EMI; Columbia(UK) SAX serial stereo LPs; SAX 2551~2600

* Columbia(UK) SAX serial LPs
- VII ; 2551~2588
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 2551~2460

  5 SAX 2551(monaural; 33CX 1909)
LISZT; Don Juan Fantasy, Sonnetto 104 Del Petrarca(from "Annees de Pelerinage"), Hungarian Phapsody No. 10
BARTOK; Imprpvisations op. 20, Etudes op.18
Charles Rosen(p)
Recording;
cf. Epic(US) license   5 SAX 2552(monaural; 33CX 1912)
BEETHOVEN; Symphony no.5 in c minor op.67
MOZART; Symphony no.41 in C major K.551, 'Jupiter'
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 11,25th Oct. 1963, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license

  5 SAX 2553(monaural; 33CX 1913)
MOZART; Divertimento no.2 in D major K.131, Symphony no.33 in B flat major K.319*
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 20th Apr. 1963 & 26th Oct. 1962*, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license   5 SAX 2554(monaural; 33CX 1914)
DVORAK; Symphony No.9 in e minor op.95, 'from the New World'
Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; Oct. & Nov. 1963, Studio No.1, Abbey Road, London

  5 SAX 2555
BRITTEN; Four Sea Interludes(from opera 'Peter Grimes'), Young Person's guide to the orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording;   5 SAX 2556(monaural; 33CX 1916)
MUSSORGSKY-RAVEL; Pictures at an exhibition*
STRAVINSKY; Firebird suite
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 23,24th Jan. & 3rd Mar. 1961, 30th Oct. 1963*, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license

  5 SAX 2557(monaural; 33CX 1911)
BEETHOVEN; Diabelli variations, op.120
Hans Richter-Haaser(p)
Recording; 25~29th Nov. 1963, Abbey Road Studios, London   5 SAX 2558(monaural; 33CX 1917)
MENDELSSOHN; String Quartet No. 2 in a minor, No.3 in D Major
Juilliard sq. - Robert Mann & Isidore Cohen(vns), Raphael Hillyer(va), Claus Adam(vc)
Recording;
cf. Epic(US) license

  5 SAX 2559(complete; SAX 2369~72. monaural; 33CX 1918)
MOZART; Opera 'Don Giovanni'(highlights)
Carlo Maria Giulini / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Recording; 2~15th Oct. & 22~24th Nov. 1959, Abbey Road Studios, London   5 SAX 2560(monaural; 33CX 1919)
ROSSINI; Overtures
Tancredi, La Cenerentola, La gazza Ladra, Semiramide*, Guillaume Tell*
Carlo Maria Giulini / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 13,14th Dec. 1962* & 1~3rd Apr. 1964, Kingsway Hall, London

2. SAX 2561~2470

  5 SAX 2561(monaural; 33CX 1920)
BEETHOVEN; Piano Sonata no.3 in C major op.2-3, no.22 in F major op.54, no.26 in E flat major op.81a 'Das Lebewohl'
Hans Richter-Haaser(p)
Recording; 15~18, 25,26th May 1963, Abbey Road Studios, London   5 SAX 2562(monaural; 33CX 1921)
ROUSSEL; Suite 'La Festin d'Araignée', Suite no.2 from 'Bacchus et ariane', Sinfonietta
André Cluytens / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Paris
Recording; 5,12th Nov. Salle Wagram, Paris

  5 SAX 2563(monaural; 33CX 1922)
Music of old Russia
RACHMANINOFF; Vocalise
MUSSORGSKY; Hopak(arr. Kreisler)
GLAZUNOV; Meditation, op.32
TCHAIKOVSKY; Valse-Scherzo op.34, Meditaion op.42-1, Scherzo op.42-2
R.KORSAKOV; Fantasy on a Russian theme op.33
Nathan Milstein(vn) / Robert Irving / Orchestra
Recording; 29,30th Mar. 1960, Manhattan Center, New York   5 SAX 2564(monaural; 33CX 1923)
CALLAS sings Rossini/Donizetti arias
ROSSINI
La Cenerentola(Act II); "Nacqui all'affanno ... Non più mesta"
Guillaume Tell(Act II); "S'allontanano alfine . . . Selva opaca"
Semiramide(Act I); "Bel raggio lusinghier"
DONIZETTI
La Fille du régiment(Act I); "Convien partir"
Lucrezia Borgia(Act I); "Tranquillo ei posa . . . Com'è bello"
L'elisir d'amore(Act II): "Prendi, prendi; per me sei libero"
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 2565
BEETHOVEN; Symphony no.1 in C major op.21, no.2 in D major op.36*
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 2nd & 23rd* Oct. 1964, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license   5 SAX 2566(monaural; 33CX 1925)
BIZET; 'L'arlésienne' suite no.1 & 2, Carmen suite
André Cluytens / Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Paris
Recording; 13~15th Jan. 1964, Paris

  5 SAX 2567(monaural; 33CX 1927)
SCHUMANN; Dichterliebe op.48, 9 Lieder aus 12 Gedichte von Kerner
Hermann Prey(Br), Karl Engel(p)
Recording;   5 SAX 2568(not issued)

  5 SAX 2569(monaural; 33CX 1928)
BRUCKNER; Symphony no.4 in E flat major, 'Romantische'
Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 18~20 & 24~26th Sep. 1963, Kingsway Hall, London   5 SAX 2570(monaural; 33CX 1930)
BEETHOVEN; Overtures
Coriolan, Prometheus, Egmont, King Stephen, Consecration of the house
Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 1957, 1959, Kingsway Hall & Abbey Road Studio, London

3. SAX 2571~2580

  5 SAX 2571(monaural; 33CX 1931)
HAYDN; Symphony no.88 in G major, no.104 in D major 'London'*
Otto Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 12~14th & 14~16th* Oct. 1964, Studio No.1, Abbey Road, London   5 SAX 2572(monaural; 33CX 1933)
BRAHMS; Symphony no.3 in F major op.90, Haydn Variations op.56a*
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 16,17th & 24th* Oct. 1964, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license

  5 SAX 2573(complete; SAX 2381~84. (monaural; 33CX 1934)
MOZART; Opera ‘Le nozze di Figaro'(highlights)
Carlo Maria Giulini / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Recording; Sep. & Nov. 1959, Kingsway Hall, London   5 SAX 2574
BEETHOVEN; Piano Sonata no.1 in f minor op.2-1, no.2 in A major op.2-2, Fantasy in g minor op.77*
Hans Richter-Haaser(p)
Recording; 15~18th May & 3rd Jun.* 1964, Abbey Road Studios, London

  5 SAX 2575(monaural; 33CX 1937)
BARBER; Piano Concerto
W.SCHUMANN; Song of Orpheus*
John Browning(p), Leonard Rose(vc)* / George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 11th* & 13th Jan. 1964, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Columbia(US) license   5 SAX 2576(monaural; 33CX 1935)
WALTON; Variations on a theme by Hindemith
HINDEMITH; Symphonic metamorphoses on themes by Weber*
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 9th & 10th* Oct. 1964, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Columbia(US) license

  5 SAX 2577
BEETHOVEN; Symphony no.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica'
George Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Recording; 22,23rd Feb. 1957, Severance Hall, Cleveland
cf. Epic(US) license   5 SAX 2578(complete; SAX 2254~56. monaural; 33CX 1939)
VERDI; Opera 'Falstaff'(highlights)
Herbert von Karajan / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Recording; 18,21~23,25~29th Jun. & 24th Jul. 1956, Kingsway Hall, London

  5 SAX 2579(monaural; 33CX 1940)
BACH; Concerto for 2 violins in d minor, BWV.1043, Sonata for 2 violins in C major BWV.1037(attrib. Goldberg)
VIVALDI ; Concertos for 2 violins in d minor, op.3-11
Nathan Milstein & Erica Morini(vns) / Chamber Ensemble, Betty Fischer(p; Sonata)
Recording; 26~28th Mar. 1964, Capitol Studio A, 46th Street, New York   5 SAX 2580(monaural; 33CX 1941)
GOUNOD; Opera 'Romeo et Juliette'(highlights)
Rosanna Carteri(S), Gayraud, Nicolai Gedda(T), Michel Dens(Br), Rouleau / Alain Lombard / Choeurs et Orchestre du theatre national de l'opéra, Paris
Recording;

4. SAX 2581~2590

  5 SAX 2581(not issued)   5 SAX 2582(monaural; 33CX 1943)
BRUCKNER; Symphony no.6 in A major
Otto Klemperer / New Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 6,10~12,16~19th Sep. 1964, Kingsway Hall, London

  5 SAX 2583(monaural; 33CX 1944)
SCHUMANN; Kinderscenen, Kreisleriana
Annie Fischer(p)
Recording; Dec. 1964, Wien   5 SAX 2584(monaural; 33CX 1945)
SCHÜTZ; Christmas Oratorio
Edith Mathis(S), Georg Jelden, Claus Oker / Hans Thamm / Windbach's Boys Choir
Recording;

  5 SAX 2585(not issued)   5 SAX 2586(not issued)

  5 SAX 2587(monaural; 33CX 1948)
MOZART; Overtures, etc.
The Marriage Of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi Fan Tutte, La Clemanza Di Tito, The Abduction From The Seraglio, The Magic Flute, Masonic Funeral Music, Adagio & Fugue in c minor
Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra & New Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 1964, Studio No.1, Abbey Road, London   5 SAX 2588(monaural; 33CX 1949)
STRAVINSKY; Symphony in three movements*, Pulcinella suite
Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra
Recording; 1962*, 18th Feb. & 18th May 1963, Kingsway Hall, London

  5 SAX 2589(monaural; 33CX 1946)
WOLF; Songs from the romantic poets
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf(S), Gerald Moore(p)
Recording; 15~18,22~30th Jan. 1961 & 3,4,7th Dec. 1962, Studio No.1, Abbey Road, London   5 SAX 2590(not issued)

5. SAX 2591~2600(not issued)

  5 SAX 2591   5 SAX 2592

  5 SAX 2593   5 SAX 2594

  5 SAX 2595   5 SAX 2596

  5 SAX 2597   5 SAX 2598

  5 SAX 2599   5 SAX 2600

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