RARE ACOUSTIC HMV SET: CORTOT PLAYS SCHUMANN PIANO CONCERTO (1923)
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RED ACOUSTIC ENGLISH 'HIS MASTER'S VOICE' : DB 722-725 (8 SIDES) (1923)
LONDON MATRICES. LATE ACOUSTIC ISSUE
PIANO CONCERTO IN A, OP. 54 (ROBERT SCHUMANN)
ALFRED CORTOT (PIANO)
ROYAL ALBERT HALL ORCHESTRA- SIR LANDON RONALD (C)
CONDITION '2-' IN NICE SHAPE, LABEL NRs SIDES 2, 4 AND 7.
COPIES OF THIS SET ARE QUITE RARE. IT HAD A BRIEF CATALOG LIFE AND WAS REPLACED IN 1927 WITH THE FIRST 'ELECTRIC' PROCESS RECORDING. AN EVEN LATER RECORDING DATES FROM 1934, ALL WITH CORTOT AND RONALD.
WONDERFUL LYRIC INTERPRETATION BY CORTOT. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
CONDITION GRADING:
1- MINT (ALMOST NEVER SEEN)
1-2 TOP QUALITY- AS NEW
2- A VERY FINE COPY, A FEW LIGHT RUBS, NO NEEDLE WEAR (UNLESS OTHERWISE DESCRIBED)
2-3 SOME RUBS, MARKS, NON-SOUNDING BLEMISHES.
3- HEAVIER RUBS, MARKS, NON SOUNDING BLEMISHES. AN 'AVERAGE COPY'
3-4 LIGHT SOUNDING WEAR (GREYING), SOME SOUND DEFECTS.
4- SOUNDING WEAR, RUBS, MARKS
4-5 WEAR, RUBS, MARKS
5- OBVIOUS SOUNDING WEAR, HEAVY RUBS, MARKS
5-6 HEAVY WEAR AND MARKS
6- A WRECK! ONLY USED FOR TOP RARITIES.
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