Mercury Living Presence - The Collectors Edition

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Release Date: 2011

Labels: Mercury, Mercury Living Presence

This compilation (P) 2011 Decca Music Group Limited

CDs in individual card sleeves.

• CD 1 - (P) 1996. Recorded 4/1951, USA. MONO recording.
• CD 2 - (P)Mercury. This compilation (P) 1996. Original Singe Microphone High Fidelity Mono. Má Vlast was recorded on December 4-6, 1952, in Orchestral Hall in Chicago on quarter-inch tape, using Fairchild tape machines and a single U47 Telefunken microphone. It was first released as OL2-100. Only ORIGINAL MASTERS used for transfer to Compact Disc.
• CD 3 - (P) 1996. Recorded: 10/1956 (1-4, 6), 5/1956 (5), 10/1959 (7-9), USA. Stereo recording.
• CD 4 - (P) 1996. Háry János, Hungarian Sketches and Roumanian Folk Dances were recorded on 11/17/56 in Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis (USA). Marosszék and Galánta were recorded on 6/2/58 in the Grosse Saal of the Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna (Austria). Microphones used in recordings: one 201 and two M56 Telefunken microphones. All were recorded on 3 track half-inch tape. Only ORIGINAL MASTERS used for transfer to Compact Disc.
• CD 5 - (P) 1996. 1 to 3 recorded 2/1957 at Carnegie Hall, NYC; 4 to 7 recorded 11/1955 at Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis. Mercury Living Presence series. 1 to 3 previously released as SR90003, 4 to 7 previously released as SR90098.
• CD 6 - (P) 1994. Recorded: 3/1957 (1-10), 5/1959 (11-16), USA.
• CD 7 - (P) 1991. Recorded: 7/1957 (1-10), Great Britain; 11/1959 (11-14), USA.
• CD 8 - (P) 1996. Recorded: 10/1957 (1-4), 5/1960 (5), 5/193 (6-17), 5/1965 (18-21), USA.
• CD 9 - Track 1 recorded April 5, 1958 at Northop Auditorium, Minneapolis; Track 2 recorded November 13, 1958 at Fine Recording, New York; Track 3 recorded December 22, 1955 at Northop Auditorium, Minneapolis; Tracks 4 & 5 recorded June 9, 1960 at Wembley Town Hall, London; Track 6 recorded November 22 and 23, 1960 at Fine Recording, New York.
• CD 10 - (P) 1997. Total Playing Time: 68:57. Dvořák's Slavonic Dances were recorded in Northrop Auditorium in Minneapolis on April 5 and 6, 1958, on 3-track half-inch tape, using one 201 and two M56 Telefunken microphones. They were originally released in a 2-LP set, SR2-9007. Only ORIGINAL MASTERS used for transfer to Compact Disc.
• CD 11 - (P) 1995. Recorded: 5/1958 (1-9), 10/1957 (10-12), USA.
• CD 12 - (P) 1990. Recorded: USA 11/1958 (1-8), 5/1959 (9-12).
• CD 13 - (P) 1993. Recorded: 4/1959 (1-4), 11/1959 (5&6), USA; 7/1964 (7-10), Great Britain).
• CD 15 - (P) 1993. Recorded: 11/1959 (1-5), 4/1959 (6&7), 3/1958 (8&9), USA.
• CD 16 - (P) 1992. Recorded: 5/1960 (1-12), 5/1961 (13-24), USA.
• CD 17 - (P) 1991. Recorded: 6/1960 (1,3, & 4) and 7/1963 (2, 5, 6, & 7), Great Britain.
• CD 22 - (P) 1991. Recorded: 6/1961 (1-3), Great Britain (4-8), USA.
• CD 27 - (P) 1995. Recorded: 4/1962, USA.
• CD 33 - (P) 1990. Recorded 1-4, Great Britain, 7/1962; 5, Great Britain, 6/1964 at Brent Town Hall.

Volume 2 found here: Various - Mercury Living Presence - The Collector's Edition 2

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