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* Decca; SXL serial LPs
   - III ; 2101~50
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Index of numbers & jackets

2000s 2001~2050 2051~2100 2101~2150 2151~2200 2201~2250 2251~2300 2301~2316

1. SXL 2101~10

 
  5 SXL 2101~03(excerpts; SXL 2230, monaural; LXT 5495~97)
WAGNER; Musikdrama 'Das Rheingold'
George London(B), Kirsten Flagstad(S), Set Svanholm(T), Eberhard Wächter(Br), Claire Watson(S), Gustav Neidlinger(B) / Georg Solti / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; 24th Sep. ~ 8th Oct. 1958, Sofiensaal, Wien		  
  5 SXL 2104(monaural; LXT 5419)
BRAHMS; Symphony No.3 in F major, op.90
Rafael Kubelik / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; 28,29th Sep. 1957, Sofiensaal, Wien		   5 SXL 2104(later jacket)
  5 SXL 2105(monaural; LXT 5499)
Invitation to the dance
WEBER-BERLIOZ; Invitation to the dance
FALLA; The three-cornered hat - dances
RAVEL; Bolero, Alborada del Gracioso
Albert Wolff / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Paris
Recording; 8,17th Nov. 1958		   5 SXL 2106(monaural; LXT 5500)
BEETHOVEN; Piano Concerto No.3 in c minor, op.37
Julius Katchen(p) / Pierino Gamba / London Symphony Orchestra
Recording; Sep. 1958, Kingsway Hall, London
  5 SXL 2107~08(highlights; SXL 2153, monaural; LXT 5501~02)
TCHAIKOVSKY; Ballet music 'Swan Lake'(complete)
Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Recording; Oct. & Nov. 1958, Victoria Hall, Genève		   5 SXL 2107~08(later jacket)
  5 SXL 2109(monaural; LXT 5503)
TCHAIKOVSKY; Symphony No.5 in e minor, op.64
Josef Krips / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; 15,16th Sep. 1958, Sofiensaal, Wien		   5 SXL 2110(monaural; LXT 5433)
SCHUBERT; Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass in A major D.664 'Trout'
Clifford Curzon(p), the members of Wiener Oktett
Recording; Nov. 1957, Sofiensaal, Wien

2. SXL 2111~20

  5 SXL 2111(monaural; LXT 5504)
GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO; Opera recital
Giuseppe di Stefano(T)
Franco Patané / Zürich Tonhalle-Orchester & Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma*
Recording; 4~12th Sep.* & 28th Nov. 1958, Wolfbach, Zürich		   5 SXL 2112(monaural; LXT 5505)
WEBER; Overtures
Preciosa, Der Freischütz, Ruler of the Spirits, Abu Hassan, Oberon, Euryanthe
Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Recording;
  5 SXL 2113(monaural; LXT 5398)
R. KORSAKOV; Christmas Eve-Suite, Sadko-Musical Picture, The flight of the bumble-bee, Dubinushka
Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Recording; Nov. 1956, Victoria Hall, Genève		   5 SXL 2114(monaural; no LXT issue)
TCHAIKOVSKY; Piano Concerto No.1 in b flat minor, op.23
Clifford Curzon(p) / Georg Solti / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; 14~17th Oct. 1958, Sofiensaal, Wien
  5 SXL 2115(monaural; LXT 5578)
HÄNDEL; Organ Concertos Vol.I(no.1~4)
Karl Richter / Karl Richter Chamber Orchestra
Recording;
cf. Vol.II; SXL 2187, Vol.III; SXL 2201		   5 SXL 2116(monaural; LXT 5507)
BEETHOVEN; Symphony No.4 in B flat major op.60, Coriolan overture
Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Recording; Nov. 1958, Victoria Hall, Genève
 
  5 SXL 2117~20(monaural; LXT 5103~06)
MOZART; Opera 'Don Giovanni'(complete)
Cesare Siepi(B), Lisa della Casa(S), Walter Berry(B), Hilde Güden(S), Fernando Corena(B), Anton Dermota(T), Suzanne Danco(S), Kurt Böhme(B) / Josef Krips / Wiener Philharmoniker and Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Recording; 6~21st Jun. 1955, Redoutensaal(and/or Konzerthaus), Wien		  

3. SXL 2121~30

  5 SXL 2121(monaural; LXT 5508)
BEETHOVEN; Symphony No.7 in A major op.92
Georg Solti / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; 14~17th Oct. 1958, Sofiensaal, Wien		   5 SXL 2122(monaural; LXT 5202)
MARIO DEL MONACO; Opera arias
VERDI; 'Un ballo in maschera' - Forse la soglia attinse, Ma se me forza perderti
GIORDANO; Fedora - Amor ti vieta
ZANDONAI; 'Romeo e Giuletta' - Giulietta...
PUCCINI; 'Madama Butterfly' - Addio, fiorito asil..
MASSENET; 'Le Cid' - fini.. Ah!. Tout est bien, O souverain! O juge! O père
BIZET; 'Carmen' - La fleure que tu m’avais jetèe
VERDI; 'Ernani' - Mercè, diletti amici, Come rugiada al cespite, O tu che l’alma adora
MEYERBEER; 'L’Africaine' - O Paradiso
CATALANI; 'La Wally' - M’hai salvato. OH, come furon lunghi. Quando a solden
DONIZETTI; 'Lucia di Lammermoor' - Tombe degli avi miei, Fra poco a me ricovero, Tu che a Dio spiegasti l’ali
Mario del Monaco(T) / Alberto Erede / New Orchestra of London
Recording; Feb. 1956
  5 SXL 2123(monaural; LXT 5509)
VIRGINIA ZEANI; Puccini Opera arias
Gianni Schicchi, Turandot, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, Suor Angelica, Manon Lescaut, Tosca, La Rondine
Virginia Zeani(S) / Franco Patané / Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma
Recording; Jul. 1958, L'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma		   5 SXL 2124(monaural; LXT 5510)
BEETHOVEN; Symphony No.5 in c minor op.67
Georg Solti / Wiener Philharmoniker
Recording; 17~24th Sep. 1958, Sofiensaal, Wien
  5 SXL 2125(monaural; LXT 5512~13*)
BACH; Brandenburg Concertos Vol. I
No.1 in F major, No.6 in B flat major
Karl Münchinger / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Werner Krotzinger(vn), Kurt Krumbein & Helmut Irmscher(hrns), Fritz Fischer, Hanspeter Weber & Fred Schweinfurter(ob), Herbert Anton(fag), Ulrich Koch & Volkmar Azone(va.), Siegfried Barchet(vc), Irmgard Lechner(cemb)
Recording; ca. 1959
cf. LXT 5512 ; No.1,3,6, LXT 5513 ; No.2,4,5		   5 SXL 2126(monaural; LXT 5512~13*)
BACH; Brandenburg Concertos Vol. II
No.2 in F major, No.5 in D major
Karl Münchinger / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Werner Krotzinger(vn), Fritz Fischer(ob), Willy Graf(fl), Adolf Scherbaum(trp), Siegfried Barchet(vc), Irmgard Lechner(cemb)
Recording; ca. 1959
  5 SXL 2127(monaural; LXT 5512~13*)
BACH; Brandenburg Concertos Vol. III
No.3 in G major, No.4 in G major
Karl Münchinger / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Werner Krotzinger(vn), Willy Graf & Karl Friedrich Mess(fl), Siegfried Barchet(vc), Irmgard Lechner(cemb)
Recording; ca. 1959		   5 SXL 2128(monaural; LXT 5515)
ADAM; Ballet music 'Giselle' (excerpts; edit. Busser)
Jean Martinon / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Paris
Recording; Nov. 1959, La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris
  5 SXL 2129~31(monaural; LXT 5260~62)
VERDI; Opera 'Il Trovatore'(complete)
Renata Tebaldi(S), Mario del Monaco(T), Giulietta Simionato(Ms), Ugo Savarese(Br), Giorgio Tozzi(B) / Alberto Erede / Orchestre du Grand Théâtre de Genève & Coro di Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Recording; Jul. 1956, Victoria Hall, Genève		   5 SXL 2129~31(another jacket)

4. SXL 2131~40

 
  5 SXL 2131(included in SXL 2129~31 set)   5 SXL 2132(monaural; LXT 5514)
ROSSINI; Opera arias
Il Barbiere di Siviglia, L'italiana in Algeri, Semiramide, La Cenerentola, and Stabat Mater
Teresa Berganza(Ms) / Alexander Gibson / London Symphony Orchestra
Recording; Feb. 1959
  5 SXL 2133   5 SXL 2134(monaural; LXT 5517)
BERLIOZ ; Overtures
Le Carnaval romain, Benvenuto Cellini, Beatrice Et Benedict, Le Corsaire, Hungarian March from 'La Damnation de Faust'
Jean Martinon / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Paris
Recording; Nov. 1958, La Maison de la Chimie, Paris
  5 SXL 2135(monaural; LXT 5518)
MOZART; Symphony No.32 & No.38 in D major 'Prague'
Peter Maag / London Symphony Orchestra
Recording; 		  5 SXL 2136(monaural; LXT 5351)
DEBUSSY; Boîte à Joujoux, Printemps
Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Recording; May 1957, Victoria Hall, Genève
   
  5 SXL 2137(not issued)   5 SXL 2138(not issued)
   
  5 SXL 2139(not issued)   5 SXL 2140(not issued)

5. SXL 2141~50

 
  5 SXL 2141(monaural; LXT 5240)
GLAZUNOV; Ballet 'Seasons', op.67(complete)
Albert Wolff / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Paris
Recording; ca. 1956		   5 SXL 2142(not issued)
   
  5 SXL 2143(not issued. monuarl; LXT 5257)
cf. Originally Mozart's Symphony No.35 and Schubert's Symphony 'Unfinished' by Carl Schuricht and Wiener Philharmoniker(Jun. 1956, Sofiensaal) was planned to this number. Test pressings alloted to SXL 2143 (can be known by the matrix number) are extant, but not materialised in SXL and SDD(Ace of Diamonds) serials.
It is famous anecdote that the producer John Culshaw complained about the 'Unfinished' session ; "Schuricht was in a dotage and his tempi of the first beginning of the first movement - eleven times - were ALL different..."		   5 SXL 2144(not issued)
 
  5 SXL 2145(monaural; LXT 5558)
Songs From Norway ; Grieg
Kirsten Flagstad(S) / Øivin Fjelstad / London Symphony Orchestra
Recording; 16th Sep. 1955, London		   5 SXL 2146(not issued)
   
  5 SXL 2147(not issued)   5 SXL 2148(not issued)
   
  5 SXL 2149(not issued)  
  5 SXL 2150~52(monaural; LXT 5521~23)
BRITTEN; Opera 'Peter Grimes'(complete)
Peter Pears(T), Claire Watson(S), etc. / Benjamin Britten / Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Recording; Dec. 1958, Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London		   5 SXL 2150~52(later jacket)

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