SR-90005: RAVEL: Bolélo; Ma Mère l'Oye; CHABRIER: Bourrée Fantasque / Detroit Symphony, Paray
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Label Type : | maroon Mercury type ? | |
| Matrix Number : | SIDE-A | SR_90005_A FR9 A3 A1 PC-13 I | |
| SIDE-B | SR-90005B-RFR-2 P17 | ||
Comments
Stereo-only release (no equivalent mono issue).
A-1 “Bolélo” is also on
Mercury MG-50373 (mono) and SR-90373 (stereo).
B-1 “Ma Mère l'Oye”
and B-2 “Bourrée Fantasque” firstly appeared on
Mercury MG-50145 (mono).
middle light stain on the front cover.
Side-A is FR pressing, but very last one. Side-B is RFR: sound/press quality is not bad, but not too good.
Personal Impression (and brief notes)
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Strictly Personal Rating (to what extent I could enjoy this album)
5 out of 10
Track Listing
| SIDE-A | ||
| A-1 | RAVEL: Bolélo | - |
| SIDE-B | ||
| B-1 | RAVEL: Ma Mère l'Oye | - |
| Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty | ||
| Hop-o'-my-Thumb | ||
| Laideronette, Empress of the Pagodes | ||
| The Conversations of Beauty and the Beast | ||
| The Fairy Garden | ||
| B-2 | CHABRIER: Bourrée Fantasque | - |
Personnel
Personnel/recorded date/master numbers confirmed with the Ruppli's discography.
(“The Mercury Labels - A Discography” by Ruppli and Novitsky, Greenwood Press, 1993)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray (cond).
A-1: Recorded in March 24, 1958.
B-1, B-2: Recorded in March 18-19, 1957.
Wilma Cozart, recording director.
Harold Lawrence, musical supervisor.
C.R. Fine, engineer and technical supervisor.
Tape to disc transfer by George Piros.
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