Gorg Ramifski

Fictional conductor of the equally fictitious Leipzig Pro Arte Symphony Orchestra, created by the Saga record label, after it was acquired by Associated Recordings Company, on a number of releases in the early to mid-1960s. The label gathered disparate works by the same composer by various pianists and attributed the entire record to the fictitious pianist Paul Procopolis. The backing orchestras and conductors on the recordings were likewise all credited to fictitious orchestra requiring fictitious conductors.

Ramifski appears to be a big Tchaikovsky fan.

On a few releases Ramifski instead conducts The Cincinnati Promenade Orchestra.

Discography

• Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 In B Minor Op. 74 "Pathetique", Leipzig Pro Arte Symphony Orchestra, Saga, 1963

• Tchaikovsky Pianoforte Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23 - Paul Procopolis, Leipzig Pro Arte Symphony Orchestra, Fidelity, A•R•C Records, FDY 2021

• Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 In E Minor, Op. 64 - The Cincinnati Promenade Symphony Orchestra, Fidelity

• Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade- Leipzig Pro Arte Symphony Orchestra, Saga FDY, Saga Fid

• Mendelssohn Italian Symphony - Schubert Symphony No.3 - Leipzig Pro Arte Symphony Orchestra Conductor, Saga Fid

• Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 In E Minor, Op. 64 ‎- The Cincinnati Promenade Symphony Orchestra, Lyrique HPG 1029

• Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 In F Minor, Opus 36 - Leipzig Pro Arte Symphony Orchestra, Fidelity FDY 2032

The different labels were all part of the same company, Associated Recordings Company (ARC).

See also

• Paul Procopolis
• Johann Walde

External Links

• SAGA Remembered
• Fiorentino Fakes: Continuing Saga of Concert Artist Recordings
• Pseudonymous reissues of Fiorentino's SAGA performances from the fifties
• Gorg Ramifski releases on Discogs