As a companion release to the Mercury Living Presence Collector's Edition Vol.2, this limited-edition 6-LP set presents a set of six iconic and much sought-after LPs on high quality 180gsm vinyl.

Each LP is housed in a replica of the original LP sleeve with its very distinctive cover art and in a range of repertory that typifies the adventurous and pioneering spirit of Mercury Living Presence - from Beethoven with Dorati [a very late Mercury recording and very rare LP] and his seminal 1962 LP "Vienna 1908-1914" - a ground-breaking recording of music by the composers of the Second Viennese School.

Dorati also conducts a celebrated French programme "Dada • Surrealism" - with Satie's Parade and Milhaud's Le Boeuf sur le toit and shorter pieces by Auric and Françaix.

Two LPs feature American music by Chadwick, Sessions and McPhee with Howard Hanson and the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra.

Contents:
LP 1 / Side 1: Vienna 1908-1914
Arnold Schoenberg
- 5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op.16 (1949 Revision)
London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
Total Playing Time 17:24
 
LP 1 / Side 2: Vienna 1908-1914
Anton Webern
- 5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op.10
Alban Berg
- 3 Pieces for Orchestra, Op.6
London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
 
Total Playing Time 22:35
 
LP 2 / Side 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.7 in A, Op.92
- 1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
- 2. Allegretto
London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
Total Playing Time 23:32
 
LP 2 / Side 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.7 in A, Op.92
- 3. Presto - Assai meno presto
- 4. Allegro con brio
London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
Total Playing Time 17:05
 
LP 3 / Side 1: Dada - Surrealism
Darius Milhaud
- Le boeuf sur le toit, Op.58
London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
 
Jean Françaix
- Concertino for Piano and Orchestra
Claude Françaix, London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
Total Playing Time 26:44
 
LP 3 / Side 2: Dada - Surrealism
Georges Auric
- Overture
Erik Satie
- Parade
London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
Total Playing Time 22:38
 
LP 4 / Side 1
Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.78 "Organ Symphony"
- 1a. Adagio - Allegro moderato
- 1b. Poco adagio
Marcel Dupré, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
Total Playing Time 19:31
 
LP 4 / Side 2
Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.78 "Organ Symphony"
- 2a. Allegro moderato - Presto - Allegro moderato
- 2b. Maestoso - Più allegro - Molto allegro
Marcel Dupré, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
Total Playing Time 14:41
 
LP 5 / Side 1
George Whitefield Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches
- 1. Jubilee
- 2. Noël
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson
Total Playing Time 17:14
 
LP 5 / Side 2
George Whitefield Chadwick
Symphonic Sketches
- 3. Hobgoblin
- 4. A Vagrom Ballad
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson
Total Playing Time 13:38
 
LP 6 / Side 1
Roger Sessions
- The Black Maskers: Orchestral Suite
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson
Total Playing Time 21:28
 
LP 6 / Side 2
Colin McPhee
- Tabuh-Tabuhan
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson
Total Playing Time 16:44