EMI; Columbia(UK) SAX serial stereo LPs, SAX 2251~2300

* Columbia(UK) SAX serial LPs
- I ; 2251~2300
Gallery of first released LPs and recording datas

Any suggestion and contribution of better images and recording data will be welcomed and mentioned in this page.
Special thanks to ;
- Mr. Larry Toy ; comprehensive comments about all the informations, and images of the scarce LPs missed in the drafts
- Mr. TAKAHASHI Arato ; many high-resolution images
- Of course also thanks so much to the owner of mikrokosmos.com who offered me the hosting space.

2000s	2251~2300	2301~2350	2351~2400	2401~2450	2451~2500	2501~2550	2551~2588
5000s	5251~5294

1. SAX 2251~2260

  5 SAX 2251(not issued)   5 SAX 2252(monaural; 33CX 1490)
BEETHOVEN; Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, op.73 'Emperor'
Emil Gilels(p) / Leopold Ludwig / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 30th Apr. & 1st May(or 26,27th Apr.?) 1957, Studio No.1, Abbey Road, London

  5 SAX 2253(monaural; 33CX 1466)
DAVID OISTRAKH; Encores
SUK; No.1 from 6 pieces op.7
KODÁLY; 3 Hungarian folk songs
WIENIAWSKI; Légende op.17
ZARZYCKI; Mazurka in G major, op.26
DEBUSSY; Clair du lune(from Suite Bergamasque)
FALLA; Jota(from Suite populaire española)
TCHAIKOVSKY; Scherzo-Valse op.34
YSAYE; Extase op.21
David Oistrakh(vn), Vladimir Yampolsky(p)
Recording; 18,28th Feb. 1956, Studio No.1, Abbey Road, London   5 SAX 2254~56(highlights; SAX 2578, monaural; 33CX 1410~12)
VERDI; Opera 'Falstaff'
Tito Gobbi(Br), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf(S), Nan Merriman(A), Rolando Panerai(Br), Fedora Barbieri(Ms), Anna Moffo(S), Luigi Alva(T) / Herbert von Karajan / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Recording; 18,21~23,25~29th Jun. & 24th Jul. 1956, Kingsway Hall, London

  5 SAX 2257~58(highlights; SAX 2456, monaural; 33CX 1446~47)
ORFF; Opera 'Die Kluge'
Gottlob Frick(B), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf(S), Rudolf Christ (T), Benno Kusche(Br), Paul Kuen(T), Hermann Prey(Br), Gustav Neidlinger(B) / Wolfgang Sawallisch / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 22,23,25,26th May 1956, Studio No.1 , Abbey Road, London

  5 SAX 2259(monaural; 33CX 1519)
BEETHOVEN; Piano sonata nos. 9, 10, 13, & 14
Walter Gieseking(p)
Recording; 17~22nd Oct. 1956, Studio No.3, Abbey Road, London   5 SAX 2260(monaural; 33CX 1532)
BEETHOVEN; Symphony No.6 in F major, op.68 'Pastorale'
Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; Oct. 1957, Kingsway Hall, London

2. SAX 2261~2270

  5 SAX 2261(monaural; 33CX 1421)
MUSSORGSKY-RAVEL; Pictures at an exhibition
Herbert von Karajan / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 11,12th Oct. 1955, 18th Jun. 1956, Kingsway Hall, London   5 SAX 2262(monaural; 33CX 1504)
BRAHMS; Symphony No.1 in c minor, op.68
Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; Dec. 1955, 29,31st Oct. & Nov. 1956, & Mar. 1957, Kingsway Hall, London

  5 SAX 2263(monaural; 33CX 1477)
DVORÁK; Cello Concerto in b minor, op.104
FAURE; Élégie, op.24
Janos Starker(vc) / Walter Süsskind / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 11,13th Jul. 1956, Kingsway Hall, London   5 SAX 2264(monaural; 33CX 1487)
BRAHMS; Double Concerto in a minor op.102*, Tragic Overture op.81
David Oistrakh(vn)*, Pierre Fournier(vc)* / Alceo Galliera / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 29th Feb. & 2nd Mar. 1956, Abbey Road Studios, London

  5 SAX 2265(monaural; 33CX 1404)
ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF; Songs you love
Drink to me only with thine eyes(Folksong)
MARTINI; Plaisir d'amour
MENDELSSOHN; Auf Flügeln des Gesanges
DVORAK; Songs my mother taught me
HAHN; Si mes vers avaient des ailes
TCHAIKOVSKY; Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt
A.JENSEN; Murmelndes Lüftchen
GRIEG; Ich liebe dich, Farmyard Songs
SIBELIUS; Schwarze Rosen
R.STRAUSS; Wiegenlied
WOLF; In dem schatten meiner locken, Elfenlied
2 Swiss Folksongs; O du liebs angeli, Gsatzli
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf(S), Gerald Moore(p)
Recording; 10~13th Apr. 1956, Studio No.1, Abbey Road, London   5 SAX 2265(later issue)

  5 SAX 2266~68(highlights; SAX 2438. monaural; 33CX 1507~09)
ROSSINI; Opera 'Il barbiere di Siviglia'
Maria Callas(S), Luigi Alva(T), Tito Gobbi(Br), Nicola Zaccaria(B) / Alceo Galliera / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Recording; 7~9, 11~14th Feb. 1957, Kingsway Hall, London

  5 SAX 2269~72(highlights; SAX 2423, monaural; 33CX 1492~95)
R.STRAUSS; Opera 'Der Rosenkavalier'
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf(S), Christa Ludwig(Ms), Teresa Stich-Randall(S), Eberhard Wachter(Br), Otto Edelman(B) / Herbert von Karajn / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Recording; 10~15,17~22nd Dec. 1956, Kingsway Hall, London   5 SAX 2269~72(later jacket)

3. SAX 2271~2280

  5 (SAX 2271~72 included in SAX 2269~72 box)

  5 SAX 2273(not issued)   5 SAX 2274(monaural; 33CX 1588)
OFFENBACH; Gaite Parisienne
ROSSINI; 'Wilhelm Tell' overture
GOUNOD; Ballet music from 'Faust'
Herbert von Karajan / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 13~16,18th Jan. 1958, Kingsway Hall, London

  5 SAX 2275(monaural; 33CX 1642)
DVORAK; Symphony no.9 in e minor op.95, 'from the New World'
SMETANA; Moldau
Herbert von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker
Recording; 28,29th Nov. 1957, 6,7th Jan. & 18~20th May 1958, Grünewaldkirche, Berlin   5 SAX 2276~77(monaural; 33CX 1574~75)
BEETHOVEN; Symphony No.9 in d minor op.125, 'Choral', Incidental music 'Egmont'*
Aase Nordmo Lovberg(S), Christa Ludwig(Ms), Waldemar Kmentt(T), Hans Hotter(B) / Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Birgit Nilsson(S)*
Recording; Oct. & Nov. 1957, Kingsway Hall, London

  5 SAX 2278(monaural; 33CX 1457)
MOZART; Symphony no. 25 in g minor K.183 & no.40 in g minor K.550*
Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 21,23rd Jul. 1956, Kingsway Hall, London*

  5 SAX 2279(monaural; 33CX 1518)
STRAVINSKY; Firebird Suite
BIZET; 'Jeux d'enfant' Suite
RAVEL; Mother Goose Suite
Carlo Maria Giulini / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording;   5 SAX 2280(monaural; 33CX 1332)
SIBELIUS; Symphony No.2 in D major op.36
Paul Kletzki / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 15,16th Jun. 1955, London
cf. The earliest 33CX number issued by SAX serial

4. SAX 2281~2290

  5 SAX 2281(monaural; 33CX 1627)
SCHUBERT; Piano Trio No.1 in B flat major, D.898
The Oistrakh Trio - Lev Oborin(p), David Oistrakh(vn), Sviatoslav Knushevitzky(vc)
Recording; May 1958, Studio No.1, Abbey Road, London   5 SAX 2282(monaural; 33CX 1407)
SCHUMANN; Concerto in a minor, op.129
TCHAIKOVSKY; Rococo-Variations, op.33
Pierre Fournier(vc) / Malcolm Sargent / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 16th Mar. 1956, Kingsway Hall, London

  5 SAX 2283(monaural; 33CX 1570)
SCHWARZKOPF sings operetta
HEUBERGER; 'Der Opernball' Geh'n wir in's Chambre separée
SUPPER; 'Boccaccio' Hab' ich nur deine Liebe
ZELLER; 'Der Vogelhändler' Ich bin die Christel von der Post, Schenkt man sich Rosen, 'Der Obersteiger' Sei nicht bös
LEHAR; 'Der Graf von Luxemburg' Heut' noch werd' ich Ehefrau, Hoch, evöe, Angèle Didier, 'Der Zarewitsch' Einer wird kommen, der wird mich begehren, 'Giuditta' Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss
SIECZYNSKI; Sieczynski: Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume
J.STRAUSS II: 'Casanova' O Madonna, auf uns sieh "Nuns' Chorus', O Marie, wie entflieh ich "Laura's Song"
MILLOECKER; 'Die Dubarry' Ich habe Liebe...Ich schenk' mein Herz, Was ich im Leben...Ja, so ist sie, die Dubarry
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf(S) / Otto Ackermann / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Recording; 3~5th Jul. 1957, Kingsway Hall, London   5 SAX 2284(monaural; 33CX 1629)
BIRGIT NILSSON; Arias
BEETHOVEN; Fidelio - 'Abscheulicher, Wo eilst du hin?' - 'Ah Perfido!' op.65
WEBER; Oberon 'Ozean! Du Ungeheuer!' - Der Freischutz - 'Leise, Leise, fromme weise!' -
MOZART; Don Giovanni - 'Or Sai Chi L'Onore'
Birgit Nilsson(S) / Heinz Wallberg / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 12~15th May 1958, Studio No.1, Abbey Road, London

  5 SAX 2285(monaural; 33CX 1623)
TCHAIKOVSKY; Ballet suites from 'Swan lake' & 'Nutcracker'
Wolfgang Sawallisch / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording;   5 SAX 2286~88(monaural; 33CX 1631~33)
PUCCINI; Opera 'La Fanciulla del West'
Birgit Nilsson(S), Giovanni Gibin(T), Andrea Mongelli(Br), Nicola Zaccaria(B) / Lovro von Matacic / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Recording; 16~23rd Jul. 1958, Teatro alla Scala, Milano

  5 SAX 2289(monaural; 33CX 1608)
BIZET; Suites from 'L'arlesienne' & opera 'Carmen'
Herbert von Karajan / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 14~16th Jan. 1958, Kingsway Hall, London   5 SAX 2290~92(monaural; 33CX 1618~20)
CHERUBINI; Opera 'Medea'
Maria Callas(S), Mirto Picchi(T), Miriam Pirazzini(Ms), Renata Scotto(S) / Tullio Serafin / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Recording; 12~19th Sep. 1957, Teatro alla Scala, Milano
cf. Licensed by Mercury

5. SAX 2291~2300

  5 (SAX 2291~92 included in SAX 2290~92 box)

  5 SAX 2293(monaural; 33CX 1628)
MARIA CALLAS; Verdi Heroines
Macbeth; Lady Macbeth
Nabucco; Abigaille
Ernani; Elvira
Don Carlos; Elisabetta di Valois
Maria Callas(S) / Nicola Rescigno / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 19~21st & 23,24th* Sep. 1958, Studio No.1, Abbey Road & Kingsway Hall*, London   5 SAX 2294
Opera Intermezzi
PUCCINI; Manon Lescaux act.III
VERDI; La Traviata Act. III
LEONCAVALLO; Pagliacci
MASCAGNI; L'amico Fritz Act. III
SCHMIDT; Notre-dame
BERLIOZ; Les Troyans(2nd part, Act IV)
MUSSORGSKY; Khovanshchina Act IV
OFFENBACH; The tales of Hoffmann 'Bellu nuit'
GRANADOS; Goyescas
Herbert von Karajan / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 2~6,8,9th Jan. 1959, Kingsway Hall, London

  5 SAX 2295(not issued)   5 SAX 2296(monaural; 33CX 1542)
WAGNER; Arias & duo
Die fliegende Holländer; 'Mein Schiff ist fest...Durch Wind und Sturm...Doch was du siehst'
Die Walküre; excerpts from Act III
Birgit Nilsson(S), Hans Hotter(B) / Leopold Ludwig / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 16,19th Nov. 1957, Abbey Road Studios, London

  5 SAX 2297(monaural; 33CX 1653)
BEETHOVEN; Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, op.73 'Emperor'
Claudio Arrau(p) / Alceo Galliera / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 19~22nd Jun. 1958, London   5 SAX 2298~99(monaural; 33CX 1649~50)
DONIZETTI; Opera "L'elisir d'amore"
Rosanna Carteri(S), Luigi Alva(T), Rolando Panerai(Br), Giuseppe Taddei(Br) / Tullio Serafin / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Recording; Aug. 1958, Teatro alla Scala, Milano

  5 SAX 2300(monaural; 33CX 1658)
ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF; Romantic heroine
Tannhäuser; "Dich, Teure Halle"(Act 2), "Allmächt'ge Jungfrau"(Act 3)
Lohengrin; "Einsam In Trüben Tagen"(Act 1)
Der Freischütz; "Wie Nahte Mir Der Schlummer - Leise, Leise, Fromme Weise"(Act 2), "Und Ob Die Wolke"(Act 3)
Lohengrin; "Euch Lüften, Die Mein Klagen"(Act 2)*
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf(S)
with Christa Ludwig(Ms)* / Walter Süsskind, Heinz Wallberg* / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording;

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