EMI Box-Set Hollywood String Quartet Brahms Smetana Dvo?ák Recorded 1951-1955 NM
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Don (ccvinylman) Larter, Owner
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The justly famous "Hollywood String Quartet," which featured the father of conductor Leonard Slatkin (viz., Felix Slatkin) as first violinist, recorded some great records for Capitol in the 1950s. EMI somehow got the rights to reissue them, resulting in this excellent box-set of string quartets by four composers. Highly recommended. Sound is great. The piano in the quintet is particularly well recorded. Enjoy!
Label information: EMI (HMV Treasury): HLM-7228, or RLS 765, three monophonic records, in box with booklet, pressed in England
Composer(s) and featured works:
Brahms: Piano Quintet
Schubert: String Quintet
Smetana: Quartet No.1 in E Minor "From My Life"
Dvorak: Quartet No.12 in F, Op.96 "American"
Performers: The Hollywood Quartet (Felix Slatkin, first violin; Paul Shure, second violin; Paul Robyn, viola; Eleanor Aller, cello)
Visual grade: NM/NM-/NM/NM/NM/NM-
Play grade: NM/NM+/NM+/NM+/NM or better/NM or better
Jacket grade: Excellent minus. Has several spots on front of box.
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Record Play-Grades
SS = Still sealed; unopened and un-played; condition unknown.
NM+ = Near Mint Plus. Extraordinarily clean, quiet, and virtually unmarked, except perhaps for a very light spindle track on the label; may not have been played.
NM = Near Mint. Clean and quiet, regardless of scuffs, hairline scratches or apparent defects.
NM- = Near Mint Minus. Less quiet than NM, with a bit more background noise, regardless of its source.
VG++ = Very good plus plus. Noisier than NM-; may say why.
VG+ = Very good plus. Noisier than VG++; will say why.
Sleeve Grades
Exc = Excellent. Virtually perfect; may be shrink-wrapped or not; looks almost new.
Exc- = Excellent minus. No major defects; clean, sound, and mark-free; perhaps a slightly bent corner or two.
VG + = Very Good Plus. May have a couple small defects, such as a little writing or a little staining or yellowing, but it's quite presentable.
VG = Very Good. Defects are more noticeable; may have needed seam repair with hot glue.
G = Good. Sleeve has some obvious challenges but is still somewhat presentable.
F = Fair. Need I say more?
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