[ Decca / 51 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Sunday 15 December 2013
A limited-edition 51-CD set of legendary recordings celebrating the world-renowned ffss (full frequency stereophonic sound) recordings from the stereo analogue years
Classic-status pioneering stereo recordings from 1954 to 1980, starring a galaxy of internationally-acclaimed artistic talent.
Each CD is presented in a sleeve with original cover art.
Where an original release may have been of short duration due to limitations of the LP a bonus work featuring the same artists has been added.
A 200-page booklet documents the development of stereo recording as it developed in the 1950s.
Full recording information on each disc is included and there are numerous photographs.
Includes the first stereo recordings (1954) and special bonus disc of MONO versions.
NOTE: Outer box has some small damage owing to how the top opens. There are also some minor pen markings....mainly on the outside of the box but I did notice some very small ticks on 2 pages of the booklet. The CDs appear to be in perfect condition although they are presented in cardboard sleeves, which need special care when opening.
Includes:
Bloch, E: Schelomo
Bloch, E: Voice in the Wilderness
Janos Starker (cello)
Rimsky Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
Zubin Mehta
Dvořák: The Water Goblin, Op. 107, B.195
Dvořák: My Home, Op. 62, B.125a
Dvořák: The Noonday Witch, Op. 108, B.196
Dvořák: Hussite Overture, Op. 67, B.132
Dvořák: The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109, B.197
Istvan Kertesz
Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op. 20
Scriabin: Prometheus (The Poem of Fire), Op. 60
Chopin: Études (12), Op. 10
Chopin: Études (12), Op. 25
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58
Tchaikovsky: Valse-scherzo in C major for violin & orchestra (or violin & piano), Op. 34 [with Boris Belkin, violin]
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Scriabin: Symphony No. 4 - 'Le Poème de l'extase', Op. 54
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100
Rimsky Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36
Rimsky Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
Lorin Maazel
Holst: The Planets, Op. 32
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony'
Gershwin: An American in Paris, tone poem
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Bernstein: Candide - Overture
Copland: Lincoln Portrait [Gregory Peck, narrator]
Kraft, William: Contextures
Zubin Mehta
Offenbach: Le Papillon
Massenet: Le Cid - Ballet music
Richard Bonynge
Walton: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D
Franck, C: Violin Sonata, CFF 123
Debussy: Violin Sonata, CD 148
Kyung Wha Chung (violin)
Schumann: Szenen aus Goethes 'Faust' für Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Meriel Dickinson (contralto)
Benjamin Britten
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550
Benjamin Britten
Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G Major 'Surprise'
Haydn: Symphony No. 100 in G major 'Military'
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D major 'London'
Bartók: Suite No. 1, Op. 3, BB. 39, Sz. 31
Bartók: Két Kép (Two Images), Op. 10, BB 59
Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A Major, Op. 11 / 1
Antal Dorati
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Radu Lupu
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
Ravel: Boléro
Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'
Verdi: Requiem
Sir Georg Solti
Schubert: Incidental music to Rosamunde, D797
Rohangiz Yachmi (contralto)
Karl Münchinger
Weber: Overture "Preciosa", Op. 78
Schumann: Genoveva Overture
Karl Münchinger
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 15 In E Flat Minor, Op. 144
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 117
Fitzwilliam Quartet
Surinach: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1973)
Montsalvatge: Concerto Breve for Piano & Orchestra
Fauré: Fantaisie for piano & orchestra, Op. 111
Franck, C: Symphonic Variations for piano & orchestra, M46
Alicia de Larrocha (piano)
Wolf-Ferrari: Il segreto di Susanna
Maria Chiara (soprano), Bernd Weikl (baritone), Omar Godknow (actor)
Lamberto Gardelli
Arias performed by Maria Chiara
Ravel: Introduction & Allegro
Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp
Melos Ensemble
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40
Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges: Suite Op. 33b
Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20 - "Ala and Lolly"
Walter Weller
Sibelius: Pelléas et Mélisande - Incidental Music to Maeterlinck's play, Op. 46 (1905)
Sibelius: The Tempest - Overture, Op. 109, No. 1
Sibelius: The Tempest - First Suite, Op. 109, No. 2
Sibelius: En Saga, Op. 9
Sibelius: Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49
Horst Stein
Debussy: Préludes - Book 1
Debussy: Children's Corner
Debussy: Rêverie
Debussy: L'isle joyeuse
Pascal Roge
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 43
Bernard Haitink
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 'Scottish'
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 'Italian'
Claudio Abbado
Rimsky Korsakov: Symphony No. 2, Op. 9 'Antar'
Glazunov: Stenka Razin
Balakirev: Thamar - Symphonic Poem
Liadov: Kikimora, Op. 63
Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges
Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye
Ernest Ansermet
(the very first stereo recordings from Decca in 1954)