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1. SXL 2201~10

  5 SXL 2201(monaural; LXT 5580)
HÄNDEL; Organ Concertos Vol.III(no.9~12)
Karl Richter / Karl Richter Chamber Orchestra
Recording;
cf. Vol. I;
SXL 2115, Vol.II; SXL 2187
  5 SXL 2202(complete; SXL 2054~56 set, monaural; LXT 5575)
PUCCINI; Opera 'Madama Butterfly'(highlights)
Tullio Serafin / Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
Recording; Jul. 1958, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
 
  5 SXL 2203(not issued)   5 SXL 2204(monaural; LXT 5036)
BACH; Musical Offering, BWV.1079
Karl Münchinger / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
Recording;
  5 SXL 2205(monaural; LXT 5499)
BACH; Piano Recital
English Suite No.5 in d minor, French Suite no.5 in G major, 2 prelude and fugues from WTC
Wilhelm Backhaus(p)
Recording; Oct. 1956, Victoria Hall, Genève
  5 SXL 2206(monaural; LXT 5214)
BRAHMS; Symphony No.4 in e minor, op.98
Rafael Kubelik / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; 24,25th Mar. 1956, Sofiensaal, Wien
 
  5 SXL 2207(monaural; LXT 5314)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS; Symphony No.8 in d minor, Partita for double string orchestra
Adrian Boult / London Philharmonic Orchestra
Recording;
 
  5 SXL 2208~10(highlights; SXL 2014, monaural; LXT 5411~12)
GIORDANO; Opera 'Andrea Chenier'(complete)
Mario del Monaco(T), Renata Tebaldi(S), Ettore Bastianini(Br), Fiorenza Cossotto(Ms), Fernando Corena(B) / Gianandrea Gavazzeni / Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
Recording; 7th Jul.~10th Aug. 1957, L'Accademia di Santa Cecila, Roma
  5 SXL 2208~10(another wallet)

2. SXL 2211~20

  5 SXL 2211(monaural; LXT 5158)
FAURÉ; Requiem, op.48
Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, L'Union Chorale de la Tour de Peilz, Susanne Danco(S), Gerard Souzay(Br)
Recording; 1955, Victoria Hall, Genève
  5 SXL 2211(later jacket?)
 
    5 SXL 2212(monaural; LXT 5019)
RAVEL; Opera 'Les Enfants et les Sortilèges'
Singers / Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Recording; Oct. 1954, Victoria Hall, Genève
  5 SXL 2213(no LXT issue)
CESARE SIEPI; Operatic arias(from complete operas)
PONCHIELLI; Si, Morir Ella De! - Qui Chiamata M'Avete? - with Giulietta Simionato(Ms) [ from 'La Gioconda', SXL 2225~27 ]
BOITO; - Ave Signor, Perdona se il mio Gergo - Son lo Spirito Che Nega - Ecco il Mondo - [ from 'Mefistofele',
SXL 2094~96 ]
ROSSINI; La Calunnia ? un Venticello [ from 'Il Barbiere Di Siviglia', LXT 5283~85 ]
VERDI; - Or Siam Soli
Pi? Tranquilla L'Alma Sento - Il Santo Nome di Dio La Vergine Degli Angeli - with Renata Tabaldi (S) [ from 'La Forza Del Destino' - SXL 2069~72 ]
Cesare Siepi(B)
Alberto Erede / Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino(Rossini)
Recording; 1956(Rossini), and see the links.
  5 SXL 2214(monaural; LXT 5123)
MOZART; Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat major K.595, Piano Sonata No.11 in A major K.331*
Wilhelm Backhaus(p) / Karl Böhm / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; 30,31st May 1955, Redoutensaal, Wien & , May & Jun. 1955, Victoria Hall, Genève(or Redoutensaal, Wien?)
  5 SXL 2215~17(monaural; LXT 5085~87)
MOZART; Opera 'Die Zauberflöte', K.620
Wilma Lipp(S), Hilde Güden(S), Léopold Simoneau(T), Walter Berry(B), Kurt Böhme(B), Emmy Loose(S) / Karl Böhm / Wiener Philharmoniker & Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Recording; 30,31st May 1955, Redoutensaal, Wien & , May & Jun. 1955, Victoria Hall, Genève(or Redoutensaal, Wien?)
  5 SXL 2215~17(another folder jacket)
 
  5 SXL 2215~17(box issue)  
  5 SXL 2218(monaural; LXT 5577)
PROKOFIEV; Peter and the wolf (nar. revised by Bidrum Vabish)
SAINT-SA
ËNS; Carnival of the animals* (verse. by Ogden Nash, Animals at London Zoo)
Beatrice Lillie(Narrator)
Julius Katchen & Gary Graffman(ps)* / Skitch Henderson / London Symphony Orchestra
Recording; Feb. 1960, Kingsway Hall, London
  5 SXL 2218(backside)
  5 SXL 2219(monaural; LXT 5029)
BACH; Organ Recital
Toccata and fugue in d minor BWV.565
Fantasy and fugue in g minor BWV.542
Passacaglia in c minor BWV.582
Prelude and fugue in e minor BWV.548
Karl Richter(org)
Recording; Oct. 1954, Victoria Hall, Genève
  5 SXL 2220(monaural; LXT 5414)
MOZART; Symphony No.35 in D major 'Haffner' & No.41 in C major K.551 'Jupiter'
Josef Krips / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Recording; Apr. 1957, Tifferet Cinema, Rishon-Le-Zion, Israel

3. SXL 2221~30

  5 SXL 2221(monaural; LXT 5311)
R. KORSAKOV; 'The Tale of Tsar Saltan' Suite, 'May Night' Overture, Russian Easter Festival, Overture on Liturgical Themes
Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Recording; Nov. 1956, Victoria Hall, Genève
  5 SXL 2222(monaural; LXT 5308)
BRAHMS; Piano Recital
Piano pieces op.118, Capriccio op.76-2, Rhapsody op.79-2, 4 intermezzos
Wilhelm Backhaus(p)
Recording; Oct. 1956, Victoria Hall, Genève
  5 SXL 2223(monaural; LXT 5347)
SCHUMANN; Symphony No.1 in B flat major 'spring', No.4 in d minor op.120
Josef Krips / London Symphony Orchestra
Recording;
  5 SXL 2224(monaural; LXT 5395)
MAHLER; Lieder einen Fahrenden Gesellen, Kindertotenlieder
Kirsten Flagstad(S) / Adrian Boult / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; 17~21st May 1957, Sofiensaal, Wien
  5 SXL 2225~27(monaural; LXT 5400~02)
PONCHIELLI; Opera 'La Gioconda'(complete)
Anita Cerquetti(S), Mario del Monaco(T), Giulietta Simionato(Ms), Ettore Bastianini(Br), Cesare Siepi(B) / Gianandrea Gavazzeni / Coro e Orchestra dell'accademia di Santa Cecilia
Recording; Jul. 1957, Teatro Pergola, Firenze
  5 SXL 2228(monaural; LXT 5584)
BEETHOVEN; Symphony No.2 in D major op.36, Leonore No.2 overture
Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Recording; Jan. 1960, Victoria Hall, Genève
  5 SXL 2229(monaural; LXT 5585)
MENDELSSOHN; Incidental musics to 'Midsummer Night's Dream'(4 works)
SCHUBERT; Incidental musics to 'Rosamunde'
Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Recording; Victoria Hall, Genève
  5 SXL 2230(from SXL 2031~32 & SXL 2101~03, monaural; LXT 5586)
WAGNER; Excerpts from 'Die Walküre'* and 'Das Rheingold'
Kirsten Flagstad(S) / Georg Solti / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; 17~21st May 1957, Großer Saal, Musikverein*, 24th Sep. ~ 8th Oct. 1958, Sofiensaal, Wien

4. SXL 2231~40

  5 SXL 2231(monaural; LXT 5587)
RAVEL; String Quartet in F major
PROKOFIEV; String Quartet No.2

Carmirelli SQ.
Recording;
  5 SXL 2232(monaural; LXT 5588)
SEARLE; Symphony No.1
SEIBER; Elegy for viola and small orchestra, 3 fragments from 'a portrait of the artist as a young man'

Adrian Boult / London Philharmonic Orchestra
Matyas Seiber / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Cecil Aronowitz(va)
Matyas Seiber / Melos Ensemble, Dorian Singer, Peter Pears(speaker)
Recording;
  5 SXL 2233(monaural; LXT 5589)
MOZART; Concert arias
HAYDN; Concert arias

Jennifer Vyvyan(S) / Harry Newstone / The Haydn Orchestra
Recording;
  5 SXL 2234(electronically reprocessed stereo; no LXT issue)
BACH & HÄNDEL; Arias
BACH; Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, Agnus Dei(Mass in b minor), Aria, "Grief for Sin"(St. Matthew passion), All is fulfilled(St. John passion)
H
ÄNDEL; "Return, O God of hosts"(Samson), "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion", "He was despised"(Messiah), Father of Heaven(Judas Maccabaeus),
Kathleen Ferrier(A) / Adrian Boult / London Philharmonic Orchestra
Recording; 7,8th Oct. 1952(live)
  5 SXL 2235(monaural; LXT 5590)
BEETHOVEN; Symphony no.7 in A major op.92, Fidelio overture
Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Recording; Jan. 1960, Victoria Hall, Genève
  5 SXL 2236(monaural; LXT 5591)
BRAHMS; Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, op.83
Julius Katchen(p) / Janos Ferencsik / London Symphony Orchestra
Recording; Apr. 1960, Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London
  5 SXL 2237(monaural; LXT 5592)
STRAVINSKY; Symphony in C major, Symphony in three movements
Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Recording; Apr. 1960, Victoria Hall, Genève
  5 SXL 2238(monaural; LXT 5593)
MOZART; Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622, Horn Concerto No.1 & 3
Gervase de Peyer(cl), Barry Tuckwell(hrn) / Peter Maag / London Symphony Orchestra
Recording; Nov. 1959
  5 SXL 2239(monaural; LXT 5594)
All-time Popular Favourites
TCHAIKOVSKY; The Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a
SCHUBERT(arr. Weninger); March Militaire
WEBER(orch. Berlioz); Invitation to the waltz (cello solo: Emanuel Brabec)
NICOLAI; The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture

Hans Knappertsbusch / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; Feb. 1960, Sofiensaal, Wien
  5 SXL 2240(monaural; LXT 5595)
PROKOFIEV; Sonata in D major for solo violin, op.115
BARTOK; Sonata for solo violin
HINDEMITH; 2 Sonatas for solo violin op.31, No.1/2
Ruggiero Ricci(vn)
Recording; Apr. 1960, Kingsway Hall, London

5. SXL 2241~50

  5 SXL 2241(monaural; LXT 5596)
BEETHOVEN; Piano Sonata No.21 in C major op.53 'Waldstein', No.23 in f minor op.57 'Appassionata'
Wilhelm Backhaus(p)
Recording; Sep. 1959, Victoria Hall, Genève
  5 SXL 2242(complete; SXL 2167~69 set, monaural; LXT 5597)
VERDI; Opera 'Aida'(highlights)

Herbert von Karajan / Wiener Philharmoniker & Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
Recording; 2~15th Sep. 1959, Sofiensaal, Wien
  5 SXL 2243(monaural; LXT 5598)
ALBENIZ; Iberia
TURINA; Danzas Fantasticas

Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Recording; May 1960, Victoria Hall, Genève
  5 SXL 2244(monaural; LXT 5599)
BEETHOVEN; Symphony No.3 in E flat major op.55, 'Eroica'
Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Recording; Apr. 1960, Victoria Hall, Genève
  5 SXL 2245(monaural; LXT 5600)
Classical Indian Music
Yehudi Menuhin(introduction)
Recording;
  5 SXL 2246(monaural; LXT 5601)
MENDELSSOHN IN SCOTLAND
Symphony No. 3 in a minor 'Scottish' Op. 56, Overture 'The Hebrides - Fingal's Cave'. Op. 26
Peter Maag / London Symphony Orchestra
Recording; Apr. 1960, Kingsway Hall, London
  5 SXL 2247(monaural; LXT 5602)
CIMAROSA; Opera 'Il Maestro Di Cappella'
MOZART; Concert Arias for bass
Per Questa Bella Mano
Rivolgete A Lui Lo Sguardo
Cosu Dunque Tradisci
Aspri Rimorsi Atroci
Alcandro, Lo Confesso
Non So Donde Viene
Un Bacio Di Mano
Mentre Ti Lascio O Figlia
Fernando Corena(B) / Argeo Quadri / The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Recording; Jun. 1960, Kingsway Hall, London
  5 SXL 2248(complete; SXL 2170~71 set, monaural; LXT 5608)
PUCCINI; Opera 'La Boheme'(highlights)
Tullio Serafin / Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
Recording; Aug. 1959, L'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
  5 SXL 2249(monaural; LXT 5609)
BRAHMS; Hungarian Dances
DVORAK; Slavonic Dances

Fritz Reiner / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; 1960, Sofiensaal, Wien
  5 SXL 2250(monaural; LXT 5610)
J.STRAUSS, Jr.; Ballet 'Graduation Ball'(arr. Antal Dorati)
WEBER-BERLIOZ; Invitation to the dance

Willi Boskovsky / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; ca. 1960, Sofiensaal, Wien

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