24/48: Arturo Toscanini / NBC SO - Manfred Symphony - Nutcracker - Kikimora - RCA 1949-1952

Peter Tchaikovsky:
"Manfred" Symphony in B minor, op.58   (5 December 1949) 
I: Lento lugubre (Andante) ~ II: Vivace con spirito ~ III: Andante con moto ~ IV: Allegro con fuoco

The Nutcracker suite, op.71a   Overture Miniature ~ Marche ~ Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy ~ Trepak ~ Arabian Dance ~ Chinese Dance ~ Dance of the Mirlitons ~ Waltz of the Flowers   (19 November 1951)

Anatoli Liadov: "Kikimora", op.63   (29 July 1952)

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NBC Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Arturo Toscanini

RCA  RB 16090  1959 Decca LP/matrices: E0LRC3812/3 -1A  +  Franklin Mint (1983) TOS015A / TOS10B.   Recorded: Carnegie Hall.     RCA Sleeve/label + Nutcracker label >>>

24/48: Sir Thomas Beecham / Columbia SO - Carmen -&- Capriccio Italien - CBS 1949

Peter Tchaikovsky: "Capriccio Italien", op.45

Georges Bizet: "Carmen" - suite
(Prelude ~ Entr'acte ~ Les Dragons d'Alcala ~ Prelude,Act 1 ~ Intermezzo ~ La Garde Montante ~ Danse Boheme)  

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Columbia Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Thomas Beecham

Columbia  33CX 1037  (ML4287)  c.1956 pressing/matrices: XLP2101/2 -3N.   Recorded: 22/21 December 1949 - CBS 30th St. Studio, New York.
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Boris Khaikin / Kirov Theatre - Tchaikovsky. Maid of Orleans - CCCP 1946

Peter Tchaikovsky:  "The Maid of Orleans"  - Opera in 4 Acts

Joan of Arc............................. Sofia Preobrazenskaya  (Mezzo-Soprano)
King Charles VII....................... Vitaly Kilchevsky  (Tenor)
Agnes Sorel............................. Olga Kashevarova  (Soprano)
Dunois................................ V Runovsky  (Baritone)
Lionel................................ Lipa Solomiak  (Baritone)
Cardinal.............................. N Konstantinov  (Bass)
Thibaut............................. Ivan Petrovich Yashugin
Raymond........................... V Ulyanov
Bertrand........................... I Shashkov
Soldier............................. S Vodsinsky
Lore............................... A Marin
Angel............................... M Merzhevskaya
Minstrel.............................N Grishanov
Chorus and Orchestra of the Kirov Theatre  conducted by  Boris Khaikin  
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BBC Radio 3  - 15 February 2007 - MiniDisc.  (originally  Melodiya  D 09311-18)   Recorded: 1946 - Leningrad.  

Serge Koussevitzky / Boston S.O. - Brahms. Symphony 3 .. Tchaikovsky. Romeo & Juliet .. R.Strauss. Don Juan .. Hanson. Serenade - RCA Victor 1936/1945-7

Peter Tchaikovsky:  "Romeo & Juliet" - Fantasy Overture     (28 Dec.1936)
Johannes Brahms:  Symphony no.3 in F major, op.90     (2 Jan.1945)  
I: Allegro con brio  ~  II: Andante  ~  III:  Poco Allegretto  ~  IV: Allegro
Richard Strauss:  "Don Juan", op.20     (29 Oct.1947)  
Howard Hanson:  Serenade, op.35      Georges Laurent, flute, Bernard Zinghera, harp     (25 Nov.1947)  
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Boston Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Serge Koussevitzky 
RCA  LVM2 7510  (2LP 1974)  UK pressings/matrices: A-2E/B-3E/C-3E   Prokofiev/Shostakovich 1945-7   Sleeve-note / EMG review >>> 

Feodor Chaliapin - 50th Anniversary Album - 64 sides - Gramophone/HMV 1902-1936

Glinka:  "A Life for the Tsar" / "Ruslan & Ludmilla"   Side One/Bands 1-2-4    Side One/Band 3
Dargomijsky:  "Rusalka"   Side One/Bands 5-6    Rubinstein:  "The Demon"  Side One/Bands 7-8  
Mussorgsky:  "Boris Gudonov"  Side Two/Band 1    Side Two/Bands 2-5    Side Two/Bands 3-4     Side Three/Band 1
Borodin:  "Prince Igor"   Side Three/Bands 2-3-4    Rimsky-Korsakov:  "Sadko"  Side Three/Band 5
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Rossini / Bellini    Side Four/Bands 1-2-3     Meyerbeer / Donizetti / Verdi    Side Four/Bands 4-5-6    
Verdi / Boito    Side Four/Bands 7-8
Gounod / Delibes    Side Five/Bands 1-2-4-5     Gounod / Flegier / Massenet    Side Five/Bands 3-6-7    
Marseillaise / Glazunov    Side Five/Band 8 + Side Seven/Band 3
Beethoven / Mussorgsky    Side Six/Bands 1-6     Schubert / Koenemann / Sokolov    Side Six/Band 2 + Side Seven/Bands 4-5
Tchaikovsky / Glinka    Side Six/Band 3 + Side Seven/Band 1-2      Glinka / Rubinstein    Side Six/Bands 4-8    
Mussorgsky / Rubinstein / Stenka Razin    Side Six/Bands 5-7 + Side Seven/Band 9
Unaccompanied Folksongs    Side Seven/Bands 6-8 + Side Eight/Band 1    Brigands / Red Sun / Nevstruev    Side Seven/Band 7 + Side Eight/Bands 2-3     Wedel / Strokin / Gretchaninov / Archangelsky    Side Eight/Bands 5-6-7-8
Telephone Sketch    Side Eight/Band 9
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HMV  EX 7 61065 1  (1988: 4LP's DMM - bought 1989)   Transfers by Keith Hardwick  (much editing required......)     Full details are in the album notes, below >>>

Ljuba Welitsch sings... "Salome" (1944) -&- "Salome"/ Tchaikovsky / Verdi / Puccini / Weber / Lehar / Millocker - Columbia 1947-8 / Decca 1950

Tchaikovsky:  "Eugene Onegin" -  Tatiana's Letter Scene    /     Verdi:  "Aida" - Ritorna Vincitor! **
Puccini:  "La Tosca" -  Vissi d'arte     /    Weber:  "Der Freischutz" -  Wie nahte mir der Schlummer  
The Philharmonia Orchestra  conducted by  Walter Susskind  (**Josef Krips)   
Puccini:  "La Boheme" -  Quando m'en vo?          Vienna State Opera Orchestra
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Richard Strauss:  "Salome" - Final Scene.         Wiener Rundfunk Orchester  conducted by  Lovro von Matacic
Richard Strauss:  "Salome" - Jochanaan descends into the cistern  /  Final Scene  (with Gertrud Schuster, Contralto -&- Josef Witt, Tenor)*    
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Herbert von Karajan                              
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HMV  HLM 7006 + EMI World Records  SH 286*  Matrices:  HLM 7006A -2 (SH 289 used)  / HLM 7006B -2G  + 2XVH 9134 -1*.

Tchaikovsky:  "The Queen of Spades" -  Ich muss am Fenster lehnen   /   Es geht auf Mitternacht
Verdi:  "Un Ballo in Maschera" -  Ma dall’arido stelo divulsa   /   Morro, ma prima in grazia  
Lehar:  "Zigeunerliebe" - Hor ich Cymbalklange     /     Lehar:  "Die Lustige Witwe" - Vilja-Lied   
Millocker-Mackeben:  "Grafin Dubarry" - Ich schenk’ mein Herz      /     Lehar:  "Der Zarewitsch" - Einer wird kommen   
Vienna State Opera Orchestra   conducted by   Rudolf Moralt                                    4 files zip WAV  Mega Download 
Decca  BR 3053  (originally LXT 2567)   1960 10" LP/matrices: TRL938 -1B / TRL939 -1B.   Recorded: c.June 1950 - Musikvereinsaal, Vienna.  Decca: slightly re-edited: Dec.2013     EMI 78 transfers by: Bryan Crimp / *Anthony Griffith     (Texts/SH 286 details in HMV/WRC folder)       
1949/50 Met - Reiner/Rudolf recital     Paul Schoeffler - Decca 1950. Excellent recital     The superb 1952 Moralt/VSO 'Salome'

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Charles Munch / Paris Conservatoire - Tchaikovsky. Symphony 6 - Decca 1948

Peter Tchaikovsky:  
Symphony no.6 in B minor, op.74  - "Pathetique" 
I:  Adagio - Allegro non troppo - Andante - Allegro vivo - Andante come primo  ~  II:  Allegro con grazia  ~    
III:  Allegro molto vivace  ~  IV:  Adagio lamentoso
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L'Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris  conducted by  Charles Munch   
Decca  ACL 20   1958 LP/matrices: ARL395 -4DR / ARL396 -3DR  (the c.1951 dubbing?)    "Hi-Fi" sound...
Recorded: 24-27 May 1948 - La Maison de la Mutualite, Paris   originally 78's: AK1968-73  (1951 LP: LXT 2544)     
Re-edited May 2014:  Slight de-click ('1.2')  + v.slight treble enhancement.    Not on CD      1948 EMG review >>>