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Michael H. Gray


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Discographer from Alexandria, VA

Michael H. Gray has worked at the Voice of America in Washington since 1976 where he directed the VOA’s Research Library and Digital Audio Archive projects. He has served as a consultant and resource for countless historical reissues, and is the author of numerous articles and reviews, including several published in the ARSC Journal: “The Birth of Decca stereo” (1986); “The Hollywood String Quartet: A Discography” (1982); “A Solomon Discography” (1979); “The ‘World's Greatest Music’ and ‘The World's Greatest Opera’ Records: A Discography” (1976). Books include: Classical music, 1925-1975 (1977) and Bibliography of discographies (co-authored with Gerald Gibson- annual cumulations published in the ARSC Journal); Bibliography of discographies vol. 3: Popular Music (1983); Beecham: a centenary discography (1979); Full frequency stereophonic sound : a discography and history of early London/Decca stereo classical instrumental and chamber music recordings (1956-1963) on records and compact discs (1990- with Robert Moon); Otto Klemperer: His Life and Times, by Peter Heyworth, with discography by Michael Gray (2 volumes: Cambridge University Press, 1996)

APPEARANCES +


Wilhelm Kempff
The Decca Legacy
2022, 13xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Cla, Decca,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic
Bruno Walter, New York Philharmonic, Columbia Symphony Orchestra
The Complete Columbia Album Collection
2019, 77xCD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM + Box, Sony Classical,
Classical/Romantic/Interview
Alexander Brailowsky Plays Chopin*
Alexander Brailowksy Plays Chopin (The Complete RCA Recordings)
2018, 8xCD, Mono, RM + Box, Comp, RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical, ,
Romantic
Wagner* - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra* / Georg Solti
Tannhäuser
2018, 3x CD, Blu-ray, ,
Romantic/Opera
New York Philharmonic
175th Anniversary Edition
2017, 65xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Sony Classical, ,
Baroque/Classical/Contemporary/Modern
Various
Decca Sound - The Piano Edition
2017, 55xCD, Album, Mono, RE, RM, Car + Box, Comp, Ltd, Decca, ,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Impressionist/Modern/Contemporary
Leonard Bernstein
The Leonard Bernstein Collection Volume Two
2016, 64xCD + Box, Comp, Ltd, Deutsche Grammophon
Various
The Golden Era Of Living Stereo - The Remastered Collector's Edition
2016, 60xCD, Album, RE, RM, Car + Box, Comp, RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical, ,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Opera/Modern/Contemporary/Impressionist/Renaissance/Choral
Yehudi Menuhin
The Complete American Victor Recordings
2016, 6xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Comp, RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical
Solisti Di Zagreb* / Antonio Janigro, Couperin* · Mozart* · Corelli* · Britten*
Music For Strings: Couperin · Mozart · Corelli · Britten
2016
Ania Dorfmann, Schumann*
Schumann: Carnaval · Fantasy Pieces = Fantasiestücke
2016
Galina Vishnevskaya
Galina Vishnevskaya
2016
Bach*, Mack Harrell, RCA Victor Orchestra* And Chorus*, Robert Shaw
Bach: Cantatas: No. 56, I Will Carry The Cross With Gladness / No. 82, Oh Lord, 'Tis Enough
2016
Antonio Janigro And The Solisti Di Zagreb*, J. S. Bach*
Suite No. 2, In B Minor / Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
2016
Handel*, Alexander Schneider And His Chamber Orchestra*
Handel: Twelve Concerti Grossi Op 6
2016
Boccherini* / Vivaldi* / Bach* / Antonio Janigro And The Solisti Di Zagreb*
Concertos For Cello / Boccherini: In B-Flat / Vivaldi: In D / Vivaldi-Bach: In G
2016
Jean Casadesus, Debussy*
Debussy: Preludes, Book I
2016
Chopin* - André Tchaikowsky
Chopin: Preludes ∙ Barcarolle ∙ Mazurkas ∙ Etudes ∙ Ballade No. 3
2016
Birgit Nilsson
Songs By Schubert · Wagner · Strauss · Grieg · Sibelius
2016, CD Card Sleeve, ,
Romantic/Modern/Opera/Vocal
Sibelius*, Morton Gould
Finlandia / Music Of Sibelius
2016
Beethoven* / Juilliard String Quartet
Beethoven: Quartet In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131
2016
Erick Friedman, Brooks Smith
Virtuoso Favorites
2016
Rachmaninoff*, Vronsky And Babin
Rachmaninoff: Suites Nos. 1 And 2 For Two Pianos
2016
Erick Friedman, Paganini*, Saint-Saëns*, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Walter Hendl
Presenting Erick Friedman - Paganini: Concerto No.1 In D / Saint-Saëns: Introduction And Rondo Capriccioso
2016
Antonín Dvořák, Hugo Wolf, Juilliard String Quartet
Dvořák: Quartet, Opus 61 / Wolf: Italian Serenade
2016
Juilliard String Quartet, Debussy*, Ravel*
Debussy: Quartet / Ravel: Quartet
2016
Brahms*, Festival Quartet*, Szymon Goldberg · William Primrose · Nikolai Graudan · Victor Babin
Brahms: Piano Quartet In C Minor, Op. 60
2016
The Robert Shaw Chorale
Operatic Choruses
2016
Juilliard String Quartet, Schubert*
Schubert: "Death And The Maiden" (Quartet In D Minor) And Quartettsatz
2016
Jaime Laredo, Brahms*, Bach*
Brahms: Sonata No. 3, In D Minor, Op. 108 / Bach: Partita No. 3 In E
2016, CD Card Sleeve, ,
Baroque/Romantic
Lalo*, Henryk Szeryng, Chicago Symphony*, Walter Hendl
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole
2016
Valletti*, Schubert*, Schumann*, Scarlatti*, Handel*
The Art Of Song
2016
Claudio Arrau
The Complete RCA Victor And Columbia Album Collection
2016
Piatigorsky*, Stravinsky*, Debussy*, Lukas Foss
Stravinsky: Suite Italienne / Debussy: Sonata
2016
Juilliard String Quartet, Berg* / Webern*
Berg: Lyric Suite / Webern: Five Pieces, Opus 5 - Six Bagatelles, Opus 9
2016
Shostakovich*, National Symphony Orchestra, Howard Mitchell
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
2016
Jaime Laredo
Presenting Jaime Laredo
2016
Boston Pops* / Fiedler*
More Classical Music For People Who Hate Classical Music
2016
Shostakovich* / Schubert*, Daniel Shafran*, Lydia Pecherskaya*
Shostakovich: Cello Sonata / Schubert: "Arpeggione" Sonata
2016
Maureen Forrester, Brahms* - Schumann*
A Brahms-Schumann Recital
2016
Beethoven* / Juilliard String Quartet
Beethoven: Quartets, In F Minor, Op. 95 / F Major, Op. 135
2016
Rodgers*, Boston Pops Orchestra .. Arthur Fiedler
Rodgers: Slaughter On Tenth Avenue / Excerpts From Fancy Free .. Interplay .. The Three-Cornered Hat
2016
Mozart* - André Tchaikowsky
Mozart: Fantasia In C Minor, K.475 / Sonata In C Minor, K.457 / Sonata In C, K.330
2016
Antonio Vivaldi, Societa Corelli*
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
2016
Elliott Carter, William Schuman, Juilliard String Quartet
Elliott Carter: Second Quartet - (Pulitzer Prize 1960) / William Schuman: Quartet No. 3
2016
Milanov*
Operatic Arias
2016
Brahms*, Beethoven*, Victor Babin, Joseph Eger, Henryk Szeryng
Brahms: Trio In E-Flat, Op. 40 / Beethoven: Sonata For Horn And Piano, Op. 17
2016
The Festival Quartet, Szymon Goldberg · William Primrose · Nikolai Graudan · Victor Babin, Brahms*, Beethoven*, Schumann*
Piano Quartets - Brahms: In C Minor, Op. 60 / Beethoven, In E-Flat, Op. 16 / Schumann: In E-Flat, Op. 47
2016
Poulenc*, Stravinsky*, Munch*, Boston Symphony*, Berj Zamkochian
Poulenc: Concerto For Organ, Strings And Timpani / Stravinsky: Jeu De Cartes
2016
Brahms*, Festival Quartet*, Szymon Goldberg · William Primrose · Nikolai Graudan · Victor Babin
Brahms: Piano Quartet In G Minor
2016
Vivaldi*, Sherman Walt, Zimbler Sinfonietta*
Vivaldi: 4 Bassoon Concertos
2016
Henryk Szeryng
Henryk Szeryng In Recital
2016
Jaime Laredo, Bruch*, Mozart*, National Symphony Orchestra, Howard Mitchell
Bruch: Concerto No.1 / Mozart: Concerto No.3
2016
Robert Owen
The Power Of The Organ
2016
Morton Gould
Gould Ballet Music: Fall River Legend, Interplay, Latin-American Symphonette (Tango & Guaracha)
2016
Schumann*, Valletti*
Schumann: Dichterliebe = Poet's Love
2016
Brahms*, Festival Quartet*, Szymon Goldberg, William Primrose, Nikolai Graudan, Victor Babin
Brahms: Piano Quartet In A, Opus 26
2016
Leonid Kogan, Debussy* · Mendelssohn* · Kreisler* · Sarasate* · Prokofieff* · Khachaturian*
Encores By Kogan
2016
Liliane Garnier
Recital
2016
Vronsky And Babin
176 Keys - Music For Two Pianos
2016
Roberta Peters
Roberta Peters In Recital
2016
Victoria*, Choir Of The Abbey Of Mount Angel*, Dom David Nicholson, O.S.B.*, Portland Symphonic Choir, C. Robert Zimmerman
Victoria: Requiem Mass
2016
Chausson* · Franck*, Munch* / Boston Symphony*
Chausson: Symphony In B-Flat / Franck: Le Chasseur Maudit
2016
Tchaikovsky*, Ravel*, Morton Gould Orchestra* And Band*
Stereo Spectacular - Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture / Ravel: Bolero
2016
Brailowsky*
Encores
2016
Carl Weinrich / Bach*
Bach Organ Music
2016
The Festival Quartet, Szymon Goldberg, William Primrose, Nikolai Graudan, Victor Babin, Stuart Sankey, Schubert*
Schubert: Trout Quintet
2016
Blackwood* / Haieff* / Boston Symphony* / Munch*
Blackwood: Symphony No. 1 / Haieff: Symphony No. 2
2016
Various
Decca Sound: The Mono Years 1944 – 1956
2015, 53xCD, Album, Mono, RM + Box, Comp, Ltd, Decca,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Contemporary/Impressionist/Neo-Romantic/Vocal/Choral
Igor Stravinsky
The Complete Columbia Album Collection
2015, 56xCD, Mono, RE, RM + DVD + Box, Comp, Sony Classical, RCA Red Seal
Jean Martinon, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Complete Recordings
2015, 9xCD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Comp, RM + Box, Comp, RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical,
Classical/Romantic/Impressionist/Modern
Various
Westminster Legacy - The Collector's Edition
2014, 40xCD, Mono, RE + Box, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon, ,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Opera/Contemporary
Fritz Reiner Conducts Richard Strauss
The Complete RCA And Columbia Recordings
2014, 11xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, Comp, RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical
Pierre Monteux, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra* · Boston Symphony Orchestra · London Symphony Orchestra · Chicago Symphony Orchestra · RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra · Rome Opera Orchestra*
The Complete RCA Album Collection
2014, 40xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box, RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical,
Classical/Romantic/Impressionist/Modern/Opera
Philippe Entremont
The Complete Piano Concerto Recordings
2014, 19xCD, RE, RM + Box, Comp, RM, Sony Classical, ,
Classical/Romantic/Impressionist
Various
Decca Sound: 6 Classic Analogue LPs
2013, 6xLP, RE, 180 + Box, Album, Comp, Ltd, Num, Decca, Decca, ,
Impressionist/Opera/Romantic/Modern
Various
Decca Sound / The Analogue Years
2013, 53xCD, Comp, RM + CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Bon + Box, Decca, ,
Romantic/Modern/Opera/Classical/Impressionist
Various
The Decca Sound
2011, 50x CD, Box Set,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Oratorio/Opera
Sari Biro*
The Sari Biro Legacy
2010, 4xCD, Album, Comp, Fat + Box, Car, Cambria
Leonard Bernstein
The 1953 American Decca Recordings
2004, 5xCD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM + Box, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon
Artur Rodzinski, Tchaikovsky*, Dvořák*
Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 / Symphony No. 9
2002, ,
Romantic
Offenbach*, Beverly Sills, Stuart Burrows, Norman Treigle, Susanne Marsee, Nico Castel, London Symphony Orchestra, Julius Rudel
The Tales of Hoffmann
2002
Sena Jurinac - Schumann* / Respighi*
Frauenliebe & Leben • Liederkreis Op. 39 / Il Tramonto
2002
Handel*, Vienna State Opera Orchestra*, Hermann Scherchen
Water Music
2002
Bach*, Alarie*, Merriman*, Simoneau*, Neidlinger*, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir*, Vienna State Opera Orchestra*, Scherchen*
Mass In B Minor
2002
Haskil* • Jurinac* • Sills* • Barenboim* • Boult* • Knappertsbusch* • Monteux* • Rodzinski* • Scherchen*
Treasures From The Westminster Legacy
2001, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Smplr, Westminster, ,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Oratorio/Opera
Holst*, Vaughan Williams*, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir*, Vienna State Opera Orchestra*, Adrian Boult*
Holst: The Planets / Vaughan Williams: "Greensleeves" & "Tallis" Fantasias
2001
Dvořák*, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski
Slavonic Dances
2001
Vincenzo Bellini, Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Louis Quilico, Paul Plishka, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Julius Rudel
I Puritani
2001, 3x CD, ,
Opera/Romantic
Julian Bream, Turina*, De Falla*, Sor*
Spanish Guitar Music
2001, CD, ,
Romantic/Classical
Honegger* / Stravinsky*, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen
Pacific 231 / Pétrouchka
2001, CD, ,
Modern/Contemporary
Beethoven*, Vienna State Opera Orchestra*, Hermann Scherchen
Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6
2001
Tchaikovsky*, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Artur Rodzinski
The Nutcracker • Symphony No. 4
2001, ,
Romantic
Beethoven*, London Symphony Orchestra, Söderström* • Resnik* • Vickers* • Ward*, Pierre Monteux
Symphony No. 9
2001
Mahler*, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Orchestra*, Hermann Scherchen
Symphony No. 1 • No. 10: Adagio
2001
Tchaikovsky* / Rimsky-Korsakov* – Vienna State Opera Orchestra*, Hermann Scherchen
"1812" Overture / Sheherazade
2001
Beethoven*, Daniel Barenboim, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir*, Vienna State Opera Orchestra*, László Somogyi
Piano Concerto No. 3 • Fantasia For Piano, Chorus & Orchestra
2001, CD, ,
Classical/Romantic
Beethoven*, Jurinac*, Peerce*, Stader*, Neidlinger*, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Hans Knappertsbusch
Fidelio
2001
Handel*, Pierrette Alarie, Nan Merriman, Léopold Simoneau*, Richard Standen, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir*, Vienna State Opera Orchestra*, Hermann Scherchen
Messiah
2001, 3x CD, ,
Baroque
Mozart*, Scarlatti*, Clara Haskil
Piano Concerto In D Minor, K. 466; 11 Sonatas
2001, CD, ,
Classical/Baroque
Brahms*, Tchaikovsky*, Erica Morini
Violin Concertos
2001
Liszt*, Vienna State Opera Orchestra*, Hermann Scherchen
Hungarian Rhapsodies • Mazeppa • Les Préludes
2001, 2x CD, ,
Romantic
Barenboim*, Beethoven*
Diabelli Variations • Moonlight Sonata
2001
Berlioz*, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux, Vienna State Opera Orchestra*, René Leibowitz
Roméo & Juliette • Symphonie Fantastique
2001, 2x CD, ,
Choral/Romantic
Mozart*, Jurinac* • West* • Loeffler* • Guthrie*, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir*, Vienna State Opera Orchestra*, Hermann Scherchen
Mozart Requiem
2001, CD, ,
Choral/Classical
Bruckner*, Wagner*, Münchner Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 / Wagner: Siegfried Idyll • Preludes
2001
Sir Thomas Beecham
American Columbia Recordings 1942-1952
1997, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, RM, Dig, Sony Classical,
Romantic
Wagner* / Strauss* - Leinsdorf*, Concert Arts Symphony Orchestra*, Philharmonia Orchestra
The Sound Of Wagner & Strauss
1995, CD, Comp, RM, EMI Classics
Brahms*, Dvořák* - Erich Leinsdorf
Symphony No.3, Symphony No.9 "From The New World"
1995, CD, Comp, RM, EMI Classics
J. S. Bach*, Nathan Milstein
Sonatas & Partitas
1993
Tom Newman
Faerie Symphony
1977
Prokofiev*, Khachaturian*, Vienna Symphony Orchestra*, Vienna State Opera Orchestra*, Hermann Scherchen
Scythian / Lieutenant Kije / Gayaneh Suites