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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
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1Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 “Scottish”: I. Andante con moto – Allegro un poco agitato – Assai animato – Andante come prima –
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
conductor:
Peter Maag (conductor) (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 “Scottish”: I. Andante con moto – Allegro un poco agitato (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (from 1841 until 1842)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 “Scottish”
Felix Mendelssohn13:20
2Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 “Scottish”: II. Vivace non troppo –
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
conductor:
Peter Maag (conductor) (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 “Scottish”: II. Vivace non troppo (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (from 1841 until 1842)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 “Scottish”
Felix Mendelssohn4:11
3Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 “Scottish”: III. Adagio –
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
conductor:
Peter Maag (conductor) (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 “Scottish”: III. Adagio (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (from 1841 until 1842)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 “Scottish”
Felix Mendelssohn11:04
4Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 “Scottish”: IV. Allegro vivacissimo – Allegro maestoso assai
engineer:
Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
conductor:
Peter Maag (conductor) (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
recording of:
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 “Scottish”: IV. Allegro vivacissimo – Allegro maestoso assai (from 1960-04-21 until 1960-04-22)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (from 1841 until 1842)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 “Scottish”
Felix Mendelssohn9:45
5A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 21: Overture
engineer:
Cyril Windebank (in 1957-02) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1957-02)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1957-02)
conductor:
Peter Maag (conductor) (in 1957-02)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1957-02)
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 21 (op. 61 no. 1): Ouvertüre (in 1957-02)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1826)
part of:
Works of Felix Mendelssohn by opus number (number: op. 21) and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Thematisch-systematisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Werke (MWV) (number: MWV P 3)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
Felix Mendelssohn11:55
6A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61 no. 1: Scherzo
engineer:
Cyril Windebank (in 1957-02) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1957-02)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1957-02)
conductor:
Peter Maag (conductor) (in 1957-02)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1957-02)
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 1. Scherzo. Allegro vivace (in 1957-02)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
Felix Mendelssohn4:28
7A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61 no. 3: “You Spotted Snakes”
engineer:
Cyril Windebank (in 1957-02) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1957-02)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
choir vocals:
Female Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1957-02)
soprano vocals:
Marion Lowe (soprano) (in 1957-02) and Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano) (in 1957-02)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1957-02)
conductor:
Peter Maag (conductor) (in 1957-02)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1957-02)
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 3. Lied mit Chor "Bunte Schlangen". Allegro ma non troppo (in 1957-02)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
Felix Mendelssohn4:23
8A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61 no. 5: Intermezzo
engineer:
Cyril Windebank (in 1957-02) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1957-02)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1957-02)
conductor:
Peter Maag (conductor) (in 1957-02)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1957-02)
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 5. Intermezzo. Allegro appassionato (in 1957-02)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
Felix Mendelssohn3:31
9A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61 no. 7: Nocturne
engineer:
Cyril Windebank (in 1957-02) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1957-02)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1957-02)
conductor:
Peter Maag (conductor) (in 1957-02)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1957-02)
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 7. Notturno. Con moto tranquillo (in 1957-02)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
Felix Mendelssohn6:25
10A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61 no. 9: Wedding March
engineer:
Cyril Windebank (in 1957-02) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1957-02)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1957-02)
conductor:
Peter Maag (conductor) (in 1957-02)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1957-02)
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 9. Hochzeitsmarsch. Allegro vivace (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61: no. 9. Wedding March: Allegro vivace) (in 1957-02)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
Felix Mendelssohn4:37
11A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61 no. 11: Dance of the Clowns
engineer:
Cyril Windebank (in 1957-02) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1957-02)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1957-02)
conductor:
Peter Maag (conductor) (in 1957-02)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1957-02)
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: 11. Ein Tanz von Rüpeln (Bergamasca). Allegro di molto (in 1957-02)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
Felix Mendelssohn1:46
12A Midsummer Night’s Dream, op. 61 no. 12: Finale
engineer:
Cyril Windebank (in 1957-02) and Kenneth Wilkinson (engineer) (in 1957-02)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
choir vocals:
Female Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (in 1957-02)
soprano vocals:
Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano) (in 1957-02)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1957-02)
conductor:
Peter Maag (conductor) (in 1957-02)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1957-02)
recording of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61: Finale. Allegro di molto (in 1957-02)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1842)
part of:
Ein Sommernachtstraum, op. 61 (A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61)
Felix Mendelssohn4:00
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
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

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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)