Two of the most significant pioneering experiments in sound recording, stereophonic sound and recording on tape, involved the London Philharmonic Orchestra and its founder Sir Thomas Beecham. At Beecham’s famous mono recording session of Mozart’s Jupiter symphony in 1934 engineers experimented simultaneously with stereo sound and during a tour of Germany in 1936 part of one of the Orchestra’s concerts was recorded using the revolutionary invention of tape. The results of these landmark moments in the Orchestra’s history are restored here for the first time in full.
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Audio Samples:
Stereo test recording of Mozart's Jupiter Symphony
The Formative Years
Mozart Symphony No.39 in E flat major Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring Rimsky-Korsakov Suite from 'The Golden Cockerel' (exerpts) Mozart Symphony No.41 in C major K.551 (Jupiter) Symphony No.41 in C major K.551 (Jupiter) Alan Blumlein stereo tests Binaural/Stereo test by Alan BlumleinWalking Talking
SIR THOMAS BEECHAM conductor LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA David McCallum leader (1-6) Paul Beard leader (7-14)
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Tracks 1-6 recorded live during a concert at BASF Feierabendhaus, Ludwigshafen, Germany, 19 November 1936. Tracks 7-14 recorded at Abbey Road Studios London, 19 March 1934. Track 15 recorded 15 December 1933 Transfers, Editing and Remastering engineer: Roger Beardsley. Sources: Tracks 1-6 Friedrich Engel lately of BASF, Tracks 11-15 licensed courtesy of EMI Classics.
The London Philharmonic Orchestra would like to acknowledge the help of Sue Johns (EMI Classics) Daniel Leech-Wilkinson, Roger Beardsley and Lyndon Jenkins in facilitating this release.
Total playing time: 75:17 Booklet text in English. ADD
The sources used on this recording come from the 1930s and have been digitally restored to the highest possible standard.
