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a newer 2016 release with barcode 028947892625 (possibly with Decca cat # 478 9262) is available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018FCVK8U/ (released Jan 15, 2016, referred to from https://www.deccaclassics.com/us/cat/4789262 )

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Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Ansermet · Falla: El sombrero de tres picos / Debussy: Images
▶ CD 2: Argenta · España / Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
▶ CD 3: Ashkenazy · Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto 3 / Piano Sonata
▶ CD 4: Ashkenazy · Sibelius 1 / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
▶ CD 5: Bartoli · Italian Songs
▶ CD 6: Bell · Barber & Walton Concertos
▶ CD 7: Blomstedt · R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
▶ CD 8: Böhm · Bruckner 4
▶ CD 9: Boskovsky · New Year’s Day Concert, 1979
▶ CD 10: Britten · War Requiem
▶ CD 11: Chailly · Messiaen: Turangalîla‐sinfonie
▶ CD 12: Chung · Bruch & Mendelssohn Concertos
▶ CD 13: Curzon · Mozart: Piano Concertos 20 & 27
▶ CD 14: Dohnányi · Schoenberg / Berg / Webern
▶ CD 15: Dorati · Stravinsky: L’Oiseau de feu / Le Sacre du printemps
▶ CD 16: Dutoit · Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye / Boléro
▶ CD 17: Fleming · Opera Scenes
▶ CD 18: Freire · Brahms: Piano Concerto 1 / Schumann: Carnaval
▶ CD 19: Haitink · Shostakovich 4 & 9
▶ CD 20: Hogwood · Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
▶ CD 21: Jansen · Britten & Beethoven Violin Concertos
▶ CD 22: Karajan · Holst: The Planets
▶ CD 23: Katchen · Bartók / Prokofiev: Piano Concerto 3 / Ravel: Piano Concerto
▶ CD 24: Kertész · Dvořak: New World Symphony / Symphony 8
▶ CD 25: King’s College Choir & St John’s College Choir · Haydn: Nelson Mass & Paukenmesse
▶ CD 26: Larrocha · Granados: Goyescas / Falla: Noches en los jardines de España
▶ CD 27: Lemper · Berlin Cabaret Songs
▶ CD 28: Lupu · Beethoven: Moonlight, Pathétique & Waldstein Sonatas
▶ CD 29: Maag · Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Symphony 3
▶ CD 30: Maazel · Respighi: Feste romane / Pini di Roma / Rimsky‐Korsakov
▶ CD 31: Mackerras · Janáček: Sinfonietta / Taras Bulba / The Cunning Little Vixen Suite
▼ CD 32: Marriner · Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings / Souvenir de Florence
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1Serenade for Strings in C, op. 48: I. Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo – Allegro moderato
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (in 1968-04)
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) (in 1968-04)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968-04)
recording of:
Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48: I. Pezzo in forma di Sonatina (in 1968-04)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (in 1880)
part of:
Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48
Пётр Ильич Чайковский9:16
2Serenade for Strings in C, op. 48: II. Waltzer: Moderato, tempo di valse
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (in 1968-04)
conductor:
Neville Marriner (conductor) (in 1968-04)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968-04)
recording of:
Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48: II. Waltz. Moderato - Tempo di valse (in 1968-04)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (in 1880)
part of:
Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48
Пётр Ильич Чайковский3:38
3Serenade for Strings in C, op. 48: III. Élegie: Larghetto elegiaco
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (in 1968-04)
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) (in 1968-04)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968-04)
recording of:
Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48: III. Élégie. Larghetto elegiaco (in 1968-04)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (in 1880)
part of:
Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48
Пётр Ильич Чайковский9:57
4Serenade for Strings in C, op. 48: IV. Finale (Tema russo): Andante – Allegro con spirito
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (in 1968-04)
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) (in 1968-04)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968-04)
recording of:
Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48: IV. Finale. Tema russo (in 1968-04)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (in 1880)
part of:
Serenade for Strings in C major, op. 48
Пётр Ильич Чайковский7:37
5Souvenir de Florence, op. 70: I. Allegro con spirito
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (in 1968-04)
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) (in 1968-04)
balance engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1968-04)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968-04)
recording of:
Souvenir de Florence in D minor, op. 70: I. Allegro con spirito (in 1968-04)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (from 1890-06 until 1890-07)
revised by:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (from 1891-11 until 1892-01)
part of:
Souvenir de Florence in D minor, op. 70
Пётр Ильич Чайковский9:18
6Souvenir de Florence, op. 70: II. Adagio cantabile e con moto
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (in 1968-04)
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) (in 1968-04)
balance engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1968-04)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968-04)
recording of:
Souvenir de Florence in D minor, op. 70: II. Adagio cantabile e con moto (in 1968-04)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (from 1890-06 until 1890-07)
revised by:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (from 1891-11 until 1892-01)
part of:
Souvenir de Florence in D minor, op. 70
Пётр Ильич Чайковский7:56
7Souvenir de Florence, op. 70: III. Allegro moderato
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (in 1968-04)
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) (in 1968-04)
balance engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1968-04)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968-04)
recording of:
Souvenir de Florence in D minor, op. 70: III. Allegretto moderato (in 1968-04)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (from 1890-06 until 1890-07)
revised by:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (from 1891-11 until 1892-01)
part of:
Souvenir de Florence in D minor, op. 70
Пётр Ильич Чайковский4:34
8Souvenir de Florence, op. 70: IV. Allegro vivace
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (in 1968-04)
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) (in 1968-04)
balance engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1968-04)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1968-04)
recording of:
Souvenir de Florence in D minor, op. 70: IV. Allegro vivace (in 1968-04)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (from 1890-06 until 1890-07)
revised by:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Russian romantic composer) (from 1891-11 until 1892-01)
part of:
Souvenir de Florence in D minor, op. 70
Пётр Ильич Чайковский5:32
9Holberg Suite, op. 40: I. Präludium. Allegro vivace
recording engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1970-05)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
balance engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer) (in 1970-05)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
recording of:
Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40: I. Præludium (Allegro vivace) (for string orchestra) (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1884)
arrangement of:
Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40: I. Præludium (Allegro vivace) (for piano)
part of:
Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40 (for string orchestra)
Edvard Grieg2:39
10Holberg Suite, op. 40: II. Sarabande. Andante
recording engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer) (in 1970-05) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1970-05)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
balance engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer) (in 1970-05)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
recording of:
Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40: II. Sarabande (Andante) (for string orchestra) (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1884)
part of:
Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40 (for string orchestra)
Edvard Grieg4:33
11Holberg Suite, op. 40: III. Gavotte. Allegretto – Musette. Poco più Mosso
recording engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer) (in 1970-05) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1970-05)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
balance engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer) (in 1970-05)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
recording of:
Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40: III. Gavotte (Allegretto) (for string orchestra) (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1884)
part of:
Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40 (for string orchestra)
Edvard Grieg3:27
12Holberg Suite, op. 40: IV. Air. Andante religioso
recording engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer) (in 1970-05) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1970-05)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
balance engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer) (in 1970-05)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
recording of:
Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40: IV. Air (Andante religioso) (for string orchestra) (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1884)
part of:
Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40 (for string orchestra)
Edvard Grieg6:07
13Holberg Suite, op. 40: V. Rigaudon. Allegro con brio
recording engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer) (in 1970-05) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1970-05)
producer:
Michael Bremner (producer/engineer)
orchestra:
Academy of St Martin in the Fields (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
conductor:
Sir Neville Marriner (conductor) (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
balance engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer) (in 1970-05)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
recording of:
Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40: V. Rigaudon (Allegro con brio) (for string orchestra) (from 1970-05-11 until 1970-05-15)
composer:
Edvard Grieg (composer) (in 1884)
part of:
Fra Holbergs tid, op. 40 (for string orchestra)
Edvard Grieg3:42
▶ CD 33: Martinon · Ibert: Divertissement / Borodin 2
▶ CD 34: Mehta · Varèse / Ives 2
▶ CD 35: Monteux · Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Elgar: Enigma Variations
▶ CD 36: Münchinger · Bach: Magnificat / Cantatas 10 & 140
▶ CD 37: Nilsson / Solti · Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (great scenes)
▶ CD 38: Carreras / Domingo / Pavarotti · In Concert, 1990
▶ CD 39: Pavarotti ・ Puccini: Turandot (highlights)
▶ CD 40: Pickett · Susato: Dansereye
▶ CD 41: Rogé · Saint‐Saëns: Piano Concertos 2, 4 & 5
▶ CD 42: Rousset · Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
▶ CD 43: Schiff · Bach: Goldber Variations
▶ CD 44: Solti · Romantic Russia / Suppé: 4 Overtures
▶ CD 45: Solti · Mahler 8
▶ CD 46: Sutherland / Horne / Pavarotti · Live from Lincoln Center
▶ CD 47: Takács Quartet · Beethoven: Quartets opp. 95, 130 & 133
▶ CD 48: Tebaldi / Del Monaco · Puccini: La fanciulla del West (highlights)
▶ CD 49: Wiener Oktett · Mendelssohn: Octet / Beethoven: Septet
▶ CD 50: Winchester / Terfel · Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast

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includes:A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Symphony no. 3 “Scottish” by Felix Mendelssohn (composer); Peter Maag (conductor)
Arcana / Intégrales / Ionisation by Edgard Varèse (composer); Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Barber: Violin Concerto / Walton: Violin Concerto / Bloch: Baal Shem by Barber (American orchestral, choral, opera & piano composer), Walton (composer and conductor), Bloch (composer); Joshua Bell (violinist), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman (conductor)
Bartók: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major by Bartók (composer), Ravel (classical composer); Julius Katchen (pianist), London Symphony, István Kertész (conductor)
Berlin Cabaret Songs by Ute Lemper
Dansereye (1551) by Tielman Susato (Flemish Renaissance composer); New London Consort, Philip Pickett (musician)
Daphnis et Chloé by Ravel (classical composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor)
Eine Alpensinfonie / Don Juan by Richard Strauss (German composer); San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
España by Argenta (pianist and conductor), The London Symphony Orchestra
Goldberg Variations (1982 recording) by Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician); András Schiff (pianist)
Goyescas: Volumes 1 & 2 / El pelele by Granados (composer); Alicia de Larrocha (pianist)
Ibert: Divertissement / Bizet: Jeux d’enfants / Saint‐Säens: Danse macabre / Le rouet d’omphale by Ibert (composer), Bizet (composer), Saint‐Saëns (composer); Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Jean Martinon (conductor)
In Concert by Carreras (Spanish tenor), Domingo (tenor), Pavarotti (tenor), Mehta (conductor)
Italian Songs by Beethoven (German composer), Schubert (composer), Mozart (classical composer), Haydn (composer); Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), András Schiff (pianist)
La fanciulla del West (1958 studio cast) by Puccini (Italian composer); Tebaldi (soprano), del Monaco (tenor), MacNeil (American baritone), Tozzi (operatic bass), Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Franco Capuana (conductor)
Le Sacre du printemps / L’Oiseau de feu by Stravinsky (Russian composer); Antal Doráti (conductor)
Ma Mère l’Oye / Pavane pour une infante défunte / Le Tombeau de Couperin / Valses nobles et sentimentales by Ravel (classical composer); Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Magnificat in D major / Cantata no. 10 by Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician); Ameling (soprano), Van Bork (soprano), Watts (contralto), Krenn (tenor), Rintzler (Romanian operatic bass), Krause (bass-baritone), Wiener Akademiechor (choir), Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger (German conductor)
Mendelssohn Octet / Beethoven Septet by Mendelssohn (composer), Beethoven (German composer); Wiener Oktett
New Year's Day Concert in Vienna 1979 by Wiener Philharmoniker, Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor)
Piano Concerto No. 20 / Piano Concerto No. 27 by Mozart (classical composer); English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist), Clifford Curzon (pianist)
Piano Concertos nos. 2, 4 & 5 by Saint‐Saëns (composer); Pascal Rogé (pianist), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964-1976), Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Piano Sonata op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight” / Piano Sonata op. 13 “Pathetique” / Piano Sonata op. 53 “Waldstein” by Beethoven (German composer); Radu Lupu (Romanian concert pianist)
Respighi: Feste romane / Pini di Roma / Rimsky‐Korsakov: Le Coq d’or (suite) by Respighi (composer), Rimsky‐Korsakov (Nikolaï Rimski‐Korsakov); The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor)
Serenade for Strings / Souvenir de Florence by Tchaikovsky (Russian romantic composer), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)
Signatures: Great Opera Scenes by Renée Fleming (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra
Sinfonietta / Taras Bulba / The Cunning Little Vixen Suite by Janáček (Czech composer); Wiener Philharmoniker, Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
Stabat Mater / Salve Regina by Pergolesi (composer); Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Christophe Rousset (French harpsichordist & conductor), Les Talens Lyriques (French classical musical ensemble)
Symphonie no. 8 (1971 recording) by Mahler (composer); Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti (conductor)
Symphony no. 4 by Bruckner (composer); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “New World” by Dvořák (composer); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, István Kertész (conductor)
The Planets by Holst (composer); Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
The Three-cornered Hat & La Vida Breve - Interlude & Dance by Manuel de Falla (Spanish composer); l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR), Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
Turandot (1972 studio cast) by Puccini (Italian composer); Sutherland (soprano), Pavarotti (tenor), Caballé (soprano), Ghiaurov (operatic bass), Krause (bass-baritone), Pears (tenor), John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Turangalîla‐Symphonie by Olivier Messiaen (composer and organist); Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (pianist), Takashi Harada (ondes Martenot player)
Violin Concertos / Scottish Fantasia by Mendelssohn (composer), Bruch (composer and conductor); Kyung Wha-Chung (violinist), Kempe (conductor), Dutoit (conductor)
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast / Coronation Te Deum / Parry: I Was Glad / Jerusalem by Walton (composer and conductor), Parry (English composer); Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone opera singer), Waynflete Singers, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
War Requiem by Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist); Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau (baritone)