Artur Rodzinski & New York Philharmonic - The Complete Columbia Album Collection - Box Set 16CDs

 

Label : Sony

Format : Flac track

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He has been called the most exciting younger conductor in the USA during the 1930s. Artur Rodzinski (1892-1958) galvanized audiences wherever he appeared as a guest, including Philadelphia, where he worked with Stokowski, and New York, where his 1937 concert performance of Strauss's Elektra is still considered a landmark in the Philharmonic's history. Earning a reputation as a builder of great orchestras, the fiery, volatile Polish conductor headed up and developed the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1929-33) and the Cleveland Orchestra (1933-43), and in 1943, became music director of the New York Philharmonic. Rodzinski amassed a fairly sizable discography in a relatively short recording career. During his Cleveland tenure, he made a number of important recordings for Columbia Masterworks, and he continued his association with the label after taking up his post in New York. Sony Classical's new 16-disc box set of Rodzinski's New York recordings, largely recorded in Carnegie Hall between 1944 and 1946, will fill an important gap in the classical catalogue. Rodzinski was perhaps most closely associated with the Russian repertoire and Wagner. Both are prominent in Sony's new collection, including Tchaikovsky's "Pathétique", Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Tchaikovsky's "Mozartiana" and Nutcracker suites, Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony and Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto with soloist György Sándor. Wagner occupies two well-filled discs, featuring the great American soprano Helen Traubel with other distinguished artists from the Metropolitan Opera, including baritone Herbert Janssen as Wotan. Artur Rodzinski's range is further reflected by generous samplings of French music (Saint-Saëns' Fourth Piano Concerto with Robert Casadesus and various works by Bizet, Ibert, Franck, Satie, Offenbach and Debussy), American repertoire (Gershwin, Copland and Morton Gould) and symphonies by Brahms (Nos. 1 and 2) and Sibelius (No. 4). This meticulously transferred and remastered collection of Rodzinski's New York Philharmonic recordings represents a generous reward for the conductor's many patient admirers.

Tracklist :

CD1

Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

CD2

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

CD3

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100

CD4

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a

Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4 in G major, Op.61 'Mozartiana'

Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody No.1 in A major

Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1

Wolf-Ferrari: Il segreto di Susanna Overture

CD5

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'

CD6

Brahms: Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.73

CD7

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 4 in C minor, Op. 44

Robert Casadesus (piano)

Satie: Trois Morceaux en forme de poire

Gaby and Robert Casadesus (piano)

CD8

Gould, M: Spirituals for Orchestra

Copland: Lincoln Portrait

Gershwin: An American in Paris

CD9

Bizet: Symphony in C

Milhaud: Suite française, Op. 248 conducted by Darius Milhaud

Ibert: Escales

CD10

Wagner: Die Walküre: Act 3

Helen Traubel (soprano) – Brünnhilde: Irene Jessner (soprano) - Sieglinde/Ortlinde: Herbert Janssen (baritone) – Wotan/Vocal Ensemble of the Metropolitan Opera

Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

CD11

Wagner: Die Walküre: Act 1 Scene 3

Wagner: Tristan and Isolde: Prelude to Act I; Act I Scene 3 (Isolde’s Narrative): Prelude to Act 3; Act 3 Scene 4 (Liebestod)

Wagner: Lohengrin Act 1 Scene 2 (Elsa’s Dream); Act 3 Scene 2 (Bridal Chamber Scene)

Helen Traubel (soprano) – Sieglinde, Isolde, Elsa: Emery Darcy (tenor) – Siegmund, Lohengrin

CD12

Rossini: Guillaume Tell Overture

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Movement 1

Leonard Pennario (piano)

Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings in C major, Op. 48: II. Waltz

Tchaikovsky: None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6

Martha Lipton (mezzo soprano)

Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2: IV. Farandole

Debussy: Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

CD13

Offenbach: Orphée aux Enfers Overture

Franck: Symphony in D minor – Movement 2 (Allegretto)

Debussy: Fêtes (from Trois Nocturnes)

Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges – Movements 3 (March) and 4 (Scherzo)

Gershwin: Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)

Genevieve Rowe (soprano)

Dinicu: Hora staccato arr Heifetz

Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35: The Young Prince and Princess

Glière: Russian Sailors' Dance from The Red Poppy

Columbia Symphony Orchestra

CD14

Sibelius: Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63

CD15

Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

CD16

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

György Sándor (piano)

New York Philharmonic, Artur Rodzinski