Mercury Records Collection: SR-90443: Concertos For Recorders, Strings And Harpsichord

SR-90443: Concertos For Recorders, Strings And Harpsichord
London String Orchestra, Marriner; Bernard Krainis

Label Type :	maroon Mercury type ?
Matrix Number :	SIDE-A	SR-90443A-RFR-2 P17 RR II
	SIDE-B	SR-90443B-RFR-3 RR

Comments

Equivalent release: Mercury MG-50443 (mono).

with original Mercury inner sleeve.

RFR pressing: this is not the earliest RFR-1 copy. And the album sounds like it was mastered using a sort of equalizers.

Personal Impression (and brief notes)

Bernard Krainis is no famous in Japan, but at least in the U.S. he was one of the distinguished recorder players. He was a co-founder, former associate director and recorder soloist of the New York Pro Musica. He was also one of the original faculty members and performers with the Aston Magna music festival. His repertoire mainly concentrated on the works from the 17th and 18th centuries.

On this album, Bernard Krainis plays concertos by Vivaldi, Hendel and Teleman, with the London Strings. All performances sounds so attractive, although this copy is not the best-sounding one.

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

6 out of 10

Track Listing

A-2 A-3 A-4 A-5

SIDE-A
VIVALDI: Concerto in A minor (sopranino recorder)		11:43 in total
A-1	Allegro	5:03
Larghetto	2:47
Allegro	3:43
HENDEL: Concerto in F (alto recorder)		8:40 in total
Larghetto; Allegro	4:37
Alla Siciliana; Presto	3:58
SIDE-B
HENDEL: Concerto in G (soprano recorder)		6:23 in total
B-1	Largo; Allegro	3:10
B-2	Adagio; Andante	3:08
TELEMAN: Concerto in C (alto recorder)		16:10 in total
B-3	Allegretto	4:12
B-4	Allegro	4:02
B-5	Andante	4:29
B-4	Tempo di Minuet	3:16

Personnel

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

B-3, B-4, B-5, B-6:
The London Strings, Neville Marriner (cond).
Bernard Krainis (recorders), John Churchill (harpsichord).
Recorded at Watford Town Hall, London, England on July 22, 1965.

Side-A, B-1, B-2:
Same personnel as Side-A.
Recorded at Watford Town Hall, London, England on July 23, 1965.