The 100 Greatest Recordings of All Time

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These are the first 50 Albums of a 100 Album set from the Franklin Mint Record Society.  These records are all in pristine condition with most having been played only 1 time.  The record boxes show some sign of wear but the contents (Albums and Enclosed Literature) all all quite nice.  Here are the contents of the first set of 50 Albums (The remaining 50 albums will be available in late August 2020, BUT ARE NOT PART OF THIS SALE):

Tracklist

Album 1 - Immortal Concert Favorites (Records 1 & 2) 1 A –Arthur Fiedler • The Boston Pops Orchestra The Nutcracker: Suite Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1 B –Charles Munch • New Philharmonia Orchestra Carmen: Suite Composed By – Georges Bizet 2 –Arturo Toscanini • NBC Symphony Orchestra Symphony No. 9 In E Minor, Op. 95 ("From The New World") Composed By – Antonín Dvo?ák Album 2 - Concertos: Serkin/Schnabel/Stern (Records 3 & 4) 3 AB –Rudolf Serkin • Eugene Ormandy • The Philadelphia Orchestra Piano Concerto No. 4 In G Major, Op. 58 Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven 3 B –Rudolf Serkin • Eugene Ormandy • The Philadelphia Orchestra Capriccio Brillant For Piano & Orchestra, Op. 22 Composed By – Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy 4 A –Isaac Stern • George Szell • Columbia Symphony Orchestra Violin Concerto No. 5 In A Major, K. 219 ("Turkish") Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 4 B –Artur Schnabel • Sir Malcolm Sargent • The London Symphony Orchestra Piano Concerto No. 21 In C Major, K. 467 Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Album 3 - 20th-Century Masterpiece (Records 5 & 6) 5 A –Eugene Ormandy • The Philadelphia Orchestra Symphony No. 1 In F Major, Op. 10 Composed By – Dmitri Shostakovich 5 B –Pierre Boulez • The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Ma Mere L'Oye ("Mother Goose") Composed By – Maurice Ravel 6 A –Leonard Bernstein • The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Fancy Free Composed By – Leonard Bernstein 6 B –Leonard Bernstein • The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Symphonic Dances From West Side Story / Overture To Candide Composed By – Leonard Bernstein Album 4 - Beethoven: Symphonies 2, 3, 8 (Records 7 & 8) 7 –Otto Klemperer • Philharmonia Orchestra Symphony No. 3 In E-flat Major, Op. 55 ("Erocia") Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven 8 A –Sir Thomas Beecham • The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 36 Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven 8 B –Pablo Casals • Marlboro Festival Orchestra Symphony No. 8 In F Major, Op. 93 Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven Album 5 - Orchestral Showpieces I (Records 9 & 10) 9 –Sir Thomas Beecham • The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Scheherazade: Symphonic Suite, Op. 35 Composed By – Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 10 A1 –Jean Martinon • Orchestre De Paris Boléro Composed By – Maurice Ravel 10 A2 –Sir Thomas Beecham • The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra España Composed By – Emmanuel Chabrier 10 B1 –Antal Dorati • Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra 1812 Ouverture Solennelle, Op. 49 Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 10 B2 –Sir John Barbirolli • Hallé Orchestra Finlandia, Op. 26 Composed By – Jean Sibelius Album 6 - Horowitz Plays Piano Milestones (Records 11 & 12) 11 A –Vladimir Horowitz Kinderszenen, Op. 15 ("Scenes From Childhood") Composed By – Robert Schumann 11 AB –Vladimir Horowitz Kreisleriana, Op. 16 Composed By – Robert Schumann 12 A –Vladimir Horowitz Piano Sonata No. 2 In B-flat Minor, Op. 35 Composed By – Frédéric Chopin 12 B1 –Vladimir Horowitz Hungarian Rhapsody No. 19 Composed By – Franz Liszt 12 B2 –Vladimir Horowitz Moment Musical In B Minor, Op. 16 Composed By – Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff 12 B3 –Vladimir Horowitz Prelude In G-sharp Minor, Op. 32 Composed By – Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff 12 B4 –Vladimir Horowitz Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5 Composed By – Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff Album 7 - Verdi: Requiem (Records 13 & 14) 13 - 14 –Leontyne Price • Rosalind Elias • Jussi Björling • Giorgio Tozzi • Fritz Reiner • Wiener Philharmoniker • Wiener Singverein Requiem Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi Album 8 - Richard Strauss: Tone Poems (Records 15 & 16) 15 A –Fritz Reiner • The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 Composed By – Richard Strauss 15 B –Fritz Reiner • The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Don Juan, Op. 20 Composed By – Richard Strauss 16 –Eugene Ormandy • The Philadelphia Orchestra Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 ("A Hero's Life") Composed By – Richard Strauss Album 9 - Masterpieces For Piano And Orchestra (Records 17 & 18) 17 A –André Watts • Erich Leinsdorf • The London Symphony Orchestra Totentanz For Piano & Orchestra ("Danse Macabre") Composed By – Franz Liszt 17 B –André Watts • Erich Leinsdorf • The London Symphony Orchestra Symphonic Variations For Piano & Orchestra Composed By – César Franck 18 A –Alicia De Larrocha • Lawrence Foster • The London Philharmonic Orchestra Piano Concerto In G Major Composed By – Maurice Ravel 18 B –Sir Adrian Boult • The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Variations On A Nursery Tune, Op. 25 Composed By – Ernst von Dohnányi Album 10 - American Orchestral Standards (Records 19 & 20) 19 AB –Leopold Stokowski • The American Symphony Orchestra Symphony No. 4 Composed By – Charles Ives 19 B –Leonard Bernstein • The New York Philharmonic Orchestra The Fourth Of July Composed By – Charles Ives 20 A –Leonard Bernstein • The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Rhapsody In Blue Composed By – George Gershwin 20 B –Leonard Bernstein • The New York Philharmonic Orchestra An American In Paris Composed By – George Gershwin Album 11 - Legendary Operatic Voices (Records 21 & 22) 21 A1 –Enrico Caruso "Celeste Aida" From Aida, Act I Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi 21 A2 –Enrico Caruso • Marcella Sembrich • Antonio Scotti • Gina Severina "Bella Figlia Dell'Amore" From Rigoletto, Act IV Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi 21 A3 –Enrico Caruso "Vesti la Giubba" From I Pagliacci, Act I Composed By – Ruggiero Leoncavallo 21 A4 –Rosa Ponselle • Metropolitan Opera Chorus "Sediziose Voci; Casta Diva" From Norma, Act I Composed By – Vincenzo Bellini 21 A5 –Rosa Ponselle • Giovanni Martinelli Tomb Scene: "La Fatal Pietra; O Terra, Addio" From Aida, Act IV Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi 21 B1 –Ezio Pinza "Finch' Han Dal Vino" From Don Giovanni, Act I · Serenata: "Deh, Vieni Alla Finestra" From Don Giovanni, Act II Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 21 B2 –Dorothy Maynor "Depuis Le Jour" From Louise, Act III Composed By – Gustave Charpentier 21 B3 –Feodor Chaliapin "I Have Attained The Highest Power" From Boris Godunov, Act II · "Ah, I Am Sitting" From Boris Godunov, Act II · Farewell, Prayer And Death Of Boris From Boris Godunov, Act IV Composed By – Modest Mussorgsky 22 A1 –Lauritz Melchior • Eugene Ormandy • The Philadelphia Orchestra Forging Song: "Nothung! Nothung!" From Siegfried, Act I Composed By – Richard Wagner 22 A2 –Lauritz Melchior • Helen Traubel • Arturo Toscanini • NBC Symphony Orchestra "Ein Schwert Verhiess Mir Der Vater" From Die Walküre, Act I, Scene 3 Composed By – Richard Wagner 22 B1 –Kirsten Flagstad • Wilhelm Furtwängler • Philharmonia Orchestra Immolation Scene From Götterdammerung, Act III Composed By – Richard Wagner 22 B2 –Eileen Farrell • Charles Munch • Boston Symphony Orchestra Liebestod From Tristan Und Isolde, Act III Composed By – Richard Wagner Album 12 - Orchestral Showpieces II (Records 23 & 24) 23 A1 –Sir Thomas Beecham • The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Hunt And Storm From Les Troyens Composed By – Hector Berlioz 23 A2 –Leopold Stokowski • The London Symphony Orchestra Night On Bald Mountain Composed By – Modest Mussorgsky 23 B –Georg Solti • The London Symphony Orchestra Overture And Polovtsian Dances From Prince Igor Composed By – Alexander Borodin 24 AB –Arthur Fiedler • The Boston Pops Orchestra Galte Parisienne Composed By – Jacques Offenbach 24 B2 –Pierre Boulez • The New York Philharmonic Orchestra La Valse Composed By – Maurice Ravel Album 13 - Great Romantic Concertos (Records 25 & 26) 25 A –Jascha Heifetz • Sir Thomas Beecham • The London Philharmonic Orchestra Violin Concerto In D Minor, Op. 47 Composed By – Jean Sibelius 25 B –Arthur Rubinstein • Fritz Reiner • The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini For Piano & Orchestra, Op. 43 Composed By – Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff 26 –Vladimir Ashkenazy • Eugene Ormandy • The Philadelphia Orchestra Piano Concerto No. 3 In D Minor, Op. 30 Composed By – Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff Album 14 - Virtuoso Spectacular (Records 27 & 28) 27 A –Sir Neville Marriner • The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Music For The Royal Fireworks Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel 27 B1 –E. Power Biggs • Sir Adrian Boult • The London Philharmonic Orchestra Organ Concerto No. 13 In F Major ("The Cuckoo And The Nightingale") Composed By – Georg Friedrich Händel 27 B2 –Maurice André • Theodor Guschlbauer • Bamberger Symphoniker Trumpet Concerto In E-flat Major Composed By – Joseph Haydn 28 –Sir Adrian Boult • New Philharmonia Orchestra The Planets, Op. 32 Composed By – Gustav Holst Album 15 - Classic Violin Concerto Performances (Records 29 & 30) 29 –Yehudi Menuhin • Sir Edward Elgar • The London Symphony Orchestra Violin Concerto In B Minor, Op. 61 Composed By – Sir Edward Elgar 30 –David Oistrach • Aram Khatchaturian • ??????? ????????????? ??????? ??????????? ????? Violin Concerto In D Minor Composed By – Aram Khatchaturian Album 16 - French Orchestral Masterpieces (Records 31 & 32) 31 A –Pierre Monteux • Boston Symphony Orchestra Sylvia (Excerpts) Composed By – Léo Delibes 31 B –Pierre Monteux • Boston Symphony Orchestra Nocturnes Composed By – Claude Debussy 32 –Pierre Monteux • The London Symphony Orchestra • Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Daphnis Et Chloe Composed By – Maurice Ravel Album 17 - The "Emperor" And The "Great" C Major (Record 33 & 34) 33 –Rudolf Serkin • Leonard Bernstein • The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Piano Concerto No. 5 In E-flat, Op. 73 ("Emperor-Concerto") Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven 34 –Josef Krips • The London Symphony Orchestra Symphony No. 9 In C Major ("The Great") Composed By – Franz Schubert Album 18 - Baroque Masterpieces (Record 35 & 36) 35 A1 –Benjamin Britten • English Chamber Orchestra Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 In F Major, BWV 1047 Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach 35 A2 –Benjamin Britten • English Chamber Orchestra Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major, BWV 1048 Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach 35 B –Benjamin Britten • English Chamber Orchestra Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 In D Major, BWV 1050 Composed By – Johann Sebastian Bach 36 –Pinchas Zukerman • English Chamber Orchestra The Four Seasons, Op. 8 Album 19 - Viennese Symphonic Tradition (Records 37 & 38) 37 –Herbert von Karajan • Wiener Philharmoniker Symphony No. 1 In C Minor, Op. 68 Composed By – Johannes Brahms 38 A –George Szell • The Cleveland Orchestra Symphony No. 95 In C Minor Composed By – Joseph Haydn 38 B –George Szell • The Cleveland Orchestra Symphony No. 96 In D Major ("Miracle") Composed By – Joseph Haydn Album 20 - Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 4 & 5 (Records 39 & 40) 39 –George Szell • The London Symphony Orchestra Symphony No. 4 In F Minor, Op. 36 Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 40 –Leopold Stokowski • New Philharmonia Orchestra Symphony No. 5 In E Minor, Op. 64 Composed By – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Album 21 - Historic Concerto Performances (Records 41 & 42) 41 AB –Pablo Casals • George Szell • The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Cello Concerto In B Minor, Op. 104 Composed By – Antonín Dvo?ák 41 B2 –Dennis Brain • Herbert von Karajan • Philharmonia Orchestra Horn Concerto No. 3 In E-flat, K. 447 Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 42 –Clifford Curzon • George Szell • The London Symphony Orchestra Piano Concerto No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 15 Composed By – Johannes Brahms Album 22 - Cornerstones of Symphonic Music (Records 43 & 44) 43 A –George Szell • The Cleveland Orchestra Symphony No. 40 In G Minor, K. 550 Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 43 B –Sir Thomas Beecham • The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Symphony No. 5 In B-flat Major Composed By – Franz Schubert 44 A –Artur Rodzinski • The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Symphony In C Major Composed By – Georges Bizet 44 B –Pablo Casals • Marlboro Festival Orchestra Symphony No. 4 In A Major, Op. 90 ("Italian") Composed By – Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Album 23 - Legendary Virtuoso Performances (Records 45 & 46) 45 A –Arturo Toscanini • NBC Symphony Orchestra Symphony No. 41 In C Major, K. 551 Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 45 B –Arturo Toscanini • NBC Symphony Orchestra La Mer Composed By – Claude Debussy 46 A –Vladimir Horowitz Pictures At An Exhibition Composed By – Modest MussorgskyEdited By – Vladimir Horowitz 46 B –Arturo Toscanini • NBC Symphony Orchestra Pictures At An Exhibition Composed By – Modest MussorgskyOrchestrated By – Maurice Ravel Album 24 - Orchestral Showpieces III (Records 47 & 48) 47 –George Szell • Cleveland Symphony Orchestra* Great Orchestral Highlights From The Ring Of The Nibelungs Composed By – Richard Wagner 48 –Igor Stravinsky • Columbia Symphony Orchestra The Firebird Composed By – Igor Stravinsky Album 25 - Favorite Waltzes & Overtures (Records 49 & 50) 49 A1 –Willi Boskovsky • Wiener Philharmoniker An Der Schönen Blauen Donau, Op. 314 ("The Blue Danube") Composed By – Johann Strauss Jr. 49 A2 –Willi Boskovsky • Wiener Philharmoniker Kaiserwalzer, Op. 437 ("Emperor Waltz") Composed By – Johann Strauss Jr. 49 A3 –Willi Boskovsky • Wiener Philharmoniker Tritsch-Tratsch, Op. 214 (Polka) Composed By – Johann Strauss Jr. 49 B1 –Arthur Fiedler • The Boston Pops Orchestra Overture To Die Fledermaus ("The Bat") Composed By – Johann Strauss Jr. 49 B 2 –Arthur Fiedler • The Boston Pops Orchestra G'schichten aus dem Wiener Wald, Op. 325 ("Tales From The Vienna Woods") Composed By – Johann Strauss Jr. 49 B3 –Arthur Fiedler • The Boston Pops Orchestra Overture to Der Zigeunerbaron ("The Gypsy Baron") Composed By – Johann Strauss Jr. 50 A –George Szell • The Cleveland Orchestra A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 21 (Overture) Composed By – Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy 50 B1 –Arturo Toscanini • NBC Symphony Orchestra Overture To Der Freischütz ("The Freeshooter") Composed By – Carl Maria von Weber 50 B2 –Georg Solti • The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Overture To Oberon Composed By – Carl Maria von Weber 50 B3 –Sir Thomas Beecham • The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 Composed By – Johannes Brahms