Paperback Classics
ReDiscovery's Paperback Classics were bargain CDs, usually with no notes or cover art enclosed. Just the music: memorable performances that might have sonic or technical flaws, or may not be of sufficient consumer interest for a catalog release. The CDs are no longer available but the downloads live on…and are free.
conductors
Maurice Abravanel (as "Philip Vernal") / Vienna Festival Orchestra
DVORAK: Symphony 9; BIZET: Carmen Suite; CHABRIER: España (s) [RP 058 - 73:14]
Herbert Albert / Mannheim National Symphony Orchestra
MOZART: Marriage of Figaro Overture; TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony 5 in E minor (s) [RP 056 - 53:03]
Daniel Barenboim / Cento Soli Orchestra [in concert]
BRAHMS: Symphony 1; BERLIOZ: Romeo and Juliet love scene; RAVEL: Daphnis and Chloe Suite 2 (s) [RP 057 - 77:38]
Anatole Fistoulari / Philharmonia Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY: The Tempest; Glazounov: Concert Waltz, Stenka Razin (s)
Anatole Fistoulari / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF: Procession of the Nobles (s) [RP 043 - 54:23]
Anatole Fistoulari / Georges Sebastian / RIAS Orchestra
DELIBES: Sylvia, Coppélia Suites (s)
Anatole Fistoulari / Paris Conservatory Orchestra
Ballet Music from the Opera (s) [RD 102 - 73:56]
Gustav Gaigg / Vienna Army Battalion Band
Military Marches by Komzak, Ziehrer, Dostol, Nowotny etc (s) [RP 059 - 39:20]
Alexander Gibson / Leonard Pennario / Dagenheim Festival Orchestra recorded in concert
SCHUBERT: Symphony 9; LISZT: Piano Concerto 2; WAGNER: Die Meistersinger Overture (s) [RP 064 - 79:15]
Josef Leo Gruber / Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Strauss and Friends Waltzes, Polkas, etc, plus music by Flotow, Waldteufel, and Schubert (s) [RP 042 - 73:47]
Thor Johnson / World-Wide Symphony Orchestra, Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra
HOLST: The Planets; DEBUSSY: La Mer (s) [RD 147 - 75:03]
Andre Kostelanetz / His Orchestra
A Kostelanetz Stereo Extravaganza! Music by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Verdi, Chapi, Litolff, and more. (s) [RP 032 - 69:53]
Pierre-Michel Le Conte / Paris Opera Theatre Orchestra
BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique, Benvenuto Cellini Overture (s) [RP 033 - 58:40]
Rene Leibowitz / Ethel Semser / Joachim Kerol / Jean Borthayre / Loly Valdarnini / Marie-Therese Cahn / Paris Philharmonic Chorus / Paris Radio Orchestra
VERDI: Un Ballo in Maschera (m) [RP 010/011 - 65:07/56:58]
Leopold Ludwig / Hamburg State Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Favorite Chorus Selections from the Opera (s)
David Randolph / Masterworks Chorus
A Stereophonic Study in Double Choruses (s) [RP 062 - 69:44]
Otto Matzerath / Frankfurt Symphony Orchestra
MOZART: Symphony 36 Linz, Symphony 40 in g (s) [RP 026 - 48:51]
Paul Paray / Cento Soli Orchestra [in concert]
BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini Overture, Damnation of Faust excerpts; DELISLE: La Marseillaise; DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice; FRANCK: Symphony in d (s) [RP 024 - 74:01]
Paul Paray / Detroit Symphony Orchestra
BEETHOVEN: Symphony 1 in C, Symphony 2 in D; MOZART: Symphony 35 Haffner (s) [RD 051 - 69:51]
Paul Paray / Detroit Symphony Orchestra
BEETHOVEN: Symphony 6 in F Pastorale, Symphony 7 in A (m) [RD 026 - 70:49]
Paul Paray / Detroit Symphony Orchestra
BRAHMS: Symphony 4 in E minor; WAGNER: Flying Dutchman Overture, Parsifal Good Friday Spell; Interview (m) [RD 037 - 70:29]
Paul Paray / Detroit Symphony Orchestra
RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF: Capriccio Espagnol, Antar Symphony, Russian Easter Overture (m) [RD 022 - 55:08]
Hugo Rignold / London Philharmonic Orchestra
RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF: Le Coq D'Or Suite; MUSSORGSKY: Night on Bald Mountain (s)
Wilhelm Schuechter / NDR Orchestra
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition (s) [RP 053 - 67:44]
Leonard Sorkin / Musical Arts Symphonette
TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings; BACH: Prelude in e; MOZART: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; VIVALDI: Concerto Grosso in d; BOLZONI: Minuet (s) [RD 007 - 60:27]
Hans Kann / Hans Swarowsky / Vienna State Opera Orchestra
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto 5 Emperor; SCHUBERT: Rosamunde (m) [RP 038 - 64:47]
Hans Swarowsky / Vienna State Opera Orchestra
BIZET: Carmen Fantasy; MENDELSSOHN: Midsummer Night's Dream Suite; RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF: Flight of the Bumblebee; SAINT-SAENS: Bacchanale; SMETANA: Bartered Bride Overture (m) [RP 021 - 73:59]
Eva Wollman / Hans Swarowsky / Vienna State Opera Orchestra
FRANCK: Symphony, Symphonic Variations; CHOPIN: Les Sylphides (m) [RP 044 - 73:07]
Hans Swarowsky / Music Treasures Philharmonic Symphony
SCHUBERT: Symphony 9 in C (m) [RD 038 - 45:48]
Hans Swarowsky / Vienna State Opera Orchestra
SCHUMANN: Symphony 3 Rhenish; SMETANA: The Moldau; LISZT: Les Preludes (m) [RP 050 - 56:29]
Gunter Wand / Cologne Gurzenich Orchestra
BRAHMS: Serenade 1 (s)
Grace Hoffman / Carl Bamberger / North German Orchestra and Chorus
BRAHMS: Alto Rhapsody (s) [RP 061 - 53:38]
performers:
Michelle Auclair / Kurt Woess / Viennese Symphonic Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto (m)
Conrad Hansen / Wolfgang Sawallisch / RIAS Symphony Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto 1 (m) [RP 047 - 61:25]
Paul Badura-Skoda / Willfried Boettcher / Orchestra of North Germany
MOZART: Piano Concerto 20 in d (s)
Christoph Eschenbach / Wilhelm Bruckner-Ruggeberg / Hamburg State Philharmonic
MOZART: Rondo in D (s) [RP 052 - 38:29]
Malcolm Binns / Alexander Gibson / London Philharmonic Orchestra
SAINT-SAENS: Piano Concerto 2; RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto 1 (s) [RP 030 - 51:02]
Richard Ellsasser
WIDOR: Symphony 5 (s); MOZART: Adagio in C, Adagio and Allegretto in F (m) [RP 029 - 49:03]
Richard Ellsasser / Arthur Winograd / Hamburg Chamber Orchestra
MOZART: Organ Sonatas (17) (m) [RP 019 - 61:22]
Fou Ts'ong / Peter Maag / London Symphony Orchestra
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto 2 in f; SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto (s) [RP 054 - 63:29]
Fou Ts'ong / Victor Desarzens / Vienna State Opera Orchestra
MOZART: Piano Concerto 25, Piano Concerto 27 (s) [RP 028 - 61:58]
Robert Gerle / Robert Zeller / Vienna Radio Orchestra
HAYDN: Violin Concerto in B-flat, Violin Concerto in A (s) [RP 031 - 50:07]
Jan Peerce / Hans Schweiger / Vienna State Opera Orchestra
HANDEL: Arias (s) [RP 017 - 51:01]
Leonard Pennario
CHOPIN: Preludes (24), Scherzos (4) (s) [RP 015 - 75:11]
Leonard Pennario
RAVEL: Pavane, Jeux d'eau, Sonatine, Tombeau de Couperin (s) [RP 063 - 46:42]
Vivian Rivkin / Herbert Grossman / Vienna Festival Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto 1; RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto 2 (s) [RP 014 - 73: 13]
Professor Michael Schneider
BACH: Dorian Toccata, Trio Sonata 6, St Anne Prelude and Fugue, Passacaglia and Fugue in c, Toccata Adagio and Fugue in C, Toccata in F, Toccata and Fugue in d (s) [RP 016 - 79:30]
compilations:
Aeolian Kammerchor / Karl Etti / Boys Choir of Vienna / Vienna State Opera Orchestra / Justin Kramer Symphonic Carillon
Christmas in Stereo Austrian and German carols, two surprise bonus tracks (s) [RP 055 - 49:40]
Leonard Sorkin / William Davies / Chanteurs de la Vierge
The Sound of Christmas Orchestra, organ, and chorus (s) [RP 060 - 57:22]
Hans Hagen / Rene Leibowitz / Leonard Sorkin / Karl Etti / Boys Choir of Vienna
Strauss Stereo Sparkles (s) [RD 017 - 65:26]
Paul Paray / Detroit Symphony Orchestra [first recording] (m) - Leonard Pennario [second recording] (s) - Theodore Bloomfield / Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (s) - Pierre Dervaux / Orchestre des Concerts Colonne [second recording] (s)
RAVEL: La Valse: The Forgotten Recordings [RP 004 - 47:17]
Maurice Abravanel (as "Philip Vernal") / Vienna Festival OrchestraDVORAK: Symphony 9; BIZET: Carmen Suite; CHABRIER: España (s) [RP 058 - 73:14]
Herbert Albert / Mannheim National Symphony OrchestraMOZART: Marriage of Figaro Overture; TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony 5 in E minor (s) [RP 056 - 53:03]
Daniel Barenboim / Cento Soli Orchestra [in concert]BRAHMS: Symphony 1; BERLIOZ: Romeo and Juliet love scene; RAVEL: Daphnis and Chloe Suite 2 (s) [RP 057 - 77:38]
Anatole Fistoulari / Philharmonia OrchestraTCHAIKOVSKY: The Tempest; Glazounov: Concert Waltz, Stenka Razin (s)
Anatole Fistoulari / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF: Procession of the Nobles (s) [RP 043 - 54:23]
Anatole Fistoulari / Georges Sebastian / RIAS OrchestraDELIBES: Sylvia, Coppélia Suites (s)
Anatole Fistoulari / Paris Conservatory Orchestra
Ballet Music from the Opera (s) [RD 102 - 73:56]
Gustav Gaigg / Vienna Army Battalion BandMilitary Marches by Komzak, Ziehrer, Dostol, Nowotny etc (s) [RP 059 - 39:20]
Alexander Gibson / Leonard Pennario / Dagenheim Festival Orchestra recorded in concertSCHUBERT: Symphony 9; LISZT: Piano Concerto 2; WAGNER: Die Meistersinger Overture (s) [RP 064 - 79:15]
Josef Leo Gruber / Vienna State Opera OrchestraStrauss and Friends Waltzes, Polkas, etc, plus music by Flotow, Waldteufel, and Schubert (s) [RP 042 - 73:47]
Thor Johnson / World-Wide Symphony Orchestra, Interlochen Arts Academy OrchestraHOLST: The Planets; DEBUSSY: La Mer (s) [RD 147 - 75:03]
Andre Kostelanetz / His OrchestraA Kostelanetz Stereo Extravaganza! Music by Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Verdi, Chapi, Litolff, and more. (s) [RP 032 - 69:53]
Pierre-Michel Le Conte / Paris Opera Theatre OrchestraBERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique, Benvenuto Cellini Overture (s) [RP 033 - 58:40]
Rene Leibowitz / Ethel Semser / Joachim Kerol / Jean Borthayre / Loly Valdarnini / Marie-Therese Cahn / Paris Philharmonic Chorus / Paris Radio OrchestraVERDI: Un Ballo in Maschera (m) [RP 010/011 - 65:07/56:58]
Leopold Ludwig / Hamburg State Opera Orchestra and ChorusFavorite Chorus Selections from the Opera (s)
David Randolph / Masterworks Chorus
A Stereophonic Study in Double Choruses (s) [RP 062 - 69:44]
Otto Matzerath / Frankfurt Symphony OrchestraMOZART: Symphony 36 Linz, Symphony 40 in g (s) [RP 026 - 48:51]
Paul Paray / Cento Soli Orchestra [in concert]BERLIOZ: Benvenuto Cellini Overture, Damnation of Faust excerpts; DELISLE: La Marseillaise; DUKAS: The Sorcerer's Apprentice; FRANCK: Symphony in d (s) [RP 024 - 74:01]
Paul Paray / Detroit Symphony OrchestraBEETHOVEN: Symphony 1 in C, Symphony 2 in D; MOZART: Symphony 35 Haffner (s) [RD 051 - 69:51]
Paul Paray / Detroit Symphony OrchestraBEETHOVEN: Symphony 6 in F Pastorale, Symphony 7 in A (m) [RD 026 - 70:49]
Paul Paray / Detroit Symphony OrchestraBRAHMS: Symphony 4 in E minor; WAGNER: Flying Dutchman Overture, Parsifal Good Friday Spell; Interview (m) [RD 037 - 70:29]
Paul Paray / Detroit Symphony OrchestraRIMSKY-KORSAKOFF: Capriccio Espagnol, Antar Symphony, Russian Easter Overture (m) [RD 022 - 55:08]
Hugo Rignold / London Philharmonic OrchestraRIMSKY-KORSAKOFF: Le Coq D'Or Suite; MUSSORGSKY: Night on Bald Mountain (s)
Wilhelm Schuechter / NDR Orchestra
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition (s) [RP 053 - 67:44]
Leonard Sorkin / Musical Arts SymphonetteTCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings; BACH: Prelude in e; MOZART: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; VIVALDI: Concerto Grosso in d; BOLZONI: Minuet (s) [RD 007 - 60:27]
Hans Kann / Hans Swarowsky / Vienna State Opera OrchestraBEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto 5 Emperor; SCHUBERT: Rosamunde (m) [RP 038 - 64:47]
Hans Swarowsky / Vienna State Opera OrchestraBIZET: Carmen Fantasy; MENDELSSOHN: Midsummer Night's Dream Suite; RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF: Flight of the Bumblebee; SAINT-SAENS: Bacchanale; SMETANA: Bartered Bride Overture (m) [RP 021 - 73:59]
Eva Wollman / Hans Swarowsky / Vienna State Opera OrchestraFRANCK: Symphony, Symphonic Variations; CHOPIN: Les Sylphides (m) [RP 044 - 73:07]
Hans Swarowsky / Music Treasures Philharmonic SymphonySCHUBERT: Symphony 9 in C (m) [RD 038 - 45:48]
Hans Swarowsky / Vienna State Opera OrchestraSCHUMANN: Symphony 3 Rhenish; SMETANA: The Moldau; LISZT: Les Preludes (m) [RP 050 - 56:29]
Gunter Wand / Cologne Gurzenich OrchestraBRAHMS: Serenade 1 (s)
Grace Hoffman / Carl Bamberger / North German Orchestra and Chorus
BRAHMS: Alto Rhapsody (s) [RP 061 - 53:38]
performers:
Michelle Auclair / Kurt Woess / Viennese Symphonic OrchestraTCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto (m)
Conrad Hansen / Wolfgang Sawallisch / RIAS Symphony Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto 1 (m) [RP 047 - 61:25]
Paul Badura-Skoda / Willfried Boettcher / Orchestra of North GermanyMOZART: Piano Concerto 20 in d (s)
Christoph Eschenbach / Wilhelm Bruckner-Ruggeberg / Hamburg State Philharmonic
MOZART: Rondo in D (s) [RP 052 - 38:29]
Malcolm Binns / Alexander Gibson / London Philharmonic OrchestraSAINT-SAENS: Piano Concerto 2; RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto 1 (s) [RP 030 - 51:02]
Richard EllsasserWIDOR: Symphony 5 (s); MOZART: Adagio in C, Adagio and Allegretto in F (m) [RP 029 - 49:03]
Richard Ellsasser / Arthur Winograd / Hamburg Chamber OrchestraMOZART: Organ Sonatas (17) (m) [RP 019 - 61:22]
Fou Ts'ong / Peter Maag / London Symphony OrchestraCHOPIN: Piano Concerto 2 in f; SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto (s) [RP 054 - 63:29]
Fou Ts'ong / Victor Desarzens / Vienna State Opera OrchestraMOZART: Piano Concerto 25, Piano Concerto 27 (s) [RP 028 - 61:58]
Robert Gerle / Robert Zeller / Vienna Radio OrchestraHAYDN: Violin Concerto in B-flat, Violin Concerto in A (s) [RP 031 - 50:07]
Jan Peerce / Hans Schweiger / Vienna State Opera OrchestraHANDEL: Arias (s) [RP 017 - 51:01]
Leonard PennarioCHOPIN: Preludes (24), Scherzos (4) (s) [RP 015 - 75:11]
Leonard PennarioRAVEL: Pavane, Jeux d'eau, Sonatine, Tombeau de Couperin (s) [RP 063 - 46:42]
Vivian Rivkin / Herbert Grossman / Vienna Festival OrchestraTCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto 1; RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto 2 (s) [RP 014 - 73: 13]
Professor Michael SchneiderBACH: Dorian Toccata, Trio Sonata 6, St Anne Prelude and Fugue, Passacaglia and Fugue in c, Toccata Adagio and Fugue in C, Toccata in F, Toccata and Fugue in d (s) [RP 016 - 79:30]
compilations:
Aeolian Kammerchor / Karl Etti / Boys Choir of Vienna / Vienna State Opera Orchestra / Justin Kramer Symphonic CarillonChristmas in Stereo Austrian and German carols, two surprise bonus tracks (s) [RP 055 - 49:40]
Leonard Sorkin / William Davies / Chanteurs de la ViergeThe Sound of Christmas Orchestra, organ, and chorus (s) [RP 060 - 57:22]
Hans Hagen / Rene Leibowitz / Leonard Sorkin / Karl Etti / Boys Choir of ViennaStrauss Stereo Sparkles (s) [RD 017 - 65:26]
Paul Paray / Detroit Symphony Orchestra [first recording] (m) - Leonard Pennario [second recording] (s) - Theodore Bloomfield / Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra (s) - Pierre Dervaux / Orchestre des Concerts Colonne [second recording] (s)RAVEL: La Valse: The Forgotten Recordings [RP 004 - 47:17]
