David Zinman - Great Symphonies - The Zurich Years 1995 -2014 - Box Set 50CDs

Label : RCA
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After nearly 20 years in Zurich, David Zinman will retire after the 2013/24 season and leave the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich at the end of July '14. As music director, he raised the standard of the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra to an international level. He has introduced new types of concerts, and made the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich one of the most enviable organizations to be part of. For Arte Nova/RCA Red Seal David Zinman has recorded highly acclaimed complete symphonic cycles from composers such as Beethoven, Mahler, Schubert, Schumann and Richard Strauss. Now for the first time, Sony Classical is releasing all of David Zinman’s Zurich recordings in a single box. Not only the legendary Beethoven albums he made for Arte Nova, but also the complete cycles of works by Brahms, Mahler, Schubert, Schumann and Richard Strauss. This is a Ltd-Edition deluxe box-set with x50 CDs & each box will be individually numbered. Content Includes Zinman’s legendary recordings of the complete Beethoven Symphonies, all Beethoven concertos and overtures, complete Mozart Violin Concertos played by Pamela Frank, plus complete cycles of Brahms, Mahler, Schubert, Schumann and Richard Strauss.

CD 1-13 :

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphonies Nos. 1-9
The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43
Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138
Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a
Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Consecration of the House Overture, Op. 124
Zur Namensfeier overture, Op. 115
Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Op. 112
Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra in C minor, Op. 80
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Romances Nos. 1 & 2 for violin and orchestra

Yefim Bronfman (piano), Christian Tetzlaff (violin)

CD 14-16 :

Johannes Brahms
Symphonies Nos. 1-4

CD 17 :

Franz Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, Hob. VIIe:1

Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in E (or E flat) major, WoO/S49

David Wagenseil (trumpet)

CD 18-33 :

Gustav Mahler
Symphonies Nos. 1-9
Das Lied von der Erde

CD 34-35 :

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5
Serenade No. 7 in D major, K250 'Haffner'

Pamela Frank (violin)

CD 36-40 :

Franz Schubert
Symphonies Nos. 1-9

CD 41-42 :

Robert Schumann
Symphonies Nos. 1-4

CD 43-49 :

Richard Strauss
Burleske for Piano and orchestra in D minor, AV85
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Macbeth, Op. 23
Aus Italien, Op. 16
Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
Festliches Präludium, Op. 61
Metamorphosen
Vier letzte Lieder
Parergon zur Symphonia Domestica for piano (left hand) & orchestra, Op. 73
Don Quixote, Op. 35
Romance for cello & orchestra in F major, AV 75
Serenade in E flat major for Winds, Op. 7

CD 50 :

Richard Wagner
Der fliegende Holländer: Overture
Die Frist ist um (from Der fliegende Holländer)
Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge (from Das Rheingold)
Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries
Götterdämmerung: Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind! (from Die Walküre)

Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, David Zinman