Franklin Mint Record Society The 100 Greatest Recordings of All Time 1-18, 39-44

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The 100 Greatest Recordings of All Time 

Recordings 1-18, 39-44

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'The 100 Greatest Recordings of all time' from the Franklin Mint has been called the ultimate private library of fine recorded music. Every recording was selected by a distinguished panel of music authorities (Martin Bookspan, Schuyler G. Chapin, Franco Ferrara, Irving Kolodin, William Mann, R. Gallois Montbrun, Marcel Prawy, Andre Previn, William Schuman and H. H. Stuckenschmidt). The library was first announced on the 100th anniversary of Thomas Edison's invention of the phonograph. Each recorded treasure was pressed with a special vinyl formulation that enabled a clear, quiet playing surface on a more rigid LP disk. Every record was pressed in an atmosphere controlled "clean room." There are 50 library cases. Each library case houses two proof-quality long playing records, with each record resting, fully protected, within its own dust free compartment. The record is firmly supported within the closed compartment in such a way that the grooved playing surface never touches any part of the case. Each library case includes a specially written and illustrated commentary, by a respected music expert. The composers and their works are discussed in detail, and background information is provided on the orchestras, conductors, ensembles, and featured soloists.

Records: Mint Condition
Outer Case: All are VG+ to NMT

Album 1 Records 1 & 2:

Record 1: 

Side A: Tchaikovsky / Fiedler / Boston Pops
The Nutcracker: Suite

Side B:  Bizet / Munch / New Philharmonia Orchestra
Carmen: Suite

Record 2:

Side AB: Dvorak / Toscanini / NBC Symphony
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 ("From the New World")

Album 2 Records 3 & 4:

Record 3: 

Side AB: Beethoven / Serkin / Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58

Side B: Mendelssohn / Serkin / Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra
Capriccio Brillant for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 22

Record 4:

Side A: Mozart / Stern / Szell / Columbia Symphony
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 (Turkish")

Side B: Mozart / Schnabel / Sargent / London Symphony
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467

Album 3 Records 5 & 6:

Record 5: 

Side A: Shostakovich / Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra
Symphony No. 1 in F Major, Op. 10

Side B:  Ravel / Boulez / New York Philharmonic
Ma Mere L'Oye ("Mother Goose")

Record 6:

Side A: Bernstein / New York Philharmonic
Fancy Free

Side B: Bernstein / New York Philharmonic
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story / Overture to Candide

Album 4 Records 7 & 8:

Record 7: 

Side AB: Beethoven / Klemperer / Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 ("Erocia")

Record 8: 

Side A: Beethoven / Beecham / Royal Philharmonic
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36

Side B: Beethoven / Casals / Marlboro Festival Orchestra
Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93

Album 5 Records 9 & 10:

Record 9: 

Side AB: Rimsky-Korsakov / Beecham / Royal Philharmonic
Scheherazade: Symphonic Suite, Op. 35

Record 10:

Side A: Ravel / Martinon / Orchestre de Paris
Bolero

Side A: Chabrier / Beecham / Royal Philharmonic
Espana

Side B: Tchaikovsky / Dorati / Minneapolis Symphony
1812 Ouverture Solennelle, Op. 49

Side B: Sibelius / Barbirolli / Halle Orchestra
Finlandia, Op. 26

Album 6 Records 11 & 12:

Record 11: 

Side A: Schumann / Horowitz
Kinderscenen, Op. 15 ("Scenes from Childhood")

Side AB: Schumann / Horowitz
Kinderscenen, Op. 16

Record 12:

Side A: Chopin / Horowitz
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35

Side B: Liszt / Horowitz
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 19

Side B: Rachmaninoff / Horowitz
Moment Musical in B Minor, Op. 16
Prelude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 32
Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5

Album 7 Records 13 & 14:

Records 13 & 14: 

Sides AB: Verdi / Price / Elias / Bjoerling / Tozzi / Reiner / Vienna Philharmonic
Requiem

Album 8 Records 15 & 16:

Record 15: 

Side A: R. Strauss / Reiner / Chicago Symphony
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

Side B:  R. Strauss / Reiner / Chicago Symphony
Don Juan, Op. 20

Record 16:

Side AB: R. Strauss / Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 ("A Hero's Life")

Album 9 Records 17 & 18:

Record 17: 

Side A: Liszt / Watts / Leinsdorf / London Symphony
Todtentanz for Piano & Orchestra

Side B: Franck / Watts / Leinsdorf / London Symphony
Symphonic Variations for Piano & Orchestra

Record 18:

Side A: Ravel / de Larrocha / Foster / London Philharmonic
Piano Concerto in G Major

Side B: Dohnanyi / Boult / Royal Philharmonic
Variations on a Nursery Tune, Op. 25

Album 20 Records 39 & 40:

Record 39: 

Side AB: Tchaikovsky / Szell / London Symphony 
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

Record 40:

Side AB: Tchaikovsky / Stokowski / New Philharmonia Orchestra 
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64

Album 21 Records 41 & 42:

Record 41: 

Side AB: Dvorak / Casals / Szell / Czech Philharmonic
Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104

Side B: Mozart / Brian / Karajan / Philharmonia Orchestra
Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat, K. 447

Record 42:

Side AB: Brahms / Curzon / Szell / London Symphony 
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15

Album 22 Records 43 & 44:

Record 43: 

Side A: Mozart / Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550

Side B: Schubert / Beecham / Royal Philharmonic
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major

Record 44:

Side A: Bizet / Rodzinski / New York Philharmonic
Symphony in C Major

Side B: Mendelssohn / Casals / Marlboro Festival Orchestra
Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 ("Italian")