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One of my goals is to eventually get to Symphony Hall, Boston. I'm pretty sure it hasn't been changed since back in the day. I know that Carnegie Hall is somewhat different now, but I still think it sounds wonderful even though I have only heard one symphony and one piano recital in it. This is indeed an excellent rendition of the B5 from one of my favorite conductors. I really wish people would stop turning up their de-click and noise reduction to 11 which totally removes the hall ambience from a recording. And, oh yeah, stop thinking you need to then re-add "ambience" and fake stereo to mono recordings.

I vaguely remembered the Portsmouth Sinfonia from my avant-garde days. Looking them up I didn't know Brian Eno was associated with them. Do you have copies of these discs? Nobody has uploaded them to the Internet Archive and the copies on Discogs aren't exactly cheap.

I have a couple of other performances of this symphony in my library that I haven't listened to in a really long time. I should give a listen to them as a reference to the quality of this performance.

@@GlensAudioRestoration Will you be posting those?

Other than film score recordings, are there are any other classical recordings other than the Holst, Tone Poems, and Ives on Phase 4?

Just found a copy of "The Impressionists" on Discogs and have ordered it.

@@GlensAudioRestoration, I think there’s an album called “Jazz”, that includes Gershwin and some others.

Anything with Herrmann conducting is worth a listen.

@@leestamm3187 I have ordered copies of "The Impressionists" and the Johann Strauss album from Discogs.

Although this will always be mainly a "classical" channel, do you have any recommendations for 1950s era "easy-listening", "dinner", or "hi-fi" albums that preferably don't have good transfers here on the 'Tube? "Hearing is Believing" had the Sauter-Finegan "Eddie and the Witchdoctor" for instance but that has an excellent RCA transfer.

@@GlensAudioRestoration That's a real challenge, Glen. Most everything I can think of off the top of my head already has multiple good uploads. But, I'll keep my eyes open.

@@leestamm3187 Haven't looked in to any of them yet, but what do you know about Jackie Gleason's oeuvre? "Music to Change Her Mind" (on Apple Music) sounds intriguing.

@@GlensAudioRestoration Funny you mentioned him. We had a couple of his albums when I was young. One I remember was "Tawny," and another was "A Taste of Brass." Most of his LPs are on the Tube.

@@leestamm3187 Yeah, but a lot of them are just "needle drops" from a Kenner "Close and Play".

I don't think I have heard the "Kashmiri Song" before. I should check out more of Ms. Woodforde-Finden. Here is the Addinsel from Fiedler "The Family All Together" album. Maybe I should revisit this album with my new cartridge and improved software and see if I can't open up the upper end. ua-cam.com/video/NL-3VcppUjA/v-deo.html

I thought it sounded vaguely familiar, but couldn't place it. For reference, here is Flagstad singing it a much slower pace than orchestral only versions. ua-cam.com/video/LhvS4cc9zls/v-deo.html

It is indeed a wonderful performance, and I love the album cover!

@@GlensAudioRestoration so true Have a wonderful weekend

Definitely agree! The extent of my German is strictly Wagnerian, such as "Das ist kein Mann!"

This was prompted by "Hearing Is Believing" including "Melancholy Serenade". Such lovely melodies impeccably played. "Smoke Dreams" makes we want to take up smoking now.

"🎶 Smoke dreams from smoke rings.....While a Chesterfield burns.....🎶"

This was motivated after hearing the Jackie Gleason "Melancholy Serenade" on "Hearing Is Believing" which is not that I remember from the ones that I saw on the rerun channel back in the day. Also what is up with "On the Trail" for Lucy? That is definitely not what was on the ones that I saw. And sadly, "Smoke Dreams" now makes me want to take up smoking. The power of music and advertising!

The little guy who "Call(ed) for Philip Mor-ay-issss!!" was a midget named Johnny Olsen if my very ancient memory serves me correctly. Somebody who remembers correct me if I'm wrong.

@@GlensAudioRestoration Glen, I definitely remember the Grofe "Trail" theme being used in Philip Morris ads, but I don't recall whether that was Lucy's sponsor.

Johnny Roventini. He was "discovered" by ad executive Milton Biow in 1933 in a New York hotel. He was creating an ad campaign for Philip Morris, and decided the bellhop would be a perfect image for newspaper and magazine ads, and on radio. He gave him a card with the words "Call for Philip Morris". Johnny announced that name across the lobby.....and an advertising icon was born. Roventini represented Philip Morris for the rest of his life. The reason "On the Trail" was used as their musical signature was because they sponsored Ferde Grofé's radio program at the time [he composed it as part of his "Grand Canyon Suite"]....and continued to use it on their radio and TV shows for over 20 years.

If you've even seen the original 1951-'55 opening and closing titles, Johnny was featured in them, as well as a portion of "On the Trail". It was used in full on "RACKET SQUAD" (1951-'53).

This was the original pressing and has the characteristic of the "Plum Dogs" with a sharp cutoff around 10k-12kHz although I was amazed at the absolutely quiet surface on my copy that I got from Discogs. I wonder if the 1956 version was like "Shaded Dogs" that had a clean response up to 20kHz.

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Agreed! So ethereal as it just drifts off into nothingness.

Sounds like you are talking about "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad", one of my favorite movies and film scores although not quite the description you gave. www.discogs.com/release/1003684-Bernard-Herrmann-The-7th-Voyage-Of-Sinbad-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack I have the CD reissue with different artwork. Herrmann also recorded a suite on the Phase 4 "Fantasy Film World" released on CD in fantastic sound. www.discogs.com/master/203755-Bernard-Herrmann-Conducting-The-National-Philharmonic-Orchestra-The-Fantasy-Film-World-Of-Bernard-He of which I also have the Mobile Fidelity LP pressing.

Never noticed it but now see the resemblance! "Les préludes" 1854, Franck "Symphony in d" 1888. Not a huge Liszt fan but this piece is really nice and Herrmann does it justice.

My favorite film composer too although Hans Zimmer is pretty close behind.

Herrmann doesn't play these pieces like others do, but you stop and think about them, listen again, and they seem so right.

I think we are all so used to the Stokowski that it is a shock to hear a different but equally cinematic version.

The complete "Gayne" with Tjeknavorian and the National Philharmonic is one of my favorite recordings. I also LOVE Stokowski/Chicago "Symphony No. 3". Be sure to check out my Entremont/Ozawa "Piano Concerto". ua-cam.com/video/zlNA4hkU1L0/v-deo.html

I think this is the earliest recording of a major work with full orchestra and was actually surprised at the quality and natural sound I was able to coax out considering what I was hearing from some of the other "restorations" available. It is both fun and frustrating trying to get Midjourney to come up with the type of image I am looking for. I was never able to get any description of an art gallery or museum where every inch of the walls wasn't covered in paintings.

Offenbach's music is so catchy and fun. The opera world seems perfectly content to just keep recycling "Carmen", "Boheme", and "Traviata". I think I've only seen "The Tales of Hoffmann" once, and there are a number of other Offenbach's operas that would be great to see.

It is really surprising how quickly RCA was able to accurately master capturing the sound sound of an orchestra and the hall acoustics.

What a coincidence. My parents had a copy too! One of my favorites.

Me and you both, Paul, early 60s. I've been hangin' around a looooooong time! 😊

Yes! Something like this can really get you hooked on orchestral music. Thank you Maestro Fiedler!

Culling an answer from various sources on forums, the 1954 was a 2-track recording, RCA’s first stereo recording of the work, with two mics and two channels. Actually, the 1958 LSC-2267 marked the third time that Mr. Fiedler and the Pops recorded "GAITE PARISIENNE" for RCA Victor. The 1954 LM/LSC-1817 was the second recording by the same orchestra of this work. The first was made very late in the 78 RPM era (issued on LP as LM-1001), pre-New-Orthophonic. And the reason why Mr. Fiedler and the Pops re-recorded for LSC-2267 in 1958 was primarily due to RCA's request: They wanted to replace the early two-track recordings with re-recorded three-track recordings as quickly as possible. Compared to LSC-1817, LSC-2267 was "rather hastily performed and hastily recorded. LSC-2267 is one of the Living Stereo originals which sonically sucked (on most cuttings)." Now, I can't agree with the last statements after listening to your transfer. Maybe the writer needed to hear your transfer before drawing his conclusion. They are breakneck tempi, and a bit of slop here and there, but for sheer excitement, I think either 1954 or 1958 are great. 1958 may have the edge for spatial placement of the instruments- they seem to pop out of the texture.

Thanks! The surface was somewhat grungy but the frequencies and dynamics were all there. I think the RE on the jacket meant that this was a reprint, so the stamper may not have been as pristine as it could have been. What's the hurry??? Is there a sale on Old Angus Scotch?

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I was surprised to hear that Koussevitzky was a bassist such as yourself, rather than piano or violin. I found both an original LP has well as vinyl 78s of the B5 on Discogs for a reasonable price and ordered them, so expect to hear it again sometime in the future.

I just want to know about that extra leg coming up over its back is all about!

Over on my oldies I asked Midjourney for Gershwin at playing the piano is art-deco style and was surprised that it actually looked like a pretty good Gershwin. So I decided to try something like "Modest Mussorgsky playing a piano in an art gallery in the late 19th century" doubting that it have any images to work with, but indeed, all of the images do sort of look like, well a rather rotund man with a beard.

@@GlensAudioRestoration It's not bad in that it actually bears some resemblance to Mussorgsky.

Finishing up the "before" recordings from "Hearing is Believing" I found that Koussevitzky did a number of recordings in 1930 and fell down that rabbit hole.

Here is, the first recording and nobody's performance is really much better.

Been there, done that, over on my Oldies channel. It is the first electrical version from 1927, but somewhat abridged. ua-cam.com/video/pYOh2FCBx8Y/v-deo.html The original 1924 acoustic recording is a superior performance and can be found in two excellent transfers. The78Prof (acoustic playback) ua-cam.com/video/VGvuUOtHGkk/v-deo.html Restoration Archive (modern restoration) ua-cam.com/video/VxNbAtTMZXc/v-deo.html For an additional lark, check out "The Hour of Charm" orchestra. Be sure to read the Description and watch the videos of the Orchestra in action. ua-cam.com/video/Q2vOB86FeyQ/v-deo.html

Wow, thank you for the links. I will check them out tonight. In case you thought I was trying to stump you, well, now I'm going to try: For the longest time, I've been dying to hear the earliest available performance of John Cage's "Imaginary Landscapes" (1939 I believe).

@@theNerve_theAudacity I was surprised to find out how hard it was to find any early recordings of avant-garde music. The best I could come up for Cage is a concert from 1958. www.discogs.com/release/106667-John-Cage-The-25-Year-Retrospective-Concert-Of-The-Music-Of-John-Cage

I actually have a vinyl copy of that concert (hidden away in some box after two moves). Since I'm visually impaired, the audio is my body of evidence that it even happened when they say it did. Thank you for looking that up though.

I agree! Of course Ravel did an excellent job, but I wonder how often the original version is played in recital these days. I would sure love to hear an excellent performance live, although it would probably pale next to Kapell's!

Out of the AI art program Midjourney's and my imagination. I told Midjourney "/Imagine An old centaur pulling a cart containing an ox buried in hay." Yeah, that's what I did.

@@GlensAudioRestoration I suspect your imagination had more to do with the excellent output than the AI. At least that is my experience that "RA", real intelligence trumps "AI", artificial intelligence. So GREAT work!

There have been lots of people, many who I respect immensely, that have covered this, but I think I did a good job of creating a natural sounding acoustic for this recording. Thanks!

Indeed! I can not express how much the Camarata discs give me. Sure to check out my Camarata Playlist. ua-cam.com/play/PLfawt5w0gFWvSjau1y224WIHLIqn7UEbe.html

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@@shin-i-chikozima I visited Japan for the first and hopefully not last time in October and had a FANTASTIC time. Went to a cat cafe, a cafe that spun vinyl classical records, teamLab Planets, visited the Mecca that is Tower Records Tokyo, Shibuya Crossing, road on your ancient JR500 train as well as the more modern N700S, traveled the West Coast, and stayed in an restored samurai warriors house. Pretty sure the Eiffel tower is not unique to Japan, but I will admit the beef, it was claimed to be the region that had the highest form of Kobe style beef, was unlike anything I have ever had before.

@@GlensAudioRestoration Wonderful comment Thankyou Tokyo is hot, humid, ,the cicadas are charping , sizzling Summer I'm listening to masterpieces’ music while drinking Japanese delicious beer and eat Yakitori焼き鳥 in my cool room by cooler

The Philharmonia of this period as well as the "New Philharmonia" is certainly one of my favorite orchestras. I should make a playlist. I should look at trying to find some original Toscanini Philharmonia discs.

This was transferred from my copy that I bought way back in the day. I played the heck out of mine also, but even if my amp and speakers were somewhat subpar back then, I made sure to spend my money on a decent turntable and cartridge. This did require some work to fix all of the clicks and pops. What I would give to have a factory sealed copy like yours now!

Yes, that is what I used was Chatty's first suggestion. I notice comparing other translations that there was a number of different ones used, several the statements like on the label of the record, "A word". So I asked Chatty if it was idiomatic expression and they gave the response I quoted. Chatty is really good at coming up with alternatives. For instance their was a phrase that they literally translated as "a nest of memories", the same as if you put the original phrase into Google translate. I asked Chatty if that was an idiom because it wasn't something we would say in English. They said that it was and that "a wellspring of memories" would better fit the poetic nature of the piece. Glad you enjoyed the quality of the sound. It surprised me how natural I was able to make the voice sound considering the age of the recording. These earlier electricals could certainly get the frequencies on even if they were buried under the rough shellac (and worn down by 2 pound steel needles)!

For another interpretation, check out Ormandy from 1946. Superb! ua-cam.com/video/BNkSlg1Nehc/v-deo.html

Checkout my reply to @msroper5287.