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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
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1Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64: I. Allegro molto appassionato
recording engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer) (in 1981-07)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
violin:
Kyung Wha-Chung (Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist) (in 1981-07)
orchestra:
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra) (in 1981-07)
conductor:
Charles Dutoit (conductor) (in 1981-07)
recorded at:
Église de Saint-Eustache in Saint-Eustache, Québec (Quebec), Canada (in 1981-07)
recording of:
Violinkonzert in e-Moll, op. 64: I. Allegro molto appassionato (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, op. 64: I. Allegro molto appassionato) (in 1981-07)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (from 1838 until 1844-09-16)
revised by:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1845)
part of:
Violinkonzert in e-Moll, op. 64 (Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64)
Felix Mendelssohn12:09
2Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64: II. Andante
recording engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer) (in 1981-07)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
violin:
Kyung Wha-Chung (Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist) (in 1981-07)
orchestra:
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra) (in 1981-07)
conductor:
Charles Dutoit (conductor) (in 1981-07)
performer:
정경화 (Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist)
recorded at:
Église de Saint-Eustache in Saint-Eustache, Québec (Quebec), Canada (in 1981-07)
recording of:
Violinkonzert in e-Moll, op. 64: II. Andante (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, op. 64: II. Andante) (in 1981-07)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (from 1838 until 1844-09-16)
revised by:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1845)
part of:
Violinkonzert in e-Moll, op. 64 (Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64)
Felix Mendelssohn7:21
3Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64: III. Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto vivace
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
solo violin:
Kyung Wha-Chung (Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist) (in 1981-07)
orchestra:
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra) (in 1981-07)
conductor:
Charles Dutoit (conductor) (in 1981-07)
balance engineer:
John Dunkerley (engineer) (in 1981-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1982)
recorded at:
Église de Saint-Eustache in Saint-Eustache, Québec (Quebec), Canada (in 1981-07)
recording of:
Violinkonzert in e-Moll, op. 64: III. Allegretto non troppo – Allegro molto vivace (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor, op. 64: III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace) (in 1981-07)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (from 1838 until 1844-09-16)
revised by:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1845)
part of:
Violinkonzert in e-Moll, op. 64 (Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64)
Felix Mendelssohn6:18
4Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26: I. Introduction. Allegro moderato
recording engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (in 1972-05)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
violin:
Kyung Wha-Chung (Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist) (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
conductor:
Rudolf Kempe (conductor) (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
recording of:
Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26: I. Vorspiel. Allegro moderato (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
composer:
Max Bruch (composer and conductor) (from 1866 until 1867)
part of:
Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26
Max Bruch8:15
5Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26: II. Adagio
recording engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
violin:
Kyung Wha-Chung (Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist) (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
conductor:
Rudolf Kempe (conductor) (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
recording of:
Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26: II. Adagio (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
composer:
Max Bruch (composer and conductor) (from 1866 until 1867)
part of:
Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26
Max Bruch8:42
6Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26: III. Finale. Allegro energico
recording engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (in 1972-05)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
violin:
Kyung Wha-Chung (Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist) (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
conductor:
Rudolf Kempe (conductor) (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
recording of:
Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26: III. Finale. Allegro energico (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
composer:
Max Bruch (composer and conductor) (from 1866 until 1867)
part of:
Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, op. 26
Max Bruch7:25
7Scottish Fantasy, op. 46: I. Introduction. Grave – Adagio cantabile
recording engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (in 1972-05)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
violin:
Kyung Wha-Chung (Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist) (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
conductor:
Rudolf Kempe (conductor) (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
recording of:
Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major, op. 46: I. Introduction. Grave - Adagio cantabile (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
composer:
Max Bruch (composer and conductor) (from 1879 until 1880)
part of:
Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major, op. 46
Max Bruch8:13
8Scottish Fantasy, op. 46: II. Allegro
recording engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (in 1972-05)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
violin:
Kyung Wha-Chung (Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist) (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
conductor:
Rudolf Kempe (conductor) (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
recording of:
Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major, op. 46: II. Scherzo. Allegro (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
composer:
Max Bruch (composer and conductor) (from 1879 until 1880)
part of:
Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major, op. 46
Max Bruch5:23
9Scottish Fantasy, op. 46: III. Andante sostenuto
recording engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (in 1972-05)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
violin:
Kyung Wha-Chung (Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist) (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
conductor:
Rudolf Kempe (conductor) (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
recording of:
Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major, op. 46: III. Andante sostenuto (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
composer:
Max Bruch (composer and conductor) (from 1879 until 1880)
is based on:
I'm a Doun for Lack o' Johnnie
part of:
Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major, op. 46
Max Bruch6:52
10Scottish Fantasy, op. 46: IV. Finale. Allegro guerriero
recording engineer:
James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (in 1972-05)
producer:
Ray Minshull (record producer)
violin:
Kyung Wha-Chung (Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist) (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
conductor:
Rudolf Kempe (conductor) (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
recording of:
Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major, op. 46: IV. Finale. Allegro guerriero (from 1972-05-15 until 1972-05-20)
composer:
Max Bruch (composer and conductor) (from 1879 until 1880)
part of:
Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major, op. 46
Max Bruch7:39
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
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

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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 composer), Walton (British composer and conductor), Bloch (Swiss-American composer); Joshua Bell (violinist), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman (conductor)
Bartók: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major by Bartók (Béla 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 The London Symphony Orchestra (London Symphony Orchestra), Ataúlfo Argenta (pianist and conductor)
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 (French conductor and composer)
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, K466 & no. 27, K595 by Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer); Clifford Curzon (classical pianist, knighted in 1977), Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist), English Chamber Orchestra
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 (Austrian 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 (The 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)