Mercury Records Collection: MG-50042: SMETANA: The High Castle; The Moldau; MOZART: Prague

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MG-50042: SMETANA: The High Castle; The Moldau
MOZART: Prague /
Chicago Symphony, Kubelik

Label Type :	maroon Mercury Olympian Series Long Playing High Fidelity
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	YMG 50042A MF1 A2 B1 I
	SIDE-B	YMG 50042B MF23 A1 I

Comments

A revised compilation of Chicago Symphony / Kubelik's recordings: Smetana's “High Castle” and “Moldau”, both are from the suite “Ma Vlast” previously issued on MG-50013 and OL2-100; Mozart's “Prague” previously issued on MG-50015.

Refugee-san gave this album to me for free - Thanks!

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

(will be added later)

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

8 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
A-1	SMETANA: Ma Vlast (My Fatherland): The High Castle	14:30
A-2	SMETANA: Ma Vlast (My Fatherland): The Moldau	11:26
SIDE-B
B-1	MOZART: Symphony No.38 in D (“Prague”)	22:52

Personnel

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

Side-A:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (cond).
Recorded in Chicago, IL on December 4-6, 1952.

Side-B:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (cond).
Recorded at Orchestra Hall, Chicago, IL on April 3-5, 1953.

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