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1970:
8100-8134
8135-8169
8170-8204
1973:
8205-8229
1973:
8230-8250
1974:
8251-8280
8281-8317
1976:
8318-8340
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WGS-8341
Yakov Flier
Chopin
Russian Keyboard Masters Vol. IV
 
WGS-8342
Scherchen / VSOO
Haydn
The Seven Last Words of Christ
Thanks to Rob Linder for the cover scan.
 
WGS-8343
Igor Oistrakh / Viktor Pikaizen / Moscow State Phil SO
Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante / Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
 
WG-8344
Paul Kletski - USSR State SO
Schubert / Brahms / Weber
Symphony No. 8 In B minor / Tragic Overture / Oberon Overture
 
WG-8345 (stereo)
Rudolf Kerer / Moscow R Large SO / Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Brahms
Concerto No.1 Op.15 D Minor
Album cover art direction: Frank Mulvey / Design: Tim Ritchie / Graphics: Tim Ritchie
LP available.
Disk has no scratches or scuffs.
Jacket has 1/4 inch notch, 1 inch tear on front, foxing along bottom of back.
Price: $14.98
includes shipping to US or Canada.
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WG-8346
Olga Erdeli / Moscow R Large SO / Khaikin / Rozhdestvensky
Gliere / Mozart / Damase
The Magic Harp
 
WG-8347
Gennady Rozhdestvensky / Moscow R Large SO
Bach / Bruckner
13 Choral Preludes / Symphony No. 9
 
WG-8348
Leningrad State Phil Wind QNT /Taneyev QRT
Milhaud / Saint-Saens
La Cheminee du Roi Rene / Septet for Trumpet, Piano, and Strings
 
WG-8349
Taneyev Quartet
Schubert
Death And The Maiden / String Quartet in d minor
 
WG-8350 (stereo)
Jansons, Leningrad Philharmonic
Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique
Album cover art direction: Frank Mulvey / Design: Tim Ritchie / Illustration: Don Moore
 
WG-8351
Svetlanov / Bolshoi Theatre O
Borodin / Glinka / Mussorgsky / Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Opera Overtures
 
WG-8352
Scherchen / VSOO
Beethoven
Symphony No. 3
 
WG-8353
Denes Zsigmondy / VSOO / Miklos Rozsa
Rozsa
Concerto for String Orchestra / Kaleidoscope / Var. on Hungarian Peasant Song for Vn & O
 
WG-8354
Erica Morini / PSO London / Rodzinski
Brahms
Violin Concerto
 
WG-8355 (stereo)
Zwassman / USSR State SO / Rozhdestvensky
Gershwin, George
Rhapsody in Blue / Piano Concerto
Album cover art direction: Richard Germinaro / Design: Tim Ritchie
 
WG-8356
Richter, S. / Borodin Quartet
Brahms
Quintet Is F Minor, Op. 34
 
WG-8357
Gennady Rozhdestvensky / Moscow Radio Large SO
Shchedrin
Symphony No. 2
 
WGM-8358
Sofronitski, Vladimir
Scriabin
Plays Scriabin
 
WG-8359 (stereo)
Rodion Shchedrin / Yevgeny Svetlanov / USSR SO
Shchedrin
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 3
Album cover art direction: Richard Germinaro & Stuart Kusher / Design: Tim Ritchie / Graphics: Jim Nussbaum
 
WG-8360 (stereo)
Daniel Shafran / Anton Ginsburg
Franck / Debussy
Sonatas for Cello and Piano / Minuet / Minstrels
Album cover art direction: Richard Germinaro & Stuart Kusher / Design: Tim Ritchie / Illustration: Jim Warren
 
WG-8361
Gennady Rozhdestvensky / Moscow Radio Large SO
Sibelius
Symphony No 1 / Valse Triste
 
WG-8362
Daniel Shafran / Leningrad Philharmonic SO / Arvid Yansons
Haydn / Bocherini
Cello Concerto in D, Op 101 / Cello Concerto in B flat
 
WG-8363
Emilia Moskvitina / Valenitn Zverev / Mikhail Tolpigo / Leopold Andreyev
Chopin / Debussy / Albeniz / DeFalla / McHedelov / Watkins
The Harp Wizardry of Emilia Moskvitina
 
WG-8364-2
Vickers / Monteux
Beethoven
Symphony No. 9
 
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And then the label became simply "ABC Westminster" and limped along for a while longer before becoming "MCA" or "MCA Classics" and dying shortly later.

This is not to suggest that the recordings themselves were not worthy. It was a great catalog of original recordings, and some of the licensed recordings from Melodiya are still sought after today. But apparently there is no permanent place in the field of marketing classical music for humor, originality, and sparkle.