Mercury Records Collection: SR-90223: BLOCH: Concerto Grosso No.1 & No.2

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SR-90223: BLOCH: Concerto Grosso No.1 & No.2
Eastman-Rochester, Hanson

Label Type :	Maroon Mercury Stereo Living Presence High Fidelity
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	SR_90223A_FR2 P17 A1 I
	SIDE-B	SR_90223B_FR1 P17 B1 I

Comments

Equivalent release: Mercury MG-50223 (mono).

FR pressing: this early pressing with FR2 (A1) /FR1 (B1) stampers sounds really great - dynamic sonic and sharp stereophonic presence.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Swiss composer Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)'s two concerti, which are under heavy influences of 18th-century style (such as Handel and Bach) with modern taste.

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

7 out of 10

Track Listing

SIDE-A
BLOCH: Concerto Grosso No.1 (1925)		23:46 in total
A-1	Prelude: Allegro energico e pesante
A-2	Dirge: Andante moderato
A-3	Pastorale and Rustic Dances
A-4	Fugue
SIDE-B
BLOCH: Concerto Grosso No.2 (1952)		18:47 in total
B-1	Maestoso - Andante
B-2	Allegro
B-3	Tranquillo

Personnel

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

Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra, Howard Hanson (cond).
Recorded at Eastman Theatre, Rochester, NY on May 5, 1959.

Wilma Cozart, recording director.
Harold Lawrence, musical supervisor.
C.R. Fine, engineer and technical consultant.
Tape to disc transfer by George Piros.