Danse Macabre

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 1928

Label: Victrola

Repress of Spring 1928 - Spring 1930.
Scroll label with the phrase “Orthophonic Recording” above the Nipper trademark and "For best results, use Victor Needles" to the left of the spindle hole.

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(Take 1 for each of these matrices was unpublished.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.