RARE 1946 BOSTON SYMPHONY 16" RADIO DISCS SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY RICHARD WAGNER
  $   250

 


$ 250 Sold For
Jul 11, 2022 Sold Date
Jul 4, 2022 Start Date
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"BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA" RADIO SHOW TRANSCRIPTION DISCS ISSUED BY THE ARMED FORCES RADIO SERVICE.  ONE COMPLETE 55 MINUTE RADIO PROGRAM ON THESE THREE 16 INCH, VINYL, 33 1/3 RPM DISCS.  THESE DISCS WERE ISSUED TO RADIO STATIONS FOR BROADCAST TO US TROOPS DURING WORLD WAR TWO ONLY AND NOT AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.  VERY RARE! 

"Boston Symphony Orchestra" radio program #100 from December 30, 1944 featuring The Boston Symphony Orchestra performing from Symphony Hall in Boston, MA and conducted by Serge Koussevitzky 

The program is introduced as "For his program tonight, Dr. Koussevitzky has Chosen 5 Exceprts From The Music Dramas Of Richard Wagner"

Music includes:

Lohengrin: Act 1: Prelude - Richard Wagner

Siegfried: Act 2: Forest Murmurs - Richard Wagner

Gotterdammerung: Act 3: Siegfried's Funeral Music - Richard Wagner

Tannhauser: Overture - Richard Wagner

Meistersinger: Act 1: Prelude - Richard Wagner

I could not find any reference to any other existing copy of this radio broadcast in any radio log.  These discs are part of a collection which has sat untouched for decades

THERE ARE SCRATCHES ON PARTS 2 & 4 WHICH CAUSE SOME CLICKS BUT NO SKIPS.  OTHERWISE, DISCS ARE IN EXCELLENT- CONDITION WITH EXCELLENT- SOUND, BEAUTIFUL DISCS

PLEASE NOTE THAT MOST STANDARD TURNTABLES WILL NOT PLAY 16 INCH DISCS DUE TO THEIR SIZE.  FOR $10 I CAN MAKE A CD COPY OF ALL THREE DISCS FOR THE BUYER ONLY

U. S. BUYER PAYS $7.50 MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING.  PLEASE EMAIL ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS


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