Franz Schubert – Sonata Para Arpeggione y Piano En la Menor / Sonata Para Violin y Piano En la Mayor

About this record

Catalogue number 68 51 208 is the only identifier this London Records release carries in the facts, and it sits on a Spanish-market LP issued in 1983. Two sonatas from two different sets of performers share one side-to-side sleeve: Rostropovich and Britten on the Schubert Arpeggione, Perlman and Ashkenazy on the Franck Violin Sonata.

Community data shows 112 collectors have it in their collections against 5 who want it, a want-to-have ratio that keeps clean copies moving slowly rather than piling up.

What drives its value

The price guide for this pressing runs from 11.34 USD at Mint down to 5.37 USD at VG, with 10.14 USD at Near Mint and 7.76 USD at VG+ filling the middle. Those endpoints matter more than any single grade, because the spread is driven by surface condition on a 1983 stereo LP rather than by rarity.

The market snapshot shows 10 copies currently for sale, with the lowest asking price at 3.95 USD, which means a buyer can often undercut the guide for a worn copy. Demand is modest: 112 owners and 5 wants, with a community rating of 4 from 6 ratings.

The facts do not list any other pressings to compare against, so the value rests entirely on this Spanish London Records issue and its condition.

How to appraise this pressing

Confirm the pressing by reading the catalogue number 68 51 208 on the spine and the front and back labels, and check that the label reads London Records with a Spanish country designation. The facts give no matrix or runout string and no pressing plant, so a buyer should inspect the dead wax for any stamped code and record it exactly rather than assume one.

Because the release is a stereo LP tagged as a compilation of two separate sonatas, verify that both the Schubert and Franck works are listed on the sleeve and the disc, which confirms the intended track pairing. For grading, examine the playing surface under a raking light and listen for groove wear across both sonatas before assigning Mint, Near Mint, VG+, or VG.

Note the sleeve condition separately from the vinyl, since the guide grades each element on its own terms.

Further reading: grading a record, how to sell vinyl.