LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA COMM 1954-56 7 LP box w inserts

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RECORDINGS OF WORKS COMMISSIONED BY THE LOUISVILLE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY FOR THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA

ROBERT WHITNEY...CONDUCTOR

SPINE READS: THE LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA COMMISSIONING SERIES 1-6

7 LP BOX SET

RECORDINGS 1954-1956

EACH RECORD COMES WITH A UNIQUE INSERT "PROGRAM NOTES BY THE COMPOSERS"

"Louisville records are a cornucopia of riches for collectors of 20th century music, many of them first recordings, often of new works commissioned by the orchestra. Many (possibly most) of these works have had no other recordings."

LOU-57-1, 1955 performances
Winter Symphony by Paul Nordoff
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Opus 55 by Paul Muller-Zurich

LOU-57-3, 1955 performances
School for Wives by Rolf Liebermann

LOU-545-1, 1954 performances
Dawn in a Tropical Forest by Heitor Villa-Lobos
Triskelion by Halsey Stevens
Invocation and Dance, Op. 58 by Paul Creston

LOU-545-4, 1954 performances
Concerto No. 7 For Orchestra by Alan Hovhaness
Overture to "Much Ado About Nothing", Op. 164 By Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Sinfonietta Flamenca By Carlos Surinach

LOU-545-8, 1954 performances
Variazioni Per Orchestra by Luigi Dallapiccola
Cumbres by Jose Pablo Moncayo
Serenade for Orchestra by Ulysses Kay
Ouverture Mediterraneenne by Darius Milhaud

LOU-58-1, 1955, 1956 performances
Ballet in E by Alexei Haieff
Symboli Chrestiani for Baritone and Symphonic Orchestra by Nicolas Nabokov

LOU-58-2, 1955, 1956 performances
Four Strict Songs for Eight Baritones and Orchestra by Lou Harrison, Members of the Southern Baptist Theological Choir and Davis Bingham, Soloist
Variations on a tune from "The Beggar's Opera", Opus 26 by Peter Jona Korn

Box Condition: The box is intact with joint seam still working. There is some scuffing but print is readable and spine is solid and readable. 3 of 4 corners have split. There is some bending of the cardboard on the inside. 2" split on underside along edge both bottom and right. Old price sticker still present upper left.

Sleeves: Plastic

Records: NM. Look excellent, preserved well, and perhaps never played. No marks on labels.

Inserts: VG++. Some fading, faint ring impression, and single tape mark on a few, but in general excellent condition.

This item was obtained from a professional collector/dealer, who kept them in good condition and played them rarely or not at all.

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