MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE Collector’s Edition

 

 

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S. that reproduced some of the most sonically realistic recordings at the dawn of the stereo era. Precious few stereo LPs were pressed when these recordings were issued, and they became some of the rarest, most collectible classical discs ever. Mercury Living Presence continues to enjoy a special reputation as one of the most enterprising, prestigious and sonically-spectacular labels in the history of classical recording.

 

Some of these recording have been available on CD and on SACD. However, many are now deleted and only available 2nd-hand or through auction sellers at premium prices. This 50-album Box Set (plus bonus interview CD with Wilma Cozart Fine, Mercury’s producer) affords collectors an opportunity to acquire 50 classic recordings at a terrific price, in a box which may well become collectible itself.

 

CD 1

Kubelik / CSO

Mussorgsky / Ravel: Pictures at an exhibition

Bartók: Music for strings, percussion and celesta

 

CD 2

Kubelik / CSO

Smetana: Má Vlast

 

CD 3

Howard Hanson / Eastman-Rochester Orchestra

Fiesta in Hi-Fi

 

CD 4

Dorati / Minneapolis Symphony /

Philharmonia Hungarica

Kodály & Bartók

 

CD 5

Menuhin / Dorati / Minneapolis Symphony

Bartók: Violin Concerto No.2; Second Suite

 

CD 6

Frederick Fennell / Estman-Rochester Pops

Hi-Fi a la Española

 

CD 7

Dorati / London Symphony Orchestra /

Minneapolis Symphony

Prokofiev: Scythian Suite; Love for Three Oranges; Symphony 5

 

CD 8

Howard Hanson - The Composer and his Orchestra

 

CD 9

Dorati / Minneapolis Symphony

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture; Capriccio Italien

Beethoven: Wellington's Victory

 

CD 10

Dorati / Minneapolis Symphony

Dvorák: Slavonic Dances, opp.46 & 72

 

CD 11

Howard Hanson / Eastman-Rochester Orchestra

Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite; Herbert: Cello Concerto No.2

 

CD 12

Frederick Fennell / Eastman Wind Ensemble

British and American Band Classics

 

CD 13

Dorati / Minneapolis Symphony /

London Symphony Orchestra

Stravinsky: Petrouchka; Le Sacre du printemps

 

CD 14

Paray / Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Suppé & Auber: Overtures

 

CD 15

Paray / Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, etc.

 

CD 16

Frederick Fennell / Eastman Wind Ensemble

Sousa: Sound Off! & Sousa on Review: Favourite Marches

 

CD 17

Dorati / London Symphony Orchestra

Enesco: Roumanian Rhapsody No.1 /

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies 1-6

 

CD 18

Dorati / London Symphony Orchestra

Khachaturian: Gayaneh

Skrowaczewski / Minneapolis Symphony

Shostakovich: Symphony No.5

 

CD 19

Dorati / London Symphony Orchestra

Enesco: Roumanian Rhapsody No.2 /

Brahms: Hungarian Dances; Haydn Variations

 

CD 20

The Civil War

Its music and its sounds Part 1

Fort Sumter to Gettysburg

Frederick Fennell / Eastman Wind Ensemble

 

CD 21

The Civil War

Its music and its sounds Part 2

Gettysburg to Appomattox

Frederick Fennell / Eastman Wind Ensemble

 

CD 22

Byron Janis / London Symphony Orchestra /

Minneapolis Symhony / Dorati

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 3 & 2

 

CD 23

Dorati / London Symphony Orchestra /

Minneapolis Symphony

Copland: Appalachian Spring; Billy the Kid; Danzón Cubano; El Salón México

 

CD 24

Byron Janis /

Minneapolis Symphony / Dorati

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition piano original + Ravel orchestration

 

CD 25

Minneapolis Symphony / Skrowaczewski

London Symphony Orchestra / Dorati

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suites 1 & 2

Mussorgsky: Night on the bare mountain

 

CD 26

Byron Janis / Minneapolis Symphony / Skrowaczewski /

Lonodn Symphony / Menges

Schumann: Piano Concerto; Arabeske

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1

 

CD 27

Pepe Romero

Flamenco!

 

CD 28

The Romeros

The Royal Family of the Spanish Guitar

 

CD 29

Frederick Fennell / Eastman Wind Ensemble

Screamers - Circus Marches

March Time

 

CD 30

Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra / Vitaly Gnutov

 

CD 31

Byron Janis

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Kondrashin

Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra / Rozhdestvensky

Liszt: Piano Concertos 1 & 2, etc.

 

CD 32

Byron Janis

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra / Kondrashin

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.1, etc.

 

CD 33

Janos Starker / London Symphony Orchestra / Dorati

Dvorák: Cello Concerto

Bruch: Kol Nidrei; Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations

 

CD 34

Janos Starker

London Symphony Orchestra / Skrowaczewski / Dorati

Schumann: Cello Concerto

Lalo: Cello Concerto

Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto in A minor

 

CD 35-36

Dorati / London Symphony Orchestra /

Philharmonia Hungarica

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker; Serenade for Strings

 

CD 37

Henryk Szeryng / London Symphony Orchestra / Dorati

Brahms; Violin Concerto

Khachaturian: Violin Concerto

 

CD 38

Dorati / London Symphony Orchestra

Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

Berg: Wozzeck: 3 excerpts

 

CD 39

Gina Bachauer / London Symphony Orchestra / Skrowaczewski

Brahms: Piano Concerto No.2, etc.

 

CD 40

Henryk Szeryng

Kteisler Favourites

 

CD 41-42

Janos Starker

Bach: 6 Suites for unaccompanied cello, etc.

 

CD 43

Gina Bachauer / London Symphony Orchestra /

Dorati / Skrowacewski

Beethoven: Piano Concertos 4 & 5

 

CD44

Gina Bachauer / London Symphony Orchestra / Dorati

Chopin: Piano Concertos 1 & 2

 

CD 45

Gina Bachauer / Sir John Gielgud

Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit;

Debussy: Pour le piano

Stravinsky: 3 Movements from Petrouchka, etc.

 

CD 46

Janos Starker / György Sebok

Brahms & Mendelssohn: Cello Sonatas

 

CD 47

Henryk Szeryng / London Symphony Orchestra / Dorati

Schumann & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos

+ solo pieces

 

CD 48

London Symphony Orchestra / Dorati

Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de feu - complete; Feu d'artifice; Chant du rossignol, etc.

 

CD 49

Janos Starker

Italian Cello Sonatas

Boccherini, Vivaldi, Corelli, Locatelli, Valentini, etc.

 

CD 50

The Romeros

Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Concierto Andaluz

Vivaldi: Concertos

 

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