Reups by Request
A large number of reups this evening, all from requests. These have been remastered where noted. As usual, the items from several years ago exist only in mp3 form, and the sound may be short of...
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Hans Kindler Conducts Tchaikovsky; Reups
Hans Kindler is not remembered today, but he was a well regarded conductor in his day, the 1930s and 40s.Kindler, originally a cellist, founded the National Symphony in Washington, D.C. in 1931, and...
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Call Me Madam
One of Ethel Merman's most famous roles was Ambassador Sally Adams in the 1950 Broadway musical Call Me Madam, and the recordings from that production have been reissued many times. (There are two -...
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Top Pops of 1952 with Ralph Flanagan
I admittedly have a weakness for Ralph Flanagan's records that can't be explained in any rational manner. So please indulge me as I present yet another of his early LPs, this one exploring some of the...
View ArticleReups, Requested and Otherwise
A number of reups for you today. Some result from your requests and some are dealer's choice.Most of these have been remastered or are recent efforts, with very good sound. "The Party Leads Us On to...
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Mitropoulos in Minnesota: Milhaud, Ravel and Rachmaninoff
More of Dimitri Mitropoulos' recordings with the Minneapolis Symphony today, all originally on 78, with these transfers coming from early LP incarnations.First is their excellent rendition of Milhaud's...
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Tito Puente on Broadway
I recently reupped Perez Prado's first American LP, and enjoyed the experience of remastering that recording so much, I went looking for more mambo sounds for you.I didn't have far to look because as...
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Americana for Solo Winds and Strings
This Mercury LP celebrates the conservative but highly attractive music of the composers associated with Howard Hanson at the Eastman School - with the notable addition of Aaron Copland, in what may be...
View ArticleAnother Batch of Reups and Remasters
Here we go again down the path of reuploads, mostly by request, but some by choice of the proprietor.As always, these are remastered for better sound, except for the newer transfers. Remasters are...
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Szell, Ormandy, Böhm and Maag Conduct Mozart and Haydn
Two early LPs for you today showing mid-20th century approaches to Mozart and Haydn from leading conductors and orchestras.Ormandy attempts to poke a cellist in the eyeThe Columbia album has an April...
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Jean Sablon on RCA Victor
I've been presenting early LPs by the legendary French crooner Jean Sablon now and then, and this is the third such post - also the third cover to feature the same photo of Sablon.But while the first...
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Hymns with Virgil Fox
My two previous Virgil Fox posts have been amazingly popular. I am not one to argue with success, so here is a third.But while I won't take issue with Fox's approval rating, I might quibble with his...
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Thomas Scherman Conducts Copland and Thomson
Four years ago a post on this blog presented an American Decca recording of film music by Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson from the Little Orchestra Society and Thomas Scherman. Here is a companion...
View ArticleLatest Reups and Remasters
Once again we have a pile of reuploads for you. Some of these are requested by readers and some were chosen by me.These all have been remastered for better sound, except for one set from a lossy...
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Let's Dance Again with Flanagan
Dancing with Ralph Flanagan is something we do regularly around here. This spin around the floor is by request of a reader who was seeking the conductor's rendition of "Dancing in the Dark," which...
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Early Recordings of Charles Ives' Music
In response to my recent report of early recordings of the music of Edgard Varèse, longtime blog reader David Federman asked me if I had this pioneering 1951 record of Charles Ives' music. Not only do...
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Claude Thornhill - Piano and Rhythm
Claude Thornhill made a great many records as a bandleader, but relatively few as a pianist with rhythm section. As far as I can tell, there were 10, all done in November and December 1947 with backing...
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Florence Henderson
Florence Henderson is best known today for being the mother on The Brady Bunch, a well-remembered US television show of the early 70s. But as with many television stars then and later, she started in...
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John Kirkpatrick's First Ives Recording
Pianist John Kirkpatrick was possibly the most influential musician in establishing Charles Ives reputation in prewar America.Kirkpatrick was the first to play the complete Concord Sonata in a public...
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Everything I Have Is Yours / Lili
M-G-M combined the songs from two of its early 50s musicals on this one 10-inch LP - the backstage story of Everything I Have Is Yours, and the naive girl-with-puppets fairytale of Lili.Marge and Gower...
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