Rare Classical Vinyl LPs By Russian Orchestras & Conductors, A, Recordings, 7 LP
Item History & Price
Selling all 7 LP's as a group. Played a couple of times and stored over 45 years in a Non Smoking, temperature controlled room.
Melodiyawas established in 1964 as the All-Union Gramophone Record Firm of theUSSR Ministry of Culture Melodiya. It utilized gigantic resources ofnumerous recording studios, manufacturing facilities throughout the USSR aswell as... powerful centers of distribution and promotion systems. The best-sellingformat at the time was 33⅓ and 78 rpm vinyl records. As of 1973 Melodiya released some 1, 200 vinylrecordings with the total circulation of 190-200 million per year and 1 million compact cassettes per year andwas exporting its production into more than 70 countries.
The firm's production was dominated by classical music and music bySoviet composers and musicians, performances by Soviet theater actors, fairy tales for children, etc.For example, Melodiya released performances of works by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, which were valued for theirauthenticity.