Mercury Records Collection: MG-50009: RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade

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MG-50009: RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade - Symphonic Soute, Op.35 /
Minneapolis Symphony, Dorati

Label Type :	Maroon Mercury Olympian Series Long Playing Microgroove
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	7YMG50009A MF2 C1
	SIDE-B	YMG50009B MF5 A1 I

Comments

Although it is earliest matrix letter variation, the sound itself is awesome and fully high-fidelity. I wish I had a cleaner copy...

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

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

7 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade - Symphonic Suite, Op.35
	The Sea And Sinbad's Ship	8:46
	The Tale Of The Kalendar Prince	10:15
SIDE-B
B-1	RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade - Symphonic Suite, Op.35 (cont'd)
	The Young Prince And The Young Princess	9:35
	Festival At Baghdad; The Sea; The Ship Goes To Pieces Against A Rock Surmounted By A Bronze Warrior	10:45

Personnel

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

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati (cond).
Recorded at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN on April 27 - 29, 1952.

David Hall, recording director.
C.R. Fine, field engineer.
George Piros, studio engineer.

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Side A	Side B

MATSUBAYASHI 'Shaolin' Kohji <shaolin@rhythmaning.org>