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Sabajno, Melis, Pauli, Granforte et al, La Scala Chorus & Orchestra (rec. 1929-30) - Puccini - Tosca
Sabata - Orch. Acc. de Ste. Cecilia, de Sabata (1947) - Debussy - Jeux, Poeme Danse
Sablon, Jean (rec. 1933-1952) - Songs of a Boulevardier
Salter, Malcolm, LBO, Haas (1954) - Bach, CPE - Concerto for Harpsichord, Fortepiano and Orch.
Salter, Spinks, LBO, Haas (1954) - Bach - Concerto for 2 Harpsichords and Strings
Sammons, Albert, with piano acc. (1916) - Brahms - Hungarian Dance No 8
Sammons, Tertis, London Philharmonic, Harty (1935) - Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante
See under T: Trio Santoliquido
Sir Malcolm Sargent (1895-1967, UK) - conductor
Sargent - Heifetz, LSO, Sargent (1947) - Vieuxtemps - Violin Concerto No 5 in A minor
Sargent - Schnabel, LSO (1932) - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 1 in C, Op. 15
Sargent - Schnabel, LPO (1935) - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat, Op. 19
Sargent - Hambourg, LSO (rec. 1929) - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Sargent - Schnabel, LSO, Sargent (1932) - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor)
Sargent - Nash, Ripley etc., LPO, HCS (1945) - Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius
Sargent - LSO, Sargent (1953) - Elgar - Enigma Variations
Sargent - LSO, Sargent (1954) - Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No 1
Sargent - LSO, Sargent (1954) - Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance March No 4
Sargent - London Symphony Orchestra, Sargent (1954) - Holst - The Planets Suite
Sargent, Schnabel, LSO (1937) - Mozart - Piano Concerto No 19 in F, K459
Sargent, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1958) - Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 9 in E minor (world première)
Sawallisch, Cologne Radio Symphony, Soloists & Chorus (1956) - Orff - Carmina Burana
Savoy Trio, The - Sullivan - A Phonograph Cylinder Collection, 1899-1916
Hermann Scherchen (1891-1966, Germany) - conductor, violist
Scherchen - Vienna SO, Choir etc, Scherchen (1950) (CD1) - Bach - Mass in B minor
Scherchen - Vienna SO, Choir etc, Scherchen (1950) (CD2) - Bach - Mass in B minor
Scherchen, Vienna State Opera Orchestra (1954) - Beethoven - Consecration of the Huse Overture, Op. 124
Scherchen, Vienna State Opera Orchestra (1954) - Beethoven - Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Scherchen, Vienna State Opera Orchestra (1954) - Beethoven - Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43
Scherchen, Vienna State Opera Orchestra (1954) - Beethoven - King Stephen Overture, Op. 117
Scherchen, Vienna State Opera Orchestra (1954) - Beethoven - Namensfeier Overture, Op. 115
Scherchen, Badura-Skoda, Vienna State Opera Orchestra (1951) - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 5 'Emperor' in E flat
Scherchen, Vienna State Opera Orchestra (1954) - Beethoven - Ruin of Athens Overture, Op. 113
Scherchen, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1954) - Beethoven - Symphony No 2 in D, Op. 36
Scherchen, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1954) - Beethoven - Symphony No 4 in B flat, Op. 60
Scherchen, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1954) - Beethoven - Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Scherchen, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1954) - Beethoven - Symphony No 8 in F, Op. 93
Scherchen, Fournier, Janigro, Vienna SOO (1952) - Brahms - Double Concerto (Violin, Cello)
Schillings, Berlin State Opera Orchestra (1928) - Beethoven - Egmont, Op. 84 - Overture
Schillings, Berlin State Opera Orchestra (1929) - Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral' in F, Op. 68
Schillings, Berlin State Opera Orchestra (1929) - Schumann - Manfred, Op. 115 - Overture and Excerpts
Schillings, Berlin State Opera Orchestra (1928) - Weber - Abu Hassan - Overture
Schillings, Berlin State Opera Orchestra (1928) - Weber - Euryanthe - Overture
Schilhawsky, Paul von (c.1953) - Chopin - Six Oeuvres Pour Piano
Schmidt-Isserstedt - Kulenkampff, Berlin Phil, Schmidt-Isserstedt (1937) - Schumann - Violin Concerto in D minor
Schmidt-Isserstedt, NWDR Symphony Orchestra (1956) - Sibelius - Symphony No 2 in D, Op. 43
Artur Schnabel (1882-1951, Poland/Austro-Hungary) - pianist
Schnabel, LSO, Sargent (1932) - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 1 in C, Op. 15
Schnabel, LPO, Sargent (1935) - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat, Op. 19
Schnabel, LSO, Sargent (1932) - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor)
Schnabel, LSO, Sargent (1937) - Mozart - Piano Concerto No 19 in F, K459
Schnabel, LSO, Barbirolli (1934) - Mozart - Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat, K595
Schnabel, Pro Arte Quartet - Schumann - Piano Quintet in E flat
Schnabel, Pro Arte Quartet, Hobday (1935) - Schubert - Quintet for Piano and Strings (Trout)
Schneiderhan, Fischer, Mainardi (rec. 1953, 1951) - Brahms - Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2
Schneiderhan - Czech Philharmonic, Talich (1941) - Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D
Schumann, Elizabeth - BBC Lecture Recitals, 1950 and 1951 (feat. Mozart, Schubert, Wolf, R. Strauss, Brahms)
Schumann, Lehmann, Olszewska, Mayr, VPO, Heger (rec. 1933) - Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier (abridged)
Schuricht - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Schuricht (1952) - Beethoven - Symphony No 2 in D
Schuricht - Backhaus, Vienna Philharmonic (rec. 1952) - Brahms - Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat, Op. 83
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth - Furtwangler, Lucerne (rec. 1947) - Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem
Scott, Norman - Toscanini, NBC SO, Robert Shaw Chorale and Soloists (rec. January 1954) - Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera
Seefried, Irmgard; Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Walter; NBC SO, Walter (Live, rec.
1953/1939) - Mahler - Symphony No 4 in G major plus R. Strauss - Death and Transfiguration
Rudolph Serkin (1903-1991, Czech Bohemia) - pianist
Serkin, Rudolf, with members of the Busch Quartet - Brahms - Piano Quartet No 2 in A major, Op. 26
Serkin, Philadelphia Orchestra, Ormandy (1951) - Mozart - Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466
Serkin, New York PSO, Toscanini (23rd February 1936) - Mozart - Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat, K595
Siepi, Cesare, Tebaldi, Barbieri, Prandelli, La Scala Orch & Chor cond. Cantelli(rec. 8th Sept 1950) - Mozart - Requiem
Siepi et al, NBC SO, Robert Shaw Chorale, Toscanini (rec. 1951) - Verdi - Requiem - new Stereo version
Singher, Martial (1945) - Various - French Operatic Arias
Sistine Chapel Choir etc. (1929-33) - Palestrina et al - Sacred Polyphonic Music
Felix Slatkin (1915-1963, USA) - conductor, violinist
Slatkin, Concert Arts Cello Ensemble (rec. 1959) - Bach - Prelude & Fugue in E flat minor (arr. Villa-Lobos)
Slatkin, Concert Arts Orchestra (rec. 1956) - Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
Slatkin, Concert Arts Percussionists (rec. 1954) - Chavez - Toccata for Percussion
Slatkin, Concert Arts Orchestra (rec. 1952) - Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Slatkin, Concert Arts Orchestra (rec. 1952) - Delius - Summer Night on the River
Slatkin, Paul Shure (violin), Concert Arts Orchestra (rec. 1952) - Delius - Intermezzo & Serenade from 'Hassan'
Slatkin, Eleanor Aller (cello), Concert Arts Orchestra (rec. 1952) - Delius - Caprice & Elegy for Cello & Orchestra
Slatkin, Concert Arts Orchestra (rec. 1952) - Delius - Prelude to 'Irmelin'
Slatkin, Victor Aller (piano), Concert Arts Orchestra (rec. 1956) - Dohnányi - Variations on a Nursery Theme, Op. 25
Slatkin, Concert Arts Orchestra (rec. 1953) - Ibert - Divertissement
Slatkin, Leonard Pennario (piano), Concert Arts Orchestra (rec. 1956) - Khachaturian - Piano Concerto in D flat
Slatkin, Reese (perc.) Concert Arts Orch. & Percussionists (rec. 1954) - Milhaud - Concerto for Percussion & Small Orch.
Slatkin, Aller & Sukman (pianos), Concert Arts Orchestra (rec. 1954) - Saint-Saëns - Carnival of the Animals
Slatkin, Nixon (sop.) Concert Arts Cello Ensemble (rec. 1959) - Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras 1 & 5
Smetana Quartet (1955) - Janacek - String Quartets
Solomon, Holst, Pini (1943) - Beethoven - Piano Trio No 7 (Archduke)
Sir Georg Solti (1912-1997, Hungary) - conductor
Solti, London Philharmonic (rec. 1950) - Beethoven - Symphony No 4 in B flat
Solti - London Philharmonic, Solti (1954) - Haydn - Symphony No 100 in B flat (Military)
Solti - London Philharmonic, Solti (1954) - Haydn - Symphony No 102 in B flat
Somigli, Franca - Toscanini, Vienna Phil, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Soloists (rec. 1937) - Verdi - Falstaff
Sonnerstedt, Bernhard - Furtwangler, Stockholm (rec. 1948) - Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem
Soriano, Gonzalo (rec. 1956) - Granados - Danzas Espanolas
Soyer, Mittman (1951) - Fauré - Cello Sonata No 2 in G minor, Op 117
Spencer Dyke Quartet: String Quartet (British, 1920s)
Spencer Dyke Quartet, Thurston (1926) - Brahms - Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115
Spencer Dyke Quartet (rec. 1924) - Beethoven - String Quartet No. 10 in E flat, 'Harp', Op. 74
Spencer Dyke Quartet (rec. 1924) - Debussy - String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Spencer Dyke Quartet, Draper (1926) - Mozart - Clarinet Quintet in A, K581
Spencer Dyke Qt., Lockyer, Robinson (rec. Oct. & Dec. 1924) - Schoenberg - Verklate Nacht, Op. 4
Spencer Dyke Quartet (rec. 1925) - Tomlinson - A Lament
Stabile, Mariano - Toscanini, Vienna Phil, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Soloists (rec. 1937) - Verdi - Falstaff
Starker, Bogin (1952) - Beethoven Cello Sonatas Vol 1
Starker, Bogin (1952) - Beethoven Cello Sonatas Vol 2
Starker, Janos; Bogin, Abba - Brahms - Cello Sonata No 1
Starker, Janos; Bogin, Abba - Brahms - Cello Sonata No 2
Starker, Janos; Bogin, Abba (rec. 1954) - Brahms - Cello Sonatas - new XR remastering
di Stefano et al, NBC SO, Robert Shaw Chorale, Toscanini (rec. 1951) - Verdi - Requiem - new Stereo version
Stevens, Risë - Reiner, RCA Victor Orch., solists & chorus (1950) - Strauss - Die Fledermaus (highlights, in English)
Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977, UK) - conductor
Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra (rec. 1937) - Bach - My Jesus in Gethsemane (arr. Stokowski)
Stokowski - All American Orchestra, Stokowski (1940) - Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor
Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra (1920) - Beethoven - Symphony No 8 in F, Op. 93, 2nd mvt only
Stokowski, Feuermann (cello), Philadelphia Orchestra, (rec. 1940) - Bloch - Schelomo
Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra (1917) - Brahms - Hungarian Dance No 5
Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra (1917) - Brahms - Hungarian Dance No 6
Stokowski, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (1950) - Brahms - Symphony No 2 in D, Op. 73
Stokowski, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (1950) - Chabrier - Joyeuse marche - marche française
Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra (1950) - Chopin - Prelude in D minor, Op. 28 No. 24
Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra (1950) - Chopin - Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4
Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra (rec. 1937) - Debussy - Clair de Lune (arr. Stokowski)
Stokowski, Merriman (mezzo), New York Philharmonic SO (rec. 1948) - Falla, de - El Amor Brujo
Stokowski, Kapell (piano), New York Philharmonic SO (rec. 1949) - Falla, de - Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra (1923) - Gounod - Waltz (from Faust)
Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra (1917) - Grieg - Antira's Dance (from Peer Gynt)
Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra (1947) - Handel - Pastorale (The Messiah)
Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra (1947) - Ippolitov-Ivanov - In A Manger
Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra (1924) - Liadov - Dance of the Amazon, Op. 65
Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra (1919) - Mozart - Symphony No 40 in G minor, K550, 3rd mvt only
Stokowski, USSR Radio Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1958) - Prokofiev - Symphony No 5 in B flat, Op. 100
Stokowski, New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1949) - Prokofiev - Symphony No 6 in E flat minor, Op. 111
Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra (1923) - Rimsky-Korsakov - Dance of the Tumblers (from Snow Maiden)
Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra (1955) - Strauss - On The Beautiful Blue Danube
Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra (1955) - Strauss - Tales from the Vienna Woods
Stokowski - New York Phil (1949) - Schumann - Symphony No 2, plus music by Vaughan Williams, Enescu, Walton
Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra (1924) - Stravinsky - The Firebird Suite
Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra (1922) - Stravinsky - Fireworks, Op. 4
Stokowski and his Symphony Orchestra (1953) - Tchaikovsky - Aurora's Wedding (from Sleeping Beauty, arr. Diaghilev)
Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra (1953) - Tchaikovsky - Humoresque, Op. 10, No. 6
Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra (1953) - Tchaikovsky - Solitude, Op. 73, No. 6
Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra (1953) - Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra (1934) - Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra (1923) - Thomas - Gavotte (from Mignon)
Stokowski, New York Philharmonic Orchestra (1950) - Thomson - The Mother of Us All Suite
Stokowski, New York Philharmonic (rec. 3rd April 1949) - Wagner - Götterdammerüng Synthesis
Stokowski, New York Philharmonic (rec. 6th April 1947) - Wagner - Parsifal - Good Friday Spell
Stokowski, New York Philharmonic (rec. 24th April 1949) - Wagner - Das Rheingold - Entrance of the Gods to Valhalla
Stokowski, New York Philharmonic (rec. 24th April 1949) - Wagner - Siegfried: Forest Murmurs
Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra (1924) - Wagner - Tannhäuser: Festive March
Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra (1921) - Wagner - Tannhäuser: Overture (Dresden version)
Stokowski and his Symphony Orchestra (1950) - Wagner - Tristan und Isolde - Symphonic Synthesis (arr. Stokowski)
Stokowski, Philadelphia Orchestra (1919) - Weber - Invitation to the Dance
Richard Strauss (1864-1949, Germany) - conductor
Strauss R., Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1922) - Strauss, R. - Le Bourgeouis Gentilhomme - Suite (excerpts)
Strauss R., London Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1922) - Strauss, R. - Don Juan
Strauss R., London Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1926) - Strauss, R. - Der Rosenkavalier - Suite
Strauss R., London Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1922) - Strauss, R. - Der Rosenkavalier - Waltzes
Strauss R., Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1922) - Strauss, R. - Salome - Dance of the Seven Veils
Strauss R., London Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1922) - Strauss, R. - Salome - Dance of the Seven Veils
Strauss R., various orchestras (rec. 1922-6) - Strauss, R. - Strauss Conducts Strauss
Stravinsky, LA Philharmonic (rec. 1952?) - Tchaikovsky - Symphony No 2 in C minor op 17, 'Little Russian'
Strienz - Beecham, Berlin Phil., soloists & chorus (1937-8) - Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K620
Strub Quartet, Seiler (1940s) - Bruckner - String Quintet in F
Sukman, Harry, & Aller (pianos), Concert Arts Orchestra, Slatkin (rec. 1954) - Saint-Saëns - Carnival of the Animals
Susskind - Grumiaux, Pougnet, Philharmonia Strings, Ord - Bach - Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043
Swarowsky, Kann (piano), Vienna Festival Orchestra (c.1957) - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 5 (Emperor)
Swarowsky, Vienna Festival Orchestra (c.1957) - Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No 2
Swoboda - Badura-Skoda, Vienna SO, Swoboda (1950) - Rimsky-Korsakov - Piano Concerto in C# minor
Szell - Firkusny, Cleveland Orch., Szell (1954) - Dvorak - Piano Concerto
Szigeti, Joseph (rec. 1946, 1949) - Bach - Solo Violin Sonatas 1 and 2, Partita 3
Szigeti, London Philharmonic, Beecham (rec. 1935) - Prokofiev - Violin Concerto in D, Op. 19
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