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Musicraft set 52 J.S. Bach Concerto in C BWV 1061, Couperin, Manuel & Williamson Harpsichord Ensemble

by: Johann Sebastian Bach; François Couperin

Publication date: 1941

Topics: classical, shellac, orchestral, harpsichord, instrumental, J.S. Bach, François Couperin, Philip Manuel, Gavin Williamson, Manuel & Williamson Harpsichord Ensemble, Musicraft, 78 rpm

Language: English

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Concerto for 2 keyboards, strings & continuo in C major BWV 1061

(i) [no indication] (billed on disc labels as Allegro moderato)

(mtx RS 765 C/, RS 766 C/, discs 1155/, 1156/)

(ii) Adagio ovvero Largo

(mtx RS 767 E/, disc 1157/)

(iii) Fuga (billed on disc labels as Allegro - Fuga)

(mtx /RS 768 E, /RS 769 C, discs /1157, /1156)

Manuel & Williamson Harpsichord Ensemble

Philip Manuel, Gavin Williamson (harpsichords)

(Other personnel unknown)

François Couperin (1668-1733)

Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin
Ordre XV in A major/minor - (v) Muséte de Taverni for two keyboards (mtx /RS 790 B, disc /1155)

Philip Manuel, Gavin Williamson (harpsichords)

Recorded: circa 1940, New York
Format: coarse-groove, 78 rpm, 12” / 30 cm, electrical
Matrices: as above
Issued: 1941
Reissued: 1948

Catalogue numbers: 1155-57 (automatic sequence), in set 52

First issued in both manual and automatic sequences; former discontinued by late 1943

Transfer and restoration: Andrew Hallifax for DogintheManger
Editing and photographs: DogintheManger

Contemporary sources
Unsigned review, H. Royer Smith Co., The New Records, Vol.9 No.5, July 1941, p.4
Review by Peter Hugh Reed, The American Music Lover, Vol.VII No.12, August 1941, p.442
Review by Marshall W. Stearns, The Honolulu Advertiser, Sunday 31 August 1941, Society Clubs Radio Theaters Music Art Books Drama section, p.10

Review by David Hall, The Record Book Supplement, New York: Smith & Durrell, 1941, p.819

Offer of discontinued manual-sequence issue, Gramophone Shop Inc., Record Supplement for October 1943, Vol.VI No.10, p.6

Unsigned review (reissue), Gramophone Shop Inc., Record Supplement for May 1948, Vol.XI No.5, p.2
Review by Thomas B. Sherman (reissue), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Wednesday 5 May 1948, Part Four (Everyday Magazine), p.4D
Review by Philip Miller (reissue), Library Journal, Vol.73 No.12, 15 June 1948, p.958