Beethoven - Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra - Wellington's Victory

Tracklist

Wellington's Victory ("The Battle Of Vitoria")
A1.1	Cannon And Muskets
A1.2	West Point - Firing
A1.3	Spoken Commentary
B1	Leonore Overture No. 3, Opus 72A
B2	Prometheus Overture, Opus 43

Credits

• Artwork By [Back Cover Illustrations] – Prints - Division, New Yory Public Library
• Artwork By [Front Cover Courtesy Of West Point Museum] – Gerald C. Stowe
• Composed By – Beethoven*
• Conductor – Antal Dorati
• Design – George Maas
• Narrator [Commentary] – Deems Taylor (tracks: A1.3)
• Orchestra – The London Symphony Orchestra
• Other [Cannon And Muskets] – U.S. Military (tracks: A1..1)
• Other [Firing] – West Point (tracks: A1.2)

Notes

Living Presence - Olympian Series / Issued in a gatefold cover

Stereo version

Brief overview of liner notes:

Beethoven's Symphonic Battle Piece "Wellington's Victory" represents a project of considerable magnitude in which three Orchestras with augmented sections of Brass and Percussion, numbers of flintlock muskets and a battery of field artillery.

The musical score: recorded in June of 1960 at Wembley Town hall, London. The battle effects were taped at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in August of the same year.

P. I. Tchaikovsky, many years later wrote the overture called 1812.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): LPS 5000 A
• Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): LPS 5000 B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): LPS 5000 A RFR2 JJ
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): LPS 5000 B RFR1 JJ
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A / etched [variant 1]): LPS 5000 A CBFR-1 JJ I I
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B / etched [variant 1]): LPS 5000 B CBFR-2 JJ I I

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LPS 9000, LPS9000	Beethoven* - Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra*	Beethoven* - Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra* - Wellington's Victory ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Mercury, Mercury	LPS 9000, LPS9000	US	1964
LPS 9000	Beethoven* - Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra*	Beethoven* - Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra* - Wellington's Victory ‎(LP)	Mercury	LPS 9000	US	1964
MMA 11143, LPS 5000	Beethoven* - Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra*	Beethoven* - Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra* - Wellington's Victory ‎(LP, Mono)	Mercury, Mercury	MMA 11143, LPS 5000	UK	1961
ST-9000	Beethoven* - Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra*	Beethoven* - Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra* - Wellington's Victory ‎(Reel, 4tr Stereo, 7" Reel, Album)	Mercury	ST-9000	US	1964
LPS 5000	Beethoven* - Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra*	Beethoven* - Antal Dorati, London Symphony Orchestra* - Wellington's Victory / Leonore Overture No. 3, Opus 72A / Prometheus ‎(LP, Mono, Gat)	Mercury	LPS 5000	US	1961