All recordings on this page (with the exception of the Victor recording below), have been provided courtesy of the Curtis Institute of Music Archives and are being made public for the first time on this website.
The first three pieces below were part of one recording session. See page 194 of Laila Storch’s Tabuteau biography for details.
Gabriel Pierné: Prelude and Fugue Op. 40, No. 1 for Winds
Original Release Format: 78 RPM disc
Label: RCA Victor
Catalog #: 4332 A-B; matrix # BS 101607-1 & BS 101608-1
Date Recorded: 21 May 1936 in New York
Direction: Marcel Tabuteau
Woodwind Ensemble: Julius Baker & George Morey, flutes; Rhadames Angelucci, oboe; Bernard Portnoy, clarinet; Jules Seder & Richard Barron, bassoons; Ernani Angelucci, horn
[In addition, the C.I.M. holds test pressings of this recording: C.I.M. Catalog #: 777 & 777A (19360521-05) & (19360521-4) shown here, and the two pieces listed below.]
Richard Strauss: Serenade in E-flat Major, Op. 7 [Development and Recapitulation]
Format: 78 RPM set
Label: RCA Victor
Unissued; matrix # BS 101604-1 [missing], BS 101605-1 & BS 101606-1
C.I.M. Catalog #: 1023 [missing], 1023A & 1023B (19360521-2) & (19360521-3)
Date Recorded: 21 May 1936, in New York
Performers: Julius Baker & George Morey, flutes; Rhadames Angelucci & Harry Shulman, oboes; Edward O’Gorman & Elvin Clearfield, clarinets; Jules Seder & Richard Barron, bassoons; William Weichlein, contrabassoon; Ernani Angelucci, Herman Watkins, Herbert Pierson & Franklin Lanning, horns
[The performers were not listed on the record label. The names included here are from the program for the performance of this piece at Curtis the month before.]
Paul de Wailly: Aubade
Format: 78 RPM
Label: RCA Victor
Unissued; matrix # BS 101609-1
C.I.M. Catalog #: 1199 (19360521-1)
Date Recorded: 21 May 1936, in New York
Performers: Julius Baker, flute; Rhadames Angelucci, oboe; Bernard Portnoy, clarinet
[The performers were not listed on the record label. These names were included based on their recording of the Pierné: Prelude and Fugue at the same recording session.
This next recording is of Tabuteau coaching a clarinetist in his wind ensemble class that gives a taste of what a student had to endure.
The following pieces were performed at the Curtis Institute of Music by various wind ensembles from 1936 to 1941 under the direction of Marcel Tabuteau. They were recorded on 78 RPM records to be subsequently aired on weekly radio broadcasts produced by Curtis. The dates written on the record labels indicate when the broadcast took place.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet in E♭ Major for Piano and Winds, Op. 16 [1st movement: Introduction and Exposition through theme 1]
Format: 78 RPM [label blank]
Catalog #: 766 & sa193704048
Year Recorded: 1937
Performers: Jorge Bolet, piano; Harry Shulman, oboe; Bernard Portnoy, clarinet; Richard Barron, bassoon; Herbert Pierson, horn
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet in E♭ Major for Piano and Winds, Op. 16
Format: 78 RPM set
Catalog #: sr193903273
Year Recorded: 1939
Performers: Jorge Bolet, piano; others unidentified
André Caplet: Iskia Samaïsi from Suite Persane
Format: 78 RPM
Catalog #: 260 (19380428)
Year Recorded: 1938
Performers: Albert Tipton & Burnett Atkinson, flutes; Martin Fleisher & John de Lancie, oboes; Bernard Portnoy & James King, clarinets; Albert London & Manuel Zegler, bassoons; Mason Jones & Elwood Cauler, horns
François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, 3e livre. No. 17–Petits moulins à vent (arr.)
Format: 78 RPM
Catalog #: sr193903273
Year Recorded: 1939
Performers: Unidentified
Charles Gounod: Petite Symphonie
Format: 78 RPM
Catalog #: sa193704048
Year Recorded: 1938
Performers: Burnett Atkinson, flute; Martin Fleisher & John de Lancie, oboes; William McCormick & James King, clarinets; Albert London & Manuel Zegler, bassoons; Mason Jones & Elwood Cauler, horns
Luigi Hugues: Allegro scherzoso, Op. 92
Format: 78 RPM
Catalog #: sr193903273
Year Recorded: 1939
Performers: Unidentified
Frederick Jacobi: Scherzo from Wind Quintet
Format: 78 RPM
Catalog #: 576 & sa193704048 (19370417)
Year Recorded: 1937
Performers: Albert Tipton, flute; Harry Shulman, oboe; William McCormick, clarinet; Richard Barron, bassoon; Mason Jones, horn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in E♭ Major for Winds, K 375 [1st movement and 2ndMinuet]
Format: 78 RPM
Catalog #: sa194011165
Year Recorded: 1941
Performers: Ralph Gomberg & MacLean Snyder, oboes; Nathan Brusilow & James Rettew, clarinets; Sanford Sharoff & Walter Maciejewicz, bassoons; James Chambers & Joseph Eger, horns
Gabriel Pierné: Pastorale Variée, Op. 30 (arr.)
Format: 78 RPM
Catalog #: 766 & sa193704048 (19370217)
Year Recorded: 1937
Performers: Julius Baker, flute; Harry Shulman, oboe; William McCormick, clarinet; Richard Barron & Manuel Zegler, bassoons; Herbert Pierson, horn; Arthur Statter, trumpet
Gabriel Pierné: Prelude & Fugue, Op. 40, No.1 (arr.)
Format: 78 RPMs
Catalog #: sr193903273
Year Recorded: 1939
Performers: Unidentified
Gabriel Pierné: Tourbillon from Pastorale variée
Format: 78 RPM
Catalog #: sr193903273
Year Recorded: 1939
Performers: Unidentified
Maurice Ravel: Mouvt. de Menuet from Sonatine for Piano (arr. Hershy Kay)
Format: 78 RPM
Catalog #: Cat. # sa194004198
Year Recorded: 1940
Performers: Britton Johnson & Eleanor Mitchel, flutes; John de Lancie & Ralph Gomberg, oboes; James King & James Rettew, clarinets; Manuel Zegler & Sanford Sharoff, bassoons; James Chambers & Joseph White, horns
[Recording not yet available]
Camille Saint-Saëns: Caprice sur des airs Danois et Russes, Op. 79
Format: 78 RPM [Rehearsal with Tabuteau; also part of Caplet Suite Persane]
Catalog #: 878
Year Recorded: 1938
Performers: Jorge Bolet, piano; Albert Tipton, flute; Martin Fleisher, oboe; Bernard Portnoy, clarinet
Richard Strauss: Serenade in E-flat Major, Op. 7
Format: 78 RPM set
Catalog #: sr193903273
Year Recorded: 1939
Performers: Unidentified
Igor Stravinsky: Pastorale (arr.)
Format: 78 RPM
Catalog #: sa193704048
Year Recorded: 1937
Performers: George Morey, flute; Harry Shulman, oboe; Martin Fleisher, English horn; William McCormick, clarinet; Richard Barron, bassoon
Joaquín Turina: Mujeres Españolas, Op. 73 No. 1: La Gitane Amoureuse; No. 3: La Sevillane Joyeuse (arr. William Strasser)
Format: 78 RPM
Catalog #: sa194004198
Year Recorded: 1940
Performers: John Krell, piccolo; Britton Johnson & Eleanor Mitchel, flutes; John de Lancie & Perry Bauman, oboes; Charles Gilbert, English horn; James King & Nathan Brusilow, clarinets; Manuel Zegler & Sanford Sharoff, bassoons; Walter Maciejewicz, contrabassoon; David Hall & James Chambers, horns
[Recording not yet available]
Paul de Wailly: Aubade
Format: 78 RPM
Catalog #: sr193903273
Year Recorded: 1939
Performers: Unidentified