Let's see... if you charged each of us downloaders a dollar... Anyway, the Nutcracker songs are really nice!
Jim Nichol On Dec 17, 2011, at 4:19 PM, DanKj wrote: > I'm pleased to report that this is the most popular thing I've ever posted to > the Box site; every few minutes, I get another notice that it has been > downloaded! > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Carli" > <[email protected]> > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 10:34 AM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Nutcracker Suite > > >> Nice to hear your good opinion of the Befer transfers; they're done by my >> friend Bob Hodge, their chief engineer, who's very particular and works like >> blazes trueing things up on their Archeophone (as much as the management's >> time frame and the cylinders themselves will allow him to be - I've worked >> with him on cylinder projects, and some BA's just won't completely true). >> He also transfers at 1/2 speed for steadiness, then doubles for finishing. >> I'll pass along the good word; he's a superb technician with great "ears" >> who doesn't receive enough positive feedback, and your thoughts will cheer >> him considerably. >> >> The DD _Nutcracker_ stayed in the catalogue until at least 1926, if not till >> the end, as they're in the 1925 catalogue; I have a paper label copy of the >> first disc and a quiet late etched copy of the second. The committee at >> West Orange which passed on DDs made some strange decisions which affected >> couplings and completeness (especially later on), but at least Sodero was >> the only Edison staffer who was given carte blanche as to repertoire >> selection. (One coupling was undoubtedly done for economic and logistical >> reasons; Sodero's 1916 ASO "Henry VIII" Dances by Edward German are given >> complete, but nos. 1 & 3, the most heavily orchestrated, are one side, and >> the lightly scored pastoral no. 2 on the other. ) Sodero was often a >> brisker conductor than his successor Irwin Schloss, who did the electrical >> Grieg and most electrical Edison orchestrals. Carlo Peroni also conducted a >> few electrical DD's, and his are excellent - the other Xmas Edison we play >> is his 1928 "Dream Pant omi >> me" from _Hansel & Gretel_ coupled with the "Pastoral Symphony" from _The >> Messiah_. I have 4 of the 5 London Edison NMB _Nutcracker_ cylinders >> myself, and enjoy them as well; in case you're wondering, they're conducted >> by George W. Byng, the London studio's music director. >> >> A very merry Christmas to you! P. Carli >> ________________________________________ >> From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf >> of Dan Kj [[email protected]] >> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 3:10 AM >> To: [email protected]; Antique Phonograph List >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Nutcracker Suite >> >> I have the 2 Edison discs, but they are rather noisy pressings; it would >> be nice to find later paper-label pressings - if they were in the catalogue >> long enough. I recently bought (and overpaid, but I didn't know) an >> electric Edison of the Peer Gynt Suite, and although 2 discography sources >> showed it to be similar to the acoustic Edison with 2 parts on each side, it >> actually has just "Morning" and "Ase's Death" played so slowly and >> lugubriously that they almost fill each side! They did something similar >> a couple of years earlier, with Victor Herbert's Suite of Serenades - even >> though all 4 parts would easily fit on 2 Edison sides, only 2 parts were >> recorded with a lot of wasted blank space. >> >> Back to the Nutcracker: 5 decent Edison cylinders from the London branch. >> Although played by the "National Military Band", the harp part was wisely >> retained in Waltz of the Flowers. My copy of Flowers looks new, but has a >> waver that makes the harp unpleasant to hear; the Syracuse University >> Belfer Lab people have overcome most wavering on most of their transfers, so >> this is quite enjoyable. All in one zipped folder, for your convenience: >> http://www.box.com/s/xjg5yibnpno8sygv561y >> >> Do check the Belfer site - the transfers are excellent, and you are allowed >> to download all of them. No telling when anything on the Internet might >> disappear, so save save save. >> >> http://library.syr.edu/splash/cylinders/ >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
