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Glen's Audio Restoration
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This channel contains recordings that I have restored from 78s, old LPs that never were released on CD, or CDs of old recordings where I felt I could make a significant improvement in the sound. It will be mostly classical and there will be Toscanini and Stokowski. There will be Phase Four. There will also be the occasional retro, vintage, bizarre, and unusual, or things that just catch my fancy.
Yes, many of these recordings are already uploaded to UA-cam but most are just simple “needle drops”. My intention is not to create a recording scrubbed of all possible noise, and life, nor do my equalizations intend to make the recordings sound like they come from some other place with added hall ambience.
My object is to do nothing more than make old and/or overlooked recordings something pleasing to listen to on a high quality sound system but without all of distracting noise and shrill, boomy, or dull tonal balance.
Enjoy!
Glen Gould
Audio Restoration Engineer
Yes, many of these recordings are already uploaded to UA-cam but most are just simple “needle drops”. My intention is not to create a recording scrubbed of all possible noise, and life, nor do my equalizations intend to make the recordings sound like they come from some other place with added hall ambience.
My object is to do nothing more than make old and/or overlooked recordings something pleasing to listen to on a high quality sound system but without all of distracting noise and shrill, boomy, or dull tonal balance.
Enjoy!
Glen Gould
Audio Restoration Engineer
Beethoven Symphony No 5 (Koussevitzky 1944)
Serge Koussevitzky: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Date:November 23 & 27, 1944
Location: Symphony Hall, Boston
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 5 (1808)
1. Allegro con brio (00:00)
2. Andante con moto (06:18)
3. Scherzo: Allegro (16:41)
4. Allegro - Presto (21:59)
Restored from RCA LM-1021
Please visit my channel dedicated to the great Romanian conductor and composer Constantin Silvestri.
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Please visit my channel "Glen's Centennial Oldies" featuring popular songs and dance music of the 1910s and 1920s.
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Date:November 23 & 27, 1944
Location: Symphony Hall, Boston
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 5 (1808)
1. Allegro con brio (00:00)
2. Andante con moto (06:18)
3. Scherzo: Allegro (16:41)
4. Allegro - Presto (21:59)
Restored from RCA LM-1021
Please visit my channel dedicated to the great Romanian conductor and composer Constantin Silvestri.
@Constantin Silvestri
Please visit my channel "Glen's Centennial Oldies" featuring popular songs and dance music of the 1910s and 1920s.
@Glen's Centennial Oldies
And as always, please Like, Comment, and Subscribe.
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Ives Symphony No 2 (Herrmann)
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Bernard Herrmann: London Symphony Orchestra Date: 4 January 1972 Charles Ives (1874-1954) Symphony No. 2 (1902) 1. Andante moderato (00:00) 2. Allegro (07:14) 3. Adagio cantabile (21:36) 4. Lento maestoso (32:37) 5. Allegro molto vivace (35:28) Restored from Decca Phase 4 PFS 4251 Engineer: Arthur Bannister Producer: Raymond Few Please visit my channel dedicated to the great Romanian conductor ...
The Great Music Themes of Television (Winterhalter)
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Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra Released: 1954 1. The Coca-Cola Company Theme from “The Eddie Fisher Show" (Leonard Joy) (00:00) 2. Melancholy Serenade from “The Jackie Gleason Show" (Jackie Gleason) (02:59) 3. Orchid Room from "Robert Montgomery Presents" (Robert Busby) (06:43) 4. Seems Like Old Times from “The Arthur Godfrey Show" (Carmen Lombardo - John Jacob Loeb) (10:29) 5. On the Trai...
Liszt: Les préludes (Herrmann)
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Bernard Herrmann: London Philharmonic Released: 1969 Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Les préludes (1854) (29:46) Art: Midjourney Restored from London Phase 4 SPC 21173 "Bernard Herrmann Conducts" This is a reprint from 1977. The original issue Decca PFS 4169 did not include the Bacchanale so it may have been recorded after 1969. My copy of the Decca had higher surface noise so all of these are from the...
Saint-Saëns: Bacchanale from "Samson & Delilah" (Herrmann)
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Bernard Herrmann: London Philharmonic Released: 1977 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) Bacchanale from "Samson & Delilah" (1877) (21:53) Art: Midjourney Restored from London Phase 4 SPC 21173 "Bernard Herrmann Conducts" This is a reprint from 1977. The original issue Decca PFS 4169 did not include the Bacchanale so it may have been recorded after 1969. My copy of the Decca had higher surface nois...
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Herrmann)
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Bernard Herrmann: London Philharmonic Released: 1969 Paul Dukas (1865-1935) L'Apprenti sorcier (1897) (09:20) From the Wiki (Although this piece is traditionally known in English as "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," a more accurate translation of its French title is "The Apprentice Sorcerer.") Art: Midjourney Restored from London Phase 4 SPC 21173 "Bernard Herrmann Conducts" This is a reprint from 1...
Debussy: Danse (Koussevitzky 1930)
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Serge Koussevitzky: Boston Symphony Orchestra Published: 30 October 1930 Location: Symphony Hall, Boston Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Danse (Tarantelle styrienne L. 69) (1901) Orchestration: Maurice Ravel Art: Midjourney Restored from Victor 7414-B archive.org/details/78_danse_boston-symphony-orchestra-claude-debussy-ravel-serge-koussevitzky_gbia0234108b Please visit my channel dedicated to the g...
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Koussevitzky 1930)
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Serge Koussevitzky: Boston Symphony Orchestra Published: 28-30 October 1930 Location: Symphony Hall, Boston Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) Orchestration: Maurice Ravel (1922) 1. Promenade (00:00) 2. The Gnome (Gnomus) (01:43) 3. Promenade (04:23) 4. The Old Castle (Il vecchio castello) (05:21) 5. Promenade (08:44) 6. Tuileries (Children's Quarrel after Games) (09...
Wagner Lohengrin Prelude III (Re-EQ) (Muck 1917)
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Karl Muck: Boston Symphony Date: 03 October 1917 Richard Wagner (1813-1883) Lohengrin: Prelude To Act III (1850) Restored from Victrola 64744 The previous version was released with a "flat" response as a companion example to "Hearing is Believing" so that you could compare that album's presentation of a "Before" example with a modern transcription of the disc. Here I have applied some equalizat...
Wagner: Lohengrin Prelude III (Flat EQ) (Muck 1917)
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Karl Muck: Boston Symphony Date: 03 October 1917 Richard Wagner (1813-1883) Lohengrin: Prelude To Act III (1850) Restored from Victrola 64744 Normally I would provide some re-equalization and noise reduction to a recording such as this, but as a companion example to "Hearing is Believing" this is the "flat" response from the disc with only declicking applied. Source: archive.org/details/78_lohe...
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci- Prologue (Tibbett 1926)
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Lawrence Tibbett, baritone Date: 01 October 1926 Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919) Pagliacci: Prologue (1892) The composer's full name is Ruggiero Giacomo Maria Giuseppe Emmanuele Raffaele Domenico Vincenzo Francesco Donato Leoncavallo From ChatGPT "Si può?" in Italian is a common expression that can be translated literally as "Can it be done?" or "Is it possible?" It's often used to ask whether ...
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 (Cantelli)
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Guido Cantelli: Philharmonia Orchestra Date: 21 May 1953 Location: Kingsway Hall Johannes Brahms: (1833-1897) Symphony No. 1 (1876) 1. Un poco sostenuto - Allegro - Meno allegro (00:00) 2. Andante sostenuto (12:58) 3. Un poco allegretto e grazioso (21:44) 4. Adagio - Più andante - Allegro non troppo, ma con brio - Più allegro (26:18) Restored from HMV LP ALP 1152 Please visit my channel dedicat...
Ives: Three Places In New England (Davies)
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Ives: Three Places In New England (Davies)
Copland: Appalachian Spring (Chamber Version) (Davies)
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Copland: Appalachian Spring (Chamber Version) (Davies)
Rossini: William Tell Overture (Black)
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Rossini: William Tell Overture (Black)
Suppé: Light Cavalry Overture (Black)
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Suppé: Light Cavalry Overture (Black)
Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld Overture (Black)
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Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld Overture (Black)
Wolf-Ferrari: The Secret of Susanna (Black)
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Wolf-Ferrari: The Secret of Susanna (Black)
Smetana: The Bartered Bride Overture (Black)
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Smetana: The Bartered Bride Overture (Black)
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Toscanini 1929)
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Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Toscanini 1929)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (Cantelli)
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Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet (Cantelli)
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture (Toscanini)
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Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture (Toscanini)
Actually, since all of the members of the orchestra are singing, this is considered the "All Girl Choir", not Orchestra. lol But in all seriousness, I like how they make their unique arrangements of popular/classical music as a 50 piece orchestra and choir! I didn't know that this was a different version of Blue Skies they recorded, cause the one I heard many times was the one that had Rhapsody in Blue Part 2 on the other side of that disc. I guess this prooves this take is a lot better.
Fabulous transfer of a great performance I'd never heard before today. And the Symphony Hall acoustics come through beautifully. Thanks so much, Glen!
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.
Great restoration! I have a request. Could you please perhaps restore the entire Portsmouth Sinfonia's Discography of 3 of their albums and their single? A lot of the recordings I heard from the Portsmouth Sinfonia had the interrupted Vinyl Crackles, Scratches, and Clipping.
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.
Koussevitzky Isn't particularly remembered today for his Beethoven as much as he is for his Tchaikovsky and Sibelius, for example, but I really like this one Great job restoring it, Glen!
What a wonderful recording. Thanks for posting.
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?
Thanks! Glad you’re putting up Herrmann’s classical records!
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.
Thanks for the memories, Glen. I'm old enough to remember most of these shows.
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".
#12, "Dream of Olwen" by Charles Williams has to be about the most gorgeous heart-tugging melody ever composed. Nobody could create these heavenly tunes as well as 20th-century English composers did. Also count Richard Addinsel (Warsaw Concerto) and Amy Woodforde-Finden (Kashmiri Song) in that number.
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
#9 is based on Edvard Grieg's "The Last Spring". I'm 79, Glen, and I remember these old TV shows from the 1950s & early 1960s. This takes me back to the wonders and delights of my childhood and the relative innocence and gentility that America once had. I write this with pooling eyes. This is beautiful stuff, Glen. Thank you, my friend.
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
Thank you Beautiful
It is indeed a wonderful performance, and I love the album cover!
@@GlensAudioRestoration so true Have a wonderful weekend
THX so much for uploading.For me is Flagtad the greatst Soprano ever, more than outstanding! P.S.I am German
Definitely agree! The extent of my German is strictly Wagnerian, such as "Das ist kein Mann!"
Lovely stuff…great listening
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.....🎶"
1) "The Coca-Cola Waltz" was not only featured on "COKE TIME WITH EDDIE FISHER", it was their musical signature on radio and TV (and drive-in snipes) for over 25 years. 5) This was Lucy's *sponsor's* theme, from 1951 through '55 {"CALL FOR PHIL-IP MOR-AISSSSSS!!!!!!!!!"}. It was Philip Morris' muscial signature on TV and radio for over 25 years. 7) This was mostly heard on Perry Como's radio and TV shows from 1944 through 1955, especially during his "CHESTERFIELD SUPPER CLUB" days (1944-'50). 10) It was also heard on "GOODYEAR TELEVISION PLAYHOUSE" {same producer) on alternate weeks (1951-'55).
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 cover. A second (1956) pressing featured some very sexy "backstage" showgirls in fishnet, in front of an NBC color camera.
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.
It is late in the evening. You've poured yourself a little something. A Mahler symphony? I don't think so. Boy, have I got the perfect album for you!
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If I knew I had minutes to live I want this particular version of Neptune to be played.
Agreed! So ethereal as it just drifts off into nothingness.
Bernard Hermann wrote lots of movie music, especially for some weird films featuring mythical creatures. When I worked at KLEF-FM (classical) in Houston in the 1960s and 1970s we played vinyl discs back then, and I remember one Bernard Hermann album of many of his film scores. On the front cover was a picture of a Greek sailing ship entering a primitive harbor with strange-looking creatures in the water all around it. We had an announcer at the station named Rick Veit who had a wild sense of humor. He taped a caption balloon over that picture that pointed down to that ship and he wrote on it "This doesn't look like Boston to me!" Rick had a comic genius for doing those, and our "record" library was loaded with them. Some things you never forget.
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.
The opening to this piece sounds so very much like the opening measures of Franck's symphony in D-minor. They are both sublime! Thanks for this offering, Glen. I like the tempo here. He doesn't rush it. It's getting the poetic reading it deserves. I played this with the Fort Smith (Arkansas) Symphony Orchestra very many years ago when I was still young and strong. Those days are passed now, but I still have the memories.
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.
Thank you. I've been waiting a long time to hear this version conducted by my favorite film composer again.
My favorite film composer too although Hans Zimmer is pretty close behind.
Sounds crystal clear and majestic, as usual.👏
Wow! Haven't listened to this recording in over 50 years and I certainly didn't appreciate it as much the first time around as I do now. Thanks so much for this, Glen.
Herrmann doesn't play these pieces like others do, but you stop and think about them, listen again, and they seem so right.
Spooky as hell! And a real sonic treat. Thanks, Glen.
I think we are all so used to the Stokowski that it is a shock to hear a different but equally cinematic version.
Sounds great. Thanks, Glen.
A good, quick Khachaturian fix for his fans, like me. Thanks, Glen.
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
Lovely restoration with wonderful images. Thank you!
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.
This ballet suite is one of my earliest acquaintances with classical music as a young boy. Mom and Dad and everyone else in my large extended family listened to Roy Acuff and Slim Whitman and Little Jimmy Dickens wailing nasally about their lost loves, but I always hungered for the classics, and this is one of the first! ☺
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.
Fantastic sound!
It is really surprising how quickly RCA was able to accurately master capturing the sound sound of an orchestra and the hall acoustics.
Wow, a blast from the past. I have not heard this record since I was a kid, back in the 60's.This was one my favorites that my parents had. Very clean and crisps sound. The highs are especially brilliant sounding. Excellent transfer job, as always.
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! 😊
I had this record when I was 16…it was a quick education in Offenbach for a teenager. Great stuff…great recording.
Yes! Something like this can really get you hooked on orchestral music. Thank you Maestro Fiedler!
I know that in the early 50s some mono recordings were re-recorded several years later in stereo with the same forces. So I was going through the "Hearing is Believing" where there is an excerpt from a 1954 "Gaîté Parisienne" which I have on SACD in stereo coupled with "Boutique Fantasque". Listening to it I'm thinking "This sounds somehow different from my memory of the (mono) recording my parents had in their meager collection and it was coupled with "Gayne" because who doesn't love the "Sabre Dance"? Do I look on Discogs, and for some reason, Fiedler and RCA decided to rerecord this again four years later in 1958. Does anyone have any background on why they felt the need to record this again since the 1954 tape has excellent stereo sound?
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.
What sumptuous sound! Fantastic transfer. Thanks, Glen.
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?
@@GlensAudioRestoration 😂
I am absolutely transported to celestial realms with Debussy's music. Koussevitzky, besides being a renowned contra-bassist, was a superb conductor. In my youth I had an RCA LP recording of Beethoven's 5th symphony with Koussevitzky conducting. 60 years later I still have never heard a better performance of that work.
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.
Love it! A very nice restoration and performance. I hope the spider is dancing with, and not terrorizing, that woman.
I just want to know about that extra leg coming up over its back is all about!
Your customary great job. Thanks, Glen. Interesting AI art. I'm not familiar with the opening portrait of Mussorgsky at the piano. Was that also an AI creation?
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.
Hello my old friend. Never heard the orchestral version but it's very nice.
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.
Excellent! Thank you so much!
Here is, the first recording and nobody's performance is really much better.
I’d love to hear a performance of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in blue from the 20s or 30s.
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.
It is easy to get seduced by the orchestration of this piece. But then to hear the interpretation of a master pianist, I think that the piano rendition is spectacular. In many ways much more expressive than any orchestral interpretation. Thanks for restoring this recording and posting it. It is marvelous.
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!
Thanks so much for posting one of my favorite pieces. You did a marvelous job on the restoration. The pictures are fun! Where did you get them?
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!
nice remastered 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!
Comfort of this music is immeasurable
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
@@GlensAudioRestoration Thankyou From A corner of Tokyo 🍱🐈🐮🎏🎎👘🥢🍾🗼🍓🐝🎍🗡️🗻🍘🏯🌊🍢🍄🍚🎋🍥🥋🍙👺🌸🥟💮🎑🍒⛩️🎌🇯🇵 These Emoji絵文字 are things unique to Japan
@@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
Comfort of this music is immeasurable and beyond words
Philharmonia must have been the best Orchestra at the time. It also appears that Cantelli not only joined The maestro but exceeded him
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.
My album, purchased in 1971, was played so many times on sub-par turntables that it began to sound as though it had been miked over a bowl of Rice Krispies. Early in the present century I located a copy of the LP that had been kicking around the retail channels unopened, still sealed in plastic, snapped it up, and had it digitized from professional equipment. The record has remained a staple of my listening environment, and I’m happy to see a like restoration here.
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!
ChatGPT does not know all the eventual translations of the expression "si può"😀. In the actual case, the most correct translation is "may I?" like a person who aims to introduce him/herself (as well as a guy who enters a room). Congratulations for the equalisation.
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)!
Thank you for your wonderful restoration. I especially liked how resonant the bass drum sounded. I've always preferred this recorded version, especially the crazy fast tempos in the 4th section and how the solo trumpet stands out. Thanks again!
For another interpretation, check out Ormandy from 1946. Superb! ua-cam.com/video/BNkSlg1Nehc/v-deo.html
Impressive😀
I like it!
The previous version was released with a "flat" response as a companion example to "Hearing is Believing" so that you could compare that album's presentation of a "Before" example with a modern transcription of the disc. Here I have applied some equalization to bring out particularly the low notes and to try and remove some of the wonky resonances and colorization of the acoustic recording system.
Pretty good sound for an ensemble acoustic recording of that era. Thanks, Glen.
Checkout my reply to @msroper5287.