[78-L] Victor Herbert plays Mendelssohn..Mendelssohn loses

[Philip Carli]

There _are_ decent band recordings of "Spring Song" and other of the _Lieder ohne Worte_, though they seem unlikely pieces to transcribe for band. The best ones are British, as the Guards bands had really fine woodwind sections and they approach the pieces like the chamber works they are.  There are also other strange Mendelssohn band transcriptions on record, like the first movement of the Third Symphony ("Scotch") by Prince's Band on Columbia and the Rondo Capriccioso op. 14 by Vessella's Italian Band on Victor.  (Both of those are pretty good, the Vessella a bit more polished than Prince, but they both have some style and committment.) PC
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From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David Lennick [dlennick at sympatico.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 3:43 PM
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: Re: [78-L] Victor Herbert plays Mendelssohn..Mendelssohn loses

No, there's no "angel" on the label (something else Zon-O-Phone could have been
sued for), the title was at an ANGLE to the brand name.

dl

On 2/22/2011 3:38 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> Exactly what I wanted to know. I'll try B Flat and A Flat..B Flat is at least a
> little above 78, but that still questions the recording speeds used in 1902 (I
> may try 60RPM to satisfy the Johnson Conspiracy Lunatic Fringe). Suffice to say
> this record is a real mess, and not only in the performing...the label is
> printed askew (title lines at a sharp angel to the brand) and 1/8 of an inch
> off the center hole.
>
> Bb is reasonable. Doesn't make the playing any better. Ab REALLY sounds like
> the Guckenheimers sight reading it.
>
> dl
>
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