Deutsche Grammophon: The Mono Years

* 51 CD Set exploring comprehensively the DG post-war success story * 17 of these CDs are offered on CD for the first time * Fantastic sonics, with s full of presence. * The history of the original LP and its development carefully delineated in excellent liner notes by Tully Potter in English, French and German. * A who’s-who of from the 1950s and 1960s including Fricsay, Furtwängler, Kempff, Oistrakh, Richter, Cherkassky, Ancerl, Fischer-Dieskau (his debut ), Haskil, Hindemith, Jochum, van Kempen, Markevitch, Martzy, Wolfgang Windsen and Astrid Varnay. * Beautiful photography across the 150-page colour booklet, replete with photos of the artists and the post-war era. REPERTOIRE: CD 1 AMADEUS QUARTET Schubert: String Quartet in G major D 887 /String Quartet in A minor D 804 ""Rosamunde"" * First on Deutsche Grammophon (D887) CD 2 KARL ANČERL Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, op.93 * “The superb performance of the Czech players is beyond criticism” Music on Record (1962) CD 3 STEFAN ASKENASE Chopin: Piano Sonata 2; Mazurka op. 50/3; Piano Sonata 3 * ""Askenase is a magician among Chopin pianists. With his clarity and delicacy he provides a sunny, brilliant texture"" Penguin Guide (1966) CD 4 KARL BÖHM Brahms: Symphony no. 2 / Reger: Mozart-Variationen * “Une gravure dynamique, enthousiaste, splendide de l’une des plus belles oeuvres de Reger” Répertoire CD 5 SHURA CHERKASSKY Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 + encores Mana-Zucca: The Zouaves' Drill, Morton Gould: Boogie-Woogie Etude * ""Cherkassky gives an occasionally eccentric but stunningly brilliant and poetic reading of the first piano concerto"" The Record Guide (1956) CD 6 HALINA CZERNY-STEFAŃSKA Chopin Recital * Joint winner of the international Chopin Competition, Warsaw, 1949 ""This is a lovely record with a melting performance of the G minor Ballade preceded by a sensitively played and admirably contrasted selection of mazurkas."" Penguin Guide (1966) CD 7 DON COSSACK CHOIR SERGE JAROFF Russian Folk Songs * First s on Deutsche Grammophon< br> CD 8 DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU Brahms: 4 Serious Songs/ Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch (selection) / Schumann: Dichterliebe * Début on Deutsche Grammophon (Brahms) CD 9 ANDOR FOLDES Liszt: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2 * First release on CD ""Foldes is a highly intellectual, often analytical player [...] The piano timbre is finely reproduced with a wide dynamic range"" (Liszt) Penguin Guide (1966) CD 10 FERENC FRICSAY Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Rossini-Respighi La boutique fantastique * “The very best DGG s of big orchestral scores still seem to me to be unrivalled – and this new disc is one of those very best s.” (Rimsky-Korsakov) Andrew Porter, Gramophone, March 1957 CD 11 FERENC FRICSAY Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 /Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream/ Prokofiev: Symphony no. 1 * One of the first 12 LP releases on Deutsche Grammophon (Mendelssohn) CD 12 WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER Schubert: Symphony no. 9/ Haydn: Symphony no. 88 * “This record should not on any account be missed; it is an outstanding example of the art of one of the greatest conductors of our generation."" (Haydn) Penguin Guide (1966) CD 13 JOSEF GREINDL Schubert: Die Winterreise * First international release on CD CD 14 MONIQUE HAAS Ravel: Concerto in G /Stravinsky: Capriccio / Ravel : Le Tombeau de Couperin etc. * Début on Deutsche Grammophon (Ravel) CD 15 CONRAD HANSEN Mozart: Piano Sonatas KV 310, 331, 332, 545 * First release on CD. “Hansen surs the difficulties inherent in playing any old instrument wonderfully well” Roger Fiske, Gramophone, November 1959 CD 16 CLARA HASKIL Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 19, 27 * “One of the greatest performances of a Mozart concerto on record by the late Clara Haskil [...] the performance is sheer magic."" Music on Record (1962) CD 17 PAUL HINDEMITH Mathis der Mather; Die vier Temperamente; Symphonische Metamorphosen * ""Hindemith's own version of Mathis der Maler with the Berliners is still first choice"" Music on Record (1962) CD 18 LUDWIG HOELSCHER Brahms: Cello Sonata no. 1 / Grieg: Cello Sonata op.36/Richard Strauss: Cello Sonata op.6 * First release on CD ""Hoelscher is a cellist of the very front rank"" Penguin Guide (1966) CD 19 JANÁČEK QUARTET Smetana: String Quartet No.1 “From my Life”/Janáček: String Quartet No.2 “ Letters” * ""The Smetana Quartet's performance of no.1 has been detached on a 10-in. LP, but in this case the purchaser would probably get more satisfaction from the slightly richer and dynamic reading of the Janaček Quartet"" Music on Record (1963) CD 20 EUGEN JOCHUM Mozart: Symphonies nos. 33, 36, 39 * ""Beautifully recorded [...] The E flat major Symphony is given a vital and sensitive reading by Jochum"" Penguin Guide (1966) CD 21 EUGEN JOCHUM Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik /Beethoven: Symphony no. 4/ Bruckner: Te Deum * “La première version enregistrée en microsillon du Te Deum demeure aujourd’hui la meilleure” Diapason Dictionnaire des disques (1991); “As recorded sound this is the best version of the Beethoven Fourth available“ Malcolm Macdonald, Gramophone, April 1957 CD 22 – 23 ELINOR JUNKER-GIESEN Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann * DG’s first opera on LP; first international release on CD< br> CD 24 ADRIAN AESCHBACHER / PAUL VAN KEMPEN Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Hungarian Dances 1, 3, 5, 6, 17-21 * First release on CD CD 25 PAUL VAN KEMPEN Reger: Hiller Variations; Brahms: Academic Festival Overture op.80; Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Overture; Rossini: Overture William Tell * “Earlier alternatives worth hearing include an extraordinarily fine mono by the Berlin Philharmonic under Paul van Kempen” (Reger) Rob Cowan, Guinness Classical 1000 CD 26 WILHELM KEMPFF Schumann: Fantasy in C major op.17/Symphonic Studies op.13 ""This is one of the finest Schumann records in the catalogue at any price and it is excellently recorded"" (Symphonic Etudes) Penguin Guide (1966) CD 27 WILHELM KEMPFF Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1, Handel Variations * Kempff's only commercial s of both works CD 28 KOECKERT-QUARTETT Dvořák: String Quartet in F major op.96 ""American""; Bruckner: String Quintet * “Le Quatuor Koeckert et Georg Schmid ont donné la toute première gravure du Quintette. Celle-ci demeure probablement inégalée à ce jour.” Diapason Dictionnaire des disques (1991) First releases on CD CD 29 FRITZ LEHMANN Brahms: A German Requiem „Die Aufnahme von Fritz Lehmann (eine sehr anrührende Einspielung) steht konzeptionell derjenigen von Furtwängler nahe: Schon in dem sehr langsamen Anfang spürt man die innere Ruhe im Angesicht von Tod und Trauer.“Fono Forum (1983) CD 30 FERDINAND LEITNER Haydn: Symphonies nos. 100 & 102; Brahms: Haydn Variations op.56a * First release on CD “These performances are splendidly alive and beautifully brought off […] the is absolutely top-line” Deryck Cooke, Gramophone, July 1962 CD 31 FERDINAND LEITNER Mendelssohn; Symphony no. 3 “Scottish”, Ruy Blas Overture; Schumann: Symphony no. 3 * First release on CD CD 32 TIANA LEMNITZ Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier highlights * First release on CD. “Lemnitz was a most moving Marschallin [...] Her voice, once rather light for the part, matured in her later years, and this singing combines dignity and purity and a wonderful feeling for words. Von Milinkovic's Octavian is impressive too” Penguin Guide (1966) CD 33 LOEWENGUTH QUARTETT Debussy/Ravel: String Quartets / Roussel: String Quartet op.45 * First release on CD CD 34 LORIN MAAZEL Berlioz/Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet (selections) * Maazel’s first for DG.""Maazel's record with the Berlin Philharmonic is one of the most exciting pieces of conducting we have heard for a long time and obviously heralds the arrival of a potentially great conductor"" (Berlioz) Music on Record (1962) CD 35 Haydn: Cello Concerto in D (orch. Gevaert)/Schumann: Cello Concerto * First international release on CD CD 36 IGOR MARKEVITCH Mozart / Symphonies nos. 34, 35, 38 * ""A very successful coupling. The orchestral playing is good, and Markevitch's readings are straightforward and polished."" (Nos. 34 & 38) Penguin Guide (1966) CD 37 – 38 IGOR MARKEVITCH Haydn Die Schöpfung * First international release on CD. ""This performance, very well recorded, gives the impression, from start to finish, that everyone concerned in it was in love with Haydn's music and wished to give, as they have done, of their very best."" Alec Robertson, The Great Records (1967) CD 39 JOHANNA MARTZY Beethoven: Violin Sonata op.30 no.3/ Mozart: Violin Sonata K.376/ Encores: Ravel: Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré/Pièce en forme de habanera; Milhaud: Ipanema; Falla: Danse espagnole de ""La vida breve""; Szymanowski: Notturno e Tarantella op.28 Nos. 1 & 2 * Includes her earliest s for DG; first international release on CD CD 40 ELLY NEY Beethoven: Piano Sonatas nos. 8 “Pathetique”, 14 “Moonlight”, 23 “Apassionata”, 31 * First release on CD. “Her face is unforgettable; here, surely is wisdom and a matured sense of values such as we seldom find, and that view is supported by her playing.” Roger Fiske, Gramophone, November 1959 CD 41 DAVID & IGOR OISTRAKH Bach, Handel, Benda, Tartini: Sonatas; Wieniawski, Sarasate - Encores * ""The Handel sonata is a gem, and even the Benda - a slight but pleasing work - has its moments. and surface good."" Penguin Guide (1966) Fabulous Wieniawski! CD 42 SVIATOSLAV RICHTER Schumann: Recital (Fantasiestücke, Waldstücke etc.) * First on DG ""A glorious record"" Music on Record (1962) CD 43 BRONISLAW GIMPEL / FRITZ RIEGER Lalo: Symphonie espagnole/ Dvořák: Slavonic Dances op.46 Nos. 1-8 * First release on CD (Lalo) “This is a record of nothing less than dazzling quality. Bronislaw Gimpel plays the solo part of the Lalo impeccably – the technical difficulties are thrown off as if non-existent” Malcolm Macdonald, Gramophone, May 1957 CD 44 HANS ROSBAUD / WOLFGANG SCHNEIDERHAN Mozart: Violin Concerto No.4 / Haydn: Symphonies nos. 92 & 104 * “In den nächsten Jahren werden sicher noch ein Dutzend “Oxforder” Symphonien und gewiss zwei Dutzend Aufnahmen der „Londoner“ auf Platten erscheinen, doch diese DGG-Aufnahme […] wird als „die“ perfekte Haydn-Interpretation in die Plattengeschichte eingehen.“ H.C. Robbins Landon, Phono CD 45 KURT SANDERLING Rachmaninov: Symphony 2 * “Kurt Sanderling’s famous mono dates from 1956, but one would never guess, so voluptuously full is the sound of this current DG re-transfer and so remarkably refined the detail.” Penguin Guide 2003/4 CD 46 MARIA STADER Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate; Traurigkeit ward mir zum Lose (Die Entführung aus dem Serail); Mendelssohn/Schoeck/Schubert: Lieder Recital * Includes only lieder recital on Deutsche Grammophon. “There is a happy atmosphere about this recital, due to Maria Stader’s vivacious singing, that is pleasant to encounter.” Alec Robertson, Gramophone, May 1959 CD 47 RITA STREICH Various: Arias & Waltzes; Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen * CD première: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen CD 48 ASTRID VARNAY Wagner: Scenes from Die Walküre & Siegfried * ""This has always been one of DGG's most impressive Wagner s with a sumptuousness of sound that was unrivalled before the arrival of stereo."" Penguin Guide (1966) CD 49 WOLFGANG WINDSEN Wagner Recital * “This disc provides an excellent demonstration of Windsen’s sterling qualities” Alec Robertson, Gramophone, February 1959 CD 50 JOSEF ZIMMERMANN Bach/Schroeder/Langlais: Organ Music from Cologne Cathdedral * First release on CD of the first made on the refurbished organ of Cologne Cathedral CD 51 BONUS CD What Times those Were: Musical Memories in Waltz Time / Michael Lanner and his Viennese Waltz Soloists; Musical Memories in Sow and Foxtrot Rhyth / Alfred Hause and the Radio Tango Orchestra, Hamburg Love’s Troubadour: Rudi Schuricke sings his best-loved songs * “The Light Muse”: Polydor’s first two LPs – First releases on CD

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