As with other Command releases, Command Classics appeared in both stereo and monaural editions and the convention of using a "SD" suffix for stereo and "33-" prefix for mono releases was adhered to. All recordings (except CC 12001 and 12002) were produced by Enoch Light and they made on 35mm magnetic film.
The recordings were released between 1961 and 1963 and were critically acclaimed: on the occurrence of the bicentennial of Beethoven's death in 1970 Howard Klein of the New York Times included Light's recordings of Beethoven's Symphonies 1, 2, 4 and 7 in his list of the best recordings ever made of these pieces.
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| CC 11002 SD | Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D, Op 73
William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11003 SD | Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Andre Vandernoot and L'Orchestra de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire |
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| CC 11004 SD | Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Andre Vandernoot and L'Orchestra de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire Tchaikovsky: Cappriccio Italien Pierre Dervaux and L'Orchestra des Concerts Colonne |
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| CC 11005 SD | Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No 2 - La Valse/Alborada del Gracioso
Pierre Dervaux and L'Orchestra des Concerts Colonne |
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| CC 11006 SD | Rachmaninoff: Symphony No 2 in E Minor
William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11007 SD | Ravel: Bolero
Pierre Dervaux and L'Orchestra des Concerts Colonne |
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| CC 11008 SD | Debussy: La Mer - Fete Iberia (No 2 from Images pour Orchestra)
Pierre Dervaux and L'Orchestra des Concerts Colonne |
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| CC 11009 SD | Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Op 14
Andre Vandernoot and L'Orchestra National |
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| CC 11010 SD | Mozart: Piano Sonata in F Four Hands, K497 Schubert: Fantasy in F Minor, Op 103 Mendelssohn: Allegro Brilliant in A Leonid Hambro and Jascha Zayde |
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| CC 11011 SD | Brahms: Symphony No 1 in C Minor, Op 68
William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11012 SD | Wagner: Selections... Der Ring Des Nibelungen
William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11013 SD | Magnificent Two Piano Performances Debussy: En Blanc et Noir Poulenc: Sonate Franck: Prelude, Fugue and Variation Saint-Saens: Minuet and Gavotte Op 65 Leonid Hambro and Jascha Zayde |
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| CC 11014 SD | Beethoven: Symphony No 7 in A
William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11015 SD | Brahms: Symphony No 3 in F Op 90 - Tragic Overture in D Minor Op 81
William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11016 SD | Beethoven: Symphony No 4 in B Flat Major Op 60 - Leonore Overture No 3 Op 72a
William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11017 SD | Schubert: Symphony No 8 in B Minor (Unfinished) - Symphony No 3 in D
William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11018 SD | Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor
Messiaen: Dieu Parmi Nous Franck: Grande Piece Symphonique Virgil Fox Plays the Philharmonic Hall Organ at the Lincoln Center |
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| CC 11019 SD | Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E Flat Op 55 (Eroica)
William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11020 SD | Wagner: Preludes and Overtures
William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11021 SD | Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 in F Minor Op 36
William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11022 SD | Bach: Prelude and Fugue in D - Trio Sonata VI in G - Fantasy and Fugue in C Minor - Alle Menschen Müssen Sterben - Toccata in F
Virgil Fox at the Organ Plays Bach |
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| CC 11023 SD | Piano Pops Promenade
J Strauss: Die Fledermaus Weber: Invitation to the Dance Zayde: Variations on a Theme by Paganini more Leonid Hambro and Jascha Zayde |
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| CC 11024 SD | Beethoven: Symphony No 1 in C, No 2 in D
William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11026 SD | Beethoven: Piano Sonata No 29 in B-flat
Hammerklavier
Daniel Barenboim, piano |
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| CC 11027 SD | Verdi: Quartet in E (arr. William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11028 SD | Command Performances Vol. 1
William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11029 SD | Command Performances Vol. 2
William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11031 SD | Beethoven: Symphony No 5 in C
William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11033 SD | Beethoven: Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral)
William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11034 SD | Stravinksy: Petrouchka
William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11036 SD | Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata No 1 in F
Mozart: Fantasy in F Franck: Final in B-flat Virgil Fox, organist |
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| CC 11039 SD | Curtain Calls!
Ravel: Valses Nobles et Sentimentales Dvorak: Scherzo Capriccioso Berlioz: Razeczy March Saint-Saens: French Military March J Strauss: Perpetual Motion, Tritsch-tratsch Polka more William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11040 SD | Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E The Wedge, Rejoice Beloved Christians
Gigout: Toccata Reger: Fantasy on the Chorale How Brightly Shines the Morning Star Virgil Fox, organist | ||
| CC 11041 SD | Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Music Symphonic Picture (arr. Bennett)
Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady Symphonic Picture (arr. Bennett) William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| CC 11042 SD | Shostakovich: Symphony No 1
William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | ||
| CC 12001 SD (2-LP set) | Beethoven: Symphony No 9 ("Choral") in D, No 8 in F
William Steinberg, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Chorale (This was produced in the post-Light era, the only record in the Beethoven Symphony series that Light didn't personally produce. But it was done by Bobby Byrne and Julie (Light) Klages, so it is almost an Enoch Light production. And I've always suspected that EL wanted to finish the series and may have worked on the production without attribution, but that's just a romantic notion of my own! Mark Koldys) |
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| CC 12002 SD | Bruckner: Symphony No 7 + Overture
William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| RS 13002 SD | Original Cast Recording: The School for Scandal (3 record set) Starring Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud and Geraldine McEwan (directed by Gielgud) |
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