The Internet's Premier Classical Music Source
Related Links
- Introduction
Biography
Bibliography
Annotated Recordings List
Discography
Recommended Links
Site News
Site Search
Follow us on
Affiliates
Koussevitzky Recordings Society
Discography
Here is a complete list of compact disc recordings by conductor and double bass virtuoso Serge Koussevitzky. The orchestra is the Boston Symphony unless otherwise indicated. Not all releases are currently "in print", though many are available used through the linked sources.
Koussevitzky recorded several works on more than one occasion. In such cases the year in which the recording was made is listed when known. The Brahms and Prokofieff Concertos with Heifetz have also been issued as a part of the complete 'Heifetz Collection' on RCA, but may not be available apart from the complete set.
Please note that this list represents only a tiny portion of the recordings that Koussevitzky made during his long and distinguished career. Many of his best commercial recordings have not yet been reissued on compact disc. A few may be available on LP from used record dealers. Also, from time to time, you may encounter used copies of "pirate" CDs and LPs of live Koussevitzky performances on such labels as AS Disc, Stradivarius, Eklipse, The Bruno Walter Society, or Rococo. The sound on these releases is generally inferior, but Koussevitzky was never more intense or exciting than in concert. These pirate discs are all well worth having. A separate annotated list of those items is in preparation.
|
BACH: Brandenburg Concertos, Orchestral Suites Pearl GEMS 103 |
 |
|
BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Violin DE FALLA: Cancione populare españolas 4* MENDELSSOHN: Song without Words* BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance 7* VIEUXTEMPS: Ballade and Polonaise* KREISLER: Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice Hollywood Bowl Symphony) Voorhees/Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra* Jascha Heifetz, violin Doremi DHR 7725 "Legendary Treasures - Jascha Heifetz Collection Vol 4" |
 |
|
BEETHOVEN: Symphonies 3 & 5 ('34) MOZART: Symphony 40 HAYDN: Symphony 88-finale SIBELIUS: Symphony 7* London Philharmonic Orchestra/BBC Symphony Orchestra* Biddulph WHL 029-30 (2CDs) |
 |
|
BEETHOVEN: Symphony 5 HARRIS: Symphony 3 LISZT: Episodes from Lenau's Faust RACHMANINOV: The Isle of the Dead SIBELIUS: Symphony 7* TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony 5 Boston Symphony/BBC Symphony* EMI Great Conductors of the 20th century CZS575118-2 (2CDs) |
 |
|
BEETHOVEN: Symphony 6 STRAUSS: Vienna Blood & Voices of Spring Waltzes with Koussevitzky's complete double bass recordings Biddulph WHL 019 |
 |
|
BEETHOVEN: Symphony 9 Charles Cambon, Janine Micheau, Solange Michel, Georges Jouatte L'O.R.T.F. Chorus & Orchestra Archipel 53 |
 |
|
BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture, Damnation of Faust (3 orchestral excerpts), Harold in Italy William Primrose, viola Biddulph WHL 028 |
 |
|
BERLIOZ: Harold in Italy ('44) with Sonata for Viola William Primrose, viola Doremi DHR 7708 "Legendary Treasures - William Primrose Collection Vol 1" |
 |
|
BRAHMS: Concerto for Violin BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Violin (Toscanini/NBC Symphony) Jascha Heifetz, violin Naxos Historical 8.110936 |
 |
|
BRAHMS: Concerto for Violin with Double Concerto (Heifetz, Feuermann, Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra) Jascha Heifetz, violin Biddulph LAB 041 |
 |
|
BRAHMS: Concerto for Violin with Double Concerto (Heifetz, Feuermann, Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra) Jascha Heifetz, violin IDIS 6382 |
 |
|
BRAHMS: Concerto for Violin PROKOFIEFF: Concerto for Violin 2 SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen* SAINT-SAËNS: Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo capriccioso* VIEUXTEMPS: Concerto for Violin 4* WIENIAWSKI: Concerto for Violin 2* WALTON: Concerto for Violin (Goossens/Cincinnati Symphony) Jascha Heifetz, violin Barbirolli/London Symphony* Pearl GEMM CDS 9167 (2CDs) "Jascha Heifetz Concerto Recordings, Vol 2" |
 |
|
BRAHMS: Symphonies 3 ('45) & 4 ('39) Pearl GEMM CD 9237 |
 |
|
DEBUSSY: La Mer RAVEL: Daphnis & Chloé Suite 2 ('28), Mother Goose Suite ('30) SATIE-DEBUSSY: Gymnopedie 1 ('30) DEBUSSY-RAVEL: Danse FAURE: Élégie Jean Bedetti, cello Pearl GEMM CD 9090 (Review) |
 |
|
GRIEG: "Våren" The Last Spring ('50) with Violin Sonata 3 (Kreisler/Rachmaninoff), Album Leaf (Elman), String Quartet (Budapest) RCA 61826 |
 |
|
HARRIS: Symphonies 1 & 3 FOOTE: Suite for Strings McDONALD: San Juan Capistrano COPLAND: El salón México Pearl GEMM CD 9492 |
 |
|
KHACHATURIAN: Concerto for Piano BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Piano 2 (Golschmann/NBC Symphony) BRAHMS: Intermezzo RACHMANINOV: Morceaux de fantaisies SHOSTAKOVICH: Preludes William Kapell, piano Pearl GEMM CD 9277 |
 |
|
KHACHATURIAN: Piano Concerto PROKOFIEFF: Piano Concerto 3 (Doráti/Dallas) LISZT: Mephisto Waltz William Kapell, piano RCA 60921 "William Kapell Edition Vol. 4" |
 |
|
MOZART: Concerto for Violin 4 RAVEL: Tzigane* BACH: Suite for Orchestra 3 "Air"* DINICU: Hora staccato* RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumblebee* CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Paraphrase on Rossini's "Largo al factotum"* CHAUSSON: Poeme* SARASATE: Spanish Dance "Zapateado"* GRIEG: Sonata for Violin** GRAINGER: Irish Tune from County Derry "Danny Boy"** Traditional: Gweedore Brae*** Voorhees/Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra* Emanuel Bay, piano** Armbruster/Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra*** Jascha Heifetz, violin Cembal d'Amour 120 "Heifetz - Never Before Released & Rare Live Recordings Vol 4" |
 |
|
MOZART: Symphonies 26 ('46), 29 ('37) & 40 ('34 - London Symphony) Lys 142 |
 |
|
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an exhibition ('30), Night on the Bare Mountain ('48) Centurion Classics 2104 |
 |
|
PROKOFIEFF: Concerto for Violin 2 GRUENBERG: Concerto for Violin (Monteux/San Francisco Symphony) Naxos Historical 8.110942 (Review) |
 |
|
PROKOFIEFF: Concerto for Violin 2 SIBELIUS: Concerto for Violin (Beecham/London Philharmonic) STRAUSS: Violin Sonata (Arpad Sandor) Jascha Heifetz, violin Biddulph LAB 018 |
 |
|
PROKOFIEFF: Concerto for Violin 2 ('49) TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for Violin (Steinberg/Los Angeles Philharmonic) Jascha Heifetz, violin Cembal d'Amour 115 "Heifetz - Never Before Released & Rare Live Recordings Vol 2" |
 |
|
PROKOFIEFF: Symphony 1 ('29), Love for 3 Oranges March & Scherzo ('29 & '36), Lt. Kije Suite, Peter and the Wolf Richard Hale, narrator Pearl GEMM CD 9487 |
 |
|
PROKOFIEFF: Symphonies 1 ('45) & 5, Buffoon-finale, Roméo & Juliet Suite 2 (excerpts) RCA 61657 |
 |
|
PROKOFIEFF: Symphonies 1 ('45) & 5, Buffoon-finale, Roméo & Juliet Suite 2 (excerpts) Lys 290 |
 |
|
PROKOFIEFF: Symphony 1 ('45) & 5, Tale of the Buffoon "Chout" SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony 9 TCHAIKOVSKY: Francesca da Rimini Biddulph WHL058 |
 |
|
RACHMANINOV: Concerto for Piano 3 ('50) TCHAIKOVSKY: Concerto for Piano 1* Vladimir Horowitz, piano Hollywood Bowl Symphony William Steinberg* Music & Arts CD-4963 |
 |
|
RACHMANINOV: Concerto for Piano 3 MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition Vladimir Horowitz, piano Koussevitzky/Los Angeles Philharmonic Urania 191 |
 |
|
RAVEL: Boléro ('30), Daphnis & Chloé Suite #2 ('45), La Valse DEBUSSY-RAVEL: Sarabande MOUSSORGSKY-RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition RCA 61392 |
 |
|
RAVEL: Boléro ('30) with versions by Charles Munch/Boston Symphony Isao Tomita, synthesizer Jacques Fray & Mario Braggiotti, pianos Serge Koussevitzky/Boston Symphony Nat Shilkret & His Orchestra (arranged as a fox-trot) Morton Gould, piano Arthur Fiedler/Boston Pops Orchestra Canadian Brass Evelyn Glennie, percussion (w/ National Philharmonic) Eduardo Mata/Dallas Symphony RCA 63670 |
 |
|
SCHUMANN: Symphony 1 SCHUBERT: Symphony 8 ('36) MENDELSSOHN: Symphony 4 ('35) Pearl GEMM CD 9037 |
 |
|
SCHUMANN: Symphony 1 "Spring" Concerto for Cello (de Machula/Furtwängler/Berlin Philharmonic) Manfred Overture (Schuricht/London Symphony) Centurion 2099 |
 |
|
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony 8 PROKOFIEFF: Romeo and Juliet RACHMANINOV: The Isle of the Dead, 14 Songs KOUSSEVITZKY: Chanson triste, Concerto for Double Bass Bernard Zighera, piano Biddulph WHL 045 "Koussevitzky conducts Russian Music" |
 |
|
SIBELIUS: Symphonies 2, 5 & 7*, Maiden with the Roses from Swanwhite, Tapiola, Pohjola's Daughter BBC Symphony* Pearl GEMM CDS 9408 (2CDs) |
 |
|
STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks Biddulph WHL 054 |
 |
|
STRAUSS: Also Sprach Zarathustra Ein Heldenleben (Mengelberg/New York Philharmonic) Don Quixote (Alfred Wallenstein, Beecham/New York Philharmonic) Death & Transfiguration (Stokowski/Philadelphia) Aus Italien - 3rd mvt (Stock/Chicago) RCA 60929 (2CDs) |
 |
|
STRAVINSKY: Pétrouchka Suite, Apollo-pas de deux, Song of the Volga Boatmen, Capriccio MOUSSORGSKY-RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition Pearl GEMM CD 9020 |
 |
|
STRAVINSKY: Pétrouchka Suite, Apollo-pas de deux RAVEL: Daphnis & Chloé Suite 2 ('28) with the complete acoustic recordings of Karl Muck and the Boston Symphony BSO Classics 171002 |
 |
|
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony 4 ('49) Symphony 5 ('43) Symphony 6 ('46) Music & Arts CD-1138 Live performances |
 |
|
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony #6 Roméo & Juliet RCA 60920 |
|
|
VIVALDI: Concerto Grosso in d, Op. 3/11 CORELLI: Suite for String Orchestra H. CASADESUS (attrib. CPE BACH): Concerto in D for Orchestra HANDEL: Larghetto from Concerto Grosso, Op. 6/12 & "Oh Sleep, why dost thou leave me" from Semele MOZART: "Ach, Ich fuehls" from The Magic Flute SCHUBERT: Ballet Music #2 from Rosamunde LISZT: Mephisto Waltz #1 Traditional (arr. Koussevitzky): Fair Harvard GRIEG: The Last Spring ('40) Dorothy Maynor, soprano Pearl GEMM CD 9179 (Review) "The Art of Serge Koussevitzky" |
 |
|
BEETHOVEN: Symphony 8 BERLIOZ: Le carnaval romain Overture BRAHMS: Concerto for Violin COPLAND: Appalachian Spring Suite DEBUSSY: La mer FAURÉ: Pelléas et Mélisande HANSON: Symphony 3 HARRIS: Symphony 3 HAYDN: Symphony 102 MOZART: Symphony 34 MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on the Bare Mountain PROKOFIEFF: Symphony 5 RACHMANINOV: Symphony 3, The Isle of the Dead RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé Suite 2 SCHUBERT: Symphony 8 SCHUMANN: Symphony 1 SCRIABIN: Symphony 4 SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony 9 SIBELIUS: Symphony 7, Tapiola STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony 4 Maestro History (Celebre) 205259 (10CDs) "Maestro Risoluto" |
 |
