Saturday, November 6th, 2010
Here is a list of the LPs I found in Oklahoma City on a recent trip there:
Alshire ASC-10013 – Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet – Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic
Alshire ASC-814 – Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” – Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic (unopened, still in wrapper)
Crossroads 22 16 0028 – JS Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 & No. 2 – Ružicková – Lehel/Prague Chamber Orch.
Melodiya/Angel SR-40172 – Glazunov: Raymonda – Suite – Svetlanov/Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
Melodiya/Angel SRB-4111 – Delibes: Coppélia – Fayer/Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
Mercury Wing SRW-18051 – Scandinavian Twighlight Concert – Willem van Otterloo/Hague Philharmonic
The Alshire LPs are originally recordings made for and issued on the budget Somerset label in the late 1950s, produced by DL Miller; his catalogue was sold to Al Sherman in 1964, who formed the Alshire label (also famous for the 101 Strings albums). The Crossroads LP is a Supraphon recording; the Crossroads label was an imprint of CBS/Epic, and recent stereo Supraphon recordings from the collaboration were issued mid-to late 1960s. (Side note: Older Supraphon recordings had been previously issued in the US beginning in 1960 by the short-lived budget label Parliament, based in New York). The Melodiya/Angel discs were the result of a joint effort by EMI and the Russian recording giant Melodiya in issuing modern recordings from the USSR to the West. The Mercury Wing label was a budget reissue imprint of Mercury Records, offering early mono and early stereo releases from the Mercury back catalogue, and also licensed recordings from Philips; the van Otterloo recording was orginally a Philips disc.
I will be working on restoring and reissuing some of these recording, hopfully by the end of 2010. Otherwise, look for them to show up in my 2011 Klassic Haus CD catalogue. Cheers – Curt