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Franklin Mint Record Society 100 Greatest (Classical) Recordings of All Time WOW

The Franklin Mint Record Society- The 100 Greatest (Classical) Recordings of All Time

‘The 100 Greatest Recordings of All Time’ from the Franklin Mint has been called the ultimate private library of fine recorded music. Every recording was selected by a distinguished panel of music authorities (Martin Bookspan, Schuyler G. Chapin, Franco Ferrara, Irving Kolodin, William Mann, R. Gallois Montbrun, Marcel Prawy, Andre Previn, William Schuman and H. H. Stuckenschmidt).*

The library was first announced on the 100th anniversary of Thomas Edison’s invention of the phonograph. Each recorded treasure was pressed with a special vinyl formulation that enabled a clear, quiet playing surface on a more rigid LP disk. Every record was pressed in an atmosphere controlled “clean room.”

I have 25 library cases from my Uncles Estate. They include Record 1 thru 20, Record 23 thru 30, Record 33 thru 48, and Record 51 thru 56. They were purchased starting in 1978 at 1 library case a month for $15-20. Each library case houses two proof-quality long playing records, with each record resting, fully protected, within its own dust free compartment. The record is firmly supported within the closed compartment in such a way that the grooved playing surface never touches any part of the case. Each library case includes a specially written and illustrated commentary, by a respected music expert. The composers and their works are discussed in detail, and background information is provided on the orchestras, conductors, ensembles, and featured soloists.

Record 1:
Side A: Tchaikovsky / Fiedler / Boston Pops
The Nutcracker: Suite

Side B: Bizet / Munch / New Philharmonic Orchestra
Carmen: Suite

Record 2:
Side AB: Dvorak / Toscanini / NBC Symphony
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 ("From the New World")


Record 3:
Side AB: Beethoven / Serkin / Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58

Side B: Mendelssohn / Serkin / Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra
Capriccio Brillant for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 22

Record 4:
Side A: Mozart / Stern / Szell / Columbia Symphony
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 (Turkish")

Side B: Mozart / Schnabel / Sargent / London Symphony
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467

Record 5:
Side A: Shostakovich / Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra
Symphony No. 1 in F Major, Op. 10

Side B: Ravel / Boulez / New York Philharmonic
Ma Mere L'Oye ("Mother Goose")

Record 6:
Side A: Bernstein / New York Philharmonic
Fancy Free

Side B: Bernstein / New York Philharmonic
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story / Overture to Candide

Record 7:
Side AB: Beethoven / Klemperer / Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 ("Erocia")

Record 8:
Side A: Beethoven / Beecham / Royal Philharmonic
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36

Side B: Beethoven / Casals / Marlboro Festival Orchestra
Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93

Record 9:
Side AB: Rimsky-Korsakov / Beecham / Royal Philharmonic
Scheherazade: Symphonic Suite, Op. 35

Record 10:
Side A: Ravel / Martinon / Orchestre de Paris
Bolero

Side A: Chabrier / Beecham / Royal Philharmonic
Espana

Side B: Tchaikovsky / Dorati / Minneapolis Symphony
1812 Ouverture Solennelle, Op. 49

Side B: Sibelius / Barbirolli / Halle Orchestra
Finlandia, Op. 26

Record 11:
Side A: Schumann / Horowitz
Kinderscenen, Op. 15 ("Scenes from Childhood")

Side AB: Schumann / Horowitz
Kinderscenen, Op. 16

Record 12:
Side A: Chopin / Horowitz
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35

Side B: Liszt / Horowitz
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 19

Side B: Rachmaninoff / Horowitz
Moment Musical in B Minor, Op. 16
Prelude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 32
Etude-Tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5

Records 13 & 14:
Sides AB: Verdi / Price / Elias / Bjoerling / Tozzi / Reiner / Vienna Philharmonic
Requiem

Record 15:
Side A: R. Strauss / Reiner / Chicago Symphony
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

Side B: R. Strauss / Reiner / Chicago Symphony
Don Juan, Op. 20

Record 16:
Side AB: R. Strauss / Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 ("A Hero's Life")

Record 17:
Side A: Liszt / Watts / Leinsdorf / London Symphony
Todtentanz for Piano & Orchestra

Side B: Franck / Watts / Leinsdorf / London Symphony
Symphonic Variations for Piano & Orchestra

Record 18:
Side A: Ravel / de Larrocha / Foster / London Philharmonic
Piano Concerto in G Major

Side B: Dohnanyi / Boult / Royal Philharmonic
Variations on a Nursery Tune, Op. 25

Record 19:
Side AB: Ives / Stokowski / American Symphony Orchestra
Symphony No. 4

Side B: Ives / Bernstein / New York Philharmonic
The Fourth of July

Record 20:
Side A: Gershwin / Bernstein / New York Philharmonic
Rhapsody in Blue

Side B: Gershwin / Bernstein / New York Philharmonic
An American in Paris

Record 21 & 22 Missing

Record 23:
Side A: Berlioz / Beecham / Royal Philharmonic
Royal Hunt and Storm from Les Troyens

Side A: Mussorgsky / Stokowski / London Symphony
Night on Bald Mountain

Side B: Borodin / Solti / London Symphony
Overture and Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

Record 24:
Side AB: Offenbach / Fiedler / Boston Pops
Galte Parisienne

Side B: Ravel / Boulez / New York Philharmonic
La Valse

Record 25:
Side A: Sibelius / Heifetz / Beecham / London Philharmonic
Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47

Side B: Rachmaninoff / Rubinstein / Reiner / Chicago Symphony
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 43

Record 26:
Side AB: Rachmaninoff / Ashkenazy / Ormandy / Philadelphia Orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30

Record 27:
Side A: Handel / Marriner / Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Music for the Royal Fireworks

Side B: Handel / Briggs / Boult / London Philharmonic
Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major ("The Cuckoo and the Nightingale")

Side B: Haydn / Andre / Guschlbauer / Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Trumpet Concerto in E-flatRecord 28:

Side AB: Holst / Boult / New Philharmonic Orchestra
The Planets, Op. 32

Record 28:

Side AB: Holst / Boult / New Philharmonic Orchestra
The Planets, Op. 32

Record 29:
Side AB: Elgar / Menuhin / London Symphony
Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61

Record 30:
Side AB: Khacharurian / Oistrakh / Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
Violin Concerto in D Minor

Record 31 and 32 Missing:

Record 33:
Side AB: Beethoven / Serkin / Bernstein / New York Philharmonic
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 73

Record 34:
Side AB: Schubert / Krips / London Symphony
Symphony No. 9 in C Major ("The Great")

Record 35:
Side A: Bach / Britten / English Chamber Orchestra
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in g Major, BWV 1048

Side B: Bach / Britten / English Chamber Orchestra
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050

Record 36:
Side AB: Vivaldi / Zukerman / English Chamber Orchestra
The Four Seasons, Op. 8

Record 37:
Side AB: Brahms / Karajan / Vienna Philharmonic
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68

Record 38:
Side A: Haydn / Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Symphony No. 95 in C Minor

Side B: Haydn / Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Symphony No. 96 in D Major ("Miracle")

Record 39:
Side AB: Tchaikovsky / Szell / London Symphony
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

Record 40:

Side AB: Tchaikovsky / Stokowski / New Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64

Record 41:
Side AB: Dvorak / Casals / Szell / Czech Philharmonic
Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104

Side B: Mozart / Brian / Karajan / Philharmonic Orchestra
Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat, K. 447

Record 42:
Side AB: Brahms / Curzon / Szell / London Symphony
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15

Record 43:
Side A: Mozart / Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550

Side B: Schubert / Beecham / Royal Philharmonic
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major

Record 44:
Side A: Bizet / Rodzinski / New York Philharmonic
Symphony in C Major

Side B: Mendelssohn / Casals / Marlboro Festival Orchestra
Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 ("Italian")

Record 45:
Side A: Mozart / Toscanini / NBC Symphony
Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551

Side B: Debussy / Toscanini / NBC Symphony
La Mer

Record 46:
Side A: Mussorgsky / Horowitz
Pictures at an Exhibition (Edited by Vladimir Horowitz)

Side B: Mussorgsky / Toscanini / NBC Symphony
Pictures at an Exhibition (Orchestrated by Maurice Ravel)

Record 47:
Side AB: Wagner / Szell / Cleveland Orchestra
Great Orchestral Highlights from The Ring of the Nibelungs

Record 48:
Side AB: Stravinsky / Columbia Symphony
The Firebird



Record 49 and 50 Missing

Records 51 & 52:
Side AB: Britten / Vishnevskaya / Pears / Fischer-Dieskau / London Symphony
War Requiem, Op. 66

Record 53:
Side AB: Schubert / Schnabel / Pro Arte Quartet
Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114 ("Trout")

Record 54:
Side AB: Schubert / Stern / Rose / Istomin
Trio No. 1 in B-flat Major for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 99

Record 55:
Side A: Vaughan Williams / Boult / London Philharmonic
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Side A: Delius / Beecham / Royal Philharmonic
Brigg Fair

Side B: Elgar / Barenboim / London Philharmonic
Enigma Variations, Op. 36

Record 56:
Side AB: Sibelius / Barbirolli / Halle Orchestra
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43

Side B: Sibelius / Barbirolli / Halle Orchestra
The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen Legend, Op. 22 No. 3)


Some of the Library Cases have slight indentations from being stored all these years. The Albums are in excellent condition and well protected. It appears that most of the albums have never been played. This is truly a wonderful Collection for the Classics Lover. I will try to answer questions to the best of my ability.

The weight is 60 lbs. and it will be shipped the most inexpensive way possible, carefully wrapped and insured.

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