Various Artists 

'Decca Sound: The Mono Years 1944 – 1956'

Limited Edition 53 CD Box Set 2015

DECCA SOUND
THE MONO YEARS 1944 - 1956
Orchestral - Instrumental
ffrr - full frequency range recording
Box of 53 CDs MONO DB53
Limited Edition

The Outer box has some minor storage marks, however all of the content is in MINT Condition!

Track Listing:

CD1: Stravinsky: Petrouchka; Le Sacre du printemps
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR)/Ansermet
CD2: Roussel: Le Festin de l'araignée; Petite Suite pour orchestre; Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin; Valses nobles et sentimentales
OSR/Ansermet
CD3:Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead*; Dukas: La Péri*; Debussy: 6 Épigraphes antiques; Jeux
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra(PCO)*/OSR/Ansermet
CD4:Albéniz: Iberia*; Turina: Danzas fantásticas*; Poulenc: Les Biches – Suite PCO/Argenta* + Desomière
CD5:Haydn: Symphonies 101 “Clock” & 88; Beethoven: Emperor Concerto* Backhaus/Wiener Philharmoniker (WP)/Krauss*/Münchinger
CD6:Baranovič: Gingerbread Heart – Ballet Suite; Lhotka: Devil in the Village – Suite* Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra/Baranovič
Orchestra of the National Opera House, Zagreb/Lhotka*
CD7:Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Pijper: Symphony 3; Diepenbrock: Marsyas ou la Source enchantée – Suite (excerpt)
Concertgebouw Orchestra (COA)/van Beinum
CD8:Bliss: A Colour Symphony; Introduction & Allegro; Violin Concerto
Campoli/London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO)/Bliss
CD9:Tchaikovsky: Suite 3 in G; Prokofiev: Love of Three Oranges – Suite*; Lieutenant Kijé – Suite
PCO/LPO*/Boult
CD10:Vaughan Williams: Job; The Wasps - Suite
LPO/Boult
CD11:Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem*; Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra
Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia; Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra; Katchen/Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (DRSO)*/London Symphony Orchestra/COA/Britten*
Van Beinum
CD12:Homage to Fritz Kreisler; Lalo: Symphonie espagnole*
Campoli/Gritton
LPO/van Beinum*
CD13:ElgaR: Violin Concerto*; Butterworth: Shropshire Lad – Rhapsody; The Banks of Green Willow; Bax: Tintagel; Holst: The Perfect Fool – Ballet Suite
Campoli*/LPO/Boult
CD14:Walton: Façade – An Entertainment; Façade – Suites 1 & 2*; Lambert: Horoscope – Ballet Suite*
Sitwell/Pears/LSO*/Collins/Irving*
CD15:Elgar: Introduction & Allegro for Strings; Serenade for strings in E minor; Falstaff – Symphonic Study*; Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Fantasia on “Greensleeves”
New Symphony Orchestra of London (NSOL)/LSO*/Collins
CD16:Mozart: Piano Quartets 1&2*; Horn Quintet in E flat°
Curzon*/Brain°/Amadeus Quartet
CD17:Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1; Beethoven: Symphony No. 4*
Curzon/COA/Van Beinum/Krips*
CD18:Honegger: Symphony No. 3; Chant de joie; Beck: Viola Concerto°; Reichel: Piano Concerto°
PCO/Denzler/OSR/Meylan°
CD19:Beethoven: Violin Concerto*; Haydn: Symphony No. 102
Elman*/LPO/Solti
CD20:Brahms: Violin Concerto*; Elizalde: Violin Concerto°; Rodrigo: Concierto de estio for violin†
Ferras/WP*/Schuricht*/LSO°/Poulet°/PCO†/Enesco†
CD21:J. Strauss II: Graduation Ball – Ballet Suite (arr. Dorati)*; Gluck & Grétry: Ballet suites
NSOL/Fistoulari*
NSOL/Irving
CD22:Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker & Sleeping Beauty* Suites
PCO/Fistoulari/Désormière*
CD23:Brahms: Cello Sonatas; Bach: Viola da gamba Sonata in G (arr. for cello) Fournier/Backhaus
CD24:Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor*; Schumann: Fantasiestücke; Drei Romanzen; Cello Concerto
Gendron/Françaix*/OSR/Ansermet
CD25 & 26: Bloch: Quartets 1-4
Griller Quartet
CD27:Beethoven: Hammerklavier Sonata; “Eroica Variations”; “Les Adieux” Sonata Gulda
CD28:Haydn: Quartet in E flat, Op.64/6; Boccherini: Quartet in D, Op.6/1; Schumann: Quartet No.2 in F, Op.41/2; Verdi: Quartet in E minor
Quartetto Italiano
CD29:Sibelius: 4 Legends; Karelia Suite
DRSO/Jensen
CD30: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 “Choral”
WP/Kleiber
CD31:Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”; Wagner: Tristan & Parsifal*
LPO/Kleiber/Krauss*
CD32:Bruckner: Symphony No. 3; Wagner: Tannhäuser - Overture & Venusberg music WP/Knappertsbusch
CD33:Nielsen: Quartet No. 4 in F; Vagn Holmboe: Quartet No. 3; Sibelius: Quartet in D* Koppel Quartet/Griller Quartet *
CD34:Bizet: Jeux d'enfants; Jolie Fille de Perth – Suite; Chabrier: Suite Patorale; Ode à la musique; Debussy: Damoiselle élue
PCO/Lindenberg/Fournet
CD35:Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3*; Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D flat Lympany
NSOL/Collins*
LPO/Fistoulari
CD36:Mozart: Serenade 4*; Symphonies 28 & 29
NSO*/OSR/Maag
CD37:Granados: Goyescas; El pelele
Magaloff
CD38:Lalo: Namouna - Suites 1 & 2; Fauré: Ballade; 4 Nocturnes; Françaix: Concertino for piano and orchestra
Long/LPO/Martinon
CD39-41:Handel: Concerti grossi, op.6; Water Music
Boyd Neel String Orchestra (BNSO)/Neel
CD42:Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata; Kodály: Sonata for cello; Reger: Suite No. 2; Bach: Cello Suite No. 3 – Bourrées
Nelsova/Balsam
CD43:Shostakovich: Piano Quintet; Bloch: Piano Quintet No. 1
Quintetto Chigiano
CD44:Boccherini: Piano Quintets in A major & D minor; Brahms: Piano Quintet Quintetto Chigiano
CD45:Paganini: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Ricci/LSO/Collins
CD46:Mozart: Symphonies 25 & 38*; Rossini: 5 Overtures
LSO/Solti*/Gamba
CD47: Bartók: Music for strings, percussion and celesta; Kodály: Háry János – Suite; Haydn: Symphony No. 100 "Military"
LPO/Solti
CD48: Beethoven: Archduke Trio; Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1
Trio di Trieste
CD49: Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5; Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
DRSO/Tuxen
CD50:Nielsen: Symphony No. 5; Flute & Clarinet* Concertos
DRSO/Jensen/Möldike*
CD51:Smetana: String Quartet No. 1; Kodály: Quartet No. 2; Schubert: Quartet No. 13, D804
Végh Quartet
CD52:Mozart: Divertimento, K334; Divertimento K247
Vienna Octet
CD53:Mendelssohn: Octet; Brahms: Clarinet Quintet
Vienna Octet

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