Efrem Kurtz / New York Philharmonic - Shostakovich. Symphony 9 - CBS 1947

Dmitri Shostakovich: 
Symphony no.9, op.70   
I: Allegro  ~  II: Moderato  ~  III: Presto  ~  IV: Largo  ~  V: Allegretto - Allegro
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Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York  conducted by  Efrem Kurtz  
Philips  ABL 3117  1956 UK LP/Dutch matrix: AA01248 1L=1    Recorded: 8 April 1947
Far more detailed/dynamic - with a much greater frequency-range (<19kHz) than another recent 'smoothed' CBS LP dub on 'Symphonyshare'..... 
Koussevitzky-Boston 1946/7 recording >>>         Sleeve-note / EMG review >>> 

Sir Thomas Beecham conducts... Richard Strauss. Don Quixote - RCA 1932 / Wagner. Faust + live at Covent Garden - EMI 1936

Richard Strauss:  "Don Quixote"    (Alfred Wallenstein, 'cello  -  Rene Pollain, viola  -  Mishel Piastro, violin)   
The New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham   
Richard Wagner:  "A Faust Overture"   
London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham               
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HMV  HLM 7154    1979 pressing/matrices: 2XEA 6532 -1 / 2XEA 6533 -1  
Richard Wagner:  "Gotterdammerung"  - Act.2. 'Hoi-ho!'    - Ludwig Weber, Bass  -  Herbert Janssen, Baritone    
Richard Wagner:  "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg"   - Act.1 - Church scene   /   Act.3 - Prize Song    (with Ralf, Bockelmann, Lemnitz)
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Royal Opera House Chorus - London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham  
EMI World Records  SH 1004 (1979)  /  HMV  ALP 1870 (1961)  /  HMV  RLS 7711 (1983 set)  Rec: 29/20 May 1936 - Covent Garden: 'live'    HLM 7154  Sleeve-note >>>
http://www.arsc-audio.org/journals/v12/v12n3p240-257.pdf   - A comprehensive review of the 1979 Beecham LP issues by David Hall.  

Bruno Walter / New York Philharmonic - Schubert. Symphony 9 -&- Dvorak. Symphony 8 - CBS 1946/7

Franz Schubert:  Symphony no.9 in C major - "The Great"
I:  Andante - Allegro ma non troppo  ~  II:  Andante con moto  ~ III:  Scherzo (Allegro vivace)  ~  IV:  Allegro vivace     
Philips  GBL 5609   1962 UK reissue/matrices: G03588L 1L -3 / 2L -2.   Recorded: 22 April 1946 - Carnegie Hall, New York.
The US tape dubbing is rather lacking in frequency-range. Very slightly re-edited July 2012 with + ~2dB upper treble enhancement.
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony no.8 (4) in G major, op.88     
I:  Allegro con brio  ~  II:  Adagio  ~  III:  Allegretto grazioso   ~  IV:  Allegro ma non troppo    
EMI / Columbia  33CX 1036   Original 1953 LP.  EMI matrices: XLP 443 -6N / XLP 444 -5N    Recorded: 28 Nov.1947 - Carnegie Hall, New York.
July 2010 files extensively re-edited July 2012. Now single file. Side 2 amplified by +2.4 dB so as to match Side 1.
The sound is somewhat 'crumbly'  due to the original CBS discs-to-tape transfer.. see:  IDIS 6509 - MusicWeb 2007
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New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Bruno Walter      Schubert Sleeve/sleeve-note >>>