Danse Macabre

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Album Info

Release Date: 1925

Label: Victrola

First electrical recording of classical music. It was Victor's first electrical recording of a symphony orchestra.

Recorded April 29, 1925, in Camden, NJ

Matrix & take numbers: CVE-27929- 2 / CVE-27930- 2
(Take 1 for each of these matrices was unpublished. Take 1 was recorded March 19, 1923 at Camden Church Studio.)

Instrumentation: 7 first violins, 4 second violins, 3 violas, 2 cellos, tuba, contra bassoon, 3 flutes, bass saxophone, 3 clarinets, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 bassoons, 4 French horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tympani, accessory, and harp.