s Hall,
London. Beautiful pressing. Few lightest rubs,
2. $10.00.
ULYSSE DELÉCLUSE
SAMUEL DUSHKIN [violinist]
2162. 10” PW Microphone Columbia 17075-D [CL4277-4/4371-1]. PETROUCHKA: Danse
Russe. With IGOR STRAVINSKY [pianist / LOUIS GROMER [oboe], GEORGE
DURAND [Eng. Horn], ANDRÉ VACELLIER [clarinet], GABRIEL GRANDMAISON
[bassoon]. PASTORALE (both Stravinsky). Few most minor rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
JOSÉ ECHANIZ [pianist]
3064. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 162-M
[W144914-2/144915-3]. TANGO (Albeniz,
arr. Godowsky)/ L’ARLESIENNE: Minuet
(Bizet, arr. Rachmani-noff). Few lt. rubs,
cons. 2. $10.00.
GEORGES ENESCO [violinist]
3895. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50187-D,
50188-D [W98619-5/98620-1]. SONATA No.
4 IN D MA-JOR (Händel). Four sides. Piano
acc. Sanford Schlussel. Small lbl. stkrs. Just
about 1-2. $250.00.
ENSEMBLE INSTRUMENTAL DU PARIS
CONSERVATOIRE dir. FER. OUBRADOUS
3528. 12” Blue PoW VdeSM SK-174, SK-175 [2LA5994-2/5995-2, 5996-2/5997-2]. CHANSON
ET DANSES POUR SEPTOUR À VENT (Vincent d’Indy). Four sides. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
EMANUEL FEUERMANN [cellist]
3644. 12” PW Purple Japanese Columbia W243 [220213/2-20858]. TRAUMEREI (Schumann)/LE CYGNE (Saint-Saëns). M. Taube,
pianist. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
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CARL FLESCH [violinist]
3835. 12” elec. Gold Edison 47001 [N-149-A/
N-152-A]. REVERIE, Op. 22, No. 3
(Vieuxtemps)/HEJRE KATI, Op. 32,
No. 4 (Hubay). Piano acc. Raymond
Bauman. Superficial rubs, 3. $150.00.
FLONZALEY [STRING] QUARTET [Adolfo
Betti, Alfred Pochon, Louis Bailly, Ivan
d’Archambeau]
3628. 12” Red acous. Victrola 6121. MOLLY
ON THE SHORE (Grainger)/QUARTET
IN D MAJOR: Menuet (Mozart). Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
RUDOLF FRIML [pianist/composer]
3043. 10” EE Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 533-D
[W141391-2/141392-2]. THE VAGABOND KING: Song of the Vagabonds/
CHANSONETTE (Friml). Just about
1-2. $20.00.
MANOLITO FUNES [pianist].
A child
prodigy, Funes was active in Spain from around
1910 and had played by royal command for the
King and Queen of Spain in 1912 and also played
at the White House for President Wilson. While in
America he made his New York debut in Aeolian
Hall in 1913. His Columbia recordings were made
in 1914 when, according to the Columbia Catalogue, he was 12.
2698. 10” Blk. Columbia 1907-M [39608CARL FLESCH
1/39609-1]. ARLEQUIN (Chaminade)/EL SUSURRO DEL VIENTO [THE WHISPERING WIND] (Wollenhaupt).
Wonderful mid-‘20s pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER dir. VIENNA PHILHARMONIC
3608. 12” Red PoW Austrian HMV DB 6625 [2VH-7101-2/7102-1]. CORIOLAN OVERTURE (Beethoven). Two sides. Small lbl. stkrs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
RUDOLF GANZ [conductor] dir. ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY
3661. 12” Blue acous. Victor 55202. FESTIVAL OVERTURE (E. Lassen). Two sides. Few
lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
3662. 12” Blue acous. Victor 55255. POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE MARCH, Op. 39, No. 1
(Elgar)/ARTIST’S LIFE WALTZ (J. Strauss). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
3466. 12” Red PW Victor (gold print) 9009. NELL GWYN: Country Dance No. 1/NELL
GWYN: Pastoral Dance No. 2 (Edward German). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
PHILIPPE GAUBERT [conductor/composer] dir. PARIS CONSERVATOIRE
ORCH.
3894. 12” PW Blue French Columbia LFX 46 [WLX1317-1/1318-1, 1319-1/1324-2]. LES
CHANTS DE LA MER (Gaubert). Four sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
CONCORDIO GELABERT [conductor] dir. ORQUESTA IBÉRICA DE MADRID
3614. 12” PW Green Disco Gramófono AF 189 [Cs2565-III?/2576-II]. EL ANILLO DE
HIERRO: Preludio acto III (Marqués)/CAMPANONE: Sinfonia (Mazza). Just about
1-2. $15.00
GEORGE GERSHWIN [pianist/composer]
2038. 10” PW British Columbia 4065 [WA3553/3555]. TIP-TOES: Sweet and Low Down/
TIP-TOES: Looking For a Boy (Gershwin). Superficial rubs, 3. $20.00.
2629. 10” PW British Columbia 5109 [WA7465/7483]. FUNNY FACE: My One and
Only/FUNNY FACE: ‘S Wonderful; Funny Face (Gershwin). Just about 1-2.
$40.00.
3885. 12” Blue acous. Victor 55225. RHAPSODY IN BLUE (Gershwin, arr. Grofé). Two
sides. With PAUL WHITEMAN’S CONCERT ORCHESTRA. Cons. 2. $20.00.
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3622. 12” PW Blk. (gold print) Victor 35963, 35964. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (Gershwin).
With NATHANIEL SHILKRET dir. VICTOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Four sides.
Gershwin plays the celeste and “supervises”. Includes original brochure accompanying
the records (rarely seen). Excellent pressings, just about 1-2. $15.00.
LEOPOLD GODOWSKY [pianist]
3102. 10” Green Brunswick 10027 [4710]. WITCHES’ DANCE (MacDowell). Just about
1-2. $12.00.
3889. 12” Gold acous. Brunswick 50015 [X8053/X8081]. POLONAISE MILITAIRE, Op. 40,
No. 1/WALTZ IN E FLAT (both Chopin). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3888. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 50069 [XE16103/XE16107]. CLAIR DE LUNE/RÉFLECTS
DANS L’EAU (both Debussy). Excellent late ‘30s Columbia pressing. Few lt. rubs,
side one cons. 2, side two 2. $15.00.
WALTER GOEHR [conductor] dir. DOUBLE STRING ORCHESTRA
3448. 12” Schott & Co., London 6559-6563 [three discs, six sides]. CONCERTO FOR
DOUBLE STRING ORCHESTRA (Michael Tippett). Apparently recorded by Levy’s
Sound Studios, London, for the publisher Schott & Co. One scr. side three should be
superficial, otherwise gen. cons. 2. $15.00.
EUGENE GOOSSENS [conductor] dir. NEW LIGHT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
3464. 12” Blk. PW (gold print) Victor 35978 [CR2028-II/CR2026-II]. SPANISH DANCE
No. 3: Rondalla Aragonesa (Granados)/TRIANA (Albeniz, orch. Arbos). Just about
1-2. $7.00.
LEON GOOSSENS [oboist]
3741. 12” Nat. Gram. Society elec. NGS 76, NGS 77. QUINTET FOR OBOE AND STRINGS
(Arnold Bax). With INTERNATIONAL STRING QUARTET. Four sides. Work
dedicated to Goossens. IMs. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
PERCY GRAINGER [composer and pianist]
2611. 10” Calcutta acous. HMV C.447 [Ak18043e/
Ho1671ab]. SHEPHERD’S HEY (Grainger)/
PHILHARMONIC STRING QUARTET. MINUET (Boccherini). Lbl. stkrs. Fine pressing.
Cons. 2. $35.00.
1991. 10” Blue acous. Columbia 2002-M [79715-3/
79716-3]. TURKEY IN THE STRAW (arr.
Guion)/THE GUM-SUCKERS’ MARCH
(Grainger). Excellent pressing, couple most
minor rubs. Cons. 2. $30.00.
2260. 10” Blue Japanese VT Columbia J 5028
[W144206-5/144246-3]. CRADLE SONG
(Brahms-Grainger)/MOLLY ON THE SHORE
(Grainger). Tiny scr. side one. Very tiny edge
flake side two not near grooves. Lt. rubs,
2-3. $8.00.
3161. 12” Blue PW Master Works Columbia 7134-M
[W98251-1/98357-4]. SHEEP AND GOAT
WALKIN’ TO THE PASTURE (Guion); FIRST
PARTITA: Gigue (Bach)/LIEBESTRAUM
(Liszt). Beautiful pressing. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
EDVARD H. GRIEG [composer/pianist].
Bergen, Norway, 1843-1907. The preeminent Norwegian nationalist composer, Grieg made his debut as
a concert pianist in 1861. He also conducted, having
to miss the premiere of his A minor Piano Concerto in
1869 because of a conducting engagement elsewhere.
He worked for a period with Liszt and met most of the
PERCY GRAINGER
prominent composers of the period, including Tschaikowsky. His music for the premiere of Henrik Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt was composed at the request
of the author. Grieg made four exceedingly rare G&Ts in Paris, 1903, which are among the great
recorded rarities, along with those of Saint-Saëns and Debussy.
2384. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 35510 [2147-F-1]. AU PRINTEMPS (Grieg). Cons. 2. $1000.00.
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GEORGES GRISEZ [clarinetist]. 1884-1964.
French by birth and training, Grisez made his U.S.
debut in 1904 as a member of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra. In 1911 he introduced the Debussy Première
Rapsodie for clarinet to U.S. audiences. He was one of
the major clarinet soloists, ensemble players and orchestral players of the period, his other orchestral experiences having included charter membership in
Toscanini’s NBC Symphony and first clarinetist with
the Baltimore Symphony. He died on stage in Baltimore
immediately after having played the clarinet introduction to Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. The record
below, circa 1912, seems to be his only solo recording.
2069. 10” Blk. acous. vertical Phono-Cut 5056
[816/1198]. SECOND CONCERTO: Polonaise (Weber)/MIGNON: Polonaise (Thomas). Piano acc. Small bump side one. 2.
$15.00.
GUARNERI STRING QUARTET [Daniel
Karpilowsky, Mauritz Stromfeld, Boris Kroyt,
Walter Lutz]
GEORGE GRISEZ
3627. 12” Gold Bruns. 90080 [118bv/119bv].
QUARTET D MAJOR: Third Mvt. [Notturno] (Borodin). Beautiful PW Columbia
pressing. Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
SCIPIONE GUIDI [violinist]. 1884-1966.
A noted ensemble and orchestral violinist, Guidi
was concert master of the New York Philharmonic, 1921-1931 and first violinist of the Philharmonic String Quartet. He subsequently served as concert master with the St. Louis Symphony.
3018. 10” acous. Blue Gennett 4738 [7507A/7508B]. SERENADE (Schubert)/AVE MARIA
(Gounod). Piano acc. Leslie Abbott. One tiny indentation. Superficial rubs, 3-4.
$10.00.
3019. 10” elec. Blk. Gennett 6494 [ ? / ? ]. HUMORESQUE (Dvorák)/SOUVENIR (Drdla).
Piano acc. 2-3. $12.00.
HENRY HADLEY [conductor/composer] dir. HIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
Somerville, MA, 1879-1937. Hadley first studied composition with George Chadwick and then
in Vienna as well as in Munich with Ludwig Thuille. His music was performed by the Berlin
Philharmonic (3rd Symphony) and the Metropolitan Opera (Cleopatra’s Night) as well as other noted
groups. Hadley founded and was the first conductor at the Berkshire Music Festival at Tanglewood, MA (1934).
3017. 10” Purple acous. Okeh 6005 [S-7406-C/S-7454-B]. BOABDIL: Malagueña
(Moszkowski)/JEWELS OF THE MADONNA: Introduction to Act III (Wolf-Ferrari).
Some very lt. superficial scuff-type scrs. side one, few TBs, 3. Side two cons. 2-3.
$10.00.
3025. 10” Purple acous. Okeh 6008 [S-7062-C/7063-C]. MIGNON: Overture (Thomas).
Two sides. TB and very lt. NR on lbl. side two, surfaces just about 2. $10.00.
GASTON HAMELIN [clarinetist]
3632. 12” PW Red Disque Gram. DB 4809 [2G349-II/350-II]. RAPSODIE POUR CLARINETTE ET ORCHESTRE (Debussy). Two sides. Orch. dir. PIERO COPPOLA. IMs,
minor rubs, gen. 2. $15.00.
HOWARD HANSON [conductor] dir. EASTMAN-ROCHESTER SYMP. ORCH.
2164. 10” Red PW Red (gold print) Victor 2053. COMES AUTUMN TIME (Leo Sowerby).
Two sides. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
BEATRICE HARRISON [cellist] and HAROLD CRAXTON [pianist]
3613. 12” Blk. PW HMV D.1104, D.1105 [Cc8199-II/8200-I, Cc8201-II/8202-II]. SONATA
FOR CELLO AND PIANO (Delius). Four sides. First rate copies, as the grading
indicates. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
Sir HAMILTON HARTY dir. LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCH.
2193. 10” PW Blue Shellac Columbia 17031-D, 17032-D [CA-13909-2/13910-2, 13911-1/
13912-2]. RUSSIA – SYMPHONIC POEM (Balakirev). Four sides. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
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JASCHA HEIFETZ [violinist]
3263. 12” Red Scroll Victor 6622. LA FILLE AUX CHEVEUX DE LIN (Debussy-Hartman);
SCHERZO (Grieg-Achron)/LA PLUS QUE LENTE (Debussy). “Z” type shellac. Piano
acc. Isidor Achron. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
VICTOR HERBERT [cellist]
2067. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64240. THE
ANGEL’S WHISPER (Lover). Piano
acc. Rosario Bourdon. Just about
1-2. $10.00.
2068. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64240. Same
as preceding item (#2067). Very lt.
rubs, 2. $8.00.
2286. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64297.
PETITE VALSE-A PABLO CASALS
(Herbert). Piano acc. Rosario
Bourdon. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
DENISE HERBRECHT [harpist]
3610. 12” Plum PW HMV L-903, L-904
[2G432-I/433-II, 434-II/903-II].
INTRODUCTION ET ALLEGRO
POUR HARPE (Ravel). Three sides.
With unidentified string quartet,
flute and clarinet dir. by PIERO
COPPOLA / ARABESQUE (Debussy). IMs. One small LSS and few lt.
rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
JAN HERMAN [pianist]. 1886- ? .
Noted Czech (Bohemian) pianist who performed
internationally. Janacek was taken by Herman’s performance of his (Janacek’s) The
Diary of One Who Vanished and as a result he
composed a piano concerto dedicated to
Herman.
VICTOR HERBERT
2198. 10” PW Czech HMV AM 2244 [BW2675-II/2676-I]. PÍSEN LÁSKY, Op. 7: Nos. 1 & 2
(Josef Suk). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
MYRA HESS [pianist]
2199. 10” Blk. VT Columbia 2512-D [W148478-4/151458-1]. CRADLE SONG (Selim
Palmgren)/VOGEL ALS PROPHET (Schumann). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
PAUL HINDEMITH [composer and violist]
3809. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 15643. TRAUERMUSIK (Hindemith). Two sides, with
String Orch. dir. Bruno Reibold. Lbl. stkr., few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
JOSEPH HOLBROOKE [composer and pianist]. Croydon, 1878-London, 1958.
Holbrooke composed extensively in all idioms. A number of his works had success at the time of
composition, but from the 1920s his popularity diminished. CD recordings have revived some
interest in his work. A detailed biography is available on the Internet.
1989. 10” Red elec. Piccadilly 5050 [3668-2/3669]. WASPS/ROUMANIAN (both Joseph
Holbrooke). Quite rare. Cons. 2. $35.00.
JOSEF HOLLMAN [cellist]
3636. 12” Red ’08 Pats. Victor 74002 [C-3028]. SECOND CONCERTO: Andante religioso
(Hollman, Op. 12). Piano acc. Cons. 2. $10.00.
GUSTAV HOLST [composer/conductor] dir. LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
3893. 12” Blue acous. English Columbia L1586, L1587 [AX304/305, 306/307]. BENI
MORI-ORIENTAL SUITE IN E MINOR (Gustav Holst). Four sides. Just about 1-2.
$20.00.
ARTHUR HONEGGER [composer/conductor] dir. GRAND SYMP. ORCH.
2163. 10” PW Red Decca 20072 [KI-3936-2/3937-1]. THE TEMPEST: Prélude (Honegger).
Two sides. Cons. 2. $10.00.
2164. 12” PW Blk. Parlophone E15192 [XXP.7040/7041-II]. RUGBY (Honegger). Two
sides. 2. $12.00.
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2165. 12” PW Red Decca 25199 [XXP7189-2/7190]. PASTORAL D’ÉTÉ (Honegger). Two
sides. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ [pianist]
2297. 10” Red PW [silver print] Victor 1468. PAGANINI ÉTUDE IN E FLAT MAJOR (LisztBusoni)/DANSE EXCENTRIQUE (Horowitz). Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.
2432. 10” White lbl. Vinyl Victor Matrix BVE-49614-3. LIEBESBOTSCHAFT (SchubertLiszt). Unpublished. Recorded 4 Jan. 1929. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
3483. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 8996 [2B4484-I/2B6197-1]. PASTOUREL; TOCCATA
(Poulenc)/ÉTUDE XI POUR LES ARPÈGES COMPOSÉS (Debussy). Few lightest
mks., cons. 2. $8.00.
3884. 12” Red RCA Victor 12-3154. RÁKÓCZY MARCH (Liszt-Horowitz). Two sides. Very
late excellent beveled edge pressing. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
ANDRÉ HOSSEIN (AMINOULLAH HUSSEINOFF) [Persian/Iranian composer
and tar soloist]. Sammarkind [Uzbekistan], 1905-Paris, 1983. Hossein attended a music
school in Stuttgart and the Berlin Conservatory. His fascination with pre-Islamic Persia and its
music had a great influence on his work. He composed in various idioms, including some film
scores directed by his son Robert Hossein, the Paris-born actor and director. –Wikipedia
3038. 10” PW Plum Disque Gram. K-7000 [OPG-867-1/866-1]. PASTORALE CHOBANI
(arr. Hossein). Tar solo by Hossein with percussive instrument. /IRIS BULBULIAN
[s]. CHANT NOSTALGIQUE (Tasniff, arr. Hossein). With HOSSEIN [Tar] and Darya
[tambourin]. Very attractive lyric soprano voice. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3028. 10” PW Plum Disque Gram. K-7156 [OPG-864-1/865-1]. SUITE PERSANE: Prélude/
Bayaté Ispahan (Hossein). Tar solo (Persian National Instrument, plucked strings)
with percussion instrument. IMs. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
Dr. JENÖ HUBAY [violinist]
3817. 12” Red Orth. Victrola 9642 [CW2046-II/2047-I]. BERCEUSE/THE VIOLIN MAKER
OF CREMONA: Intermezzo (both Hubay). Few lt. rubs, 2 or better. $150.00.
BRONISLAW HUBERMAN [violinist].
3138. 12” Green Brunswick 30023 [X6586]. NOCTURNE IN E FLAT, Op. 9, No. 2 (Chopin).
Piano acc. Paul Frenkel. Few lt. rubs, 2.
$8.00.
GEORGES HUÉ [composer and conductor]
dir. UNIDENTIFIED ORCH.
2008. 10” Blue Art-Label Pathé X.8773 [N200878/
200879]. LE MIRACLE: Variations et Final
(Hüé). Concludes with spoken remarks by the
composer. One harmless tiny pinpoint scr.
Just about 1-2. $40.00.
DÉSIRE-ÉMILE INGHELBRECHT
[conductor/composer] dir. BRASS ENSEMBLE of
L’ORCHESTRE NATIONAL, PARIS (1st item) and
PASDELOUP ORCH. (2nd –4th items).
A noted conductor, Inghelbrecht (Paris, 1880-1965)
directed the first performance of Schmitt’s La Tragédie de
Salomé in 1908 and was the chorus master for the
premiere of Debussy’s Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien in
1911. Subsequently he was a conductor of the OpéraComique and later the Paris Opéra and the Concerts
Pasdeloup. In 1934, Inghelbrecht was invited to form the
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française. He was
a close friend of most of the French composers of the
time, including Debussy, Ravel, Schmitt, and Roussel.
The Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia, 1933, notes that
Inghelbrecht “composed a number of works little known
BRONISLAW HUBERMAN
in this country, but which – judging from La Nursery
alone- are distinguished by genuine skill, humor and ingenuity”.
1992. 10” Green elec. Pathé PG 58 [CPT-1816-1/1817-1]. QUATRE FANFARES (Inghelbrecht). Two sides. Couple lt. rubs and very minor lbl. stain one side. Excellent
cons. 2 condition. $25.00.
2200. 10” Blue Pathé Art-Label X.8810 – X.8812 [N330052 – N350057]. SINFONIA BREVE
DI CAMERA (Inghelbrecht). Six sides, concluding with spoken remarks by the
composer/conductor. Sides range from just about 1-2 to cons. 2. $50.00.
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3510. 12” Multi-Color Pathé Art-Label X.5500 [N300327-B/300328-A]. LA NURSERY [Set
One]: Bon voyage, Mr. Dumollet; Arlequin marie sa fille/Nous n’irons plus au bois;
Sur le poit d’Avignon (Inghelbrecht). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
3511. 12” PW Blue Columbia Master Works P-69339-D [N350232-1/350233-1].
DERNIERS NURSERIES: Little Christopher; When I Was a Little Girl/Dance the
Bambouia; John Of The Moon; The Little Match Peddler (Inghelbrecht). Just about
1-2. $15.00.
INSTRUMENTAL QUINTET OF PARIS. Pierre Jamet [harp], René Leroy [flute],
René Bas [violin], Pierre Grout [viola] & Roger Boulmé [cello]. The work below was written
for this ensemble and premiered by them in 1928, shortly before this recording was made.
3506. 12” PW Red (gold print) Victor 11668, 11669 [2B6564-II/6565-I, 6566-II/6567-II].
SUITE EN PARTIES, Op. 91 (Vincent d’Indy). Four sides. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
WILLIAM KAPELL [pianist]
3137. 12” Red PoW RCA Victor 12-0342. SONETTO DEL PETRARCA, No. 104 (Liszt). Two
sides. Probably unplayed. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
LOUIS KAUFMAN [violinist]
3646. 12” Blue Microphone PW Columbia 70727-D [AM1376/1377]. HEXAPODA [FIVE
STUDIES IN JITTEROPTERA]: Gut-Bucket Gus; Jane Shakes Her Hair; Betty and
Harold Close Their Eyes/’Till Dawn Sunday; Jam Jives (Robert Russell Bennett).
Piano acc. by the composer. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
HANS KINDLER [conductor/cellist] dir. NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCH.
3465. 12” Red PW (silver print) Victor 18511. FESTIVAL OVERTURE (William Schumann).
Two sides. Uncommon. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
PAUL KOCHANSKI [violinist]
3645. 12” Red Shellac Vocalion 70009 [11948/10942]. VOCALISE (Rachmaninoff)/MEISTERSINGER: Walter’s Prize Song (Wagner). Piano acc. Frank Tresselt. Few
lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY [conductor] dir. BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
3539. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 14577. ÉLÉGIE (Gabriel Fauré). Two sides. With
JEAN BENEDETTI [cellist]. Just about
1-2. $8.00.
SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY [string bassist]
3635. 12” Red Vinyl RCA Victor 1948 Christmas
Greetings [D8-RC-747/748]. CONCERTO IN F MINOR, Op. 3: 2nd Mvt. (Koussevitzky). Two sides. With Pierre Luboschutz [pianist]. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
FRITZ KREISLER [violinist]
2300. 10” Red Victor 64556. SPANISH DANCE
(Granados, arr. Kreisler). Piano acc. Carl
Lamson. Few lightest mks., cons. 2.
$7.00.
2105. 10” Red Victrola 64857. GYPSY SERENADE (Valdez). Cons. 2. $7.00.
2085. 10” Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 1151. STUDENT PRINCE: Deep In My Heart, Dear
(Romberg)/ROSE-MARIE: Indian Love
Call (Friml). Piano acc. Carl Lamson.
Some superficial rubs. 2-3. $7.00.
2285. 10” PW Red (silver print) Victor 1504
[BLR6062-III/6066-III]. SÉRÉNADE
ESPAGNOLE (Glazounov-Kreisler)/JOTA
(de Falla). Piano acc. Michael Raucheisen. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2912. 10” White lbl. Orth. Vinyl Victrola mat.
BVE-49168. PIÈCE EN FORME
D’HABANERA (Ravel). Piano acc.
Unpublished. Just about 1-2. $30.00.
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HUGO KREISLER [cellist]
3039. 10” Red acous. Victrola 729. SPANISH SÉRÉNADE (Chaminade, arr. Kreisler)/
VIENNESE FOLK SONG-FANTASY (arr. H. Kreisler). Piano acc. Fritz Kreisler. Just
about 1-2. $10.00.
QUATOUR KRETTLY [string quartet]
3626. 12” PW Blue Eng. Columbia D15182 [WLX674/675]. TROIS PIÈCES POUR QUATOUR A CORDES (Igor Stravinsky). Few minor rubs. Cons. 2. $15.00.
3810. 12” PW Blue French Columbia D15182 [WLX674/675]. Same as preceding listing
(item #3626). Very minor lbl. stains, otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
JAN KUBELIK [violinist]
2315. 11” Blue U.S. Fonotipia 72301
[XPh4307]. SERENADE (Drdla). Lt.
superficial rubs, 2-3. $10.00.
2197. 10” Blue elec. Supraphon C-22444
[14842/14845]. CANZONETTA
(Kubelik)/ ZEPHYR (Hubay). Piano
acc. A. Holecek. Just about 1-2.
$25.00.
3348. 12” Red Victrola 74366. SPANISH
DANCE, Op. 26, No. 8 (Sarasate).
Piano acc. George Falkenstein. VrBk.
Just about 1-2. $7.00.
WANDA LANDOWSKA [harpsichordist]
2166. 10” PoW HMV DA 1014 [Bb12564-IV/
12565-V]. WOLSEYS WILD (Byrd)/
GAVOTTE IN G MINOR (Bach). Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
3066. 10” PW Red Fr. Disque Gram. DA-1130
[Bb19231-III/19232-II]. LE ROSSIGNOL EN AMOUR (Couperin-Le
Grand)/SONATE No. 9: Pastorale
(Scarlatti). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
JAN KUBELIK
CLAUDE LAPHAM [composer/conductor] dir. VICTOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Fort Scott, KS, 1891-Hollywood, 1957. A Juilliard graduate, Lapham was originally an
arranger for Paul Whiteman, a popular song composer, pianist and later became an enthusiastic
composer of music inspired by Japanese styles (beginning with his opera, Sakura, premiered at
the Hollywood Bowl in 1933). He travelled to Japan in the 1930s to further study Japanese music
and composed a considerable amount while there. Leaving Japanese music during the 2nd World
War, he returned to it in the period thereafter.
3619. 12” Red Scroll “Z”-type shellac Victor 11895. MIHARA YAMA [TONE POEM] (Claude
Lapham). Two sides. Lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $15.00
LILY LASKINE [harpist]
3633. 12” PW Blk. Disque Gram. W-1026 [CN364-II/365-II]. DANSE POUR HARPE: Danse
sacrée/Danse profane (Debussy). With PIERO COPPOLA dir. Symp. Orch. IMs.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
ETHEL LEGINSKA [pianist]
3230. 12” PW Blue Columbia 7178-M [W98285-5/98286-2]. HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY
No. 8 (Liszt). Excellent pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
LENER STRING QUARTET
3899. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 67093-D, 67094-D [AX719/720-2, 721-2/722-2]. QUARTET IN F MAJOR, Op. 3, No. 5. Four sides. Small lbl. stkrs. disc two. Small (harmless) PB side four. Sides range from just about 1-2 to cons. 2 (lightest rubs). $15.00.
JOHN LEMMONE [flutist]
3630. 12” Purple Pats. Victor 70041. THE NIGHTINGALE (Donjon). With piano acc.
Maurice Lafarge. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
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LONDON STRING QUARTET
3629. 12” acous. Blue Columbia 7019-M [98017-3/98100-1]. LONDONDERRY AIR (arr.
Frank Bridge)/QUARTET IN D MAJOR: Andante [Notturno] (Borodin). Superficial
rubs, side one 2-3, side two 2. $10.00.
ADRIANO LUALDI [conductor] dir. CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF ST. PIETRO A
MAJELLA CONSERVATORY, ARRIGO PELLICCIA [violinist, 1912-1987].
3491. 12” Wartime VdP DB 05350 – DB 05352 [2BA-5303/5304-2, 5305-2/5310-2,
5319/5320-2]. CONCERTO IN SI BEMOLE MAGGIORE (Pergolesi, trans. Lualdi).
Three sides./CONCERTO IN FA MAGGIORE FOR STRING ORCHESTRA (Bonporti,
ed. Barplan). Two sides / CONCERTO FOR STRINGS IN FA MAGGIORE (Scarlatti,
trans. G. Lenzewski, Sr). One side. Most uncommon. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
PIERRE LUBOSCHUTZ & GENIA NEMENOFF [duo pianists]
2255. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 2096. VALSE TZIGANE, Op. 7 (Mischa Levitzki)/
PETROUCHKA: Russian Dance (Stravinsky, arr. Luboschutz). Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
FRANCIS MACMILLEN [violinist]
3656. 12” TC Columbia A5964 [49057-3/49121-3]. BARCAROLE/CAUSERIE-“PRAIRIE
FLOWER” (both Francis Macmillen). Piano acc. side one Richard Hageman. Side
two with orch. Side one 2. Side two small LSS, some rubs, gen. 2-3. $10.00.
GASTON MARCHESINI [cellist]. Active primarily in the 1940s-early 1960s, Marchesini
was first cellist of the Paris Opéra as well as a noted soloist and ensemble player.
3438. 12” Red PoW Disque Gram. DB 11140, DB 11141 [2LA-4468/4469/4470/4673-].
CONCERTO POUR VIOLONCELLO ET WIND INSTRUMENTS (Jacques Ibert). Three
sides. / ARIA FOR VIOLONCELLE ET PIANO (Ibert). Sides 1-3 with Ferdinand
Oubradous dir. Wind Instrument Society. Side four with Mireille Monard [pianist].
Minor indentation side one should be harmless, otherwise all sides just about 1-2.
$15.00.
MAURICE MARÉCHAL [cellist]
3643. 12” PW Blue Shellac Columbia 50359-D
[WLX-1567/1587]. HISTOIRES (Jacques
Ibert). Two sides. IMs. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
3375. 12” PoW English Columbia LFX 671, LFX 672
[CLX-2399-2/2400-2, 2401/2402].
CONCERTO FOR VIOLONCELLO ET
ORCHESTRA: Andante (Honegger). Four
sides. With Conservatoire Orch. dir. by the
composer. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
PIETRO MASCAGNI
[speaker/conductor/composer]
3432. 12” Red PoW HMV DB 3960 [2BA3829II/2EA-10685-II]. INTRODUCTORY
SPEECH BY MASCAGNI; CAVALLERIA
MAURICE MARÉCHAL
RUSTICANA: Prelude [beginning]/ BENIAMINO GIGLI [t]. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA:
Siciliana (both Mascagni). This edition of side two (not Mascagni conducting) was
replaced in the set in 1946 via a British recording. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $8.00.
ROBERT MC BRIDE [oboe], COOLIDGE QUARTET [Kroll, Berezowsky,
Moldavan, Gottlieb]
2296. 10” Red PW Vr 2159. QUINTET FOR OBOE AND STRINGS (Robert McBride). Two
sides. Lt. rubs, 2. $6.00.
YEHUDI MENUHIN [violinist]
3036. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1329. LA CAPRICCIOSA (Ries)/ALLEGRO (Fiocco). Piano acc.
Louis Persinger. Good shellac but not “Z”. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
ARTURO BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI [pianist]
2201. 10” PoW VdP DA 5379 [OBAa3616/3617]. MELANCONIA/CANTO DELLA CULLA
(both Grieg). Tiny lbl. stkr. Few lt. rubs, 2. $8.00.
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DARIUS MILHAUD [conductor/composer] dir. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
2159. 10” PW Blue Columbia 17038-D, 17039-D [WL-4719-1/4720-1, 4721-1/4722-1].
LES SONGES (Milhaud). Four sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
BENNO MOISEIVITCH [pianist]
3891. 12” PW Blk. Australian HMV D.1217 [Cc9828-II/9833-III]. IMPROMPTU IN A FLAT
(Chopin)/FLIRTATIONS IN A CHINESE GARDEN; RUSH HOUR IN HONG KONG
(Abram Chasins). 2. $15.00.
LORENZO MOLAJOLI [conductor] dir. ORCH. SINFONICA DI MILANO
2216. 10” PW Eng. Columbia 14056 [WB1700/1713]. L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI: Sinfonia
(Rossini). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
3876. 12” PW Green Eng. Columbia GQX10012 [WBX772/775]. I RANTZAU: Preludio
(Mascagni)/SUOR ANGELICA: Intermezzo (Puccini). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
3879. 12” Green Viva-Tonal Columbia 52055-X [WBX309/310]. TUTTI IN MASCHERA:
Sinfonia (Pedrotti). Two sides. Very small lbl. tear side one. Small rim patina side
two just into grooves about ”, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.
3898. 12” Blk. PW Columbia 9833, 9834 [WBX331/335, 346/349]. THE FOUNTAINS OF
ROME (Respighi). Four sides. Small cluster of sounding scrs. first ½” of side three ,
otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.
ERICA MORINI [violinist]
2221. 10” PW Blk. Grammophon 62658
[793½bh/795]. SCHÖN ROSMARIN/
DU ALTER STEFANSTURM (both Kreisler). Piano acc. Michael Raucheisen.
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
MARCEL MOYSE [flautist]
3164. 12” PW French Columbia D11006
[WLX-133-1/163-1]. FANTASIE POUR
FLUTE (Georges Hüé). Two sides. Piano
acc. Georges Truc. Just about 1-2.
$12.00.
3478. 12” PW Blue Columbia 68433-D [WCLX1773/1774]. TROIS PIÈCES POUR
FLUTE: Bérère Captive; Jade/Toan-Yan
(Ferroud). Two sides. Unaccompanied.
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
KARL MUCK dir. BOSTON SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
2428. 12” Blk. Vinyl Victor 74555 [C-20819-2].
DAMNATION DE FAUST: Marche hongroise (Berlioz). Unpublished. Recorded
Oct. 3, 1917. Catalogue number is pressed
in the matrix, but the record was never
actually issued. Just about 1-2. $25.00.
2435. 12” Blk. Vinyl Victor matrix C-20822-2.
NUTCRACKER SUITE: Valse des fleurs
(Tschaikowsky). Unpublished. Recorded
Oct. 4, 1917. Planned for publication as
74561 but it remained unissued. Just
about 1-2. $25.00.
GINETTE NEVEU [violinist]
3004. 10” Red Disque Gram. DA-1865 [OEA11164-1/11167-1]. HORA STACCATO
(Dinicu, arr. Heifetz)/LA VIE BRÈVE:
Danse Espagnole (de Falla, arr. Kreisler). Piano acc. Jean Neveu. Just about
1-2. $15.00.
3158. 12” Red RCA Victor 11-9840
ERICA MORINI snapping in the pre-digital era
[2EA11168-2/11169-2]. FOUR
PIECES, Op. 17: Nos. 1 and 2 (Suk).
Side one cons. 2. Side two few minor rubs, 2. $8.00.
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NEW YORK STRING QUARTET [Ottokar Cadek, Jaroslav Siskovsky, Ludvik
Schwab, Bedrich Vaska)
3871. 12” 20043, 20056. QUARTET IN G MINOR, Op. 10 (Debussy). First disc (Mvts. 1 &
3) is an electric recording from earlier in 1925. Disc two (mvts. 2 & 4) dates from
later in 1927. The sonic differences are considerable! Very tiny (about ”) scr. start
1st mvt. ND (few clicks) during 2nd mvt., otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
ARTHUR NIKISCH [conductor] dir. BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.
Hungary, 1855-1922. A student at the Vienna
Conservatory, Nikisch was prize winning composer, pianist and violinist, but made conducting his
musical medium. His debut was with the Leipzig
Opera in 1878. He directed at various periods the
Boston Symphony, the London Symphony, the
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Berlin
Philharmonic, serving as principal conductor of
the last two from 1895 until his death in 1922.
3861. 12” Brown Shellac acous. U.S. Vocalion
38006, 38007 [639as/640½,
641/642]. HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY,
No. 1 (Liszt). Four sides. Sidse range
from just about
1-2 to 2 (few
lightest mks). $40.00.
GUIOMAR NOVAES [pianist]
3615. 12” Red Victrola 74675. BRAZILIAN
NATIONAL HYMN-GRAND FANTAISIEPart 1 (Gottschalk). Small LSS, lt. rubs,
2. $8.00.
3609. 12” Red Victrola 74826. BRAZILIAN
NATIONAL HYMN-GRAND FANTAISIEPart 2 (Gottschalk). VrBk and eccentric
groove. Small PB, otherwise just about
1-2. $12.00.
IGNACE JAN PADEREWSKI [pianist]
3274. 12” Red Victrola 74674 [Ho180c]. LA
CAMPANELLA (Paganini-Liszt). Small
lbl. stkr. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
ETTORE PANIZZA [conductor] dir. LA
ARTHUR NIKISCH [seated] and son, pianist
MITA NIKISCH
SCALA ORCHESTRA
2389. 12” PW Blk. It. Gram. AW 3988 [CF1630-I/1647-IV]. NOTTURNO, Op. 28/I PICCOLI
SOLDATI (both Pick-Mangiagalli). Scarce. Excellent performances, attractive music.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
2390. 12” PW Blk. It. Gram. AW 3990 [CF1635-I/1638-I]. RONDÒ FANTASTICO (PickMangiagalli). Another appealing selection. Two sides. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
HANS PFITZNER [conductor/composer] dir. BERLIN STATE OPERA ORCH.
3881. 12” PW Blk. Polydor 95459 [1148½Bi/1149 PALESTRINA: Vorspiel zum 1.Akt
(Pfitzner). Two sides. Small lbl. stkrs., few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
3882. 12” PW Blk. Polydor 95460 [1152BI/1153]. PALESTRINA: Vorspiel zum II.Akt
(Pfitzner). Two sides. Small lbl. stkrs., few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
GABRIEL PIERNÉ [composer/pianist] dir. COLONNE ORCH.
3460. 12” Red PW Odeon 123.574 [XXP6730-2/6731-2]. RAMUNTCHO: Ouverture sur les
thèmes populaires Basques (Gabriel Pierné). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3479. 12” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia G-68035-D, G-68036-D [XXP7060-2/7061-2, 70622/7063-2]. CYDALISE ET LE CHÉVRE-PIED (Pierné). Four sides. Couple lightest
scuffs, still just about 1-2. $15.00.
MAXIMILIAN PILZER [violin]
3020. 10” Blk. shellac Blue Aeolian-Vocalion 24006 [5664/5665]. SPANISH DANCE
(Rehfeld)/RONDINO (Kreisler). Piano acc. Few lightest rubs., cons. 2. $10.00.
3875. 12” Blk. Victor 68366. KOL NIDRE (arr. L. Pilzer)/VICTOR BAND. HATIKVA
[MEDLEY]. Unplayed? Just about 1-2. $10.00.
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ILDEBRANDO PIZZETTI [pianist/composer] and
ALBERTO POLTRONIERI [violinist]
3854. 12” PW Green Eng. Columbia D14556, D14557 [WBX582/572, 588/571]. TRE
CANTI AD UNA GIOVANE FIDANZATA. Three sides./ARIA RE MAGGIORE (both
Pizzetti). Sides range from just about 1-2 to 2 (lt. rubs). $75.00.
HARRISON POTTER [pianist]. North Adams, MA, 1891-Holyoke, MA, 1984.
A
student of Isidor Philipp in Paris, Potter was a noted concert pianist and accompanist. He taught
at Mount Holyoke College, 1946-1957, and was the Chautauqua Institute’s Choral Director from
1948 to 1952. He also taught at Sara Lawrence College. His only recordings are the item below
and the Griffes Piano Sonata.
3886. 12” Friends of Rec. Music 12 [GM1205A/1206A]. FIVE SKETCHES IN SEPIA (Ernest
Bloch). Two sides. Recorded by Musicraft & pressed by Columbia around 1939.
Small lbl. tear side one, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.
FRANCIS POULENC [pianist/composer]
3076. 10” PW Blue English Columbia D`13053 [WL947/1209]. MOUVEMENTS PERPETUELS: Nos. 1 & 2/No. 3 (Poulenc). Couple lt. superficial scrs. (scuffs) side one,
cons. 2. Side two just about 1-2. $15.00.
3413. 12” PW Eng. Columbia D15094 [WLX488/489]. LES BICHES: No. 3, Adagietto/
No. 4, Rondeau (Francis Poulenc). Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
3887. 12” PW French Columbia D15094. Same as previous listing (item #3413). Side one
minor superficial rubs, 2. Side two just about 1-2. $15.00.
3414. 12” PW Microphone Columbia 68919-D [WLX1613/1614]. DEUX NOVELETTES
POUR PIANO/CAPRICE POUR PIANO (both Poulenc). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
3508. 12” PW Blue English Columnbia L2223, L2224 [WLX273/274, 272/275]. TRIO FOR
PIANO, OBOE AND BASSOON [Francis Poulenc). Four sides. With FRANCIS
POULENC [piano], ROGER LAMORLETTE [oboe], GUSTAVE DHERIN [bassoon].
Includes orig. brochure. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
MAUD POWELL [violinist]
2289. 10” Red ’12 Pats. Victor 64103. AT
THE BROOK (Boisdeffre). Piano acc.
George Falkenstein. Cons. 2. $7.00.
3650. 12” Red DeLuxe 85039 [C-1897]. ST.
PATRICK’S DAY (Vieuxtemps). “A”
plate. Very lt. NR on lbl., slightest lbl.
fade. 3. $15.00.
3649. 12” Red ’12 Pats. “A” plate Victor
74326. POLISH DANCE-KUJAWIAK
(Wieniawski). Piano acc. George
Falkenstein. Gleaming mint copy.
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
POZNIAK TRIO (BONISLOV VON POZNIAK, KARL FREUND, JOSEPH SCHUSTER)
2245. 10” Blk. EE Polydor 62548, 62549 [
344bf/345, 346/347]. TRIO
MINIATURES, Op. 24, No. 2 (Paul
Juon). One small scr., some rubbing,
2-3. $20.00.
QUARTETTO DI ROMA [string quartet]. (ZUCCARINI, MONTELLI, PERINI,
SILVA)
3488. 12” Red PoW HMV DB 4649, DB 4650
[2RA3771-1/3773-1, 3772-1/
3774-2]. STRING QUARTET IN D
MAJOR (Donizetti). Four sides.
Just about 1-2. $12.00.
MAUD POWELL attending to housecleaning chores
between practice sessions
QUARTETTO POLTRONIERI [string quartet]
2194. 10” Viva-Tonal Columbia 4761-X [WB-3464-2/3465-2]. SICILIANA/ALLEGRO CON
BRIO (both Boccherini). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
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QUATOUR DE SAXOPHONES DE PARIS [MARCEL MULÉ, PAUL ROMBY,
GEORGES CHARRON, GEORGES CHAUVET]
3490. 12” Plum PoW Disque Gram. L-1033 [2LA-2135-3/2136-1]. INTRODUCTION ET
VARIATIONS SUR UN THÈME POPULAIRE (Gabriel Pierné). Two sides. Just about
1-2. $12.00.
2252. 10” PW Blue Microphone Columbia 388-M [CL-6332-1/6608-1]. SÉRÉNADE
COMIQUE (Jean Françaix)/SCHERZO (Eugène Bozza). Just about 1-2. $10.00.
MANUEL QUIROGA [violinist]. Pontevedra, Spain, 1892-1961. Quiroga had several
important works dedicated to him (including the 6th of Ysaÿe’s Six Sonatas for Unaccompanied
Violin ). In addition to his fame as a celebrated virtuoso, Quiroga had an extensive catalogue of
compositions and was also a painter and caricaturist of accomplishment. His career as a
performer was halted in 1937 when he was injured by a car while crossing New York’s Times
Square. Permanent damage occurred through a loss of feeling and motor skills in his left hand,
although he was able to continue his career as an artist and composer.
1990. 10” Red Orth. Victrola 1336. DANZA ESPAÑOLA (arr. Quiroga)/CANTO AMOROSO
(Quiroga). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $35.00.
HENRI RABAUD [composer/conductor]
2682. 10” Green elec. Odeon 166.278, 166.279 [KI-3148-2/3149-2, 3150-2/3151-2].
DIVERTISSEMENT SUR DES CHANSONS RUSSES (Rabaud). Four sides. Lbl.
stkrs. Few minor rubs side two, cons. 2. Other three sides just about 1-2. $25.00.
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF [pianist].
See also Edison Records (autographed label).
2284. 10” Red PW [silver print] Victor
1161. HOPAK (MoussorgskyRachmaninoff)/ WANDERING
(Schubert-Liszt). Just about
1-2. $8.00.
2299. 10” Red PW [gold print] Victor
1762. SCHERZO (Borodin)/
SERENADE (Rachmaninoff).
Just about 1-2. $8.00.
1608. 12” Red RCA Victor 11-8728.
SERENADE (Schubert, arr.
Liszt)/LIEBESFREUD (Kreisler,
arr. Rachmaninoff). Excellent
pressing. Just about 1-2. $8.00.
2434. 12” White lbl. Vinyl EE Victor
Matrices CVE-35210-1 and
CVE-35155-1 [two SS pressings]. BALLADE IN A FLAT, Op.
47, No. 3 (Chopin).
Unpublished. Recorded 13 Apr.
1925. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
2433. 12” White lbl. Vinyl Victor Matrix
CS-87284-3. VIOLIN SONATA
IN A MAJOR: Prélude (BachRachmaninoff). Unpublished.
Rec. 10 Jan. 1936. Just about
1-2. $60.00.
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
2444. 12” White lbl. Vinyl Victor Matrix
CS-87284-5. Unpublished. Same as previous listing (item #2433) but a different
take. Just about 1-2. $60.00.
WALTER REHBERG [pianist]
3086. 10” PW Green Polydor 25137, 25138 [5220BD/5221, 5222/5223]. FANTASIE
POLONAISE As-dur, Op. 91 (Chopin). Three sides./WANDERJAHREN: Eglogue
(Liszt). Few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
3087. 10” PW Blue Polydor 90015 [1418bk/1419]. RHAPSODIE G-moll, Op. 79, No. 2
(Brahms). Two sides. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
2486. 10” PW Blue Polydor 90016 [1420bk/1421]. RHAPSODY IN B MINOR, Op. 79, No. 2
(Brahms). Two sides. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
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ANGEL REYES dir. 13th SOUND ENSEMBLE OF HAVANA. The name of the ensemble
comes from composer Carrillo’s system of dividing the octave beyond the normal 12 half-steps into
quarter, eighth and sixteenth tones. This is scored for wordless soprano and five instruments and
was recorded in 1930. –Internet sources
3482. 12” PW Microphone Columbia 7357-M [W98677-2/98678-2]. PRELUDIO A CRISTOBAL COLÓN (Julián Carrillo, 1922). Two sides. Recorded in 1930. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
3892. 12” PW Blue Columbia 5116-M [W98677-2/98678-1]. Same as preceding listing
(item #3482). A bit earlier pressing. Few lt. superficial rubs, cons. 2. $10.00.
RHENÉ-BATON [conductor] dir. PASDELOUP ORCH. 1879-1940. Born RenéEmmanuel Baton, he was a noted conductor as well as a composer. He was particularly
associated with composers of Brittany, such as Louis Aubert and Guy Ropartz. He conducted the
premieres of a number of important 20th century works, including the selection below.
3372. 12” Blk. PW Eng. Decca K.553 [FA-110-1/FA-111-2]. CHANT DE NIGAMON
(Honegger). Two sides. This work was dedicated to him by the composer in 1918.
Cons. 2. $15.00.
THADDEUS RICH [violinist]. Indianapolis, Ind, 1885-1969. Rich studied at the Leipzig
Conservatory and was a member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, 1901-02, under Arthur Nikisch.
He then served as concertmaster of the Oper des Westens, Berlin. At the age of 21 he became
concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra, remaining in this capacity until 1926. He was a
noted concert performer as well and also served as Dean of the Music Department at Temple
University. His only solo recordings are four sides for Okeh.
2036. 10” Maroon acous. Okeh 4015 [S-778-B/783-B]. CAVATINA (Raff)/BERCEUSE
(Gabriel Fauré). Piano acc. Justin Ring. Few small scrs., scuffed, 4. $7.00.
Mlle O. RITHÈRE [violin] and ANDRÉ HUVELIN
[cellist]
3897. 12” Blk. PW Eng. Columbia DFX 1, DFX 2 [WLX10422/1043-1, 1044-1/1045-2]. DUO POUR VIOLON
ET VIOLONCELLE (Bohislav Martinu, 1927). Rec.
May 14, 1929. Sides range from just about 1-2 to
(minor rubs) 2. $20.00.
MARGUERITE ROESGEN-CHAMPION
[harpsichord]. Geneva, 1894-Geneva, 1976. A pupil of
Ernest Bloch and Émile Jacques-Dalcroze, Roesgen-Champion
was composer in various idioms and keyboard performer
(primarily harpsichord). Paris became her home and artistic
base from 1926.
3067. 10” PW Maroon K-6887 [OPG-606-2/607-2]. LES
VIEUX SEIGNEURS; LES JEUNES SEIGNEURS
(Couperin, arr. and orch. Coppola)/RIGAUDON;
MUSETTE ET TAMBOURIN (Daquin, arr. and orch.
Coppola). Orch. dir. Piero Coppola. One minor harmless indentation, IMs, otherwise just about 1-2.
$12.00.
WALTER B. ROGERS [cornetist]
2242. 10” Blk. Monarch 2663 [B-351]. THE HARP THAT
ONCE THRO’ TARA’S HALLS [WITH VARIATIONS].
Bright lbl. Few LGTs, 2. $12.00.
2240. 10” White lbl. Victrola 2694 [B-1089]. GERMAN
SOUNDS (arr. Rogers). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
2241. 10” White lbl. Victrola 2705 [B-1101]. YANKEE
DOODLE [WITH VARIATIONS] (Rogers). Few LGTs,
cons. 2. $12.00.
MAX ROSEN [violinist]
MAX ROSEN
3655. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 50110. THAÏS: Méditation
(Massenet)/HUMORESQUE (Dvorák). Side one
orch. acc., side two piano acc. Isiah Seligman. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $10.00.
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ROTH STRING QUARTET [Feri Roth, Jeno Antal, Ferenc Molnàr, Janos Scholz]
3878. 12” elec. Gold Edison 47006, 47007 [N-536-B/537-B, 538-B/539-B]. QUARTET IN
C MAJOR, Op. 33, No. 3 (Haydn). Rare set. Four sides. Few minor rubs, 2.
$150.00.
ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN [pianist]
3484. 12” Red PW (gold print) Victor 15660 [2EA7047-II/2EA7048-I]. NOCTURNE IN A
FLAT MAJOR, Op. 33, No. 3 (Fauré)/MOUVEMENTS PERPETUELS (Poulenc). Just
about 1-2. $7.00.
WALTER RUMMEL [pianist]
2196. 10” Blk. Disque Gram. P-863 [OG441-I/442-I]. VALSE EN LA BÉMOL/VALSE IN RÉ
BÉMOL (both Brahms). Excellent late ‘30s lam. pressing. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
CARLO SABAJNO [conductor] dir. LA SCALA ORCHESTRA
3421. 12” Disco Grammofono White Lbl.
orig. test 2M326-I/2M326-II. GUGLIELMO RATCLIFF: Intermezzo, IV
Act (Mascagni). One take was likely
issued and one not, but I’m not sure
which is which. This appeared as one
side of Disco Gram. S10368 (Intermezzo from Puccini’s Edgar on the reverse). Few lt. rubs cons. 2. $35.00.
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS [pianist/
composer]
1555. 12” Red acous. Hist. No. 2 HMV DB
705 [03284v/03280v]. RÊVERIE À
BLIDAH/LE DÉLUGE: Prélude, Op.
23 (both Saint-Saëns). Side two
with GABRIEL WILLAUME [violinist]. Just about 1-2. $50.00.
REGINO SÁINZ [guitarist]
3370. 12” Red Spanish Columbia RG16066RG16068 [CC 555-2/565-2, 566-3/
567-2, 568/569-2]. CONCIERTO
DE ARANJUEZ (Rodrigo). Six sides.
With Orch. Nac. de España dir.
Ataulfo Argenta. Sides from just
about 1-2 to cons. 2. $15.00.
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS recording
ANTONI SALA [cellist]
3480. 12” PW Eng. Columbia 9281 [WAX2818/
2819]. SONATA (N. Porpora). Two sides.
Piano acc. Few minor rubs, cons. 2.
$12.00.
FELIX SALMOND [cellist]
3642. 12” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 7107-M
[W98240-1/98242-3]. LONDONDERRY
AIR (arr. G. O’Connor-Morris)/LE CYGNE
(Saint-Saëns). Piano acc. Simon Rumschisky. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3641. 12” Blue Viva-Tonal Columbia 7117-M
[W98234-5/98241-2]. SÉRÉNADE
ESPAGNOLE (Glazounov, Op. 20, No. 2)/
VILLANELLE (Pianelli, arr. J. Salmon).
Piano acc. Simon Rumschinsky. Just
about 1-2. $15.00.
CARLOS SALZEDO [harpist]
CARLOS SALZEDO
3529. 12” PW Red (gold print) Victor 14871. MEMORIES OF A CLOCK; PIROUETTING
MUSIC BOX; BEHIND THE BARRACKS/ROCKING HORSE; ON DONKEY BACK;
RAIN DROPS (Salzedo). From Short Stories in Music for Young Harpists. Just about
1-2. $12.00.
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PABLO DE SARASATE [violinist/composer]. Pamplona, Spain, 1844-Biarritz,
France, 1907. At the age of ten he played for Queen Isabella, who was so delighted that she gave
him a Stradivarius violin and agreed to pay for his musical education in Paris for three years. He
made a sensational debut in Paris in 1860 and then
experienced even greater success in London at the Crystal
Palace in 1861. He subsequently toured the world and
became the best known violin virtuoso of his time. Said
Rossini of Sarasate, “A giant in talent, whose modesty
doubles the charm.” Major works were written for him,
including the Lalò Symphonie Espagnole and Bruch
Scottish Fantasia. Of Sarasate's talents as performer and
composer, George Bernard Shaw said that he "left criticism
gasping miles behind him." – from contemporary clippings and
Wikopedia.
2032. 10” Blk. Paris G&T 37933/37934 [4260o/
4261o]. TARENTELLE/MIRAMAR-ZORTZICO
(both Sarasate). Bright copy, few MGTs, one TB
side two, cons. 2. $150.00.
2851. 10” Blk. Victor 63168 [4262o/3296e]. CAPRICE
BASQUE (Sarasate)/WILLIAM HENRY
SQUIRE [cellist]. MELODIA EN FA (Rubinstein). Piano acc. Nice copy, cons. 2. $50.00.
2852. 10” White lbl. vinyl Victrola 52708 [4261o].
MIRAMAR [ZORTZICO] (Sarasate). Just about
1-2. $25.00.
A. SCHMID-LINDNER [pianist?] dir.
MÜNCHNER BLASER [woodwinds and piano]
3870. 12” Pink elec. Tri-Ergon TE10025, TE10026
[2577/2578, 2579/2580]. QUINTETT IN Es
(Mozart). Four sides. Few superficial rubs,
sides range from 2 to cons. 2. $15.00.
3624. 12” Pink elec. Tri-Ergon TE10027 [2581/2582].
SEXTETT: Gavotte (Ludwig Thuille)/MENUETT (Ludwig Spohr). Couple tiny pinpoint scrs.
side two, otherwise cons. 2. $10.00.
PABLO DE SARASATE in 1877
FRANZ SCHREKER [conductor/composer]
3863. 12” Purple acous. Polydor 69768, 69769, 69770 [591ar/592, 593/594, 595/596].
DER GEBURTSTAG DER INFANTIN (Franz Schrker). Six sides. Sides range from
just about 1-2 to 2 (minor rubs). $60.00.
LUCIEN SCHWARTZ [violinist]
3654. 12” Blk. elec. Disque Gram. W-1033 [CM406-I/407-II]. TZIGANE (Ravel). Two sides.
With Lucien Petitjean [pianist]. One lt. scr. (should be superficial), harmless
indentation, few marks, 2. $10.00.
CYRIL SCOTT [pianist/composer]
3075. 10” PW Plum elec. HMV B.2895 [Bb14518-I/14520-I]. DANSE NÈGRE/RAINBOW
TROUT (both Scott). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
CARLOS SEDANO [violinist]. 1905-1977 [various other sources give his dates
as 1903-1978]. A Spanish violinist, Sedano had been successful in Spain as a prodigy but
came to New York to continue studies with Leopold Auer when the celebrated teacher emigrated to
the U.S. from Russia. Sedano’s New York debut was at Carnegie Hall in 1924, where the NY Times
reviewer noted his “considerable artistic as well as physical stature”. At 19, he was taller than his
accompanist, the six-foot-plus Richard Hageman. Subsequently he appeared in New York at
Aeolian Hall, where he performed “as a sensitive and able musician” and in a number of recitals in
private homes and for charity. Sedano made test sides for Victor in 1924 and at least one
Vitaphone short in 1927, but his only published recordings were three discs for Columbia in 1926,
these apparently issued principally in South America. Other than for the above period of his
life, information on Sedano has proven scant.
1993. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 1925-M [W95593-2/W95639-3]. VIVACE (HaydnAuer)/JOTA [TO MIGUEL FLETA] (Sedano). One tiny, harmless patina and minor lt.
rubs. 2-3. $25.00.
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FABIAN SEVITZKY [conductor] dir. PHILADELPHIA CHAMBER STRING
SIMFONIETTA
3016. 10” Red Scroll “Z” shellac Victor 4186. GOSSIPS (A. Dubensky)/LONDONDERRY
AIR (arr. Percy Grainger). Just about 1-2. $12.00.
NATHANIEL SHILKRET [conductor] dir. VICTOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
3620. 12” Blk. EE Victor 68727. FEENBERG
OVERTURE (Fr. Kuhlau). Two sides. Very
scarce. Only form of issue. Just about 1-2.
$15.00.
ALBERT SPALDING [violinist]
3021. 10” Gold elec. Brunswick 15127 [E21379/
E21381-2]. WALTZ IN A MAJOR
(Brahms)/ MINUET (Mozart). Early ‘30s
pressing. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3638. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 50099. NOCTURNE IN G Major, Op. 37, No. 2 (ChopinSpalding)/INTRODUCTION AND TARANTELLE, Op. 43 (Sarasate). Piano acc.
André Benoist. Few rubs, 2. $12.00.
3639. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 50136. ROMANZA
ANDALUZA, Op. 22 (Sarasaste)/ CAVATINA (Raff). Piano acc. André Benoist. SB,
few lightest mks., cons. 2. $15.00.
WILLIAM HENRY SQUIRE [cellist]
ALBERT SPALDING
3625. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 67014-D [AX62/
76990]. A KELTIC LAMENT (FouldsSquire). Piano acc. / ARTHUR CATTERALL [violinist], WILLIAM MURDOCH
[pianist], SQUIRE [cellist]. TRIO No. 1: Finale [Gypsy Rondo] (Haydn). Just about
1-2. $15.00.
3634. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50110-D [WAX2570-2/2572-1]. AN OLD MELODY
(arr. Squire)/MELODIE IN E (Rachmaninoff, arr. Squire). Piano acc. Just about
1-2. $12.00.
3481. 12” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia 50179-D [WAX2564/2571]. LAMENT (D’HerveloiseSquire)/SCHERZO (Hamilton Harty). Piano acc. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
DEL STAIGERS [cornetist]. Muncie, IN, 1899-No.
Hollywood, 1950. Born Charles Adelbert Staigers (one source
gives his middle name as having been Deleware), he began cornet
studies at the age of six, practicing so often that his mother
insisted he do so outside in a vacant lot. In 1912 he made his
professional debut and by 1918 was hired by Sousa’s Band for the
Willow Grove concerts. He also worked for the Victor Talking
Machine Company as first cornetist for six years. In 1926 Staigers
was secured by Edwin Franko Goldman as cornet soloist with his
band and remained with them through 1934, returning briefly in
1942. He subsequently was based in Los Angeles as a studio
musician for radio and films. His popularity was such that Goldman included him as a soloist in most of his concerts.
2104. 10” Blk. Orth. Victor 22191. CARNIVAL OF VENICE
(Benedict, arr. Staigers)/ NAPOLI (Bellstedt). With
Edwin Franko Goldman dir. Goldman Band. An
amazing display of Staigers’ technical prowess. Cons. 2.
$12.00.
LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI dir. PHILADELPHIA
DEL STAIGERS
ORCHESTRA
3443. 12” Orth. Victor 6653, 6654. MARCHE SLAVE, Op.
31 (Tschaikowsky)/DANSE MACABRE, Op. 40 (Saint-Saëns). Automatic sequence
coupling, first selection on the “A” sides of 6653 and 6654 and the second on the reverse
“B” sides. Few lightest mks., cons. 2. $12.00.
3467. 12” Scroll Victor 6786. ICH RUF’ ZU DIR, HERR JESU CHRIST (Bach-Stokowski)/
PRÉLUDE IN E FLAT MINOR (Bach-Stokowski). “Z”-type shellac. Just about 1-2.
$8.00.
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3477. 12” PW Red (gold print) Victor 8491. EIGHT RUSSIAN FOLK DANCES: Nos 1, 2/3, 4
(Liadov). Two sides. Just about 1-2. $7.00.
JOSEF STRANSKY [conductor) dir. N.Y. PHILHARMONIC
3165. 12” acous. Gold Flags Columbia A-6135 [49676- /49680-6]. CAUCASIAN
SKETCHES: Cortège du Sardar (Ippolitov-Ivanov)/SONATA IN A MAJOR: Turkish
March (Mozart). Cons. 2. $10.00.
RICHARD STRAUSS [composer/conductor] dir. MUNICH STATE OPERA ORCH.
3509. 12” Special label Polydor S-5001, S-5002 [1087GE/1086½GE/1088¾/1089].
JAPANESE FESTMUSIK (Richard Strauss). Premiered in Japan in December, 1940.
Recorded with the composer conducting shortly before the premiere. Four sides.
Cons. 2. $25.00.
IGOR STRAVINSKY
[pianist/composer]
3032. PW French Columbia LF 129
[CL4277-4/4371-1]. DANSE
RUSSE (Stravinsky, arr
Dushkin). With SAMUEL
DUSHKIN [violinist] / DUSHKIN [vln], GROMER [oboe],
DURAND (English horn),
VACELIER [clarinet],
GRANDMAISON [bassoon],
dir. by STRAVINSKY.
PASTORALE (StravinskyDushkin). Few minor rubs,
cons. 2. $12.00.
JOSEPH SZIGETI [violinist]
3084. 10” Blk. Viva-Tonal Columbia
2293-D [WA9908/9909-4].
ROUMANIAN FOLK DANCES
(Béla Bartók). Two sides.
Piano acc. BELA BARTOK.
Few most minimal rubs, cons.
2. $10.00.
IGOR STRAVINSKY at the keyboard with conductor
2593. 10” Blue PW Columbia Master
WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER turning pages
Works 17089-D [WA9908-3/
9909-4]. Same as previous item (#3084) but a bit later pressing. Beautiful copy
although both this and the previous item will provide outstanding playing results. Just
about 1-2. $12.00.
LAJOS SZIKRA [violinist]. Újvidék, Hungary, 1899 - ? .
Szikra studied with József
Bloch, Gyula Mambriny and Zoltán Kodály in Budapest and was active in Europe during
the 1920-1940 period.
2262. 10” Red Decca G-20287 [Be11548/11549]. ROMANCE IN F MINOR, Op. 5 (Tschaikowsky)/MAZURKA IN A MINOR, Op. 3 (Wieniawski). Piano acc. Michael
Raucheisen. Just about 1-2. $15.00.
MARCEL TABUTEAU dir. CURTIS WOODWIND ENSEMBLE
2157. 10” Red PW (gold print) Victor 4332. PRÉLUDE/FUGUE, Op. 40, No. 1 (Pierné).
Two sides. Just about 1-2. $10.00.
LIONEL TERTIS [viola]
3902. 12” Blue elec. Eng. Columbia L1731, L1732 [WAX1160/1161, 1162/1163].
SONATA IN C# MINOR, Op. 21 (Ernst von Dohnànyi). With WILLIAM MURDOCH
[pianist]. Disc one just about 1-2. Two scr. side three, one will sound about ¼”, the
other less. Side four one small ND. Otherwise second disc is cons. 2. $10.00.
JACQUES THIBAUD [violinist]
3006. 10” PW Red HMV DA 1191 [Bb19147-II/19150-II]. SICILIENNE (Paradis, arr.
Dushkin)/ADAGIO (Vivaldi-Bach, arr. Pochon). Piano acc. Tasso Janopoulo.
Small LSS (i.e. harmless) near rim side two, few lightest rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
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3469. 12” Red PW Victor 15465 [2LA998-1/2LA999-1]. CHACONNE (Vitali, arr. Charlier).
Two sides. Piano acc. Tasso Janopoulo. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
3468. 12” Red PW Victor 15568 [2A8386/2A8387]. SONATA IN E MINOR (Veracini, arr. J.
Salmon). Two sides. Piano acc. Tasso Janopoulo. Matrix side one embossed with
Thibaud’s signature and dated “5/27/1936 Tokyo”. Just about 1-2. $12.00.
ARTURO TOSCANINI dir. N.Y.
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
3880. 12” Gold elec. Brunswick 50161. MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: Scherzo (Mendelssohn)/WILLEM MENGELBERG dir. NY
PHIL. WALKÜRE: Ride of the Valkyries
(Wagner). Side one with John Amans [flute].
Couple lt. rubs side two, otherwise just about
1-2. $15.00.
UNIDENTIFIED INSTRUMENTALISTS
2195. 10” Maroon Japanese elec. Col. A-1055, A1056 [M-211792/211793, 211794/
211795]. DIVERTIMENTO FOR 10 INSTRUMENTS (Toshiro Mayuzumi). Four sides.
Just about 1-2. $15.00.
EMANUEL VARDI [violist]
3640. 12” Red Royale 604 [US 121548/ 121464].
CAPRICE No. 17 (Paganini)/ NOCTURNE IN
C# MINOR (Chopin). Side two with VIVIAN
RIVKIN [pianist]. One minor rub side one,
otherwise just about 1-2. $15.00.
ARTURO TOSCANINI and daughter WANDA
HUGO VARLICH [conductor] dir. ST.
PETERSBURG ORCHESTRA. Varlich (Kassel, 1856-Hessen, 1922) founded the St. Petersburg
Court Orchestra in 1882. The 1902 recording below sounds to me like a large wind group (no
audible strings) recorded in a sizeable venue (rather than some sort of recording studio).
2361. 10” Blue Columbia 35173. ROMANCE OF MARY (Vishelevsky). 2-3. $40.00.
VATICAN ORCHESTRA
2287. 10” Blk. GP ’04 Victor 61121 [2195¾h]. TROMBE D’ARGENTO [THE SILVER
TRUMPETS] (composer?). A really nice copy of this rarity. Cons. 2. $25.00.
BERNARD WAGENAAR [composer and pianist]
3811. 12” PW Blue Shellac Columbia Set 223 (68331-D, 68332-D) [xco17327-1/17328-3,
17329-3/17330-1]. SONATINA FOR CELLO AND PIANO (Wagenaar). Three sides.
With NAOUM BENDITZKY [cellist] / WAGENAAR [pianist]. A TALE (Wagenaar).
With original brochure but not in original album. Just about 1-2. $20.00.
BRUNO WALTER dir. ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
3900. 12” PW Blue acous. Columbia 67099-D, 67100-D [AX782/783, 789/790]. SIEGFRIED IDYLL (Wagner). Four sides. Cons. 2. $15.00.
FELIX WEINGARTNER dir. COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
3874. 12” Blue Columbia A5464 [36611-1/36612-3]. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: Liebestod
(Wagner)/INVITATION TO THE DANCE (von Weber, “Weingartner arrangement”).
Just about 1-2. $10.00.
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS [composer and conductor]
3148. 12” Eng. Acous. Vocalion A-0249 [04143X/04144X]. THE WASPS [OVERTURE]
(Vaughan Williams). Two sides. Some small scrs., one scratch patch (scrabble) side
one. 3-4 because of the lt. scrs. (only a few likely to sound lightly). $15.00.
PAUL WITTGENSTEIN [pianist]. Vienna, 1887-Manhasset, NY, 1961. A pupil of
Leschetizky, Wittegenstein lost his right arm in WW I. He subsequently commissioned a number
of works for left hand solo from many famed composers, including Ravel. The rare record below
was, I believe, recorded prior to his injury.
2253. 10” Favorite F.A. XII [104]. MEERESSTILLE (Schubert-Liszt). One small PB, cons.
2. $50.00.
Sir HENRY J. WOOD dir. NEW QUEEN’S HALL ORCHESTRA
3873. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7050-M [75237-2/75238-2]. PIERROT OF THE MINUTE
[COMEDY OVERTURE] (Granville Bantok). Two sides. Particularly scarce issue.
Few very tiny, harmless indentations side two, otherwise superb copy, just about 12. $25.00.
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ALBERT WOLFF [conductor] dir. LAMOUREUX ORCHESTRA, PARIS
3872. 12” PW Blk. Polydor 67035, 67036 [2041BMP/2042, 2040/2043½]. IMPRESSIONS
D’ITALIE: Nos. 3 [“A mules”] and 5 [“Napoli”] (Charpentier). Four sides (group
complete in this recording as it stands). Just about 1-2. $15.00.
EUGENE YSAYE [conductor] dir. CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
3877. 12” Blue acous. Columbia 7015-M [49697-2/49702-1]. LE CID: Navarraise
(Massenet)/FESTIVAL OVERTURE (Lassen). Ysaye’s name omitted from labels!
Excellent pressing. Few lt. rubs, cons. 2. $15.00.
JASCHA ZAYDE & CLIFFORD HERZER [duo-pianists]
2143. 10” PW Royale 1808 [US1121/1122]. SIX ÉTUDES: Veloce (Victor Babin)/FAÇADE:
Valse (Walton). One small LSS, otherwise just about 1-2. $10.00.
FRITZ ZAUN [conductor] dir. BERLIN STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA
2165. 10” Orth. Victrola 4282 [OD1922-II/OD1953-I]. ARABELLA: Prelude to Act 3/ARABELLA: Waltzes and Interlude (R. Strauss). Just about 1-2. $8.00.
3540. 12” PW Red Scroll Victor (“Z”-type shellac) 11939 [2D1955-II/1954-I]. SYMPHONY
No. 1: Scherzo (Bruckner). Just about 1-2. $7.00.
EFREM ZIMBALIST [violinist]
3653. 12” PW Blue Columbia 9101-M [M-55092/M-55093]. ZIGEUNERWEISEN, op. 20
(Sarasate). Two sides. Piano acc. Theodore Saidenberg. Recorded in Japan. One
harmless internal patina, scarcely visible. Couple (again harmless) rim patinas. Few
lightest rubs, cons. 2. $12.00.
PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, 1937, PRIVATE RECORDINGS
For the PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION in 1937 a group of commissions was made to
French composers for works that were privately recorded. The results may have been used for
radio broadcasts related to Exposition or played at the actual Exposition itself (which ran
from 25 May to 25 Nov., 1937) accompanying various exhibitions. As they appeared only as
single sided test pressings, white label, with “Échantillon Invendable” [unmarketable sample]
printed on each label, they were obviously for some sort of private use. No editions known for
public sale are known. They are of obviously of particular rarity and, to my knowledge, music
not otherwise recorded. Recordings and pressings were by the French Gramophone Company
and are pressed on excellent quality shellac
2487. LES MILLE ET UNE NUITS [THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS] (Arthur Honegger).
With unidentified (excellent) soprano and tenor and ondes martinot (I think).
Orch. directed by Gustav Cloëz. Dated 5 Apr. 1937. Six SS white lbl. 12” discs
mat. 2LA-1657 through 2LA-1662. They play superbly. A few lt. mks., sides
ranging from just about 1-2 to cons. 2. Last side has two small (harmless) scrs.
(non-sounding when checked here). $300.00.
2488. FÊTE DE LA MUSIQUE [“LIGHT AND WATER SPECTACLE”], Op. 157. (Paul
Claudel-Darius Milhaud). With excellent unidentified solo soprano (Ben Sedira?)
and alto, tenor and bass. Orch. dir. by the composer. Dated 5 Apr. 1937. Eight
SS white lbl. discs, mixed 12” and 10”: 2LA-1645, OLA-1646, 2LA-1647, 2LA-1648,
2LA-1649, OLA-1650, OLA-1651, OLA-1652. Excellent surfaces. Few minor mks.,
gen. cons. 2. $300.00.
2489. FÊTE DE LA DANSE: No. 1 et 2 (Marcel Delannoy). Chorus and Orch. Symphonique dir. by Maurice Jaubert. Dated 20 Apr. 1937. Two SS white lbl. 12” discs,
mat. 2LA-1699 and 2LA-1700. Excellent surfaces. Lt. mks., absolutely harmless
MGTs, 2. $100.00.
2490. DÉTENTE JEUX D’EAU ET DE LUMIÈRE (Jacques Ibert). Orch. dir. Gustav Cloëz.
Dated June 7, 1937. Two SS white lbl. 12” discs, mat. 2LA-1759 and 2LA-1760.
Cons. 2.
and …
APOTHÈOSE DEFENSE DE LA NATION (Jacques Ibert). Orch. dir. Gustav Cloëz.
Dated 7 June 1937. This is what appears to be a fanfare which, not ending on a
tonic chord, sounds like a lead-in to something … perhaps a speaker? There is a
wide space band and the selection is repeated again. Note that the label is
marked in crayon #1 and the two preceding Ibert sides 2 and 3, so perhaps they
are related in some way? Item #2490 includes this record and the preceding two
Ibert sides. Some rubs. 3. $100.00.
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