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Annotation

a newer 2016 release with barcode 028947892625 (possibly with Decca cat # 478 9262) is available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018FCVK8U/ (released Jan 15, 2016, referred to from https://www.deccaclassics.com/us/cat/4789262 )

Annotation last modified on 2018-03-03 07:12 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Ansermet · Falla: El sombrero de tres picos / Debussy: Images
2▶CD: Argenta · España / Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
3▶CD: Ashkenazy · Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto 3 / Piano Sonata
4▶CD: Ashkenazy · Sibelius 1 / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
5▶CD: Bartoli · Italian Songs
6▶CD: Bell · Barber & Walton Concertos
7▶CD: Blomstedt · R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
8▶CD: Böhm · Bruckner 4
9▶CD: Boskovsky · New Year’s Day Concert, 1979
10▶CD: Britten · War Requiem
11▶CD: Chailly · Messiaen: Turangalîla‐sinfonie
12▶CD: Chung · Bruch & Mendelssohn Concertos
13▶CD: Curzon · Mozart: Piano Concertos 20 & 27
14▶CD: Dohnányi · Schoenberg / Berg / Webern
15▶CD: Dorati · Stravinsky: L’Oiseau de feu / Le Sacre du printemps
16▶CD: Dutoit · Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye / Boléro
17▶CD: Fleming · Opera Scenes
18▶CD: Freire · Brahms: Piano Concerto 1 / Schumann: Carnaval
19▶CD: Haitink · Shostakovich 4 & 9
20▶CD: Hogwood · Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
21▶CD: Jansen · Britten & Beethoven Violin Concertos
22▶CD: Karajan · Holst: The Planets
23▶CD: Katchen · Bartók / Prokofiev: Piano Concerto 3 / Ravel: Piano Concerto
24▶CD: Kertész · Dvořak: New World Symphony / Symphony 8
25▶CD: King’s College Choir & St John’s College Choir · Haydn: Nelson Mass & Paukenmesse
26▼CD: Larrocha · Granados: Goyescas / Falla: Noches en los jardines de España
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1Goyescas: Los majos enamorados, Part I: I. Los requiebros
engineer:
Martin Smith (UK engineer, Decca Studios)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
piano:
Alicia de Larrocha (pianist) (in 1976-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (for copyrights use only!) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Decca Studios: Studio 3 in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1976-12)
recording of:
Goyescas, H.64, No. 1: Los requiebros (in 1976-12)
composer:
Enrique Granados (composer)
part of:
Goyescas, H.64 (piano suite)
Enrique Granados8:46
2Goyescas: Los majos enamorados, Part I: II. Coloquio en la reja
engineer:
Martin Smith (UK engineer, Decca Studios)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
piano:
Alicia de Larrocha (pianist) (in 1976-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (for copyrights use only!) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Decca Studios: Studio 3 in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1976-12)
recording of:
Goyescas, H.64, No. 2: Coloquio en la reja (in 1976-12)
composer:
Enrique Granados (composer)
part of:
Goyescas, H.64 (piano suite)
Enrique Granados11:18
3Goyescas: Los majos enamorados, Part I: III. El fandango del Candil
engineer:
Martin Smith (UK engineer, Decca Studios)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
piano:
Alicia de Larrocha (pianist) (in 1976-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (for copyrights use only!) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Decca Studios: Studio 3 in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1976-12)
recording of:
Goyescas, H.64, No. 3: El fandango de Candil (in 1976-12)
composer:
Enrique Granados (composer)
part of:
Goyescas, H.64 (piano suite)
Enrique Granados5:34
4Goyescas: Los majos enamorados, Part I: IV. Quejas o La maja y el ruiseñor
engineer:
Martin Smith (UK engineer, Decca Studios)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
piano:
Alicia de Larrocha (pianist) (in 1976-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (for copyrights use only!) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Decca Studios: Studio 3 in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1976-12)
recording of:
Goyescas, H.64, No. 4: Quejas o la maja y el ruiseñor (piano piece) (in 1976-12)
composer:
Enrique Granados (composer) (in 1911)
part of:
Goyescas, H.64 (piano suite)
Enrique Granados6:40
5Goyescas: Los majos enamorados, Part II: V. El amor y la muerte
engineer:
Martin Smith (UK engineer, Decca Studios)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
piano:
Alicia de Larrocha (pianist) (in 1976-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (for copyrights use only!) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Decca Studios: Studio 3 in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1976-12)
recording of:
Goyescas, H.64, No. 5: El amor y la muerte (in 1976-12)
composer:
Enrique Granados (composer)
part of:
Goyescas, H.64 (piano suite)
Enrique Granados12:20
6Goyescas: Los majos enamorados, Part II: VI. Epílogo, o Serenata del espectro
engineer:
Martin Smith (UK engineer, Decca Studios)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
piano:
Alicia de Larrocha (pianist) (in 1976-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (for copyrights use only!) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Decca Studios: Studio 3 in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1976-12)
recording of:
Goyescas, H.64, No. 6: La serenata del espectro (in 1976-12)
composer:
Enrique Granados (composer)
part of:
Goyescas, H.64 (piano suite)
Enrique Granados7:39
7Goyescas: El pelele
engineer:
Martin Smith (UK engineer, Decca Studios)
producer:
James Walker (ballet/opera conductor, classical recordings producer for Decca)
piano:
Alicia de Larrocha (pianist) (in 1969-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (for copyrights use only!) (in 1977)
recorded at:
Decca Studios in West Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1969-07)
recording of:
El pelele (for piano) (in 1969-07)
composer:
Enrique Granados (composer) (in 1913)
part of:
Integral para piano (number: DLR II:5)
Enrique Granados4:36
8Noches en los jardines de España: I. En el Generalife
piano:
Alicia de Larrocha (pianist) (from 1983-07-05 until 1983-07-08)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (from 1983-07-05 until 1983-07-08)
conductor:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor) (from 1983-07-05 until 1983-07-08)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1983-07)
recording of:
Noches en los jardines de España: I. En el Generalife (from 1983-07-05 until 1983-07-08)
composer:
Manuel de Falla (Spanish composer) (from 1909 until 1916)
publisher:
Max Eschig
part of:
Noches en los jardines de España (Nights in the Gardens of Spain)
Manuel de Falla10:20
9Noches en los jardines de España: II. Danza lejena
piano:
Alicia de Larrocha (pianist) (from 1983-07-05 until 1983-07-08)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (from 1983-07-05 until 1983-07-08)
conductor:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor) (from 1983-07-05 until 1983-07-08)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1983-07)
recording of:
Noches en los jardines de España: II. Danza lejana (from 1983-07-05 until 1983-07-08)
composer:
Manuel de Falla (Spanish composer)
publisher:
Max Eschig
part of:
Noches en los jardines de España (Nights in the Gardens of Spain)
Manuel de Falla5:17
10Noches en los jardines de España: III. En los jardines de la Sierra de Córdoba
piano:
Alicia de Larrocha (pianist) (from 1983-07-05 until 1983-07-08)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (from 1983-07-05 until 1983-07-08)
conductor:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (conductor) (from 1983-07-05 until 1983-07-08)
recorded at:
Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1983-07)
recording of:
Noches en los jardines de España: III. En los jardines de la sierra de Córdoba (from 1983-07-05 until 1983-07-08)
composer:
Manuel de Falla (Spanish composer)
publisher:
Max Eschig
part of:
Noches en los jardines de España (Nights in the Gardens of Spain)
Manuel de Falla9:12
27▶CD: Lemper · Berlin Cabaret Songs
28▶CD: Lupu · Beethoven: Moonlight, Pathétique & Waldstein Sonatas
29▶CD: Maag · Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Symphony 3
30▶CD: Maazel · Respighi: Feste romane / Pini di Roma / Rimsky‐Korsakov
31▶CD: Mackerras · Janáček: Sinfonietta / Taras Bulba / The Cunning Little Vixen Suite
32▶CD: Marriner · Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings / Souvenir de Florence
33▶CD: Martinon · Ibert: Divertissement / Borodin 2
34▶CD: Mehta · Varèse / Ives 2
35▶CD: Monteux · Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Elgar: Enigma Variations
36▶CD: Münchinger · Bach: Magnificat / Cantatas 10 & 140
37▶CD: Nilsson / Solti · Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (great scenes)
38▶CD: Carreras / Domingo / Pavarotti · In Concert, 1990
39▶CD: Pavarotti ・ Puccini: Turandot (highlights)
40▶CD: Pickett · Susato: Dansereye
41▶CD: Rogé · Saint‐Saëns: Piano Concertos 2, 4 & 5
42▶CD: Rousset · Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
43▶CD: Schiff · Bach: Goldber Variations
44▶CD: Solti · Romantic Russia / Suppé: 4 Overtures
45▶CD: Solti · Mahler 8
46▶CD: Sutherland / Horne / Pavarotti · Live from Lincoln Center
47▶CD: Takács Quartet · Beethoven: Quartets opp. 95, 130 & 133
48▶CD: Tebaldi / Del Monaco · Puccini: La fanciulla del West (highlights)
49▶CD: Wiener Oktett · Mendelssohn: Octet / Beethoven: Septet
50▶CD: Winchester / Terfel · Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast

Credits

Release group

includes:A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Symphony no. 3 “Scottish” by Felix Mendelssohn (composer); Peter Maag (conductor)
Arcana / Intégrales / Ionisation by Edgard Varèse (composer); Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Barber: Violin Concerto / Walton: Violin Concerto / Bloch: Baal Shem by Barber (American orchestral, choral, opera & piano composer), Walton (British composer and conductor), Bloch (composer); Joshua Bell (violinist), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman (conductor)
Bartók: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major by Bartók (composer), Ravel (Maurice Ravel, French composer); Julius Katchen (pianist), London Symphony (London Symphony Orchestra), István Kertész (conductor)
Berlin Cabaret Songs by Ute Lemper
Dansereye (1551) by Tielman Susato (Flemish Renaissance composer); New London Consort, Philip Pickett (musician)
Daphnis et Chloé by Ravel (Maurice Ravel, French composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor)
Eine Alpensinfonie / Don Juan by Richard Strauss (German composer); San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)
España by Argenta (pianist and conductor), The London Symphony Orchestra (London Symphony Orchestra)
Goldberg Variations (1982 recording) by Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician); András Schiff (pianist)
Goyescas: Volumes 1 & 2 / El pelele by Granados (composer); Alicia de Larrocha (pianist)
Ibert: Divertissement / Bizet: Jeux d’enfants / Saint‐Säens: Danse macabre / Le rouet d’omphale by Ibert (French composer), Bizet (French composer), Saint‐Saëns (composer); Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Jean Martinon (conductor)
In Concert by Carreras (Spanish tenor), Domingo (tenor), Pavarotti (tenor), Mehta (Zubin Mehta, conductor)
Italian Songs by Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer), Schubert (Franz Schubert, composer), Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer), Haydn (composer); Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), András Schiff (pianist)
La fanciulla del West (1958 studio cast) by Puccini (Italian composer); Tebaldi (soprano), del Monaco (tenor), MacNeil (American baritone), Tozzi (operatic bass), Orchestra (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) e Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma (Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia), Franco Capuana (conductor)
Le Sacre du printemps / L’Oiseau de feu by Stravinsky (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer); Antal Doráti (conductor)
Ma Mère l’Oye / Pavane pour une infante défunte / Le Tombeau de Couperin / Valses nobles et sentimentales by Ravel (Maurice Ravel, French composer); Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra), Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Magnificat in D major / Cantata no. 10 by Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach, German Baroque period composer & musician); Ameling (soprano), Van Bork (soprano), Watts (contralto), Krenn (tenor), Rintzler (Romanian operatic bass), Krause (bass-baritone), Wiener Akademiechor (Vienna Chamber Choir, choir), Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger (German conductor)
Mendelssohn Octet / Beethoven Septet by Mendelssohn (Felix Mendelssohn, composer), Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer); Wiener Oktett
New Year's Day Concert in Vienna 1979 by Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor)
Piano Concertos No. 20 K.466 & No. 27 K.595 by Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer); Clifford Curzon (pianist), English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist)
Piano Concertos nos. 2, 4 & 5 by Saint‐Saëns (composer); Pascal Rogé (pianist), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976), Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Piano Sonata op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight” / Piano Sonata op. 13 “Pathetique” / Piano Sonata op. 53 “Waldstein” by Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer); Radu Lupu (Romanian concert pianist)
Respighi: Feste romane / Pini di Roma / Rimsky‐Korsakov: Le Coq d’or (suite) by Respighi (composer), Rimsky‐Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer); The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor)
Serenade for Strings / Souvenir de Florence by Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)
Signatures: Great Opera Scenes by Renée Fleming (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra
Sinfonietta / Taras Bulba / The Cunning Little Vixen Suite by Janáček (Czech composer); Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
Stabat Mater / Salve Regina by Pergolesi (composer); Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Christophe Rousset (French harpsichordist & conductor), Les Talens Lyriques (French classical musical ensemble)
Symphonie no. 8 (1971 recording) by Mahler (composer); Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti (Sir Georg Solti, conductor)
Symphony no. 4 by Bruckner (composer); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Vienna Philharmonic), Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “New World” by Dvořák (Antonín Dvořák, composer); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Vienna Philharmonic), István Kertész (conductor)
The Planets by Holst (Gustav Holst, composer); Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
The Three-cornered Hat / La Vida Breve - Interlude and Dance by Falla (Spanish composer); Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR), Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
Turandot (1972 studio cast) by Puccini (Italian composer); Sutherland (soprano), Pavarotti (tenor), Caballé (soprano), Ghiaurov (operatic bass), Krause (bass-baritone), Pears (tenor), John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra), Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Turangalîla‐Symphonie by Olivier Messiaen (composer and organist); Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (pianist), Takashi Harada (Harada Takashi, ondes Martenot player)
Violin Concertos / Scottish Fantasia by Mendelssohn (Felix Mendelssohn, composer), Bruch (composer and conductor); Kyung Wha-Chung (Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist), Kempe (conductor), Dutoit (conductor)
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast / Coronation Te Deum / Parry: I Was Glad / Jerusalem by Walton (British composer and conductor), Parry (English composer); Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone opera singer), Waynflete Singers, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
War Requiem by Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist); Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau (baritone)