Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 1950 - 60

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Title: Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 1950 - 60

Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897); Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904); (Achille-)Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918); (Louis-)Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869); Manuel de Falla (y Matheu) (1876 - 1946); Alexandre Tansman (1897 - 1986); Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943); Leos Janácek (1854 - 1928); Hans Henkemans (b 1913); Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Main Performer: Nathan Milstein (Violin); Julius Katchen (Piano); Theo Olof (Violin); Gré Brouwenstijn (Soprano); Isaac Stern (Violin)

Orchestra / Ensemble(s): (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam; Netherlands Radio Choir; Amsterdam Toonkunst Choir

Date of Release: 10/11/2003

Recomended Retail Price: 72.99 GBP

Label / Distributor: Q Disc / Coda Distribution Ltd

Pieces in Set: 14

Genre(s): Orchestral, Stage works, Vocal and choral

Stereo: Mixed

SPAR Code: ADD

EAN: 8713309970180

Work 1

Work Title: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D, Op. 77

Excerpt(s): 1. Allegro non troppo
2. Adagio
3. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1878

Conductor: Pierre Monteux

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Main Performer: Nathan Milstein (Violin)

Opera Part(s): Nathan Milstein

Work 2

Work Title: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, B141 (Op. 70)

Excerpt(s): 1. Allegro maestoso
2. Poco adagio
3. Scherzo
4. Allegro

Composer: Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1884-85

Conductor: Rafael Kubelík

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 3

Work Title: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Excerpt(s): 1. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Composer: (Achille-)Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1892-4

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 4

Work Title: (Le) carnaval romain, Op. 9

Excerpt(s): 1. (Le) carnaval romain, Op. 9

Composer: (Louis-)Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1844

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 5

Work Title: (El) Amor Brujo

Excerpt(s): 1. Introduction and Scene
2. In the Cave (Night-time)
3. Song of Love's Sorrow
4. The Apparition
5. Dance of Terror
6. The Magic Circle (The Fisherman's Story)
7. Midnight (Witchcraft)
8. Ritual Fire Dance
9. Scene
10. Song of the Will o' the Wisp
11. Pantomime
12. Dance of the Game of Love
13. Finale (The Bells of Morning)

Composer: Manuel de Falla (y Matheu) (1876 - 1946)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1915

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 6

Work Title: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73

Excerpt(s): 1. Allegro non troppo
2. Adagio non troppo
3. Allegretto grazioso
4. Allegro con spirito

Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1877

Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 7

Work Title: Symphony No 8 'Musique pour orchestre'

Excerpt(s): 1. Symphony No 8 'Musique pour orchestre'

Composer: Alexandre Tansman (1897 - 1986)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1948

Conductor: Rafael Kubelík

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 8

Work Title: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Excerpt(s): 1. Moderato
2. Adagio sostenuto
3. arr E Carmen as 'All By Myself'; arr Arch as 'Parole d'amore'
4. Allegro scherzando

Composer: Sergey (Vasil'yevich) Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1900-01

Conductor: Rafael Kubelík

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Main Performer: Julius Katchen (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Julius Katchen

Work 9

Work Title: Taras Bulba

Excerpt(s): 2. Taras Bulba

Composer: Leos Janácek (1854 - 1928)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1915-18

Conductor: Rafael Kubelík

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 10

Work Title: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Excerpt(s): 2. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Composer: Hans Henkemans (b 1913)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1950

Conductor: Eduard van Beinum

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Main Performer: Theo Olof (Violin)

Opera Part(s): Theo Olof

Work 11

Work Title: Ah! perfido, Op. 65

Excerpt(s): 2. Ah! perfido, Op. 65

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1795-96

Conductor: Otto Klemperer

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Main Performer: Gré Brouwenstijn (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Gré Brouwenstijn

Work 12

Work Title: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

Excerpt(s): 2. Poco sostenuto_Vivace
3. Allegretto
4. Presto
5. Allegro con brio

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1812

Conductor: Josef Krips

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 13

Work Title: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 64

Excerpt(s): 2. Allegro molto appassionato<br>3. Andante<br>4. Allegretto non troppo_Allegro molto vivace

Composer: (Jakob Ludwig) Felix Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy) (1809 - 1847)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1844

Conductor: Rafael Kubelík

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Main Performer: Isaac Stern (Violin)

Opera Part(s): Isaac Stern

Work 14

Work Title: Symphony No 1, Op 23

Excerpt(s): 2. Symphony No 1, Op 23

Composer: Anthon van der Horst (1899 - 1965)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1939

Conductor: Eduard van Beinum

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 15

Work Title: Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, Sz120

Excerpt(s): 2. Lento -
3. Finale: Allegretto

Composer: Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1945

Conductor: Otto Klemperer

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Main Performer: William Primrose (Viola)

Opera Part(s): William Primrose

Work 16

Work Title: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550

Excerpt(s): 2. Molto allegro
3. Andante
4. Menuetto
5. Allegro assai

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1788

Conductor: Bruno Walter

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 17

Work Title: Symphony No. 4 in G

Excerpt(s): 2. Heiter, bedäctig
3. In gemächlicher Bewegung
4. Ruhevoll
5. Sehr behaglich

Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1892, 1899-1900 Revised 1901-10

Conductor: Bruno Walter

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Main Performer: Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Work 18

Work Title: Don Juan, Op. 20

Excerpt(s): 2. Don Juan, Op. 20

Composer: Richard (Georg) Strauss (1864 - 1949)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1888

Conductor: Bruno Walter

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 19

Work Title: Symphony No. 3 in D minor

Excerpt(s): 2. Bewegt, quasi Andante: Feierlich (1876 ver)

Composer: (Joseph) Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1873-77 Revised 1888-89

Conductor: Rafael Kubelík

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 20

Work Title: Verklärte Nacht, 'Transfigured Night', Op. 4

Excerpt(s): 2. Verklärte Nacht, 'Transfigured Night', Op. 4

Composer: Arnold (Franz Walther) Schoenberg (1874 - 1951)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1899

Conductor: Otto Klemperer

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 21

Work Title: Daphnis et Chloé

Excerpt(s): 2. Daphnis et Chloé

Composer: (Joseph) Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1912

Conductor: Pierre Monteux

Orchestra / Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Choir

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 22

Work Title: Siegfried Idyll

Excerpt(s): 2. Siegfried Idyll

Composer: (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1870

Conductor: Pierre Monteux

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 23

Work Title: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra

Excerpt(s): 2. Concerto for Harp and Orchestra

Composer: Hans Henkemans (b 1913)

Genre: Orchestral

Conductor: Eduard van Beinum

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Main Performer: Phia Berghout (Harp)

Opera Part(s): Phia Berghout

Work 24

Work Title: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 22 in E flat, K482

Excerpt(s): 4. Allegro<br>3. Andante

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1785

Conductor: Eduard van Beinum

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Main Performer: Annie Fischer (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Annie Fischer

Work 25

Work Title: Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer, amato bene, K505

Excerpt(s): 2. Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer, amato bene, K505

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1786

Conductor: Otto Klemperer

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Main Performer: Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), Maria Curcio (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Maria Curcio

Work 26

Work Title: Symphony No. 3 in D minor

Excerpt(s): 2. Kräftig
3. Tempo di menuetto
4. Scherzando
5. Sehr langsam: 'O Mensch! Gib acht'
6. Lustig im Tempo: 'Es sungen drei Engel'
7. Langsam
8. What the Wild Flowers Tell Me (2nd movt arr by Britten)

Composer: Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1893-96 Revised 1906

Conductor: Eduard van Beinum

Orchestra / Ensemble: Zanglust Boys' Choir

Orchestra / Ensemble: Amsterdam Toonkunst Choir

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Main Performer: Maureen Forrester (Contralto (Female alto))

Opera Part(s): Maureen Forrester

Work 27

Work Title: Symphony No 2, 'Prelude à la nouvelle'

Excerpt(s): 3. Symphony No 2, 'Prelude à la nouvelle'

Composer: Matthijs Vermeulen (1888 - 1967)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1919-20

Conductor: Eduard van Beinum

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 28

Work Title: (De) vliegende Hollander

Excerpt(s): 3. Passacaille et Cortège

Composer: Matthijs Vermeulen (1888 - 1967)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1930

Conductor: Eduard van Beinum

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 29

Work Title: Dansflitsen

Excerpt(s): 3. Dansflitsen

Composer: Sem Dresden

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1951

Conductor: Rafael Kubelík

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 30

Work Title: Poème, Op. 25

Excerpt(s): 3. Poème, Op. 25

Composer: (Amedée-)Ernest Chausson (1855 - 1899)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1896

Conductor: George Szell

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Main Performer: Arthur Grumiaux (Violin)

Opera Part(s): Arthur Grumiaux

Work 31

Work Title: Partita

Excerpt(s): 3. Toccata
4. Pastorale siciliana
5. Giga burlesca

Composer: William (Turner) Walton (1902 - 1983)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1957

Conductor: George Szell

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 32

Work Title: Also sprach Zarathustra, 'Thus spake Zarathustra', Op. 30

Excerpt(s): 3. Opening

Composer: Richard (Georg) Strauss (1864 - 1949)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1895-96

Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 33

Work Title: (6) Pieces, Op. 6

Excerpt(s): 3. (6) Pieces, Op. 6

Composer: Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm von) Webern (1883 - 1945)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1909, rev '28

Conductor: Hans Rosbaud

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 34

Work Title: Symphony No. 2 in C minor

Excerpt(s): 3. Symphony No. 2 in C minor

Composer: (Joseph) Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1871-72 Revised 1875-76

Conductor: Bernard Haitink

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 35

Work Title: Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31

Excerpt(s): 3. Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31

Composer: Arnold (Franz Walther) Schoenberg (1874 - 1951)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1926-28

Conductor: Hans Rosbaud

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 36

Work Title: (The) Miraculous Mandarin, Sz73 (Op. 19)

Excerpt(s): 3. Suite

Composer: Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1926

Conductor: Antál Dorati

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Work 37

Work Title: (La) Valse

Composer: (Joseph) Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1920

Conductor: George Szell

Orchestra / Ensemble: (Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

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