The Heart Of The Symphony

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Release Date: 1941

Label: Victor

Two concentric label arcs of equal length = Camden pressing.

Recorded May 25, 1940 at the Academy Of Music, Philadelphia.

Instrumentation: 8 first violins, 7 second violins, 5 violas, 4 cellos, 3 basses, 1 harp, 2 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 French horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, and tympani (Victor ledgers: R. Wise, present).

Several discographers have concluded that the Victor Symphony Orchestra in this session is comprised, all or in part, of members of The Philadelphia Orchestra.

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