The Original Jacket Collection is a classical music boxed set reissue series undertaken by Sony Classical.
Format Compact Discs in the series mostly replicate the content of the original LP albums. In addition to the musical programming, the original LP front and back covers are duplicated. Most Original Jacket boxes contain ten CDs. Exceptions have included a 13-CD set of Mahler, Brucker, and Wagner conducted by Bruno Walter, and 70 and 80-CD sets for Vladimir Horowitz and Glenn Gould, respectively.
In 2010, the series name was changed to Original Album Collection.
Issues in the series The sets have been issued since the series inception.
No. of DiscsSet DetailsRecording Year(s)Original Record Label 9 CDs + 1 Enhanced CD Glenn Gould plays Bach Disc 1
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1955 recording)
Disc 2
Partitas Nos. 5 in G major, BWV 829; Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830 Well Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor, BWV 883; Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 878
Disc 3
Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825 / Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826
Disc 4
The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080
Disc 5
Well Tempered Clavier, Book I, Nos. 1-13 BWV 846-858
Disc 6 - 9
Well Tempered Clavier, Book I Nos. 14-16, BWV 859-861 Two-Part Inventions Three Part Inventions Toccatas
Disc 10 - Enhanced multimedia CD Columbia Masterworks 80 The Complete Original Jacket Collection Gould's complete recordings for Columbia Masterworks 1955–1982 Columbia Masterworks 9 + 1 CD-ROM Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky
Disc 1
Le Sacre du Printemps
Disk 2
The Firebird (Compete ballet)
Disk 3
Symphony of Psalms Symphony in C
Disk 4
Firebird Suite Petruska Suite
Disk 5
Fanfare for a New Theater The Owl and the Pussy-cat Movements for piano and orchestra Septet Anthem: The Dove Descending Breaks the Air Double Canon Epitaphium für das Grabmal des Prinzen Max Egon zu Fürstenberg Elegy for J. F. K. A Sermon, a Narrative & a Prayer
Disk 6
L'histoire du soldat Pulcinella
Disk 7
Præludium, for jazz band Pastorale Ragtime for 11 instruments Octet for wind instruments Tango for chamber orchestra Concertino for 12 instruments Ebony Concerto, for clarinet & jazz band (Benny Goodman, clarinet)
Disk 8
The Star-Spangled Banner Songs for voice, flute, harp & guitar Russian Peasant Songs Renard King of the Stars Babel Ave Maria Credo Pater Noster Choral-Variations “Von Himmel hoch”
Disc 9
Fireworks (Feu D'artifice), Op. 4 Ode, elegiacal chant for orchestra Norwegian Moods Circus Polka Ebony Concerto Russian Maiden's Song (Parasha's Aria) Columbia Masterworks 10 Vladimir Horowitz Columbia Recordings
Columbia Records presents Vladimir Horowitz
Chopin: Sonata in B-flat Minor, Op. 35 Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableaux in C Major, Op. 33, No. 2 / Etude-Tableaux in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5 Schumann: Arabeske, Op. 18 Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 19 in D Minor, S. 244, No. 19 (arr. Horowitz)
The Sound of Horowitz
Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 / Toccata, Op. 7 Scarlatti: Sonata in E Major, K. 531 / Sonata in A Major, K. 322 / Sonata in G Major, K. 455 Schubert: Impromptu in G-flat Major, D. 899, No. 3 Scriabin: Poeme in F-sharp Major, Op. 32, No. 2 / Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 2, No. 1 / Etude in D-sharp Minor, Op. 8, No. 12
Horowitz in his first recordings of…
Beethoven: Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique" Debussy: Three Preludes from Book II Chopin: Etude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12 "Revolutionary" / Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 7
Chopin: Scherzo in B Minor, Op. 20
Horowitz plays Scarlatti
Scarlatti: Sonatas K. 162, K. 474, K. 198, K. 491, K. 481, K. 39, K. 547, K. 197, K. 25, K. 52, K. 201, K. 303
An Historic Return: Horowitz at Carnegie Hall A recording of his first concert in twelve years. (2 CDs)
Bach – Busoni: Toccata in C Major, BWV 564/565 Schumann: Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17 / Träumerai Scriabin: Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 “Black Mass” / Poeme in F-sharp Major, Op. 32 / Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 2, No. 1 Chopin: Mazurka in C-sharp Minor, Op. 30, No. 4 / Etude in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8 / Ballade in G Minor, Op. 23 Debussy: Serenade for the Doll Moszkowski: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 72, No. 11
Horowitz - Schumann
Schumann: Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck / Kreisleriana, Op. 16
Horowitz plays Rachmaninoff
Sonata in B-flat Minor, Op. 36 / Prelude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 32, No. 12 / Moment Musicale in B Minor, Op. 16, No. 3 / Etude – Tableaux in E-flat Minor, Op. 33, No. 6 / Etude – Tableaux in C Major, Op. 33, No. 2 / Etude – Tableaux in D Major, Op. 39, No. 9
Horowitz plays Chopin
Polonaise Fantasie, Op. 61 / Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4 / Etude in G-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 4 “Black Key” / Introduction & Rondo in E-flat Major, Op. 16 / Waltz in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2 / Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53
Horowitz plays Scriabin
Album Leaf, Op. 45, No. 1 / Etude in F-sharp Minor, Op. 8, No. 2 / Etude in B-flat Minor, Op. 8, No. 11 / Etude in D-flat Major, Op. 8, No. 10 / Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 8, No. 8 / Etude in F-sharp Major, Op. 42, No. 3 / Etude in F-sharp Major, Op. 42, No. 4 / Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 42, No. 5 / Sonata No. 10, Op. 70 / Poèmes, Op. 69: Nos. 1 & 2 / Vers la flamme, Op. 72 1962–1973 Columbia Masterworks 10 Vladimir Horowitz RCA Recordings (Repackaging of 1990s Red Seal & Gold Seal CDs)
Clementi
Sonata in C Major, (“Sonata quasi Concerto”) Op.33 No.3 / Sonata in G Minor, Op.34 No.2 / Sonata in F Minor, Op.13 No.6 / Sonata in F-sharp Minor, Op.25 No.5 / Rondo from Sonata in B-flat Major, Op.24 No.2
Chopin, Volume 1
Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61 / Ballade in G Minor, Op. 23 / Barcarolle, Op. 50 / Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 7 / Etude in G-flat Major, Op. 10, No, 5 “Black Keys” / Ballade in F Minor, Op. 52 / Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 69, No. 1 “L’adieu” / Andante Spianiato and Grand Polonaise in E-flat Major, Op. 22
Chopin, Volume 2
Sonata in B-flat Minor, Op. 35 / Nocturnes: in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2; in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 / Impromptu in A-flat Major, Op. 29 / Etudes, Op. 10: No. 3 in E Major; No. 4 in C-sharp Minor / Ballade in G minor, op. 23
Schumann
Sonata in F Minor, Op. 14 (Concerto without Orchestra) / Humoreske, Op. 20 / Fantasiestücke, Op. 111 / Nachtstücke, Op. 23, Nos. 3 & 4
Scriabin
Sonatas: No. 3 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 23 / Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 Preludes: Op. 11, Nos. 1, 3, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16 / Op. 13, No. 6 / Op. 15, No. 2 / Op. 16, Nos. 1, 4 / Op. 27, No. 1 / Op. 48, No. 3 / Op. 51, No. 2 / Op. 59, No. 2 / Op. 67, No. 1 Etudes: Op. 8, Nos. 7, 12 / Op. 42, No. 5
20th Century piano music
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 / Toccata, Op. 11 Barber: Sonata, Op. 26 Kabalevsky: Sonata No. 3 in F Major, Op. 46 Faure: Nocturne in B Minor, Op. 119 Poulenc: Presto in B-flat Major, FP 70
Encores
Bizet - Horowitz: Carmen Variations Saint-Saens – Liszt – Horowitz: Danse Macabre W. A. Mozart: Rondo alla turca (from Sonata, K. 331) Mendelssohn: Wedding March and Variations (arr. Liszt – Horowitz / Sings Without Words: Elegie, Op. 85, No. 4, Spring Song, Op. 62, No. 2, The Shepherd’s Complaint, Op. 67, No. 5 / Scherzo a capriccio, Debussy: Serenade to the Doll (from Children’s Corner Suite) Moszkowski: Etudes, Op. 72: A-flat Major, No. 11, F Major, No. 2 / Etincelles, Op. 36, No. 6 Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53 Schumann: Träumerai Liszt: Rakóczy March (arr. Horowitz) / Valse oubliée No. 1 Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23, No. 5 Sousa – Horowitz: The Stars and Stripes Forever
Brahms Second and Tchaikovsky First Concertos (NBC Symphony Orchestra / Arturo Toscanini, Conductor)
Golden Jubilee Concert
Rachmaninoff Third Concerto
(New York Philharmonic / Eugene Ormandy, Conductor)
Piano Sonata in B-flat Minor, Op. 36
(1999 High Performance Remastering) 1940–1982 RCA Red Seal 70 Vladimir Horowitz - The Complete RCA, Columbia, and Sony recordings (See article for detailed contents) 1928–1989 RCA Red Seal, Columbia Masterworks, Sony Classical 10 Leonard Bernstein - Original Jacket Collection (recordings with the New York Philharmonic unless otherwise specified)
Disc 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 Eroica How a great symphony was written, Leonard Bernstein, speaker
Disc 2
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story / Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront.
Disc 3
Copland: Billy the Kid / Rodeo
Disc 4
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein, pianist) / An American in Paris
Disc 5
Haydn: Symphony No. 82 The Bear / Symphony No. 83 The Hen
Disc 6
Ives: Symphony No. 2 Leonard Bernstein discusses Ives
Disc 7
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Disc 8
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47
Disc 9
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82 / Pohjola' s Daughter, Op. 49
Disc 10
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps Columbia Masterworks 10 Bernstein Conducts Bernstein
Disc 1
Overture to Candide Symphonic Dances from West Side Story On the Waterfront, symphonic suite Fancy Free
Disc 2
Symphony No.1 Jeremiah Symphony No. 2 The Age of Anxiety (1965 version) (Philippe Entremont, pianist) I Hate Music, cycle of 5 kid songs for soprano & piano La Bonne Cuisine: 4 recipes for voice & piano
Disc 3
Symphony No. 2 The Age of Anxiety (1949 version) (Lukas Foss, pianist) Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium)
Disc 4
Symphony No. 3 Kaddish Chichester Psalms
Disc 5
Prelude, Fugue & Riffs Dance Episodes from On the Town Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) Fancy Free
Disc 6
Dybbuk
Disc 7
Trouble in Tahiti
Disc 8
On the Town
Discs 9 & 10
Mass Columbia Masterworks 10 George Szell conducts Beethoven (all recordings feature The Cleveland Orchestra with Szell unless otherwise specified)
Symphonies 1-9 Overtures: Leonore 1-3, Fidelio, Egmont, Coriolan, King Stephen The Creatures of Prometheus - Complete ballet (Louis Lane, Conductor) Mozart: Symphony K. 551 Columbia Mastwerworks 10 George Szell Plays and Conducts Mozart (all recordings feature the Cleveland Orchestra with Szell unless otherwise specified)
Symphonies: K. 200, K. 319, K. 385, K. 543, K. 550, K. 551 (Stereo Versions) Symphonies: K. 543, K. 550, K. 551 (First CD release of Mono versions) Divertimento, K. 131 Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364 Serenades: K. 525, K. 320 Clarinet Concerto, K. 622 (Robert Marcellus, Clarinet) Piano Concerto, K. 503 (Leon Fleisher, Pianist) Sonatas for Violin and Piano: K. 376, K. 301, K. 304, K. 296 (George Szell, Pianist / Rafael Druian, Violin) Piano Quartets: K. 478, K. 493 (George Szell, Pianist / Budapest String Quartet) Divertimento, K. 334 (Louis Lane, Conductor) Minuet in C Major (Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor) Requiem: Lacrimosa (Robert Shaw, Conductor) Columbia Masterworks 13 Bruno Walter conducts Famous Mahler and Bruckner Symphonies
Mahler:
Symphony No. 1 in D major ('Titan') Symphony No. 2 in C minor ('Resurrection') Symphony No. 4 in G major Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor Wayfarer Songs Das Lied von der Erde Symphony No. 9 in D major A Working Portrait: Recording the Mahler Ninth Symphony A Talking Portrait: Bruno Walter in Conversation
Bruckner:
Symphony No. 4 in E flat ('Romantic'), WAB 104 Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107 Symphony No. 9 in D minor, WAB 109 Te Deum in C major, WAB 45
Wagner:
Overture & Bacchanale to Tannhäuser Prelude to Act I of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Overture to The Flying Dutchman Prelude to Act I & Good Friday Music to Parsifal Overture to Act I of Lohengrin Siegfried Idyll Bruno Walter Rehearses the Siegfried-Idyll Columbia Masterworks 10 Heifetz: The Original Jacket Collection
Double Concertos
J. S. Bach: concerto in D Minor for two violins, BWV. 1043 (New Symphony Orchestra of London / Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor)