Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale - Glyndebourne / Pritchard - HMV 1955 ..... SRO / Ansermet - Decca 1956

Igor Stravinsky:  "The Soldier's Tale"  
Libretto by C.F.Ramuz. English translation by Michael Flanders & Kitty Black.  
As performed 1954 at the Glyndebourne/Edinburgh Festival production.
Robert Helpmann (The Devil) - Terence Longdon (The Soldier) - Anthony Nicholls (The Narrator)  
Artur Leavins, violin - Edmond Chesterman, double-bass - Jack Brymer, clarinet - Gwydion Brooke, bassoon - Richard Walton, cornet -
Sidney Langston, trombone - Stephen Whittaker, timpani.
Conducted by  John Pritchard
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HMV  HQM 1008  Original 1956 matrices: 2XEA 822 -1N / 2XEA 823 -1N. 1965 reissue of HMV ALP 1377. Recorded: April/May 1955 - EMI Studio 3, Abbey Road.    (Ortofon 'Model C' PU / Leak "Varislope Stereo" valve control amp used)

Igor Stravinsky:  "Le Histoire du Soldat" - Concert Suite:     
The Soldier's March ~ Music to Scene 1 ~ Music to Scene 2 ~ The Royal March ~ The Little Concert ~
Three Dances (Tango, Waltz, Ragtime) ~ The Devil's Dance ~ Great Choral ~ Triumphal March of the Devil   

Michel Schwalbe, violin -  Hans Fryba,  double-bass -  Leon Hoogstoel, clarinet -  Henri Helaerts,  bassoon - 
Poalo Longinotti, trumpet -  Pierre Aubapan,  trombone -  Charles Peschier, percussion.
Conducted by  Ernest Ansermet   
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Decca  LXT 5321   Matrix (c.1962): ARL 3488 -5AR.   Recorded: October 1956, Victoria Hall, Geneva.
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