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Leopold Stokowski, Conductor Jean Martinon,  Conductor* Chicago Symphony Orchestra	KHACHATURIAN: Symphony Nº 3 for Orchestra, Organ and 15 Trumpets RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF: Russian Easter Overture MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummers Night’s Dream - Incidental Music*               Overture, Scherzo, Nocturne and Wedding March Stokowski has achieved here a sonic blockbuster with the 3rd Symphony of Khachaturian and the familiar Russian Easter Overture of Rimsky-Korsakoff.  Worry not, there is no use of a baritone solo as was the case in an earlier Stokowski recording of this familiar overture, all with incredible brass and low end effects.  The Martinon Mendelssohn is a rare recording and demos wonderful playing especially from the CSO brass. Truly one of the best recording of this music ever.	$12.00 per CD   STEREO  High Quality MP3 PRO sample here
Eugene Ormandy,  Conductor Philadelphia Orchestra,	FIRST CHAIR II SARASATE: Introduction and Tarantelle for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 43     Anshel Brusilow, violin COOLEY: Aria and Dance for Viola and Orchestra     Carlton Cooley, viola FAURÉ: Elegie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24     Lorne Munroe, cello VANHAL: Concerto in E Major for Bass and Orchestra - First Movement     Roger Scott, bass RIISAGER: Concertino for Trumpet and Orchestra, Op. 29     Gilbert Johnson, trumpet SAINT-SAËNS: Morceau de Concert for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 94     Mason Jones, French-horn GUILMANT: Morceau Symphonique for Trombone and Orchestra, Op. 88     Henry Charles Smith, trombone      The overwhelming success of our FIRST CHAIR CD issue featuring first-desk Philadelphia Orchestra players - see page 3 of our catalog - bring us to this new release with later first desk players.  This one is in stereo and is just as superb as the older one, a must have in every way.	$12.00 per CD   STEREO
LESLIE JONES Haydn Symphonies Series
Willem van Otterloo Conductor Residentie Orkest den Haag	HAYDN: Symphony Nº 45 in F Sharp Minor ("Farewell") HAYDN: Symphony Nº 55 in E Flat Major ("Schoolmaster") Two Haydn name symphonies in very unique, special performances. Van Otterloo bring both forth with that unique Netherlands approach.  The Hague orchestra plays superbly and with plenty of energy.	$12.00 per CD   STEREO  High Quality MP3 PRO sample here
Jean Martinon Conductor Chicago Symphony Orchestra	MARTINON: Symphony Nº 4, Op. 53 (“Altitudes”) MENNIN: Symphony Nº 7 in One Movement (“Variation-Symphony”) ROUSSEL: Bacchus et Ariane Suite No. 2 These CSO/Martinon recordings have be on the high priority list for quite a while due to countless requests. Securing a decent LP pressing was difficult.  The Martinon and Mennin Symphonies provide very interesting listening, more so now, as we have improved the pinched dynamic range to more realistic levels and balanced out the stereo channels which were badly off-center in places.  The outcome is awesome!  As for the Roussel, the source is a stereo reel tape which has also been improved sonically,  truly a knockout performance!	$12.00 per CD   STEREO High Quality MP3 PRO sample here
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Ernest Ansermet Conductor L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande	MENDELSSOHN  Symphony Nº 4 in A Major, Op. 90 “Italian” OVERTURES Hebrides, Ruy Blas, Fair Melusina Superb, well-paced performances in glorious Decca/London sound.  You will enjoy this transfer release.	$12.00 per CD     STEREO
Arthur Fiedler Conductor Boston Pops Orchestra	OFFENBACH: Gaîté Pasisienne (1947 Recording) CHOPIN: Les Sylphides Many of us first listened to "Gaîté Parisienne" by way of this this first Boston Pops / Fiedler recording of it. It is, of course not the sonic blockbuster recorded remake of 1954 but is better played overall with more punch and purpose and is remastered on CD with much improved sound.  The Chopin, recorded in 1946 is the Peter Bodge and Leroy Anderson arrangement. This comes highly recommended with much nostalgia.	$12.00 per CD   MONO High Quality MP3 PRO sample here
Peter Maag, Conductor Paris Conservatoire Orchestra	ROSSINI OVERTURES     La Gazza Ladra: Overture    Semiramide: Overture     Cenerentola: Overture     Guillaume Tell: Overture     Peter Maag whose the reputation of being one of the most unique and versatile conductors has chosen four Rossini Overtures.  His recorded repertoire has  been continually cherished among musicians and listeners. The ultra French sounding Paris Conservatoire Orchestra in spectacular "Decca Tree" sound adds a new dimension to these very familiar overtures.	$12.00 per CD   STEREO High Quality MP3 PRO sample here
Sir John Barbirolli, Conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra	BEETHOVEN: Symphony Nº 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 55, "Eroica" This exceptional recording displays this music with thoughtful dedication to the inner, overlooked by the usual podium "mee-tooism" - often failed attempts - to adhere to Beethoven's speed demon tempo markings. Barbirolli takes his time for the sake of clarity.  A Barbirolli must have CD carefully transferred form  from a rare, unopened till now, Angel stereo reel tape.	$12.00 per CD   High Quality MP3 PRO sample here STEREO
Fritz Reiner, Conductor Chicago Symphony Orchestra	ROLF LIEBERMANN: Concerto for Jazz Band and Orchestra           with the  Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, rec.12/06/54 in Orchestra Hall, Chicago MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C, KV 551 “Jupiter”          rec. 04/26/54 in Orchestra Hall, Chicago Transferred from rare half-track reel tapes and with improved dynamic range.  This is a very unique Reiner offering of the Rolf Liebrmann Concerto. The Mozart has been thoroughly remastered with improve balances throughout and better dynamic range.	$12.00 per CD   STEREO High Quality MP3 PRO sample here
Hilde Rössel-Majdan,  Condtralto Viktor Graef, piano	HILDE RÖSSEL MAJDAN SINGS 21 Grieg Songs and the Romanza from Schubert's Rosamunde  This comes to you as the results of several requests and provided by one of our customers.   Rössel-Majdan sings with extreme sensitivity which results in an unmatched distillation of 21 well selected Grieg Songs The Viennese singing tradition is in full swing here too, like frosting on a very good cake with seconds provided by Viktor Graef.  Full listing of songs is available upon request at HaydnHouse@comcast.net	$12.00 per CD   High Quality MP3 PRO sample here MONO
Charles Munch Conductor Boston Symphony Orchestra	RAVEL  Daphnis et Chloé - Complete      Recorded in Symphony Hall, Boston, 1961 - From an RCA STEREO tape  Charles Munch recorded The Ravel Daphnis and Chloé twice for RCA Victor: in 1955 and in 1961.  The 1955 version, recorded in stage in Symphony Hall, Boston,  is readily available on CD and has been for nearly 20 years, released several times with the latest one being the incredible transfer on RCA SACD by Soundmirror in Boston.  Securing the the more recent RCA recording is another matter entirely.  It was never issued beyond the 1961 LP release and to many, it  is the preferred version and was recorded in 1961 on the floor of Symphony Hall with the spacious acoustic in tact and with wide and deep stereo imaging.   The dynamic range is better as well.   The performance is super Munch/BSO.   We are grateful to an avid Haydn House customer for providing us with the super rare reel-to-reel RCA commercial tape to make the transfer to CD.	$12.00 per CD   High Quality MP3 PRO sample here STEREO from reel tape
Max Goberman Haydn Symphonies Series
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Conductor Moscow Radio Large Symphony Orchestra	TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony Nº 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 Symphony Nº 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 Symphony Nº 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 “Pathétique”  As with the Manfred Symphony listed below, Haydn House offers this 2 CD set of the Tchaikovsky Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, and 6.  They are full blooded Russian performances yet void of any extended sorrow and sentiment giving you a good chance to get involved in these highly charged Soviet renditions with incredible, blood-boiling brass playing as heard in the mp3 audio file. Dynamic range limitations have been improved in these transfers from near perfect Melodya discs along with some needed bass.  The end result is much closer to what Rozhdestvensky heard and and thereby restores the sonic intentions of the orchestra and conductor. The stereo sound stage is wide and deep.  This comes to you after many requests from our customers.	$20.00 / 2 CD SET   High Quality MP3 PRO sample here STEREO
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Conductor Moscow Radio Large Symphony Orchestra	TCHAIKOVSKY: Manfred Symphony   When we released the Borodin and Rachmaninoff CD listed below, requests came in for us to find the Rozhdestvensky, Tchaikovsky Manfred.  A search came up with one Melodya LP copy available in Romania!  It arrived soon enough and the LP is in near mint condition.  The recording itself has dynamics range problems along with hum. These problems are now gone and the transfer is spectacular to complement this wonderful, ultra-Russian performance.  The conductor, as it states on the back of the record jacket, plays the pipe organ at the end.  The spacious acoustics are perfectly captured too.	$12.00 per CD   High Quality MP3 PRO sample here STEREO
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Anthony Lewis,  Conductor Saint Anthony Singers New Symphony Orchestra of London	HANDEL: Semele (1744)     JUPITER: William Herbert, tenor; CADMUS: George Prangnell, bass;  ATHAMAS: John Whitworth, treble; SOMNUS: George James, bass;  APOLLO: Robert Ellis, tenor; JUNO: Anna Pollak, contralto; IRIS: Brenda Griffith, soprano; SEMELE: Jennifer Vyvyan, soprano; INO: Helen Watts, contralto  This is the 1956 premiere recording of Handel's opera, "Semele"  Transferred from near mint L'Oiseau-Lyre LPs and remastered to present day sonic standards.  Thurston Dart plays the harpsichord.	$20.00 / 2 CD SET   High Quality MP3 PRO sample here  MONO
Eduard van Beinum,  Conductor Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam	BRAHMS: Symphony Nº 4 in E  Minor, Op. 98 J. C.  BACH: Symphony Nº 2 in B Flat Major, Op. 18                          Symphony Nº 4 in D Major, Op. 18     These three works conducted by Eduard van Beinum are at the very top of the list and have been rather neglected since they appeared in this country on Epic LPs during the late 1950's. The Brahms is filled with the old and now banished Concertgebouw Orchestra sonic signature and the J.C. Bach Symphonies are perfect gems under Van Beinum's hand.  The mp3 excerpts will also reveal the perfect phrasing throughout and the wonderful oboe solo work of Haakon Stotijn, first oboe in the COA back then.  The sound is first rate too. This is another "must have" Van Beinum CD.	$12.00 per CD   High Quality MP3 PRO sample here STEREO
The Leslie Jones Haydn Symphonies Series
Max Goberman Conductor The Vienna Radio Chorus The Vienna New Symphony Ellen Klein, soprano Sonja Drachsler, contralto Kurt Equiluz, tenor Leo Heppe, bass	BEETHOVEN Symphony Nº 8 in F Major, Op. 93 The Maelzel Canon   Leonore Overture Nº 1, Op. 138 "Becalmed Sea and "A Prosperous Voyage"  Fidelio Overture Op. 72      Being a student of Fritz Reiner at Curtis, then a violinist in the Philadelphia Orchestra, Max Goberman turned to Broadway during its golden era of the 50's. He premiered West Side Story among other hits.  He then founded the NY Sinfonietta and set to work to record all the Vivaldi and Corelli Concertos, the Bach Brandenburgs, etc., then on to Vienna to record all the Haydn Symphonies.  His sudden death ended the Haydn project with but 41 of these symphonies recorded along with a few overtures. (All available here).  He also recorded Beethoven, Brahms Mozart, and more Bach.  This CD is his Beethoven efforts and they are wonderfully played and well recorded but poorly pressed on LP when issued.  We fixed the problems and captured all the good sound sans intrusions.  The Beethoven 8th here could rank among the best ever. You will like this CD!	$12.00 per CD   High Quality MP3 PRO sample here STEREO
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Peter Maag Conductor Paris Conservatoire Orchestra	CHOPIN: Les Sylphides - Ballet (orchestration by Roy Douglas) DELIBES: La Source - Ballet Selections      Peter Maag has the reputation of being one of the most unique and versatile conductors.  His recorded repertoire has  been continually cherished among musicians and listeners.  This release features superb performances of music as played by the ultra French sounding Paris Conservatoire Orchestra in spectacular "Decca Tree" sound with plenty of solid bottom end and pristine highs along with much depth and definition within the stereo image.  The Chopin is very familiar but here, there is that " listening to it for the first time" effect, holding one's attention from start to finish.  The Léo Delibes ballet is typical of the composer which of brought forth with incredible élan by this wonderful orchestra under Peter Maag's direction.   Don't let this one pass you by.	$12.00 per CD   High Quality MP3 PRO sample here STEREO
Arthur Fiedler Conductor Boston Pops Orchestra VOL. 2	EMMANUEL CHABRIER: España Rhapsody JOHANN STRAUSS II Treasure Waltz; On the Beautiful Blue Danube; Brautschau Polka - Gypsy Baron;  Tales from the Vienna Woods; Krapfenwald’l Polka  CHARLES GOUNOD: Funeral March of a Marionnette  AMILCARE PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours GABRIEL PIERNÉ: March of the Little Lead Soldiers JOSEPH IVANOVICI: Danube Waves; FRANZ SCHUBERT: Marche Militaire MANUEL DE FALLA: Ritual Fire Dance; JEAN SIBELIUS: Finlandia Combing through the Haydn House 45 rpm collection a second time has brought us this fine array of Boston Pops performances under the special care of Arthur Fiedler.  All has been carefully transferred to the digital medium including restoration of the overall sound of each disc. Most were recorded in the late 1940's and early 1950's  which means that Fiedler was conducting Serge Koussevitzky's Boston Symphony musicians less the first desk players.  If you have the first volume (on page 16), the you must have this one.    Highly recommended!	$12.00 per CD   High Quality MP3 PRO sample here  MONO
Max Goberman Haydn Symphonies Series
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Conductor Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra	ALEXANDER BORODIN: Symphony No. 1 in E Flat Major   SERGEI RACHMANINOFF: The Rock - Symphonic Fantasy, Op. 7 After several requests we finally finished this unique transfer of music by Borodin and Rachmaninoff.  The orchestra here is know for its special brass qualities and Rozdestvensky encourages their musical talents within this music resulting in astounding effects as the mp3 sample demonstrates.  The sound is typical "Soviet" with good dynamic range.  These are exceptional renditions and comes to you highly recommended.	$12.00 per CD   High Quality MP3 PRO sample here  STEREO
Eugene Ormandy Conductor Philadelphia Orchestra	TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto Nº 1 in  B Flat Minor              Eugene Istomin, piano TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony Nº 7 in E Flat Major - (arr. S. Bogatyryev)                 FROM REEL-TO-REEL STEREO TAPE This elusive Istomin / Ormandy recording has been taken by the horns and restored from top to bottom with hum removed and near sub sonic podium foot stomps and channel balances adjusted and lower mid bass improved to 21st century sonic standards. The result is thrilling, giving a new life to this wonderful performance.  Here it is once again. The patched together Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 7!  It's a mid 1950's creation from fragments left by the composer which were used in such works as the 3rd. Piano Concerto and other short works and orchestrated into a symphony by Semyon Bogatyryev.	$12.00 per CD   High Quality MP3 PRO sample here STEREO
Paul Paray, Conductor Detroit Symphony	FRANCK: Symphony in D Minor WAGNER: Ride of the Valkyries, Lohengrin Preludes 1 & 3,  Die Meistersinger Prelude to Act I, Tannhäuser Overture One of the most powerful Franck D Minor's ever recorded. Incredible low brass and power giving a sense that this is one Franck own organ works. The Wagner boasts a similar approach from Paray in straightforward renditions of the more popular Wagner works. These are the early mono recordings and are better than any of the stereo remakes which came later. All is re-mastered from our previous CD issues in our catalog.	$12.00 per CD   High Quality MP3 PRO sample here STEREO
Charles Munch, Conductor Boston Symphony Orchestra	TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony Nº 4 In F Minor, Op. 36      Recorded in Symphony Hall, Boston, 1955 Francesca da Rimini     Recorded in Symphony Hall, Boston, 1956 - From RCA STEREO half track tape  What performances these are! Both have been fully re-mastered in glorious stereo sound and dynamics impact worthy of the both orchestra, conductor and composer.  Both works were staples of the BSO starting in the early year of Monteux and Koussevitzky resulting in total commitment under Munch as though the orchestra owns the music!  If you are familiar with these recordings, this new re-mastering will bring you to the edge of your seat.	$12.00 per CD   High Quality MP3 PRO sample here STEREO
Hermann Scherchen Conductor Vienna Symphony Paul Paray Conductor Detroit Symphony	BEETHOVEN Symphony Nº 3 "Eroica"  LISZT: Les Préludes    The elusive but very superior Hermann Scherchen, Vienna Symphony recording of the "Eroica" at the outset of this CD casts aside his later stereo recording with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra. It is muscular with sharp attacks and good brass and plenty of dynamic range for this early 1950's recording. To top off the Scherchen, the Paray Liszt Les Préludes which is quite similar in approach and also with good solid brass throughout. This is a must have CD for all.	$12.00 per CD High Quality MP3 PRO sample here   MONO
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