Misc Russian orchs. Melodiya M10-42627. A- 13.00
1898.*SANDERLING: Franck Symphony. Dresden Staatskapelle. Heliodor 2548 132. A- 10.00
1899.*SARGENT: Dvorak - Symphonic Variations. Smetana - Tabor & Blanik, from Ma Vlast. PO (in Dvorak); RPO (in Vlast). EMI SXLP-20065. A- 10.00
1900. SARGENT: Elgar - Enigma Variations. Purcell (arr. Albert Coates) - Suite from the Dramatic Music of Purcell. LSO. Decca ACL-55. A- 10.00
1901.*SARGENT: Walton - Facade Suites #1 & #2. Britten - Simple Symphony; Young Person's Guide. BBC Sym (in Guide); RPO (in others). EMI SXLP-30014. A- 10.00
1902. SAWALLISCH: Mendelssohn - Symphony #4. Brahms Haydn Variations. Vienna Sym.
Epic LC-3731. A- 6.00
1903. SCHERCHEN: Brahms - Double Concerto. J.Fournier; Janigro; VSOO. West WL-5117. B+ 5.00
1904. SCHERCHEN: Handel - Concerti Grossi, Op.6: #7-#9. English Baroque Orch. West XWN-18084. A- 6.00
1905.*SCHERCHEN: Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsodies #2, #3 & #6; Mazeppa. VSOO. [early labels] West WST-14101. A- 12.00
1906.*SCHERCHEN: Overtures - William Tell (Rossini) Donna Diana Reznicek); Zampa (Herold); Fra Diavolo (Auber). VSOO. Music Guild MS-155. A- 6.00
1907. SCHERCHEN: The Devil in Hi Fi: Danse Macabre; Mephisto Waltz; Night on Bald Mountain; Finale of Symphonie Fantastique. LSO (in Fantastique); VSOO (in rest). West XWN-18894. A-- 10.00
1908.*SCHIPPERS: Strauss - Till Eulenspiegel; Don Juan; Salome's Dance; Rosenkavalier Waltzes. Cincinnati Sym. [recorded May 1976; Schippers passed away in 1977] Turnabout QTVS-35666. A- 9.00
1909. SILVESTRI: Tchaikovsky - Symphony #6. PO. Angel 35487. A-(British pressing/deluxe w/dowel spine) 10.00
1910.*SOLTI: Strauss - Alpine Symphony. BVRS. [drm] London 414 676-1. FS(c/c) 8.00
1911.*SOLTI: The Making of a Masterwork - Solti discusses & conducts Beethoven 9th (most of it, with comments interpolated). [Issued 1973 for CSO Society members] London CSO-1000. A- 20.00
1912. STOKOWSKI: Bach – Brandenburg #2; Giant Fugue; Toccata & Fugue in d; 2 Preludes; Passacaglia & Fugue in c; 2 Chorale Preludes. Phila. [rec 1927-30] dell'Arte DA-9001. A- to A 12.00
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1913.*STOKOWSKI: Bach - Chaconne; Preludio; Ein Feste Burg; Little Fugue in g; Arioso; Aria; Sleepers, Awake; Komm, Susser Tod. LSO. RCA ARL1-0880. A-(cov scuffs) 7.00
1914.*STOKOWSKI: Bloch - Schelomo (Neikrug). Paul Ben-Haim - From Israel (Suite for Orchestra). Sym of the Air. United Art USLP-0009. A- 13.00
1915.*STOKOWSKI: Brahms - Serenade #1. Sym of Air. Varese Sara VC-81050. A- to A 10.00
1916.*STOKOWSKI: Brahms - Symphony #3. Houston Sym. Everest SDBR-3030. A- 8.00
1917.*STOKOWSKI: Brahms - Symphony #4; Academic Fest. NPO. [quad] RCA ARD1-0719. A-(c/c) 10.00
1918.*STOKOWSKI: Chopin-Stokowski - Prelude in d; Mazurka in a; Waltz in c#. Canning (Thomas; b.1911): Fantasy on a Hymn Tune of Justin Morgan. Wagner - Wotan's Farewell & Magic Fire Music. Houston Sym. [Stoky's orchestration of the d-minor prelude is quite spectacular!] [late labels] Everest SDBR-3070. A- 10.00
1919.*STOKOWSKI: Dvorak - Symphony #9. Two recordings: Philadelphia Orchestra (1927); NPO (1973). [The 1927 recording includes the "outline of themes" with Stokowski speaking and playing piano, which formed one side of the original release on Victor 78-rpm set M-1] RCA CRL2-0334(2). A-(slight cover scuffs) 20.00
1920. STOKOWSKI: Liszt - Les Preludes. Schumann - Symphony #2. His Sym. [from RCA, 1947 & 1950] dell'Arte LSS-8. A- to A 13.00
1921.*STOKOWSKI: Loeffler - Pagan Poem. Schoenberg - Verklarte Nacht. Sym. Sera S-60080. A- 8.00
1922.*STOKOWSKI: Prokofiev - The Ugly Duckling (Resnik, soprano); Cinderella Suite. DEBUSSY - Children's Corner Suite. Stadium Sym of NY. [Late, very obscure Stokowski issue] Everest SDBR-3108. A- 10.00
1923.*STOKOWSKI: Shostakovich - Symphony #6; Age of Gold Suite. Stokowski/CSO. [Scott; Goodman] RCA AGL1-5063. A-(c/c) 9.00
1924.*STOKOWSKI: STOKOWSKI'S GREATEST HITS - Russian Easter Overture, Age of Gold Polka (CSO); Roumanian Rhapsody #1, Hungarian Rhapsody #2, Moldau, Water Music Suite (RCA Victor Sym); Sheep May Safely Graze, Xerxes Largo, Jesu, Pilgrim's Chorus (New Sym, London; Luboff Cho); Ride of Valkyries, Entrance of Gods into Valhalla (Sym of the Air). RCA VCS-7077(2). A- 14.00
1925.*STOKOWSKI: Tchaikovsky - Symphony #5. 1973 International Youth Orch. Two-disc set: one devoted to extended rehearsal excerpts, the other to the concert given in the Royal Albert Hall. [The rehearsal disc appears pristine, but the disc has some minor surface sound. This has been my experience in all copies of this set I have seen.] Classics GOCLP-9007(2). A-/A- to B+(see preceding note) 40.00
1926.*STOKOWSKI: Vivaldi - Concerto Grosso Op.3, #11. Bach - Jesu; Sheep; Christmas Oratorio Sinfonia . Corelli - Concerto Grosso, op.6, #8. Kipnis, harpsichord; His Orch. Van SRV-363. A-(c/c) 8.00
1927.*STOKOWSKI: Wagner - Magic Fire Music; Rienzi Overture; Tristan Prelude & Liebestod; Excerpts from Act III of Meistersinger. RPO. RCA ARL1-0498. A- 9.00
1928. STOKOWSKI: WAGNER - Rienzi Overture; Lohengrin & Tristan Act I Preludes; Liebestod & Brunnhilde's Immolation (Nilsson). ARIAS - Figaro, Prince Igor, Faust, (London); Tosca (Nilsson); Aida (Nilsson/London). [All from live concert(s), Philadelphia orch, 1962] PROKOFIEV - Piano Concerto #3 (Kapell; NBC Sym) [live, 2/20/1949]. Melodram MEL-228(2). A- to A 24.00
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1929.*STOKOWSKI: Wagner - Siegfried's Rhine Journey & Funeral Music; Brunnhilde's Immolation.
LSO. RCA ARL1-1317. A- 9.00
1930.*STOKOWSKI: Stokowski Encores: Clarke - Prince of Denmark's March. Rachmaninoff - Prelude in c#. Byrd - Pavan. Schubert - Moment Musical #3. Dvorak - Slavonic Dance #10. Tchaikovsky - Chant sans Paroles, Op.40: #6. Duparc - Extase. Elgar - Nimrod (from Enigma Variations); Chopin - Mazurka in a. CPO (Dvorak, Elgar & Rachmaninov); LSO (the rest). [rather obscure disc] London SPC-21130. A- 16.00
STOKOWSKI: See also #27, 29, 105, 173, 226, 368, 533, 840-46, 948, 987, 989, 1228,
1391, 1425, 1494, 1515, 1609, 1639, 1643.
1931.*SZELL: "One Hundred Men and a Perfectionist." Nine overtures, dances & complete movements from CO recordings. Col SOG-5. A-(gold "2-eyes" labels) 9.00
1932.*SZELL: Beethoven Overtures - Egmont; Coriolan; King Stephen; Leonore #2. CO. Col MS-6966. FS 6.00
1933.*SZELL: Brahms - Symphony #3; Haydn Variations. CO. Col MS-6685. A-(early "2-eyes" labels) 11.00
1934. TALICH: Dvorak - Slavonic Dances (Op.46 + 72 complete). CPO. Parliament PLP-121(2). A-(nice copy!) 16.00
1935. TALICH: Dvorak - The Midday Witch; Cello Concerto (Rostropovich; 1st movement only). CPO. [10-inch; German-only notes] Supraphon DSLPM-88. B 9.00
1936. TALICH: Tchaikovsky - Suite #4 ("Mozartiana"). Slovak Philharmonic. [Venezuelan pressing (but with English notes) of Supraphon original] Los Grandes Maestros de la Musica GMM 061. B+/A- 16.00
1937.*TENNSTEDT: Wagner - Siegfried's Rhine Journey & Funeral March; Valkyries; Forest Murmurs; Entry of the Gods; Magic Fire Music. BPO. [dig] Pathe 2C069-43010. A- to A(notes French only) 9.00
1938. TOSCANINI: Beethoven - Symphony #3. NBC. [Carnegie, 1953; German pressing] RCA AT-121. FS 12.00
1939. TOSCANINI: Beethoven - Symphony #6. BBC Symphony. [recorded 1937; Japanese-only notes] Japanese EMI GR-2153. A- to A(silky pressing!) 20.00
1940. TOSCANINI: Debussy - La Mer; Iberia. NBC. [SD labels] RCA LM-1833. A- 14.00
1941. TOSCANINI: Debussy - La Mer; Iberia; Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. NBC Sym [live; 2-14-53]. Fonit Cetra DOC-18. A- to A 11.00
1942. TOSCANINI: Tchaikovsky - Symphony #6. NBC Symphony. [PL; 1S/1S] RCA VIC-1268. A- 10.00
1943. TOSCANINI: Tchaikovsky - Voyevoda Overture (1941); Piano Concerto #1 (Horowitz; 1951); Symphony #6 (1941). NBC Sym. [concert performances] Melodram MEL-235(2). A- to A 24.00
1944. TOSCANINI: Toscanini Society ATS-1002: Strauss - Ein Heldenleben; Salome's Dance. NBC Sym. [Live, 1941 & 1939] FS 12.00
1945. TOSCANINI: Verdi - Aida Overture (premiere, 1940; only one other before Verdi family put the piece back in their vault; Abbado recorded a transcription made from listening to the Toscanini performance); Overtures to Luisa Miller(1943) & Forza(1952); Rigoletto - Final Act (Warren; Peerce; Merriman; Moscono; 1944). [All live with NBC] Movimento Musica 01 002. A- to A 16.00
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1946. TOSCANINI:
A Toscanini Omnibus. Overtures to Don Pasquale, Forza, Oberon, Euryanthe, Freischutz, Mignon, Poet & Peasant, Hansel & Gretel and La Wally. Berlioz - Queen Mab; Rakoczy March. Catalani - Dance of the Water Nymphs. Bizet - Carmen Suite. Glinka - Kamarinskaya.
NBC Sym. [With 14-page booklet including many terrific photos - mostly of Toscanini relaxing rather than conducting; very nice presentation in box with framed cut-out revealing fine print of Toscanini portrait; pristine copy] [SD labels] RCA LM-6026(2). A- 19.00
1947. TOSCANINI: Acoustic Recordings with La Scala Orchestra, 1920-21. Short works of Donizetti, Mendelssohn(2), Berlioz, Bizet(2), Massenet, Wolf-Ferrari, Galilei, Pizzetti, Mozart(2), Beethoven (2). [Half-speed remastering] Italian RCA VL-46024. A- to A(slight jacket flaws) 10.00
1948. TOSCANINI: Complete Philadelphia Orchestra Recordings, 1941-1942. SCHUBERT - Symphony #9. TCHAIKOVSKY - Symphony #6. MENDELSSOHN - Midsummer Night's Dream Music (Eustis; Kirk; University of PA Women's Glee Club). BERLIOZ - Queen Mab Scherzo. DEBUSSY - La Mer; Iberia. RESPIGHI - Feste Romane. STRAUSS - Death & Transfiguration. RCA CRM5-1900(5). FS(c/c) 40.00
TOSCANINI: See also #52, 659, 659, 959, 978, 979, 1002, 1399, 1404.
1949. VAN BEINUM: Brahms - Academic Festival, Tragic Overtures; Haydn Variations. ACO. Richmond B-19024. A- 8.00
1950. VAN BEINUM: Debussy - Danses Sacree et Profane. Ravel - Introduction & Allegro. Berghout, harp; ACO. [10-inch] London LS-621. B+ 9.00
1951. VAN KEMPEN: Rossini - William Tell Overture. FRICSAY: Scala di Seta; Signor Bruschino. BPO. [10-inch] Decca DL-4002. A--(Wm)/B(Fricsay) 6.00
1952. VAN KEMPEN: Tchaikovsky - Suite #4; Serenade for Strings. Lamoureux Orchestra. Epic LC-3213. A-(Serenade is A- to B+) 10.00
1953.*WALLENSTEIN: Mussorgsky-Ravel - Pictures at Exhibition. Virtuoso Symphony of London. Fidelity FCS-50,004. FS 8.00
1954. WALLENSTEIN: Offenbach Overtures - La Belle Helene; Orpheus in Hades. LAPO. [10-inch; very early LAPO recordings] Decca DL-4095. B+ 5.00
1955.*WALLENSTEIN: Rachmaninoff - Symphony #2. LAPO. Seraphim S-60133. FS 8.00
1956. WALTER: An Evening With Bruno Walter. Walter comments briefly before each of four works: Don Juan; Mozart 40th (NYP); Arias from Figaro (London) & Cosi (Steber). Col Sym in the arias. Col WZ-2. A-(gold "6-eyes" labels) 10.00
1957.*WALTER: Beethoven - The Nine Symphonies. Cundari; Rankin; Da Costa; Wilderman; Westminster Choir (in 9th); Col Sym. Odyssey Y7-30051(7). A- 25.00
1958. WALTER: Berlioz - Fantastique. PCO. [rec 1939] Turnabout THS-65109. A- 9.00
1959.*WALTER: Brahms - Double Concerto. Francescatti; Fournier; Col Sym Col MS-6158. A-(very early "6-eyes" labels) 16.00
1960. WALTER: Mozart - Requiem. Schumann; Thorborg; Dermota; Kipnis; VPO; VSO Cho. [recorded live in Paris; June 29, 1937] Pathe 2907811. FS 16.00
1961. WALTER: Mozart Symphony #25 & #28. [Col Sym] Odyssey Y-35221. A-(c/c; recorded in mono only) 9.00
1962. WALTER: Rehearsing Beethoven Symphony #5. Col Sym. [In paper sleeve with photos and notes] Col WM-2. A-("2-eyes" labels) 16.00
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1963. WALTER: Strauss - Don Juan; Death & Transfiguration. Wagner - Siegfried Idyll. NYP. [oddly scarce] Col ML-5338. B+("6-eyes" labels) 18.00
WALTER: See also #69, 81, 84, 207, 908, 1132, 1389, 1401, 1433.
1964.*WILLIAMS: Pops Around the World. Overtures to Boccaccio, Bronze Horse, Russlan & Ludmilla, The Cowboys (Williams movie score; fabulous horns!), Candide, Italiana in Algeri & Colas Breugnon. BPS. [dig] Philips 6514 186. A- to A 16.00
1965. WOOD: Vaughan Williams - Symphony #2; Wasps Overture; Greensleeves Fantasia. Queens Hall Orchestra. [recorded 1936] Decca ACL-255. A-(minor cover damage) 10.00
LP's: Spoken Word, Humor & Documentaries
1966. SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL: Six Wartime Speeches (including "This Was Their Finest Hour"). EMI ALP-1435/36(2). B+ 12.00
I hope you have enjoyed a relaxing browse -
Best wishes for cozy Autumn listening!
-- Larry Jones