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	THE SCENE FROM AIDA YOU ARE LISTENING TO IS FROM THIS LANDMARK RECORDING. *The original owner of "RCA Victor Red Seal Record" retains copyright.* *The material is used here only to illustrate.* THE TOSCANINI NBC SYMPHONY RECORDINGS 1949 - 1953 Dates shown are the days recording sessions took place. 1949 BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY # 3 - November 28 Respighi: Feste Romane - December 12 1950 Debussy: La Mer - June 01 1951 Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 - October 05 Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 - November 09 Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 - December 21 Brahms: Symphony No. 1 - November 03, 06 Brahms: Symphony No. 4 - December 03, 22 Respighi: Fountains of Rome - December 13, 17, 22 Elgar: Enigma Variations - February 17, December 10 1952 Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 - January 14 Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 - March 31 Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 - November 10 Brahms: Symphony No. 2 - February 10, 11 Brahms: Symphony No. 3 - November 1, 4 Strauss: Death and Transfiguration - March 10 Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours - July 29 Thomas: Mignon Overture - July 29 Bizet: Carmen Suite - August 02, 05 Sibelius: Finlandia - August 08 Herold: Zampa Overture - August 02, 05 1953 Beethoven: Missa Solemnis - March 30 Respighi: The Pines of Rome - March 14, 17 Schubert: Symphony No. 5 - March 14, 17 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - January 24, 26 Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 - January 31, February 02 -With Heifetz, Rubinstein and Piatigorsky in 1950- THE ORCHESTRAL/INSTRUMENTAL RECORDINGS 1949 - 1970 1957 Debussy: La Mer; Ibert: Escales Boston Symphony, Charles Munch FRANK: Symphony In D Minor Boston Symphony, Charles Munch 1958 Beethoven: Eroica Symphony Boston Symphony, Charles Munch 1960 Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 / Debussy: La Mer / Ibert: Escales (Hybrid SACD) Boston Symphony, Charles Munch 1962 Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Boston Symphony, Charles Munch "These RCA Living Stereos from producer Richard Mohr and engineer Lewis Layton are both sonic and artistic gems, and have long been audiophile icons. The RCA team of Mohr and Layton captured the warmly rich, spacious sonics of early Living Stereos principally in two great venues: Boston's Symphony Hall and Orchestra Hall in Chicago. These five recordings represent well the sound of the Boston Symphony at its recorded best." CLICK HERE to see more of this Review by Wayne Donnelly at Enjoy The Music.com THE LIST OF MOHR'S ORCHESTRAL RECORDINGS IS VAST AND THIS PAGE IS CURRENTLY UNDER RESEARCH THE OPERA RECORDINGS 1950 WEILL: DOWN IN THE VALLEY Cast of NBC-Television broadcast, Bell, McGraw, Smith, conductor, Peter Herman Adler. VERDI: RIGOLETTO Berger, Peerce, Warren, conductor,Leinsdorf. 1951 BIZET: CARMEN Stevens, Albanese, Peerce, Merrill, conductor, Reiner. BEST OF CARMEN BY BIZET 1952 MENOTTI: AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS Kuhlmann, Allen, conductor, Schippers. VERDI: IL TROVATORE Milanov, Barbieri, Bjorling, Warren, conductor, Cellini. 1953 MASCAGNI: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA Milanov, Bjorling, Merrill, conductor, Cellini. LEONCAVALLO: I PAGLIACCI Bjorling, de los Angeles, Warren, Merrill, conductor, Cellini. 1954 Puccini: MANON LESCAUT Albanese, Bjorling, Merrill, conductor, Perlea. 1955 MENOTTI: THE SAINT OF BLEECKER STREET Ruggiero, Poleri, Lane, conductor, Schippers. VERDI: AIDA Milanov, Barbieri, Bjorling, Warren, conductor, Perlea. 1956 PUCCINI: LA BOHEME de los Angeles, Amara, Bjorling, Merrill, conductor, Beecham. VERDI: LA TRAVIATA Carteri, Valletti, Warren, conductor, Monteux. VERDI: RIGOLETTO Peters, Bjorling, Merrill, conductor, Perlea. 1957 GLUCK: ORFEO ED EURIDICE Stevens, della Casa, Peters, conductor, Monteux. PUCCINI: TOSCA Milanov, Bjorling, Warren, conductor, Leinsdorf. PUCCINI: MADAMA BUTTERFLY Moffo, Elias, Valletti, Cesari, conductor, Leinsdorf. DONIZETTI: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR Peters, Peerce,Tozzi, conductor, Leinsdorf. 1958 BARBER: VANESSA Steber, Elias, Resnick, Gedda, Tozzi, conductor, Metropolous. ROSSINI: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE Peters, Valletti, Merrill, Tozzi, Corena, conductor, Leinsdorf. 1959 VERDI: MACBETH Rysanek,Warren, Hines, conductor, Leinsdorf. VERDI: IL TROVATORE Price, Elias, Tucker, Warren, Tozzi, conductor, Basile. PUCCINI: TURANDOT Nilsson, Tebaldi, Bjorling, Tozzi, conductor, Leinsdorf. 1960 VERDI: LA TRAVIATA Moffo, Calabrese, Merrill, conductor, Leinsdorf. VERDI: OTELLO Rysenak, Vickers, Gobbi, conductor, Serafin. WAGNER: THE FLYING DUTCHMAN Rysenak, Elias, London, Liebl, conductor, Dorati 1961 PUCCINI: LA BOHEME Moffo, Costa, Tucker, Merrill, Tozzi, conductor, Leinsdorf. VERDI: AIDA Price, Gorr, Sighele, Vickers, Merrill, Tozzi, conductor, Solti. 1962 PUCCINI: MADAMA BUTTERFLY Price, Elias, Tucker, Maero, conductor, Leinsdorf. 1963 VERDI: RIGOLETTO Moffo, Elias, Kraus, Merrill, Flagello, conductor, Leinsdorf. VERDI: FALSTAFF Evans, Merrill, Kraus, Freni, Ligabue, Simionato, Elias, conductor, Solti. MENOTTI: AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS Yaghjian, Martha King, McCollum, Cross, Patterson,Patrick, conductor, Grossman. 1964 VERDI: LUISA MILLER Moffo,Verrett, Bergonzi, MacNeil, Tozzi, conductor, Cleva. VERDI: LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker, Robert Merrill and Shirley Verrett, conductor, Schippers. 1965 Donizetti: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR Moffo, Vozza, Bergonzi, Sereni, Flagello, Duval, Pandano, conductor, Pretre. GLUCK: ORFEO ED EURIDICE Verrett, Moffo, Raskin, conductor, Falsano. WAGNER: LOHENGRIN Amara, Gorr, Konya, Dooley, Hines, Marsh, conductor, Leinsdorf. 1966 DONIZETTI: LUCREZIA BORGIA Caballe, Verrett, Kraus, Flagello, conductor, Perlea. 1970 VERDI: IL TROVATORE Price, Cossotto, Domingo, Milnes, New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor, Mehta. MONTEMEZZI: L'AMORE DEI TRE RE Moffo, Domingo, Elvira, Siepi, conductor, Santi. MASCAGNI: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA Scotto, Kraft, Jones, Domingo, Elvira, conductor, Levine OPERA COLLECTIONS THE PEARL FISHERS, DUETS Duets and Scenes from The Pearl Fishers, Don Carlo, Manon Lescaut, La Forza Del Destino, Aida, Turandot and Otello with Milanov, Albanese, Tebaldi, Bjoerling, Merrill, conductors Cellini, Perlea, Leinsdorf. THIS LIST IS INCOMPLETE AND IS CURRENTLY UNDER RESEARCH Ruth Draper was an internationally famous monologist who charmed audiences all over the world with her repertoire of some sixty sketches of assorted characters. Using no scenery, no props, and an occasional shawl or wrap she was able to people the stage with a great variety of personalities and move her audiences to laughter and tears. Finally when she was 70, and on the plea that her work not be lost entirely, it was arranged for her to record for RCA in New York. During 1954 and 1955 she had nine recording sessions with RCA Producer Richard Mohr in charge. "She was so tiny and was a thousand people! I was most of all impressed by her quality as such a great lady and also as a great artist. One does not often find this combination." A warm-up session was not something Ruth Draper ever needed, and she had barely begun when those in the control room knew all was well and threw the switch. She was tricked once but not again, and the other sessions went well with a row of microphones added to give her more mobility. Excerpted from "The Letters of Ruth Draper?" edited by Dorothy Warren, published in paperback by Southern Illinois University While researching an article about Ruth Draper that appeared in the November 1999 issue of Vanity Fair writer and editor Susan Mulcahy learned that Draper's recordings had gone out of print. Mulcahy decided to produce the first CD compilation of Draper's recordings (Ruth Draper and Her Company of Characters: Selected Monologues), containing seven of Draper's sketches, and began distributing it in October of 2000 through her company, Acme Content Company, in Seattle. She also produced the second compact disc compilation (More Selected Monologues), containing ten of Draper's pieces. It too is distributed by Acme Content. \| Return Home \| The Recordings \| Photos \| Photos Page 2 \| Photos Page 3 \|