Discos Qualiton

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Discos Qualiton Argentina
Parent company Fonema S.A.
Founded 1961
Founder Nelson Montes-Bradley, Ivan Cosentino, Nora Raffo, Carlos Melero.
Distributing label Discos Qualiton
Genre Various
Country of origin Argentina
Location Rosario, Buenos Aires

Discos Qualiton was an Argentine record label, one of the labels published by the extinct recording studio Fonema. A garage experiment born in Rosario, Argentina in 1961, Qualiton would later became a major independent project influencing an entire generation of artists, writers, musicians, poets and filmmakers. It left a significant footprint similar to what Blue Note Records had done in the 1940s and 1950s.

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[edit] Early days

The first attempts by Cosentino and Montes-Bradley to produce and publish vinyl records in Argentina was made as Fondo Cultural, a business incorporated in Buenos Aires. Fondo Cultural resorted to the use of the name Qualiton, which eventually lead to the establishment of a close relationship with the homonymous Qualiton of Hungary, the state owned record company during the communist years.

The first recording made by Discos Qualiton was “Catares de los pajes de la nao”, a choral work by Joaquin Rodrigo performed by the Coro Estable de Rosario and directed by Cristián Hernández Larguía in 1961. Soon, the idea of producing choruses became a perfect venue to establish the company in the local arena. Editions of no more than 300 LPs, were being quickly absorbed amongst the members of the chorus ensemble and their close relatives[1]. By 1965, the early catalog of Discos Qualiton produced by Fondo Cultural, was beginning to develop into a greater ordeal. Fondo Cultural became extinct and Fonema incorporated thus allowing Nora Raffo and Carlos Melero, newest members of the Qualiton team, to joined in the corporation[2].

The following Fonema years, were mostly but not exclusively dedicated to produce classical music with a particular emphasis in baroque and colonial periods in Latin America under its Qualiton label. Also worth mentioning, are the recordings of ethnographic music harvested in the field and gather under the label Serie del Conocimiento and the unique recordings of literary works known as Juglaría.

[edit] The 1970's period

During the 1970’s Fonema expanded its catalog. New investors were seduced by the idea of creating a major independent label. Curt von Simpson and Gertrudis Moser joined Fonema bringing in the needed contacts with local banks (namely Banco Oddone) and a state-of-the-arts 24 channel recording studio was built to specs. The original concept of a small and family orientated garage experiment had grown out of proportion. By 1976, a military putsch lead by Jorge Rafael Videla, ousted Argentine president Isabel Martínez de Perón making life quite difficult for the arts in general and in particular for domestic labels linked to the previous years of social unrest.

Only a few complete-collections of Discos Qualiton and other labels associated to Fonema and Fondo Cultural, have survived and are available in a hand full of libraries, mostly in research institutes in Europe and the US and a few private collections.

[edit] Catalogue

According to what has been reconstructed from catalogues, newspaper articles and vinyl records still available, Qualiton was one of five labels published by Fonema in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The other four labels were: Colección privada (Private Stock), Serie del conocimiento (Knowledge Series), Archivo Colonial de América Latina (Colonial Archive of L.A.) and Juglaría. Each new album released by Fonema was identified with an alphanumeric code in one of the five labels. Some of the sequences in the catalog are interrupted and this is perhaps due perhaps to the fact the albums were never released or that we have not yet been able to identify it's contents. In order to facilitate the research we have presented each album (LP) in the following categories: Classical Music, World music, Voices, Pop Music and Others.

[edit] Classical

La Nación, Nov. 24, 1967
La Nación, Nov. 24, 1967
Poeta de la legua
Poeta de la legua
  • QI-4000: Irma Costanzo, guitarra. Works by Heitor Villa-Lobos; Héctor Ayala; Abel Carlevaro. Irma Costanzo, guitar.
  • QI-4001: Música argentina contemporánea. Works by César Franchisena; Luis Zubillaga; Rodolfo Arizaga; Silvano Picchi. Héctor Rubio, piano; Adelma Eva Gómez, organ.
  • QI-4002: Música Argentina. Presencia N°6 “Jeromita Linares” by Carlos Guastavino; “Triste pampeano” by Alberto Ginastera; “Cifra y malambo” by Abel Fleury; “Canción N°2” by Julián Aguirre; “Norteña” by Jorge Gómez Crespo; “Metamorfosis romántica” by Iván Rene Cosentino. Roberto Lara, guitar and the Arcangelo Corelli String Quartet.
  • QI-4003: Música medieval y renacentista. Conjunto Pro Musica de Rosario. Conductor: Cristián Hernández Larguía.
  • QI-4004: Martirio de Santa Olalla and two other works by Rodolfo Arizaga: "Cantatas humanas" and "Sonetos de la pena". The Qualiton Ensemble. Conductor: Teodoro Fuchs. Contralto: Noemí Souza.
  • QI-4005: Alberto Soriano. “Cuatro rituales sinfónicos” and “Tres esquemas sinfónicos sobre la vida de Artigas” by Alberto Soriano. Symphony Orchestra of the Romanian State Radio and Television. Conductor: Yosif Conta. Premio América.ARC de la Universidad de la República. Montevideo, Uruguay.
  • QI-4006: Ginastera-López Buchardo-Guastavino. "Sonata para piano", "Danza de la moza donosa" and "Malambo" by Alberto Ginastera; "Campera" and "Bailecito" by Carlos López Buchardo and "Bailecito" by Carlos Guastavino. Pía Sebastiani, piano
  • QI-4008: Música Española del Siglo de Oro Music From The Spanish Golden Age. Works by Juan del Encina; Enrique de Valderrábanos; Luis de Milán; Cristóbal Morales; Mateo Flecha; Francisco de la Torre; Diego de Ortiz; Alonso Lobo; Juan Vásquez; Juan Ponce and various anonymous works. Conjunto Pro Musica de Rosario, Conductor: Cristián Hernández Larguía.
  • QI-4009: Tríptico de Praga. Three pieces by Alberto Soriano: “Tríptico de Praga”. Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Masur. “Sonata para violín y piano” Int. Francisco J. Musetti (piano) and Celia Rocce de Musetti (violin) and “Tiempo Sinfónico a los Caídos en Buchenwald”, Leipzig Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adolf Fritz Guhl. Premio América.ARC de la Universidad de la República. Montevideo, Uruguay.
  • SQI-4010: Schumann-Szymanowsky Sonata op. 22 by Robert Schumann; Preludio Op. 1 by Karol Szymanowsky. Pía Sebastiani, piano
  • SQI-4011: Luis Gianneo. Three works by Luis Gianneo: “Sonata para violin y piano (1935); “Cinco piezas para violín y piano” (1942) and “Música para niños. Diez piezas para piano”. Brunilda Gianneo, violin; Celia Gianneo, piano
  • SQI-4012: Brahms. "Sonata Op. 5" by Johannes Brahms. Pía Sebastiani, piano
  • SQI-4013: Robert Schumann. "Sonata Op. 16" Kreisleriana" by Robert Schumann. Manuel Rego, piano
  • SQI 4014: Roberto Lara interpreta a Abel Fleury. Short pieces for guitar by Abel Fleury. Roberto Lara, guitar. Album licensed by Qualiton to Lyrichord Discs, US.
  • SQI-4015: Cánticos para el caminante. Construcciones sonoras. Maestro Alberto Soriano recorded the sounds of nature. It was a life-time experience: frogs, birds and wind. These sounds were later organized and edited to create a remarkable piece of music. Premio América.ARC de la Universidad de la República. Montevideo, Uruguay.
  • SQI-4016: Béla Bartók El príncipe de Madera. Complete version of Béla Bartók's "The Wooden Prince" Op. 13. (1913). Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: János Ferencsik. Published under license from Qualiton, Hungary.
  • SQI-4017: Albinoni-Vivaldi-Mozart-Leng. “Sonata in G Minor, Op.2 No.6 ” by Tomaso Albinoni; “Concerto In A Minor For Oboe And Orchestra” by Antonio Vivaldi; “Divertimento in D Major KV 136” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; “Andante for strings” by Alfonso Leng. Orquesta de Cámara de la Universidad Católica de Chile. Conductor: Fernando Rosas. Enrique
  • SQI-4018: Música Argentina. Contemporary works from various Argentine composers. “Presencia N°6 “Jeromita Linares” by Carlos Guastavino. Roberto Lara, guitar; “Contemplación y Danza” by Astor Piazzola. Martín Tow, clarinet; “Milonga” by Alberto Williams; “Lamento quichua” and “Criolla” by Luis Gianneo; “Impresiones de la Puna” by Alberto Ginastera. Domingo Rullo, flute. Solistas de Buenos Aires. Conductor: Alberto Epelbaum.
  • SQI-4019: Navidad del barroco-Antiguos noels franceses-Corales alemanes de Navidad. Conjunto Pro Arte de Flautas Dulces; Coro Nacional de Niños, Conductor: Vilma Gorini; The Qualiton Ensemble; Coro Arsis, Conductor: Eduardo Alonso Stier. Mario Videla, organ and harpsichord.
  • SQI-4020: La flauta dulce. Historia y música. The Recorder: History and Music. Medieval, baroque and contemporary tunes for recorder. Conjunto Pro Arte de Flautas Dulces.
  • SQI-4021: Guitarra. Short pieces for guitar, from the 16th Century to contemporary. Roberto Lara, guitar
  • SQI-4022: "Schuman-Schubert-Arizaga". "Märchenerz”hlungen, Op. 132" (Fairy Tales, Op. 132) by Robert Schumann; "Sonata in A minor for Arpeggione and Piano, D. 821” by Frank Schubert and "Ciaccona for Viola" by Rodolfo Arizaga. Tomas Tichauer, viola; Mónica Cosachov, piano and Luis Rossi, clarinet. Recorded in 1972.
  • SQI-4023: William Byrd. Three compositions by William Byrd: "Misa a cinco voces"; "Obras para órgano", "Danzas para clave". Interpreter: Coro de Cámara de Córdoba. Mario Videla, clave.
  • SQI-4024: "Vivaldi-Danzi-Mozart". Works by Antonio Vivaldi, Franz Danzi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Quinteto de Vientos del Mozarteum Argentino.
  • SQI-4025: Suite Hispana. Several pieces for guitar and string quartet by Spanish composers: "Suite Hispana" by Manuel Del Olmo; "Mallorca" by Isaac Albéniz; "Lamento" by Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri; "Tiento antiguo" by Joaquin Rodrigo; "Boceto andaluz" by Regino Sainz de la Maza. All but "Suite hispana" where played by Roberto Lara, guitar; "Suite Hispana" was recorded with Roberto Lara in guitar and The Buenos Aires String Quartet.
  • SQI-4026: Franz Liszt, "Requiem" by Franz Liszt. The Hungarian People’s Army Chorus and Soloists. S. Margitay, organ. Conductor: János Ferencsik.
  • SQI-4027: La guerra doméstica. Der Häusliche Krieg (Die Verschworenen), Singspiel, also known as "The Conspirators " or "The Domestic War" by Franz Schubert. Akademie Kammerchor and Wiener Simphoniker Orchestra. Conductor: Ferdinand Grossmann.
  • SQI-4028: Música para dos guitarras. Music for two guitars by Francis B. Cutting; Fernando Sor; Christian Scheidler; Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. Duo Pujadas - Labrouve.
  • SQI-4029: Schumann-Poulenc. "Fantasy Pieces, Op. 12" by Robert Schumann; "Napoli"; "Three Perpetual Movements" and "Two Novelettes," by Francis Poulenc. Manuel Rego, piano.
  • SQI-4030: Antiguos aires y danzas inglesas. Works for clave by Giles Farnaby; Peter Philips; Martin Peerson; Thomas Morley; John Dowland; William Byrd; John Bull; J. Monday and anonymous. Arnolda Hirsch, clave.
  • SQI-4031: Música en la casa del Marqués de Sobremonte. Latin American Antique Music. Conjunto de Instrumentos Antiguos del Instituto Goethe de Córdoba. Coro de Cámara de Córdoba, Conductor: César Ferreyra. Mario Videla, organ and harpsichord.
  • SQI-4032: Galuppi-Clementi-Scriabin. "Dodici sonate per cembalo" by Baldassare Galuppi; "Sonata en F Minor, Op. 26 No. 12" by Muzio Clementi and Preludes Op. 11: "Prelude No. 4 in in E minor", "Prelude No. 6 in B minor", "Prelude No. 10 in C sharp minor", "Prelude No. 17 in A-b mayor" "Prelude No. 20 in C minor"; "Two Poems Op. 69, No.1 and 2", "Two Poems Op. 71" and "Five Preludes Op.74" by Alexander Scriabin. Manuel Rego, piano.
  • SQI-4033: Domenico Zipoli. Complete works for organ by Domenico Zipoli. De su Sonate D'Íntavolatura per organo e cimbalo, Op. 1. This album was recorded on the colonial pipe organ at the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral and at the Museo Sobremonte, in the city of Córdoba using also a colonial pipe organ. Mario Videla, organ.
  • SQI-4034: Música en la Edad Media. Music in the Middle Ages. Conjunto Pro Musica de Rosario
  • SQI-4035: Mendelssohn. "Romanzas without words" by Felix Mendelssohn. Manuel Rego, piano
  • SQI-4036: Joseph Haydn. "Missa Solemnis" "Harmonimesse" by Joseph Haydn. Akademie Kammerchor and Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Conductor: G. Barati. Album licensed to Qualiton by Lyrichord Discs, US.
  • SQI-4037: Schubert, “Mass No. 4 in C major, D452.”. Akademie Kammerchor. Viena State Opera Orchestra. Conductor: George Barati. Album licenced to Qualiton by Lyrichrd Discs, US.
  • SQI-4038: Música Colonial Latinoamericana. Works by Ignacio Celoniat; Juan de Araujo (Sucre, Bolivia); F. Gómez da Rocha (Minas Geraes, Brazil); Anónimo (Cusco, Perú); Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco (Cusco, Perú): Hernando Franco (México); Juan de LIenas (México) y J.E. Lobo de Mesquita (Minas Geraes, Brazil). Recorded in 1973 at the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral. Coro de la Fundación Ars Musicalis, Orquesta de Cámara y solistas. Conductor: Pbro. Jesús Gabriel Segade.
  • SQI-4039: János Vitéz.. A musical by Pongrác Kacsóh adapted fragments from the poem "János Vitéz" by Sándor Petőfi. Coro de la Radio y Televisión Húngara. Conductor: Cecilia Vajda. Orquesta de la Opera del Estado Húngaro y cantantes solistas. Conductor: Ervin Lukács. Published under licence from Qualiton, Hungary.
  • SQI-4040: Manuel Rego, piano. “Aquel Buenos Aires” (tango, vals criollo and milonga) by Pedro Sáenz; “Tangos” (1942): “Evocación”, “Llorón”, “Compadrón”, “Milonguero” y “Nostálgico” by Juan José Castro. “Fantasía Bética” by Manuel de Falla; “Impresiones íntimas”: No.5, “Pájaro Triste”, N°7 “Cuna”, N°8 “Secreto” and N°9 “Gitano”. Int. Manuel Rego, piano
  • SQI-4041: King Stephen, Hungary's first Benefactor, Op.117 and The Ruins Of Athens, Op.113. Text by August von Kotzebue, Score by Ludwig van Beethoven. Coro de la Radio y Televisión Húngaras. Soloists: Margit László (soprano) y Sándor Nagy (barítono), Maestro de Coro: Ferenc Sapszon. Orquesta Filarmónica de Budapest, Conductor: Géza Oberfrank. Published under licence of Qualiton, Hungary.
  • SQI-4042: Obras vocales I . By Ferenc Liszt. “Hymne de l’enfant a son réveil”; “Tantum ergo”: “O salutaris hostia I”; “Salmo 137”; “Sanct Christoph Legende” “O heilige Nacht” “Quasi cedrus (Mariengarten) and “Pater Noster”. Gábor Lehotka, organ; Eva Andor, soprano; Hédi Lubik, arpa; Margit Lászlo, soprano; Péter Komios, violin; György Miklos, piano and József Réti, tenor. Coro Femenino de Györ. Coro de la Agrupación Folklórica del Estado Húngaro. Conductor: Miklos Szabo. Published under licence of Qualiton, Hungary.
  • SQI-4043: Arias para tenor. By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. “¡Misero! ¿O sogno o son desto? K.431”; “Rondó: Per pietá non recercarte. K.420”; “Sí mostra la sorte. K.203”; “Sí al labbro mio non credi. K.295”; “Con cossequío, con rispeto. K.210”. József Réti, tenor. Orquesta de la Asociación Filarmónica de Budapest. Conductor: Antal Jancsovics. Published under licence of Qualiton, Hungary.
  • SQI-4044: Cesar Frank. Serguei Rachmaninoff. “Variaciones Sinfónicas para piano y orquesta” by Cesar Frank; “Concierto N°2 en do menor, for piano and orchestra, Op.18”. Orquesta Filarmónica de Budapest. Conductor: Miklos Lukács. Gábor Gabos, piano. Published under licence of Qualiton, Hungary.
  • SQI-4045/4046: Vivaldi, Juditha Triumphans. “Juditha Triumphans”, Oratorio by Antonio Vivaldi. Coro Madrigal de Budapest, Maestro de Coro: Gy. Czigány. Cantantes solistas. Orquesta del Estado Húngaro. Conductor: Ferenc Szekeres. Two records set in a box with notes. Published under licence of Qualiton, Hungary.
  • SQI-4047: Ferenc Liszt, Symphonic Poems. "Symphonic Poem N°2: Tasso, Lamento E Trionfo" and "Symphonic Poem N°2 R.420 Hungaria" by Franz Liszt. Hungarian State Orchestra. Conductor: János Ferencsik. Published under licence of Qualiton, Hungary.
  • SQI-4048: Haydn. “Concierto para piano y orquesta en re Mayor, Hob: XVIII: 11” and “Sinfonía en mi bemol Mayor N°43, Mercurio”, by Joseph Haydn. Orquesta de Cámara Húngara. Conductor: Vilmos Tátrai. Gábor Gabos, piano. Publish under license of Qualiton, Hungary.
  • SQI-4049: Michel Blavet, 4 Sonatas para flauta y contínuo, “Sonata N°1 en sol Mayor, L’Henriette” (adagio, allegro, aria I and 2, presto); Sonata N°2 en re menor, “La Vibrai” (andante, allemande, gavote –Les caquete-, sarabande, finale); Sonata N°3 en mi menor , L’Dhérouville” (adagio, allemande, rondeau –L’insinuante-, tambourin I and II -Le Mondorgue-gigue); Sonata N°4 en sol menor, La Lumagne” (adagio, allemande, sicilienne, presto, allegro vivace -Le Lutin-). Enzo Giecco, flute. Mario Videla, harpshichord. Leo Viola, violoncello.
  • SQI-4050: Miguel Angel Estrella, piano. “Seis pequeños preludios”. Coral del Libro de Ana Magdalena Bach, (Wer nur den Lieben Gottlässt walten), by Johann Sebastian Bach. “Preludio y Fuga en do menor” de El clave bien temperado, volumen II) by Johann Sebastian Bach; “Fantasía y Sonata en do menor: a- Fantasía K.475; b- Sonata K.457 (molto allegro, adagio, allegro assai) ” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • SQI-4051: Muzio Clementi. Complete Piano Works, vol. 1. Sonata inédita en la bemol Mayor; Sonatas del Op.1, números 1 a 6. Aldo Antognazzi, piano.
  • SQI-4052: El niño Mozart. Seis sonatas para flauta y clave K.10 al 15, compuestas a los 8 años de edad. Enzo Giecco, flute. Mario Videla, harpsichord.
  • SQI-4054: Tomás Luis de Victoria, Francisco Guerrero y obras de Cristóbal Morales, F. de las Infantas y Juan Esquivel. “Misa Quarti Toni” by Tomás Luis de Victoria; “Magnificat (Modus 1) ” by Francisco Guerrero; “Gloria in excelsis Deo” and “Veni, Domine” by Juan Esquivel; “O Cruz ave, apes unica” by Cristóbal Morales and “O patriarca pauperum” by F. de las Infantas. Coro de Cámara de Córdoba. Conductor: César Ferreira.
  • SQI-4055: The Recorder in France. Tunes from the Middle Age, Renaissance and Barroque, by Adam de la Halle, Johannes Ghiselin, Josquin des Prez, Clément Janequin, F. Attaignant, François Caroubel and other anonymous tunes. Conjunto Pro Arte de Flautas Dulces. Carlos López Puccio, viola da gamba. Antonio Spiller, violón. Oscar Bazán, basson. Gabriel Pérsico, recorder solist. Mario Videla, harpsichord. Notes by Mario Videla.
  • SQI-4057: Música cortesana en Polonia, Alemania y España, de los siglos XVI y XVII. Works by Nicolaj de Cracovia, Antonio Scandellus, Heinrich Isaac, Alonso de Mudarra, Antonio de Cabezón, Nicolaus Gombert and anonymous as well as from the Song Book of Upsala and the Song Book of Palacio. Conjunto Pro Musica de Rosario. Conductor: Cristián Hernández Larguía. Assistant conductor: Susana Imbert. Notes by Gerardo V. Huseby
  • SQI-4059: Doménico Zipoli. “Misa en fa Mayor para coro, solistas, cuerdas y bajo contínuo” (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus). Coro de la Fundación Ars Musicalis. Qualiton Ensemble. Conductor: Pbro. Jesús Gabriel Segade. “Sonata en la Mayor para violín y bajo contínuo”. Haydée Francia, violín; Mario Videla, organ. “Cantata para solista y bajo contínuo, Dell’offese a vendicarmi”. Margarita Zimmermann, contralto. Claudio Baraviera, violoncello. Mario Videla, clave. Notes by Francisco Curt Lange.
  • SQI-4060: The Recorder in England. Tunes by John Dunstable, Henry VIII, Thomas Morley, William Byrd, John Dowland, John Baston, Benjamin Britten and anonymous. Conjunto Pro Arte de Flautas Dulces from Buenos Aires. Carlos López Puccio, viola da gamba. Gabriel Pérsico, flute and percussion. Antonio Spiller, violin. Osvaldo D’Amore, violin. Leo Viola, violoncello. Eva Cantor, lute. Notes by Mario Videla.
  • SQI.4062: Domenico Zipoli. Complete works for harpsichord. “Suite I, in B minor” (harpsichord). “Suite II, in G minor (clavichord). “Suite III, in C Major” (harpsichord). “Suite IV, in D Minor” (clavichord). “Partite, in la menor” (harpsichord). “Partite in C Major” (harpsichord). Mario Videla, harpsichord and clavicord (Both instruments manufactured by Kurt Wittmayer, luthier Germany). Notes by Francisco Kurt Lange
  • SQI-4065: Mónica Cosachov-Tomás Tichauer-Luis Rossi. “Sonata in G Minor for viola y clive” by Henry Eccles (composer). “Sonata in B Flat Major for clarinet and harpsichord, by Johann Baptist Vanhal. Two of the “Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op.83” by Max Bruch. “Three Pieces for Clarinet solo” and “Elegía (1944)” by Igor Stravinsky. Tomás Tichauer, viola. Mónica Cosachov, harpsichord y piano. Luis Rossi, clarinet. Notes by Alberto G. Bellucci.
  • SQI-4066/4067: Tenores wagnerianos del pasado. "Wagnerian Tenors of The Past" Registros de Ernest van Dyck, Ernst Graus, Francisco Viñas Doral, Jacques Urdus, Erik Anton Julius Schmedes, Carl Burrian, Heinrich Knote, Giuseppe Borgatti, Otto Wolf, Leo Slezak, Charles Rousselière, Fritz Soot, Walther Kirchhoff, Richard Schubert, Rudolf Laubenthal, Gotthelf Pistor, Lauritz Melchior, Isidoro de Fagoaga, Franz Völker, Torsten Ralf, Max Lorenz and Set Svanholm. Two-LP set. Selection and notes by Eduardo Arnosi.
  • SQI-4068: Música de la Catedral de Lima. Recorded at the Cathedral of Lima. Ancient works by Pedro Durán, Manuel Gaytán y Arteaga, José de Orejón y Aparicio, Estacio Lacerna, Fabián García Pacheco, Joseph de Torres y Martínez Bravo and Martín Francisco de Cruzelaegui. Coro de la Fundación Ars Musicalis. The Qualiton Ensemble. Conductor: Pbro. Jesús Gabriel Segade. Ana María González, soprano. Roberto Britos, tenor. Leo Viola, violoncello. Mario Videla, harpsichord and organ. Notes by Carmen García Muñóz.
  • SQI-4076: The Little Book of Anna Magdalena Bach. Twenty-two vocal and instrumental pieces from The Little Book of Anna Magdalena Bach. Coro Bach, Conductor: Antonio Russo. Ana María González, soprano. Mario Videla, harpsichord, clavichord and organ. Notes by Juan Pedro Franze.
  • SQI-4077: Historia temática de la guitarra, vol. 1. Works by Adrian Le Roy, Francisco Tárrega, Jean-Baptiste Bésard, Carlo Calvi, Domenico Pellegrini, Francis Poulenc, O. Rosatti, Johan Sebastian Bach, E. Sand, Niccolò Paganini, Fernando Ferandiére, Johann Kaspar Mertz, Fernando Sor, Matteo Caracassi, Federico Moreno Torroba, Ramón Noble O. and anonymous. Roberto Lara, guitar.
  • SQI-4082: Navidad con el Pro Musica. Twenty-one Christmas themes from around the world. Conjunto Pro Musica de Rosario. Conductor: Cristián Hernández Larguía. Conductor Ass., Susana Imbern.

[edit] Private Stock

(Colección Privada). A total of five titles were released by Fonema under the label Colección Privada (Private Stock):

  • CP-000 Il Mondo della luna. Opera cómica en dos actos, by Joseph Haydn. Solistas y Orquesta de Cámara de Munich. Conductor: Johannes Weissenbach. Walter Hagner, bajo. Kurt Schwert, barítono. Albert Gassner, tenor. Willibald Lidner, tenor bufo. Friedel Schneider, soprano. Hanne Muench, mezzo-soprano. Karl Kreile, tenor. Karl Schwert, baritone. Published under licence of Lyrichord Discs, US. Notes by Ernesto Epstein.
  • CP-001: Johannes Brahms, motetes Op. 29, 74 y 110. “Motete Op.74 N°2: O Hieland, reiss’ die Miel aut”. “Motete Op. 29 N°1: Est ist das Heil uns kommen her”. “Motete Op.29 N°2: Shaffe in mir, Got, ein rein Herz; Verwirf mich nicht von deinem Angesicht; Tröste mich wieder mit deiner Hilfe”. “Motete Op.74 N°1: Warum ist das licht gegeben dem Mühselige; Lasset uns unser Herz samt den Händen autheben; Siehe, wir preisen selig, die erduldet haben; Coral: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin”; “Motete Op.110: Ich aber bin elend (SATB-SATB); Ach, arme welt (SATB-coral; Wenn wir in höchsten Nöteb sein (SATB-SATB). The Whikehart Chorale. Conductor: Lewis E. Whikehart. Published under licence of Lyrichord Discs, US. Notes by José Antonio Gallo.
  • CP-002: Alban Berg. “Concierto para violín, piano y 13 instrumentos de viento”, by Alban Berg. Viennese Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Harold Byrns. Ivry Gitlis, violin. Charlotte Zelka, piano; “Cuatro canciones Op.2” y “Siete canciones antiguas”. Catherine Rowe, soprano. Benjamin Tupas, piano. Published under licence of Lyrichord Discs, US. Notes by Margarita Fernández.
  • CP-003: John Dowland. Canciones de amor y amistad. Trece canciones by John Dowland para coro, solistas vocales y laúd. The Saltire Singers. Patricia Clark, soprano. Jean Allister, contralto. Edgar Fleet, tenor. Freederick Westcott, bajo. Desmond, Dupre lute. Published under licence of Lyrichord Discs, US. Notes by Gerardo B. Huseby.
  • CP-005: Arnold Schoenberg. “El libro de los jardines colgantes Op. 15” by Arnold Schoenberg (based on poems by Stephan George). Belva Kibler, mezzosoprano. Gerhard Albersheim, piano. Published under licence of Lyrichord Discs, US. Notes by Juan Pedro Franze

[edit] Juglaría

Spoken Word: Parallel to the recording of timeless musical works by the great masters and contemporary Argentine authors Discos Qualiton published a unique catalogue of literature on vinyl. Authors such as Federico García Lorca, Dylan Thomas, Jacques Prévert or local icon Tejada Gómez were either publish in their own voice or read and interpreted by others. At least eleven titles (a total of twelve LP's), were released under this category. Half way through the series, the ID numbers that identify each title in a catalog were changed. The denomination “QH” corresponds to the original Qualiton, the following known as the series that begin with “JC” and “JQ” were inscribed in the attempt by Fonema to create label exclusively for literary works. The later was known as Juglaría.

  • QH-2000/2001: Federico García Lorca. Canciones y Poemas. Spanish popular songs harvested by Federico García Lorca, performed by Clara Estévez, soprano and Roberto Lara, guitar; and a selection of poems by the same read by Lorenzo Varela, a poet himself. A two LP set was produced with these recordings. The set included a 28-page booklet illustrated with several xylography works created by request by Galician artist Luis Seoane. The set included a fine reproduction of an original and previously unpublished drawing by Federico García Lorca himself.
  • QH-2003: Diego Rivera Speaking (On the social responsibility of the artist). This recording reproduces a rare interview with Diego Rivera, published under license of Caedmon Audio, USA.
  • QH-2004: Poeta de la legua. Armando Tejada Gómez. A selection of poems from Armando Tejada Gómez's “Tonadas para usar”. Recorded by the author.
  • QH-2005: Hamlet Lima Quintana, poemas. “Taller del resentido” and “La muerte y otros presagios”. A selection of Hamlet Lima Quintana’s poems. Recorded by the author.
  • JC-004: Dylan Thomas Reading. A selection of works by Dylan Thomas read by Dylan Thomas. Includes: “A child Christmas in Wales” (short-story); “Fern Hill”; “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”. “In The White Giant's Thigh”; “Ballad of the Long-legged Bait”; “Ceremony After a Fire Raid”. Published under license of Caedmon Audio, USA.
  • JC-005: Les fleurs du mal. A selection of works from Charles Baudelaire´s classic -in the original language- read by Louis Jourdan and Eva Le Gallienne. Published under license of Caedmon Audio, USA.
  • JQ-007: Luis Franco. A selection of Luis Franco's works read by the author himself. Includes the following poems: “Insondable raíz”; “Suma”; Canción del circo del mar”; “Long ago”; “Nocturno del duo inmóvil”; “Falus”; “Plenilunio”; “Mar nuestro”; El llora-sangre está llorando”; “Coplas solitas”; “El zapatero”; “Conmemoración sin pausa”; “Danza del yaguareté”; “La Cruz del Sur”; “Conjunción”; “Madre ceniza”; Indagación del hombre” and “Primavera de Alicia”.
  • JH-008: Greffet dit Jacques Prévert. Greffet dit Jean de La Fontaine. Eight poems from Jacques Prévert´s “Paroles” and seven fables by La Fontaine read by Phillippe Greffet in its original French version. Published under license of Hemisferio, Uruguay.
  • JQ-009: Federico García Lorca. “Oda a Walt Whitman”; “Oficina y denuncia” and “Oda al Rey de Harlem” from “Poeta en Nueva York” and other poems read by Lorenzo Varela a poet himself exiled in Buenos Aires from the Spanish Civil War.
  • JA-010: El Mio Cid. Fragments of the original Medieval epic: El Cantar del Mio Cid; from a Castilian version written by Pedro Salinas. Read and recorded on the voice of Roberto Parada. Published under license of Asfona, Chile.
  • JQ-011: Nuestro paisano José de San Martín. Recording of a compilation of texts by José de San Martin interpreted by Argentine stage-actor Norberto Bianco. The compilation was curetted by Luis Alberto Frontera.

[edit] World Music

  • QI-4007: Argentina indígena. Sixteen traditional tunes from the natives of Chaco, Argentina. Toba Ensemble “Viri Nolká”.

[edit] The Artwork

Fonema's distinct catalog was acknowledged not only from its content of original and unusual recordings, but also for its commitment to the visual arts. Each LP jacket was carefully designed with the works of local artists such as Mele Bruniard, Battle Planas, Luis Seoane, Antonio Berni and Mario Loza. The graphic corporate image of Qualiton was created by Oscar Díaz. Díaz was a prestigious local graphic artist who also conceived the unique logo of Discos Qualiton, Juglaría and Colección Privada. Qualiton's logo, a spiral to its center representing the groove in a vinyl record, incorporated the illusion of a human eye. The concept merged the idea of music and the visual arts in one label. Pablo Barragan, also a graphic designer, joined Qualiton as the in-house artist during the last years of Fonema.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ La Prensa, October 30, 1967. Article by Eduardo Lagos. Title: @Tango y Folklore
  2. ^ La Nación, Nov. 24, 1967

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