24/48: Kathleen Long plays... Haydn. Piano Sonatas 20,31,40,46 - Decca 1956

Joseph Haydn:
Sonata In C Minor, no.20     
I: Allegro moderato ~ II: Andante con moto ~ III: Allegro    
Sonata In E Major, no.31                  
I: Moderato ~ II: Allegretto ~ III: Presto    
Sonata In A Flat Major, no.46        
I: Allegro moderato ~ II: Adagio ~ III: Presto    
Sonata In G Major, no.40        
I: Allegretto innocente  ~ II: Presto

Kathleen Long, piano      4 files 16/44 zip FLAC  Mega Download            4 files 24/48 zip XR FLAC  Mega Download

Decca  LXT 5144  1956 pressing/matrices: ARL2896 -2A / ARL2895 -3A.  Recorded: 21-23 September 1955 - West Hampstead Studios.  Wet-Cleaned 'to perfection' but Decca must've wiped the stampers with a filthy rag: so mucho editing (again). '1.3' de-click +<1.4dB treble. The covers for LXT2963 (Faure/Francaix) + LM4541 (Scarlatti: NO CD) added below (not transferring those...)    NOT ON CD    Sleeve-note >>>

24/48: Wilhelm Furtwangler / Vienna Philharmonic - Tchaikovsky. Symphony 4 - HMV 1951

Peter Tchaikovsky:  Symphony no.4 in F minor, op.36

I: Andante sostenuto-Moderato con anima-Moderato assai, quasi Andante-Allegro vivo ~ II: Andantino in modo di canzona ~ III: Scherzo: Pizzicato ostinato-Allegro ~ IV: Finale: Allegro con fuoco

Wiener Philharmoniker  conducted by  Wilhelm Furtwängler

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EMI Encore  ENC 109  (HMV ALP 1025). 1961 First Edition LP/matrices: 2XVH22/23 -7N.  Recorded: 4,8-10 January 1951 - Musikvereinsaal, Vienna.  

Very Hi-Fi for a 1951 EMI recording (Spectrum reaches 21kHz).  Original surface + No re-eq or auto de-click..  Sleeve-note/labels >>> 

24/48: Michelangeli / Philharmonia / Gracis - Rachmaninov -&- Ravel. Piano Concertos - HMV 1957

Sergei Rachmaninov:  Piano Concerto no.4 in G minor, op.40
I: Allegro vivace ~ II: Largo ~ III: Allegro vivace

Maurice Ravel:  Piano Concerto in G major
I: Allegramente ~ II: Adagio assai ~ III: Presto
   
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Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, piano - The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Ettore Gracis

HMV  ALP 1538  1961 pressing/matrices: 2XEA1179/80 -2N.  Recorded: 7,8,10 March 1957 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road.
The Mono tapings (closer microphone balance). No auto de-click or re-eq.  Sleeve-note / labels / EMG review >>>

24/48: Colin Horsley / RPO / Cameron - Stravinsky. Capriccio -&- Ireland. Piano Concerto - HMV 1958

Igor Stravinsky:  Capriccio
I: Presto ~ II: Andante rapsodico ~ III: Allegro capriccioso ma tempo giusto

John Ireland:
Piano Concerto in E flat major
I: In tempo moderato ~ II: Lento espressivo ~ III: Allegro giocoso

Colin Horsley, piano  - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Basil Cameron

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HMV  CLP 1182   First Edition 1958 LP/matrices: 2XEA1357 -1N / 2XEA1358 -2N.  Recorded: November 1957 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road.
Stravinsky  NOT ON CD ?  Ireland stereo issued 1977 (SLS5080 4LP).   No auto declick or re-eq.   Sleeve-note / EMG review / labels >>>

24/48: Charles Mackerras / LSO - "Favourite Music of Eric Coates" - Columbia 1956

Eric Coates:  "The Merrymakers" - Overture
"Summer Days" Suite - At the Dance
"The Three Men" Suite - The Man from the Sea
"London Again" Suite - March: Oxford Street
"The Three Bears" (A Phantasy)
"By the Sleepy Lagoon"
"The Three Elizabeths" Suite - March: Queen Elizabeth 

London Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Charles Mackerras

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Columbia  33S 1092  1956 10" LP/matrices: XA937/8 -1N.  Recorded: 23/24 May 1956 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road.  No re-eq/auto-declick.   Sleeve-note >>>   24/96 Eric Coates 1953 >>>

24/48: Oivin Fjeldstad / LSO - Grieg. Peer Gynt - Decca 1958

Edvard Grieg: "Peer Gynt". op.23 - incidental music

SIDE ONE: Prelude ~ Morning Mood ~ The Death of Ase ~ Anitra's Dance ~ In the Hall of the Mountain King
SIDE TWO: Ingrid's Abduction and Lament ~ Arab Dance ~ Peer Gynt's Home-Coming ~ Solvejg's Song ~ Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter   
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London Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Øivin Fjeldstad

Decca  SXL 2012  (London CS 6049 - 1960 pressing). Matrices: ZAL3901 -6D / ZAL3902 -2E.  Recorded: 17-19 February 1958 - Kingsway Hall.

Sleeve-note / EMG review >>>

24/48: Herbert von Karajan / Philharmonia - Mussorgsky-Ravel. Pictures at an Exhibition - Columbia 1957

Modest Mussorgsky (orch. Maurice Ravel): "Pictures at an Exhibition"

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The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Herbert von Karajan

Columbia  33CX 1421  1957 pressing. Matrices: XAX977/978 -1N.  Rec: 11/12 October 1955 + 18 June 1956 (initial Verdi:Falstaff sessions) -Kingsway Hall.  

24/96 WAV file: https://www.mediafire.com/file/zb7yg9q0n95pc7d/2496MussorgskyPictures-Karajan1957.wav/file  (640+ downloads of the WAV to August 2025)   1962 Maazel Pictures etc re-edited:- http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com/2021/09/claude-debussy-prelude-lapres-midi-dun.html    

Sounds rather different to my 1980-bought SXLP stereo - possibly some takes are different?    No auto de-click/re-eq.   Sleeve-note / EMG review / labels >>>

24/48: Hugo Rignold / Paris Conservatoire - Delibes. Sylvia -&- Coppelia - Decca/RCA 1959

Leo Delibes: "Sylvia"
Prelude - Les Chasseresses - Intermezzo & Valse lente - Pizzicati & Cortege de Bacchus

Leo Delibes: "Coppelia"
Prelude et Mazurka - Scene et Valse de la poupee - Czardas - Valse de Swanhilda - Ballade et Theme slave varie

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Paris Conservatoire Orchestra  conducted by  Hugo Rignold

RCA  VICS 1130  1965 (Plum label) reissue of RCA LSC2485. US LP/matrices: SVRS3840/1 -1S/2S.  Recorded: 2/4 May 1959 -La Maison de la Chimie, Paris.  

NOT ON CD   No auto de-click/eq.  Some less than Stellar soloists!   Sleeve-note / EMG review / Desormiere reissue LXT5217 sleeve >>>

24/48: Leonid Kogan / Paris Conservatoire / Constantin Silvestri - Beethoven. Violin Concerto - EMI 1959

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Violin Concerto in D major, op.61 
I: Allegro ma non troppo (Cadenza by Joachim) -Tempo 1 ~ II: Larghetto ~ III: Rondo -Allegro (Cadenza by Joachim) -Tempo 1 

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Leonid Kogan, violin - Paris Conservatoire Orchestra  conducted by  Constantin Silvestri

EMI Classics For Pleasure  CFP 139. 1970 reissue of Columbia SAX2386. Matrices: YLX1052/3 -5G.  Recorded: 16+28 November 1959 - Salle Wagram, Paris.

Languid performance!  Sleeve-note / EMG review / labels  (+Silvestri's 1957-1963 EMG reviews + early CFP booklet..)  >>>

24/48: Leonid Kogan / Paris Conservatoire / Silvestri - Mozart. Violin Concerto 3 -&- Mendelssohn. Violin Concerto - EMI 1959

W.A.Mozart: Violin Concerto no.3 in G major, K.216
I: Allegro -(Cadenza by Franko)- Tempo 1 ~ II: Adagio -(Cadenza by Franko)- Tempo 1 ~ III: Rondo (Allegro-Andante-Allegretto-Tempo 1)
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Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
I: Allegro molto appassionato (Cadenza) - Tempo 1 - Presto ~ II: Andante ~ III: Allegretto non troppo
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Leonid Kogan, violin - Paris Conservatoire Orchestra  conducted by  Constantin Silvestri

EMI Classics for Pleasure  CFP 40031   Matrices: YLX1060 -1 / YLX1061 -2. 1973 First UK Stereo: originally Columbia 33CX1744 mono (French Stereo SAXF138). Recorded: 26/7 & 13/14/18 November 1959 - Salle Wagram, Paris.
No auto declick/re-eq. Slight LF noises in Mozart start for a few mins. Edited-away various glitches. Shure V15/3E original. Sleeve-note / EMG review / labels >>>  

The 1954 (stereo) Christian Ferras Mozart VC3/'7' still available @ http://themusicparlour.blogspot.com/2010/03/karl-munchinger-conducts-liszt-mazeppa_19.html

24/48: Tchaikovsky. Violin Concerto - Alfredo Campoli / LSO / Ataulfo Argenta - Decca 1956

Peter Tchaikovsky: 
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35  
I:  Adagio moderato  ~  II:  Canzonetta (Andante)  ~  III: Allegro vivacissimo 

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Alfredo Campoli, violin  - London Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Ataulfo Argenta

London  CS 6011 (Decca SXL 2029). 1958 pressing/matrices: ZAL3456/7 -1E.  Recorded: 27-28 December 1956 - Kingsway Hall.   Sleeve-note/labels >>>

More Campoli: http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com/2015/07/2448-alfredo-campoli-plays-bruch-violin.html
The 1950 Ricci: http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com/2014/02/2496-tchaikovsky-violin-concerto.html

24/48: Ferenc Fricsay / Berlin RSO - Kodaly ~ Einem ~ Stravinsky - DGG 1963

Zoltan Kodaly:  "Hary Janos" - Suite   (John Leach, cymbalum)
(Prelude, Viennese musical clock, Song, The battle and defeat of Napoleon, Intermezzo, Entrance of the Emperor and his court)
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Igor Stravinsky:  Movements for Piano & Orchestra   (Margrit Weber, piano)
Gottfried von Einem:  Ballade for Orchestra, op.23
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Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin  conducted by  Ferenc Fricsay

Deutsche Grammophon  SLPM 138 828  1963 LP. Matrices: 10-1962 / 4-1963. Recorded: Kodaly: 2-3 November 1961...Stravinsky: 14 September 1960...Einem: September 1961 -Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin.  Sleeve-note / labels >>>

Einem Piano Concerto: http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com/2013/11/einem-herzog-fricsay-blacher-haefliger.html

24/48: George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra - Walton. Symphony 2 -&- Partita - CBS 1962

Sir William Walton: Symphony no.2    
I: Allegro molto ~ II: Lento assai ~ III: Passacaglia: Theme, Ten Variations, Fugato & Coda - Scherzando
    
Sir William Walton: Partita For Orchestra    
I: Toccata (brioso) ~ II: Pastorale Siciliana (andante comodo) ~ III: Giga burlesca (allegro gioviale)

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The Cleveland Orchestra  conducted by  George Szell

EMI World Records  STP 624  1966 LP/1962 SAX2459 matrices: YAX913 -3 / YAX914 -2. Recorded: a) 24 February + 3 March 1961 / b) 21 January 1959 - Severance Hall, Cleveland
Sleeve-note/label >>>   (+ Alien commentary from MrM Musicbox..)

24/48: Leonard Bernstein / Columbia SO - Fancy Free ~ El Salon Mexico ~ La Creation du Monde - CBS 1951/1956

Leonard Bernstein:  "Fancy Free" - Ballet suite
Opening Dance & Scene at the Bar ~ Pas de Deux ~ Competition Scene & 1st Variation  ~ 2nd Variation  ~ 3rd Variation  ~ Finale

Aaron Copland:  "El Salón México"

Darius Milhaud:  "La Création du monde", op.81a     (Benny Goodman, clarinet)

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Columbia Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Leonard Bernstein

Columbia  CL 920  Original pressing/matrices: XLP38400 -1H / XLP38384 -2C. Recorded: a) 18 July 1956 - b) 23 March 1951 - c) 21 March 1951 - Columbia 30th St.Studio -New York.  1.3 declick/1.5dB treble.   Cover Scans Feb.2013 (intended upload..).    Sleeve-note/labels >>>      

Previously uploaded on Music Parlour: the 1952 Capitol version of "Fancy Free" + Copland "Rodeo" Joseph Levine-Ballet Theatre

24/48: Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia - Hindemith. Nobilissima Visione -&- Brahms. Haydn Variations - Columbia 1955

Paul Hindemith:  "Nobilissima Visione" - suite
(Einleitung & Rondo, Marsch & Pastorale ... Passacaglia) 

Johannes Brahms:  "Variations on a Theme by Haydn", op.56a
(Theme - Variations - Finale)

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The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Otto Klemperer

EMI / Columbia  33CX 1241  1955 LP/matrices: XAX628 -2N / XAX629 -3N.   Recorded: 7/8 October 1954 - Kingsway Hall
2012 cover scans (intended uploading then..) 1.3 de-click/+1.5dB treble. Late 1955 'N' Purchase Tax pressing..  EMG review / Sleeve-note >>>  

3 files 24/48 zip XR WAV MediaFire    No auto de-click/extra treble (declick reduces high treble <0.5dB.  PU response (Shure V15/III cartridge - original 'E' (Brahms) & 'HE' (Hindemith) dips @ the 10kHz point by < the 1.5dB enhancement).  Early 33CX Klemperer transfers are quite bright (also the  Beethoven Overture LP  below).

24/48: Josef Krips / Philharmonia - Firebird -&- Rosenkavalier - HMV 1963

Igor Stravinsky:  "Fire Bird" - suite (1919)
Introduction - L'Oiseau de Feu et sa danse - Variation de l'oiseau de feu - Ronde des princesses
Danse infernale du roi Kastchei - Berceuse - Finale

Richard Strauss:  "Der Rosenkavalier" - suite

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The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Josef Krips

HMV  ASD 654  1968 LP/Matrices: 2YEA838 -4G / 2YEA839 -2G.   Recorded: 29 May / 1 June 1963 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road
1.3 declick +1.5dB treble . (Quickly deleted LP)  Firebird split into 2 files. Sleeve-note + Labels >>> (downloads to August 2025 =682)...

24/48: Herbert von Karajan - Philharmonia Promenade Concert - Columbia 1960

Emil Waldteufel:  Skaters' Waltz (Les patineurs), op.183
Johann Strauss II:  Tritsch-Tratsch polka, op.214
Johann Strauss I:  Radetzky March, op.228
Emmanuel Chabrier:  Espana
Emmanuel Chabrier:  Marche Joyeuse
Johann Strauss II:  Thunder & Lightning Polka, op.324
Franz von Suppe:  Light Cavalry – overture
Jaromir Weinberger:  Schwanda the Bagpiper – polka
Jacques Offenbach:  Orphee aux enfers – overture

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The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Herbert von Karajan

EMI Classics for Pleasure  CFP 40368   1981 reissue of SAX2404. Matrices: YAX657 -7 / YAX658 -7.   Recorded: 20-24 September 1960 -Kingsway Hall
1.3 declick + 1.5dB treble.  BeechamTrust/EMG 1982 review / Sleeve-note + Cover for the 1955 Mono 33CX1335 >>> 

24/48: Sir Malcolm Sargent / BBC SO - Sibelius. Symphony 2 - HMV 1958

Jean Sibelius: 
Symphony no.2 in D major, op.43  
I: Allegretto  ~  II: Tempo andante ma rubato  ~  III: Vivacissimo  ~  IV: Allegro moderato    

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BBC Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Malcolm Sargent

EMI Music for Pleasure  MFP 2052  (HMV ALP 1639). 1966 LP/matrices: 2XEA1285/6 -2.  Recorded: 9+12 August 1957 - Kingsway Hall

Re-edited August 2025 from 24/96 WAV - now no auto-declick or re-eq as not really needed. Just a few traces of minor groove-rustle in mvt.3 - some tape-edits removed - and as 3 files. Some intense string/brass-playing carries this performance..  NOT ON CD    Sleeve-note + Labels  >>>

24/48: Eugen Jochum / Amsterdam Concertgebouw - Mozart. Symphonies 36 & 38 - Philips 1961

W.A.Mozart: Symphony no.36 in C major, K.425  ("Linz")
I: Adagio-Allegro spirituoso ~ II: Poco adagio ~ III: Menuetto ~ IV: Presto 
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W.A.Mozart: Symphony no.38 in D major, K.504  ("Prague")
I: Adagio-Allegro ~ II: Adagio ~ III: Finale (Presto)
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Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam  conducted by  Eugen Jochum
Philips Universo  6580 023  1972 UK LP/Dutch matrices: 6580 023 -1/-1.  Recorded: 11-13 December 1961 -Grote Zaal, Amsterdam  
Intended uploading this in April but as CRQ have just done the Krips/RPO Mozart/Haydn (here) - decided to complete editing these files. Just a wash'n'go - no auto-declick - so not a snooze-a-thon. Transfer a bit brighter/cleaner than the 1968 Festivo reissue.   Philips "Festivo" SFM 23024  Cover & Sleeve-note >>>  

24/48: Edward Elgar. Violin Sonata - Alan Loveday & Leonard Cassini ... String Quartet - Aeolian Quartet - Concert Artist 1966

Sir Edward Elgar: Violin Sonata in E minor, op.82     Allegro ~ Romance - Andante ~ Allegro non troppo  

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Alan Loveday, violin  &  Leonard Cassini, piano 

Sir Edward Elgar:  String Quartet in E minor, op.83    I: Allegro moderato  ~  II: Piacevole (Poco andante)  ~  III: Finale (Allegro molto)   
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The Aeolian String Quartet     
(Sydney Humphreys  &  Raymond Keenlyside, violins - Watson Forbes, viola - Derek Simpson, 'cello)

Concert Artist  STCAM.5002  1966 LP/matrices.  The Violin Sonata is very vivid. 1963 published recordings. Scarce LP.   Recorded: Sonotape Studios, Soho, London.

NOT ON CD   Original surface ('CD quiet' + manual edits)   1965 Summit stereo LP of the Aeolian Qt in Elgar String Qt + Vaughan Williams Qt no.1 >>>     Sleeve-note / labels >>> 

24/48: Eduard van Beinum / Amsterdam Concertgebouw - Bruckner. Symphony 9 - Philips 1956

Anton Bruckner: Symphony no.9 in D minor

I: Feierlich, Misterioso  ~  II: Scherzo (Bewegt, lebhaft) Trio (Schnell)  ~  III: Adagio (Langsam, feierlich)

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Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam  conducted by  Eduard van Beinum

Philips Fontana  6530 058  1977 mono LP - Dutch matrices: 1L1 / 2L2 - UK pressing.  Recorded: 17-19 September 1956 - Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.  

(uninspiring 3rd movement! - poor intonation!!)  Sleeve-note / labels + Philips cover / 2nd mvt (screenshot) comparison ++ Moore review: Hi-Lites>>>

Ralph Moore's typically fawning review of Mr Pristine's 'Enhanced' Faked Rubbish @  https://www.musicwebinternational.com/2023/02/bruckner-symphony-9-pristine-audio/

24/48: Charles Munch / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Bizet. Symphony 1 / Tchaikovsky. Francesca da Rimini - Reader's Digest 1963

Peter Tchaikovsky: "Francesca da Rimini", op.32
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Georges Bizet:  Symphony in C
I:  Allegro vivo  ~  II:  Adagio  ~  III:  Allegro vivace ; Trio  ~  IV:  Allegro vivace
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Charles Munch 
Reader's Digest  RDS 5025 (12LP boxset)  1963 Decca LP/matrices: P2RS-2091/2 -1G.  Recorded: 5 & 9/10 April 1963 -Walthamstow Assembly Hall. 

The Tchaikovsky is without faults as on the Brahms 4/Reiner... The Bizet is altogether excellent with some sparkling playing. Not bothering with the other Orchestral's in the Treasury set - CRQ Editions will do £9 specials of this/the lot - but 5 are already here (+Danon/Kempe/Krips/Reiner)...go there!

NB: By May 2025 over 4100 downloads of this post...

Album-notes >>> 

24/48: Fritz Reiner / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Brahms. Symphony 4 - RCA/Decca 1962

Johannes Brahms:  Symphony no.4 in E minor, op.98
I:  Allegro non troppo   ~  II:  Andante moderato  ~  III:  Allegro giocoso  ~  IV:  Allegro energico e passionato  
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Fritz Reiner 
Reader's Digest  RDS 5021 (12LP boxset) 1963 Decca LP/matrices:  NO8Y-0804/5 -1G.  Recorded: 2/3, 5 October 1962 -Walthamstow Assembly Hall. 

1.3 de-click + 1.5dB Treble.  Album-notes >>>  

The microphone-placement was possibly poor - or some fault in the cutter stylus - with a buzzy vagueness.

24/48: Josef Krips / London SO - Brahms. Symphony 4 - Decca 1950

Johannes Brahms:  Symphony no.4 in E minor, op.98
I:  Allegro non troppo   ~  II:  Andante moderato  ~  III:  Allegro giocoso  ~  IV:  Allegro energico e passionato  
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London Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Josef Krips 
Decca  LXT 5368  (1957 reissue of LXT 2517) 1958 LP/matrices: ARL332 -2DR / ARL333 -1DR. Recorded: 17,19,20 April 1950 -Kingsway Hall.

Sleeve-note / 1950 EMG review >>>  (Listened to this as a 6yo..)  A superbly balanced & detailed recording.