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Table of Contents[by listing number] Format Category Listing NumbersOpen-Reel Tapes: Opera; Londons; RCA's; Misc Audiophile….......................…. # 1 - 23 Orchestral; Winds & Brass; Violin; Piano; Conductors..……… # 24 - 38 Films & Musicals; Poetry & Prose…………………….........… # 39 - 65 Miscelaneous Non-Classical………………………………...…. # 66 - 110
Composer and Musician Biographies……………………......…. # 149 - 239 Records/Recording; Misc Subjects; Concert Programs; Scores… # 240 - 281
Vocalists……………………....…………………………………. # 358 - 534 Audiophile & Special Labels…..……………………………….. # 535 - 708 Angels………………….. # 535 - 553 Londons …………..….. # 554 - 592 Mercuries….…………… # 593 - 619 RCA's…………………. # 620 - 677 Misc labels…………….. # 678 - 708 Orchestral/Instrumental Repertoire………………………...…… # 709 - 824 Chamber Music……………………………………………...…. # 825 - 870 Collections; Winds & Brass; Clarinet………….…….………… # 871 - 884 Violinists……………………………..…………...…...……….. # 885 - 958 Cello; Viola; Piano; Organ…………………….……………….. # 959 - 1079 Conductors; Musicals; Plays…….…………..….……………….. # 1080 - 1347 CD’s: Operatic, Choral & Vocal Repertoire; Highlights; Collections…. # 1348 - 1394 Vocalists……………………....…………………………………. # 1395 - 1410 Audiophile & Special Labels…..……………………………….. # 1411 - 1416 Orchestral/Instrumental Repertoire; Chamber Music……...…… # 1417 - 1474 Violin; Cello; Piano; Organ…………………….…….………… # 1475 - 1525 Conductors; a few Jazz……….…………..….………………... # 1526 - 1621
4.*R-41399(3): WAGNER - Flying Dutchman. London; Rysanek; Tozzi; Lewis; Elias; Dorati/ROHCG. [D][NL; originally on RCA - Mohr/Layton production] (minor Scotch tape repair to box) 17.00 5.*R-480275(3): PROKOFIEV - Romeo & Juliet (complete). Maazel/CO. [The first Maazel/CO recording - wonderful sound!] [D] [Woolcock; Moorfoot & Parry] [TAS 6:185; 34:178; 73:149L] (no notes) 30.00
7.*LPL-74066: FRANK CHACKSFIELD - The New Limelight. 8.00 8.*LPL-74116: THIS WAY "IN." Ronnie Aldrich & His Two Pianos; London Festival Orchestra. 7.00
10. CAT-8925: Catalog of Classical, Popular & Jazz from November 1963 (all 4-track stereo). [24 small pages] 4.00 11. CAT-9235: Catalog of Classical, Popular & Jazz; from May, 1966; including only 4-track stereo (all that was still in print by then). [27 small pages] 4.00 12.*EBPA-2005-A: THE SOUND OF MUSIC (Rodgers & Hammerstein; original soundtrack). RCA EBPA-2005-A. 10.00 13.*ERPA-3019-C: PROKOFIEV - Piano Concerti #3 & 4. Browning; Leinsdorf/BSO. [Mohr; Salvatore] (minor box stains) 12.00 14.*FTC-2026: CHRISTMAS HYMNS & CAROLS, Vol. 1. Robert Shaw/Shaw Chorale. (minor box flaws) 17.00 15.+FTC-2084: MOUSSORGSKY/RAVEL - Pictures at an Exhibition. Toscanini/NBC Sym. [By far the scarcest of RCA's three early issues of Toscanini in electronic stereo - only the second copy I've ever seen on tape!] 32.00 16.*FTC-2129: MAHLER - Symphony #1. Leinsdorf/BSO. [Mohr; Layton] (some box scuffs and split; Scotch tape repair) 12.00 17.*FTC-8001(3): PUCCINI - Turandot. Nilsson; Tebaldi; Bjoerling; Tozzi; Leinsdorf/Rome Opera. [Legendary Mohr/Layton production; NL; TAS 43:159] (NL) 21.00 18.*FTP-1195: THE BEST OF MANCINI. 8.00 19.*FTP-1293: THE BEST OF AL HIRT. [includes one song by Ann-Margret!] 10.00 20.*FTP-1323: THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG. Al Hirt. [Fogelsong; Begley; New York, c.1966] 10.00 21.*TR3-5012(2): WALTON - Symphony #1. NIELSEN - Symphony #1; Prelude to Act II of Saul & David. Previn/LSO. [3 3/4; double-play] [Dellheim; Wilkinson & Lock] (box is scuffy; tape is excellent) 10.00
24.*PROKOFIEV: Symphony #3; Scythian Suite; Romeo & Juliet (excerpts). Leinsdorf/BSO. [3 3/4; double-play] RCA TR3-5025(2). (box is scuffy; tape is excellent) 10.00 Open Reel's: Collections 25.*ALL STAR FESTIVAL: Great Conductors & Orchestras. Nine works by Columbia artists - Stravinsky, Stokowski, Ormandy, Bernstein, etc. Col SQ-1. 10.00 26.*METROPOLITAN OPERA GALA: Highlights of concert honoring Rudolf Bing, 4-22-72. Arias & duets by Arroyo, Caballe, Nilsson (Salome Finale), Price, Resnik, Tucker, Merrill, Zylis-Gara, Corelli; Bohm, Adler, Bonynge, Levine. DGG L-2260. 10.00 27.*TORONTO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: C.F. ABEL - Symphony #3. HANDEL - Alcina Overture. BACH - Sheep May Safely Graze. CORELLI - Gigue. VIVALDI - String Concerto #11. PACHELBEL - Canon. Boyd Neel, conductor. [3 3/4 ips; recorded 1981; digital] Moss Music Group MMG 1R1-7463. 10.00
32.*HAITINK: Bruckner - Symphony #5. ACO. Philips K-7055(2). 15.00 33.*ORMANDY: Ives - Symphony #3. Schuman - New England Triptych. Telemann - Four Concerti. Phila. [misc Philadelphia Orchestra soloists spotlighted in Telemann; 3 3/4 ips; weird double-play coupling!] RCA TR3-5039(2). 7.00 34.*ORMANDY: Greatest Hits, Vol III: Farandole, Anitra's Dance, Borodin Nocturne, Londonderry Air, Camptown Races, Aida March, Fire-Bell Polka, 3 more. Phila. [I sold my last copy of this in 1992....] Col MQ-965. 10.00 35.*PERLEA: Brahms: 9 Hungarian Dances. Dvorak: 4 Slavonic Dances. Bamberg Sym. Tandberg / SMS S-14. 12.00 36.*SCHERCHEN: Khachaturian - Gayne Ballet Highlights. Rimsky-Korsakoff - Flight of the Bumblebee. Borodin - Polovtsian Dances. VSOO. [Early Westminster 4-track tape combines the contents of two 2-track issues, including the cover art for each on the front and back of the box. Scarce!] West SWB-7008/7025. 26.00 37.*SCHERCHEN: Weinberger - Polka & Fugue from Schwanda. Smetana - Bartered Bride Polka; The Moldau Scherchen/VSOO. [Westminster 4-track composite of two 2-track tapes, with cover art, front and back, from both originals; unusual & scarce!] West SWB-7052/7063. 26.00 38.*WALTER: Mozart - Masonic Funeral Music; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Overtures - Impresario, Cosi, Figaro & Magic Flute. Col Sym. Col MQ-543. (neat box spine Scotch tape repair) 10.00 Open Reel's: Film Music 39.*CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG: (Sherman & Sherman). Van Dyke; Jeffries. United Art UAC-5188. 9.00 40.*COME BLOW YOUR HORN: (Nelson Riddle). Reprise S9-6071. (1st copy I've seen!) 14.00 41.*DOCTOR DOOLITTLE: (Bricusse). 20th Cen Fox TWC-5101. 10.00 42.*EXODUS: (Ernest Gold). RCA FTO-5007. 10.00 43.*HOW THE WEST WAS WON: (Alfred Newman). MGM STC-4201. 10.00 44.*IRMA LA DOUCE: (Previn). United Art MUA-5109. 8.00 45.*JOANNA: (Rod McKuen). 20th Century Fox TWC-4202. 10.00 46.*MONDO CANE: (Ortolani; Oliviero). United Art MUA-5105. 8.00 47.*OKLAHOMA: (Rodgers & Hammerstein). MacRae; Jones; Whitmore. Cap ZW-595. 10.00 48.*SOUND OF MUSIC: (Rodgers; Hammerstein). Andrews; Plummer. RCA FTO-5033. 6.00 49.*STATE FAIR: (Rodgers & Hammerstein). Dot DST-29011. FS!(plastic frayed unopened) 8.00 50.*THE SOUND OF MUSIC: (Rodgers; Hammerstein). Andrews; Plummer. RCA ERPA-2005-A. 10.00 Open Reel's: Musicals - Original Cast 51.*CAROUSEL: (Rodgers & Hammerstein) - Raitt; Clayton; Darling. Decca ST74-9020. 12.00 52.*FINIAN'S RAINBOW: (original cast album, Broadway 1960). RCA FTO-5003. 8.00 53.*FINIAN'S RAINBOW: Thirteen selections by "Reprise Repertory Theatre" - Clooney; Sinatra; Crosby; Sammy Davis Jr.; Hi-Lo's; Lou Monte; Clark Dennis; McGuire Sisters; Debbie Reynolds. Reprise FS-2015. 7.00 54.*GIGI: (Lerner & Loewe). MGM STC-3641. 7.00 55.*KING AND I: (Rodgers & Hammerstein). 1977 Broadway production: Brynner; Towers. [D] RCA EBP1-2610-A. (I haven't seen this since 1997) 10.00 56.+LOST IN THE STARS: (Anderson; Weill). Decca ST74-9120. (this is the 1st copy I've had of this on tape) 15.00 57.*MAME: (Original Broadway Cast). Angela Lansbury, et. al. Col OQ-853. 9.00 58.*MAN OF LA MANCHA: (Leigh; Darion). Kapp KTA-41109. 7.00 59.*MR. PRESIDENT: (Irving Berlin). Robert Ryan; Nanette Fabray; directed by Joshua Logan. Col OQ-490. 8.00 60.*PURLIE: Original Broadway Cast. Ampex N-101. 9.00 61.*STOP THE WORLD: I WANT TO GET OFF. Original Broadway Cast. London LAN-85001. 8.00 62.*SWEENEY TODD: (Sondheim). Complete musical, with complete libretto; original cast (Lansbury; Cariou). RCA EBPZ-3379(2). 10.00 63.*TAKE ME ALONG: (Merrill). [Original cast: Jackie Gleason; Walter Pidgeon; Eileen Herlie; Robert Morse; Music and lyrics by Robert Merrill (!); scarce tape!!] RCA FTO-5000. 17.00 64.*THE KING AND I: (Rodgers & Hammerstein) - Yul Brynner; Gertrude Lawrence. Decca ST74-9008. 8.00 Open Reel's: Poetry & Prose 65. DYLAN THOMAS: A Child's Christmas in Wales and five poems: Fern Hill; Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night; In the White Giant's Thigh; Ballad of the Long-Legged Bait; Ceremony After a Fire Raid. Thomas reads his own story & poems, 1952. [3 3/4 ips] Caedmon CDA-1002. 12.00 Open Reel's: Miscellaneous Non-Classical 66.*ALL STAR FESTIVAL: 12 Great Popular Stars: Brothers Four, Dave Brubeck, Ray Conniff, De Vol, Percy Faith, Andre Previn, Mitch Miller, Kostelanetz, Les Elgart, 3 more. Col SQ-2. 12.00 67.*ALVIN LEE & COMPANY: Ten Years After. Deram M-77064. 10.00 68.*BARBRA STREISAND: A Happening in Central Park. [from live concert; June 17, 1967] Col CQ-1048. 7.00 69.*BILL COSBY: "I Started Out as a Child." [live; Chicago; 3 3/4 ips; mono] Warner Bros WSTE-1567. 9.00 70.*BILLY VAUGHN/HIS ORCHESTRA: The Golden Instrumentals. Dot DLP-25016. 10.00 71.*BOBBY GOLDSBORO: Honey. United Artists UST-6642-C. 7.00 72.*CHAMBERS BROTHERS: A New Time - A New Day. Col CQ-1037. (minor box scuffs) 8.00 73.*CHARLIE PRIDE: Best of Charlie Pride, Volume 2. RCA ERPA-4682-C. 9.00 74.*CHARLIE PRIDE: Best of Charlie Pride. RCA RSP-4223-C. 8.00 75.*DICK HYMAN: (at the Lowrey organ): Electrodynamics. Command RS-4T-856. 8.00 76.*ENOCH LIGHT & LIGHT BRIGADE: New Concept of Cole Porter. Command RS-4T-879. 10.00 77.*FRED HARTLEY: His Twin Pianos. Richmond RPX-49003. 7.00 Open Reel's: Miscellaneous Non-Classical - continued 78.*GEORGE GREELEY: Best of the Popular Piano Concertos. [actually just film tunes arranged for piano & orchestra] Warner Bros WSQ-1410. 9.00 79.*GUY LOMBARDO: By Special Request!. Decca ST74-4280. 9.00 80.*GUY LOMBARDO: Snuggled on Your Shoulder. Decca ST74-4567. 9.00 81.*GUY LOMBARDO: The Sweetest Pianos This Side of Heaven - Featuring Fred Kreitzer & Hugo D'Ippolito. Decca ST74-4123. 9.00 82.*HAIL SOUSA!: University of Michigan Band. Van VTC-1650. (Fifteen Marches) 12.00 83.*JACK JONES: Lady. Kapp KT-3511. 10.00 84.*JACK JONES: My Kind of Town. Kapp KTL-41097. 10.00 85.*LAWRENCE WELK: Mr. Musicmaker. Bel Canto ST-57. 8.00 86.*LAWRENCE WELK: Presents Dick Kesner and his Stradivarius Violin. Coral ST7-54044. 8.00 87.*LAWRENCE WELK: The World's Finest Music. Coral ST7-57113. 8.00 88.*LENA HORNE: Feelin' Good. [3 3/4 ips] Artists UAX-6433. 7.00 89.*LONDON POPULAR SAMPLER: Ten selections; two each by Ted Heath, Frank Chacksfield, Mantovani, Stanley Black & Edmundo Ros [FFST spine] London LPQ-66000. 9.00 90.*LONDON THEATRE COMPANY: Selections from Gigi and South Pacific. With vocal soloists; Cyril Stapleton, conductor. Richmond RPE-45010. 10.00 91.*MEMORIES OF THE ROARING 20S: Carol Channing; The Ragtime Rascals; The Collegians. Longines Symphonette Society LSS-1000-4T. 7.00 92.*MISSA LUBA: A Mass Sung in Pure Congolese Style. Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin. Plus Native Songs of the Congo(7). Philips PTC-606. 10.00 93.*OSBORNE BROTHERS: Cuttin' Grass Osborne Brothers Style. MGM STC-4149. 10.00 94.*PAT BOONE: Star Dust. Bel Canto ST-59. 8.00 95.*PERCY FAITH: Viva! - The Music of Mexico. Col CQ-321. 12.00 96.*PETER, PAUL & MARY: Peter, Paul & Mary. Warner Bros WSTC-1449. 9.00 97.*RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO: Hang On Ramsey! Cadet ST-761. 10.00 98.*RAY ANTHONY: Dream Dancing. Capitol ZT-723. 10.00 99.*RAY CHARLES: Songs for Lonesome Lovers. Command RS-4T-874. 10.00 100.*ROBERT GOULET: Begin to Love. Col CQ-734. 6.00 101.*ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS: Amazing Grace - Fourteen selections for Pipes, Drums & Military Band: marches, jigs, fanfares, reels, etc. [recorded in Edinburgh, 1971] RCA ERPA-4744-C. 10.00 102.*SHELLEY BERMAN: The Edge of Shelley Berman. Verve VSTC-242. 10.00 103.*SIMON & GARFUNKEL: The Graduate. Col OQ-1010. 9.00 104.*THE TWIN STRING ORCHESTRAS: George Gershwin. Ten selections. Warren Edward Vincent, conductor. Pickwick P4T-403. 7.00 105.*THE VOGUES: Till. Reprise RST-6326-C. 7.00 106.*TOM JONES: She's a Lady. Parrot M-79046. 10.00 107.*VICKI CARR: It Must Be Him. Liberty STL-7533-C. 8.00 108.*VINNIE BELL, GUITAR & ORCH: 51 Greatest Motion Picture Favorites. [Double-play tape] Musicor MTR T-400(2). 10.00 109.*WOODY HERMAN: My Kind of Broadway. Col CQ-767. (minor box scuffs) 10.00 110.*YOU ARE THERE TONIGHT: A Complete Authentic Minstrel Show. Joseph Kuhn conducts an orchestra and members of the Lee Gordon group. Spectrum AST-200. 10.00
112. BING: Sir Rudolf: 5000 Nights at the Opera. Doubleday, 1972. 360 pages; 72 photos. 10.00 113.*BUDDEN: Julian: Operas of Verdi #1: From Oberto to Rigoletto. Praeger Publishers, New York; 1973. [524 pages; with many musical examples; no other illustrations] 13.00 114. DANE: Clarence: London Has a Garden. [Covent Garden, of course] W.W.Norton, NY; 1964. [205 pages] 6.00 115. DAVIS: Peter G.: The American Opera Singer. Doubleday, New York; 1997. [610 pp; 32 pages of photos] 9.00 116. DAVIS: Ronald L.: Opera in Chicago. Appleton-Century, New York; 1966. [383 pages] (FIRST EDITION) 9.00 117. HAMILTON: David (editor): The Opera Encyclopedia - A Comprehensive Guide to the World of Opera. Simon & Schuster, New York; 1987. 415 pages; profusely illustrated. 18.00 118. HAREWOOD: The Earl of: New Kobbe's Complete Opera Book. G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1976. 1670 pages. 15.00 119. HUCKEL: Oliver: Lohengrin - Son of Parsifal - A Mystical Drama by Richard Wagner freely translated in Poetic Narrative Form. Thomas Crowell & Co., New York; 1905. 77 pages; four illustrations. [slight stain on cover also affects most pages faintly, approx 1/2 inch, not in text] 10.00 120. MOORE: Edward C.: Forty Years of Opera in Chicago. Horace Liveright, NY; 1930. 430 pp; 32 photos. 8.00 121. NEWMAN: Ernest: Opera Nights. Putnam, London; 1943 (reprinted 1956). 629 pp; many musical examples. 6.00 122. SADIE: Stanley, editor: Verdi & His Operas. Macmillan Reference Ltd; London, 2000. 242 pp; 8 photos. 10.00 123. SHAWE-TAYLOR: Desmond: Covent Garden. Chanticleer Press, New York; 1948. 71 pp; 35 illustrations. 6.00 124. VERDI: Giuseppe: Don Carlo. Vocal/Piano Score. Ricordi; Milan, 1970. 296 pp; approx. 8 x 10 1/2 inches. 13.00 Books: Vocalists 125. ADAMS: Brian: La Stupenda - Biography of Joan Sutherland. Hutchinson, Australia, 1980. 329 pp; photos. 6.00 126. ARDOIN: John, and FITZGERALD: Gerald: Callas. Ardoin contributes an essay entitled "The Art and the Life;" Fitzgerald, "The Great Years." Fine oversize volume (9 1/2 x 12") with countless superb black-and-white photos. Holt, Rinehart, New York; 1974. 281 pages; with chronological list of all her performances, 1938-65. [shipping cost as for 6 LP's - heavy!] (FIRST EDITION) 20.00 127. ARDOIN: John: The Callas Legacy - The Complete Guide to Her Recordings. Scribner's paperback, 1991; from 1977 original. 219 pages; 8 pages of photos. 12.00 128. ARDOIN: John: The Callas Legacy. Scribner's, 1977. 217 pages. 10.00 Books: Vocalists - continued 129. DOMINGO: Placido: My First Forty Years. Knopf, 1983. 241 pages; many photos. (FIRST EDITION) 12.00 130. DRAKE: James: Richard Tucker. Dutton, 1984. 296 pages; with discography. (FIRST EDITION) 12.00 131. EMMONS: Shirlee: Tristanissimo - The Authorized Biography of Heroic Tenor Lauritz Melchior. Schirmer Books, 1990. 462 pages; 32 pages of photos. 14.00 132. FARKAS: Andrew (editor): Lawrence Tibbett - Singing Actor. With introduction and discography by William Moran. Amadeus Press, 1989. 160 pages; approx. 8 x 10 inches; copiously illustrated with photos. 14.00 133. FISCHER-DIESKAU: Reverberations. Translated by Ruth Hein. Fromm International Publishing Corporation, New York; 1989 [368 pages; 8 pages of photos] (First American Edition) 12.00 134. HORNE: Marilyn & SCOVELL, Jane: Marilyn Horne - My Life. Atheneum, 1983. 237 pp; many photos. 12.00 135. JACKSON: Stanley: Caruso. Stein & Day, 1972. 293 pages; a few photos. 12.00 136. JELLINEK: George: Callas - Portrait of a Prima Donna. Dover paperback edition, 1985 (from Ziff-Davis original, 1960); 348 pages; many photos; includes new preface and epilogue by Jellinek. 9.00 137. LAHEE: Henry C.: Famous Singers of Today and Yesterday. L.C.Page & Co, 1898. 337 pages; 12 photos. 8.00 138. LEVY: Alan: The Bluebird of Happiniss - The Memoirs of Jan Peerce. Harper & Row, New York; 1976. 325 pages; 12 pages of photos. (FIRST EDITION) 12.00 139. LOWE: David A. (editor): Callas as They Saw Her. Ungar Publishing, New York; 1986. 264 pages; 40 pages of photos. Reviews, essays, interviews, recollections, etc. 6.00 140. O'CONNOR: Garry: The Pursuit of Perfection - A Life of Maggie Teyte. Atheneum, New York; 1979. 314 pages; 50 photos. First American Edition. 8.00 141. PONSELLE: Rosa and DRAKE, James: Ponselle - A Singer's Life. Foreword by Luciano Pavarotti. Doubleday, 1982. 328 pages; 18 pages of photos. 12.00 142. RASPONI: Lanfranco: The Last Prima Donnas. Alfred A. Knopf, New York; 1982. 605 pages; misc photos. (First Edition) 16.00 143. ROBINSON: Francis: Caruso - His Life in Pictures. Bramhall House, 1957. 160 pages, almost all with fine photos. Handsome oversize volume. 16.00 144. SCOTT: Michael: The Record of Singing to 1914. Scribner's, 1977. 243 pages. [Oversize volume with copious illustrations - mostly black & white photos of the singers] 20.00 145. SCOTTO: Renata & ROCA, Octavio: Scotto - More Than a Diva. Doubleday, 1984. 220 pages; 47 photos. [foreword by Placido Domingo] 13.00 146. STASSINOPOULOS: Arianna: Maria Callas, the Woman Behind the Legend. Simon & Schuster, 1981. 367 pages; 61 photos. 15.00 147. VISHNEVSKAYA: Galina: Galina - A Russian Story. Translated by Guy Daniels. Harcourt Brace Javonovich, New York; 1984. With Discography. 504 pages; 32 pages of photos. 8.00 148. WEINSTAT: Herzel & WECHSLER, Bert: Dear Rogue - A Biography of the American Baritone Lawrence Tibbett. Amadeus Press; Portland, Oregon; 1996. 283 pages; 40 pages of photos. 16.00 Books: Composers 149. AVINS: Styra (editor): Johannes Brahms - Life and Letters. Selected and annotated by Styra Avins; translations by Josef Eisinger & Styra Avins. 858 pages; 50 very interesting photos. Oxford University Press, Oxford & New York; 1997. [occasional pencilled notes by previous owner; very slight discoloration of a few pages] 25.00 150. BECKER: Heinz & Gudrun: Giacomo Meyerbeer: A Life in Letters. Translated by Mark Violette. Amadeus Press, 1983. 184 pages; illus. 6.00 151. CRAFT: Robert: Stravinsky - Chronicle of a Friendship, 1948/1971. Knopf, 1972. 424 pages; photos. 6.00 152. CURTISS: Mina: Bizet and His World. Alfred A. Knopf, New York; 1958. 477 pages; 16 pages of photos. (First Edition; very minor cover scuffs) 9.00 153. EKMAN: Karl: Jean Sibelius - His Life and Personality. Foreward by Ernest Newman. Tudor Publishing, New York; 1938. 298 pages; a few photos. 16.00 154. GORDON: (Eric A.): Mark the Music - The Life and Work of Mark Blitzstein. St.Martin's Press, New York; 1989. 605 pages; 50 photos. (First Edition) 16.00 155. KOHLER: Joachim: Wagner's Hitler - The Prophet and his Disciple. Translated and introduced by Ronald Taylor. Polity Press (Cambridge, UK) & Blackwell Publishers, Malden, Massachusetts; 2000. 378 pages. 6.00 156. MALCOLM: Noel: George Enescu - His Life and Music. Preface by Yehudi Menuhin. Toccata Press (England), 1990. Includes discography. 320 pages; 50+ illustrations. 6.00 157. NEWMAN: Ernest: The Unconscious Beethoven. Alfred A. Knopf, New York; 1970 (reissue of 1927 original, with introduction by Irving Kolodin). 148 pages. 6.00 158. PEYSER: Joan: Boulez - Composer, Conductor, Enigma. Schirmer, 1976. 291 pages; 25 photos. (First Edition) 10.00 159. SAFRANEK: Milos: Bohuslav Martinu - The Man and His Music. Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. 127 pages; 13 illustrations. 10.00 160. SHAWN: (Allen): Arnold Schoenberg's Journey. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York; 2002. 321 pages; a few photos (First Edition) 12.00 161. STEIN: Jack M.: Richard Wagner & The Synthesis of the Arts. Wayne State University Press, Detroit; 1960. 229 pages. 6.00 162. STEIN: Leon: The Racial Thinking of Richard Wagner. Philosophical Library, New York; 1950. 252 pp. 6.00 163. STENDHAL: Life of Rossini. Translated by Richard N. Coe. John Calder, London; 1956. ["Stendhal" was nom de plume of Henri Beyle; the book was originally published in 1824; this volume also includes a foreword by the translator] 6.00 164. WAGNER: Richard: My Life. Tudor Publishing Company, New York; New Edition, March 1936. 911 pp. 12.00 165. WAGNER: Richard: On Conducting. Translated by Edward Dannreuther. William Reeves Bookseller, Ltd., London; 1940 (fourth edition). 127 pages. 6.00
167. ATKINS: Harold & COTES, Peter: The Barbirollis - A Musical Marriage. Robson Books, London; 1983. 231 pages; 16 pages of photos. 6.00 168. AXELROD: (Dr. Herbert; editor): Prof. Lev Ginsburg's Ysaye. Translated from the Russian by X. M. Danko. 571 pages; innumerable photos and other illustrations. Paganiniana Publications, Neptune City, NJ; 1980. 25.00 169. BEECHAM: Sir Thomas: A Mingled Chime. Greenwood Press, 1976. 320 pages. Reprint of orignal published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1943. [autobiography] 15.00 170. BERNSTEIN: Leonard: Findings. Simon & Schuster, 1982. 376 pages; many, many photos. [Not a biography, but examples of his writings from 1935-1980.] 12.00
172. BLYTH: Alan: Colin Davis. Drake Publishers, New York; 1973. 64 pages; many photos. 6.00 173. BOROVSKY: Victor: Chaliapin - A Critical Biography. Alfred A. Knopf; New York, 1988. 581 pages; many photos. 15.00 174. CHASINS: Abram: Leopold Stokowski - A Profile. Hawthorne Books, New York; 1979. [296 pages; 16 pages of photos] 8.00 175. CHOTZINOFF: Samuel: Toscanini - An Intimate Portrait. Knopf, 1956. 148 pages; a few photos. (FIRST EDITION) 14.00 176. COLUMBIA CONCERTS CORPORATION: Artists Almanac - Season 1932 - 1933. Columbia Concerts Corporation, New York; 1932. 211 pages; photo of each artist. Single-page biography and review citations for over 80 artists, from Spalding, Szigeti & Piatigorsky to the Barrere Little Symphony, Nelson Eddy & Edwin Strawbridge. Fascinating. 18.00 177. DAMROSCH: (Walter): My Musical Life. Charles Scribner's Sons; 1923. 376 pages; 9 photos. (spine cracked and part flaked off) 12.00 178. DANIEL: Oliver: Stokowski - A Counterpoint of View. Dodd, Mead, 1982. 1090 pages. 100+ photos and illustrations. 14.00 179. DUBAL: David: Evenings with Horowitz. Birch Lane Press, 1991. 309 pages; 16 pages of photos. 12.00 180. DYMENT: Christopher: Toscanini in Britain. The Boydell Press, Woodbridge; 2012. 372 pages; scattered photos. 24.00 181. EASTON: Carol: Jacqueline duPre - A Biography. 224 pages; 12 photos. Summit Books, New York; 1989. [a few pencilled notes in margins] 12.00 182. FLESCH: Karl: The Memoirs of Carl Flesch. Translated & edited by Hans Keller. Foreword by Max Rostal. Rockliff Publishing, Salisbury Square, London; 1957. 393 pages; 14 pages of photos. [Dust jacket is here, but a little frayed; former owner made occasional neat (and rather astute) notes in pencil in margins.] 25.00 183. FLUEGEL: Jane (editor): Bernstein Remembered - A Life in Pictures. Introduction by Donel Henahan; preface by Isaac Stern. Carroll & Graf, NY; 1991. 160 pages; myriad photos. Approx. 9 x 12 inches. 11.00 184. GLASOW: (E.Thomas; translator): Mstislav Rostropovich & Galina Vishnevskaya - Russia, Music & Liberty - Conversations with Claude Samuel. Amadeus Press; Portland, OR; 1983. 223 pages; 16 pages of photos. 12.00 185. GOOSSENS: Eugene: Overture and Beginners - A Musical Autobiography. Methuen & Company, London; 1951. [318 pages; 20 photos] 12.00 186. GORKY: Maxim: Chaliapin (an autobiography as told to Maxim Gorky). Translated, and with supplementary notes, by Nina Froud and James Hanley. Stein and Day; New York, 1967. 306 pages; 89 illustrations. 15.00 187. GREENFELD: Howard: Caruso. G.P.Putnam's Sons; New York, 1983. 257 pages; 16 pages of photos. 10.00 188. GRUEN: John (text); KEN HAYMAN (photos): The Private World of Leonard Bernstein. (As explicated on the back cover: "An intimate, offstage view of Leonard Bernstein, his family, and his friends. With a playlet, monologues, dialogues, reflections, revelations, and predictions. Leonard Bernstein talks with charm, humor, unsparing honesty, and total recall about the phenomenon of Leonard Bernstein. John Gruen describes the scene and listens, as Ken Hayman's camera watches.") Viking Press; New York, 1968. 190 pages; easily as many superb b&w photos as there are pages. 8 1/2 x 12 inch coffee table book. [Shameless puff piece is an interesting contrast to Joan Peyser's hatchet job below!] 27.00 189. HAGGIN: B.H.: Conversations With Toscanini - Second Edition; enlarged, with new material. Horizon Press, NY; 1979. 177 pages; a few photos. 16.00
192. HEYWORTH: Peter: Otto Klemperer - Vol 1 - His Life and Times (1885-1933). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England; 1983. [458 pages; 38 photos] 12.00 193. HOCKER: Karla: Sinfonische Reise - Konzerte, Gesprache, Fahrten mit Wilhelm Furtwangler und den Berliner Philharmonikern. In German (not translated). C.Bertelsmann Gutersloh; 1954. 71 pages; 8 photos. 8.00 194. HONEGGER: Genevieve: Charles Munch: Un chef d'Orchestre dans le Siecle. IN FRENCH. Correspondence between Munch and Roussel, Albert Schweitzer, Honegger, Poulenc, Ansermet, Fritz Munch (Charles' brother), Ibert, Ropartz, Monteux, etc., etc., etc. Editor interpolates biographical information between the letters. Fascinating if you read French! 383 pages; softcover. Preface by Marcel Landowski. La Nuee Bleue, Strasbourg, 1992. 100.00 195. HOROWITZ: Joseph: Understanding Toscanini - How He Became an American Culture-god and Helped Create a New Audience for Old Music. Alfred A. Knopf, New York; 1987. [464 pages; 16 pages of photos] (FIRST EDITION) 16.00 196. LEICHTENTRITT: Hugo: Serge Koussevitzky - The Boston Symphony and the New American Music. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 1946. 191 pages. (minor cover flaws) 13.00 197. LEINSDORF: Erich: Cadenza - A Musical Career. Houghton Mifflin, 1976. 305 pages; 29 photos. 8.00 198. LOURIE: Arthur: Sergei Koussevitzky and His Epoch. Alfred A. Knopf, New York; 1931. First Edition. 253 pages; 16 photos and drawings. 16.00 199. MALKO: Nicolai; A Certain Art. William Morrow & Company, New York; 1966. [228 pp; 17 illustrations] 9.00 200. MAREK: George: Toscanini. Atheneum, New York; 1975 [304 pp; 20 pages of photos] (FIRST EDITION) 8.00 201. MARSH: Robert Charles: Dialogues & Discoveries - James Levine, His Life and His Music. Scribner, New York; 1998. 331 pages; 16 pages of photos. 16.00 202. MARTIN: (George): The Damrosch Dynasty - America's First Family of Music. Houghton Mifflin, Boston; 1983. 526 pages; 16 pages of photos. (slight staining of dust jacket) 12.00 203. MATTHEWS: Denis: Arturo Toscanini. Midas Books, Tunbridge Wells, England; 1982. [170 pages; scattered photos] 7.00 204. MENUHIN: Yehudi: Unfinished Journey. Knopf, 1977. 378 pages; 70 photos. 12.00 205. MONTEUX: Doris G.: It's All in the Music - The Life and Work of Pierre Monteux. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York; 1965. 19 photos. 12.00 206. PAAP: Wouter: Willem Mengelberg. Elsevier; Amsterdam & Brussels, 1960. In Dutch only; introduction by Paul Cronheim. 80 pages; many photos. [apparently this was supposed to come with a 45-rpm disc of the Old Netherlands Dances, which is not here] (spine is split) 6.00 207. PALMER: Tony: Menuhin - A Family Portrait. Faber and Faber, London & Boston; 1991. 207 pages; 12 pages of photos. 6.00 208. PEYSER: Joan: Bernstein - A Biography. Beech Tree Books, William Morrow, New York; 1987. 481 pages; scattered photos. (First Edition) 6.00 209. PITTIER: Jacques-Michel: Victor Desarzens - The Musician and the Man; 1908-1986. English translation by Alan Gary. Nestle SA, Vevey, Switzerland; 1992. 150 pages; 70+ photos. [Published in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra] 9.00 210. PLASKIN: Glenn: Horowitz. William Morrow & Co; New York, 1983. 582 pages; 30 pages of photos. (FIRST EDITION) 15.00 211. REICH: Howard: Van Cliburn. Thomas Nelson, 1993. 353 pages; illus. 6.00
213. REID: Charles: Thomas Beecham - An Independent Biography. 245 pages; 8 photos. Dutton, 1962. (FIRST EDITION) 15.00 214. ROBINSON: Paul: Karajan. Lester & Orpin, Ltd., 1975. 154 pages; 11 photos. 10.00 215. RODZINSKI: Halina: Our Two Lives. Scribner's, 1976. 388 pages; 75 photos. [Author was Artur's wife, of course] 18.00 216. ROLFE: Lionel Menuhin: The Menuhins: A Family Odyssey. Pandandrum/Aris Books, San Francisco; 1978. 271 pages; 27 photos. 6.00 217. ROSEN: Carole: The Goossens - A Musical Century. Andre Deutsch, Ltd., London; 1993. [495 pages; 32 pages of photos] 10.00 218. RUBINSTEIN: Arthur: My Young Years. Knopf, 1973. 479 pages; 38 photos. 6.00 219. RUSSELL: Charles Edward: The American Orchestra and Theodore Thomas. Greenwood Press hardcover reprint (1971) of Doubleday original from 1927. 344 pages; 31 photos. 12.00 220. RYDING: Eric & PECHEFSKY, Rebecca: Bruno Walter - A World Elsewhere. Yale University Press, New Haven; 2001. 487 pages; 28 pages of photos. 16.00 221. SACCHI: Filippo: The Magic Baton - Toscanini's Life for Music. G. Putnam's Sons, New York; 1957. [217 pages; a few photos] 11.00 222. SACHS: Harvey (editor): The Letters of Arturo Toscanini. Alfred A. Knopf, New York; 2002. [447 pages; several well-chosen photos] 9.00 223. SACHS: Harvey: Reflections on Toscanini. Grove Wiedenfeld, New York; 1991. [191 pages] (FIRST EDITION) 8.00 224. SACHS: Harvey: Rubinstein - A Life. Grove Press, New York; 1995. 525 pages; 16 pages of photos; discography by Donald Minaldi. 16.00 225. SACHS: Harvey: Toscanini. Lippincott, 1978. 380 pp; 16 pages of photos. (FIRST AMERICAN EDITION) 13.00 226. SCHIPA: Tito, Jr: Tito Schipa. Translated from the Italian by Brian Williams. Baskerville Publishers; Dallas, 1996. 354 pages; 66 photos; includes discography and CD with twenty selections. (First Printing) 21.00 227. SCHONBERG: Harold: Horowitz: His Life and Music. Simon & Schuster, 1992. 356 pages; 16 pages of photos. 14.00 228. SCHONBERG: Harold: The Great Pianists. Simon & Schuster, New York; 1963. 448 pages; many photos & other illustrations. 6.00 229. SCHONBERG: Harold: The Great Pianists. Fireside Books / Simon & Schuster, New York; 1963; paperback. 448 pages; many photos & other illustrations. 9.00 230. SHEAD: Richard: Constant Lambert. Thames Publishing, London; reprint of 1973 original. 208 pages; 16 pages of photos. 6.00 231. SIMEONE: Nigel & MUNDY, Simon (editors): Sir Adrian Boult - Companion of Honor. Midas Books, Tunbridge Wells, England; 1980. [96 pages; many fine photos; tributes by Menuhin, Malcolm Williamson, Bernard Shore, Christopher Bishop, Lennox Berkeley, etc.] 9.00 232. SMITH: Moses: Koussevitzky. Allen, Towne & Heath, 1947. 354 pages; 11 photos. (First Printing) 9.00 233. SPALDING: Albert: Rise to Follow - An Autobiography. Henry Holt & Company, New York; 1943. 319 pages. 16.00 234. STERN: Isaac, and POTOK, Chaim: Isaac Stern: My First 79 Years. Knopf, 1999. 306 pages; 32 pages of photos. (a few pencilled notes by former owner) 12.00 235. SZIGETI: Joseph: With Strings Attached - Reminiscences & Reflections. Alfred A. Knopf, New York; 1953. 341 pages; misc photos. (slight cover discoloration) 12.00 236. TAUBMAN: Howard: The Maestro - The Life of Arturo Toscanini. Simon & Schuster, 1951. 341 pages; 15 pages of illustrations. 12.00
238. VAUGHAN: Roger: Herbert von Karajan. Norton, NY; 1986. 264 pp. (1st US Edition) 12.00 239. WEBBER: Julian Lloyd (editor): Song of the Birds - Sayings, stories and impressions of Pablo Casals. Robson Books; London, 1985. 118 pages; 8 pages of photos. 14.00
241. REID: Robert H: (editor): The Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia of Recorded Music - Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Crown Publishers, 1948. 639 pages. [comprehensive listing of classical recordings available at the time of publication, including brief commentaries on the composers] 11.00 242. SCHWARZKOPF: Elizabeth: On and Off the Record - A Memoir of Walter Legge. Intro by von Karajan. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982. 292 pages; 16 pages of photos. 8.00 243. SMITH: Michael & ANDREWS, Frank: Voices of the Past, Volume 10: The Gramophone Company Ltd. (HMV) Recordings: Plum Label Series (12-inch). Oakwood Press, England; 1974. 274 pages. 25.00 Books: Miscellaneous Musical Subjects 244. AMES: Evelyn: A Wind from the West - Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic Abroad. Houghton Mifflin, 1970. 169 pages; 19 photos. First Edition. 6.00 245. ARONOWSKY: (Solomon): Performing Times of Orchestral Works. Foreword by Percival R. Kirby. Ernest Benn Limited, London; 1959. 802 pages. [enormous volume (approx. 8 x 13 x 2) weighs over 8 pounds (!); shipping cost as for 10 LP's] (minor cover scuffs/stains; otherwise superb) 45.00 246. BENNETT: Jdhn R. & HUGHES, Eric: Voices of the Past - Volume 4: Vocal Recordings from the International Red Label Catalogue: H.M.V. "DB (12-inch). Lingfield, Surrey: Oakwood Press, Undated. 400 pages. 25.00 247. BENNETT: Jfhn R. & HUGHES, Eric: Voices of the Past - Volume 6: Vocal Recordings from the International Red Label Catalogue: The Gramophone Company Limited (HMV): Book 2 - 'DA.' Lingfield, Surrey: Oakwood Press, Undated. 233 pages. 25.00 248. BERNSTEIN: Leonard: The Joy of Music. Simon & Schuster, New York; 1959. [303 pages; 10 pages of photos] (FIRST EDITION) 8.00 249. CLOUGH: Francis F. & CUMING, G. J.: The World's Encyclopedia of Recorded Music - Supplement II (covering May 1951 through December, 1952; also corrects Errata from original WERM and 1st Supplement). London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1953. 262 pages. (minor cover scuffs) 33.00 250. EHRLICH: Cyril: First Philharmonic - A History of the Royal Philharmonic Society. Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press), Oxford; 1995. 237 pages; a few photos. 23.00 251. HAY: Peter: Broadway Anecdotes. Oxford University Press; New York, 1989. 360 pp. 13.00 252. REID: Robert H. (editor): The Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia of Recorded Music - Third Edition. [Lists all electrical recordings of classical music which were in-print at the time of publication.] Crown Publishers, 1948. 639 pages. [First edition (1936) edited by R.D.Darrell; Second edition (1942) edited by George Clark Leslie] 21.00 253. REUTER: Florizel von: Great People I Have Known. Freeman Printing Company, Waukesha, Wisconsin; 1961. 231 pages; with many pages of photographs and especially of autographs of famous musicians (Elgar, Kreisler, Flesch, Thibaud, Strauss, Grieg, Reger, etc.) and also of many European heads of state, encountered during the author's years as a child prodigy violinist in the early 1900's. [Obscure volume, AUTOGRAPHED on flyleaf by author] 16.00 Books: Miscellaneous Musical Subjects - continued 254. RUSSELL: Thomas: Philharmonic Decade. Hutchinson & Co., London; c.1944. 171 pp. [The first ten years of the London Philhamonic; printed during WWII, the paper stock is slightly rough; there is a note opposite contents page about the book having been produced in conformity with the "war economy standard."] 9.00 255. SACHS: Harvey: Music in Fascist Italy. W. W. Norton & Co, New York; 1988. [257 pages] (First American Edition) 18.00 256. SARGEANT: Winthrop: Jazz - Hot and Hybrid - New and Enlarged Edition. Dutton; New York, 1946. 274 pages; with musical examples. (FIRST EDITION) 8.00 257. SCHNEIDER: David: The San Francisco Symphony. Foreword by Edo de Waart. Presidio Press, Novato California; 1983; 324 pages; scattered photos. 6.00 258. SHANET: Howard: Philharmonic - A History of New York's Orchestra. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York; 1975. 788 pages; 71 photos. (FIRST EDITION) 16.00 259. SMITH: Michael & COSENS, Ian: Voices of the Past - Volume 8: Vocal Recordings from The Columbia Catalogue - English Celebrity Issues. Lingfield, Surrey: Oakwood Press, Undated. 240 pages. 25.00 260. SMITH: Michael: Voices of the Past - Volume 5: Vocal Recordings from The H.M.V. 'D' & 'E' Catlogue. Lingfield, Surrey: Oakwood Press, Undated; (but final page indicates "additions to index 1971 edition"); 150 pages. 25.00 261. STRANGWAYS: A. H. Fox: Music of Hindustan. Oxford at the Clarendon Press; 1914. 352 pp; with many musical examples and photos scattered through the text. (minor jacket wear/very light stains some pps) 13.00 262. TAPER: Richard: Balanchine - A Biography. Times Books; New York, 1984. 427 pages; many photo. 8.00 263. TOOBIN: Jerome: Agitato - A Trek through the Musical Jungle. Viking Press, New York; 1975. 213 pages. [Toobin tells the tale of his management of the Symphony of the Air from 1954-1963, as the former NBC Symphony struggled to survive the loss of Toscanini and NBC.] 10.00 264. UNGER-HAMILTON: Clive (editor): The Music Makers. Lovely, oversize volume (12x12") attempts, through a multitude of contributors, to present "for the first time in one volume our entire Western musical heritage." With forward by The Earl of Harewood. Harry N. Abrams, New York; 1979. 255 pages; 612 illustrations; 221 in color. [shipping cost as for 8 LP's - heavy!] 20.00 265. WEINGARTNER: Fannie (editor): Ravinia - The Festival at Its Half Century. Ravinia Festival Association, 1985. 160 pages, virtually all with photos. Nice tribute to the CSO's summer home. Approx. 9 x 12 inches. 6.00 266. WITESCHNIK: Alexander: Musik aus Wien. Wiener Verlag; Vienna, 1949. In German - not translated. 434 pages; photos and other illustrations scattered in the text. 13.00
269. BRUCKNER: Symphony #8, 1890 version. Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Vienna; 1955. Study Score; approx. 6 3/4 x 9 inches. 24.00 270. BRUCKNER: Symphony #9. Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Vienna; 1951. Study Score; approx. 6 3/4 x 9 inches. 18.00
272. COPLAND: The Red Pony Suite. Boosey & Hawkes, London etc.; 1951. Pocket Score, approx. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. 16.00 273. DELIUS: Cello Concerto. Boosey & Hawkes, London, etc; 1952. Pocket Score, approx. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. 12.00 274. DELIUS: Sea Drift. Boosey & Hawkes, London, etc; 1939. Pocket Score, approx. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. 15.00 275. HONEGGER: Le Roi David (original version). Edition Foetisch, Lausanne; 1952. Pocket Score, approx. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. 15.00 276. KUBELIK: Libera Nos. Universal Edition, Zurich; 1963. Study Score; approx. 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. 35.00 277. LISZT: Faust Symphony. Edwin F. Kalmus, New York. Pocket Score, approx. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. 12.00 278. MAHLER: Symphony #3. Edwin F. Kalmus, New York. Study Score; approx. 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches. 12.00 279. MAHLER: Symphony #5 - Revised Edition. Philharmonia; 1964. Pocket Score, approx. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. 12.00 280. MAHLER: Symphony #8. Universal Edition, Vienna; 1971. Large study score; approx. 8 x 10 1/2 inches. Notes in German only. 25.00 281. SCHUMANN: Violin Concerto. B.Schott's Sohne, Mainz; 1937. Pocket Score, approx. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. In German. 12.00
283. BRAHMS: German Requiem. Seefried; London; Walter/NYP; Westminster Choir. [This was apparently the first issue of this mono-only 1954 recording] Odyssey Y-31015. A- 5.00 284. BRUCKNER: Mass in D Minor. Brinton; Dracksler; Blankenship; Guthrie; F. Charles Adler/Vienna Orch. SPA 72. A- 13.00 285. CATALANI: La Wally. Tebaldi; Tozzi; Scotto; del Monaco; Gardino; Guelfi; Giulini/La Scala. [issued with no notes and NL - but Opera Orchestra of NY notes/libretto booklet included in this copy; Live: 12-7-53] HRE 382(2). A- 13.00 286.*GIORDANO: Andrea Chenier. Tucker; Tebaldi; Bastianini; de Fabritiis/Unnamed Company. [Live, 1958; South America; NL (as issued)] HRE 350(2). A- 12.00 287.*GLUCK: Der Betrogene Kadi. Nixa; Djeri; Schonauer; Welz; Paumgartner/Camerata Academica des Salzburger Mozarteums. Epic BC-1062. A-(demo; radial labels) 12.00 288.*GRIFFES: Songs (12); Milnes; Stapp; Bryn-Julson with Spong & Richardson, pianists and Ozawa/BSO, who also play The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan. Also - Three Tone Pictures (New World Ch Ens). [fold-open album includes extensive notes] New World NW-273. A- to A(c/c) 8.00 289.*JOSEPHS: (Wilfred; b.1927): Requiem for Bass-Bartione, Chorus, String Quintet & Orchestra. Dawe; Adelaide String Quartet; Measham/Adelaide Sym & Cho. [dig] Unicorn Kanchana DKP-9032. FS 10.00 290.*KORNGOLD: Violanta. Marton; Jerusalem; Berry; Hesse; Laubenthal; Janowski/Munich Radio Orch. [TAS 44:159] Col M2-35909(2). A- 14.00 291. LEONCAVALLO: I Pagliacci. Petrella; Di Stefano; Protti; Alva; Sordello; Sanzagno/La Scala. [Live, 1958] Side 4: Di Stefano Recital: Andrea, Aida, Carmen, Otello(2), Rosenkavalier (misc locales, 1950-59). [no notes or libretto] Historical Opera Performances Edition HOPE 227(2). A-(album has Scotch tape repair) 30.00 292. MAHLER: Das Lied von der Erde. Thorberg; Kullman; Walter/VPO. [1936] Seraphim 60191. A- 6.00 293.*MENOTTI: Amahl and the Night Visitors. 1963 NBC TV. Grossman/Orch. RCA LSC-2762. A- 8.00 294.*MILHAUD: L'Homme et son Desir. VARESE: Ameriques. HONEGGER: Pacific 231. Vocal Quartet (in Milhaud); Abravanel/Utah Sym (in all). [terrific record!] Vanguard SRV-274 SD. FS(c/c) 15.00 295.*MONTEVERDI: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (suite). ROBERT RODRIGUEZ (b.1946): Canto. Harmon, soprano; Sells, tenor; Nord/Orion Ch Orch. Also: Rodriguez' Lyric Variations for Oboe, Two Horns & String Orchestra. Orion ORS-74138. FS 4.00 296. MOZART: Mass in C, K.317 ("Coronation"); Missa Brevis, K.275. Tiller; Wonesch; Krenn; Majkut; Berry; Moralt/Vienna Sym; Vienna Choir Boys. Epic LC-3415. A- 7.00 297.*MOZART: Vesperae Solennes de Dominica, K.321; Kyries, K.322 & K.341; Misericordias Domini, K.222. Degler; Kissel; Clayton; Hinreiner/Camerata Academica, Salzburg; Cho. Schwann AMS-78. A- to A 6.00 298. OFFENBACH: Tales of Hoffmann. Jobin; Munsel; Pinza; Glazl; Singher; Beecham/Unnamed Company. [Live, 1944; in French] Side Six Filler: MUSSORGSKY: Boris Godounov: Monologue (Act 2); Farewell (Act 4). Kipnis; Reiner/Orch. [Live/1944; in Russian] Sir Thomas Beecham Society IGI-324/26(3). A- 29.00
299.*PETERSON-BERGER (Wilhelm): 25 Songs. Jonth, soprano; Brilioth, tenor; Alin, pf. Bis LP-42. A- to A 8.00 300. PIERNE: Incidental Music to "Ramuntcho." GURIDI: Prelude to "Mirentxu; Ezpatadantza from "Amaya." Orquesta Sinfonica conducted by Argenta (Mirentxu & 2 Pierne movements) & Tejada (the rest). [notes Spanish only] Alhambra C-7560. A- 20.00 301. PONCHIELLI: La Gioconda. Milanov; Castagna; Kaskas; Martinelli; Moscona; Panizza/Metropolitan Opera. [Live; December 30, 1939; original sources rather noisy; NL; blank jackets] Golden Age of Opera EJS 225(3). B+/B(mostly B+ but some ticky spots) 18.00 302. PUCCINI: Tosca. Moore; Kullman; Sved; Pechner; Cehanovsky; Sodero/Unnamed Company (must be Met). [Live, 1944; NL; blank covers] Unique Opera UORC-287(2). A- 18.00 303. PUCCINI: Tosca. Bjoerling; Curtis-Verna; MacNeil; Scott; Davidson; Mitropoulos/Unnamed Orch & Cho. [Live, 1959; NL; blank jackets] Unique Opera UORC-148(2). A- 27.00 304. ROSSELLINI: (Renzo): Una Sguardo dal Ponte (A View from the Bridge). Rossi-Lemeni; Petrella; Galli; Valdengo; Bondino; De Fabritiis/Rome Opera. [Live; World Premiere, 1961; with notes and synopsis, but NL] Legendary LR-166(2). A- 23.00 305. ROSSINI: Armida. Deutekom; Bottazzo; Garaventa; Gimenez; Trotta; Franci/Teatro la Fenice, Venice. [Live, 4-3-70; with illustrated booklet & libretto] MRF 59(2). A- 20.00 306.*SCHOECK: Notturno. BARBER: Dover Beach. Fischer-Dieskau; Juilliard Quartet. Col KS-7131. A-(demo copy; "2-eyes" labels) 9.00 307. SCHONBERG: Gurre-Lieder. Althouse; Vreeland; Bampton; Robofsky; Betts; de Loache; Stokowski/Phila; Princeton Glee Club; Mendelssohn Club & Fortnightly Club Choruses. [live performance, 4-11-32] RCA AVM2-2017(2). A- 16.00 308.*SCHONBERG: Moses und Aron. Mazura; Langridge; Solti/CSO & Cho. [dig; Dutch pressing] [Grammy Award, 1985: Best Opera Recording] London 414 264(2). FS 16.00 309.*SERLY: Four Songs from James Joyce's "Chamber Music;" Strange Story; Kek ne Felejts (Stanford, mezzo-soprano; Composer/Vienna Volksoper Orch); String Symphony in Four Cycles; Lament (Homage to Bartok) (Kunstmaand Ch Orch of Holland). [symphony & lament are mono] MHS 3447. A- 9.00 310.*SHAPEY: (Ralph; b.1921): The Covenant for Soprano, Sixteen Players & Two Pre-Recorded Tapes. Elsa Charlston; Composer/University of Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players. CRI SD-435. A- 12.00 311.*SINDING: Songs (20). Thallaug, mezzo-soprano; Levin, piano. Norsk Kulturrads Klassikerserie NKF 30012. A- to A 4.00 312.*SINDING: Songs (21; including the Cycle "The Wood Anemone.") Skram, baritone; Levin, piano. Norsk Kulturrads Klassikerserie NKF 30015. A- to A 4.00 313.*SMETANA: Libuse. Kniplova; Berman; Soukupova; Bednar; Kroupa; Zidek; Subrtova; Krombholc/Prague National Theatre. Supraphon SUAST-50701/4(4). A- 30.00 314. STRAUSS: Elektra. Varnay; Nikolaidi; Jessner; Janssen; Mitropoulos/NYP. [Live; Christmas Day, 1949; NL] Robin Hood RHR-510(2). A- 16.00 315.*STRAVINSKY: The Rake's Progress. Raskin; Young; Reardon; Sarfaty; Composer/RPO; Sadlers Wells Opera Chorus. Col M3S-710(3). A-("2-eyes" labels) 13.00 316.*TIPPETT: Choral Music - 4 Songs from the British Isles; 5 Negro Spirituals from "A Child of Our Time;" nine more short works. Soloists; Cleobury/Schola Cantorum of Oxford. Oiseau-Lyre DSLO-25. FS 9.00 317.*VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Hodie. Baker; Lewis; Shirley-Quirk; Willcocks/LSO; Bach Choir; Westminster Abbey Choristers. [blue labels] Angel S-36297. A- 9.00 318.*VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Pilgrim's Progress. Noble; Armstrong; Burrowes; Partridge; Shirley-Quirk; Keyte; Boult/LPO & Cho. [Side 6: Boult in rehearsal of the work] Angel SCL-3785(3). A- 16.00
320. VERDI: Ernani. Del Monaco; Milanov; Warren; McCracken; Siepi; Mitropoulos/Unnamed Company. [Live; New York, 12-29-56; nice booklet with production photos & synopsis, but NL] MRF 6(2). A-(little or no sound from superficial rubs) 10.00 321. VERDI: Otello. Vinay; Martinis; Schoffler; Wagner; Dermota; Greindl; Furtwangler/VPO; VSO Cho. [Live; Salzburg Festival; 8/7/51] Side 6: Schumann - Symphony #1. Furtwangler/VPO; 1951. [With booklet including synopsis & photos, but NL] MRF 45(3). A- 10.00 322. WAGNER: Die Walkure. Traubel; Melchior; Varnay; Thorberg; Chorr; Kipnis; Leinsdorf/Unnamed Company (1941). [NL - as issued] ERR 107(4). A- 22.00 323.*WALTON: Belshazzar's Feast. Cameron; Roger Wagner/RPO; His Cho. Capitol SP-8577. A- 8.00 324. WEBER: Der Freischutz. Hopf; Streich; Grummer; Proebstl; Erich Kleiber/Cologne Radio Orch & Cho. [March, 1955; no notes or libretto] IGI 300(2). A- 18.00 LP's: Operatic & Choral Highlights 325.*BIZET: Les Pecheurs de Perles (exc). Doria; Vanzo; Massard; Scellier; Etcheverry/Orch & Cho. Mode 9494. A- 10.00 326. BLOCH: Macbeth (scenes). Rehfuss; Devalier; Tappy; Ansermet/OSR. [with English notes, but no texts] IGS 004. A- 9.00 327. DEBUSSY: Pelleas et Melisande (exc). Nespoulos; Maguenat; Dufranne; Croiza; Narcon; Truc/Orch. Entre RL-3092. B++ 9.00 328. HANDEL: Messiah (exc). Labbette; Brunskill; Eisdell; Williams; Beecham/BBC Cho; Orch. [recorded 1927] EMI HLM-7053. A- 9.00 329. MOZART: Don Giovanni (exc). Toth; Osvath; Rosler; Orosz; Losonczy; Szekely; Klemperer/Hungarian State Opera. [live, 1948] Hungaroton LPX-12450. FS 5.00 330.*MOZART: Magic Flute (exc). Stader; Streich; Fischer-Dieskau; Greindl; Haefliger; Otto; Fricsay/Berlin Radio Orch/Ch Cho. [Canadian pressing] Heliodor 89 653. FS 5.00 331. PUCCINI: Tosca. Neblett; Pavarotti; MacNeil; Lopez-Cobos/unidentified company (apparently Chicago Lyric Opera, 1976). [bl cov] Unique Opera UORC-348. A- 8.00 332. VERDI: La Traviata (exc). Tebaldi; Magenta; Prandelli; Giulini/RAI Milan. [Live, 1956; Italian-only notes] I Gioielli Della Lirica 02. A- to A 6.00 333. VERDI: Luisa Miller (exc). Ricciarelli; Pavarotti; Tozzi; Jones; Quilco; Kobos/unidentified company. [bl cov] Unique Opera UORC-239. A- 10.00 334. VERDI: Otello (exc) Steber; Vinay; Guarrera; Cleva/Met Opera. [blue labels] Col ML-4499. A--(occ tks; most VERY fine for early pressing) 11.00 335. WAGNER: Das Rheingold (exc). Hotter; Traxel; Neidlinger; Grummer; Suthaus; Knappertsbusch/Bayreuth Festival. [Live, 1957; Italian-only notes] I Gioielli della Lirica GDL 50. A- 5.00 336. WAGNER: Die Meistersinger (excerpts with Schorr; List; Marherr-Wagner; Hutt; Joken; Blech/Berlin State Opera; Unten den Linden Theatre, 5/22/1928 - Wagner's 115th birthday); Siegfried (final scene w/Traubel & Svanholm; Stiedry/Metropolitan Opera; 2/10/1951). [bl covs] Golden Age of Opera EJS 548(2). B to B+ 17.00 337. WAGNER: Gotterdammerung. Extended excerpts (over 1 1/2 hours): Flagstad; Melchior; Janssen; Thorborg; Weber; Furtwangler/ROHCG. [Live; June 1, 1937] Discocorp RR-429(2). A- 15.00 338. WAGNER: Lohengrin (exc). Losonczy; Simandy; Rigo; Jambor; Nemethy; Remenyi; Klemperer/Hungarian State Opera. [Live, 1948] Hungaroton LPX-12436. FS 5.00 LP's: Operatic & Choral Highlights - continued 339. WAGNER: Tannhauser (extended exc). Lorenz; Schmitt-Walter; Hofmann; Ludwig; Reining; Rother/Berlin Radio Orch/Opera Cho. [rec 1943] BASF 22 22119-9(2). FS 9.00 340.*WAGNER: Twilight of the Gods - Music from Act III of Gotterdammerung, sung in English. Hunter; Bailey; Remedios; Grant; Goodall/Sadler's Wells Opera. Unicorn UNS-245/6(2). A- 11.00 341. WALLACE: (William; 1812-65): Maritana (exc). Licette; Nash; Serena; Noble; Barbirolli/ROHCG (1929) & Raybould/Grand Opera Co (1931). Opal 814. A- 7.00 342. WEILL: Die Dreigroschenoper (exc). Lenya; Trenk-Trebitsch; Helmke; Gerron; Mackeben/Lewis Ruth Band. [rec 1930] Also, four exc from the French film of the work, also from 1930: Prejean; Henley; Lion. Plus Lenya in two songs from Mahagonny; and Gerron sings ballad by Grosz. Telefunken HT-23. A- to A 6.00 LP's: Operatic, Choral & Vocal Collections 343. 10 TENORS/10 LIVE PERFORMANCES: Vol 2: Bergonzi/Elisir(1966); Bjoerling/Trovatore(1960); Carreras/Ballo(1966); Di Stefano/Aida(1956); Tucker/Fanciulla(1961); Domingo/Africana(1972); Del Monaco/Walkure(1958); Pavarotti/Ernani(1977); Gedda/Huguenots(1971); Corelli/Fanciulla(1965). HRE 215-1. A- 6.00 344.*CABALLE & CORELLI IN CONCERT: Arias & duets from Lucrezia, Le Cid, Manon Lescaut, Macbeth, L'Africana, Donna del Lago, Aroldo & Andrea Chenier. Antonini/Orch; 1968. HRE 400. A-(c/c) 9.00 345. FAMOUS WAGNER INTERPRETERS: BERLIN 1933/BAYREUTH 1936. Fifteen arias and scenes performed by Muller, Klose, Volker, Prohaska, Manowarda, Bockelmann, Lorenz, Zimmermann & Roswaenge. Conductors: Tietjen, Schmidt, Schmidt-Isserstedt. Telefunken KT-11017/1-2(2). A- 8.00 346. FAMOUS WAGNER INTERPRETERS: BERLIN 1933; BAYREUTH 1936. Excs fr Lohengrin(6), Rheingold, Walkure(2), Siegfried(3), Tannhauser(2) & Meistersinger(3). Muller; Klose; Bockelmann; Lorenz; Roswaenge; Prohaska; Volker; Manowarda; misc conductors/orchs. Telefunken 6.48016(2). A-(c/c) 11.00 347.*GLORY OF GABRIELI, VOL. III: Music for A Cappella Choirs. Smith/Smith Singers; Bragg/Texas Boys Choir. [Recorded in Basilica San Marco, Venice] Col MS-7334. A-("2-eyes" labels; demo copy) 11.00 348.*GOLDEN VOICES OF THE ZARZUELA: Arias sung by Caballe(2) Kraus(2), Berganza(2), Domingo(2), Lorengar & Aragall. Misc conductors/orchs. Forlane UM-3926. A- to A 5.00 349. INTERLOCHEN FESTIVAL CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA (1966?): KODALY: Te Deum. HANDEL: Messiah (excerpts). INTERLOCHEN THEME (Hanson). Janice Harsanyi, soprano; M.Klein, conductor. NMC 1966-6. B+(decorated blank cover) 5.00 350.+LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO: "A Memorable Evening." Live excerpts from Gala Concert, November 10, 1956, with Tebaldi, Simionato, Bastianini; Solti/Lyric Opera Orch. Richmond SR-33157. A- 9.00 351. SOPRANO POTPOURRI: Selections by Nordica(2), Alda(2), Schumann(3), Melba, Patti, Novotna(3), Ponselle(5) & Rethberg(5). [bl cov] Golden Age of Opera EJS 532. 12.00 352. SWEDISH WAGNER SINGERS: Wagner selections by Thorborg, Wallgren, Stockman, Svanholm, Bampton, Berglund, Menzinsky, Larsen-Todsen, Janssen, Andresen & Nilsson. [recorded 1910-53; Swedish-only notes] SR SRLP-1406. A- 5.00 353. THE RECORD OF SINGERS: Download 1.08 Mb. Share with your friends:
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