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composed by Anton Bruckner
composed by Carl Maria von Weber
composed by Carl Michael Ziehrer
composed by Franz Schubert
composed by Johann Strauss Jr.
composed by Johann Strauss Sr.
composed by Johannes Brahms
composed by Karl Komzák
composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
composed by Otto Nicolai
composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
composed by Richard Strauss
composed by Richard Wagner
conductor Hans Knappertsbusch
tracks cd8–9 engineer Adolf Enz
tracks cd2, cd12 engineer Arthur Haddy
tracks 1-1 to 1-3, cd5, cd6, cd13, cd14 engineer Cyril Windebank
tracks 1-4 to 1-6, cd3, cd4, cd7, cd17, cd18 engineer Gordon Parry
tracks 1-4 to 1-6, cd3, cd4, cd7, cd17, cd18 engineer James Brown
tracks cd10, cd12 engineer Kenneth Wilkinson
tracks cd15, cd16 engineer Peter Curiel
tracks cd10 engineer Roy Wallace
tracks cd15, cd16 mastered by Claude Rie
orchestra Berliner Philharmoniker
orchestra L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande
orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra
orchestra Münchner Philharmoniker
orchestra Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire
orchestra Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
orchestra Wiener Philharmoniker
tracks cd8–9, cd15, cd16 producer Dr. Kurt List
tracks 1-4 to 1-6, cd3, cd4, cd17 producer Erik Smith
tracks cd10 producer James Walker
tracks 1-4 to 1-6, cd3, cd4, cd10, cd17 producer John Culshaw
tracks cd6, cd7 producer Peter Andry
tracks cd18 producer Ray Minshull
tracks cd12 producer Terence Gibbs
tracks 1-1 to 1-3, cd2, cd5, cd6, cd7, cd12, cd13, cd14 producer Victor Olof
tracks cd2 restoration [78s], edited by Mark Obert-Thorn
tracks cd2 transferred by [78s] Andrew Hallifax
Recorded At Großer Saal, Wiener Musikverein
Recorded At Sofiensaal
Recorded At Studio Ernest Ansermet, RSR
Recorded At Bavaria Musikstudios
Recorded At Maison de la Mutualité
Recorded At Kingsway Hall
Phonographic Copyright (p) The Decca Record Company Limited
Phonographic Copyright (p) Polydor
Phonographic Copyright (p) Westminster
Copyright (c) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Copyright (c) Decca Music Group Limited
Total Time — 16'23:48
CD1: 72:38 – CD2: 41:54 – CD3: 48:25 – CD4: 57:18 – CD5: 54:08 – CD6: 79:18 – CD7: 80:56 – CD8: 31:46 – CD9: 53:43 – CD10: 38:13 – CD11: 58:05 – CD12: 68:57 – CD13: 50:44 – CD14: 38:02 – CD15: 54:39 – CD16: 52:51 – CD17: 53:50 – CD18: 48:21

Recording Information:

STEREO – CD: 1 (Concerto#5), 4, 7, 8–9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18
MONO –— CD: 1 (Concerto#4), 2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14

• CD 1: ℗ 1954, 1957 Decca Music Group Limited • Locations: Großer Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, Austria, 4–5 April 1954 (Piano Concerto No. 4); Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria, 10–15 June 1957 (Piano Concerto No. 5) — Original Decca Releases: LXT 2948 (Piano Concerto No. 4): September 1954; LXT 5391: December 1957, SXL 2002 (Piano Concerto No. 5): August 1958

• CD 2: ℗ 1949 Decca Music Group Limited • Location: Radio Studio, Geneva, Switzerland, 30 June–1 July 1947 — Disc Transfers: Andrew Hallifax. Editing and Audio Restoration: Mark Obert-Thorn. Matrix No.: SAR234-43 — Original Decca Release: K1906–10: August 1949 (Switzerland)

• CD 3: ℗ 1958 Decca Music Group Limited • Location: Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria, 21–24 October 1957 (Piano Concerto No. 2) — Original Decca Release: LXT 5434 (Piano Concerto No. 2): June 1958

• CD 4: ℗ 1958 Decca Music Group Limited • Location: Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria, 10–15 June 1957 — Original Decca Release: LXT 5394 (mono): January 1958 (UK, and as ECS 701 in March 1974, as stereo); CS 6030 (stereo): September 1958 (USA)

• CD 5: ℗ 1954 Decca Music Group Limited • Location: Großer Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, Austria, 1–3 April 1954 — Original Decca Release: LXT 2967: October 1954

• CD 6: ℗ 1955 Decca Music Group Limited • Location: Großer Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, Austria, 29–31 March 1955 (Bruckner), 1 April 1955 (Siegfried Idyll) — Original Decca Release: LXT 5065–66: August 1955

• CD 7: ℗ 1956 Decca Music Group Limited • Location: Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria, 3–6 June 1956 — Original Decca Release: LXT 5255–56 (mono): December 1956 (UK); CSA 2205 (stereo): November 1959 (USA)

• CDs 8-9: ℗ 1963 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin • Location: Bavaria Musikstudios, Munich, Germany, January 1963 — Original Westminster Release: WST 235: 1963

• CD 10: ℗ 1956 Decca Music Group Limited • Location: La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris, France, 7–8 May 1956 — Original Decca Release: LXT 5239: October 1956

• CD 11: ℗ 1928 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin • Location: Berlin, Germany, September 1927 and January 1928 — Matrix No.: 751–2 bm — Original Polydor Releases: 66698, 66699, 66780, 66700, 66701–02, 66705, 27185

• CD 12: ℗ 1948, 1949 Decca Music Group Limited • Location: Kingsway Hall, London, UK, 31 December 1947–3 January 1948 (1, 3, 8-9), Radio Studio, Zürich, Switzerland, 18 June 1947 (2), Radio Studio B, Geneva, Switzerland, 1 July 1947 (4), Kingsway Hall, London, UK, 31 December 1947 (5-7)

• CD 13: ℗ 1951 Decca Music Group Limited • Locations: Großer Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, Austria, 14–15 and 24 June 1950 (Parsifal: Prelude), 23 June 1950 (Parsifal: Transformation Music), 11 September 1950 (Parsifal: Flower Maidens’ Scene), 14–15 and 24 June 1950 (Rienzi, Siegfried) — Original Decca Releases: LX 3034 (Rienzi, Siegfried): March 1951; LX 3036 (Parsifal): March 1951

• CD 14: ℗ 1953 Decca Music Group Limited • Location: Großer Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, Austria, 6–7 May 1953 — Original Decca Release: LXT 2822: September 1953

• CD 15: ℗ 1963 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin • Location: Bavaria Musikstudios, Munich, Germany, November 1962 — Original Westminster Release: WST 17032: 1963

• CD 16: ℗ 1962 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin • Location: Bavaria Musikstudios, Munich, Germany, November 1962 — Original Westminster Release: WST 17055: 1962

• CD 17: ℗ 1958 Decca Music Group Limited • Location: Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria, 15–16 October 1957 — Original Decca Releases: LXT 5420: June 1958, SXL 2016: October 1958

• CD 18: ℗ 1960 Decca Music Group Limited • Location: Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria, 15–17 February 1960 — Original Decca Release: SXL 2239: October 1960

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