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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Antal Dorati / Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / University Of Minnesota Brass Band / Deems Taylor - 1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49 (Original Scoring) / Capriccio Italian

12"

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Record Details

Artists: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Antal Dorati / Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / University Of Minnesota Brass Band / Deems Taylor
Title: 1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49 (Original Scoring) / Capriccio Italian
Format: 12"
Label: Mercury
Cat No: MG50054
Released: Mar 1956
Country:
Genres: Romantic
Status Have
Added To List 5th April 2024
Disc 1 | 12"
Indianapolis Pressing 
A Matrix:
MG 50054 A  
B Matrix:
MG 50054 B  

Additional Information

Comments Note: labels on this pressing have a thinner text for "Olympian Series" when compared to this pressing with same label text & layout [r=4665373]

[url=https://www.discogs.com/label/406973-RCA-Records-Pressing-Plant-Indianapolis]Indianapolis[/url] pressing with "Living Presence" left of the center hole and "Margin Control" and side marker right of the center hole, also small "Olympian Series" below "Mercury" at top.

Front cover is not laminated.

1812 Overture was recorded December 4, 1954 in Northrop Memorial Auditorium.

The cannon, courtesy of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, used in this recording was a 6 pound bronze muzzle loader made at Strasbourg, France in 1761. The cannon shot was recorded on January 20, 1955.

The bells in 1812 Overture were recorded at Harkness Tower, Yale University.

Printed in U.S.A.
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