[78-L] Question

[David Lennick]

On 3/29/2011 7:09 PM, DRJAZZ78 at aol.com wrote:
> Hey Gang,
>
>      Can someone please tell me what the first recording  of the Overture
> 1812?
>
> Doug

Excerpted:

CARLO SABAJNO & LA SCALA ORCHESTRA (1 SIDE) GRAMOPHONE 050506 (1905)
4 others on European labels, 1909-1913

Complete (reasonably):
LANDON RONALD, ROYAL ALBERT HALL ORCHESTRA (3 SIDES) HMV 2-0660, 2-0664 & 
2-0674, doubled on D122/3 (1916)

First American recordings (edited):
SHILKRET, VICTOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (2 SIDES) VICTOR 35729 (1923)
SOKOLOFF, CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA (2 SIDES) BRUNSWICK 50047 (1924)

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