Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra - The Columbia Stereo Collection 1958-1963 - Box Set 88CDs

 

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Following up on the success of Sony Classical’s recent large-scale Ormandy collections – his monaural discographies with the Minneapolis Symphony and Philadelphia orchestras – the label now presents the conductor’s stereo recordings from Philadelphia containing all recordings released from 1958 to 1963 (plus some fillers from later years).

Eugene Ormandy took over the music directorship in Philadelphia from Leopold Stokowski in 1938 and held the position for 42 years. During that time his name and the orchestra’s became inseparable as he cultivated and further developed the voluptuous sound that originated with his predecessor.

Ormandy and his Philadelphians were among the most prolific recording artists of all time. Between 1944 and 1968 (preceded and followed by contracts with RCA Victor), they were associated exclusively with Columbia Masterworks. Ormandy was a committed recording enthusiast, working quickly and readily accommodating the company’s planning in order to produce best-sellers.

Sony Classical’s new Ormandy/Philadelphia stereo box is filled with familiar and unfamiliar works by virtually every well-known composer (and many forgotten figures), spanning the centuries and covering the stylistic waterfront from Bach (the sons as well as the father) to Beethoven, Berlioz, Borodin, Bartók and beyond. It would be impossible (and pointless) to list them all.

There are numerous CD premières in the new collection. Among them: Ormandy’s complete 1958 recording of Debussy’s Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien with soprano Hilde Gueden and Vera Zorina as the narrator; Bach’s B minor Mass and the Brahms Requiem from 1962; as well as symphonies by Haydn and other works by Borodin, Glinka, Wagner, Poulenc, Casella and American composers including Yardumian, Barati, Rochberg and Dello Joio.

CD1 Ottorino Respighi: Pini di Roma; Fontane di Roma; Feste romane (1957-1961)

CD2 Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite (1957)

CD3 Serge Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major op. 100 (1957)

CD4 Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor op. 16; Sergej Rachmaninov: Paganini Rhapsody op. 43 for Piano & Orchestra (Philippe Entremont / 1958)

CD5 Jean Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7 (1957 / 1960)

CD6 Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 1 & 2; Liebestraum No. 3 (Orchestral version); George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsodies No. 1 & 2 (1957-1968)

CD7 Norman Dello-Joio: Symphonic Suite “Air Power” (1957)

CD8 Georges Bizet: Carmen Suites No. 1 & 2 (1958)

CD9 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E flat major KV 297b; Joseph Haydn: Sinfonia concertante in B flat major H1: 105; Trumpet Concerto in E flat major HVIIe: 1 (1957-1967)

CD10 Serge Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf op. 67; Benjamin Britten: A young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra op. 34 (1957)

CD11 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major op. 35; Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto op. 64 (Isaac Stern / 1958)

CD12 Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Händel-Variationen op. 24 (1959 / 1960)

CD13 “The Lord’s Prayer” (1958-1962) – Religious choral works by Leroy Robertson, Johannes Brahms, James McGranahan, James McIntyre, Charles Gounod, Gustav Holst, George Frideric Handel, William Billings, William Steph, Franz Schubert, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Albert Hay Malotte (Mormon Tabernacle Choir / 1958-1962)

CD14 Cesar Franck: Symphonic Variations for Piano & Orchestra FWV 46; Vincent d’Indy: Symphony sur un Chant montagnard francais for Piano & Orchestra op. 25 (Robert Cazadoche / 1958)

CD15 Franz Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Philippe Entremont / 1959)

CD16 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture op. 49; Alexander Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia; Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on a bald mountain; Gopak from Sorochintsky Fair; Aram Khachaturian: Galop from Masquerade; Dance of the Young Maidens & Sabre Dance from Gayaneh; Dmitri Shostakovich: Polka from The Golden Age; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Polonaise from Die Weihnacht; Dance of the Tumblers from Schneeflöckchen; Hymne op. 21; Dimitry Kabalewsky: Galopp from Der Clown; (Mormon Tabernacle Choir / 1958-1966)

CD17 Claude Debussy: Prelude à l’après-midi d’un faune; La Mer; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloë Suite No. 2 (1959)

CD18 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor op. 23; Frederic Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor op. 21 (Eugene Istomin / 1959)

CD19 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 13 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”; Johann Sebastian Bach: Air from Suite No. 3; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso op. 6 No. 8 “Fatto per la notte di natale”; Felix Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Octet op. 20 (1959)

CD20/21 George Frideric Handel: Messiah HWV 56 (Eileen Farrell, Martha Lipton, Davis Cunningham, William Warfield, Mormon Tabernacle Choir / 1958)

CD22 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel Suite; Russian Easter Overture op. 36; Michael Glinka: Ruslan & Ludmilla Overture; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Slavonic March op. 31; Mily Balakirev: Islamey op. 18 (1959-1964)

CD23 George Frideric Handel: Firework Music (Harty-Version); Water Music Suite (arr. Eugene Ormandy); Arcangelo Corelli: Suite for Strings (after Violin Sonatas op. 5) (1959)

CD24 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor op. 64 (1959)

CD25 Sergej Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 (1959)

CD26 Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 (Mstislav Rostropovich); Symphony No. 1 (1959)

CD27 Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Overture, Scherzo, Interm, ezzo & Nocturne from Ein Sommernachtstraum (Rudolf Serkin / 1959 / 1959)

CD28 Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto op. 77; Henri Wieniawski: Violin Concerto in D minor op. 22 (Isaac Stern / 1957/ 1959)

CD29 Claude Debussy: Le Martyre de Saint-Sebastien (Hilde Gueden / 1958)

CD30 Serge Prokofiev: Symphony No. 4 (1957)

CD31 Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rudolf Serkin / 1960)

CD32 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 (1960)

CD33 Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto op. 47; The Swan from Tuonela (David Oistrach / 1959 / 1960)

CD34 Carl Orff: Carmina burana (Janice Harsanyi, Rudolph Petrak, Harve Presnell Choir, Rutgers University Choir / 1960)

CD35 Maurice Ravel: Bolero; Le Tombeau de Couperin; Pavane pour une infante; La Valse; Alborada del gracioso; Emanuel Chabrier: Espana; Claude Debussy: Clair de lune for Orchestra (1958-1963)

CD36 John Vincent: Symphony in D major; Symphonic Poem after Decartes (1957 / 1959)

CD37 Johann Sebastian Bach / Eugene Ormandy: Toccata & Fuge in D minor BWV 565 for Orchestra; Toccata, Adagio & Fuge in C major BWV 564 for Orchestra; Passacaglia & Fuge in C minor BWV 582 for Orchestra; Johann Christian Bach: Symphony in E flat major op. 18 No. 1 (1960)

CD38 Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concertos op. 8 No. 1-4 “Die vier Jahreszeiten” (Anchel Brusilow / 1960)

CD39 Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1; Jean Sibelius: Valse triste; En Saga op. 8; Finlandia op. 26 (Version with choir); Hugo Alfven: Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 op. 19 “Midsummer Vigil” (Mormon Tabernacle Choir / 1958-1963)

CD40 William Walton: Violin Concerto in B minor; Edouard Lalo: Symphony espagnole op. 21 for Violin & Orchestra (Zino Francescatti, Dimitri Mitropoulos / 1957 / 1959)

CD41 Antonio Vivaldi: Concertos RV 509, 512, 514, 517 for 2 Violins & Orchestra (David Oistrach, Isaac Stern / 1959)

CD42 Sergej Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances op. 45; Alfredo Casella: Paganiniana op. 65 (1960)

CD43 “Serenades fro Strings” – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: String Serenade op. 48; Alexander Borodin: Nocturne for Strings from String Quartet No. 2; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves Fantasia; Edvard Grieg: Elegische Melodien op. 34; Franz Schubert: Serenade D. 957 No. 4; Edward MacDowell: To a wild Rose op. 51 No. 1; Jules Massenet: Meditation from Thais (1657-1967)

CD44 Johann Strauss II: Frühlingsstimmen; Kaiserwalzer; An der schönen blauen Donau; Wiener Blut; Geschichten from Wiener Wald (1959)

CD45 Richard Yardumian: Symphony No. 2; Passacaglia, Recitativ and Fugue for Piano & Orchestra; Choralvorspiel “Komm, heiliger Geist”; Cantus Animae et Cordis for String Orchestra (1959 / 1964)

CD46 Max Reger: Piano Concerto op. 114 (Rudolf Serkin / 1959)

CD47 “Aufforderung zum Tanz” – Carl Maria von Weber: Aufforderung zum Tanz for Orchestra; Euryanthe Overture; Franz Liszt: Mephisto Walzer No. 1; Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre op. 40; Johannes Brahms: Ungarische Tänze No. 17-21; Reinhold Glière: Russischer Matrosentanz; Jaromir Weinberger: Polka & Fuge from Schwanda, der Dudelsackpfeifer (1957-1962)

CD48 Hector Berlioz: Symphony fantastique op. 14; Camille Saint-Saëns: Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila op. 47; Paul Dukas: The sorcerer’s apprentice (1960-1964)

CD49 Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben op. 40 (1960)

CD50 Frederic Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1; Franz Liszt: Totentanz for Piano & Orchestra (Alexander Brailowsky / 1961)

CD51 William Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast; Albert Roussel: Bachus et Ariane Ballet Suite No. 2 (Walter Cassell, Rutgers University Choir / 1960 / 1961)

CD52 Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto for die linke Hand; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto in E flat major KV 365 for 2 Pianos & Orchestra (Robert Casadesus, Gaby Casadesus / 1960)

CD53 Bela Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 1; Giovanni Battista Viotti: Violin Concerto No. 22 (Isaac Stern / 1961)

CD54 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22; Piano Sonata No. 4 (Philippe Entremont / 1961)

CD55 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty op. 66 (Excerpts / 1961)

CD56 Cesar Franck: Symphony in D minor (1961)

CD57 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto op. 35 (David Oistrach / 1959)

CD58 Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Rudolf Serkin / 1961)

CD59 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Excerpts / 1961)

CD60 Richard Strauss: Don Juan op. 20; Tod und Verklärung op. 24 (1959 / 1960)

CD61 “Die Bach-Familie” – Johann Christian Bach: Symphony op. 18 No. 3; Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Symphony in D minor; Henri Cazadoche: Concerto for kleines Orchester im Stil von Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1959)

CD62 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 7 in E flat major (in the completed version by Bogatyrev / 1962)

CD63 “Carnival in Vienna” – Josef Strauss: Feuerfest; Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka; Rosen from Süden; Auf der Jagd; Neue Pizzicato-Polka; Unter Donner and Blitz; Explosions-Polka; Wein, Weib and Gesang; Annen-Polka; Tausend and eine Nacht; Leichtes Blut

CD64 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade op. 35 (1962)

CD65 “Glorious Sound of Christmas” – Hark! The Herald Angels sing; O little Town of Bethlehem; Joy to the World; O Holy Night; O Come, o come Emmanuel; God rest ye merry Gentlemen; Ave Maria (Schubert); O come, all ye Faithful; The first Noel; Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly; O Sanctissima; The Worship of God; O come, little Children; Silent Night (Temple University Choir / 1958 / 1962)

CD66 Frederic Delius: An English Rhapsody “Brigg Fair”; Dance Rhapsody No. 2; On Hearing the first Cuckoo in Spring; In a Summer Garden (1960-1962)

CD67 George Barati: Chamber Concerto; George Rochberg: Symphony No. 2 (1960 / 1962)

CD68 Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1; Violin Concerto op. 47 (Isaac Stern / 1962 / 1969)

CD69 Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings, Timpani; Samuel Barber: Toccata festiva op. 36; Richard Strauss: Festliches Präludium for Organ & Orchestra op. 61 (E. Power Biggs, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein / 1962)

CD70 Bela Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 1; Serge Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 4 (Rudolf Serkin / 1958 / 1962)

CD71 “America” & “This is my Country” – The Washington Post March (Sousa); Grand Walkaround (Gottschalk); Bess, you is my Woman now; Fanfare for the Common Man; Variations on “America”; Hoe-Down; The Stars and Stripes forever; American Salute; On the Trail; Camptown Races; The Star-Spangled Banner u. a.

CD72 Bela Bartok: Herzog Blaubarts Schloss (in englischer Sprache / Jerome Hinse, Rosalind Elias / 1960)

CD73./74 Johann Sebastian Bach: Messe in B minor BWV 232 (Eleanor Stieber, Rosalind Haas, Richard Verrault, Richard Cross, Temple University Choir / 1962)

CD75 “Glorious Sound of Wagner” – Richard Wagner: Lohengrin-Vorspiel zum 3. Akt; Waldweben from Siegfried; Vorspiel zum 3. Akt, Tanz der Lehrlinge & Einzug der Meistersinger from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Overture & Venusberg-Musik from Tannhäuser; Siegfried-Idyll (1959)

CD76 Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 (1963)

CD77 William Walton: Facade; Jacques Ibert: Divertissement; Escales (1960-1962)

CD78 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Bassoonkonzert KV 191; Flute Concerto No. 1 (Bernard Garfield, William Kincaid / 1960 / 1961)

CD79 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Concerto KV 314; Clarinet Concerto KV 622 (John de Lancie, Anthony Gigliotti / 1961)

CD80 Richard Yadumian: Symphony No. 1; Violin Concerto (Anchel Boursiroux / 1960 / 1961)

CD81 Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 “Organsymphonie; Karneval der Tiere (E. Power Biggs / 1962 / 1968)

CD82 “A Festival of Marches” – John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripes; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Krönungsmarsch from Der Prophet; Ludwig van Beethoven: Türkischer Marsch from Die Ruinen von Athen; Charles Gounod: Funeral march of a marionette; Morton Gould: American Salute; Giuseppe Verdi: Triumphal march from Aida; Georges Bizet: Torero March from Carmen; Victor Herbert: Toy march; Franz Schubert: Militärmarsch; Serge Prokofiev: March from The Love for Three Oranges; Johann Strauss I: Radetzky-Marsch; Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 (1958 / 1963)

CD83 Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem op. 45 (in English / Phyllis Curtin, Jerome Hines, Mormon Tabernacle Choir / 1962)

CD84 Serge Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 (1961)

CD85 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto in F major KV 242 for 3 Pianos & Orchestra; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in D minor BWV 1063 for 3 Pianos & Orchestra; Italienisches Concerto BV 971 (Robert Casadesus, Gaby Casadesus, Jean Casadesus / 1958 / 1962)

CD86 Frederic Chopin / Roy Douglas: Les Sylphides Ballet Music; Frederic Chopin / Arthur Harris: Nocturne No. 2 for Orchestra; Leo Delibes: Sylvia Ballet Suite; Coppelia Ballet Suite (1963 / 1966)

CD87 Richard Strauss: Don Quixote op. 35; Ernest Bloch: Shelomo for Cello & Orchestra (Leonard Rose / 1961)

CD88 Sergej Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4 (Philippe Entremont / 1961 / 1963)

Complete tracklist : The Columbia Stereo Collection 1958-1963