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This vintage 1970's Great Men of Music series includes 10 volumes, each illustrating the music of an individual composer. The volumes are packaged as four-record box sets, each with a 24-page booklet devoted to the life and works of the following composers: Mozart, Debussy, Stravinsky, Chopin, Schumann, Tchaikovski, Schubert, Bach, Brahms, and Haydn.

1. Mozart - STL-542 - Great Men of Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -Various Orchestras [1975] Don Giovanni, K. 527: Overture - Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Fritz Reiner)/Act 1: Recitative & Aria - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra (Francesco Molinari-Pradelli) with Leontyne Price, soprano, and Piero de Palma, tenor/The magic Flute, K. 620: Act 2: Aria - New Philharmonia Orchestra of London (Peter Herman Adler) with Leontyne Price, soprano/The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492: Act 3 - Recitative & Aria - RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra (Francesco Molinari-Pradelli) with Leontyne Price, soprano//Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218 - New Symphony Orchestra of London (Sir Malcolm Sargent) with Jascha Heifetz, violinist//Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K. 330 (Movements 1-3) - Van Cliburn, pianist/Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 (Third Movement: Alla Turca (Allegretto) - Van Cliburn, pianist//Symphony No. 39 in E Flat Major, K. 543 - Boston Symphony Orchestra (Erich Leinsdorf)//Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 - Vienna Symphony Orchestra (Géza Anda)//String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421 - Guarneri Quartet//Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 - Boston Symphony Orchestra (Charles Munch) with Benny Goodman, clarinetist//Così Fan Tutte, K. 588 - New Philharmonia Orchestra (Erich Leinsdorf) with Ambrosian Opera Chorus (John McCarthy) 
2. Debussy - STL-548 - Great Men of Music: Claude Debussy - Various Orchestras [1976] Side 1: Prelude A "l'Apries-midi D'un Faune"- Boston Symphony Orchestra/Images Pour Orchestre, Nos. 1 and 3 - Boston Symphony Orchestra; Side 2: Images Pour Orchestre, No. 2, "Iberia," - Boston Symphony Orchestra/L'Enfant Prodigue - Leontyne Price (soprano) with the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra;Side 3: "Children's Corner" Suite [Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum-Jimbo's Lullaby- Serenade For The Doll-The Snow Is Dancing-The Little Shepherd-Golliwog's Cakewalk] - Alexis Weissenberg (piano)/Sonata No. 3 In G Minor For Violin And Piano - Berl Senofsky (violin) & Gary Graffman (piano); Side 4: Nocturnes [Nuages, Fetes, Sirenes] - Boston Sympohony Orchestra with Women of the Berkshire Festival Chorus; Side 5: Le Martyre De Saint Sebastien [La Cour Deslys-La Chambre Magique-Concile Des Faux Dieux-Le Laurer Blesse-Le Paradis] - New England Conservatory Chorus and the Boston Symphony Orchestra; Side 6: Solo Piano Works [Clair De Lune (Suite Bergamasque, No.3)-Reflet Dans L'eau (Images, Set I, No. 1)-Feux D'artifice (Preludes, Book II, No. 12)-Soiree Dans Grenade (Estampes, No. 2)-L'Isle Joyeuse] - Van Cliburn (piano); Side 7: String Quartet No. 1 In G Minor, Op. 10; Side 8: La Mer - Philadelphia Orchestra 
3. Stravinsky - STL-550 - Great Men of Music: Igor Stravinsky - Various Orchestras [1976] The Firebird - Boston Symphony Orchestra (Seiji Ozawa, Conductor)/Petrushka (Part 1) - Boston Symphony Orchestra (Seiji Ozawa, Conductor)//Petrushka (Conclusion) - Boston Symphony Orchestra (Seiji Ozawa, Conductor)//Divertimento from "The Fairy's Kiss" - Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Fritz Reiner, Conductor)//"Symhony of Psalms" - Robert Shava Chorale with RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra//"Jeu E Cartes" - Boston Symphony Orchestra (Charles Munch, Conductor)//Agon - Boston Symphony Orchestra (Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor)//Fireworks and the Rite of Spring (Part 1)//The Rite of Spring (Conclusion) 
4. Chopin - STL-555 - Great Men of Music: Frederic Chopin - Various Orchestras [1976] Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11/Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65/Barcarolle in F Sharp, Op. 60/Prelude in A, Op. 28, No. 7/Prelude in D Flat, Op. 28, No. 15 ("Raindrop")/Scherzo No. 2 in B Flat Minor, Op. 31/"Wachet Auf" Chorale, BWV 645 Etudes, Op. 10/Ballade No. 3 in A Flat, Op. 47/Mazurka in B Flat, Op. 7, No. 1/Nocturne in E Flat, Op. 9, No. 2/Fantasie-Impromptu in C Sharp Minor, Op. 66/Waltz in D Flat, Op. 64, No. 1 ("Minute")/Waltz in C Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2/Piano Sonata No. 2 in B Flat Minor, Op. 35 ("Funeral March")/Polonaise in A Flat, Op. 53 ("Heroic")/Nocturne in B, Op. 62, No. 1/Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49 
5. Schumann - STL-557 - Great Men of Music: Robert Schumann - Various Orchestras [1977] Symphonies #1 7 #4/Symphonic Etudes/Arabeske/Frauenliebe and Leben/Carnaval/Piano Sonata #2 in G Minor/Fantasiestucke/Piano Concerto in A Minor/Davidbundlertanze 
6. Tchaikovski - STL-541 - Great Men of Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Various Orchestras [1974] Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 (Part 1)//Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 (Conclusion)/Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Act 1, Scene 2: Tatyana's Letter Scene//Francesca da Rimini (Fantasy After Dante), Op. 32//Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35//The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 [Suite: Introduction-Act 1: The Lilac Fairy-Waltz-Pas D'Action (Rose Adagio)-Act 2: Panorama-Act 3: Pas De Deux (Adagio)-Apotheosis]//Serenade for String Orchestra in C Major, Op. 48//Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 (Pathétique) (Part 1)//Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 (Pathétique) (Conclusion) 
7. Schubert - STL-552 - Great Men of Music: Franz Schubert - Various Orchestras [1976] Side 1: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor (Unfinished), D. 759 - Chicago Symphony Orchestra (Seiji Ozawa); Side 2: Songs [Seligkeit, D. 433-Gretchen am Spinnrade, D. 118-Du liebst mich nicht, D. 756- Heimliches Lieben, D. 922-Im Fruhling, D. 882-Die Vogel, D. 691-Der Jungling an der Quelle, D. 300- Der Musensohn, D. 764] - Elly Ameling (soprano), Jorg Demus (piano, playing a Rausch Hammerflugel, made in Vienna in 1835); Sides 3: String Quartet No. 12 in C Minor (Quartettsatz), D. 703: Allegro assai - Julliard String Quartet: Robert Mann,(first violin), Isidore Cohen (second violin), Raphael Hillyer (violin), Claus Adam (cello)/Piano Sonata in B Flat Major, D. 960 (beginning) - Paul Badura-Skoda (piano); Side 4: Piano Sonata in B Flat Major, D. 960 (conclusion) - Paul Badura-Skoda (piano);Side 5: String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor (Death and the Maiden), D. 810 (beginning) - Cleveland Quartet: Donald Weilerstein (first violin), Peter Salaff (second violin), Martha Strongin Katz (violin), Paul Katz (cello); Side 6: String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor (Death and the Maiden), D. 810 (conclusion) - Cleveland Quartet: Donald Weilerstein (first violin), Peter Salaff (second violin), Martha Strongin Katz (violin), Paul Katz (cello)/Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965 - Elly Ameling (soprano), Hans Deinzer (clarinet), Jorg Demus (piano, playing a Rausch Hammerflugel, made in Vienna, 1835);Side 7: Symphony No. 9 in C Major (The Great), D. 944 (beginning) - Boston Symphony Orchestra (Charles Munch); Side 8: Symphony No. 9 in C Major (The Great), D. 944 (conclusion) - Boston Symphony Orchestra (Charles Munch) 
8. Bach - STL-544 - Great Men of Music: Johan Sebastian Bach - Various Orchestras [1975] Brandenberg Concertos #2 & #4 in G Major, BWV 1049/"Christ Lag In Todesbanden" Cantata/Toccata And Fugue In D Minor/"Wachtet Auf" Chorale/Passacaglia And Fugue In C Minor/Partita #2 In D Minor/Concerto For Two Violins In D Minor/"Italian" Concerto in F Major/Excerpts from "The Well Tempered Clavier"/"Weichet Nur, Betrubte Schatten" Cantata ("Wedding Cantata")/Suite #2 In B Minor/Mass In B Minor (Excerpts)
9. Brahms - STL-543 - Great Men of Music: Johannes Brahms - Various Orchestras [1975] Piano Concerto #2 in B Flat Major/Liebeslieder Waltzes/Symphony #4 in E Minor/A German Requiem (Excerpts)/Tragic Overture/Violin Concerto in D Major/Piano solo works (Rhapsody, waltz, and intermezzi for piano) 
10. Haydn - STL-549 - Great Men of Music: Franz Joseph Haydn - Various Orchestras [1976] Symphonies #60 (Il Distratto), #88, #93/String Quartets #34& #76 ("Quinten")/Piano Sonatas #33 & #50/Trumpet Concerto In E-Flat Major/The Creation/Harmoniemesse (Mass No. 12) (Haydn's last major work) 

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