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Beethoven: Symphony#7 a-dur op.92

[AVRO No.] 58-2982 M
[LP] Jap. privates GMV-4 (side A~B-1)
[CD] ADCD-111 (Archive Documents, London)
Berliner Rundfunksorchester
recorded on January 28th, 1942.

This recording was believed to be made in 1939, but it has been clarified that it was made on January 28, 1942, in Berlin. This information was published in an issue of the Dutch Mengelberg Society, which was copied by Mike Gray for Eric Derom. Eric's e-mail was forwarded by Frank Forman as follows. (TH)

From: eric.derom@rug.ac.be

In the last magazine of the Dutch Mengelberg Society, an undated
article was published that I got from Mike Gray and edited for the
magazine. The article came from the magazine of German Radio
(RRG). In that article, a concert given by Mengelberg with the
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra is mentioned, the program
mentioning Dutch music and Beethoven 7th. In that paper, it is also
mentioned that the Beethoven was recorded for later broadcast.

In the archives of Dutch radio, a Beethoven 7th exists, played by
the same orchestra, and now available on CD, e.g. No. 5 in
Michael Thomas' Mengelberg collection. He dates it 1939/40.

Further research by the editorial board of the Dutch W.M. Society
makes it possible to attribute an exact date to this live recording:

It took place at the Great Concert Hall of German Radio at the
Masurenallee, in Berlin, on January 28th, 1942.

I suggest that you divulgate this interesting finding resulting from a
collaborative effort of Mike Gray, myself, and the editorial board of
the Dutch W.M. Society in your newsletter.

Kind regards,

Eric

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