(Enhanced!) Gioconda de Vito 78 RPM Beethoven Romance op. 50

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Here is one of the rarer items in my collection;
Gioconda de Vito (22nd Jun. 1907 ~ 14th Oct. 1994)
Beethoven:
Romance for violin & orchestra No.2 in F major, op.50
29th May 1948, Abbey Road Studios, London
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Alberto Erede.


This in an audio enahnced version of an earlier posting of this record. Some computer speakers take this version better...

Hope you like this version!
To my surprice, this is the first
Gioconda de Vito item on youtube... :)

I de-clicked and eq-ed the record myself.

For more classical mp3's, take a look at by blog with the Dutch Radio 4. It's in Dutch, but at the bottom of the pages are my transfers of pre 1958 Lp's. Please write on the blog what you think of the recordings!

http://old.radio4.nl/page/blog/5597/79
http://old.radio4.nl/page/blog/5715/79
http://old.radio4.nl/page/blog/6053/40
http://old.radio4.nl/page/blog/6453/79
http://old.radio4.nl/page/blog/6826/40
http://old.radio4.nl/page/blog/7173/40

Enjoy!

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• op.50
• 78RPM
• Philharmonia
• Orchestra
• Alberto
• Erede

[otterhouse]

I have opened a second channel called "europeanArchive". There I have gathered highlights from the European archive collection. 500+ Lp's from the Dutch public radio library. Those recordings can be downloaded for free if you live outside the USA (sorry for that, but it was the only way the library could operate). Search "europeanArchive" on youtube, and you can find it!

Greetings,

"otterhouse" Rolf

[hardybee]

The audio enhanced sound is amazing - I congratulate you on the self-less out-of-copyright "service" which I just happened to come across now.

[AlanDNZ]

No wonder we treasure these master performances of yesteryear - they are un-hurried music renderings that touch the soul reminding us how quality in human life may be in a more controlled acord - how a more balanced meaningfull living may be possible if we stop and listen..... listen with more sensitivity......

Thank you for processing this and reminding me.

[82224561]

The sound record is Amazing as well the interpretation!

Thank you for this astonished version!

[GeorgiosMICHALAKIS]

Not only did you take the time to clean up this marsterpiece, but to also make a great video with many interesting facts about this artist who was unknown to me till now. Many thanks and GOD BLESS YOU.

[dkurgano]

what an amazing sound! like hot embers from a fire! but yet so delicate. amazing bow control.  just lovely...

[vanderbilt887]

Thanks for this gem otterhouse. Nothing like the good ol' LP.

Gioconda looks so much like my mother in her younger days on this picture,

Beautiful. Faved.

[ilcavalierriccardo]

questa suona col cuore.....

[saltburner2]

No, this is a direct disc recording. EMI did not go over to tape mastering until 1949.

And the earliest tape masters had more hiss and were more prone to pitch fluctuations than later direct disc masters.

Modern digital techniques can make 78 masters sound spectacular!

[nuovocentauro]

No, seriously. I have never been so fond of Beethoven's Romance before as I am now. I keep coming back to this performance.

[nuovocentauro]

Marvelous. This performance is so sweet, it *almost* could be kitsch, and yet she stays away from that fine line with gentleness and a touching tastefulness. This makes it very precious.

I would love to hear said Brahms concerto.

[CarlosFinch]

Very likely recorded on audio tape. Much better frequency response and dynamic range than earlier d-to-d recordings. We are fortunate to hear this artist so well recorded.

[beethomozart]

this romanza is to describe it in just one word "HEAVEN",and what a wonderful interpretation by this italian violinist, GOD touched Beethoven when he composed this ultrafamous piece of celestial and sublime music,long live ludwig van and thanks for posting" real music" towards infinity