Paul Paray, Detroit Symphony Orchestra - The Mercury Masters Volume 1: 1953-1957 (CD)

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CD 1 27:24
Recording location: Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA, February 1953
Recorded using a single Neumann U-47 microphone
Original Mercury Release: MG 50020, July 1953
℗ 1953 Universal International Music B.V.
MONO
Ravel: FIRST CD RELEASE ON MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE
Rimsky-Korsakov: FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE

CD 2 38:42
Recording location: Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA, February 1953
Recorded using a single Neumann U-47 microphone
Original Mercury Release: MG 50021, September 1953
℗ 1953 Universal International Music B.V.
MONO
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE

CD 3 35:34
Recording location: Masonic Temple, Detroit, USA, February 1953
Recorded using a single Neumann U-47 microphone
Original Mercury Release: MG 50022, September 1953
℗ 1953 Universal International Music B.V. 
MONO
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE

CD 4 35:05
Recording location: Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA, February 1953 
Recorded using a single Schoeps M201 microphone
Original Mercury Release: MG 50023, September 1953
℗ 1953 Universal International Music B.V.
MONO
FIRST CD RELEASE ON MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE

CD 5 41:10
Recording location: Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA, 7 December 1953
Recorded using a single Schoeps M201 microphone
Original Mercury Release: MG 50028, April 1954
℗ 1953 Universal International Music B.V.
MONO
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE

CD 6 34:10
Recording location: Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA, 7 December 1953
Recorded using a single Schoeps M201 microphone
Original Mercury Release: MG 50029, July 1954
℗ 1953 Universal International Music B.V.
MONO
FIRST CD RELEASE ON MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE

CD 7 52:26
Recording location: Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA, 26-28 December 1953
Recorded using a single Schoeps M201 microphone
Original Mercury Release: MG 50035, April 1954 (Tracks 1 to 10), Wing CCM 251A & MGV 14501 / Mercury PLP 1305 (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice children’s story with narration)
℗ 1953 Universal International Music B.V.
MONO
Dukas, Fauré: FIRST CD RELEASE ON MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE
Roussel: FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE
Editor's Note: In the booklet, page 9, the track number for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice children’s story with narration is incorrectly listed as 6. It is track 10.

CD 8 40:41
Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA, 26-28 December 1953
Recorded using a single Schoeps M201 microphone
Original Mercury Release: MG 50036, August 1954
℗ 1954 Universal International Music B.V.
MONO
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE

CD 9 43:20
Recording Location: Old Orchestra Hall, USA, 27 November 1954 (Der fliegende Holländer, Parsifal, Siegfried), 25 March 1955 (Tristan und Isolde)
Original Mercury Release: MG 50044: September 1955
Recorded using a single Schoeps M201 microphone
℗ 1955 Universal International Music B.V.
MONO
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE

CD 10 35:41
Recording Location: Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA, 26 November 1954
Original Mercury Release: MG 50045: February 1955
Recorded using a single Schoeps M201 microphone
℗ 1955 Universal International Music B.V.
MONO
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE

CD 11 35:16
Recording Location: Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA, 25 March 1955
Recorded using a single Schoeps M201 microphone
Original Mercury Release: MG 50056: September 1955
℗ 1955 Universal International Music B.V.
MONO
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE

CD 12 39:25
Recording Location: Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA, 26 March 1955
Recorded using a single Schoeps M201 microphone
Original Mercury Release: MG 50057: September 1955
℗ 1955 Universal International Music B.V.
MONO
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE

CD 13  45:31
Recording Location: Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium, Detroit, USA, S November 1956
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one Schoeps M201 microphone (centre) and two Neumann U-47 microphones (L-R)
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90001: 1958
© 1958 Universal International Music B.V.
STEREO

CD 14 58:49
Recording Locations: Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium, Detroit, USA, 19 March 1957 (Ravel: Ma mère l'oye; Chabrier: Bourreé fantasque; Roussel: Suite in F major; Barraud: Offrande à une ombre); Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA, 24 March 1958 (Ravel: Boléro).
Original LPs were sometimes composed to material recorded at different sessions, sometimes years apart. Bolero was recorded in 1958 whereas the other material on SR 90005 was recorded in 1957. It therefore does not conform to the exact time-span on the title of this edition.
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one Schoeps M201 microphone (centre) and two Neumann KM-56 microphones (L-R)
Original Mercury Living Presence Releases: SR 90005 (Ravel: Boléro, Ma mère l'oye; Chabrier: Bourree fantasque): 1958; MG 50145 (Roussel: Suite in F major; Barraud: Offrande à une ombre - mono): 1958; SRI 75100 (Roussel: stereo release on Mercury's 'Golden Imports' LP series): 1978; 434 389-2 (Barraud: first stereo release on CD only): 1997
© 1958 Universal International Music B.V.
STEREO

CD 15 40:04
Recording Location: Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA, 3-4 December 1955
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one Schoeps M201 microphone (centre) and two
Neumann U-47 microphones (L- R)
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90010: 1958
© 1958 Universal International Music B.V.
STEREO

CD 16 34:22
Recording Location: Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium, Detroit, USA, 10 December 1957
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one Schoeps M201 microphone (centre) and two Neumann KM-56 microphones (L-R)
Analog to digital transfer by John K. Chester, from first-generation 3-track master tapes
Plangent Process and Audio Restoration by Jamie Howarth
3- to 2-channel Mix and Mastering by Thomas Fine
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90012: 1958
© 1958 Universal International Music B.V.
STEREO

Format: CD

Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    Australasia  
Released:  2022
Genre:       Classical
Style:         Classical, Romantic, Modern

Track listing:

1-1. Boléro, M.81 12:59
. Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 14:15
2-1. Lohengrin, WWV 75 - Prelude To Act I 7:58
2-2. Lohengrin, WWV 75 - Prelude To Act III 2:49
2-3. Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg, WWV 96 - Prelude To Act I 9:14
2-4. Tannhäuser, WWV 70 - Overture 13:22
2-5. Die Walküre, WWV 86B - The Ride Of The Valkyries (Act III) 5:16
. Symphony No. 7 In A Major, Op. 92 35:34
. Symphony In D Minor 35:05
5-1. Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36 13:05
. Symphony No. 2, Op. 9 'Antar' 27:57
6-1. La Valse, M.72 11:31
6-2. Pavane, Op. 50 (Orchestral Version, 1887) 4:54
. Psyché – Poème Symphonique (Excerpts) 17:43
7-1. L’Apprenti Sorcier 10:46
. Pelléas Et Mélisande – Incidental Music, Op. 80 13:42
. Le Festin De L’Araignée, Op. 17 – Symphonic Fragments From The Ballet-Pantomim 14:13
7-10. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Children’s Story With Narration) 13:19
. Symphony No. 4 In D Minor, Op. 120 24:58
8-5. Les Préludes – Symphonic Poem 15:33
9-1. Der Fliegende Hollander, WWW 63 - Overture 9:42
9-2. Parsifal, WWW 111 - Good Friday Music (Act Iii) 9:48
9-3. Tristan Und Isolde, WWW 90 - Liebestod (Act III) (Orchestral Version) 15:33
9-4. Siegfried, WWW 86C - Forest Murmurs 7:52
. Symphony No. 6 In F Major, Op. 68 'Pastoral' 35:41
11-1. España – Rhapsody For Orchestra 6:44
. Rapsodie Espagnole, M.54 14:13
. Escales 14:03
. Symphony No. 4 In E Minor, Op. 98 39:25
. Carmen Suite - Excerpts From Suites Nos. 1 & 2 12:15
. L'Arlésienne – Suite No. 1 16:47
. L'Arlésienne – Suite No. 2 16:10
14-1. Boléro, M.81 13:14
. Ma Mère L'oye, M.60 15:12
14-7. Bourreé Fantasque 6:05
. Suite In F Major, Op. 33 13:11
14-11. Offrande À Une Ombre 10:33
. La Mer, L.109 (Trois Esquisses Symphoniques Pour Orchestre) 22:09
. Images Pour Orchestre, L.122 (No. 2: Ibéria) 17:45
. Symphony No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony' 17:45