{"product_id":"leopold-stokowski-conducting-the-philadelphia-orchestra-early-hi-fi-lp-mono-near-mint-nm-or-m","title":"Leopold Stokowski Conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra - Early Hi-Fi - LP, Mono - Near Mint (NM or M-)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e:                      LP, Mono\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedia Condition: \u003c\/strong\u003e    Near Mint (NM or M-)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSleeve Condition:\u003c\/strong\u003e     Very Good Plus (VG+)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry:                       \u003c\/strong\u003eUS \u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecord Label:              \u003c\/strong\u003eBell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalog No:         \u003c\/strong\u003e         BTL-7901\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReleased:                     \u003c\/strong\u003e1979\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:                           \u003c\/strong\u003eClassical\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:                             \u003c\/strong\u003eRomantic\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eA1.  Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9 8:20\u003cbr\u003eA2.  Invitation To The Dance 8:24\u003cbr\u003eA3.  \"Scherzo\" From The Incidental Music For Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream 4:46\u003cbr\u003eA4.  Prelude And Liebestod From Tristan And Isolde 7:40\u003cbr\u003e.  Symphony No. 5. Prometheus: The Poem Of Fire, Op. 60 \u003cbr\u003e.  Pictures At An Exhibition \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComments:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\nVery clean vinyl and labels. Sleeve has light ring wear, no splits or writing. Record is in excellent condition, no obvious signs of wear. Lovely copy!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYouTube Video\/Audio:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cpre style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: justify;font-family: unset;\"\u003eCover: \"Bell System American Orchestras On Tour\" logo at top right.\n\nEarly Hi-Fi\nWide Range and Stereo Recordings Made by Bell Telephone Laboratories in the 1930s.\nLeopold Stokowski Conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1931-1932.\n\nA1 to A4, B5, B6: Monaural \nB1 to B4: Stereo\n\nA1 \"Roman Carnival\":\nThe recording presented here was made during the rehearsal of December 1, 1931. \n\nA2 \"Invitation to the Dance\":\nThis performance, culled from a live concert of December 4, 1931, possess an infectious spontaneity not entirely captured during the formal recording sessions. \n\nA3 \"Midsummer Night's Dream\":\nThe performance heard here, recorded December 5, 1931, is somewhat slower tempo than the acoustical 1917 Philadelphia recording, but it possesses more of the characteristic Stokowski flavor in such touches as the highlighting of the inner voices and the sudden sforzandi in the brass.\n\nA4 \"Prelude \u0026amp; Liebestod\":\nIn this recording of December 19, 1931, Stokowski performd the standard Wagner arrangement of the Prelude and Liebestod. Unfortunately, not all of the Prelude was taken down during this performance; however, what remains has been included in this album to afford the listener an inkling of the passionate intensity which pervades so many of Stokowski's Wagnerian readings.\n\nB1 \u0026amp; B2 \"Poem of Fire\":\nDuring a concert of Russian music, given on March 12, 1932, Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra performed this work. Bell Labs engineers were on hand to make some experimental recordings in stereophonic sound. All that was recorded of Scriabin's \"Poem of Fire,\" two short excerpts, is presented here in its entirety, representing the first stereophonic recordings of a major symphony orchestra. \n\nThis record was produced with the full cooperation of the estate of Leopold Stokowski. Mr. C. W. Baumgarten, who is in charge of the musical and artistic assests of the estate and who was Stokowski's assistant during the last fourteen years of the maestro's life, says Stokowski would have been extremely pleased to find that the records have been preserved, since they are the truest recorded sound of this legendary period. \n\u003c\/pre\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/sell\/item\/4134819597\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eData provided by Discogs\u003c\/a\u003e","brand":"Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53126042845484,"sku":"4134819597","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9904\/0812\/files\/4165705-0224596567f67fa07711a67f67fa07711b174420777667f67fa07711e.jpg?v=1777264724","url":"https:\/\/eclecticorecords.com.au\/products\/leopold-stokowski-conducting-the-philadelphia-orchestra-early-hi-fi-lp-mono-near-mint-nm-or-m","provider":"Eclectico Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}