VICTOR ALBUM SET (VM-148): MENHUIN PLAYS BACH SOLO VIOLIN SONATA #5 (1931)
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RED VICTROLA ORTHOPHONIC LABEL SET (VM-148): 7615-7 (3 RECORD SET) (1931)
ENGLISH HMV MATRICES
SONATA FOR UNACCOMPANIED VIOLIN IN C MAJOR BWV 1005 (J.S. BACH)
YEHUDI MENHUIN (VIOLIN))
RECORDS ONLY, NO ALBUM.
CONDITION '2'- NICE SHAPE, PLAYS WELL.
THIS IS MENHUIN'S FIRST RECORDING OF THE SONATA, LATER REPLACED IN 1935 BY VM ALBUM SET #284 (ERRONEOUSLY LABELED SONATA #3). MANY CONSIDER THIS RECORDING THE SUPERIOR OF THE TWO (INCLUDING MYSELF). SINCE IT WAS IN PRINT FOR FOUR YEARS, IT IS A FAR MORE DIFFICULT SET TO OBTAIN.
CONDITION GRADING:
1- MINT (ALMOST NEVER SEEN)
1-2 TOP QUALITY- AS NEW
2- A VERY FINE COPY, A FEW LIGHT RUBS, NO NEEDLE WEAR (UNLESS OTHERWISE DESCRIBED)
2-3 SOME RUBS, MARKS, NON-SOUNDING BLEMISHES.
3- HEAVIER RUBS, MARKS, NON SOUNDING BLEMISHES. AN 'AVERAGE COPY'
3-4 LIGHT SOUNDING WEAR (GREYING), SOME SOUND DEFECTS.
4- SOUNDING WEAR, RUBS, MARKS
4-5 WEAR, RUBS, MARKS
5- OBVIOUS SOUNDING WEAR, HEAVY RUBS, MARKS
5-6 HEAVY WEAR AND MARKS
6- A WRECK! ONLY USED FOR TOP RARITIES.
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