CLASSICAL

W.A. Mozart: Die Hochzeit des Figaro. With Hans Hotter as Almaviva, Helena Braun as the Countess, Irma Beilke as Susanna, Erich Kunz as Figaro; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Clemens Krauss; a live performance recorded in August 1942 at the Salzburg Festival. Special bonus: Never-before-released concert recordings from the 1942 Salzburg Festival: Beethoven: Egmont Overture, cond. Mengelberg, Palestrina: Motet, O Süsser Schlummer, cond. Krauss, Respighi: I Pini di Roma (exc.), cond. Krauss, De Falla: Noches en Los Jardines de Espana with José Cubiles, piano, cond. Ansermet; all with the Vienna Philharmonic. Three CDs: 71:16 plus 73:56 plus 74:57. (AAD) UPC#0-17685-10622-4. A co-production with the Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv (DRA)

Performed in recital at the University of California, Berkeley, 26 January 1961. COWELL (1897-1965): Set of Four (1960) [Premiere Performance]; HARRISON (b 1917): Six Sonatas; DELIUS (1862-1934): Dance for Harpsichord (1919); LÉVY (b.1895): Fantasie Symphonique (1939); MIEG (1906-1990): Le voyage à Montfort (1956); STEVENS (1908-1989): From the Partita (1954); PERSICHETTI (1915-1987): From the Sonatas for Harpsichord FS&H, Op. 52; ALLANBROOK: Sonata No. 1 (194-); POWELL (b.1923): Recitative and Toccata Percossa; KRAEHENBUEHL: Toccate per Cembalo (1955). Performed in recital at the University of California, Berkeley, 26 January 1961. Total time: 76:04. [ADD]

UPC #0-17685-09772-0.

Verdi: Requiem Mass, with NBC Symphony, Zinka Milanov, Soprano; Bruna Castagna, Mezzo; Jussi Björling, Tenor; Nicola Moscona, Bass; and Te Deum, with Westminster Choir and NBC Symphony, both performed on 23 November 1940 in Carnegie Hall. CD 1: 56:58; CD2: 42:52. Sound restoration (2012) by Kit Higginson; liner notes by Harvey Sachs. [AAD] UPC # 0-17685-12692-5. Special offer: 2 CDs priced as one!