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Decca LP; SXL - Introduction

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* Decca; SXL serial LPs
   - VII ; 2301~16
   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.
• SXL 2316 is the last number of SXL 2*** issues. SXL 2317~5999 is not extant as the next SXL issue started from SXL 6000(Khachaturian; Spartacus & Gayaneh), of which correspondent LXT numbers are same to those of SXL issues.
• Special thanks to ; Mr. KITAGAWA Himahito, and of course to the owner of mikrokosmos.com who offered me the hosting space.
• Any suggestion and contribution of better images and recording data will be welcomed and mentioned in this page.

Index of numbers & jackets

1. SXL 2301~10

5 SXL 2301(monaural; LXT 5665) BACH; Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major, No.4 in D major Karl Münchinger / Stuttgarter Kammerorchester Recording; 4~12th Jun. 1961, Victoria Hall, Genève	5 SXL 2302(monaural; LXT 5666) HÄNDEL; Water music, Royal Fireworks Music(arr. Harty), Largo from Xerxes(arr. Reinhard), The faithful shepherd(arr. Beecham) George Szell / London Symphony Orchestra Recording; Aug. 1961, Kingsway Hall
5 SXL 2303(monaural; LXT 5667) FAURÉ; Suite 'Pélleas et Mélisande' op.80, Penelope prelude, Suite 'Masques et Bergamasques' op.112 DEBUSSY; Petite suite Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Recording; Feb. 1961, Victoria Hall, Genève	5 SXL 2304(monaural; LXT 5668) REGINA RESNIK; On the wings of opera BIZET; Habanèra, Seguidille, Chanson Bohème, Card song(Carmen) TCHAIKOVSKY; - JEANNE D'ARC - AIR DES ADIEUX SAINT-SAËNS; Mon coeurs s'ouvre a ta voix(Samson et Delilah) WAGNER; So ist es denn aus(Die Walküre) VERDI; Condotta ell'era in ceppi(Il Trovatore), O don fatale(Don Carlos) Regina Resnik(Ms) / Edward Downes / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Recording; Oct. 1961
5 SXL 2305(monaural; LXT 5669) HOLST; Planets Herbert von Karajan / Wiener Philharmoniker Recording; 5~22nd Sep. 1961, Sofiensaal, Wien
5 SXL 2306~07(monaural; LXT 5671) PROKOFIEV; Ballet music 'Romeo and Juliet' suites, 'Cinderella' suites* Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Recording; Nov. 1961 & 1962*, Victoria Hall, Genève	5 SXL 2306~07(back cover of the folder set)
	5 SXL 2308(monaural; LXT 5673) TCHAIKOVSKY; Nutcracker suite GRIEG; musics from 'Peer Gynt' Herbert von Karajan / Wiener Philharmoniker Recording; 5~22nd Sep. 1961, Sofiensaal, Wien
5 SXL 2309(complete; SXL 2150~52, monaural; LXT 5674) BRITTEN; Opera 'Peter Grimes'(highlights) Benjamin Britten / Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Recording; Dec. 1958, Walthamstow Town Hall, London	5 SXL 2310(monaural; LXT 5675) SCHUMANN; Dichterliebe op.48, 4 songs Eberhard Wachter(Br), Alfred Brendel(p) Recording;

2. SXL 2311~20

5 SXL 2311(monaural; LXT 5676) MARTIN; Concerto for 7 wind instruments, timpani, percussion and string orchestra, Etudes for string orchestra Ernest Ansermet / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Recording; Nov. 1961, Victoria Hall, Genève	5 SXL 2312(monaural; LXT 5677) DEBUSSY; Prélude à la midi d'un faune, Nocturne(nuages, fêtes) RAVEL; Pavane pour une infante défunte, Rhapsodie espagnole Pierre Monteux / London Symphony Orchestra Recording; 11~13th Dec. 1961, Kingsway Hall, London
5 SXL 2313(monaural; LXT 5682) HEROLD-LANCHBERY; La fille mal gardee John Lanchbery / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Recording;	5 SXL 2314(complete; SET 209~11 set, monaural; LXT 5683) VERDI; Opera 'Otello'(highlights) Herbert von Karajan / Wiener Philharmoniker Recording; 10~21st May 1961, Sofiensaal, Wien
5 SXL 2315(complete; SET 212~14 set, monaural; LXT 5684) DONIZETTI; Opera 'Lucia'(highlights) Joan Sutherland(S), Renato Cioni(T), Robert Merrill(Br), Cesare Siepi(B) / John Pritchard / Coro e Orchestra del L'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma Recording; 1961, L'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma	5 SXL 2316(monaural; LXT 5685) HANDEL; Oratorio 'Messiah'(excerpts) Joan Sutherland(S), Grace Bumbry(A), Kenneth McKellar(T), David Ward(B) / Adrian Boult / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Recording;
5 SXL 2317	5 SXL 2318
5 SXL 2319	5 SXL 2320

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Sources

1. Images
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   • LP King(Korea)
   • LP Heim(Korea)
   • LP Records(Korea)
   • Clapia(Korea)
   • Classical-vinyl.com ; It offers many high-resolution image. I asked for approval of image use but in vain yet.
   • Popsike
2. Recording data
   • Decca-Philips homepage
   • Allmusic
   • Personal homepages for artists
     • My records & homepage discographies
     • Frank Hamilton's catalogs
     • The archive of Herbert von Karajan(Japanese)
     • MAAZEL, Lorin(Japanese)
     • Complete Stereophonic discography of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra(Japanese)
     • KATO Yukihiro's home
     • The Durbeck archive
3. Personal contributions
   • Mr. TAKAHASHI Arato ; Many high-resolution images
   • Mr. KITAGAWA Himahito's Decca LXT series catalogue ; the starting point of my work.

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Created ; 17th May 2009
Last update ; 20th Oct. 2009

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