Bruno Walter / Vienna Philharmonic - Mozart. Symphonies 38 & 41 - EMI 1936/1938

W.A.Mozart: Symphony no.38 in D major, K.504  ('Prague')
I: Adagio - Allegretto ~ II: Andante ~ III: Finale (Presto)

W.A.Mozart: Symphony no.41 in C major, K.551  ('Jupiter')
I: Allegro vivace ~ II: Andante cantabile ~ III: Minuet (Allegretto) ~ IV: Finale (Molto Allegro)

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Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Bruno Walter

EMI Music for Pleasure  MFP 2061  1967 reprint of COLH 37 - 1958 Pathe matrices.  (HMV DB 3212-4 -&- HMV DB 3428-31). Recorded: 18 December 1936 & 11 January 1938 -Musikvereinssaal, Vienna.    Sleeve-note / EMG COLH review >>>

Felix Weingartner / Vienna Philharmonic - Beethoven. Symphony 8 -&- Symphony 9 - Columbia 1935/6

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony no.8 in F major, op.93 
I: Allegro vivace e con brio  ~  II: Allegretto scherzando  ~  III: Tempo di menuetto  ~  IV: Allegro vivace
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Symphony no.9 in D minor, op.125   "Choral"  
I: Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso  ~  II: Molto vivace  ~  III: Adagio molto e cantabile  ~  IV: Presto - Allegro assai
Louise Helletsgruber, Soprano,   Rosette Anday, Contralto,   Georg Maikl, Tenor,   Richard Mayr, Bass 
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Vienna State Opera Chorus  &  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Felix Weingartner    
French EMI  COLC 27-28. Original LP's (sounding better than the UK COLC: but these mint pressings needed much editing..).  Recorded: 25/26 February 1936 -&- 2-5 February 1935. 
Beethoven 9/mvt 3: '1.5' declick from 10:55 + a smidgeon of treble - mvt 4: amplified by 0.6dB from 13:00.   UK COLC Booklet enclosed with Beethoven 9.   EMG review >>>

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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Hans Pfitzner conducts: Das Katchen von Heilbronn ... Pfitzner. Symphony 1 / Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt - Urania 1952

Hans Pfitzner:  
"Das Katchen von Heilbronn" - Overture, op.17       
Wiener Philharmoniker  conducted by  Hans Pfitzner         
Recorded: 'circa 1945' (1944) - first LP issue: Urania URLP-7050 
Symphony no.1 in C sharp minor, op.36a                
I: Moderato  ~  II: Scherzo  ~  III: Adagio - Allegro                           
Deutsches Opernhaus Orchester, Berlin  conducted by  Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt   
Recorded: 'circa 1942' (1944) - first LP issue: Urania URLP-7056                                             2 files zip FLAC  Mega Download  
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