[log in to unmask] writes:

>We have essentially acetates from Tureck's private vault.  I don't believe
>any of these recordings were intended for commercial release.  The sound
>is, of course, mono throughout.  It's acceptable in the Diamond and in the
>Dallapiccola, too deteriorated in the Schuman.

Diamond WAS thrilled.  And, until he was given a copy of the recording on
the air on an NYC radio show on the occasion of his 70th birthday, he was
unaware that the premiere had been recorded.

NBD