ERICH KLEIBER: THE COMPLETE DECCA RECORDINGS (12 CDS)

CD 1
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 55 "Eroica"

Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

Concertgebouw Orchestra
Erich Kleiber

Recording location: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 8 / 5/1950 1-4, 9/5/1950 5-8
Recording producers: Victor Olof, John Culshaw
Recording engineers: Kenneth Wilkinson, Cyril Windebank, Gill Went


CD 2
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"

Concertgebouw Orchestra
Erich Kleiber

Recording location: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 26/9/1953 1-4, 28/9/1953 5-9
Recording producers: Victor Olof, John Culshaw
Recording engineers: Kenneth Wilkinson, Cyril Windebank, Gill Went


CD 3
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 3 in E flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica"

Wiener Philharmoniker
Erich Kleiber

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 19

Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra
Erich Kleiber

Recording location: Grosser Musikvereinsaal, Vienna, 11/4/1953 1-4, 20/1/1956 5-8
Recording producers: Victor Olof, John Culshaw
Recording engineers: Kenneth Wilkinson, Cyril Windebank, Gill Went


CD 4
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"

Recording location: Grosser Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, 6/1952
Hilde Gueden, soprano
Sieglinde Wagner, contralto
Anton Dermota, tenor
Ludwig Weber, bass
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Wien
Wiener Philharmoniker
Erich Kleiber

Recording location: Concertgebou 1952
Recording producers: Victor Olof, John Culshaw
Recording engineers: Kenneth Wilkinson, Cyril Windebank, Gill Went


CD 5
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756- 1791)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K 550

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Erich Kleiber

Recording location: Kingsway Hall, London, 2/1948 1-5, 4/1949 6-9
Recording producers: Victor Olof, John Culshaw
Recording engineers: Kenneth Wilkinson, Cyril Windebank, Gill Went


CD 6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
4 Deutsche Tanze
Symphony No. 39 in E flat Major, K 543

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D 944 "Great"

Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra
Erich Kleiber

Recording location: Kingsway Konzersaal, Cologne, 20 / 1/1956 (Mozart), Cologne, 23/11/1953 (Schubert)
Recording producers: Victor Olof, John Culshaw
Recording engineers: Kenneth Wilkinson, Cyril Windebank, Gill Went


CD 7-9
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Le nozze di Figaro K492
Opera in four acts
Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte


Count Almaviva: Alfred Poell
The Countess: Lisa della Casa
Susanna, the Countess's maid: Hilde Gueden
Figaro, the Count's valet: Cesare Siepi
Cherubino, page: Suzanne Danco
Marcellina, housekeeper : Hilde Rossel-Majdan
Bartolo, doctor: Fernando Corena
Don Basilio, music teacher: Murray Dickie
Don Curzo, judge: Hugo Meyer-Welfing
Barbarina, Antonio's daughter: Anny Felbermayer
Antonio, gardener to the Count: Harald Proglhof
Two young girls: Suzanne Danco , Anny Felbermayer

Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker
Erich Kleiber

Recording location: Redoutensaal, Vienna, 6/1955
Recording Producers: Victor Olof, Peter Andry
Recording Engineers: James Brown, Cyril Windebank


CD 10-12
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Der Rosenkavalier
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal


The Marschallin , Princess Werdenberg: Maria Reining
Baron Ochs of Lerchenau: Ludwig Weber
Octavian, known as Quinquin, a young gentleman of noble family: Sena Jurinac
Faninal, a rich merchant, newly ennobled: Alfred Poell
Sophie, his daughter: Hilde Gueden
Mistress Marianne Leitmetzerin, the duenna: Judith Hellwig
Valzacchi, an intriguer: Peter Klein
Annina, his accomplice: Hinde Rossel-Majdan
Asinger: Anton Dermota
Apolice sergeant: Walter Berry
The Marschallin's major-domo: Harald Proglhof
Faninal's major-domo: August Jaresch
Anotary: Franz Bierbach
Alandlord / An animal seller: Erich Majkut
Amilliner: Berta Seidl
Three noble orphans: Wildfriede Loibner / Elfried Maria Trupp
Four of the Marschallin's footmen: Alois Buchbauer / Ludwig Fleck / Fritz Maier / Otto Vajda
Four waiters: Wolfgang Daucha / Rudolph Stumper / Fritz Erbner / Ferdinand Settmacher
Leopold, the Baron's valet, A little black page, A widow
Servants of the Baron, A flautist, A scholar, A doctor, A hairdresser and his assistant,
The chief cook and a kitchen boy, Kitchen staff, Runners, Hungarian guards,
Guests, Musicians, Two Watchmen, Four children, Coachmen,
Various persons of suspicious appearance, A porter

Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker
Erich Kleiber

Recording location: Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, 6/1954
Recording Producers: Victor Olof, James Walker
Recording Engineers: Cyril Windebank