Blanche MARCHESI: L'ete (Chaminade) / Queen Anne Boleyn in Prison HMV JH10 NM
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Description
10" yellow "Gold Horn" His Master's Voice (UK)
Private Record
JH10
L'Ete (Chaminade)
Queen Ann Boleyn in Prison (Attributed to her) (Arr. A. Dolmetsch)
Blanche MARCHESI (soprano)
Conservative Grade: 1-2 Top Copy
Side 1: Re-recording from original black G&T 33593, cut, Berlin, 1906 (mx TTP 1490-1)
Side 2: Cut London, 1936, with piano accompaniment by Robert Ainsworth (mx TTP 1166-1)
AUTOGRAPHED
These issues had no publicity and were distributed privately by the singer. Most collectors were not even aware of their existence - a real shame! This UK edition is rarer than the private subscription repressing as IRCC 97.
Madame Marchesi belongs to the TOP class: Patti-Albani-Marchesi - the golden trio. It is a great tragedy (disgracefully, really) that she cut so few records. The seven 1906 Berlin G&Ts are so rare as to be practically unknown and two discs recorded by Columbia remain unpublished. Persuading the Gramophone Company to make six original sides in 1936/7 took enormous persistence!
I have been a dealer in rare 78rpm discs since 1992, and offer only records in TOP Condition - no scratches, stressed grooves, or significant defects.
My grading standards are identical to those of Lawrence F. Holdridge, the late Milt Weiss, Norbeck Peters & Ford, and other well-known USA dealers.
GRADING
1-2 TOP Condition - no visible wear or significant defects
2 VERY FINE COPY - only a few light non-sounding (NS) rubs or marks, or light-sounding thumps or light swish due to inherent pressing defects.
2-3 FINE COPY - a few more light ns rubs, marks, or blemishes.
3 VERY GOOD COPY - light gray traces (LGT), usually inaudible, and possibly other superficial, ns flaws
3-4 GOOD COPY - discs in this category have slightly more audible sonic wear from minor gray traces (MGT) usually on fortissimo passages, and possibly other sounding defects, such as ticks from small scratches (SS) or needle digs (ND).
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