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Sir Colin Davis: His Early Recordings

1959-1963

Léon Goossens (oboe), Yehudi Menuhin (viola), John Ogdon (piano), Sir Ralph Richardson (Speaker), Ronald Dowd (Oedipus), Raimund Herincx (Creon), Harold Blackburn (Tiresias), Patricia Johnson (Jocasta), Raimund Herincx (Messenger) & Alberto Remedios (Shepherd)

Sinfonia of London, Philharmonia...

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Contents

Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A major, K201

Work length23:40
$5.20
$6.80
  • Sinfonia of London
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1960-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

I. Allegro moderato

Track length7:57
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II. Andante

Track length6:54
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III. Menuetto & Trio

Track length3:27
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IV. Allegro con spirito

Track length5:22
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Mozart: Symphony No. 34 in C major, K338

Work length20:09
$3.90
$5.10
  • Sinfonia of London
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1960-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

I. Allegro vivace

Track length7:44
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II. Andante di molto

Track length8:12
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III. Finale (Allegro vivace)

Track length4:13
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Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543

Work length28:59
$5.20
$6.80
  • Sinfonia of London
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1960-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Wembley Town Hall, London

I. Adagio - Allegro

Track length9:45
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II. Andante con moto

Track length9:49
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III. Menuetto & Trio

Track length3:59
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IV. Allegro

Track length5:26
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Mozart: Oboe Concerto In C major, K314

Work length20:46
$3.90
$5.10
  • Léon Goossens (oboe)
  • Sinfonia of London
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1960-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London

I. Allegro aperto

Track length8:03
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II. Adagio non troppo

Track length6:17
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III. Rondo (Allegretto)

Track length6:26
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Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'

Work length17:21
$5.20
$6.80
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1959-05-21
  • Recording Venue: 21 May 1959 / Kingsway Hall, London

I. Allegro

Track length4:25
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II. Romanze (Andante)

Track length6:19
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III. Menuetto (Allegretto)

Track length2:13
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IV. Rondo (Allegro)

Track length4:24
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Mozart: German Dances (3), K605

Work length6:26
$3.90
$5.10
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1959-05-22
  • Recording Venue: 22 May 1959 / Kingsway Hall, London

I. D

Track length1:42
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II. G

Track length1:41
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III. 'Die Schlittenfahrt'

Track length3:03
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Mozart: Serenata Notturna in D K239 (1990 Digital Remaster)

Work length13:27
$3.90
$5.10
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1959-05-22
  • Recording Venue: 21/22 May 1959, Kingsway Hall, London

I. Marcia - Maestoso

Track length4:37
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II. Menuetto and Trio

Track length3:57
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III. Rondo

Track length4:53
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Mozart: La finta giardiniera K196 (1990 Digital Remaster): Overture

Work length2:16
$1.30
$1.70
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1961-02-06
  • Recording Venue: 6 February 1961 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Mozart: Idomeneo K366 (1990 Digital Remaster): Overture

Work length4:57
$1.30
$1.70
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1961-02-06
  • Recording Venue: 6 February 1961 / No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail K384 (1990 Digital Remaster): Overture

Work length5:37
$1.30
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  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1961-02-05
  • Recording Venue: 5 February 1961 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor K486 (1990 Digital Remaster): Overture

Work length4:13
$1.30
$1.70
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1961-02-06
  • Recording Venue: 6 February 1961 / No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (2012 - Remaster), Acte I: Ouverture

Work length4:23
$1.30
$1.70
  • Jessye Norman (lead vocals), Sir Colin Davis (lead vocals)
  • BBC Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1961-01-01

Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527: Overture

Work length6:15
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sir Colin Davis/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1961-01-01

Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588: Overture

Work length4:39
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sir Colin Davis/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1961-01-01

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620: Overture

Work length7:08
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sir Colin Davis/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1961-01-01
  • Recording Venue: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Excerpt, Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621

Work length5:06
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sir Colin Davis/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1961-01-01
  • Recording Venue: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino (or Il figlio per azzardo) (1962 Digital Remaster): Overture

Work length5:00
$1.30
$1.70
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1961-06-18
  • Recording Venue: 18 June 1961 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri, '(The) Italian Girl in Algiers' (1996 - Remaster): Overture

Work length7:42
$1.30
$1.70
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1996-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 22 April 1961: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Rossini: La Gazza ladra, '(The) Thieving Magpie' (1996 - Remaster): Overture

Work length10:16
Album only
Album only
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1996-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 22 April 1961: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road

Rossini: Semiramide (1996 Digital Remaster) (1996 - Remaster): Overture

Work length12:23
Album only
Album only
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1996-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 23 October 1961: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Rossini: Guillaume Tell Overture

Work length11:36
Album only
Album only
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1996-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 23 October 1961: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Work length38:28
Album only
Album only
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1996-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 21 April 1961: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road

I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace

Track length11:58
Album only
Album only

II. Allegretto

Track length9:29
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III. Presto - Assai meno presto

Track length10:10
Album only
Album only

IV. Allegro con brio

Track length6:51
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Beethoven: Fidelio Overture Op. 72c

Work length6:54
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  • Sinfonia of London
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1961-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Hammersmith Town Hall, London

Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Op. 26

Work length9:42
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sinfonia of London
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1961-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Hammersmith Town Hall, London

Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a 'St Anthony Variations'

Work length16:19
$13.00
$17.00
  • Sinfonia of London
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1961-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Hammersmith Town Hall, London

Thema: Chorale St. Antoni (Andante)

Track length2:04
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Variation I: Poco più animato

Track length1:13
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Variation II: Più vivace

Track length0:54
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Variation III: Con moto

Track length1:33
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Variation IV: Andante con moto

Track length2:00
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Variation V: Vivace

Track length0:53
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Variation VI: Vivace

Track length1:16
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Variation VII: Grazioso

Track length1:52
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Variation VIII: Presto non troppo

Track length0:59
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Finale: Andante

Track length3:35
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Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Op. 16

Work length44:28
Album only
Album only
  • Yehudi Menuhin (viola)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1990-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 6, 22 & 23 October 1962, Kingsway Hall, London

I. Adagio - Allegro ma non troppo (Harold in the Mountains)

Track length16:29
Album only
Album only

II. Allegretto (Procession of Pilgrims)

Track length9:03
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III. Allegro assai - Allegretto (Serenade)

Track length6:34
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IV. Allegro frenetico (Orgy of the Brigands)

Track length12:22
Album only
Album only

Tippett: Piano Concerto

Work length32:21
Album only
Album only
  • John Ogdon (piano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1963-12-24
  • Recording Venue: 23 & 24 December 1963, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

I. Allegro non troppo

Track length15:56
Album only
Album only

II. Molto lento e tranquillo

Track length8:14
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III. Vivace

Track length8:11
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Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

Work length18:31
Album only
Album only
  • Sinfonia of London
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1960-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 27 & 28 November 1960, Hammersmith Town Hall

Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex (Opera-oratorio in two acts · Text by Jean Cocteau after Sophocles · Translated into Latin by Jean Daniélou · English version of the narration by Carl Wildman) (2003 - Remaster), Act I

Work length23:55
$11.70
$15.30
  • Sir Ralph Richardson (narrator), Ronald Dowd (tenor), Raimund Herincx (bass-baritone), Harold Blackburn (bass)
  • Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Sir Ralph Richardson, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1961-11-15
  • Recording Venue: 15-17 Nov 1961, Kingsway Hall, London (music), and 17 July 1962, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (speech)

The version of Oedipus Rex which you are a

Track length1:02
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Caedit nos pestis, Theba peste moritur (ch

Track length3:27
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Liberi, vos liberabo (Oedipus, chorus)

Track length3:00
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Here is Creon...Respondit deus (Speaker, C

Track length3:54
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Non reperias vetus scelus (Oedipus, chorus

Track length3:14
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Oedipus questions the fountain of truth...

Track length2:35
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Dicere non possum, dicere non licet (Tires

Track length2:55
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Invidia fortunam odit (Oedipus)

Track length2:28
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Gloria, gloria, gloria! (chorus)

Track length1:20
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Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex (Opera-oratorio in two acts · Text by Jean Cocteau after Sophocles · Translated into Latin by Jean Daniélou · English version of the narration by Carl Wildman) (2003 - Remaster), Act II

Work length15:21
$6.50
$8.50
  • Sir Ralph Richardson (narrator), Patricia Johnson (mezzo-soprano), Raimund Herincx (bass-baritone), Alberto Remedios (tenor), Ronald Dowd (tenor)
  • Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1961-11-15
  • Recording Venue: 15-17 Nov 1961, Kingsway Hall, London (music), and 17 July 1962, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (speech)

The quarrel between the princes brings Jo

Track length0:51
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Nonne erubescite, reges (Jocasta, chorus,

Track length7:06
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Ego senem cecedi (Oedipus, Jocasta, choru

Track length2:28
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A shepherd, the witness to the crime, app

Track length3:29
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Oportebat tacere, nunquam loqui (Shepherd

Track length1:27
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Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex (Opera-oratorio in two acts · Text by Jean Cocteau after Sophocles · Translated into Latin by Jean Daniélou · English version of the narration by Carl Wildman) (2003 - Remaster), Act II: Nonne monstrum rescituri (Oedipus)

Work length1:21
$1.30
$1.70
  • Ronald Dowd (tenor)
  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1961-11-15
  • Recording Venue: 15-17 Nov 1961, Kingsway Hall, London (music), and 17 July 1962, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (speech)

Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex (Opera-oratorio in two acts · Text by Jean Cocteau after Sophocles · Translated into Latin by Jean Daniélou · English version of the narration by Carl Wildman) (2003 - Remaster), Act II

Work length9:16
$3.90
$5.10
  • Alberto Remedios (tenor), Sir Ralph Richardson (narrator), Raimund Herincx (bass-baritone), Ronald Dowd (tenor)
  • Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Recorded: 1961-11-15
  • Recording Venue: 15-17 Nov 1961, Kingsway Hall, London (music), and 17 July 1962, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (speech)

In monte reppertus est (Shepherd, Messeng

Track length2:03
$1.30
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And now you will hear the messenger (Spea

Track length1:45
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Divum Jocastae caput mortuum! (Messenger,

Track length5:28
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