compiled by Richard J. Bradburn
conductor Herbert von Karajan
design Jeremy Tilston
design WLP Ltd.
tracks 1-5 to 3-9, 4-3 to 5-11, 7-1 to 7-14, 8-2 to 9-2, 9-4 to 12-17, 12-19, 12-21 engineer [balance engineer] Douglas Larter
tracks 1-1 to 1-4, 4-1, 6-1 to 6-7, 7-11 to 7-14, 9-3, 12-18, 12-20 engineer [balance engineer] Harold Davidson
tracks 12-22 to 13-11 engineer [balance engineer] Horst Lindner
tracks 10-5 to 10-12, 10-15 to 10-21 engineer [balance engineer] Robert Beckett
tracks 4-2, 8-1 engineer [balance engineer] Robert Gooch
liner notes Jean-Charles Hoffelé
liner notes Richard Osborne
liner notes [french] Jean-Charles Hoffelé
liner notes [hoffelé translation] Susannah Howe
liner notes [hoffelé Übersetzung] Anne Thomas
liner notes [osborne Übersetzung] Eckhardt Van Den Hoogen
tracks 12-22 to 13-11 orchestra Berliner Philharmoniker
tracks 1-1 to 12-21 orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
photography by [cd1 to cd5, cd7, cd13: wallet front photo / box cover photo] Unknown Artist
photography by [cd10: wallet front photo] Carl Kepka
photography by [cd6, cd8: wallet front photo (c)] Tully Potter
photography by [cd9, cd11: wallet front photo (c)] George Maiteny
tracks 13-6 to 13-10 producer Christfried Bickenbach
tracks 13-1 to 13-4 producer Fritz Ganss
producer Walter Legge
Record Company Warner Music Group
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Phonographic Copyright (p) Warner Classics
Phonographic Copyright (p) Warner Music UK Ltd.
Copyright (c) Warner Classics
Copyright (c) Warner Music UK Ltd.
Copyright (c) Richard Osborne (2)
Copyright (c) Jean-Charles Hoffelé
Copyright (c) The Tully Potter Collection
Copyright (c) George Maiteny
Copyright (c) Hollywood Studios
Copyright (c) Carl Kepka
Published By Edition Wilhelm Hansen
Published By Chester Music
Published By Breitkopf & Härtel
Published By Hawkes & Son
Published By J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.
Published By Universal Edition
Published By Copyright Control
Published By Boosey & Hawkes
Recorded At Kingsway Hall
Recorded At Abbey Road Studios
Recorded At Grunewaldkirche
Designed At WLP Ltd.
All tracks are in Stereo, except where indicated otherwise.

CD1 (Stereo):
Recorded: 20. 21 & 23.III.1960 (tracks 5 to 7), 28 & 29.III.1960 (tracks 1 to 4), Kingsway Hall, London.

CD2 (Mono):
Recorded: 28-31.VII.1952 (tracks 1, 6 to 8), 6 & 7.VII.1953 (tracks 2 to 5), Kingsway Hall, London.

CD3 (Mono/Stereo):
Recorded: 14 & 15.VII.1953 (track 9), 4-6.VII.1955 (tracks 1 to 8), Kingsway Hall, London.

CD4 (Mono/Stereo):
Recorded: 26.IV & 31.VII.1952 (tracks 15 to 19), 16.I.1958 (track 2), 5-6.I.1959 (track 1), Kingsway Hall, London.
Recorded: 10 & 23.XI.1953 (tracks 3 to 13), 11 & 23.XI.1953 (track 14), No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London.

CD5 (Mono):
Recorded: 29-30.XII.1949 (tracks 2 to 6), 28-29.XI.1952 & 21-22.VII.1953 (tracks 7 to 11), 24.VII.1954 (track 1), Kingsway Hall, London.
(P) 1998 (track 6) Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.

CD6 (Stereo):
Recorded: 18.I.1958 (track 7), 26-27 & 29-30.III.1960 (tracks 1 to 6), Kingsway Hall, London.

CD7 (Mono):
Recorded: 22, 28-29.XI.1949 (tracks 11 to 14), 28.XI.1949 (tracks 8 to 10), 22 (tracks 2, 4), 23 (track 6), 24 (tracks 1, 3).VII.1954, 5 (track 7), 6 (track 5).XI.1954, Kingsway Hall, London.
(P) 1998 (track 10) Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.

CD8 (Stereo):
Recorded: 9.I.1958 (track 1), 10 & 13.I.1958 (tracks 8 to 11), 2 & 3 (tracks 4, 5, 7), 3 & 5 (track 6).I.1959, 22 & 23 (track 3), 23 (track 12), 29 (track 2).IX.1960, Kingsway Hall, London.

CD9 (Mono/Stereo):
Recorded: 7-9 & 21.VII.1954 (tracks 4 to 8), 9.I.1958 (tracks 1, 2), 6.I.1959 (track 3), Kingsway Hall, London.

CD10 (Stereo):
Recorded: 14 & 15 (tracks 5 to 12, 15 to 21), 16 (tracks 1 to 4).I.1958, 23 (track 14), 24 (track 13).IX.1960, Kingsway Hall, London.

CD11 (Mono):
Recorded: 16-17.VII.1953 (tracks 1 to 7), 17 (track 9), 21 (track 11).VII.1953, 22 (tracks 8, 14, 15), 23 (track 12).VII.1954, 8 (track 13), 9 (track 10).VII.1955, Kingsway Hall, London.

CD12 (Stereo):
Recorded: 13-16 & 18.I.1958 (tracks 1 to 17), 5 (track 20) & 6 (track 18).I.1959, 21 & 23 (track 19), 23 (track 21).IX.1960, Kingsway Hall, London.
Recorded: 9-11.XI.1960, Grunewaldkirche, Berlin (tracks 22 to 25).

CD13 (Stereo):
Recorded: 28 & 29.XI.1957 (tracks 1 to 4), 18-20.V.1958 (track 5), 30 & 31.XII.1959 (tracks 6 to 11), Grunewaldkirche, Berlin.

Digital Remastering ℗ 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.
This compilation ℗ & © 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd.
© 2008 Richard Osborne © 2014 Jean-Charles Hoffelé
Made in the EU.

Clam shell cardboard box includes the CDs in individual wallets and a 20-page booklet.

Editor's notes:
This box was later included in the 101-CD box set [m3494037].
Stereo/Mono status as printed on wallets. For some CDs it's not specified which tracks are in mono and which are in stereo although it is known that first stereo recordings begin in 1955. Correction have been made after carefully listening all tracks.
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