24/48: Anatole Fistoulari / LSO - Khachaturian. Gayaneh - Everest 1960

Aram Khachaturian: "Gayaneh" - Ballet Suite
Sabre Dance ~ Lyrical Duet ~ Dance Of The Rose Maidens ~ Gopak ~ Lullaby ~ Lezghinka     
Russian Dance ~ Gayaneh's adagio ~ Dance Of The Young Kurds ~ Dance Of The Old Man ~ Fire

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London Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Anatole Fistoulari  

World Record Club  SCM 41  1963 EMI pressing/matrices: SW 7656-2 / SW 7657-1. Recorded: 2 November 1959 -Walthamstow Town Hall.
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Khachaturian. Piano Concerto - Peter Katin / LSO / Hugo Rignold - Everest 1960

 

Aram Khachaturian:  Piano Concerto, in D flat
I: Allegro maestoso  ~  II: Andante con anima  ~  II: Allegro brillante   
Peter Katin, piano  - London Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Hugo Rignold 
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Concert Hall  SMSC 2534  (originally: Everest SDBR 3055)  1969 Philips UK pressing/Turicaphon Swiss matrices.  
Recorded: 10 November 1959 - Walthamstow Assembly Hall
24/96 files - now 16/44 only...This scintillating performance (the piano has extra percussive clarity as its lid was removed..) is recently mentioned by Christopher Howell...But this isn't the rubbish Khachaturian transfer alluded to..  The tape-to-disc sound is very good and seems to be a slightly better transfer than the earlier EMI mastered WRC issue    Sleeve-note >>>

Robert Irving presents... "Musical Merry-Go-Round" - Sinfonia of London - HMV 1961

Side One:  Rodgers; arr.Gamley: The Carousel Waltz  /  Ibert: Clowns' Dance  /  Saguet: Visions d'Art  /  Stravinsky: Circus Polka  /
Khachaturian: 'Masquerade' - Waltz

Side Two:  Oscar Strauss; arr: Banks: La Ronde  /  Don Banks: Coney Island  /  Mussorgsky: Gopak /  Gamley: Prater Fest  / 
Smetana: 'Bartered Bride' - Dance of the Comedians
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The Sinfonia of London  conducted by  Douglas Gamley -&- Robert Irving 
HMV  CSD 1333  STEREO  Original 1961 LP/matrices: 2YEA 495 -2 / 2YEA 496 -2         
re-edited October 2022 from the 24/96 WAV files  - Excellent playing by the Orchestra.     Sleeve-note >>>