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FIRST PERFORMANCE:
  1. <br>10 DEC 1891 FP of Brahms' Clarinet Quintet, Op 115, at the Singakademie, by <A HREF="http://classicalplus.gmn.com/story.asp?sc=1&id=56245&pf=1">Richard Mühlfeld</a> and Joachim Quartet in Berlin.<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000IX73/ncdn"><UL>CD-Mozart / Brahms: Clarinet Quintets</A></ul>

  2. <br>10 DEC 1902 FP of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera <I>Kashchey the Immortal</I> in Moscow.<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00002DF39/ncdn"><UL>CD-Rimsky-Korsakov: Kashcey the Immortal</A></ul>

  3. <br>10 DEC 1909 FP of Anatole Liadov's <I>Kikimora</I> in St. Petersburg.<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000030R5/ncdn"><UL>CD-Liadov: The Enchanted Lake & Other Orchestral Works</A></ul>

  4. <br>10 DEC 1920 FP of Ravel's <I>La Valse</I> at a Lamoureux Concert in Paris.<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000DNOU/ncdn"><UL>CD-Ravel: Shéhérazade; Ma Mère l'Oye; La Valse</A></ul>

  5. <br>10 DEC 1920 FP of Wolfgang Korngold's opera <I>Die tote Stadt</I> both in Hamburg and Cologne. <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003ER4/ncdn"><UL>CD-Korngold - Die tote Stadt / Leinsdorf</A></ul>

  6. <br>10 DEC 1926 FP of Dimitri Shostakovich's Piano Sonata No. 1 in Leningrad. <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000026CEY/ncdn"><UL>CD-Shostakovich: Piano Sonatas & 24 Preludes</A></ul>

  7. <br>10 DEC 1929 FP of Constant Lambert's <I>Rio Grande</I>(The Brazilian river, not the Texas/Mexican Rio Bravo) for piano and orchestra in Manchester, England.<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002ZQN/ncdn"><UL>CD-Constant Lambert: Summer's Last Will and Testament / Shimell, Burgess, Lloyd-Jones</A></ul>

  8. <br>10 DEC 1932 FP of Benjamin Britten's <I>Phantasy Quartet</I> No. 2 for oboe and strings. Leon Goossens and the International String Quartet in London.<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002ZVO/ncdn"><UL>CD-Britten: Music for Oboe; Music for Piano</A></ul>

  9. <br>10 DEC 1946 FP of Philadelphia born composer Vincent Persichetti's <I>The Hollow Men</i> in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA.<A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000001SHY/ncdn"><UL>CD-Cowell, Persichetti and MacDowell</A></ul>

  10. <br>11 DEC 1868 FP of Camille Saint-Saëns' Piano Concerto No. 2. Concert Popilaire in Paris. Anton Rubinstein conducts, composer soloist. <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000JQXY/ncdn"><UL>CD-Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos 1-5</A></ul>