Westminster legacy : the collector's edition

Language: Multiple languages. Vocal works sung in French, German, Latin, or Italian.
Sound: digital; optical; stereo.
Digital: audio file; CD audio.
Publication: Berlin : Deutsche Grammaphon GmbH, [2014]
Copyright notice: ℗2014
Physical description: 40 audio discs : CD audio, stereo ; 4 3/4 in + 1 booklet (100 pages : illustrations ; 13 cm) in box (14 x 14 x 14 cm).
Series: Westminster legacy; CD 1-40

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Creators/Contributors

Contributor: Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750, composer.; Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827, composer.; Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835, composer.; Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869, composer.; Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897, composer.; Bruckner, Anton, 1824-1896 composer.; Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848, composer.; Duparc, Henri, 1848-1933 composer.; Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904 composer.; Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946, composer.; Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924 composer.; Franck, César, 1822-1890, composer.; Gabrieli, Giovanni, approximately 1554-1612, composer.; Glière, Reinhold Morit͡sevich, 1875-1956 composer.; Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, composer.; Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809, composer.; Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934 composer.; Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911, composer.; Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912, composer.; Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847, composer.; Moreno Torroba, Federico, 1891-1982, composer.; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791, composer.; Orff, Carl, 1895-1982, composer.; Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943, composer.; Respighi, Ottorino, 1879-1936 composer.; Scarlatti, Domenico, 1685-1757 composer.; Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828, composer.; Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856, composer.; Sor, Fernando, 1778-1839, composer.; Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893, composer.; Thomas, Ambroise, 1811-1896, composer.; Turina, Joaquín, 1882-1949, composer.; Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958, composer.; Villa-Lobos, Heitor composer.; Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883, composer.; Westminster Recording Co.

Contents/Summary

Contents

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1. Symphony no. 3 in E flat major "Eroica" ; Symphon no. 6 in F major "Pastoral" / Ludwig van Beethoven (Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen)
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2. Symphony no. 2 in D major ; Symphony no. 4 in B flat major, Symphony no. 8 in F major / Ludwig van Beethoven (Royal Philharmonic ORchestra, Hermann Scherchen)
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3. Symphony no. 9 in D minor / Ludwig van Beethoven (Elisabeth Söderström, Regina Resnik, Jon Vickers, David Ward, London Bach Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux)
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4. Symphony no. 45 in F sharp minor "Farewell" ; Symphony no. 100 in G major "Military" / Joseph Haydn (Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen)
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5. Symphony no. 39 in E flat major ; Symphony no. 40 in G minor ; Symphony no. 41 in C major "Jupiter" / Royal Pharmonic Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf)
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6. The planets / Gustav Holst. Fantasia on "Greensleeves" ; Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Thallis / Ralph Vaughan Williams (Vienna Academy Chorus, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Adrian Boult)
CD 7-8. The Nutcracker ; Symphony no. 4 in F minor / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Artur Rodziński)
CD 9-10. Symphony no. 8 in C minor / Anton Bruckner. Lohengrin. Prelude to act 1 ; Siegfried Idyll ; Parsifal. Prelude to Act 1 / Richard Wagner (Münchner Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch)
CD 11-12. Symphony no. 1 in D major "Titan" (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen). Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection" (Mimi Coertse, Lucretia West, Vienna Academy Chorus, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen) / Gustav Mahler
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13. Symphony no. 3 in B minor "Ilya Muromets" / Reinhold Glière (Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen)
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14. Wellingtons Sieg oder die Schlacht bei Vittoria / Ludwig van Beethoven. Entrata / Carl Orff. Canzon primi toni a 8 / Giovanni Gabrieli. Hermann Scherchen rehearses Wellington's Victory with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen)
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15. Piano concerto no. 20 in D minor / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Clara Haskil, Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Henery Swoboda). Sonata in C sharp minor ; Sonata in G major ; Sonata in C major ; Sonata in G minor ; Sonata in E flat major ; Sonata in F minor ; Sonata in F minor ; Sonata in A major ; Sonata in B minor ; Sonata in C major ; Sonata in F major / Domenico Scarlatti (Clara Haskil)
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16. Piano concerto no. 22 in E flat major (Daniel Barnboim, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, László Somogyi). Piano Sonata in B flat major ; Piano sonata in A minor (Daniel Barenboim) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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17. Piano concertos no. 2 in C minor ; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini / Sergei Rachmaninov (Raymond Lewenthal, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Mauric Abravanel)
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18. Violin concerto in D major / Johannes Brahms. Violin Concerto in D major / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Erica Morini, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Artur Rodziński)
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19. String quintet in G minor ; String Quartet in F major "Prussian no. 3" / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Amadeus Quartet)
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20. String quartet in C minor ; String quartet in C major "Razumovsky no. 3" / Ludwig van Beethoven (Smetana Quartet)
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21. String quintet in C major / Franz Schubert (Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet)
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22. Octet in F major / Franz Schubert (Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet)
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23. Octet in E flat major / Felix Mendelssohn (Janáček & Smetana Quartets) String quartet in e minor "Razumovsky no. 2" / Ludwig van Beethoven (Janáček Quartet)
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24. String sextet in A major ; String Quintet in E flat major "American" / Antonín Dvořák (European String Quartet)
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25. Piano sonata no. 8 in C minor "Pathétique" ; Piano sonata no. 23 in F minor "Appassionata" ; Piano sonata no. 29 in B flat major "Hammerklavier" / Ludwig van Beethoven (Egon Petri)
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26. "Wanderer" fantasy in c major ; Moments musicaux ; Impromptus / Franz Schubert (Paul Badura-Skoda)
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27. Prélude, choral et fugue ; Prélude, aria et final / César Franck. Impromptu no. 2 in F minor ; Impromptu no. 4 in D flat major ; Impromptu no. 5 in F sharp minor ; Theme and variations in C sharp minor ; Barcarolle no. 6 in E flat major ; Nocturne no. 6 in D flat major / Gabriel Fauré (Jörg Demus)
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28. Guitar sonata in C major. Minuetto ; 6 short pieces. No. 5 ; Etudes for guitar. No. 20 in A minor ; No. 5 in B minor ; no. 12 in a major ; Fantasia ; Guitar Sonata in C major. Rondo / Fernando Sor. Homenaje a Tárrega, Fandanguillo, Ráfaga / Joaquín Turina. Homenaje "le tombeau de Claude Debussy" / Manual de Falla. 5 Preludes for guitar / Heitor Villa-Lobos. Preludio in E major ; Sonatina in A major. Andante-Allegro ; Burgalesa in F sharp major / Federico Moreno Torroba (Julian Bream)
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29. Fraunliebe und Leben ; Liederkreis / Robert Schumann (Sena Jurinac, Franz Holetschek) Il tramonto / Ottorino Respighi (Sena Jurinac, Barylli Quartet) - CD
30. L'invitation au voyage ; La vie antérieure ; Extase ; Testament ; Sérénade florentine ; Le manoir de Rosemonde ; La vague et la cloche ; Lamento ; Élégie ; Phidylé ; Chanson triste ; Sérénade ; Soupir ; Au pays où se fait le guerre / Henri Duparc (Léopold Simoneau, Allan Rogers)
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31. Christus am Ölberge = Christ on the Mount of Olives / Ludwig van Beethoven (Maria Stader, Jan Peerce, Otto Wiener ; Vienna Academy Chorus ; Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen). Au Chloë ; Oiseaux, si tous les ans ; Ridente la calma ; Un moto di gioia mi sento ; Das Veilchen (Maria Stader, Jörg Demus)
CD 32-33. Mass in B minor / Johann Sebastian Bach (Pierrette Alarie, Nan Merriman, Léopold Simoneau, Gustav Nedilinger, Willi Boskovsky, Franz Holetschek, Vienna Academy Chorus, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen)
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34. Requiem in D minor / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Sena Jurinac, Lucreatia West, Hans Loeffler, Grederick Guthrie, Vienna Academy Chorus, Vienna State Opera ORchestra, Hermann Scherchen)
CD 35-37. Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi / George Frideric Handel (Teresa Stich-Randall, Maureen Forrester, Alexander Young, Hilde Rössel-Majdan ; Helen Watts ; John Boyden ; Vienna Radio Orchestra, Martin Isepp, Brian Priestman)
CD 38-39. Roméo et Juliette / Hector Berlioz (Regina Resnik, André Turp, David Ward, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux) Symphonie fantastique / Hector Berlioz (Vienna State Opera Orchestra, René Leibowitz)
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40. Linda di Chamounix. Ah! Tardai troppo--O luce di quest'anima / Geatano Donizetti. I Capuleti e i Montecchi. Eccomi in lieta vesta--Oh, quante volte / Vincenzo Bellini. Lucia di Lammermoor. Ancor non giunse!--Regnava nel silenzio ; Roberto Devereux. E Sara in questi orribili momenti--Vivi, ingrato, a lei d'accanto / Gaetano Donizetti. La sonnambula. Care compagne--Come per me sereno / Vincenzo Bellini. Rosmonda d'Inghilterra. Ancor non giunse--Perché non ho del vento / Gaetano Donizetti. Manon. Je marche sur tous--Oui, dans les bois et dans la plaine / Jules Massenet. Mignon. Oui, pour ce soir je suis reine des fées--Je suis Titania / Ambroise Thomas (Beverly Sills, Vienna Academy Chorus, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Johgn MacCarthy, Vienna Volksoper Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jussi Jalas, Charles Mackerras).

Bibliographic information

Release date: 2014
Production date: 1950
Note: Container title.; Program notes and track listing inserted in container.
Participant: Various performers with various conductors.
Event: Recorded in various locations 1950-1969.
Publisher Number: 00289 479 2343 GB40 Deutsche Grammaphon; 00289 479 2344--00289 479 2383 Deutsche Grammaphon

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