Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Frieda Valenzi, piano Remington Records Inc. RLP-149-17 (1951) Cover Art by Sherman AlpertRossini Sins of My Old Age featuring Soloists and Chorus of the Societa Cameristica di Lugano Edwin Loehrer, cond. Nonesuch H-71089 Cover Art by John TrottaRudolphe de Harak, artwork for Franz Liszt, Two piano concerti by Edith Farnadi, 1960.Shostakovich Ballet Suites Nos. 1, 2, & 3 (1949-52) with Bolshoi Theater Orchestra, Maksim Shostakovich, conductorSibelius Finlandia and Swan of Tuonela, Rachmaninoff 3 Preludes with Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, cond. featuring John Minsker, English horn Columbia Masterworks ML 2158 (1950) Cover Art by Alex SteinweissSibelius Symphony No. 5 En Saga with Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan, cond.Stravinsky Oedipus Rex (Text and Narration by Jean Cocteau) Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Igor Stravinsky, cond. Columbia ML 4644 Cover art by Jean CocteauTchaikovsky Capriccio Italien, Bizet Carmen Suite with Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor Columbia Masterworks ML 4287 (1950) Cover Art by Alex SteinweissVienna Promenade – Music of Johann Strauss, Jr. Eduard Strauss, Franz Salmhofer conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Epic Records LC306Wagner Siegfried’s Rhine Journey, Funeral Music from Gotterdammerung, Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; William Steinberg, cond. Capitol Classics S-8185 (1952)‘Switched on Bach’ by Walter CarlosBeethoven The Archduke Trio No. 7 Emil Gilels, piano; Leonid Kogan, violin; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello Monitor MC 2010 (1957) Album art by Pushpin | Alcorn
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