Stereo: Accidents and Experiements I
By Ralph Graves
This coming Wednesday, Feb. 12, Analog Masters explores the then-new technology of stereo.
Host Tom Godell explains how to make an ‘accidental’ stereo recording. You’ll also hear the results of Bell Labs earliest experiments in stereophonic recording at Philadelphia’s Academy of Music. Selections by Tchaikovsky, Wagner, and Rossini.
Analog Masters
Wednesdays at 9:00 am and 4:00 pm
exclusively on CharlottesvilleClassical.org
Featured recordings:
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Mvts. 2 & 3
Serge Koussevitzky/Boston Symphony
Accidental Stereo – Pristine (1930)
Scriabin: Poem of Fire excerpts: Leopold Stokowski/Philadelphia Orchestra
Early Hi-Fi – Bell Labs (1932)
Wagner: Magic Fire Music: Leopold Stokowski/Philadelphia Orchestra
Early Hi-Fi – Bell Labs (1932)
Rossini: Barber of Seville: Artuor Toscanini/NBC Symphony
PASC 119 – Pristine (1954)
