Mercury Living Presence Series (De Luxe Multi Record Albums)

“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.

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	-	-
OL2-101	-	TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker (complete ballet) Minneapolis Symphony, Dorati	-	clothbound set maroon Mercury
OL3-102	-	TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake (complete ballet) Minneapolis Symphony, Dorati	-	-
OL3-103	-	TCHAIKOVSKY: The Sleeping Beauty (complete ballet) Minneapolis Symphony, Dorati	-	-
OL3-104	SR3-9000	CHERUBINI: Medea (complete opera, with libretto) Maria Callas; La Scala with chorus, Serafin		box set maroon Mercury FR5/FR2 FR2/FR7 FR2/FR2
OL2-105	SR2-9005	DELIBES: Coppelia (complete ballet) Minneapolis Symphony, Dorati	-	-
OL2-106	SR2-9006	DELIBES: Sylvia (complete ballet) London Symphony, Fistoulari	-	-
OL2-107	SR2-9007	DVORAK: Slavonic Dances; SMETANA: The Bartered Bride Minneapolis Symphony, Dorati	-	-
OL2-108	SR2-9008	DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor (complete opera, with libretto) Scotto, di Stefano, Bastianini; Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala; Sanzogno	-	-
OL2-109	SR2-9009	ROSSINI: La Cambiale di Matrimonio (complete) Scotto, Monti, Panerai, Capecchi; I Virtuosi di Roma, Fasano.	-	-
OL2-110	SR2-9010	PAISIELLO: The Barner of Seville (complete) Sciutti, Monti, Panerai, Capecchi; I Virtuiosi, di Roma, Fasano	-	-
OL2-111	SR2-9011	ADAM: Giselle (complete) London Symphony, Fisoulari	-	-
OL2-112	SR2-9012	VERDI: Rigoletto (complete) Bastianini, Scotto, Krauss; Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Gavazzeni	-	-
OL2-113	SR2-9013	TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker (complete ballet) London Symphony, Dorati	-	-
OL6-114	SR6-9014	TCHAIKOVSKY: Three Great Ballets: Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker (all complete) Minneapolis Symphony, Dorati	-	-
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	-	-
OL3-116	SR3-9016	J.S. BACH: Suites For Unaccompanied Cello (complete) Janos Starker		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		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	-	-
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	-	-
OL6-121	SR6-9121	TCHAIKOVSKY: The Six Symphonies London Symphony, Dorati		(thanks barbcity-san for the photo)
-	SR4-9122	Portugal's Golden Age - Classical Music Of The 16th To 18th Centuries Various Artists		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	-	-
-	SR2-9124	HANDEL: 12 Concerti Grossi English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard	-	-
-	SR2-9125	J.S. BACH: The Complete Flute Sonatas Maxence Larrieu; Rafael Puyama; Wieland Kuijken	-	-
-	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	-	-
-	SR2-9134	Music For The Morning	-	-