Paul Paray, Detroit Symphony Orchestra - The Mercury Masters Volume 2: 1958-1962 (CD)

D16 has a couple tiny dings inside play area. otherwise a fine looking set

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CD 1 53:40
Recording Location: Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA, 21 March 1958
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one Schoeps M201 microphone (centre) and two Neumann KM-56 microphones (L-R)
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90174: April 1959
℗ 1959 Universal International Music B.V.
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CD 2 55:16
Recording Location: Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA, 23 March 1958 (Schmitt, R. Strauss), 23-24 March 1958 (Lalo)
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one Schoeps M201 microphone (centre) and two Neumann KM-56 microphones (L-R)
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90177: 1959
℗ 1959 Universal International Music B.V.
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CD 3 38:52
Recording Location: Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA, 24 March 1958 (Bizet, Berlioz), 22 March 1958 (Lalo)
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one Schoeps M201 microphone (centre) and two
Neumann KM-56 microphones (L-R)
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90191: 1959
℗ 1959 Universal International Music B.V.
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CD 4 41:53
Recording Location: Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA, 22 May 1958
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one Schoeps M201 microphone (centre) and two Neumann KM-56 microphones (L-R)
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90198: 1959
℗ 1959 Universal International Music B.V.
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CD 5 38:23
Recording Location: Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium, Detroit, USA, 16 January 1959
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90203: 1959
℗ 1959 Universal International Music B.V.
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CD 6 39:09
Recording Location: Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium, Detroit, USA, 17 January 1959
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90204: 1959
℗ 1959 Universal International Music B.V.

CD 7 55:07
Recording Location: Henry and Edsel Ford Auditorium, Detroit, USA, 18 January 1959
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90205: 1959
℗ 1959 Universal International Music B.V.
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FIRST INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE ON MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE

CD 8 32:47
Recording Location: Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA, 3-5 April 1960
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one Schoeps M201 microphone (centre) and two Neumann KM-56 microphones (L-R)
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90211: 1960
℗ 1960 Universal International Music B.V.
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CD 9 44:32
Recording Location: Cass Technical High School, Detroit, USA, 18 November 1960
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90212: 1961
℗ 1961 Universal International Music B.V.
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CD 10 48:40
Recording Location: Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA, 3 April 1959 (Debussy, Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales), 5 April 1959 (Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin), 3-4 December 1955 (Debussy)
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones (Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin, Valses nobles et Sentimentales, Debussy: Petite Suite) and one Schoeps M201 microphone (centre) and two Neumann U-47 microphones (L-R) (Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune)
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90213: 1960
℗ 1960 Universal International Music B.V.
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CD 11 43:34
Recording Location: Old Orchestra Hall, Detroit, USA, 4 April 1959 (Auber), 3-5 April 1959 (Offenbach)
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90215: 1960
℗ 1960 Universal International Music B.V.
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CD 12 47:04
Recording Location: Cass Technical High School, Detroit, USA, 20 February 1960
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90232: 1962
℗ 1962 Universal International Music B.V.
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CD 13 43:37
Recording Location: Cass Technical High School, Detroit, USA, 19 November 1960
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90247: 1962
℗ 1962 Universal International Music B.V.
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CD 14 45:06
Recording Location: Cass Technical High School, Detroit, USA, 28 November 1959
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90254: 1960
℗ 1960 Universal International Music B.V.
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CD 15 34:45
Recording Location: Cass Technical High School, Detroit, USA, 19 February 1960
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90262: 1960
℗ 1960 Universal international Music B.V.
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CD 16 43:59
Recording Location: Cass Technical High School, Detroit, USA, 29 November 1959
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90269: 1960
℗ 1960 Universal International Music B.V.
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CD 17 35:26
Recording Location: Cass Technical High School, Detroit, USA, 11 March 1961
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90281: 1962
℗ 1962 Universal International Music B.V.
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CD 18 34:11
Recording Location: Cass Technical High School, Detroit, USA, 27 November 1959
Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90285: 1961
℗ 1961 Universal International Music B.V.
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CD 19 52:52
Recording Location: Cass Technical High School, Detroit, USA, 18 March 196
Recorded on 3-track 35mm magnetic film and 3-track half-inch magnetic tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90313: 1963
℗ 1963 Universal International Music B.V.
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CD 20 53:33
Recording Location: Cass Technical High School, Detroit, USA, 17 March 1962
Recorded on 3-track 35mm magnetic film and 3-track half-inch magnetic tape, using. three Schoeps M201 microphones
Original Mercury Living Presence Release: SR 90318: 1962
℗ 1962 Universal International Music B.V.
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CD 21 52:57
Recording Location: New York, USA, c. 1970 (the orchestral parts are taken from Paray's 1956 Detroit recording of the /master/626820Carmen Suite, disc 13 of /release/27197742The Mercury Masters Volume 1: 1953-1957. Credits for 21-1, 21-6, and 21-10 are taken from that release.
Original Mercury Release: SRM 1-604: 1970
℗ 1970 Universal International Music B.V.
FIRST RELEASE ON CD

CD 22 38:28
Recording Location: Radio France, Paris, France, April 1965
Original Deutsche Grammophon Release: 138 988
℗ 1965 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin.
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Format: CD

Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
Country:    Australasia  
Released:  2022
Genre:       Classical
Style:         Classical, Romantic, Modern

Track listing:

. A Midsummer Night’s Dream 25:35
. Symphony No. 5 In D Minor, Op. 107 'Reformation' 27:56
2-1. La Tragédie De Salomé, Op. 50 26:50
. Salome, Op. 54 8:29
. Namouna: Suite No. 1 19:34
3-1. Overture: Le Carnaval Romain, Op. 9 8:19
3-2. Overture: Le Roi D'Ys 11:07
3-3. Overture: La Patrie 11:13
3-4. Overture: Le Corsaire, Op. 21
. Symphony No. 1 In B Flat Major, Op. 38 'Spring' 31:03
4-5. Manfred, Op. 115 - Overture 10:37
5-1. Overture: Guillaume Tell 11:09
5-2. Danse Macabre, Op. 40 6:54
5-3. Aufforderung Zum Tanze = Invitation To The Dance, Op. 65 9:11
5-4. Mephisto Waltz No. 1 = Dance At The Village Inn, S.110 10:45
. Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 43 39:09
. Symphony No. 2 In D Major, Op. 36 31:57
. Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 23:01
8-1. La Damnation De Faust, Op. 24 - Marche Hongroise 4:41
8-2. Marche Funèbre D'une Marionette 3:29
8-3. Marche Héroïque In E Flat Major, Op. 34 6:37
8-4. Le Marseillaise 1:08
8-5. Joyeuse Marche 3:32
8-6. Suite Algérienne In C Major, Op. 60 - Marche Militaire Française 3:43
8-7. Les Troyens - Marche Troyenne 4:29
8-8. Le Prophète - Coronation March (Act IV) 4:17
9-1. España – Rhapsody For Orchestra 6:34
. Suite Pastorale 16:03
. Le Roi Malgré Lui
. Gwendoline
. Le Roi Malgré Lui
10-1. Prélude à L'après-midi D'un Faune, L.86 8:24
. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales, M.61 13:36
. Le Tombeau De Couperin, M.68 14:51
. Petite Suite 11:24
. La Belle Hélène
. Orphée Aux Enfers
11-3. Les Contes D'Hoffmann – Suite 5:13
. Le Cheval De Bronze
. Fra Diavolo
. Masaniello
. Der Fliegende Holländer
. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Suite 9:39
. Die Walküre
. Rienzi
. Zampa
. Les Diamants De La Couronne
. Mignon
. Raymond
. La Dame Blanche
. Si J'étais Roi
. Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 45:06
. Symphony No. 9 In E Minor, Op. 95 'From The New World' 34:45
. Die Schöne Galathée
. Pique Dame
. Leichte Kavallerie
. Dichter Und Bauer
. Ein Morgen, Ein Mittag Und Ein Abend In Wien
. Boccaccio, Oder Der Prinz Von Palermo
. Nocturnes, L.91 19:41
. Daphnis Et Chloé: Suite No. 2, M.57b 15:34
. Symphony In D Minor
. Rapsodie Espagnole, M.54 14:38
19-5. Alborada Del Gracioso, M.43 6:33
19-6. Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte, M.19 5:54
19-7. La Valse, M.72 11:34
. Escales 13:45
. Faust – Ballet Music 21:10
. Samson Et Dalila
. Carmen Suite No. 2
. Les Troyens
. Phèdre
. Mignon
. The Naked Carmen - Electric Opera
. Piano Concerto In G Major, M.83 20:35
22-4. Piano Concerto For The Left Hand In D Major, M.82 (Lento – Andante – Allegro – Tempo I) 17:43