25 December 2023

24/48: Leonard Bernstein / Columbia SO - Fancy Free ~ El Salon Mexico ~ La Creation du Monde - CBS 1951/1956

Leonard Bernstein:  "Fancy Free" - Ballet suite
Opening Dance & Scene at the Bar ~ Pas de Deux ~ Competition Scene & 1st Variation  ~ 2nd Variation  ~ 3rd Variation  ~ Finale

Aaron Copland:  "El Salón México"

Darius Milhaud:  "La Création du monde", op.81a     (Benny Goodman, clarinet)

8 files 16/44 zip FLAC  Mega Download              8 files 24/48 zip XR FLAC  Mega Download

Columbia Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Leonard Bernstein

Columbia  CL 920 
Original pressing/matrices: XLP38400 -1H / XLP38384 -2C. Recorded: a) 18 July 1956 - b) 23 March 1951 - c) 21 March 1951 - Columbia 30th St.Studio -New York.  1.3 declick/1.5dB treble.   Cover Scans Feb.2013 (intended upload..).    Sleeve-note/labels >>>      

Previously uploaded on Music Parlour: the 1952 Capitol version of "Fancy Free" + Copland "Rodeo" Joseph Levine-Ballet Theatre



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5 comments:

  1. Muchas gracias por compartir esta bella grabación, saludos.

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    1. Un placer, Francisco.
      Ojalá tuviera más LP de USA como este.

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  2. Excellent transfers. Thanks so much. Bernstein in youthful high spirits. I seek in vain for a means of making a pathetically meagre Payment. My regards Chris.

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    1. OK - you force me to do this: I did get contributions from end 2015 to beginning 2019 (the whole 24-bit setup then went belly-up for 6 months..) - really after the staggeringly massive Stroke in Feb 2015 (was mentioned <100 comments on the main blog - retained on a blog-save).
      I would've preferred 'micropayments' of some laughably small amount per download (posts can get many thousands).
      So here's the Paypal. https://www.paypal.me/fwm1952
      I could bribe you with an offer of the pristine Szell Walton/Hindemith SAX - if that would encourage you (or anyone else!)

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    2. NB: The stereo UK 1965 SBRG 'Salon mexico' (c/w Appalachian Spring etc)is very good sound - almost a full-side taken - likewise the 1965 UK SBRG of the Piano Conc (Copland) etc. added the covers..

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