[78-L] Stereo half-track tapes

[David Lennick]

Ah, here we are..the April 1959 Schwann has LSC 1817, with a black diamond 
beside it, and LSC 2267 just below. Both of their mono versions are in the mono 
section, again with a delete next to LM 1817..and right below them, Camden CAL 
438. So, in theory, FIVE incarnations of Fiedler, from three different 
recordings over an 11 year period, were available simultaneously!

I don't have the Prodigal Son. It was The Mountain King that was the companion 
piece to Midsommarvaka, and it's missing at least one movement on the 
Westminster. Alfven may not have been the greatest conductor, but he was also 
81 when he made the recording (October 1953, I believe).

dl

David Lewis wrote:
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> One of the worst early stereo LPs I've ever heard is a Westminster disc derived from Sweden (Discofil?) of Alvfen conducting Midsommarvaka. The thing sounds glorious on the original ten-inch LP but because a stereo tape existed, Westminster used it. Awful. And they edited the companion piece. dl
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> I'm with you there Mr. Lennick. I have the Westminster LP of Alfven's "The Prodigal Son" with him conducting, in Stereo. The sound is just atrocious; unlistenable. The same recording is on a Swedish Society CD (probably deleted) and I'm hoping to run into it sometime just so I can really hear it, but so far, no luck. From what I've run into so far, the impression I have is that Alfven just wasn't a very good conductor, but maybe its just the software I've had access to heretofore.
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