Telemann Don Quichotte Suite (Fiedler Sinfonietta, 1940)

Telemann: Don Quichotte - Suite The Fiedler Sinfonietta conducted by Arthur Fiedler (Erwin Bodky, harpsichord continuo) Recorded March 21, 1940, in Symphony Hall, Boston, on RCA Victor 78-rpm matrices CS-047131 through CS-047134. Issued in 1943 as Victor Musical Masterpiece sets M-945 (manual sequence, 11-8456 and 11-8457) and DM-945 (automatic sequence, 11-8458 and 11-8459). The movements of the Suite, as given on the Victor labels, are: 1. Overture (fast section at 2:19) 2. Don Quichotte's Awakening (at 4:30) 3. Don Quichotte's Attack on the Windmills (at 6:59) 4. The Love Sighs of Princess Aline (at 8:51) 5. The Tossing in the Blanket of Sancho Panza (at 11:13) 6. The Gallop of Rosinante (at 12:51) 7. The Gallop of Sancho Panza's Donkey (at 13:36) 8. Don Quichotte's Repose (at 14:48) The Fiedler Sinfonietta was a chamber orchestra made up of Boston Symphony players, founded by Arthur Fiedler in 1924 as the Boston Sinfonietta. Its other recording credits during the 78-rpm era include several Handel organ concertos with E. Power Biggs, the first recording of Hindemith's viola concerto "Der Schwanendreher" with the composer as soloist, and the first American recording (and the second worldwide) of the Pachelbel Canon.