I: Allegro ~ II: Andante ~ III: Allegro molto - Cadenza - Allegro molto
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Yehudi Menuhin, violin - London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Edward Elgar
HMV ALP 1456 First Edition 1957 LP. Matrices: 2XEA1037 -1N / 2XEA1038 -2N. Recorded: 14/15 July 1932 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road.
Some treble EQ added to the Concerto.
ALP 1456 sleeve-note / EMG review / recording data / Original 78 album & analytical notes by Walter Legge >>>
Many many thanks for this gorgeous and detailed transfer (and the copious scans)!
ReplyDeleteWas concerned I'd 'brightened' the sound a little too much (retain the prior version): side 2 is anyway better-sounding (and Menuhin doesn't seem to do justice to the second movement).
DeleteScanning those pasted-in album notes is rather problematic...
thank you for making this historic recording available to me; i look forward to hearing it. -regards, a.v.
ReplyDeleteTo the Whole Wide World too...
Deleteah true, but i can speak only for myself & thank you sincerely only on behalf of myself. -cheers, a.v.
DeleteThis exact LP was my first ever recording of Elgar's Violin Concerto. Bought in London by my father. I must have been 10, no more. So I thank you most wholeheartedly for making it available in brilliant sound. I have bought CD's of all sorts trying to reproduce what I had heard when I was so young and which accompanied me back to Buenos Aires. This finally has fulfilled my wish!! Scans are fantastic. Finally got the LP back, so to speak!! I don't have the original one I had. Moving to smaller and less spacious homes resulted in my having to do without a lot of material collected in my youth.
ReplyDeleteSaw you mention this on "you know who's" site: that Obert-Thorn transfer seemed rather good (surprisingly so: and certainly couldn't achieve that degree of 'quiet' from my new original HMV set -it almost sounded like the source was from vinyl's).
DeleteWas quite dubious about adding some additional treble to the above (if you would like the previous 'version' I can make it available) - but a re-cut side 2 on my additional, circa 1964, pressing was definitely superior.
Am considering uploading a 24/96 of Campoli's LP; again, my 1969 ACL re-cut is very superior to the original LXT from 1955..