SR3-9017: Four Great Violin Concertos
London Symphony, Dorati/Schmidt-Isserstedt/Rozhdestvensky
Henryk Szeryng

	Label Type :	maroon Mercury Stereo Living Presence High Fidelity
	Matrix Number :	SR-90451 SIDE-A	SR-90451A-RFR-1    MR    III    A
		SR-90451 SIDE-B	SR-90451B-RFR-3    MR    RI    A
		SR-90452 SIDE-A	SR-90452A-RFR-1    MR    II
		SR-90452 SIDE-B	SR-90452B-RFR-3    P7    MR    I
		SR-90453 SIDE-A	SR-90453A-RFR-4    P13    MR    II
		SR-90453 SIDE-B	SR-90453B-RFR-1    MR    II    F

Comments

Equivalent release: Mercury OL3-117 (mono).

3LP box set with gatefold 4-page booklet.

RFR pressing: except a few background noise, these set sounds very nice.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

A great compilation of Violin Concertos featuring Henryk Szering.

Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto was firstly appeared on MG-50389 (mono) / SR-90389 (stereo). The other three performances (Beethoven, Sibelius, Prokofiev) firstly appeared on this box (and there was no other LP issues) in the States by Mercury (although these sides were issued by Dutch Philips).

Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)

8 out of 10

Track Listing

Personnel

Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)

Ruppli's discography don't have exact recorded date and place of Side-1, Side-2, Side-3 and Side-4 sessions. If you know the precise date and places for these recordings, please let me know.

UPDATE (Apr. 22, 2013) :
Ed Reichenbach-san kindly let me know there is a great discography of the London Symphony Orchestra, compiled by Philip Stuart. Thank you so much!

Side-5, Side-6:
London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati (cond).
Henryk Szeryng (vln).
Recorded at Watford Town Hall, London, England on July 22 & 23, 1962.
Produced by Harold Lawrence.
Engineer: Robert Fine.

Side-3, Side-4:
London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvinsky (cond).
Henryk Szeryng (vln).
Recorded in London, England, July 1965.
Recorded at Wembley Town Hall, London, England on July 22-24, 1965.
Produced by Vittorio Negri.
Engineer: Vittorio Negri.

Side-1, Side-2:
London Symphony Orchestra, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (cond).
Henryk Szeryng (vln).
Recorded in London, England, July 1965.
Recorded at Wembley Town Hall, London, England on July 8-10, 1965.
Produced by Harold Lawrence.
Engineer: Robert Eberenz.

Jackets

Front	Back
	(N/A)

Labels

SR-90451 Side A	SR-90451 Side B
SR-90452 Side A	SR-90452 Side B
SR-90453 Side A	SR-90453 Side B

Booklet

Booklet Front Page	Booklet Back Page