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a newer 2016 release with barcode 028947892625 (possibly with Decca cat # 478 9262) is available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018FCVK8U/ (released Jan 15, 2016, referred to from https://www.deccaclassics.com/us/cat/4789262 )

Annotation last modified on 2018-03-03 07:12 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Ansermet · Falla: El sombrero de tres picos / Debussy: Images
2▶CD: Argenta · España / Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
3▶CD: Ashkenazy · Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto 3 / Piano Sonata
4▶CD: Ashkenazy · Sibelius 1 / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
5▶CD: Bartoli · Italian Songs
6▶CD: Bell · Barber & Walton Concertos
7▶CD: Blomstedt · R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
8▶CD: Böhm · Bruckner 4
9▶CD: Boskovsky · New Year’s Day Concert, 1979
10▶CD: Britten · War Requiem
11▶CD: Chailly · Messiaen: Turangalîla‐sinfonie
12▶CD: Chung · Bruch & Mendelssohn Concertos
13▶CD: Curzon · Mozart: Piano Concertos 20 & 27
14▶CD: Dohnányi · Schoenberg / Berg / Webern
15▶CD: Dorati · Stravinsky: L’Oiseau de feu / Le Sacre du printemps
16▶CD: Dutoit · Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye / Boléro
17▶CD: Fleming · Opera Scenes
18▶CD: Freire · Brahms: Piano Concerto 1 / Schumann: Carnaval
19▶CD: Haitink · Shostakovich 4 & 9
20▶CD: Hogwood · Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
21▶CD: Jansen · Britten & Beethoven Violin Concertos
22▶CD: Karajan · Holst: The Planets
23▶CD: Katchen · Bartók / Prokofiev: Piano Concerto 3 / Ravel: Piano Concerto
24▶CD: Kertész · Dvořak: New World Symphony / Symphony 8
25▶CD: King’s College Choir & St John’s College Choir · Haydn: Nelson Mass & Paukenmesse
26▶CD: Larrocha · Granados: Goyescas / Falla: Noches en los jardines de España
27▶CD: Lemper · Berlin Cabaret Songs
28▶CD: Lupu · Beethoven: Moonlight, Pathétique & Waldstein Sonatas
29▶CD: Maag · Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Symphony 3
30▶CD: Maazel · Respighi: Feste romane / Pini di Roma / Rimsky‐Korsakov
31▶CD: Mackerras · Janáček: Sinfonietta / Taras Bulba / The Cunning Little Vixen Suite
32▶CD: Marriner · Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings / Souvenir de Florence
33▼CD: Martinon · Ibert: Divertissement / Borodin 2
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1Divertissement: I. Introduction
orchestra:
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
conductor:
Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer) (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
recording of:
Divertissement : I. Introduction. Allegro vivo (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
composer:
Jacques Ibert (French composer) (from 1929 until 1930)
part of:
Divertissement (for chamber orchestra)
Jacques Ibert1:12
2Divertissement: II. Cortège
orchestra:
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
conductor:
Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer) (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
recording of:
Divertissement : II. Cortège. Moderato molto (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
composer:
Jacques Ibert (French composer) (from 1929 until 1930)
part of:
Divertissement (for chamber orchestra)
Jacques Ibert4:51
3Divertissement: III. Nocturne
orchestra:
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
conductor:
Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer) (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
recording of:
Divertissement : III. Nocturne. Lento (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
composer:
Jacques Ibert (French composer) (from 1929 until 1930)
part of:
Divertissement (for chamber orchestra)
Jacques Ibert2:40
4Divertissement: IV. Valse
orchestra:
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
conductor:
Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer) (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
recording of:
Divertissement : IV. Valse. Animato assai (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
composer:
Jacques Ibert (French composer) (from 1929 until 1930)
part of:
Divertissement (for chamber orchestra)
Jacques Ibert2:55
5Divertissement: V. Parade
orchestra:
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
conductor:
Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer) (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
recording of:
Divertissement : V. Parade. Tempo di marcia (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
composer:
Jacques Ibert (French composer) (from 1929 until 1930)
part of:
Divertissement (for chamber orchestra)
Jacques Ibert1:42
6Divertissement: VI. Finale. Allegro vivace
orchestra:
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
conductor:
Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer) (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
recording of:
Divertissement : VI. Finale. Quasi cadenza (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
composer:
Jacques Ibert (French composer) (from 1929 until 1930)
part of:
Divertissement (for chamber orchestra)
Jacques Ibert1:47
7Danse macabre, op. 40
orchestra:
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
conductor:
Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer) (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
recording of:
Danse macabre, op. 40 (symphonic poem for orchestra) (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1874)
part of:
Classic 100: Music of France (2012) (number: 16) and Works of Camille Saint-Saëns by opus number (number: op. 40)
is based on:
Danse macabre (song for voice and piano)
quotes music from:
Dies Irae (plainchant)
Camille Saint‐Saëns7:04
8Jeux d’enfants, op. 22: I. Marche. Trompette et tambour
orchestra:
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
conductor:
Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer) (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
recording of:
Petite Suite d'orchestre (Jeux d'enfants), op. 22: I. Marche. Trompette et tambour (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
orchestrator and composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer) (in 1871)
orchestration of:
Jeux d’enfants, op. 22 : VI. Trompette et Tambour
part of:
Petite Suite d'orchestre (Jeux d'enfants), op. 22
Georges Bizet2:07
9Jeux d’enfants, op. 22: II. Berceuse. La Poupée
orchestra:
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
conductor:
Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer) (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
recording of:
Petite Suite d'orchestre (Jeux d'enfants), op. 22: II. Berceuse. La Poupée (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
orchestrator and composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer) (in 1871)
orchestration of:
Jeux d’enfants, op. 22 : III. La Poupée
part of:
Petite Suite d'orchestre (Jeux d'enfants), op. 22
Georges Bizet3:05
10Jeux d’enfants, op. 22: III. Impromptu. La toupie
orchestra:
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
conductor:
Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer) (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
recording of:
Petite Suite d'orchestre (Jeux d'enfants), op. 22: III. Impromptu. La Toupie (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
orchestrator and composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer) (in 1871)
orchestration of:
Jeux d’enfants, op. 22 : II. La Toupie
part of:
Petite Suite d'orchestre (Jeux d'enfants), op. 22
Georges Bizet1:03
11Jeux d’enfants, op. 22: IV. Duo. Petit mari, petite femme
orchestra:
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
conductor:
Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer) (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
recording of:
Petite Suite d'orchestre (Jeux d'enfants), op. 22: IV. Duo. Petit mari, petite femme (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
orchestrator and composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer) (in 1871)
orchestration of:
Jeux d’enfants, op. 22 : XI. Petit Mari, petite Femme
part of:
Petite Suite d'orchestre (Jeux d'enfants), op. 22
Georges Bizet3:07
12Jeux d’enfants, op. 22: V. Galop. Le bal
orchestra:
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
conductor:
Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer) (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
recording of:
Petite Suite d'orchestre (Jeux d'enfants), op. 22: V. Galop. Le Bal (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
orchestrator and composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer) (in 1871)
orchestration of:
Jeux d’enfants, op. 22 : XII. Le Bal
part of:
Petite Suite d'orchestre (Jeux d'enfants), op. 22
Georges Bizet1:38
13Le Rouet d’Omphale, op. 31
orchestra:
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
conductor:
Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer) (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
recording of:
Le Rouet d'Omphale, op. 31 (Omphale's Spinning Wheel, Op. 31) (from 1960-06-16 until 1960-06-17)
composer:
Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer) (in 1871)
part of:
Works of Camille Saint-Saëns by opus number (number: op. 31)
Camille Saint‐Saëns7:57
14Symphony no. 2 in B minor: I. Allegro
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1958-03-06 until 1958-03-07)
conductor:
Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer) (from 1958-03-06 until 1958-03-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (from 1961 to present)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1958-03-06 until 1958-03-07)
recording of:
Symphony no. 2 in B minor: I. Allegro (from 1958-03-06 until 1958-03-07)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Symphony no. 2 in B minor
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин6:47
15Symphony no. 2 in B minor: II. Scherzo. Prestissimo – Allegretto
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1958-03-06 until 1958-03-07)
conductor:
Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer) (from 1958-03-06 until 1958-03-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (from 1961 to present)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1958-03-06 until 1958-03-07)
recording of:
Symphony no. 2 in B minor: II. Scherzo. Prestissimo - Allegretto (from 1958-03-06 until 1958-03-07)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Symphony no. 2 in B minor
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин4:41
16Symphony no. 2 in B minor: III. Andante
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1958-03-06 until 1958-03-07)
conductor:
Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer) (from 1958-03-06 until 1958-03-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (from 1961 to present)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1958-03-06 until 1958-03-07)
recording of:
Symphony no. 2 in B minor: III. Andante (from 1958-03-06 until 1958-03-07)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Symphony no. 2 in B minor
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин7:44
17Symphony no. 2 in B minor: IV. Finale. Allegro
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1958-03-06 until 1958-03-07)
conductor:
Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer) (from 1958-03-06 until 1958-03-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (from 1961 to present)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1958-03-06 until 1958-03-07)
recording of:
Symphony no. 2 in B minor: IV. Finale: Allegro (from 1958-03-06 until 1958-03-07)
composer:
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)
part of:
Symphony no. 2 in B minor
Александр Порфирьевич Бородин5:55
34▶CD: Mehta · Varèse / Ives 2
35▶CD: Monteux · Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Elgar: Enigma Variations
36▶CD: Münchinger · Bach: Magnificat / Cantatas 10 & 140
37▶CD: Nilsson / Solti · Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (great scenes)
38▶CD: Carreras / Domingo / Pavarotti · In Concert, 1990
39▶CD: Pavarotti ・ Puccini: Turandot (highlights)
40▶CD: Pickett · Susato: Dansereye
41▶CD: Rogé · Saint‐Saëns: Piano Concertos 2, 4 & 5
42▶CD: Rousset · Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
43▶CD: Schiff · Bach: Goldber Variations
44▶CD: Solti · Romantic Russia / Suppé: 4 Overtures
45▶CD: Solti · Mahler 8
46▶CD: Sutherland / Horne / Pavarotti · Live from Lincoln Center
47▶CD: Takács Quartet · Beethoven: Quartets opp. 95, 130 & 133
48▶CD: Tebaldi / Del Monaco · Puccini: La fanciulla del West (highlights)
49▶CD: Wiener Oktett · Mendelssohn: Octet / Beethoven: Septet
50▶CD: Winchester / Terfel · Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast

Credits

Release group

includes:A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Symphony no. 3 “Scottish” by Felix Mendelssohn (composer); Peter Maag (conductor)
Arcana / Intégrales / Ionisation by Edgard Varèse (composer); Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Barber: Violin Concerto / Walton: Violin Concerto / Bloch: Baal Shem by Barber (American composer), Walton (British composer and conductor), Bloch (Swiss-American composer); Joshua Bell (violinist), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman (conductor)
Bartók: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major by Bartók (Béla Bartók, composer), Ravel (Maurice Ravel, French composer); Julius Katchen (pianist), London Symphony (London Symphony Orchestra), István Kertész (conductor)
Berlin Cabaret Songs by Ute Lemper
Dansereye (1551) by Tielman Susato (Flemish Renaissance composer); New London Consort, Philip Pickett (musician)
Daphnis et Chloé by Ravel (Maurice Ravel, French composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor)
Eine Alpensinfonie / Don Juan by Richard Strauss (German composer); San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)
España by Argenta (pianist and conductor), The London Symphony Orchestra (London Symphony Orchestra)
Goldberg Variations (1982 recording) by Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician); András Schiff (pianist)
Goyescas: Volumes 1 & 2 / El pelele by Granados (composer); Alicia de Larrocha (pianist)
Ibert: Divertissement / Bizet: Jeux d’enfants / Saint‐Säens: Danse macabre / Le rouet d’omphale by Ibert (French composer), Bizet (French composer), Saint‐Saëns (composer); Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer)
In Concert by Carreras (Spanish tenor), Domingo (tenor), Pavarotti (tenor), Mehta (Zubin Mehta, conductor)
Italian Songs by Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer), Schubert (Franz Schubert, composer), Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer), Haydn (composer); Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano), András Schiff (pianist)
La fanciulla del West (1958 studio cast) by Puccini (Italian composer); Tebaldi (soprano), del Monaco (tenor), MacNeil (American baritone), Tozzi (operatic bass), Orchestra (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) e Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma (Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia), Franco Capuana (conductor)
Le Sacre du printemps / L’Oiseau de feu by Stravinsky (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer); Antal Doráti (conductor)
Ma Mère l’Oye / Pavane pour une infante défunte / Le Tombeau de Couperin / Valses nobles et sentimentales by Ravel (Maurice Ravel, French composer); Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra), Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Magnificat in D major / Cantata no. 10 by Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach, German Baroque period composer & musician); Ameling (soprano), Van Bork (soprano), Watts (contralto), Krenn (tenor), Rintzler (Romanian operatic bass), Krause (bass-baritone), Wiener Akademiechor (Vienna Chamber Choir, choir), Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger (German conductor)
Mendelssohn Octet / Beethoven Septet by Mendelssohn (Felix Mendelssohn, composer), Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer); Wiener Oktett
New Year's Day Concert in Vienna 1979 by Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor)
Piano Concertos No. 20 K.466 & No. 27 K.595 by Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer); Clifford Curzon (classical pianist, knighted in 1977), English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
Piano Concertos nos. 2, 4 & 5 by Saint‐Saëns (composer); Pascal Rogé (pianist), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976), Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Piano Sonata op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight” / Piano Sonata op. 13 “Pathetique” / Piano Sonata op. 53 “Waldstein” by Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer); Radu Lupu (Romanian concert pianist)
Respighi: Feste romane / Pini di Roma / Rimsky‐Korsakov: Le Coq d’or (suite) by Respighi (composer), Rimsky‐Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer); The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor)
Serenade for Strings / Souvenir de Florence by Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)
Signatures: Great Opera Scenes by Renée Fleming (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra
Sinfonietta / Taras Bulba / The Cunning Little Vixen Suite by Janáček (Czech composer); Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
Stabat Mater / Salve Regina by Pergolesi (composer); Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Christophe Rousset (French harpsichordist & conductor), Les Talens Lyriques (French classical musical ensemble)
Symphonie no. 8 (1971 recording) by Mahler (composer); Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti (Sir Georg Solti, conductor)
Symphony no. 4 by Bruckner (Austrian composer); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Vienna Philharmonic), Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “New World” by Dvořák (Antonín Dvořák, composer); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Vienna Philharmonic), István Kertész (conductor)
The Planets by Holst (Gustav Holst, composer); Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
The Three-cornered Hat / La Vida Breve - Interlude and Dance by Falla (Spanish composer); Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR), Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
Turandot (1972 studio cast) by Puccini (Italian composer); Sutherland (soprano), Pavarotti (tenor), Caballé (soprano), Ghiaurov (operatic bass), Krause (bass-baritone), Pears (tenor), John Alldis Choir (The John Alldis Choir), London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra), Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Turangalîla‐Symphonie by Olivier Messiaen (composer and organist); Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (pianist), Takashi Harada (Harada Takashi, ondes Martenot player)
Violin Concertos / Scottish Fantasia by Mendelssohn (Felix Mendelssohn, composer), Bruch (composer and conductor); Kyung Wha-Chung (Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist), Kempe (conductor), Dutoit (conductor)
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast / Coronation Te Deum / Parry: I Was Glad / Jerusalem by Walton (British composer and conductor), Parry (English composer); Bryn Terfel (bass‐baritone opera singer), Waynflete Singers, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
War Requiem by Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist); Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau (baritone)