[78-L] Question 1812 Overture

[Philip Carli]

The oficcial title in Russian, at least on the earliest orchestral parts I've seen (by S. Rahter), is _ Year 1812_.  We have a set at Eastman as it was the first piece played at the opening of the Eastman Theatre in 1922, and Rahter was the original publisher.  I wish I could give the Russian off the parts off hand...

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Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 10:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Question 1812 Overture

WERM lists a performance by Golovanov and the Moscow Radio Orchestra on USSR D
1294. Coupling is something by Svendsen, and I don't see their Marche Slav here
(Supplement III).

The title used in WERM is "Ouverture Solenelle 1812". Schwann calls it
"Overture 1812". Anything to avoid having to flip that coin to decide whether
"1812" goes at the head of the list as a number or alphabetized as "Eighteen.."
(like radio station librarians trying to catalogue the 101 Strings under "One"
or "Hundred").

dl

On 3/31/2011 10:45 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
> On 3/31/2011 10:22 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>> I've just spent half an hour checking all the shelves for the Lion LP and
>> haven't turned it up, but it's in Schwann..L 40005. And it's Golovonov and the
>> USSR State Orchestra. Both the 1812 Overture and Marche Slav have the
>> substitute anthems, so there's another performance.  dl
>
> That's probably the mono recording from the early LPs in the mid-50s.
> The Ivanov is from around 1963 in stereo, although I have a note that it
> was also issued in mono as D 15527.  I can't get to my Soviet catalog
> that might list them both.  I'm not allowed to move piles or boxes
> around.  This was only my second trip to the basement since my
> operation, and luckily the LPs were on a shelf right by the stairs.  I
> couldn't get to the 78 versions and was relying on WERM.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
>
>> On 3/31/2011 9:21 PM, Gene Baron wrote:
>>> I have a Melodiya LP (C-0959-60) by the USSR Symphony Orchestra conducted by
>>> K. Ivanov that also has the "substitute" music -- even after many listens
>>> it's still a bit of a surprise when that music shows up -- in both the 1812
>>> Overture and March Slav.  Interestingly, the 1812 Overture is called 'Year
>>> 1812' -- is this common with the Russian versions, or is this the original
>>> title?
>>>
>>> Gene
>>> gene.baron at gmail.com
>
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