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Franz Schubert Lieder: – Ganymed D.544/ Op.19/3 – Die Götter Griechenlands D.677 – Der Musensohn D.764/ Op.92/1 – Fülle der Liebe D.854 – Sprache der Liebe D.410/ Op.115/3 – Schwanengesang D.744/ Op.23/3 – An den Tod D.518 – Die Forelle D.550 – Am Bach im Frühlinge D.361/ Op.109/1 – Der Schiffer D.694 – An die Entfernte D.765 – Sehnsucht D.516/ Op.8/2 – An die untergehende Sonne D.457/ Op.44 – Abendröte D.690 Elly Ameling (soprano), Rudolf Jansen (piano) (Philips) Johannes Brahms – Songs (9) Op.63/8 Heimweh No.2 "O wüsst' ich doch den Weg zurück" – Songs (6) Op.6/2 Der Frühling – Songs (6) Op.6/1 Spanisches Lied – Songs (5) Op.49/4 Wiegenlied Elly Ameling (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano) (Philips) Hugo Wolf – Mörike Lieder: No.6 Er ist's – Mörike Lieder: No.45 Nixe Binsefuss – Mörike Lieder: No.36 Lebe wohl Elly Ameling (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano) (Philips)

An interesting PR idea, just right for the Facebook era. I considered cross-posting this to the insomnia thread, but then I woke up.

Toru Takemitsu – Asterism for Piano and Orchestra — Yuji Takahashi (piano) – Requiem for String Orchestra – Green (November Steps II, for Orchestra) – The Dorian Horizon for 17 String Toronto Symphony – Seiji Ozawa (RCA Red Seal / Sony Classical)

Continuing in the Nordic vein: Terje Rypdal – Vossabrygg (ECM Records) — With Terje Rypdal (guitar), Palle Mikkelborg (trumpet, synthesizer), Bugge Wesseltoft (electric piano, synthesizer), Ståle Storløkken (Hammond organ, electric piano, synthesizer), Marius Rypdal (electronics, samples, turntables), Bjørn Kjellemyr (electric and acoustic bass), Jon Christensen (drums), Paolo Vinaccia (percussion) — Suite inspired by Mile Davis's electric period (the title means "Vossa Brew"); recorded live at Vossa Jazz Festival, Norway

Now playing: Frédéric Chopin Arthur Rubinstein (piano) (RCA Victor Red Seal Records – Sony Music) – Fantasie for Piano in F minor/A flat major B.137/ Op.49 – 3 Nouvelles Etudes – Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major B.158/ Op.60 – Berceuse for Piano in D flat major B.154/ Op.57 – Impromptu for Piano No.1 in A flat major B.110/ Op.29 – Impromptu for Piano No.2 in F sharp major B.129/ Op.36 – Impromptu for Piano No.3 in G flat major b.149/ Op.51 – Impromptu for Piano No.4 in C sharp minor B.87/ Op.66 "Fantaisie-Impromptu"

Antonin Dvorak – Symphony No.8 Op.88 — Columbia Symphony Orchestra – Bruno Walter (Sony Classical) from:

Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No.4 in C minor op.47, Katerina Ismailova—Suite Op.114a (suite from the vevised version of the opera Lady Macbeth) — Philharmonia Orchestra – Gennadi Rozhestvensky (ICA Classics / BBC Legends)

Gustav Mahler — Symphony No.4 in G major Desi Halban (soprano) – New York Philharmonic – Bruno Walter — Lieder und Gesänge vol 1: No.2 Erinnerung — Lieder und Gesänge vol 3: No.3 Scheiden and Meiden — Lieder und Gesänge vol 3: No.4 Nicht wiedersehen! — Lieder und Gesänge vol 2: No.2 Ich ging mit Lust — Lieder und Gesänge vol 3: No.2 Ablösung im Sommer — Lieder und Gesänge vol 1: No.3 Hans und Grethe — Lieder und Gesänge vol 1: No.1 Frühlingsmorgen — Lieder und Gesänge vol 2: No.4 Starke Einbildungskraft Desi Halban (soprano), Bruno Walter (piano) (Sony Classical)

I've adjusted the image a little bit to try to make it clearer. Not sure if it helps, but here it is. Anyway, the top word seems to be something like "W...N" and the second word may be "Live" I kind of see a tall woman with dark hair on the left looking right and a man on the right looking left with two smaller figures between the two people in the foreground. Or am I just seeing an ink blot?

Buck Clayton and his All-Stars – Buck Clayton Special [(H) on Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions (1953-62) Mosaic] (Philips BBL 7217 / Mosaic) — With Vic Dickenson, Buddy Tate, Dick Katz, Walter Page, Bobby Donaldson; the original LP was only issued in Europe

Buck Clayton & the Marlowe Morris Trio – Jammin' With Buck [(E) on Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions (1953-62) Mosaic] (Epic EG 7009 / Mosaic) — With Jerome Darr, Les Erskin; EP (2 trk 45) & 78 track & a previously unissued title

Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons – Sinfonia in B minor RV169 'Al Santo Sepolcro' – Concerto Op.3/10 'Con quattro Violini e Violoncello obligato', RV 580 Jeanne Lamon (violin) – Tafelmusik (Vivarte / Sony Classical), CD 23 from the Vivarte collection box:

Joaquín Rodrigo – Works for chamber orchestra: 100 years — Joaquin Rodrigo Chamber Orchestra – Augustin Léon Ara (EMI Classics—EMI Odeon España) – Zarabanda lejana y villancico – Cançoneta for Violin and Strings — Agustin Leon Ara (violin) – Miniaturas (2) andaluzas – Fantasía para un gentilhombre (flute and orchestra version) — Juana Guillem (flute) – Aria antigua for Flute and Piano (flute and orchestra version, orch. Bernard Wystraete) — Juana Guillem (flute) – Soleriana: No.1 Entrada – Soleriana: Pastoral – Soleriana: No.5 Passepied – Viejos aires de danza (3)

Gustav Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) — Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Mildred Miller (mezzo-soprano) – New York Philharmonic – Bruno Walter (Sony Classical)

Ludwig van Beethoven – Complete Sonatas for Pianoforte and Violoncello — part 1: Op.69, Op.5/1, Op.5/2 — Jos van Immerseel (fortepiano), Anner Bylsma (violoncello) (Vivarte / Sony Classical), CD 45 from the Vivarte collection big box.

Byard Lancaster use to play in the streets and in the subway around Center City Philadelphia.

Frank Martin – Concerto for 7 Winds Percussion and Strings, Etudes for Strings Arthur Honegger – Symphony No.2 for Trumpet and Strings — Suisse Romande Orchestra – Ernest Ansermet (Decca Records)

Now playing: Frédéric Chopin / ]Auguste – Grand Duo for Cello and Piano in E major B.70 "Robert le Diable" — Lambert Orkis (piano), Anner Bylsma (cello) Auguste Franchomme – Air auvergnat varié in A minor Op.26 — Kenneth Slowik (cello), Jody Gatwood (violin), Marji Danilow (double bass), Anner Bylsma (cello), Vera Beths (violin), Guus Jeukendrup (viola) – L'Archibudelli, Smithsonian Chamber Players – Caprices (12) for 2 Cellos Op.7/7 in C minor — Kenneth Slowik (cello), Anner Bylsma (cello) – Nocturne in G major after Chopin — Anner Bylsma (cello), Lambert Orkis (piano) – Grande valse Op.34 — Anner Bylsma (cello) – L'Archibudelli, Smithsonian Chamber Players – Caprices (12) for 2 Cellos Op.7/4 in A minor — Kenneth Slowik (cello), Anner Bylsma (cello) – Nocturnes (3) for Cello and Piano Op.15/3 in A flat minor — Lambert Orkis (piano), Anner Bylsma (cello) – Caprices (12) for 2 Cellos Op.7/2 in E minor — Kenneth Slowik (cello), Anner Bylsma (cello) – Air russe varié No.2 in D minor Op.32 — Anner Bylsma (cello) – L'Archibudelli, Smithsonian Chamber Players (Vivarte / Sony Classical)

Gustav Mahler – Symphony No.10 in F sharp minor/major (performing version of Mahler's draft prepared by Deryck Cooke in collaboration with Berthold Goldschmidt, Colin Matthews and David Matthews) — Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – Simon Rattle, 1999 (EMI Classics)

Anton Bruckner – Symphony No.9 in D minor (Nowak edition) — New Philharmonia Orchestra – Otto Klemperer (EMI Records / ArkivMusic)

Camille Saint-Saens – Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor Op.33 — Andreas Brantelid (cello) – BBC Philharmonic – Juanjo Mena William Walton – Cello Concerto — Paul Watkins (cello) – BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra – Tuomas Hannikainen (BBC Music)

Johann Sebastian Bach – French Suite No.2 in C minor BWV 813 – French Suite No.4 in E flat major BWV 815a – French Suite No.6 in E major BWV 817 – Toccata in D minor BWV 913 – Toccata in G major BWV 916 – Fantasia and Fugue in C minor BWV 906 Sviatoslav Richter (piano) (Decca)

Yes. They sometimes had lower quality covers, in B&W, for example. Some musical notes on the CDs though.

Franz Liszt – Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano S.139 — Yukio Yokoyama (piano) (Sony Classical / Japan), CD 2 from: