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Artur Rodzinski, Tonkünstler Orchestra, Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 In C Major, Op. 21 / Leonore Overture, No. 3, Op. 72

Album US 1953 on Remington Musirama label
Classical (Classical)

Recorded in Europe Made in U.S.A. Recording Date : 1952.03.07-09 Conductor X (taken from SoundFountain, The Remington Site): "There was one occurrence when a name was not accidentally changed or was really a pseudonym, but was deliberately omitted. That was when Beethoven's 1st Symphony had been recorded with the Austrian Symphony Orchestra for release on R-199-156. Instead of the name of a known conductor the release mentioned "Conductor X" instead. The liner notes stated that the conductor could not be named because he had contractual obligations with another record label. Don Gabor and Laszlo Halasz wanted to release the recording anyway because a lot of money had gone into producing it. So it was decided that the record should be released without mentioning who the conductor really was. This recording kept reviewers and collectors guessing about who really was the man who had led the Austrian Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's First. Maybe it was a tape made by the "Reichs Rundfunk Gesellschaft" during the war when tape was already used in Germany for hours and hours of night long radio broadcasts? Could it be a bootleg and Furtwängler was the conductor? Or was it a recording with Hermann Scherchen, Carl Schuricht or even Herbert von Karajan? Or Clemens Krauss who had already appeared on Remington RLP 149-26 with a Johann Strauss program. The real conductor - according to Billboard Magazine, and according to the data given by the Tonkuenstler Orchester - the conductor was Arthur Rodzinski who was hired by Marcel Prawy to make some 5 recordings for the Remington label. But James C. Petrillo, head of the American Federation of Musicians, stated that any performance by Artur Rodzinski would be boycotted in the United States. Although Rodzinski initially replied that he was living in Italy and that the recordings would be taped in Vienna, he finally gave in to Petrillo's threat and choose not to get into conflict with the AFM. The Beethoven appeared on Remington. But the other 4 recordings were never made, or were never released. - R.A.B."

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	Artur Rodzinski , 1892-1958 PL conductor, album by
	Tonkünstler Orchestra , AT orchestra, album by
	Ludwig van Beethoven voc, p, 1770-1827 DE album by

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