DMITRI ALEEV (ALEXEYEV) PROKOFIEF PIANO CONCERTO NO.3 + SARCASMS - This is a Melodiya White Label LP from 1983 on which Dmitri Alexeyev plays Piano Concerto No. 3 Op. 26 of Sergei Prokofiev. It is a production with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yuri Timirkanov, recorded in 1982 in analog sound. Label Number: C10 18227-8 Also on this record he plays Sarcasms (Five Pieces for Piano), Op. 17. The record is Excellent. The cover is Excellent as well.

VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY - Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Liszt: Mephisto Waltz no 1, and Feux Follets, Prokofiev: Sonata no 7 in B flat op 83This was one of Ashkenazy's first recordings released in the West. Here it is on German Columbia gatefold blue label with reference WSX 507. The record is VG+ to Excellent and so is the cover. Obviously an item for the collector.

VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY - Ashkenazy conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade. Christoffer Warren Green, plays the solo violin. DECCA 417 301-1 Made in Holland. No UK issue exists.

INGRID HAEBLER MOZART - Ingrid Haebler (piano) Michel Schwalbé (Violin), Giusto Cappone (Viola) and Ottomar Borwitzky play Mozart's Piano Quartets KV 478 and 493. This is a perfect Philips pressing: 412 399-1. The record is NM and so is the cover.

SANSSOUCI ENSEMBLE HAMBURG - This is Music Viva MV 30-1088 from 1980. It is an analog recording. On it play the Sanssouci Ensemble Hamburg: Thomas Pietsch and Gezine Hildebrandt (violin), Christiane Jung (Violoncello), and Martin Nitz (Harpsichord). It is rare reportory from the early baroque era: Cima, Marini, Castello, Turini, Vierdanck, Rosenmüller, Pachelbel.The record is NM. The cover is Excellent Plus.

HOWARD SHELLY RACHMANINOFF - A relatively rare recording of Howard Shelley performing Rachmaninov's Variations on a Theme of Chopin and those on a Theme of Corelli. Plus: Melodie in E Major Op. 3 No. 3 and Rachmaninoff's arrangement of the Scherzo from Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Hyperion A 66009 from 1981. Analog recording. The record is NM, the cover is VG because of a short split which continues in a crack on both front and back at the insert side.

KURT LEIMER PLAYS CHOPIN - This recording of Kurt Leimer performing Chopin's Studies Op. 10 and 25, was a late release in 1961, NO STEREO EXISTS. The record is Excellent. And so is the cover. Deutsche Grammophon "Alle Hersteller". Reference number is LPEM 19 379. Pressed in Germany. Obviously an item for the collector.

IGOR MARKEVITCH DANCES FROM SPAIN - This a rare recording by Igor Markevitch when he was conductor of the Spanish Radio Orchestra on Philips 839 775 LY with soprano Angeles Chamotto, and Cobla Barcelona.
On the program: Seven Popular Spanish Songs (Manuel de Falla), Catalonia (Isaac Albeniz), Fanfare from Escriche (Ernesto Halfter), Mazurca, Villanesca, Goyescas, Zapateado, Asturiana (Enrique Granados). The record is Excellent to Near Mint and so is the cover.

PHIA BERGHOUT - ROSA SPIER - HARPISTS - On Side One Rosa Spier and Phia Berghout play together Cambria (John Thomas). Etude mélodique (Alphonse Hasselmans) and Grand Study No. 6 (John Thomas) are performed by Rosa Spier. On Side Two Rosa Spoier plays La Gitana (Alkphons Hasselmans) and together with Phia Berghout Pièce (Marcel Soulage). These original Philips recordings are here released on a 12 "Fontana disc with reference 695 107 KL.The record is NM and the cover is M-.

GABRIEL TACCHINO POULENC - Gabriel Tacchino is the soloist in Poulenc's wonderful Piano Comncerto. And he is also in AUBADE, for Piano and 18 Instruments. George Prêtre conducts the Orchestra of "La société des concerts du conservatoire". This is a beautiful French glossy gatefold. Reference C 069-11259. Beautiful French pressing and excellent sound. Record is NM. The sleeve is Excellent because of an unobtrusive stain on the back.

KURT WöSS - This is "Ein Reigen schöner Melodien I" on Telefunken SLE 14450-P in Royal Sound Stereo with Kurt Wöss conducting the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. There were also editions II and III. On the program. Farandole (Bizet), Waltz from Serenade for Strings (Tchaikovsky), Adagio from Violin Concerto (Bruch) with violinist Henri Lewkovica / Levkovitch, Concert Waltz (Glasunov), Invitation to the Dance (Weber), Morgenstimmung, Anitra's Dance, In the Hall of the Mountain King (Grieg), Waltz of the Flowers (Tchaikovsky). The record is Excellent to NM. The cover is the same.

THE CLASSIC MELODIES OF JAPAN - CBS 73997. Performers are Isaac Stern (violin) and Hozan Yamamoto (shakuhatchi), plus the Ensemble Nipponia.Composition a.o. by Taki, Hirota, Yamada, Motoori, etc. The record is Near Mint !. The cover is VG++. There are some small marking (crosses) on the back of the cover, and a small sticker on the front (left upper corner).

STRAVINSKY SOLDIER'S TALE - Glenda Jackson is the narrator and Rudolf Nureyev is the soldier in Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale on Argo ZNF 15 (black label). The devil is Micheal MacLiammoir. Gennady Zalkowitsch conducts the enseble with a.o. Erich Grunberg (violin), Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Tristan Fry (percussion). Record and cover are Near Mint.

RITA STREICH (Soprano) - "Was kann so schön sein wie deine Liebe". Rita Streich sings the most popular songs from the Gitta-Alpar repertory: 12 selections with the Great Berlin Promenade Orchestra with Hans Carste. This is an original MONO-recording (no Stereo exists) pressed in 1963. De record is Near Mint. The cover is Excellent Minus because of shelf wear and pencilo marks before the song titles. On the back of the cover is also a price sticker.