Mercury Living Presence - Collector’s Edition Boxset

Collector’s Edition - Celebrating a groundbreaking label.

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the United States that reproduced some of the most sonically realistic recordings at the dawn of the stereo era. Precious few stereo LPs were pressed when these recordings were issued, and they became some of the rarest, most collectible classical discs ever.

Mercury Living Presence continues to enjoy a special reputation as one of the most enterprising, prestigious and sonically-spectacular labels in the history of classical recording.

Some of these recordings have been available on CD and on SACD. However, many are now deleted and only available secondhand or through auction sellers at pemium prices. This 50-album Box Set (plus bonus interview CD with Wilma Cozart Fine, Mercury’s producer) affords collectors an opportunity to acquire 50 classic recordings at a terrific price, in a box which may well become collectible itself.

Contents:
CD 1
Modest Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel)
- Pictures at an Exhibition
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Rafael Kubelik
 
Béla Bartók
- Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz.106
George Schick, Irwin Fischer, Edward Metzenger, Allen Graham, Lionel Sayers, Thomas Glenecke
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Rafael Kubelik
 
Total Playing Time: 58:58
 
CD 2
Bedrich Smetana
- Má Vlast (My Country)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Rafael Kubelik

Total Playing Time: 1:16:19

CD 3: Fiesta in Hi-Fi
Robert McBride
1. Mexican Rhapsody

Ron Nelson
2. Savannah River Holiday

Lyndol Mitchell
Kentucky Mountain Portraits
3. Cindy
4. Ballad
5. Shivaree

Charles G Vardell Jr.
6. Joe Clark Steps Out
 
William Grant Still
Sahdji
7. Part 1
8. Part 2
 
Alberto Ginastera
9. Overture to the Creole "Faust"

Eastman Rochester School of Music Chorus
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra / Howard Hanson

Total Playing Time: 1:06:11
 
CD 4
Béla Bartók
Violin Concerto No.2, Sz.112
1. Allegro non troppo
2. Andante tranquillo
3. Allegro molto
Yehudi Menuhin, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
Suite No.2, Sz.34 (Revised 1943 Version)
4. Comodo
5. Allegro scherzando
6. Andante
7. Comodo
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
Total Playing Time: 1:07:44
 
CD 5: Hi-Fi a la Española & Popovers
Percy Faith
1. Brazilian Sleigh Bells
Eastman-Rochester "Pops" Orchestra / Frederick Fennell
 
Ernesto Lecuona
Andalucía - Suite
2. Andalucía
3. Malagueña
Rolando Valdés-Bain, Eastman-Rochester "Pops" Orchestra / Frederick Fennell
 
Enrique Granados
Goyescas (Opera)
4. Intermezzo

Arthur Benjamin
5. Jamaican Rumba

Oscar Alberto Fernandez
6. Batuque

Dalmau Jaime Texidor
7. Amparito Roca

Manuel de Falla
El amor brujo
8. Ritual Fire Dance

Joaquín Pérez Turina
9. The Bullfighter's Prayer, Op.34 (La oración del torero)
Version for String Orchestra

Camargo Guarnieri
10. Brazilian Dance

Grigoras Dinicu
11. Hora staccato (Orch. Adolph Schmidt)

Franz Liszt
12. Liebestraum No.3 in A flat, S.541 No.3 for Orchestra

Alphons Czibulka
13. Love's Dream After the Ball

Jean Sibelius
14. Finlandia, Op.26, No.7

Claude Debussy
Suite bergamasque (Orch. Henri Pierre Edouard Mouton)
15. Clair de lune

Dmitri Shostakovich
The Golden Age Act 2
16. Polka

Eastman-Rochester "Pops" Orchestra / Frederick Fennell
Total Playing Time: 1:03:26
 
CD 6
Sergei Prokofiev
Scythian Suite, Op.20 - "Ala and Lolly"
1. Invocation to Veles and Ala
2. The Evil God and Dance of the Pagan Monsters
3. Night
4. Lolly's Pursuit of the Evil God, and Sunrise

The Love for Three Oranges, Symphonic Suite, Op.33 bis
5. The Ridiculous People
6. Infernal Scene
7. March
8. Scherzo
9. The Prince and the Princess
10. The Escape

London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
Symphony No.5 in B flat, Op.100
11. Andante
12. Allegro marcato
13. Adagio
14. Allegro giocoso
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
Total Playing Time: 1:14:48
 
CD 7: Hanson - The Composer & His Orchestra
Howard Hanson
Merry Mount Suite
1. Overture
2. Children's Dance
3. Love Duet
4. Prelude to Act II and Maypole Dances

5. Mosaics
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra / Howard Hanson
 
For the First Time
6. Bells
7. Tamara and Peter Bolshoi
8. Deserted House
9. Eccentric Clock
10. Deep Forest
11. Clowns
12. Dance
13. Serious Conversations
14. Kikimora
15. Mist
16. Fireworks
17. Dreams
Eastman Philharmonia / Howard Hanson
 
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op.36
18. Lento molto and molto tranquillo
19. Allegro molto ritmico
20. Andante molto espressivo
21. Allegro giocoso
Alfred Mouledous, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra / Howard Hanson
 
Total Playing Time: 1:09:09
 
CD 8
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1. Ouverture solennelle "1812, " Op.49
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, University Of Minnesota Brass Band / Antal Doráti
 
2. Commentary to the "1812 Overture"/Sound effects/Bells
Deems Taylor
 
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
3. Capriccio italien, Op.45
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
Ludwig van Beethoven
Wellington's Victory or the Battle Symphony, Op.91
4. Battle
5. Symphony of Triumph
London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
6. Commentary to "Wellington's Victory"/Sound effects
Deems Taylor
 
Total Playing Time: 1:06:12
 
CD 9
Zoltán Kodály
Háry János Suite
1. Prelude; the fairy tale begins
2. Viennese musical clock
3. Song
4. The battle and defeat of Napoleon
5. Intermezzo
6. Entrance of the emperor and his court
Toni Koves, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
Béla Bartók
Hungarian Sketches, Sz.97
7. An Evening in the Village - Bear Dance - Melody - Slightly Tipsy - Swineherd's Dance
 
Roumanian Folk Dances for Orchestra, Sz.68
8. Stick Dance - Sash Dance - In One Spot - Horn Dance - Roumanian Polka - Fast Dance - Fast Dance
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
Zoltán Kodály
9. Marosszéki táncok (Dances of Marosszèk) for orchestra
10. Galántai táncok (Dances of Galánta)
Philharmonia Hungarica / Antal Doráti
 
Total Playing Time: 1:07:54
 
CD 10
Antonín Dvorák
8 Slavonic Dances, Op.46
1. No.1 in C (Presto)
2. No.2 in E minor (Allegretto scherzando)
3. No.3 in A flat (Poco allegro)
4. No.4 in F (Tempo di minuetto)
5. No.5 in A (Allegro vivace)
6. No.6 in D (Allegretto scherzando)
7. No.7 in C minor (Allegro assai)
8. No.8 in G minor (Presto)

8 Slavonic Dances, Op.72
9. No.1 in B (Molto vivace)
10. No.2 in E minor (Allegretto grazioso)
11. No.3 in F (Allegro)
12. No.4 in D flat (Allegretto grazioso)
13. No.5 in B flat minor (Poco adagio)
14. No.6 in B flat (Moderato, quasi minuetto)
15. No.7 in C (Allegro vivace)
16. No.8 in A flat (Lento grazioso, ma non troppo, quasi tempo di valse)

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
Total Playing Time: 1:09:05

CD 11
Ferde Grofé
Grand Canyon Suite
1. Sunrise
2. The Painted Desert
3. On the Trail
4. Sunset
5. Cloudburst
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra / Howard Hanson

Mississippi Suite
6. Father of Waters
7. Huckleberry Finn
8. Old Creole Days
9. Mardi Gras
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra / Howard Hanson
 
Victor August Herbert
Cello Concerto No.2 in E minor, Op.30
10. Allegro impetuoso
11. Lento - Andante tranquillo
12. Allegro
Georges Miquelle, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra / Howard Hanson
 
Total Playing Time: 1:05:42
 
CD 12
Gordon Jacob
William Byrd Suite
1. The Earle of Oxford's Marche
2. Pavana
3. John come kiss me now
4. The Mayden's Song
5. Wolsey's Wilde
6. The Bells

William Walton
7. Crown Imperial: A Coronation March

Gustav Holst
8. "Hammersmith": Prelude and Scherzo, Op.52

Robert Russell Bennett
Symphonic Songs for Band
9. Serenade
10. Spiritual
11. Celebration

Clifton Williams
12. Fanfare and Allegro
Eastman Wind Ensemble / Frederick Fennell
 
Total Playing Time: 1:01:27
 
CD 13
Igor Stravinsky
- Petrouchka (Version 1947)
- Le Sacre du Printemps (Revised version for Orchestra, published 1947)
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
- 4 Etudes for Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
Total Playing Time: 1:11:48
 
CD 14
Franz von Suppé
The Beautiful Galatea
1. Overture

Pique Dame
2. Overture

Light Cavalry
3. Overture

Poet and Peasant
4. Overture

Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna
5. Overture

Boccaccio
6. Overture

Daniel François Esprit Auber
The Bronze Horse (Le cheval de bronze)
7. Overture

Fra Diavolo
8. Overture

9. Masaniello Overture

Detroit Symphony Orchestra / Paul Paray
Total Playing Time: 1:05:50
 
CD 15
Hector Berlioz
- Symphonie fantastique, Op.14
- La Damnation de Faust, Op.24: Marche hongroise
- Les Troyens: Marche troyenne
- Overture "Le corsaire", Op.21
- Overture "Le carnaval romain", Op.9
Detroit Symphony Orchestra / Paul Paray
 
Total Playing Time: 1:10:59
 
CD 16: Sousa - 24 Marches
John Philip Sousa
1. Sound Off
2. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
3. Sabre and Spurs
4. The Picadore
5. Our Flirtations
6. The High School Cadets
7. The Invincible Eagle
8. Bullets and Bayonets
9. The Liberty Bell
10. Riders for the Flag
11. Solid Men to the Front!
12. The Gallant Seventh
13. The Rifle Regiment
14. The Pride of the Wolverines
15. Golden Jubilee
16. The Gridiron Club
17. New Mexico
18. Sesqui-Centennial Exposition
19. The Black Horse Troop
20. The Kansas Wildcats
21. Manhattan Beach
22. Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
23. The National Game
24. The Glory of the Yankee Navy
Eastman Wind Ensemble / Frederick Fennell
 
Total Playing Time: 1:12:28
 
CD 17
George Enescu
1. Roumanian Rhapsody in A, Op.11, No.1

Franz Liszt
2. Hungarian Rhapsody No.1 in F minor, S.359 No.1 (Corresponds with piano version No.14 in F minor)
3. Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 in D minor, S.359 No.2 (Corresponds with piano version No.2 in C sharp minor), arr. Matthey
4. Hungarian Rhapsody No.3 in D, S.359 No.3 (Corresponds with piano version No.6 in D flat)
5. Hungarian Rhapsody No.4 in D minor, S.359 No.4 (Corresponds piano version No.12 in C sharp minor), arr. Karl Müller-Berghaus, in C minor
6. Hungarian Rhapsody No.5 in E minor, S.359 No.5 (Corresponds with piano version No.5 in E minor)
7. Hungarian Rhapsody No.6 in D, S.359 No.6 (Corresponds with piano version No.9 in E flat)
 
London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
Total Playing Time: 1:13:53
 
CD 18
Aram Ilyich Khachaturian
Gayaneh
1. Sabre Dance
2. Ayesha's Dance
3. Dance of the Rose Maidens
4. Dance of the Kurds
5. Lullaby
6. Dance of the Young Kurds
7. Armen's Variation
8. Lezghinka
London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
Dmitri Shostakovich
- Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.47
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Total Playing Time: 1:03:58

CD 19
George Enescu
1. Roumanian Rhapsody in D, Op.11, No.2

Johannes Brahms
2. Hungarian Dance No.5 in G minor (Orch. Albert Parlow)
3. Hungarian Dance No.6 in D flat (Orch. Albert Parlow)
4. Hungarian Dance No.7 in F (Orch. A Hallén)
5. Hungarian Dance No.21 in E minor (Orch. Antonín Dvorák)
6. Hungarian Dance No.11 in D minor (Orch. Albert Parlow)
7. Hungarian Dance No.2 in D minor (Orch. Johan Andreas Hallén)
8. Hungarian Dance No.1 in G minor (Orch. Brahms)
9. Hungarian Dance No.10 in F (Orch. Brahms)
10. Hungarian Dance No.3 in F (Orch. Brahms)
11. Hungarian Dance No.18 in D (Orch. Antonín Dvorák)
12. Hungarian Dance No.17 in F sharp minor (Orch. Antonín Dvorák)
13. Hungarian Dance No.19 in B minor (Orch. Antonín Dvorák)
14. Hungarian Dance No.20 in E minor (Orch. Antonín Dvorák)
15. Hungarian Dance No.12 in D minor (Orch. Albert Parlow)
16. Hungarian Dance No.15 in B flat (Orch. Albert Parlow)
17. Hungarian Dance No.4 in F sharp minor (Orch. A Hallén)

- Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56a
 
London Symphony Orchestra  / Antal Doráti
Total Playing Time: 1:09:36

CD 20: The Civil War - Its music and its sounds
James Sanderson
1. Hail to the Chief

Septimus Winner
2. Listen to the Mocking Bird
Band Music of the Union Troops (Arr. attributed to G W Ingals)

Mr Rowlathem
3. Palmyra Scottische
Band Music of the Union Troops (Arranged by C S Grafulla)

Philip Phile
4. Hail Columbia
Band Music of the Union Troops

J Claudio S Grafulla
5. Freischütz Quickstep
Band Music of the Union Troops (Arranged from Von Weber's "Der Freischütz")

Anonymous
6. Parade
Band Music of the Union Troops (Arranged by C S Grafulla)

J Claudio S Grafulla
7. Port Royal Galop
Band Music of the Union Troops

8. Nightingale Waltz
Band Music of the Union Troops

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
9. La Marseillaise
Band Music of the Union Troops (Arranged by C S Grafulla)

Daniel D. Emmett/Harry Macarthy
10. Dixie & Bonnie Blue Flag
Band Music of the Confederate Troops (Arranged by J Leinbach)

Henry Russell
11. Cheer Boys Cheer
Band Music of the Confederate Troops

Anonymous
12. Luto Quickstep
Band Music of the Confederate Troops

13. Old North State
Band Music of the Confederate Troops (Arr. attributed to J A Leinbach)

14. Easter Galop
Band Music of the Confederate Troops

15. Come, dearest, the daylight is gone
Band Music of the Confederate Troops

16. Maryland, My Maryland
Band Music of the Confederate Troops

17. Waltz (No.19, Book I of the Regiment Band of the 26th North Carolina)
Band Music of the Confederate Troops

18. Psalm 100
"Old Hundredth"/Band Music of the Confederate Troops (Attributed to Loys Bourgeois)
 
19. The Girl I Left Behind Me
Field Music of Union and Confederate Troops

20. The Recruiting Sergeant
Field Music of Union and Confederate Troops

21. Jefferson and Liberty
Field Music of Union and Confederate Troops

22. Old 1812
Field Music of Union and Confederate Troops

23. Carry Me Back
Field Music of Union and Confederate Troops

24. Liverpool Hornpipe
Field Music of Union and Confederate Troops

25. Newport
Field Music of Union and Confederate Troops

26. Garry Owen
Field Music of Union and Confederate Troops

27. Cavalry Bugle Signals
Field Music of Union and Confederate Troops

Eastman Wind Ensemble / Frederick Fennell
 
Speech
28. The Sounds of Conflict: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg
Martin Gabel
 
Total Playing Time: 1:16:30
 
CD 21: The Civil War - Its music and its sounds
Traditional
1. Narration
Martin Gabel
 
John P Ordway
2. Twinkling Stars Quickstep
Band Music of the Union Troops

Anonymous
3. O Kentucky, Kentucky
Band Music of the Union Troops

Stephen Collins Foster
4. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
Band Music of the Union Troops

J Claudio S Grafulla
5. Un Ballo in Maschera Quickstep
Band Music of the Union Troops (Arranged from Verdi's "Un ballo in maschera")

Anonymous
6. St Patrick's Day in the morning
Band Music of the Union Troops (Arranged by C S Grafulla)

J Claudio S Grafulla
7. Grafulla's Quickstep
Band Music of the Union Troops

Anonymous
8. Garry Owen
Band Music of the Union Troops

J Claudio S Grafulla
9. Cavalry Quickstep
Band Music of the Union Troops

10. Storm Galop
Band Music of the Union Troops

Anonymous
11. 26th Regiment Quickstep
Band Music of the Confederate Troops (Attributed to J A Leinbach)

Stephen Collins Foster
12. Lulu's Gone
Band Music of the Confederate Troops

George Frederick Root
13. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Band Music of the Confederate Troops

Anonymous
14. Juanita
Band Music of the Confederate Troops

James A Bland
15. Carry Me Back (to Old Virginny's Shore)
Band Music of the Confederate Troops

Anonymous
16. Bugle Signals for the Service of Skirmishers
Field Music of Union and Confederate Troops

17. Drum Calls
Field Music of Union and Confederate Troops

18. Camp and Field Duty Calls for Fifes and Drums
Field Music of Union and Confederate Troops

Eastman Wind Ensemble / Frederick Fennell
 
19. The Appomatox Bugle
Field Music of Union and Confederate Troops
Boyde Hood

Luther O Emerson
20. We Are Coming, Father Abra'am
Song of the Union and Confederate Soldiers

Walter Kittredge
21. Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
Song of the Union and Confederate Soldiers

A E Blackmar
22. Goober Peas
Song of the Union and Confederate Soldiers

George Frederick Root
23. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
Song of the Union and Confederate Soldiers

Patrick S Gilmore
24. When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Song of the Union and Confederate Soldiers (Arranged from the Irish air "Johnny, I hardly knew ye")
 
Anonymous
25. The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Song of the Union and Confederate Soldiers (Attributed to W Steffe/Lyrics by J W Howe/Arranged by P S Gilmore)
 
Martin Gabel, Eastman Wind Ensemble / Frederick Fennell
 
Speech
26. Firearms of the Civil War
27. The Sounds of Conflict: Gettysburg to Appomatox
Martin Gabel
 
Total Playing Time: 1:15:59
 
CD 22
Sergei Rachmaninov
- Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30
Byron Janis, London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
- Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18
Byron Janis, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
- Prelude in E flat, Op.23, No.6
- Prélude in C sharp minor, Op.3, No.2
Byron Janis
 
Total Playing Time: 1:15:22
 
CD 23
Aaron Copland
- Appalachian Spring (1945 Suite)
- Billy the Kid - complete ballet
London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
- Danzón cubano
- El salón Mexicó
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
Total Playing Time: 1:15:31
 
CD 24
Modest Mussorgsky
- Pictures at an Exhibition, for Piano
 
Frédéric Chopin
- 12 Etudes, Op.25: No.3 in F
- Waltz No.3 in A minor, Op.34 No.2
Byron Janis
 
Modest Mussorgsky
- Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Maurice Ravel)
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
Total Playing Time: 1:06:12
 
CD 25
Sergei Prokofiev
- Romeo and Juliet, Ballet Suite, Op.64a, No.1
- Romeo and Juliet, Ballet Suite, Op.64a, No.2
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
 
Modest Mussorgsky
- A Night on the Bare Mountain
London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
Total Playing Time: 1:07:31
 
CD 26
Robert Schumann
- Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54
Byron Janis, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
 
- Arabeske in C, Op.18
Byron Janis
 
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23
Byron Janis, London Symphony Orchestra / Herbert Menges
 
Total Playing Time: 1:09:23
 
CD 27: Flamenco!
Anonymous
1. Fiesta en Jerez (Arr. Pepe Romero)
2. Fandangos por verdiales (Arr. Pepe Romero)
3. Garrotìn
4. Tanguillos (Arr. Pepe Romero)
5. Peteneras (Arr. Pepe Romero))
6. Jota
7. Carabana gitana (Arranged by Celedonio Romero)
8. Farruca y Rumba (Arr. Pepe Romero)
9. Lamento andaluz (Arr. Celedonio Romero)
10. Zorongo (Arr. Pepe Romero)
Pepe Romero
 
Enrique Granados
11. Spanish Dance Op.37, No.6 "Rondalla aragonesa" (Arr. Celedonio Romero)
Pepe Romero, Celedonio Romero
 
Francisco Tárrega
12. Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Pepe Romero
 
Antonio Sinopoli
13. Vidalita
Pepe Romero, Angel Romero
 
Total Playing Time: 1:04:00
 
CD 28: The Romeros - Celedonio, Celin, Pepe and Angel: The Royal Family of the Spanish Guitar
Traditional
1. Sevillanas
Los Romeros
 
Enrique Granados
Goyescas (Opera)
2. Intermezzo (Arr. Pepe Romero)
Celin Romero, Pepe Romero
 
Federico Moreno Torroba
3. Llamada

Isaac Albéniz
Suite española, Op.47 (Transcr. Pepe Romero)
4. Sevilla (Sevillanas)
Angel Romero
 
Fernando Sor
5. Etudes for Guitar, Op.31 (Obbligato on Etude No.5 in B minor)
Celin Romero, Pepe Romero
 
Celedonio Romero
6. Noche en Málaga
Los Romeros
 
Francisco Tárrega
Preludes for Guitar
7. Lágrima (Arr. Celedonio Romero)

Celedonio Romero
Tres Preludios
8. Romantico
Celedonio Romero
 
Federico Moreno Torroba
Sonatine in A
9. Allegretto (Arr. Pepe Romero)

Heitor Villa-Lobos
5 Preludes
10. No.3 in A minor
Celin Romero
 
Robert de Visée
Suite in D minor
11. Prelude - Minuet I - Minuet II - Gavotte (arranged and edited by Emilio Pujol Vilarrubí)
 
Luys de Narváez
12. 4 Variations on "Guárdame las vacas" (Arr. Celedonio Romero)

Anonymous
13. Suite of 6 Dances
 Attributed to Vincenzo Galilei, Compiled from 16th century lute books
 
Don Luys Milan
El maestro
14. No.6 - No.4 - No.3 (Arr. Celedonio Romero)

Johann Sebastian Bach
15. Minuet in G, BWV Suppl.114 (Arr. Celedonio Romero)

Suite for Cello Solo No.4 in E flat, BWV 1010
16. Bourrée II (Arr. Celedonio Romero)

Suite for Cello Solo No.6 in D, BWV 1012
17. Gavotte I-II (Arr. Celedonio Romero)

John Dowland
18. The King of Denmark's Galliard (Arr. Celedonio Romero)

Jean-Philippe Rameau
19. Les fêtes d'Hébé
19. Gavotte en rondeau (Arrangement for Guitar by Celedonio Romero)

Gaspar Sanz
20. Españoleta (Edited by Emilio Pujol Vilarrubí)
Celedonio Romero
 
Total Playing Time: 1:17:41
 
CD 29: Screamers
John C Heed
1. In Storm and Sunshine

Sylvester Thomas Allen
2. Whip and Spur

Karl L King
3. Invictus
4. The Big Cage

Henry Fillmore
5. Bones Trombone

Getty H Huffine
6. Them Basses

Henry Fillmore
7. The Circus Bee

Fred Jewell, William H Bjornes Jr.
8. The Screamer

Julius Fucik
9. Thunder and Blazes

Karl L King
10. Robinson's Grand Entree
11. Circus Days

Orion R Farrar
12. Bombasto

Will Huff
13. The Squealer

Henry Fillmore
14. Rolling Thunder

John H Ribble
15. Bennett's Triumphal

Charles E Duble
16. Bravura

Edwin Franko Goldman
17. Bugles and Drum
18. Illinois March
19. Children's March
20. The Interlochen Bowl
21. Onward-Upward
22. Boy Scouts of America

Henry Fillmore
23. Americans We

Robert Browne Hall
24. Officer of the Day

Roland Forrest Seitz
25. Grandioso

David Wallace Reeves
26. Second Regiment, Connecticut National Guard March

Kenneth J Alford
27. The Mad Major

Richard Rodgers
Victory at Sea
28. Guadalcanal March

Eastman Wind Ensemble / Frederick Fennell
Total Playing Time: 1:05:50
 
CD 30: Balalaika Favorites
Nikolaj Pavlov Budashkin
1. Fantasy on Two Folk Songs
Rudolf Belov, Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra, Vitaly Gnutov
 
Anonymous
2. At Sunrise (Arranged by Gorodovskaya)

Pavel Kulikov
3. The Linden Tree

Nikolay Osipov
4. Kamarinskaya

Mikhailov-Shalayev
5. Fantasy on Volga Melodies

Vasily Andreyev
6. In the Moonlight

Vasili (Pavlovich) Soloviev-Sedoy
7. Midnight in Moscow

Vasily Andreyev
8. Under the Apple Tree

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Snow Maiden
9. Dance of the Comedians

Yuri Nikolaevich Shishakov
10. The Living Room

Anonymous
11. Evening Bells (Arranged by Mossolov)
12. My Dear Old Friend, Please Visit Me (Arranged by Poponov)

Vasily Andreyev
13. Waltz of the faun

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
The Tale of Tsar Saltan
14. The Flight of the Bumble-Bee

Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra / Vitaly Gnutov
Total Playing Time: 49:36
 
CD 31
Franz Liszt
- Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat, S.124
Byron Janis, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Kyril Kondrashin
 
- Piano Concerto No.2 in A, S.125
Byron Janis, Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
 
Encores:
Franz Liszt
- Hungarian Rhapsody No.6 in D flat, S.244
- Valse oubliée No.1 in F sharp, S.215

Robert Schumann
- 3 Romanzen, Op.28: No.2 in F sharp (Einfach)
- Noveletten, Op.21: No.1 in F (Markiert und kräftig)

Manuel de Falla
- El sombrero de tres picos (Transcr. for Piano): 14. The Miller's Dance

Franz Liszt
- Années de pèlerinage: 2ème année: Italie, S.161: Sonetto 104 del Petrarca

David Guion
- The Harmonica Player

Byron Janis
Total Playing Time: 1:03:26
 
CD 32
Sergei Prokofiev
- Piano Concerto No.3 in C, Op.26
Sergei Rachmaninov
- Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, Op.1
Byron Janis, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Kyril Kondrashin
 
Sergei Prokofiev
- Toccata, Op.11

Robert Schumann
- Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.14 "Concerto without Orchestra": Quasi variazioni (Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck)

Felix Mendelssohn
- Lieder ohne Worte, Op.62: No.1 Andante espressivo in G

Octavio Pinto
- Three Scenes from Childhood

Byron Janis
Total Playing Time: 1:10:03
 
CD 33
Antonín Dvorák
- Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104

Max Bruch
- Kol Nidrei, Op.47 - Adagio on Hebrew Melodies for Cello and Orchestra (Adagio ma non troppo)
 
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33

János Starker, London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
Total Playing Time: 1:03:51
 
CD 34
Robert Schumann
- Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129
Edouard Lalo
- Cello Concerto in D minor
János Starker, London Symphony Orchestra / Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
 
Camille Saint-Saëns
- Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor, Op.33
János Starker, London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
Total Playing Time: 1:05:13
 
CD 35/36
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- The Nutcracker, Op.71
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
- Serenade for Strings in C, Op.48
Philharmonia Hungarica / Antal Doráti

Total Playing Time: 41:01 / 1:09:08

CD 37
Johannes Brahms
- Violin Concerto in D, Op.77
Aram Ilyich Khachaturian
- Violin Concerto
 
Henryk Szeryng, London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
Total Playing Time: 1:12:46
 
CD 38
Béla Bartók
- Bluebeard's Castle, Sz.48 (Op.11)
Olga Szönyi, Muhaly Székely, London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
 
Alban Berg
Wozzeck
- Act 1 Scene 2 (conclusion) - Scene 3: Marie's room. "Tschin Bum, Tschin Bum, Bum, Bum, Bum! Hörst, Bub?"
- Act 3 Scene 1: Marie's room. "Und ist kein Betrug"
- Act 3 Scene 4 (conclusion) - Scene 5: Street before Marie's door. "Ringel, ringel, Rosenkranz"
Helga Pilarczyk, London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
Total Playing Time: 1:13:02
 
CD 39
Johannes Brahms
- Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat, Op.83
Gina Bachauer, London Symphony Orchestra / Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

- Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op.35: Book 2

Franz Liszt
- Hungarian Rhapsody No.12 in C sharp minor, S.244

Ludwig van Beethoven
- Piano Sonata No.9 in E, Op.14 No.1

Gina Bachauer
Total Playing Time: 1:16:43
 
CD 40: Szeryng plays Kreisler and other Treasures for the Violin
Fritz Kreisler
1. Caprice viennois op.2
2. Schön Rosmarin
3. Liebesleid
4. Liebesfreud
Henryk Szeryng, Charles Reiner
 
5. Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice, Op.6
Henryk Szeryng
 
6. Tempo di menuetto (in the style of Pugnani)
7. Praeludium and Allegro
8. Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane
9. Tambourin chinois
10. Menuet (in the style of Porpora)
11. The Old Refrain
12. Rondino on a Theme by Beethoven
13. Allegretto (in the style of Boccherini)

Jean-Marie Leclair
Sonata for Violin and Continuo in D, Op.9, No.3 (Arr. Kreisler)
14. Un poco andante
15. Allegro
16. Sarabande (Largo)
17. Tambourin (Presto)

Christoph Willibald von Gluck
18. Melodie from "Orfeo ed Euridice" (Dance of the Blessed Spirits) (Arranged by Fritz Kreisler)
 
Pietro Antonio Locatelli
24 Caprices from L'arte del violino, Op.3
19. No.23 - "The Labyrinth" (Arr.David)

Henryk Szeryng, Charles Reiner
Total Playing Time: 1:04:28
 
CD 41
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Suite for Cello Solo No.1 in G, BWV 1007
- Suite for Cello Solo No.2 in D minor, BWV 1008
- Suite for Cello Solo No.3 in C, BWV 1009
- Suite for Cello Solo No.4 in E flat, BWV 1010
János Starker
 
Total Playing Time: 1:09:09
 
CD 42
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Suite for Cello Solo No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011
- Suite for Cello Solo No.6 in D, BWV 1012
János Starker
 
- Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord No.1 in G, BWV 1027
- Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord No.2 in D, BWV 1028
János Starker, György Sebök
 
Total Playing Time: 1:10:28
 
CD 43
Ludwig van Beethoven
- Piano Concerto No.4 in G, Op.58
Gina Bachauer, London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
- Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major Op.73 -"Emperor"
Gina Bachauer, London Symphony Orchestra / Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
 
Total Playing Time: 1:11:35
 
CD 44
Frédéric Chopin
- Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, Op.11
- Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, Op.21
Gina Bachauer, London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
Total Playing Time: 1:12:09
 
CD 45
Speech
1. Ondine
John Gielgud
 
Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit
2. Ondine
Gina Bachauer
 
Speech
3. Gibet
John Gielgud
 
Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit
4. Le gibet
Gina Bachauer
 
Speech
5. Scarbo
John Gielgud
 
Maurice Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit
6. Scarbo

Claude Debussy
Pour le piano
7. Prélude
8. Sarabande
9. Toccata

Préludes - Book 1
10. La cathédrale engloutie

Préludes - Book 2
11. Bruyères

Préludes - Book 1
12. Danseuses de Delphes

Igor Stravinsky
Petrouchka: Three Movements for Piano (1921)
13. Russian Dance
14. Petrouchka's Room
15. The Shrovetide Fair

Gina Bachauer
Total Playing Time: 1:01:56
 
CD 46
Johannes Brahms
- Sonata for Cello and Piano No.1 in E minor, Op.38
- Sonata for Cello and Piano No.2 in F, Op.99
György Sebök, János Starker
 
Felix Mendelssohn
- Sonata No.2 for Cello and Piano in D, Op.58
János Starker, György Sebök
 
Total Playing Time: 1:16:10
 
CD 47
Robert Schumann
- Violin Concerto in D minor
Felix Mendelssohn
- Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64
Henryk Szeryng, London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
Béla Bartók
- 6 Roumanian Folk Dances, BB 68, Sz.56 (Arranged for Violin and Piano by Z Székely)
Claude Debussy
- La plus que lente (L.121) (version for Violin and Piano (arr.Roques))
Otakar Novacek
- Perpetuum mobile
Johannes Brahms
- Hungarian Dance No.17 in F sharp minor (arranged for Violin and Piano by F Kreisler)
José Sabre Marroquín
- Mexican Lullaby
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- The Flight of the Bumble-Bee (arranged for Violin and Piano by J Heifetz)
Henryk Szeryng, Charles Reiner

Total Playing Time: 1:15:45
 
CD 48
Igor Stravinsky
- The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu)
- Tango
- Scherzo à la Russe for Jazz Orchestra (Version for Symphony Orchestra)
- The Song of the Nightingale (Le chant du rossignol)
London Symphony Orchestra / Antal Doráti
 
Total Playing Time: 1:14:08
 
CD 49: Italian Cello Sonatas
Luigi Boccherini
- Sonata No.4 for Cello and Continuo in A, G.4
Antonio Vivaldi
- Sonata for Cello and Continuo in E minor, R.40
Arcangelo Corelli
- Sonata in D minor, Op.5, No.7 (Arranged for Cello and Continuo by A Lindner)
Pietro Antonio Locatelli
- Sonata in D (Arranged for Cello and Continuo by Alfredo Piatti)
Giuseppe Valentini
- Sonata in E (Arranged for Cello and Continuo by Alfredo Piatti)
János Starker, Stephen Swedish
 
Johann Sebastian Bach
- Sonata for Cello and Continuo No.3 in G minor, BWV 1029
János Starker, György Sebök
 
Total Playing Time: 1:06:37
 
CD 50
Joaquín Rodrigo
- Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra
Angel Romero, San Antonio Symphony Orchestra / Victor Alessandro
 
- Concierto Andaluz for 4 Guitars and Orchestra
Los Romeros, San Antonio Symphony Orchestra / Victor Alessandro
 
Antonio Vivaldi
- 12 Concertos, Op.3 "L'estro armonico": Concerto No.10 in B minor for 4 violins and cello (Arr. for 4 Guitars Pepe Romero)
Los Romeros, San Antonio Symphony Orchestra / Victor Alessandro
 
- Mandolin Concerto in C, R.425 (Arr. for Guitar, Strings and Continuo by Pepe Romero)
Celedonio Romero, San Antonio Symphony Orchestra / Victor Alessandro
 
- Concerto for 2 Mandolins, Strings and Continuo in G, R.532 (Arr. for 2 Guitars, Strings and Continuo by Pepe Romero)
Pepe Romero, Celin Romero, San Antonio Symphony Orchestra, Victor Alessandro
 
Total Playing Time: 1:16:58
 
CD 51
Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition (Orch. Maurice Ravel)
1. Ballet of the Chickens in Their Shells
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Rafael Kubelik
 
Speech
2. Interview Wilma Fine
Wilma Cozart Fine
 
Bedrich Smetana
Má Vlast (My Country)
3. From Bohemia's Meadows and Forests
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Rafael Kubelik
 
Total Playing Time: 12:07