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Eugene Ormandy (10CD)

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Cat No: 231058

Barcode: 4011222310583

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 10

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 30th June 2008

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Contents

Artists

Claudio Arrau (piano)
Robert Casadesus (piano)
Gregor Piatigorsky (cello)
Oscar Levant (piano)
Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Emanuel Feuermann (cello)
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
Sergei Rachmaninov (piano)
Corinne Frank (soprano)
Ann O’Malley Gallogly (contralto)
Twin City Symphony Chorus
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Philadelphia Orchestra

Conductor

Eugene Ormandy

Works

Barber, Samuel

Essay no.1 for orchestra, op.12

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor, op.37
Piano Concerto no.4 in G major, op.58

Brahms, Johannes

Double Concerto for violin and cello in A minor, op.102

Bruckner, Anton

Symphony no.7 in E major

Dvorak, Antonin

Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104

Grieg, Edvard

Piano Concerto in A minor, op.16

Griffes, Charles

The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan, op.8

Mahler, Gustav

Symphony no.2 in C minor 'Resurrection'

Miaskovsky, Nikolai

Symphony no.21 in F sharp minor, op.51

Mussorgsky, Modest

Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Lucien Cailliet)

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Piano Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor, op.1
Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor, op.30

Ravel, Maurice

Piano Concerto in D major for the left hand

Schoenberg, Arnold

Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night), op.4 (orchestral version)

Sibelius, Jean

Lemminkainen Suite, op.22
» no.4 Lemminkainen's Return
Symphony no.1 in E minor, op.39

Strauss, Richard

Don Quixote, op.35
Sinfonia domestica, op.53 TrV209

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23
Symphony no.6 in B minor, op.74 'Pathetique'

Artists

Claudio Arrau (piano)
Robert Casadesus (piano)
Gregor Piatigorsky (cello)
Oscar Levant (piano)
Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Emanuel Feuermann (cello)
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
Sergei Rachmaninov (piano)
Corinne Frank (soprano)
Ann O’Malley Gallogly (contralto)
Twin City Symphony Chorus
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Philadelphia Orchestra

Conductor

Eugene Ormandy

About

Tracklisting
CD 1
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, op. 37
1  I. Allegro con brio
2  II. Largo
3  III. Rondo: Allegro
Claudio Arrau (piano)
rec. 24 December 1947

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, op. 58
4  I. Allegro moderato
5  II. Andante con moto
6  III. Rondo: Vivace
Robert Casadesus (piano)
rec. 28 December 1947

Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra
Total Time: 63:57

CD 2
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Lucien Cailliet)
1  Promenade I 
2  The Gnome
3  Promenade II
4  The Old Castle 
5  Promenade III
6  Tuileries
7  Bydlo
8  Promenade IV 
9  Ballet of the Unhatched Chickens
10  Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
11  Promenade V
12  Limoges: The Market Place
13  Catacombae
14  Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
15  The Hut on Fowl's legs (Baba Yaga)
16  The Great Gate of Kiev
rec. 17 October 1937

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, op. 104
17  I. Allegro
18  II. Adagio ma non troppo
19  III. Finale: Allegro moderato
Gregor Piatigorsky (cello)
rec. 17 January 1946

Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra
Total Time:  66:40

CD 3
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, op. 23
1  I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso
2  II. Andantino semplice. Prestissimo
3  III. Allegro con fuoco
Oscar Levant (piano)
rec. 8 December 1949

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, op. 74 “Pathétique”
4  I. Adagio. Vivace
5  II. Adagio ma non troppo
6  III. Allegretto
7  IV. Finale: Presto assai
rec. 1936/1937

Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra
Total Time:  72:03

CD 4
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, op. 102
1  I. Allegro
2  II. Andante
3  III. Vivace non troppo
Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Feuermann (cello)
rec. 21 December 1939

EDVARD GRIEG
Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16
4  I. Allegro molto moderato
5  II. Adagio
6  III. Allegro moderato e marcato
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
rec. 6 March 1942

CHARLES TOMLINSON GRIFFES
7  The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan, op. 8
rec. 1934

Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra
Total Time:  63:27

CD 5
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 1 F sharp minor, op. 1
1  I. Vivace
2  II. Andante
3  III. Allegro vivace

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, op. 30
4  I. Allegro ma non tanto
5  II. Intermezzo: Adagio
6  III. Finale: Alla breve
Sergej Rachmaninov (piano)
all rec. 4 December 1939 & 24 February 1940

Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra
Total Time:  59:02

CD 6
RICHARD STRAUSS
Don Quixote, op. 35 (Fantastic Variations on a Theme of a Knightly Character for Cello, Viola and Orchestra)
1  Introduction
2  Theme: Don Quixote, the Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance
3  Variation I:    The Adventure with the Windmills
4  Variation II: The Battle with the Sheep
5  Variation III: Dialogue of Knight and Squire
6  Variation IV: The Adventure with the Penitents
7  Variation V: The Knight's Vigil
8  Variation VI: The False Dulcine
9  Variation VII: The Ride Through the Air
10  Variation VIII: The Adventure of the Enchanted Boat
11  Variation IX: The Combat With the two Magicians
12  Variation X: The Defeat of Don Quixote
13  Finale: The Death of Don Quixote
Emanuel Feuermann (cello)
rec. 24 February 1940

Sinfonia domestica, op. 53
14  I. Bewegt
15  II. Scherzo
16  III. Wiegenlied
17  IV. Adagio
18  V. Finale

Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra
Total Time:  78:09

CD 7
ANTON BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 7 in E major
1  I. Allegro moderato
2  II. Adagio: Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam
3  III. Scherzo: Sehr schnell
4  IV. Finale: Bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell
rec. 5 & 7 January 1935

Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra
Total Time:  62:10

CD 8
JEAN SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 1 in E minor, op. 39
1  I. Andante ma non troppo. Allegro energico
2  II. Andante
3  III. Scherzo: Allegro
4  IV. Finale: Quasi una Fantasia
rec. 25 October 1941

Lemminkäis-Sarja, op. 22 (Lemminkäinen Suite, op. 22)
5  IV. Lemminkäisen Paluu (Lemminkainen's Return)
rec. 20 October 1940

MAURICE RAVEL
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
6  Lento. Andante. Allegro. Tempo I
Robert Casadesus (piano)
rec. 22 January 1947

Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra
Total Time: 58:54

CD 9
GUSTAV MAHLER
Symphony No. 2 in C minor “Resurrection”
1  I. Allegro maestoso
2  II. Andante moderato
3  III. Scherzo: In ruhig fließender Bewegung
4  IV. Urlicht. Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht
(Lied für Alt und Orchester aus »Des Knaben Wunderhorn«)
5  V. Im Tempo des Scherzo.    Wild herausfahrend
Corinne Frank (soprano), Ann O' Malley Gallogly (contralto), Twin City Symphony Chorus
rec. 6 & 7 January 1935

Eugene Ormandy conducting the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Total Time:  76:57

CD 10
ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG
Verklärte Nacht, op. 4
1  Grave
2  Molto Rallentando
3  Pesante
4  Adagio
5  Adagio
rec. 16 & 24 January 1934*

NIKOLAI MIASKOVSKY
6  Symphony No. 21 in F sharp minor, op. 51
rec. 22 November 1947

SAMUEL BARBER
7  Essay No. 1 for Orchestra, op. 12

Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra & * The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
rec. 20 October 1940
Total Time: 54:39

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