George Gershwin

(1898-1937)

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Mercury Living Presence 2

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Albéniz:

Iberia, books 1-4 (complete)

Albéniz, M P:

Sonata in D

Alford:

Colonel Bogey March

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Anderson, Leroy:

Belle of the Ball

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Pirate Dance

Frederick Fennell

Suite of Carols - excerpts

Frederick Fennell

A Christmas Festival: Overture

Frederick Fennell

Sandpaper Ballet

Frederick Fennell

Forgotten Dreams

Frederick Fennell

Trumpeter's Lullaby

Frederick Fennell

The Penny Whistle Song

Frederick Fennell

Bugler's Holiday

Frederick Fennell

Irish Suite

Frederick Fennell

anon.:

My Lady Careys Dompe

Auber:

Les diamants de la couronne: Overture

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Auric:

Ouverture

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Bach, C P E:

Twelve Variationen über die Folie d'Espagne, Wq118/9/H263

Bach, J C:

Duetto in La Maggiore, Op. 18:5

Bach, J S:

French Overture in B minor, BWV831

Toccata in F sharp minor, BWV910

Bach, W F:

Concerto a due Cembali in E

Barber, S:

Medea Orchestral Suite, Op. 23

Capricorn Concerto

Bartók:

Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz.116

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Dance Suite, BB 86, Sz. 77

Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati

Two Portraits Op. 5

Erwin Ramor (violin)

Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati

Mikrokosmos (selection)

Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati

The Wooden Prince

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, BB 114, Sz. 106

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73 (complete ballet)

BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Antal Dorati

Divertimento for Strings, Sz. 113

BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Antal Dorati

Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion, BB 115, Sz. 110

Geza Frid, Luctor Ponae (pianos)

Members of the London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73 (suite)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

First Rhapsody

Beethoven:

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'

The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43

Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Egmont Overture, Op. 84

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Consecration of the House Overture, Op. 124

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Berg:

Drei Orchesterstücke, Op. 6

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Lyric Suite - for soprano and string quartet

Helga Pilarczyk (soprano)

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Bergsma:

Gold and the Senor Commandante

Berlioz:

Chasse royale et Orage (from Les Troyens)

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Besard:

Branle Gay

Bizet:

Carmen: Danse Bohème

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

La Patrie Overture

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

L'Arlesienne Suites 1 & 2

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Bloch, E:

Sinfonia Breve

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Borodin:

Prince Igor Overture

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Bull, J:

Les Buffons

The King's Hunt

Byrd:

La Volta

Carpenter, J A:

Adventures in a Perambulator

Cese:

Inglesina

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Chabrier:

España

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Suite Pastorale

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Fête Polonaise

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Gwendoline Overture

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Danse Slave

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Joyeuse Marche

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Bourrée Fantasque

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Chadwick:

Symphonic Sketches

Chambonnières:

Le Moutier

Chopin:

Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65

Polonaise brillante Op. 3 for cello & piano

Coates, E:

The Three Elizabeths Suite

London 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Knightsbridge March from London Suite

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

London Suite

Frederick Fennell

Four Ways Suite

Frederick Fennell

Copland:

Rodeo (Four Dance Episodes)

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Corigliano:

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

Hilde Somer (piano)

Victor A|essandro

Couperin, F:

La Pantomime

Couperin, L:

Tombeau de M de Blancrocher in F major

Pavane in F sharp minor

Debussy:

Trois Nocturnes

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Petite Suite

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Images for orchestra: II. Ibéria

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

La Mer

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Cello Sonata

Delibes:

Sylvia

London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari

Dieupart:

Passepied

Dvorak:

Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik

Falla:

La vida breve: Interlude & Dance

Fetler:

Contrasts for Orchestra

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Fischer, J K F:

Passacaille en Ré mineur - Uranie

Françaix:

Piano Concertino in F major

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Francisque:

Branle de Montirande

Franck, C:

Pièce héroïque, M37

Marcel Dupre (organ)

Trois Chorals pour grand orgue, M. 38-40

Marcel Dupre (organ)

Freixanet:

Sonata in A

Frescobaldi:

Aria detta la Frescobalda (1627)

Corrente in F major

Galliards (5)

Partite dodici sopra l'aria di Ruggiero

Ganne:

Father of Victory

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Gershwin:

An American in Paris, tone poem

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Giannini:

Symphony No. 3 for Winds

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Goldman:

On the mall

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Gould, M:

Symphony No. 4 ‘West Point’

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Spirituals for Strings

Fall River Legend Suite

Gounod:

Faust - Ballet Music

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Grainger:

Lincolnshire Posy

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Country Gardens

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Shepherd's Hey

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Colonial Song

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Children's March 'Over the Hills and Far Away'

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

The Immovable Do (The Cyphering C)

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Mock Morris

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Handel in the Strand

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Irish Tune from County Derry 'Danny Boy'

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Spoon River

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

My Robin Is to the Greenwood Gone

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Molly on the Shore

Eastman Rochester 'Pops' Orchestra, Frederick Fennell

Grieg:

Våren, elegiac melody for strings, Op. 34 No. 2

Griffes:

Poem for flute & orchestra

Hanson, H:

Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 21 'Nordic'

Symphony No. 2, Op. 30 'Romantic'

Song of Democracy

Symphony No. 3, Op. 33

Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitzky, Op. 44

Lament for Beowulf, Op. 25

Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Youth, for piano and strings

Hanssen:

Valdresmarsj (March of the Valdre)

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Hartley, W:

Concerto for 23 Winds

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Hérold:

Zampa - Overture

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Hindemith:

Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik

Holst:

Suite No. 1 for Military Band in E flat major, Op. 28 No. 1, H105

Suite No. 2 for Military Band in F major, Op. 28 No. 2, H106

Hovhaness:

Symphony No. 4, Op. 165

A. Clyde Roller

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Ibert:

Escales

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Ives, C:

Orchestral Set No. 1 'Three Places in New England'

Symphony No. 3 'The Camp Meeting'

Kennan:

Pieces (3) for Orchestra

Khachaturian:

Two Armenian Dances

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

King, K:

Barnum and Bailey's Favorite

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Klohr:

The Billboard

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Kodály:

Variations on a Hungarian Folksong 'The Peacock'

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik

Liadov:

The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62

Kikimora, Op. 63

Liszt:

Mephisto Waltz No. 1

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Loeffler:

Deux Rapsodies

MacDowell:

Suite No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 42

Marcello, A:

Oboe Concerto in D Minor

Martinu:

Variations on a Theme of Rossini

Massenet:

Phèdre: Overture

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

McCauley:

Miniatures (5) for Flute & Strings

McCoy:

Lights Out

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

McPhee, C:

Tabuh-Tabuhan

Meacham:

American patrol (for toy ocarinas)

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Mendelssohn:

Variations concertantes Op. 17

Mennin:

Canzona

Symphony No. 5

Milhaud:

Le Boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Suite française, Op. 248

Montaine:

Birds of Paradise, Op. 34

Moore, D:

The Pageant of P.T. Barnum

Mozart:

Serenade No. 10 in B flat major, K361 'Gran Partita'

Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague'

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik

Mussorgsky:

Khovanshchina: Prelude & Dance of the Persian Slaves

Paray:

Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Peerson:

The Primerose (P VI/4)

The Fall of the Leafe

Persichetti:

Symphony for Band, Op. 69

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Psalm for Band, Op. 53

Peter, J:

Sinfonia in G

Philips, P:

Pavana Dolorosa

Galiarda Dolorosa

Phillips, B:

Selections from McGuffey's Reader

Picchi:

Balli d'Arpicordo

Piston:

The Incredible Flutist

Prokofiev:

March in B flat major Op. 99 'Military March'

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Rameau:

Gavotte et doubles

Ravel:

Rapsodie Espagnole

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Alborada del gracioso (orchestral version)

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Pavane pour une infante défunte

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

La Valse

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Le Tombeau de Couperin

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No. 2

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Valses nobles et sentimentales

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Ma Mère l'Oye

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Reed, H O:

La Fiesta Mexicana

Respighi:

The Birds

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Impressioni brasiliane

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Fountains of Rome

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Pines of Rome

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Ancient Airs and Dances, Suites Nos. 1, 2 & 3

Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati

Rogers, Bernard:

Three Japanese Dances

Carol Dawn Mayer (mezzo)

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Once Upon a Time

Roussel:

Suite in F major, Op. 33

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Saint-Saëns:

Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony'

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Danse macabre, Op. 40

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

San Miguel:

The Golden Ear

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Satie:

Parade

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Scarlatti, D:

Keyboard Sonata K541 in F major

Keyboard Sonata K175 in A minor

Keyboard Sonata K381 in E major

Schmitt, F:

La Tragédie de Salomé, Op. 50

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Schoenberg:

5 orchestral pieces, Op. 16

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

5 orchestral pieces, Op. 16

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik

Schuller:

7 Studies on Themes of Paul Klee

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Schuman:

New England Triptych: Three Pieces for Orchestra After William Billings

Sessions:

The Black Maskers

Smetana:

The Bartered Bride (extracts)

Sousa:

Hands Across The Sea

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

U.S. Field Artillery March

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

The Thunderer

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Washington Post

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

King Cotton

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

El Capitan March

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

The Stars and Stripes Forever

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Strauss, R:

Serenade in E flat major for Winds, Op. 7

Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Parergon zur Symphonia Domestica for piano (left hand) & orchestra, Op. 73

Hilde Somer (piano)

Victor A|essandro

Stravinsky:

The Rite of Spring

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Tchaikovsky:

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Romeo & Juliet - Fantasy Overture

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Swan Lake, Op. 20

Rafael Druian (violin)

Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Teike:

Alte Kameraden

Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell

Telemann:

Bourree alla Polacca

Thomas, Ambroise:

Gavotte from 'Mignon'

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Mignon Overture

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Raymond Overture

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Thomson, V:

Symphony on a Hymn Tune

The Feast of Love

Vaughan Williams:

English Folk Song Suite

Toccata Marziale

Weber:

Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65

Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray

Webern:

Five Pieces for Orchestra Op. 10

London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Weiner, Leó:

Lakodalmas 'Wedding dance', Op. 21b

Widor:

Organ Symphony No. 6 in G minor, Op. 42 No. 2: Allegro

Marcel Dupre (organ)

Symphony No. 2, Op. 13, No. 2, IV. Salve Regina

Marcel Dupre (organ)


This new collection of 55 CDs from the acclaimed label offers a wealth of recordings from the 1950s and 1960s in an unrivalled range of repertory.

This ranges from solo Bach played by harpsichordist Rafael Puyana to American composer and conductor Howard Hanson in his own works as well as music by fellow-Americans. Key artists include Antal Dorati in works ranging from Beethoven to Bartók and Berg; Frederick Fennell, Rafael Kubelík, Paul Paray and János Starker.

An extensive 182 page booklet includes new essays on the history and development of the Mercury label by Thomas Fine (son of Wilma Cozart Fine, legendary producer of the MLP label) and Mike Gray. Numerous photographs are included and full recording information is documented. When we say full recording information, we mean it too. All the details collectors love to see is here: the microphones, the recording location, the original engineers, the subsequent remastering engineers, even the type of recording equipment.

Two CDs of true rarities are included: Dorati’s 1953 mono recording of The Rite of Spring; and making its first-ever appearance on CD is John Corigliano’s Piano Concerto. The CD also includes a rare 16 minute interview with Corigliano and pianist Hilde Somer.

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Waiting for Benny: A Tribute to Benny Goodman

Waiting for Benny: A Tribute to Benny Goodman


Bartók:

Contrasts for violin, clarinet & piano, BB 116, Sz. 111

with Maud Lovett (violin) & Jean-Hisanori Sugitani (piano)

Bernstein:

Clarinet Sonata

with Jean-Hisanori Sugitani (piano)

Gershwin:

Preludes (3)

arr. J. Cohn

with Jean-Hisanori Sugitani (piano)

Gould, G:

Benny’s Gig

Ying Lai Green (double bass)

Poulenc:

Clarinet Sonata, Op. 184

with Jean-Hisanori Sugitani (piano)

Stravinsky:

Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet


Julien Hervé (clarinet)

Renowned as a virtuoso jazz clarinetist and legendary bandleader, Benny Goodman is also remembered for the works he commissioned from leading composers of his day. Poulenc’s strikingly beautiful Clarinet Sonata was his last composition, while Bernstein’s was his first published piece. Both Gershwin and Stravinsky added their distinctive stamp to the swing vibe which was all the rage in the early 20th century. The jazz flavour of Morton Gould’s Benny’s Gig is heightened by the unusual coupling of clarinet and double bass, while pungent folk rhythms define Bartók’s virtuoso Contrasts.

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The Art of Chailly

The Art of Chailly


Bartók:

Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz.116

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73 (complete ballet)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Laurenscantorij Choir

Berg:

Piano Sonata, Op. 1

orch. Theo Verbey

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Berio:

Orchestral transcriptions

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

Bruckner:

Symphony No. 7 in E Major

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Debussy:

Sarabande

orch. Ravel

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Danse in E major

orch. Ravel

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Dvorak:

Carnival Overture, Op. 92

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Gershwin:

Rhapsody in Blue

version for two pianos and orchestra

Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos)

Cleveland Orchestra

Lullaby for Strings

Cleveland Orchestra

An American in Paris, tone poem

Cleveland Orchestra

Cuban Overture

Cleveland Orchestra

Mahler:

Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor

Peter Masseurs (trumpet), Jakob Slagter (horn)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Mendelssohn:

Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 'Scottish'

Gewandhausorchester

Piano Concerto No. 3 in E minor (1842/44)

Roberto Prosseda (piano)

Gewandhausorchester

Hebrides Overture, Op. 26

Gewandhausorchester

Sketch (Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish")

orch. Christian Voss

Gewandhausorchester

Messiaen:

Turangalîla Symphony

Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Takashi Harada (ondes Martinot)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Ravel:

Boléro

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Rossini:

Guillaume Tell Overture

Giuseppe Laffranchini (cello solo)

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

Il Signor Bruschino Overture

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

Overture: Bianca e Falliero

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

Il barbiere di Siviglia Overture

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

Armida Overture

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

Semiramide Overture

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

L'inganno felice Overture

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

Matilde di Shabran Overture

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

Overture: Demetrio e Polibio

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

La gazza ladra Overture

Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala

Schoenberg:

Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

5 orchestral pieces, Op. 16

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Shostakovich:

Moscow-Cheryomushki - Suite from the operetta, Op. 105

Philadelphia Orchestra

Ballet Suite No. 5 from 'The Bolt' Op. 27a

Philadelphia Orchestra

The Gadfly - excerpts from the film music, Op. 97

Erez Ofer (solo violin)

Philadelphia Orchestra

Stravinsky:

Petrushka (1947 version)

Jacques Zoon (flute), Peter Masseurs (trumpet), Ruud van der Brink (piano)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Pulcinella

Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano), Pietro Ballo (tenor), William Shimell (bass)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Tchaikovsky:

Romeo & Juliet - Fantasy Overture

Cleveland Orchestra

Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32

Cleveland Orchestra

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

Wiener Philharmoniker

Varèse:

Tuning up

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Amériques

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Poème Electronique

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Arcana

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Nocturnal

Sarah Leonard (soprano)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Men of the Prague Philharmonic Choir

Un grand sommeil noir

Mireille Delunsch (soprano)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Webern:

Passacaglia for Orchestra, Op. 1

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra


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Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Piano Works


Gershwin:

Preludes (3)

Impromptu in two Keys

Songbook

Promenade (Walking the Dog)

Rhapsody in Blue

An American in Paris in miniature

paraphrased for solo piano by Maurice C. Whitney

Merry Andrew

Three-Quarter Blues

Novelette in 4ths


Corinna Simon (piano)

This is of course a disc of outstanding music, and it is shown in a new light by pianist Corinna Simon. She presents to us as yet entirely unknown treats from Gershwin’s magnificent piano world with selected songs from his papers – performed on the legendary “Manfred Bürki” Steinway of 1901, perhaps even qualifying as a New York Steinway.

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Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & An American in Paris

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & An American in Paris


Gershwin:

Rhapsody in Blue

orch. Ferde Grofé

Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) & André Previn (piano)

An American in Paris, tone poem

Piano Concerto in F major

André Previn (piano)


“Previn’s [performance of the Concerto] has great virtues; the touching solo playing at the end of the slow movement, for example, and the tremendous virtuosity of the LSO in the finale … A splendid performance of An American in Paris, full of virtuoso playing and of real character.” Gramophone Magazine

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Piano Percussion Meets Gershwin

Piano Percussion Meets Gershwin


Johanna Grobner, Veronika Trisko, Flip Philipp & Thomas Schindl

Almost 100 years ago, Gershwin had already started experimenting with the sounds of everyday life into his music, using his background of jazz, classical and modern and traditional music. The performers on this recording were winners of the 2010 ARD Competition and their skills combine to make this recording a dazzling display of Gershwin’s music.

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Living Stereo: 60-CD Collection

Living Stereo: 60-CD Collection


Bach, J S:

Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043

Jascha Heifetz (violin)

Bartók:

Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123, Sz.116

Fritz Reiner

Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, BB 114, Sz. 106

Fritz Reiner

Hungarian Sketches, BB 103, Sz. 97

Fritz Reiner

Beethoven:

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

Jascha Heifetz (violin)

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Charles Munch

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'

Charles Munch

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight'

Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux'

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathetique'

Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'

Van Cliburn (piano)

Berlioz:

Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem)

Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

Charles Munch

Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17: Love Scene

Charles Munch

Harold en Italie, Op. 16

Charles Munch

Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9

Charles Munch

Benvenuto Cellini Overture

Charles Munch

Le Corsaire Overture, Op. 21

Charles Munch

Béatrice et Bénédict, Op. 27: Overture

Charles Munch

Brahms:

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15

Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77

Jascha Heifetz (violin)

Bruch:

Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46

Chopin:

Ballades Nos. 1-4

Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

Scherzi Nos. 1-4

Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11

Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21

Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

Copland:

Billy the Kid

Rodeo (Four Dance Episodes)

Morton Gould

Debussy:

La Mer

Charles Munch

Images for orchestra

La Mer

Fritz Reiner

Dvorak:

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'

Fritz Reiner

Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Gregor Piatigorsky (cello)

Franck, C:

Symphony in D minor

Pierre Monteux

Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra, M46

Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

Gershwin:

Rhapsody in Blue

Arthur Fiedler

Piano Concerto in F major

Arthur Fiedler

An American in Paris, tone poem

Arthur Fiedler

I Got Rhythm Variations

Arthur Fiedler

Glazunov:

Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82

Jascha Heifetz (violin)

Grofe:

Grand Canyon Suite

Morton Gould

Ibert:

Escales

Charles Munch

Liszt:

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, S124

Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

Mahler:

Symphony No. 4 in G major

Fritz Reiner

Das Lied von der Erde

Fritz Reiner

Mendelssohn:

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64

Jascha Heifetz (violin)

Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 'Italian'

Charles Munch

Symphony No. 5 in D major, Op. 107 'Reformation'

Charles Munch

Scherzo from Octet, Op. 20

Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition

Fritz Reiner

Offenbach:

Gaite Parisienne

Arthur Fiedler

Prokofiev:

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19

Jascha Heifetz (violin)

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26

Van Cliburn (piano)

Puccini:

La Bohème

Madama Butterfly

Turandot

Rachmaninov:

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Van Cliburn (piano)

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

Van Cliburn (piano)

Ravel:

Daphnis et Chloé

Charles Munch

Boléro

La Valse

Rapsodie Espagnole

Respighi:

Pines of Rome

Fritz Reiner

Fountains of Rome

Fritz Reiner

Rimsky Korsakov:

Scheherazade, Op. 35

Fritz Reiner

Saint-Saëns:

Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony'

Charles Munch

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22

Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

Schubert:

Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 'The Great'

Charles Munch

Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'

Charles Munch

Schumann:

Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54

Van Cliburn (piano)

Sibelius:

Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

Jascha Heifetz (violin)

Strauss, R:

Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

Fritz Reiner

Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40

Fritz Reiner

Elektra (highlights)

Fritz Reiner

Salome: fragments

Fritz Reiner

Don Quixote, Op. 35

Fritz Reiner

Don Juan, Op. 20

Fritz Reiner

Sinfonia Domestica, Op. 53

Fritz Reiner

Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Op. 60

Fritz Reiner

Stravinsky:

Petrushka

Pierre Monteux

Tchaikovsky:

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23

Van Cliburn (piano)

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'

Pierre Monteux

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Jascha Heifetz (violin)

Verdi:

La Traviata

Vieuxtemps:

Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, Op. 37

Walton:

Cello Concerto

Gregor Piatigorsky (cello)

1 Various Living Stereo Sampler

2 MUNCH, CHARLES Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3; Debussy: La Mer; Ibert: Escales

3 MUNCH, CHARLES Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé

4 REINER, FRITZ Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Ein Heldenleben

5 REINER, FRITZ Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta; Hungarian Sketches

6 HEIFETZ, JASCHA Beethoven: Violin Concerto; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto

7 CLIBURN, VAN Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2

8 FIEDLER, ARTHUR Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; An American in Paris; Variations on “I Got Rhythm”

9 REINER, FRITZ Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

10 PRICE, LEONTYNE Leontyne Price: Arias

11 RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR Chopin: Ballades & Scherzos

12 MONTEUX, PIERRE Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”

13 GOULD, MORTON Brass & Percussion

14 HEIFETZ, JASCHA Sibelius, Prokofiev, Glazunov: Violin Concertos

15 & 16 Berlioz: Requiem

17 MUNCH, CHARLES Ravel: Boléro; La Valse; Rapsodie espagnole; Debussy: Images for Orchestra

18 PIATIGORSKY, GREGOR Dvorák; Walton: Cello Concertos

19 REINER, FRITZ Dvorák: New World Symphony

20 REINER, FRITZ Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

21 RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1

22 FIEDLER, ARTHUR Offenbach: Gaïté parisienne

23 CLIBURN, VAN Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3

24 FIEDLER, ARTHUR Hi-Fi Fiedler

25 HEIFETZ, JASCHA Brahms; Tchaikovsky: Violin Concertos

26 MONTEUX, PIERRE Franck: Symphony in D Minor; Stravinsky: Petrouchka

27 MUNCH, CHARLES Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6

28 MUNCH, CHARLES Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Love Scene From Romeo & Juliet

29 REINER, FRITZ Strauss: Scenes from Elektra & Salome

30 REINER, FRITZ Mahler: Symphony No. 4

31 RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR Chopin: Piano Concertos

32 STOKOWSKI, LEOPOLD Rhapsodies

33 GOULD, MORTON Copland: Billy The Kid & Rodeo; Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite

34 MOFFO, ANNA Arias from Faust; La Bohème; Dinorah; Carmen; Turandot; Semiramide; Lakmé

35 REINER, FRITZ Respighi: Pines Of Rome; Fountains Of Rome & Debussy: La Mer

36 REINER, FRITZ Vienna

37 MUNCH, CHARLES Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5; Octet: Scherzo

38 FIEDLER, ARTHUR Pops Caviar

39 RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR Beethoven: Sonatas (Moonlight; Les Adieux; Pathetique; Appassionata)

40 HEIFETZ, JASCHA Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Scottish Fantasy & Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No. 5

41 LANZA, MARIO Mario! Lanza At His Best; Vagabond King Highlights

42 FOX, VIRGIL Encores

43 & 44 Puccini: La Bohëme

45 & 46 Puccini: Madama Butterfly

47 & 48 Verdi: La Traviata

49 & 50 Puccini: Turandot

51 MUNCH, CHARLES Schubert: Symphonies "The Great" & "Unfinished"

52 REINER, FRITZ Strauss: Don Quixote & Don Juan

53 HEIFETZ, JASCHA Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor

54 BREAM, JULIAN Popular Classics for Spanish Guitar

55 PRICE, LEONTYNE Albeniz: Navarra, Iberia; Falla: El amor

56 RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2; Franck: Symphonic Variations; Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1

57 MUNCH, CHARLES Berlioz: Harold In Italy; The Roman Carnival Overture; Benvenuto Cellini Overture; Le Corsaire Overture; Beatrice Et Benedict Overture

58 REINER, FRITZ Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde

59 REINER, FRITZ Strauss: Symphonia Domestica; Suite From Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

60 CLIBURN, VAN Schumann: Piano Concerto In A minor; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 "Emperor"


This 60-disc box set contains 60 original ‘Living Stereo’ recordings

This is the first time a comprehensive collection of these iconic recordings has been created.

Each album comes complete with its original LP artwork.

An extensive booklet is included with the liner notes from each original album.

Includes recordings by such great artists as Jascha Heifetz, Charles Munch, Fritz Reiner, Julian Bream, Leontyne Price and Arthur Rubinstein

LIVING STEREO – THE HISTORY

On October 6, 1953, RCA held experimental stereophonic sessions in New York's Manhattan Center with Leopold Stokowski conducting a group of New York musicians in performances of Enesco's Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1 and the waltz from Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin. There were additional stereo tests in December, again in the Manhattan Center, this time with Pierre Monteux conducting members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In February 1954, RCA made its first commercial stereophonic recordings, taping the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Münch, in a performance of The Damnation of Faust by Hector Berlioz. This began a practice of simultaneously recording orchestras with both stereophonic and monaural equipment. Other early stereo recordings were made by Toscanini and Guido Cantelli respectively, with the NBC Symphony Orchestra; the Boston Pops Orchestra under Arthur Fiedler; and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Fritz Reiner. Initially, RCA used RT-21 quarter-inch tape recorders (which ran at 30 inches per second), wired to mono mixers, with Neumann U-47 cardioid and M-49/50 omnidirectional microphones. Then they switched to an Ampex 300-3 one-half inch machine, running at 15 inches per second (which was later increased to 30 inches per second). These recordings were initially issued in 1955 on special stereophonic reel-to-reel tapes and then, beginning in 1958, on vinyl LPs with the logo ‘Living Stereo’. Sony Music and successor companies have continued to reissue these recordings on CD. Another 1953 project for RCA was converting the acoustically superior building Webster Hall into its East Coast recording studio. It operated this studio venue from 1953 to 1968.


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Heifetz in Performance

Heifetz in Performance


Bach, J S:

Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne

Bruch:

Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46

Gershwin:

It Ain't Necessarily So (from Porgy and Bess)

Mozart:

Serenade No. 7 in D major, K250 'Haffner' - Rondo

Prokofiev:

The Love for Three Oranges: March

Rachmaninov:

Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3


Narration in English with optional German and French subtitles

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Jenny Lin: get happy

Jenny Lin: get happy

virtuoso show tunes for piano


Arlen:

Get happy

Berlin, I:

Blue skies

Cheek to cheek

Gershwin:

I Got Rhythm (from Girl Crazy & An American in Paris)

Embraceable You

Bess, you is my woman now (from Porgy and Bess)

Fascinatin' Rhythm

Loewe, F:

Eliza at Ascot

Porter, C:

So in Love

Raksin:

Laura

Rodgers, R:

Lover

The Carousel Waltz

March of the Siamese Children (from The King & I)

My Favorite Things (from The Sound of Music)

Hello young lovers (from The King and I)

Sondheim:

Sweeney Todd: Johanna


Jenny Lin (piano)

Jenny Lin’s latest release on the Steinway & Sons label is a spectacular collection of showtunes arranged by Greg Anderson, Marc-André Hamelin, Stephen Hough, Dick Hyman, Stefan Malzew, Christopher O’Riley, André Previn, Stephen Prutsman, David Saperton, Cy Walter, Alexis Weissenberg and Earl Wild.

Including new commissions and world premiere recordings, this is Steinway’s top priority release for 2012!

Jenny Lin's previous release on the Steinway & Sons label, Silent Music, was chosen as one of the best albums of the year by the New York Times in 2011.

Get Happy includes brand-new arrangements by Marc-André Hamelin (David Raskin’s “Laura”), Stefan Malzew (“Eliza in Ascot” from My Fair Lady) and Greg Anderson (Cole Porter’s “So In Love”).

World premiere recordings include Christopher O’Riley’s gorgeous arrangement of “Johanna” from Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd and Alexis Weissenberg’s exquisite version of “Lover” from the Rodgers & Hart musical film, Love Me Tonight.

First release to include all four of Stephen Hough’s arrangements of the music of Rodgers & Hammerstein.

Bonus track for iTunes of Uri Caine’s arrangement of “Honeysuckle Rose by” Fats Waller.

Steinway & Sons - STNS30011

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Robert Merrill: Opera, Cinema and Musical Highlights

Robert Merrill: Opera, Cinema and Musical Highlights


Includes arias from La Traviata, I Pagliacci, Aida, Rigoletto, Un Ballo in Maschera, Samson et Dalila, Carmen, Il Trovatore, Faust, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Boheme and songs from Porgy and Bess, Show Boat, Kiss Me Kate & Rose-Marie and folk songs


Robert Merrill (baritone)

Robert Merrill (1917-2004) possessed a beautiful, resonant baritone voice that over the years endeared him to the American opera-loving public in particular. He appeared in 551 performances at the New York Met and a further 221 during its famous tours of the USA. The 10 CDs in this collection illustrate the complete spectrum of Robert Merrill’s career, featuring music from La Traviata, Pagliacci, Don Carlo, Un Ballo in Maschera, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, Aida, Carmen, Samson et Dalila, Faust, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, La Bohème, Porgy and Bess, Show Boat, Kiss me Kate, Rose-Marie, film hits, Irish folksongs and Old English melodies.

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