Alfred Wallenstein conducts the MGM Orchestra in von Suppe's Overture to THE POET AND THE PEASANT.
Wallenstein was a cellist, composer, and from 1943 through 1956, conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The MGM orchestra was part of the vast array of musicians that MGM kept on hand and on call to perform the scores for their many movies. Towards the end of short story production, in the middle of the 1950s, MGM produced three shorts with the orchestra performing, usually under Johnny Green. They were shot in Technicolor and a wide aspect ratio, to show off their technical proficiency, and the sound was definitely stereophonic.
Wallenstein was a cellist, composer, and from 1943 through 1956, conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The MGM orchestra was part of the vast array of musicians that MGM kept on hand and on call to perform the scores for their many movies. Towards the end of short story production, in the middle of the 1950s, MGM produced three shorts with the orchestra performing, usually under Johnny Green. They were shot in Technicolor and a wide aspect ratio, to show off their technical proficiency, and the sound was definitely stereophonic.