MP3PD6-001 From KFAC Volume 1

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Produced by Joseph S. Tushinsky, president of Superscope Inc. Superscope was the exclusive US distributor of the Sony brand tape recorders, microphones and audio tape at the time these were made.

Hosted by Los Angeles FM radio station KFAC announcer, Felix De Cola

Opening Theme: Alfred Reisenhower (1905) "Chopin Portrait" by Robert Schumann [1810-1856] played by Vorsetzer machine on the Bosendorfer Imperial concert grand piano.

The grinding clunking mechanical noise of the Vorsetzer was reduced by placing it in a special built room that allowed just the "fingers" to protrude out toward the piano which was rolled up to the wall. Additionally, the Sony Electret C38 microphones were place inside the piano for maximum isolation . A Sony ES12 professional model tape deck made the audio recording

These were one hour programs consisting of two 30 minute segments. Performer name in [square] bracket is spelled phonetically.

2-1 FREDERIC CHOPIN (30:33) [1810-1849]

1. Gottfried Galston, Revolutionary Etude, 2:22

2. Josef Lhevinne, Mazurka, 2:14

3. Vassily Sapellnikoff, Nocturne in E flat, 3:47

4. Ignace Paderewski, Etude "Butterfly", 1:00

5. Theodor Leschetizky, Nocturne in D flat, 5:43

6. Fanny Bloomfield Zeisler, Waltz "Minute", 1:56

7. Stephan Raoul Pugno, Fantasie impromptu, 3:41

8. Artur Schnabel, Etude "The black keys", 1:35

2-2 FREDERIC CHOPIN (22:00) [1810-1849]

1. Vladimir de Pachmann, Mazurka, Opus 67 #4, 2:21

 

INTERVIEW with Joseph Tushinsky, President, Superscope

"Live" Vorsetzer concerts, tickets from

Sony/Superscope dealers who incidently sell Sony stereo tape

recorders. Superscope was a camera lens maker, so camera shops

represented most of the original dealership.

 

2. Laura Danziger, Impromptu in A flat, 3:26

3. Camille Saint-Saens, Nocturne in F sharp, 2:47

4. Olga Samaroff, Sonata in B minor, 4:30

 

14-1 ANTON RUBINSTEIN (29:30) [1829-1894]

1. Josef Lhevinne, Polka "Le Bal", 4:50

2. Rudolph Ganz, Nocturne, Opus 75 #8, 5:17

3. Frederic Lamond, Barcarolle in G minor, 3:09

4. Paul de Conne, Etude in E flat major, Opus 23, 3:31

5. Anatol von Ruessel, Waltz, Opus 16, Nicolas Rubinstein, 4:00

14-2 ANTON RUBINSTEIN (25:20) [1829-1894]

1. Paul de Conne, Nocturne in G flat major, Opus 28, 5:05

2. Vassily Sapellnikoff, Ballet "Hochzeitszug", 3:34

3. Josef Lhevinne, Kammenoi Ostrow, 7:17

4. Josef Hofmann, Concert Waltz, 4:36

 

15-1 CLAUDE DEBUSSY (28:25) [1862-1918]

1. [Ernest Shelling], Tango "la soire dan Granada"

Claude Debussy plays from Preludes (1913)

2. Delphic dance

3. Sunken Cathederal

4. Dance of Puck

5. Rudolf Ganz, "The girl with the flaxen hair"

6. [Richard Bullock], "Reflections in the water"

15-2 CLAUDE DEBUSSY (28:25) [1862-1918]

1. Claude Debussy, "D'un cahier d'esquisses"

2. [Yolanda Nearer], "Garden in the rain"

3. Claude Debussy, The Childrens Corner (6 pieces) (1908)

Doctor/Lullabye/Serenade for the Doll/Snow dancing/Little

shepherd/Golliwogs cakewalk

All of this is recommended for tape recording off-air on your shiny new Sony tape deck.

 

16-1 EDVARD GREIG (28:00) [1843-1907]

1. [Ella Honus], Nocturne Op 54 #4

2. Anatol von Ruessel, Norwegian Dance Op 35 #2

3. Rudolf Ganz, "Secret" Op 57 #4

4. Edvard Greig, "Pappillon (butterfly)"

5. [Carl Wendling], "Wedding day"

16-2 EDVARD GREIG (28:10) [1843-1907]

1. Stephan Raoul Pugno, "Springtime"

2. H. Mohle, "I love you"

3. Edvard Grieg, "Little bird"

4. [Tosta Debonici], "Erotic"

5. Olga Samaroff, 1st movement Piano Concerto in A

17-1 SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (27:40) [1873-1943]

1. [Leo Pushnov], Serenade Op 3 #4

2. [Jacques Pintel], Elegy for Arensky

3. [Elise Taylor], Humoresque

4. [Vera Morina], Serenade Op 3 #5

5. [Vera Morina], Barcarolle

17-2 SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (27:30) [1873-1943]

1. [Jacques Pintel], Prelude in G major, Op 23 (set of 10, 1904)

2. Josef Lhevinne, Prelude in B flat

3. [Constantine Igudenov], Prelude, Op 23 #6

4. Josef Hofmann, Prelude in D minor, Op 23 #3

5. [Jacques Pintel], Prelude in G minor, Op 23 #5

6. [Constantine Igudenov], Prelude in C#

 

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