User talk:Wfry6

Dear Mr. Fry, I saw your contributions on the Musical Heritage Society's wikipedia page and wanted to get in touch! I am a doctoral student in viola performance at the University of Illinois researching for my thesis on the multi-talented violist Emanuel "Manny" Vardi, who recorded several albums with Musical Heritage Society in the 1970s. I was wondering if I could possibly speak with you to learn more about the company, possibly how Manny became involved with MHS, and possibly verify the dates of the albums? (Unfortunately, no dates are listed on the LPs, so I was wondering if there might be catalogs or other ways I could check their release dates?) Here are the albums I know of, and if there are any I missed, I would love more information on them as well! c. 1971 Beethoven, Ludwig van. Complete String Trios, Friedman-Vardi-Silberstein Trio [Erik Friedman (Violin.), Emanuel Vardi (Viola), and Jascha Silberstein (cello)] Musical Heritage Society MHS 3687/8/9, ca. 1972 (Vardi performer and producer) c. 1971 The Virtuoso Sound, Jascha Silberstein (cello) and Linda Hall (piano), performing Emanuel Vardi’s Prelude and other pieces, Musical Heritage Society. MHS 3272 c. 1976 Serly, Tibor. Concerto for Viola and Orchestra. Performed by Emanuel Vardi (viola) and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by Tibor Serly. Musical Heritage Society, MHS 3306. c. 1977 Bax, Arnold. Works for Viola. Performed by Emanuel Vardi (viola), Abba Bogin (piano), and Margaret Ross (harp). Musical Heritage Society, MHS 3613. c. 1977 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus and Karl Stamitz. Violin-Viola Duos. Performed by Emanuel Vardi (viola and violin). Musical Heritage Society, MHS 3692. c. 1977 Serly, Tibor. Orchestral and Chamber Works. Performed by Emanuel Vardi (viola), Grace Harrington and Pauline Vardi (piano), with the Volksoper Orchestra of Vienna. Conducted by Franco Autori and Tibor Serly. Musical Heritage Society, MHS 3390. c. 1979 Williams, Ralph Vaughan and Sir Arthur Bliss. English Music for Viola and Piano. Performed by Emanuel Vardi (viola) and Frank Wienstock (piano). Musical Heritage Society, MHS 4043. Album cover art by Emanuel Vardi. c. 1979 Schumann, Robert and Max Bruch. Chamber Music. Performed by Emanuel Vardi (viola), John Weigand (clarinet), and Frank Weinstock (piano). Musical Heritage Society. MHS 4130 Thank you so much for any help you could provide! Please get in touch here: https://lydiaswada.wordpress.com/contact/ Lydia