[78-L] Facade

[David Lennick]

On 6/17/2013 10:02 PM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
> A nice clean late English master pressing with quiet surfaces (yes there are
> such things, even on Decca).
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> I listened to your transfer on the link you included and was impressed by the quiet surfaces, I was giving Mr. Newton all the credit for that but I guess it's the high quality source.  The order of the poems on the transfer is entirely different than on the records, did you reorder them based on your knowledge of the score or is there some other reason for the order?
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> db
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It's been over 7 years so I can't remember why I wanted to change the order. It 
might have been to correspond with the original running order, but I think less 
than half the poems are on the 2 discs. Probably something to do with the 
pacing, and my old radio programming habits. Following the original order of 
the matrix numbers must have been unsatisfactory, and those out-of-sequence 
numbers were confusing even though we're assured that the sides were recorded 
on the same day (in the Chenil Galleries, London). I was also assured by an 
authoritative source that Walton conducted the orchestra.

On 6/21/2005 1:07 AM, David Lennick wrote:
> (Hi Ray! Here it is before we moved Horoscope..if we're moving Horoscope..I
> forget. Real fun tracing these things, by the way! NB..the track timings for
> Facade will likely change in the editing.)*
*Let's hope they did, Long Steel Grass certainly didn't run 11:42
>
> LEC 009: CONSTANT LAMBERT
>
> Original 1929-1950 Recordings
>
> 1.  THE RIO GRANDE (Constant Lambert-Sacheverell Sitwell) 13:26
> 	The Hallé Orchestra conducted by Constant Lambert
> 	Sir Hamilton Harty, piano; The St. Michael's Singers;
> 	A. W. Whitehead, solo
> 	COLUMBIA 2373/4, mx WAX 5330/3, all take 2
> 	Recorded in Central Hall, Westminster, 11 January 1930
>
> 2-12. FACADE, Excerpts (William Walton-Edith Sitwell) 16:49
>              Constant Lambert&  Edith Sitwell, speakers, with Ensemble
>
>      2.  Polka (1:06)
>      3.  Fox Trot (1:43)
>      4.  Tango (1:15)
>      5.  Valse (2:28)
>      6.  Popular Song (1:37)
>      7.  Black Mrs. Behemoth (0:47)
>      8.  Jodelling Song (2:11)
>      9.  Scotch Rhapsody (1:00)
>      10. Long Steel Grass (11:42)
>      11. A Man from a Far Countree (1:13)
>      12. Tarantella (1:11)
>
> 	Decca T124/5, K 991/2, mx MA 317-7A, 319-7A, 392-7A, 723-2A
> 	Recorded Chenil Galleries, London, 28 November 1929
>
> 13-17: HOROSCOPE, Ballet Suite (Lambert) 27:35
>
>      13. Dance for the Followers of Leo (4:18)
> 	Columbia DX 1196, mx CAX 9299-2
>      14. Saraband for the Followers of Virgo (6:21)
> 	Columbia DX 1567, mx CAX 10433-1, 10434-1
>      15. Valse for the Gemini (4:15)
> 	Columbia DX 1196, mx CAX 9300-2
>      16. Bacchanale (4:20)
> 	Columbia DX 1568, mx CAX 10432-1
>      17. Invocation to the Moon and Finale (8:07)
> 	Columbia DX 1197, mx CAX 9301-1, 9302-2
>
> The Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (13, 15, 17) and The Philharmonia
> Orchestra (14, 16) conducted by Constant Lambert
> 13, 15&  17 recorded Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 15 May 1945
> 14&  16 recorded Abbey Road, London, 14 January 1949
>
> 18-21. LES PATINEURS, ballet suite (Meyerbeer, arr. Constant Lambert) 8:09
> 	(Le Prophete: Act III, Prelude: Quadrille [Skating Scene])
>
>      18. Entre (2:48)
>      19. Pas des Patineuses (1:26)
>      20. Pas de deux (2:10)
>      21. Pas de trois (1:43)
>
> The Sadlers Wells Orchestra conducted by Constant Lambert
> HMV C 3105, mx 2EA 7739-1, 7740-1; recorded 8 May 1939, Kingsway Hall, London
>
> 22. BALLABILE, from the ballet "Ballabile" (Chabrier, arr. Lambert) 4:16
> 	(Pieces Posthumes No. 2, 1891)
> 	The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Constant Lambert
> Columbia DX 1736, mx CAX 10910-1; recorded Kingsway Hall, London, 27 September
> 1950
>
> 23. GALOP, from the ballet "Apparitions"
> 	(Liszt, arr. Lambert, orch. Gordon Jacob) 3:30
> 	(Grand Galop Chromatique)
> 	The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Constant Lambert
> Columbia DX 1560, mx CAX 10431-1; recorded Abbey Road, London, 14 January 1949
>
> T&P: David Lennick
> Digital restoration, kicking&  screaming: Graham Newton
>


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