Mercury Records Collection: SR-90011: BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.3 (“Eroica”)

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SR-90011: BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.3 in E flat major, Op.55 (“Eroica”)
/ Minneapolis Symphony, Dorati

Label Type :	Maroon Mercury Stereo Living Presence High Fidelity
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	SR90011A FR2 A3 I
	SIDE-B	SR 90011B FR1 C1 I

Comments

Equivalent release: Mercury MG-50141 (mono).

FR pressing. Great sounding, but not the best Mercury IMHO.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

(will be added later)

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

7 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.3 in E flat major, Op.55 (“Eroica”)		(45:38 in total)
A-1	Allegro con brio	-
A-2	Marcia funébre	-
SIDE-B
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.3 in E flat major, Op.55 (“Eroica”), cont'd		(45:38 in total)
B-1	Scherzo	-
B-2	Finale; Allegro molto	-

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 Northrop Memorial Auditorium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN on March 9, 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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MATSUBAYASHI 'Shaolin' Kohji <shaolin@rhythmaning.org>