The Curtain Rises - Overtures and Preludes Side A |
1-01 | Lamoureux Orchestra Paris, Igor Markevitch | Lohengrin, Prelude Act 3 | Richard Wagner | Rate |
1-02 | NDR Symphony Orchestra, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt | La Traviata | Giuseppe Verdi | Rate |
1-03 | Lamoureux Orchestra Paris, Igor Markevitch | Ruslan And Ludmilla | Michail Glinka | Rate |
1-04 | Rome Opera Orchestra, Tullio Serafin | The Barber Of Seville | Gioacchino Rossini | Rate |
1-05 | Bavarian State Opera Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay | Fidelio | Ludwig van Beethoven | Rate |
Side B |
1-06 | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay | The Marriage Of Figaro | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Rate |
1-07 | Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra, Louis Frémaux | Norma | Vincenzo Bellini | Rate |
1-08 | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik | Oberon | Carl Maria von Weber | Rate |
1-09 | Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Hans Löwlein | The Merry Wives Of Windsor | Otto Nicolai | Rate |
Highlights From The Ballet Side A |
2-01 | Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic, Warsaw, Witold Rowicki | Waltz from "Swan Lake" (Suite Op. 20) | Peter Illich Tchaikovsky | Rate |
2-02 | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay | Dance of the Hours | Amilcare Ponchielli | Rate |
2-03 | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay | Ballet Music from "Aida" | Giuseppe Verdi | Rate |
2-04 | Lamoureux Orchestra Paris, Igor Markevitch | Hungarian March from "La Damnation de Faust" | Hector Berlioz | Rate |
Side B |
2-05 | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay | Valse from "Faust" | Charles Gounod | Rate |
2-06 | Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky | Sabre Dance from "Gayaneh" (Ballet Suite) | Aram Khatchaturian | Rate |
2-07 | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel | Firebird (Ballet Suite) | Igor Stravinsky | Rate |
Impressionists Sketches Side A La Mer & Trois Esquisses Symphoniques |
3-01 | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert Von Karajan | De l'aube à midi sur la mer | Claude Debussy | Rate |
3-02 | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert Von Karajan | Jeux de vagues | Claude Debussy | Rate |
3-03 | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert Von Karajan | Dialogue du vent et de la mer | Claude Debussy | Rate |
Side B |
3-04 | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert Von Karajan | Daphnis et Chloé, Lever du jour - Pantomime-Danse Générale (Suite No. 2) | Maurice Ravel | Rate |
3-05 | Karlheinz Zöller, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan | Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune | Claude Debussy | Rate |
Folk Melodies in the Classics Side A |
4-01 | Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Richard Kraus | Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C minor | Franz Liszt | Rate |
4-02 | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Ferdinand Leitner | Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 | Peter Illich Tchaikovsky | Rate |
4-03 | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay | Radetzky March | Johann Strauss, snr. | Rate |
Side B |
4-04 | Residentie Orchestra Of The Hague, Willem van Otterloo | Farandole from L'Arlésienne Suite II (2) | Georges Bizet | Rate |
4-05 | Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Richard Kraus | Anitra's Dance from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 | Edvard Grieg | Rate |
4-06 | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Ferdinand Leitner | Marche Slave, Op. 31 | Peter Illich Tchaikovsky | Rate |
4-07 | Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra, Louis Frémaux | Polovtsian Dances from "Prince Igor" | Alexander Borodin | Rate |
Colour And Sound Of The Piano Side A |
5-01 | Margrit Weber, RIAS Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Rate |
Side B |
5-02 | Annie Fischer, Bavarian State Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay | Rondo in D major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 382 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Rate |
5-03 | Sviatoslav Richter, Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic Warsaw, Stanislav Wislocki | Introduction and Allegro appassionato, Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra in G major, Op. 92 | Robert Schumann | Rate |
Orchestral Pyrotechiques Side A |
6-01 | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik | Minuet II (2) from "Music For The Royal Fireworks" | George Frideric Handel | Rate |
6-02 | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay | Les Préludes, Symphonic Poem No. 3 | Franz Liszt | Rate |
6-03 | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay | Egmont Overture, Op. 84 | Ludwig van Beethoven | Rate |
Side B |
6-04 | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel | Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 (Alborada / Variazioni / Alborada / Scene e canto gitano / Fandango asturiano) | Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Rate |
6-05 | Rome Opera Orchestra, Tullio Serafin | William Tell, Overture | Gioacchino Rossini | Rate |
Festival of The Strings Side A |
7-01 | Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Festival Strings Lucerne | Springtime from "The Four Seasons" (Concerto grosso in E major, Op. 8 No. 1) | Antonio Vivaldi | Rate |
7-02 | Festival Strings Lucerne, Rudolf Baumgartner | Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (Allegro / Adagio / Allegro) | Johann Sebastian Bach | Rate |
Side B |
7-03 | David Oistrakh, London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens | Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G major | Ludwig van Beethoven | Rate |
7-04 | Festival Strings Lucerne, Rudolf Baumgartner | Divertimento in B flat major, K. 137 (Movements: 1st Andante / 2nd Allegro di molto / 3rd Allegro assai) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Rate |
7-05 | Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter | Air from suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 | Johann Sebastian Bach | Rate |
Reveries and Fantasies Side A |
8-01 | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik | Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1, Siegfried Idyll | Richard Wagner | Rate |
Side B |
8-02 | Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic, Warsaw, Witold Rowicki | Swan Lake (Suite Op. 20) 1st scene (Moderato) | Peter Illich Tchaikovsky | Rate |
8-03 | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik | Intermezzo from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | Rate |
8-04 | Belin Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel | Pines of Rome (The Pines of Villa Borghese / The Pines by the Catacombs / The Pines on the Janiculum / The Pines of the Via Appia) | Ottorino Respighi | Rate |
Music With A Tale To Tell Side A |
9-01 | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik | Wedding March from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | Rate |
9-02 | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik | Manfred Overture, Op. 115 | Robert Schumann | Rate |
9-03 | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay | Moldau (Vltava) from "Ma Vlast" | Bedrich Smetana | Rate |
Side B |
9-04 | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel | Night on the bare Mountain | Modest Mussorgsky | Rate |
9-05 | Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra, Louis Frémaux | The Sorcerer's Apprentice | Paul Dukas | Rate |
9-06 | Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Richard Kraus | Morning/In the Hall of the Mountain King from "Peer Gynt" Suite No. 1, Op. 46 | Edvard Grieg | Rate |
Festival of Romantic Favourites Side A |
10-01 | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay | Serenade in G major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (1. Allegro / 2. Romanze: Andante / 3. Menuetto: Allegro / 4. Rondo: Allegro) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Rate |
10-02 | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paul Strauss | Carnaval Overture, op. 92 | Antonin Dvorak | Rate |
Side B |
10-03 | Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay | Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 | Carl Maria von Weber | Rate |
10-04 | Lamoureux Orchestra Paris, Igor Markevitch | In the Steppes of the Central Asia | Alexander Borodin | Rate |
10-05 | Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic, Warsaw, Witold Rowicki | Valse from "Sleeping Beauty" (Suite Op. 66a) | Peter Illich Tchaikovsky | Rate |
Took all info from the 22 pages booklet, and it was written in English.