art direction Ton Friesen
booklet editor [liner note editor] Sedgwick Clark
tracks 1 to 26 choir BBC Symphony Chorus
composed by Béla Bartók
conductor Antal Dorati
tracks 1 to 26 directed by [recording director] Harold Lawrence
tracks 27 to 29 directed by [recording director] Wilma Cozart
tracks 27 to 29 engineer [associate engineer] Robert Eberenz
tracks 1 to 26 engineer [chief engineer], supervised by [technical supervisor] Robert Eberenz
tracks 27 to 29 engineer [chief engineer], supervised by [technical supervisor] Robert Fine
mastered by [mastering engineer for compact disc] Andrew Nicholas
tracks 1 to 26 orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra
tracks 27 to 29 orchestra Members Of The London Symphony Orchestra
tracks 27 to 29 piano [pianos] Géza Frid
tracks 27 to 29 piano [pianos] Luctor Ponse
producer [produced by], supervised by [musically supervised by], transferred by [3- to 2-channel conversion for compact disc by] Wilma Cozart
tracks 27 to 29 supervised by [musical supervisor] Harold Lawrence
Phonographic Copyright (p) Mercury
Copyright (c) Philips Classics Productions
Made By PMDC, Germany
Recorded At Watford Town Hall
Recorded At Wembly Town Hall
Total playing time: 76:51

All of the works on this CD were recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Telefunken 201 microphones. The Miraculous Mandarin and Divertimento were recorded on July 8 and 9, 1964, at Watford Town Hall and first released as SR90416. The Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, originally released on SR90515, was recorded at Wembly Town Hall on June 6, 1960.

Only ORIGINAL MASTERS used for transfer to Compact Disc.

℗ Mercury
This compilation ℗ 1995
Recorded: 7/1964 (1–26), 6/1960 (27–29), Great Britain

© 1995 Philips Classics Productions
Printed in Germany
Imprimé en Allemagne
Made in Germany
Barcode: 0 28943 43622 9 (Text)
Barcode: 028943436229 (Scanned)
Label Code: LC 0268
Price Code: M M
SPARS Code: ADD
Matrix / Runout: 434 362-2 01 + MADE IN W. GERMANY BY PMDC