Mercury Living Presence 3 / Various Mercury Living Presence 3 / Various CD

This landmark release marks the point at which the entire Mercury Living Presence catalogue, as remastered by original recording producers in the 1990s, is available in physical form. Decca are also proud to present, in this concluding cube, no fewer than 10 albums that have never before been on CD, restored and remastered from fragile tapes, to allow the fullest possible ever appreciation of a landmark label in the history of classical recorded music. Furthermore, the booklet is a model of it's kind, setting out in the fullest possible detail everything about the recording, from the engineers and producers to the microphones, tapes, dates and locations.

1. CD1: Brahms Symphonies 1;3 London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorßti 2. CD2: Brahms Symphonies 2;4* Minnesota Orchestra, Antal Dorßti *London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorßti 3. CD3: Wiener Walzer Paprika Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorßti 4. CD4: Handel-Harty: Water Music Suite; Music For The Royal Fireworks; Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorßti Festival Chamber Orchestra, Antal Dorßti 5. CD5: Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 û ôScottishö ; Symphony No.4 û ôItalianö; FingalÆs Cave Overture London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorßti Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski 6. CD6: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Sibelius: Valse Triste; Liszt: Les Pr?ludes; Smetana: The Moldau Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorßti, Rafael Druian London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorßti 7. CD7: Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol; Borodin: Polovtsian Dances etc. London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorßti 8. CD8: Rossini ; Verdi Overtures London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorßti Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorßti 9. CD9: Strauss, R.: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier; Don Juan Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorßti 10. CD10: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos.1-3/Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky London Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Hungarica Antal Dorßti 11. CD11: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos.1-3/Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky London Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Hungarica Antal Dorßti 12. CD12: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; Marche Slav; Waltz ; Polonaise London Symphony Orchestra Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorßti 13. CD13: Wagner: Preludes ; Overtures London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorßti 14. CD14: Frederick Fennell Conducts George Gershwin Studio Orchestra, Frederick Fennell 15. CD15: Frederick Fennell Conducts Victor Herbert Studio Orchestra, Frederick Fennell 16. CD16: Frederick Fennell Conducts Cole Porter Studio Orchestra, Frederick Fennell 17. CD17: Carousel Waltz ; Other Favourites London "Pops" Orchestra Eastman-Rochester "Pops" Orchestra, Frederick Fennell 18. CD18: Sullivan: Pineapple Poll Suite; Rossini-Respighi: La boutique fantasque; Gounod: Faust Ballet Music; Wagner: Lohengrin ; Das Rheingold Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell 19. CD19: Fabulous Marches For Orchestra Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell 20. CD20: Adam: Giselle/Offenbach: Gait? Parisienne; Strauss, J. II: Graduation Ball London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari 21. CD21: Adam: Giselle/Offenbach: Gait? Parisienne; Strauss, J. II: Graduation Ball London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari 22. CD22: Bloch: Concerto Grosso No. 1 ; No. 2/Schelomo* Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson, Georges Miquelle *Georges Miquelle, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson 23. CD23: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; Cuban Overture Eugene List, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson 24. CD24: Howard Hanson - The Composer ; His Orchestra Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson 25. CD25: Howard Hanson - The Composer ; His Orchestra Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson 26. CD26: Kaleidoscope: An Orchestral Extravaganza London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras 27. CD27: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Hungarian March; Trojan March, etc. Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray 28. CD28: Dvorßk: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"/Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray 29. CD29: Franck: Symphony in D minor/Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray 30. CD30: Lalo: Namouna / Chausson: Symphony, etc. Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray 31. CD31: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Symphony No.5 / Haydn: Symphony No.96 Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray 32. CD32: Schumann: The Symphonies Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray 33. CD33: Schumann: The Symphonies Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray 34. CD34: Marches ; Overtures ? la Fran?aise Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray 35. CD35: Paul Paray Conducts Wagner: Die Meistersinger suite; Der fliegende Holl?nder Overture; Rienzi Overture, etc. Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray 36. CD36: Schubert: Symphonies Nos.5 ; 8; Rosamunde Incidental Music Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski 37. CD37: Schubert: Symphony No. 9; Symphony No. 6Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski 38. CD38: Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes; Britten: The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorßti 39. CD39: Copland: Symphony No.3 Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorßti 40. CD40: Respighi: Church Windows; Roman Festivals Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorßti 41. CD41: Tchaikovsky: The Four Suites New Philharmonia Orchestra, Antal Dorßti 42. CD42: Tchaikovsky: The Four Suites New Philharmonia Orchestra, Antal Dorßti 43. CD43: Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E Flat - "Eroica" Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorßti 44. CD44: Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 ; 2 Sviatoslav Richter, London Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin 45. CD45: Beethoven: The Cello Sonatas Mstislav Rostropovich, Sviatoslav Richter 46. CD46: Beethoven: The Cello Sonatas Mstislav Rostropovich, Sviatoslav Richter 47. CD47: Songs by Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky ; Prokofiev Galina Vishnevskaya, Mstislav Rostropovich 48. CD48: World Of Flamenco Los Romeros 49. CD49: Baroque Concertos For Recorders ; Strings Bernard Krainis, The London Strings, Sir Neville Marriner 50. CD50: Hindemith: Symphony in B Flat; Schoenberg: Theme ; Variations; Stravinsky: Symphonies for Wind Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell 51. CD51: Soler: Works for Harpsichord Rafael Puyana Genoveva Gßlvez 52. CD52: Tchaikovsky: Overture 1812; Capriccio Italien [1954 Mono recording û NEW TO CD!] Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorßti 53. CD53: Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 4 ; 8 Borodin Quartet