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Mercury Living Presence
tracks 5-12 to 5-16 composed by Bernard Rogers
tracks 5-17 to 5-19 composed by Burrill Phillips
tracks 1-16 composed by Charles Griffes
tracks 2-1 to 2-6 composed by Charles Ives
tracks 5-1 to 5-5 composed by Douglas Moore
tracks 4-5 to 4-9 composed by Edward MacDowell
tracks 4-1 to 4-4 composed by George Whitefield Chadwick
tracks 4-10 to 4-13 composed by Johann Friedrich Peter
tracks 5-6 to 5-11 composed by John Alden Carpenter
tracks 1-17 to 1-19 composed by Kent Kennan
tracks 3-1 to 3-11 composed by Morton Gould
tracks 2-10 to 2-12 composed by Peter Mennin
tracks 1-1 to 1-3 composed by Samuel Barber
tracks 3-12 to 3-18 composed by Samuel Barber
tracks 1-4 to 1-15 composed by Walter Piston
tracks 1-25 to 1-33 composed by William Bergsma
tracks 1-20 to 1-24 composed by William McCauley
tracks 2-7 to 2-9 composed by William Schuman
conductor Howard Hanson
tracks cd1 (1 to 16, 20 to 24), cd2 (7 to 12), cd3, cd4 (5 to 9), cd5 (1 to 5) engineer [associate] Robert Eberenz
engineer [chief engineer & technical supervisor] Robert Fine
liner notes Bill Newman
management [compilation and product management] Raymond McGill
tracks cds 1, 4, 5 mastered by [for compact disc] Andrew Nicholas
tracks cds 2, 3 mastered by [for compact disc] Dennis Drake
orchestra Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
producer [for compact disc] Wilma Cozart
tracks cd4 (1 to 4) producer [recording director] David Hall
tracks cd1, cd2, cd3, cd4 (5 to 13), cd 5 producer [recording director] Wilma Cozart
Phonographic Copyright (p) Decca Music Group Limited
Copyright (c) Decca Music Group Limited
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Made By Universal M & L, Germany
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This compilation ℗ 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
© 2004 Decca Music Group Limited
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CD1 475 6275 [72:02]
CD1 Tracks 1-3 Barber Capricorn Concerto - Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three 201 Telefunken microphones, in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., 4 May 1969. Originally released on SR90224.
CD1 Tracks 4-15 Piston Incredible Flutist Suite - Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one 201 and two M56 Telefunken microphones, in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., 23 November 1958.
CD1 Track 16 Griffes Poem - Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three 201 Telefunken microphones, in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., 5 May 1963. Originally released on SR90379.
CD1 Tracks 17-19 Kennen Three Pieces - Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one 201 and two M56 Telefunken microphones, in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., 5 May 1957. Originally released on SR90147.
CD1 Tracks 20-24 McCauley Five Miniatures - Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three 201 Telefunken microphones, in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., 25 October 1959. Originally released on SR90277.
CD1 Tracks 25-33 Bergsma Gold And the Señor Commandante - Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one 201 and two M56 Telefunken microphones, in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., 5 May 1957. Originally released on SR90147.

CD2 475 6276 [77:08]
CD2 Tracks 1-3 Ives Three Places and Tracks 4-6 Symphony No.3 - Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one 201 and two M56 Telefunken microphones, in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., 5 May 1957. Originally released on SR90149.
CD2 Tracks 7-9 Schuman New England Triptych - Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three 201 Telefunken microphones, in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., 5 May 1963.
CD2 Tracks 10-12 Mennin Symphony No.5 - Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three 201 Telefunken microphones, in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., 7 May 1962. Originally released, with the Schuman Triptych, on SR90379.

CD3 475 6277 [63:14]
CD3 Tracks 1-5 Gould Spirituals - Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., 25 October 1959.
CD3 Tracks 6-11 Gould Fall River Legend (Ballet Suite) - Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., 1 May 1960.
CD3 Tracks 12-18 Barber Medea (Ballet Suite) - Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three 201 Telefunken microphones, in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., 4 May 1959.

CD4 475 6278 [69:16]
CD4 Tracks 1-4 Chadwick Symphonic Sketches - Recorded on 3-track half-inch and 2-track quarter-inch tape, using one 201 and two U47 Telefunken microphones, in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., 21-22 January 1956. Originally released on SR90018.
CD4 Tracks 5-9 MacDowell Suite - Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three 201 Telefunken microphones, in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., 7 May 1961. Originally released on SR90449.
CD4 Tracks 10-13 Peter Sinfonia - Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one 201 and two M56 Telefunken microphones, in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., 5 May 1957. Originally released on SR90163.

CD5 475 6279 [74:13]
CD5 Tracks 1-5 Moore Pageant - Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one 201 and two M56 Telefunken microphones, in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., 23 November 1958. Originally released on SR90206.
CD5 Tracks 6-11 Carpenter Adventures - Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one 201 and two U47 Telefunken microphones, in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., 28 October 1956. Originally released on SR90136.
CD5 Tracks 12-16 Rogers Once Upon A Time - Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one 201 and two M56 Telefunken microphones, in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., 5 May 1957. Originally released on SR90147.
CD5 Tracks 17-19 Phillips Selections - Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one 201 and two U46 Telefunken microphones, in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, N.Y., 28 October 1956. Originally released on SR90136.

5 CDs packaged in a plastic fat box jewel case with dual clear-tray hinged compartments for 5 discs; includes a 16 page booklet, notes in English, and full track listing. Packaging includes 2 black sponge inlays for disc protection.
Barcode: 0 28947 56274 0
Label Code: LC 00305
SPARS Code: ADD
Other: 475 6275 (Catalog No. printed on face of CD1)
Other: 475 6276 (Catalog No. printed on face of CD2)
Other: 475 6277 (Catalog No. printed on face of CD3)
Other: 475 6278 (Catalog No. printed on face of CD4)
Other: 475 6279 (Catalog No. printed on face of CD5)
Rights Society: BIEM/SABAM
Matrix / Runout: 00289 475 627-5 01 ✳ 51525648 (CD1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0141 (CD1)
Matrix / Runout: 00289 475 627-6 01 ✳ 51525651 (CD2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0112 (CD2)
Matrix / Runout: 00289 475 627-7 01 ✳ 51525654 (CD3)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0118 (CD3)
Matrix / Runout: 00289 475 627-8 01 ✳ 51525657 (CD4)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0124 (CD4)
Matrix / Runout: 00289 475 627-9 01 ✳ 51525660 (CD5)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0129 (CD5)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LV26 (CD1, CD2, CD3, CD4, CD5)
Matrix / Runout: MADE IN GERMANY BY UNIVERSAL M & L (Stamped on inner hubs CD1 through CD5)
Matrix / Runout: A (Stamped on inner hubs CD1 through CD5)