Franklin Mint 100 Greatest Recordings in 50 Boxed Sets

‘The 100 Greatest Recordings of all time’ from the Franklin Mint has been called the ultimate private library of fine recorded music. Every recording was selected by a distinguished panel of music authorities (Martin Bookspan, Schuyler G. Chapin, Franco Ferrara, Irving Kolodin, William Mann, R. Gallois Montbrun, Marcel Prawy, Andre Previn, William Schuman and H. H. Stuckenschmidt.

The library was first announced on the 100th anniversary of Thomas Edison’s invention of the phonograph. Each recorded treasure was pressed with a special vinyl formulation that enabled a clear, quiet playing surface on a more rigid LP disk. Every record was pressed in an atmosphere controlled “clean room.”

There are 50 library cases. Each library case houses two proof-quality long playing records, with each record resting, fully protected, within its own dust free compartment. The record is firmly supported within the closed compartment in such a way that the grooved playing surface never touches any part of the case. Each library case includes a specially written and illustrated commentary, by a respected music expert. The composers and their works are discussed in detail, and background information is provided on the orchestras, conductors, ensembles, and featured soloists.

 

The records are in Excellent to Near Mint condition on red vinyl, and the labels are golden with black lettering.

I am the original owner.  All records have been played.

A detailed index to all of the recordings is also included in the collection.

The bindings of the volumes are in very good condition.  Some have minor corner bumps and scuff marks.

I welcome all serious offers for the entire collection.

Comes from a smoke-free home.

 

Records will be shipped in 4 boxes due to their size and weight.

I will ship USPS Media Mail, insured with tracking.

Shipping cost is $100.

I can ship priority mail, if wanted, but it is very expensive.

NO international sales.

NOTE:  due to the 4 boxes shipping, NO RETURNS are accepted.

 

The works included are:

 

Bartok - Reiner - Chicago Symphony- Concerto for Orchestra

Beethoven - Stern - Rose - Istomin - Trio No. 6 in B-flat Major for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 97 ("Archduke")

Beethoven - Serkin - Bernstein - New York Philharmonic- Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 73

Beethoven - Serkin - Ormandy - Philadelphia Orchestra- Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58

Bellini - Ponselle - Metropolitan Opera Chorus- "Sediziose voci; Casta diva" from Norma, Act I

Berlioz - Beecham - Royal Philharmonic- Royal Hunt and Storm from Les Troyens

Bernstein - New York Philharmonic- Fancy Free

Bernstein - New York Philharmonic- Symphonic Dances from West Side Story - Overture to Candide

Bizet - Rodzinski - New York Philharmonic- Symphony in C Major

Borodin - Solti - London Symphony- Overture and Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

Brahms - Busch - Brain - Serkin- Trio in E-flat Major for Piano, Violin and Horn, Op. 40

Brahms - Curzon - Szell - London Symphony - Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15

Brahms - Karajan - Vienna Philharmonic - Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68

Brahms - Klemperer - Philharmonia Orchestra- Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98

Brahms - Kreisler- Blech - Orchestra of the Berlin State Opera- Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77

Brahms - Oistrakh - Rostropovich - Szell - Cleveland Orchestra - Double Concerto in A Minor, Op. 102

Brahms - Richter - Leinsdorf - Chicago Symphony - Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 83

Brahms - Toscanini - BBC Symphony- Tragic Overture, Op. 81 - Philharmonic - Music from Peer Gynt

Brahms - Walter - Columbia Symphony - Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90

Chabrier - Beecham - Royal Philharmonic- Espana

Charpentier - Maynor- "Depuis le jour" from Louise, Act III

Debussy - Monteux - Boston Symphony- Nocturnes

Debussy - Toscanini - NBC Symphony- La Mer

Delibes - Monteux - Boston Symphony- Sylvia (Excerpts)

Dvorak - Casals - Szell - Czech Philharmonic- Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104

Dvorak - Szell - Cleveland Orchestra - Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 (formerly No. 4)

Gershwin - Bernstein - New York Philharmonic- An American in Paris

Gershwin - Bernstein - New York Philharmonic- Rhapsody in Blue

Goldmark - Beecham - Royal Philharmonic - Symphony No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 26 ("Rustic Wedding")

Handel - Briggs - Boult - London Philharmonic- Organ Concerto No. 13 in F Major ("The Cuckoo and the Nightingale")

Handel - Marriner - Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields- Music for the Royal Fireworks

Haydn - Andre - Guschlbauer - Bamberg Symphony Orchestra- Trumpet Concerto in E-flat

Haydn - Szell - Cleveland Orchestra- Symphony No. 95 in C Minor

Haydn - Szell - Cleveland Orchestra- Symphony No. 96 in D Major ("Miracle")

Hindemith - Ormandy - Philadelphia Orchestra- Mathis der Mahler

Holst - Boult - New Philharmonia Orchestra- The Planets, Op. 32

Ives - Bernstein - New York Philharmonic- The Fourth of July

Ives - Stokowski - American Symphony Orchestra- Symphony No. 4

Mahler - Solti - Chicago Symphony- Symphony No. 8 in E-flat ("Symphony of a Thousand")

Mendelssohn - Casals - Marlboro Festival Orchestra- Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 ("Italian")

Mendelssohn - Serkin - Ormandy - Philadelphia Orchestra- Capriccio Brillant for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 22

Mozart - Brian - Karajan - Philharmonia Orchestra- Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat, K. 447

Mozart - Furtwangler - Soloists of the Vienna Philharmonic - Serenade No. 10 in B-flat Major, K. 361

Mozart - Pinza- "Finch' han dal vino" from Don Giovanni, Act I- Serenata: "Deh, vieni alla finestra" from Don Giovanni, Act II

Mozart - Schnabel - Sargent - London Symphony- Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467

Mozart - Stern - Szell - Columbia Symphony- Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, K. 219 (Turkish")

Mozart - Szell - Cleveland Orchestra- Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550

Mozart - Toscanini - NBC Symphony- Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551

Mussorgsky - Chaliapin- "I have attained the highest power" from Boris Godunov, Act II- "Ah, I am sitting" from Boris Godunov, Act II- Farewell, Prayer and Death of Boris from Boris Godunov, Act IV

Mussorgsky - Horowitz- Pictures at an Exhibition (Edited by Vladimir Horowitz)

Mussorgsky - Stokowski - London Symphony- Night on Bald Mountain

Mussorgsky - Toscanini - NBC Symphony- Pictures at an Exhibition (Orchestrated by Maurice Ravel)

Offenbach - Fiedler - Boston Pops- Gaite Parisienne

Prokofiev - Koussevitzky - Boston Symphony- Classical Symphony in D Major, Op. 25- Lieutenant Kije, Op. 60

Prokofiev - Coppola - London Symphony- Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26

Prokofiev - Hale - Koussevitzky - Boston Symphony- Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67

Prokofiev - Koussevitzky - Boston Symphony - Symphony No. 5 in B-flat, Op. 100

Rachmaninoff - Ashkenazy - Ormandy - Philadelphia Orchestra- Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30

Rachmaninoff - Rubinstein - Reiner - Chicago Symphony- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 43

Rachmaninoff - Stokowski - Philadelphia Orchestra- Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18

Ravel - Boulez - New York Philharmonic- La Valse

Ravel - Boulez - New York Philharmonic- Ma Mere L'Oye ("Mother Goose")

Ravel - Martinon - Orchestre de Paris- Bolero

Ravel - Monteux - London Symphony - Chorus of the Royal Opera House- Daphnis et Chloe

Rimsky-Korsakov - Beecham - Royal Philharmonic- Scheherazade: Symphonic Suite, Op. 35

Schubert - Beecham - Royal Philharmonic- Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major

Schubert - Casals - Stern - Schneider - Katims - Tortelier - Quintet in C Major for Strings, Op. 163

Schubert - Krips - London Symphony- Symphony No. 9 in C Major ("The Great")

Schumann - Serkin - Budapest String Quartet- Quintet in E-flat Major for Piano and Strings, Op. 44

Shostakovich - Ormandy - Philadelphia Orchestra- Symphony No. 1 in F Major, Op. 10

Sibelius - Barbirolli - Halle Orchestra- Finlandia, Op. 26

Sibelius - Heifetz - Beecham - London Philharmonic- Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47

Stravinsky - Bernstein - New York Philharmonic - Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring)

Stravinsky - Columbia Symphony- The Firebird - Harris - Ormandy - Philadelphia Orchestra- Symphony No. 3 (In One Movement)

Tchaikovsky - Dorati - Minneapolis Symphony- 1812 Ouverture Solennelle, Op. 49

Tchaikovsky - Furtwangler - Berlin Philharmonic - Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 ("Pathetique")

Verdi - Caruso - Sembrich - Scotti - Severina- "Bella figlia dell'amore" from Rigoletto, Act IV- Leoncavallo - Caruso- "Vesti la Giubba" from I Pagliacci, Act I

Verdi - Caruso- "Celeste Aida" from Aida, Act I

Verdi - Ponselle - Martinelli- Tomb Scene: "La fatal pietra; O terra, addio" from Aida, Act IV

Wagner - Farrell - Munch - Boston Symphony- Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, Act III

Wagner - Flagstad - Furtwangler - Philharmonia Orchestra- Immolation Scene from Gotterdammerung, Act III

Wagner - Melchoir - Ormandy - Philadelphia Orchestra- Forging Song: "Nothung! Nothung!" from Siegfried, Act I

Wagner - Szell - Cleveland Orchestra- Great Orchestral Highlights from The Ring of the Nibelungs

Wagner - Traubel - Melchior - Toscanini - NBC Symphony- "Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater" from Die Walkure, Act I, Scene 3

 

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