
This album is part of the 'Archipel Desert Island Collection'.
The 1953 recording of Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole is the only existing performance recorded with violinist Gerhard Taschner.
The Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 was recorded live on December 16, 1944, with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
The 1953 recording of Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole is incomplete, with the fifth movement, Rondo Allegro, being fragmented.
This album features the first release of a private radio broadcast recording from 1953 of Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole.