EMI; Columbia(UK) SAX serial stereo LPs, SAX 2501~2550

* Columbia(UK) SAX serial LPs
- VI ; 2501~2550
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 2501~2510

  5 SAX 2501(monaural; 33CX 1856)
DVORAK; Symphony no.7 in d minor, op.70
R.STRAUSS; Till Eulenspiegel*
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 18,19th Mar. 1960, 29,30th Mar. 1957*, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license   5 SAX 2502(monaural; 33CX 1857)
SCHUBERT; Piano Sonata No.20 in A major D.959
MOZART; Rondo in a minor K.511
Charles Rosen(p)
Recording;
cf. Epic(US) license

  5 SAX 2503(monaural; 33CX 1858)
MARIA CALLAS in Paris
Iphigénie en Tauride(Gluck), La Damnation de Faust(Berlioz), Les Pêcheurs de Perles(Bizet), Manon & Werther(Massenet) and Faust(Gounod)
Maria Callas(S) / Georges Prêtre / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Paris
Recording; 3,4,6~8th May 1963, Salle Wagram, Paris   5 SAX 2504(monaural; 33CX 1859)
BEETHOVEN; String Quartets No.3 in G major op.18-3, no.6 in B flat major op.18-6
Drolc sq. - Eduard Drolc & Heinz Böttger(vns), Siegbert Ueberschaer(va), Heinrich Majowski(vc)
Recording;

  5 SAX 2505(monaural; 33CX 1860)
BEETHOVEN; An die ferne Geliebte op.98, other songs including 'Ich liebe dich', Adeleide, 6 lieder to the poem by Gelst
Hermann Prey(Br), Gerald Moore(p)
Recording;   5 SAX 2506(monaural; 33CX 1861)
SCHUMANN; Symphony no.3 in E flat major op.90 'Rhenish', Manfred Overture*
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 21st Oct. 1960, & 21st Jan. 1958(or 21st Jan. 1959?)*, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license

  5 SAX 2507(monaural; 33CX 1865)
TCHAIKOVSKY; String Quartet No.1 in D major
PROKOFIEV; String Quartet no.1 op.50
Kroll sq.
Recording;
cf. Epic(US) license   5 SAX 2508(monaural; 33CX 1863)
BEETHOVEN; Violin Concerto in D major op.61
Nathan Milstein(vn) / Erich Leinsdorf / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 2,4,6th Jun. 1960, Studio No.1, Abbey Road, London

  5 SAX 2509(monaural; 33CX 1864)
CHOPIN; 4 Ballades
Witold Malcuzynski(p)
Recording;   5 SAX 2510
BEETHOVEN; Symphony no.7 in A major op.92
WAGNER*; Tannhäuser overture
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 30,31st Oct. 1959 & 26th Jan. 1962*, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license

2. SAX 2511~2520

  5 SAX 2511(monaural; 33CX 1866)
LOEWE; Ballads
Hermann Prey(Br), Günther Weissenborn(p)
Recording;   5 SAX 2512(monaural; 33CX 1867)
BEETHOVEN; Symphony no.9 in d minor op.125 'Choral'(1~3rd mvt.)
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 15,21,22nd Apr. 1961, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license

  5 SAX 2513(monaural; 33CX 1868)
BEETHOVEN; Symphony no.9 in d minor op.125 'Choral'(4th mvt.)
WAGNER*; Die Meistersinger Prelude, Tristan und Isolde Prelude & Liebestod
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus, Adele Addison(S), Jane Hobson(Ms), Richard Lewis(T), Donaldson Bell(Br)
Recording; 15,21,22nd Apr. 1961, & 26th Jan. 1962*, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license   5 SAX 2514(monaural; 33CX 1870)
SCHUBERT; Symphony no.5 in B flat major D. & no.8 in b minor D.759 'Unfinished'
Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 1963, Kingsway Hall, London

  5 SAX 2515(monaural; 33CX 1871)
RACHMANINOFF; Piano Concerto No. 3 in d Minor, op.30
Witold Malcuzynski(p) / Witold Rowicki / Warsaw National Philharmonic Symphony
Recording;   5 SAX 2516(monaural; 33CX 1872)
BRAHMS; Symphony no.3 in F major op.90, Tragic Overture op.81*
Carlo Maria Giulini / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 12th Nov. 1962, Kingsway Hall, London*

  5 SAX 2517(monaural; 33CX 1873)
SCHUBERT; Symphony no.9 in C major D.944 'The Great'
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 1st Nov. 1957, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license   5 SAX 2518(monaural; 33CX 1874)
VIVALDI; 4 violin concertos, vol.I
Nathan Milstein(vn) / Ensemble(Strings and cembalo)
Recording; 23,24th Jan. 1962

  5 SAX 2519(monaural; 33CX 1875)
SCHUBERT; String Quartet no.14 in d minor D.810, 'Death and the Maiden'
HAYDN; String Quartet no.63 in D major, 'Lark'
Kroll sq. - William Kroll & Louis Graeler(vns), David Mankovitz(va), Avron Twerdowsky(vc)
Recording;
cf. Epic(US) license   5 SAX 2520(monaural; 33CX 1876)
BEETHOVEN; String Quartet No.11 in f minor op.95
HINDEMITH; String Quartet no.5 op.23
Kroll sq. - William Kroll & Louis Graeler(vns), David Mankovitz(va), Avron Twerdowsky(vc)
Recording;
cf. Epic(US) license

3. SAX 2521~2330

  5 SAX 2521(monaural; 33CX 1877)
CHOPIN; 24 Préludes, op.28
Samson François(p)
Recording; Feb. & May 1959, Salle Wagram, Paris   5 SAX 2522(monaural; 33CX 1878)
SCHUMANN; Davidsbündlertänze, Carnival
Charles Rosen(p)
Recording; 4,5,7,8th Mar. 1963, Columbia Records 30th Street Studio, New York
cf. Epic(US) license

  5 SAX 2523(monaural; 33CX 1879)
BEETHOVEN; Piano Sonatas No.16 in G major Op.31-1*, No.18 in E flat major Op.31-3
Hans Richter-Haaser(p)
Recording; 12,13th Dec. 1962* & 13th Dec. 1962 & 24th May 1963, Abbey Road Studios, London   5 SAX 2524(monaural; 33CX 1880)
MENDELSSOHN; Symphony no.4 in A major op.90 'Italian', Hebrides Overture
WEBER; Oberon overture*
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 26th Oct. 1962 & 4,5th Jan. 1963*, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license

  5 SAX 2525(complete; SAX 2446~50. monaural; 33CX 1881)
BACH; 'Matthäus-Passion', BWV.244(choral highlights)
Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Recording; 21~28th Nov. 1961, Kingsway Hall, London   5 SAX 2526(monaural; 33CX 1882)
BRAHMS; Piano Concerto No.1 in d Minor, op.15
Leon Fleisher(p) / George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 21,22nd Feb. 1958, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license

  5 SAX 2527(monaural; 33CX 1883)
WALTON; On "Shakespeare Film Scores"
composers film scores for Hamlet, Henry V, and Richard III
William Walton / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; ca. 1963   5 SAX 2528(monaural; 33CX 1884)
FRANCK; 4 Symphonic poems
Le Chasseur maudit, Les eolides, Redemption, Les Djinns*
André Cluytens / Orchestre National de Belgique, Aldo Ciccolini(p)*
Recording; 20,21st Dec. 1962, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles

  5 SAX 2529(monaural; 33CX 1885)
MOZART; Symphony No.35 in D major K. 'Haffner'
HAYDN; Symphony no.92 in G major, 'Oxford'*
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 8th Jan. 1960 & 20th Oct. 1961*, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license   5 SAX 2530(monaural; 33CX 1886)
BEETHOVEN; String quartet no.4 in c minor op.18-4 & no.5 in A major op.18-5
Drolc sq. - Eduard Drolc & Walter Peschke(vns), Stefano Passaggio(va), Georg Donderer(vc)
Recording;

4. SAX 2531~2540

  5 SAX 2531(monaural; 33CX 1887)
Sonatas for 2 violins; Leclair, Telemann, Ysaye
Leonid Kogan, Elisabetta Gilels(vns)
Recording; 25,26th May 1962, Salle Wagram, Paris   5 SAX 2532(monaural; 33CX 1896)
DEBUSSY; La Mer
RAVEL; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no.2, Pavane pour une infante défunte
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 11,12th Jan. 1963, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license
cf. 2. First issue with 'Semi-circle(S/C)' label

  5 SAX 2533(monaural; 33CX 1889)
PROKOFIEV; Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major Op. 26, No.5 in G major op.55
Samson François(p) / Witold Rowicki / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 27~29th Jun. 1963, Abbey Road Studios, London   5 SAX 2534(monaural; 33CX 1890)
BRAHMS; Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, op.83
Leon Fleisher(p) / George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 19,20th Oct. 1962, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license
cf. 2. First issue with 'Semi-circle(S/C)' label

  5 SAX 2535(monaural; 33CX 1891)
SCHUBERT; String Quartet no.15 in G major D.887
The Juilliard String Quartet - Robert Mann, Isidore Cohen(vns), Raphael Hillyer(va), Claus Adam(vc)
Recording;
cf. Epic(US) license   5 SAX 2536
MOZART; Clarinet concerto in A major K.622*
R.STRAUSS; Horn Concerto No.1 in E flat major
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra, Myron Bloom(hrn), Robert Marcellus(cl)*
Recording; 21st Oct. 1961, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license

  5 SAX 2537(monaural; 33CX 1898)
BERLIOZ; Symphonie Fantastique op.14a
Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; Apr. & Sep. 1963, Kingsway Hall, London   5 SAX 2538(monaural; 33CX 1895)
HÄNDEL; Dettingen Te Deum
Ruth-Margret Putz(S), Theo Altmeyer(T), Emmy Lisken(A), Franz Crass(B) / Wolfgang Gönnenwein / Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim & Süddeutscher Madrigalchor und Consortium Musicum
Recording;
cf. The highest number with 'blue-silver(B/S)' label as the first issue

  5 SAX 2539(monaural; 33CX 1899)
Bohemian Carnival
SMETANA; Moldau, 3 Dances from 'The Bartered Bride'
DVORAK; Carnaval Overture, 4 Slavonic dances
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 4,5th Jan. 1963, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license   5 SAX 2540(monaural; 33CX 1900)
Callas Sings Mozart, Beethoven, Weber Arias
Maria Callas(S) / Nicola Rescigno / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Paris
Recording; Dec. 1963, Jan., Feb., Apr. 1964, & Jan. 1965, Salle Wagram, Paris

5. SAX 2541~2350

  5 SAX 2541(monaural; 33CX 1901)
BRAHMS; Piano Quintet in f minor, op.34
Leon Fleisher(p), Juilliard sq. - Robert Mann, Isidore Cohen(vns), Raphael Hillyer(va), Claus Adam(vc)
Recording;   5 SAX 2542(monaural; 33CX 1902)
BEETHOVEN; 4 overtures written for Fidelio
Leonore No.1~3, Fidelio(from complete opera; SAX 2451~53)*
Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; Feb. & Mar. 1962*, Nov. 1963, Kingsway Hall, London

  5 SAX 2543(monaural; 33CX 1903)
BEETHOVEN; Piano Concerto No.3 in c minor op.37
Hans Richter-Haaser(p) / Carlo Maria Giulini / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 20th Apr. 1963, Abbey Road Studios, London   5 SAX 2544(monaural; 33CX 1894)
MOZART; Mass in c minor K.427
Edith Mathis(S), Helen Erwin (S), Theo Altmeyer(T), Franz Crass (B) / Wolfgang Gönnenwein / Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim & Süddeutscher Madrigalchor und Consortium Musicum
Recording; 13,17th May 1963, Johanneskirche, Kornwestheim, Germany

  5 SAX 2545(monaural; 33CX 1904)
R.STRAUSS; Sinfonia Domestica, op.53
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 10th Jan. 1964, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license   5 SAX 2546(monaural; 33CX 1906)
MOZART; Symphonies No.31 & 34
Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 1963, Kingsway Hall, London

  5 SAX 2547(complete; SAX 2451~53, monaural; 33CX 1907)
BEETHOVEN; Opera 'Fidelio'(highlight)
Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; Feb. & Mar. 1962, Kingsway Hall, London   5 SAX 2548(monaural; 33CX 1908)
DEBUSSY; Jeux, Images for Orchestra
André Cluytens / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Paris
Recording; 10~14th Sep. 1963, Salle Wagram, Paris

  5 SAX 2549(monaural; 33CX 1905)
BEETHOVEN; Symphony no.6 in F major op.68 'Pastorale'
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 19,21st Jan. 1962, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license   5 SAX 2550(monaural; 33CX 1910)
CALLAS sings Verdi Arias
Otello(Act IV); 'Willow Song and Ave Maria'
Aroldo; Ciel, ch'io respiri! ... Salvami, salvami tu, gran Dio! (act I) - O Cielo! Dove son io? (act II)
Don Carlo(Act III); Non pianger, mia compagna (act III) - O don fatale (act III)
Maria Callas(S) / Nicola Rescigno / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Paris
Recording; Dec. 1963, Jan., Feb., Apr. 1964, & Jan. 1965, Salle Wagram, Paris

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