Alfven

Symphony No. 3

Stockholm PO
Stockholm
Date Unknown
B.304

Bach

Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 BWV1046

September 1954 (Vox) (Mono)
B.38

First recording on period instruments. Ensemble for entire cycle: Walter Schneiderhan: solo violin Dimiter Tortscanoff: violin Paul Trimmel: violin Ernest Opawa: violin Rudolf Lindner: violin Paul Angerer: solo viola, piccolo flute, harpsichord, 2nd recorder. Karl Troetzmuller: viola, 1st recorder. Josef de Sardi: viola Viktor Goerlich: cello Nikolaus Harnoncourt: viola da gamba Hermann Hoebarth: viola da gamba Emil Kremer: double bass Camillo Wanausek: flute Friedrich Waechter: oboe Rudolf Spurny: oboe Josef Koblinger: oboe Leo Cermak: bassoon. Franz Koch: horn Karl Buchmayr: horn Adolf Holler: trumpet Josef Ortner: trumpet Josef Nebois: continuo

Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 BWV1047

September 1954 (Vox) (Mono)
B.39

First recording on period instruments.

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 BWV1048

September 1954 (Vox) (Mono)
B.40

First recording on period instruments.

Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 BWV1049

September 1954 (Vox) (Mono)
B.41

First recording on period instruments.

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 BWV1050

September 1954 (Vox) (Mono)
B.42

First recording on period instruments.

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 BWV1051

September 1954 (Vox) (Mono)
B.43

First recording on period instruments.

Orchestral Suite No. 3 BWV1068

Philharmonia Hungarica
Festival Tibor Varga, Sion, Switzerland
1968
B.198

BBC Northern SO
15 March 1970 (Mono)
B.233

Bach (arr. Schoenberg)

Komm, Gott, Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist, BWV631

BPO
1929 (Polydor) (Mono)
B.7

Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV654

Nikolai Graudan
BPO
1929 (Polydor) (Mono)
B.8

Barber

Violin Concerto

Lola Bobesco
ORTF
13 November 1950
B.11

In Radio France archives.

Adagio for Strings

Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela
Amfiteatro Jose Angel Lamas, Caracas
28 March 1957 (Stereo)
B.80

Venezuela Radio recording.

Bartok

Violin Concerto No. 2

Ivry Gitlis
Vienna SO
1955 (Vox)
B.48

Concerto for Orchestra

Unidentified orchestra
19 December 1961
B.118.5

In Radio France archives.

Beethoven

Symphony No. 1

ONF
Salle Pleyel, Paris
31 October 1963
B.144.1

In Radio France archives.

Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

Viena Pro Musica
1953 (Vox) (Mono)
B.20

SO of the SWDR Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden
1957 (Vox) (Stereo)
B.90

BPO
Edinburgh Festival
30 August 1961 (Mono)
B.116

Incomplete recording.

Symphony No. 5

Vienna Pro Musica
Konzerthaus, Vienna
15/16 February 1956 (Vox) (Mono)
B.58

Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"

Vienna Pro Musica
Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna
September 1958 (Vox) (Mono)
B.98

Horenstein's last mono recording.

Bamberg SO
Date Unknown (Vox)
B.305

The only copy of this recording so far encountered has been the Orbis issue, which declares that it is "Eine VOX Aufnahme" (a Vox recording). Although no trace of this has been found anywhere else, this is definitely not the same recording as the Vienna.

Symphony No. 7

Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Naples
2 October 1956 (Mono)
B.64

Radio Italia recording.

Orchestre Symphonique d l'ORTF
Lisbon
1 June 1966
B.162.5

Scottish National Orchestra
30 May 1967
B.187

BBC Radio 3 broadcast.

Symphony No. 8

ORS
11 February 1952 (Mono)
B.12

In Radio France archives.

Symphony No. 9 "Choral"

Wilma Lipp, Elisabeth Höngen, Julius Patzak, Otto Wiener
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien
Vienna Pro Musica
6/7/9 February 1956 (Vox) (Mono)
B.56

Observes Beethoven's autograph revision of Schiller's Ode: Schiller's original reads "Was die mode streng geteilt" ("that which custom has sternly parted"); Beethoven's autograph reads "Was die mode frech geteilt" ("...impudently...").

Pilar Lorengar, Martha Höffgen, Josef Traxel, Otto Wiener
ORTF Chorus
ONF
Salle Pleyel, Paris
31 October 1963
B.144.5

In Radio France archives.

Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Naples
2 October 1956 (Mono)
B.65

Radio Italia recording.

Unidentified orchestra
3 April 1964
B.144.2

In Radio France archives.

John Ogdon
BBC Northern SO
Viersen, Germany
21 January 1969 (Stereo)
B.206

In BBC Sound Archives. The BBC suggests a date of 20 January for both this and the Mozart K449 with Michael Roll, which seems unlikely.

Violin Concerto

Shmuel Ashkenazi
RPO
London
30 March 1967 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.184

Sessions aborted, recording not completed.

Erich Gruenberg
RPO
31 March 1967 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.185

Erich Gruenberg
BBC Northern SO
28 October 1970 (Stereo)
B.250

Consecration of the House Overture

Vienna Pro Musica
1958 (Vox) (Mono)
B.100

Coriolan Overture

Vienna Pro Musica
1953 (Vox) (Mono)
B.21

BBC Northern SO
Sheffield
31 October 1970 (Mono)
B.255

Creatures of Prometheus: Overture

Vienna Pro Musica
1953 (Vox) (Mono)
B.22

Egmont: Overture

Vienna Pro Musica
1953 (Vox) (Mono)
B.23

Unidentified orchestra
27 May 1954
B.27.1

In Radio France archives.

American SO
Carnegie Hall, New York
8 November 1969 (Mono)
B.226

Rehearsal.

American SO
Carnegie Hall, New York
9 November 1969 (Stereo)
B.228

Leonore No. 2 Overture

Bournemouth SO
June 1961 (Mono)
B.115

BBC Northern SO
13 May 1970
B.242

Bournemouth SO
23 March 1971
B.268

In BBC Sound Archives.

Leonore No. 3 Overture

Vienna Pro Musica
February 1953 (Vox) (Mono)
B.18

BBC Northern SO
7 February 1968 (Mono)
B.191

Missa Solemnis

Teresa Stich-Randall, Norma Procter, Peter Pears, Kim Borg
Leeds Festival Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
Town Hall, Leeds
10 November 1958 (Mono)
B.99

Teresa Stich-Randall, Norma Procter, Richard Lewis, Kim Borg
BBC Chorus
BBC SO
23 February 1961 (Mono)
B.114

In BBC Sound Archives.

Berg

Violin Concerto

Ralph Holmes
Unidentified British Orchestra
Date Unknown
B.306

Altenberg Lieder

Unidentified orchestra
4 May 1953
B.18.1

In Radio France archives.

Wozzeck

Unidentified performers
Paris
9 November 1950
B.10

In Radio France archives. French première. Sung in French.

Berlioz

Symphonie Fantastique

Berlin Radio SO
Berlin
25 September 1963 (Stereo)
B.143

Benvenuto Cellini: Overture

BBC Northern SO
19 January 1969 (Mono)
B.202

BBC Northern SO
Town Hall, Stockport
October 1971 (Stereo)
B.285

Lelio

Manfred Andrae, Karl-Ernst Merker, Donald Grobe, Herbert Brauer
Verstärkter Chor der Hochschule für Musik Berlin
RSO Berlin
Berlin
25 September 1963
B.144

Brahms

Symphony No. 1

Unidentified orchestra
12 December 1957
B.89.1

In Radio France archives.

SO of the SWDR Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden
1958 (Vox) (Stereo)
B.101

LSO
Walthamstow Town Hall, London
29/30 January 1962 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.121

Symphony No. 2

City of Birmingham SO
4 March 1965 (Mono)
B.148

Danish Radio SO
Danmarks Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen
16 March 1972 (Stereo)
B.292

Symphony No. 3

Unidentified orchestra
11 May 1953
B.18.3

In Radio France archives.

SO of the SWDR Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden
1958 (Vox) (Stereo)
B.102

Symphony No. 4

Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Naples
22 May 1956 (Mono)
B.59

Radio Italia recording.

Piano Concerto No. 1

Claudio Arrau
Orchestre National de France
17 September 1964
B.146

St. Anthony Variations

SO of the SWDR Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden
1958 (Vox) (Stereo)
B.103

Date based on coupling and initial release.

Tragic Overture

Unidentified orchestra
19 November 1956
B.68.2

In Radio France archives.

Ein Deutches Requiem

Elisabeth Grümmer, Franz Crass
Bach Choir
LSO
11 April 1965 (Mono)
B.151

Britten

Les Illuminations

Jennifer Vyvyan
BBC Northern SO
15 April 1970 (Mono)
B.237

In BBC Sound Archives. Some sources suggest a date of 15 March.

Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes

BBC Northern SO
Viersen, Germany
21 January 1969 (Mono)
B.207

In BBC Sound Archives.

Bruch

Scottish Fantasia

David Oistrakh, Osian Ellis
LSO
13/14/24 September 1962 (Decca) (Stereo)
B.122

Violin Concerto No. 1

Ivry Gitlis
Vienna SO
1955 (Vox) (Mono)
B.49

Bruckner

Symphony No. 1 (Linz version)

BBC Northern SO
Town Hall, Leeds
16 October 1971 (Mono)
B.282

Symphony No. 2

BBC Northern SO
11 April 1969 (Mono)
B.211

Symphony No. 3 (1889 version)

Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela
Caracas
8 February 1957
B.77

Venezuela Radio recording. First performance in Venezuela.

Symphony No. 3

BBC Northern SO
Cheltenham Festival
3 July 1963
B.141

In BBC Sound Archives.

BBC SO
Date Unknown (Mono)
B.307

Symphony No. 4 (ed. Haas)

BBC Northern SO
Manchester
7 February 1968 (Mono)
B.192

Symphony No. 5

BBC Northern SO
13 May 1970
B.243

BBC SO
Royal Albert Hall, London
15 September 1971 (Stereo)
B.278

BBC Promenade concert. In BBC Sound Archives.

Symphony No. 6

LSO
4 May 1964 (Mono)
B.145

Symphony No. 7

BPO
Berlin
1928 (Polydor) (Mono)
B.2

First complete electrical recording of a Bruckner symphony.

Symphony No. 8 (ed. Nowak)

Vienna Pro Musica
Vienna
1955 (Vox) (Mono)
B.50

First recording of Nowak edition.

Symphony No. 8 (ed. Haas)

LSO
Royal Albert Hall, London
10 September 1970 (Stereo)
B.249

BBC Promenade concert. In BBC Sound Archives.

Symphony No. 9

Vienna SO
Vienna
1953 (Vox) (Mono)
B.24

BBC SO
Royal Festival Hall, London
2 December 1970 (Stereo)
B.259

In BBC Sound Archives.

Busoni

Centenary Concert

RPO
15 October 1965
B.160

In BBC Sound Archives (details apparently unknown). It seems reasonably likely that these are, in fact, the October 1966 concerts mislabelled. The centenary of Busoni's birth was April 1, 1966.

Clarinet Concertino

Thomas Kelly
RPO
20 October 1966 (Stereo)
B.167

Indianische Fantasie

John Ogdon
LSO
Royal Albert Hall, London
15 September 1966 (Mono)
B.165

BBC Promenade concert.

Konzertstück

John Ogdon
8 November 1966
B.174

Piano Concerto

John Ogdon
John Alldis Choir
LSO
1966 (Mono)
B.177

Violin Concerto

Manoug Parikian
RPO
20 October 1966 (Mono)
B.168

Berceuse Elegiaque

RPO
20 October 1966 (Stereo)
B.169

Die Brautwahl: Suite

RPO
20 October 1966 (Stereo)
B.170

Divertimento for Flute & Strings

Christopher Taylor
RPO
22 October 1966 (Stereo)
B.172

Doktor Faust: Two Studies

RPO
1966 (Stereo)
B.178

Lustspielouvertüre

RPO
20 October 1966 (Stereo)
B.171

BBC Northern SO
11 April 1969 (Mono)
B.212

BBC Northern SO
28 October 1970 (Mono)
B.251

Nocturne Symphonique

RPO
1966 (Mono)
B.179

RPO
1966 (Stereo)
B.180

It is not fully established whether this and the previous are in fact different performances.

Rondo Arlecchinesco

Wilfred Brown
RPO
22 October 1966 (Mono)
B.173

Tanzwalzer

RPO
1966 (Stereo)
B.181

Turandot: Suite

RPO
1966 (Stereo)
B.182

Doktor Faust

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, M. Smith, G. Shirley, Ingrid Bjoner
American Opera Society Chorus
American Opera Society Orchestra
Carnegie Hall, New York
1 December 1964 (Mono)
B.147

Debussy

La Mer

ORTF
Coimbra, Portugal
21 July 1966
B.163

Trois Nocturnes

Women's Voices of the BBC Northern Singers
BBC Northern SO
Town Hall, Stockport
October 1971 (Stereo)
B.286

Dukas

La Peri: Fanfare

BBC Northern SO
Town Hall, Leeds
16 October 1971 (Mono)
B.283

Dvorak

Symphony No. 8

Hallé Orchestra
Town Hall, Stockport
23 November 1971
B.288

Symphony No. 9 "From The New World"

Vienna Pro Musica
Vienna
1952 (Vox) (Mono)
B.16

Unidentified orchestra
31 May 1954
B.27.5

In Radio France archives.

RPO
Walthamstow Town Hall, London
26/30 January 1962 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.120

Cello Concerto

Paul Tortelier
BBC Northern SO
Town Hall, Leeds
16 October 1971 (Mono)
B.284

Piano Concerto

Rudolf Firkusny
BBC Northern SO
19 January 1973
B.301

BBC Radio 3 broadcast.

Einem, Gottfried von

Meditations Op.18

ORTF
Paris
19 November 1956 (Mono)
B.69

In Radio France archives. Orchestra uncertain, may be Orchestre National.

Franck

Symphonic Variations

Robert Casadesus
Unidentified orchestra
26 September 1961
B.118.1

In Radio France archives.

Gluck

Iphigenia in Aulis: Overture

Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo Napoli
Naples
2 October 1956 (Mono)
B.66

In Radio Italia archives.

BPO
Edinburgh Festival
30 August 1961 (Mono)
B.117

BBC Northern SO
28 April 1972 (Stereo)
B.297

Alceste: Divinités du Styx

Marian Anderson
Orchestre National de France
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris
22 November 1956
B.70

Gretry

Cephale et Procis Suite

St. Louis Little Symphony
Summer 1957 (Mono)
B.91

The Posthorn discography gives a date of Summer 1967 for this work, but it seems doubtful that a relatively obscure work performed with a relatively obscure orchestra would exist in two different versions. Furthermore, a catch-all date of 1967 is given in some sources for both this and the other St. Louis performances now established as being from 1957. In the absence of further evidence, it would seem most likely that 1957 is the correct date, and that 1967 was simply a typographical error.

Harris

Symphony No. 3

Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela
Amfiteatro Jose Angel Lamas, Caracas
March 1957 (Stereo)
B.83

Venezuela Radio recording. 1957 Latin American Music Festival.

Haydn

Symphony No. 85

BBC Northern SO
11 April 1969 (Mono)
B.213

Symphony No. 88

BBC Northern SO
10 April 1970
B.235

Symphony No. 94 "Surprise"

BPO
Berlin
1929 (Polydor) (Mono)
B.3

Symphony No. 100 "Military"

Orchestre National de France
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris
22 November 1956
B.71

Orchestre National de France
Paris
23 August 1960
B.110

Symphony No. 101 "Clock"

Vienna SO
Studio C, Konzerthaus, Vienna
27-29 April 1957 (Vox) (Stereo)
B.88

This and the "London" Symphony below constitute Horenstein's first stereo recording.

Symphony No. 104 "London"

Vienna SO
Studio C, Konzerthaus, Vienna
27-29 April 1957 (Vox) (Stereo)
B.89

Cello Concerto in D

Zara Nelsova
BBC Northern SO
Sheffield
31 October 1970 (Mono)
B.256

Die Schöpfung

Mimi Coertse, Julius Patzak, Deszö Ernster
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Volksoper, Vienna
1959 (Vox) (Stereo)
B.109

Hindemith

Symphonie "Mathis der Maler"

Unidentified orchestra
27 May 1954
B.27.2

In Radio France archives.

LSO
Walthamstow Town Hall, London
19 May 1972 (Unicorn) (Stereo)
B.300

Concert Music for Strings and Brass

BBC Northern SO
7 February 1968 (Mono)
B.193

Ibert

Escales (Ports of Call)

South African Broadcasting Corporation Orchestra
Johannesburg
10 May 1968
B.195

Ives

The Unanswered Question

Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela
Amfiteatro Jose Angel Lamas, Caracas
March 1957
B.84

Venezuela Radio recording. 1957 Latin American Music Festival.

Janacek

Sinfonietta

ORS
Paris
11 February 1952
B.13

In Radio France archives.

Vienna Pro Musica
Vienna
15-18 September 1955 (Mono)
B.46

Taras Bulba

Vienna Pro Musica
Vienna
15-18 September 1955 (Vox) (Mono)
B.47

BPO
Edinburgh Festival
30 August 1961 (Mono)
B.118

From the House of the Dead

Bernard Demigny, Gérard Friedemann, Jean Giraudeau, Doda Conrad, Roger Barnies, Xavier Depraz, André Vessières, Michel Hamel, Lucien Lavalloz
Choeurs de la Radio-diffusion Française
Orchestre National de la Radio-diffusion Française
Paris
14 May 1953 (Mono)
B.19

In Radio France archives.

The Makropoulos Case

Marie Collier
San Francisco Opera Company Chorus
San Francisco Opera Company Orchestra
19 November 1966 (Mono)
B.175

Marie Collier
San Francisco Opera Company Chorus
San Francisco Opera Company Orchestra
25 November 1966 (Mono)
B.176

Korngold

Violanta: Prelude & Carnaval

RPO
Kingsway Hall, London
28 May/2 June 1965 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.158

Violanta: Prelude & Carnaval, Love Duet and Finale

RPO
Kinsgway Hall, London
28 May/2 June 1965 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.159

Test pressings were made, but these performances were never issued.

Kubik, Gail

Thunderbolt Overture

Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela
Amfiteatro Jose Angel Lamas, Caracas
28 March 1957
B.81

Venezuela Radio recording.

Lanner, Joseph

Die Schönbrunner Waltz

Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Musikvereinssaal, Vienna
2 December 1962 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.138

Lauro, Antonio

Guitar Concerto

Alirio Diaz
Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela
Amfiteatro Jose Angel Lamas, Caracas
March 1957
B.85

Venezuela Radio recording. 1957 Latin American Music Festival.

Liszt

A Faust Symphony

Ferdinand Koch
Male Chorus of the SWDR Baden-Baden
SO of the SWDR Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden
1958 (Vox) (Stereo)
B.104

John Mitchinson
Male Voices of the BBC Northern Singers
BBC Northern SO
University, Salford
23 April 1972 (Stereo)
B.296

In BBC Sound Archives.

Mephisto Waltz

SO of the SWDR Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden
1958 (Vox) (Mono)
B.105

Mahler

Symphony No. 1

Unidentified orchestra
7 February 1952
B.11.2

In Radio France archives.

Vienna SO
Vienna
1953 (Vox) (Mono)
B.25

LSO
Barking Assembly Hall, London
29/30 September 1969 (Unicorn) (Stereo)
B.225

Symphony No. 3

Helen Watts
Highgate School Choir, Orpington Junior Singers, LSO Chorus
LSO
Royal Festival Hall, London
1960 (Mono)
B.111

Norma Procter
Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Ambrosian Singers
LSO
Fairfield Halls, Croydon
27-29 July 1970 (Unicorn) (Stereo)
B.246

Lucretia West
Choirs of the Immaculata Bergamo and of the RAI Turin
RAI Turin Orchestra
Turin
16 December 1970 (Stereo)
B.261

Radio e Televisione Italia recording.

Symphony No. 4

Fedora Aleman
Orchestra Sinfonica di Venezuela
Caracas
15 February 1957 (Stereo)
B.78

Venezuela Radio recording. First performance in Venezuela (possibly first in South America).

Margaret Price
LPO
1971 (EMI) (Stereo)
B.289

Symphony No. 6

Stockholm PO
Concert Hall, Stockholm
15/17 April 1966
B.161

Rehearsal, Swedish radio tape 66/MU/1297:2.

Stockholm PO
Concert Hall, Stockholm
17 April 1966 (Stereo)
B.162

Swedish Radio tape 66/MU/1297:1. All commercial issues are labelled 15/17 April 1966, but the archives of Swedish Radio only contain the performance from April 17.

Finnish Radio Orchestra
Helsinki
21 September 1968 (Mono)
B.196

Bournemouth SO
10 January 1969
B.201

In BBC Sound Archives.

Bournemouth SO
16 April 1969 (Stereo)
B.214

Symphony No. 7

NPO
Royal Festival Hall, London
29 August 1969 (Stereo)
B.217

Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand"

Joyce Barker, Agnes Giebel, Beryl Hatt, Kerstin Meyer, Helen Watts, Kenneth Neate, Alfred Orda, Arnold van Mill, Charles Spinks
BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society, Goldsmith's Choral Union, Hampstead Choral Society, Emanuel School Boys' Choir, Orpington Junior Singers (Girls' Choir)
LSO
Royal Albert Hall, London
20 March 1959 (Stereo)
B.107

In BBC Sound Archives.

Symphony No. 9

Vienna Pro Musica
Vienna
June 1952 (Vox) (Mono)
B.15

Vienna SO
Vienna Festival
1960
B.112

LSO
Royal Albert Hall, London
15 September 1966 (Stereo)
B.166

BBC Promenade concert.

Orchestre National de France
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris
6 June 1967 (Stereo)
B.190

LSO
28 March 1969 (Stereo)
B.210

Date uncertain.

American SO
Carnegie Hall, New York
8 November 1969 (Stereo)
B.227

Rehearsal.

American SO
Carnegie Hall, New York
9 November 1969 (Stereo)
B.229

American SO
Carnegie Hall, New York
10 November 1969 (Stereo)
B.230

Das Lied von der Erde

Birgit Finilla, James King
Stockholm PO
21 November 1968 (Stereo)
B.197

Alfreda Hodgson, John Mitchinson
BBC Northern SO
BBC studio, Manchester
28 April 1972 (Stereo)
B.298

Live studio recording. In BBC Sound Archives.

Kindertotenlieder

Heinrich Rehkemper
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Berlin
1928 (Polydor) (Mono)
B.1

First recording.

Norman Foster
Bamberg SO
Bamberg
13 September 1954 (Vox) (Mono)
B.30

Marian Anderson
Orchestre National de France
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris
22 November 1956
B.72

Janet Baker
Scottish National Orchestra
30 May 1967
B.188

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Norman Foster
Bamberg SO
Bamberg
15 September 1954 (Vox) (Mono)
B.32

Mendelssohn

Symphony No. 4 "Italian"

Unidentified orchestra
26 September 1961
B.118.2

In Radio France archives.

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture

Unidentified orchestra
31 May 1954
B.27.6

In Radio France archives.

Mihalovici

Sinfonia Partita

Unidentified orchestra
4 May 1953
B.18.2

In Radio France archives.

Morillo, R. Garcia

Usher: Suite from Ballet

Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela
Amfiteatro Jose Angel Lamas, Caracas
March 1957
B.86

In Radio Venezuela archives. 1957 Latin American Music Festival.

Mozart

Symphony No. 29 K.201

BBC Northern SO
28 October 1970
B.252

Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" K.385

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Date Unknown (Mono)
B.308

Symphony No. 38 "Prague" K.504

Vienna Pro Musica
Brahmssaal, Musikverein, Vienna
3/4 February 1956 (Vox) (Mono)
B.54

Symphony No. 39 K.543

Vienna Pro Musica
Brahmssaal, Musikverein, Vienna
3/4 February 1956 (Vox) (Mono)
B.55

Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter" K.551

Vienna Pro Musica
Vienna
1957 (Vox) (Mono)
B.92

Harp Concerto

Lily Laskine
Unidentified orchestra
25 November 1954
B.43.1

In Radio France archives.

Piano Concerto No. 14 K.449

Michael Roll
BBC Northern SO
20 January 1969 (Mono)
B.204

In BBC Sound Archives. Some sources suggest a date of 19 January.

Piano Concerto No. 23 K.488

Michael Roll
BBC Northern SO
Town Hall, Stockport
October 1971 (Stereo)
B.287

Piano Concerto No. 25 K.503

Michael Roll
BBC SO
Royal Festival Hall, London
2 December 1970
B.260

In BBC Sound Archives.

Violin Concerto No. 3

André Gertler
Unidentified orchestra
27 May 1954
B.27.3

In Radio France archives.

Die Zauberflöte K.620: Overture

BBC Northern SO
18 April 1970 (Mono)
B.238

Don Giovanni K.527: Overture

Orchestre National de la Radio-diffusion Francaise
Paris
11 February 1952 (Mono)
B.14

In Radio France archives.

Idomeneo K.367: Overture

City of Birmingham SO
4 March 1965
B.149

La Clemenza di Tito K.621: Overture

BPO
Berlin
1929 (Polydor) (Mono)
B.5

Le Nozze di Figaro K.492: Overture

BPO
Berlin
1929 (Polydor) (Mono)
B.4

Mass No. 16 "Coronation" K.317

Wilma Lipp, Christa Ludwig, Murray Dickie, Walter Berry
Vienna Oratorio Chorus
Vienna Pro Musica
Musikverein, Vienna
5/6/9 October 1956 (Vox) (Stereo)
B.67

Recitative and Aria K.505

Elizabeth Harwood
BBC SO
Royal Albert Hall, London
15 September 1971 (Mono)
B.279

BBC Promenade concert.

Requiem K.626

Wilma Lipp, Elisabeth Höngen, Murray Dickie, Ludwig Weber
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien
Vienna Pro Musica
Konzerthaus, Vienna
10-13 February 1956 (Vox) (Mono)
B.57

Vesperae solemnes de Confessore K.339

Wilma Lipp, Christa Ludwig, Murray Dickie, Peter Bender
Vienna Oratoria Chorus
Vienna Pro Musica
Musikverein, Vienna
5/6/9 October 1956 (Vox) (Stereo)
B.68

Musgrave, Thea

Sinfonia

BBC Northern SO
Cheltenham Festival
3 July 1963
B.142

In BBC Sound Archives.

Nielsen

Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva"

Alexandra Browning, Colin Wheatley
BBC Northern SO
30 October 1970
B.254

Symphony No. 5

NPO
London
1969 (Mono)
B.231

BBC Videotape.

Finnish Radio Orchestra
Date uncertain, believed to be circa 1969/70
B.232

NPO
London
14/15 May 1969 (Unicorn) (Stereo)
B.215

Original version.

NPO
18 January 1971 (Stereo)
B.266

Live BBC studio performance.

NPO
18 April 1971 (Stereo)
B.273

Symphony No. 6 "Sinfonia Semplice"

Hallé Orchestra
Town Hall, Stockport
19 January 1973
B.302

BBC Radio 3 broadcast. Although the Music and Arts issue has a different date, it is the same performance.

Clarinet Concerto

Gervase de Peyer
Helsinki
Date Unknown
B.309

Saga-Drom

NPO
London
14/15 May 1969 (Unicorn) (Stereo)
B.216

Saul and David

Boris Christoff, Kim Borg, Willy Hartmann, Elisabeth Söderström, Alexander Young, Michael Langdon, Bodil Gobel, Sylvia Fisher, Mogens Berg, Kirsten Buhl-Moller
Danish Radio Symphony Chorus, John Alldis Choir
Danish Radio SO
Danmarks Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen
27 March 1972 (Stereo)
B.295

Complete pre-edited recording, Danmarks Radio archives (EBU performance). Sung in English. Supplementary retakes for commercial release conducted by Joel Lazar.

Ordon, Julian

Tres Versiones Sinfonicas

Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela
Amfiteatro Jose Angel Lamas, Caracas
March 1957
B.87

Venezuela Radio recording. 1957 Latin American Music Festival.

Panufnik

Autumn Music

Anthony Peebles
LSO
Walthamstow Town Hall, London
21/22 December 1970 (Unicorn) (Stereo)
B.262

Heroic Overture

LSO
Walthamstow Town Hall, London
21/22 December 1970 (Unicorn) (Stereo)
B.263

Nocturne

Anthony Peebles
LSO
Walthamstow Town Hall, London
21/22 December 1970 (Unicorn) (Stereo)
B.264

Tragic Overture

LSO
Walthamstow Town Hall, London
21/22 December 1970 (Unicorn) (Stereo)
B.265

Prokofiev

Symphony No. 1 "Classical"

Unidentified orchestra
11 May 1953
B.18.4

In Radio France archives.

ORS
14 May 1953
B.19.1

In Radio France archives.

Orchestre Colonne
Paris
Date Unknown (Vox) (Mono)
B.310

Symphony No. 5

Orchestre National de France
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris
22 November 1956
B.73

Orchestre Colonne
Paris
Date Unknown (Vox) (Mono)
B.311

Piano Concerto No. 3

Unidentified orchestra
19 December 1961
B.118.6

In Radio France archives.

Chout ("The Buffoon"): Suite Op. 21

Orchestre National de France
Paris
1955 (Vox) (Mono)
B.51

Lieutenant Kije Suite Op. 60

Orchestre National de France
Paris
1955 (Vox) (Mono)
B.52

Lieutenant Kije Suite

Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Naples
22 May 1956 (Mono)
B.60

Radio Italia recording.

Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 1

Earl Wild
RPO
Walthamstow Town Hall, London
May 25 - June 2 1965 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.153

Piano Concerto No. 2

Earl Wild
RPO
Walthamstow Town Hall, London
May 25 - June 2 1965 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.154

Piano Concerto No. 3

Earl Wild
RPO
Walthamstow Town Hall, London
May 25 - June 2 1965 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.155

Piano Concerto No. 4

Earl Wild
RPO
Walthamstow Town Hall, London
May 25 - June 2 1965 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.156

Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini

Earl Wild
RPO
Walthamstow Town Hall, London
20 May 1965 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.152

The Isle of the Dead

RPO
Kingsway Hall, London
27 May 1965 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.157

Rathaus, Karol

Symphony No. 3

Radio Orchester Beromünster
25 May 1959
B.108

Suisse Radio (DRS) tape MG 10'000/1.

BBC SO
Date Unknown (Stereo)
B.312

Ravel

Piano Concerto for the left hand

Vlado Perlemuter
Orchestre Colonne
Paris
1956 (Vox) (Mono)
B.75

Piano Concerto in G

ORS
11 February 1952
B.14.5

In Radio France archives.

Vlado Perlemuter
Orchestre Colonne
Paris
1956 (Vox) (Mono)
B.76

Boléro

ORTF
Coimbra, Portugal
21 July 1966
B.164

Daphnis et Chloé

BBC Northern SO
10 April 1970
B.236

Daphnis et Chloé: Suite No. 2

BBC Northern SO
28 October 1970 (Mono)
B.253

This may be the the same performance as April 10.

Ma Mère l'oye

Unidentified orchestra
25 November 1954
B.43.2

In Radio France archives.

Pavane pour une Infante défunte

St. Louis Little Symphony
July 1956
B.63

Rivier, Jean

Symphony No. 6

BBC Northern SO
Date Unknown
B.313

Saint-Saëns

Piano Concerto No. 4

Robert Casedesus
Unidentified orchestra
26 September 1961
B.118.3

In Radio France archives.

Schoenberg

Chamber Symphony No. 1 Op. 9

SO of the SWDR Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden
1957 (Vox) (Stereo)
B.93

Chamber Symphony No. 1 (1935 version), Op. 9b

BBC Northern SO
18 April 1970
B.239

Danish Radio Orchestra
Danmarks Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen
15 March 1972 (Stereo)
B.290

Danish Radio Orchestra
Danmarks Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen
16 March 1972 (Stereo)
B.293

Verklärte Nacht

Unidentified orchestra
31 May 1954
B.27.7

In Radio France archives.

SO of the SWDR Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden
1957 (Vox) (Stereo)
B.94

Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela
Caracas
15 February 1957
B.79

Venezuela Radio recording. First performance in Venezuela.

City of Birmingham SO
4 March 1965
B.150

Schubert

Symphony No. 5 D.485

BPO
Berlin
1929 (Polydor) (Mono)
B.6

Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" D.759

BBC Northern SO
19 January 1969 (Mono)
B.203

NPO
Royal Festival Hall, London
29 August 1969 (Stereo)
B.218

RLPO
May 1971
B.277

BBC Radio 3 broadcast.

BBC SO
Royal Albert Hall, London
15 September 1971 (Stereo)
B.280

BBC Promenade concert. In BBC Sound Archives.

Die Zwillingsbrüder: Overture

Berlin Charlottenburg Opera Orchestra
1929 (Polydor)
B.9

This recording appears in the Polydor (Japan) complete catalogue for 1936, as the sixth side of a set containing the BPO Schubert 5th. I know of nobody who has ever seen a copy, so it is entirely possible that it is a misprint in the catalogue. It is worth noting, however, that the Schubert Fifth Symphony only occupied five 78rpm sides. The date of 1929 is an assumption based on the coupling.

Schumann

Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish"

Bournemouth SO
March 1971 (Mono)
B.270

Piano Concerto

Malcolm Frager
RPO
London
22 February 1967 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.183

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 1

BBC Northern SO
18 April 1970 (Mono)
B.240

RPO
Nottingham Festival, Nottingham
18 July 1970 (Stereo)
B.245

In BBC Sound Archives.

Symphony No. 5

Vienna Pro Musica
Vienna
1952 (Vox) (Mono)
B.17

Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela
Teatro Municipal, Caracas
8 February 1954
B.27

Venezuela Radio recording.

Cello Concerto

Pierre Fournier
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Victoria Hall, Geneva
19 December 1962 (Mono)
B.140

Sibelius

Symphony No. 2

Unidentified orchestra
19 November 1956
B.69.5

In Radio France archives.

Symphony No. 5

BBC Northern SO
Sheffield
31 October 1970 (Mono)
B.257

Violin Concerto

Ivry Gitlis
Vienna SO
Vienna
1955 (Vox) (Mono)
B.53

Simpson

Symphony No. 1

BBC SO
18 February 1961 (Stereo)
B.113

Symphony No. 2

Bournemouth SO
23 March 1971
B.269

BBC Broadcast 7 July 1971. In BBC Sound Archives, also BIRS tape 1740W.

NPO
18 April 1971 (Stereo)
B.274

Symphony No. 3

BBC Northern SO
15 March 1970 (Mono)
B.234

LSO
Barking Assembly Hall, London
5 June 1970 (Unicorn) (Stereo)
B.244

First commercial recording.

Bournemouth SO
March 1971
B.271

RPO
Date Unknown (Stereo)
B.314

Rehearsal.

The Pretenders (Incidental music to the play by Ibsen)

NPO
18 April 1971
B.275

Date is of BBC broadcast, the first UK broadcast of the work. BIRS tape M3060W.

The Pretenders: Entr'acte

NPO
18 April 1971 (Stereo)
B.276

According to Recorded Sound 47, July 72, this is a different performance from the complete broadcast listed above, hence the date must remain dubious.

Spitzmuller, A

Hymne

ORTF
13 November 1950
B.11.1

In Radio France archives.

Strauss, Johann II

An der schöne blauen Donau

Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Musikvereinssaal, Vienna
27 November 1962 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.129

Annen Polka

Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Musikvereinssaal, Vienna
24 November 1962 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.126

Der Zigeunerbaron: Overture

Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Musikvereinssaal, Vienna
30 November 1962 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.136

Die Fledermaus: Overture

Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Musikvereinssaal, Vienna
24 November 1962 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.127

Frühlingsstimmen

Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Musikvereinssaal, Vienna
29 November 1962 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.134

Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald

Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Musikvereinssaal, Vienna
30 November 1962 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.137

Kaiser Waltz

Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Musikvereinssaal, Vienna
28 November 1962 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.131

Künstlerleben Waltz

Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Musikvereinssaal, Vienna
27/28 November 1962 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.130

Lagunen Waltz

Vienna SO
Sofiensaal, Vienna
15/17 September 1969 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.219

Morgenblätter Waltz

Vienna SO
Sofiensaal, Vienna
15/17 September 1969 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.220

Perpetuum Mobile

Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Musikvereinssaal, Vienna
28 November 1962 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.132

Rosen aus dem Süden

Vienna SO
Sofiensaal, Vienna
15/17 September 1969 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.221

Tausend und eine Nacht

Vienna SO
Sofiensaal, Vienna
15/17 September 1969 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.222

Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Musikvereinssaal, Vienna
28 November 1962 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.133

Unter Donner und Blitz Polka

Vienna SO
Sofiensaal, Vienna
15/17 September 1969 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.223

Wein, Weib und Gesang

Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Musikvereinssaal, Vienna
29 November 1962 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.135

Wiener Blut Waltz

Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Musikvereinssaal, Vienna
24 November 1962 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.128

Wo die Zitronen blühn

Vienna SO
Sofiensaal, Vienna
15/17 September 1969 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.224

Strauss, Josef

Dorfschwalben aus Österreich

Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Musikvereinssaal, Vienna
2 December 1962 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.139

Strauss, Richard

Don Juan

Bamberg SO
Bamberg
11 September 1954 (Vox) (Mono)
B.28

BBC Northern SO
20 January 1969 (Mono)
B.205

In BBC Sound Archives. Some sources suggest a date of 19 January.

Don Quixote

Janos Starker
Orchestre National de France
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris
24 February 1971 (Stereo)
B.267

Metamorphosen

Unidentified orchestra
7 February 1952
B.11.3

In Radio France archives.

Orchestre Radio Symphonique
1954 (Pathé) (Mono)
B.44

Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Naples
22 May 1956 (Mono)
B.61

Radio Italia recording.

Unidentified orchestra
13 June 1959
B.108.1

In Radio France archives.

Unidentified orchestra
3 April 1964
B.144.3

In Radio France archives.

Symphonia Domestica

Unidentified orchestra
13 June 1959
B.108.2

In Radio France archives.

BBC SO
1961 (Mono)
B.119

Date very approximate.

Till Eulenspiegel

Bamberg SO
Bamberg
12 September 1954 (Vox) (Mono)
B.29

Bamberg SO
5 October 1956
B.68.1

In Radio France archives. Bamberg SO on tour.

Unidentified orchestra
13 June 1959
B.108.3

In Radio France archives.

Tod und Verklärung

Unidentified orchestra
11 May 1953
B.18.5

In Radio France archives.

ORS
14 May 1953
B.19.2

In Radio France archives.

Bamberg SO
Bamberg
14 September 1954 (Vox) (Mono)
B.31

Unidentified orchestra
12 December 1957
B.89.2

In Radio France archives.

Unidentified orchestra
26 September 1961
B.118.4

In Radio France archives.

LSO
Fairfield Halls, Croydon
29 July 1970 (Unicorn) (Stereo)
B.247

Stravinsky

Symphony in Three Movements

Unidentified orchestra
19 December 1961
B.118.7

In Radio France archives.

Symphony of Psalms

Chorus of Radio France
Orchestre Radio Symphonique
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris
1954 (Pathé)
B.45

Date approximate.

The Firebird: Suite

Unidentified orchestra
27 May 1954
B.27.4

In Radio France archives.

The Firebird: Suite (1919 version)

SO of the SWDR Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden
1957 (Vox) (Mono)
B.95

The Firebird: Suite

Unidentified orchestra
3 April 1964
B.144.4

In Radio France archives.

Philharmonia Hungarica
Festival Tibor Varga, Sion, Switzerland
1968
B.199

BBC Northern SO
Viersen, Germany
21 January 1969
B.208

In BBC Sound Archives.

The Rite of Spring

SO of the SWDR Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden
1957 (Vox) (Stereo)
B.96

Tansman, Alexandre

Le Tombeau de Chopin

St. Louis Little Symphony
Summer 1957
B.97

Lied et Toccata

ORS
14 May 1953
B.26

Date uncertain.

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 5

Philharmonia Hungarica
Festival Tibor Varga, Sion, Switzerland
1968
B.200

NPO
Kingsway Hall, London
30 April 1968 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.194

Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"

LSO
London
17/18 May 1967 (EMI) (Stereo)
B.186

Piano Concerto No. 2

Peter Katin
BBC Scottish SO
30 May 1967
B.189

Date uncertain.

Violin Concerto

Erica Morini
Unidentified orchestra
12 December 1957
B.89.3

In Radio France archives.

Romeo and Juliet

BBC Northern SO
Queen's Hall, Widnes
13 October 1971 (Stereo)
B.281

Thomson, Virgil

Louisiana Story

Orquesta Sinfonica Venezuela
Amfiteatro Jose Angel Lamas, Caracas
28 March 1957 (Stereo)
B.82

Venezuela Radio recording. 1957 Latin American Music Festival

Verdi

Quattro Pezzi Sacri: Te Deum

Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
BBC Northern SO
Sheffield
31 October 1970
B.258

It has been suggested that all four pieces were recorded, but in view of the other works dating from this same concert, it seems unlikely that all four were performed.

Vogel, W. R.

Cello Concerto (1954/5)

Gaspar Cassadò
Studio-Orchester Beromünster
26 November 1956 (Mono)
B.74

Suisse Radio (DRS) tape MG 5679/1.

Wagner

A Faust Overture

SO of the SWDR Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden
1958 (Vox) (Mono)
B.106

BBC Northern SO
University, Salford
April 1972 (Stereo)
B.299

Der fliegende Holländer: Overture

RPO
Walthamstow Town Hall, London
30 September 1962 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.124

Die Meistersinger: Prelude

Bamberg SO
Bamberg
16 September 1954 (Vox) (Mono)
B.33

Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Rhine Journey

BBC Northern SO
18 April 1970 (Mono)
B.241

Bournemouth SO
March 1971 (Mono)
B.272

Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 1

Bamberg SO
Bamberg
17 September 1954 (Vox) (Mono)
B.35

Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3

Bamberg SO
Bamberg
17 September 1954 (Vox) (Mono)
B.36

Siegfried Idyll

RPO
Walthamstow Town Hall, London
29 September 1962 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.123

Tannhäuser: Overture

Bamberg SO
Bamberg
17 September 1954 (Vox) (Mono)
B.37

Tannhäuser: Venusberg Music (Bacchanale)

Beecham Choral Society
RPO
Walthamstow Town Hall, London
30 September 1962 (Reader's Digest) (Stereo)
B.125

Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod

Bamberg SO
Bamberg
16 September 1954 (Vox) (Mono)
B.34

BBC Northern SO
Viersen, Germany
21 January 1969
B.209

In BBC Sound Archives.

Parsifal

Brilioth, Talvela, Shuard, Nimsgern, Bailey, Robinson
Royal Opera House Chorus
Royal Opera House Orchestra
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
19 March 1973 (Mono)
B.303

Walton

Symphony No. 1

RPO
Nottingham Festival
July 1970 (Stereo)
B.248

Weber

Oberon: Overture

Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli
Naples
22 May 1956 (Mono)
B.62

Radio Italia recording.

Unidentified orchestra
25 November 1956
B.73.5

In Radio France archives.

Webern

Five Pieces for Orchestra Op. 10

Danish Radio SO
Danmarks Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen
15 March 1972 (Stereo)
B.291

Danish Radio SO
Danmarks Radio Concert Hall, Copenhagen
16 March 1972 (Stereo)
B.294