Released 1959
Cat No.: RDM1-12
RD Code: WGC
The fiirst box set created by Reader's Digest. Picked up from the USA, the UK version is only different by the dark RCA band at the bottom of the picture, and the alternative booklets supplied with the set.
LP1
1
(Bach) Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F
- Orchestra of the
Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome
conducted by Arturo Basile
2
(Handel) Water Music Suite - Orchestra of the
Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome
conducted by Arturo Basile
LP2
1
(Haydn) Symphony No.94 in G 'Surprise' - Orchestra of the
Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome
conducted by Massimo Freccia
2
(Mozart) Symphony No.40 in G Minor K550 - Orchestra of the
Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome
conducted by Massimo Freccia
LP3
1
(Beethoven) Symphony No.3 in E Flat Op.55 'Eroica'
- Oslo
Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Odd Griner - Hegge
LP4
1
(Schubert) Symphony No.8 in B Minor 'Unfinished'
- Oslo
Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Oivin Fjeldstad
2
(Mendelssohn) Symphony No.4 in A, Op.90 'Italian'
- Orchestra of the
Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome conducted by Massimo Freccia
LP5
1
(Brahms) Symphony No.3 in F, Op.90 - Oslo Philharmonic
Orchestra conducted by Oivin Fjeldstad
LP6
1
(Franck) Symphony in D Minor - London orchestra Society
conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
LP7
1
(Tchaikovsky) Symphony No.6 in B Minor, Op.74
'Pathetique' - London Festival Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson
LP8
1
(Schumann) Symphony No.3 in E Flat, Op.97 'Rhenish'
- International
Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rene Liebowitz
2
(Liszt) Mephisto Waltz - International Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Rene Liebowitz
LP9
1
(Chopin) Les Sylphides, A Major Prelude, Op.28 No.7
- London Festival
Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson
2
(Chopin) Les Sylphides, C Sharp Minor Waltz, Op.64 No.2
- London Festival
Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson
3
(Chopin) Les Sylphides, E Flat Major Waltz, Op.18
- London Festival
Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson
4
(Sibelius) Finlandia Op.26 - London Festival
Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson
5
(Sibelius) Swan Of Tuonela (No.3 of 'Lemminkainen
Legend' Op.22 - London Festival Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson
6
(Grieg) Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46 - London Festival
Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson
7
(Dvorak) Carnival Overture, Op.92 - London Festival
Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gibson
LP10
1
(Richard Strauss) Till Eulenspiegel's
Merry Pranks Op.28 - Orchestra of the Teatro Communale of Belogna conducted by Arturo
Basile
2
(Johann Strauss Jr) Vienna Blood Waltz Op.354
- Orchestra of the
Teatro Communale of Belogna conducted by Arturo Basile
3
(Wagner) Triston And Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod
- Orchestra of the
Teatro Communale of Belogna conducted by Arturo Basile
LP11
1
(Stravinsky) Rite Of Spring - London Festival
Orchestra conducted by Rene Liebowitz
2
(Debussey) Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun
- London Festival
Orchestra conducted by Rene Liebowitz
LP12
1
(Berlioz) Roman Carnival Overture Op.9 - Orchestra of the Teatro
Communale of Belogna conducted by Arturo Basile
2
(Verdi) La Forza Del
Destino, Overture - Orchestra of the Teatro Communale of Belogna conducted by Arturo
Basile
3
(Johann Strauss Jr) Die Fledermaus, Du Und
Du, Op.367 Waltz - Orchestra of the Teatro Communale of Belogna conducted by Arturo
Basile
4
(Rossini) Barber Of Saville Overture - Orchestra of the Teatro
Communale of Belogna conducted by Arturo Basile
5
(Bizet) Carmen Prelude to Act 1 - Orchestra of the Teatro
Communale of Belogna conducted by Arturo Basile
6
(Rimsky-Korsakov) Russian Easter Overture
Op.36 - Orchestra
of the Teatro Communale of Belogna conducted by Arturo Basile
Thanks for that third scan, I didn't get that in my £4.99 ebay copy of this excellent set.
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