The Wiener Symphoniker performed on the Mozart symphonies, while the Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin performed on the Debussy pieces.
Ferenc Fricsay, the conductor for this album, led recordings of Mozart's Symphonies Nos. 39 and 40 in Vienna in late 1959.
The recordings of Claude Debussy's Danse Sacrée and Danse Profane were made in Berlin on January 14, 1957.
The recordings of Mozart's Symphonies Nos. 39 and 40 on this album were made in Vienna in November and December 1959.
Nicanor Zabaleta, the harpist on this album, recorded Debussy's Danse Sacrée and Danse Profane in Berlin in early 1957.
