Kogan Martzy de Vito Ricci Thibaud Hoelscher Fournier

	£		1,255
	$		1,662

This outstanding collection of 168 LPs and 11 EP (10 inch records) with focus on historic violin and cello interprets includes recordings of concertos as well as some of the most-sought chamber performances, combined with a fine selection of String Quartet recordings.

You’ll find many valuable and rare mono & stereo records issued in the 50's & 60's including the Decca SXL 2000 Series / 6000 Series (deep groved UK silver-wideband ‘Original recording by’), HMV ALP (UK red-gold), ASD (UK white-gold label & semi-circle label), Columbia SAX (UK blue-silver label) & Columbia UK (blue-gold) 33CX, Columbia SMC & STC (German white-gold label), green Odeon label (mono), RCA LSC ‘Living Stereo’ (shaded dog), Mercury SR (plum) Living Presence, Deutsche Grammophon LPM, SLPM, SLPEM & Philips plum Hi-Fi Stereo Label, audiophile Eterna black label, first (black-silver) Telefunken Stereo label (12 inch) and black-gold Mono label on 10inch. Featuring some of the greatest musicians including:

Violin: Salvatore Accardo (1 LP), Felix Ayo (1 LP), Joshua Bell (1 LP), Claire Barnard (1 LP), Christian Ferras (1 LP), Arthur Grumiaux (3 LP), Jascha Heifetz (8 LPs), Josef Joachim, Leopold Kaufmann, Louis Kaufmann (1 EP), Leonid Kogan (8 Stereo LPs), Georg Kuhlenkampff (2 LPs), Konstanty Kulka (1 LP), Fritz Kreisler (1 LP), Gideon Kremer (2 LPs), Susanne Lautenbacher (1 LP), Eduard Melkus (1 LP), Johanna Martzy (1 LP), Yehudi Menuhin (1 LP) / Nathan Milstein (3 LPs) / Erica Morini (2 LPs), David Oistrakh (8 x), Achilles Pechinet (1 LP), Itzhak Perlman (4 LPs),Viktor Pikaisen (1x), Pablo de Sarasate, Wolfgang Schneiderhan (3 LPs) / Joseph Suk (1 LP), Karl Suske (3 LPs), Isaac Stern (1 LP), Henryk Szeryng (6x),  Joseph Szigeti (2 LPs) / Jacques Tibaud (1 LP), Tibor Varga (1 LP, 1 EP), Giaconda de Vito (2x),

This collection includes recordings of Bach’s works for solo and acc. Violin (Sonatas and Partitas) by Gideon Kremer, Leonid Kogan, Arthur Grumiaux, Josef Suk and Henryk Szeryng (complete Szeryng cycle). Bach’s Violin Concertos are represented with recordings by Heifetz, Kremer, Milstein and a stunning Giaconda de Vito recording. Classical violin sonatas are included with the famous recordings of Oistrakh / Oborine, Grumiaux / Haskil, Schneiderhan / Semann & Melkus / Badura-Skoda. The art of virtuoso violin is documented with recordings of Leonid Kogan, Jacques Thibaud (legendary Vitali / Vivaldi / Eccle / Granados recital), Itzhak Perlman and David Oistrach (with Vladimir Yampolsky). I would like to emphasize that this collection contains 8 (!) Stereo records with Russian Master violinist Leonid Kogan including his rarest (virtuoso) recital with Elisabeth Gilels and the extremely rare first issue of Beethoven’s violin Concerto (cond. C. Silvestri) on Columbia.

Pianists / Accompanists: Wilhelm Backhaus, Paul Badura-Skoda, Daniel Barenboim, Clifford Curzon, Jörg Demus, Karl Engel, Edwin Fischer, Wilhelm Kempff, Louis Kentner, Benno Moisewitsch, Elly Ney, Lev Oborine, Michael Raucheisen, Artur Rubinstein, Samuel Sanders, Carl Seemann, Vladimir Yampolskij

Cello: Pablo Casals (3 LPs), Jacqueline du Pré (1 LP), Pierre Founier (6 LPs), Natalja Gutman (1 LP) / Lynn Harrel (1 LP), Ludwig Hoelscher (3 LPs), Julian Lloyd Webber (1 LP), Tibor de Machula (1 EP), André Navarra (1 LP) / Mstislav Rostropovich (6 LPs), Daniel Shafran (1 LP),János Starker (2 LP) / Klaus Storck (1 LP) / Paul Tortelier (2 LPs)

Bach’s Suites for solo Cello are represented with recordings by Pablo Casals and Paul Tortelier. Furthermore this Cello collection contains a wide variety of chamber works with outstanding artists which is crowned with the complete Beethoven Sonatas in the legendary interpretation of Pierre Fournier and Wilhelm Kempff.

String Quartets: Amadeus-Quartett (12 LPs), Borodin String Quartet (1 LP), Koeckert-Quartett (1 LP), Endres-Quartett (1 EP), Hagen-Quartett (1 LP), Heutling-Quartett (11 LPs), Hollywood String Quartet (1 LP), Hungarian String Quartet (2 LPs), Janacek Quartet (1 LP), Julliard Quartet (2 LPs), Koeckert-Quartett, LaSalle Quartet (6 LPs), Loewenguth Quartet (1 LP), Melos-Quartett, Schubert Quartet (1 LP), Tanejew Quartet (1 LP), Tatrai Quartet (4 LPs), Members of the Vienna Octet, Vienna Philharmonic Quartet (1 LP), Weller Quartet  

Conductors: Ernest Ansermet, Daniel Barenboim, John Barbirolli, Sir Thomas Beecham, Adrian Boult, André Cluytens,  Antal Dorati, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Alceo Galliera, Walter Hendl, Hans Knappertsbusch, Otto Klemperer, Paul Kletzki, Rafael Kubelik,  Pierre Monteux, Charles Munch, George Prêtre, Fritz Reiner,  Malcolm Sargent,  George Szell, Walter Süßkind, Bruno Walter among other composers

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

Bach: Concertos for Violin BWV 1042, 1041 & Concerto for 2 Violins and Orchestra – Nathan Milstein / Erica Morini (violins) – 1 LP EMI Electrola SME 91683 (German white-gold label) ***VERY RARE *** condition vinyl is near mint - / condition cover sleeve is near mint in very outstanding condition with minimal ring wear ***

Bach: 3 Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord – Leonid Kogan / Karl Richter – 1 LP Eurodisc 662114 (cond. cover sleeve is vg+ / cond. vinyl is m-/nm+)

Bach. Cello Suites Nos. 1 & 2 – Daniel Shafran (solo violoncello) – 1 LP 826 794 (Eterna Stereo black label; cond vinyl is nm; cover sleeve with light rig wear is nm-)

Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 5 & 6 – Paul Tortelier - 1 LP EMI 1547941 PM 375 (digital recording, French gatefold isuue, cond. cover sleeve and vinyl is m-)

Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto + Darius Milhaud: Violin Concerto No. 2 – Claire Bernard / Orchestre National del’Opera de Monte-Carlo / Edouard van Rmoortel – 1 LP Philips 835796 LY (French gatefold issue)

Bartók: Violin Concerto – Tibor Varga / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Ferenc Fricsay – 1 LP Deutsche Grammophon LPM 18006 (early gatefold issue ca. 1952) +) *** EXTREMELY RARE *** Cond. vinyl and cover sleeve is nm-***

Beethoven: Violin Concerto D major – Wolfgang Schneiderhan / Berlin Philharmonic / Eugen Jochum – 1 LP Deutsche Grammophon SLPM 138999

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 61 - Leonid Kogan (Violin) - The Paris Conservatoire Orchestra - Constantin Silvestri – 1 LP Columbia SMC 91333 – German first issue / white-gold label / surface looks unplayed  without visible surface marks and plays without any surface background noise, optical mint, acoustically mint-; a minimal single spindle trail mark on both sides; cover sleeve with minimal ring wear in very outstanding condition (nm+)*** EXTREMELY RARE *** (equivalent UK SAX 2386)

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 61 – Itzhak Perlman (Violin) – Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra– 1 LP EMI 749567 1 (digital DMM) –vinyl is nm /no spindle trail mark on both sides; cover sleeve in perfect cond. (m-)*** VERY RARE DIGITAL ISSUE***

Beethoven. Violin Concerto D major – Leonid Kogan / USSR State Symphony Orchestra / Yvgebi Svetlanov – 1 LP Melodiya/Eurodisc 80079 (gold-black Melodiya / Eurodisc label, German pressing, cond. is nm-)

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 in D major op. 12.1 / No. 4 in A minor op. 23 / No. 5 in F major op. 24 ‘Spring’ – 1 LP Philips A 00409 L (first issue with plum ‘miniroove’ label and blue-gold cloth cover, cond cover sleeve and vinyl is nm-/vg+)

Beethoven: String Quartets No. 8 e minor op. 59.2 ‘Rasumowski’ & No. 11 f-minor op. 95 – The Hungarian String Quartet – 1 LP Columbia SMC 91615 (German white-gold label)

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 E-flat major – Tátrai Quartet – 1 LP Telefunken SLT 43039-B (first black-silver label)

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major - Leonid Kogan (Violin) / The Philharmonia Orchestra / Kyril Kondrashin – EMI 1C047-50512 (German reissue of extremely rare SAX 2307, cond cover sleeve is nm, cond. vinyl is mint-)

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, op. 77 – David Oistrach (Violin) - The Paris Conservatoire Orchestra - Constantin Silvestri – 1 LP Columbia STC 91134 – German first issue / white-gold label / vinyl is near mint; minimal spindle trail mark on both sides; cover sleeve in perfect condition (m-)*** VERY RARE ***

Brahms: Violin Sonatas Nos. 2 op. 100 & No. 3 op. 108 – Henryk Seryng / Artur Rubinstein – 1 LP RCA LSC 2619-B (German pressing)

Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 + Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 – Leonid Kogan / Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra / Lorin Maazel – 1 LP Eterna 827047 (first issue 1979, Eterna black label, stunning audiophile copy ***VERY RARE***

Debussy: String Quartet G minor op. 10 + Joseph Haydn: String Quartet No. 67 D major, op.64 No. 5 – Loewenguth Quartet - 1 LP Deutsche Grammophon LPM 18137 (gatefold 09/53)

Glazounov: Violin Concerto in A Minor + Dvorak: Violin Concerto in A Minor - Nathan Milstein / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos – 1 LP EMI Electrola SME 91694 (German white-gold label; equivalent UK ASD 2365 – rare)

Joseph Haydn: Violin Concertos C major Hob. VIIa:1 & G major VIIa:4 – Karl Suske / Staatskapelle Berlin / Otmar Suitner -  1 LP Eterna 825 560 (condition vinyl and cover sleeve are nm)

Khachaturian: Violin Concerto – David Oistrach / Philharmonia Orchestra / Aram Khachaturian – 1 LP Columbia 33CX 1303

Khatchaturian: Violin Concerto + Saint-Saëns: Havanaise, Op. 83 – Leonid Kogan / Boston Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Monteux – 1 LP RCA VICS 1153

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto e-minor op. 64 – Tibor Varga / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Fritz Lehmann – 1 EP Deutsche Grammophon LP 16015 (gatefold 08/56)

Mozart: The Complete String Quartets – Heutling-Quartet – 10 LPs EMI Electrola 1C 051-28081/90 (cond. is mint minus / near mint +)

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade – Leonid Kogan (solo violin) / USSR State Symphony Orchestra / Yvgeni Svetlanov – 1 LP Melodiya C 01767-8 (red-black Stereo label)

Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 4 & 8 – The Borodin Quartet – Mercury SR 90309 (35mm recording, plum-silver label, vinyl and cover sleeve are near mint)

Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47 – Jasha Heifetz / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Walter Hendl – 1 LP RCA LSC 2435 (shaded dog, cond vinyl and cover sleeve is nm)

Tchaikovsky: Quartet No. 1 in D, op. 11 – Borodin: Quartet No. 2 in D – 1 LP Capitol (US) P-8187

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)

Compilations:

Joshua Bell: Presenting Joshua Bell with virtuoso works by Wieniawski, Brahms, Paganini, Bloch, Novácek, de Falla, de Sarasate among other composers – Joshua Bell (violin) / Samuel Sanders (piano acc.) – 1 LP London 417 891-1 ***RARE DIGITAL ISSUE 1988***condition cover sleeve is nm-; condition vinyl is nm+ ***STUNNING RECITAL, SUPERB COPY***

Leonid Kogan:
Leonid Kogan and Elisabeth Gilels - Violin Recital - Sonatas for Two Violins - Leclair - Sonata No. 3 in C Major - Sonata No. 1 in G Major - Telemann - Canonic Sonata No. 1 in G Major for Two Violins - Ysaÿe - Sonata No. 1 in C Major for Two Violins - Leonid Kogan (Violin) - Elisabeth Gilels (Violin) – 1 LP Columbia SAXF 984; first French Stereo issue; blue-silver label - RAREST KOGAN DISC (equivalent of UK SAX 2531); condition is nm / nm

The Art of Pablo Casals: Selected chamber miniatures and transcriptions of works by Chopin, Wagner, Bach, Fauré & Schubert (recordings 1926/1927) – 1 LP RCA LM 2699

Have a look at my other auctions including rare classical records coming next week including stunning audiophile issues on Mercury, Decca, RCA as well as rare mono issues with Wilhelm Furtwangler.

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