David Johnson

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Liner notes author for classical releases.

APPEARANCES +

George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra / New York Philharmonic / Columbia Symphony Orchestra

The Complete Columbia Album Collection

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Impressionist/Modern/Interview

Glenn Gould Remastered - The Complete Columbia Album Collection

2015, 81x CD, Box Set,

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Contemporary

Mozart* - George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra

Symphonies No. 35 In D Major K385 / No. 39 In E-Flat Major K.543 & No. 40 In G Minor K550

2010, CD, Comp, Sony Music

Die Kulturspiegel Glenn Gould Edition

2001, Box, Comp, RM + 10xCD + CD, Enh, Sony Classical,

Baroque/Modern/Neo-Classical/Twelve-tone

Ravel* - Leonard Bernstein, Marilyn Horne, Schola Cantorum*, New York Philharmonic, Orchestre National De France

Daphnis Et Chloé - Shéhérazade

Ken Zuckerman & Zakir Hussain

Sounds Of India • Live In Basel • Part One: Raga Bhimpalashri

1989, CD, Album, Radio DRS

Bartók* - Eva Marton*, Samuel Ramey, Hungarian State Orchestra, Adam Fischer

Bluebeard’s Castle = Herzog Blaubarts Burg = Le Château De Barbe-Bleue

Bernstein*, Nielsen* - Royal Danish Orchestra* / New York Philharmonic

Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva" / Symphony No. 5

Neo-Romantic/Modern

1986, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, RM, EMW + Box, Album, Time Life Music,

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald (Legendary Singers)

Sir William Walton With Dame Edith Sitwell* / Paul Doktor / Zino Francescatti / Edward Downes / Andre Kostelanetz* / Eugene Ormandy / George Szell

Sir William Walton 1902-1983

1983, 4xLP, Mono + Box, Comp, CBS, CBS Masterworks

Verdi* - Ileana Cotrubas • Francisco Araiza • Renato Bruson, Lamberto Gardelli

Arnold Schoenberg, Pierre Boulez, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus*, Ensemble Intercontemporain

Die Glückliche Hand / Lieder Op. 22 / Kammersinfonien 1 & 2 / Erwartung / Jakobsleiter / Drei Stücke (1910)

1982, 3x Vinyl, Box Set,

Italienische Barockkonzerte

Tchaikovsky* / Arensky* - Vladimir Fedoseyev, Maxim Shostakovich, Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra*

Suite No.4 'Mozartiana' / Suite No.3 'Silhouettes'

Otto Klemperer, Mozart*, The London Wind Quintet And Ensemble*, The New Philharmonia Wind Ensemble

Mozart Wind Serenades

Great Men Of Music

Bartok*, Pierre Boulez, Tatiana Troyanos, Siegmund Nimsgern, BBC Symphony Orchestra

Bluebeard's Castle = Le Chateau De Barbe-Bleue = Herzog Blaubarts Burg

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

Mahler* - Leonard Bernstein, Israel Philharmonic*, Christa Ludwig, René Kollo

Das Lied Von Der Erde (The Songs Of The Earth)

Bruno Walter, Mahler*, New York Philharmonic

Symphony No. 5 / Symphony No. 4

Ludwig van Beethoven, Budapest String Quartet

Gli Ultimi Quartetti / Quartetto N. 16 In Fa Maggiore, Op. 135 / Grande Fuga In Si Bemolle Maggiore, Op. 133

Max Reger - Pina Carmirelli, Rudolf Serkin, Mischa Schneider, Peter Serkin

Sonata For Violin And Piano, Op. 139 / Sonata For Cello And Piano, Op. 116

Gustav Mahler, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, Bruno Walter

Gustav Mahler 1860 - 1911

1970, Box, Comp + 3xLP, CBS

Bruckner*, Bruno Walter, The Columbia Symphony Orchestra*

Symphony No. 4 In E-Flat "Romantic"

Beethoven* • Eugene Istomin, Ormandy* / Philadelphia Orchestra*

Fourth Piano Concerto

Vaughan Williams* - New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

Symphony No. 4 In F Minor / Serenade To Music

Beethoven* - Budapest String Quartet

Quartetto N. 8 In Mi Minore, Op. 59 N. 2 "Rasoumovsky" / Quartetto N. 11 In Fa Minore, Op. 95 "Serioso"

Beethoven*, Budapest String Quartet

Quartet No. 9 In C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 (Rasoumovsky) / Quartet No. 10 In E Flat Major, Op. 74 (Harp)

The Story Of Great Music: Age Of Elegance

The Story Of Great Music: Slavic Traditions

Gustav Mahler - Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, The London Symphony Orchestra*

The Nine Symphonies Of Gustav Mahler

Bach*, Isaac Stern, Leonard Bernstein, Harold Gomberg

Ives* - The Juilliard Quartet*

The Two String Quartets

Brahms* , The Istomin/Stern/Rose Trio

The Trios For Piano, Violin & Cello. Complete /Trio In B Major/Trio In C Major/Trio In C Minor

Beethoven* / Mendelssohn* - The Istomin/Stern/Rose Trio

Trio In C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3 / Trio In D Minor, Op. 49

Schumann*, Mozart* - Leonard Bernstein and the Juilliard String Quartet

Piano Quintet In E-Flat Major / Piano Quartet In G Minor

Busoni* / Reger* - Peter Serkin, Richard Goode, Mischa Schneider

Fantasia Contrappuntistica For Two Pianos / Sonata For Cello And Piano

Romantic/Modern

Bruno Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic

Bruno Walter's Mahler: Two Late Masterpieces - Das Lied von Der Erde - Symphony No. 9

Michael Tippett*, Alexander Goehr, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis*, Norman Del Mar

Concerto For Orchestra / Little Symphony, Op.15

Schubert*, The Juilliard String Quartet*

String Quartet No.15 In G Major, Op.161 (D.887)

Gold* & Fizdale* / Schumann* Spanische Liebeslieder Opus 138 Lois Marshall, Regina Sarfaty, Leopold Simoneau, William Warfield / Brahms* Liebeslieder Waltzes Opus 52 Veronica Tyler, Regina Sarfaty, Charles Bressler, John Boyden*

Schumann: Spanischer Liebeslieder Opus 138 / Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes Opus 52

1963, LP, Columbia Masterworks

Bach* - Glenn Gould

Bach: The Six Partitas

Béla Bartók - The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Rosalind Elias, Jerome Hines

Bluebeard's Castle

Prokofiev* - The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

Budapest String Quartet, Beethoven*

Quartet No. 13 In B-flat Major, Op. 130

Bruno Walter Conducts Gustav Mahler - New York Philharmonic ; Mildred Miller, Ernst Häfliger*

Das Lied Von Der Erde

Bruno Walter Conducts Haydn*, The Columbia Symphony Orchestra*

Symphony No. 88 In G Major / Symphony No. 100 In G Major (Military)

Schubert* / Beethoven* - Joseph Roisman, Boris Kroyt, Mischa Schneider Of The Budapest String Quartet Assisting Artists Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Julius Levine

The Trout Quintet / Piano Quartet In E-flat Major

Romantic/Classical

Ravel* / Berlioz* - Jennie Tourel, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

Shéhérazade / Cléopâtre

Shostakovich* - The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

Brahms* / Mahler* - Bruno Walter Conducts The Columbia Symphony Orchestra* / Mildred Miller / The Occidental College Concert Choir / Howard Swan

Alto Rhapsody / Song Of Destiny / Songs Of A Wayfarer

Beethoven*, The Budapest String Quartet*

Quartet No. 12 In E-Flat Major, Op. 127

Chopin*, Alexandre Braïlowsky*

Mazurkas Vol. 1

Schubert*, Beethoven* - Bruno Walter, New York Philharmonic / Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Unfinished Symphony / Fifth Symphony

Mozart*, Bruno Walter, The Columbia Symphony Orchestra*

The Last Six Symphonies

Carl Nielsen - Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

Symphony No. 5 Op. 50

Bruno Walter Conducts Wagner* . The Columbia Symphony Orchestra*

Prelude To "Lohengrin" / Siegfried Idyll / "Tannhäuser" Overture And Venusberg Music

Tchaikovsky*, Philippe Entremont

Romantic Piano Music Of Tchaikovsky

Beethoven*, The Budapest String Quartet*

The Late Quartets: Opus 127 / 130 / 131 / 132 / 133 / 135

Mahler*, Leonard Bernstein - New York Philharmonic

Symphony No. 3 In D Minor

Stokowski*, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Bach*

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 / Thee Chorale-Preludes

Eileen Farrell / Wagner*, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

Götterdämmerung (Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene) / Wesendonck Songs

Johann Christian Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

The Bach Family

A Tribute To Lotte Lehmann In Honor Of Her 75th Birthday

Mozart*, Casadesus*, Szell*, The Columbia Symphony Orchestra*

Piano Concerto No. 26 In D Major "Coronation" / Piano Concerto No. 27 In B-flat Major

Bach* / Glenn Gould

The Art Of The Fugue, Volume 1 (First Half) Fugues 1-9

Schubert*, Gold And Fizdale

Grand Duo For Piano, Four Hands, Op. 140

The Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet*, Mozart*, Anton Reicha

Divertimento No. 8 In F Major, K 213 / Divertimento No. 14 In B-Flat Major, K.270 / Quintet In E-Flat Major, Op. 88, No. 2

Zino Francescatti ‧ Bruno Walter / Beethoven* / Columbia Symphony*

Violin Concerto

George London (2), Thomas Schippers, Columbia Symphony Orchestra And Chorus*

George London As Boris Godounoff

Beethoven* - Glenn Gould, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

Concerto No. 4 In G Major

Classical/Romantic

Bruno Walter, New York Philharmonic, The Columbia Symphony*

The Great Schubert Symphonies

Bruno Walter dirige Schubert*, New York Philharmonic, Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Sinfonia N. 8 In Si Minore "Incompiuta" Sinfonia N.5 In Si Bemolle Maggiore

Brahms* / Schubert*, Rudolf Serkin, Myron Bloom, Michael Tree, Benita Valente

Chamber Music From Marlboro: Horn Trio, Op. 40 / Auf Dem Strom, Op. 119

Berlioz* - The Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy

Symphonie Fantastique

Schumann*, Robert Casadesus

Piano Music Of Schumann

Beethoven*, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Eileen Farrell, Carol Smith, Richard Lewis (3), Kim Borg, The Westminster Choir*

1961, 2x Vinyl, Box Set,

Romantic/Choral/Religious

Bruno Walter Conducts Bruckner*, Wagner*, The Columbia Symphony Orchestra*, Occidental College Concert Choir*, Howard Swan

Symphony No. 4 ("The Romantic") / "Tannhauser" Overture & Venusberg Music

William Walton* / Albert Roussel - Eugene Ormandy And The Philadelphia Orchestra ; Walter Cassel, The Rutgers University Choir, F. Austin Walter

Belshazzar's Feast / Bachus Et Ariane (Suite No. 2)

Isaac Stern And David Oistrach With Eugene Ormandy Conducting Members Of The Philadelphia Orchestra* / Vivaldi*

Four Vivaldi Concerti For Two Violins

Brahms* / Glenn Gould

10 Intermezzi For Piano

Debussy* - Bernstein* / New York Philharmonic

Afternoon Of A Faun; Nocturnes; Jeux

Mozart* - Philippe Entremont & Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra

Concerto No. 22 In E-flat Major, K. 482 / Sonata In E-flat Major, K. 282 (Solo)

Mozart* / Bruno Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Symphony No.41,"Jupiter" / Symphony No.35,"Haffner"

The Philadelphia Orchestra / Leopold Stokowski

An Historical Reunion, Philadelphia, 1960

1960, LP, Columbia Masterworks

Isaac Stern - Alexander Zakin ; Franck* / Debussy*

Sonata In A Major / Sonata In G Minor

Prokofiev* / The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

Symphony No. 4 Op. 47/112

G. F. Handel*, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

Ode For St. Cecilia's Day

The Philadelphia Orchestra / Leopold Stokowski

An Historical Reunion, Philadelphia, 1960

Brailowsky* / Chopin*

The Fourteen Waltzes

Eileen Farrell, Puccini*, The Columbia Symphony Orchestra* • Max Rudolf

Grieg*, Schumann* / Leon Fleisher, George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra

Grieg · Piano Concerto In A Minor / Schumann · Piano Concerto In A Minor

Budapest String Quartet

Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1 "Rasoumovsky"

Wagner* - Bruno Walter, The Columbia Symphony Orchestra*

Die Meistersinger Overture / The Flying Dutchman Overture / Prelude And Good Friday Spell From "Parsifal"

Johann Sebastian Bach / Johann Christian Bach - The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy

Bach By Ormandy - Toccata And Fugue In D Minor / Sinfonia For Double Orchestra, Op. 18, No. 1 / Toccata, Adagio And Fugue In C Major / Passacaglia And Fugue In C Minor

Mozart* - George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra

Symphony No. 35 In D Major, K. 385, "Haffner" / Symphony No. 39 In E Flat Major, K. 543

Budapest String Quartet, Beethoven*

Quartet No.10 In E-Flat Major, Op. 74 ("Harp")

Beethoven*, The Budapest String Quartet*

Quartet No. 9 In C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 ("Rasoumovsky") · Quartet No. 11 In F Minor, Op. 95 ("Serioso")

Bruno Walter Conducts Schubert* - Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Symphony In C Major "The Great"

Charles Ives - Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

1960, Vinyl Gatefold,

Bruckner* - Bruno Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Symphony No. 9 In D Minor

Carl Orff - The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Janice Harsanyi / Rudolph Petrak* / Harve Presnell, The Rutgers University Choir, F. Austin Walter

Carmina Burana / Cantiones Profanae

Walton* - Eugene Ormandy, George Szell

Belshazzar's Feast / Partita For Orchestra

LP, Comp, CBS Classics

Beethoven*, Budapest String Quartet

Quartet No. 14 In C-Sharp Minor Op. 131

Thomas Schippers Conducts Columbia Symphony*

Thomas Schippers Conducts Opera Overtures

Schumann*, Quatuor Juilliard Quartett*, Leonard Bernstein, Glenn Gould

Die 3 Streichquartette = Les 3 Quatuors Á Cordes = Klavierquartett U.-Quintett Es-Dur = Quatuor Et Quintette Avec Piano

Brahms* / Myron Bloom • Michael Tree, Rudolf Serkin

Sextet For Strings Op. 36 • Trio For Horn, Violin & Piano, Op. 40

Gustav Mahler - Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

The Symphonies Of Gustav Mahler. Vol. 2

Beethoven* – Orquesta Filarmonica De Berlin*, Eugen Jochum

Sinfonia No. 6 En Fa Mayor Op. 68 "Pastoral"

Bruckner* / Wagner*, Walter*, The Columbia Symphony Orchestra*

Symphony No. 7 In E Major (Original Version) / Siegfried Idyll; Prelude To "Lohengrin"

Handel*, Handel Festival Orchestra, Halle*, Horst-Tanu Margraf

Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 (Nos. 1, 2 And 3)

Handel*, Handel Festival Orchestra, Halle*, Horst-Tanu Margraf

Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 (Nos. 4, 5 and 6)