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.  Recorded: 11/12 October 1955 + 18 June 1956 (initial Verdi:Falstaff sessions) -Kingsway Hall.  

Sounds rather different to my 1980-bought SXLP stereo - possibly some takes are different?    No auto de-click/re-eq.  

Super-duper 24/96 WAV file: https://www.mediafire.com/file/zb7yg9q0n95pc7d/2496MussorgskyPictures-Karajan1957.wav/file
The 1962 Maazel Pictures etc re-edited:- http://pristineclassics.blogspot.com/2021/09/claude-debussy-prelude-lapres-midi-dun.html          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. A few issues evaded review..)  >>>

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 after bad reviews!!)  Firebird split into 2 files.   Sleeve-note + Labels >>>  

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

The last of the unedited files - this from a few months back - as didn't wish to wet-clean. 1.3 declick + 1dB treble (a few traces of minor groove-rustle). Some intense string/brass-playing carries this performance..  NOT ON CD    Sleeve-note + Labels + 2nd issue MFP inner sleeve >>>

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 £8 specials of this/the lot - but 5 are already here (+Danon/Kempe/Krips/Reiner)...go there!

NB: By September 2023 (10 months) there were some 2500 downloads of this post..got ONE (brief) comment: hardly surprising that I no longer care!!

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.

24/48: Sir Adrian Boult / London Philharmonic - Vaughan Williams. Job - Decca 1954

Ralph Vaughan Williams:  "Job"  (A Masque For Dancing)    
Side 1:  Introduction and Saraband of the Sons Of God - Satan's Dance of Triumph - Minuet of the Sons Of Job and their Wives - Job's Dream    
Side 2:  Job's Dance of the Three Messengers - Dance of Job's Comforters - Elihu's Dance of Youth and Beauty - Galliard of the Sons of the Morning - Epilogue

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Joseph Shadwick, solo violin - London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Adrian Boult
    
Decca  LXT 2937  1955 pressing/matrices: ARL2035/6 -1B.  Recorded: 9,11-13 January 1954 - Kingsway Hall
"1.3" Declick +2.75dB Treble (max) @ 10kHz.  Later LP transfers less good than this.. 
Boult's 1946 version   (more Boult RVW there..)      Boult's 1954 RVW Symphony 4  (sounds better than 'recent competition'...)       Sleeve-note  >>>  

24/48: Josef Krips / Royal Philharmonic - Mozart. Symphony 35 -&- Haydn. Symphony 104 - Reader's Digest 1962

W.A.Mozart: Symphony no.35 in D K.385, “Haffner”
I: Allegro con spirito ~ II: Andante ~ III: Menuetto ~ IV: Finale - Presto 

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Franz Josef Haydn: Symphony no.104 in D, “London”
I: Adagio; Allegro ~ II: Andante ~ III: Minuet & Trio ~ IV: Allegro spiritoso 

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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Josef Krips

Reader's Digest  RDS 5026. 12LP boxset. 1963 Decca LP/Matrices: NO8Y-0815/0816 -1R. Recorded: 28-29 September 1962 -Walthamstow Assembly Hall.
Mozart 35 appears superior to Israel PO (SXL - the original unplayed LP is too valuable to wet-clean - nor prepared to wet-clean the other Krips 'as new' 1956/7 LXT). Have 3x sets of this 12LP box..4 other LP's are on this blog - see Munch, above.  Booklet notes + Covers for 4x Krips Mozart/Haydn's >>>

24/48: Anthony Collins / New SO - Elgar -&- Vaughan Williams - Decca 1952

Sir Edward Elgar:
Introduction and Allegro, op.47
Serenade in E minor, op.20

Ralph Vaughan Williams:
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
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New Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Anthony Collins

Decca  LXT 2699  c.1957 1st edition re-cut matrices: ARL1195/1196-2DR. Recorded: 31 March/1 April 1952 - West Hampstead Studios.  Sleeve-note >>>

24/48: Karel Ancerl / Czech Philharmonic - Prokofiev. Alexander Nevsky - Supraphon 1963

Sergei Prokofiev:  "Alexander Nevsky", op.78

1: Russia under the Mongolian Yoke ~ 2: Song about Alexander Nevsky ~ 3: The Crusaders in Pskov ~ 4: Rise Up, you, Russian People
5: Battle on the Ice ~ 6: Field of the Dead ~ 7: Alexander's Entry into Pskov  

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Vera Soukupova, Contralto  -&-  Czech Singers' Chorus  conducted by  Jan Kuhn
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Karel Ancerl 

Supraphon  SUAST 50053  1964 pressing/matrices: VST91/92 -C/B.  Recorded: 30 January ~ 2 February 1962 - Dvorak Hall, Prague. 

'1.3' de-click/+1.5dB Treble.   Sleeve-notes + Labels >>>

24/48: Sir Malcolm Sargent / LSO - Vaughan Williams. Serenade ~ Toward The Unknown Region ~ Greensleeves ~ The Wasps - HMV 1957

Ralph Vaughan Williams:
Serenade to Music 
(soloists: Elsie Morison, Margorie Thomas, Duncan Robertson, Trevor Anthony + Chorus)
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Toward the Unknown Region  (with Chorus)     "The Wasps" - overture    (Excellent 'Wasps'..)

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London Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Malcolm Sargent

HMV  ALP 1499  1957 LP/Matrices: 2XEA1217/1218 -1N /2N    Recorded: 7-9 May 1957 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road

The stereo CD was apparently an improvement. Same matrices here used for CLP/MFP reissues.
These (still  NOT ON CD ) 2010 transfers slightly re-edited  1952 Sargent/BBC SO RVW: Tallis Fantasia / Elgar Wand of Youth 2       Sleeve-note / EMG review >>>   ('1.3' de-click + slight Treble)

24/96: Albert Wolff / Paris Conservatoire - Auber. Overtures - Decca 1955

Daniel-Francois Auber:
Masaniello  (La Muette de Portici)
The Bronze Horse
Fra Diavolo
The Crown Diamonds 

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L'Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris  conducted by  Albert Wolff

Decca  LXT 5005  1955 LP/Matrices: ARL2355/6 -1A.  Recorded: 29 September 1954 - La Maison de la Mutualite, Paris

Sleeve-note / EMG reviews >>>  High-level LP mastering (+3dB). Treble +2.5dB @10kHz / flat Bass. '1' de-click   "Le Domino noir" included in SXL 2008 >>> 

24/48: Lorin Maazel / Philharmonia - Pictures at an Exhibition -&- Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune - Columbia 1962

Claude Debussy:  "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune"

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

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The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Lorin Maazel

EMI Eminence  EMX 2008  1983 LP/matrices: YAX953 -13 / YAX954 -5.  Recorded: June/August 1962 - Kingsway Hall.
The original 24/96 files (go past 45kHz) were slightly de-clicked ('1.1') . These a Dec.'22 edit + further re-edit May '24 (from original 24/96 wav: no auto de-click).  Debussy NOT ON CD.  Sleeve-note / EMG+BeechamTrust reviews >>>  1962 Maazel / Philharmonia  R.Strauss Zarathustra + Eulenspiegel >>>