REPERTOIRE:
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 BOHM
Brahms: Symphony no. 2 / Reger: Mozart-Variationen
· “Une gravure dynamique, enthousiaste, splendide de l’une des plus belles oeuvres de Reger” Repertoire

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-STEFA?SKA
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
· Debut 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-RespighiLa 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 FURTWANGLER
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.
· Debut 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 JANACEK QUARTET
Smetana: String Quartet No.1 “From my Life”/Janacek: 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 Jana?ek 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 premiere version enregistree 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
Dvorak: String Quartet in F major op.96 "American"; Bruckner: String Quintet
· “Le Quatuor Koeckert et Georg Schmid ont donne la toute premiere gravure du Quintette. Celle-ci demeure probablement inegalee a 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 anruhrende Einspielung) steht konzeptionell derjenigen von Furtwangler nahe: Schon in dem sehr langsamen Anfang spurt 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
HaydnDie Schopfung
· 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 Faure/Piece 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 “Apassionata”, 31
· First release on CD. “Her face is unforgettable; here, surely is wisdom and a matured sense of values such as we seldom find, and that view is supported by her playing.” Roger Fiske, Gramophone, November 1959

CD 41 DAVID & IGOR OISTRAKH
Bach, Handel, Benda, Tartini: Sonatas; Wieniawski, Sarasate - Encores
· "The Handel sonata is a gem, and even the Benda - a slight but pleasing work - has its moments. Recording and surface good." Penguin Guide (1966) Fabulous Wieniawski!

CD 42 SVIATOSLAV RICHTER
Schumann: Recital (Fantasiestucke, Waldstucke etc.)
· First recording on DG "A glorious record" Music on Record (1962)

CD 43 BRONISLAW GIMPEL / FRITZ RIEGER
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole/ Dvorak: Slavonic Dances op.46 Nos. 1-8
· First release on CD (Lalo) “This is a record of nothing less than dazzling quality. Bronislaw Gimpel plays the solo part of the Lalo impeccably - the technical difficulties are thrown off as if non-existent” Malcolm Macdonald, Gramophone, May 1957

CD 44 HANS ROSBAUD / WOLFGANG SCHNEIDERHAN
Mozart: Violin Concerto No.4 / Haydn: Symphonies nos. 92 & 104
· “In den nachsten Jahren werden sicher noch ein Dutzend “Oxforder” Symphonien und gewiss zwei Dutzend Aufnahmen der 'Londoner' auf Platten erscheinen, doch diese DGG-Aufnahme […] wird als 'die' perfekte Haydn-Interpretation in die Plattengeschichte eingehen.“ H.C. Robbins Landon, Phono

CD 45 KURT SANDERLING
Rachmaninov: Symphony 2
· “Kurt Sanderling’s famous mono recording dates from 1956, but one would never guess, so voluptuously full is the sound of this current DG re-transfer and so remarkably refined the detail.” Penguin Guide 2003/4

CD 46 MARIA STADER
Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate; Traurigkeit ward mir zum Lose (Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail); Mendelssohn/Schoeck/Schubert: Lieder Recital
· Includes only lieder recital on Deutsche Grammophon. “There is a happy atmosphere about this recital, due to Maria Stader’s vivacious singing, that is pleasant to encounter.” Alec Robertson, Gramophone, May 1959

CD 47 RITA STREICH
Various: Arias & Waltzes; Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
· CD premiere: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen

CD 48 ASTRID VARNAY
Wagner: Scenes from Die Walkure & Siegfried
· "This has always been one of DGG's most impressive Wagner recordings with a sumptuousness of sound that was unrivalled before the arrival of stereo." Penguin Guide (1966)

CD 49 WOLFGANG WINDGASSEN
Wagner Recital
· “This disc provides an excellent demonstration of Windgassen’s sterling qualities” Alec Robertson, Gramophone, February 1959

CD 50 JOSEF ZIMMERMANN
Bach/Schroeder/Langlais: Organ Music from Cologne Cathdedral
· First release on CD of the first recording made on the refurbished organ of Cologne Cathedral

CD 51 BONUS CD
What Times those Were: Musical Memories in Waltz Time / Michael Lanner and his Viennese Waltz Soloists; Musical Memories in Sow and Foxtrot Rhyth / Alfred Hause and the Radio Tango Orchestra, Hamburg
Love’s Troubadour: Rudi Schuricke sings his best-loved songs
· “The Light Muse”: Polydor’s first two LPs - First releases on CD