C0976. ARTURO TOSCANINI Cond. NYPO & New York Schola Cantorum, w.Elisabeth Rethberg, Marion Telva, Giovanni Martinelli & Ezio Pinza: MISSA SOLEMNIS (Beethoven), Live Performance, 25 April, 1935; Panizza Cond. Lawrence Tibbett, Elisabeth Rethberg & Giovanni Martinelli: Simon Boccanegra – Act I, Scene 1, Live Performance, 16 Feb., 1935; Interviews with Elisabeth Rethberg & Giovanni Martinelli. (Canada) 2-Immortal Performances 1011. Transfers by Richard Caniell. Please Note: Significant sonic improvements took place after the original Immortal Performances’ pressing, thus this special re-mastered edition, featuring Richard Caniell’s subsequent breakthrough, improving the sonics, correcting the lesser sound quality, and offering the extended range of dynamics between piano and fortissimo passages. - 625989648427

C0954. HEINZ MENDE Cond. Süddeutschen Rundfunks Ensemble; Tilla Briem, Margarete Bence, Fritz Wunderlich & Otto von Rohr: MESSIAH (Handel), Live Performance, 20 March, 1959; Fritz Wunderlich, w.Leitner Cond.: Alcina – Excerpts – recorded 1959. (E.U.) 2-Andromeda 9072. Specially priced. - 3830257490722

C0932. ISRAEL IN ÄGYPTEN (Handel), Live Performance, 9 April, 1959, w.Eugen Jochum Cond. Bayerischen Rundfunks Ensemble; Annelies Kupper, Hertha Töpper, Lorenz Fehenberger, Kieth Engen, Max Pröbstl, etc.; Jochum Cond. Bayerischen Rundfunks S.O: Symphony #1 in c (Bruckner), Live Performance, 1959. (E.U.) 2-Andromeda 9068. Specially priced. - 3830257490685

C0933. HANS MÜLLER-KRAY Cond. Süddeutschen Rundfunks Ensemble; Agnes Giebel, Fritz Wunderlich & Kieth Engen: DIE JAHRESZEITEN (Haydn), Live Performance, 24 May, 1959. (E.U.) 2-Andromeda 9071. Specially priced. - 3830257490715

C0927. FRITZ LEHMANN Cond. Vienna S.O., w.Uta Graf, Marga Höffgren, Julius Patzak, Gérard Souzay & Walter Berry: Johannes-Passion (St John Passion) (Bach). 2-Music & Arts 1238, Live Performance, 6 April, 1955. - 017685123825

C0901. SERGIU CELIBIDACHE Cond. RAI S.O., Roma: Eroica Symphony #3 in E-flat (Beethoven); Celibidache Cond. RAI Chorus & S.O., Roma: Vespro della Beata Vergine - Magnificat (Monteverdi), Live Performances, 1959. (Germany) Archipel 0432. - 4035122404326

C0894. CLEMENS KRAUSS Cond. Vienna Phil., w.Walter Barylli: Grand Duo Sonata in C (Schubert; Frotzler); Violin Concerto #4 in D, K.218 (Mozart); Krauss Cond. Vienna Staatsoper Chorus & Orch., w.Eipperle, Willer, Dermota, Meyer-Welfing & Hann: Mass #6 in E-flat (Schubert). (Germany) 2–Archipel 0445, Live Performances, 1944. - 4035122404456

C0136. Bruno Walter Cond. NYPO, w.Eleanor Steber, Nan Merriman, William Hain & Lorenzo Alvary: MISSA SOLEMNIS (Beethoven). Music & Arts 1142, Live Performance, 18 April, 1948, Carnegie Hall. - 017685114229

C0108. ARTURO TOSCANINI Cond. NBC S.O., w.Zinka Milanov, Bruna Castagna, Jussi Björling & Alexander Kipnis: MISSA SOLEMNIS – Live Performance, 28 Dec., 1940, Carnegie Hall; w.Jascha Heifetz: Concerto in D, Live Performance, 11 March, 1940, Carnegie Hall (both Beethoven). (England) 2-Guild 2248/49. - 795754224924

C0673. VOLKMAR ANDREAE Cond. Vienna S.O., w.Teresa Stich-Randall, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Julius Patzak & Gottlob Frick: MISSA SOLEMNIS (Beethoven). (Germany) Archipel 0402, Live Performance, 18 May, 1955. - 4035122404029

C0853. OTTO KLEMPERER Cond. Kölner Rundfunks S.O., w.Annelies Kupper, Sieglinde Wagner, Rudolf Schock & Josef Greindl: MISSA SOLEMNIS (Beethoven). (E.U.) Medici Arts MM015, Broadcast Performance, 6 June, 1955. - 827565027026

C0151. Thomas Beecham Cond. Royal Phil. & Beecham Choral Society; Elsie Morison, Alexander Young & Michael Langdon: DIE JAHRESZEITEN (The Seasons)(in English) (Haydn). (England) 2-Somm Stereo 16, recorded 1956 & 1958.

C0287. Igor Markevitch Cond. Berlin Phil.: Pictures at an Exhibition (Moussorgsky-Ravel), recorded 31 Jan., 1953; Markevitch Cond. NRDF S.O., w.Schwarzkopf, Barbieri, Berdini & von Rohr: MANZONI REQUIEM (Verdi), Live Performance, 30 April, 1953, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris. (France) 2-Tahra TAH 543/44. Final copy! - 3504129054311

C0313. ARTURO TOSCANINI Cond. BBC S.O., w.Zinka Milanov, Kerstin Thorborg, Helge Roswaenge & Nicola Moscona: MANZONI REQUIEM (Verdi). (Austria) 2-Testament SBT2 1362, Live Performance, 27 May, 1938, Queens’ Hall, London. Specially priced. - 749677136222

C0378. CARL SCHURICHT Cond. Orchestre National: w.Maria Stader, Katharina Marti, Waldemar Kmentt & Heinz Rehfüss: Choral Symphony #9 in d (Beethoven). Music & Arts 1166, Live Performance, 12 Sept., 1954, Montreux. Transfers by Aaron Z. Snyder.

C0382. VASSILY SINAISKY Cond. BBC Phil.: Ouverture solenelle, 1812 (Tschaikowsky); w.Sergei Leiferkus, Leeds Festival Chorus & Huddersfield Choral Society: Babi Yar Symphony #113 in b-flat (Shostakovich). (England) BBC Music 1002, Live Performance, 21 Aug., 1998, Royal Albert Hall, London.

C0407. KARL BÖHM Cond. Vienna Phil.: Ode an die Menschheit (Hölderlin); Böhm Cond. Vienna Phil. & Chorus, w.Irmgard Seefried, Hildegard Rössel-Majdan, Anton Dermota & Gottlob Frick: REQUIEM in d, K.626 (Mozart). (Germany) Orfeo C 670 051, Live Performance, 20 Nov., 1955.

C0431. WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER Cond. Vienna Phil., w.Irmgard Seefried, Hilde Rössl-Mäjdan, Julius Patzak, Otto Wiener & Hans Braun: MATTHÆUS-PASSION – Live Performance, 9 April, 1952, Vienna; Furtwängler Cond. Teatro Colón Orch., w.Nilda Hoffmann, Margarete Klose, Anton Dermota, Angelo Mattiello & Josef Greindl: MATTHÆUS-PASSION – Live Performance, April-May, 1950, Buenos Aires. (Germany) 2-Archipel 0286, contains all surviving material from these performances. - 4035122402865

C0472. PIERRE MONTEUX Cond. National Orch.: Stravinsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, Tchaikowsky, Respighi, Hindemith, Strauss, Franck, Wagner, Elgar, Ravel, Debussy, Mozart & Beethoven (incl. the latter’s Choral Symphony #9 in d [w.Maria Stader, Hélène Bouvier, Libero de Luca & Josef Greindl]). 8-Music & Arts 1182, Live Performances, 1952-58, Paris & Strasbourg.  Boxed Set. Transfers by Kit Higginson.

C0483. VICTOR de SABATA Cond. La Scala Ensemble, w.Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Oralia Dominguez, Giuseppe di Stefano & Cesare Siepi: MANZONI REQUIEM (Verdi); de Sabata Cond. Rossini, Verdi, Wolf-Ferrari & Respighi (the latter’s Fontane di Roma). (E.U.) 2-Naxos 8.111049/50, recorded 1954. Transfers by Mark Obert-Thorn. - 747313304929

C0487. BRUNO WALTER Cond. NYPO, w.Frances Yeend, Martha Lipton, David Lloyd & Mack Harrell: Choral Symphony #9 in d (Beethoven). Music & Arts 1155, recorded 18 April, 1949, 30th Street Studio, New York & 7 March, 1953, Carnegie Hall. Transfers by John Wilson. - 017685115523

C0529. HERMANN SCHERCHEN Cond. Vienna S.O. & Academy Chamber Chorus, w.Emmy Loose, Hilde Ceska, Gertrud Burgsthaler-Schuster, Anton Dermota & Alfred Poell: MASS in b (Bach). (France) 2-Tahra TAH 618/19, recorded 1950, Westminster. - 3504129061814

C0542. The Spirit of England, w.David Lloyd-Jones Cond. BBC S.O. & Chorus; Susan Gritton (S) & Andrew Kennedy (T): Elgar, F.S. Kelly, Parry, Elkington & Ivor Gurney (the latter’s War Elegy). (England) Dutton CDLX 7172.

C0550. OTTO KLEMPERER Cond. Concertgebouw Orch., w.Gré Brouwenstijn, Annie Hermes, Ernst Häfliger & Hans Wilbrink: Choral Symphony #9 in d (Beethoven). (Germany) Archipel 0299, Live Performance, 17 May, 1956. - 4035122402995

C0597. THOMAS BEECHAM Cond. Royal Phil.: The British National Anthem; w.Sylvia Fisher, Nan Merriman, Richard Lewis & Kim Borg: Choral Symphony #9 in d (Beethoven). (England) BBC Legends 4209, Live Performance, 19 Aug., 1956, Usher Hall, Edinburgh. - 684911420920

C0699. WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER Cond. Philharmonia Orch. & Lucerne Festival Choir;  Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elsa Cavelti, Ernst Häfliger & Otto Edelmann:  Choral Symphony #9 in d (Beethoven).  Music & Arts 790, Live Performance, 22 Aug., 1954, Lucerne (Furtwängler’s last performance of this work).  Transfers by Aaron Z. Snyder. - 17685079023

C0716. JOSEPH KEILBERTH Cond. Kölner Rundfunks S.O., w.Annelies Kupper, Josef Traxel, Josef Greindl, Käthe Kraus & Walter Berry:  DIE SCHÖPFUNG (The Creation) (Haydn), Broadcast Performance, 21 Dec., 1957;  Keilberth Cond. Santa Cecilia Orch.:  New World Symphony #9 in e (Dvorák), recorded 27 April, 1952, Roma.  (E.U.) 2-Andromeda 9037. - 3830257490371

C0717. KARL BÖHM Cond. Vienna S.O. & Vienna Staatsoper Choir, w.Teresa Stich-Randall, Hilde Rössel-Majdan, Anton Dermota & Paul Schöffler:  Choral Symphony #9 in d (Beethoven).  (Germany) Archipel 0394, recorded 1957. Final copy! - 4035122403947

C0718. KARL BÖHM Cond. Vienna S.O. & Vienna Staatsoper Choir, w.Teresa Stich-Randall, Ira Malaniuk, Waldemar Kmentt & Kurt Böhme:  REQUIEM in d, K.626 (Mozart), recorded 1956;  w.Hans Richter-Haaser (Pf.):  Choral Fantasy (Beethoven), recorded 1957.  (Germany) Archipel 0395. Final copy! - 4035122403954

C0793. FRITZ BUSCH Cond. Danish S.O.:  Leonore Overture  III – recorded 24 Oct., 1949;  w.Kerstin Lindberg-Torlind, Else Jena, Eric Sjöberg & Holger Byding:  Choral Symphony #9 in d, recorded 7 Sept., 1950 (both Beethoven).  (England) Guild 2343. - 795754234329

C0794. WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER Cond. Berlin Phil.:  Coriolan – Overture;  Egmont – Overture;  w.Tilla Briem, Elisabeth Höngen, Peter Anders & Rudolf Watzke:  Choral Symphony #9 in d (all Beethoven), Live Performances, 1933-43;  Furtwängler Cond. Stockholm Phil.:  Leonore Overture, III – Rehearsal, 12 Nov., 1948;  Furtwängler Cond. Teatro Colón Orch.:  Concerto Grosso in A (Handel), Live Performance, 23 April, 1950;  Rosamunde – Excerpts (Schubert), Live Performance, 5 May, 1950;  Furtwängler Cond. Concertgebouw Orch.:  Leonore Overture, III – Live Performance, 13 July, 1950.  (England) 2-Guild 2345/46. - 795754234626

C0796. BRUNO WALTER Cond. BBC S.O.:  Tod und Verklärung (Strauss), Broadcast Performance, 18 May, 1955, Royal Festival Hall, London;  Bruno Walter Cond. London Phil.:  Symphony #1 in D (Mahler), Broadcast Performance, 6 Nov., 1947, Royal Albert Hall, London.  (England) Testament SBT 1429. - 749677142926

C0817. THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS – Excerpts (Complete, as recorded) (Elgar), w.Joseph Batten Cond. Royal S.O.; Edith Furmedge, Dan Jones & David Brazell. (England) Palaeophonics 100, recorded 17 Feb., 1917, Edison Bell. Excellently transferred from the legendary 78rpm rarities. -

C0824. OTTO KLEMPERER Cond. Kölner Rundfunks S.O., w.Maria Stader, Grace Hoffman, Waldemar Kmentt & Hans Hotter: Choral Symphony #9 in d (Beethoven). (E.U.) Medici Arts MM031, Broadcast Performance, 6 Jan., 1958 (also featuring Klemperer rehearsing this performance). - 827565047321

C0841. GEORG SOLTI Cond. Kölner Rundfunk S.O., w.Gré Brouwenstijn, Oralia Dominguez, Giuseppe Zampieri & Nicola Zaccaria: MANZONI REQUIEM – Live Performance, 17 Nov., 1958; Cantelli Cond. NYPO: Te Deum – Live Performance, 1 April, 1956 (both Verdi). (E.U.) 2–Andromeda 9045. Specially priced. - 3830257490456

C0854. RAFAEL KUBELIK Cond. RAI Ensemble, Roma, w.Teresa Stich-Randall, Petre Munteanu, Frederick Guthrie & Kim Borg: DIE SCHÖPFUNG (The Creation) (Haydn), Broadcast Performance, 2 May, 1959; Kubelik Cond.: New World Symphony #9 in e (Dvorák). (E.U.) 2-Andromeda 9055. Specially priced - 3830257490555

C0858. ARTURO TOSCANINI Cond. NBC S.O. & Westminster Chorale: Te Deum; w.Zinka Milanov, Bruna Castagna, Jussi Björling & Nicola Moscona: MANZONI REQUIEM (both Verdi). 2-Music & Arts 4240, Live Performance, 23 Nov., 1940, Carnegie Hall. Transfers by Graham Newton. Specially priced. Final copy! - 017685424021

V0567. Robert Shaw Cond. RCA Victor Chorale: Six Chansons (Hindemith); w.Luboschutz & Nemenoff: Liebeslieder-Walzer (Brahms); w.Susanne Frail, Blanche Thebom, Erice Lawrence & Paul Matthen: Magnificat in D; w.June Gardner & Oscar Shumsky: Mass in b – Laudamus te; Benedictus (both Bach). (England) Pearl 0180, recorded 1945-47. Transfers by Roger Beardsley. - 727031018025

V1188. GUNDULA JANOWITZ, w.Irwin Gage (Pf.): Songs by Schubert & Strauss, Live Performance, 13 May, 1971, Yokohama; w.von Karajan Cond. Vienna Staatsoper Enemble; Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Carlo Bergonzi & Ruggero Raimondi: MANZONI REQUIEM (Verdi), Live Performance, 26 Aug., 1970, Salzburg. (Canada) 2-Doremi 7734/35. - 723723344021

V1298. LÉOPOLD SIMONEAU & PIERRETTE ALARIE, w.John Newmark (Pf.); Pelletier, Bittner & Goehr Cond.: Arias, Duets & Songs by Mozart, Beethoven & Schumann; w.Catherina Delfosse, Grace Hoffman & Heinz Rehfuss; Goehr Cond.: Mass in b minor (Bach); w.Maureen Forrester & Joseph Rouleau; Pelletier Cond. Montréal S.O.: Choral Symphony #9 in d – Ode to Joy (Beethoven); w.Jean Cocteau (Narrator); Stravinsky Cond. OEDIPUS REX (Cond. by the Composer).  (Canada) 4-Doremi 7916/19, recorded 1952-67, partially Live Performances.  Specially priced. - 723721333959

C0596. KLAUS TENNSTEDT Cond. London Phil.: Der Bürger als Edelmann – Suite (Strauss), Live Performance, 4 May, 1986; w.Ameril Gunson, Sheila Armstrong, Robert Tear & William Shimell: MISSA GLAGOLSKAJA (Janácek), Live Performance, 12 May, 1985, both Royal Festival Hall, London. (England) BBC Legends Stereo 4208. - 684911420821