brunswick phonograph model 117 restoration

Brunswick's catalog is distributed by Entertainment One, which was formerly known as E1 Entertainment. and many of the Chicago soul recordings have been re-issued in recent years.

The label was revived in 1995 by Nat's children. The official Brunswick Records web site has a detailed history of the Tarnopol-era Brunswick Records. Some of these recordings have been reissued on CD. Among the recordings Brunswick imported and issued under their own label were historic performances conducted by Hans Pfitzner and Richard Strauss-the latter conducting critically acclaimed performances of his symphonic poems Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, recorded in Berlin in 1929–30 by Deutsche Grammophon. Brunswick found it expedient and ultimately cheaper to contract with European companies (whose electrical recording systems were more reliable than Brunswick's) to fill their electrical classical catalogue. Few orchestra records were approved for issue and those that did appear on the market often combined excellent performances with execrable sound. The popular records, which used small performing groups, were difficult to make with the photoelectric cell process symphony orchestra recording, however, exacerbated the problems of the 'light-ray' system.

Brunswick embarked on an ambitious domestic classical recording program, recording the New York String Quartet, the Cleveland Orchestra under Nikolai Sokoloff (who had been recording acoustically for Brunswick since 1924), and in a tremendous steal from Victor, the New York Philharmonic with conductors Willem Mengelberg and Arturo Toscanini.

Brunswick phonograph model 117 restoration