Sold Date: August 12, 2019
Start Date: March 24, 2019
Final Price: $225.00 (USD)
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This is a 100 record collection that you will not find in your local record shop. This collection is cased in 20 gold leaf trimmed heavy boxed sets, each set containing 5 high quality vinyl 33 1/3 LP records pressed by Deutsche Grammophon, Philips, and Archiv Produkton. Each record is protected in a double sleeve. This archive collection contains a history of classical music from Beethoven in the 1770’s up to Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin in the 20th Century. Some of the best known orchestras and conductors perform on these classical LP’s. You’ll hear music perfectly performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, and more. Famous conductors include Colin Davis, Herbert von Karajan, Karl Böhm, Bernard Haitink, Karl Richter, Rafael Kubelik, Seiji Ozawa, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Leonard Bernstein. You will enjoy such classics as The Magic Flute, Requiem, The Creation, Symphonie Fantastique, Bolero, La Traviata, Handel’s Messiah, Carmen, Romeo and Juliet, and the Blue Danube. 

I am the original owner of this classical library. I purchased the collection in the 1970’s through an American Express purchase program. Most sets in the collection include the original introductory letter from American Express highlighting the features of that set. I cannot guarantee the condition of the records or allow for returns but the records and cases are in very good condition. None of the records are warped. I have played only a few of the records one or two times and the others have never been on a turntable since they were pressed. The Deutsche Grammophon, Philips, and Archiv Produkton labels are known for their very high quality.

SET SUMMARY:

SET 1 - BEETHOVEN I

SET 2 - BEETHOVEN II

SET 3 - BRAHMS

SET 4 - HAYDN/MOZART

SET 5 - MOZART

SET 6 - BACH

SET 7 - ROMANTIC ERA I

SET 8 - ROMANTIC ERA II

SET 9 - THE RUSSIANS

SET 10 - NATIONALISM

SET 11 - IMPRESSIONISM

SET 12 - VERDI

SET 13 - PRE & EARLY BAROQUE

SET 14 - HIGH BAROQUE

SET 15 - LATE ROMANTICS

SET 16 - POST ROMANTIC

SET 17 - WAGNER

SET 18 - TURN OF THE CENTURY

SET 19 - 20TH CENTURY

SET 20 - 20TH CENTURY II

20 sets, 5 records per set = 100 records

Shipping Weight about 75 lbs.

This will be shipped in 3 separate boxes using Media Mail.