* 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<
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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
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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