Edward Cole

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Sleeve notes author for classical music releases, primarily for MGM Records in the mid-1950s-'60s and Epic Records in the late 1960s.

ALBUMS

Maro Ajemian & Anahid Ajemian With Elden Bailey – Ives,*, Komitas & Cowell*

Early Recordings Of Ives, Komitas & Cowell, Ca. 1957-70

2023, 14xFile, FLAC, Comp, Canary Records

APPEARANCES +

Louis Lane Conducts The Cleveland Orchestra

The Complete Epic And Columbia Album Collection

Modern/Romantic/Classical/Orchestra/Symphony/Soundtrack/Suite/Ballet

George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra / New York Philharmonic / Columbia Symphony Orchestra

The Complete Columbia Album Collection

2018, 106x CD, Box Set,

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Impressionist/Modern/Interview

The Mercury Living Presence Recordings

2014, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Mercury,

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Impressionist/Modern

Brahms* - Gina Bachauer, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, London Symphony Orchestra

Piano Concerto No. 2

Janos Starker - Dvořák*, Bruch*, Tchaikovsky* - Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra

Cello Concerto In B Minor, Op. 104 / Kol Nidrei / Variations On A Rococo Theme

Something's Coming

Kurt Weill Text By Bertolt Brecht

Collector's Edition - Compositions & Collaborations - Bartók, Bernstein, Copland, Stravinsky

Prokofiev*, Leonard Slatkin, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra & Chorus*, Claudine Carlson, Thomas Peck

Alexander Nevsky

Alan Hovhaness, National Philharmonic Orchestra

Saint Vartan Symphony Op. 80

Charles Milgrim

Piano Music of Latin America

Mozart* : Wind Ensemble Conducted By Arthur Winograd

Serenades For Winds: No. 11 In E Flat Major, K. 375 / No. 12 In C Major, K. 388

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Marlboro Festival Orchestra / Alexander Schneider / Rudolf Serkin

Music From Marlboro, Marlboro Music Festival, Rudolf Serkin, Director

Alan Hovhaness - Maro Ajemian, Anahid Ajemian, Carlos Surinach

Lousadzak: Concerto No. 1 For Piano And String Orchestra, Op. 48 / Concerto No. 2 For Violin And String Orchestra, Op. 89a

Walter Piston / Alan Hovhaness

Quintet For Piano & Strings / Khaldis: Concerto For Piano, Four Trumpets & Percussion

Dvořák*, George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra

The Slavonic Dances

Meeting At The Summit

Chausson* / Ravel* / Saint-Saëns* - Zino Francescatti, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

Poème / Tzigane / Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso

Dvořák* / Tchaikovsky* - Leonard Rose, Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra*

Cello Concerto / Variations On A Rococo Theme

Antal Dorati Conducts Tchaikovsky*

Paul Dukas, Paul Paray Conducting The Detroit Symphony Orchestra* / Richard Strauss, Antal Dorati Conducting The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra*

The Story Of The Sorcerer's Apprentice / The Story Of Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks

1964, LP, Mono, Mercury, Mercury

Strauss* • Eugene Ormandy • The Philadelphia Orchestra

Ormandy Conducts Strauss

Beethoven* / The Alma Trio - Adolph Baller - Andor Toth - Gabor Rejto*

George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra - Beethoven* / Mozart*

Symphony No. 5 In C Minor, Op. 67 / No. 41 In C Major, K. 551 ("Jupiter")

Beethoven*, The Budapest String Quartet*

Quartet No. 15 In A Minor, Op. 132

Busoni* / Bortkievich* / Mitchell*, Vienna State Opera Orchestra*, William Strickland

Indian Fantasy For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 44 / Piano Concerto In B-Flat Major, Op. 16

Janos Starker, London Symphony*, Antal Dorati, Tchaikovsky*, Saint-Saëns*

Variations On A Rococo Theme / Cello Concerto In A Minor

Chopin* / Gina Bachauer, Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra

Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Minor / Nocturne In C Sharp Minor / Three Etudes

Hindemith* / Bartók* - Bernstein*, New York Philharmonic

Music For Strings, Percussion & Celesta / Concert Music For Strings & Brass

Brahms* - Gina Bachauer, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, London Symphony Orchestra

Brahms Second Piano Concerto

Emanuel Vardi, Strings Of The Kapp Sinfonietta*

The Voice Of The Strings

1961, LP, Album, Mono, Kapp Records

Fran Can Really Hang You Up The Most

Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer - Howard Keel, Carol Lawrence, Odette Myrtil

Saratoga (An Original Cast Recording)

Beethoven* / Leonid Kogan, Rudolf Barshai, Mstislav Rostropovich

Trio For Strings In E Flat Major, Op. 3

Morty Craft And The Singing Strings

Memories Of... "Jolie"

Carson McCullers

Reads From The Member Of The Wedding And Other Works

1958, LP, MGM Records

Kodaly*, Rozsa*, M-G-M Orchestra*, Arthur Winograd

Summer Evening / Hungarian Serenade

1958, LP, MGM Records,

Gabriel Fauré, Édouard Lalo

Shylock Suite / Divertissement

1958, LP, Mono, MGM Records

Dorothy Renzi Sings Ernst Toch, Marga Richter

The Chinese Flute / Transmutation / The Hermit / Fishing Picture

Modern/Contemporary

Khatchaturian*, The State Radio Orchestra Of The U.S.S.R.*, Nathan Rachlin

Heitor Villa-Lobos - Domingo Santa-Cruz / Carlos Surinach, M-G-M String Orchestra*

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9 - Sinfonia No. 2 Op. 25

1957, LP, Mono, MGM Records

Carlos Surinach / Joaquin Turina* – The Philharmonia Orchestra Of Hamburg*, Arthur Winograd, Sondra Bianca

Second Symphony / Rapsodia Sinfonica

1957, LP, Mono, MGM Records

Carlos Chávez, Izler Solomon Conducting The M-G-M String Orchestra* and The M-G-M Percussion Ensemble

Sinfonia Number 5 For String Orchestra / Toccata For Percussion

1957, LP, Album, Mono, MGM Records

William Faulkner

William Faulkner Reads From His Works

1957, LP, Album, Mono, MGM Records

Carlos Chavez* / Paul Ben-Haim - Izler Solomon, The M-G-M String Orchestra*

Sinfonia No. 5 For String Orchestra / Concerto Grosso For String Orchestra

Alan Hovhaness - Carlos Surinach, The M-G-M Chamber Orchestra

Saint Vartan Symphony, Op. 80

Henry Cowell, Alan Hovhaness, Charles Ives

Set Of Five / Kirgiz Suite / Sonata No. 4

Robert Casadesus, Gaby Casadesus, The Guilet String Quartet*

Quintet In C Major For Piano And Strings Op. 16, Sonata No. 2 In A Major For Violin And Piano, Op. 34

Marga Richter, Carlos Surinach, William Masselos, The M-G-M String Orchestra

Concerto For Piano And Violas, 'Cellos And Basses / Concerto For Piano, Strings And Cymbals

Ravel* / Fauré* - The Beaux-Arts Trio*

Trio In A Minor / Trio In D Minor, Op. 120

The Wind Remains

Francis Poulenc : Howard Hanson : Richard Ellsasser With Arthur Winograd Conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra Of Hamburg*

Concerto For Organ, Strings And Tympani / Concerto For Organ, Strings And Harp

1956, LP, Album, MGM Records,

Modern/Post-Modern/Organ

Sibelius Masterpieces

1956, LP, Album, MGM Records, MGM Records

Marga Richter / Paul Ben-Haim - Menahem Pressler

Sonata For Piano / Sonata For Piano

1956, LP, Mono, MGM Records

Izler Solomon, Ernest Bloch, Marga Richter, George Antheil

Bloch: Concerto Grosso No. 2 For String Quartet And String Orchestra / Richter: Lament For String Orchestra / Antheil: Serenade For Strings

1956, LP, Mono, MGM Records

Silvestre Revueltas – The M-G-M Chamber Orchestra, Carlos Surinach

The Music Of Silvestre Revueltas

Françaix* - Ibert*, Carlos Surinach Conducting The M-G-M Orchestra

Symphony for Strings / Divertissement

Jacques Ibert / Vittorio Rieti - Arthur Winograd Conducting The M-G-M Chamber Orchestra

Suite Symphonique / Madrigale

Grieg*, Menahem Pressler

Lyric Pieces - Books 3 And 4

Carlos Surinach / Carlos Chavez* / Silvestre Revueltas – Maro Ajemian, Anahid Ajemian

Doppio Concertino / Sonatina / Three Pieces

Kurt Weill, Anton von Webern*, Anahid Ajemian

Concerto For Violin And Wind Orchestra, Op. 12

1955, LP, Mono, MGM Records

Alan Hovhaness - William Masselos, Izler Solomon

Khaldis: Concerto For Piano, Four Trumpets & Percussion

Ernest Bloch / Johana Harris And The Walden String Quartet

Quintet For Piano And Strings

Shostakovich* - Menahem Pressler

The Twenty-Four Piano Preludes, Op. 34

Manuel De Falla, Menahem Pressler

Piano Music by Manuel de Falla

Heitor Villa-Lobos / Cello Ensemble Conducted By Theodore Bloomfield ; Solo Pianist: Menahem Pressler

Bachianas Brasileras No. 1 For Eight ´Celli; No. 4 For Solo Piano

Debussy* / Ibert* - Menahem Pressler

La Boîte à Joujoux / Histoires (10 Pieces For Piano)

1953, LP, Mono, MGM Records

Stravinsky*, Ethel Bartlett And Rae Robertson*

Music For Two Pianos Or Piano Duet

Elizabeth Lockhart (2) With London Symphony Orchestra / Fabienne Jacquinot With Philharmonia Orchestra Of London* Conducted By Anatole Fistoulari

Tzigane / Poéme / Concertino / Concerto No. 1

Rossini* - Britten* ; Royal Opera Orchestra, Covent Garden, London*, Warwick Braithwaite

Soirées Musicales / Matinées Musicales

George Copeland

Spanish Piano Music

1951, 10", Mono, MGM Records,

Romantic/Modern

Bach*, Vivaldi*, Carl Weinrich

A Survey Of Bach’s Organ Music - Volume I

Verdi*, New York City Opera Company*, Laszlo Halasz

Operatic Highlights: Verdi's Aïda

Debussy*, George Copeland

George Copeland Plays

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Rudolf Serkin, Peter Serkin, Marlboro Festival Orchestra, Alexander Schneider, Jaime Laredo, Michael Tree

Musik Aus Marlboro - Konzert Es-dur Für Zwei Klaviere Und Orchester KV 365 / Concertone C-dur Für Zwei Violinen Und Orchester KV 190

Warwick Braithwaite, Royal Opera House Orchestra*

Aurora's Wedding

10", MGM Records

Sergei Prokofiev, Aram Khatchaturian, State Orchestra Of The USSR*, Nicolaj Anosov*, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Yuri Fayer*

From The Repertoire Of The World-Famous Bolshoi Ballet

LP, Mono, Lion Records (4)

Liszt*, Berlioz*, Enesco*, Dvorak*, Jean Martinon, Orquestra Filarmônica De Londres*

Rapsódia Húngara N.º 2 / Marcha Rakóczy / Rapsódia Rumena N.º 1 / Dança Eslava N.º 1

10", Mono, MGM Records, MGM Records, MGM Records

Igor Stravinsky, Paul Hindemith, Arthur Winograd

Stravinsky: Apollon Musagete / Hindemith: Herodiade

LP, Album, Mono, MGM Records,

Carlos Surinach, The M-G-M Chamber Orchestra, François-Joseph Gossec, Pieter Van Maldere, André-Modeste Gretry, Louis-Nicolas Clérambault

Sinfonia in G Major, Op. 12, No. 2 / Danses From La Rosiere Republicaine / Symphony In B Flat Major, Op. 4, No. 3 / / Symphonia Quarta

LP, Album, Mono, MGM Records,

London Symphony Orchestra under direction of George Weldon

A Promenade Concert

10", Album, MGM Records

Beethoven*, Chopin*, Josef Fidelman

Josef Fidelman Plays Recital No. 2

LP, Album, Mono, Urania Records (3)

Sibelius*, Carl Nielsen - Arthur Winograd

Sibelius:Rakastava, Op. 14 & Canzonetta, Op. 62a/Carl Nielsen's Little Suite For String Orchestra, Op. 1

LP, MGM Record Manufacturing Division

Johannes Brahms - Robert Schumann, Arthur Winograd ∙ The Philharmonia Orchestra Of Hamburg*

Serenade Nr. 2 A-Major Op. 16 ∙ Overture To Schiller's 'The Braut Von Messian', Op.100

LP, MGM Records

Music For The Theatre ★ Music For Radio ★ Music For Movies

LP, MGM Records,

Gabriel Fauré, Édouard Lalo

Shylock Suite / Divertissement

LP, Mono, RP, MGM Records

Haydn*, Bernard Greenhouse, Menahem Pressler , With Izler Solomon , Conducting The M-G-M Orchestra*

Concerto In D Major For 'Cello/Concerto In D Minor For Piano

LP, MGM Records, MGM Records,

Johannes Brahms - Robert Schumann, Arthur Winograd ∙ The Philharmonia Orchestra Of Hamburg*

Serenade Nr. 2 A-Major Op. 16 ∙ Overture To Schiller's 'The Braut Von Messian', Op.100

LP, Ltd, RE, MGM Records

Bach*, Bach Aria Group

Six Sacred Arias By Johann Sebastian Bach

10", MGM Records

Richard Ellsasser

Organ Music By Modern Composers - Volume 2

Shoshana Damari

Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Vagn Holmboe

Etruscan Concerto For Piano And Chamber Orchestra / Concerto No. 11 For Trumpet Solo, Two Horns, And String Orchestra

Carlos Surinach, The M-G-M Chamber Orchestra, Marga Richter, Izler Solomon, William Masselos

Music By Carlos Surinach

Guilet String Quartet, Prokofiev*, Shostakovich*

Prokofiev String Quartet No. 1 Op.50 / Shostakovich String Quartet No.1, Op. 49

Dvǒrák* / Mstislav Rostropovich With The State Radio Orchestra Of The U.S.S.R.* Conducted By Boris Khaikin

Concerto In B Minor For Cello & Orchestra, Op. 104

Humperdinck* - The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra*, Herman Abendroth*

Moorish Rhapsody

Leonid Kogan, Beethoven*, Robert Schumann

Leonid Kogan Plays Beethoven: Sonata No. 9 For Violin And Piano in A Major, Op. 47 "The Kreutzer"/Schumann: Fantasy In C Major, Op. 131

Mahler* - Karel Ančerl Conducting The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphony No. 9 In D Major

Barber*, Copland*, Ives*, Keith Clark (3), The Pacific Symphony Orchestra*

American Composers: Music Of Barber, Copland And Ives

J.S. Bach*, Beethoven*

The Art Of The Fugue / Grosse Fuge, Op.133

Piano Music For Children By Modern American Composers

Josef Fidelman Plays

Prokofieff*, Gennadi Rozhdestvenski*, The State Radio Orchestra Of The U.S.S.R.*

Symphony No. 4 In C Major, Op. 47/112

The Cleveland Pops Orchestra*, Louis Lane

Mozart* / Isaac Stern, George Szell, The Columbia Symphony Orchestra*

Violin Concertos: No. 1 In B-Flat Major / No. 5 In A Major

Griffes*, Lenore Engdahl

Roman Sketches Op.7 / Three Tone Pictures Op.5 / Fantasy Pieces Op. 6

Charles Milgrim

The Romantic Music Of Spain

Alan Hovhaness / Paul Hindemith / Odeon Partos*, Emanuel Vardi With The M-G-M String Orchestra Conducted By Izler Solomon

Talin / Music Of Mourning / Yiskor

Rachmaninoff*, Bernhard Weiser

Variations On Themes By Chopin And Corelli, Opp. 22 And 42

D'Indy*, Dukas*, Westminster Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari

Istar / Fervaal / La Péri

Arthur Honegger / Jean Rivier, Izler Solomon Conducting The M.G.M. String Orchestra*

Symphony No. 2 For String Orchestra And Trumpet / Symphony No. 2 In C For String Orchestra

Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Warwick Braithwaite

Popular Ballet Music From Great Operas

Johannes Brahms / Josef Suk (2), Arthur Winograd

Liebeslieder Waltzes For String Orchestra / Serenade For Strings

Arthur Winograd Conducting The M-G-M Chamber Orchestra

Copland: Music For Movies / Weill: Music For Stage

Richard Ellsasser, Franz Liszt

Organ Music Of Franz Liszt Volume III

Carl Nielsen, Edvard Grieg / The Arthur Winograd String Orchestra, The Philharmonic Orchestra Of Hamburg* Conductor: Arthur Winograd

Carl Nielsen: Little Suite For String Orchestra, Op. 1 / Edvard Grieg: Lyric Suite, Op. 54

Prokofiev* - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra*, Czech Singers Chorus, Karel Ančerl, Věra Soukupová

Alexander Nevsky

Sibelius*, Carl Nielsen - Arthur Winograd, John Hollingsworth

Sibelius • Carl Nielsen