[78-L] Columbia album sets

Jeff Sultanof jeffsultanof at gmail.com
Thu Feb 17 09:50:34 PST 2011


Avshalomov's son was Jacob Avshalomov, who directed an excellent youth
symphonic ensemble in Phoenix for many years. They made an album for CRI in
the late fifites.

Jeff Sultanof

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> CONCERTO IN G / upon Chinese Themes and Rhythms / (for piano and orchestra)
> (Aaron Avshalomov)
> Gregory Singer (piano) / Aaron Avshalomov conducting Shanghai Municipal
> Symphony Orchestra
> 8 Sides., Set M-286
> 68867-D - 68870-D
> [Possible numbers for MM] 68871-D - 68874-D
> Recorded: 1936
> Matrix numbers: A 3074 to A 3081
> Matrix numbers (Details - Takes)
> A 3074-1 - First movement: Allegro non troppo (first part)
> A 3075-2 - First movement: Allegro non troppo (second part)
> A 3076-1 - First movement: Allegro non troppo (third part)
> A 3077-2 - First movement: Allegro non troppo (completion)
> A 3078-1 - Second movement: adagio (first part)
> A 3079-2 - Second movement: adagio (completion)
> A 3080-1 - Third movement: Finale (first part)
> A 3081-2 - Third movement: Finale (completion)
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> A note on the composition:
> The Piano Concerto in G was written during the summer of 1935 at Hangchow,
> a renowned beauty spot, of which the Chinese say, "Above there is heaven;
> below there is Habngchow and Soochow." Living in a peasant cottage and using
> a small harmonium, Avshalomov completed the composition in six weeks, doing
> the orchestration subsequently in Shanghai. Gregory Singer, to whom the
> scores is dedicated, gave the premiere in Shanghai with great success. On
> that occasion the slow movement was played twice, once as on this disc, and
> a second time in special orchestration for Chinese instruments. The Pathe
> recording was recorded - 1936 (?).
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: 78L <78-L at 78online.com>
> Sent: Thu, Feb 17, 2011 2:29 pm
> Subject: [78-L] Columbia album sets
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> Did someone want to know all of the MODERN MUSIC set numbers and their new
> numbers? I've just come across them in a small undated catalog, pre-CBS
> (but
> not by much).
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> Interesting that none of these was pressed in auto sequence, while just
> about
> every album surrounding them WAS, including what must have been a huge
> seller,
> Avshalomoff's Piano Concerto (whaaa?!) with someone named Singer at the
> piano
> and the composer conducting the Shanghai Municipal Orchestra. Never even
> heard
> of that one, let alone seen it (Set 286/AM286).
>
> Okay, here are the renumbered "Modern" sets.
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> 278 Haubiel: KARMA (formerly Modern Music 1)
> 279 Atterberg: SYMPHONY #6 (formerly Modern Music 2)
> 280 Gershwin: CONCERTO IN F..Bargy/Whiteman (formerly Modern Music 3)
> 281 Roy Harris: CONCERTO Op. 2 (formerly Modern Music 6)
> 282 Roy Harris: TRIO (Modern Music 7)
> 283 Salzedo: CONCERTO FOR HARP & 7 WIND INSTRUMENTS (formerly M.M. 8)
> 284 Glazounov: THE SEASONS (formerly Modern Music 5)
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> Wonder what Modern Music 4 was? And I wonder what on earth anyone was
> thinking
> in putting the Glazounov in that series? Roy Harris's Symphony 1933 had a
> better claim to be in there but it wasn't (it was Set 191).
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> The 1934 catalog lists Modern Music sets 1, 2, 3, 5 & 6 so Set 4 was a
> mystery
> even then (or an unused number). And the Gramophone Shop's 1931 catalog
> lists
> Modern Music sets 1, 2 and 3, so that's how early that series was in use.
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> dl
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