Mercury Living Presence: The Collector's Edition

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Moussorgsky / Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition / Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
2▶CD: Má vlast
3▶CD: Fiesta in Hi-Fi
4▶CD: Antal Dorati Conducts Kodály and Bartók
5▶CD: Violin Concerto no. 2 / Second Suite
6▶CD: Hi-Fi a la Española and Popovers
7▶CD: Scythian Suite / Suite from "The Love for Three Oranges" / Symphony no. 5
8▶CD: Howard Hanson: The Composer and His Orchestra
9▶CD: Tchaikovsky: 1812 Festival Overture, op. 49 / Capriccio Italien / Beethoven: Wellington's Victory
10▶CD: Slavonic Dances, op. 46 and 72 (Complete)
11▶CD: Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite / Mississippi Suite / Herbert: Cello Concerto no. 2
12▶CD: British and American Band Classics
13▶CD: Petrouchka / Le sacre du printemps / Four Etudes for Orchestra
14▶CD: Suppé: Overtures / Auber: The Bronze Horse / Fra Diavolo / Masaniello
15▶CD: Symphonie Fantastique / Marches / Roman Carnival Overture
16▶CD: Fennell Conducts Sousa: "Sound Off!" and "Sousa on Review", 24 Favorite Marches
17▶CD: Enesco: Roumanian Rhapsody no. 1 / Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies nos. 1–6
18▶CD: Khachaturian: Gayne Ballet / Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5
19▶CD: Enesco: Roumanian Rhapsody no. 2 / Brahms: Hungarian Dances / Variations on a Theme of Haydn
20▶CD: The Civil War: Its Music and Its Sounds, Part 1: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg
21▶CD: The Civil War: Its Music and Its Sounds, Part 2: Gettysburg to Appomattox
22▶CD: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Piano Concerto no. 3
23▶CD: Appalachian Spring / Billy the Kid / Danzón Cubano / El Salón México
24▶CD: Byron Janis Plays Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
25▶CD: Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet / Moussorgsky: A Night on Bald Mountain
26▶CD: Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54 / Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23
27▶CD: Flamenco!
28▶CD: The Romeros: The Royal Family of the Spanish Guitar
29▶CD: Screamers, Circus Marches / March Time
30▶CD: Balalaika Favorites
31▶CD: Liszt: Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2 / Byron Janis: Encores
32▶CD: Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 1
33▼CD: Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104 / Bruch: Kol Nidrei / Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
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1Concerto in B minor for Violoncello and Orchestra, op. 104: I. Allegro
recorded in:
United Kingdom (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
engineer:
C. Robert Fine (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
producer:
Harold Lawrence
cello:
János Starker (Hungarian-American cellist) (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
conductor:
Antal Doráti (conductor) (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1962)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
recording of:
Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104: I. Allegro (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1894-11-08 until 1895-02-09)
part of:
Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104
Antonín Dvořák15:08
2Concerto in B minor for Violoncello and Orchestra, op. 104: II. Adagio ma non troppo
recorded in:
United Kingdom (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
engineer:
C. Robert Fine (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
producer:
Harold Lawrence
cello:
János Starker (Hungarian-American cellist) (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
conductor:
Antal Doráti (conductor) (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1962)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
recording of:
Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104: II. Adagio ma non troppo (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1894-11-08 until 1895-02-09)
part of:
Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104
Antonín Dvořák11:11
3Concerto in B minor for Violoncello and Orchestra, op. 104: III. Finale: Allegro moderato
recorded in:
United Kingdom (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
engineer:
C. Robert Fine (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
producer:
Harold Lawrence
cello:
János Starker (Hungarian-American cellist) (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
conductor:
Antal Doráti (conductor) (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1962)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
recording of:
Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104: III. Finale. Allegro moderato – Andante – Allegro vivo (from 1962-07-06 until 1962-07-10)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (from 1894-11-08 until 1895-06-11)
part of:
Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104
revision of:
Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104: III. Finale (original finale (not the one usually played))
Antonín Dvořák11:47
4Kol Nidrei, op. 47
recorded in:
United Kingdom (on 1962-07-10)
engineer:
C. Robert Fine (on 1962-07-10)
producer:
Harold Lawrence
cello:
János Starker (Hungarian-American cellist) (on 1962-07-10)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (on 1962-07-10)
conductor:
Antal Doráti (conductor) (on 1962-07-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1962)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (on 1962-07-10)
recording of:
Kol Nidrei, op. 47 (on 1962-07-10)
composer:
Max Bruch (composer and conductor) (in 1880-07)
dedicated to:
Robert Hausmann
part of:
Works of Max Bruch by opus number (number: op. 47)
Max Bruch9:57
5Variations on a Rococo Theme, op. 33
recorded in:
United Kingdom (from 1964-06-26 until 1964-06-27)
cello:
János Starker (Hungarian-American cellist) (from 1964-06-26 until 1964-06-27)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1964-06-26 until 1964-06-27)
conductor:
Antal Doráti (conductor) (from 1964-06-26 until 1964-06-27)
recording of:
Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, op. 33 (standard Fitzenhagen version) (from 1964-06-26 until 1964-06-27)
premiered in:
Moscow, Russia (on 1877-11-30)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (in 1877)
revised by:
Wilhelm Fitzenhagen (German cellist and composer)
dedicated to:
Wilhelm Fitzenhagen (German cellist and composer)
part of:
Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 33)
version of:
Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, op. 33 (original Tchaikovsky version)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky15:46
34▶CD: Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 129 / Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor / Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 33
35▶CD: The Nutcracker, op. 71 / Serenade in C major, op. 48, Part 1
36▶CD: The Nutcracker, op. 71 / Serenade in C major, op. 48, Part 2
37▶CD: Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major / Khachaturian: Violin Concerto (1940)
38▶CD: Bluebeard's Castle
39▶CD: Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Book 2 / Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no. 12 / Beethoven: Sonata, op. 14 no. 1
40▶CD: Szeryng Plays Kreisler and Other Treasures for the Violin
41▶CD: Suites for Solo Cello / Sonatas in G & D Major, Part 1
42▶CD: Suites for Solo Cello / Sonatas in G & D Major, Part 2
43▶CD: Piano Concerto no. 4 / Piano Concerto no. 5 "Emperor"
44▶CD: Piano Concertos 1 and 2
45▶CD: Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit / Debussy: Three Preludes / Pour le piano / Stravinsky: 3 Movements From Petrouchka
46▶CD: Brahms: Cello Sonatas 1 and 2 / Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata no. 2
47▶CD: Schumann: Violin Concerto in D minor / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
48▶CD: The Firebird
49▶CD: Janos Starker Plays Boccherini, Bach, Vivaldi, Corelli, Locatelli, Valentini
50▶CD: Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Concierto Andaluz / Vivaldi: Guitar Concertos
51▶CD: Recording "Pictures at an Exhibition" and "Ma Vlast" / An Interview with Wilma Cozart Fine
52▶CD: Vaughan Williams Delius Piano Concertos
53▶CD: A Sea Symphony

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includes:Antal Dorati conducts Kodály & Bartók by Kodály (Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer), Bartók (Béla Bartók, composer); Antal Doráti (conductor)
Balalaika Favorites by Rudolf Belov, Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra (Ossipov Russian Folk Orchestra), Vitaly Gnutov
Bluebeard's Castle / Wozzeck (excerpts) by Béla Bartók (composer), Alban Berg (Austrian composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor)
Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Book 2 / Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no. 12 / Beethoven: Sonata, op. 14 no. 1 by Johannes Brahms (German composer), Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor), Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Stanisław Skrowaczewski (conductor), Gina Bachauer (pianist)
Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104 / Bruch: Kol Nidrei / Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme by Dvořák (Antonín Dvořák, composer), Bruch (composer and conductor), Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer); Janos Starker (Hungarian-American cellist), London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor)
Enesco: Roumanian Rhapsody no. 1 / Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies by Enesco (Romanian composer, violinist, conductor and teacher), Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor); London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor)
Enesco: Roumanian Rhapsody no. 2 / Brahms: Hungarian Dances / Variations on a Theme of Haydn by Enesco (Romanian composer, violinist, conductor and teacher), Brahms (Johannes Brahms, German composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor)
Fennell Conducts Sousa Marches by John Philip Sousa (conductor and composer); Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell (conductor)
Flamenco! by Pepe Romero (classical and flamenco guitarist)
Fritz Kreisler Violin Favourites and Other Treasures for the Violin by Henryk Szeryng (violinist) & Charles Reiner (pianist)
Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite / Mississippi Suite / Herbert: Cello Concerto no. 2 by Ferde Grofé (pianist, arranger, conductor and composer), Victor Herbert (American composer); Eastman-Rochester Orchestra (use for Rochester Pops, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, etc.), Howard Hanson (American composer and conductor), Georges Miquelle (cellist)
Hi-Fi a la Española and Popovers by Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra (use for Rochester Pops, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, etc.), Frederick Fennell (conductor)
Janos Starker plays Italian Cello Sonatas
Khachaturian: Gayne Ballet / Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5 by Khachaturian (Aram Khachaturian, Soviet-Armenian composer), Shostakovich (Dmitri Shostakovich, composer); Antal Doráti (conductor), London Symphony (London Symphony Orchestra), Stanisław Skrowaczewski (conductor), Minneapolis Symphony
Love for Three Oranges Suite / Scythian Suite by Prokofiev (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer); Antal Dorati (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra
Má Vlast by Smetana (Bedřich Smetana, composer); Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelík (conductor)
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta by Мussorgsky (Modest Mussorgsky, composer), Bartók (Béla Bartók, composer); Chicago Symphony Chorus, Rafael Kubelík (conductor)
Overtures by Suppé (Franz von Suppè, composer), Auber (composer); Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray (French conductor and composer)
Petrouchka (Complete) / Le sacre du printemps / Four Etudes for Orchestra by Igor Stravinsky (Russian composer); Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor)
Piano Concerto no. 2 / Piano Concerto no. 3 / Prelude in C-sharp minor / Prelude in E-flat major by Rachmaninoff (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer); Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor), Byron Janis (pianist)
Piano Concerto no. 4 / Piano Concerto no. 5 "Emperor" by Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor), Stanisław Skrowaczewski (conductor), Gina Bachauer (pianist)
Piano Concertos by Schumann (Robert Schumann, German classical composer), Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer); Byron Janis (pianist), Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Stanisław Skrowaczewski (conductor), Herbert Menges (conductor)
Piano Concertos 1 and 2 by Frédéric Chopin (composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor), Gina Bachauer (pianist)
Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2 by Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor); Byron Janis (pianist)
Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky (Modest Mussorgsky, composer); Byron Janis (pianist), Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor)
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 1 by Prokofiev (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer), Rachmaninoff (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer); Byron Janis (pianist), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyril Kondrashin (Kirill Kondrashin, conductor)
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet / Moussorgsky: A Night on Bald Mountain by Prokofiev (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer), Moussorgsky (Modest Mussorgsky, composer); Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Stanisław Skrowaczewski (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor)
Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit / Debussy: Three preludes / Pour le piano / Stravinsky: 3 movements from Petrouchka by Maurice Ravel (French composer), Claude Debussy (French composer), Igor Stravinsky (Russian composer); Gina Bachauer (pianist), Sir John Gielgud (actor)
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez and Concierto Andaluz / Vivaldi: Guitar Concertos by Rodrigo (Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist), Vivaldi (Antonio Vivaldi, Italian baroque composer and violinist); The Romeros (quartet of Spanish guitarists), San Antonio Symphony, Victor Alessandro (conductor)
Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 129 / Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor / Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 33 by Schumann (Robert Schumann, German classical composer), Lalo (French composer), Saint‐Saëns (composer); János Starker (Hungarian-American cellist), London Symphony Orchestra, Stanisław Skrowaczewski (conductor), Antal Doráti (conductor)
Schumann: Violin Concerto in D minor / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor / Other solo pieces by Schumann (Robert Schumann, German classical composer), Mendelssohn (Felix Mendelssohn, composer); Henryk Szeryng (violinist), Antal Doráti (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra
Screamers (Circus Marches) / March Time by Edwin Franko Goldman; Frederick Fennell (conductor), Eastman Wind Ensemble
Slavonic Dances by Dvořák (Antonín Dvořák, composer); Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor)
Suites for Solo Cello / Sonatas in G & D Major by Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach, German Baroque period composer & musician); János Starker (Hungarian-American cellist), György Sebök (pianist)
Symphonie fantastique / Hungarian March / Trojan March / Corsair Overture / Roman Carnival Overture by Berlioz (Hector Berlioz, French composer); Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray (French conductor and composer)
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Festival Overture / Capriccio Italien / Beethoven: Wellington’s Victory by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian romantic composer), Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer); Antal Doráti (conductor), Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
The Civil War: Its Music and Its Sounds by Frederick Fennell (conductor), Eastman Wind Ensemble
The Firebird (Complete Ballet) / Fireworks / Song of the Nightingale by Stravinsky (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor)
The Nutcracker, op. 71 (Complete Ballet) / Serenade in C major, op. 48 by Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Doráti (conductor)
The Royal Family of the Spanish Guitar by The Romeros (quartet of Spanish guitarists)
Violin Concerto no. 2 / Second Suite by Bartók (Béla Bartók, composer); Yehudi Menuhin (violinist), Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor)
Violin Concertos by Brahms (Johannes Brahms, German composer), Khachaturian (Aram Khachaturian, Soviet-Armenian composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor), Henryk Szeryng (violinist)
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