This page introduces a new set of restorations by Klassic Haus, available as downloads only. These recordings are a step above the budget Garage Sale Classics items, and are available at a great price in both 320kbps MP3 and high-quality FLAC downloads. Recording information is included in the download (as is available) in a .pdf file, just as with regular Klassic Haus and Garage Sale Classics downloads. The recordings in the 1st series, consisting of 12 volumes, are from an excellent early 60s Reader's Digest stereo set that was released in 1963 on vinyl in the UK only, and transcribed by my UK colleague, John Whitmore. High-quality MP3 samples of each volume are found below the purchase tabs.

KHDL-008 (MP3) & KHFL-008 (FLAC)

Symphonic Favorites, Vol. 8

KHDL-008 & KHFL-008 Track Listing

Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Josef Leo Gruber, conductor

1. SUPPÉ: Light Cavalry Overture (7:08)

2. J.STRAUSS II: G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op.325 (11:27) - Fred Krippner, zither solo

3. LISZT: Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat  (4:08)

4. J. STRAUSS I: Radetzky March, Op. 228 (3:00)

5. FLOTOW: Martha: Overture (8:21)

6. J.STRAUSS II: Künstlerleben, Op.316 (9:26)

7. SCHUBERT: Marche Militaire, D. 733, No. 1 in D (4:00)

8. WALDTEUFEL: Estudiantina Waltz, Op. 191 (3:12)

Orginally issued on READER’S DIGEST LP RDM1008 (mono) & RDS5008 (stereo), 1963

No recording date/venue information available

LP transcribed by John Whitmore UK

Digital remastering: Curt Timmons 2014

KHDL-009 (MP3) & KHFL-009 (FLAC)

Symphonic Favorites, Vol. 9

KHDL-009 & KHFL-009 Track Listing

Rome Philharmonic Orchestra

Massimo Freccia, conductor

1. GLINKA: Russlan and Ludmilla - Overture (5:42)

2. RUBINSTEIN: Kammenoi-Ostrow (7:51)

3. ROSSINI: William Tell - Overture (11:45)

    Giuseppe Selmi, 'cello solo

4. VERDI: La Traviata: Prelude to Act I (3:52)

5. VERDI: La Traviata: Prelude to Act III (3:45)

6. MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo (3:58)

7. WAGNER: Die Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Rhine  Journey (11:08) - Dominico Ceccarossi, horn solo

Originally Issued on READER’S DIGEST LP RDM1009 (mono) & RDS5009 (stereo), 1963

Recorded by Bertlesmann/Ariola - no recording dates/venue listed

LP transcribed by John Whitmore UK

Digital remastering: Curt Timmons 2014

KHDL-010 (MP3) & KHFL-010 (FLAC)

Symphonic Favorites, Vol. 10

KHDL-010 & KHFL-010 Track Listing

Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Victor Desarzens, conductor

MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525

1. Allegro (6:05)

2. Romanza: Andante (6:16)

3. Menuetto: Allegretto; Trio (2:15)

4. Rondo: Allegro (3:00)

5.  J. STRAUSS II: An der schoenen blauen Donau,  Op. 314 (9:23)

6.  BRAHMS: Akademische Festouvertüre, Op. 80 (10:44)

7.  LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 in E-flat, 

     S.244/9 (12:09)

Originally Issued on READER’S DIGESTLP RDM1010 (mono) & RDS5010 (stereo), 1963

No recording information available

LP transcribed by John Whitmore UK

Digital remastering: Curt Timmons 2014

KHDL-011 (MP3) & KHFL-011 (FLAC)

Symphonic Favorites, Vol. 11

   

KHDL-011 & KHFL-011 Track Listing

Paris Conservatoire Orchestra 

conducted by René Leibowitz

1.  AUBER: Les Diamants de la couranne Overture (8:09)

2.  GOUNOD: Marche funèbre d'une marionnette (3:57)

3.  PIERNÉ: Marche des petits soldats de plomb (3:23)

4.  SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre, Op. 40 (7:10)

5.  RAVEL: La Valse (11:29)

6.  BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances (11:02)

Original Producer: Charles Gerhardt

Engineers: Jack Law (mono); Kenneth Wilkinson & Alan Reeve (stereo)

Recorded by DECCA June 18, 21 & 23-27,1960 at La Maison de la Mutualité, Paris

Originally issued as READER’S DIGEST RDM1011 (mono) & RDS5011 (stereo), 1963

LP transcribed by John Whitmore UK

Digital remastering: Curt Timmons 2014

KHDL-012 (MP3) & KHFL-012 (FLAC)

Symphonic Favorites, Vol. 12

KHDL-012 & KHFL-012 Track Listing

New Symphony Orchestra of London

Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

TCHAIKOVSKY: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a

1. Miniature Overture (2:58)

Danses caractéristiques:

2. Marche (2:33)

3. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (1:52)

4. Trepak (1:09)

5. Arabian Dance (3:18)

6. Chinese Dance (1:10)

7. Dance of the Reed Flutes (2:35)

8. Waltz of the Flowers (6:33)

9. TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake: Suite, Op. 20a (26:38)

    Yfrah Neaman, violin; Raymond Clark, 'cello

Originally Issued on READER’S DIGEST LP RDM1012 (mono) & RDS5012 (stereo), 1963

Original producer: Charles Gerhardt

Recorded by DECCA July 22, 1960, at Kingsway Hall

Engineers: Peter Attwood (mono), Kenneth Wilkinson (stereo)

LP transcribed by John Whitmore

Digital remastering: Curt Timmons 2014