CD 1 AMADEUS QUARTET Schubert: String Quartet in G major D 887 /String Quartet in A minor D 804 "Rosamunde" • First recording on Deutsche Grammophon (D887) CD 2 KARL ANCERL Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, op.93 • “The superb performance of the Czech players is beyond criticism” Music on Record (1962) CD 3 STEFAN ASKENASE Chopin: Piano Sonata 2; Mazurka op. 50/3; Piano Sonata 3 • "Askenase is a magician among Chopin pianists. With his clarity and delicacy he provides a sunny, brilliant texture" Penguin Guide (1966) CD 4 KARL BÖHM Brahms: Symphony no. 2 / Reger: Mozart-Variationen • “Une gravure dynamique, enthousiaste, splendide de l’une des plus belles oeuvres de Reger” Répertoire CD 5 SHURA CHERKASSKY Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 + encores Mana-Zucca: The Zouaves' Drill, Morton Gould: Boogie-Woogie Etude • "Cherkassky gives an occasionally eccentric but stunningly brilliant and poetic reading of the first piano concerto" The Record Guide (1956) CD 6 HALINA CZERNY-STEFANSKA Chopin Recital • Joint winner of the international Chopin Competition, Warsaw, 1949 "This is a lovely record with a melting performance of the G minor Ballade preceded by a sensitively played and admirably contrasted selection of mazurkas." Penguin Guide (1966) CD 7 DON COSSACK CHOIR SERGE JAROFF Russian Folk Songs • First recordings on Deutsche Grammophon CD 8 DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU Brahms: 4 Serious Songs/ Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch (selection) / Schumann: Dichterliebe • Début recording on Deutsche Grammophon (Brahms) CD 9 ANDOR FOLDES Liszt: Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2 • First release on CD "Foldes is a highly intellectual, often analytical player [...] The piano timbre is finely reproduced with a wide dynamic range" (Liszt) Penguin Guide (1966) CD 10 FERENC FRICSAY Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Rossini-Respighi La boutique fantastique • “The very best DGG recordings of big orchestral scores still seem to me to be unrivalled – and this new disc is one of those very best recordings.” (Rimsky-Korsakov) Andrew Porter, Gramophone, March 1957 CD 11 FERENC FRICSAY Beethoven: Symphony no. 1 /Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream/ Prokofiev: Symphony no. 1 • One of the first 12 LP releases on Deutsche Grammophon (Mendelssohn) CD 12 WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER Schubert: Symphony no. 9/ Haydn: Symphony no. 88 • “This record should not on any account be missed; it is an outstanding example of the art of one of the greatest conductors of our generation." (Haydn) Penguin Guide (1966) CD 13 JOSEF GREINDL Schubert: Die Winterreise • First international release on CD CD 14 MONIQUE HAAS Ravel: Concerto in G /Stravinsky: Capriccio / Ravel : Le Tombeau de Couperin etc. • Début recording on Deutsche Grammophon (Ravel) CD 15 CONRAD HANSEN Mozart: Piano Sonatas KV 310, 331, 332, 545 • First release on CD. “Hansen surmounts the difficulties inherent in playing any old instrument wonderfully well” Roger Fiske, Gramophone, November 1959 CD 16 CLARA HASKIL Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 19, 27 • “One of the greatest performances of a Mozart concerto on record by the late Clara Haskil [...] the performance is sheer magic." Music on Record (1962) CD 17 PAUL HINDEMITH Mathis der Mather; Die vier Temperamente; Symphonische Metamorphosen • "Hindemith's own version of Mathis der Maler with the Berliners is still first choice" Music on Record (1962) CD 18 LUDWIG HOELSCHER Brahms: Cello Sonata no. 1 / Grieg: Cello Sonata op.36/Richard Strauss: Cello Sonata op.6 • First release on CD "Hoelscher is a cellist of the very front rank" Penguin Guide (1966) CD 19 JANÁCEK QUARTET Smetana: String Quartet No.1 “From my Life”/Janácek: String Quartet No.2 “Intimate Letters” • "The Smetana Quartet's performance of no.1 has been detached on a 10-in. LP, but in this case the purchaser would probably get more satisfaction from the slightly richer recording and dynamic reading of the Janacek Quartet" Music on Record (1963) CD 20 EUGEN JOCHUM Mozart: Symphonies nos. 33, 36, 39 • "Beautifully recorded [...] The E flat major Symphony is given a vital and sensitive reading by Jochum" Penguin Guide (1966) CD 21 EUGEN JOCHUM Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik /Beethoven: Symphony no. 4/ Bruckner: Te Deum • “La première version enregistrée en microsillon du Te Deum demeure aujourd’hui la meilleure” Diapason Dictionnaire des disques (1991); “As recorded sound this is the best version of the Beethoven Fourth available“ Malcolm Macdonald, Gramophone, April 1957 CD 22 – 23 ELINOR JUNKER-GIESEN Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann • DG’s first opera recording on LP; first international release on CD CD 24 ADRIAN AESCHBACHER / PAUL VAN KEMPEN Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Hungarian Dances 1, 3, 5, 6, 17-21 • First release on CD CD 25 PAUL VAN KEMPEN Reger: Hiller Variations; Brahms: Academic Festival Overture op.80; Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini Overture; Rossini: Overture William Tell • “Earlier alternatives worth hearing include an extraordinarily fine mono recording by the Berlin Philharmonic under Paul van Kempen” (Reger) Rob Cowan, Guinness Classical 1000 CD 26 WILHELM KEMPFF Schumann: Fantasy in C major op.17/Symphonic Studies op.13 "This is one of the finest Schumann records in the catalogue at any price and it is excellently recorded" (Symphonic Etudes) Penguin Guide (1966) CD 27 WILHELM KEMPFF Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1, Handel Variations • Kempff's only commercial recordings of both works CD 28 KOECKERT-QUARTETT Dvorák: String Quartet in F major op.96 "American"; Bruckner: String Quintet • “Le Quatuor Koeckert et Georg Schmid ont donné la toute première gravure du Quintette. Celle-ci demeure probablement inégalée à ce jour.” Diapason Dictionnaire des disques (1991) First releases on CD CD 29 FRITZ LEHMANN Brahms: A German Requiem „Die Aufnahme von Fritz Lehmann (eine sehr anrührende Einspielung) steht konzeptionell derjenigen von Furtwängler nahe: Schon in dem sehr langsamen Anfang spürt man die innere Ruhe im Angesicht von Tod und Trauer.“Fono Forum (1983) CD 30 FERDINAND LEITNER Haydn: Symphonies nos. 100 & 102; Brahms: Haydn Variations op.56a • First release on CD “These performances are splendidly alive and beautifully brought off […] the recording is absolutely top-line” Deryck Cooke, Gramophone, July 1962 CD 31 FERDINAND LEITNER Mendelssohn; Symphony no. 3 “Scottish”, Ruy Blas Overture; Schumann: Symphony no. 3 • First release on CD CD 32 TIANA LEMNITZ Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier highlights • First release on CD. “Lemnitz was a most moving Marschallin [...] Her voice, once rather light for the part, matured in her later years, and this singing combines dignity and purity and a wonderful feeling for words. Von Milinkovic's Octavian is impressive too” Penguin Guide (1966) CD 33 LOEWENGUTH QUARTETT Debussy/Ravel: String Quartets / Roussel: String Quartet op.45 • First release on CD CD 34 LORIN MAAZEL Berlioz/Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet (selections) • Maazel’s first recording for DG."Maazel's record with the Berlin Philharmonic is one of the most exciting pieces of conducting we have heard for a long time and obviously heralds the arrival of a potentially great conductor" (Berlioz) Music on Record (1962) CD 35 Haydn: Cello Concerto in D (orch. Gevaert)/Schumann: Cello Concerto • First international release on CD CD 36 IGOR MARKEVITCH Mozart / Symphonies nos. 34, 35, 38 • "A very successful coupling. The orchestral playing is good, and Markevitch's readings are straightforward and polished." (Nos. 34 & 38) Penguin Guide (1966) CD 37 – 38 IGOR MARKEVITCH Haydn Die Schöpfung • First international release on CD. "This performance, very well recorded, gives the impression, from start to finish, that everyone concerned in it was in love with Haydn's music and wished to give, as they have done, of their very best." Alec Robertson, The Great Records (1967) CD 39 JOHANNA MARTZY Beethoven: Violin Sonata op.30 no.3/ Mozart: Violin Sonata K.376/ Encores: Ravel: Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré/Pièce en forme de habanera; Milhaud: Ipanema; Falla: Danse espagnole de "La vida breve"; Szymanowski: Notturno e Tarantella op.28 Nos. 1 & 2 • Includes her earliest recordings for DG; first international release on CD CD 40 ELLY NEY Beethoven: Piano Sonatas nos. 8 “Pathetique”, 14 “Moonlight”, 23 “Apassiona