Joseph Szigeti The Mercury Masters
2023 6x CD, Box Set
Classical
Romantic
Modern

Main image
Mercury
art direction [and image restoration] Raymond Bannerman
booklet editor Adam Freeman
booklet editor Bruce Raggatt
booklet editor Jonathan Summers
cover, illustration William Auerbach-Levy
tracks 1-1 to 1-7, 2-1 to 2-3, 4-1 to 4-3, 5-1 to 5-3 engineer [associate engineer] Robert Eberenz
tracks 4-1 to 4-3, 5-1 to 5-8 engineer [chief engineer] Robert Fine
tracks 1-1 to 1-7, 2-1 to 2-3, 3-1 to 3-8, 6-1 to 6-15 engineer [recording engineer] Robert Fine
executive-producer [for eloquence] Cyrus Meher-Homji
tracks 1-1 to 1-7, 2-1 to 2-3, 4-1 to 4-3 executive-producer [musical director] Harold Lawrence
liner notes Tully Potter
photography by Decca
photography by Harold Lawrence
photography by Tully Potter
tracks 3-1 to 3-8, 5-1 to 5-8, 6-1 to 6-15 producer [recording producer] Harold Lawrence
tracks 1-1 to 1-7, 2-1 to 2-3, 3-1 to 3-8, 4-1 to 4-3, 5-1 to 5-8v producer [recording producer] Wilma Cozart
producer [remastering] Thomas Fine
product manager Cassandra Paz
remastered by Thomas Fine
research [tape archive research] Jared Hawkes
tracks cd1, cd3 to cd6 transferred by [hd transfe] Jared Hawkes
tracks cd2 transferred by [hd transfer] Wilma Cozart
violin Joseph Szigeti
Phonographic Copyright (p) Universal International Music B.V.
Copyright (c) Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd
Marketed By Universal Music Classics & Jazz
Recorded At Fine Recording Studios
Recorded At Watford Town Hall
Glass Mastered At Vantiva, Melbourne, Australia
This Edition: ℗ 2023 Universal International Music B.V.
Artwork © Universal Music Pty. Ltd.
Marketed in Australasia by Universal Classics & Jazz

Includes 28-page booklet with track listings, photographs, and an essay by Tully Potter.

CD 1 51:24
Recording location: Fine Recording Studios, New York City, New York, USA, 24 March 1959 (Violin Sonata), 26 & 27 March 1959 (Horn Trio)
Original Mercury release: [m917224=SR 90210]: 1962
℗ 1962 Universal International Music B.V.

CD 2 40:56
Recording location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 26 & 28 June 1959
Original Mercury release: [m1194071=SR 90225]: 1960
℗ 1960 Universal International Music B.V.

CD 3 52:15
Recording location: Fine Recording Studios, New York City, New York, USA, 7, 8 & 10 December 1959
Original Mercury release: [m1587149=SR 90319]: 1964
℗ 1964 Universal International Music B.V.

CD 4 45:02
Recording location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 17-20 & 22 June 1961
Original Mercury release: [m914172=SR 90358]: May 1964
℗ 1964 Universal International Music B.V.

CD 5 39:07
Recording locations: Fine Recording Studios, New York City, New York, USA, 17 March 1959 (Stravinsky); Wembley (Brent) Town Hall, London, UK, 15 & 16 June 1960 (Prokofiev)
Original Mercury release: [m1296453=SR 90419]: May 1965
℗ 1965 Universal International Music B.V.

CD 6 69:23
Recording location: Fine Recording Studios, New York City, New York, USA, 12 & 13 March 1959 (Honegger, Webern, Debussy, Ives), 16 March 1959 (Bartók)
Original Mercury release: [m1128361=SR 90442] (Honegger, Webern, Debussy, Ives: April 1966; Bartók unreleased on Mercury and first released on Philips CD 446 639-2 in Japan, 2013
℗ 1966 (Honegger, Webern, Debussy, Ives), 2013 (Bartók) Universal International Music B.V.
Barcode: 0 028948 437566 (Text)
Barcode: 028948437566 (Scanned)
SPARS Code: ADD
Matrix / Runout: 4843757 THE MERCURY D1 03 (CD1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L283
Mould SID Code: IFPI 4687
Matrix / Runout: 4843758 THE MERCURY D2 01 (CD2)
Matrix / Runout: 4843759 THE MERCURY D3 01 (CD3)
Matrix / Runout: 4843760 THE MERCURY D4 01 (CD4)
Matrix / Runout: 4843761 THE MERCURY D5 01 (CD5)
Matrix / Runout: 4843762 THE MERCURY D5 01 (CD6)



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