The Firebird Suite - The Comedians Suite

As usual for the Royale label the artist names are pseudonyms: "The Firebird, a live performance, could not be identified. The 'Comedians', however, is the performance which W.E.R.M. lists under the label Discovery DL 4003, where a note informs that an additional movement, A Dreary Procession, is part of that recording. This movement is also part of the performance on this Royale disc. W.E.R.M. lists orchestra and conductor as "Paris Philharmonic/Methen". A comparison with a dub from the original transcription dics (Standard Program Library T-270/1, Paris Symphony Orchestra/Jacques Metehen), kindly provided by researcher and collector David Lennick, revealed the identity of both recordings, though the performance on the Royale LP runs half a tone flat." Source: Ernst A. Lumpe (Soundfountain.com)