The Mercury Living Presence Recordings

Media Condition:  Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Country:    Europe  
Released:  2014
Genre:       Classical
Style:         Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionist, Modern

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This set brings together all of Janos Starker's celebrated solo Mercury recordings in their original LP sequence in an original jackets to mark the 90th anniversary of his birth.

All recordings made on 1/2" 3-track tape using three Schoeps M201 microphones.
Produced and 3-to-2 mixed for Compact Disc by Wilma Cozart Fine.
Sequencing for this compilation by Ben Wiseman (The Audio Archiving Company).

Decca Classics is very grateful to Thomas Fine for his invaluable assistance in clarifying many details and for the provision of illustrative material.

Original LP Sleeve Notes

CD 1 and 2:
℗ 1966 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Studio A of Fine Recording Studios, New York, 15 April 1963 (BWV 1008 & 1011), 7 & 8 September, 1965 (BWV 1007 & 1012) and 21 & 22 December, 1965 (BWV 1009 & 1010).
First released as SR90445 (BWV 1007), SR90370 (BWV 1008 & 1011); SR90446 (BWV 1009 & 1010), SR90447 (BWV 1012)
Total Timing: 113:07

CD 3:
℗ 1968 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Studio A of Fine Recording Studios, New York, 16 & 17 April 1963.
First Released as SR90480
Total Timing: 40:04

CD 4:
℗ 1967 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Studio A of Fine Recording Studios, New York, 6 & 7 June 1966.
First Released as SR90460
Total Timing: 51:22

CD 5:
℗ 1965 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Studio A of Fine Recording Studios, New York, 17 October 1963.
Only original masters used for transfer to Compact Disc.
First Released as SR90405
Total Timing: 48:50

CD 6:
℗ 1965 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, Watford, near London, 25 & 26 June 1964.
First Released as SR90392
Total Timing: 51:30

CD 7:
℗ 1963 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, Watford, near London, 8-10 July 1962.
First Released as SR90320
Total Timing: 47:54

CD 8:
℗ 1962 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, Watford, near London, 6-10 July 1962.
First Released as SR90303
Total Timing: 48:02

CD 9:
℗ 1963 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, Watford, near London, 9 & 10 July 1962.
First Released as SR90347
Total Timing: 46:29

CD 10:
℗ 1965 Universal International Music BV
Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, Watford, near London, 26 & 27 June 1964.
First Released as SR90409
Total Timing: 34:24

 

. Complete Suites For Unaccompanied Cello, BWV 1007-1012
. Suite No. 1 In G Major, BWV1007
. Suite No. 2 In D Minor, BWV1008
. Suite No. 3 In C Major, BWV1009
. Suite No. 4 In E Flat Major, BWV1010
. Suite No. 5 In C Minor, BWV1011
. Suite No. 6 In D Major, BWV1011
. 3 Sonatas For Viola Da Gamba And Harpsichord, BWV 1027-1029
. Sonata No. 1 In G Major, BWV 1027
. Sonata No. 2 In D Major, BWV 1028
. Sonata No. 3 In G Minor, BWV 1029
. Italian Cello Sonatas
. Sonata No. 4 In A Major, G4
. Sonata For Cello And Continuo In E Minor, RV 40
. Sonata In D Minor, Op. 5, No. 7
. Sonata In D Magor
. Sonata In E Major
. Mendelssohn / Martinů / Chopin / Debussy / Bartók / Weiner
5-1. Variations Concertantes, Op. 17 7:49
5-2. Variations On A Theme Of Rossini 7:32
5-3. Polonaise Brillante, Op. 3 8:41
. Sonata No. 1 In D Minor
5-7. Rhapsody No. 1, BB 94 10:17
5-8. Hungarian Wedding Dance 3:43
. Brahms: Cello Sonatas 1 And 2
. Cello Sonata No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 38
. Cello Sonata No. 2 In F Major, Op. 99
. Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No. 2 / Chopin: Cello Sonata
. Cello Sonata No. 2 In D Major, Op. 58
. Cello Sonata In G Minor, Op. 65
. Dvořák: Cello Concerto / Bruch: Kol Nidrei
. Cello Concerto In B Minor, Op. 104
8-4. Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 9:56
. Schumann: Cello Concerto / Lalo: Cello Concerto
. Cello Concerto In A Minor, Op. 129
. Cello Concerto In D Minor
. Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations / Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1
. Variations On A Rococo Theme, Op. 23 15:46
. Cello Concerto No. 1 In A Minor, Op. 33

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 028947867548
SPARS Code ADD
Label Code LC 00305

 

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