[78-L] Marche Slav

[Philip Carli]

Sometimes, even into the present day, Tchaikovsky is considered repetitive and "cuttable".  There's a standard cut in "1812" that is not only on many 2-side 78 versions, but that I heard taken as recently as 2001 by the Buffalo Phil at a pops concert.  "1812" was the overture played at the opening of the Eastman Theatre in 1922, and the parts used at that performance (which are still at Eastman) have that cut heavily marked in.  I was surprised when I got the 1916 Prince's Orchestra version of MARCHE SLAVE because the A side was absolutely complete but the B is cut rather substantially and erratically - and there was plenty of space left for more. PC


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From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] on behalf of DAVID BURNHAM [burnhamd at rogers.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2012 2:47 PM
To: 78-L at 78online.com
Subject: [78-L] Marche Slav

dl wrote:

Rodzinski's Marche Slav is missing a chunk between the two sides that made a proper
join impossible.


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The recording I had as a kid by Fiedler and the Boston P.O. also had a cut, (probably the same one), between the sides;  the passage which was cut actually occurs twice in the piece and it was cut both times - obviously I didn't know it was a cut until many years later when I heard another version of it on LP.  I don't think the cut was to enable it to fit on two sides because there's lots of spiral on both sides and the cut isn't that long so it would easily have fit.

db
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