Antal Dorati
Minneapolis Symphony
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker Ballet (complete)
Antal Dorati conducts the Minneapolis Symphony in Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker". This release comes to you after countless requests to put our restoration talents on this master Mercury Living Presence recording and to follow the our highly successful release of Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty". Never is the sound far below in excellence as one would expect from the Mercury recording team of the early 50's.
August Wenzinger
Cappella Coloniensis des WDR
Rolf Reinhardt
Bamberg
Symphony 
HANDEL: Concerti Grossi, Opus 3
(complete)*
HANDEL: Concerto Grosso, "Alexander's Feast"*
HANDEL: Overtures to Terpsichore, Rodelinda, Theseo, Ariadne, Ezio, Jeptha,
Il Pastor Fido, and Alexander's Feast
* IN STEREO
Perfect, sensitive performances of the Opus 3 Concertos as recorded in Stereo in 1959. This is one of the first and certainly, a very successful attempt to be authentic with recorders, baroque oboes and bassoons. Wenzinger later recorded all Handel's Opus 6 Concertos as well as the Organ Concertos which continue to be available officially. This Opus 3 complete is one of the best ever recorded. The Overtures with Rolf Reinhardt were our first introduction to these works, setting new standards in the mid 1950's.
Eugene Ormandy
Phildelphia Orchestra
BIZET: Symphony in C Major
SIBELIUS: Lemminkäinen Suite
1. Lemminkäinen and the Maidens of Saari; 2. Lemminkäinen in Tuonela
3. Swan of Tuonela; 4. Lemminkäinen's Return
RACHMANINOV: Vocalise
The Bizet is what can be called a buffer to the Sibelius Lemminkäinen Suite which is
four sections of
some of the most powerful and emotionally charged music ever composed.
Perfect for Ormandy and his Orchestra of the early 50's? Absolutely. The
orchestra is lush as can be yet with a raw force that has never been
duplicated elsewhere. The familiar "Swan of Tuonela"
is the third section of the suite, kind of a breather for what precedes
and what follows. The Swan makes much more sense surrounded by its musical
companions of the suite. This is an absolute "must have CD"
taken from blue label and 6-eye Columbia LPs. Ormandy/PO buffs must take
notice. Oh yes, the Bizet and the Rachmaninov are first rate also.
See p. 22 of catalog for more Ormandy SIbelius.
$12.00 per CD
Eduard van Beinum Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
BEETHOVEN: Symphony Nº 2 in D Major
BRAHMS: Academic Festival and Tragic Overtures*
The Van Beinum, Beethoven 2nd is concert performance which
contains elements that are sorely missed in the session recording of same.
Sound is good mono live "sound" of the early 50's with that
woodwind, brass and hall sound we have come to enjoy from this conductor
and orchestra. The Overtures, which have been given more than enough
exposure here, are the stereo versions which were not included in the
Brahms Symphonies Set from Philips Dutch Masters. Both Brahms Overtures
were taken form a underplayed Epic stereo LP. * IN STEREO
Edith Farnadi, piano
The revelatory Edith Farnadi recording of "les Années" of Franz Liszt was the first complete recording of this music ever issued on LPs. Included are the three often forgotten "Venezia and Napoli" sections of the second year. Sound is quite good for the 50s; better than most of any domestic recordings of the decade. the Hungarian, Edith Farnadi was a Liszt specialist and trained in her native land. Her playing, possesses a sensitivity of purpose that is unmatched.
DEUTSCHE
MARSCHMUSIK
GROSSES BLASORCHESTER *
MUSIKKORPS DER SCHUTZPOLIZEI BERLIN
SPIELMANNSZUG DER SCHUTZPOLIZEI BERLIN +
Obermusikmeister: Heinz Winkel
Having the wrong music for walking two miles
with your discman and headphones will be cured instantly listening to this
60+ minute CD of spirited renditions of marches of these classic
recordings from the late 1950's. Transferred from clean London
Stereo LPs.
$12.00 per CD
DEUTSCHMEISTER BAND
Julius Hermann
Hoch und Deutschmeister Kapelle
Considered to be the very best of all Hoch
und Deutschmeister Kapelle recordings.. Transferred from a
new condition London Stereo LP
$12.00 per CD
DEUTSCHMEISTER BAND
Julius Hermann
1 CASTALDO MARSCH 2 FANFARE
3
NUSSDOREFER MARSCH
4 ALTE WIENER VOLKSMUSIK 5 NECHLEDIL MARSCH 6 DER ALTE TROMMLER
7 LACHENDE SONNE 8 LIGHT CAVALRY OVERTURE (Suppé)
9 HOCH-UND-DEUTSCHMEISTER 10 WEIN BLEIBT WEIN
11 ERGELÄNDER REGIMENTSMARSCH 12 HOCH TIROL 13 VINDOBONA
14 JETZT GEHT’S LOS 15 47TH REGIMENTAL MARSCH
16 ALPENLIEDER-MARSCH 17 STETS MUNTER 18 MIT SACK UND PACK
19 ZAUBER DER MONTUR
Here is a break from the usual. It is produced on CD after a number of requests. These are the Westminster and Urania Stereo tapes all packaged and reprogrammed together on one CD. It's fun music and can turn your home into a beer garden (October Fest?) or can be used with your CD walkman while on that required daily hike. Half-Track Stereo tapes are the only sources for this transfer to CD. Enjoy. IN STEREO FROM HALF-TRACK TAPES
$12.00 per CD
Willi
Boskovsky
Vienna Phiharmonic
ALBERT WOLFF
Paris Conservatoire
Orchestra *
EMIL REZNICEK: Donna Diana
JOHANN STRAUSS II: Prinz Methusalem
RICHARD HEUBERGER: Der Opernball
OTTO NICOLAI: Merry Wives of Windsor
ADOLPHE ADAM: Si j'étais roi *
DANIEL FRANÇOIS AUBER: Le domino noir *
LOUIS HÉROLD: Zampa *
FRANZ VON SUPPÉ: Pique Dame *
Beautifully played, beautiful sound, clean transfers. The Vienna recordings were taken from an unopened stereo reel-to-reel tape and the Paris recordings from a mint blue back London stereo LP. IN STEREO
$12.00 per CD
Gary Graffmann, piano
Boston Symphony
More Munch/BSO. Truly a very intense performance with all the recording problems cured including bad splices and balance between orchestra and piano. Graffman is sensitive, following Charles Munch concept "to hell and back" so to speak. Super quiet pressing (1s, 3s) Shaded Dog RCA LP was used for the transfer to CD.
(Note: The balance are not fixed in the recent SONY CD issue of this recording!)
$12.00 per CD
Hans Rosbaud
Conductor
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
THE BAVARIAN RADIO COLLECTION
BRAHMS: Serenade Nº 2
HAYDN: Symphony Nº 82
MOZART
Serenade in C Minor for 8 Wind Instruments, K 388
Symphony Nº 39 in E flat Major
Symphony Nº 41 in C Major “Jupiter”
These recordings have been out of circulation for nearly 40
years. Available now on CD and transferred from Mercury MG 10000 series,
black label LPs. Sound is variable in quality but each performance is what
you would expect from Hans Rosbaud
$16.00 / 2 CD SET