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26/06/2024

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CRQ606 The Gale Maximum Fidelity LPs Vol. 2: Sheila Armstrong (soprano) and Martin Jones (piano) perform songs by Schumann and Brahms. State of the art 1976 stereo recordings of the much-loved British soprano singing German lieder. The centrepiece is a powerful reading of Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben, with Martin Jones at the piano.
CRQ 607 The Art of Heinrich Hollreiser: R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier: Waltz Sequence No. 1, Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 (soloist: Monique de la Bruchollerie), Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 (soloist: Ricardo Odnoposoff, Bruckner: Symphony No. 4, Bamberg Symphony, Vienna Symphony, Zurich Radio Orchestras, Heinrich Hollreiser, conductor. A salute to the versatile German maestro Heinrich Hollreiser, a pupil of Clemens Krauss, and a mainstay of the Vox catalogue and at the Vienna State Opera during the 1960s and 1970s.
CRQ 608 Stars of La Scala Vol. 1: Franco Corelli. The first in a series of tributes to the great stars of La Scala, Milan, during the twentieth century. No tenor was more thrilling than Franco Corelli, one of the most exciting of tenors.
CRQ 609 Carlos Kleiber Live in Vienna Vol. 1: Haydn Symphony No. 94 Surprise, Berg: Wozzeck - extracts, Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, conductor. The complete concert of 28 February 1982. Kleiber at his finest.
CRQ 610 The Art of Frieder Weissmann, Vol. 2: Corelli: Christmas Concerto, Leopold Mozart: Toy Symphony, Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide – Overture, Flotow: Martha - Overture, Weber: Der Freischutz – Overture, Weber/ Berlioz: Invitation to the Dance. Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Frieder Weismann, conductor. Rare electrical recordings made between 1928 and 1931 by one of the key conductors of the pre-Third Reich German record industry.
CRQ 611 Walter Gieseking plays Bach English Suite No. 6 and Schumann Davidsbundlertanze and Kreisleriana – The Banned Urania LPs. Post-war German radio recordings of the great pianist Walter Gieseking, first released in 1953 by Urania Record Inc., and rapidly withdrawn from sale for contractual reasons.
CRQ 612 Issay Dobrowen conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra Vol. 2: Haydn: Symphony No. 104 London, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, recorded between 1946 and 1948. More thrilling studio recordings from the Philharmonia and Dobrowen, one of the most thrilling conductors of his generation.
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17/04/2024

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CRQ 599 Issay Dobrowen conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra Vol 1: Studio recordings of works by Wagner, Berlioz, Borodin, Grieg and Saint-Saens,. A wide ranging survey of Dobrowen’s post-war studio recordings for EMI made between 1947 and 1952 that fully demonstrate his dynamism and the fine playing of the Philharmonia Ochestra.
CRQ 600 Anton Nanut Conducts Dvorak: Overture: Carnival, Brahms: Violin Concerto (soloist Dejan Bravnicar), Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (soloist Max Emanuel Cencic) Radio Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra. The Slovenian Maestro conducts a generous programme, displaying his fine grasp of late-romantic music that looks back to the era of Mahler himself.
CRQ 601 Emil Gilels: the post-war Moscow Concerto recordings: Tchaikovsky 1, Liszt 2, Saint-Saens 2, Samuil Samosud and Kirill Kondrashin, conductors. Gilels at his most exciting and virtuosic in three of the greatest war-horses of the piano concerto repertoire, with excellent orchestral support.
CRQ 602 Basil Cameron conducts Sibelius: Tapiola, Symphony No. 2 – the Decca studio recordings of 1947. The over-looked British conductor in heartland repertoire – his readings gained the approval of the composer himself.
CRQ 603 In memoriam Maurizio Pollini: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 / Abbado, Vienna 1973, Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 / Karajan, Berlin 1980. In memory of the great Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini who died earlier this year.
CRQ 604 Tony Poncet stars in Verdi: Rigoletto and Aida – extended extracts conducted by Robert Wagner and sung in French. A reissue of the two Philips LPs of highlights from two essential Verdi operas, featuring strong French casts and the great French tenor Tony Poncet. Exciting!
CRQ 605 Reader’s Digest Treasury of Great Music Vol. 6: Charles Munch conducts Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini and Bizet Symphony in C, plus Rameau Dardanus Suite and Roussel Bacchus et Aria Second Suite, both live Moscow 1965. The Sixth volume in the on-going release of the complete Reader’s Digest Treasury of Great Music, one of the finest classical music productions of the early stereo era. Munch in blistering form.
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13/02/2024

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CRQ 598 Leopold Stokowski Conducts Beethoven Live in London, 1974: Coriolan Overture, Symphonies Nos. 8 and 3 ‘Eroica’, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall, London, 10 February 1974. Stokowski on blistering form in this exciting all-Beethoven programme live from London (reprint of CRQ CD 212, withdrawn 2019).
CRQ 597 Alain Vanzo Sings Puccini: La Bohème and Madama Butterfly – extended extracts, the Orphée recordings of 1960/1961. The great French lyric tenor Alain Vanzo stars in these generous extracts from two of Puccini’s most popular operas, ably supported by Renée Doria, Lyne Cumia, René Bianco and Robert Massard, Erasmo Ghiglia conducting.
CRQ 596 Reader’s Digest Treasury of Great Music Vol. 5: Rene Leibowitz conducts Grieg, Mendelssohn, Wagner. Leibowitz provides full-strength accompaniment to Earl Wild in the Grieg Piano Concerto and to Hyman Bress in the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, and conducts Wagner’s majestic Overture to ‘The Mastersingers’ with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
CRQ 595 Clemens Krauss: The Greatest Rarities: Smetana: Vltava (1944), Respighi: The Fountains of Rome (1945), Mancinelli: Flight (1945), Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, extracts (1951). A cornucopia of rarities conducted by the great Austrian maestro Clemens Krauss (reprint of CRQ CD 355, withdrawn 2109).
CRQ 594 Richard Strauss: Die Liebe der Danae (complete), Kurt Eichhorn conducting the Bavarian State Opera live in London, 19 September 1953. The first production of Strauss’s penultimate opera to be given in England, with the legendary Leonie Rysanek in the title role.
CRQ 593 Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Conducts Live, Vol. 2: Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 (Alexis Weissenberg), Bruckner: Symphony No. 9, Minnesota Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, 2 December 1975. The distinguished Polish conductor Skrowaczewski leads the Minnesota Orchestra in two memorable readings of Brahms and Bruckner in New York.
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22/12/2023

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CRQ 592 Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus (condensed). Fritz Reiner conducting the Robert Shaw Chorale and the RCA Orchestra, with Patrice Munsel, Regina Resnik, Paula Lechner, Risë Stevens, Jan Peerce, James Melton, Robert Merrill, Hugh Thompson and Johnny Silver, studio recording by RCA-Victor in 1951. A potted version of Strauss’s immortal operetta, featuring a galaxy of Met stars of the period singing under Reiner’s infectious direction (free to download).
CRQ 591 Josef Krips: The Final Performance: Mozart Requiem: Lucia Popp, Margarita Lilowa, Anton Dermota, Walter Berry, Vienna Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Live Musikverein, Vienna, 13 12 1973. An extremely powerful reading of the Mozart Requiem, the last public performance to be conducted by the legendary Viennese maestro, Josef Krips.
CRQ 590 Hans Swarowsky conducts French Romantic Symphonies: Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ’ (1886), Franck; Symphony (1888). Two magnificent late-romantic symphonies by Saint-Saens and Franck, interpreted with complete understanding by Hans Swarowsky, the teacher of Mehta, Abbado, Sinopoli and Mariss Jansons and many others, a true master musician.
CRQ 589 Sir Eugene Goossens conducts the Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Vol. 3: Eugene Goossens: Symphony No. 1; Alfred Hill: Green Water; John Antill: Corroboree Suite, original recordings 1947, 1952 and 1950. Authoritative recordings by Goossens and the Sydney Orchestra of important Australian repertoire.
CRQ 588 Maria Callas: The Paris Opera Debut 19 12 1958: arias from Norma, Il Trovatore, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Tosca: Act 2, complete with Tito Gobbi and Albert Lance, Georges Sebastian conductor. The legendary Paris debut of 1958, in which Callas completely conquered France.
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25/10/2023

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CRQ 580 & 581 Homage to Renata Scotto: Verdi: Rigoletto - Gavazzeni, Florence 1960, the legendary Ricordi Edition, Vols. 1 and 2. One of the greatest recordings of Rigoletto ever made, in which Scotto is joined by tenor Alfredo Kraus and baritone Ettore Bastianini in a galvanic reading by conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni, aided by fine Mercury recorded sound.
CRQ 582 Eric Coates conducts Eric Coates on Decca: Three Elizabeths Suite; Four Centuries Suite; Three Bears Phantasy; Three Men Suite. New Symphony Orchestra of London, Eric Coates, conductor. Post-war recordings by Decca show Coates at his finest as both composer and conductor.
CRQ 583 & 584 Dimitri Mitropoulos conducts the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Live on Radio, 1942 and 1943: Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture; Mussorgsky: Khovanschina Act 1 Prelude; Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile; Sinigaglia: Overture: Le Baruffe Chiozotte; Ravel: Valses Nobles et Sentimentales; Roy Harris: Dance Tunes from Symphony No. 4; Dvorak: Scherzo capriccioso. The MSO on top form under Mitropoulos in scarce war-time radio recordings.
CRQ 585 Sir John Pritchard conducts Charles Ives: Symphony No. 4 and Richard Strauss (ed. Pritchard): Suite from Capriccio. Felicity Lott, soprano / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Live London 1985 and 1989. Rare repertoire from two late Pritchard BBC concerts.
CRQ 586 Makers of the Philharmonia, Vol 4: Vocal recordings conducted by Vilem Tausky, Warwick Braithwaite, Josef Krips, Walter Susskind, Anatole Fistoulari, and Alceo Galliera. A selection of some of the finest vocal recordings with great sopranos of the period made by EMI between 1946 and 1950 with the Philharmonia Orchestra. A key element in the Orchestra’s early years.
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29/08/2023

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CRQ 570 The Sound of Genius – Benjamin Britten and Sviatoslav Richter perform Mozart’s Piano Concertos Nos 22 and 27 and Schumann’s Introduction and Allegro Appassionato, live from the Aldeburgh Festivals of 1965 and 1967. Two of the twentieth century’s greatest musicians together.
CRQ 571 Sir Thomas Beecham: the first recordings for Columbia-UK: short pieces by Mozart, Borodin, Massenet, R. Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky and Mendelssohn, recorded during 1915 and 1916. Beecham in his enthusiastic youth.
CRQ 572 Hermann Scherchen conducts: Reinhold Gliere’s Symphony No. 3 ‘Ilia Mourometz’, with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra, recorded in 1952. A truly epic work lovingly realised.
CRQ 573 The Spectacular World of Classic Film Scores – The Sampler plus Fanfares. Charles Gerhardt conducts the National Symphony Orchestra. Highlights from some of the greatest Hollywood film scores ever composed.
CRQ 574 Carlos Kleiber: The Chicago Debut 12 10 1978: Weber: Der Freischutz Overture, Schubert: Symphony No. 3, Beethoven: Symphony No. 5. The US debut of a great conductor.
CRQ 575 Reader’s Digest of Great Music Vol 4 Jascha Horenstein conducts Wagner and Vol. 7 Josef Krips conducts Haydn and Mozart, with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Masters in action.
CRQ 576 In Memoriam Bernard Keefe 1925-2023: Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony and Liszt Orpheus, Trinity College of Music Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Keefe, conductor, live1986 London. A major figure in London’s musical life.
CRQ 577 Lovro von Matacic in Prague: Beethoven Symphony No. 3 Eroica and Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 Pathetique, with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Classic recordings from the Croatian maestro.
CRQ 578 Rediscovering Maurice Cole, Vol. 1: Schumann: Symphonic Studies and Fantasie, Franck Prelude, Choral and Fugue. A major British pianist rediscovered.
CRQ 579 Rediscovering Maurice Cole, Vol. 2: Shorter pieces by Brahms and Beethoven. More rediscoveries – British performing style at its finest.
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14/06/2023

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CRQ 564 Carlos Kleiber conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphonies 4 and 7 plus J Strauss II’s Overture to Die Fledermaus, live in Valencia, Spain, 20 02 1999. Very late live performances from Carlos Kleiber and the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, reflecting a lifetime’s experience conducting these core works from his repertoire.

CRQ 565 Philippe Entremont: the Concert Hall Record Club years: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor K. 466; Franck: Symphonic Variations; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Frankfurt Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra / Jean Entremont, Carl Bamberger, Walter Goehr, conductors. Philippe Entremont established his international reputation as a superb pianist with his recordings for the Concert Hall Record Club, of which these recordings are amongst the finest.

CRQ 566 Makers of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Vol 3: Paul Kletzki: Brahms: Tragic Overture, Four Hungarian Dances; Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3; Sibelius: Valse Triste; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings, recorded between 1947 and 1953. Rare early studio recordings of the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Paul Kletzki, a key figure in the Orchestra’s development. Produced by Christopher Steward.

CRQ 567 A Lollipops concert with Sir Malcolm Sargent: popular works by Leroy Anderson, Johann Strauss II, Ravel, Hugo Alfven, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák, Chabrier, Litolff and Elgar. An entertaining programme of popular music, drawn from a Reader’s Digest LP never transferred to CD, and recordings made by Sargent for EMI, with Joan Hammond (soprano) and Shura Cherkassky (piano). Produced by Edward Johnson.

CRQ 568 Gina Bachauer in Concert and in Recital. Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Basil Cameron, live London 16 09 61; Liszt: Piano Sonata, Petrarch Sonnet No. 123, Paganini Study No. 2; Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp Minor, Ecosaissses; Shostakovich 3 Fantastic Dances – EMI LP first published in 1955. Gina Bachauer, piano.
The Greek pianist Gina Bachauer was one of the most powerful pianists of the mid-twentieth century, whose performances possessed a sweep and authority that remain completely convincing. Here she is heard both live and in the studio in readings of immense authority.

CRQ 569 Sir Eugene Goossens conducts the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36; Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor Op. 56 (Scottish). Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens, conductor. Recorded by HMV in the Great Hall of Sydney University in 1952. Volume 2 in our three volume survey of Sir Eugene Goossens’s Australian recordings focuses upon core repertoire with lively readings of symphonies by Beethoven and Mendelssohn, arguably revealing Goossens at his very considerable peak. Fresh transfers by Ian Jones, produced by the late Malcolm Walker.

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02/05/2023

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CRQ 556 Karl Ristenpart conducts Haydn Symphonies Nos. 6 Morning, 7 Noon, 8 Evening, Saar Radio Chamber Orchestra. Wonderfully stylish readings of three tuneful early Haydn symphonies in excellent sound for 1963 from the Club Française du Disque.
CRQ 557 Sir Adrian Boult live at the Proms: Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 ‘London’, BBC Symphony Orchestra, 11 August 1971, Royal Albert Hall London, BBC Proms. ‘an outstanding account of the finale reaching a moment of catharsis almost Mahlerian in its intensity.’ – Nigel Simeone, author ‘Ralph Vaughan Williams and Sir Adrian Boult’ (Boydell, 2022).
CRQ 558 Happy 100th Birthday Heinz Wallberg! Beethoven Symphony No. 6 ‘Pastoral’, Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, Charlotte Margiono soprano, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Live Sydney Opera House June and July 1993. Born in March 1923 Heinz Wallberg had a distinguished career in opera, operetta and concert, focussed mainly upon Vienna, Munich and Essen. A great musician, who possessed an innate sense of style.
CRQ 559 Reader’s Digest Treasury of Great Music Vol. 3: Rudolph Kempe conducts Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’ with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kingsway Hall, London 1963, plus Richard Straus; Don Juan and Respighi: The Pines of Rome. The cream of Rudolph Kempe’s recordings for Reader’s Digest, produced by Charles Gerhardt.
CRQ 560 Homage to Reine Gianoli: Chopin Waltzes complete, plus Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 (with the South West German Radio Orchestra / George Sebastian conductor), recorded in 1975 and 1965. A star pupil of Yves Nat, Alfred Cortot and Edwin Fischer, Reine Gianoli, who died in 1979, was one of the most stylish and spontaneous of French pianists, as her fine performances of Chopin fully testify.
CRQ 561 Williams Steinberg conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Schubert: Symphony No. 8 ‘Unfinished’, Verdi: String Quartet arr. Toscanini, and Stravinsky: Petrushka, recorded by Command Classics on 35mm film in 1962. Still fabulous sounding performances from Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Orchestra.
CRQ 562-563: Gounod: Faust - complete live performance direct from the Paris Opéra, 30 May 1955, starring Georges Noré (Faust), Jacqueline Brumaire (Marguerite), Robert Massard (Valentin), Raphael Aire (Mephisto), Chorus and Orchestra of the Paris Opéra, Louis Fourestier, conductor. A rare opportunity to hear Gounod’s Faust in a completely idiomatic performance – the real thing!
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08/03/2023

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CRQ 551 Friedrich Wührer plays the last three Beethoven Piano Sonatas on Vox: No. 30 in E major, Op. 109, No. 31 in A flat major, No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111. Recorded in Stuttgart and released by Vox in 1956. Magisterial readings of Beethoven’s final piano sonatas by one of the leading German pianists of his generation.
CRQ 552 Morton Gould conducts Sibelius (Finlandia, The Swan of Tuonela, Valse Triste, Pohjola’s Daughter, Lemminkeinen’s Return) and Vaughan Williams (Fantasias on Greensleeves and Thomas Tallis, English Folk Song Suite). The Morton Gould Orchestra, Morton Gould conductor. Recorded and released by RCA in 1963 and 1964. Insightful interpretations of music by two great late romantic composers, by Gould, himself a fine composer as well as conductor. Produced by Edward Johnson.
CRQ 553 Sir Eugene Goossens conducts the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Vol. 1: Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad; Massenet: Scenes Pittoresques; Arr: Grainger: Londonderry Air; Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre; Turina: Sinfonia Sevillana. Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens, conductor. Recorded by HMV in the Great Hall of Sydney University in 1952. Fresh transfers by Ian Jones of the rare 1952 HMV recordings made by Sir Eugene Goossens with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, of which he was chief conductor from 1947 to 1956, vividly displaying Goossens’s flair for orchestral colour. Produced by the late Malcolm Walker.
CRQ 554 Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra – the earliest surviving radio broadcasts, 1936 and 1938: 01 March 1936: Eugene Ormandy, conductor: Bach (arr: Lucien Caillet): Chorale-prelude: Herzlich tut mich verlangen; Wagner: Lohengrin Act III: Prelude; Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’une faune; Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 6; Weinberger: Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue. 23 October 1938: Paul Lemay, conductor: Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Act I Prelude; Bach: Orchestra Suite No. 3: Air; Sibelius: Finlandia. The earliest surviving recordings of broadcasts by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, complete with all the original announcements. CRQ issue produced and supervised by Dennis D. Rooney; digital restoration and remastering by Seth B. Winner Sound Studios, Inc.
CRQ 555 Jean Martinon conducts Mahler’s Third Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus and Children’s Choir, Regina Resnik, mezzo-soprano, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 23 03 1967. A magisterial account of Mahler’s epic Symphony No. 3, catching the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and its music director at the time, French maestro Jean Martinon, in top form.
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31/01/2023

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CRQ 545 Sir John Pritchard conducts Mahler Symphony No. 2 Resurrection; Felicity Lott, Felicity Palmer, London Philharmonic Chorus, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard, conductor, live 16 02 1986, Royal Festival Hall, London. A gripping reading of Mahler’s monumental symphony, fully realised through Sir John Pritchard’s sympathetic direction.
CRQ 546 Clara Haskil: The Earliest Recordings Vol. 5: October 1960: Scarlatti: 11 Keyboard Sonatas; Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 Clara Haskil, piano, with the Winterthur Municipal Orchestra, Henry Swoboda, conductor. The final recordings made by Clara Haskil for the Westminster label prior to her signing with Philips. Outstanding musicianship, rarely equalled, never excelled.
CRQ 547-548 Carlos Kleiber: The essential live opera recordings: J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Janowitz, Malone, Fassbaender, Kmentt, Fehenberger, Waechter, Brendel, Kusche, Schenk, Bavarian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, conductor live 31 12 1974, National Theatre, Munich. The legendary recording of the first night of the classic Munich production of Johann Strauss’s immortal Die Fledermaus with Carlos Kleiber a truly inspiring conductor (two downloads for the price of one).
CRQ 549 Reader’s Digest Treasury of Great Music Vol. 2: Fritz Reiner conducts Brahms Symphony No. 4 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kingsway Hall, London 1962, plus Brahms Symphony No. 2 with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, live Carnegie Hall, 1960. Two classic Brahms readings led by Fritz Reiner, one of the giants of twentieth century conducting.
CRQ 550 The Art of Frieder Weissmann Vol. 1: Humperdinck, Bizet, Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, J. Strauss II, Saint-Saens, Acoustic recordings 1922-1926. Lively recordings of popular repertoire conducted by Frieder Weissmann, one of the key figures of the 78rpm era of recording.
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21/12/2022

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CRQ 539 Carlos Kleiber Live in Berlin Vol. 1: the complete concert of 09 03 1989: Mozart Symphony No. 36 ‘Linz’, Brahms Symphony No. 2
CRQ 540 Carlos Kleiber Live in Berlin Vol. 2: the complete concert of 28 06 94: Beethoven: Coriolan Overture, Mozart Symphony No. 33, Brahms Symph0ny No. 4
Complete recordings of Carlos Kleiber’s legendary concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – the only times on which he conducted this Orchestra in public. Truly historic recordings.
CRQ 541 Sir Malcolm Sargent live in Chicago July 1967: Vaughan Williams: The Wasps Overture, Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden, Holst: The Perfect Fool Ballet Music, Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 London Symphony. From concerts given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival on 06 and 08 07 1967. Sargent at his finest, with superb orchestral playing.
CRQ 542 Makers of the Philharmonia Orchestra, Vol 2: Alceo Galliera: Richard Strauss: Don Juan, De Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat Suite, Franck: Symphony in D, Beethoven: Egmont Overture, recorded between 1946 and 1948. Rare early studio recordings of the Philharmonia Orchestra, in top form under Galliera.
CRQ 543 A Viennese Christmas Concert from Reader’s Digest: Johann Strauss favourites conducted by Horenstein, Paulik, Gruber, Gerhardt, Sargent, Wallberg and Gamley. Recorded between 1961 and 1971 a highly attractive programme of Viennese music, ideal for Christmas and the New Year. Free to download.
CRQ 544 Antal Dorati: the complete Chicago Symphony Orchestra recordings for Mercury: Schubert: Symphony No. 8 Unfinished, Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, Kodaly: Peacock Variations, Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin – Suite. Recorded over three days in January 1954, a unique set of recordings produced by David Hall, which show both conductor and orchestra at their finest, in excellent sound.
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08/11/2022

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CRQ 533 Reader’s Digest Treasury of Great Music Vol. 1: Chopin and Liszt: First Piano Concertos - Earl Wild, piano / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Malcolm Sargent. The first LP in the famed Reader’s Digest box of great performances from the early 1960s, produced by Charles Gerhardt. Winning performances, excellent sound.
CRQ 534 Louis Kaufman Plays Franck: Violin Sonata (Hélène Pignari, piano) and Chausson: Concert for violin, piano, and string quartet (Artur Balsam, piano and Pascal String Quartet). Impassioned performances of two great French romantic works by one of the twentieth century’s major violin virtuosos.
CRQ 535 Montserrat Caballé – her breakthrough performances ,1965-1967. Extracts from Donizetti: Roberto Devereux, Maria Stuarda, Lucrezia Borgia, arias by Beethoven, Weber, Giordano and Puccini (all New York and Philadelphia). The performances which launched the great Spanish soprano to international fame in the mid-1960s. Unforgettable.
CRQ 536 Sir Alexander Gibson conducts Sibelius: Symphonies 5 (RCA, London Symphony Orchestra, 1959) 3 and 7 (Waverley, Scottish National Orchestra, 1965). The great Scottish conductor in heart-land repertoire, superbly recorded.
CRQ 537 Sir Adrian Boult’s Final Public Concert: Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No. 7) – BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Festival Hall, 12 10 1977. ‘ One of Boult’s finest surviving accounts of this work…a performance of overwhelming authority’ – Nigel Simeone, author ‘Ralph Vaughan Williams and Sir Adrian Boult’ (Boydell, 2022).
CRQ 538 In Memoriam Libor Pesek: Mahler Symphony No. 1 – Prague Symphony Orchestra, Smetana Hall, Prague, 19 12 1998. Released in memory of the great Czech conductor Libor Pesek who died aged 89 at the end of October 2002. A performance of great insight and feeling.
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28/09/2022

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CRQ 525 Clara Haskil: The Earliest Recordings Vol. 4: 1950 Mozart Piano Concertos Nos 19 and 20 / Clara Haskil, piano / Winterthur Municipal Orchestra / Henry Swoboda, conductor, recorded by Westminster in September 1950. Clara Haskil’s breakthrough recordings for Westminster, which launched her international career by presenting her genius to both American and European audiences.
CRQ 526 The Philharmonia Orchestra: the 78rpm years Vol 1: Nikolai Malko: works by Tchaikovsky, Glinka, Mussorgsky, Glazunov, and Ippolitov-Ivanov. The first volume in a survey of the early recordings of the Philharmonia Orchestra, here performing Russian music conducted by legendary maestro Nikolai Malko.
CRQ 527a and b Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust: Marilyn Horne mezzo, Cesare Valetti tenor, Gerard Souzay baritone / Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor. Live performance of 17 03 1967. A truly revelatory reading of Berlioz’s massive Faust cantata, with fabulous soloists and an exemplary grasp of French style from Skrowaczewski and his Minneapolis Orchestra on top form.
CRQ 528 Julien von Karolyi plays Schumann (Kreisleriana Op. 16), Liszt (Dante Sonata, Mephisto Waltz, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13, Feux Follets) and Debussy (Three pieces). A recital by the distinguished but little recorded Hungarian pianist Julien von Karolyi, taken from recordings made during 1953 and 1954. The programme allows the full range of Karolyi’s extraordinary technique and musical versatility to be heard.
CRQ 529 National Gramophonic Society world premiere recordings 1926: Brahms and Mozart Clarinet Quintets and Gliere: Spencer D**e Quartet with Frederick Thurston and Charles Draper clarinets. The sixth volume in CRQ’s survey of the recording issued by the National Gramophonic Society focuses upon two of the most influential British clarinettists of the inter-war period in timeless repertoire.
CRQ 530 More Vaughan Williams from America: Ormandy conducts the Third Symphony, Philadelphia 1972 and Sir Roger Norrington conducts the Sixth Symphony San Francisco 1997. Memorable live performances of two of Vaughan Williams more enigmatic symphonies, in both instances receiving readings of great power and understanding from Ormandy and Norrington.
CRQ 531-532 Rossini: Stabat Mater Sternberg Vienna 1951 and Petite Messe Solennelle Bertola Milan 1959. A fascinating pairing of two of Rossini’s liturgical works, both featuring soloists of calibre and conductors of interest, Jonathan Sternberg and Giulio Bertola.
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