Master Of The Double Bass "25th Anniversary Souvenir"

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Release Date: 1949

Label: RCA Victor Red Seal

Red translucent Vinyl.

LE-1 was a deluxe collector’s edition of 1,000 copies only, pressed on 12” transparent red vinyl discs and issued in commemoration of his 25 years of service to the BSO.

Recorded September 25-26, 1929 at Liederkranz Hall.

Of the six selections that Koussevitzky recorded in 1929 playing the double bass, the Eccles Sonata movement and Koussevitzky's own Chanson Triste were originally recorded on 12" 78 rpm masters, the other four selections on 10" ones. Because LE-1 was a 12" album, the three of these four that were included in it, were recut to form 12" masters. The bass recording of Beethoven's Minuet in G was not included in LE-1. The matrix numbers assigned to these recut 12" parts are listed here:
Koussevitzky: Concerto For Double Bass (2nd mvt.), DS-RC-747/8-1.
Koussevitzky: Valse Miniature, D8-RC-741-1.
Laska: Wiegenlied, D8-RC-746-1.

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