The 33 Record is showing light scratches but plays well. The sleeve has wear on the edges. Shipped the next business day! We own a small family book store and sell our extra books and media that have been on our shelves for too long. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: Estancia is a one-act ballet in five scenes. It was commissioned in 1941 by Lincoln Kirstein for his American Ballet Caravan, then touring South America, and was to have had choreography by George Balanchine. Ginastera: Estancia -- ballet Suite --- Alberto Ginastera, one of Argentina's most successful teachers and composers, was in Buenos Aires in 1916 and studied there at the National Conservatory of Music and Scenic Arts of Province of Buenos Aires at La Plata. He has written music in many different forms, some of it commissioned by North Americans, whom he met while working in the US on a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1946. Mention the name George Antheil to almost anyone acquainted with American music of our century, and the chances are the reply will be, "Oh, he's the fellow who wrote the Ballet Mecanique that was scored for airplane propeller, siren, electric bell, ten player pianos, and heaven knows what else". Ballet Mecanique created a sensation when it was first performed in 1926, and scared nearly everyone away from Antheil's music for some years. But he has long since stopped shocking people with his compositions, and has been creating works, such as the Fourth Symphony, that are marked by an honesty of expression, coupled with power, sweep and individuality, earning him a place among our most respected native composers.