September Offerings:

P0786. A Century of Romantic Chopin, incl. Francis Planté, Vladimir de Pachmann, Josef Hofmann, Ignaz Friedman, Alfred Cortot, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ferruccio Busoni, Moritz Rosenthal, Ignace Jan Paderewski, Jan Smeterlin, Claudio Arrau, Guiomar Novaës, Benno Moiséiwitsch, Solomon [Cutner], Arthur Rubinstein, Rosita Renard, Emil Gilels, Earl Wild, Jorge Bolet, Géza Anda, Wilhelm Backhaus, Simon Barère, Béla Bartók, Alexander Brailowsky, Natan Brand, Fania Chapiro, Shura Cherkassky, Marcel Ciampi, Samuil Feinberg, Sidney Foster, Cecile Staub Genhart, Walter Gieseking, Grigory Ginzburg, Leopold Godowsky, Robert Goldsand, Arthur de Greef, Alfred Grunfeld, Youra Guller, Vladimir Horowitz, William Kapell, Raoul von Koczalski, Lubka Kolessa, Alicia de Larrocha, Mischa Levitzki, Raymond Lewenthal, Josef Lhévine, Francesco Libetta, Dinu Lipatti, Arthur Loesser, Thomas Manshardt, Alexander Michalowski, Garrick Ohlsson, Nicolai Orloff, Paul Pabst, Antonietta Rudge, Walter Morse Rummel, David Saperton, Emil von Sauer, Irene Scharrer, Ann Schein, Karl Ulrich Schnabel, Vladimir Sofronitsky, Evgeny Svetlanov, Magda Tagliaferro, Joseph Villa & Michael von Zadora. 4-Marston 54001. Specially priced. - 638335400129

P0785. Masters of Chopin, incl. Ignac Friedman (Chopin, Mendelssohn, Suk & Paganini-Liszt-Busoni), Ignac Tiegerman (Beethoven, Brahms, Field, Chopin, Franck, Fauré, Ravel & Saint-Saëns) & Severin Eisenberger (Kodály; w.von Kreisler Cond. Cincinnati Conservatory Orch.: Concerto #2 in f (Chopin). 4–Arbiter 158, recorded 1924-65. Specially priced.

B0275. (BUSCH) Tully Potter. Adolf Busch, The Life of an Honest Musician. London, Toccata Press, 2010. 1423pp., in Two Volumes & Two CDs of recordings, 1922-80, partially Live Performances in transfers by Roger Beardsley, Bryan Crimp & Seth Winner; Indices; Bibliography; Exhaustive Discography; Busch the Composer: Commentaries and Worklist; Numerous Photos; DJ. - 9780907689508

B0277. (FRANCO CORELLI) Giancarlo Landini. Franco Corelli, l’uomo, la voce, l’arte. Accompanied by Corelli CD featuring Corelli recordings, plus interviews, 1961-2001. Pisa, Idea Books, 2010. 296pp. Indices; Bibliography; Exhaustive Chronology, w.complete casts; Over 200 Photos, many full-page; DJ. Handsome Quarto Edition. (Italian Text). - 9788888033686

OP2080. DIE FLEDERMAUS (in English), Live Performance, 22 Dec., 1951, w.Ormandy (Acts I & II & Blatt (Act. III) Cond. Regina Resnik, Patrice Munsel, Blanche Thebom, Maria Karnilova, Charles Kullman, Brian Sullivan, John Brownlee, etc. (E.U.) 2-Myto 00253. Specially priced. - 0801439902534

OP2085. TOSCA, Live Performance, 7 March, 1960, w.Vernizzi Cond. RAI Ensemble, Torino; Magda Olivero, Alvinio Misciano, Giulio Fioravanti, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0300. Specially priced. - 4035122653007

C0942. CHARLES MÜNCH Cond. NRDF S.O.: Symphonie Fantastique; w.Irma Kolassi, Joseph Peyron & Lucien Lovano: Roméo et Juliette (both Berlioz). (Switzerland) 2-Cascavelle VEL 3112, Live Performances, 1949 & 1953. - 7619930311211

OP2091. TANNHÄUSER, Live Performance, 4 Jan., 1941, w.Leinsdorf Cond. Kirsten Flagstad, Kerstin Thorborg, Lauritz Melchior, Herbert Janssen, Emanuel List, Mack Harrell, etc. (E.U.) 3-Myto 00256. Specially priced. - 0801439902565

OP2083. PHILÉMON ET BAUCIS (in Italian) (Gounod), Broadcast Performance, 4 Oct., 1960, w.Sanzogno Cond. RAI Ensemble, Milano; Renata Scotto, Alvinio Misciano, Rolando Panerai, Paolo Montarsolo, etc.; La Rosa Parodi Cond. RAI S.O., Roma: Wind Symphony in B-flat (Gounod), Broadcast Performance, 9 Jan., 1960. (E.U.) 2-Myto 00254. Specially priced. - 0801439902541

V1746. PIERRE BERNAC, w.Francis Poulenc (Pf.): Songs by Debussy, Ravel, Chabrier, Satie & Poulenc. (Austria) Preiser 93470, recorded 1950. - 717281934701

C0940. HANS SCHMIDT-ISSERSTEDT Cond.: Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt: The Telefunken Recordings, incl. Haydn, Dvorák, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Liszt & Rimsky-Korsakov. (France) 3-Tahra TAH 698-700, recorded 1953-59. Specially priced. - 3504129069810

P0782. FRIEDRICH WÜHRER: Sonatas Opp. 109, 110 & 111; w.Swarowsky, Hollreiser, Davisson & Perlea Cond.: The Five Piano Concerti; w.Bronislaw Gimpel & Joseph Schuster: Triple Concerto (all Beethoven). (France) 4-Tahra TAH 704/07. Specially priced. - 3504129070410

P0779. YVONNE LEFÉBURE: Bach & Beethoven Recital, recorded 1955, Paris; w.Furtwängler Cond. Berlin Phil.: Concerto #20 in d, K.466 (Mozart), recorded 15 May, 1954, Lugano. (E.U.) 2–EMI 351878. Final copy! - 094635187823

P0268. MARIA TIPO: 18 Sonatas (Scarlatti). (E.U.) EMI 75023, recorded 1987, Salle Wagram, Paris. Final copy! - 724357502320

P0768. MARIA TIPO: Goldberg Variations; Partitas; Italian Concerto; Preludes & Fugues; Busoni Transcriptions (all Bach). (France) 5-EMI 85878, recorded 1986-91, Paris. Slipcase Edition. Final copy! Specially priced. - 724358587821

V1743. GERTRUD BINDERNAGEL: The Complete Operatic Recordings, incl. Arias from Nozze, Faust, Aïda, Don Carlos, Oberon (incl. Unpublished variant ‘Take’), Hans Heiling & Tristan; w.Alexander Kirchner: Faust – Garden Scene (in German). (Germany) FLG 19211932, recorded 1921-32. Transfers by Christian Zwarg. Extremely Limited Edition.

V1744. ALEXANDER HEINEMANN: Selected Recordings, incl. Songs by Mozart, Beethoven, Loewe, Schumann, Schubert, von Woyna, Abt, Rubinstein, Wagner, etc.; Arias from Elijah, Xerxes & Die Schöpfung. (Germany) FLG 19081913, recorded 1908-13. Transfers by Christian Zwarg. Extremely Limited Edition.

P0776. Legends of the Piano, incl. Camille Saint-Saëns, Vincent d’Indy, Cécile Chaminade, Edvard Grieg, Enrique Granados, Ilona Eibenschütz, Alfred Grünfled, Marie Baumayer, Natalia Janotha, Aleksander Michalowski, Armand von Koczalski, Vassily Sapellnikoff, Mark Hambourg, Arthur de Greef, Frederic Lamond & Arthur Friedheim. (Germany) Naxos 8.112054, recorded 1901-24. Transfers by Richard Warren, Jr. & Ward Marston. - 636943205471

DVD0445. DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL, Live Performance, 1967, Salzburg, w.Mehta Cond. Vienna Staatsoper; Ingeborg Hallstein, Reri Grist, Luigi Alva, Gerhard Unger, Fernando Corena & Michael Heltau. VAI 4521. - 089948452195

DVD0443. LE COQ D’OR (Rimsky-Korsakov), Live Performance, 1986, w.Katanian Cond. Spendaryan Ensemble; Grigor Gondgian, Ruben Kubelian, Ellada Chakhoyan, Susanna Martirosian, etc. VAI 4518. - 089948451891

DVD0444. THE NOSE (Shostakovich), Filmed 1979, w.Rozhdestvensky Cond. Moscow Chamber Opera Theatre; Eduard Akimov, Alexander Lomonosov, Valery Belykh, Nina Sasulova, Boris Tarkhov, etc. VAI 4517. - 089948451792

P0772. FRIEDRICH GULDA: The 32 Piano Sonatas; Diabelli Variations, Op.120; Eroica Variations, Op. 35; Bagatelles, Op.126 (all Beethoven). (Germany) 9-Orfeo d’Or 808109, Broadcast Performances, 1953-57. Specially priced. - 4011790808925

P0773. WILHELM BACKHAUS: Pastoral Sonata #15 in D, Op.28; Sonata #18 in E-flat, Op.31, #3; Waldstein Sonata, #21 in C, Op. 53; Sonata #30 in E, Op.109 (all Beethoven). (Germany) 2-Audite 23.420, Live Performance, 18 April, 1969, Berlin. Specially priced. - 4022143234209

P0774. ALICIA DE LARROCHA: de Falla Recital. (E.U.) Newton Classics 8802009, recorded 1973, Kingsway Hall, London. - 8718247710096

V1741. GÉRARD SOUZAY, w.Dalton Baldwin (Pf.): Schubert Recital (incl. Die Schöne Müllerin). (E.U.) 2–Newton Classics 8802012, recorded 1961-67. - 8718247710126

V1742. GÉRARD SOUZAY, w.Dalton Baldwin (Pf.): Songs by Fauré, Poulenc, Leguerney, Hahn, Duparc, Gounod, Chabrier, Bizet, Franck, Ravel & Roussel. (E.U.) 4–Newton Classics 8802007, recorded 1960-68. - 8718247710072

OP2079. SAMSON (Handel), Live Performance, 3 Jan., 1959, w.Leppard Cond. Royal Opera House Ensemble; Jon Vickers, Joan Sutherland, Joan Carlyle, Joseph Rouleau, James Pease, etc. (Holland) 2-Gala 100.813. - 8712177056989

V1738. The Record Collector - 2009, Special, Issue, incl. Robert Radford (3 songs), Felice Lyne (3 songs & 1 aria), Mario Berini (his complete [4] 78rpm recordings), Elizabeth Parkina (4 songs), Lucien Muratore (2 songs & 3 arias), Remo di Giovanni (Pagliacci – Vesti la giubba) & Franco Corelli (songs by Buzzi-Peccia & Lara [Corelli’s only Cetra 78rpm song recordings]), the majority of these are first time on CD! (England) The Record Collector TRC 30, recorded 1904-57.

S0452. GREGOR PIATIGORSKY: The Art of Gregor Piatigorsky – Rare 78s, Unissued Studio Recordings & Public Performances & Broadcasts, incl. Beethoven, Boccherini, Schumann, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Grieg, Saint-Saëns, Elgar, Bloch, Barber, Strauss, Davidov, Popper, Chopin, Massenet, Sarasate, Weber, Rachmaninov, Ippolitov-Ivanov, Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Moszkowski, Scriabin, Piatigorsky, Ravel, Hindemith, Prokofiev & Debussy. (E.U.) 6-WHRA 6032 (incl. 1 DVD of Piatigorsky in performance), recorded 1936-55. - 5425008377148

P0758. Liszt Students play Liszt, incl. Bernard Stavenhagen, Eugen d’Albert, Arthur Friedheim, Emil von Sauer, José Vianna da Motta, Alexander Siloti, Alfred Reisenauer, Vera Timanoff, Richard Burmeister, George Liebling, Konrad Ansorge & Fredric Lamond (incl. Lamond speaking of his first meeting with Liszt and their subsequent lessons, 6 March, 1945). 2–Pierian 0039/40, from Piano Rolls, 1905-26, from the Caswell Collection. - 884501274593

B0274. (LEONARD ROSE) Steven Honigberg. Leonard Rose: America’s Golden Age and its First Cellist. Silver Spring, MD, Beckham House, 2010. 512pp. Index; Photos. (Pictorial thick paper covers)

P0766. Legendary Russian Pianists, incl. Konstantin Igumnov, Grigori Ginzburg, Samuel Feinberg, Heinrich Neuhaus, Lev Oborin, Rudolf Kerer, Maria Yudina, Vladimir Sofronitsky, Vladimir Horowitz, Maria Grinberg, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Yakov Flier, Igor Zhukov, Dmitri Bashkirov, Yakov Zak, Bella Davidovich, Viktor Merzhanov, Alexander Iokheles, Sviatoslav Richter, Emil Gilels, Lazar Berman, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Viktoria Postnikova, Nelly Akopian-Tamarina, Nikolai Demidenko, Mikhail Pletnev, Andrei Gavrilov, Evgeni Kissin & Nikolai Lugansky. (E.U.) 25-Brilliant 9014, recorded 1932-96. Boxed Set. Specially priced. - 842977090147 5029365901420

PE0176. Let’s Face the Music and Dance! – Original 1930s Popular Piano Recordings, incl. Arden, Carroll, Lutter, Banta, Rodgers, Claire, Milne, Shipman, Lopez, Rickenbach, Ohman, Farquhar, King & Sterling, Carroll & Fairchild, Sherry Bros. Pierian 0029, from Ampico & Welte Piano Rolls, 1922-37, from the Caswell Collection. - 837101414586

PE0177. It’s De’Lovely – The Music of Cole Porter – Original 1920s & 1930s Popular Piano Recordings, incl. Carroll, Grofé, Robert Joyce, Marshall Bartholomew, Lane, Edgeworth, Arden & Carroll, Milne, Shipman, Farquhar, Sherry Bros. Pierian 0026, from Piano Rolls, 1920-40, from the Caswell Collection. - 837101414579

PE0174. MARION HARRIS: The Queen of the Blues, Vol. II, incl. 19 celebrated Marion Harris titles. (Australia) Audio Vault AVBSMH02/02-08-19.

V1732. JEANNE GERVILLE-RÉACHE: Songs by Schumann, Hahn & Chaminade; Arias from Orfeo, La Vivandière, Sapho, Werther, Paul et Virginie, L’Enfant Prodigue, Samson et Dalila, Carmen, La Reine de Saba & Il Trovatore - recorded 1909-11; Mme CHARLES CAHIER: Songs by Martini, etc.; Arias from La Favorite, Le Prophète & Carmen – recorded 1928. (Austria) Preiser 89737. - 717281897372

V1731. CARLO MORELLI: Songs by Ponce, de Leva, di Chiara, Grever & de Tejada; Arias from Hérodiade, Zazà, La Gioconda, Andrea Chénier, Rigoletto & Otello; LUIGI MONTESANTO: Arias & Duets (w.dal Monte & Pacetti) from Don Giovanni, Barbiere, Rigoletto, Otello & La Gioconda. (Austria) Preiser 89738, recorded 1921-40. - 717281897389

V1730. LOLA ARTÔT DE PADILLA: Arias & duets (w.Talén & Egénieff) from Nozze, Don Giovanni, Mignon, Königskinder, La Traviata Carmen & La Boheme; BELLA ALTEN: Arias from Pagliacci & Madama Butterfly; LUISE PERARD-PETZL: Arias from Zauberflöte, Ernani, Il Trovatore & Aïda. (Austria) Preiser 89735, recorded 1909-22. - 717281897358

V1729. MAX LORENZ, w.Schüler, Heger, Seidler-Winkler, Moralt & Rother Cond.: Arias from Rienzi, Tristan, Die Walküre, Siegfried & Die Meistersinger; w.Maria Reining: Tannhäuser – O Fürstin! (Austria) Preiser 90213, recorded 1937-43. - 717281902137

V1728. GIANNI POGGI, Vol. II, incl. Songs by Falvo, de Curtis, Tosti, di Capua, Mancini, Rivi, Maziotti & Favata; Arias from Luisa Miller, Il Trovatore, Manon Lescaut, Gianni Schicchi, Fedora & Mefistofele. (Austria) Preiser 89736, recorded 1952-53. - 717281897365

P0760. BENNO MOISÉIWITSCH: Chopin Recital, Vol. III; A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Scherzo (Mendelssohn-Rachmaninoff). (Germany) Naxos 8.110770, recorded 1939-52. Transfers by Ward Marston. - 636943177020

P0759. EMIL GILELS: Early Recordings, Vol. II, incl. Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Medtner, Prokofiev & Glazounov (the latter’s Sonata #2 in e). (Germany) Naxos 8.112051, recorded 1937-54. Transfers by Ward Marston. - 636943205174

B0247. The Philharmonic Orchestra of Los Angeles – The First Decade, 1919 – 1929. Caroline Estes Smith. The Los Angeles Phil., 1930. 283pp. Index; Annals; Repertoire; Soloists; Photos. Numbered Copy #72 of Edition limited to 1000 copies. Inscribed & Autographed by authoress, 1930.

B0235. Twenty-Five Years of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 1900-25. Frances Anne Wister. Philadelphia Orchestra Women’s Committees, 1925. 253pp. Photos.

B0236. Those Fabulous Philadelphians – The Life and Times of a Great Orchestra. Herbert Kupferberg. New York, Scribner’s, 1969. 257pp. Index; LP Discography; First Performances; Orchestra Members; Photos; DJ.

B0237. Within These Walls – A History of the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. John Francis Marion. Philadelphia, The Academy of Music, 1984. 328pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos; Illus.; DJ.

B0249. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Its Organization, Growth and Development, 1891 - 1924. Philo Adams Otis. Chicago, Summy, 1924. 466pp. Index; Personnel; Chronology; Photos. Excellent, ex-lib copy.

B0239. The Boston Symphony Orchestra – An Historical Sketch. M. A. DeWolfe Howe. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1914. 280pp. Index; Appendix; Photos.

B0240. Boston Symphony Orchestra – Charcoal Drawings of its Members, with Biographical Sketches. Gerome Brush. Boston, Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1936. 219pp. Profusely illus. Softbound.

B0231. The House that Music Built – Carnegie Hall. Ethel Peyser. New York, McBride, 1936. 371pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos.

B0211. (NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC;) Howard Shanet. Philharmonic, A History of New York's Orchestra. Garden City, Doubleday, 1975. 788pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos; Appendices incl. Complete Annals of Repertoire, Conductors & Soloists, 1942-71; DJ. An indispensable, invaluable reference source, most elusive. Final copy!

B0230. The World of Carnegie Hall. Richard Schickel. New York, Messner, 1960. 438pp. Index; Photos; DJ.

B0232. The Philharmonic Society of New York and it’s Seventy-Fifth Anniversary – A Retrospect. James Gibbons Huneker. Privately Printed, 1917. 130pp. Chronology & Repertoire, 1892 – 1917; Photos.

B0233. The Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York – it’s First Hundred Years. John Erskine. New York, Macmillan, 1943. 168pp. Chronology & Repertoire, 1917 – 1942; Photos.

B0234. Review of the New York Musical Season – 1886–87. H. E. Krehbiel. New York, Novello, 1887. 230pp. Index; Chronology & Repertoire. Excellent copy has very few lt. pencil marks & weakened & mended spine.

B0242. The New York City Opera, an American Adventure. Martin L. Sokol. New York, Macmillan, 1981. 562pp. Index; Annals of Complete Casts, 1944-81; Appendices; Photos; DJ.

B0244. Opera in Chicago, A Social and Cultural History, 1850 - 1965. Ronald Davis. New York, Appleton-Century, 1966. 393pp. Index; Performance Casts, 1910-65; Photos; DJ.

B0243. Lyric Opera of Chicago. Claudia Cassidy. [Foreword by Saul Bellow; Recollections by Carol Fox]. Chicago, Lyric Opera of Chicago, 1979. 233pp. Elaborate Quarto Edition, featuring countless photos, many in color; Index; Lists of Casts, 1954-79; DJ. Exceedingly Elusive!

B0248. Forty Years of Opera in Chicago. Edward Moore. New York, Liveright, 1930. 430pp. Photos; Chronology, 3 Nov., 1910 – 26 March, 1929 (incl. tours).

B0245. The Boston Opera Company, The Story of a Unique Institutuion. Quaintance Eaton. New York, Appleton-Century, 1965. 338pp. Index; Lists of Casts for Boston, plus tours of USA and Paris, 1909-14; Photos; DJ.

B0246. 50 Years of The San Francisco Opera. Arthur J. Bloomfield. San Francisco, San Francisco Book Company, 1972. 450pp. Indices; Exhaustive Annals & Repertoire of San Francisco Casts, 1923-71; Photos; DJ. Excellent, sl. used copy has mended DJ.

B0250. Monte Carlo Opera, 1879 – 1909. T. J. Walsh. Ireland, Gill & Macmillan, 1975. 321pp. Index; Chronology; Photos; DJ.

B0251. L’Opéra de Marseille, 1787 – 1987. André Segond. Marseille, Éditions Jeanne Laffitte, 1987. 173pp. Indices; Bibliography; Numerous Photos, many in color; DJ. (French Text) - 9782862761404

B0253. The Vienna Opera. Marcel Prawy. Wien, Fritz Molden, 1969. 224pp. Index; Profusely Illus. & Numerous Photos, some in color; DJ. (English Text).

B0214. HENRI TEMIANKA. Facing the music, an irreverent close-up of the Real Concert World. New York, McKay, 1973. 272pp. Index; Photos; DJ. Final copy!

B0241. Who Killed Classical Music? – Maestros, Managers, and Corporate Politics. Norman Lebrecht. Secaucus, NJ, Carol Publishing Group, 1997. 455pp. Index; Bibliography; Coroner’s Report; Photos; DJ. - 9781559724159

B0216. Maestros of the Pen, A History of Classical Music Criticism in America. Mark N. Grant. Boston, Northeastern University Press, 1998. 374pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos; DJ. - 9781555533632

PE0173. MARION HARRIS: The Queen of the Blues, Vol. I, incl. 22 celebrated Marion Harris titles. (Australia) Audio Vault AVBSMH01/02-08-22.

S0447. ANTONIO JANIGRO, w.Jörg Demus (Pf.): Sonata #1 in e (Brahms), Live Performance, 15 May, 1957; w.Kempe Cond. RAI S.O., Roma: Concerto #2 in D (Haydn), Live Performance, 24 Jan., 1959; w.Caracciolo Cond. Scarlatti Orch., Napoli: Concerto #9 in B (Boccherini), Live Performance, 20 Jan., 1959. (Germany) Archipel 0491. - 4035122404913

S0446. JOHANNA MARTZY, Vol. II, w.Jean Antonietti (Pf.): Sonata in B-flat, K.454 (Mozart), Live Performance, 14 Nov., 1955; w.Nussio Cond. Radio Svizzera Italiana Orch.: Concerto in D (Beethoven), Live Performance, 1954. (Canada) Doremi 7778. - 723724018822

V1725. FRIDA LEIDER, Vol. IV, incl. Arias & Duets (w.Melchior & Marherr) from Armide, Don Giovanni, Fidelio, Parsifal, Tristan & Götterdämmerung. (Germany) Truesound Transfers 3011, recorded 1928-31. Transfers by Christian Zwarg.

S0428. JOHANNA MARTZY, Vol. I: Sonata #1 in g for Violin Unaccompanied (Bach); w.Leon Pommers (Pf.): Sonata in F (Handel); Sonata #8 in G (Beethoven); Duo Concertante (Stravinsky); Roumanian Folk Dances (Bartók); Notturno & Tarantella (Szymanowski). (Canada) Doremi 7753, Live Performance, 1960, Redpath Hall, Montréal. Final copy! - 723723582928

P0755. VLADIMIR SOFRONITSKY: Chopin Recitial. (Russia) Vista Vera 00195, recorded 1956-60, Scriabin Museum. - 4603141001958

V1710. POL PLANÇON, Vol. III, incl. Songs by Schumann, Adam, Bemberg, Flégier & Faure; Arias from Zauberflöte, L’Étoile du Nord, Robert le Diable, Mignon, Le Pardon de Ploërmel, La Damnation de Faust, Le Caïd, Faust, Martha, Don Carlos & Stabat Mater (Rossini). (Germany) Truesound Transfers 3018, recorded 1905-08, New York. Transfers by Christian Zwarg.

P0754. VLADIMIR SOFRONITSKY: Debussy, Liszt & Schubert Recitial. (Russia) Vista Vera 00210, recorded 1954-59, Scriabin Museum. - 4603141002108

V1706. ALAIN VANZO: Songs by Massenet, Lara & Krier-Helmer (the latter's 'Le rêve passe') (Vanzo’s first recording, 1954); Arias from Barbiere, Le Roi d’Ys, Richard Coeur de Lion, La Jolie Fille de Perth, Manon, Faust, Les Huguenots, Mireille, Roméo, Werther, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Les Pêcheurs de Perles, La Boheme, Cavalleria, Rigoletto, La Gioconda, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Manon Lescaut, La Traviata, Don Carlos, I Vespri Siciliani & Euryanthe. (France) 2-Malibran 730. - 7600003777300

DVD0436. DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE, Live Performance, 1964, Salzburg, w.Kertész Cond. Vienna Staatsoper Ensemble; Walter Kreppel, Waldemar Kmentt, Pilar Lorengar, Walter Berry, Renate Holm, Roberta Peters, Paul Schöffler, etc. An Otto Schenk production. VAI 4520. - 089948452096

P0756. GRIGORY GINZBURG: Ginzburg’s Studio Recordings, incl. Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Tchaikovsky & Chopin; Transcriptions – Rameau-Godowsky, Beethoven-Liszt, Beethoven-Rubinstein, Weber-Godowsky, Alabiev-Liszt, Tchaikovsky-Pabst, Verdi-Liszt, Gounod-Liszt, Rozycki-Ginzburg, Johann Strauss-Tausig & Johann Strauss-Schulz-Evler. (Russia) 4-Vista Vera 00108. Specially priced. - 607200011087

V1707. HENRI LEGAY: Arias from Don Giovanni, La Dame Blanche, Joseph, Lakmé, La Jolie Fille de Perth, Le Roi d’Ys, Les Huguenots, Werther, Manon, Mignon, Faust, Mireille, Marouf, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Martha, Pique Dame & Lohengrin. (France) Malibran 735. - 7600003777355

V1708. POL PLANÇON, Vol. I, incl. Songs by Schumann, Ferrari, Chaminade, Godard, Bemberg & Faure; Arias from Les Huguenots, Philémon et Baucis, Le Caïd, Faust, Roméo, Carmen & L’Africaine. (Germany) Truesound Transfers 3016, recorded 1902-03, Gramophone & Zonophone; 2 Mapleson Cylinders, 1901. Transfers by Christian Zwarg.

V1700. Firebirds of Paris, French & Belgian singers in Russian Opera & Song, incl. Vanni-Marcoux, d’Arkor, Vallin, Thill, Mertens, Friant, Noréna, Nougaro, Boons, Cernay, Aquistapace, Huberty, Bordon, Pernet, Audiger, Jouatte, Soix, Doria & Souzay. Marston 51008. Transfers by Ward Marston. Program notes by Vincent Giroud. Produced by Lewis Morris Hall. - 638335206127

V1702. PAVEL LISITSIAN, w.Matvei Sakharov & Boris Abramovitch (Pfs.): Pavel Lisitsian in Concert, incl. Songs by Tosti, Borodin, Glazounov, Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schubert, Schumann, Keil, Rachmaninoff, Rubinstein, etc.; Arias from Le Roi de Lahore, Ernani, Kaschei the Immortal, Nero, Pique Dame & Mazeppa; w.Nina Pokrovskaya, w.Melik-Pashayev Cond. Bolshoi Theatre Orch. Aïda – Nile Scene, recorded 29 Dec., 1952. (Austria) 2-Preiser 89243, Live Performances, 15 March, 1948 & 10 April, 1949. - 717281892438

V1703. GIUSEPPE DANISE: Songs by Tosti, de Curtis, Arona, Rossini, Koenemann, etc.; Arias from Barbiere, Ernani, Rigoletto, Ballo, Forza, Otello, Andrea Chénier, Pagliacci, Zazà, Faust, Hérodiade, Le Roi de Lahore & Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame. (Austria) Preiser 89530, recorded 1916-27. - 717281895309

C0921. ERNEST ANSERMET Cond. Suisse Romande Orch., Paris Conservatoire Orch., Royal Phil., London S.O., London Phil., Concerts Straram Orch. & Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev Orch.: Ernest Ansermet – Les Premières Gravures, incl. Debussy, de Falla, Handel, Haydn, Honegger, Mozart, Mussorgsky, Ravel, Schumann & Stravinsky. (Switzerland) 8-Cascavelle VEL 3119, recorded 1916-55. Specially priced. - 7619930311914

OP2065. DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR, Live Performance, 14 Dec., 1957, w.Knappertsbusch Cond. Bayerischen Staatsoper Ensemble; Annelies Kupper, Lilian Benningsen, Liselotte Fölser, Max Pröbstl, Karl Schmitt-Walter, Richard Holm, Kieth Engen, etc. (Austria) 2-Orfeo C 787 1021. - 4011790787220

V1699. ALESSANDRO MORESCHI (Soprano – Castrato): Complete Gramophone Co. recordings, incl. Songs by Pratesi, Aldega, Leybach, Terziani, Capocci, Calzanera, Bach-Gounod & Tosti; Arias from Petite Messe Solenelle & Les Pêcheurs de Perles; Also includes records from the same sessions by other Vatican artists. (Germany) Truesound Transfers 3040, recorded 1902-04. Transfers by Christian Zwarg.

V1693. CELESTINA BONINSEGNA: Songs by Bach-Gounod & Braga; Arias from Faust, Ernani, Ballo, Forza, Aïda, Tosca, Il Trovatore, I Vespri Siciliani, La Boheme, Cavalleria, Mefistofele, Manon Lescaut, La Gioconda, Norma, Semiramide & Lucrezia Borgia; w.Augusto Scampini: Il Trovatore – Miserere. (Germany) Truesound Transfers 3015, recorded 1908-10, incl. variant ‘takes’. Transfers by Christian Zwarg.

OP2056. PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE, Live Performance, 16 Jan., 1960, w.Morel Cond. Victoria de los Angeles, Theodor Uppman, George London, Giorgio Tozzi, Regina Resnik, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0318. Specially priced. - 4035122653182

V1694. AGNES NICHOLS: Complete Issued Recordings, incl. Songs by Parker, Cowen, Costa, Buck, Liddle, Elgar, etc.; Arias from Oberon; w.The Composer Cond. Edna Thornton, Hubert Eisdell & George Baker: In a Persian Garden (Liza Lehmann). (Germany) Truesound Transfers 3041, recorded 1909-21. Transfers by Christian Zwarg.

OP2059. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Live Performance, 17 March, 1956, w.Stiedry Cond. Zinka Milanov, Richard Tucker, Leonard Warren, Cesare Siepi, Rosalind Elias, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0315. Specially priced. - 4035122653151

V1695. NELLIE MELBA, Vol. I, incl. Songs by Tosti, Arditi, d’Hardelot, Hahn, Bemberg, etc.; Arias from L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Lucia, Hamlet, Rigoletto, La Traviata, La Boheme, Roméo & Nozze. (Germany) Truesound Transfers 3023, recorded 1904, London. Transfers by Christian Zwarg.

OP2058. MANON LESCAUT, Live Performance, 17 Jan., 1959, w.Cleva Cond. Renata Tebaldi, Richard Tucker, Frank Guarrera, Fernando Corena, etc. (E.U.) 2-Myto 00250. Specially priced. - 0801439902503

V1688. GEMMA BELLINCIONI: Complete Recordings, incl. Arias from Cavalleria, Fedora, Mefistofele, La Traviata, Tosca, Carmen, Mignon, La Boheme, Faust & Otello – recorded 1903-05; BICE MILILOTTI: Songs by Tosti, Denza & Mascagni; Arias & Duets (w.Francesco Marconi) from Roméo, L’Amico Fritz, Martha, Lucrezia Borgia,Il Guarany & The Geisha (Jones), recorded 1904 & 1907. (Germany) Truesound Transfers 3039. Transfers by Christian Zwarg.

V1687. ROLAND HAYES: The Art of Roland Hayes, incl. Spirituals; Songs by Monteverdi, Caccini, Caldara, Telemann, Bach, de Machaut, Tiersot, Beethoven, Schubert, Berlioz, Debussy, Mussorgsky, etc. (Austria) 2–Preiser 93462, recorded 1954, Vanguard. - 717281934626

V1689. ELLEN BEACH YAW: Songs by Saint-Saëns, Rabey, Key, Eckert & Ellen Beach Yaw; Arias from Manon Lescaut (Auber), L’Étoile du Nord, Les Noces de Jeannette, La Perle du Brésil, Lakmé, Mignon, Mireille, Hamlet, Il Re Pastore & Zauberflöte. (Germany) Truesound Transfers 3044, recorded 1899 – 1947, partially private recordings (incl. the infamous Co-Art 1941 rarity. Transfers by Christian Zwarg.

V1690. FRITZI MASSARY: Arias & Duets (w.Gustav Matzner, Else Alder, Albert Kutzner, Molly Wessely, Eugen Rex, Erik Wirl, Hans Wassmann, etc.) from Der Liebe Augustin, Die Kaiserin, Die Rose von Stambul & Die Spanische Nachtigall (all Leo Fall). (Germany) Truesound Transfers 3053, recorded 1912–20. Transfers by Christian Zwarg.

V1684. ALICE CUCINI: Arias from Samson et Dalila, Le Prophète, Carmen, Mignon, La Favorita, La Gioconda, Lucrezia Borgia, Il Trovatore & Lohengrin; Songs by Meyer-Helmund, Bizet, Ranzone & Giordano. (England) Cheyne 44502, recorded 1902-07, blue Zonophone, Pathé & G & T.

V1691. LEO SCHÜTZENDORF, Vol. I, incl. Songs by Brahms, von Weber, Hoppe, Bohm, Ries, etc.; Arias & Duet (w.Waldemar Henke) from Don Giovanni, Nozze, Barbiere, Der Barbier von Bagdad, Der Wildschütz, Zar und Zimmermann, Der Bettelstudent, Der Zigeunerbaron & Undine. (Germany) Truesound Transfers 3047, recorded 1922–30. Transfers by Christian Zwarg.

V1329. ZINKA MILANOV, w.Bozidar Kunc (Pf.): Zinka Milanov in Recital, incl. Songs by Giordani, Schumann, Brahms, Strauss, Bersa, Pavcic, Kunc & Hageman, recorded 1955, RCA; Six Yugoslav (Bosnia, Macedonia & Slovenia) Songs, recorded 1944, Sonart. (England) Nimbus 7948, recorded 1954 & 1944. Specially priced. - 0710357794827

C0885. ARTURO TOSCANINI Cond. NBC S.O. & New York Schola Cantorum, w.Zinka Milanov, Bruna Castagna, Charles Kullman & Nicola Moscona: MANZONI REQUIEM (Verdi), Live Performance, 4 March, 1938; Toscanini Cond. NBC S.O. & Robert Shaw Chorale: Requiem in c (Cherubini), recorded 18 Feb., 1950. (Germany) 2-Archipel 0437. - 4035122404371

OP1850. LA GIOCONDA, Live Performance, 3 Jan., 1953, w.Cleva Cond. Zinka Milanov, Kurt Baum, Leonard Warren, Cesare Siepi, Fedora Barbieri, Jean Madeira, etc.; La Gioconda - Excerpts, Live Performance, 3 March, 1945, w.Cooper Cond. Stella Roman, Frederick Jagel, Leonard Warren, Bruna Castagna, Margaret Harshaw, etc. (Portugal) 3-Gala 100.637. - 8712177054855

OP2030. LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, Live Performance, 20 March, 1954, w.Stiedry Cond. Zinka Milanov, Gino Penno, Leonard Warren, Jerome Hines, Jean Madeira, etc. (E.U.) 2-Myto 00244. Specially priced. - 01801439902442

OP1879. UN BALLO IN MASCHERA, Live Performance, 15 Jan., 1944, w.Walter Cond. Zinka Milanov, Jan Peerce, Leonard Warren, Kerstin Thorborg, Frances Greer, etc. (E.U.) 2–Myto 00200. Specially priced. -8014399502009

OP2043. SIMON BOCCANEGRA, Live Performance, 2 April, 1960, w.Mitropoulos Cond. Zinka Milanov, Frank Guarrera, Carlo Bergonzi, Giorgio Tozzi, Ezio Flagello, Norman Scott, etc. For the ultimate in a Verdian soprano phrase, Milanov is truly extraordinary in the Council Chamber Scene!(E.U.) 2-Walhall 0309. Specially priced. - 4035122653090

P0748. SVIATOSLAV RICHTER: Richter in Hungary. (Hungary) 14-BMC 07503, Slipcase Edition, w.Elaborate 141pp. Brochure. Richter’s Concerts recorded by Hungarian Radio. Broadcasts, 1954-93. Specially priced. - 5998309301711

P0749. SVIATOSLAV RICHTER: Sviatoslav Richter in the 1950s, Vol. VI, incl. Chopin, Schubert-Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Borodin, Liadov, Glazounov, Scriabin & Prokofiev. Parnassus PACD 96025, recorded 1949-52. - 606345004132

OP2055. LAKMÉ – Excerpts, Broadcast Performance, w.Etcheverry Cond. Renée Doria, Alain Vanzo, Adrien Legros, etc. (France) Malibran 732. - 7600003777324

V1683. JEAN BRAZZI: Arias from Manon, Werther, Hérodiade, Carmen, Roméo, Louise, Cavalleria, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Adriana Lecouvreur, I Due Foscari & Otello. (France) Malibran 729. - 7600003777294

V1680. LEONARD WARREN: Sea Shanties; Kipling Songs; Songs by Edward German, McCall, Tours, Spross, de Koven, Kernochan, Speaks, Ward, Molloy, Ball, Kelley, Kern, Steffe & Damrosch (the latter’s Danny Deever). (Germany) Naxos 8.111345, recorded 1947-51. Transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn. - 747313334520

V1681. GÖSTA WINBERGH, w.Friedrich Haider (Pf.): Heimliche Aufforderung – Songs by Richard Strauss. (Austria) Nightingale 070760. - 9004686707605

V1679. GIANNINA RUSS: The Art of Giannina Russ, incl Arias & Duets (w.Magini-Colletti, Blanchart, Corradetti & Garbin) from Nozze, Amica, Norma, L’Africaine, Aïda, Siberia, Carmen, La Gioconda, La Boheme, Cavalleria, Madama Butterfly, Mefistofele, Fedora, La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Rigoletto, Ernani & Don Carlos. (England) The Record Collector TRC 29. Available in limited edition of 500 copies which will not be repressed.

OP2052. MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Live Performance, 15 Dec., 1956, w.Mitropoulos Cond. Licia Albanese, Daniele Barioni, John Brownlee, Rosalind Elias, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0312. Specially priced. - 4035122653120

OP2053. LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Live Performance, 7 April, 1956, w.Rudolf Cond. Victoria de los Angeles, Nadine Conner, Mildred Miller, Cesare Siepi, Frank Guarrera, Fernando Corena, etc. (E.U.) 3-Walhall 0314. Specially priced. - 4035122653144

OP2054. DER ROSENKAVALIER, Live Performance, 18 Jan., 1956, w.Kempe Cond. Lisa della Casa, Risë Stevens, Hilde Güden, Otto Edelmann, Ralph Herbert, Thomas Hayward, etc. (E.U.) 3-Walhall 0313. Specially priced. - 4035122653137

OP2046. IDOMENEO, Live Performance, 14 Aug., 1964, w.Pritchard Cond. London Phil. & Glyndebourne Ensemble; Gundula Janowitz, Richard Lewis, Luciano Pavarotti, Neilson Taylor, Enriqueta Tarrés, etc. (China) 2-Glyndebourne GFOCD 006-64, Gatefold Edition w.Elaborate 112pp. hardcover book featuring libretto, illus. & numerous photos. Specially priced. - 878280000061

OP2047. DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER, Live Performance, 22 July, 1955, w.Knappertsbusch Cond. Bayreuth Ensemble; Hermann Uhde, Ludwig Weber, Wolfgang Windgassen (as Erik), Astrid Varnay, Josef Traxel, etc. (not to be confused with the 1955 Bayreuth ‘commercial’ recording, under Keilberth). (Germany) 2-Orfeo C692 0921. - 4011790692227

P0744. GÉZA ANDA: Haydn, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Ravel & Liebermann. (Germany) 2–Hänssler 94.211, recorded 1950-55. - 4010276023265

S0438. IDA HAENDEL, w.Müller-Kray Cond. Stuttgart Radio S.O.: Concerto in D (Tchaikovsky); Concerto in a (Dvorák). (Germany) Hänssler 94.205, recorded 1960/'65, resp. - 4010276022046

DVD0432. YEHUDI MENUHIN: Spanish Dances, Op.21, Nos 1 & 2 (Sarasate); w.Adolph Baller (Pf.): Bazzini & Brahms; w.Dorati Cond. Hollywood S.O.: Concerto in e (Mendelssohn). (E.U.) EuroArts 2054619, filmed 1947, Hollywood.

DVD0433. IL RITORNO D’ULISSE IN PATRIA (Monteverdi), w.Christie Cond. Les Arts Florissants Ensemble; Kobie van Rensburg, Christine Rice, Cyril Auvity, etc. (Italy) Dynamic 33641, Live Performance, 2009, Teatro Real, Madrid. Director, set & costume designer: Pier Luigi Pizzi. Interviews with the interpreters.

OP2044. MADAMA BUTTERFLY, Live Performance, 16 April, 1960, w.Mitropoulos Cond. Dorothy Kirsten, Eugenio Fernandi, Mario Sereni, Margaret Roggero, Charles Kullman, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0297. Specially priced. - 4035122652970

OP2042. FIDELIO, Live Performance, 13 Feb., 1960, w.Böhm Cond. Birgit Nilsson, Jon Vickers, Giorgio Tozzi, Hermann Uhde, Oskar Czerwenka, Laurel Hurley, Charles Anthony, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0308. Specially priced. - 4035122653083

OP2041. LA DAMNATION DE FAUST, Live Performance, 24 Sept., 1959, Montreux; w.Markevitch Cond. RTF Ensemble; Régine Crespin, Nicolai Gedda, Ernest Blanc & Louis Morin. (E.U.) 2-Andromeda 9063. Crespin at her most glorious! - 3830257490630

V1672. TERESA STICH-RANDALL, w.Hans Rosbaud (Pf.): Songs by Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Schumann, Strauss & Debussy. (Austria) Preiser 93458, Live Performance, 31 July, 1956, Aix-en-Provence. - 717281934589

C0913. FRITZ BUSCH Cond. Winterthur S.O.: Symphony #5 in B-flat (Schubert); w.Peter Rybar (Violin): Haffner Serenade in D, K.250 (Mozart). (England) Guild 2352, recorded 1949. - 795754235227

P0739. WILHELM BACKHAUS, w.Cantelli Cond. NYPO: Concerto #4 in G (Beethoven), Live Performance, 1956; ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN, w.de Sabata Cond. NYPO: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (Rachmaninoff), Live Performance, 1953; LILI KRAUS, w.Monteux Cond. Concertgebouw Orch.: Konzertstück in f (von Weber), Live Performance, 1939. (England) Guild 2349. - 795754234923

C0909. LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI Cond. His S.O.: Symphony in C; L’Arlesienne – Suites Nos. 1 & 2 (all Bizet); Children’s Corner Suite (Debussy). (England) Cala 0548, recorded 1952 & 1949, resp. - 667549054828

OP2039. ORFEO ED EURIDICE (Gluck), recorded 1998, Madrid, w.Maag Cond. Ewa Podles, Ana Rodrigo & Elena de la Merced. (E.U.) 2–Arts SACD Hybrid Stereo 47753. - 600554775388

V1662. JENNIE TOUREL, Vol.2, w.George Reeves, Erich Itor Kahn (Pfs.); Leonard Bernstein (Pf & Cond.): Songs by Chopin, Ravel, Rachmaninoff & Mussorgsky; w.Ormandy Cond.: Philadelphia Orch.: Alexander Nevsky – Field of the dead (Prokofiev). (Austria) Preiser 89733, recorded 1944-50. - 717281897334

DVD0424. DON CARLOS, Live Performance, 7 Dec., 2008, w.Gatti Cond. La Scala Ensemble; Ferruccio Furlanetto, Dalibor Jenis, Fiorenza Cedolins, Dolora Zajick, Anatolij Kotscherga, Stuart Neill, etc. (Italy) 2–Hardy 4042.

PE0172. Really the Blues? – A Blues History, 1893 – 1959, Vol. I, incl. Bert Williams, W.C. Handy, Al Bernard, Wilbur Sweatman, Mamie Smith, Kid Ory, Marion Harris, Ethel Waters, Sophie Tucker, Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson, Bessie Smith, King Oliver, Blind Lemon Jefferson, etc. (E.U.) 9-WHRA 6028, recorded 1893-1929. Specially priced. - 5425008377094

OP2038. IL CROCIATO IN EGITTO (Meyerbeer), Live Performance, 16 Jan., 2007, Venezia, w.Villaume Cond. Teatro La Fenice Ensemble; Michael Maniaci, Patrizia Ciofi, Marco Vinco, Iorio Zennaro, Silvia Pasini, etc. (Germany) 3-Naxos 8.660245/47. - 730099024570

OP2037. ANTIGONAE (Orff), Broadcast Performance, 1958, w.Sawallisch Cond. Bayerischen Rundfunks Ensemble; Martha Mödl, Marianne Radev, William Dooley, Carlos Alexander, Paul Kuën, Fritz Uhl, Josef Traxel, Kurt Böhme & Lilian Benningsen. (Germany) 2-Hänssler Profil PH09066. - 881488906653

V1661. HILDE KONETZNI, w.Josef Krips (Pf.): Songs by Schubert, Schumann,. Brahms, Frantz, Wolf, Strauss, Marx & Dvorák. (Germany) Orfeo C 597 091, recorded 1942-43 by Hermann May, from Konetzni’s private collection. - 4011790597126

V1659. MARIO DEL MONACO: Songs by di Capua, Cardio, Leoncavallo, Gastaldon, Drigo, Carocci, Cottrau & Lara; Arias from Luisa Miller, Ballo, Ernani, Macbeth, La Traviata, Forza, Rigoletto, Il Tabarro, La Fanciulla del West, Manon Lescaut, Turandot, La Boheme, Tosca, La Gioconda, Loreley, Andrea Chénier, Norma, Pagliacci, Fedora, Giulietta e Romeo, Madama Butterfly, Lucia, La Wally, La Juive, L’Africaine, Le Cid & Lohengrin. (France) 2-Malibran 725, recorded 1952-59. - 7600003777256

PE0171. The Pajama Game (Adler & Ross), Original 1954 Broadway Cast, incl. John Raitt, Janis Paige, Eddie Foy, jr., Carol Haney, Reta Shaw, etc.; John Murray Anderson’s Almanac – Selections, incl. Cyril Ritchard, Elaine Dunn, Harry Belafonte, Charlotte Rae, John Strauss, Hermione Gingold, etc.; (Germany) Naxos Musicals 8.120878, recorded, 1954-56. Transfers by David Lennick. - 636943287828

V1660. Vocal Record Collectors' Society - 2009 Issue, incl. Germaine Martinelli, Harold Williams, Jules Bledsoe, Carolina White, Isa Kremer, Umberto Macnez, Marie Rappold, David Bispham, Romain Carbelly, Florence Hinkle, Karl Jörn, Aurora Rettori, Kapiton Zaporozhets, Irma Mion, Lucy Finkle, William Robyn, Louise Lerch, Mario Laurenti, Adriana Perris, Max Bloch, Eva Leoni, Madeleine Sibille, Louis Azéma, Lina Pagliughi, Marcel Génio, Rina Gigli, Guy Cazenave, Giuseppina Finzi-Magrini, Ferruccio Giannini, Gennaro de Tura, Grete Forst, Desider Arányi, Suzanne Brohly, Susan Strong, Vladimir Rosing, Elena Katulskaya, Agnes Kimball, Lieb Glantz, Eduard Kandl, Arthur Fear, Germaine Corney, José Mossegeld Santiago, Fafalda Salvatini, Louis Graveure, Nicola Moscona & Kathleen Ferrier. 2–VRCS-2009. Transfers by Seth B. Winner.

OP2031. LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, Live Performance, 1 Jan., 1949, w.Cimara Cond. Lily Pons, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Frank Valentino, Jerome Hines, Felix Knight, Thelma Votipka, etc. (E.U.) 2-Myto 00226. Specially priced. - 0801439902268

OP2034. LA FILLE DE MME ANGOT (Lecocq), Broadcast Performance, 1957, w.Etcheverry Cond. Claudine Collart, Henri Legay, Mathilde Casadesus, Robert Lilty, René Bourbon, Jacques Charon, etc.; Henri Legay: Operetta Arias by Lehár, Johann Strauss, Millöcker, Messager & Varney. (France) Malibran 728. - 7600003777288

OP2033. LA BATTAGLIA DI LEGNANO, Live Performance, 10 May 1959, w.Gui Cond. Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Ensemble; Leyla Gencer, Gastone Limarilli, Giuseppe Taddei, Mario Frosini, Paolo Washington, Giorgio Giorgetti, etc. (E.U.) 2-Myto 00243. Specially priced. - 0801439902435

OP2029. FAUST (in Italian), Broadcast Performance, 6 July, 1959, w.La Rosa Parodi Cond. RAI Ensemble, Torino; Eugenio Fernandi, Renata Scotto, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Piero (not Giangiacomo) Guelfi, etc. (E.U.) 2-Myto 00246. Specially priced. - 0801439902466

V1657. The Björling Family – Four Singing Brothers & Two Ladies, w.Jussi, Gösta, Olle, Karl, Bette Wermine-Björling, Anna-Lisa & Juvenile Trio. (Sweden) Bluebell ABCD 066, recorded 1920-71, partially Live Performances. - 7391711006621

V1658. HÅKAN HAGEGÅRD, w.Cillario & Ingebretsen Cond.: Songs by Söderman, Aulin, Althén, Hallén, Alfvén & Stenhammar; Arias from Così fan Tutte, Faust, Pagliacci, Rigoletto, Tannhäuser & Don Carlos. (Sweden) Caprice 21362, recorded 1975-88.

P0738. ARTURO BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI: Michelangeli, The Early Recordings, Vol. II, incl. Beethoven & Chopin, recorded 1939-41; w.Gracis Cond.: Piano Concerto #15 in B-flat, K.450 (Mozart), recorded 1951. (Germany) Naxos 8.112052. Transfers by Ward Marston. - 636943205273

OP2027. DIE WALKÜRE (in German!), Live Performance, 14 April, 1955 (Act III) & 18 Nov., 1956 (Acts I & II), w.Ehrling Cond. Stockholm Royal Opera Ensemble; Brigit Nilsson, Aase Nordmo-Løvberg, Set Svanholm, Sigurd Björling, Sven Nilsson, Kerstin Meyer, Elisabeth Söderström, Kjerstin Dellert, etc. (Sweden) 3-Caprice 21765. - 7391782217650

C0905. WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER Cond. Berlin Phil.: The Great Symphony #9 in C; Furtwängler Cond. Vienna Phil.: Unfinished Symphony #8 in b (both Schubert). (Germany) Naxos 8.111344, recorded 1950-51. Transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn. - 747313334421

V1381. Mozart in Stockholm, w.Birgit Nilsson, Aase Nordmo-Løvberg, Elisabeth Söderström, Birgit Nordin, Kerstin Meyer, Hjordis Schymberg, Erik Saedén, Carl-Axel Hallgren, Eva Prytz, Gösta & Sigurd Björling, Ingvar Wixell, Conny Söderström, Arne Tyrén, etc.; Gielen, Malmborg & Sandberg Cond. Royal Swedish Opera Ensemble: Don Giovanni, Zauberflöte & Nozze - Excerpts (all in Swedish). (Sweden) 2-Caprice CAP 22059, Live Performances, 1952-67, Stockholm. Final copy! - 7391782220599

P0736. MINDRU KATZ: Chopin, Enescu & Shostakovich, recorded 1958 & 1959; w.Barbirolli Cond. Hallé Orch.: Emperor Concerto #5 in E-flat, (Beethoven), recorded 1959. Cembal d’Amour 148. - 798167997966

P0737. MORDECAI SHEHORI: Kitten on the Keys, a program of 28 delightful Zez Confrey favorites. Cembal d’Amour 147. - 798167997959

DVD0423. HERBERT von KARAJAN Cond. Berlin Phil.: Die Meistersinger – Prelude (Wagner); Don Juan (Strauss); Symphony #5 in c (Beethoven). (Italy) Dynamic 33644, Live Performance, 3 Nov., 1957, Tokyo.

OP2024. RIGOLETTO, recorded 1960, w.Gavazzeni Cond. Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Ensemble; Ettore Bastianini, Alfredo Kraus, Renata Scotto, Fiorenza Cossotto, Ivo Vinco, etc. (Italy) 2-Urania 22.406. -8025726224068

OP2026. DER WILDSCHÜTZ (Lortzing), Live Performance, 31 Oct., 1960, w.Wallberg Cond. Vienna Staatsoper Ensemble; Irmgard Seefried, Waldemar Kmentt, Renate Holm, Karl Dönch, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Georg Völker, etc. (Austria) 2-Orfeo C 786 1021. - 4011790786223

OP2025. PRODANÁ NEVESTA (Bartered Bride) (Smetana) (in German), Live Performance, 11 Nov., 1960, w.Klobucar Cond. Vienna Staatsoper Ensemble; Irmgard Seefried, Waldemar Kmentt, Oskar Czerwenka, Hans Braun, Hilde Konetzni, Rosette Anday, Murray Dickie, etc. (Austria) 2-Orfeo C 785 0921. - 4011790785226

OP2020. LA TRAVIATA, Live Performance, 24 Jan., 1959, w.Adler Cond. Licia Albanese, Cesare Valletti, Mario Sereni, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0306. Specially priced. - 4035122653069

OP2021. DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER, Live Performance, 5 March, 1960, w.Schippers Cond. George London, Leonie Rysanek, Giorgio Tozzi, Karl Liebl, Belén Amparan & William Olvis. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0304. Specially priced. - 4035122653045

OP2019. DIE MEISTERSINGER, Live Performance, 7 March, 1959, w.Böhm Cond. Otto Edelmann, Giorgio Tozzi, Sebastian Feirsinger, Karl Dönch, Marko Rothmüller, Aase Nordmo-Løvberg, Regina Resnik, etc. (E.U.) 4-Walhall 0303. Specially priced. - 4035122653038

OP2022. LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN, Live Performance, 22 Dec., 1956, w.Schippers Cond. Richard Tucker, George London, Laurel Hurley, Lucine Amara, Charles Anthony, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0305. Specially priced. - 4035122653052

OP2018. L'ELISIR D’AMORE, Live Performance, 1962, w.Cillario Cond. Royal Phil. & Glyndebourne Ensemble; Mirella Freni, Luigi Alva, Enzo Sordello, Sesto Bruscantini, etc. (China) 2-Glyndebourne GFOCD 005-62, Gatefold Edition w.Elaborate 218pp. hardcover book featuring libretto, illus. & numerous photos. Specially priced. - 878280000054

S0437. MATITIAHU BRAUN: Works for Solo Violin and Solo Viola, incl. von Biber, Bach, Prokofiev, Varga & Sung. 2–MSR MS 1336. - 681585133620

OP2017. IL TEMPLARIO (Nicolai), Live Performance, 7 March, 2008, Chemnitz, w.Beermann Cond. Kouta Räsänen, Stanley Jackson, Judith Kuhn, Andreas Kindschuh, Hans Christoph Begemann, André Riemer & Tiina Penttinen. (Germany) 2-CPO 7774342, w.Elaborate 139pp. Libretto-Brochure, Slipcase Edition. - 761203743421

DVD0421. MAY NIGHT (Rimsky-Korsakov), w.Korobov Cond. Stanislavsky & Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Ensemble; Dmitry Ulyanov, Oleg Polpudin, Natalia Vladimirskaya, Irina Chistyakova, Vyacheslav Voynarovsky, Anatoly Loshak, Valeria Zaytseva, etc. VAI 4510, Live Performance, 9 March, 2008. - 089948451099

DVD0420. IOLANTA (Tchaikovsky), w.Vardanian Cond. Bolshoi Theatre Ensemble; Galina Kalinina, Artur Eisen, Lev Kuznetsov, Igor Morozov, Vladimir Malchenko, Nina Grigorieva, etc. VAI 4514, Live Performance, 1982.

V1654. MARGARET SHERIDAN: Songs by Tosti, Lang, Colahan, Moore, Claribel, Hughes, etc.; The Bohemian Girl – I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls (Balfe). (England) Cheyne 44501, recorded 1926-49, plus six Previously Unpublished Decca Test Pressings, 1949. Produced by John Wolfson.

P0729. BÉLA BARTÓK: Mikrokosmos – Excerpts (Played by the Composer); BÉLA BARTÓK & JOSEPH SZIGETI: Rhapsody #1 (Acc. by the Composer); BÉLA BARTÓK, JOSEPH SZIGETI & BENNY GOODMAN: Contrasts (Acc. by the Composer). (Germany) Naxos 8.111343, recorded 1940. Transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn. - 747313334322

C0903. FRITZ BUSCH Cond. BBC S.O.: Linz Symphony #36 in C, K.425 (Mozart); Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche; FRITZ BUSCH Cond. London Phil.: Don Juan (both Strauss); FRITZ BUSCH Cond. Glyndebourne Festival Orch.: Overtures to Don Giovanni, Nozze & Così fan Tutte. (England) Guild 2356, recorded 1934-36. - 795754235623

C0902. IGOR MARKEVITCH Cond. RIAS S.O.: Daphnis et Chloé – Suite #2 (Debussy); Le Sacre du Printemps (Stravinsky); Symphony #5 in D (Honegger). (Germany) Audite 95.605, Broadcast Performances, 1952. - 4022143956057

OP2014. MANON LESCAUT, recorded 1957, w.Serafin Cond. La Scala Ensemble; Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Giulio Fioravanti, Franco Calabrese, Dino Formichini, Fiorenza Cossotto, etc.; Giuseppe di Stefano: Puccini Arias. (Germany) 2-Naxos 8.112031/32. Transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn. - 636943203170

V1653. JOSEF METTERNICH: Arias & Duets (w.Köth, Muszely, Schock & Schwarzkopf) from L’Africaine, Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Lucia, La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Forza, Don Carlos, Otello, Tosca & Arabella. (Austria) Preiser 93467, recorded 1954-58. - 717281934671

OP2009. SAMSON ET DALILA, Live Performance, 14 March, 1953, w.Cleva Cond. Risë Stevens, Ramón Vinay, Sigurd Björling, Norman Scott, Luben Vichey, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0292. Specially priced. - 4035122652925

OP2010. RIGOLETTO, Live Performance, 28 March, 1959, w.Cleva Cond. Leonard Warren, Eugenio Fernandi, Roberta Peters, William Wilderman, Margaret Roggero, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0291. Specially priced. - 4035122652918

OP2007. PARSIFAL, Live Performance, 7 Aug., 1959, w.Knappertsbusch Cond. Bayreuth Festival Ensemble; Hans Beirer, Eberhard Waechter, Jerome Hines, Toni Blankenheim, Josef Greindl, Martha Mödl, etc. (E.U.) 4-Walhall 0295. Specially priced. - 4035122652956

OP2011. FRANCESCA DA RIMINI, Live Performance, 4 June, 1959, w.Gavazzeni Cond. La Scala Ensemble; Magda Olivero, Mario del Monaco, Pinuccia Perotti, Enrico Campi, Giampiero Malaspina, etc. (E.U.) 2-Myto 00240. Specially priced. - 0801439902404

OP2013. OEDIPUS DER TYRANN (Orff), Live Performance, 11 Dec., 1959, w.Leitner Cond. Stuttgart Staatsoper Ensemble; Gerhard Stolze, Fritz Wunderlich, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Hans Baur, Astrid Varnay, etc. (E.U.) 2-Myto 00238. Specially priced. - 0801439902381

DVD0419. MAX LORENZ: Max Lorenz, Wagner’s Mastersinger – Hitler’s Siegfried. (E.U.) Medici Arts 2056928, A Film by Eric Schulz & Claus Wischmann, w.Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Klaus Geitel, Walter Herrmann, Waldemar Kmentt, René Kollo, Lieselott Tietjen, Hilde Zadek & Michael Wessolowski, 1 DVD & 1 CD, the latter featuring SIEGFRIED – Act I (Complete) & Act II (Excerpts), Live Performance, 1938, Buenos Aires.

OP2006. FIERRABRAS (Schubert), Broadcast Performance, 1959, w.Müller-Kray Cond. Radio Bern Ensemble; Fritz Wunderlich, Hetty Plümacher, Otto von Rohr, Sieglinde Kahmann, etc. (E.U.) Myto 00192. Specially priced. - 8014399501927

V1638. ANTONIO PAOLI: Arias from Guillaume Tell, Le Cid, Les Huguenots, Robert le Diable, Le Prophète, La Gioconda, Déjanire, Iris, Poliuto, Andrea Chénier, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore & Otello – recorded 1907-11; Paoli, Huguet, Cigada, Badini, Gætano Pini-Corsi, etc.: PAGLIACCI (Supervised by the Composer), recorded 1907. (France) 2–Malibran 726. - 7600003777263

V1643. ANTONIO MANCA SERRA: Arias & Duets (w.Roman, Sawyer, Tatozzi, Cesarini, Sarri, Mazziotti & Sacchi) from Il Trovatore, Aïda, Otello & Andrea Chénier. (Austria) Preiser 89732, recorded 1951-52. - 717281897327

V1642. ANSELMO COLZANI: Arias & Duets (w.Wilson, Corridori & Campora) from Lucia, Ernani, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, Forza & La Gioconda. (Austria) Preiser 89731, recorded 1952-57. - 717281897310

V1641. LAURITZ MELCHIOR, w.Ormandy, McArthur & Leinsdorf Cond.: Wesendonck Lieder – Schmerzen & Träume; Arias & Duets (w.Flagstad, Varnay & Janssen) from Rienzi, Der Fliegende Holländer, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Die Meistersinger, Tristan, Parsifal, Die Walküre, Siegfried & Götterdämmerung. (Austria) 2-Preiser 89242, recorded 1938-42, partially Unpublished. - 717281892421

V1640. HIPÓLITO LÁZARO: Arias from I Puritani, La Favorita, Martha, Manon, Faust, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, L’Africaine, Aïda, Tosca, Mefistofele, Andrea Chénier & La Fanciulla del West; Eili, Eili. (Austria) Preiser 89147, recorded 1916-26. - 717281891479

OP1999. FAUST, Live Performance, 19 Dec., 1959, w.Morel Cond. Jussi Björling, Elisabeth Söderström, Cesare Siepi, Robert Merrill, Mildred Miller, etc. (E.U.) 2-Myto 00174. Specially priced. - 8014399501743

OP2000. DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER, Live Performance, 1959, w.Sawallisch Cond. Bayreuth Festival Ensemble; Josef Greindl, Leonie Rysanek, George London, Fritz Uhl, etc. (E.U.) 2-Myto 00232. Specially priced. - 0801439902329

OP2001. DIE MEISTERSINGER, Live Performance, 1959, w.Leinsdorf Cond. Bayreuth Festival Ensemble; Otto Weiner, Josef Greindl, Rudolf Schock, Gerhard Stolze, Elisabeth Grümmer, etc. (E.U.) 4-Myto 00233. Specially priced. - 0801439902336

OP2002. LOHENGRIN (in Italian), Live Performance, 8 Sept., 1959, w.Leitner Cond. RAI Ensemble, Milano; Sándor Kónya, Marcella Pobbe, Laura Didier, Aldo Protti, Paolo Dari, etc. (E.U.) 3-Myto 00224. Specially priced. - 0801439902244

V1637. ROLF BJÖRLING, w.Cillario, Varviso, Shapirra & Ingebretsen Cond.: Arias & Scenes (w.Malmborg, Hallin, Ericson, Aruhn, Jacobson, Rundgren, etc.) from Il Trovatore, Aïda, Rigoletto, La Boheme, Pagliacci & Turandot. (Sweden) Bluebell ABCD 111, Live Performances, 1964-81, Stockholm. - 7391711011120

V1636. SET SVANHOLM, BIRGIT NILSSON & SIGURD BJÖRLING, w.Grevillius, Ehrling, Larsson, Mann & Sandberg Cond.: Arias from Barbiere, Der Freischütz, Die Meistersinger, Otello, Die Walküre, Götterdämmerung & Ariadne auf Naxos; Kung Heimer och Aslög (Söderman). (Sweden) Bluebell ABCD 058, Live Performances, 1943-58, Stockholm. Final copy! - 7391711005822

V1633. CONCHITA SUPERVIA: The Complete Conchita Supervia, Vol. IV: Odeon / Ultraphone recordings, incl. Songs & Arias by Cotarelo, Tabuyo, Pittaluga, Rodrigo, Alonso, Marquina, Godes, Morera, Bou, Rubinstein, Hernández, Lamote de Grignon, Espigul, Romero, de Aquino, Diaz Giles, Mediavilla, Martinez Valls, de la Rosa, Gaztambide, Serrano, Granados, Giménez, Fuste, Maduro, Valverde, Barta, Toldrá, Nin & Álvarez; Arias from Lehár’s FRASQUITA. 2-Marston 52061, recorded 1932-33. Transfers by Ward Marston. Booklet features discographic information, photos & extensive notes by Ivor Newton. - 63833520612z

PE0170. The Birth and Rise of the Recording Industry in Canada, incl Emile Berliner, Oliver Berliner (Emile Berliner’s grandson), Robert Price, Hector Pellerin, Henry Burr, Conrad Gauthier, George Wade, Wilf Carter, Jean Lafonde, Lucille Dumont, Mart Kenney, Alys Robi, Fernand Robidoux, Paul Brunelle, Albert Viau, François Brunet, Willie Lamothe, Oscar Peterson, Le trio Soucy, Jacques Normand, Hank Snow, Jen Roger, Raymond Berthlaume, Les Jérolas, Raoul Jobin & Wilfrid Pelletier. (Canada) Gala GAL-112, recorded 1903-59, featuring an Elaborate 79pp. Slipcase Edition with Illustrated Book w.Numerous photographs. - 777078916044

V1631. MAX LORENZ, w.Furtwängler, Böhm, Ludwig, Krips, Kleiber, Reichwein & Kempe Cond.: Arias from Ballo, Aïda, Otello, Palestrina, Tristan, Die Meistersinger, Parsifal, Siegfried & Götterdämmerung. (Austria) Preiser 91167, recorded 1937-55, partially Live Performances. - 717281911672

C0880. WILLEM MENGELBERG Cond. Radio-Paris Orch.: Anacreon – Overture (Cherubini); Symphony in d (Franck); w.Paul Tortelier: Cello Concerto in b (Dvorák). (France) 2-Malibran 188, Live Performance, 16 Jan., 1944, Théâtre des Champs Élysées. - 7600003771889

C0881. WILLEM MENGELBERG Cond. Radio-Paris Orch.: Le Carnaval romain – Overture (Berlioz); Pathétique Symphony #6 in b (Tchaikovsky); w.Alfred Cortot: Piano Concerto #2 in f (Chopin). (France) 2-Malibran 189, Live Performance, 20 Jan., 1944, Théâtre des Champs Élysées. - 7600003771896

P0669. The Dawn of Recording – The Julius Block Cylinders, incl. the only known recordings of Leo & Jules Conus, Anton Arensky, Paul Pabst, Sergei Taneyev, Anna Essipova, Jan Hrímalý, Anatoly Brandukov, Paul Juon, Sandra Droucker, Vladimir Wilschaw, Leonid Kreutzer, Waldemar Liachowsky, Joseph & Michael Press. There are also the earliest surviving recordings of Jascha Heifetz, Eddy Brown, Egon Petri, Josef Hofmann, Maria Ivanova Gutheil, Elizaveta Lavrovskaya, Nikolai Figner, Mlle Nikita (Louisa Margaret Nicholson), Vasily Samus, Adele Borghi, Maria Klimentova, Eugenia Jurjevna Werdan, Lavrentii Donskoi, Evgeny Dolinin, Thérèse Leschetizkaya-Dolinina & Elena Gerhardt (w.Arthur Nikisch). Also featuring the speaking voices of Elena Gerhardt, Arthur Nikisch, Leo Tolstoy, Countess Sofia Andreevna Tolstaya, Pyotor Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Julius Block, Anton Rubinstein, etc. Transfers by Ward Marston. Exhaustive notes by John Anthony Maltese, Gregor Benko & Ward Marston, featuring informative thumbnail biographies & photos of each artist represented. Starting in 1889, that which is now recognized as one of the earliest dates to record music, Julius Block recorded some of the most important artists and personalities of his time on cylinder. His cylinders range in date from 1889 to 1927, and were recorded in Russia, Germany, and Switzerland. This three-CD set includes artists who have previously remained "silent" and will change the conception of many artists whose discographies up until now were thought to be complete. 3-Marston 53011. - 638335301129

S0434. GEORGES ENESCU: The Columbia recordings, incl. Corelli, Handel, Pugnani, Chausson & Kreisler; w.Chailley Richez (Pf.): Violin Sonata #3 in a (Played by the Composer). (Japan) Opus Kura 2086, recorded 1929 & 1950. - 4582158680861

P0727. VAN CLIBURN: British National Anthem; Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, Liszt & Prokofiev. (England) 2–Testament SBT2 1445, Live Performance, 7 June, 1959, Royal Festival Hall, London. - 749677144524

C0889. KARL BÖHM Cond. RIAS S.O.: Symphony #4 in B-flat; w.Wilhelm Backhaus: Piano Concerto #4 in G (both Beethoven). (Germany) Audite 95.610, Broadcast Performances, 1952/’50, resp. - 4022143956101

V1628. TERESA STICH-RANDALL, w.Jouve Cond.: Arias from Idomeneo, Nozze, Così & Zauberflöte – recorded 1956, Ducretet-Thomson; w.Rosbaud Cond.: Arias from Entführung – Live Performance, 1954, Aix-en-Provence; Teresa Stich-Randall & Nicolai Gedda: Duets from Don Giovanni – recorded 1956. (Austria) Preiser 93469. - 717281934695

S0410. SZYMON GOLDBERG, w.Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Marcia Curcio, Victor Babin, Brooks Smith, Beveridge Webster & Artur Balsam (Pfs.), w.Pablo Casals, Zara Nelsova, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, van Beinum, Mitropoulos, Steinberg & Szymon Goldberg Cond.: Szymon Goldberg Centenary Edition of non-commercial recordings. (E.U.) 8–Music & Arts 1223. Transfers by Lani Spahr & Hitoshi Hanzawa. Specially priced. Recently returned to stock! - 017685122323

OP1993. LA TRAVIATA, Live Performance, 1 Jan. 1955, w.Cleva Cond. Licia Albanese, Giacinto Prandelli, Ettore Bastianini, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0284. Specially priced. - 4035122652840

OP1998. I PAGLIACCI, Live Performance, 13 April, 1957, Boston, w.Cleva Cond. Kurt Baum, Robert Merrill, Lucine Amara, Frank Guarrera, etc. (E.U.) Walhall 0286. Specially priced. - 4035122652864

V1625. PIERRE LE HEMONET: Songs by Yvain & Postford-Grün; Arias & Duets (w.Pancrazi & Burles) from Barbiere, Carmen, Manon, Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Roméo, Mireille, Faust, Rip, Les Mousquetaires au Couvent, Les Cloches de Corneville & I Pagliacci. (France) Malibran 723. - 7600003777232

V1627. BENITA VALENTE, w.Richard Goode, Rudolf Serkin, Lydia Artymiw (Pfs.); Harold Wright (Clarinet); Alexander Schneider & David Effron Cond.: Mozart, Handel, Schubert, Brahms, Wolf, Debussy & Obradors. Bridge 9316, recorded 1970-89, partially Live Performances. - 090404931628

OP1997. LE SONGE D’UNE NUIT D’ÉTÉ (Thomas), Broadcast Performance, 1956, w.Rosenthal Cond. Janine Micheau, Henri Legay, Xavier Depraz, Odette Turba-Rabier, Michel Hamel & André Vessières, etc. (France) 2–Malibran 724. - 7600003777249

PE0169. WEST SIDE STORY (Bernstein), Original 1957 Broadway Cast, incl. Goberman Cond. Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence, Mickey Calin, Ken Le Roy, Chita Rivera, Marilyn Cooper, Reri Grist, etc.; On the Waterfront - Excerpts, w.Morris Stoloff & Ron Goodwin Cond., recorded 1954. (Germany) Naxos Musicals 8.120887. Transfers by David Lennick. - 636943288726

OP1994. LA GIOCONDA, Live Performance, 20 April, 1957, w.Cleva Cond. Zinka Milanov, Gianni Poggi, Leonard Warren, Cesare Siepi, Nell Rankin, Belén Amparán, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0296. Specially priced. - 4035122652963

OP1992. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, Live Performance, 1 March, 1958, w.Stiedry Cond. Ramón Vinay, Margaret Harshaw, Blanche Thebom, Otto Edelmann, Walter Cassel, etc. (Germany) 3-Walhall 0281. Specially priced. - 4035122652819

PE0104. Cabaret in Exile, Berlin - Paris, incl. Songs by Werner Richard Heymann, Franz Wachsmann (Waxman), Mischa Spoliansky, Friedrich Holländer (Frederick Hollander), Kurt Weil, Rudolf (Rudi) Nelson & René Dorian as sung by The Comedian Harmonists, Lyse Gauty (Alice Gautier), Suzy Solidor, Marianne Oswald, Leila ben Sédira, José Luccioni, Henri Garat, Mistinguett, Berthe Sylva, Florelle, Damia, Maurice Chevalier & Jean Gabin. (France) Malibran 650. - 3760003776506

OP1990. DON CARLOS, Live Performance, 4 April, 1959, w.Cleva Cond. Giulio Gari, Robert Merrill, Jerome Hines, Hermann Uhde, Leonie Rysanek, Blanche Thebom, Martina Arroyo, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0276. Specially priced. - 4035122652765

OP1981. DIE MEISTERSINGER, Live Performance, 2 Dec., 1939, w.Leinsdorf Cond. Friedrich Schorr, Charles Kullman, Emanuel List, Karl Laufkoetter, Walter Olitzki, Irene Jessner, Karin Branzell, etc.; Friedrich Schorr, w.Barbirolli Cond. London S.O.: Elijah – Herr Gott Abrahams (Mendelssohn), recorded 1931. (Canada) 3–Immortal Performances 1001. Transfers by Richard Caniell. - 625989614620

V1622. TINA DESANA: The Complete Recordings, incl. Arias from Otello, Forza, Zazà, Fedora, Ruy Blas, Iris & Tannhäuser; Portami via. (England) Cheyne 44500, recorded 1908-10.

OP1991. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Live Performance, Boston, 13 April, 1957, w.Cleva Cond. Zinka Milanov, Richard Tucker, Frank Valentino, Rosalind Elias, etc. (E.U.) Walhall 0288. Specially priced. - 4035122652888

OP1988. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, Live Performance, 13 Dec., 1951, w.de Sabata Cond. La Scala Ensemble; Max Lorenz, Gertrude Grob-Prandl, Elsa Cavelti, Sven Nilsson, Sigurd Björling, etc. (E.U.) 3-Myto 00219. Primitive sound. - 0801439902190

V1619. BIDÚ SAYÃO, w.Voorhees, Merola, Stopak, Breisach & Barlow Cond.: Songs by Saint-Saëns, Delibes, Serradel, Rimsky-Korsakov, Villa-Lobos, Hughes, Charles, Vene, Bernstein, Bayley-Sandoval, Liza Lehmann, etc.; Arias from Nozze, Guglielmo Tell, Roméo, La Boheme & O Éscravo. Cembal d’Amour 144, Broadcast Performances, 1944-53. - 798167997911

V1620. BIDÚ SAYÃO, w.Reiner, St Leger, Whiteman, Voorhees & Barlow Cond.: Songs by Pergolesi, Martini, Arditi, Traetta, Ponce, Crist, Fauré, Grieg, Dvorák, Scott, Young, Niles, Watts, Coward, etc.; Arias from Barbiere, Semiramide, Carmen, Manon & La Traviata. Cembal d’Amour 145, Broadcast Performances, 1942-53. - 798167997935

C0884. DIMITRI MITROPOULOS Cond. Vienna Philharmonic: Symphony #6 in a – Andante; Symphony #9 in D – Final Movement; w.Cörtse, Zadek, West, Malaniuk, Zampieri, Prey & Edelmann: Symphony #8 in E-flat (all Mahler), Live Performance, 28 Aug., 1960, Salzburg. (Canada) 2–Immortal Performances 1005. Transfers by Richard Caniell. - 625989619427

OP1984. COSÌ FAN TUTTE, Broadcast Performance, 5 July, 1951, w.Busch Cond. Glyndebourne Festival Ensemble; Sena Jurinac, Alice Howland, Isa Quensel, Richard Lewis, Marko Rothmüller & Sesto Bruscantini. (Canada) 2–Immortal Performances 1004. Transfers by Richard Caniell, in association with Brüder Busch Archiv. - 625989627620

OP1985. FIDELIO, Broadcast Performance, 10 & 17 Dec., 1944, w.Toscanini Cond. NBC S.O.; Rose Bampton, Jan Peerce, Herbert Janssen, Nicola Moscona, Eleanor Steber, Sidor Belarsky, etc.; Toscanini Cond. NBC S.O.: Leonore Overture #2, Broadcast Performance, 25 Sept., 1945; Interview with Rose Bampton. (Canada) 2–Immortal Performances 1007. Transfers by Richard Caniell. - 625989620522

DVD0416. L’ORFEO (Monteverdi), w.Christie Cond. Les Arts Florissants Ensemble; Dietrich Henschel, Maria Grazia Schiavo, Sonia Prina, Luigi de Donato, Antonio Abete & Agustin Prunell-Friend, etc. (Italy) Dynamic 33598, Live Performance, 2008, Teatro Real, Madrid. Director, set & costume designer: Pier Luigi Pizzi. Interviews with Christie, Pizzi, Henschel & Schiavo.

OP1968. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, Live Performance, 21 May, 1957, Firenze, w.Rodzinski Cond. Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Ensemble; Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen, Grace Hoffman, Otto von Rohr, Gustav Neidlinger, Robert Lauhöfer, etc.; Rodzinski Cond. NYPO: Excerpts from Das Rheingold, Siegfried & Götterdämmerung; w.Helen Traubel, Herbert Janssen, Margaret Harshaw, etc.: Die Walküre – Act III, Live Performance, 25 Nov., 1945, Carnegie Hall; Rodzinski Cond. RAI S.O., w.Gré Brouwenstijn & Eberhard Wächter: Tannhäuser – Excerpts – Live Performance, 21 May, 1957. (Portugal) 4-Gala 100.665. - 8712177054343

DVD0418. I DUE FIGARO (Carafa), Live Performance, 2006, Bad Wildbad, w.Cohen Cond. Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella di Napoli Ensemble; Giorgio Trucco, Eunshil Kim, Carmine Monaco, Simon Bailey, Cinzia Rizzone, Vittorio Prato, etc. (Italy) Bongiovanni AB 20015.

OP1983. ALESSANDRO (de Majo), recorded 2009: Ceccherimi Cond. Nationaltheaterorchester Mannheim Ensemble; Lars Møller, Marie-Belle Sandis, Cornelia Ptassek, Iris Kupke, etc. (Germany) 2–Coviello 20911. Slipcase Edition, w.Elaborate 67pp. libretto-brochure. - 4039956209119

OP1955. LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN, Live Performance, 6 Aug., 1981, Salzburg, w.Levine Cond. Vienna Staatsoper Ensemble; Plácido Domingo, Catherine Malfitano, Ann Murray, José van Dam, etc. (Germany) 3-Orfeo Stereo C 793 093D. - 4011790793320

DVD0417. MARCO SPADA [o La Figlia del Bandito] (Auber), Live Performance, 8 Jan., 1982, w.Ventura Cond. Rome Opera Orch; Rudolf Nureyev, Ghislaine Thesmar, etc. (Italy) Hardy 4040.

S0429. GIOCONDA de VITO, w.Beecham Cond. Royal Phil.: Violin Concerto #3 in G, K.216 (Mozart), recorded 1949; w.van Kempen Cond.: Violin Concerto in D (Brahms), recorded 25 May, 1941, Berlin. (Germany) Naxos 8.111349. Transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn. - 747313334926

S0430. La Fête à Stradivarius: GIOCONDA de VITO, w.Jochum Cond. Bayerischen Rundfunks S.O.: Concerto in D (Brahms), recorded 15 Nov., 1956; IDA HAENDEL w.Scaglia Cond. RAI S.O., Roma: Concerto #5 in A, K.219 (Mozart), recorded 11 Jan., 1958; ZINO FRANCESCATTI, w.Previtali Cond. RAI S.O., Torino: Concerto in e (Mendelssohn), recorded 18 Dec., 1953; CHRISTIAN FERRAS, w.Argento Cond. Scarlatti Orch. di Napoli: Concerto #4 in D, K.218 (Mozart), recorded 21 Feb, 1958. (France) 2-Tahra TAH 670/71. - 3504129067014

OP1976. DON GIOVANNI, Live Performance, 14 Feb., 1959, w.Böhm Cond. George London, Ezio Flagello, Cesare Valletti, Eleanor Steber, Lisa della Casa, Laurel Hurley, etc. (E.U.) 3-Walhall 0275. Specially priced. - 4035122652758

P0715. MARIA YUDINA: Sonata #12 in A-flat, Op.26; Sonata #28 in A, Op.101, recorded 1958, Moscow; Hammerkalvier Sonata #29 in B-flat, Op.106, recorded 1954, Moscow (all Beethoven). (England) Appian APR 5670. Transfers by Bryan Crimp. - 5024709156702

OP1973. ZAIRA (Bellini), Live Performance, 1990, Catania, w.Olmi Cond. Teatro Massimo Bellini; Katia Ricciarelli, Ramón Vargas, Simone Alaimo, Alexandra Papadjakou, etc. (Italy) 2-Nuova Era 232890, w.103pp. Libretto-Brochure. - 4011222328908

DVD0415. CYRANO DE BERGERAC (Alfano), Live Performance, 2007, Valencia, w.Fournillier Cond. Comunitat Valenciana Ensemble; Plácido Domingo, Sondra Radvanovsky, Arturo Chacón Cruz, Rod Gilfry, etc. (Canada) Naxos 2.110270.

P0714. FRIEDRICH GULDA: Friedrich Gulda – The Early Recordings, incl. Beethoven, Debussy, Ravel, Chopin & Prokofiev; w.Markevitch Cond. RIAS S.O.: Concerto #24 in c, K.191 (Mozart). (Germany) 4-Audite 21.404, recorded 1950-59. Boxed Set. Specially priced. - 402143214045

C0874. OSKAR FRIED Cond. Berlin Staatsoper Orch.: Symphony #7 in E (Bruckner); Fried Cond. Berlin Staatsoper Orch. & Chorus: Excerpts from Der Fliegende Holländer, Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, Der Freischütz & Cavalleria. Music & Arts 1231, recorded 1924-27. - 017685123122

V1605. VANNI-MARCOUX: Arias from Don Giovanni, La Damnation de Faust, Mignon, Hamlet, Cléopätre, Don Quixote, Panurge, Pelléas, Monna Vanna, Louise, Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame, La Boheme, Don Carlos & Boris Godounov. (Austria) Preiser 89728, recorded 1924-34. - 717281897280

V1604. WOLFGANG WINDGASSEN, w.Heger, Leitner, Rother & Ludwig Cond.: Arias & Duets (w.Astrid Varnay) from Tannhäuser, Die Walküre, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung, Tiefland & Der Wildschütz. (Austria) Preiser 93457, recorded 1950-55. - 717281934572

B0149. RENATA SCOTTO. Scotto, More than a Diva [Autobiography]. Garden City, Doubleday, 1984. 245pp. Index; Discography; Photos; DJ.

B0150. ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF. On and off the Record, A Memoir of Walter Legge, (Autobiography) [Introduction by von Karajan]. New York, Scribners, 1982. 292pp. Index; Discography; Photos; DJ. Legge's incisive reviews of performers incl. Beecham, Bos, Callas, dal Monte, de los Angeles, Fischer-Dieskau, Flagstad, Furtwängler, Gerhardt, Ginster, Guilbert, Ivogün, Jeritza, von Karajan, Kipnis, Lehmann, Olczewska, Ponselle, Schumann, Schwarzkopf, Toscanini, Walter, etc.

B0151. Jacqueline du Pré - Her Life, Her Music, Her Legend. Elizabeth Wilson. New York, Arcade, 1999. 466pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos; DJ. - 9781559704908

B0152. (CALLAS) Jürgen Kesting. Maria Callas. Boston, Northeastern University Press, 1993. 416pp. Index; Bibliography; Discography; Photos; DJ. - 9781555531799

B0153. Callas at Juilliard - The Master Classes. John Ardoin. New York, Knopf, 1987. 300pp. Illus.; DJ. - 9780394563671

B0155. BEVERLY, An Autobiography. Beverly Sills & Lawrence Linderman. New York, Bantam Books, 1987. 356pp. Index; Photos; DJ. (Factory Sealed) - 9780553051735

B0156. Marian Anderson, An Annotated Bibliography and Discography. Janet L. Sims. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1981. 243pp. Index; Awards and Honors; LP discography; Career activities; Personal data; Illus.

B0157. ANNA RUSSELL. I'm not making this up, you know [Autobiography]. New York, Continuum, 1985. 246pp. Photos; DJ.

B0158. (MELBA) Therese Radic. Melba, the Voice of Australia. Melbourne, MMB Music, 1986. 214pp. Index; Bibliography; Discography; Chronology; Photos; DJ.

B0159. BEVERLY SILLS. Bubbles, A Self-Portrait. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1976. 240pp. Index; Numerous Photos; DJ. This is the very first printing, quickly withdrawn, whose first sentence reads: "When I was only three, and still Belle Miriam Silverman, I sang my first aria in pubic".

B0160. GRACE MOORE. You're only human once [Autobiography]. Garden City, Doubleday, 1944. 275pp.

B0161. (JACQUELINE du PRÉ) CAROL EASTON. Jacqueline du Pré, A Life. New York, Summit Books, 1989. 224pp. Index; Photos; DJ. - 9780671695910

B0162. NATHAN MILSTEIN; & Solomon Volkov. From Russia to the West, Musical Memoirs and Reminiscences. New York, Henry Holt, 1990. 282pp. Index; Photos; DJ. - 9780805009743

B0165. (RAMPAL;) JEAN-PIERRE RAMPAL. Music, my love (Autobiography). New York, Random House, 1989. 193pp. Photos; DJ. - 9780394565781

B0166. (CONSTANT LAMBERT) Richard Shead. Constant Lambert, with a Memoir by Anthony Powell. London, Simon Publications, 1973. 208pp. Index; List of compositions; Discography; Bibliography; List of Concerts for the BBC third program; Photos; Illus.; DJ.

B0167. PAUL TORTELIER. Paul Tortelier, A self-portrait in conversation with David Blum. London, Heinemann, 1984. 270pp. Index; Discography; Photos; Illus.; DJ. - 9780434788606

B0168. (BERNSTEIN;) Meryle Secrest. Leonard Bernstein - A Life. New York, Knopf, 1994. 470pp. Index; Photos; DJ. - 9780679407317

B0169. (LEONARD BERNSTEIN) Joan Peyser. Bernstein: A Biography. New York, William Morrow, 1987. 481pp. Index; Photos; DJ.

B0170. (LEONARD BERNSTEIN) Humphrey Burton. Leonard Bernstein. New York, Doubleday, 1994. 594pp. Index; bibliography; Principal compositions & first performance dates; Principal events; Photos; DJ. - 9780385423458

B0171. ERICH LEINSDORF. Cadenza, A Musical Career (Autobiography). Boston, Houghton-Mifflin, 1976. 321pp. Index; Photos; DJ. Truly a delicious book of Music-World invective, understandably short-lived! - 6-89883

B0172. ALBERT SPALDING. Ton Albert qui t'adore - The courtship letters of Albert Spalding to Mary V. Pyle [1919], (Edited by Suzanne Spalding Winston). Privately printed (Edition of 1000 copies) at Canaan, NH, Phoenix Publishing, 1988. 109pp. Photos; DJ.

B0173. ISAAC STERN & Chaim Potok. My First 79 Years. New York, Knopf, 1999. 317pp. Index; Photos; DJ. Knopf presentation copy, w.bookplate with facsimile Stern autograph. - 9780679451303

B0174. (HANS HOTTER) Penelope Turing. Hans Hotter, Man and Artist. New York, Riverrun Press, 1983. 280pp. Index; Discography; List of Operatic Repertoire; Chronology; Photos; DJ.

B0175. (ENRICO CARUSO) Howard S. Greenfeld. Caruso, An Illustrated Life. North Pomfret, VT, Trafalgar Square Publishing, 1991. 192pp. Index; Bibliography; Chronology; Profusely Illustrated w.Numerous Photos, many unusual; DJ.

B0178. (VLADIMIR HOROWITZ) Harold C. Schonberg. Horowitz, His Life and Music. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1992. 427pp. Index; Exhaustive Discography; Photos; DJ. - 9780671725686

OP1960. LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Live Performance, 1 March, 1952, w.Reiner Cond. Victoria de los Angeles, Nadine Conner, Mildred Miller, Cesare Siepi, Giuseppe Valdengo, Salvatore Baccaloni, Alessio de Paolis, Jean Madeira, Roberta Peters, etc. (E.U.) 2-Myto 00216. Specially priced. - 0801439902169

P0708. NOEL MEWTON-WOOD, w.Goehr Cond. Utrecht S.O.: Piano Concerto (Bliss); w.Goehr Cond.Residentie Orch.: Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments (Stravinsky); w.Goehr Cond. Concert Hall S.O., w.Harry Sevenstern (Trumpet): Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings (Shostakovich). (UK) BMS101CDH, recorded 1952-53. Transfers by Bryan Crimp. - 5060212960016

S0426. FRITZ KREISLER: The Complete G & T & Victor Recordings, Vol. I, incl. Bach, Tchaikovsky, Sulzer, Schubert, François Schubert, Rameau, Massenet, Smetana, Dvorák, Brahms, Cottenet, Foster & Kreisler. (Germany) Naxos 8.112053, recorded 1904 & 1910. Transfers by Ward Marston. - 636943205372

OP1967. LA SONNAMBULA, recorded 1957, w.Votto Cond. La Scala Ensemble; Maria Callas, Nicola Monti, Nicola Zaccaria, Fiorenza Cossotto & Eugenia Ratti; Maria Callas: Arias from Medea & La Vestale. (Germany) 2-Naxos 8.111284/85. Transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn. - 747313328420

OP1966. IL PIRATA (Bellini), Live Performance, 27 Jan., 1959, Carnegie Hall, w.Rescigno Cond. American Opera Society Ensemble; Maria Callas, Pier Miranda Ferraro, Constantino Ego, etc. (E.U.) 2-Myto 00180. Specially priced. - 8014399501804

OP1958. GIANNI SCHICCHI, Live Performance, 8 Feb., 1958, w.Mitropoulos Cond. Fernando Corena, Laurel Hurley, Belén Amparan, Charles Anthony, Nicola Moscona, Thelma Votipka & Ezio Flagello. (E.U.) Myto 00225. Specially priced. - 0801439902251

OP1945. CARMEN, Live Performance, 16 Feb., 1952, w.Reiner Cond. Risë Stevens, Richard Tucker, Nadine Conner, Paolo Silveri, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0283. Specially priced. - 4035122652833

OP1944. MIGNON, Live Performance, 27 Jan., 1945, w.Pelletier Cond. Risë Stevens, James Melton, Ezio Pinza, Mimi Benzell, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0287. Specially priced. - 4035122652871

OP1943. GUGLIELMO TELL, Live Performance, 20 April, 1953, Hilversum, w.Lohoff Cond. Omroep Orkest Ensemble; w.Antonio Salvarezza, Scipio Colombo, Marisa Mari, Guus Hoekman, etc.; La Petite Messe Solennelle (Rossini), Live Performance, 1955, Roma, w.Fasano Cond. Caterina Mancini, Oralia Dominguez, Giuseppe Berdini & Mario Petri; Armida – excerpts (Rossini), Live Performance, 26 April, 1952, Firenze, w.Serafin Cond. Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Ensemble; Maria Callas, Mario Filippeschi, Alessandro Ziliani, Antonio Salvarezza, etc.; Il Trovatore – Excerpts, w.Santini Cond. Rome Opera Ensemble; Antonio Salvarezza, Caterina Mancini, Franca Sacchi & Rolando Panerai; Tosca – Excerpts, BBC Broadcast, 4 May, 1947, w.Erede Cond. New London Orch.; Margherita Grandi & Antonio Salvarezza; BBC Broadcast, 1948, w.Boult Cond. BBC S.O.; Margherita Grandi: Tosca – Vissi d’arte; Margherita Grandi, w.Erede Cond. Royal Phil. Orch.: Don Carlos – Tu che le vanità – recorded 7 Feb., 1948. (Portugal) 4-Gala 100.664. - 8712177054527

OP1947. DON CARLOS, Live Performance, 5 April, 1952, w.Stiedry Cond. Richard Tucker, Delia Rigal, Paolo Silveri, Fedora Barbieri, Jerome Hines, Hans Hotter, Lucine Amara, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0293. Specially priced. - 4035122652932

V1569. Meyerbeer on Record, incl. Excerpts from ROBERT LE DIABLE, LES HUGUENOTS & LE PROPHÈTE, w. Suzanne Adams, Agustarello Affre, Charlotte Agussol, Berthe Auguez de Montalant, Paul Aumonier, Suzanne Brohly, Edmond Clément, Mario Corpait, Jean-François Delmas, Emmy Destinn, Léon Escalaïs, Jules Gautier, Georges Granal, Frieda Hempel, Hermann Jadlowker, Marcel Journet, Lily Dupré, Armida Parsi-Pettinella, Lise Landouzy, André Gresse, Marie Lafargue, Mario Ancona, Pierre d'Assy, Antoinette Laute-Brun, Jean Vallier, Leo Slezak, Blanche Deschamps-Jehin, Albert Alvarez, Margarethe Matzenauer, Ottilie Metzger, Melanie Kurt, Juste Nivette, Pol Plançon, Margarethe Ober, Hermine Kittel, Erik Schmedes, Ernistine Schumann-Heink, Gaston Dubois, Amelia Talexis, Mario Gilion, Paul Payan, Edmond Tirmont, Lilli Lehman, Albert Vaguet, Eugenia Mantelli, Émile-Frantz Sardet, Margarethe Siems, Dimitri Smirnov, Léonie Tanésy. 3-Marston 53009, recorded 1899-1913. Transfers by Ward Marston. - 638335300924

V1578. Disques “APGA”, incl. Lucien Muratore, Léon Melchissédec, Xavier Privas, Charles Cros, Alexis Ghasne, Jean Noté, Juste Nivette, Marguerite Revel, Charlotte Agussol, Henri Weber, Alice Verlet, Mary Boyer, Théodore Botrel, etc. (France) 2-Malibran 721. - 7600003777218

OP1946. FIDELIO, Live Performance, 10 March, 1951, w.Walter Cond. Kirsten Flagstad, Set Svanholm, Paul Schöffler, Dezsö Ernster, Jerome Hines, Nadine Conner, Peter Klein, Brian Sullivan, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0285. Specially priced. - 4035122652857

V1576. STELLA ROMAN, w.Rodzinski Cond.: Ah! Perfido! (Beethoven); Arias from Tosca, Manon Lescaut, Aïda, Die Tote Stadt & Andrea Chénier – Live Performance, 18 July, 1950, Los Angeles; w.Luigi Ricci Cond.: Arias from Il Trovatore - recorded Roma, 1952; w.Bruno Walter Cond.: Arias from Forza – Live Performance, 23 Jan., 1943; w.Emil Cooper Cond.: La Gioconda – Suicidio! – Live Performance, 3 March, 1945; Stella Roman, Frederick Jagel, Leonard Warren, Anna Kaskas, Doris Doe, etc.; Calusio Cond.: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA – Live Performance, 1 Feb., 1941. (France) 2–Malibran 719. - 7600003777195

OP1938. CARMEN, Live Performance, 10 Nov., 1959, w.Benzi Cond. L’Opéra Ensemble; Jane Rhodes, Albert Lance, Robert Massard, Andréa Guiot, etc. (France) 2-Malibran 720. - 3760003777206

OP1942. SALOME, Live Performance, 1958, Basel, w.Varviso Cond. Basel Opernhaus Ensemble; Montserrat Caballé (début rôle, age 24), Alexander Welitsch, Zbyslaw Wozniak, Sabine Zimmer, etc.; Salome – Excerpts, Live Performance, c.1952, Stuttgart, w.Leitner Cond. Württembergisches Staatsorchester; Christel Goltz, Wolfgang Windgassen & Hetty Plümacher; Christel Goltz, w.Hollreiser Cond.: Vier letzte Lieder, Live Performance, 1956, Vienna; Lois Marshall, w.Beecham Cond. Concertgebouw Orch.: Vier letzte Lieder (all Strauss), Live Performance, 1958, Amsterdam. (Portugal) 2-Gala 100.799. - 8712177051588

P0704. LEON FLEISHER, w.Klemperer Cond. Kölner Rundfunks S.O.: Piano Concerto #4 in G (Beethoven); Klemperer Cond.: Iphigénie en Aulide - Overture (Gluck), Broadcast Performance, 27 Feb., 1956; w.Rosbaud Cond. Kölner Rundfunks S.O.: Piano Concerto #2 in B-flat (Beethoven), Broadcast Performance, 18 Nov., 1957. (E.U.) Medici Arts MM036. - 827565053728

C0862. RUDOLF KEMPE Cond. Dresdner Staatskapelle: Prélude à l’Après-midi d’un Faune (Debussy); w.Malcolm Frager: Piano Concerto in a (Schumann); w.Peter Mirring (Solo Violin): Ein Heldenleben (Strauss). (Germany) 2-Hänssler Profil PH08053, Live Performance, 15 March, 1974. - 881488805352

C0863. DIMITRI MITROPOULOS Cond. Kölner Rundfunks S.O.: Also sprach Zarathustra; w.Alwin Bauer (Cello) & Paul Schroer (Viola): Don Quixote (both Strauss). (E.U.) Medici Arts MM035, Broadcast Performance, 7 Sept., 1959. - 827565047727

V1581. LISA DELLA CASA, w.Árpád Sándor (Pf.): Songs by Schubert, Brahms, Schoeck, Strauss, Wolf & Ravel. (Germany) Orfeo C 799 091, Live Performance, 11 Aug., 1957, Salzburg (her sole Salzburg recital). - 4011790799124

OP1937. DIE WALKÜRE, Live Performance, 1955, w.Keilberth Cond. Bayreuth Festival Ensemble; Ramón Vinay, Hans Hotter, Martha Mödl, Astrid Varnay (Sieglinde), Maria von Ilosvay, Josef Greindl, etc., Unpublished recording from Bayreuth’s second 1955 Ring Cycle; Tannhäuser – Excerpts, Live Performance, 1955, w.Keilberth Cond. Bayreuth Festival Ensemble; Wolfgang Windgassen & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. (England) 4-Testament Stereo SBT4 1432. Outstanding sound! - 749677143220

OP1940. DIE ROSE VOM LIEBESGARTEN (Pfitzner), Broadcast Performance, 1953, München, w.Heger Cond. Bernd Aldenhoff, Trude Eipperle, Georgina von Milinkovic, Paul Kuën, Max Pröbstl, Kieth Engen, Marcel Cordes, etc.; Tannhäuser – Excerpts, Broadcast Performance, 1949, w.Schröder Cond. Trude Eipperle, Günther Treptow & Heinrich Schlusnus; Arabella – Excerpt, Broadcast Performance, 1955, w.Rischner Cond. Trude Eipperle & Marcel Cordes. (Portugal) 2-Gala 100.811. - 8712177052714

C0859. JOHN BARBIROLLI Cond. New Philharmonia Orch.: Symphony #6 in a (Mahler). (England) Testament SBT Stereo 1451, Live Performance, 16 Aug., 1967, Royal Albert Hall, London. - 749677145125

C0860. HERBERT von KARAJAN Cond. Berlin Phil.: Pastorale Symphony #6 in F (Beethoven); w.Michel Schwalbé (Solo Violin): Ein Heldenleben (Strauss). (England) Testament SBT Stereo 1452, Live Performance, 1972, Royal Festival Hall, London. - 749677145224

C0861. HERBERT von KARAJAN Cond. Berlin Phil.: Divertimento #15 in B-flat, K.287 (Mozart); Le Sacre du Printemps (Stravinsky). (England) Testament SBT Stereo 1453, Live Performance, 1972, Royal Festival Hall, London. - 749677145323

P0701. LOUIS KENTNER: The Pioneering Liszt Recordings, Vol. II. (England) Appian APR 5614, recorded 1939-51. Transfers by Bryan Crimp & Malcolm Binns. - 5024709156146

S0416. DANIIL SHAFRAN: Cello Suites Nos. 1, 2 & 5; w.Maria Grinberg: Sonata #2 in D (Bach). (Russia) Vista Vera 00189, recorded 1966-71. - 4603141001897

S0417. DANIIL SHAFRAN: Cello Suites Nos. 3, 4 & 6 (Bach). (Russia) Vista Vera 00190, recorded 1969-74. - 4603141001903

P0699. STANISLAV NEUHAUS: Sonata #16 in C, K.545; Sonata #8 in a, K.310 (both Mozart); Sonata #27 in e, Op.90; Sonata #32 in c, Op.111 (both Beethoven). (Russia) Vista Vera 00186, Live Performances, 1963-70, Moscow. - 4603141001866

OP1934. DER ROSENKAVALIER, Live Performance, 14 Dec., 1946, w.Busch Cond. Irene Jessner, Risë Stevens, Eleanor Steber, Emanuel List, Kurt Baum, etc. (E.U.) 3-Walhall 0289. Specially priced. - 4035122652895

OP1932. DIE MEISTERSINGER, Live Performance, 10 Jan., 1953, w.Reiner Cond. Paul Schöffler, Hans Hopf, Josef Greindl, Gerhard Pechner, Victoria de los Angeles, etc. (E.U.) 4-Walhall 0273. Specially priced. - 4035122652734

OP1933. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, Live Performance, 21 Dec., 1957, w.Rudolf Cond. Cesare Valletti, Frank Guarrera, Fernando Corena, Jerome Hines, Roberta Peters, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0277. Specially priced. - 4035122652772

OP1939. MANON LESCAUT, Live Performance, 4 Jan., 1974, Piacenza, w.Cattini Cond. Virginia Zeani, Flaviano Labò, Alberto Rinaldi, etc.; Virginia Zeani: Excerpts from I Puritani & La Boheme; Flaviano Labò: Excerpt from La Fanciulla del West. (Italy) 2-Bongiovanni 1212/13. - 8007068121229

V1575. GIAMPIERO MALASPINA: Arias from Nabucco, Macbeth, Forza, Otello, Falstaff, Andrea Chénier, La Gioconda, Tosca, La Fanciulla del West, Amelia al Ballo & Lucia; 7 Songs. (Austria) Preiser 89730. - 717281897303

V1580. LUISA MARAGLIANO: Arias from Aïda, Attila, I Masnadieri, Ballo, Luisa Miller, La Battaglia di Legnano, I Due Foscari & Simon Boccanegra. (Italy) Dynamic 2040, Live Performances, 1964-73. - 8007144620400

S0415. MICHAEL RABIN, w.Lothar Broddack (Pf.): Kroll, Wieniawski-Kreisler, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns & Sarasate; w.Schippers Cond. RIAS S.O.: Concerto #1 in g (Bruch). (Germany) Audite 95.607, Broadcast Performances, 1962-69. - 4022143956071

PE0160. SOPHIE TUCKER: Sophie Tucker: Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910 - 1922. (Canada) Archeophone 5010, recorded 1910-22, featuring Tucker’s first 24 recordings w.Elaborate 72pp. hardbound book w.extensive liner notes. - 778632901674

PE0161. ELSIE JANIS: Elsie Janis: Sweetheart of the A.E.F., featuring 24 of Janis’ most celebrated renditions. (Canada) Archeophone 5013, recorded 1912-19 (plus a live performance from c.1939). - 778632901681

C0857. VOLKMAR ANDREAE Cond. Vienna S.O.: The Nine Symphonies; w.Emmy Loose, Hildegard Rossel-Majdan, Anton Dermota & Gottlob Frick: Te Deum (all Bruckner). 9-Music & Arts 1227, recorded 1953. Transfers by Aaron Z. Snyder. Specially priced. - 017685122729

B0145. (MATTIA BATTISTINI) Jacques Chuilon. King of Baritones and Baritone of Kings. Latham, MD, Scarecrow Press, 2009. 405pp. Index; Discography; Chronology; Photos. Includes CD: Songs by Gounod, Tosti & Alvarez; Arias from Don Giovanni, Tannhäuser, Ernani, Ballo, Pagliacci, Werther, Tosca, Hamlet, Maria di Rohan, Quo vadis?, La Favorita & Don Carlos. - 9780810861442

B0144. (LINA CAVALIERI) Paul Fryer & Olga Usova. Lina Cavalieri, The Life of Opera's Greatest Beauty, 1874 - 1944. Jefferson, NC, McFarland, 2004. 200pp. Index; Bibliography; Discography; Filmography; Exhaustive Chronology, 1901-20; Photos. (Pictorial thick paper covers). - 9780786416851

OP1927. LA TRAVIATA, Live Performance, 6 April, 1957, w.Cleva Cond. Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Campora, Leonard Warren, etc.; Serafin Cond. Maggio Fiorentino Ensemble, w.Renata Tebaldi, Nicola Filacuridi & Ugo Savarese: La Traviata – Excerpts, 6 May, 1956. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0266. Specially priced. - 4035122652666

OP1926. LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, Live Performance, 11 Jan., 1958, w.Leinsdorf Cond. George London, Fernando Corena, Lisa della Casa, Hilde Güden, Mildred Miller, Giorgio Tozzi, Regina Resnik, etc. (E.U.) 3-Walhall 0271. Specially priced. - 4035122652710

OP1928. FAUST, Live Performance, 4 Jan., 1958, w.Morel Cond. Nicolai Gedda, Hilde Güden, Jerome Hines, Robert Merrill, Margaret Roggero, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0270. Specially priced. - 4035122652703

OP1925. CRISTÓBAL COLÓN (Balada), Live Performance, 1989, Barcelona, w.Alcántara Cond. Teatro del Liceu Ensemble; José Carreras, Montserrat Caballé, Carlos Chausson, Luis Álvarez, etc. (E. U.) 2–Naxos 8.660237/38, Slipcase Edition. - 730099023771

V1567. EWA PODLES, w.Garrick Ohlsson (Pf.): Songs by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky & Mussorgsky. (England) Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE 0027, Live Performance, 23 Jan., 2008, Wigmore Hall, London. - 5065000924300

OP1918. LES TROYENS À CARTAGE (in English) (Berlioz), Live Performance, 20 June, 1957, w.Kubelik Cond. Royal Opera Ensemble; Blanche Thebom, Jon Vickers, Amy Shuard, Jess Walters, David Kelly, Michael Langdon, Richard Verreau, Forbes Robinson, Joseph Rouleau, etc.; Jon Vickers in conversation with Jon Tolansky, 25 Oct., 1998. (England) 4–Testament SBT4 1443. Transfers by Paul Baily. Winner of GRAMOPHONE’s 2009 Historic Archive Award. - 749677144326

OP1919. PARSIFAL, Live Performance, 26 March, 1954, l’Opéra Garnier, Paris, w.Leitner Cond. Württemberg Staatsoper Ensemble & l’Opéra Orch.; Wolfgang Windgassen, Gustav Neidlinger, Otto von Rohr, Frithjof Sentpaul, Heinz Cramer, Martha Mödl, etc. (Germany) 4–Hänssler Profil PH09009. Specially priced. - 881488900958

DVD0400. NIKOLAI LUGANSKY: Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Liszt & Janácek. (E.U.) Medici Arts Stereo 3078658, Live Performance, 28 July, 2008, Verbier Festival.

OP1911. THE BEGGAR’S OPERA (John Gay–Frederic Austin), – Excerpts (Complete, as recorded), 5 March, 1940, w.Michael Mudie, Cond. Haymarket Theatre Ensemble; Roy Henderson, Michael Redgrave, Audrey Mildmay, Constance Willis, etc.; Audrey Mildmay: additional solo recordings from HMV C.3166 (a medley of Polly’s songs). (England) Palaeophonics 97.

OP1913. ZAIRA (Bellini), Live Performance, 30 March, 1976, Catania, w.Belardinelli Cond. Teatro Massimo Bellini Ensemble; Renata Scotto, Giorgio Casellato–Lamberti, Luigi Roni, Luisa Nave, Mario Rinaudo, etc.; La Straniera – Excerpts, Live Performance, 10 Dec., 1968, w.Sanzogno Cond. Teatro Massimo di Palermo Ensemble; Renata Scotto, Renato Cioni, Dominico Trimarchi, etc. (E.U.) 3–Myto MDCD 0013. Specially priced. - 3030257900133

OP1917. MACBETH, Live Performance, 21 Feb., 1959, w.Leinsdorf Cond. Leonard Warren, Leonie Rysanek, Carlo Bergonzi, Jerome Hines, etc.; Macbeth (in German) – Lady Macbeth’s Excerpts, Live Performance, 1953, München, w.Eichhorn Cond. Leonie Rysanek. (E.U.) 2–Walhall WLCD 0268. Specially priced. - 4035122652680

OP1916. MANON LESCAUT, Live Performance, 31 March, 1956, w.Mitropoulos Cond. Licia Albanese, Jussi Björling, Frank Guarrera, Fernando Corena, etc. (E.U.) 2–Walhall WLCD 0267. Specially priced. - 4035122652673

OP1915. IL DUCA D’ALBA (Donizetti), Live Performance, 11 June, 1959, Spoleto, w.Schippers Cond. Teatro Verdi di Trieste Ensemble; Ivana Tosini, Renato Cioni, Luigi Quilico, Enzo Tei, Wladimiro Ganzarolli, etc. (E.U.) 2–Myto 00194. Specially priced. - 8014399501941

OP1914. MEDEA (Cherubini), Live Performance, 30 June, 1959, w.Rescigno Cond. Royal Opera House Ensemble; Maria Callas, Jon Vickers, Fiorenza Cossotto, Nicola Zaccaria, etc. (E.U.) 2–Myto 00182. Specially priced. - 8014399501828

V1521. MARIO LANZA, w.Heindorf & Sinatra Cond.: Arias from I Pagliacci, La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Turandot, Andrea Chénier, Fedora, La Gioconda, Rigoletto, Aïda, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Otello, L’Elisir d'Amore, Carmen, L’Africaine, Marta & Der Rosenkavalier. (Italy) 2-Urania 22.381, recorded 1957-58, RCA. - 8025726223818

B0126. (FRANCO CORELLI) René Seghers.   Franco Corelli – Prince of Tenors. New York, Amadeus, 2008. 526pp. Index; Bibliography; Exhaustive Chronology; Photos; DJ. - 884088162023

V1448. RITA STREICH, w.Günther Weissenborn & Erik Werba (Pfs.);  w.Böhm, Fricsay, Gaebel, Heger, Kraus, Lehmann, Leitner, Löwlein, Mackerras, Märzendorfer, Paumgartner, Peters, Rother, Sandberg & Stepp Cond.:  Songs by Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Strauss, Wolf, Nicolai, Milhaud, etc.;  Concert & Opera Arias by Gluck, Mozart, Weber, Bellini, Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Delibes, Massenet, Offenbach, Bizet, Meyerbeer, Thomas, Nicolai, Lortzing, Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss & Pfitzner.  8-DG Mono/Stereo 474 738, in Boxed Set.   Final Copy! - 28947473824

B0034. BLANCHE ARRAL. The Extraordinary Operatic Adventures of Blanche Arral. Translated by Ira Glackens; Willliam R. Moran, Ed. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 2002. 352pp.  Index;  Chronology;  Definitive Moran Discography;  Photos;  Illus;  DJ. - 9781574670776

B0035. (ROSA PONSELLE) Mary Jane Phillips-Matz.  Rosa Ponselle:  American Diva.  Boston, Northeastern University Press, 1997.  320pp.  Index;  Bibliography;  Exhaustive Chronology;  Photos;  DJ. - 9781555533175

B0021. From Johnson’s Kids to Lemonade Opera – The American Classical Singer Comes of Age. Victoria Entier Villamil.  Boston, Northeastern University Press, 2004. 336pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos; DJ. - 9781555536350

B0108. Discography of Judaica Recordings, An annotated 78rpm discography of all sound documents relating to Jewish life in Germany, or in German language, or recorded in Germany, covering Jewish life, humour, music and religion, Zionism, anti-Semitism, and the Holocaust.  Rainer E. Lotz.   Contents incl. Jacques Aalbach; Edgar Alexander; Israel Alter; Arnold Altschul; Max Amann; Victor Ansilewitsch; Gheorghé Antonescu; M. Apeloig; Franz Arnold; Felix Asch; Awchimenko; Baca; Oberkantor Baer; Hellmut Baerwald; Israel Bakon; Barnabas Bakos; Alexander Barjansky; Paul Baschonikow; Josef Basser; Jakob Bauer; Josef Bauer; Erhard Bauschke; Schabsi Belitzki; A. Belsacki; Kurt & Sally Bendix; Armin Berg; Häftlinge Bergen-Belsen; Julius Berger; Simon Berkowitz; Meyer Berlin; Synagogen-Quartett Berliner; Bernier; Lew Bernstein; Boas Bischofswerder; Rudolf Bockelmann; Ernst Wilhelm Bohle; Michael Bohnen; Josef Borin; Josef Bornstein; Jiriss Boruch; Hans Bottermund; Philip Bouhler; Georges Boulanger; Abraham Braun; Rudolf Breitscheid; Max Brod; Julius Brodnitz; Brosins; Ewald Brückner; Budenko; Josef Bürckel; Karl Cerff; Selmar Cerini; Zwi.Perez Chajes; Charlie 6 his Orchestra; Chor der Hitler-Jugend; Chor der Lützow-Synagoge Berlin; Chor der Neuen Synagoge Berlin; Chor der Synagoge Rykestrasse Berlin; Chor der Synagoge Lindenstrasse Berlin; Chor des Kaiserin Elisabethtempels Wien; George Cuza; Béla Dajos; Gunter d’Alquen; Walther Darré; Dolfi Dauber; Magnus Davidsohn; Emil Delley; Albert Derichsweiler; Erich Deutsch-Haupt; Otto Dietrich; Wolfgang Diewerge; Israel Dimant; Otto Dobrindt; Horst Dreßler-Andreß; Emil Dworzan; Kurt Eggers; Max Ehrlich; August Eigruber; Schmuel Einoch; Heinrich Eisenbach; Gärch Eisenstark; Franz Engel; Hermann Esser; Bernard Ette; Israel Feller; Emanuel Feuermann; Scholom Finn; Hermann Fleischmann; Morduch Fleitmann; Carl Flesch; Arnold Földesy; Hans Frank; Walter Frank; Bernhard Fränkel; Hans Fritsche; Don Fuchs; Johannes Fuhsel; Ferenc Futurista; Max Geiger; Gemischter Chor; Heinrich George; Paul Gerschel; Isaak Gerschmann; Dora Gerson; Janek Gid; Heinrich Glasmeier; Paul Godwin; Joseph Goebbels; Joseph Goland; Sarah Goldstein; Liepe Meyer Goldwasser; Leo Gollanin; Ferris Gondosch; Fabian Gonski; Moris Gordon; Patrick Gordon Walker; Hermann Göring; Wini Grabitz; Arthur Greiser; Josef Grohé; Oberkantor Grosz; Heinrich Grünfeld; Charlotte Grunow; Arnold Grusmann; Carl Guttentag; Leopold Gutterer; Béla Guttmann; Julius Guttmann; Max Hansen; Harmonie-Orchester; Schlomo Hartenberg; Abraham Harzfeld; Annemarie Hase; Leonhard Haskel; Alfred Hauck; Herrmanns; Anton Herrnfeld; Rudolf Hess; Reinhardt Heydrich; Heinrich Himmler; Adolf Hitler; Ludwig Holländer; Gerhard Hüsch; Instrumental-Trio; Iwan Iwanoff; Wladimir Jabotinsky; Lin Jaldati; Lessef Jidowski; Hanns John; Hans Johst; Jokatschew; Gruppe Jüdische; August Junkermann; Jürgensen; Eller Kagan; Lilla Kalman; Hans Kandl; Kaneff; Morris Katzin; Josef Kaufmann; Karl Kaufmann; Channa Kipnis; Elias Klein; Samuel Klibansky; Marion Koegel; Leo Kopf; Ignatz Körner; Moses Kostylewski; Alajos Kovacs; Simon Kowaljow; Rudolf Kratina; Josephine Kraus; Salomo Kreutstein; Kriegsgefangene; Franz Krüger-Nystedt; Karl Kubala; Hans Kummerfeldt; Salomon Kupfer; Max Kuttner; Sawel Kwartin; René Lambrichts; Anita Lasker; Pinkas Lawender; Friedrich Lechner; Johann Lehrs; Hermann Leopoldi; Hans Lesser; R. Levinsohn-Kaplan; Manfred Lewandowsky; Wolf Lewi-Leoni; J. Lewinsky; Robert Ley; Joseph Lichtenstein; Ola Lilith; Paula Lindberg; Willi Linde; Gerson Linhardt; Opernsänger Lipiner; Berl Locker; Juan Luria; Viktor Lutze; Thomas Mann; Jakow Abraham Mansdorf; Greta Markstein; Matyas Matyas; Abraham Melamet; Alter Melitzer; Israel Melitzer; Felix Robert Mendelsohn; Richard Merker; Berta Michailowa; Engelbert Milde; Costas Milona; Ludwig Misch; Joseph Modl; Paul Morgan; Esther & Jacob Moschkowitz; Hans Moser; Tino Muff; Anita Müller; Werner Naumann; Carl Nebe; Karl Neumann; Nizenko; Irene Noiret; Odeon-Tanz-Orchester; Paul O’Montis; Owtscharoff; Ali Pascin; Dr. Paul; Harry Payer; Moritz Perlmann; Sigmund Petruschka; Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv; Wien Phonogramm-Archiv; Gregor Piatigorski; Alberto Meir Pinkas; Salomo Pinkasovicz; Robert Pollak von Rudin; Willy Prager; Puce; Quartett der Synagoge Hannover ; Vidkum Quisling; H. Rabinowicz; Fritz Reinhardt; Hermann Reischle; Otto Reutter; Joachim von Ribbentrop; Charles Richardson; Arnon Rojanski; Soma Rona; Max Rosen; Willy Rosen; Alfred Rosenberg; E. Rosenberg; Josef Rosenblatt; Leo Rosenblüth; Joseph Rosenstock; Janot Susja Roskin; Pinchas Rotenberg; Mordechai Roth; Jacques Rotter; Anna Royak; Salmon Rubaschow; Grigorij Rubin; Arthur Ruppin; Russisch-Jüdisches Orchester; Bernhard Rust; SA-Chor Sturm 33; Maxim Sakaschansky; Rudolf Sandner; Fritz Sauckel; Efim Schachmeister; Karl Scharping; Hermann Schey; Valentin Schindler; August Schirmer; Peter Schischkoff; Oscar Schmerz; Fritz Schmidt; Joseph Schmidt; Berthold Schmiedt; S. Schmuckler; Gustav Schönwald; Mayer Schorr; Akiba Schreiber; Michael Schugalte; Joseph Schwarz; Josef Schwarzmer-Lengyel; Werner Seelig-Bass; David Seidermann; Mosche Seidermann; Josma Selim; Arthur Seyß-Inquart; Alexander Sirota; Leo Slezak; Frantisek Smolik; Nahum Sokolow; Max Solay; Harry Solloway; Juan Spiwak; Tossy Spiwakowsky; Benjamin Spott; Jakob Sprenger; Ewel Stegmann; Leo Stein; Adolf Steiner; Géza Steinhardt; Salomon Stramer; Gregor Strasser; Willi Strehl; Julius Streicher; Oskar Davydovich Strock; Berta Swertlin; Synagogen-Chor; Felix Sztal; Tatarisch-Russisch-Ukrainischer Chor; Rudolf Thiele; Guido Thielscher; Otto Thierack; Tichoff; Ernst Tobias; Vladimir Toms; Sigismund Torday; Lanner-Ensemble. Trocadero; Berta Türk; Toni Türk; Tytarenko; Robert van Genechten; Synagogen-Chor Vereinigter; Jan Visser; Fritz Wächtler; Adolf Wagner; Gerhard Wagner; Richard Waldemar; Alfred Walters; Marek Weber; Hermann Weinberg; Moritz Weinberg; Pepi Weinberg; Salcia Weinberg; Wilhelm Weinberg; Wolf Weintraub; Aron Weiss; Ferdl Weiss; Andreas Weissgerber; Adolf Weitz; Herz Wercberger; Wiener jüdische Sängerknaben; Wolf Wilder; Nathan Wilkomirski; Chemia Winawer; Aron Wirkil; Lazar Wischniok; Petrescu Woiku; Gebrüder Wolf; William Wolf; Abraham Ziegel; Hans Severus Ziegler; Arein Zipin; Meta Zlotnicka-Perleberg; Frida Zwiebel-Goldstein. Bonn, Birgit Lotz Verlag, 2006. 592pp. Hardbound. (in German). Artist index; Brief biographies; Monumental Volume. Edition Limited to 150 copies! - 9783981024821

OP1874. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA, Live Performance, 3 Jan., 1959, w.Mitropoulos Cond. Zinka Milanov, Daniele Barioni (for Richard Tucker), Mario Zanasi, Rosalind Elias & Thelma Votipka. (E.U.) Walhall 0257. Specially priced. - 4035122652574

OP1876. IL TROVATORE, Live Performance, 27 Dec., 1947, w.Cooper Cond. Stella Roman, Jussi Björling, Leonard Warren, Margaret Harshaw, etc. (E.U.) 2–Myto 00175. Specially priced. - 8014399501750

OP1910. LA JUIVE, Live Performance, 4 March, 1973, w.Guadagno Cond. Royal Opera Ensemble; Richard Tucker, Yasuko Hayashi, David Gwynne, Juan Sabate, etc. 2–Opera d’Oro Grand Tier 7022, incl. 56-pp. libretto-brochure, w.historic photos. - 723721215156

OP0708. MANON, Live Performance, 18 Dec., 1954, w.Monteux Cond. Victoria de los Angeles, Cesare Valletti, Fernando Corena, Jerome Hines, etc. (E.U.) 2-Walhall 0094. - 4035122650945

OP1835. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, Live Performance, 23 July, 1952, w.von Karajan Cond. Bayreuth Festival Ensemble; Martha Mödl, Ramón Vinay, Hans Hotter, Ludwig Weber, Hermann Uhde, Ira Malaniuk, Gerhard Stolze, etc. (Italy) 3-Urania 22.365. - 8025726223658

B0102. (RABIN) Anthony Feinstein. Michael Rabin, America’s Virtuoso Violinist. Pompton Plains, NJ, Amadeus, 2005. 248pp. Index; Bibliography; Photos; DJ. - 9781574671094

S0024. Fritz Kreisler, w.Franz Rupp (Pf.): The Ten Violin Sonatas (Beethoven); Fritz Kreisler’s 75th Birthday Speech. (England) 3-Biddulph 80200, recorded 1935-36. Transfers by Rick Torres & Eric Wen.

B0020. (MASSENET) Demar Irvine. Massenet - A Chronicle of His Life and Times. Portland, OR, Amadeus, 1994. 398pp. Index; Bibliography; Chronology; List of Works; Photos; DJ. The Hardbound Edition is now out-of-print, Final copy! - 9780931340635

B0075. (Puccini) Mary Jane Phillips-Matz. Puccini – A Biography. Boston, Northeastern University Press, 2002. 384pp. Index; Bibliography; Chronological List of Works; Illus.; Photos; DJ. - 9781555535308

OP1972. LA BOHEME, Live Performance, 12 Dec., 1942, w.Sodero Cond. Grace Moore, Frederick Jagel, Frank Valentino, Frances Greer, Ezio Pinza, Salvatore Baccaloni, etc. (U.K.) 2-Walhall WHL 5. Long out-of-print, Final copy! - 5019148003519