Welcome to
WestminsterGold.com
...a discography of the classical reissue label of the 1970s and a gallery of the wonderfully different cover art that graced the LPs.
This site is an appreciation of something different, something humorous, in the classical recording field, an area that is all too often stodgy and pompous. These covers were largely the work of Christopher Whorf, who also produced some eye-catching covers for Dot Records as well as doing the cover for Isaac Hayes' "Hot Buttered Soul" album, and serving as art director for John Lennon's "Double Fantasy" album (to give a couple of examples).

Each image on a page is clickable, to show a larger version of the cover art.

The index to this site and the discography itself begin immediately below.
Update, August 2012: Continuing the updates of LPs for sale!

We now have available for purchase a limited number of original Westminster Gold LPs. These are indicated with a PayPal "Add to Cart" button in the rightmost column.

Only original Westminster Gold vinyl LPs are offered here. We do not offer any CDs of any type.



Nine pages,
grouped by
catalog number:
1970:
8100-8134
8135-8169
8170-8204
1973:
8205-8229
1973:
8230-8250
1974:
8251-8280
8281-8317
1976:
8318-8340
8341-
WGS-8100
Abravanel, Maurice / Vienna State OO
Tchaikovsky
Best Of Tchaikovsky
 
WGS-8101
Monteux / Badura-Skoda / Scherchen / Steinberg
Beethoven
Best Of Beethoven
 
WGS-8102
Scherchen, Hermann / Vienna
Bach
Best Of Bach
 
WGS-8103
Various
Rachmaninoff / Tchaikovsky / Khatchaturian / Rimsky-Korsakoff
The Best from the Russia We Love
LP available.
Disk has a couple of small scuffs on side 1.
Jacket has a tiny notch in top edge, 1 inch tear on spine edge, very light ring wear
Price: $14.98
includes shipping to US or Canada.
We pack properly to prevent seam splits during shipping.
WGS-8104
Shaffer, Sy / Vienna State Opera
Puccini
Best Of Puccini
 
WGS-8105
Scherchen, Hermann / VSOO / Rudel
Rossini / Offenbach / Suppe
Best Known Overtures
 
WGM-8106
Bream, Julian
Bach / Sor / Dowland / Villa Lobos / Torroba / Turina
Julian Bream's Greatest Hits
In 1976, this cover art was scrapped in favor of a more traditional type of illustration...
LP available.
Disk has light marks, plays with little noise.
Jacket is mostly clean with light ring dirt, small sticker stain, hole in lower right corner. Cover picture is 1976 version (not target).
Price: $14.98
includes shipping to US or Canada.
We pack properly to prevent seam splits during shipping.
WGS-8107
Virgil Fox
Wagner / Elgar / Mozart / Bach
Greatest Hits
 
WGS-8108
Roger Delmotte / VSOO / Scherchen
Vivaldi, Corelli, Torelli
Baroque and Contemporary Concertos for Trumpet and Orchestra
LP available.
Disk has no marks.
Jacket has very light ring wear.
Price: $14.98
includes shipping to US or Canada.
We pack properly to prevent seam splits during shipping.
WGS-8109
John Williams
Torroba / Ponce
Spanish Guitar
 
WGS-8110

Gassman / Sala
Electronic Music for the Ballet / Five Improvisations on Magnetic Tape
 
WGS-8111
Sir Adrian Boult
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia / English Folk Song Suite
LP available.
Disk has no marks.
Jacket has almost no wear.
Price: $14.98
includes shipping to US or Canada.
We pack properly to prevent seam splits during shipping.
WGS-8112
Daniel Barenboim / VSOOVienna Academy Chamber Choir / Laszlo Somogyi
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3 / Choral Fantasy
Click here to see the revised cover art that was applied in 1976. Note the erroneous inclusion of the Melodiya logo.
LP available.
Disk has only faint marks.
Jacket has the revised (1976) cover art.
Very little wear on jacket.
Price: $14.98
includes shipping to US or Canada.
We pack properly to prevent seam splits during shipping.
WGM-8113
Bream, Julian
Bach
Plays Bach
LP available.
Disk has no scratches or scuffs.
Jacket has very light ring wear on front.
Price: $14.98
includes shipping to US or Canada.
We pack properly to prevent seam splits during shipping.
WGS-8114
Scherchen / VSOO
Handel
Water Music
 
WGS-8115
Rampal, Jean-Pierre / Robert Veyron-Lacroix
Telemann / Bach
Flute And Harpsichord Sonatas
 
WGS-8116
Durufle, Maurice / Marie-Madeline Durufle Chevalier
Buxtehude / Handel
Organs Of The National Shrine, Washington DC
LP available.
Disk has light mark on each side.
Jacket almost no wear, RCOA sticker on back.
Price: $14.98
includes shipping to US or Canada.
We pack properly to prevent seam splits during shipping.
WGS-8117
Norman Treigle / Vienna RO&C / Jussi Jalas
Verdi / Mozart / Ponchielli / Halevy / Gounod
Arias (Otello / Don Carlo / Simon Boccanegra / Macbeth / Le Nozze de Figaro / Don Giovanni / Others)
 
WGS-8118
Gerle / Shetler
Brahms
Hungarian Dances, Complete
LP available.
Disk has no scratches or scuffs.
Jacket has tiny bit of ring wear on front, very light ring dirt on back.
Price: $14.98
includes shipping to US or Canada.
We pack properly to prevent seam splits during shipping.
WGM-8119
Lewenthal, Raymond
Beethoven
Sonatas For Piano (Moonlight / Appasionata / Pathetique)
LP available.
Disk has no marks; appears unplayed.
Jacket almost no wear; no seam splits, no holes or notches. Slight fading on one edge; O embossed in corner.
Price: $14.98
includes shipping to US or Canada.
We pack properly to prevent seam splits during shipping.
WGS-8120
Scherchen / VSOO
Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsodies 1, 4, 5 / Battle of the Huns
LP available.
Disk has no scratches or scuffs.
Jacket has almost no wear.
Price: $14.98
includes shipping to US or Canada.
We pack properly to prevent seam splits during shipping.
WGS-8121
Hermann Scherchen / VSOO
Rimsky-Korsakoff
Scheherazade
 
WGS-8122
Abravanel / Utah SO
Gershwin
An American In Paris / Rhapsody
 
WGS-8123
Rodzinski, Artur / PSO of London
Beethoven / Schubert
Fifth Symphony / Unfinished Symphony
LP available.
Disk has a couple of light scuffs on side 2.
Jacket is very clean, almost no wear, no holes or notches, no seam splits. O embossed in corner.
Price: $14.98
includes shipping to US or Canada.
We pack properly to prevent seam splits during shipping.
WGS-8124
Maureen Forrester / John Newmark
Milhaud / Ives / Brahms / Schubert / Wolf / et al.
A Charm of Lullabies
 
WGS-8125
Deutschmeister Band / Vienna State Opera Orchestra / Abravanel
Tchaikovsky / Rimsky-Korsakoff
1812 Overture / Capriccio Italien / Capriccio Espagnol
 
WGS-8126
Boult, Sir Adrian / VSOO
Holst
The Planets
 
WGS-8127-2
Monteux
Berlioz
Romeo and Juliet
LP available.
2 Disks have light marks -- no scratches or scuffs.
Gatefold jacket has light ring wear/dirt.
Price: $17.98
includes shipping to US or Canada.
We pack properly to prevent seam splits during shipping.
WGS-8128
Nicholas Afonsky / Cappella Russian Male Chorus
Glazunov / Lvov / Grtchaninoff
Masterpieces Of Russian Church Music
 
WGS-8129
Professor Emerson Meyers
Meyers / Mardirosian / Heintz
Provocative Electronics
 
WGS-8130
Steinberg / Pittsburgh SO
Wagner
Der Ring Des Nibelungen
 
WGS-8131
Scherchen / VSOO
Ravel / Chabrier / Dukas / de Falla
Bolero / Espana / Sorcerer's Apprentice / Ritual Fire Dance
 
WGS-8132
Mimi Coertse, Ian Dressel, Sonja Draxler / VSOO / Scherchen
Vivaldi
Gloria
 
WGS-8133
Abravanel, Maurice / Utah Symphony
Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake Ballet Suite
 
WGS-8134
Scherchen, Hermann / VSOO
Haydn
Symphony No.100 / Symphony No.45
 
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