Decca; SXL serial stereo LPs; SXL 2201~50 - Youngrok Lee's Music page

* Decca; SXL serial LPs
- V ; 2201~50
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.
Special thanks to ; Mr. KITAGAWA Himahito, and of course to the owner of mikrokosmos.com who offered me the hosting space.
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Index of numbers & jackets

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2201~2250

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-SAËNS; 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)
HÄNDEL; "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; 12~19th Jun. 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; 29th May & Sep. 1960, Sofiensaal, Wien

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