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Big Boxes: Byron Janis’ (almost) Complete RCA Recordings

Jed Distler

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Album Title: Byron Janis: Complete RCA Album Collection

Works by Bach, Brahms, Beethoven, Chopin, Gershwin, Liszt, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov, Schumann, Johann Strauss Jr., & Richard Strauss

  • Soloist: Janis, Byron

    • Boston Symphony Orchestra/Charles Munch; Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner; Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra

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