Home. Faust album cover, the first album I bought XELA. Photo: National Music Library By Juan Carlos Talavera
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rescued The National Music Library Music Library XELA broadcaster, a unique collection of more than 80 thousand works of symphonic, chamber and vocal repertoire contained in 16 000 446 33 original albums and 45 rpm , among which were discovered unique interpretations and considered valuable, told Chronicle Alvaro Hegewisch, director of that institution.
Considered an exclusive collection for their high rate of healing, "is sure to enrich the cultural and historical heritage of Mexico," said Hegewisch, who announced that the acquis is integrated through numerous editions noncommercial recordings of concerts broadcast live by Radio Nederland and other little-known important figures such as Luis Herrera de la Fuente, Eduardo Mata and Candelario Huizar.
"The value of this collection is priceless and will recover part of the twentieth century musical memory in the country and the possibility that it is accessible to specialized music lovers and young audiences," he said.
18 DEGREES. XELA history began with a group of friends who gathered to listen to classical music, then decided to collect LP's and finally decided to buy a frequency Share their equipment and the July 5, 1940 began XELA transmissions under a slogan: "Good music from Mexico City."
The station, considered a pioneer in the genre, continuously transmitted for 62 years until his disappearance on January 1, 2002.
The closure sparked controversy and numerous criticisms of the arguments offered leading to the market, giving way to a diametrically different station: Estadio W 830 and later Capital Radio, as preserved until now.
Among the programs are reminded of the station: Time symphonic crown, transmitting works around 15:00 hours Sunday Mass with Gregorian chants parts, and Disco of the collector, broadcasting exclusive footage of great composers. Additionally there were music appreciation spaces dedicated to Mexican composers, baroque music, sacred and outstanding soloists.
The material now is tucked away in the vaults of the National Sound Archive at a temperature of 18 degrees Celsius and 40 percent relative humidity. MEXICAN JEWELRY
. When the station stopped working, many wondered about the fate of his collection and for years was thought lost, some speculated that it purchased or destroyed. However, in 2008 the family Fernandez Prieto acknowledged that he had protected the material in a warehouse.
The material acknowledged Alvaro Hegewisch, were stacked in cardboard boxes and their general condition was acceptable, although some LP's were damaged, with cracks, tears and detachment of pieces, which in turn will be restored, since the vinyl record is a stable and less vulnerable, unlike the compact disc, "he said.
XELA The collection, detailed, with discs donated by Mexican composers and performers, including many of these have not been reissued on CD, and it is considered that could be used as unique versions for editing, detailed Alvaro Hegewisch.
Among the musical gems are discovered flagship titles Mexican performers as the version of "Violin Concerto" by Brahms, under the leadership of director Luis Herrera de la Fuente, "La Suite Iberia" by Albeniz, played by pianist Miguel García Mora, in the legendary series Musart.
In Candelario Huizar, one of the great orchestrators Mexicans, is the version of their works "peasant", "Symphony 4 Cora "and" Symphony 2 Ochpaniztli 'led by Francisco Savin leading the Orchestra of Jalapa.
are also some recordings of the singer Maria Bonilla, whose recordings are treasured by collectors, as their album of covers leader Schumann, Brahms, Wolf and Schubert.
And the notorious Mexican director Eduardo Mata found live recordings of concerts in Holland, "The dawn of Funny" by Ravel, "The Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff.
However, he acknowledged, these findings are the beginning of a first approach the material.
default. One of the virtues of this collection is that much of his material was played only once since the station's policy was to acquire and protect the original material, in their broadcasts only used reel tape recordings, Hegewisch said.
Another advantage, he acknowledged, is that the material was not alienated by any individual, because it certainly would have hindered their access, and surely the cost would have done invaluable, he said.
This material will, in time, their total to 96 Khz scan for 24-bit range used for preservation, which will public access to the Music Library. "So lucky to be able to hear Eduardo Mata, one of the great Mexican composers, recordings inconseguibles far," said .
For now, the official said, the material is in a vault and is making the identification of the material to find the gems it contains.
The first disc in the collection corresponds to the opera "Faust" by French composer Charles Gounod, performed by Eugene Conley and Eleanor Steber in a production of the Metropolitan Opera Association.
But at first glance reveals the musical tradition discs with Wilhelm Franz Schubert at the piano, the "Symphony no. 5 in E minor "PI Tchaikovsky under the direction of Leopold Stokowski, or" The Goldenberg Variations "of Johann Sebastian Bach with Glenn Gould on piano.
Meanwhile, in the website of the National Sound Archive is a preliminary inventory, but once completed the analysis of material will be posted all his treasures, he said. Finally
Alvaro Hegewisch said that so far has yet formalized the agreement with rights holders of the material, so it is not known if they will sign as a gift or bailment.
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