Furtwangler Kleiber Knappertsbusch ALP WALP LXT LPMmono

	£		510
	$		676

 

 

This outstanding collection of 93 LPs and 18 EP (10 inch records) with focus on historic piano and orchestral recordings from 1910 to the late 1950s with a special focus on the Great German conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler with 19 LPs includig an early issue of his legendary 1951 Beethoven 9 recording.

 

You’ll find many valuable and rare mono issued in the 50's  including the  HMV ALP (UK red-gold), Electrola WALP (early  German red-gold), Columbia 33CX (blue-gold), Deutsche Grammophon tulip LPM & Philips plum minigroove, . Featuring some of the greatest musicians including:

Pianists: Eugen d’Albert, Géza Anda, Martha Argerich, Claudio Arrau,Vladimir Ashkenazy, Stefan Askenase, Claudio Arrau, Wilhelm Backhaus, Shura Cherkassky, Alfred Cortot, Clifford Curzon, Ernst von Dohnaniy, Edwin Fischer, Andor Foldes, Walter Gieseking, Friedrich Gulda, Monique Haas, Adam Harasiewicz, Clara Haskil, Vladimir Horowitz, Peter Katin, Julian von Karolyi, Wilhelm Kempff, Louis Kentner, Dinu Lippati, Witold Malcuzynski, Benno Moisewitsch, Gerald Moore, Elly Ney, Isbael Nef, Ignatz Paderewski, Eugen Petri, Sviatoslav Richter, Artur Rubinstein, Arthur Schnabel, Bernhard Stavenhagen, Helmut Walcha, Erik Werba, Tamàs Vàsàry,

Conductors: Hermann Abendroth, Karl Böhm,, Roger Désormière, Issay Dobrowen, Eugene Ormandy, Anatole Fistoulari, Lousi Frémaux, Ferenc Fricsay, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Hans Knappertsbusch, Franz Konwitschny,Rudolf Kempe, Otto Klemperer, Rafael Kubelik,  Fritz Lehmann, Igor Markevitch, Witold Rowicki, Victor de Sabata,  Hermann Scherchen, Horst Stein, William Steinberg, Walter Süßkind, Arturo Toscanini, Eduard van Beinum, Bruno Walter, Günter Wand

Due the large amount of this collection I’m not able to display all records with an own description: Here’s a selection:

 

 

Adam: Giselle – Paris Conservatoire Orchestra / Richard Blareau – 1 LP Decca LXT 2844

 

Bach: Concerto for two Pianos and Orchestra in C major + Mozart: Concerto for two pianos, K. 365 – 1 LP Columbia 33CX 1403

 

Bach: Partitas for Piano Nos. 1, 2 & 6 – Helmut Walcha (harpsichord) – 1 LP Electrola E 80445

 

Bach. French Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 5 – Helmut Walcha (harpsichord) – 1 LP Electrola E 80023

 

Bartók: Dance Suite / Divertimento for String Orchestra – RIAS Symphony Orchestra / Ferenc Fricsay – 1 LP Deutsche Grammophon LPM 18153 (issue 01/61)

 

Bartók: Piano Works II – Andor Foldes – 1 LP Deutsche Grammophon LPM 18271 (gatefold 09/55)

 

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 & No. 4 – New York Philharmonic / Bruno Walter -  1 LP Philips 641  416 AXL plum ‘Minigroove’ label

 

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 E-flat major, op. 55 – Concertgebouw Orchestra / Erich Kleiber – 1 LP Decca LXT 2546 (orange-gold label)

 

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 E-flat major, Op. 55 – Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan – 1 LP Columbia 33CX 1046

 

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 – Gürzenich-Sinfonie-Orchester Köln / Günther Wand – 1 LP (early 1960s grey mono label) DSD E 56 ***VERY RARE, one of the first Günther Wand recordings on vinyl; no Stereo issue available***

 

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 B major, Op. 60 – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwängler – 1 LP Electrola WALP 1059 (early gatefold issue)

 

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 C minor, Op. 67 + Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 – 1 LP His Master’s Voice ALP 1108

 

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 C minor, Op. 67 + Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G major * ‘Military’ – Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra London / Vienna Symphony Orchestra * / Hermann Scherchen – 1 LP Westminster XWN 18579

 

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 F major, Op. 68 – Berlin Philharmonic / Eugen Jochum  - 1 LP Deutsche Grammophon LPM 18202 (issue 07/57)

 

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 A major op. 92 – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwängler – 1 LP Electrola WALP 527 (early gatefold issue)

 

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125 – Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival / Schwarzkopf / Höngen / Hopf / Edelmann – 2 LPs Electrola WALP 1286/87; cond. box and vinyl is nm-

 

Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral", Op. 125 + Symphony No. 8 in F Major - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Ernst Häfliger / Marga Höffgen / Otto Edelmann / Chorus of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna / The Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert Von Karajan – 2 LPs Columbia 33 WCX 1391/29 (early blue-gold label)

 

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor ‘Choral’, Op. 125 - Clara Ebers / Gertrude Pitzinger / Walter Ludwig / Ferdinand Frantz / Chor und Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Eugen Jochum – 1LP+1 EP Deutsche Grammophon LP16070/LPM 18070 (gatefold 09/56)

 

Beethoven: Violin Concerto D major, Op. 61 – Yehudi Menuhin / Philharmonia Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwängler – 1 LP HMV ALP 1100

 

Beethoven: Violin Concerto D major, Op. 61 – Wolfgang Schneiderhan / Berlin Philharmonic / Paul van Kempen – 1 LP Deutsche Grammophon LPM 18099 (gatefold 05/57)

 

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor – Claudio Arrau / Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy – 1 LP Columbia 33CX 1080

 

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 – Arthur Schnabel / Philharmonia Orchestra / Issay Dorbrowen – 1 EP Electrola E 60622

 

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor – Wilhelm Kempff / Berlin Philharmonic / Paul van Kempen – 1 LP Deutsche Grammophon LPM 18130 (issue 09/58)

 

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major op. 73 – Walter Gieseking / Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan – 1 LP Columbia 33WCX 1010 (gatefold)

 

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 C minor, Op. 68 – Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Eugen Jochum – 1 LP Deutsche Grammophon LPM 18182

 

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 D major, Op. 73– London Philharmonic Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwangler – 1 LP Decca ACL 50

 

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 D major, Op. 73 – Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Karl Böhm -  1 LP Deutsche Grammophon LPM 18360

 

Brahms: Symphony No. 2 D major, Op. 73 – New York Philharmonic / Bruno Walter – 1 LP Philips A 01163 L (plum ‘Minigroove’ label)

 

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 d minor, Op. 15 – Wilhelm Backhaus / Vienna Philharmonic / Karl Böhm – 1 LP Decca LXT 5364 (orange-gold label)

 

Britten: Cantata Academica – Vyvynan / Watts / Pears / Brannigan / Lester / The Chorus of the London Symphony Orchestra & The London Symphony Orchestra / George Malcolm – 1 LP L’Oisseau-Lyre OL 50206

 

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 D minor – Berlin Philharmonic / Wilhelm Furtwängler – 1 LP Deutsche Grammophon LPM 18854 (issue 11/1963)

 

Chopin: Études; op. 10 + Allegro de Concert, Op. 46 – Claudio Arrau - 1 LP Columbia 33CX 1443

 

Chopin: Études, Op. 25 + Trois Nouvelle Études – Claudio Arrau – 1 LP Columbia 33CX 1444

 

Chopin: 14 Waltzes – Alfred Cortot – 1 LP ‘La Voix de son Maitre’ COLH 32 (recordings 1934/35) ***RARE***

 

Debussy: Préludes Book 1 – Walter Gieseking – 1 LP Columbia 33CX 1098

 

Dvorak: Symphony No. 4 in G major, Op. 88 + Scherzo caprccioso, Op. 66 – The Philharmonia Orchestra / Wolfgang Sawallisch – 1 LP Columbia 33SX 1034

 

Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 E minor op. 95 ‘From the new world’ – Berlin Philharmonic / Ferenc Fricsay – 1 LP DGG LPM 18142 (issue 11/57)

 

Franck: Symphony D minor – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwängler – 1 LP Decca LXT 2905 (orange-gold label)

 

Grieg: Piano Concerto a minor, op. 16 – Clifford Curzon / London Symphony Orchestra / Anatole Fistoulari - 1 LP Decca LXT 2657 (orange-gold label)

Liszt: Two Polonaises in C minor (no.1) and E major (no. 2) – 1 EP Decca LW 5116 ***RARE 10INCH ISSUE***

 

Listz: Piano Concerto No. 1 E-flat major + Chopin: Fantasy F minor op. 49 / Mazurka No. 23 D major op. 33 No. 2 / Etude C-sharp minor op. 10 No. 4 – 1 EP Electrola WBLP 1013

 

Mozart: Symphony D major K. 504 ‘Prague’ + Symphony in C major K. 551 – Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra / Herman Abendroth - 1 LP Eterna 821 634

 

Mozart: Symphony No. 41 C major K.551 ‘Jupiter’ + No. 35 D major K. 385 ‘Haffner’ – Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra / William Steinberg – 1 LP Capitol P-8242

 

Mozart: Piano Trio B-flat major K. 502 + Ravel: Piano Trio A minor – Trio di Trieste – 1 LP Deutsche Grammophon LPM 18584 (issue 12/59)

 

Mozart: Song Recital – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Walter Gieseking – 1 LP Columbia 33CX 1321

 

Orff: Carmina Burana – Elfride Trötschel / Hans Braun / Paul Kuen / Karl Hoppe / Chor und Sinfonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Eugen Jochum – 1 LP Deutsche Grammophon LPM 18303 (gatefold 12/56)

 

Prokofiev: ‚Love for the three Oranges’ Suite, Op. 33 + Lieutenant Kijé Suite – French National Symphony Orchestra / Roger Désormiere – 1 LP Capitol LCSK 8149 ***VERY RARE GATEFOLD ISSUE, German red-gold Capitol label – Teldec pressing ca. 1952***

 

Puccini: Tosca (Complete Opera) – Maria Callas (Soprano) / Giuseppe di Stefano (Tenor) / Tito Gobbi (Baritone) / Franco Calabrese (Bass) / Angelo Mercuriali (Tenor) / Alvaro Cordova (Boy Soprano) / Dario Caselli (Bass) / Melchiorre Luise (Bass) / Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Opera House, Milan / Victor de Sabata – 2 LPs Columbia 33CX 1094/95 (UK first issue of the legendary 1953 recording)

 

Purcell: Complete Harpsichord Suites – Isabelle Nef - L’Oiseau-Lyre OLS 149 ***VERY RARE***

 

Ravel: Piano Concerto G major + Stravinsky: Capriccio * - Monique Haas (piano) / RIAS Symphony Orchestra / Ferenc Fricsay / Northwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra * / Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt * - 1 LP Deutsche Grammophon LPM 18004 (earliest gatefold ca. 1952)

 

Rossini: Overtures – Berlin Philharmonic, RIAS Symphony Orchestra / Ferenc Fricsay – 1 LP Deutsche Grammophon LPEM 19041

 

Schubert: Symphony No. 7 ‘Great C major’ op. posth. – Berlin Philharmonic / Wilhelm Furtwangler – 1 LP DGG LPM 18347 (issue 12/1958)

 

Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 E flat major, op. 100 – 1 LP Philips A 01107 L (plum minigroove label)

 

Schubert: Lieder Vol. 2 – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Gerald Moore – 1 LP Electrola WALP 532

 

Schumann: Symphony No. 4 D minor, Op. 120 – Berlin Philharmonic / Wilhelm Furtwängler – 1 EP Deutsche Grammophon LP 16063

 

Schumann: Piano Concerto A minor, Op. 54 – Monique Haas / Berlin Philharmonic / Eugen Jochum – 1 EP Deutsche Grammophon LP 16007 (gatefold 10/1956)

 

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 ‘Pathétique’ – Paris Conservatoire Orchestra / Erich Kleiber – 1 LP Decca LXT 2888 (orange-gold label)

 

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 ‘Pathétique’ – Berlin Philharmonic / Igor Markevitch – 1 LP Deutsche Grammophon LPM 18193

 

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 G major, Op. 44 – Shura Cherkassky / Berlin Philharmonic / Richard Kraus – 1 LP Deutsche Grammophon LPM 18292 (gatefold issue 12/56)

 

Vivaldi: Violin Concertos op. 12.1, op. 4.3, op. 4.4, op. 23.1 – Leonid Kogan / Elisabeth Gilels / Large Acedemic Radio Symphony Orchestra Moscow – 1 LP Melodiya 33CM-02993-4 (dark blue-silver stereo label, cond. nm)

 

Wagner: Overtures and Preludes – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwängler – 1 LP Electrola WALP 561

 

Wagner: ‘Tannhäuser’ Overture / Ride of the Valkyries from ‘Die Walküre’ / Funeral march from ‘Götterdämmerung’ – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Wilhelm Furtwängler – 1 EP ‘La Voix de son Maître’ FBLP 25057

 

Compilations:

 

I Musici: Concerti by Corelli, Vivaldi, Martini, Gabrieli, Albinoni – 2 LPs Angel 35088 / 35253 (UK pressings / red-silver Angel label)

 

Pierre Dervaux: ‘Anthologie de la Musique Russe’ – Album I – works by Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Glinka & Balakirev – Paris Conservatoire Orchestra / Pierre Dervaux – 1 LP ‘La Voix de son Maître’ FALP 30060

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