RCA Living Stereo Vol.2 - Box Set 60CDs

Label : RCA
Format : Flac (image + cue)
Cover : Yes

In the 1950’s, RCA Victor made a substantial body of recordings which have come to be identified with their first stereo label, Living Stereo. At the beginning of the widespread adoption of stereo audio in the home, Living Stereo offered a wide range of music, performances, and audio quality that are still considered to be definitive today. The first commercial stereophonic recording was made by RCA in 1954 of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Munch, performing The Damnation of Faust. This began the practice of simultaneously recording orchestras with both stereophonic and monaural equipment. Living Stereo influenced many classical recordings made since and represents an important part of audiophile history.

The Living Stereo Collection Volume 2 features performances from great artists and orchestras, including Vladimir Horowitz, Byron Janis, Arthur Rubinstein, Fritz Reiner, Erich Leinsdorf, Arthur Fiedler, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, and many more.

This set contains the following albums on 60 standard CDs.
Some of these recordings may be available individually or as part of other sets, but because so many of the CDs in this set only partially match previously released CDs, it is not practical to try to provide cover art or links to individual albums. We regret any inconvenience.

CD 1-5 Beethoven: Concertos for Piano Nos. 1-5 / Rubinstein, Krips, Symphony of the Air
CD 6 Strauss: Burleske; Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano No. 1 / Janis, Reiner, Chicago
CD 7 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 / Reiner, Chicago
CD 8 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 / Monteux, Boston
CD 9 Hovhaness: Mysterious Mountain; Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss / Reiner, Chicago
CD 10 Brahms: Concerto for Piano No. 1 / Graffman, Munch, Boston
CD 11 Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Liszt: Paraphrase de concert sur Rigoletto / Janis
CD 12 Rossini Overtures / Reiner, Chicago
CD 13 Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Excerpts) / Reiner, Chicago
CD 14 Beethoven: Appassionata Sonata, Sonata in D, Op. 10, No. 3 / Horowitz
CD 15 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 / Monteux, Boston
CD 16 Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Kindertotenlieder / Forrester, Munch, Boston
CD 17 Beethoven: Kreutzer Sonata, Spring Sonata / Szeryng, Rubinstein
CD 18 Schubert: Death and the Maiden / Juilliard String Quartet
CD 19 Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite; Kabalevsky: The Comedians / Kondrashin, RCA
CD 20 Copland: Appalachian Spring, The Tender Land Suite / Copland, Boston
CD 21 Bizet: Carmen for Orchestra / Morton Gould and his orchestra
CD 22 Reiner Conducts Wagner / Reiner, Chicago
CD 23 Liszt: The Virtuoso Liszt / Graffman
CD 24 Brahms: Concerto for Piano No. 2 / Richter, Leinsdorf, Chicago
CD 25 Guilini/Arnold: Guitar Concertos / Bream, Melos Ensemble
CD 26 Schubert: Piano Sonata in D major / Gilels
CD 27 Beethoven: Serenade, Op. 8; Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello / Heifetz, Primrose, Piatigorsky
CD 28 The Golden Age of English Lute Music / Bream
CD 29 Beethoven/Schubert: Trios; Bach: Sinfonias / Heifetz, Primrose, Piatigorsky
CD 30 Grieg: Concerto for Piano, Favorite Encores / Rubinstein, Wallenstein
CD 31 My Favorite Chopin / Cliburn
CD 32 Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals; Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Fiedler, Boston Pops
CD 33 Chopin: Les Sylphides; Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges / Fiedler, Boston Pops
CD 34 Dvorak: Symphony No. 4 / Munch, Boston
CD 35 Mahler: Symphony No. 1 / Leinsdorf, Boston
CD 36 Debussy: Afternoon of a Faun, Nuages, Fêtes, Printemps / Munch, Boston
CD 37-39 Puccini: Tosca / Milanov, Björling, Warren, Leinsdorf, Rome Opera
CD 40-41 Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 / Price, Forrester, Poleri, Tozzi, Munch, Boston
CD 42-43 Berlioz: Romeo & Juliet / Elias, Valletti, Tozzi, Munch, Boston
CD 44-46 Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Peters, Peerce, Tozzi, Maero, Leinsdorf, Rome Opera
CD 47-50 Rossini: The Barber of Seville / Merrill, Peters, Tozzi, Corena, Leinsdorf, Met
CD 51-53 Verdi: Otello / Vickers, Rysanek, Gobbi, Serafin, Rome Opera
CD 54-56 Bach: Mass in B minor / Robert Shaw Chorale and Orch.
CD 57-58 Verdi: Requiem / Nilsson, Chookasian, Bergonzi, Flagello, Petterson
CD 59-60 Chopin: Nocturnes / Rubinstein