| Description |
12 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 4 booklets |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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mono |
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digital recording |
| System Details |
Compact disc. |
| Performer |
Various performers and conductors. Music Directors : Stokowski, Ormandy, Muti, Sawallisch ; Guest conductors : Reiner, Tennstedt, Scherchen, Walter, Munch, Kertész, Toscanini ; Composers as conductors : Kodály, Thomson, Copland ; Singers : Sills, Sutherland, Corelli, Maynor, London, Anderson, Rothenberger, Fischer-Dieskau, Nilsson ; Instrumentalists : Hofmann, Kapell, Richter, Rabin, Heifetz, Kogan, Du Pré. |
| Note |
Showcasing 17 conductors and 16 soloists, with program notes and period photos. 7 containers and 4 booklets are packaged in one box. |
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"Major funding provided by CIGNA." |
| Contents |
vol. 1 (discs 1-3), Leopold Stokowsky & Eugene Ormandy. Hungarian dance no. 5 in G minor / J. Brahms (2:56) ; Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67 / L. van Beethoven (31:32) ; Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 43 / J. Sibelius (40:22) ; Romeo and Juliet, fantasy-overture / P.I. Tchaikovsky (19:53) ; Love music, from Tristan und Isolde, Acts II and III / R Wagner ; arr. Stokowski (26:09) ; Verklärte Nacht, op. 4 (1917 version) / A. Schoenberg (30:27) ; The Isle of the Dead / S. Rachmaninoff (19:33) ; Symphony no. 7 / W. Piston (20:00) ; Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima / K. Penderecki (7:17) ; Symphony no. 6, op. 54 / D. Shostakovich (31:30) -- vol. 2 (disc 4), Ricardo Muti. Overture, Le Carnaval romain, op. 9 / H. Berlioz (9:24) ; Overture to I vespri siciliani / G. Verdi (8:47) ; Four sea Interludes, op. 33a, from Peter Grimes / B. Britten (15:20) ; Arvana / E. Varèse (17:31) ; Pini di Roma (22:28). op. 54 / D. Shostakovich (31:30) |
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vol. 3 (disc 5), Wolfgang Sawallisch. Variations on a theme of Joseph Haydn, op. 56a / J. Brahms (18:24) ; Fantasy in C minor, for piano, chorus, and orchestra / L. van Beethoven (18:27) ; Symphony no. 4 / B. Martinu (31:03) -- vol. 4 (discs 6-7), Guest conductors. Transformation music from Parsifal, Act I / R. Wagner (7:37) ; Adagio for strings / S. Barber (9:24) ; Symphony no. 5 / G. Mahler (56:22) ; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / C. Debussy (9:49) ; Suite no. 2 from Daphnis et Chloé / M. Ravel (17:43) ; Dance suite for orchestra / B. Bartok (16:55) -- "Queen Mab" scherzo, from Roméo et Juliette, op. 17 / H. Berlioz (8:12). et Juliette, op. 17 / H. Berlioz (8:12). |
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vol. 5 (disc 8), Composers as conductors. Variations on a Hungarian folksong ("The Peacock") / Z. Kodály (22:07) ; Divertimento, suite from Le Baiser de la fée / I. Stravinsky (22:38) ; Five Portraits / V. Thomson (13:55) ; Lincoln Portrait / A. Copland (15:33) -- vol. 6 (disc 9), Singers. Exultate, jubilate, K. 165 / W. A. Mozart (15:14) ; "Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce!...from Lucia di Lammermoor, Act III / G. Donizetti (10:55) ; "Un dì all'azzurro spazio" from Andrea Chenier, Act I / U. Giordano (5:03) ; "Depuis le jour" from Louise, Act III / G. Charpentier (4:51) ; "Vous qui faites l'endormie" "(Méphistophélès' Serenade) from Faust, Act IV / C. Gounod (3:07) ; Von ewiger Liebe, op. 43, no. 1 / J. Brahms, orch. Caillet (6:00) ; Sie woll'n mich heiraten...Un du wirst mein Gebieter sein" from Arabella, Act II / R. Strauss (11:15) ; "Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort" (Immolation scene) from Götterdämmerung, Act III / R. Wagner (18:46). |
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vol. 7 (discs 10-12), Instrumentalists. Piano concerto no. 4 in G major, op. 58 / L. van Beethoven (29:03) ; Piano concerto no. 1 in D minor, op. 15 / J. Brahms (47:07) ; Piano concerto no. 17 in G major, K. 453 / W. A. Mozart (32:52) ; Violin concerto in D major, op. 35 / P. I. Tchaikovsky (37:00) ; Violin concerto in D minor, op. 47 / J. Sibelius (28:25) ; Violin concerto / A. Berg (25:08) ; Cello concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 33 / C. Saint-Säens (19:37). |
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Orchestral music.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Title |
Centennial collection |
| Music No. |
POA100-5 Philadelphia Orchestra Association |
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