Selmar Meyrowitz

Selmar Meyrowitz (d.1941) conducted the first recording of Liszt’s Faust Sympony, but also recorded Les Preludes, a surprisingly frequently recorded work from the 1920s onwards.
Liszt – Les Preludes
Grande Orchestre Symphonique, Selmar Meyrowitz

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Pathe PDT 8-9
Matrices E 350234/7-MC, (M6-70704/7)
Recorded early March 1934
Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique
I. Rêveries, Passions (3 sides)
II. Un bal (2 sides)
III. Scène aux champs (4 sides)
IV. Marche au supplice (1 side)
V. Songe d’une nuit de sabbat (2 sides)
Grand Orchestre Philharmonique, Selmar Meyrowitz

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Pathé PDT10-15
Matrices CPTX 7-1, 8-2, 9-1, 5-1, 6-1, 10-1, 11-1, 12-1, 13-1, 14-1, 15-1, 16-1 (M6-70932, 71217, 70964, 70930, 70931, 70965, 70966, 70967, 71022, 71020, 71024, 71025)
Recorded late March 1934

There are two cuts. In the first movement bars 440 to 461 inclusive are cut, and in the last movement bars 127 to 186 inclusive.

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