SR-90266: TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat major, Op.23
Byron Janis; London Symphony, Menges

	Label Type :	Maroon Mercury Stereo Living Presence High Fidelity
	Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	SR 90266A RFR-1    P17    FF
		SIDE-B	SR 90266B RFR-1    P17    FF

Comments

Equivalent release: Mercury MG-50266 (mono).

with original Mercury inner sleeve.

RFR pressing: nice sound with beautiful stereophonics and presence, although not the Mercury's best of the bunch. It is probably because that the recording session was made at the Wembley Town Hall, not at the Watford Town Hall (where the best hall-acoustic was available and so many superb-sounding Merc albums were recorded by LSO).

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Although Herbert Menges' interpretation and conducting of this emotional concerto is bit flat and simple, the piano genius Byron Janis presents the finest performance here - his emotional touch makes this album so special.

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

8 out of 10

Track Listing

Personnel

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

London Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Menges (cond).
Byron Janis (p).

Recorded at Wembley Town Hall, London, England on June 7 & 8, 1960.

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

Jackets

Front	Back

Labels

Side A	Side B

Inner Sleeve

Front	Back