24/48: Beatrice Lillie / LSO / Skitch Henderson - Peter and the Wolf -&- Carnaval des animaux - Decca 1960

Sergei Prokofiev: "Peter and the Wolf", op.67

Camille Saint-Saens: "Le Carnaval des animaux"
(Julius Katchen & Gary Graffman, pianos & Kenneth Heath, 'cello)

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Beatrice Lillie, Narrator - London Symphony Orchestra  conducted by  Skitch Henderson

Decca  SXL 2218  1973 pressing/matrices: ZAL4785 -5W / ZAL4786 -4W.  Recorded: 10/12 February 1960 - Kingsway Hall.
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Robert Irving / Royal Opera House - Sadler's Wells Ballet Silver Jubilee - HMV 1956

Purcell  arr.Lambert:  "Comus" - Overture & Minuet
Boyce  arr.Lambert:  "Prospect Before Us" - Fugue in D major
Couperin  orch.Jacob:  "Harlequin in the Street" - Allegro
Mendelssohn  orch.Jacob:  "Lord of Burleigh" - Agitato & Allegro vivace
Auber  arr.Lambert:  "Les Rendezvous" - Allegro non troppo & Allegro
Gavin Gordon:  "The Rake's Progress" - Sarabande & Orgy
Liszt  orch.Jacob:  "Apparitions" - Consolation & Galop
Lambert:  "Horoscope" - Valse for the Gemini
Berners:  "Wedding Bouquet" - Tango & Waltz
Bliss:  "Adam Zero" - Dance of Summer
Prokofiev:  "Cinderella" - Waltz & Midnight  
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Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden  conducted by  Robert Irving  

EMI Angel  35521  (HMV CLP 1070)  1957 EMI pressing/matrices: 2XEA886/7 -2N.  Recorded: 25-26 January 1956.   HMV HQM 1078 reissue  (Lambert/Bliss/Gordon)   Sleeve-note >>>

Mstislav Rostropovich plays... Miaskovsky. Cello Concerto ... Prokofiev. Sinfonia Concertante - EMI 1956/1957

Nikolai Miaskovsky: Cello Concerto, op.66 
I: Lento ma non troppo - Andante - Tempo 1  ~  II: Allegro - vivace - Piu marcato - Meno mosso - Tempo 1 - Piu largamente - Andante semplice e tranquillo - Tempo 1 - Piu tranquillo - Cadenza - Lento come prima      

Serge Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante, op.125 
I: Andante  ~  II: Allegro giusto  ~  III: Andante con moto      
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Mstislav Rostropovich, violoncello  ~  Philharmonia Orchestra  /  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Malcolm Sargent
HMV  SXLP 30155  -1973 matrix: 2YEA 23 -4  /  SXLP 30266  -1978 matrices: 2YEA 5998 -2 / 5999 -2  
Recorded: EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road: 5 March 1956 / 15 April 1957.

Hugo Rignold / Royal Opera House Orchestra - Prokofiev: Cinderella - Decca/RCA 1957

Serge Prokofiev:  "Cinderella"
Suite no.1, op.107       
Introduction ~ Pas de Chat ~ Quarrel ~ Fairy Godmother & Fairy Winter ~ Mazurka ~ Cinderella goes to the Ball   
Suite no.2, op.108     
Cinderella Dreams of the Ball ~ Dancing Lesson & Gavotte ~ Fairy Spring & Fairy Summer ~ Bouree ~ Cinderella at the Castle ~ Galop    
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Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden  conducted by  Hugo Rignold   
RCA  VICS 1138   STEREO  First edition 1965 Decca pressing    Recorded: 2,3,8 May 1957 - Kingsway Hall    Not on CD       

Dimitri Mitropoulos / New York PO - Petrushka -&- Romeo & Juliet - CBS 1951/1957

Igor Stravinsky:   "Petrushka" - Ballet - 1911 version.
First Tableau:  The Shrove-Tide Fair  ~  Danse Russe   /   Second Tableau:  Petrushka's Room
Third Tableau:  The Moor's Room   /   Fourth Tableau:  The Shrove-Tide Fair (towards evening) ~ Grand Carnival
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Philips  GBL 6519  (10")  1958 Philips UK matrices/pressing: -4/-1.  Recorded:  5 March 1951 - Columbia Studios, N.Y.

Serge Prokofiev:
"Romeo & Juliet", op.64 - Ballet suite (excerpts)

Suite 2/1:  The Montagues & Capulets  ~  Suite 2/2:  Juliet: The little girl  ~  Suite 1/1: Folk dance  ~  Suite 1/5:  Masks  ~  Suite 1/6:  Romeo & Juliet  //   
Suite 1/7: The Death of Tybalt  ~  Suite 2/5:  Romeo & Juliet before parting  ~  Suite 2/3:  Friar Lawrence  ~  Suite 2/7:  Romeo at Juliet's grave         

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New York Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Dimitri Mitropoulos.

Philips  ABL 3236 (no UK stereo)  1959 Philips UK: -1/-1.   Recorded:  11 Nov.1957 - St.Georges Hotel, N.Y.   EMG  review of 'Petrushka' >>>

Sir Adrian Boult / LPO - Paris Conservatoire - Prokofiev. Love of 3 Oranges / Lieutenant Kije - Decca 1955

Serge Prokofiev:  "The Love of Three Oranges" - Symphonic Suite, op.33a  
Les Ridicules ~ Le Magicien Tchelio et Fata Morgana jouent aux cartes (Scene Infernale) ~ Marche ~Scherzo ~ Le Prince et la Princesse ~ La Fuite    
London Philharmonic Orchestra  conducted by  Sir Adrian Boult       Recorded: 27-29 June 1955, Kingsway Hall, London 

"Lieutenant Kije" - Symphonic Suite, op.60    (The Birth of Kije ~ Romance ~ The Wedding of Kije ~ Troika ~ Kife's Burial)

L'Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire de Paris  conducted by  Sir Adrian Boult   Rec: 9 June 1955 - La Maison de la Mutualite, Paris. 

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Decca  ACL 159 1962 Matrices: ARL 2669 -4AR / ARL 2668 -3AR.   ACL Sleeve / LXT sleeve-note >>>  

Andre Jouve / Champs-Elysees - Prokofiev. Ugly Duckling / Hebrew Themes / Summer Day - Ducretet-Thomson 1956

Serge Prokofiev:
"The Ugly Duckling", op.18   ( Francoise Ogeas - Soprano )    
Overture on Hebrew Themes, op.34         
Summer Day - suite, op.65a         
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L'Orchestre du Theatre des Champs-Elysees  conducted by  Andre Jouve  
Ducretet-Thomson  DTL 93084.    Original 1956 Decca pressing/matrices: ADU 168 -2B / ADU 167 -1B      
Re-edited January 2011    Not on CD    Sleeve-note & text/translation >>>