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Jerry Gray was one of the most important arrangers of the big band era. Today we have two more albums from his own 1950s band.

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Some of the great recordings of the 20th century: the music of Richard Wagner with Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting. Kirsten Flagstad is heard in a famous recording of Götterdämmerung's closing scene.

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The great vocalist Buddy Clark has appeared often on Big 10-Inch Record, including posts devoted to his complete 1930s commercial recordings. Today we add 19 radio transcriptions from the same period.

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The fine conductor Thor Johnson led the Cincinnati Symphony from 1947-58. Today we have his first recordings, made for the UK Decca company, of music by Alfvén, Grieg, Berlioz and Schubert, most of which have not been reissued.

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From 1976, an National Public Radio program of Dick Haymes singing the music of George and Ira Gershwin. This is from the "American Popular Song" series with composer Alec Wilder.

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Here is a program of Brahms with the eminent conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler leading the Symphony No. 4 and the Violin Concerto, with soloist Yehudi Menuhin. The symphony is from a 1948 broadcast; the concerto from a 1949 recording session.

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Jerry Gray was one of the most significant arrangers of the swing period, working with the bands of Artie Shaw and Glenn Miller. Today we have three of his own 10-inch Decca LPs from the early 1950s - two new transfers and one remaster from long ago.

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Great film Americana from composers Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson. Music from "Our Town," "The Red Pony," "The River" and both suites from "Louisiana Story." Excellent vintage performances.

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Our journey into the recorded legacy of vocalist David Allyn takes us to his World Pacific release of 1958, "Let's Face the Music and Dance": the original release and alternate takes. Also another Alec Wilder radio show, with Allyn singing Harold Arlen.

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Two fine recordings of Elgar's beautiful song cycle "Sea Pictures" - both from contralto Gladys Ripley and conductor George Weldon. Plus the composer's tone picture "In the South." Recordings from 1946 and 1954.

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Ralph Marterie's band was popular in the 1950s, but then and now was not considered a "jazz band." Its purpose was to play for dancing and listening. The ensemble is tight and the charts are enjoyable. From 1955.

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Continuing a series of recordings of Schumann's piano music with the great Claudio Arrau. On this 1966 disc "Carnaval" is coupled with the composer's Fantasie in C major.

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The Chicago vocalist Audrey Morris is little remembered today, but she left excellent recordings to enjoy. Today, two LPs from the mid-1950s, along with an aircheck from the same period.

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Two ballet scores from American composers who were making their mark in the 1920's: John Alden Carpenter's "Skyscrapers" and Herbert Elwell's "The Happy Hypocrite," the latter based on a Max Beerbohm story. Vintage recordings from 1952 in good sound.

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New Englanders George Chadwick and Frederick Converse were among the leading American composers in the early 20th century. Today's LP features two of their attractive orchestral works in the late Romantic style. Pioneering recordings from 1952

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What may be the best LP by a great but little known vocalist: "A Sure Thing: David Allyn Sings Jerome Kern," from 1957. As a bonus we have a 1976 appearance on Alec Wilder's radio series "American Popular Song", also devoted to Kern.

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The vintage Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields with a famous performance of the oft-recorded and much beloved Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi. Neville Marriner conducts this 1969 LP.

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Highly enjoyable, boppish fun for the winter season, as played by some of the best jazz musicians of the day - and in very good sound. Charts by Ralph Burns. From 1954.

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During World War II, the best musicians that America had to offer appeared on special V-Discs for the armed forces. Today's post collects all the Christmas V-Discs that were issued, except for those by Crosby and Sinatra.

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This post presents Henry Mancini's holiday LP "A Merry Mancini Christmas," along with quite a few bonus items - five songs from other areas of the Mancini catalog along with three voice tracks from the man himself.

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