Date:         Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:04:56 -0500
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Hello,

According to WERM, there were two recordings issued in Japan of the 
Strauss music:

1. Bavarian State Opera Orch., cond by Strauss: S-5001 - 2 in Japan, 
DGG 67599 - 600 in Europe (4 sides) - this one was reissued on LP: 
2548-722 (which might have      been on Heliodor label)

2. Japanese Festival Orch., cond. Fellmer, issued on Japanese 
Columbia S-3019 - S-3021-S (5 sides)

FER- series I seem to recall as being done by DGG.

Perhaps those bits of date will help: you may have both recordings ?

Richard


At 12:03 PM 1/24/2007, you wrote:
>I was recently dubbing for a friend some Japanese 78s of the Strauss 
>Japanese Festival Music. Not having a score, the side joins were a 
>bit problematic. I ended up with about 17 minutes of music, whereas 
>I had a tape of another transfer, assumedly of the same recording, 
>from an LP on a label First Edition Recordings FER-1. That transfer 
>was about 14 minutes long! While I haven't compared the two yet, I 
>wondered if anyone know much about the history of this recording. 
>The labels are in Japanese but also include mention of the Bavarian 
>State Orchestra...yet the performance suffers from many ensemble 
>problems...and the set has "Nippon Symphony Orchestra" written in 
>ink on the inside cover of the set.
>
>   The only listing I find in OCLC is for the FER issue. I noticed 
> that there is a CD release on Preiser, which lists the Bavarian 
> State Orchestra.
>
>   I am left to wonder if this was just a one shot reading of the 
> piece. Since the orchestra that is used sounds like it quite large, 
> perhaps they only had enough money for one or two takes.
>
>   Since it was a commissioned, occasional piece, the large 
> orchestra makes sense...I do know of one performance in this 
> country, I believe at Aspen, with Mester conducting.
>
>   Any additional information about the piece and/or the recording 
> and or the FER release, would be most welcome.
>
>   Karl