George London was a rarity in the world of opera. He had a commanding physical presence together with a beautiful voice which he used with an accomplished technique. He was a great artist and my good friend.
Roberta Peters

GEORGE LONDON DISCOGRAPHY AND VIDEOGRAPHY

By Robert Baxter

OPERA

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande. Theodore Uppman, Victoria de los Angeles, Giorgio Tozzi, Regina Resnik, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Ernest Ansermet (live recording 16 January 1960). Bensar OL 11660 (CD)

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande. Nicolai Gedda, Anna Moffo, Jerome Hines, Blanche Thebom, Teresa Stratas, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Ernest Ansermet (live recording 29 December 1962). Piscitelli 9788 (CD)

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande. Camille Maurane, Erna Spoorenberg, Guus Hoekman, Josephine Veasey, John Shirley-Quirk, Choeur du Grand Théâtre de Genève and L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Ernest Ansermet (August 1964). Decca 473-351-2 (CD)

Menotti: The Last Savage. Roberta Peters, Teresa Stratas, Nicolai Gedda, Ezio Flagello, Lili Chookasian, Morley Meredith, Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Schippers (live recording 8 February 1964). Piscitelli 1643 (CD)

Mozart: Don Giovanni. Elisabeth Grümmer, Sena Jurinac, Léopold Simoneau, Erich Kunz, Emmy Loose, Ludwig Weber, Walter Berry, Orchestra and Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, conducted by Karl Böhm (live recording Royal Festival Hall, London, 15 September 1954). Archipel ARPCD 0234 (CD)

Mozart: Don Giovanni. Ludwig Weber, Hilde Zadek, Léopold Simoneau, Sena Jurinac, Walter Berry, Eberhard Waechter, Graziella Sciutti, Vienna Chamber Chorus and the Vienna Symphony, conducted by Rudolf Moralt (May 1955). Philips 438 674-2 (CD)

Mozart: Don Giovanni. Hilde Zadek, Ludwig Weber, Léopold Simoneau, Maud Cunitz, Benno Kusche, Rita Streich, Horst Günter, Chorus and Orchestra of the Cologne Radio, conducted by Otto Klemperer (17 May 1955). Testament SBT 2149 (CD)

Mozart: Don Giovanni. Ludwig Weber, Lisa della Casa, Anton Dermota, Sena Jurinac, Erich Kunz, Irmgard Seefried, Walter Berry, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, conducted by Karl Böhm (live recording 6 November 1955). RCA Red Seal 74321 57737 2 (CD)

Mozart: Don Giovanni. Eleanor Steber, Ezio Flagello, Lisa Della Casa, Laurel Hurley, Theodore Uppman, Cesare Valetti, William Wildermann, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Karl Böhm (live recording 14 February 1959). Metropolitan Opera Historic Broadcast MET 25 (CD)

Mozart: Don Giovanni. Gottlob Frick, Hildegard Hillebrecht, Nicolai Gedda, Sena Jurinac, Benno Kusche, Anneliese Rothenberger, Albrecht Peter, Munich Philharmonic and Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera, conducted by Joseph Keilberth (live recording 21 August 1962). Golden Melodram GM 5.0041 (CD)

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro. Erich Kunz, Irmgard Seefried, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Sena Jurinac, Elisabeth Höngen, Erich Majkut, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera and the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Herbert von Karajan (September 1950). EMI Classics CMS 7 69639 2 (CD)

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro. Lisa della Casa, Roberta Peters, Giorgio Tozzi, Rosalind Elias, Sandra Warfield, Fernando Corena, Gabor Carelli, Annie Felbermayer, Ljubomir Pantscheff, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera and the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf (June 1960). Decca 444 602-2 (CD)

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte. Anton Dermota, Irmgard Seefried, Erich Kunz, Wilma Lipp, Ludwig Weber, Sena Jurinac, Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Herbert Von Karajan (November 1950). EMI Classics CHS 7 69631 2 (CD)

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte. Jerome Hines, Roberta Peters, Lucine Amara, Brian Sullivan, Theodor Uppman, Laurel Hurley, Paul Franke, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Bruno Walter (live recording 3 March 1956). Historical Performances AS425-26 (CD)

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov. Vladimir Ivanovsky, Irina Arkhipova, Veronika Borisenko, Alexei Ivanov, Evgeny Kibkalo, Maria Mitukova, Mark Reshetin, Georgi Shulpin, Yelizaveta Shumskaya, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theater, conducted by Alexander Melik-Pashaev (1963). Sony Classical SM3K 52571 (CD)

Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Léopold Simoneau, Pierette Alarie, Suzanne Danco, Lucretia West, Renato Capecchi, Renato Cesari, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera , conducted by Lee Schaenen (6 January 1954). Voce della Luna VL2009-2 (CD)

Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Léopold Simoneau, Pierette Alarie, Suzanne Danco, Lucretia West, Robert Destain, Chorus and Orchestra of RAI Milan, conducted by Lee Schaenen (live recording 9 September 1956). Melodram 033 (LP)

Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann. Nicolai Gedda, Gianna d’Angelo, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Victoria de los Angeles, Jean-Christophe Benoit, Nicola Ghiuselev, Ernest Blanc, Michel Sénéchal, Robert Geay, Chœurs René Duclos and Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, conducted by André Cluytens (recorded 1964 and 1965). EMI Classics 5 67983 2 (CD)

Puccini: Tosca. Eleanor Steber, Carlo Bergonzi, Lorenzo Alvary, Gerhard Pechner, Alessio D Paolis, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Kurt Adler (live recording 11 April 1959). MYTO MCD 951.120 (CD)

Puccini: Tosca. Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Silvio Maionica, Fernando Corena, Piero de Palma, Giovanni Morese, Ernesto Palmerini, Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli (July 1959). Decca 411 871-2 (CD)

Puccini: Tosca. Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Fernando Corena, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Fausto Cleva (18 April 1964). Bensar OL 41864 (CD) Strauss: Die Fledermaus. Eberhard Waechter, Anneliese Rothenberger, Risë Stevens, Sándor Kónya, Erich Kunz, Erich Majkut, Adele Leigh, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, conducted by Oskar Danon. RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-7029 (LP)

Strauss: Great Moments from Die Fledermaus. Sergio Franchi, Anna Moffo, Risë Stevens, John Hauxfell, Richard Lewis, Jeanette Scovotti, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, conducted by Oskar Danon. RCA Red Seal 63468.2 (CD)

Strauss: Arabella. Eleanor Steber, Hilde Gueden, Brian Sullivan, Blanche Thebom, Ralph Herbert, Roberta Peters, Thelma Votipka, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Rudolf Kempe (live recording 26 February 1955). Voce della Luna VL2014-3 (CD)

Strauss: Arabella. Otto Edelmann, Ira Malaniuk, Lisa della Casa, Hilde Gueden, Anton Dermota, Waldemar Kmentt, Eberhard Waechter, Harald Pröglhoff , Mimi Coertse, Judith Hellwig, Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Georg Solti (May/June 1957). Decca 430 387-2

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin. Valérie Bak, Anton Dermota, Hertha Töpper, Lilian Benningsen, Ruth Siewert, Anton Dermota, Gottlob Frick, Max Proebstl, Franz Klarwein, Heinz Maria Linz, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio, conducted by Richard Kraus (1954). MYTO MCD 971.153 (CD)

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin. Polly Bastic, Leonie Rysanek, Mira Kalin, Hilde Rössl-Majdan, Anton Dermota, Gottlob Frick, Ljubomir Pantscheff, Peter Klein, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, conducted by Berislav Klobucar (live recording 1955). MYTO MCD 005-233 (CD)

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin. Lucine Amara, Richard Tucker, Rosalind Elias, Giorgio Tozzi, Belen Amparan, Martha Lipton, Louis Sgarro, Alessio De Paolis, George Cehanovsky, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos (live recording 7 December 1957). G.O.P. 707 (CD)

Verdi: Aida. Zinka Milanov, Mario del Monaco, Blanche Thebom, Jerome Hines, Luben Vichegonov, Lucine Amara, Thomas Hayward, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Fausto Cleva (live recording 24 January 1953). Bongiovanni GB 1173/74-2 (CD)

Verdi: Aida. Leonie Rysanek, Hans Hopf, Jean Madeira, Gottlob Frick, Oskar Czerwenka, Erich Majkut, Anny Felbermayer, Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, conducted by Rafael Kubelik (live recording 10 May 1955). MYTO MCD 023.267 (CD)

Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer. Astrid Varnay, Josef Traxel, Arnold van Mill, Elisabeth Schärtel, Jean Cox, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, conducted by Joseph Keilberth (live recording 25 July 1956). Golden Melodram GM 1.0057 (CD)

Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer. Leonie Rysanek, Josef Greindl, Fritz Uhl, Res Fischer, Georg Paskuda, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival (live recording 1959). Melodram MEL 26101. (CD)

Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer. Leonie Rysanek, Giorgio Tozzi, Karl Liebl, Rosalind Elias, Richard Lewis, Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Antal Dorati (1960). Decca 417 319-2 (CD)

Wagner: Parsifal. Martha Mödl, Arnold van Mill, Ludwig Weber, Wolfgang Windgassen, Hermann Uhde, Ruth Siewert, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (live recording 1951). Teldec 9031-76047-2 (CD)

Wagner: Parsifal. Martha Mödl, Wolfgang Windgassen, Ludwig Weber, Hermann Uhde, Kurt Böhme, Ruth Siewert, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival (live recording 1952). Archipel ARPCD 0112-4 (CD)

Wagner: Parsifal. Martha Mödl, Ramón Vinay, Ludwig Weber, Hermann Uhde, Josef Greindl, Maria von Ilosvay, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, conducted by Clemens Krauss (live recording 1953). Archipel ARPCD 0171-4 (CD)

Wagner: Parsifal. Astrid Varnay, Set Svanholm, Hans Hotter, Lawrence Davidson, Luben Vichey, Jean Madeira, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Fritz Stiedry (live recording 17 April 1954). Adonis 54001 (CD)

Wagner: Parsifal. Irene Dalis, Jess Thomas, Ludwig Weber, Hans Hotter and Gustav Neidlinger, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (live recording 1961). Golden Melodram GM1.0049 (CD)

Wagner: Parsifal. Irene Dalis, Martti Talvela, Hans Hotter, Jess Thomas, Gustav Neidlinger, Ursula Boese, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (live recording 1962). Philips 416 390-2 (CD)

Wagner: Parsifal. Irene Dalis, Gerd Nienstedt, Hans Hotter, Wolfgang Windgassen, Gustav Neidlinger, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (live recording 1963). Golden Melodram GM-10034 (CD)

Wagner: Das Rheingold. Kirsten Flagstad, Set Svanholm, Gustav Neidlinger, Kurt Böhme, Claire Watson, Jean Madeira, Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Georg Solti. Decca 414 101-2 (CD)

Wagner: Das Rheingold. Irene Dalis, Ralph Herbert, Karl Liebl, Ernst Wiemann, Jerome Hines, Heidi Krall and Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf (live recording 16 December 1961). Bensar OL 121661

Wagner: Das Rheingold. Elisabeth Schärtel, Ingeborg Kjellgren, Karl Sablotzke, Hermann Winkler, Herbert Schachtschneider, Zoltan Kelemen, Erwin Wohlfahrt, Gerd Nienstedt, Gürzenich Orchestra, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch (live recording 22 May 1962). Living Stage LS 1004 (CD)

Wagner: Siegfried. Hans Hopf, Birgit Nilsson, Jean Madeira, Martina Arroyo, Paul Kuen, Ralph Herbert, Gottlob Frick, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf (live recording 13 January 1962). Bensar Records OL 11362.

Wagner: Tannhäuser. Jerome Hines, Ramón Vinay, Astrid Varnay, Blanche Thebom, Heidi Krall, Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Rudolf Kempe (live recording 29 January 1955). Adonis 55002 (CD)

Wagner: Die Walküre. Jon Vickers, Gré Brouwenstijn, David Ward, Birgit Nilsson, Rita Gorr, London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf (1962). Decca 430 391-2 (CD)

SOLO RECITAL

“Mr. Lincoln and his Gloves” by Gerald Marks and “Absalom, My Son” by George Kleinsiger. Joseph Blatt, pianist (1948). RCA Victor 12-0238 (78).

The Record of Singing Volume Four. Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov “I have attained the highest power.” Virginia Pleasants, piano (22 October 1950). EMI Classics CHS 7 69741 2 (CD)

George London in Dramatic Scenes from Russian and French Operas. Arias from Prince Igor, The Demon, Don Quichotte and Patrie, Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera Association, conducted by Kurt Adler and Jean Morel (10 December 1951). Columbia ML 4489 (LP)

Of Gods and Demons. Arias and scenes from Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Le Damnation de Faust, Faust, Mefistofele, The Demon and Mussorgsky’s Song of the Flea. Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rudolf Moralt, and the Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, conducted by Kurt Adler (10 and 11 December 1951 and June 1952). Columbia ML 4658 (LP)

Verdi: Aida “Ciel! Mio Padre” with Zinka Milanov, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, conducted by Fausto Cleva (live recording 24 January 1953). Metropolitan Opera Historic Broadcast Centennial Collection 1935-1959 MET-100 (LP)

Mozart Opera and Concert Arias. Arias from Le Nozze di Figaro and “Mentre ti lascio,” “Per questa bella mano” and “Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo.” The Columbia Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bruno Walter (7 and 8 May 1953). Columbia ML 4699 (LP)

Famous Operatic Monologues. Arias and scenes from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Boris Godunov, Falstaff, Rigoletto, Othello, Thaïs and Emperor Jones. Columbia Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jean Morel (29 and 31 March and 6 April 1955). Columbia 4999 (LP)

Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death and Duparc: “L’invitation au voyage.” “Phidylé,” Chanson Triste,” “Extase” and “Le Manoir de Rosamonde.” Paul Ulanowsky, piano (8 April 1955). Columbia ML 4906 (LP)

George London on Broadway. Songs from Oklahoma!, South Pacific, Paint Your Wagon, Brigadoon, My Fair Lady, Carousel, Show Boat, Very Warm for May. Roland Shaw Orchestra, conducted by Roland Shaw. London Records 5390 (LP)

Wagner: Great Scenes for Bass-baritone. Scenes from Der Fliegende Holländer, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Die Walküre. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch. London OS 25044 (LP)

George London as Boris Godunov. Prologue and Coronation Scene, Boris’ Monologue from Act II, Dialogue and Hallucination Scene, Boris’ Farewell to his Son and Death of Boris. Howard Fried, Mildred Allen and Stanley Kolk, the Columbia Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Thomas Schippers (23 to 27 March 1961). Columbia MS 6273 (LP)

Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death and Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge. Leo Taubman, piano (1962-1964). Columbia MS 6734 (LP) George London im Theater an der Wien. Schubert: Schwanengesang, Ibert: Chansons de Don Quichotte and Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death (live recording 10 June 1963). Erik Werba, piano. Arias and duets from Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Faust and Aida. Irmgard Seefried and Astrid Varnay, Orchestra of the Vienna Radio, conducted by Max Schönherr, and Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Hermann Weigert. Amadeo 413 821-1 (LP)

George London. Arias and duets from Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Faust, Aida, Boris Godunov, Prince Igor and Eugene Onegin. Irmgard Seefried, Erich Kunz, Astrid Varnay and Valerie Bak. Orchestra of the Vienna Radio, conducted by Max Schönherr, Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, conducted by Karl Böhm, and Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio, conducted by Hermann Weigert and Richard Kraus. Deutsche Grammophon 415 449-1 (LP)

George London. Arias from Le nozze di Figaro, La Damnation de Faust, Faust, Mefistofele, Boris Godunov, The Demon, Patrie, Falstaff, Otello and Mozart: “Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo” and Mussorgsky: Song of the Flea. Columbia Symphony, conducted by Bruno Walter and Jean Morel and Vienna Symphony, conducted by Rudolf Moralt. Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera Association, conducted by Kurt Adler and Jean Morel. Preiser PR 135 027 (LP)

Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenlieder. Symphony Orchestra of the WDR Köln, conducted by Otto Klemperer (live recording 17 October 1955). Cetra LO 510 (LP) Bass-baritone George London. Arias and duets from Don Giovanni, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Tosca, Boris Godunov, Aida and Die Walküre and “Shenandoah.” Maria Callas, Laurel Hurley and Birgit Nilsson, orchestras conducted by Karl Böhm, Lee Schaenen, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Donald Voorhees, Leopold Stokowski and Paul Paray (live performances from 1954 to 1960). Parnassus PAR 1002 (LP)

George London. Arias and duets from Elijah, Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Faust, Der Fliegende Holländer, Die Walküre, Aida, Tosca, Prince Igor and Eugene Onegin (live performances from 1953 to 1962). Erika Köth, Anny Schlemm, Antonietta Stella, Maria Callas, Gottlob Frick and Valerie Bak. Orchestras conducted by Cristoph von Dohnányi, Leopold Stokowski, Otto Klemperer, Rudolf Moralt, Joseph Keilberth, Hermann Weigert, Fausto Cleva and Richard Kraus. Melodram 097 (LP)

First Performance Lincoln Center. Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music and Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E-flat Major, Part One. Adele Addison, Lucine Amara, Eileen Farrell, Lili Chookasian, Jennie Tourel, Shirley Verrett, Charles Bressler, Richard Tucker, Jon Vickers, Ezio Flagello, Donald Bell. Schola Cantorum, Juilliard Chorus, Columbus Boychoir and New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein (live performance 23 September 1962). Columbia L2L 1007 (LP)

George London Bass-Baritone Of Gods and Demons. Arias and scenes from Faust, La Damnation de Faust, Mefistofele, The Demon, Patrie, Thaïs, Don Quichotte, Prince Igor, Boris Godunov, Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, The Emperor Jones and Mussorgsky’s Song of the Flea. Orchestras led by Rudolf Moralt, Jean Morel and Kurt Adler (recorded 1951 to 1955). Sony Classical MHK 62758 (CD)

The Singers. George London. Scenes from Der Fliegende Holländer, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Die Walküre and songs from Oklahoma!, South Pacific, Carousel, Brigadoon, My Fair Lady, Knockerbocker Holiday, Very Warm For May and Showboat. Orchestras conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch and Roland Shaw. Decca 467 904-2 (CD)

George London 1953. Mozart: arias from Le nozze di Figaro and concert arias “Mentre ti lascio, o figlia,” “Per queste bella mano” and “Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo” and selections from Aida, Prince Igor and Die Walküre. Orchestras conducted by Bruno Walter and Hermann Weigert. Preiser 90580 (CD)

George London Recital, 1952-1955. Arias from La Damnation de Faust, Faust, Mefistofele, Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Prince Igor, The Demon, Don Quichotte, Patrie, Thaïs, Rigoletto, Otello, Falstaff and Mussorgsky’s Song of the Flea. Orchestras conducted by Rudolf Moralt, Kurt Adler and Jean Morel. MYTO MCD 942 101 (CD)

Grosse Sänger Unseres Jahrhunderts George London. Arias and scenes from Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Eugene Onegin, Prince Igor, Aida and Die Walküre. Teresa Stich-Randall, Maria von Ilosvay, Valérie Bak and Astrid Varnay. Live recordings with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra led by Rudolf Moralt, Richard Kraus and Hermann Weigert. Orfeo C 502 001 B (CD)

Giuseppe di Stefano presenta ‘Recitals Indimenticabili’ George London. Arias and scenes from Aida (Metropolitan Opera 23 February 1957), Boris Godunov (Metropolitan Opera 7 January 1961), Don Giovanni (Vienna Staatsoper September 1955), Die Walküre (Metropolitan Opera 6 March 1965) and Le Nozze di Figaro, Prince Igor and Faust (Philadelphia Orchestra 25 July 1962). Antonietta Stella, Kurt Baum, Blanche Thebom, Giorgio Tozzi, Louis Sgarro, Teresa Stratas, Helen Vanni, Normann Kelley, Sena Jurinac, Irmgard Seefried, Erich Kunz, Walter Berry, Ludwig Weber and Birgit Nilsson. Orchestras conducted by Fausto Cleva, Erich Leinsdorf, Karl Böhm, William Steinberg and Leopold Stokowski. GDS 2204 (CD)

George London in Concert. Arias and songs by Piccinni, Falconieri, Schubert, Mussorgsky, Irish and Scottish folk melodies and songs. John Newmark, piano (live recording 15 February 1957). VAI Audio VAIA 1030 (CD)

George London und Seine Freunde Gala. Francisco Araiza, Simon Estes, Nicolai Gedda, Sona Ghazarian, Edita Gruberova, James King, Catherine Malfitano, Lucia Popp, Leonie Rysanek, Tatiana Troyanos with ORF Orchestra, conducted by Heinrich Hollreiser (1984). Amadeo 449 574-2 (CD)

ORATORIO and CONCERT

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. Gundula Janowitz, Grace Bumbry, Jess Thomas, Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival , conducted by Karl Böhm (live recording 23 July 1963). Melodram CD 18005 (CD)

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. Irmgard Seefried, Westminster Choir and New York Philharmonic, conducted by Bruno Walter (December 1954). Sony Classical SMK 64 469 (CD)

Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge. Leo Taubman, piano (1962-1964). Sony Classical SBK 48 176 (CD)

Haydn: Mass No. 9 in D minor (“Nelson”). Lisa della Casa, Elisabeth Höngen, Horst Taubman, Vienna Academy Chorus and Symphony, conducted by Jonathan Sternberg (1949). Haydn Society HSLP.2004 (LP)

Hindemith: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d. Louise Parker, New York Philharmonic, conducted by Paul Hindemith. CBS Masterworks MPK 45881 (CD)

Mahler: Symphony No 8. Carlos Alexander, Eugene Conley, Uta Graf, Martha Lipton, Camilla Williams, Frances Yeend, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski (live recording). Archipel ARPCD 0108 (CD)

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder. Orchestra of the West German Radio, conducted by Otto Klemperer (live recording 17 October 1955). MYTO MCD 971.153 (CD)

Mahler: Symphony No. 8: Part 1. Adele Addison, Lucine Amara, Lili Chookasian, Ezio Flagello, Jennie Tourel, Richard Tucker, Lee Venora. New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Bernstein (live recording 23 September 1962). Sony Classical SMK 47639 (CD)

Mendelssohn: Elijah. Ingrid Bjoner, Waldemar Kmentt, Ira Malaniuk, Chorus and Orchestra of the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Christoph von Dohnányi (live recording 1962). Melodram GM 40058 (CD)

Menotti: The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi. Lili Chookasian, New England Conservatory Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf (19 October 1964). RCA Victor 09026-63747-2 (CD)

Verdi: Messa da Requiem. Lucine Amara, Maureen Forrester, Richard Tucker, Westminster Choir and Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy (14 and 15 May 1964). Sony Classical SB2K 53 252 (CD)

Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music. Adele Addison, Lucine Amara, Eileen Farrell, Lili Chookasion, Jennie Tourel, Shirley Verrett, Charles Bressler, Richard Tucker, Jon Vickers, Ezio Flagello, Donald Bell, New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein (live recording 23 September 1962). Sony Classical SMK 61874

VIDEO

George London in Opera and Song. Arias and duets from Boris Godunov, Maytime, Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, The Desert Song, Naughty Marietta, songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein and others. Nadine Conner, Dorothy Warenskjold and orchestras, conducted by Howard Barlow and Wilfrid Pelletier (live recordings from The Voice of Firestone 28 December 1953, 3 January 1955 and 27 February 1953). Kultur KLT 2418 (VHS)

Puccini: Tosca scene from Act 2. Maria Callas, orchestra conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos (live recording from the Ed Sullivan Show 25 November 1956). House of Opera (DVD)

Great Stars of Opera From the Bell Telephone Hour. Telecasts from The Bell Telephone Hour 1959-1966. “Farewell My Son” from Boris Godunov. Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, conducted by Donald Voorhees (live recording 19 May 1964). VAI DVD 4201 (DVD)

Cole Porter – An All Star Tribute. “Night and Day,” “Were Thine That Special Face” and duet from Wunderbar. Jeanne Finn. VAI 2005 (DVD)

CD Recording VAIA 1239 A Salute to George London. Arias from Das Rheingold, Boris Godunov, Tosca, Don Giovanni, Faust and Schubert: “An die Musik” with Joan Sutherland, Shirley Verrett, Leonie Rysanek, Tatiana Troyanos, Ruth Welting, James McCracken, Marilyn Horne, Nicolai Gedda, Evelyn Lear, Thomas Stewart, James King, Richard Stilwell, Carol Neblett, Justino Diaz, Rockwell Blake and Beverly Sills, accompanied by Jeffrey Goldberg, Eugene Kohn, Mstislav Rostropovich, Julius Rudel and Warren Wilson (live recording from the Kennedy Center 1981). Premiere Opera 5121 (DVD).

George London – A Celebration. Arias from Don Giovanni and Boris Godunov with Francisco Araiza, Simon Estes, Nicolai Gedda, Sona Ghazarian, Eita Gruberova, Margareta Hintermeier, James King, Catherine Malfitano, Thomas Moser, Lucia Popp, Leonie Rysanek, Tatiana Troyanos, Vienna State Opera Chorus and Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lothar Zagrosek, Heinrich Hollreiser, Hans Graf and Erich Binder. VAI 69224 (VHS)

Great Voices from the CBC. Gounod: Faust. Marian Anderson, Lisa della Casa, Maureen Forrester, Marilyn Horne, Sir Peter Pears, Irmgard Seefried, Richard Tucker, pianists John Newmark and Franz Rupp, CBC Symphony Orchestra and CBC Festival Orchestra conducted by Lucia Agostini and Ernesto Barbini. VAI 69412 (VHS) Puccini: Tosca. Renata Tebaldi, Eugene Tobin, Wilhelm Baur, Hubert Buchta, Heinz Cramer, Siegfried Fischer-Sandt, Gustav Grefe, Claudia Hellman, Chorus and Orchestra of the Wurttemberg State Opera, conducted by Franco Patane. VAI 4217 (DVD)

Puccini: Tosca. Renata Tebaldi, Eugene Tobin, Wilhelm Baur, Hubert Buchta, Chorus and Orchestra of the Wurttemberg State Opera, conducted by Franco patane. VAI 4217 (DVD)