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Number Pressings Composer Title Conductor/Soloist Orchestra Producer Recording Engineer Recording    
LDS 2346 SB2091 ( LSC2538 ) Vienna of Johann Strauss Herbert Von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra John Culshaw James Brown 7-8 April 1959 Sofiensaal, Vienna
Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus : Overture 
Der Zigeunerbaron : Overture 
Annen-Polka Op.117 
Auf der Jagd - Polka schnell Op.373 
Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald Op.325 
Josef Strauss Delirien - Waltz Op.212
LDS 2347 SB2092 Mozart ( LSC2535 ) Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV. 550 Herbert Von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra John Culshaw James Brown 27 & 28 March 1959 Sofiensaal, Vienna    
    Haydn   Symphony No. 104 in D major, H. 1/104              
LDS 2348 SB2087 Beethoven  ( LSC2536 ) Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 Herbert Von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Ray Minshull James Brown 9-10 March 1959, Sofiensaal, Vienna
LDS 2351   Brahms ( LSC-2537 ) Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68  Herbert Von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra John Culshaw James Brown 23 & 26 March 1959 Sofiensaal, Vienna    
LDS 2384 SB2099 Richard Strauss Don Quixote Fritz Reiner Chicago Symphony Orchestra Richard Mohr Lewis Layton April 11, 1959, Orchestra Hall, Chicago 
LDS 2385   Poulenc-Cocteau La Voix Humane Georges Prêtre / Denise Duvall(s) Paris Opera-Comique Orchestra          
LDS 2447 Handel Messiah (extracts) Tohmas Beecham Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus James Walker Kenneth Wilkinson Walthamstow Assembly Hall, England
LDS 2513 SB2140 Brahms Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 Alfred Wallenstein    John Pfeiffer John Crawford      
        Jascha Heifetz ( vn ) / Gregor Piatigorsky ( vc )            
LDS 2554 Chopin Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March" Artur Rubinstein ( p ) Max Wilcox Anthony Salvatore
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
LDS 2560 SB2150   The Golden Age of English Lute Music Julian Bream ( lute )   Ray Minshull Alan Reeve 13,19,21 & 22 September ,1960. Decca Studios, England
LDS 2625 SB6511 Milhaud  La Creation du Monde Charles Munch Boston Symphony Orchestra Richard Mohr Lewis Layton Boston Symphony Hall
Suite Provencaieand Suite Provvencale
LDS 2656     The Julian Bream Consort - Evening of Elizabethan Music Julian Bream ( lute ) / Desmond Dupré ( lute ) Bream Consort Ray Minshull Jack Clegg Juni 21.-23. 1962, West Hampstead Studio 3 in London 
        David Sandeman ( fl ) / Joy Hall ( Viol ) / Olive Zorian ( vn )          
LDS 6065 Royal Ballet Gala Performance Ernest Ansermet Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden  Michael Williamson Kenneth Wilkinson 13-16 January 1959 Kingsway Hall, London
Tschaikovsky Swan Lake Op.20 : excerpts 
Tschaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty Op.66 : excerpts
Tschaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite Op.71a : excerpts
Rossini-Respighi La Boutique fantasque : excerpts
Delibes / Adam Coppélia : excerpts / Giselle : excerpts 
Schumann / Chopin From Carnaval / Les Sylphides : excerpts
LDS 6077 SB2096〜7 Berlioz Requiem, Op. 5 Charles Munch Boston Symphony Orchestra & Richard Mohr Lewis Layton April 26-27, 1959, Symphony Hall, Boston  
        Leopold Simoneau ( T ) New England Conservatory Chorus          
LDS 6091 SB45267 Verdi Messa da Requiem  Fritz Reiner Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Erik Smith James Brown 28,30,31 May, 12,13,16,19 & 26 June 1960 Sofiensaal, Vienna
Leontyne Price ( S ) / Rosalind Elias ( Ms )   Chorus:Society of the Friends of Music Vtenna
Jussi Bjoerling ( T ) / Giorgio Tozzi ( Bs )
LDS 6098   Berlioz Romeo and Juliet (complete) Charles Munch / Cesare Valletti ( T ) Boston Symphony Orchestra Richard Mohr Lewis Layton April 23-24, 1961, Boston Symphony Hall  
        Giorgio Tozzi ( Bs ) / Rosalind Elias ( Ms ) New England Conservatory Chorus          
LDS 6152 Richard Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos Op.60 Erich Leinsdorf  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra John Culshaw James Brown 2-10 June 1959 Sofiensaal, Vienna
Kurt Preger ( s ) Majordomo / Sena Jurinac ( s ) Composer  Ray Minshull
Jan Peerce ( T ) Bacchus / Murray Dickie ( T ) Dancing Master & Brighella Christopher Raeburn 
Harald Pröglhöf ( Bs ) Wig Maker / Ljubomir Pantscheff ( Bs ) Footman 
Roberta Peters ( s ) Zerbinetta / Walter Berry (bass-baritone) Harlequin & Music Master
Kurt Equiluz ( T ) Scaramuccio / Gunter Adam ( Bs ) Truffaldino
Leonie Rysanek ( s ) Ariadne / Mimi Coertse ( s ) Naiad
Hilde Rössl-Majdan ( Ms ) Dryad / Liselotte Maikl ( s ) Echo 
LDS 6155   Verdi  Otello Tullio Serafin Rome Opera House Orchestra and Chorus Richard Mohr Lewis Layton July 18 - August 8, 1960, Rome Opera House  
Jon Vickers ( T )  ) / Mario Carlin ( T ) / Leonie Rysanek ( S )  
Florindo Andreolli ( T ) / Miriam Pirazzini ( Ms ) / Robert Kerns ( Br )
Tito Gobbi ( Br ) / Ferruccio Mazzoli ( Bs ) / Franco Calabrese( Br )
        Jon Vickers ( T )  ) / Mario Carlin ( T )            
LDS 6159 " Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts " Peter Dellheim David Hassinger August 1961, Pilgrimage Theatre, Hollywood, California, 
Mozart  String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516 Jascha Heifetz ( vn ) / Israel Baker ( vn )   
William Primrose ( va ) / Virginia Majewski ( va )
Gregor Piatigorsky ( vc )
Mendelssohn Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20, Jascha Heifetz ( vn ) / Israel Baker ( vn )    
Arnold Belnick ( vn ) / Joseph Stepansky ( vn ) / Virginia Majewski ( va )
    William Primrose ( va ) / Gregor Piatigorsky ( vc ) / Gabor Rejto ( vc )
Brahms String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Opus 36 Israel Baker ( vn) / Jascha Heifetz ( vn ) 
William Primrose ( va ) / Virginia Majewski ( va )
Gregor Piatigorsky ( vc ) / Gabor Rejto ( vc ), 
Franck Piano Quintet in F minor Israel Baker (Violin) / Jascha Heifetz (Violin)  
William Primrose (Viola) / Gregor Piatigorsky (Cello)
Leonard Pennario (Piano),  
Schubert  String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 Jascha Heifetz ( vn ) / Israel Baker ( vn )  
William Primrose ( va ) / Gregor Piatigorsky ( vc ) 
Gabor Rejto ( vc ) 
LDS 6164   Bizet  Carmen Herbert Von Karajan  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra &  John Culshaw Gordon Parry & Jack Law 18-22 & 25-27 November 1963, Sofiensaal, Vienna  
Leontyne Price ( s ) Carmen  Wiener Sängerknaben, Vienna State Opera Chorus
Mirella Freni ( s ) Micaëla / Monique Linval ( s ) Frasquita
Geneviève Macaux ( Ms ) Mercédès / Franco Corelli ( T ) Don José 
Robert Merrill ( Br ) Escamillo / Jean-Christophe Benoit (bass-baritone) Le Dancaire
Maurice Besançon ( Bs ) Le Remendado / Frank Schooten ( Bs ) Zuniga
        Bernard Demigny ( Bs ) Moralès             
LDS 6407 Vienna Philharmonic Festival Herbert Von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra John Culshaw James Brown Sofiensaal, Vienna 
Mozart  Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV. 550
Haydn   Symphony No. 104 in D major, H. 1 / 104
Brahms  Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Beethoven    Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
LDS 6409 SB4501 Handel Messiah HWV56  Tohmas Beecham Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus Michael Williamson Kenneth Wilkinson 9-13,15-17,20,24,26 Jun, 3,17&18 July 1959   
Monica Sinclair ( Ms ) / Giorgio Tozzi ( Bs ) / Jon Vickers ( T ) Walthamstow Assembiy Hall, England
Jennifer Vyvyan ( s ) 
                     
LDS 6706 Wagner Die Walkure Erich Leinsdorf London Symphony Orchestra Erik Smith Kenneth Wilkinson 9-16,18 & 20-23 September, 1961, 
Birgit Nilsson ( s ) / David Ward ( Bs ) / Rita Gorr ( Ms ) Walthamstow Assembiy Hall, England
Marie Collier ( s ) / Julia Malyon ( s ) / Margreta Elkins ( Ms )
LDS 7022   Puccini Tosca Herbert Von Karajan  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra John Culshaw Gordon Parry 24-30 September 1962 Sofiensaal, Vienna  
Leontyne Price ( s ) Floria Tosca 
Giuseppe di Stefano ( T ) Cavaradossi / Giuseppe Taddei ( Br ) Scarpia 
Carlo Cava ( Bs ) Angelotti / Piero de Palma ( T ) Spoletta 
Herbert Weiss (treble) Shepherd Boy / Leonardo Monreale ( Bs ) Sciarrone 
        Alfredo Marriotti ( Bs ) Gaoler / Fernando Corena ( Bs ) Sacristan