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artone 4 CD SET 20 60 PAGE BOOKLET CLASSICAL ARTISTS ar|to|ne [lat.]: 1. Kunstwort aus »ars« (Kunst) und »tonus« (Ton). 2. Klassik-CD-Edition mit 60 legendären Künstlerinnen und Künstlern des 20. Jahrhunderts. Die 60 Boxen mit je 4 CDs sind im aufwändigen 24 Bit / 96 kHz-Mastering digital bearbeitet und im Aquarell-Artwork exklusiv gestaltet. Jede Box enthält außerdem eine 20-seitige Biographie in deutscher und englischer Sprache. Ebenfalls erhältlich: »Designo« Musikalische und künstlerische Porträts berühmter Komponisten aus 300 Jahren Musikgeschichte. In 40 Boxen, mit je 4 CDs im 24 Bit / 96 kHz-Mastering. Mit exklusiver Coverart und je 20-seitigem Biographie-Booklet in deutscher und englischer Sprache. ar|to|ne [lat.]: 1. Word coinage from »ars« (art) and »tonus« (tone). 2. Classical CD edition featuring 60 legendary 20th century artists. The 60 box sets (each with 4 CDs) have been digitally processed in lavish 24 bit / 96 kHz mastering and the aquarell artwork has been designed exclusively for the sets. In addition, each box contains a 20 page biography in German and English. Also available: »Designo« Musical and artistic portraits of famous composers from 300 years of music history. 40 box sets (each with 4 CDs) in 24 Bit / 96 kHz mastering. Each of the box sets has exclusive cover artwork and a 20 page biography booklet in German and English. ORDER NO. ISBN 04 222325-354 3-86562-052-3 JUSTUS FRANTZ (*1944) (Conductor) Philharmonie der Nationen 1 BEETHOVEN Overture »Egmont« Op. 84 MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY Symphony No. 4 in A major Op. 90 »Italian« SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Op. 97 »Rhenish« 2 DVORÁK Symphony No. 8 in G major Op. 88 TCHAIKOVSKY »Romeo & Juliet« Fantasy overture GRIEG »From Holberg’s Time: Suite in Olden Style« Op. 40 3 RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 2 in E minor Op. 27 PROKOFIEV Symphonie classique Op. 25 SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture for Orchestra in A major Op. 96 4 RESPIGHI »Pines of Rome« Symphonic poem BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra 05 ORDER NO. ISBN 06 222326-354 3-86562-053-1 HERBERT VON KARAJAN (1908 –1989) (Conductor) Wiener Philharmoniker * Philharmonia Orchestra ** 1 MOZART Clarinet Concerto in A major KV 622 Leopold Wlach (clarinet) Recorded 1949 * Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major KV 447 Dennis Brain (horn) Recorded 1953 ** J. STRAUSS Waltzes An der schönen blauen Donau Op. 314 (Blue Danube Waltz) Kaiser-Walzer Op. 437 (Emperor Waltz) Wiener Blut Op. 354 (Vienna Blood) Recorded 1946 & 1949 * 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F major Op. 68 »Pastoral« Recorded 1953 ** Symphony No. 7 in A major Op. 92 Recorded 1951 ** 3 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 4 in A minor Op. 63 Recorded 1953 ** VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Recorded 1953 ** BRITTEN Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge Op. 10 Recorded 1953 ** 4 BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra Recorded 1953 ** R. STRAUSS »Metamorphosen« Study for 23 solo strings Recorded 1949 * 07 ORDER NO. ISBN 08 222327-354 3-86562-054-X ARTURO TOSCANINI (1867–1957) (Conductor) NBC Symphony Orchestra 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Op. 55 »Eroica« Recorded 1939 Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67 Recorded 1939 2 SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 in C major D. 944 »The Great« Recorded 1953 SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Op. 95 »Rhenish« Recorded 1949 3 MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op. 107 »Reformation« Recorded 1953 DVORÁK Symphony No. 9 in E minor Op. 95 »From the New World« Recorded 1953 4 DEBUSSY »Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune« Recorded 1953 »La Mer« Recorded 1950 RAVEL »Daphnis et Chloé« Suite No. 2 Recorded 1949 GERSHWIN »An American in Paris« Symphonic poem for orchestra Recorded 1945 09 ORDER NO. ISBN 10 222328-354 3-86562-055-8 WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER (1886–1954) (Conductor) Wiener Philharmoniker * Berliner Philharmoniker ** Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele ‡ 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125 »Choral« Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) Elisabeth Höngen (contralto) Hans Hopf (tenor) Otto Edelmann (bass) Recorded 1951 live at Bayreuth Festival ‡ 2 SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B minor D. 759 »Unfinished« Recorded 1950 * SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 in D minor Op. 120 Recorded 1953 ** SMETANA »The Moldau« (Vltava) Symphonic poem from »My Country« (Má Vlast) Recorded 1951 * 3 BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68 Recorded 1947 live * WAGNER »Tannhäuser« Overture Recorded 1952 * »Götterdämmerung« Prelude to Act I: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey Recorded 1954 * 4 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8 in C minor (Edition prepared by Furtwängler, based on the Haas Revision 1892) Recorded 1944 * 11 ORDER NO. ISBN 12 222329-354 3-86562-056-6 ARTHUR SCHNABEL (1882–1951) (Pianist) 1 BACH Concerto No. 2 in C major for Two Pianos BWV 1061 Karl Ulrich Schnabel (piano) London Symphony Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Recorded 1936 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor KV 466 Philharmonia Orchestra Walter Süsskind (conductor) Recorded 1948 Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major KV 467 London Symphony Orchestra Malcolm Sargent (conductor) Recorded 1937 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major Op. 73 »Emperor« Philharmonia Orchestra Alceo Galliera (conductor) Recorded 1947 Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 »Pathétique« Recorded 1934 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 27 »Moonlight« Recorded 1934 3 SCHUBERT Impromptus D. 935 Op. 142 Recorded 1950 Piano Sonata in B flat major D. 960 Recorded 1939 4 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op. 83 BBC Symphony Orchestra Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) Recorded 1935 Rhapsody in G minor Op. 79/2 Recorded 1947 Intermezzo in A minor Op. 116/2 Recorded 1947 SCHUMANN »Kinderszenen« Op. 15 Recorded 1947 13 ORDER NO. ISBN 14 222330-354 3-86562-057-4 BRUNO WALTER (1876 –1962) (Conductor) Wiener Philharmoniker * New York Philharmonic Orchestra ** Paris Conservatoire Orchestra ø NBC Symphony Orchestra ‡ 1 MOZART Serenade in G major KV 525 »Eine kleine Nachtmusik« Recorded 1936 * Overture »The Marriage of Figaro« KV 492 Recorded 1954 ** Overture »The Magic Flute« KV 620 Recorded 1954 ** Symphony No. 35 in D major KV 385 »Haffner« Recorded 1953 ** Symphony No. 40 in G minor KV 550 Recorded 1953 ** 2 SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 in C major D. 944 »The Great« Recorded 1938 ø SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 in D minor Op. 120 Recorded 1940 live ‡ 3 BRAHMS »Ein deutsches Requiem« Op. 45 for soprano, baritone, choir & orchestra Irmgard Seefried (soprano) George London (baritone) Westminster Choir Recorded 1954 ** 4 MAHLER Symphony No. 4 in G major Desi Halban (soprano) Recorded 1945 ** »Kindertotenlieder« Kathleen Ferrier (alto) Recorded 1949 * 15 ORDER NO. ISBN 16 222331-354 3-86562-058-2 OTTO KLEMPERER (1885 –1973) (Conductor) Philharmonia Orchestra * RIAS-Orchester Berlin ** Wiener Symphoniker ø 1 BACH Suite for Orchestra No. 3 in D major BWV 1068 Recorded 1954 * MOZART Symphony No. 38 in D major KV 504 »Prague« Recorded 1950 ** Symphony No. 41 in C major KV 551 »Jupiter« Recorded 1954 * 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Op. 58 CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21 Guiomar Novaes (piano) Recorded 1951 ø 3 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4 in E flat major »Romantic« Recorded March 1951 ø BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn in B major Op. 56a »Chorale St. Antoni« Recorded 1954 * 4 MAHLER Symphony No. 2 in C minor »Resurrection« Ilona Steingruber (soprano) Hilde Rössl-Majdan (alto) Akademie Kammerchor Singverein der Musikfreunde Recorded 1951 ø 17 ORDER NO. ISBN 18 222332-354 3-86562-059-0 LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI (1882–1977) (Conductor) Philadephia Orchestra * Leopold Stokowski Symphony Orchestra ** New York Philharmonic Orchestra ø NBC Symphony Orchestra ‡ New York City Symphony Orchestra ~ 1 BACH Selected transcriptions arranged by Stokowski: »Christ lag in Todesbanden« from BWV 4 Sarabande from BWV 808 & 1002 »Es ist vollbracht« from BWV 245 Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV 565 Prelude No. 24 in B minor BWV 869 »Schafe können sicher weiden« from BWV 208 (Sheep may safely graze) »Wir glauben all an einen Gott« from BWV 680 (We all believe in one God) Choral from Easter Oratorio BWV 249 »Komm, süßer Tod« BWV 478 (Come Sweet Death) Chaconne in D minor from BWV 1004 Recorded 1931–1940 * & 1947–1950 ** 2 LISZT »Les Préludes« Symphonic poem Recorded 1947 ** WAGNER »Rienzi« Overture Recorded 1949 ø »Die Walküre« Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music (arr. by Stokowski) Recorded 1947 ø TCHAIKOVSKY »Francesca da Rimini« Op. 32 Symphonic poem Recorded 1947 ø SIBELIUS »The Swan of Tuonela« from »Lemminkäinen« Suite Op. 22 Recorded 1947 ** 3 HOLST »The Planets« Op. 32 Recorded 1943 live ‡ R. STRAUSS »Tod & Verklärung« Op. 24 (Death & Transfiguration) Symphonic poem Recorded 1944 ~ 4 KHACHATURIAN »Masquerade« Ballet suite Recorded 1947 ø STRAVINSKY »Petrushka« Ballet music in 4 tableaus (Original version 1911) Recorded 1950 ** MESSIAEN »L’Ascension« 4 Meditations for orchestra Recorded 1949 ø 19 ORDER NO. ISBN 20 222333-354 3-86562-060-4 KARL BÖHM (1894 –1981) (Conductor) Berliner Philharmoniker * Wiener Philharmoniker ** Sinfonieorchester des Hessischen Rundfunks ø Staatskapelle Dresden ‡ 1 MOZART Symphony No. 35 in D major KV 385 »Haffner« Recorded 1951 * Symphony No. 41 in C major KV 551 »Jupiter« Recorded 1943 ** Serenade No. 13 in G major KV 525 »Eine kleine Nachtmusik« Recorded 1943 ** 2 BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61 Christian Ferras (violin) Recorded 1951 ø SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 in B flat major D. 485 Recorded 1942 ‡ 3 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7 in E major (Edition Gutmann 1885) Recorded 1943 ** 4 REGER Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart Op. 132 Recorded 1938 ‡ R. STRAUSS »Don Juan« Op. 20 Tone poem Recorded 1938 ‡ PFITZNER Symphony in C major Op. 46 Recorded 1942 ‡ 21 ORDER NO. ISBN 22 222334-354 3-86562-061-2 HANS KNAPPERTSBUSCH (1888 –1965) (Conductor) Wiener Philharmoniker * Berliner Philharmoniker ** Bremer Philharmoniker ø Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich øø Orchestre de la Suisse Romande ~ Orchester der Berliner Staatsoper ‡ 1 BACH Violin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041 Wolfgang Scheiderhahn (violin) Recorded 1944 live * HAYDN Symphony No. 94 in G major »Surprise« Recorded February 1950 live ** SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B minor D. 759 »Unfinished« Recorded January 1950 ** 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 in F major Op. 93 Recorded January 1952 ** BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F major Op. 90 Recorded 1944 ** 3 WAGNER »Rienzi« Overture Recorded 1950 * »Tannhäuser« Overture Recorded 1949 ø »Lohengrin« Prelude to Act I Recorded 1947 øø »Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg« Prelude to Act I Recorded 1947 ~ »Siegfried« Act II: »Dass der mein Vater nicht ist« Franz Lechleitner (Siegfried, tenor) Recorded 1950 * »Parsifal« Prelude to Act I Recorded 1943 ‡ 4 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8 in C minor (Edition Lienau 1892) Recorded 7 & 8 January 1951 ** 23 ORDER NO. ISBN 24 222335-354 3-86562-062-0 DIMITRI MITROPOULOS (1896 –1960) (Conductor) Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra * Robin Hood Dell Orchestra of Philadelphia ** NBC Symphony Orchestra ‡ 1 BACH Fantasia & Fugue in G minor BWV 542 (arr. by Mitropoulos) Recorded 1942 * CHOPIN »Chopiniana« (Selected piano solo music arranged by Dimitri Rogal-Levitzky) Recorded 1945 ** CHAUSSON Symphony in B flat major Op. 20 Recorded 1939 * 2 BORODIN Symphony No. 2 in B minor Recorded 1941 * FRANCK Symphony in D minor Recorded 1945 * 3 SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 22 Arthur Rubinstein (piano) Recorded 1952 live * BERG Violin Concerto »To the Memory of an Angel« Joseph Szigeti (violin) Recorded 1945 live ‡ RAVEL »Le Tombeau de Couperin« Suite for orchestra Recorded 1941 * 4 MAHLER Symphony No. 1 in D major »Titan« Recorded 1940 * RACHMANINOV »The Isle of the Dead« Op. 29 Symphonic poem after a tableau by Arnold Böcklin Recorded 1945 * 25 ORDER NO. ISBN 26 222336-354 3-86562-063-9 SERGIU CELIBIDACHE (1912–1996) (Conductor) Radio-Sinfonieorchester Berlin * London Philharmonic Orchestra ** Berliner Philharmoniker ‡ 1 PURCELL »King Arthur« Suite for orchestra Recorded 1945 * MOZART Symphony No. 25 in G minor KV 183 Recorded 1948 ** MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY Symphony No. 4 in A major Op. 90 »Italian« Recorded 1950 ‡ 2 BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98 Recorded 1945 ‡ DVORÁK Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104 Pierre Fournier (cello) Recorded 1945 live ** 3 BUSONI Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35a Siegfried Börries (violin) Recorded 1949 ‡ BARBER »Capricorn« Op. 21 Concerto for flute, oboe, trumpet & orchestra Recorded 1950 ‡ BRITTEN Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20 Recorded 1946 ‡ 4 ROUSSEL Petite Suite for Orchestra Op. 39 Recorded 1945 * HINDEMITH Piano Concerto Gerhard Puchelt (piano) Recorded 1949 ‡ STRAVINSKY »Jeux de cartes« (The Card Game) Ballet in »three deals« for orchestra Recorded 1950 ‡ 27 ORDER NO. ISBN 28 222337-354 3-86562-064-7 JOHN BARBIROLLI (1887–1970) (Conductor) New York Philharmonic Orchestra * Hallé Orchestra * * London Philharmonic Orchestra ø 1 PURCELL Suite for Strings, Horns, Flutes & English Horn (arr. by Barbirolli from Händel’s operas and fantasies) Recorded 1938 * HAYDN Symphony No. 96 in G minor »Le Miracle« Recorded 1949 ** BEETHOVEN Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67 Recorded 19 May 1947 ** 2 BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique Op. 14 Recorded 1947 ** VIEUXTEMPS Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor Op. 31 Jascha Heifetz (violin) Recorded 1935 ø 3 BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G major Nathan Milstein (violin) Recorded 1942 * SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 43 Recorded 1940 * 4 RESPIGHI »Fontane di Roma« (Fountains of Rome) Recorded 1939 * »Aria de Corte« From Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3 Recorded 1938 * VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 5 in D major Recorded 1944 ** STRAVINSKY Concerto in D major (for orchestra) Recorded 1948 ** 29 ORDER NO. ISBN 30 222338-354 3-86562-065-5 SIR THOMAS BEECHAM (1879–1961) (Conductor) London Philharmonic Orchestra * Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ** 1 HÄNDEL »The Great Elopement« (Ballet suite arranged by Beecham) Recorded 1945 * MOZART Symphony No. 38 in D major KV 504 »Prague« Recorded 1940 * Divertimento No. 2 for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, 4 Horns, & Strings in D major KV 131 Dennis Brain (horn) Recorded 1947 & 1948 ** 2 SCHUBERT Symphony No. 6 in C major D. 589 Recorded 1944 * MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64 Jascha Heifetz (violin) Recorded 1949 ** BERLIOZ Overture »Le Carnaval Romain« Recorded 1936 * WAGNER »A Faust Overture« Recorded 1935 & 1936 * 3 DEBUSSY »Printemps« Symphonic suite for orchestra Recorded 1946 & 1947 ** R. STRAUSS »Ein Heldenleben« Op. 40 (A Hero’s Life) Tone poem Recorded 1947 ** Interlude from »Intermezzo« Op. 72 Opera Recorded 1947 ** 4 SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47 Jascha Heifetz (violin) Recorded 1935 * Symphony No. 4 in A minor Op. 63 Recorded 1937 * »The Bard« Op. 64 Tone poem Recorded 1938 * 31 ORDER NO. ISBN 32 222339-354 3-86562-066-3 WILLEM MENGELBERG (1871–1951) (Conductor) Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra 1 SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B minor D. 759 »Unfinished« Recorded 1942 BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98 Recorded 1938 2 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op. 74 »Pathétique« Recorded 1941 Serenade for Strings in C major Op. 22 Recorded 1937 3 MAHLER Symphony No. 4 in G major Jo Vincent (soprano) Recorded 1939 live GRIEG Two Elegiac Melodies for Orchestra Op. 34 Recorded 1931 4 R. STRAUSS »Ein Heldenleben« Op. 40 (A Hero’s Life) Tone poem Ferdinand Helman (violin) Recorded 1941 BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2 Zoltan Székely (violin) Recorded 1939 33 ORDER NO. ISBN 34 222340-354 3-86562-067-1 ERNEST ALEXANDRE ANSERMET (1883–1969) (Conductor) London Symphony Orchestra * Paris Conservatoire Orchestra ** Orchestre de la Suisse Romande ø 1 MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. by Ravel) Recorded 1947 * RIMSKY-KORSAKOV »Scheherazade« Op. 35 Recorded 1954 ** 2 DEBUSSY »La Mer« 3 symphonic sketches for orchestra Recorded 1948 ø »Jeux« Dance poem Recorded 1953 ø RAVEL »Daphnis et Chloé« Ballet music Suite No. 1 & 2 Recorded 1946 ** »La Valse« Choreographic poem Recorded 1953 ** 3 STRAVINSKY »L’Oiseau de feu« (The Firebird) Ballet suite No. 2 (1919 version) Recorded 1947 * RACHMANINOV »The Isle of the Dead« Op. 29 Symphonic poem Recorded 1954 ** PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major Op. 26 Julius Katchen (piano), recorded 1953 ø 4 DUKAS »La Péri« Dance poem for orchestra Recorded 1954 ** BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 3 Julius Katchen (piano), recorded 1953 ø MARTIN »Petite symphonie concertante« For harp, harpsichord, piano and 2 string orchestras Simone Sporck (harp), G. Vaucher-Clerc (harpsichord) & Doris Rossiaud (piano) Recorded 1951 live ø 35 ORDER NO. ISBN 36 222341-354 3-86562-068-X CARL SCHURICHT (1880 –1967) (Conductor) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra * Berliner Philharmoniker ** Wiener Philharmoniker ø Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra øø Orchestre de la Suisse Romande ‡ Städtisches Orchester Berlin ~ 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67 Recorded 1946 * Symphony No. 6 in F major Op. 68 »Pastoral« Recorded 1943 ** 2 MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY Overture »Les Hebrides« Op. 26 Recorded 1954 ø SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Op. 97 »Rhenish« Recorded 1952 * BRAHMS Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor Op. 102 Georg Kuhlenkampff (violin) Enrico Mainardi (cello) Recorded 1947 ‡ 3 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9 in D Minor (1894 Original version, Edition Orel 1932) Recorded 1943 ~ 4 MAHLER »Das Lied von der Erde« Kerstin Thorborg (mezzo soprano) Carl Martin Öhmann (tenor) Recorded 1939 live øø 37 ORDER NO. ISBN 38 222342-354 3-86562-069-8 EUGEN JOCHUM (1902 –1987) (Conductor) Sinfonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks * Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg ** Berliner Philharmoniker ø 1 MOZART Symphony No. 39 in E flat major KV 543 Recorded 1954 * HAYDN Symphony No. 103 in E flat major »Drum roll« Recorded 1943 live ** 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 in C major Op. 21 Recorded 1943 ** Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Op. 55 »Eroica« Recorded 1954 ø 3 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4 in E flat major »Romantic« 4 BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F major Op. 90 Recorded 1939 ** Recorded 1939 ** Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98 Recorded 1953 ø 39 ORDER NO. ISBN 40 222343-354 3-86562-070-1 EUGENE ORMANDY (1899 –1985) (Conductor) Philadephia Orchestra * Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra ** 1 PAGANINI Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major Op. 6 Zino Francescatti (violin) Recorded 1950 * CHAUSSON Poème for Violin and Orchestra Op. 25 Zino Francescatti (violin) Recorded 1950 * DVORÁK Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104 Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) Recorded 1946 * 2 3 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7 in E major Recorded 1935 ** TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor op. 23 Oscar Levant (piano) Recorded 1947 * GRIEG Piano Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op. 16 Arthur Rubinstein (piano) Recorded 1942 * RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand Robert Casadesus (piano) Recorded 1947 * 4 RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor Op. 40 Sergey Rachmaninov (piano) Recorded 1941 * SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1 in E minor Op. 39 Recorded 1941 * BARBER Essay No. 1 for Orchestra Op. 12 Recorded 1940 * 41 ORDER NO. ISBN 42 222344-354 3-86562-071-X SERGEY KOUSSEVITZKY (1874 –1951) (Conductor) Boston Symphony Orchestra 1 MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY Symphony No. 4 in A major Op. 90 »Italian« Recorded 1935 BERLIOZ »Harold in Italy« Op. 16 Symphony for viola & orchestra William Primrose (viola) Recorded 1944 LISZT Mephisto Waltz No. 1 for orchestra Recorded 1936 2 TCHAIKOVSKY »Francesa da Rimini« Op. 32 Symphonic fantasy after Dante Recorded 1946 SCRIABIN »Poème de l’extase« Op. 54 for orchestra Recorded 1946 RACHMANINOV Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op. 44 Recorded 1947 live 3 R. STRAUSS »Don Juan« Op. 20 Tone poem for orchestra after Nikolaus Lenau Recorded 1947 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 43 Recorded 1935 PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1 in D major Op. 25 »Classical« Recorded 1947 4 HARRIS Symphony No. 3 Recorded 1939 HANSON Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op. 63 Recorded 1940 COPLAND »Appalachian Spring« Ballet Suite Recorded 1945 43 ORDER NO. ISBN 44 222345-354 3-86562-072-8 ANDRÉS SEGOVIA (1893 –1987) (Guitarist) 1 COUPERIN Passacaglia / rec. 1954 J. S. BACH Excerpts from BWV 996, 999, 1000, 1004, 1006, 1007, 1009 & 1012 rec. 1928, 1935 & 1947 C. P. E. BACH Siciliana / rec. 1954 PURCELL A New Irish Tune • Menuetto • Gigue / rec. 1944 SCARLATTI Sonata / rec. 1944 RAMEAU Menuetto / rec. 1944 HAYDN Menuetto / rec. 1944 PAGANINI Romanza (arr. by Ponce) / rec. 1944 2 PONCE Suite for Guitar in A major (in the style of Sylvius Leopold Weiss) / rec. 1930 Sonata No. 3 for Guitar in D minor (excerpts) / rec. 1930 »Folias de España« Variations & fugue for guitar / rec. 1930 Postlude for Guitar / rec. 1930 Mazurka for Guitar / rec. 1935 Valse for Guitar / rec. 1949 Sonata No. 5 for Guitar in D major »Sonatina Méridional« / rec. 1949 Sonata Clásica for Guitar (excerpt) / rec. 1949 »Canción mexicana« / rec. 1954 Six Préludes for Guitar / rec. 1954 3 ALBÉNIZ Suite Española Op. 47 (excerpts) / rec. 1939 »Leyenda« / rec. 1950 GRANADOS Danza Española Op. 37 No. 5 / rec. 1939 Danza Española Op. 37 No. 10 / rec. 1950 »Tonadilla« / rec. 1950 TARREGA »Recuerdos de la Alhambra« / rec. 1927 Étude in A major / rec. 1935 »Danza Mora« / rec. 1944 Menuetto / rec. 1944 VILLA-LOBOS Études for Guitar (excerpts) / rec. 1949 MALATS »Serenata Española« / rec. 1954 TANSMAN »Cavatina« Suite for guitar / rec. 1954 4 CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major Op. 99 New London Orchestra / Alec Sherman (conductor) / rec. 1949 Tarantella for Guitar: Aranci in fiore Op. 87 / rec. 1949 Sonata for Guitar Op. 77 »Hommage a Boccherini« (excerpt) / rec. 1936 MORENO-TÓRROBA »Suite Castellana« for guitar (excerpts) / rec. June 1949 Nocturno • Madroños • Alborada / rec. 1950 Sonatina for Guitar in A major (excerpt) / rec. 1950 Prélude • Nocturne • Burgalesa / rec. 1928, 1930 & 1944 TURINA Fandanguillo Op. 36 • Fantasia / rec. 1949 & 1950 RODRIGO Fandango / rec. 1949 CRESPO Norteña / rec. 1949 45 ORDER NO. ISBN 46 222346-354 3-86562-073-6 MARIA CALLAS (1923 –1977) (Soprano) 1 DONIZETTI Regnava nel silienzio / Il dolce suono … Ardon gli incensi (Lucia di Lammermoor) • BELLINI O rendetemi la speme … Qui la voce sua soave mi chiamava / Vien diletto è in ciel e luna / Vieni fra queste braccia (I Puritani) • Casta Diva / Fine al rito … Ah! bello me ritorna / In mia man alfin tu sei / Qual cor tradisti (Norma) • ROSSINI Una voce poco fa (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) • MEYERBEER Ombra leggiera (Dinorah) Anna Maria Canali (mezzo soprano) / Gino Sari, Giuseppe di Stefano, Mario Filipeschi (tenors) / Rolando Panerai (baritone) / Raffaele Arié, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (basses) Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra della Scala di Milano & Philharmonia Orchestra Tullio Serafin (conductor) Recorded 1953–1954 2 PONCHIELLI Suicido! … In questi fieri momenti (La Gioconda) MASCAGNI Dite, Mamma Lucia / Voi la sapete o mamma No, no, Turiddu, rimani rimani ancora / Oh il signore vi manda compar Alfio! (Cavalleria Rusticana) • LEONCAVALLO Qual fiamma avea / Suviva così terrible (I Pagliacci) • BOITO L’altra notte in fondo al mare (Mefistofele) • DELIBES Dov’è l’indiana bruna? (Lakmé) • CATALANI Ebben! Ne andrò lontana (La Wally) CILEA Ecco respiro appena … Io son l’umile ancella / Poveri fiori (Adriana Lecouvreur) • GIORDANO La mamma morta (Andrea Chénier) Ebe Ticozzi (alto)/ Giuseppe di Stefano, Nicola Monti (tenors) / Rolando Panerai, Tito Gobbi (baritones) Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Torino, Orchestra della Scala di Milano & Philharmonia Orchestra Antonino Votto & Tullio Serafin (conductors) Recorded 1952–1954 3 VERDI Tacea la notte placida / Mira di acerbe lagrime / Vivrà! … Contende il giublio (Il Trovatore) • Ritorna vincitor / Fu la sorte dell’armi / Ah! Pietà … Che più mi resta (Aida) • Ai nostri figli nunzio vola di mia venuta / Quale o prodo al tuo covaggio Arrigo! Ah! Parli a un core / Mercé dilette amiche (I Vespri Siciliani) • Gualtier maldé! … Caro nome (Rigoletto) • Vieni! t’affretta / La luce langue (Macbeth) • Son giunta! Grazie Dio Madre pietosa Vergine / La Vergine degli Angeli (La forza del destino) Ana Maria Feuss (soprano) / Oralia Dominguez, Angela Vercelli (mezzo sopranos) / Leonard Warren, Giuseppe Taddei, Enzo Mascherini, Renato Capecchi (baritones) / Kurt Baum, Mario del Monaco, Giorgio Bardi Kokolios (tenors) / Ignacui Ruffino, Roberto Silvo, Boris Christoff, Dario Caselli, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (basses) Orquestra del Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orquestra del Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City & Orchestra della Scala di Milan Guido Picco, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Erich Kleiber, Umberto Mugnai, Victor de Sabata & Tullio Serafin (conductors) Recorded 1950–1954 4 PUCCINI Mario! Mario! Mario! / Ah queli occhi … Quale occhio al mondo può star die paro? / Vissi d’arte / È non giungono Com’è lunga l’attesa (Tosca) • Sì. Mi chiamano Mimi / Donde lieta usci (La Bohème) • In quelle trine morbide / Sola, perduta, abbandonata (Manon Lescaut) • Senza mamma (Suor Angelica) O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) • In questa reggia / Tu che di gel sei cinta (Turandot) • Con onor muore … Tu? Tu? Tu? … Piccolo iddio! / Un bel dì, vedremo (Madama Butterfly) Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor) Orchestra della Scala di Milano / Tullio Serafin & Herbert von Karajan (conductors) Recorded 1953–1955 47 ORDER NO. ISBN 48 222347-354 3-86562-074-4 ENRICO CARUSO (1873 –1921) (Tenor) 1 DONIZETTI Com’è gentil (Don Pasquale) • Deserto in terra solo (Don Sebastiano) • Angelo casto e bel (Il Duca d’Alba) • Chi mi frena in tal momento (Lucia di Lammermoor) • Una furtiva lagrima / Venti scudi! (L’Elisir d’Amore) • ROSSINI Tarantella Napolitana • Domine Deus (Petite Messe Solennelle) • MEYERBEER Qui sotto il diel / Bianca al par (Les Huguenots) • Mi batte il cor … O paradiso / Deh ch’io ritorni (L’Africana) • BIZET La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Carmen) • Mi par d’udir ancor / Del tempio al limitar / Je crois entendre encore / De mon amie, fleur endormie (Les Pêcheurs de Perles) Recorded 1903–1920 2 VERDI Questa o quella / La donna è mobile / Ella mi fu rapita … Parmi veder le lagrime / Bella figlia dell’amore (Rigoletto) Ah, si, ben mio … Di quella pira / Mal reggendo / Se m’ami ancor … Ai nostri monti ritorneremo (Il Trovatore) • Già i Sacerdoti adunansi / Se quel guerrier io fossi … Celeste Aida (Aida) • Della natal sua terra … O tu che in seno agli angeli Invano, Alvaro … Le minaccie I fieri accenti (La Forza del Destino) • Di tu se fedele / Forse la soglia … Ma se m’è forza La rivedrà nell’estasi / È scherzo od è follia (Un Ballo in Maschera) • Ora è per sempre addio (Otello) • Qual voluttà trascorrere (I Lombardi) • Ah, la paterna mano (Macbeth) Recorded 1904–1917 3 PUCCINI Che gelida manina / O soave fanciulla / O Mimi, tu più non torni / Addio, dolce svegliare alla mattina / Vecchia zimarra (La Bohème) • Recondita armonia / E lucevan le stelle (Tosca) O quanti occhi fisi / Amore o grillo / Non ve l’avevo detto? (Madama Butterfly) • Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut) GIORDANO Un dì, all’azzurro spazio / Come un bel dì di maggio (Andrea Chénier) • LEONCAVALLO Vesti la giubba No! Pagliaccio non son (I Pagliacci) • MASCAGNI Viva il vino (Cavalleria rusticana) Recorded 1904–1916 4 GOUNOD Ô merveille! / Que voulez-vous, messieurs? (Faust) Inspirez-moi, race divine (La Reine de Saba) • SAINT-SAËNS Vois ma misère, hélas / Je viens célébrer a victoire (Samson et Dalila) MASSENET Il sogno … Chiudo gli occhi / Je suis seul! Ah! Fuyez, douce image (Manon) • LULLY Bois épais (Amadis de Gaulle) HALÉVY Rachel, quand du Seigneur (La Juive) • FLOTOW M’appari tutt’amor (Martha) • TOSTI Addio • La mia canzone CRESCENZO Tarantella sincera • Uocchie celeste • CURTIS Canta pe’me • Senza nisciuno ALVAREZ La partida • A Granada Recorded 1904–1920 49 ORDER NO. ISBN 50 222348-354 3-86562-075-2 BENIAMINO GIGLI (1890 –1957) (Tenor) 1 GLUCK O del mio dolce ardor (Paride et Elena) • MOZART Dalla sua pace / Il mio tesoro (Don Giovanni) • ROSSINI Cujus animam (Stabat mater) / La Danza • DONIZETTI Spirto gentil (La Favorita) Tombe degl’avi miei … Fra poco a me ricovero (Lucia di Lammermoor) • Quanto è bella, quanto è cara / Una furtiva lagrima (L’Elisir d’Amore) • THOMAS Ah, non credevi tu (Mignon) GOUNOD Qual turbamento in cor … Salve dimora casta e pura (Faust) • PONCHIELLI Cielo é mar (La Gioconda) • BIZET Mi par d’udir ancor / Del tempio al limitar (Les Pêcheurs de perles) Qual occhiata è quel’aria sfrontata … Ah! Mi parla da lei … Mia madre veggo ancor (Carmen) • BOITO Giunto sul passo estremo / Dai campi, dai parti (Mefistofele) • MASSENET O dolce incanto (Manon) Recorded 1918–1942 2 COTTRAU Santa Lucia • DONAUDY O del mio amato ben LEONCAVALLO Mattinata • BIXIO Solo per te Lucia • Mamma DENZA Occhi di fata • Funiculì, Funiculà • CARDILLO Core’ngrato • CURTIS Rondine al nido • Addio bel sogno Ti voglio tante bene • CRESCENZO Triste maggio • Notte d’amore • TOSTI La Serenata • Marechiare • L’ultima canzone Aprile • Segreto Recorded 1926–1949 3 VERDI La donna è mobile (Rigoletto) • Lunge da lei … De’ miei bollenti spiriti / Ah, si da un anno … Un di felice / Oh mia Violetta … Parigi a cara (La Traviata) • Di quella pira / Se m’ami ancor … Ai nostri monti ritorneremo (Il Trovatore) • Solenne in quest’ora / La vita è inferno all’ infelice … O tu che in seno angeli (La Forza del Destino) • S’avanza il Conte … La rivedrà nell’estasi / Di tu se fedele / E scherzo od è follia / Teco io sto Non sai tu che ne l’anima mia / Forse la soglia attinse / Ma se m’è forza perderti (Un Ballo in Maschera) • Se quel guerrier io fossi … Celeste Aida / Già i Sacerdoti adunansi (Aida) Recorded 1927–1946 4 PUCCINI Dammi i colori … Recondita armonia / E lucevan le stelle / O dolci mani mansuete e pure (Tosca) • Non sono in vena / Che gelida manina / O soave fanciulla / Marcello finalemente! / Dunque è propio finita? / In un coupé? (La Bohème) Che avvien? Ah, non vi avvicinate … No! Pazzo son! (Manon Lescaut) • CILÈA E la solita storia (L’Arlesiana) • GIORDANO Vedi io piango / Amor ti vieta (Fedora) • Un dí all’ azzurro / Ora soave sublime ora d’amore! / Come un bel dì di maggio / Vicino a te s’acquieta (Andrea Chénier) • LEONCAVALLO Recitar! … Vesti la giubba / No, Pagliaccio non son! (I Pagliacci) • MASCAGNI O Lola, ch’ai di latti là cammisa / Intanto amici, qua beviamone un bicchiere (Cavalleria rusticana) Recorded 1919–1941 Maria Caniglia, Cloe Elmo, Giuseppe de Luca, Elda Riberri, Fedora Barbieri, Tancredi Pasero, Ugo Novelli, Ebe Stignani, Licia Albanese, Afro Poll, Giuseppe Nob, Gino Conti, Iva Pacetti, Leone Paci, Maria Marucci, Crino Bechi & Rina Gigli Franco Ghione, Lawrence Collingwood, Umberto Berettoni, Tullio Serafin, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Carlo Sabajno, Pietro Mascagni, Walter Goehr, Eugene Gossens, Nathaniel Shilkret, Ruggero Ricci, Dino Olivieri & Rainaldo Zamboni (conductors) Orchestra della Scala di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma, Orchestra de Camerata Milano & Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden 51 ORDER NO. ISBN 52 222349-354 3-86562-076-0 PABLO CASALS (1876 –1973) (Cellist) 1 BACH Cello Suite No. 1 in G major BWV 1007 Recorded 1938 Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat major BWV 1010 Recorded 1939 Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV 1011 Recorded 1939 Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor BWV 1056 Prades Festival Orchestra Pablo Casals (conductor) Recorded 1950 live at Prades Music Festival, France 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat major Op. 97 »Archduke« Eugene Istomin (piano) Alexander Schneider (violin) Recorded 1951 live Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major Op. 69 Rudolf Serkin (piano) Recorded 1953 at Prades Music Festival, France 3 DVORÁK Cello Concerto in B minor Op. 104 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra George Szell (conductor) Recorded 1937 SCHUBERT Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major D. 898 Alfred Cortot (piano) Jacques Thibaud (violin) Recorded 1926 4 BRAHMS Concerto for Violin, Cello & Orchestra in A minor Op. 102 Jacques Thibaud (violin) Pau Casals Orchestra Barcelona Alfred Cortot (conductor) Recorded 1929 Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major Op. 99 Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano) Recorded 1936 BRUCH »Kol Nidrei« for Cello & Orchestra Op. 47 London Symphony Orchestra Sir Landon Ronald (conductor) Recorded 1936 53 ORDER NO. ISBN 54 222350-354 3-86562-077-9 JASCHA HEIFETZ (1901–1987) (Violinist) 1 MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major KV 219 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli (conductor) Recorded 1934 BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61 NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini (conductor) Recorded 1940 2 BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77 Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Koussevitzky (conductor) Recorded 1939 Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor Op. 102 Emanuel Feuermann (cello), Philadephia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (conductor) Recorded 1939 3 MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Recorded 10 June 1949 VIEUXTEMPS Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor) Recorded 8 November 1947 CHAUSSON Concerto for Violin, Piano & String Quartet in D major Op. 21 Jesús María Sanromá (piano), Musical Art String Quartet Recorded 1941 4 BRUCH Scottish Fantasy in E flat major Op. 46 RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg (conductor) Recorded 1947 SARASATE »Zigeunerweisen« Op. 20 No. 1 (Airs bohemiens) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli (conductor) Recorded 1937 SAINT-SAËNS »Havanaise« Op. 83 London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli (conductor) Recorded 1937 SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Recorded 1935 55 ORDER NO. ISBN 56 222351-354 3-86562-078-7 SIR YEHUDI MENUHIN (1916 –1999) (Violinist) 1 BACH Concerto for 2 violins in D minor BWV 1043 Gioconda de Vito (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra Anthony Bernard (conductor) Recorded 1953 Violin Sonata No. 4 in C minor BWV 1017 Louis Kentner (piano) Recorded 1951 MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major KV 218 Philharmonia Orchestra John Pritchard (conductor) Recorded 1954 Violin Sonata in A major KV 526 Hephzibah Menuhin (piano) Recorded 1933 2 BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61 Philharmonia Orchestra Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor) Recorded 1953 SCHUMANN Violin Concerto in D minor New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Sir John Barbirolli (conductor) Recorded 1938 3 VIEUXTEMPS Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor Op. 31 Philharmonia Orchestra Walter Süsskind (conductor) Recorded 1951 ELGAR Violin Concerto in B minor Op. 61 London Symphony Orchestra Edward Elgar (conductor) Recorded 1932 4 NIELSEN Violin Concerto Op. 33 (in G / D major) Danish State Radio Orchestra Mogens Wöldike (conductor) Recorded 1952 BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor Philharmonia Orchestra Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor) Recorded 1953 57 ORDER NO. ISBN 58 222352-354 3-86562-079-5 FRITZ KREISLER (1875 –1962) (Violinist) 1 MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major KV 218 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor) Recorded 1936 MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Landon Ronald (conductor) Recorded 1935 SCHUBERT Sonata for Violin & Piano in A major D. 574 Sergey Rachmaninov (piano) Recorded 1928 2 BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli (conductor) Recorded 1936 Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 9 in A major Op. 47 »Kreutzer« Franz Rupp (piano) Recorded 1936 3 BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Landon Ronald (conductor) Recorded 1936 GRIEG Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 3 in C minor Op. 45 Sergey Rachmaninov (piano) Recorded 1928 4 KREISLER Violin Concerto in C major (in the style of Vivaldi) RCA Victor String Orchestra, Donald Voorhees (conductor) Recorded 1945 String Quartet in A minor Thomas Petre (violin), William Primerose (viola) & Lauri Kennedy (cello) Recorded 1935 »Polichinelle« (Serenade) Michael Raucheisen (piano) Recorded 1930 »Caprice viennois« Op. 2 »Tambourin chinois« Franz Rupp (piano) Recorded 1936 »La Gitana« »Schön Rosmarin« »Liebesleid« »Liebesfreud« Franz Rupp (piano) Recorded 1938 59 ORDER NO. ISBN 60 222353-354 3-86562-080-9 VLADIMIR HOROWITZ (1904–1989) (Pianist) 1 SCARLATTI 6 Piano Sonatas Recorded 1946 & 1947 MOZART Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major KV 332 Recorded 1947 Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major KV 331 (excerpt) Recorded 1946 HAYDN Piano Sonata No. 52 in E flat major Recorded 1951 CLEMENTI Piano Sonata in G minor Op. 34 No. 2 2 Recorded 1954 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major Op. 73 »Emperor« RCA Symphony Orchestra Fritz Reiner (conductor) Recorded 1952 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 27/2 »Moonlight« Recorded 1946 32 Variations for Piano in C minor on an Original Theme WoO 80 Recorded 1932 3 CHOPIN Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23 Recorded 1947 Mazurka in C sharp minor Op. 30 No. 4 Recorded 1949 Nocturne in F minor Op. 55 No. 1 Recorded 1951 Étude in E major Op. 10 No. 3 Recorded 1951 Scherzo No. 1 in B minor Op. 20 Recorded 1951 LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C sharp minor Recorded 1953 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D flat major Recorded 1950 Rákoczy March in A minor Recorded 1949 & 1950 »Sonette del Petrarca« Recorded 1951 »Funérailles« Recorded 1950 4 TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 NBC Symphony Orchestra Arturo Toscanini (conductor) Recorded 1941 RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Op. 30 RCA Symphony Orchestra Fritz Reiner (conductor) Recorded 1951 61 ORDER NO. ISBN 62 222354-354 3-86562-081-7 ARTURO BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI (1920 –1995) (Pianist) 1 BACH Italian Concerto for keyboard in F major BWV 971 Recorded 1943 Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004 arr. by Busoni (excerpt) Recorded 1948 SCARLATTI Sonata in D minor K. 9 / L. 413 Sonata in C minor K.11 / L. 352 Recorded 1942 Sonata in B minor K. 27 / L. 449 Sonata in D major K. 96 / L. 465 Recorded 1943 VIVALDI Concerto in B minor arr. by A Tamburini (excerpt) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Ernest Ansermet (conductor) Recorded 1942 GALUPPI Presto in B flat Recorded 1941 TOMEONI Allegro Recorded 1943 2 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor KV 466 Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major KV 488 Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI / Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) Recorded 1951 3 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major Op. 2 No. 3 CHOPIN Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 31 Mazurka in B minor Op. 33 No. 4 Berceuse in D flat major Op. 57 Mazurka No. 47 in A minor Op. 68 No. 2 Waltz in A flat major Op. 69 No. 1 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54 Orchestra della Scala di Milano / Antonio Pedretti (conductor) Recorded 1941 & 1942 4 GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16 Orchestra della Scala di Milano / Alceo Galliera (conductor) Recorded 1942 Lyric Pieces (Selection) Recorded 1939 & 1942 DEBUSSY »Reflets dans l’eau« Recorded 1941 MARESCOTTI »Fantasque« Recorded 1941 GRANADOS »Danzas españolas« (excerpt) Recorded 1939 ALBÉNIZ »Recuerdos de viaje« Op. 71 Recorded 1942 MOMPOU Canción y danza No. 1 Recorded 1942 63 ORDER NO. ISBN 64 222355-354 3-86562-082-5 ERICH KLEIBER (1890 –1956) (Conductor) London Philharmonic Orchestra * Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ** Berliner Philharmoniker ø Wiener Philharmoniker øø Kölner Radio-Sinfonieorchester ~ Paris Conservatoire Orchestra ‡ London Philharmonic Orchestra § Staatskapelle Berlin # 1 MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G minor KV 550 Recorded 1949 * LISZT »Les Préludes« Symphonic poem Recorded 1936 ** R. STRAUSS »Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche« Op. 28 Tone poem Recorded 1930 ø »Der Rosenkavalier« Waltz sequence No. 2 for orchestra from Act III Recorded 1934 ø J. STRAUSS »Die Fledermaus« Overture (The Bat) Recorded 1933 ø NICOLAI »The Merry Wives of Windsor« Overture Recorded 1934 ø 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D minor Op. 125 »Choral« 3 SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 in B minor D. 759 »Unfinished« Hilde Gueden (soprano) Sieglinde Wagner (contralto) Anton Dermota (tenor) Ludwig Weber (bass) Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien Recorded 1952 øø Recorded 1935 ø Symphony No. 9 in C major D. 944 »The Great« Recorded 1953 ~ 4 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op. 74 »Pathétique« Recorded 1953 ‡ DVORÁK »Carnival« Op. 92 Overture for orchestra Recorded 1948 § SMETANA »The Moldau« (Vltava) Recorded 1929 # 65 ORDER NO. ISBN 66 222356-354 3-86562-083-3 RENATA TEBALDI (1922 –2004) (Soprano) 1 GOUNOD Come vorrei saper … Ah, che strano (Faust) Recorded 1949 PUCCINI In quelle trine morbide (Manon Lescaut) Recorded 1949 CATALANI Ebben? … Ne andrò lontana (La Wally) BOITO L’altra notte in fondo al mare (Mefistofele) MOZART Giunse alfin il momento … Deh vieni, non tardar (Le nozze di Figaro) Recorded 1950 Benedictus (Requiem KV 626) Recorded 1950 live GIORDANO Ecco l’altare / Eravate possente / Ora soave / Come sa amare! … La mamma morta / Corpo di moribonda è il corpo mio! Vicino a te s’acqueta (Andrea Chénier) Recorded 1953 2 VERDI Tacea la notta placida (Il Trovatore) Recorded 1949 • O cieli azzurri (Aida) • Piangea cantando / Ave Maria (Otello) Recorded 1950 • O ben s’addice questo torbido … Sempre all’alba’ (Giovanna d’Arco) Recorded 1951 • Quid sum miser tunc dicturus? / Recordare, Jesu pie / Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi / Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna (Messa da Requiem, excerpts) Recorded 1951 live at La Scala Milano 3 VERDI Libiamo, libiamo / Che e cio? / È strano! / Follie! Follie! / Damni tu forza, o cielo / Annina? / Addio del passato / Gran Dio! Morir si giovine (La Traviata) • Ritorna vincitor / Fu la sorte dell’armi a’tuoi funesta / Su del nilo al sacro lide / Qui Radames verra Presago il core della tua condanna / O terra addio, addio, valle di pianti (Aida) Recorded 1952 4 PUCCINI Sì, mi chiamano Mimì / O soave fanciulla / Addio … Donde lieta uscì / Sono andanti? (La Bohème) • Mario! Mario! Mario! Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore / O dolci mani mansuete e pure Com’è lunga l’attesa (Tosca) • Vogliatemi bene / Un bel dì vedremo (Madama Butterfly) Recorded 1951 • Signore, ascolta! Tu che di gel sei cinta (Turandot) Recorded 1955 • Fra le tue braccia … amore! (Manon Lescaut) Recorded 1954 live Hilde Gueden & Fernanda Cadoni (sopranos) Fedora Barbieri, Nell Rankin & Ebe Stignani (mezzo sopranos) Giacinto Prandelli, Jose Soler, Armando Benzi, Giuseppe Campora, Mario del Monaco & Giuseppe di Stefano (tenors) Ugo Savarese, Aldo Protti, Gino Orlandi & Giovanni Inghilleri (baritones) Cesare Siepi, Ernesto Panizza, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Cristinano Dalamangas, Fernando Coreno & Dario Caselli (basses) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Alberto Erede (conductor) Orchestra dell’ Academia di Santa Cecilia di Roma / Alberto Erede (conductor) Orchestra della Scala di Milano / Antonino Votto & Victor de Sabata (conductors) Orchestra e coro della Scala di Milano / Guido Cantelli (conductor) Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Torino / Arturo Basile (conductor) Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Milano / Alfredo Simonetto & Carlo Maria Giulini (conductors) Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Roma / Alberto Paoletti (conductor) 67 ORDER NO. ISBN 68 222357-354 3-86562-084-1 CHARLES MUNCH (1891–1968) (Conductor) Orchestre de l’ORTF (French National Broadcasting Agency) * Paris Conservatoire Orchestra ** Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra ø London Philharmonic Orchestra ‡ 1 BERLIOZ »Symphonie fantastique« Op. 14 Recorded 1948 * FRANCK Symphonic Variations for Piano & Orchestra Nicole Henriot–Schweitzer (piano) Recorded 1946 ** 2 BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77 Ossy Renardy (violin) Recorded 1948 ø TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat major Op. 23 Kostia Konstantinoff (piano) Recorded 1941 ** 3 DEBUSSY »La Mer« Three symphonic sketches for orchestra Recorded 1942 ** SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor Alfred Cortot (piano) Recorded 1935 ‡ DELANNOY Sérénade Concertante for Violin & Orchestra Henryk Merckel (violin) Recorded 1941 ** 4 BLOCH Violin Concerto in A minor Joseph Szigeti (violin) Recorded 1939 ** HONEGGER Symphony No. 2 in D major for Strings & Trumpet André Pascal (violin) Recorded 1942 & 1944 ** HALFFTER Rapsodia Portuguesa for Piano & Orchestra Jean Doyen (piano) Recorded 1941 & 1942 ** 69 ORDER NO. ISBN 70 222358-354 3-86562-085-X EDUARD VAN BEINUM (1900–1959) (Conductor) London Philharmonic Orchestra * Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra ** 1 BEETHOVEN »The Creatures of Prometheus« Op. 43 Ballet music Recorded 1952 * SCHUBERT Symphony No. 4 in C minor D. 417 »Tragic« Recorded 1952 ** 2 BERLIOZ »Symphonie fantastique« Op. 14 Recorded 1946 ** ROSSINI »Guillaume Tell« Overture »La gazza ladra« Overture Recorded 1952 ** 3 BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F major Op. 90 Recorded 1949 * MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64 Alfredo Campoli (violin) Recorded 1949 * »A Midsummer Night’s Dream« Overture Op. 21 Recorded 1952 ** 4 RAVEL »Rapsodie espagnole« for orchestra Recorded 1946 ** BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra Recorded 1948 ** BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia Op. 33 a/b from »Peter Grimes« Recorded 1947 ** 71 ORDER NO. ISBN 72 222359-354 3-86562-086-8 EVGENY MRAVINSKY (1903 –1988) (Conductor) Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op. 74 »Pathétique« Recorded 1949 »Capriccio italien« Op. 45 Recorded 1950 2 Serenade for Strings in C major Op. 48 Recorded 1949 »Francesca da Rimini« Op. 32 Symphonic fantasy after Dante Recorded 1948 3 BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68 Recorded 1949 WEBER »Invitation to the Dance« Op. 65 Recorded 1951 »Oberon« Overture Recorded 1951 4 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op. 47 Recorded 1938 73 ORDER NO. ISBN 74 222360-354 3-86562-087-6 ROBERT CASADESUS (1899–1972) (Pianist) 1 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor KV 491 Paris Conservatoire Orchestra Eugène Bigot (conductor) Recorded 1937 Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major KV 595 New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Sir John Barbirolli (conductor) Recorded 1940 Piano Sonata No. 17 in D major KV 576 Recorded 1940 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Op. 58 Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy (conductor) Recorded 1947 SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Arthur Rodzinski (conductor) Recorded 1945 3 WEBER Konzertstück for Piano & Orchestra in F minor Op. 79 Paris Conservatoire Orchestra Eugène Bigot (conductor) Recorded 1935 FRANCK Sonata for Violin & Piano in A major Zino Francescatti (violin) Recorded 1946 DEBUSSY Sonata for Violin & Piano in G minor Zino Francescatti (violin) Recorded 1946 4 RAVEL »Pavane pour une infante défunte« »Jeux d’eau« »Miroirs« »Ma Mère l’Oye« Gaby Casadesus (2nd piano) »Le Tombeau de Couperin« Recorded 1951 75 ORDER NO. ISBN 76 222361-354 3-86562-088-4 ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN (1887–1982) (Pianist) 1 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Op. 58 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Recorded 1947 LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Dallas Symphony Orchestra / Antal Dorati (conductor) Recorded 1947 Consolation No. 3 in D flat major (Lento placido) Recorded 1937 Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat major Recorded 1950 DEBUSSY »Images« Book I (excerpts) »Préludes« Book I (excerpts) Recorded 1953 2 CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major Op. 21 NBC Symphony Orchestra / William Steinberg (conductor) Recorded 1946 Nocturnes Op. 9, 27, 48 & 55 (selection) Mazurkas Op. 17, 24, 63 & 67 (selection) Polonaises Op. 40 & 53 (selection) Recorded 1934–1939 3 SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 22 New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Dimitri Mitropoulos (conductor) Recorded 1952 GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16 RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / Antal Dorati (conductor) Recorded 1949 4 TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Arthur Rodzinski (conductor) Recorded 1946 RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18 NBC Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Golschmann (conductor) Recorded 1946 Prélude in C sharp minor No. 2 Op. 3 Recorded 1936 77 ORDER NO. ISBN 78 222362-354 3-86562-089-2 WILHELM BACKHAUS (1884–1969) (Pianist) 1 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37 Wiener Philharmoniker Karl Böhm (conductor) Recorded 1950 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Op. 58 Wiener Philharmoniker Hans Knappertsbusch (conductor) Recorded 1954 live 2 Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor Op. 10 Recorded 1951 Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major Op. 53 »Waldstein« Recorded 1950 Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major Op. 79 Recorded 1951 Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major Op. 109 Recorded 1950 3 GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16 New Symphony Orchestra Sir John Barbirolli (conductor) Recorded 1933 CHOPIN Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat major Op. 35 »Funeral march« Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23 Étude No. 3 in E major Op. 10 Mazurka No. 17 in B flat minor Op. 24 Recorded 1950 4 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op. 83 Wiener Philharmoniker Carl Schuricht (conductor) Recorded 1952 Variations on an Original Theme Op. 21 No. 1 Intermezzo No. 2 in B flat major Op. 117 Recorded 1936 Rhapsody No. 1 in B minor Op. 79 Rhapsody No. 2 in G minor Op. 79 Recorded 1932 79 ORDER NO. ISBN 80 222363-354 3-86562-090-6 WALTER GIESEKING (1895–1956) (Pianist) 1 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major KV 488 Recorded 1951 Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor KV 491 Recorded 1953 Philharmonia Orchestra Herbert von Karajan (conductor) Piano Sonata No. XI in A major KV 331 Recorded 1953 & 1954 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major Op. 58 Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major Op. 73 »Emperor« Philharmonia Orchestra Herbert von Karajan (conductor) Recorded 1951 3 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54 Recorded 1953 GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16 Recorded 1951 Philharmonia Orchestra Herbert von Karajan (conductor) 4 DEBUSSY Selected works for piano solo: Rêverie La plus que lente Hommage à Haydn Deux Arabesques Préludes Book I (excerpts) Pour le piano Estampes Images Set I Images Set II Recorded 1953 81 ORDER NO. ISBN 82 222364-354 3-86562-091-4 NATHAN MILSTEIN (1904 –1992) (Violinist) 1 MOZART Sonata for Piano & Violin in C major KV 296 Arthur Balsam (piano) Recorded 1939 Adagio for Violin & Orchestra in E major KV 261 Rondo in C major KV 373 RCA Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann (conductor) Recorded 1950 BEETHOVEN Sonata for Piano & Violin No. 8 in G major Op. 30/3 Arthur Balsam (piano) Recorded 1939 KREISLER Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven GLUCK Mélodie from »Orphée et Euridice« (arr. by Kreisler) SARASATE »Danzas Españoles« for Violin & Piano Op. 22 (excerpt) MASSENET Méditation from »Thaïs« (arr. by Marsick) Recorded 1942 2 MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64 New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter (conductor) Recorded 1945 BRAHMS Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77 New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Victor de Sabata (conductor) Recorded 1950 live 3 TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Frederick Stock (conductor) Recorded 1940 DVORÁK Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 53 Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor) Recorded 1951 4 GOLDMARK Violin Concerto in A major Op. 28 New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter (conductor) Recorded 1942 GLAZUNOV Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 82 RCA Symphony Orchestra, William Steinberg (conductor) Recorded 1949 BLOCH »Baal Shem« (excerpt) Leopold Mittmann (piano) Recorded 1938 83 ORDER NO. ISBN 84 222365-354 3-86562-092-2 JOSEPH SZIGETI (1892 –1973) (Violinist) 1 BACH Concerto in D minor BWV 1052 Fritz Stiedry Orchestra of the New Friends of Music Recorded 1940 HÄNDEL Violin Sonata No. 7 in D major Op. 1 No. 13 Nikita Magaloff (piano) Recorded 1937 MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major KV 218 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Recorded 1934 Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 21 in E minor KV 304 Nikita Magaloff (piano) Recorded 1937 2 BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61 British Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter (conductor) Recorded 1932 Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 5 in F major Op. 24 »Spring« Arthur Schnabel (piano) Recorded 1948 3 PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major Op. 19 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor) Recorded 1935 Sonata No. 2 in D major Op. 94 Leonid Hambro (piano) Recorded 1945 BARTÓK »Contrasts« for Violin, Clarinet & Piano Béla Bartók (piano), Benny Goodman (clarinet) Recorded 1940 Portrait for Violin & Orchestra No. 1 Op. 5 »Un Idéal« Philharmonia Orchestra, Constant Lambert (conductor) Recorded 1946 4 BLOCH Violin Concerto in A minor Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, Willem Mengelberg (conductor) Recorded 1939 STRAVINSKY Duo Concertant for Violin & Piano Igor Stravinsky (piano) Recorded 1945 »Chanson Russe« (from »Mavra,« arr. for violin & piano) Igor Stravinsky (piano) Recorded 1946 85 ORDER NO. ISBN 86 222366-354 3-86562-093-0 EDWIN FISCHER (1886 –1960) (Pianist) 1 BACH Piano Concerto No. 5 in F minor BWV 1056 Recorded 1938 Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050 Edwin Fischer (conductor & piano) Gareth Morris (flute) Manoug Parikan (violin) Raymond Clark (cello) Philharmonia Orchestra Recorded 1952 »The Well -Tempered Clavier« Book I & II (Selection) Recorded 1933 & 1936 2 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor KV 491 London Philharmonic Orchestra Lawrence Collingwood (conductor) Recorded 1937 Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major KV 503 Philharmonia Orchestra Josef Krips (conductor) Recorded 1947 Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major KV 331 Recorded 1933 3 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major Op. 73 »Emperor« Philharmonia Orchestra Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor) Recorded 1951 Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 »Pathétique« Recorded 1938 Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major Op. 110 Recorded 1938 4 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op. 83 Berliner Philharmoniker Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor) Recorded 1942 SCHUBERT Impromptus for piano solo D. 899 Recorded 1938 87 ORDER NO. ISBN 88 222367-354 3-86562-094-9 CLAUDIO ARRAU (1903 –1991) (Pianist) 1 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37 Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy (conductor) Recorded 1947 WEBER Konzertstück for Piano & Orchestra in F minor Op. 79 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Désiré Defauw (conductor) Recorded 1946 Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major Op. 24 »Perpetuum mobile« Recorded 1941 2 CHOPIN Scherzo No. 1 in B minor Op. 20 Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 31 Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23 Ballade No. 4 in F minor Op. 52 Impromptu No. 3 in G flat major Op. 51 Fantasy-Impromptu in C sharp minor Op. 66 Barcarolle in F sharp major Op. 60 Recorded 1953 3 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54 Detroit Symphony Orchestra Karl Krüger (conductor) Recorded 1944 »Kreisleriana« Op. 16 (Eight fantasies for solo piano) Recorded 1946 »Arabesque« Op. 18 Recorded 1947 4 LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major New York Philharmonic Orchestra Guido Cantelli (conductor) Recorded 1953 live Hungarian Fantasy for Piano & Orchestra in E minor Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy (conductor) Recorded 1952 Hungarian Rhapsodies for Piano Nos. 9 & 11 Recorded 1951 R. STRAUSS »Burleske« for Piano & Orchestra Chicago Symphony Orchestra Désiré Defauw (conductor) Recorded 1947 live 89 ORDER NO. ISBN 90 222368-354 3-86562-095-7 WILHELM KEMPFF (1895 –1991) (Pianist) 1 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor KV 466 Recorded 1941 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37 Dresdner Philharmonie Paul van Kempen (conductor) Recorded 1942 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 »Pathétique« Recorded 1936 Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major Op. 53 »Waldstein« Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 »Appassionata« Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major Op. 81a »Les Adieux« Recorded 1951 3 SCHUMANN »Papillons« Op. 2 »Arabeske« Op. 18 Recorded 1951 BRAHMS Four Ballades Op. 10 Recorded 1953 Two Rhapsodies Op. 79 Recorded 1953 Intermezzi Op. 117 Recorded 1950 4 BRAHMS Piano Pieces Op. 76 Fantasias Op. 116 Piano Pieces Op. 119 Recorded 1953 91 ORDER NO. ISBN 92 222369-354 3-86562-096-5 RUDOLF SERKIN (1903 –1991) (Pianist) 1 BACH Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue in D minor BWV 903 Italian Concerto for Keyboard in F major BWV 971 Recorded 1950 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor KV 467 Philadephia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy (conductor) Recorded 1951 2 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 »Pathétique« Recorded 1945 Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 27 / 2 »Moonlight« Recorded 1941 Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major Op. 109 Recorded 1952 3 Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major Op. 47 »Kreutzer« Adolf Busch (violine) Recorded 1941 Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor Op. 5 / 2 12 Variations on »Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen« from Mozart’s »Die Zauberflöte« (The Magic Flute) Pablo Casals (cello) Recorded 1951 4 BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major Op. 26 Adolf Busch (violin) Karl Doktor (viola) Hermann Busch (cello) Recorded 1932 Piano Quintet in F minor Op. 34 a Adolf Busch, Gösta Andreasson (violins) Karl Doktor (viola) Hermann Busch (cello) Recorded 1938 93 ORDER NO. ISBN 94 222370-354 3-86562-097-3 LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918 –1990) (Conductor, pianist & composer) New York Stadium Symphony Orchestra * Philharmonia Orchestra ** Columbia Chamber Orchestra # Columbia Symphony Orchestra ø RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra øø St. Louis Symphony Orchestra ~ New York Philharmonic Orchestra ‡ Royal Philharmonic Orchestra § 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Op. 55 »Eroica« 2 RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major Recorded 1953 * Leonard Bernstein (piano) Recorded 1946 ** »Shéhérazade« Three songs for voice & orchestra Jennie Tourel (mezzo soprano) Recorded 1950 ø MILHAUD »La Création du monde« Op. 81 Recorded 1951 # 3 WORKS COMPOSED & CONDUCTED BY BERNSTEIN »Facsimile« A choreographic essay Sydney Foster (piano) Recorded 1947 øø Symphony No. 1 »Jeremiah« For voice & orchestra Nan Merriman (mezzo soprano) Recorded 1945 ~ Symphony No. 2 »The Age of Anxiety« For piano & orchestra (After W. H. Auden) Lukas Foss (piano) Recorded 1950 ‡ 4 WORKS COMPOSED BY BERNSTEIN Overture to »Candide« Opera Three Variations from »Fancy Free« Ballet music Symphonic Dances from »West Side Story« Musical Three Dance Episodes from »On the Town« Musical Symphonic Suite from »On the Waterfront« Film score Carl Davis (conductor) Recorded 1996 § 95 ORDER NO. ISBN 96 222371-354 3-86562-098-1 MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ (*1933) (Soprano) 1 VERDI Dámor sull’ali rosee (Il Trovatore) PUCCINI Senza mamma (Suor Angelica) • In questa reggia (Turandot) • Un bel di vedremo (Madama Butterfly) PONCHIELLI Suicidio! In questi fieri momenti (La Gioconda) CATALANI Ebben, ne andró lontana (La Wally) MASCAGNI Voi lo sapete (Cavalleria rusticana) GIORDANO La mamma morta (Andrea Chénier) CILÉA Io son l’umile ancella (Adriana Lecouvreur) Orchestra Sinfonica de Barcelona Armando Gatto, Gianfranco Masini & Anton Guadagno (conductors) 2 BIZET Leila, Leila! Dieu puissant le voilá (Les Pecheurs de Perles) BELLINI Ah! Se una volta sola (La Sonnambula) DONIZETTI Una parola, o Adina (L’Elisir d’Amore) MASSENET Il faut nous séparer (Werther) • J’ai marqué leur de départ (Manon) PUCCINI Bimba degli occhi pieni de malia (Madama Butterfly) Giuseppe di Stefano & Bernabé Martí (tenors) Orquesta Sinfonica de Barcelona Gianfranco Masini & Armando Gatto (conductors) 3 VERDI Mercé, delette amiche / Arrigo! Ah, parli a un core (I Vespri Siciliani) Morró, ma prima in grazia (Un Ballo in Maschera) • Che piú t’arresti (Il Trovatore) • Nel di della vittoria (Macbeth) • Gualtier Maldé (Rigoletto) PUCCINI Tu, tu, tu? Piccolo iddio (Madame Butterfly) Orquestra Sinfonica de Barcelona Gianfranco Masini (conductor) Cecilia Fondevilla (mezzo soprano) & Juan Pons (baritone) 4 GRANADOS Oh, muerte cruel / Ay! Majo de mi vida / De aquel majo amante (La maja dolorosa) FALLA Tus ojillos negros / Oracion de las madres que tienen a sus hijos en brazos ALBÉNIZ Besa el aura / Del salón RODRIGO De donde venis amore / Con qué la lavaré / Vos me matasteis / De los alamos vengo, madre (Cuatro madrigales amatorios) VIVALDI Vieni, vieni o mio diletto (Ottone in villa) • Chiare onde (Ercole sul termodonte) Sposa don disprezzata (Bajazet) • Agitata da due venti (La Griselda) LOTTI Pur dicesti PAISIELLO Nel cor più non mi sento PERGOLESI Se tu m’ami Miguel Zanetti (piano) 97 ORDER NO. ISBN 98 222372-354 3-86562-099-X FRITZ REINER (1888 –1963) (Conductor) Columbia String Ensemble * Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra ** Chicago Symphony Orchestra ø NBC Symphony Orchestra ‡ 1 BACH Brandenburg Brandenburg Brandenburg Brandenburg Concerto Concerto Concerto Concerto No. No. No. No. 1 3 5 6 in in in in F major BWV 1046 G major BWV 1048 D major BWV 1050 B flat major BWV 1051 Recorded 1949 * 2 MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G minor KV 550 Recorded 1946 ** BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 36 Recorded 1946 ** 3 R. STRAUSS »Also sprach Zarathustra« Op. 30 Tone poem for orchestra after Friedrich Nietzsche Recorded 1954 ø »Der Bürger als Edelmann« Op. 60 Suite for orchestra from the ballet Recorded 1946 ** 4 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 6 in B minor Op. 54 Recorded 1945 ** HINDEMITH »Mathis der Maler« Symphony from the opera Recorded 1946 ‡ 99 ORDER NO. ISBN 100 222373-354 3-86562-100-7 HERMANN PREY (1929 –1998) (Baritone) 1 LOEWE Nächtliche Heerschau, Op. 23 • Der Räuber, Op. 34 No. 2 • Süßes Begräbnis, Op. 62 No. 4 • Hinkende Jamben, Op. 62 No. 5 • Kleiner Haushalt, Op. 71 • Heinrich der Vogler, Op. 56 No. 1 • Die verfallene Mühle, Op. 109 • Trommelständchen, Op. 123 No. 2 • Die Uhr, Op. 128 No. 3 • Der Nöck, Op. 129 No. 2 • Spirito santo, Op. 143 • Der Feind, Op. 145 No. 2 Karl Engel (piano) 2 STOLZ Im Prater blüh’n wieder die Bäume EYSLER Küssen ist keine Sünd’ (Bruder Straubinger) Weinlied (Der lachende Ehemann) J. STRAUSS JR. Draußen in Sievering blüht schon der Flieder (Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler) ZIEHRER Sei gepriesen, du lauschige Nacht (Die Landstreicher) FALL Und der Himmel hängt voller Geigen (Der liebe Augustin) O. STRAUS Die Musik kommt • Leise, ganz leise (Ein Walzertraum) ZELLER Wie mein Ahnerl zwanzig Jahr (Der Vogelhändler) Laß Dir Zeit, wenn du den Mädchen winkst (Der Kellermeister) KREUTZER Hobellied SIECZYNSKI Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume Wiener Symphoniker, Helmuth Froschauer (conductor) 3 KÁLMÁN Komm Zigán (Gräfin Mariza) LORTZING Verraten, von Euch verraten Sonst spielt’ ich mit Zepter, mit Krone und Stern (Zar und Zimmermann) ORFF Strahlendes Licht • Gebt mir Antwort, weite Wälder Bin ich hinabgetaucht ins Reich der Schatten (Orpheus) JÖDE Rosemarie • Jetzt kommt der Sommer in das Land • Auf Feldwache Schäferlied Ulaneneinmaleins • Verloren • Das Buchenblatt 4 MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY O Täler weit, o Höhen Du, du liegst mir im Herzen (Trad.) Hab mein Wagen voll geladen (Trad.) ZÖLLNER Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust PERUCCHINI Das Schiff streicht durch die Wellen Ade zur guten Nacht (Trad.) ZELTER Es war ein König in Thule SILCHER Ännchen von Tharau • Im schönsten Wiesengrunde FRÖHLICH Wem Gott will rechte Gunst erweisen KÜCKEN Ach, wie ist’s möglich dann SCHULZ Der Mond ist aufgegangen Tölzer Knabenchor Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden (conductor) 101 ORDER NO. ISBN 102 222374-354 3-86562-101-5 JUSSI BJÖRLING (1911–1960) (Tenor) 1 BEETHOVEN Adelaide Rec. 1939 SCHUBERT An Sylvia • Ständchen • An die Leier Rec. 1940 TOSTI Ideale Rec. 1937 R. STRAUSS Cäcilie • Morgen Rec. 1939 SIBELIUS Svarta rosor • Säv, säv, susa Rec. 1940 TRADITIONAL Ack Värmeland, du sköna Allt under himmelens fäste Rec. 1936 ATTERBERG I männer över lag och rätt (Fanal) Rec. 1935 SJÖBERG Tonerna Rec. 1936 EKLÖF Morgan Rec. 1940 ALFVÉN Skogen sover Rec. 1940 MEYERBEER O Paradiso (L’Africana) Rec. 1937 MASSENET Il sogno (Manon) Rec. 1938 J. STRAUSS JR. Wer uns getraut? (Der Zigeunerbaron) Hjördis Schymberg (soprano) / Rec. 1938 Harry Ebert (piano) 2 DONIZETTI Una furtiva lagrima (L’Elisir d’Amore) Rec. 1945 GOUNOD Salut, demeure chaste et pure (Faust) Rec. 1939 PONCHIELLI Cielo e mar (La Gioconda) Rec. 1937 ROSSINI Cujus animam (Stabat Mater) Rec. 1938 FLOTOW M’appari tutt’ amor (Martha) Rec. 1939 BIZET La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Carmen) Rec. 1938 VERDI Ah, si, ben mio, coll’essere … Di quella pira (Il Trovatore) Rec. 1938 • Di tu se fedele (Un Ballo in Maschera) Rec. 1944 • Celeste Aida (Aida) Rec. 1936 • La donna è mobile Rec. 1936 / È il sol dell ‘anima Rec. 1941 (Rigoletto) PUCCINI Che gelida manina Rec. 1936 / O soave fanciulla Hjördis Schymberg (soprano) Rec. 1941 (La Bohème) • Recondita armonia Rec. 1936 E lucevan le stelle Rec. 1937 (Tosca) • Ch’ella mi creda (La Fanciulla del West) Rec. 1937 MASCAGNI O Lola (Cavelleria rusticana) Rec. 1934 LEONCAVALLO Un tal gioco, credetemi … / Recitar! Mentre preso dal delirio Vesti la giubba / No, Pagliaccio non son (I Pagliacci) Victoria de Los Angeles (Nedda, soprano), Robert Merrill (Silvio, baritone) & Paul Franke (Beppe, tenor) / Rec. 1953 Royal Orchestra Stockholm / Nils Grevellius (conductor) RCA Victor Orchestra / Renato Cellini (conductor) 3 BEETHOVEN »Missa Solemnis« Op. 123 Mass for soloists, chorus & orchestra in D major 4 VERDI Messa da Requiem (excerpts) Zinka Milanov (soprano), Bruna Castagna (mezzo soprano) & Alexander Kipnis (bass) Westminster Choir NBC Symphony Orchestra / Arturo Toscanini (conductor) / Rec. 1940 live Zinka Milanov (soprano), Bruna Castagna (mezzo soprano) & Nicola Moscona (bass) Westminster Choir NBC Symphony Orchestra / Arturo Toscanini (conductor) / Rec. 1940 live 103 ORDER NO. ISBN 104 222602-354 3-86562-178-3 PETER ANDERS (1908 –1954) (Tenor) SELECTED ARIAS & SONGS FROM: 1 MEYERBEER Die Afrikanerin SMETANA Die verkaufte Braut BIZET Carmen VERDI Aida • Otello GIORDANO Andrea Chénier Kölner Rundfunkorchester, RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester, Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks Franz Marszalek, Fried Walter, Otto Ackermann, Werner Schmidt-Boelcke & Kurt Gaebel (conductors) Fritz Hoppe (bass) Sena Jurinac & Martha Musial (sopranos) Edzart Bruns (speaker) Recorded 1943–1954 2 PUCCINI La Bohème • Der Mantel (II Tabbaro / Trittico) MOZART Die Zauberflöte • Die Entführung aus dem Serail OFFENBACH Hoffmanns Erzählungen Berliner Rundfunksinfonieorchester, Orchester der Staatsoper Stuttgart, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Staatskapelle Berlin Arthur Rother, Hans Steinkopf, Clemens Krauss, Arthur Grüber, Robert Heger & Karl Schmidt (conductors) Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender & Mathieu Ahlersmeyer (baritones) Trude Eipperle, Maria Cebotari, Hildegard Ranczak, & Erna Berger (sopranos) Georg Hann (bass) 3 DONIZETTI Der Liebestrank PUCCINI Tosca • Manon Lescaut • La Bohème Das Mädchen aus dem goldenen Westen LORTZING Undine FLOTOW Martha NICOLAI Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor BEETHOVEN Fidelio WEBER Der Freischütz WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Orchester des Deutschen Opernhauses Berlin, Berliner Rundfunksinfonieorchester, Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks, Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin, Sinfonieorchester des NDR & Orchestra of Covent Garden Arthur Grüber, Franz Marszalek, Arthur Rother, Otto Ackermann, Hans Steinkopf, Johannes Schüler, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt & Sir Thomas Beecham (conductors) Sena Jurinac, Trude Eipperle & Martha Fuchs (sopranos) Josef Greindl & Georg Hann (basses) Hans Hotter & Benno Kusche (baritones) 4 SCHILLING Glockenlieder Staatskapelle Berlin, Robert Heger (conductor) BRAHMS Lieder Heimkehr • Der Kuss • Botschaft • O lieblich Wangen • Am Sonntagmorgen Sehnsucht • Mein’ Lieb’ ist grün • Heimweh • Tambourliedchen • Minnelied Wir wandelten • Ein Wanderer Michael Raucheisen (piano) Recorded 1943, 1944 & 1953 All sung in German 105 ORDER NO. ISBN 106 222603-354 3-86562-179-1 ERNA BERGER (1900 –1990) (Soprano) 1 HINDEMITH »Das Marienleben« Op. 27 (The Life of Mary) Song cycle for soprano & piano after poetry by Rainer Maria Rilke Gerhard Puchelt (piano) Recorded 1953 2 HÄNDEL Oh, sleep, why dost thou leave me MOZART Exultate, jubilate SCHUBERT An die Nachtigall • Lachen und Weinen BRAHMS Geheimnis • Das Mädchen spricht WOLF Ihr jungen Leute • Heb’ auf dein blondes Haupt • Wir haben beide lange Zeit • Mein Liebster singt • Mein Liebster hat zu Tische • Auch kleine Dinge DEBUSSY Pantomime • Clair de lune • Pierrot • Apparition R. STRAUSS Drei Ophelia-Lieder aus »Hamlet« Michael Raucheisen (piano) Recorded 1944 3 MOZART Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (Die Zauberflöte) Welcher Kummer & Martern aller Arten (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) VERDI Teurer Name / Wer ist statt seiner hier im Sacke & Tochter! – Mein Vater (Rigoletto) OFFENBACH Sie entfloh, die Taube so minnig & Ich wußt’ es ja, Du liebst mich doch (Hoffmanns Erzählungen) Recorded 1939–1944 All sung in German 4 HUMPERDINCK Suse, liebe Suse (Hänsel und Gretel) R. STRAUSS Großmächtige Prinzessin (Ariadne auf Naxos) • Ist ein Traum, kann nicht wirklich sein (Der Rosenkavalier) GLUCK Quest’asilo ameno e grato & Che fiero momento (Orpheus und Eurydike) FLOTOW Letzte Rose / Mag der Himmel Euch vergeben & Diese Hand, die sich gewendet (Martha) Recorded 1939–1944 107 ORDER NO. ISBN 108 222604-354 3-86562-180-5 RUDOLF KEMPE (1910 –1976) (Conductor) Münchner Philharmoniker 1 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4 in E flat major »Romantic« (1878 / 80 Version) Recorded 1975 & 1976 2 Symphony No. 5 in B flat major 3 BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op.68 Symphony No. 3 in F major Op.90 Recorded live 1975 Recorded 1975 4 Symphony No. 2 in D major Op.73 Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op.98 Recorded 1975 109 ORDER NO. ISBN 110 222605-354 3-86562-181-3 LUCIA POPP (1939 –1993) (Soprano) 1 DVORÁK Vier Lieder im Volkston Op. 73 PROKOFIEV Russische Volkslieder Op. 104 (selection) KODÁLY Ungarische Volksmusik (selection) JANÁCEK Mährische Volkspoesie in Liedern (selection) Geoffrey Parsons (piano) 2 BRAHMS Mädchenfluch Op. 69 No. 9 • Vorschneller Schwur Op. 95 No. 5 Mädchenlied Op. 107 No. 5, Op. 95 No. 6 & Op. 85 No. 3 Das Mädchen spricht Op. 107 No. 3 • Die Trauernde Op. 7 No. 5 Sehnsucht Op. 14 No. 8 • Wie komm’ ich denn zur Tür herein In stiller Nacht • Es steht ein Lind’ • Regenlied MAHLER Frühlingsmorgen • Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grünen Wald Nicht wiedersehen! • Scheiden und Meiden • Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen • Hans und Grete • Starke Einbildungskraft Ablösung im Sommer • Erinnerung Geoffrey Parsons (piano) 3 MOZART Ach, ich fühl’s, es ist entschwunden (Die Zauberflöte) WEBER Wie nahte mir der Schlummer (Der Freischütz) GOETZ Die Kraft versagt (Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung) VERDI Caro nome (Rigoletto) PUCCINI O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) MOZART E Susanna non vien (Die Hochzeit des Figaro) MASSENET Allons! Il le faut! (Manon) CHARPENTIER Depuis le jour (Louise) LEHÁR Grisettenlied (Die lustige Witwe) Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Kurt Eichhorn (conductor) 4 TELEMANN Ich danke dem Herrn von ganzem Herzen (Psalm 111) Carole Dawn Reinhart (trumpet) HÄNDEL Kommt, all’ ihr Seraphim (Samson) Carole Dawn Reinhart (trumpet) BACH Sei Lob und Preis – Alleluja ORFF All mein Sehnen / Weh, dass des Lebens (Orpheus) * LORTZING Die Eifersucht ist eine Plage (Zar und Zimmermann) Adalbert Kraus (tenor) ** SMETANA Oh! Jaky zal! (The Bartered Bride) * DVORÁK Mesícku na nebi hlubokém (Rusalka) * Amsterdamer Kammerorchester / Marinus Voorberg (conductor) Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Kurt Eichhorn (conductor) * Münchner Rundfunkorchester / Heinz Wallberg (conductor) ** 111 ORDER NO. ISBN 112 222606-354 3-86562-182-1 INGEBORG HALLSTEIN (*1933) (Soprano) 1 CHOPIN In mir klingt ein Lied • LISZT Liebestraum • GROTHE Lied der Nachtigall • LENOIR Parlez-moi d’amour • GRIEG Solvejgs Lied (Peer Gynt) • O. STRAUS Der Reigen • J. STRAUSS JR. An der schönen blauen Donau • Frutti di mare (Eine Nacht in Venedig) • Klänge der Heimat (Die Fledermaus) • Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald • BUDAY Ein Blumenstrauß aus Nizza • KÜNNEKE Strahlender Mond (Der Vetter aus Dingsda) • STOLZ Wien wird schön erst bei Nacht • ZELLER Ich bin die Christel von der Post (Der Vogelhändler) • SUPPÉ Hab’ ich nur deine Liebe (Boccaccio) • MILLÖCKER Jeder Ton spricht davon (Der Bettelstudent) Ich schenk’ mein Herz (Die Dubarry) • FALL Du, mein Schönbrunn (Die Kaiserin) • Liebling aller Welt, Dolores (Die spanische Nachtigall) Ein Walzer muß es sein (Die Rose von Stambul) Heinz Hoppe (Tenor) Chor und großes Orchester, Franz Marszalek (conductor) 2 J. STRAUSS JR. Frühlingsstimmen-Walzer Wenn der Nachtwind rauscht (Karneval in Rom) * • J. STRAUSS Dorfschwalben aus Österreich • ARDITI Parla-Walzer • PIPPING Lerchenjubel • PROCH Thema und Variationen LEHÁR Niemand liebt dich so wie ich (Paganini) * • Hab’ in Paris mich noch nicht ganz so akklimatisiert (Die lustige Witwe) • Ich möcht’ wieder einmal die Heimat sehen (Das Land des Lächelns) • KÁLMÁN Sag’ ja, mein Lieb, sag ja (Gräfin Mariza) * • O. STRAUS Das ist der letzte Walzer (Der letzte Walzer) * • MOZART Ach ich liebte, war so glücklich (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) • BEETHOVEN O wär’ ich schon mit dir vereint (Fidelio) • NICOLAI Nun eilt herbei (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor) • LORTZING So wisse, dass ich allen Elementen (Undine) SCHUMANN Meine Rose ** • Horch, wie still es wird ** • WOLF Das verlassene Mägdelein ** Heinz Hoppe (Tenor) * & Erik Werba (piano) ** Großes Sinfonieorchester, Franz Marszalek (conductor) 3 BERNSTEIN Ich gefall’ mir (West Side Story) * • SHERMAN Mit ‘nem Teelöffel Zucker & Vöglein soll’n nicht hungrig sein (Mary Poppins) * PORTER Wann kann ich dir trau’n (Kiss me Kate) * • KÜNNEKE In meiner Heimat, in Andalusien (Die lockende Flamme) • SCHRÖDER Ich grüß’ dich, Venedig • MILLÖCKER Ja, so ist sie, die Dubarry (Die Dubarry) Vergebliches Ständchen (Trad.) ** • SCHUMANN Die Lotosblume ** WOLF Elfenlied ** • R. STRAUSS Morgen ** • BEETHOVEN Ich liebe dich ** MUSSORGSKY Mit der Njanja: O, erzähl’ mir ø • Im Winkel: Du bist ein Schlingel ø • Der Käfer: Njanja, Njanjuschka ø • Mit der Puppe: Tjapa eia ø • Abendgebet: Lieber Gott, behüte mich ø • Kater Prinz: Ai, ai, ai, ai Mutter ø • Steckenpferdreiter: Hei, hopp, hopp • PROKOFIEV Das hässliche Entlein ø Erik Werba ** & Norman Shetler ø (piano) Großes Sinfonieorchester, Franz Marszalek & Heinz Geese * (conductors) 4 ARDITI Kuss-Walzer • FELTZ Was Blumen träumen • LORTZING Ihr Weib? Mein teures Weib! (Der Wildschütz) Horst Wilhelm (Tenor) ø Wir armen, armen Mädchen & Er schläft! Wir alle sind in Angst und Not (Der Waffenschmied) ø • FLOTOW Letzte Rose (Martha) ø BEETHOVEN Jetzt, Schätzchen, jetzt sind wir allein (Fidelio) Horst Wilhelm (Tenor) ø • Wonne der Wehmut * • MOZART Ha, du solltest für mich sterben (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) • Das Veilchen * • Warnung * PROKOFIEV Schwatzlieschen ** • Süße Grüße ** • Die Ferkelchen ** HAYDN Schäferlied * • Eine sehr gewöhnliche Geschichte * • BRAHMS Mädchenlied * • R. STRAUSS Der Stern * • SCHUBERT Heidenröslein * Lied der Mignon * Erik Werba * & Norman Shetler ** (piano) Wiener Hofburg Orchester, Dietfried Bernet (conductor) ø Großes Sinfonieorchester, Franz Marszalek (conductor) 113 ORDER NO. ISBN 116 222608-354 3-86562-184-8 RENÉ KOLLO (*1937) (Tenor) 1 LEHÁR Immer nur lächeln (Das Land des Lächelns) • Niemand liebt Dich so wie ich (Paganini) • KÜNNEKE Immerzu singt Dein Herz meinem Herzen zu (Die große Sünderin) • Ich bin nur ein armer Wandergesell’ / Ob Sturm, ob Graus (Der Vetter aus Dingsda) • J. STRAUSS Komm in die Gondel (Eine Nacht in Venedig) Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein (Die Fledermaus) • BOHM Still wie die Nacht • RODGERS Edelweiß • TOSELLI Serenata • EYSLER Küssen ist keine Sünd’ (Bruder Straubinger) • O. STRAUS Leise, ganz leise (Ein Walzertraum) MAY Heut’ ist der schönste Tag in meinen Leben • JÖDE Rosemarie CHOPIN In mir klingt ein Lied 2 LEHÁR Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert (Giuditta) • Wer hat die Liebe uns ins Herz gesenkt? / Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (Das Land des Lächelns) Liebste, glaub’ an mich / Bruder Leichtsinn, so werd’ ich genannt (Schön ist die Welt) • Wenn zwei sich lieben (Der Rastelbinder) • O Mädchen, mein Mädchen (Friederike) • Du bist meine Sonne (Giuditta) • Hab’ ein blaues Himmelbett (Frasquita) • Gern hab’ ich die Frau’n geküsst (Paganini) • Da geh’ ich ins Maxim (Die lustige Witwe) • KÁLMÁN Wieder hinaus ins strahlende Licht (Die Zirkusprinzessin) MILLÖCKER Ich hab’ kein Geld, bin vogelfrei (Der Bettelstudent) ABRAHAM Reich mir zum Abschied noch einmal die Hände (Viktoria und ihr Husar) • J. STRAUSS Treu sein, das liegt mir nicht (Eine Nacht in Venedig) 3 MEYERBEER Land so wunderbar (Die Afrikanerin) • KIENZL Selig sind, die Verfolgung leiden (Der Evangelimann) • WAGNER In fernem Land, unnahbar Euren Schritten (Lohengrin) • VERDI Wenn Deine Liebe mir gehört (Der Troubadour) • PUCCINI Keiner schlafe (Turandot) • Leb’ wohl, mein Blütenreich (Madama Butterfly) • GIORDANO Vicino a te (Andrea Chénier) WEBER Nein, länger trag ich nicht die Qualen (Der Freischütz) FLOTOW Ach, so fromm (Martha) • BEETHOVEN Gott, welch Dunkel hier (Fidelio) • D’ALBERT In’s Tiefland gehst Du? / Schau her, das ist ein Taler (Tiefland) • LORTZING Vater, Mutter, Schwestern, Brüder (Undine) • SCHULTZE Ach, ich hab’ in meinem Herzen da innen (Schwarzer Peter) • SUPPÉ Lass Dich erweichen (Banditenstreiche) 4 HEUBERGER Geh’n wir in’s Chambre séparée (Der Opernball) J. STRAUSS Ach, wie so herrlich zu schau’n / So ängstlich sind wir nicht / Alle maskiert (Eine Nacht in Venedig) • Wer uns getraut / Ja, das alles auf Ehr (Der Zigeunerbaron) • MILLÖCKER Soll ich reden, darf ich schweigen? (Der Bettelstudent) Dunkelrote Rosen (Gasparone) • LINKE Es war einmal (Im Reiche des Indra) KÁLMÁN Komm Zigan (Gräfin Mariza) • KÜNNEKE Drei kleine Worte von Dir Ich sing’ mein schönstes Lied (Traumland) Weißt Du noch? (Der Vetter aus Dingsda) • FALL Stillgestanden! Kerzengrade! (Madame Pompadour) Grit van Jüten, Melanie Holliday, Katia Ricciarelli, Eva Marton (Sopranos) & Norbert Orth (Tenor) 117 ORDER NO. ISBN 118 222609-354 3-86562-185-6 RUDOLF SCHOCK (1915 –1986) (Tenor) 1 KÁLMÁN Grüß mir mein Wien (Gräfin Mariza) • Tanzen möchte ich, Weißt Du es noch? & Machen wir’s den Schwalben nach (Die Csardasfürstin) LEHÁR Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert, Schönste der Frau’n, Du bist meine Sonne & Schön wie die blaue Sommernacht (Giuditta) Von Apfelblüten einen Kranz (Das Land des Lächelns) • Ich bin ein Zigeunerkind, Es liegt in blauen Fernen ein wundersamer Hain & Glück hat als Gast (Zigeunerliebe) • Da geh’ ich ins Maxim, Ich bin eine anständ’ge Frau & Komm in den kleinen Pavillon (Die lustige Witwe) Mein Ahnherr war der Luxemburg & Fünfdreiviertel, das spricht Bände (Der Graf von Luxemburg) • TAUBER Du bist die Welt für mich (Der singende Traum) • ABRAHAM Blume von Hawaii & Du traumschöne Perle der Südsee (Die Blume von Hawaii) 2 J. STRAUSS Komm in die Gondel (Eine Nacht in Venedig) • MILLÖCKER Soll ich reden, darf ich schweigen? (Der Bettelstudent) • Wie freu’ ich mich, Sie hier zu sehen (Gasparone) • OFFENBACH Auf dem Berge Ida & Ja, ein Traum, schön und mild (Die schöne Helena) • KÜNNEKE Das Lied vom Leben des Schrenk • (Die große Sünderin) Du warst von Anbeginn nur mir bestimmt (Zauberin Lola) • SCHLÖDER Ein Glück, dass man sich so verlieben kann (Hochzeitsnacht im Paradies) • ABRAHAM Ich hab einen Mann, der mich liebt (Ball im Savoy) • Reich mir zum Abschied noch einmal die Hände (Victoria und ihr Husar) • SPOLIANSKY Heute Nacht oder nie (Das Lied einer Nacht) • MOZART Konstanze, Dich wiederzusehen & Wenn der Freude Tränen fließen (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) • Der Odem der Liebe (Così Fan Tutte) • WEBER Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen (Der Freischütz) • LORTZING Frei sein ist erst wahres Leben (Casanova) 3 PUCCINI Wie eiskalt ist dies Händchen & O Du süßestes Mädchen (La Bohème) • Mädchen, in Deinen Augen liegt ein Zauber & Leb’ wohl, mein Blütenreich (Madame Butterfly) • Keiner schlafe & O weine nicht, Liu (Turandot) • DONIZETTI Lass es, ach, lass es mich hören (Don Pasquale) Una furtiva lagrima (Der Liebestrank) • MASCAGNI Nach Hause, nach Hause & Mutter, der Wein war allzu feurig (Cavalleria Rusticana) • VERDI Sie wurde mir entrissen (Rigoletto) • In uns’re Heimat kehren wir wieder (Der Troubadour) • Wohl kam im sich’ren Heime (Ein Maskenball) Holde Aida (Aida) • MEYERBEER Land so wunderbar (Die Afrikanerin) OFFENBACH Ha, wie in meiner Seele entbrennt süße Wonne (Hoffmanns Erzählungen) • BIZET Hier an dem Herzen treu geboren (Carmen) MASSENET Ach, mit dem Dichter träumen selig wir (Werther) 4 TCHAIKOVSKY Wohin seid Ihr entschwunden (Eugen Onegin) • Das fürchterliche Warten & Gräfin, ein Wort nur (Pique Dame) • GLINKA Dort gen Mitternacht (Ruslan und Ludmilla) • FLOTOW Ach, so fromm (Martha) • GIORDANO Vicino, a te s’acquato (Andrea Chenier) • MASCAGNI Suzel, buon di (Freund Fritz) • VERDI Lodern zum Himmel (Der Troubadour) MASSENET O schöne Zeit (Manon) • BRANDS-BUYS Ich sehe dort Veronika (Die Schneider von Schönau) • KORNGOLD O Freund, ich werde sie nicht wiederseh’n (Die tote Stadt) • LORTZING Lebe wohl, mein flandrisch’ Mädchen (Zar und Zimmermann) • CORNELIUS O holdes Bild in Engelsschöne (Der Barbier von Bagdad) • DARGOMYSCHSKI Bald wirst Du an mich nicht mehr denken • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Echo 119 ORDER NO. ISBN 120 222610-354 3-86562-186-4 RICHARD TAUBER (1891–1948) (Tenor) 1 THOMAS Adieu, Mignon (Mignon) • VERDI O, wie so trügerisch sind Weiberherzen (La donna è mobile, Rigoletto) • Mein Leben weih’ ich dir (De miei bollenti spiriti, La Traviata) • Lodern zum Himmel (Di quella pira, Il Trovatore) • DOELLE Wenn der weiße Flieder wieder blüht • LEHÁR Lippen schweigen (Die lustige Witwe) • Du bist meine Sonne & Schön wie die blaue Sommernacht (Giuditta) • Gern hab ich die Frau’n geküsst (Paganini) • HAMMERSTEIN One Day When We Were Young (arranged from: Die Liebe ist eine Himmelsmacht / Der Zigeunerbaron, J. STRAUSS JR.) • OFFENBACH Es war einmal am Hofe von Eisenach (Hoffmanns Erzählungen) • PURCELL Pedro the Fisherman Someday We Shall Meet Again • J. STRAUSS JR. Rosen aus dem Süden (Das Spitzentuch der Königin) • On the Blue Danube (An der schönen blauen Donau) • ELISCU Without a Song • SCHUBERT First Love Is Best Love • WEBSTER My Moonlight Madonna 2 LEHÁR Immer nur lächeln, Von Apfelblüten einen Kranz, Dein ist mein ganzes Herz & Wer hat die Liebe uns ins Herz gesenkt with Vera Schwarz (Das Land des Lächelns) • Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert (Giuditta) • Es steht ein Soldat am Wolgastrand (Der Zarewitsch) • SCHUBERT Once There Lived a Lady Fair DUBIN Indian Summer • HAMMERSTEIN Lover, Come Back to Me • J. STRAUSS JR. G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald KÁLMÁN Grüß mir mein Wien • GERSHWIN Long Ago • HOOD The English Rose • DONNELY Serenade • ERWIN Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame HEUBERGER Geh’n wir ins Chambre séparée (Der Opernball) • ZELLER Wie mein Ahnl zwanzig Jahr’ (Der Vogelhändler) • BOND A Perfect Day 3 MERCER Dearly Beloved • HAMMERSTEIN One Alone • LEHÁR Liebes Schwesterlein, sollst nicht traurig sein (Das Land des Lächelns) • O, Mädchen, mein Mädchen (Friederike) • Schweig, zagendes Herz (Das Fürstenkind) • Es leb’ eine Vilja (Die lustige Witwe) • SIECZYNSKI Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume • STOLZ Im Prater blüh’n wieder die Bäume • Adieu, mein kleiner Gardeoffizier • COWLER Es gibt eine Frau, die dich niemals vergisst • TAYLOR Plaisir d’amour • ROTTER Deine Mutter bleibt immer bei dir • WEBER Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen (Der Freischütz) • WAGNER In fernem Land (Lohengrin) • BIZET Hier an dem Herzen treu geboren (Carmen) • LEONCAVALLO Put on Your Costume (Pagliacci) • PUCCINI Und es blitzen die Sterne (Tosca) • ANONYMOUS Delight of Love 4 O. STRAUS Simple Little Melody • Komm, Held meiner Träume (Der tapfere Soldat) • TAUBER Rot ist dein Mund • Potpourri * & Du bist die Welt für mich (Der singende Traum) * Richard Tauber (piano) KÁLMÁN Rose der Prärie (Die Herzogin von Chicago) • LEHÁR Sah ein Knab’ ein Röslein steh’n (Friederike) • Schatz, ich bitt’ dich (Frasquita) • Dein war mein ganzes Herz (Das Land des Lächelns) • J. STRAUSS JR. Als flotter Geist (Der Zigeunerbaron) MURRY My Heart Is in Vienna Still • SCHUBERT Frühlingstraum Am Meer Der Neugierige • An die Musik • SCHUMANN Widmung • Die beiden Grenadiere • Mondnacht 121 ORDER NO. ISBN 122 222611-354 3-86562-187-2 ROBERT STOLZ (1880 –1975) (Conductor & Composer) Robert Stolz Orchester * Berliner Symphoniker ** 1 J. STRAUSS JR. Kaiserwalzer • Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka • An der schönen blauen Donau * • OFFENBACH Barcarole (Hoffmanns Erzählungen) ** • LISZT Liebestraum No. 3 in E flat major Op. 62 ** TOSELLI Serenata Op. 6 ** • MARTINI Plaisir d’amour ** SCHUBERT Leise flehen meine Lieder ** BRAHMS Wiegenlied Op. 49 / 4 ** • STOLZ Zwei Herzen im Dreivierteltakt • Wenn die kleinen Veilchen blühen • Salome • Im Prater blüh’n wieder die Bäume • Auch Du wirst mich einmal betrügen * 2 STOLZ Marsch-Potpourri Leutnant, warst Du einst bei den Husaren Jung san ma, fesch san ma • Gruß aus Wien • Walzer-Potpourri Ich sing mein Lied • In Wien gibt’s manch’ witziges Gasserl • Wien wird bei Nacht erst schön • Lieder-Potpourri Vor meinem Vaterhaus steht eine Linde • Wohin ist das alles • Auf der Heide blüh’n die letzten Rosen Foxtrott-Potpourri Hallo, Du süße Klingelfee • Im Casino, da steht ein Piano • Ob blond, ob braun • Medium-Potpourri Ungeküsst sollst Du nicht schlafen gehen • Ich hab’ ein Mädel gern • Mädi Walzer-Potpourri II Schließ die Augen zu • Oft genügt ein Gläschen Sekt • Servus • Medium-Foxtrott-Potpourri Du bist auf dieser Welt Himmelblaue Träume • Im Traum hast Du mir alles erlaubt • Komm in den Park von Sanssouci • Frühling in Wien • Das Lied ist aus Mein Liebeslied muss ein Walzer sein • Frühjahrsparade Du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein • Sei gegrüßt, mein schönes Holland * 3 J. STRAUSS JR. Reiseabenteuer, Walzer Op. 227 • Spanischer Marsch Op. 433 • Rosen aus dem Süden, Walzer Op. 388 Souvenir-Polka Op. 162 • Wo die Zitronen blüh’n, Walzer Op. 364 • Zigeunerin-Quadrille Op. 24 • Lagunen-Walzer Op. 411 • Serailtänze, Walzer Op. 5 • Ägyptischer Marsch Op. 335 Lavaströme, Walzer Op. 74 • Ligourianer-Seufzer, Scherz-Polka Op. 57 ** 4 J. STRAUSS JR. Ouvertüre »Eine Nacht in Venedig« • Märchen aus dem Orient, Walzer Op. 444 • Souvenir de Nizza, Walzer Op. 200 • Italienischer Walzer Op. 407 • Persischer Marsch Op. 289 ** • STOLZ Die ganze Welt ist himmelblau ** Adieu, mein kleiner Gardeoffizier * • Amboss-Polka (Trad.) * TEIKE Alte Kameraden * • SPOHR Gruß an Kiel * • VEJVODA Rosamunde * • KÖTSCHER Liechtensteiner Polka * • J. STRAUSS SR. 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