Word: victor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...after he took to the baton, he became too busy to fiddle. Part of the huge repertory he and the Pops have built up: 103 marches, 98 overtures, 115 suites, 81 piano concertos, 51 waltzes, 45 arrangements from musical comedies. Boston Pops recordings now fill more pages in RCA Victor's Red Seal catalogue (160 titles) than those of any other orchestra except the Philadelphia...
Gounod: Faust (Georges Nore, tenor; Roger Rico, bass; Geori-Boue, soprano, and others; the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Thomas Beecham conducting; Victor, 32 sides). Faust, with its razzle-dazzle choruses and radiant arias, brought instant fame 90 years ago to French Composer Gounod; this performance adds to Beecham's. Recording: good...
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 (the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski conducting; Victor, 8 sides). Mendelssohn's trip to Scotland was almost as happy musically as his tour to Italy, which produced Symphony No. 4; Rodzinski here gives the "Scotch" a good piping. Recording: fair...
Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299 (Rene Le Roy, flute; Lily Laskine, harp; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham conducting; Victor, 6 sides). Not particularly a Mozart masterpiece, it is nicely performed by a master of Mozart. Recording: good...
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini conducting; Victor, 10 sides). The performance that Tchaikovsky fans have been waiting for. Recording (on Vinylite) : excellent...