"Adagio and Rondo", K. 617 E. Power Biggs

RCA Victor (RS) 11-9570-A & B. "Adagio and Rondo", K. 617 (Mozart), E. Power Biggs, Celesta; Phillip Kaplan, Flute; Louis Speyer, Oboe; Emil Kornsand, Viola; Josef Zimbler, Cello. (Originally written for Glass Harmonica.) First issued in late 1947. Played on my 1926 Granada (4-4).


Yes, yes, I know this recording is too new for the Granada as a rule, but I wanted to share it with my subscribers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart

http://www.mozartproject.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Köchel-Verzeichnis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Power_Biggs

http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/articles/biggs/e_power_biggs.shtml

http://www.rhapsody.com/epowerbiggs

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• RCA
• Victor
• RedSeal
• Victrola
• 78
• phonograph
• Mozart
• EPowerBiggs
• Kaplan
• Speyer
• Kornsand
• Zimbler
• baroque
• k617
• 1947
• 1940s

[Justinhartz]

Charming!

Was this recorded before Biggs signed on with Columbia?

[fuzzbear6240]

Justinhartz, This was is first issued in 1947. I don't know what year Biggs signed with Columbia, sorry. I'm very pleased you enjoyed it-thank you for watching.

Regards, J.

[robertgift]

Very well done, from the photos to the excellent close-up of the record label.

Did you have a fan running which may be adding slight breeeze noise?

Interesting hearing the record on that machine.

Does the needle wear the record?

Thank you.

RWG Denver, Colorado USA

[fuzzbear6240]

RWG, Thank you for your kind words. The slight his is the recording itself accentuated slightly by the camera microphone.

The record would wear if I continued to play it on the Granada, but I felt one play wouldn't damage it. I should have used a fibre needle actually!

Regards, J.

[alanflute]

Wonderful historic recording. As of Aug. 2009 the flutist Phillip Kaplan is alive and well at 94!

[fuzzbear6240]

Alanflute, 94!!!! God love him, that's fantastic! Thanks so much, I'm pleased you enjoyed the recording.

Regards, J.

[MarceloBruno2706]

Is it difficult to get this record at second-hand record shops in USA?

[fmazzar]

i love this...music and photos...you tube has certainly brought a lot of beauty to the world....we are all our own disc jockeys and people come up with so many unique ways to present their favorites..

[ReneeMSpeyer]

My grandfather was Louis Speyer.  I just found this and I wanted to write and thank you ! One of the great things about being a recorded musician is they never really die. One can always keep them alive by listening to their music.

Again, thanks so much.

Renée Speyer

[sogden993]

this is played on a harpischord, right?

[MarceloBruno2706]

That's the only record in which Biggs played celesta.