Decca; SXL serial stereo LPs; SXL 2051~100

* Decca; SXL serial LPs
- II ; 2051~2100
Gallery of first released LPs and recording datas

Mr. KITAGAWA Himahito's Decca LXT series catalogue is the starting point of my work. This marvelous site includes almost all of the golden age of Decca label, both monaural and stereo issues. I mailed him but unfortunately to no avail.
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Index of numbers & jackets

2000s

2051~2100

1. SXL 2051~60

  5 SXL 2051~53(included in SXL 2050~53 set)

  5 SXL 2054~56(highlights; SXL 2202, monaural; LXT 5468~70)
PUCCINI; Opera 'Madama Butterfly'
Renata Tebaldi(S), Carlo Bergonzi(T), Fiorenza Cossotto(Ms), Enzo Sordello(Br) / Tullio Serafin / Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
Recording; Jul. 1958, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma

  5 SXL 2057
Stereophonic frequency test record   5 SXL 2058(complete; not released in SXL serial. monaural; LXT 5510)
MOZART; Opera 'Cosi fan tutte'(highlights)
Lisa della Casa(S), Christa Ludwig(Ms), Emmy Loose(S), Anton Dermota(T), Erich Kunz(Br) / Karl Böhm / Wiener Philharmoniker & Wiener Staatsopernchor
Recording; 16~21st May 1955, Redoutensaal, Wien

  5 SXL 2059(monaural; LXT 5339)
BRAHMS; Symphony No.2 in D major op.73
Rafael Kubelik / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; 28th Feb. ~ 4th Mar. 1957, Sofiensaal, Wien   5 SXL 2059(later jacket)

  5 SXL 2060(monaural; LXT 5344)
MENDELSSOHN; Incidental music to 'Midsummer Night's Dream', op.21 & 61
Peter Maag / London Symphony Orchestra, Jennifer Vyvyan(S), Marion Lowe(S)
Recording; Feb. 1957, Kingsway Hall, London

2. SXL 2061~70

  5 SXL 2061(no LXT issue; jacket of the German version. Perhaps not issued by UK version)
DEBUSSY; 'La Mer', Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
RAVEL; Rhapsodie Espagnole
Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Recording; Nov. 1957, Victoria Hall, Genève   5 SXL 2062(monaural; LXT 5426)
DEBUSSY; Nocturnes
RAVEL; Suite 'Ma mère l'oye'
Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Recording; Nov. 1957, Victoria Hall, Genève

  5 SXL 2063(not issued)   5 SXL 2064(monaural; LXT 5474)
SMETANA; Symphonic poems 'Ma Vlast'(no.1,2,6)
Rafael Kubelik / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; 3~7th Apr. 1958, Sofiensaal, Wien

  5 SXL 2065(monaural; LXT 5475)
SMETANA; Symphonic poems 'Ma Vlast'(no.3~5)
Rafael Kubelik / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; 3~7th Apr. 1958, Sofiensaal, Wien   5 SXL 2066(not issued)

  5 SXL 2067(monaural; LXT 5477)
MENDELSSOHN; Symphony No.4 in A major, 'Italian'
SCHUBERT; Symphony no.5 in B flat major
Georg Solti / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Recording; May 1958, Frederic R. Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv, Israel   5 SXL 2068(monaural; LXT 5478)
Great Scenes from Wagner
Der Fliegende Holländer; Die Frist ist Um
Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg; Was duftet doch der Flieder (Fliedermonolog), Wahn! Wahn! Überall Wahn (Wahnmonolog)
Die Walküre ; Leb' wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind! (Wontan's Farewell)
George London(B) / Hans Knappertsbusch / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; 9~11th Jun. 1958, Sofiensaal, Wien

  5 SXL 2069~72(monaural; LXT 5131~34)
VERDI; Opera 'La Forza del Destino'(complete)
Renata Tebaldi(S), Mario del Monaco(T), Ettore Bastianini(Br), Giulietta Simionato(Ms), Cesare Siepi(B), Fernando Corena(B) / Francesco Molinari-Pradelli / Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
Recording; Jun. 1955, L'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma   5 SXL 2069(later jacket)

3. SXL 2071~30

  5 SXL 2071~72(included in SXL 2069~72 set)

  5 SXL 2073(not issued)   5 SXL 2074~75(monaural; LXT 5429~30)
WAGNER; Musikdrama 'Die Walküre' Act I, Two excerpts from 'Götterdämmerung'* - Dawn & Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Siegfried's Funeral music
Kirsten Flagstad(S), Set Svanholm(T), Arnold van Mill(B) / Hans Knappertsbusch / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; 3~6th Jun. 1956*, 28~30th Oct. 1957, Sofiensaal, Wien

  5 SXL 2076(monaural; LXT 5490)
RACHMANINOFF; Piano Concerto No.2 in c minor, op.18
BALAKIREV; Oriental Fantasy 'Islamey'
Julius Katchen(p) / Georg Solti / London Symphony Orchestra
Recording; Jun. 1958, Kingsway Hall, London

  5 SXL 2077
SIBELIUS; Violin Concerto in d minor, op.47
TCHAIKOVSKY; Sérénade mélancolique, Scherzo
Ruggiero Ricci(vn) / Øivin Fjelstad / London Symphony Orchestra
Recording; Feb. 1958, Kingsway Hall, London   5 SXL 2078~80(highlights; SXL 2175, monaural; LXT 5128~30)
PUCCINI; Opera 'Turandot'(complete)
Inge Borkh(S), Renata Tebaldi(S), Mario del Monaco(T), Nicola Zaccaria(B), Fernando Corena(B) / Alberto Erede / Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
Recording; 2nd Jul. ~ 7th Aug. 1955, L'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma

4. SXL 2081~90

  5 SXL 2081
CHOPIN; Recital I
The Four Impromptus, Berceuse, Barcarolle, Nocturne No. 3 in B Major, Scherzo No. 3 in c sharp minor
Wilhelm Kempff(p)
Recording; 24,28th Feb. 1958, The Decca Studios No.1,West Hampstead, London   5 SXL 2082(monaural; LXT 5432)
J. Strauss Family Concert
J. Jr. ; Champagne Polka, Wiener Blut Waltz
J. Jr. & Jos. ; Pizzicato Polka
J. Jr. ; Liebeslieder Waltz
Jos. ; Heiterer Mut Polka
J. Jr. ; Explosions Polka, Wiener Bonbons Waltz, Persian March, "Waldmeister" Overture
Willi Boskovsky / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; 4~6th Dec. 1957, Sofiensaal, Wien

  5 SXL 2083(monaural; LXT 5485)
'Italy' - Giuseppe di Stefano Recital
LA Barcillunisa, Nota Di Li Lavannari, A La Vallelunghisa, Muttètti Di Lu Pàliu, Chiovu 'Abballàti',
Cesarini; Firenze Sogna
De Curtis; A Canzone 'e Napule, Ti Voglio Tanto Bene
di Lazzaro; Chitarra Romana
Bixio; Parlami D'Amore Mariu
Barberis & Galdieri; Munasterio 'e Santa Chiara
Giuseppe Di Stefano(T) / Dino Olivieri / Orchestra
Recording; 30th Jul. & 2nd Aug. 1958, L'Accademica di Santa Cecilia, Roma   5 SXL 2084~85(monaural; LXT 5342~43)
DELIBES; Ballet 'Copellia'(complete)
Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Recording;

  5 SXL 2086(monaural; LXT 5082)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV; Symphonic Suite 'Scheherazade'
Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Paris
Recording; 22th Sep. 1954, Salle de la Mutualité, Paris

  5 SXL 2087~90(highlights; SXL 2035, monaural; LXT 5088~91)
MOZART; Opera 'Le Nozze di Figaro'
Cesare Siepi(B), Alfred Poell(B), Lisa Della Casa(S), Hilde Güden(S), Suzanne Danco(S), Fernando Corena(B), Hilde Rössl-Majdan(A) / Erich Kleiber / Wiener Philharmoniker and Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Recording; 21~27th Jun. 1955, Redoutensaal, Wien   5 SXL 2087~90(in monaural issue design box)

5. SXL 2091~100

  5 SXL 2091(monaural; LXT 5492)
FALLA; Nights in the Gardens of Spain
RODRIGO; Aranjuez Concerto
Gonzalo Soriano(p), Narcisco Yepes(g) / Ataúlfo Argenta / National Orchestra of Spain
Recording; ca. 1958   5 SXL 2092~93(monaural; LXT 5493~94)
TCHAIKOVSKY; Ballet 'Nutcracker'(complete)
Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Recording; Oct. 1958, Victoria Hall, Genève

  5 SXL 2094~96(highlights; SXL 2192, monaural; LXT 5487~89)
BOITO; Opera 'Mefistofele'(complete)
Cesare Siepi(B), Mario del Monaco(T), Renata Tebaldi(S) / Tullio Serafin / Coro e Orchestra di L'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
Recording; Sep. 1958, L'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma

  5 SXL 2097(monaural; LXT 5330)
LISZT; Piano Concerto No.1 & 2
Julius Katchen(p) / Ataúlfo Argenta / London Philharmonic Orchestra
Recording; Jan. 1957, Kingsway Hall, London   5 SXL 2098(monaural; LXT 5418)
HAYDN; Symphony No.94 in G major 'Surprise', No.99 in E flat major
Josef Krips / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; 9~14th Sep. 1957, Sofiensaal, Wien

  5 SXL 2099(not issued)   5 SXL 2100(monaural; LXT 5486)
KARL LEIMER; Piano Concerto No.4
Kurt Leimer(p) / Robert Wagner / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; Sep. 1958, Sofiensaal, Wien

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