EX TO NM LIKE NEW VINYL / like new sleeve *HOLE PUNCH*
Label:
Mercury – SR90158
Series:
Mercury Living Presence, Olympian Series
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo
Country:
US
Released:
Genre:
Classical
Style:
Baroque
Water Music Suite
A1 Allegro 2:30
A2 Air 5:19
A3 Bourrée 0:43
A4 Horn-Pipe 0:51
A5 Andante; Allegro Deciso 6:41
Music For The Royal Fireworks
B1 Overture 5:53
B2 Alla Siciliana 4:31
B3 Bourrée 1:04
B4 Menuetto 2:52
Pressed By – Mercury Record Manufacturing Company
Recorded At – Watford Town Hall
Arranged By – Harty*
Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel
Conductor – Antal Dorati
Engineer [Chief], Technician [Technical Supervisor] – C. R. Fine*
Lacquer Cut By – IF*
Liner Notes – Herbert Weinstock
Orchestra – London Symphony Orchestra
Photography By [Cover] – Rene Burri*
Recording Supervisor [Recording Director] – Wilma Cozart
Supervised By [Musical Supervisor] – Harold Lawrence
Transferred By [Tape to disc transfer] – George Piros
This reissue version released shortly after 1966 per small "ᴍʀ" etched in runouts indicating pressing after Richmond Record Pressings, Inc. became Mercury Record Manufacturing Company in 1966. Side B used stamper with pre-1966 "RFR" etch.
Lacquer cut for side B indicated by small "IF" etched in runouts.
No durations are listed on this release. Approximate durations taken from CD.
Handel's "Water Music Suite" was recorded on July 6 and "Royal Fireworks Music" on July 8, 1957 with one 201 and two M56 Telefunken microphones, in Watford Town Hall, outside London.
Runout A is stamped, except for small "ᴍʀ" and "III".
Runout B is all etched.
