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Now playing, CD 13: Richard Strauss – Don Quixote Op.35 Fantastic Variations on a Theme of Knightly Character — Gregor Piatigorsky (cello), Joseph de Pasquale (viola), Richard Burgin (violin) – Boston Symphony Orchestra – Charles Munch (RCA Victor Red Seal Records / Sony Classics)

Woody Herman – The Complete Columbia Recordings - CD 1 [Feb-Mar 1945] [(ABC) on Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-47) box set] (Mosaic Records – Columbia) — With Sonny Berman, Charlie Frankhauser, Ray Wetzel, Pete Candoli, Carl Warwick (tp); Bill Harris, Ralph Pfeffner, Ed Kiefer (tb); Woody Hearman (cl,as,vcl), Sam Marowitz, John LaPorta (as), Flip Phillips, Pete Mondello (ts), Skippy DeSair (bari); Marjorie Hyams (vib), Ralph Burns (p, arr), Billy Bauer (g), Chubby Jackson (b), Dave Tough (d); Frances Wayne (vcl); Roger Segure, Neal Hefti (arr)

I did something similar — I ordered the Earl Hines big box, the Boogie-Woogie Select, and the Art Farmer single. Made my order on Friday, they arrived yesterday!

Antonín Dvorák – Quartet for Strings No.3 in D major B.18 — Bretislav Novotny (violin), Karel Pribyl (violin), Lubomir Maly (viola), Jan Sirc (cello) – Prague String Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon)

Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No.5 in D minor Op.47 — WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln – Rudolf Barshai (Brilliant Classics)

Now playing, CD 19: Modest Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition for Orchestra (orch. by Ravel) — Berlin Philharmonic Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite — Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Carlo Maria Giulini (Sony Classical)

Question for those who have the Gerald Wilson or Oliver Nelson Mosaic box sets. Who wrote the notes for the booklets and did you find them worth reading?

Robert Schumann – Trio for Piano and Strings No.1 in D minor Op.63 — Menahem Pressler (piano), Isadore Cohen (violin), Peter Wiley (cello) – Beaux Arts Trio (Philips), from:

Johann Sebastian Bach – Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1: Prelude and Fugue No.5 in D major BWV 850 – Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor BWV 903 – Italian Concerto BWV 971 – Toccata in C minor BWV 911 – Toccata in D major BWV 912 — Artur Schnabel (piano) Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for 2 Harpsichords in C major BWV 1061 — Artur Schnabel (piano), Karl Ulrich Schnabel (piano) – London Symphony Orchestra – Sir Adrian Boult (EMI Classics)

Now playing: Ludwig van Beethoven – Quartet for Strings No.2 in G major Op.18/2 – Quartet for Strings No.3 in D major Op.18/3 Sándor Végh (violin); Sándor Zöldy (violin); Georges Janzer (viola); Paul Szabo (cello) – Végh String Quartet (Scribendum / Les Discophiles Français)

Now playing, CD 20: Hector Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique Op.14 — Boston Symphony Orchestra – Charles Munch (RCA Victor Red Seal Records / Sony Classics) I recognized the cover image as being an illustration by Richard Powers who is best known for his dozens of covers for science fiction paperbacks and magazines in the 1950s and 1960s.

Gabriel Faure – Elegie Op.24, Cello Sonata No.1 Op.109, Romance Op.69, Papillon Op.77, Cello Sonata No.2 Op.117 ,Sicilienne Op.78, Apres un reve (transc. by Casals) — Ophelie Gaillard, cello, Bruno Fontaine, piano (Naïve / Ambroisie)

Now playing, CD 19: Ludwig van Beethoven – Quartet for Strings No.1 in F major Op. 18/1 – Quartet for Strings No.2 in G major Op.18/2 — Paolo Borciani (violin), Elisa Pegreffi (violin), Piero Farulli (viola), Franco Rossi (cello) – Quartetto Italiano (Philips / Decca Music)

Now playing: Ludwig van Beethoven – Quartet for Strings No.1 in F major Op.18/1 — Sándor Végh (violin); Sándor Zöldy (violin); Georges Janzer (viola); Paul Szabo (cello) – Végh String Quartet (Scribendum / Les Discophiles Français)

Now playing, from CD 59: Johannes Brahms – Cello Sonata No.1 In E Minor Op.38 — Lambart Orkis, piano, Anner Bylsma, violoncello (Vivarte / Sony Classical)

Now playing, CD 14: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Concerto for Violin in D major Op.35 — Nathan Milstein (violin) – Boston Symphony Orchestra – Charles Munch (RCA Victor Red Seal Records / Sony Classics)

Now playing, CD 10: Franz Schubert – Sonata in F minor D625 – Galopp & 8 Ecossaisen D735 – Sonata in D major Op.53 D850 Michel Dalberto, piano (Brilliant Classics Piano Library) Not sure if these performances are quite hitting the mark for me.

Now playing, CD 3 of RCO Live Set 4: Jean Sibelius – En saga Op.9 symphonic poem for orchestra — Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Kirill Kondrashin Sergei Rachmaninov – Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Op.43 — Daniel Wayenberg (piano) – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Karel Ancerl César Franck – Symphony in D minor M 48 — Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra – Karel Ancerl Performances from 1970-71.

Now playing, CD 40: Sergei Prokofiev – Cinderella Op.87: Suite from the ballet (transcribed for two pianos by Mikhail Pletnev) Maurice Ravel – Ma mère l'oye (Mother Goose) - 5 pieces for children for piano four hands — Martha Argerich and Mikhail Pletnev (pianos) (Deutsche Grammophon)

Antonín Dvorák – Symphony No.1 in C minor B.9 "The Bells of Zlonice" — London Symphony Orchestra – István Kertész (Decca / London)

Some other sites that sell CDs in the series: cdjapan.co.jp, dustygroove.com, jpc.de and amazon marketplace sellers. Probably too early for them to list the Mobley.

This is in the Dutch Jazz Radio Archives series.

It would depend on the recording contract, but probably not part of the practice when Brubeck was recording. If the artist owns the masters then he would have more control.

Robert Schumann – Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54 — Martha Argerich (piano) – Violin Concerto in D Minor — Gidon Kremer (violin) Chamber Orchestra of Europe – Niklaus Harnoncourt (Teldec)

Now playing, CD 18: Luigi Boccherini – Quartet for Strings in D major Op.8/1 G165 – Quartet for Strings in E flat major Op.8/3 G167 – Quartet for Strings in E flat major Op.58/2 G243 — Paolo Borciani (violin), Elisa Pegreffi (violin), Piero Farulli (viola), Franco Rossi (cello) – Quartetto Italiano (Philips / Decca Music) Recorded in 1976. First international Decca CD release.