Tchaikovsky 'Song Without Words' - Stokowski arranger / conductor (1924)

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Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra began making records in 1917 by the old "acoustic" method with the players grouped round a large horn. Stokowski later remarked that these old 78s were "just awful" so he was delighted when electrical recordings made with microphones were introduced in 1925. Here is an acoustic 78 of one of his early transcriptions, a Tchaikovsky piano piece (Opus 40, No. 6) recorded in 1924. It has appeared on a Pristine Audio CD devoted entirely to acoustic 78s (PASC 441) but as will be heard, it is not a Hi-Fi recording!

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