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Early hi-fi wide range and stereo recordings made by Bell Laboratories in the early 1930's.

Title
  1. Early hi-fi [sound recording] : wide range and stereo recordings made by Bell Laboratories in the early 1930's.
Published by
  1. [Murray Hill, NJ?] : Bell Telephone Laboratories, p1979-1980.

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Additional authors
  1. Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977.
  2. Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.
  3. Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826.
  4. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847.
  5. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
  6. Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915.
  7. Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881.
  8. Bell Telephone Laboratories, inc
  9. Philadelphia Orchestra. prf
Description
  1. 2 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. and stereo.; 12 in.
Alternative title
  1. Roman carnival overture.
  2. Invitation to the dance.
  3. Pictures at an exhibition.
Subject
  1. Orchestral music
  2. Orchestral music, Arranged
  3. Operas > Excerpts
  4. Suites (Orchestra) > Excerpts
  5. Sound > Recording and reproducing
  6. Symphonies > Excerpts
  7. Overtures
Contents
  1. v. 1. Roman carnival overture, op. 9 / Hector Berlioz (8:20) -- Invitation to the dance / Carl Maria von Weber (8:24) -- Scherzo from the incidental music for Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream / Felix Mendelssohn (4:46) -- Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde / Richard Wagner (7:40) -- Symphony no. 5 : Prometheus : the poem of fire, op. 60 : [1st] excerpt (3:28) ; [2nd] excerpt (3:30) / Alexander Scriabin -- Pictures at an exhibition : Promenade (conclusion), Gnomes (3:34); The old castle (excerpt) (3:49); Bydlo (conclusion), Promenade, Ballet of the chicks in their shells, Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle, Catacombs (excerpt) (8:10); Hut on fowl's legs, The great gate of Kiev (3:58) / Modeste Moussorgsky.
  2. v. 2. Die Walküre. Ride of the Valkyries (4:13) ; Wotan's farewell (excerpts) and Magic fire music (14:̀10) ; Siegfried. Forest murmurs (8:15) ; Die Götterdämmerung. Siegfried's funeral music (6:30) ; Brünnhilde's immolation (17:16) / Richard Wagner -- Stokowski speaks to the audience (1:20).
Call number
  1. *LDC 39333
Note
  1. Previously unpublished experimental recordings of Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra.
  2. The excerpts from "Prometheus", the 1st 2 groups of excerpts from "Pictures at an exhibition", and the excerpts from "Die Walküre" recorded in stereo; the remainder in mono.
  3. Vol. 2 also cataloged in Atlas.
  4. Technical notes and program notes by H. Ward Marston IV on containers.
Event (note)
  1. Recorded in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 1931-1932.
Additional formats (note)
  1. Service copy (2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.) available in: *LDC 39333.
Title
  1. Early hi-fi [sound recording] : wide range and stereo recordings made by Bell Laboratories in the early 1930's.
Imprint
  1. [Murray Hill, NJ?] : Bell Telephone Laboratories, p1979-1980.
Event
  1. Recorded in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 1931-1932.
Additional formats
  1. Service copy (2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.) available in: *LDC 39333.
Local note
  1. Archival originals (2 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in.) in *LSRX 7434 (v.1) and *LSRX 20791 (v.2)
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  1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material
Added author
  1. Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977. Conductor
  2. Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Carnaval romain.
  3. Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826. Aufforderung zum Tanze; arranged.
  4. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Sommernachtstraum. Scherzo.
  5. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde. 1. Aufzug. Einleitung.
  6. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde. Liebestod.
  7. Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915. Prométhée. Selections.
  8. Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Kartinki s vystavki. Selections; arranged.
  9. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre. Walkürenritt.
  10. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre. Leb' wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind. Selections.
  11. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Walküre. Feuerzauber.
  12. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Siegfried. Waldweben.
  13. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung. Trauermarsch.
  14. Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen. Götterdämmerung. Brünnhildes Schlussgesang.
  15. Bell Telephone Laboratories, inc.
  16. Philadelphia Orchestra. Performer
Added title
  1. Roman carnival overture.
  2. Invitation to the dance.
  3. Pictures at an exhibition.
LCCN
  1. 80760901
Publisher no.
  1. BTL-7901 Bell Laboratories
  2. BTL 8001 Bell Laboratories
Research call number
  1. *LDC 39333 Notes on LP containers.
  2. *LSRX 7434
  3. *LSRX 20791
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