In London - The Mercury Masters Volume 1

This Edition: ℗ 2025 Universal International Music B.V. Artwork © 2025 Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. Marketed in Australasia by Universal Classics & Jazz, a division of the Universal Music Group under exclusive licence. Made in Australia. All rights of the owner of copyright in this recording reserved. Any copying, renting, lending, diffusion, public performance or broadcast of this record without the authority of the copyright owner is prohibited. Editor's Note: Used the | character to separate parts or acts that ordinarily call for a Header, but is not used here, to keep complete works under a single Index Track. Editor's Note: Some tracks are divided into separate subtracks as clearly presented on disc sleeves or booklet, to manage multipart tracks. Track position is as printed or by using #.# convention. The printed track timing is entered as the [b]first[/b] Sub-track's duration. CD 1 35'30 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 4 July 1957 Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one Schoeps M201 microphone (centre) and two Neumann KM-56 microphones (L-R) Original Mercury Release: SR 90006: February 1959 ℗ 1959 Universal International Music B.V. CD 2 48'12 Recording Location: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, UK, 6 July 1956 Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one Schoeps M201 microphone (centre) and two Neumann U-47 microphones (L-R) Original Mercury Release: SR 90121: May 1960 ℗ 1960 Universal International Music B.V. CD 3 37'10 Recording Location: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, UK, 4-5 July 1956 Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one Schoeps M201 microphone (centre) and two Neumann U-47 microphones (L-R) Original Mercury Release: SR 90122: February 1959 ℗ 1959 Universal International Music B.V. CD 4 48'43 Recording Location: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, UK, 4-5 July 1956 Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one Schoeps M201 microphone (centre) and two Neumann U-47 microphones (L-R) Original Mercury Release: SR 90123: May 1960 ℗ 1960 Universal International Music B.V. CD 5 38'20 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 5 July 1957 (Impressions), 7 & 10 July 1957 (The Birds) Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one Schoeps M201 microphone (centre) and two Neumann KM-56 microphones (L-R) Original Mercury Release: SR 90153: December 1959 ℗ 1959 Universal International Music B.V. CD 6 56'17 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 5-6 July 1957 (11-17), 9 July 1957 (1-10), 31 July 1965 (18-26) Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape; 1-17: using one Schoeps M201 microphone (centre) and two Neumann KM-56 microphones (L-R); 18-26: using three Schoeps M201 microphones Original Mercury Release: SR 90154 (1-17): June 1959; SR 90437 (18-26): March 1966 ℗ 1959 (1-17), 1966 (18-26) Universal International Music B.V. CD 7 50'25 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 7-10 July 1957 Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one Schoeps M201 microphone (centre) and two Neumann KM-56 microphones (L-R) Original Mercury Release: SR 90155: April 1960 ℗ 1960 Universal International Music B.V. CD 8 30'22 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 9 July 1957 Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one Schoeps M201 microphone (centre) and two Neumann KM-56 microphones (L-R) Original Mercury Release: SR 90156: February 1959 ℗ 1959 Universal International Music B.V. CD 9 31'00 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 6 July 1957 (Water Music Suite), 8 July 1957 (Music for the Royal Fireworks) Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using one Schoeps M201 microphone (centre) and two Neumann KM-56 microphones (L-R) Original Mercury Release: SR 90158: February 1959 ℗ 1959 Universal International Music B.V. CD 10 40'10 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 20 June 1959 (Tchaikovsky); Wembley (Brent) Town Hall, London, UK, 15 & 17 June 1960 (Khachaturian) Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones Original Mercury Release: SR 90209: November 1961 ℗ 1961 Universal International Music B.V. CD 11 47'28 Recording Location: Wembley (Brent) Town Hall, London, UK, 6-7 June 1960 (Liszt), 8 June 1960 (Mussorgsky), 9 June 1960 (Smetana), 13 June 1960 (Sibelius) Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones Original Mercury Release: SR 90214: September 1961 ℗ 1961 Universal International Music B.V. CD 12 41'34 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 7-8 June 1959 Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones Original Mercury Release: SR 90226: March 1960 ℗ 1960 Universal International Music B.V. CD 13 41'05 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 9 & 14 June 1959 Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones Original Mercury Release: SR 90234: April 1960 ℗ 1960 Universal International Music B.V. CD 14 43'20 Recording Location: Wembley (Brent) Town Hall, London, UK, 13-14 June 1960 Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones Original Mercury Release: SR 90235: May 1961 ℗ 1961 Universal International Music B.V. CD 15 80'51 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 19-20 June 1959 (Symphony No. 8, Carnaval Overture), 17-18 July 1963 (Symphony No. 7) Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones Original Mercury Releases: SR 90236 (Symphony No. 8, Carnaval Overture*): October 1960; SR 90516 (Symphony No. 7, Carnaval Overture): April 1969 ℗ 1960 (No. 8, Carnaval Overture), 1969 (No. 7) Universal International Music B.V. *FIRST RELEASE ON CD CD 16 59'09 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 15, 16 & 24 June 1961 Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones Original Mercury Release: SR 90246: May 1962 ℗ 1962 Universal International Music B.V. CD 17 46'51 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 23 June 1961 Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones Original Mercury Release: SR 90255: July 1962 ℗ 1962 Universal International Music B.V. CD 18 53'26 Recording Locations: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 6 June 1959 (1-7), Walthamstow Town Hall, London, UK. 4 July 1956 (8) Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones (1-7), and two Neumann U-47 microphones (L-R) (8) Original Mercury Release: SR 90265: November 1960 ℗ 1960 Universal International Music B.V. CD 19 42'05 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 16 & 18 June 1959 Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones Original Mercury Release: SR 90268: December 1960 ℗ 1960 Universal International Music B.V. CD 20 43'19 Recording Location: Wembley (Brent) Town Hall, London, UK, 7, 9 & 12 June 1960 Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones Original Mercury Release: LPS 9000: February 1961 ℗ 1961 Universal International Music B.V. CD 21 56'32 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 19, 20, 22 & 24 June 1961 Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones Original Mercury Release: SR 90278: November 1961 ℗ 1961 Universal International Music B.V. CD 22 40'32 Recording Location: Wembley (Brent) Town Hall, London, UK, 12 June 1960 Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones Original Mercury Release: SR 90279: February 1962 ℗ 1962 Universal International Music B.V. CD 23 55'46 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 22 June 1961 (Haydn), 23 June 1961 (Mozart) Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones Original Mercury Release: SR 90280: December 1962 ℗ 1962 Universal International Music B.V. CD 24 37'55 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 16-18 June 1961 Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones Original Mercury Release: SR 90283: November 1961 ℗ 1961 Universal International Music B.V. CD 25 42'57 Recording Locations: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, June 9 and 14, 1959 (Tannhäuser); Wembley (Brent) Town Hall, London, UK, June 4, 1960 (Die Meistersinger, Parsifal, Lohengrin) Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones Original Mercury Release: SR 90287: September 1962 ℗ 1962 Universal International Music B.V. CD 26 48'08 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 6, 7 & 10 July 1962 Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones Original Mercury Release: SR 90303: December 1962 ℗ 1962 Universal International Music B.V. CD 27 79'46 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 11-13, 15 July 1962 Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones Original Mercury Release: SR 90306-7 (SR2-9013): December 1962 ℗ 1962 Universal International Music B.V. CD 28 40'25 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 18 & 22 July 1962 Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones HD Tape Transfers and Plangent Process: John K. Chester and Jamie Howarth Original Mercury Release: SR 90308: December 1962 ℗ 1962 Universal International Music B.V. CD 29 78'20 Recording Location: Watford Town Hall, London, UK, 15, 17, 20 & 25 July 1962 (Beethoven), 18 & 19 July & 1963 (Schumann), 27 July 1962 (Weber) Recorded on 3-track half-inch tape, using three Schoeps M201 microphones Original Mercury Releases: SR 90415 (Beethoven): November 1964; SR 90511 (Schumann): June 1969; SR 90259 (SR 2-9134) (Weber): February 1971 ℗ 1964 (Beethoven), 1969 (Schumann) 11971 (Weber) Universal International Music B.V.