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Ludwig van Beethoven - Antal Dorati, The London Symphony Orchestra
Wellington's Victory

Album US 1964 on Mercury label
Spoken Word and Classical (Romantic, Classical, Spoken Word)

Issued in a gatefold cover. Included 11x11 insert of battle scene with English/French info about people portrayed. Monaural version Brief overview of liner notes: Beethoven's Symphonic Battle Piece "Wellington's Victory" represents a project of considerable magnitude in which three Orchestras with augmented sections of Brass and Percussion, numbers of flintlock muskets and a battery of field artillery. The musical score: recorded in June of 1960 at Wembley Town hall, London. The battle effects were taped at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in August of the same year. P. I. Tchaikovsky, many years later wrote the overture called 1812.

     
Musicians
PortraitLudwig van Beethoven voc, p, 1770-1827 DE
album by
PortraitAntal Dorati hps, 1906-1988 HU
conductor, album by
PortraitThe London Symphony Orchestra ,
orchestra, album by
PortraitDeems Taylor voc, 1885-1966 US
narrator, commentary
U.S. Military
other, cannon and muskets
PortraitWest Point ,
other, firing
Producers
Prints - Division, New Yory Public Library artwork by, back cover illustrations
George Maas design
Gerald C. Stowe design, front cover courtesy of west point museum
Album Tracks   
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Wellington's Victory (Or, "The Battle Of Vitoria")Ludwig van Beethoven - Antal Dorati, The London Symphony Orchestra
2Cannon And MusketsLudwig van Beethoven - Antal Dorati, The London Symphony Orchestra
3West Point - FiringLudwig van Beethoven - Antal Dorati, The London Symphony Orchestra
4 Spoken CommentaryLudwig van Beethoven - Antal Dorati, The London Symphony Orchestra
5 Leonore Overture No. 3, Opus 72ALudwig van Beethoven - Antal Dorati, The London Symphony Orchestra
6 Prometheus Overture, Opus 43Ludwig van Beethoven - Antal Dorati, The London Symphony Orchestra

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