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Martinon  Mengelberg  Menuhin

Mewton-Wood  Mitropoulos  Monteux

Munch

de Machula, Residency-Orchestra, van Otterloo (rec. 1951) - Bloch - Schelomo

Mainardi (1951) - Bach - Suite No 4 for Solo Cello

Mainardi, Fischer, Schneiderhan (rec. 1953, 1951) - Brahms - Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2

Maison, René - Toscanini, Buenos Aires(1941) - Beethoven - Symphony No 9 in D minor, Op. 126 - "Choral"

Mangeot, NGS Chamber Orchestra (rec. 1927) - Mozart - Symphony No 28 in C, K200

Mann, Michael and Newlin, Dika (rec. 1957) - Milhaud - Quatre Visages

Marie Wilson String Quartet (rec. April 15-16 1930) - Bax - String Quartet No. 1 in G

Marshall, Lois - NBC SO, soloists, Robert Shaw Chorale, Toscanini (1953 Live) - Beethoven Missa Solemnis

Marshall, Lois - NBC SO, soloists, Robert Shaw Chorale, Toscanini (1953 LP) - Beethoven Missa Solemnis

Martinon

Jean Martinon (1910-1976, France) - conductor

Martinon - Katin, Peter, LPO, Martinon (1954) - Liszt/Mendelssohn - Concert Recital No 1

Martinon - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Martinon (1951) - Offenbach - Five Overtures

Martinon, London Philharmonic (1955) - Rossini - William Tell - Ballet Music

Martinon, London Philharmonic (1955) - Rossini - Le Beau Danube (complete ballet, arr. Désormière)

Masters (Robert) Pianoforte Quartet (1955) - Fauré - Piano Quartet No 2 in G minor, Op 45

Mayr, Lehmann, Olszewska, Schumann, VPO, Heger (rec. 1933) - Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier (abridged)

McArthur (cond.), Flagstad, Symphony of the Air (1955) - Kirsten Flagstad sings Wagner - New York Farewell Concert

McTell, Blind Willie - Searching The Desert For The Blues (1927-35)

Melchior, Furtwängler, LPO Wagner - Die Walküre, Act 3, Götterdämmerung excerpts, Covent Garden performance (1937)

Melchior, Lauritz - Lehmann, List, VPO, Walter (rec. 20-22 June 1935) - Wagner - Die Walküre, Act 1

Melis, other soloists, La Scala Chorus & Orchestra, Sabajno (rec. 1929-30) - Puccini - Tosca

Melton, James - Reiner, RCA Victor Orch., solists & chorus (1950) - Strauss - Die Fledermaus (highlights, in English)

Mengelberg

Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951, Holland) - conductor

Mengelberg, BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 18th Jan 1938) - Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique

Mengelberg, Concertgebouw Orchestra (rec. 1940) - Beethoven - Fidelio Overture, Op. 72c

Mengelberg, Concertgebouw Orchestra (rec. 1940) - Beethoven - Symphony No 1 in C, Op. 21

Mengelberg, Concertgebouw Orchestra (rec. 1940) - Beethoven - Symphony No 2 in D, Op. 36

Mengelberg, Concertgebouw Orchestra (rec. 1940) - Beethoven - Symphony No 4 in B flat, Op. 60

Mengelberg, Concertgebouw Orchestra (rec. 1940) - Beethoven - Symphony No 5 in C, Op. 67

Mengelberg, Concertgebouw Orchestra (rec. 1940) - Beethoven - Symphony No 8 in F, Op. 93

Mengelberg - Concertgebouw, Mengelberg (1940) - Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem

Mengelberg, Concertgebouw Orchestra (rec. 27th Oct. 1940) - Brahms - Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op. 68

Mengelberg, Concertgebouw Orchestra (rec. 3rd Oct. 1940) - Franck - Symphony in D minor

Mengelberg - Jo Vincent, Concertgebouw Orch., Mengelberg (1939) - Mahler - Symphony No 4

Mengelberg, BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 18th Jan 1938) - Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Mengelberg, New York Philharmonic, Gardner (violin) (rec. 2nd April 1924) - Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto

Mengelberg, New York Philharmonic (rec. 2nd April 1924) - Strauss, R. - Death and Transfiguration

Mengelberg, Concertgebouw Orchestra (rec. 1941) - Strauss, R. - Ein Heldenleben

Mengelberg, Philharmonic-Symphony Orch. of New York (rec. 1928) - Strauss, R. - Ein Heldenleben

Mengelberg, New York Philharmonic (rec. 2nd April 1924) - Wagner - Flying Dutchman Overture

Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999, USA) - violinist

Menuhin Trio (rec. 1936) - Beethoven - Piano Trio No 5 in D ("Ghost") Op 70. No 1

Menuhin, Moore (1953) - Mendelssohn - Violin Sonata in D minor (1838)

Menuhin, Paris SO, Enesco (1932) - Mozart - Violin Concerto "No 7" in D, K271a

Menuhin, Philharmonia, Boult (1953) - Mendelssohn - Concerto for Violin and Strings

Merriman, Nan - NBC SO, soloists, Robert Shaw Chorale, Toscanini (1953 Live) - Beethoven Missa Solemnis

Merriman, Nan - NBC SO, soloists, Robert Shaw Chorale, Toscanini (1953 LP) - Beethoven Missa Solemnis

Merriman, New York Philharmonic SO, Stokowski (rec. 1948) - Falla, de - El Amor Brujo

Merriman, Nan - Toscanini, NBC SO and Choruses, Soloists (rec. 6th & 13th December, 1947) - Verdi - Otello

Merrill, Robert - Reiner, RCA Victor Orch., solists & chorus (1950) - Strauss - Die Fledermaus (highlights, in English)

Merrill, Robert - Toscanini, NBC SO, Robert Shaw Chorale and Soloists (rec. January 1954) - Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera

Mewton-Wood

Noel Mewton-Wood (1922-1953, Australia) - pianist

Mewton-Wood, Utrecht Philharmonic, Goehr (rec. 1952) - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 4

Mewton-Wood, Utrecht Symphony Orch., Goehr (rec. 1952) - Bliss - Piano Concerto

Mewton-Wood, Netherlands Phil, Goehr (rec. 1948) - Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor

Mewton-Wood, Netherlands PO, Goehr (c.1952) - Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

Mewton-Wood, Winterthur SO, Goehr (rec. 1952) - Tchaikovsky - Concert Fantasia in G, Op. 56

Mewton-Wood, Netherlands Phil, Goehr (rec. 1952) - Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor

Mewton-Wood, Winterthur SO, Goehr (rec. 1952) - Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 2 in G, Op. 44

Mewton-Wood, Winterthur SO, Goehr (rec. 1952) - Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat, Op. 75

Meyrowitz - Grand Orchestre Symphonique de Paris, Meyrowitz (1934) - Schubert - Symphony No 8 "Unfinished"

Meyrowitz - Paris Philharmonic, Meyrowitz (1935) - Liszt - A Faust Symphony

Michael, Ton-Studio Orchestra, Stuttgart (rec c.1951) - Mozart - Symphony No 19 in E flat, K132

Milanov, Zinka - Toscanini, NBC SO, Westminster Choir, Soloists (rec. 1940) - Verdi - Requiem

Milhaud, Orchestre du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (rec. March 1958) - Milhaud - Le Boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58

Milhaud, Orchestre du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (rec. March 1958) - Milhaud - La Création du monde, Op. 81a

Miller, Mitch (Oboe), Columbia Broadcasting Symphony, Herrmann (rec. 1945) - Vaughan Williams - Oboe Concerto

Mississippi John Hurt (rec. 1928) - The Man From Avalon

Mitropoulos

Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896-1960, Greece) - conductor, pianist

Mitropoulos, New York Philharmonic (1950) - Gould, Morton - Philharmonic Waltzes

Mitropoulos, Gaudan (piano), Minneapolis SO (1940) - Mendelssohn - Capriccio Brilliant

Mitropoulos, New York Philharmonic (1953) - Mendelssohn - Symphony No 3 'Scottish' in A minor, Op. 56

Mitropoulos, New York Philharmonic (1953) - Mendelssohn - Symphony No 5 'Reformation' in D, Op. 107

Mitropoulos, NBC Symphony Orchestra (1945) - Vaughan Williams - A London Symphony

Mittman, Soyer (1951) - Fauré - Cello Sonata No 2 in G minor, Op 117

Moiseiwitsch, Benno (1939) - Mendelssohn - Scherzo (Midsummer Night's Dream, arr. piano)

Monteux

Pierre Monteux (1875-1964, France) - conductor

Monteux, Orchestre Symphonique de Paris (1930) - Chabrier - Fête Polonaise (Le Roi malgré lui)

Monteux, Orchestre Symphonique de Paris (1930) - Coppola - Interlude dramatique

Monteux - San Francisco SO, Monteux (1942) - Debussy - Images I and III

Monteux, Orchestre Symphonique de Paris (1930) - Ravel - Le petit poucet (Ma mère l'oye)

Monteux, Orchestre Symphonique de Paris (1930) - Ravel - La valse

Monteux, Boston Symphony Orchestra (1956) - Schubert - Symphony No. 9 "Great" in C minor, D.944

Monteux, Orchestre Symphonique de Paris (1929) - Stravinsky - Le sacre de printemps

Moscona, Nicola - Toscanini, NBC SO, Robert Shaw Chorale and Soloists (rec. January 1954) - Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera

Moscona, Nicola - Toscanini, NBC SO and Choruses, Soloists (rec. 6th & 13th December, 1947) - Verdi - Otello

Moscona, Nicoal - Toscanini, NBC SO, Westminster Choir, Soloists (rec. 1940) - Verdi - Requiem

Munch

Charles Munch (1891-1968, Alsace, now France) - conductor

Munch, Boston SO, Margaret Harshaw (19th Feb 1955) - Margaret Harshaw sings Wagner

Munch - OSCC Paris, Munch (1948) - Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 6 in B minor (Pathetique)

Munch - Renardy, Concertgebouw, Munch (1948) - Brahms - Violin Concerto

Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra (rec. 1951) - Haydn - Symphony No. 45 in F sharp minor "Farewell"

Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Munchinger (1951) - Vivaldi - The Four Seasons

Munsell, Patrice - Reiner, RCA Victor Orch., solists & chorus (1950) - Strauss - Die Fledermaus (highlights, in English)


 

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