The latest entries in National Recording Registry at the Library
of Congress have been announced. There's spoken word and rare jazz
performances, as well as a few classical recordings I thought some
list members might find interesting:
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Sergei Rachmaninoff,
piano; Leopold Stokowski, conductor, Philadelphia Orchestra (1929)
Sergey Prokofiev, "Peter and the Wolf," Serge Koussevitzky,
conductor; Richard Hale, narrator; Boston Symphony Orchestra
(1939)
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 23, b-flat
minor; Vladimir Horowitz, piano; Arturo Toscanini, conductor,
NBC Symphony Orchestra (1943)
"U.S. Highball (Musical Account of a Transcontinental Hobo
Trip)," Harry Partch, Gate 5 Ensemble (1946)
"Four Saints in Three Acts," composer Virgil Thomson and
members of original 1934 cast (1947)
"Messiah," Eugene Ormandy, conductor; Richard Condie, choir
director; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra
(1958)
Dave
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