Sir Colin Davis Anthology (Limited Edition of 5000) [12 CDs + bonus DVD]

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Sir Colin Davis Anthology (Limited Edition of 5000) [12 CDs + bonus DVD]
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

[ LSO Live SACD / CD / DVD / 12 Hybrid SACD/DVD ]

Release Date: Monday 7 April 2014

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8 SACD, 4 CD & 1 DVD [60 min]

Sir Colin Davis was instrumental in the success and development of LSO Live, including the label's first Grammy Award. He also played a huge part in the pre-eminence of the LSO across the globe for more than 50 years. This unique collection of 13-discs is the 100th release on LSO Live, and will be a limited edition release. The collection pays tribute to not only Sir Colin's work with LSO Live, but more specifically his relationship with LSO through the decades.

The collection includes previously unreleased material from the LSO Live archive, and two much loved recordings on high-resolution SACD for the first time, Dvorak Symphony No 9 and Berlioz Symphonie fantastique. Never before seen private correspondence and photos from Sir Colin's archives accompany the discs.

The anthology is completed with a bonus DVD documentary by Reiner Moritz. This portrait includes his last public statements, and contributions from Sir David Attenborough, Sir Simon Rattle and Roger Wright. The documentary highlights his work in masterclasses, opera, concerts and to-camera talk which reveals the man behind the musician.

In rigid box with lift-off lid+commemorative book incorporating photo postcards

Total audio playing time 11 hours, 75min, 45s

Notes in English, French and German, DVD subtitles in French, German, Italian, Spanish & Japanese

Tracks:

Berlioz:
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 (SACD for the first time)
Les Francs-juges Overture, Op. 3
Te Deum, Op. 22 (Previously unreleased)
Les Troyens
Ben Heppner (Enée), Michelle DeYoung (Didon), Petra Lang (Cassandre), Sara Mingardo (Anna), Peter Mattei (Chorèbe), Stephen Milling (Narbal), Kenneth Tarver (Iopas), Toby Spence (Hylas), Alan Ewing (Priam), Guang Yang (Hécube), Isabelle Cals (Ascagne), Tigran Martirossian (Panthée), Bülent Bezdüz (Helenus), Mark Stone (Un chef grec), Leigh Melrose (Un soldat troyen/Mercure), Orlin Annastassov (L'Ombre d'Hector), Andrew Greenan (Premiere Sentinelle), Roderick Earle (Deuxieme Sentinelle)

Dvorak:
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World' (SACD for the first time)

Elgar:
Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47

Sibelius:
The Oceanides, Op. 73 (Previously unreleased)
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49

Tippett:
A Child of Our Time

Vaughan Williams:
Symphony No. 4 in F minor (Previously unreleased)

Walton:
Belshazzar's Feast
Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor