24/48: RPO - Mussorgsky. Pictures at an Exhibition (Eugene Goossens) ... French Overtures (Vilem Tausky) - HMV 1959/60

Modest Mussorgsky / orch. Ravel:  "Pictures at an Exhibition"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Eugene Goossens 
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HMV  SXLP 30068  1967 reissue (ALP1627 - no stereo). Matrices: 2YEA3071 -1 /3072 -2.  Recorded: 26/28 September 1957 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road. 

Daniel Auber:  "Fra Diavolo"   /   Étienne Méhul:  "Les deux aveugles de Tolède"
Adolphe Adam:  "La poupée de Nuremberg"   /   Georges Bizet:  "Le Docteur Miracle"   /    Jacques Offenbach:  "La Vie Parisienne"  
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Vilem Tausky  

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HMV  SXLP 30117  1969 reissue: previously 45rpm stereo EP's PES5258 (Auber/Mehul) & PES5271. Matrices: 2YEA3519/20 -2G. Single-sided tests; mastered 29 January 1969. Recorded: circa 1958/9 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road.     Sleeve-notes / SXLP30117 cover + ALP1627 sleeve / SRG 6 Mussorgsky review.   NOT ON CD  -  NO auto-declick/re-eq.. 

24/48: Leonid Kogan - Lalo. Symphonie espagnole / Tchaikovsky. Serenade + Meditation (+ Violin Concerto) - EMI 1959

Edouard Lalo:  Symphonie espagnole, op.21
I: Allegro non troppo ~ II: Scherzando (Allegro molto) ~ III: Intermezzo (Allegro non troppo) ~ IV: Andante ~ V: Rondo (Allegro) 
Peter Tchaikovsky:  Sérénade mélancolique in B minor, op.26 
Leonid Kogan, violin - The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Kiril Kondrashin 

Peter Tchaikovsky:  Meditation in D minor, op.42
Leonid Kogan, violin - Paris Conservatoire Orchestra  conducted by  Constantin Silvestri 

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EMI  Classics for Pleasure  CFP 40040   Recorded: 25-27 February 1959 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road  -&-  17 November 1959 - Salle Wagram, Paris.

Peter Tchaikovsky:  Violin Concerto in D major, op.35  I:  Adagio moderato  ~  II:  Canzonetta (Andante)  ~  III: Allegro vivacissimo.  Rec:  10/11+28 November 1959 - Salle Wagram, Paris.

EMI  Classics for Pleasure  CFP 40083         2 files 16/44 zip FLAC  Mega Download    (The LP transfer was low-level (peaks @ -5dB -and side 2 needed 2 dB amplification...also noted in 1962)   CFP sleeves / EMG reviews >>>    N.B: The Lalo is excellent.

24/48: Leonard Bernstein - Gershwin. Rhapsody in Blue -&- An American in Paris - CBS 1959

George Gershwin:
"Rhapsody in Blue"  
Columbia Symphony Orchestra - pianist & conductor   Leonard Bernstein 
 
"An American in Paris"
New York Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Leonard Bernstein 

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Philips  SABL 160  (Columbia MS6091)  1960 UK mastered/pressed. Matrices: 1Y-2 / 2Y-3.  Recorded: New York. Columbia 30th St.Studio -23 June 1959 / St.George Hotel -15 December 1958.  Original surface/No auto-declick/No re-eq.   Sleeve-note >>>

24/48: Rene Leibowitz / Paris Conservatoire Orchestra - Decca/Reader's Digest 1961

Georges Bizet: "Carmen" - Suite   /   Jacques Offenbach: "Les Contes d’Hoffmann" - Barcarolle
Maurice Ravel: "Bolero"   /   Charles Gounod: "Faust" - ballet music
RDS 5004 - Matrices: L70Y6507/8 -1W     4 files 16/44 FLAC  Mega Download           4 files  24/48  XR FLAC  Mega Download

W.A.Mozart: "Le Nozze di Figaro" - Overture   /   Giacomo Puccini: "Manon Lescaut" - Intermezzo
Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor" - Overture   /   Paul Dukas: "L’Apprenti sorcier"
Claude Debussy: Petite Suite - "En bateau"   /   Jacques Offenbach: "Orphée aux enfers" - Overture
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Daniel Auber: "Les Diamants de la couronne" - Overture   /   Charles Gounod: Funeral March of a Marionette
Gabriel Pierné: "Marche des petits soldats de plomb"   /   Camille Saint-Saens: "Danse macabre"
Maurice Ravel: "La Valse"   /    Alexander Borodin: "Prince Igor" - Polovtsian Dances    

RDS 5011 - Matrices: L70Y6521/2 -3W/-1W     6 files 16/44 FLAC  Mega Download         6 files  24/48  XR FLAC  Mega Download

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra  conducted by  René Leibowitz
Reader's Digest 12 LP box: "Festival of Light Classical Music". 1961 Decca LP's. Recorded: 18,21,23-27 June 1960 - La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris 
NO Auto de-click or Re-Eq..    Contains some distinctly substandard "Le 2nd XI" playing (but nice Trumpet) - however each LP contains decent (+) performances..

24/48: Nicolai Malko / Philharmonia - Borodin. Symphonies 2+3, Prince Igor / Liadov - HMV 1953/1955

Alexander Borodin:
"Prince Igor" – Polovtsian Dances (Act.2) & Polovtsian March (Act.3)
Anatol Liadov: 8 Russian Folksongs, op.58 
Liadov/Glazounov/Sokolov: "Les Vendredis" – Polka [arr. string orch.] 

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HMV  DLP 1092 (10")  1957 pressing/matrices: 0XEA498/499 -1N. Recorded: 28-31 January 1953 - Kingsway Hall / 1-2 May 1953 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road
 
Alexander Borodin:  Symphony no.2 in B minor

I: Allegro ~ II: Scherzo (Prestissimo) ~ III: Andante ~ IV: Finale (Allegro)
Symphony no.3 in A minor [completed: Glazounov] 
I: Moderato assai ~ II: Scherzo (Vivo) & Trio (Moderato)

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HMV  XLP 30010  (CLP1075)  1963 LP/matrices: 2XEA816/817 -3N. Recorded: 23/24 September 1955 - Kingsway Hall

The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Nicolai Malko
No auto-declick/re-eq ... Sleeve-notes / labels / EMG reviews >>>  

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 >>>

24/96: 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 -Kingsway Hall.  

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Sounds rather different to the 1980 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

Columbia  33CX 1241  1955 LP/matrices: XAX628 -2N / XAX629 -3N.   Recorded: 7/8 October 1954 - Kingsway Hall
(no auto de-click/re-eq)   Late 1955 'N' Purchase Tax pressing..  EMG review / Sleeve-note >>>  282 downloads OF JUST THE WAV to October 2025...