Chapter TwelveDiscography
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Robert Bloom (1908-1994)Discography
Prepared by Sara Lambert BloomJuly 2002
BACH, J. S.
Arioso Vic. 18498 arr. and cond. by Stokowski, NBC Sym.
Bach Arias LCT 1111 (Mono LP) arias from Cantatas 12 & 112 M/DM 1087 (12” 78 rpm) (oboe d’amore) RB Inventory: LP#1 (78 rpm) Marian Anderson, alto and #D56 Shaw, RCA Vic. Orch.
Bach Arias LM 2312 arias from 56, 82 Mack Harrell, baritone Shaw, RCA Vic. Orch.
(Bach Aria Group recordings listed chronologically:)
Bach Aria Group Vox 367 Vol I: arias from 127, 8, 12” 78 rpm 105, 43, and Aeolus (Vol. I also on LP: Vox (USA) 3674 and 6370)
Bach Aria Group Vox (USA) 654 Vol. II: arias from 97, 66, 10” 78 rpm 42, A Major Mass (check w/TNT)
Bach Aria Group MGM E 115 arias from 68, 159, 99 10” mono LP (also 113, 157, 185?)-ck w/TNT
Bach Aria Group MGM E89 Six Sacred Arias 10” mono LP arias from 84, 7-ck w/TNT Bach Aria Group RCA Victor LM 6023 arias from 47, 60, 127 ckw/TNT two 12” mono LPs
Bach Aria Group Decca DL 9408 mono LP arias from 102, 56 DL 79408 stereo LP
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Bach Aria Group Decca DL 9405 mono LP arias from 68, 187, 63 DL 79405 stereo LP
Bach Aria Group Decca DL 9411 mono LP slow aria from 202 DL 79411 stereo LP
Bach Aria Group Desto DC 7139/40 Cantatas 102 and 3 complete; Stereo set of 2 LPs aria from 32 (Vox (USA) CDX 5127 CD set)
Brandenburg Concerti I & II Har. 7067 Reiner, Orch. ML-4281 H. Kolberg, F. Eyle, violins S. Marlowe, F. Valenti, Harps., Columbia (CBS) EntrE (USA) J. Baker, R. Eichar, F. Wilkins, flutes, RL 3104 mono W. Vacchiano, trumpet, (RL 3106) W. Lincer, N. Biro, violas, L. Rose, cello
Cantatas 41, 42, 47, 60 LM 6023 (also 127, 155, 99, 79, 132, 110?) Shaw, RCA Vic. Orch.
Cantata 131 LM 1100 Shaw, RCA Vic. Orch. LVT 1031 Paul Matthen, bass, also RCA/Italiana A12R0067 William Hess, tenor, Mono LP Sylvia Marlowe, harps., Bernhard Greenhouse, cello
Cantata 140 same as above R. Russell, tenor, S. Freil, soprano, P. Matthen, bass, J. Fuchs, violin
Magnificat in D M 1182 Shaw, RCA Vic. Orch also RCA Victor 10-1378 10” 78 rpm
Mass in B Minor LM 6100 Shaw, RCA Vic. Orch M-1145/46 (2 arias with oboe d’amore) RB Inventory D18
Musical Offering, BWV 1079 RCA Victor M 709 12” 78 rpm
St. John Passion LVT 3000 Shaw, RCA Vic. Orch LM 6103
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Suites for Orch. -complete LM 6012 Reiner, Orch.
Toccata & Fugue in d minor P-8399 arr. and conducted by Stokowski (SP 8399)
Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Vic. 8495 Stokowski, Philadelphia Orch.
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
Concerto No. 5 in Eb, Piano, Op. 73 LM 1718 Horowitz, Reiner, RCA Vic. Orch
Concerto in D, Violin, Op. 61 LCT 1010 Heifetz, Toscanini, NBC Sym. M 705 Recorded March 11, 1940
Egmont Overture HMV DB 5705 Toscanini, NBC Sym. Recorded November 18, 1939 (released in England)
Leonore Overture Nos. 1 & No. 2 M 976 Toscanini, NBC Sym. Recorded November 25, 1939 (No. 2 released in England only under HMV DA 1753-54)
Leonore Overture No. 3 M 976 Toscanini, NBC Sym Recorded Nov. 4, 1939 (Released in England only under HMV DB 5703-04)
Romances Nos. 1 & 2, Violin and Orch. LM 9014 Op. 40 & 50 Heifetz, Steinberg, RCA Vic. Orch.
Symphony No. 3 in Eb, Op. 55 M 765 Toscanini, NBC Sym. CD: Cedar Sound System Recorded October 28, 1939 (Grammofono 2000-Italy)
Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Op. 67 LCT 1041 Toscanini, NBC Sym. M 640 Recorded Feb. 27 & Mar. 1, 1939
Symphony No. 5 in c minor, Op. 67 CD: Cedar Sound System Toscanini, NBC Sym. (Grammofono 2000-Italy) Recorded Nov. 11, 1939
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Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 LM 1830 Stokowski, Orch.
Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93 M 908 Toscanini, NBC Sym. Recorded April 17, 1939
Wellington’s Victory, Op. 91 LM 2433 Gould, Orch. (LSC 2433)
BERNSTEIN, LEONARD
Facsimile Camd. 196 Bernstein, RCA Vic. Orch. M 1142
On The Town Camd. 196 Bernstein, RCA Vic. Orch. M 1142
West Side Story-Ballet Music LM 2340 Bennett, RCA Vic. Orch. (LSC 2340)
Fancy Free CL 920 Bernstein, Columbia Sym. Orch.
BIZET, GEORGES
L’Arlesienne, Suites 1 & 2 LM 1706 Stokowski, Orch.
Carmen LM 6102 Stevens, Albanese, Peerce, Merrill, Shaw Chorale, Reiner, RCA Vic. Orch.
Excerpts from the above on: LM 6070 LM 1749
Carmen: Intermezzo (Act 4) ? R.R. Bennett, cond. RCA Victor Orch.
Symphony No. 1 in C LM 1706 Stokowski, Orch.
BORODIN, ALEXANDER
In The Steppes of Central Asia LM 1816 Stokowski, Orch.-1954 RB Inventory: LP#16
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances LM 1054 Stokowski, Orch.
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BRAHMS, JOHANNES
Concerto No. 2 in Bb for Piano, Op. 83 LCT 1025 Horowitz, Toscanini, NBC Sym. M 740 Recorded May 9, 1940
Concerto No. 2 in Bb for Piano, Op. 83 LM 2296 Rubenstein, Krips, RCA Vic. Orch. (LSC 2296)
Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 LM 1146 Anderson, Shaw Chorale, Reiner RCA Vic. Orch.
German Requiem, Op. 45 LM 6004 Steber, Pease, Shaw Chorale M 1236 Shaw, RCA Vic. Orch.
Serenade No. 2 in A, Op. 16 LM 6711 Toscanini, NBC Sym. Recorded Dec. 27, 1942
Symphony No. 1 in c, Op. 68 M 875 Toscanini, NBC Sym. Recorded Mar. 10, 1941
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 ML 5439 Walter, Columbia Sym.
BRUCH, MAX
Concerto No. 2 in d minor, Op. 44 LM 1931 Heifetz, Solomon, RCA Vic. Orch.
CHAUSSON, ERNEST Poeme for Violin and Orch., Op. 25 LM 2069 Heifetz, Solomon, RCA Vic. Orch.
COPLAND, AARON
Billy the Kid-Ballet Suite LM 2195 Gould, Orch. (LSC 2195)
Billy the Kid-Ballet Suite Camd. 439 Bernstein, RCA Vic. Orch. LM 1031
Rodeo LM 2195 Gould, Orch (LSC 2195)
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El Salon Mexico CL 920 Bernstein, Columbia Sym. Orch.
COWELL, HENRY
Persian Set CRI 114 Stokowski, Orch.
DEBUSSY, CLAUDE
Children’s Corner Suite LM 9023 Stokowski, Orch.
Nocturnes-Nuages, Fetes, Sirenes LM 1154 Stokowski, Orch. Clair de lune P 8399 Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune (SP 8399) Stokowski, Orch. (SP 8673)
Clair de lune LM 1154 Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune Stokowski, RCA Vic. Orch.
DONIZETTI, GAETANO
Lucia di Lammermoor-excerpts LM 1710 Munsel, Peerce, Merrill, Pinza Cellini, RCA Vic. Orch.
DVORAK, ANTONIN
Symphony No. 5, Op. 95 (New World) CD: JLSS Private Records Stokowski, Philadelphia Orch. LSCD-25 (1990-Japan) Oct. 22, 1934 (USA Victor M273) and RB, English Horn RB Inventory: LP#2 LM 1013 (33 1/3 rpm)
Symphony No. 5, Op. 95 (New World) Cassette Stokowski, Philadelphia Orch. RB Inventory # 119 RCA, 1935 RB, English Horn excerpt
ENESCO, GEORGES
Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 11 LM 2471 Stokowski, Orch. (LSC 2471) RB Inventory: LP#12
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Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 & 2, Op. 11 LM 1878 Stokowski, Orch. LRM 7043 RB Inventory: LP#6
FALLA, MANUEL DE
Amor brujo, El LM 1054 Merriman, Stokowski, Orch.
FRANCK, CESAR
Symphony in D Minor Cassette of orig. 78 rpm Stokowski, Philadelphia Orch. Inventory # 119 RCA, 1935 RB, English Horn excerpt
GERSHWIN, GEORGE
American in Paris M 1237 Bernstein, RCA Vic. Orch.
American in Paris LM 2002 Gould, Orch.
Concerto in F for Piano LM 2017 Gould, Orch.
Porgy and Bess-excerpts LM 1124 Stevens, Merrill, Bennett RCA Vic. Orch.
Porgy and Bess-original suite LM 2002 Gould, Orch.
Porgy and Bess-symphonic picture LM 2340 Bennett, RCA Vic. Orch. (LSC 2340)
Rhapsody in Blue LM 2017 Gould, Orch.
GLAZOUNOV, ALEXANDER
Seasons, Op. 67 P 8551 Irving, Concert Arts Orch. (SP 8551)
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GLIERE, REINHOLD
Russian Sailors’ Dance- from the LM 1816 ballet “Red Poppy” RB Inventory: LP#16 Stokowski, Orch.-1954
GLINKA, MIKHAIL
Kamarinskaya LM 6026 Toscanini, NBC Sym. Recorded Dec. 21, 1940
GOEB, ROGER
Symphony No. 3 CRI 120 Stokowski, Orch.
GOULD, MORTON
Fall River Legend LM 2532 Interplay for Piano & Orch. (LSC 2532) Latin American Symphonette Gould, Orch.
GROFE, FERDE
Grand Canyon Suite LM 2433 Gould, Orch. (LSC 2433)
GRANADOS, ENRIQUE
Goyescas: Intermezzo LM 9029 Stokowski, Orch.
HANDEL, GEORGE FREDERIC
Sonata in c minor Vic. 12-0380 12” 78 rpm
Royal Fireworks Music LM 2612 Water Music Suite (inc. solo aria) (LSC 2612) Stokowski, Orch. CD: BMG Classics 1961 #09026-62599-2
HAYDN, JOSEPH
Sinfonia Concertante in Eb, Op. 84 RB Inventory # 118 Cassette
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Mischa Mischakoff, violin, William Polisi, bassoon, Frank Miller, cello Toscanini, NBC Symphony October 14, 1939-Studio 8H
Symphony No. 53 in D LM 1073 Stokowski, Orch.
Symphony No. 88 in G LCT 7 Toscanini, NBC Sym. M 454 Recorded March 8, 1938
IBERT, JACQUES
Escales M 9029 Stokowski, Orch. RCA LM 151-10” mono LP
JOHNSON, HUNTER
Trio for flute, oboe, piano CRI (USA) 125 mono LP 1958 RB Inventory: LP #13
KABALEVSKY, DIMITRI
Comedians, Op. 26 LM 2398 Kondrashin, RCA Vic. Orch. (LSC 2398)
KERN, JEROME
The Night Was Made For Love ?
Nelson Eddy, Jeanette McDonald Robert Shaw Chorale
KHACHATURIAN, ARAM
Masquerade: Suite LM 2398 Kondrashin, RCA Vic. Orch. (LSC 2398)
LALO, EDOUARD Symphonie espagnole for Violin and Orch. LM 1782 Heifetz, Steinberg, RCA Vic. Orch. (LM 127)
LEONCAVALLO, RUGGIERO
Pagliacci LM 6106 Bjoerling, De los Angeles, Merrill Shaw Chorale, Cellini, RCA Vic. Orch
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LIADOV
Eight Russian Folk Dances CD: Iron Needle IN 1334 (Italy) Stokowski, Philadelphia Orch. also: Cedar & Weiss on SiRiO March 17, 1934 LISZT, FRANZ
Concerto No. 1 in Eb LM 1734 Iturbi, RCA Vic. Orch.
Concerto No. 1 in Eb LM 2068 Rubenstein, Wallenstein (LSC 2068) RCA Vic. Orch.
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 LM 2471 Stokowski, Orch. (LSC 2471) RB Inventory: LP #12
Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1, 2, & 3 LM 1878 Stokowski, Orch.
Les Preludes LM 1073 Stokowski, Orch.
MARTIN, FRANK
Petite Symphonie Concertante P 8507 Stokowski, Orch. (SP 8507)
MASCAGNI, PIETRO
Cavalleria Rusticana LM 6106 Milanov, Bjoerling, Merrill Shaw Chorale, Cellini, RCA Vic. Orch.
MENDELSSOHN, FELIX
Concerto No. 1 in g, Op. 25 LM 1734 Iturbi, RCA Vic. Orch.
MENOTTI, GIAN CARLO
Sebastian: Ballet Suite LM 1858 Stokowski, NBC Sym.
MILHAUD, DARIUS
La Creation du Monde (1923) CL 920 Harold Bennett, flute, Artie Manners, sax, Benny Goodman, clarinet, Broadus Erle, violin, Homer Mensch, bass, Bernstein, cond. (Columbia Symphony Orch.)
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MOZART, W. A.
Arias of Mozart M 1157 Steber, Morel, RCA Vic. Orch. Odyssey 32 16 0363 RB Inventory: LP #9
Concerto No. 20 in d, K. 466 LM 2635 Rubenstein, Wallenstein (LSC 2635) RCA Vic. Orch.
Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 476 LM 2634 Concerto No. 23 in A, K. 488 (LSC 2634) Rubenstein, Wallenstein RCA Vic. Orch.
Concerto No. 24 in c, K. 491 LM 2461 Rubenstein, Krips, RCA Vic. Orch. (LSC 2461)
Divertimento No. 11 in D, K. 251 LM 1952 Reiner, NBC Sym.-1952 (RCA GM 558) mono LP RB Inventory: LP#11
Requiem, K. 626 LM 1712 Shaw Chorale, RCA Vic. Orch.
Sinfonia Concertante in Eb, K. 364 LM 2149 Heifetz, Primrose, Solomon RCA Vic. Orch
Symphony No. 36 in C, K. 425 DSL 224 Includes rehearsal and performance Walter, Columbia Sym.
Symphony No. 40 in g, K. 550 M. 631 Toscanini, NBC Sym Recorded Mar. 7, 1938
Water Musick, Royal Fireworks Musick LM 2612 Stokowski, RCA Victor Orch.-1962 RB Inventory: LP#10
MUSSORGSKY, MODEST
Boris Godounov-excerpts LBC 1082 Berezowsky, RCA Vic. Orch.
Boris Godounov-excerpts LM 1764 Rossi-Lemini, Stokowski, Orch.
Khovantchina LM 1816
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Introduction RB Inventory: LP #16 Dance of Persian Slaves Entr’acte-Act 4
Night on Bald Mountain LM 1816 Stokowski, Orch. RB Inventory: LP#16 Recorded 1954
OFFENBACH, JACQUES
Arias from Tales of Hoffman Vic. 11-9263 Novatina, Weissmann, RCA Vic. Orch.
POULENC, FRANCIS
Concerto in D for Two Pianos M 1235 Whittemore & Lowe Mitropoulos, RCA Vic. Orch.
PORTER, QUINCY
Quintet for Oboe and Strings CRI 235 USD Stereo LP Yale String Quartet RB Inventory: LP#15 (Erle, Aki, Schwartz, Parisot)
PROKOFIEV, SERGE
Love for Three Oranges: Suite, Op. 33 Vic. 18497 Stokowski, NBC Sym.
Romeo & Juliet, Suites 1, 2, & 3-excerpts LM 2117 Stokowski, NBC Sym.
PUCCINI, GIACOMO
Arias: Albanese, Trucco, RCA Vic. Orch. LM 2033 McDonald, Weissmann, RCA Vic. Orch. Vic. 11-9599 Kirsten, Morel, RCA Vic. Orch. Vic. 11-9694
La Boheme LM 6042 Merrill, Bjoerling, Corena De los Angeles, Amara, Beecham RCA Vic. Orch.
Exceprts from the above on: LM 2045
La Boheme-excerpts LM 1709 Albanese, Munsel, DiStefano Warren, Moscona, Cellini, RCA Vic. Orch.
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Madama Butterfly-excerpts LM 1839 Albanese, Melton, Browning, Weissman, RCA Vic. Orch.
QUANTZ, J. J.
Trio Sonata in C Minor OR 104 Mono LP Bloom, Baker, Arnold
RACHMANINOFF, SERGI
Concerto No. 1 in f-sharp, Op. 1 LM 6123 Concerto No. 2 in c, Op. 18 Concerto No. 3 in d, Op. 30 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 Rachmaninoff, Stokowski, Phila. Orch. These performances were made in the mid-thirties, and are available as single LP’s. Bloom plays EH.
Concerto No. 3 in d, Op. 30 LM 1178 Horowitz, Reiner, RCA Vic. Sym.
Concerto no. 3 in d, Op. 30 LM 2355 Cliburn, Kondrashin Live Performance, Carnegie Hall May 19, 1958
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, NIKOLAI
Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 LM 2323 Kondrashin, RCA Vic. Orch. (LSC 2323)
Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36 M 937 Stokowski, NBC Sym.
Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36 LM 1816 Stokowski, Orch.-1954 RB Inventory: LP#16
Scheherazade, Op. 35 LM 1956 Gould, Orch. RCA VICS 1444 Released 1969 RB Inventory: LP #17
ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO
Barber of Seville-excerpts Camd. 386 Ramirez, Reggiani, Bamboschek RCA Vic. Orch.
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Italian in Algiers Morton Gould, cond. (transc. for band in Bb)
William Tell: Overture LM 14 Toscanini, NBC Sym. M 605 Recorded Mar 1 & 29, 1939
SAINT-SAENS, CAMILLE
Havanaise for Violin & Orch. LM 2382 Heifetz, Steinberg, RCA Vic. Orch.
SCARLATTI-TOMASINI The Good Humored Ladies Capitol SP-8583 Robert Irving, Concert Arts Orchestra EMI CD 7243 5 65911
SCHUBERT, FRANZ
Mass in G LM 1784 Shaw Chorale, RCA Vic. Orch.
Rosamunde: Incidental Music, Op. 26 LM 1730 Stokowski, Orch. RB Inventory: LP #24 (Baker, Bloom, McGinnis)
Symphony No. 9 LM 1835 Toscanini, NBC Symphony RB Inventory: LP#14 Released 1957
SCHUMANN, ROBERT
Concerto in a, Op. 54 LM 2256 Rubenstein, Krips, RCA Vic. Orch. (LSC 2256) Bloom appears only in fragments of this recording; he was asked to tape small portions that proved unsatisfactory after the initial taping, at which he was not present.
SHOSTAKOVICH, DMITRI
Symphony No. 7, Op. 60 LM 6711 Toscanini, NBC Sym. Recorded July 19, 1942
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SIBELIUS, JEAN
Finlandia, Op. 26, No. 7 P 8399 Swan of Tuonela (SP 8399) Stokowski, Orch. (SP 8673) also in stereo LP: EMI/Angel/Eminence AE 34491 EMI/Capitol SP 8399 Pohjola’s Daughter, Op. 49 LM 6711 Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43 Toscanini, NBC Sym. Recorded Dec. 12, 1940
Symphony No. 1 in e, Op. 39 LM 1125 Stokowski, Orch.
Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 43 LM 1854 Stokowski, NBC Sym. RB Inventory: LP#3
SMETANA, BEDRICH
Bartered Bride; Overture LM 2471 Moldau (LSC 2471) Stokowski, Orch. RB Inventory: LP #12
STRAUSS, JOHANN
Die Fledermaus-excerpts LM 1114 Munsel, Stevens, Peerce, Merrill Resnick, Melton, Shaw Chorale Reiner, RCA Vic. Sym.
STRAUSS, RICHARD Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24 LM 1180 Till Eulenspiegel, Op. 28 Reiner, RCA Vic. Orch.
Rosenkavalier-orch. excerpts LM 9010 Reiner, RCa Vic. Orch.
STRAVINSKY, IGOR
Le Baiser de la Fee: Divertimento LVT 1029 Danses Concertantes Stravinsky, RCa Vic. Ch. Orch.
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Danses Concertantes also appear on: M 1202
Firebird: Suite M 933 Stokowski, NBC Sym.
Firebird: Suite LM 9029 Stokowski, Orch.
Pastorale RCA Victor (USA) 1998 Stokowski (arr.), Orch. 10” 78 rpm Marcel Tabuteau, oboe, Bloom, EH
Rite of Spring CD: BMG Classics Stokowski, Philadelphia Orch. (RCA Victor Gold Seal) RB, English Horn 09026-61394-2 Recorded 1929-1930
TCHAIKOVSKY, PETER I.
Aurora’s Wedding: Ballet Suite from LM 1774 Sleeping Beauty RB Inventory: LP #25 Humoresque, Op. 10, No. 2 Solitude, Op. 73, No. 6 Stokowski, Orch.
Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 LM 2323 Kondrashin, RCA Vic. Orch (LSC 2323) Concerto No. 1 in Bb, Op. 23 M 800 Horowitz, Toscanini, NBC Sym. LCT 1012 Recorded May 6, 1941
Concerto No. 1 in Bb, Op. 23 LM 2252 Van Cliburn, Kondrashin (LSC 2252) RCA Vic. Orch. May 1958?
Humoresque, Op. 10, No. 2 M 933 Stokowski, NBC Sym.
Marche Slave CD: MM37031 Stokowski, NBC Sym. Cedar April 23, 1942
Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71A LM 9023 Stokowski, Orch.
Overture 1812, Op. 49 LM 2345 Gould, Orch. (LSC 2345)
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Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66-excerpts LM 1010 Stokowski, Orch. M 1205
Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66-excerpts CD: Iron Needle IN 1334 Stokowski, Philadelphia Orch. also: Cedar & Weiss on SiRiO March 17, 1934
Solitude CD: MM37031 Stokowski, Orch. Cedar April 23, 1942
Swan Lake, Op. 20-music to Acts 2 & 3 LM 1894 Stokowski, NBC Sym.
Symphony No. 4 in f, Op. 36 M 880 Stokowski, NBC Sym.
Symphony No. 4 in f, Op. 36 Sp 8673 Scherzo (Capitol) Stokowski, Orch.
Symphony No. 5 in e, Op. 64 LM 1780 Stokowski, Orch.
TELEMANN, GEORG P.
Trio Sonata in E minor OR 104 Bloom, Baker, Arnold
TOMMASINI, VINCENZO
Good-humored Ladies: Ballet Suite P 8583 after D. Scarlatti (SP 8583) Irving, Con. Arts Orch.
VERDI, GIUSEPPE
Arias: Bampton, Pelletier, RCA Vic. Orch. Camd. 346 Warren, Weissmann, RCA Vic. Orch. Vic. 11-9413
La forza del destino-excerpts LM 1916 Milanov, Peerce, Warren, Moscona Cellini, Shaw Chorale, RCA Vic. Orch.
Rigoletto LM 6031 Berger, Peerce, Warren, Merriman, Tajo, Shaw Chorale, Cellini, RCA Vic. Orch.
Excerpts from the above on: LM 1104
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La Traviata: Prelude to Acts 1 & 3 Vic. 18080 Toscanini, NBC Sym. Recorded March 10, 1941
La Traviata-excerpts LM 1115 Albanese, Peerce, Merrill, Weissman, RCA Vic. Orch.
Il Trovatore LM 6008 Milanov, Bjoerling, Warren, Barbieri Roggero, Moscona, Shaw Chorale, Cellini, RCA Vic. Orch.
WAGNER, RICHARD
Gotterdammerung: Funeral Music LM 1157 Rhine Journey M 853 Toscanini, MBC Sym. Recorded May 14, 1941
Gotterdammerung: Seigfried’s Death M 456 Toscanini, NBC Sym. Recorded, February 24, 1941
Gotterdammerung: Immolation Scene LCT 1116 Traubel, Toscanini, NBC Sym. M 978 Recorded February 24, 1941
Gotterdammerung: Daybreak Scene LM 2452 Rhine Journey Walkure: Act I, Scene 3 Traubel, Melchior, Toscanini, NBC Sym. Recorded February 22, 1941
Lohengrin: Prelude to Act I M 1074 Toscanini, NBC Sym. Vic. 11-8807 Recorded February 24, 1941
Parsifal: Prelude to Act I LM 1730 and Recorded Nov. 28, 1936 Music from Act III CD: GEMM CD 9448 (Good Friday Spell) Pavillion Records, Ltd. Recorded Nov. 28, 1936 and “Symphonic Synthesis from Act III (arr. Stokowski) Recorded April 7, 1934 Stokowski, Orch. (Baker, Bloom, McGinnis) RB Inventory: LP #24
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Five Wagner Songs M 1233 Farrell, Stokowski, Orch.
Tannhauser: Prelude to Act III CD: GEMM CD 9448 Stokowski, Philadelphia Orch. Pavilion Records Ltd. Recorded Jan. 15, 1936 RB, English Horn
Tristan und Isolde-excerpts LM 1174 Stokowski, Orch.
WALTON, WILLIAM
Wise Virgins: Ballet Suite, P 8583 arr. from Bach Capitol (SP 8583) Irving, Con. Arts Orch. EMI CD 7243 5 65911
WEBER, BEN
Symphony on Poems of William Blake CRI 120 Galjour, Stokowski, Orch.
WIENIAWSKI, HENRI
Concerto No. 2 in d, Op. 44 LM 1931 Heifetz, Solomon, RCA Vic. Orch.
VOICE RECITALS
Albanese In Song LM 2286 Arias of Mozart, Bizet, Cilea, Donizetti, Massenet, Boito Conducted by Leinsdorf, Marzollo, Morel, Perlea
Arias LM 1841 Bjoerling, Merrill in duets Conducted by Cellini & Fiedler, RCA Vic. Orch.
Bjoerling In Opera LM 2269 Bjoerling, Cellini, RCA Vic. Orch.
Helen Traubel In Opera & Song Camd. 485 RCA Vic. Orch. cond. by Black, Fiedler, & O’Connell
Melton Arias Vic. 10-1329 Arias from Martha & Carmen RCA Vic. Orch. cond. by Morel
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Milanov Operatic Arias LM 2303 Basile, RCA Vic. Orch. (LSC 2303)
Operatic Duets M 1156 Warren & Peerce RCA Vic. Orch. cond. by Morel & Leinsdorf
Operatic Arias LM 2422 Lanza, RCA Vic. Orch. cond. by Callinicos
Russian Opera Camd. 415 Kipnis, RCA Vic. Orch. cond. by Berezowsky COLLECTIONS
BACH, J. S.
Stokowski Conducts Bach-Vol I LM 1133 Including: Passacaglia & Fugue in c Chaconne-from Violin Sonata No. 4 Stokowski, RCA Orch.
Stokowski Conducts Bach -Vol II LM 1176 Including: RB Inventory: LP#23 Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring Sheep May Safely Graze Suite in b minor Easter Cantata Little g minor Fugue Come Sweet Death Stokowski, RCA Orch.
Bach-Stokowski P 8489 Including: (SP 8489) Passacaglia & Fugue in c CD: BMG Classics Komm Susser Tod 09026-60922-2 Bourree from English Suite No. 2 Sarabande from Violin Partita in B minor Ein feste Burg Shepherd’s Song from Christmas Oratorio Fugue in G Minor (also on Capitol: SP 8673) Stokowski, Orch.
The Smiling Bach LM 1877 Excerpts from the Orch. Suites, Brandenberg Concerti, and Stokowski transcriptions taken from previous recordings.
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“THE BEST OF STOKOWSKI” SP 8673 RB Inventory: LP #18
Bach/Stokowski: The Little Fugue in G Minor Debussy: “Festivals” from Nocturnes Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela Stravinsky: Berceuse and Finale from Firebird Suite Tchaikovsky: Scherzo from Sym. No. 4
THE ORCHESTRA SAL 8385 Movements of orch. works to demonstrate (SSAL 8385) parts of the orchestra, including: RB Inventory: LP #5 STRAUSS-Gavotte from Suite in Bb VAUGHAN WILLIAMS-Scherzo from Sym. No. 8 PERSICHETTI-March from Divertimento for Band TCHAIKOVSKY-Scherzo from Sym. No. 4 MUSSORGSKY-”Hut” & “Great Gate” from Pictures At An Exhibition Stokowski, Orch.-1957
EARLY ITALIAN MUSIC LM 1721 Includes: VIVALDI-Concerto Grosso in D LULLY-Nocturne & March Stokowski, Orch.
JAN PEERCE SINGS HEBREW MELODIES RCA 12-1003 A & B (78 rpm) LM 2034 (33 1/3 LP) CD dist. by Hamakor
Judaica RB Inventory: LP#7 ARTURO TOSCANINI: PRE-WAR CONCERTS, VOL. I Atra 3011 (mono) Bach/Respighi: Passacaglia & Fugue in c Four LPs-mono Beethoven: Symphonies I, II, IV RB Inventory: LP #4 Overtures to fidelio and Egmont Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante Shostakovich: Symphony No. I Strauss: Don Juan (all from the 1939 season) Deburry: Iberia Dvorak: New World Symphony (both from the 1938 season)
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The Art of Robert Bloom
7-CD Archive of live performances (2001): BR1031, BR1032, BR1033, BR1034, BR1035, BR1036, BR1037www.BostonRecords.com
Live Performances on Tape and Disc
“AIR OF LEAH”
Sung by Bideau Siowe RB Inventory #D45 WNBC March 27, 1950 9:00-9:30 p.m. (broken)
ALBINONI, TOMASO
Concerto a cinque in d, Op. 9 (RB edition) New College (Sarasota) 7 1/2 reel to reel Music Festival-June, 1972 RB Inventory # 4 (#5 is dupl.) (with New College String Quartet)
BACH ARIA GROUP RB Inventory # D57
Discs from singers’ auditions, rehearsals, test recordings (information incomplete):
Arias from Cantatas unknown (Dec 26, 1948)-2 discs, 187 (Feb 13, 1949), 110 and 64 (Dec. 22, 1949), 94 and 190 ( Jan 8, 1950), 159 and 44
(Feb. 26, 1950), unknown (April 23, 1950), 8 (2 discs), 23, 29, 63, 63, 73,97 (Harmon and Wilk), 89, 99,102, 105, 127 (Osborn, Bloom,Flutes, cont), 156, 156, 156, 157 (Farrow, Wilk, Baker), 185, 187 (Carlton,
Bloom)
BACH, C.P.E.
Concerto in Eb Major (RB edition) Paul Wolfe, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel New College (Sarasota) RB Inventory # 32 (#37 is dupl.) Music Festival-February 11, 1970
Yale Summer School 7 1/2 reel to reel of Music and Art RB Inventory # 6 (#9, #58 dupl.) July, 1966
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Student quintet: Barry Ross, Wendy Undercoffler, violins, unidentified, viola, Nancy Pierce, cello, Diane Gannett, string bass with Paul Ulanowsky, harpsichord
Sidney Harth, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel Carnegie Mellon University Orch. RB Inventory # 17 c. 1967
William Steinberg, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel Yale School of Music Orch. RB Inventory # 18 c. 1973
Israel Festival
BACH, J.S. Arias from 162, 129, 32 7 1/2 reel to reel (no other information at this time) RB inventory # 62-side 2
Arias: Quoniam and Ach, Denke Doch 7 1/2 reel to reel Den Geist Der Freuden RB Inventory #22 Blake Stern, tenor, Yehudi Wyner keyboard; Norfolk, 1971
Bach Aria Group
Live radio broadcasts on WABF Disc April 4, 1948 RB Inventory May 2, 1948
Arias from approx. 100 live concerts Cassette 1948-9;1951-1980 (Carnegie RB Inventory Recital Hall, Town Hall and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, in that order)
On tour: St. James’ Cathedral, Toronto Cassette December 6, 1971 RB Inventory # 112
Last tour: Cassette Louisville, KY RB Inventory # 106-107 Arias from 127, 187 and others October 28, 1979
Brandenburg Concerto II 7 1/2 reel to reel Toscanini, NBC RB Inventory # 15 Private Limited Edition for Walter Toscanini and his Friends
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October 29, 1938 Wummer, flute, Mischakoff, violin Baker, trumpet Nyfenger, flute; no other info 7 1/2 reel to reel Yale Summer School RB Inventory #65 Norfolk c. 1973
Cantata 156-Sinfonia (RB edition) Gustav Meier, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel Yale School of Music-New Haven RB Inventory #24 (#10 dupl.) December 19, 1968 (rated “good” by RB on cassette copy)-preferred
Cranberry Isles Cassette August, 1974 RB Inventory #117
Concerto in C Minor (RB edition)
Maurice Wilk, violin 7 1/2 reel to reel (no other info at this time) RB inventory # 33
Syoko Aki, violin 7 1/2 reel to reel Yale Summer School RB Inventory # 50, #67, #70 of Music and Art-July 3, 1970
Silverstein or Wolfe? 7 1/2 reel to reel New College (Sarasota) RB Inventory # 32 and 37 Music Festival-February 11, 1970
Silverstein or Wolfe? 7 1/2 reel to reel New College (Sarasota) RB Inventory #5 Music Festival-June, 1972
Sidney Harth, violin 7 1/2 reel to reel Carnegie Mellon University RB Inventory #17 c. 1967
Wolfe or Silverstein? 7 1/2 reel to reel New College (Sarasota) RB Inventory #59 Music Festival, January 12, 1975
Itzak Perlman Israel Festival 1969
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Easter Oratorio-Sinfonia (RB edition) Gustav Meier, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel Yale School of Music-New Haven RB Inventory # 24 (#10 dupl) December 19, 1968 (rated “good” by RB)
Paul Wolfe, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel New College (Sarasota) RB Inventory # 25 and #56 Music Festival -June 14, 1969 (rated “B” on cassette copy)-preferred?
Paul Wolfe, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel New College (Sarasota) RB Inventory # 56 Music Festival-mid 1960s
Nun Komm der Heiden Heilen (RB edition)
Toscanini? NBC Sym. RB Inventory #D35 Students: 2 violas and cello 7 1/2 reel to reel Yale School of Music-New Haven RB Inventory # 24 (#10 dupl.) December 19, 1968 (rated “good” by RB)-preferred
New College (Sarasota) 7 1/2 reel to reel Music Festival-January 12, 1975 RB Inventory # 59
New College (Sarasota) 7 1/2 reel to reel Music Festival-June, 1975 RB Inventory #1
Cranberry Isles Cassette August, 1974 RB Inventory #117
Pastorale (2nd movement) RB Inventory #D26 no other information WJZ: Musical Appreciation Hour November 3, 1939 Toscanini, NBC Sym?
BARLOW, WAYNE The Winter’s Passed
NBC Sym. disc
March 10, 1940 RB Inventory #D29 Paul Wolfe, cond., 7 1/2 reel to reel Sarasota Music Festival RB inventory #72 June, 1977
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BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
Trio, Opus 87 RB Inventory #D6 Live broadcast-WJZ January 20, 1939
BELL TELEPHONE HOUR
Riviera Girl Waltzes RB Inventory #D36 August 1, 1940
Side one: “La Bamba de la Vera Cruz” RB Inventory #D41 Side two: Prelude to Act III, “Love of Three Kings” September 20, 1948
Duet from Rigoletto RB Inventory #D30 February 26, 1951
BERGER, ARTHUR
Sonata for Oboe and Piano
No information 7 1/2 reel to reel RB inventory #23
BIALOSKY
Trio for Woodwinds Flute-oboe-clarinet disc RB Inventory #D42
BLOOM, ROBERT
Narrative for oboe and strings Paul Wolfe, cond., New College 7 1/2 reel to reel (Sarasota) Music Festival, 1976 RB Inventory # 27
Unknown 7 1/2 reel to reel RB Inventory #7
Requiem Alan Carter, cond. disc (33 1/3 rpm) The Stowe Concert Orchestra RB Inventory # 93 August 16, 1958
Paul Wolfe, cond. disc (33 1/3 rpm)
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WNYC RB Inventory # 92 Plaza Recording Studio 35 W. 57th Street
Gustav Meier, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel Yale Summer School RB Inventory #67 and #70 of Music and Art Norfolk, CT -July 3, 1970
Paul Wolfe, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel New College (Sarasota) RB Inventory #32 and #37 Music Festival- February 11, 1970
Paul Wolfe, cond. RB Inventory# 8 and #28 Sarasota Music Festival
Norman Leyden, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel Chappaqua, NY Orchestra RB Inventory # 14 May 13, 1967
Conductor and location unknown 7 1/2 reel to reel RB Inventory # 13
Details unknown 7 1/2 reel to reel (Requiem or Narrative?) RB Inventory #12
Colonial Little Symphony 7 1/2 reel to reel Madison, NJ RB Inventory # 48 March 10, 1965
Paul Wolfe, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel New College (Sarasota) RB Inventory #31 Music Festival-June, 1978
John DeLancie, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel Marcel Tabuteau Memorial RB Inventory # 42 Curtis Institute, Philadelphia March 4, 1979, afternoon and evening
James Yestadt, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel LSU Chamber Orchestra RB Inventory #47 April 14, 1977
Julius Shier, cond. The Starlight Festival New Haven, CT July 1965
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Sonatina
Pianist unknown 7 1/2 reel to reel engineer: Stanley Tonkel “spliced and edited” NYC RB Inventory #19
Pianist unknown 3 3/4 reel to reel Reno, NV RB Inventory #81 1959 (Cassette-# 115)
Pianist unknown 7 1/2 reel to reel Norfolk? Rb Inventory #51 June 18
BOISMORTIER, JOSEPH BODIN de
Sonata in E minor for oboe, cello and harpsichord, Op. 37, No. 2 (1732) Library of Congress 7 1/2 reel to reel Timothy Eddy, cello RB Inventory #44-45-46 Samuel Sanders, harps. November 16, 1973
BRAHMS, JOHANNES
Serenade RB Inventory #D7 Toscanini, NBC Sym. 8 sides WJZ
“CAMPTOWN” RB Inventory #D9
Lynn Murray WOR July 24, 1944
CELANESE HOUR
Faust: Jewel Song RB Inventory #D20 Jessie Baker (bad shape)
CIMAROSA, DOMINICO
Concerto in c minor (RB/Evelyn Rothwell edition)
Yale Summer School 7 1/2 reel to reel of Music and Art RB Inventory #34 (#38 is dupl.) Norfolk-July 22, 1966
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DEBUSSY, CLAUDE Afternoon of a Faun RB Inventory #D2 Guy Frasier Harrison, cond. Rochester Civic Orch. 1937-38 Eastman Recording
La Mer RB Inventory #D14 Toscanini, NBC Sym. Live broadcast-WJZ April 13, 1940
DONOVAN, RICHARD
Quartet? Norfolk? 7 1/2 reel to reel July 2 RB Inventory #51
Music for Six (1961) Sprague Memorial Hall Yale University Premiere-March 19, 1961 (w/Wilson, Nagel, Erle, Parisot, Simonds)
FASCH,
Quartet
Julius Baker, flute 3 3/4 reel to reel Reno, NV RB Inventory # 81 1959
FLUTE-OBOE RECITAL Wummer or Baker? RB Inventory #D16 February 11, 1940 Live broadcast-WJZ Loeillet and Goosens?
Wummer? RB Inventory #D3 March 31, 1940 4 sides Live broadcast-WJZ Quantz?
FRANK MILLER’S “PROCESSION” RB Inventory #D4
NBC Symphony broadcast WNBC 6:30 p.m. November 29, 1952
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HANDEL, G.P.
Concerto a4 in D major
Library of Congress 7 1/2 reel to reel November 1973 RB Inventory #44 Samuel Baron, flute, Timothy Eddy, cello, Samuel Sanders, harps.
Concerto in g minor (RB Edition) Rochester Civic Orch. RB Inventory #D19 Guy Frasier Harrison Eastman, 1938
Paul Wolfe, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel Wolfe Chamber Players RB Inventory # 40 WNYC Broadcast7 1/2 reel to reel Engineer: S. Tonkel
Stratford Festival Canada 1959
Paul Wolfe, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel New College (Sarasota) RB Inventory #56 Music Festival-mid-1960s
Colonial Little Symphony 7 1/2 reel to reel Madison, NJ RB Inventory # 48 March 10, 1965
Julius Scheir, cond. The Starlight Festival Yale Unversity July 1965
Gustav Meier, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel Yale School of Music, New Haven RB Inventory # 24 (#10 dupl.) December 19, 1968 (rated C plus on cassette copy)
Paul Wolfe, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel New College (Sarasota) RB Inventory # 25 and #56 Music Festival-June 14, 1969
Paul Wolfe, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel New College (Sarasota) RB Inventory #1 Music Festival-June 1975
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James Yestadt, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel LSU Chamber Orchestra RB Inventory #47 April 14, 1977 Paul Wolfe, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel New College (Sarasota) RB Inventory # 31 Music Festival-June 1978
Details unknown 7 1/2 reel to reel RB Inventory # 12 Concerto a4 Library of Congress 7 1/2 reel to reel Samuel Baron, flute, Timothy Eddy, RB Inventory #44-45-46 cello, Samuel Sanders, harpsichord November 16, 1973
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba (from the third act of “Solomon”)
RB with Sara Lambert Bloom 7 1/2 reel to reel Paul Wolfe, cond., New College RB inventory # 27 (Sarasota) Music Festival, 1976
Sonata in c minor
movements 3 & 4 Test pressing-disc NYC RCA D7RC-8039 1A RB Inventory #98-1, #D40
Sonata in g minor
movements 3 & 4 Test pressing-disc NYC RCA D7-RC-8041-1
RB Inventory #98-2, #D39
HANSON, HOWARD Pastorale Paul Wolfe, cond., New College 7 1/2 reel to reel (Sarasota) Music Festival, 1973 RB inventory #62
HARP ENSEMBLE
“Booby HatchHour” RB Inventory #D8 February 6, 1936HARP ENSEMBLE
“Booby HatchHour” RB Inventory #D8 February 6, 1936
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HAYDN, F. J. Divertisement in F New College (Sarasota) 7 1/2 reel to reel Music Festival -1973 RB inventory # 62
Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 84 RB Inventory #D1 Toscanini, NBC Sym. Six sides
Oct. 14, 1939
HOME RECORDINGS RB Inventory #D46 and 47
Seven 6” “practice” discs incl. “Handel oboe” “Sellner duet,” “Vickie and Gene”
Sixteen 10” discs incl. “Sol Caston” “Harp Ens.”, “Wotan’s Abscheid” “E. Whiteman: Aubade”
LOEFFLER,
Two Rhapsodies David Schwartz, viola 7 1/2 reel to reel Seymour Fink, piano RB Inventory #69 Berkeley College, Yale University Spring 1967
Walter Trampler Sarasota, 1960s
David Schwartz, viola Ward Davenny, piano January 19, 1964 Sprague Hall, Yale University
LOEILLET,
Trio in a minor (RB edition)
David Schwartz, viola 7 1/2 reel to reel Seymour Fink, piano RB Inventory # 69 Berkeley College, Yale University Spring 1967
David Schwartz, viola Robert Conant, harpsichord Robert Martenson, bassoon January 19, 1964 Sprague Hall, Yale University
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LUENING, OTTO
Nocturnes
Bennington, VT disc 1951 RB Inventory #D58
MARCELLO, ALLESANDRO
Concerto in d minor (RB edition)
Colonial Little Symphony 7 1/2 reel to reel Madison, NJ RB Inventory #48 March 10, 1965
Paul Wolfe, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel Sarasota Festival Orchestra RB Inventory # 52 June 1971
MISCELLANEOUS
Original Instruments of the Renaissance Yale Collegium Musicum Disc Paul Hindemith, conductor RB Inventory #D 97 Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC (Doubtful that RB is performing)
MOZART, W.A.
Piano Wind Quintet, K. 452 Discs “Woodwind Ensemble” RB Inventory #D94 (1-2-3) December 5, 1948
Quartet, K. 370
Nathan Milstein, violin, Disc S. Scheiderhelm, viola RB Inventory #D31 George Finkel, cello
Serenade in C Minor, K. 388 Discs “Woodwind Ensemble” RB Inventory #D95 (1-2) November 28, 1948
Sinfonia Concertante, K. 297B Guy Frasier Harrison disc Rochester Philharmonic RB Inventory #D23 1937-38
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NOWAK, LIONEL
Quartette for oboe and string trio Engineer: Studio 3 Inc Disc 146 E 57th, NYC RB inventory # D96 Details unknown
Sonata for Oboe and Piano
Details unknown 7 1/2 reel to reel RB inventory # 23 and #33
PIERNE
Woodwind Quintet RB Inventory #D12 Eastman School of Music 1937-38
PORTER, QUINCY
Quintet for oboe and strings (1966)
Yale Summer School 7 1/2 reel to reel of Music and Art-July 22, 1968 RB Inventory # 6 Yale String Quartet: Broadus Erle, Syoko Aki, violins, David Scwartz, viola, Aldo Parisot, cello
Yale Summer School 7 1/2 reel to reel of Music and Art-July 21,1966 RB Inventory #71 Yale String Quartet Rehearsal
Yale Summer School 7 1/2 reel to reel of Music and Art-July 22, 1966 RB Inventory #34 (#38 is dupl.) Yale String Quartet Performance
“Quincy’s piece and Tape”-RB 7 1/2 reel to reel No other information RB Inventory #53
Approval copy for CRI release? 7 1/2 reel to reel Yale Quartet RB Inventory #54
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RAVEL, MAURICE Songs RB Inventory #D34 no other info
REINECKE,
Trio for Oboe, Fr Horn and Piano, Opus
John Barrows, Fr horn 7 1/2 reel to reel Leonid Hambro, piano RB Inventory # 56 New College (Sarasota) Music Festival-1969
SAMMARTINI, G.
Sonata in G major Library of Congress 7 1/2 reel to reel Samuel Sanders, piano RB Inventory #45 November 16, 1973
SCHUMANN, ROBERT
Three Romances
Paul Ulanowsky, piano 7 1/2 reel to reels: Yale Summer School RB Inventory #66 (“rehearsal
of Music and Art-Norfolk tape for dubbing) July 21, 1966
Paul Ulanowsky, piano 7 1/2 reel to reel Yale Summer School RB Inventory #34 (live)
of Music and Art-Norfolk RB Inventory # 71 (“corrected”) July 22, 1966 3 3/4 reel to reel
RB Inventory # 7 (copy of #71)
Pianist unknown 7 1/2 reel to reel Norfolk? RB Inventory # 51 June 19
TELEMANN, G.P. Concerto in C for 2 oboes and string orch. (RB edition, transc. from 2 violins)
RB and Sara Lambert Bloom 7 1/2 reel to reel Paul Wolfe, cond., RB Inventory # 72 Sarasota Music Festival, June 1977
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RB and Sara Lambert Bloom 7 1/2 reel to reel Sayard Stone, cond., RB Inventory #30 Connecticut Chamber Orchestra Battel Chapel, New Haven May 2, 1980-RB’s final performance
Concerto in e minor (RB edition) Paul Wolfe, cond., 7 1/2 reel to reel New College (Sarasota) RB inventory #62 Music Festival -1973
Yale Summer School of 7 1/2 reel to reel Music and Art-Norfolk RB Inventory #65 c. 1973
Concerto for two oboes and high trumpet Sara Lambert Bloom, oboe 7 1/2 reel to reel Robert Nagel, trumpet RB Inventory # 31 New College (Sarasota) Music Festival-June 1978
Sara Lambert Bloom, oboe 7 1/2 reel to reel Rboert Nagel, trumpet RB Inventory # 59 New College (Sarasota) Music Festival-January 12, 1975
Concerto a4 in a minor? Norfolk? 7 1/2 reel to reel June 24 RB Inventory #51
Suite in d minor
Library of Congress 7 1/2 reel to reel Samuel Baron, flute,Timothy Eddy, RB Inventory #46 cello, Samuel Sanders, harpsichord November 16, 1973
TOSCANINI REHEARSES
(for private use only) RB Inventory #D25 no other information
Othello RB Inventory #D38a and b Humperdinck Love of Three Kings
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VIVALDI, ANTONIO
Concerto in d minor for two oboes (RB edition)
Sara Lambert Bloom, oboe 7 1/2 reel to reel New College (Sarasota) RB Inventory # 59 Music Festival Benefit Concert January 12, 1975
Sara Lambert Bloom, oboe 7 1/2 reel to reel New College (Sarasota) RB Inventory #1 Music Festival, June 1975
Patricia Stenberg, oboe 7 1/2 reel to reel Sarasota RB Inventory #7 July 3 -early 1960s
WALTER DAMROSCH HOUR
Schubert: Seventh Sym. RB Inventory #D50 WJZ January 20, 1939 Toscanini, NBC Sym?
Symphonic Dance #2 RB Inventory #D44 Bach Pastorale-2nd movement January 12, 1940
WILLIAMS, VAUGHN
Concerto Keith Wilson, cond. 7 1/2 reel to reel Yale Summer School of Music RB Inventory #29 and Art-Norfolk July 19, 1963
Interviews and other spoken materials
BACH ARIA GROUP FAREWELL
IBM’s Salute to the Arts:An interview Cassette conducted by June LaBelle, host, WQXR, RB Inventory # 113 New York, April 23, 1980, with guests William Scheide, Robert Bloom, and Samuel Baron
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“BOOK”
Robert Bloom dictates his principles of Six 15 min. tapes oboe playing and musicianship on weekly RB Inventory # 103 trips from New Haven to Juilliard, Two Cassettes late 1970s (incl. Mozart cadenza and Mozart RB Inventory #104-105 Concerto)
CINCINNATI
“B.J. Foreman speaks with Robert Bloom” Cassette WGUC, Spring, 1984 RB Inventory # 114 prior to his conducting a performance of Dvorak’s Serenade
EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE
An interview conducted by Cassette WNYC FM 94, New York, May 1988 RB Inventory #100
An interview conducted by Cassette Robert Sherman, host RB Inventory #101 WQXR, New York, May 1988
Alice Tully Hall, May 1988 Cassette Audio recording of Tribute Program RB Inventory # 121-122-123
“ELABORATION OF BAROQUE MUSIC”
Lecture, Carnegie Mellon University RB Inventory # 75 c. 1965 Lecture, Ohio State University, Athens, reel to reel OH, early 1980 RB Inventory #79
“TALKING ABOUT MUSIC”
An interview conducted by Eugene Cook, 7 1/2 reel to reel WYBC, Yale University, March, 1975 RB Inventory # 3
An informal interview conducted by Cassette Eugene Cook, Bloom residence, RB Inventory # 125 September 21, 1975
Rehearsals and Performances (RB, Director)
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BEETHOVAN: TRIO, OPUS 87 (RB COACH)
Yale School of Music Reel to reel November 1966 RB Inventory #89 Fay, Lambert, Killmer
Sarasota Music Festival Reel to reel Cole, Swett, McCandlis RB Inventory #52 June 1971
DVORAK: SERENADE REHEARSAL/PERFORMANCE (RB CONDUCTOR) Cincinnati, Spring 1984 Cassette Lambert Bloom, Waller, RB Inventory #108 CCM pupils
Cranberry Isles, Maine, 1985 Cassette Benefit: Arcady Music Festival RB Inventory #110 and #124 Lambert Bloom, Ward, Gigliotti, pupils
MOZART: CONCERTO (RB COACH, WILLIAM HARWOOD, CON-DUCTOR)
William Bennett, undergraduate Reel to reel Yale University RB Inventory #87 New Haven, 1970s
MOZART: CONCERTANTE REHEARSAL/PERFORMANCE (RB, CON-DUCTOR)
CCM pupils (Richard Kurth, oboe) Cassette April 23, 1986 RB Inventory # 111
Yale Graduate School of Music Reel to reel Grignet, Stoltzman, McNerney, Quinn RB Inventory #86 New Haven, 1966
Yale Undergraduates Reel to reel Berkeley College RB Inventory # 87 Bennett, Howard, Horton, Schultheis New Haven, early 1970s
The Juilliard School Reel to reel April 1979 RB Inventory # 88 Botti, Hott, Bolter, Chase
Aspen Music Festival Cassette Lambert Bloom, Waller, RB Inventory # Graham, Sharrow Cranberry Isles Lambert Bloom, Ward, Gigliotti
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MOZART: QUARTET COACHING (OBOE ALONE) (RB, COACH)
Sara Lambert Bloom Cassette New Haven, 1982 RB Inventory # 109
MOZART: SERENADE IN C MINOR (RB, CONDUCTOR)
Cranberry Isles, Maine, 1985 Cassette RB Inventory #124
The Juilliard School of Music pupils Reel to reel March 1980 RB Inventory #82
The Eastman School of Music pupils Reel to reel 1980s RB Inventory #83 Berkeley College, Yale University, pupils Reel to reel 1970s RB Inventory #84
Wall Street Chamber Players Reel to reel New Haven, 1980 RB Inventory #85
Aspen Music Festival Cassette Sara Lambert Bloom, Richard Waller, RB Inventory # Leonard Sharrow, Robin Graham 1976
80th Birthday Tribute Cassette Lincoln Center, May 1988 RB Inventory # Vogel, Korman, Waller, Shifrin, Greer, Kuyper, Polisi, Gigliotti
Israel Festival, pupils August 1969
Hartt College of Music pupils Washington Barella and others Curtis Institute of Music pupils April 1988
Cayuga Chamber Orchestra members
Houston Symphony members Atherholt and others
San Francisco Symphony members Bennett and others
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Materials on Videotape
“A Time for Bach” Bach Aria Group 1948-VHS Explanation of genesis, humanitarian mission, rehearsal techniques, artistic
interaction of director and artists RB Inventory #15 Arias of J. S. Bach-coaching Cincinnati Conservatory of Music-Baur Room April 4, 1986-Beta RB Inventory # 3 and #4
Arias of J. S. Bach-coaching Cincinnati Conservatory May 20, 1989-Beta RB Inventory #5
Bloom family personal shots Cranberry Isles, Maine Summer 1992, 1993 RB Inventory #19
Dvork Serenade-conducting Lambert Bloom/Sharrow Indiana University of Pennsylvania October 14, 1990-VHS RB Inventory #2
Eightieth Birthday Tribute Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC May 1988-VHS, 2 reels RB Inventory # 16 and #17
Interview hosted by Richard Woodhams Curtis Institute Spring 1988-80th birthday-VHS RB Inventory #14
Interview hosted by David McGill Bloom residence, Cincinnati December 21, 1992-VHS RB Inventory #18Mozart Sinfonia Concertante-Conducting Cincinnati Conservatory 1986-Beta RB Inventory #12
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Mozart Concerto Coaching Cincinnati Conservatory June 1, 1987-Beta RB Inventory #11
Mozart Oboe Quartet-coaching Cincinnati Conservatory June 2, 1987-Beta RB Inventory #9
Mozart C Minor Serenade-coach/conduct Curtis Institute Spring 1988-VHS RB Inventory #13
Oboe Master Class Cincinnati Conservatory June 3, 1987-Beta RB Inventory #10
Oboe Master Class Cincinnati Conservatory June 3, 1988-Beta RB Inventory #7
Oboe Master Class Cincinnati Conservatory May 1990-Beta RB Inventory #6
“Oboe Day” Cincinnati Conservatory November 1992-Beta RB Inventory #8
Silent shots with Richard Woodhams Broadcast studios, Cincinnati Conservatory for promo of The American Oboist Spring, 1991-VHS RB Inventory #1