Word: ffrr
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Brahms: Concerto in D (Ossy Renardy, violin, with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Charles Münch conducting; London FFRR-full frequency recording range-formerly the "English Decca" label, 10 sides). Young U.S. Violinist Renardy starts out with thrilling intensity of tone but never seems able to relax, even with the backing of this fine orchestra. Recording: excellent...
Folk Songs (Kathleen Ferrier, contralto; Phyllis Spurr, piano; London FFRR, 6 sides). Includes the Northumbrian classics, Blow the Wind Southerly, The Keel Row, the Elizabethan Have You Seen but a White Lily Grow? and Willow, Willow, all sung with incomparable beauty and style. Recording: excellent...
Schubert: Symphony No. 6 (London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips conducting; London FFRR, 8 sides). A delightful, youthful symphony, delightfully performed under the baton of a Viennese Schubert and Mozart master. Recording: excellent...
Stravinsky: Petrouchka (London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet conducting; Decca Record Co., Ltd., 10 sides). One of the first of English Decca's FFRR (Full Frequency Range Records) albums to be distributed in the U.S. Its reproduction is brilliant...
Khachaturian: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (Moura Lympany with the London Symphony Orchestra; Decca, 8 sides). A flashy piece by Russia's No. 3 composer (after Prokofiev and Shostakovich), also FFRR...