Mercury Living Presence Series (De Luxe Multi Record Albums)
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“Living Presence” series was one of Mercury labels, for Classical music. Like its series name, it gives us "a living presence" sound. Among all Mercury releases, this “Living Presence” series may be the most famous among audiophiles, and thus much of this release includes so expensive, hard-to-find records in the second-hand market.
Among them, the most famous ones are the legendary Stereo releases, a high-fidelity “FR press” Stereo platters, most of which were released between 1958-1960. Another famous ones may be “35mm Magnetic Film Recording” in the 1960s.
It is surprising and interesting that monaural issues are less expensive than stereo issues of the same recordings. It's unbelievable in the area of Jazz, Popular etc.
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The List (De Luxe Multi Record Albums)
Titles with bold numbers (NON-grayed lines) indicates I own the copy. You can see detailed information and scanned images by clicking catalogue no. or cover picture. If you happen to know the titles/artists of the albums unlisted here, or if you found any incorrect information, please let me know. Thank you.
| No. (Mono) |
No. (Stereo) |
Title / Artist(s) | Jacket | (Note) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OL2-100 | - | SMETANA: My Fatherland (“Ma Vlast”) Chicago Symphony, Kubelik |
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| OL2-101 | - | TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker (complete ballet) Minneapolis Symphony, Dorati |
- | clothbound set maroon Mercury |
| OL3-102 | - | TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake (complete ballet) Minneapolis Symphony, Dorati |
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| OL3-103 | - | TCHAIKOVSKY: The Sleeping Beauty (complete ballet) Minneapolis Symphony, Dorati |
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| OL3-104 | SR3-9000 | CHERUBINI: Medea (complete opera, with libretto) Maria Callas; La Scala with chorus, Serafin |
![[SR3-9000]](img/SR3-9000_Fs.png) |
box set maroon Mercury FR5/FR2 FR2/FR7 FR2/FR2 |
| OL2-105 | SR2-9005 | DELIBES: Coppelia (complete ballet) Minneapolis Symphony, Dorati |
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| OL2-106 | SR2-9006 | DELIBES: Sylvia (complete ballet) London Symphony, Fistoulari |
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| OL2-107 | SR2-9007 | DVORAK: Slavonic Dances;
SMETANA: The Bartered Bride Minneapolis Symphony, Dorati |
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| OL2-108 | SR2-9008 | DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor (complete opera, with libretto) Scotto, di Stefano, Bastianini; Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala; Sanzogno |
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| OL2-109 | SR2-9009 | ROSSINI: La Cambiale di Matrimonio (complete) Scotto, Monti, Panerai, Capecchi; I Virtuosi di Roma, Fasano. |
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| OL2-110 | SR2-9010 | PAISIELLO: The Barner of Seville (complete) Sciutti, Monti, Panerai, Capecchi; I Virtuiosi, di Roma, Fasano |
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| OL2-111 | SR2-9011 | ADAM: Giselle (complete) London Symphony, Fisoulari |
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| OL2-112 | SR2-9012 | VERDI: Rigoletto (complete) Bastianini, Scotto, Krauss; Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Gavazzeni |
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| OL2-113 | SR2-9013 | TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker (complete ballet) London Symphony, Dorati |
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| OL6-114 | SR6-9014 | TCHAIKOVSKY: Three Great Ballets: Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker (all complete) Minneapolis Symphony, Dorati |
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| OL2-115 | SR2-9015 | TCHAIKOVSKY: No.1 in C minor (“Winter Dreams”) No.2 in C minor (“Little Russian”) No.3 in D (“Polish”) London Symphony, Dorati |
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| OL3-116 | SR3-9016 | J.S. BACH: Suites For Unaccompanied Cello (complete) Janos Starker |
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box set maroon Mercury RFR-3/RFR-1 RFR-2/RFR-2 RFR-1/RFR-1 |
| OL3-117 | SR3-9017 | Four Great Violin Concertos: London Symphony, Dorati/Schmidt-Isserstedt/Rozhdestvensky Henryk Szeryng |
![[SR3-9017]](img/SR3-9017_Fs.png) |
box set maroon Mercury RFR-1/RFR-3 RFR-1/RFR-3 RFR-4/RFR-1 |
| OL3-118 | SR3-9018 | TCHAIKOVSKY: 4 Suites For Orchestra New Philharmonia Orchestra, Dorati |
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| OL2-119 | SR2-9119 | (album of MG-50462 + MG-50463 / SR-90462 + SR-90463) | - | (released only as a special Columbia Record Club issue) |
| OL2-120 | SR2-9120 | World Of Flamenco The Romeros with Jaleo |
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| OL6-121 | SR6-9121 | TCHAIKOVSKY: The Six Symphonies London Symphony, Dorati |
![[SR6-9121]](img/barbcity_SR6-9121_Fs.jpg) |
(thanks barbcity-san for the photo) |
| - | SR4-9122 | Portugal's Golden Age - Classical Music Of The 16th To 18th Centuries Various Artists |
![[SR4-9122]](img/SR4-9122_Fs.png) |
box set maroon Mercury 1/RFR-1 RFR-1/RFR-2 RFR-2/RFR-1 RFR-1/RFR-1 |
| - | SR2-9123 | Panorama Of Experimental Music - Electronic Music And Musique Concrete |
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| - | SR2-9124 | HANDEL: 12 Concerti Grossi English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard |
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| - | SR2-9125 | J.S. BACH: The Complete Flute Sonatas Maxence Larrieu; Rafael Puyama; Wieland Kuijken |
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| - | SR2-9126 | TCHAIKOVSKY's Greatest Hits | - | - |
| - | SR2-9127 | The Heart Of The Ballet | - | - |
| - | SR2-9128 | The Heart Of The Symphony | - | - |
| - | SR2-9129 | The Heart Of The Piano Concerto | - | - |
| - | SR2-9130 | The Heart Of The Opera | - | - |
| - | SR2-9131 | The Heart Of The March | - | - |
| - | SR2-9132 | Music For Musing | - | - |
| - | SR2-9133 | The Spoleto Festival Various Artists |
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| - | SR2-9134 | Music For The Morning | - | - |
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