This specific release contains the historic 1948 premiere recording of Aaron Copland's Sonata for Violin and Piano, featuring American virtuoso Louis Kaufman on violin and composer Aaron Copland himself performing on the piano.

It is a highly celebrated performance because Copland rarely recorded his own chamber works as a pianist. 

* Record Label: Concert Hall Society Concert Hall Limited Recordings.

* Format: 3-disc album set, 12-inch records, playing at 78 RPM.

* Material: Thick Red Vinyl

* Release Year: 1948.

* Edition Type: Hand-numbered subscription series (stamped as Series C, Album 78 on the inner labels).

The first movement, "Andante Semplice".

The 2nd movement: "Lento". (The Lento movement depicted on this disc is noted by classical music critics for its calm, elevated, and elegiac tone).

The 3rd movement, "Allegretto giusto".

"Nocturne"

* Format: 12-inch vinyl disc pressed on a distinct ruby-red material.

* Recording Date: Tracked in 1947 in New York City, and officially distributed as a multi-disc subscription album set around 1948.

Copland composed the Sonata for Violin and Piano between 1942 and 1943. He dedicated the piece to Lieutenant Harry H. Dunham, a close friend and pilot who was killed in action during World War II. 

The Concert Hall Limited Recordings series was launched in late 1946 as a mail-order subscription service for audiophiles. Instead of standard heavy black shellac, they pressed their limited classical releases on vibrant red vinyl to provide cleaner sound reproduction with less surface noise. Because they were hand-numbered and distributed in runs of only a few thousand copies per release, complete sets in well-preserved condition are highly sought after by historical classical music collectors today.

 

* The Record Label: The Concert Hall Society was famous in the 1940s and 1950s for its mail-order subscription service. They pressed private, hand-numbered "Limited Edition" releases on premium, colorful plastic—most famously, their signature Red Vinyl.

* The Logo: The center label displays the distinct Concert Hall illustration featuring a pair of stylized hands holding a conductor’s baton.