The Columbia Stereo Collection 1958–1963
~ Release by Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 1 available)
Annotation
The set was originally released with CD 2 featuring Ormandy's 1967 recording of Grofé’s Grand Canyon Suite, rather than the 1957 version, as detailed in the track list. Also, track 2 on the originally released CD 23 ended prematurely. Sony provided replacement discs on request.
To identify the incorrect disc 2, its disc ID is pepA6f_d0xPf2no5ROLBTlx1uFM-, with the following timings:
- 5:15
- 5:33
- 7:55
- 4:43
- 9:27
Annotation last modified on 2025-05-01 18:56 UTC.
Tracklist
| 1CD: Respighi: Pini di Roma / Fontane di Roma / Feste romane |
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| 2CD: Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite |
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| 3CD: Prokofiev: Symphony no. 5 |
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| 4CD: Grieg: Piano Concerto / Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody |
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| 5CD: Sibelius: Symphonies nos. 2 & 7 |
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| 6CD: Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies & Liebesträume / Enescu: 2 Romanian Rhapsodies |
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| 7CD: Dello Joio: Air Power Suite |
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| 8CD: Bizet: Carmen Suites nos. 1 & 2 |
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| 9CD: Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante / Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante & Trumpet Concerto |
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| 10CD: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to The Orchestra |
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| 11CD: Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos |
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| 12CD: Brahms: Symphony no. 1 & Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel |
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| 13CD: The Lord’s Prayer |
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| 14CD: Franck: Variations symphoniques / D’Indy: Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français |
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| 15CD: Liszt: Piano Concertos no. 1 & 2 |
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| 16CD: Tchaikovsky: “1812” / Borodin / Mussorgsky / Khachaturian / Shostakovich / Rimsky‐Korsakov / Kabalevsky |
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| 17CD: Debussy: La Mer & Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune / Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé |
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| 18CD: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2 |
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| 19CD: Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Bach: Air on the G String / Corelli: Christmas Concerto / Mendelssohn: Scherzo |
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| 20CD: Handel: Messiah (Part I) |
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| 21CD: Handel: Messiah (Part I cont. & Part II‐III) |
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| 22CD: Rimsky‐Korsakov: Le Coq d’or & Russian Easter Festival / Glinka: Overture / Tchaikovsky: Marche slave / Balakirev: Islamey |
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| 23CD: Handel: Royal Fireworks & Water Music Suite / Corelli: Suite for Strings |
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| 24CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 |
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| 25CD: Rachmaninoff: Symphony no. 2 |
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| 26CD: Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 1 & Symphony no. 1 |
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| 27CD: Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2 / A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
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| 28CD: Brahms: Violin Concerto / Wieniawski: Violin Concerto no. 2 |
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| 29CD: Debussy: The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian |
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| 30CD: Prokofiev: Symphony no. 4 |
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| 31CD: Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 |
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| 32CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 |
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| 33CD: Sibelius: Violin Concerto & The Swan of Tuonela |
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| 34CD: Orff: Carmina Burana |
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| 35CD: Ravel: Boléro – Le Tombeau de Couperin – Alborada del gracioso – La Valse / Chabrier: España / Debussy: Clair de lune |
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| 36CD: Vincent: Symphonic Poem After Descartes / Symphony in D |
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| 37CD: J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue – Toccata – Passacaglia / J.C. Bach: Sinfonia for Double Orchestra |
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| 38CD: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons |
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| 39CD: Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite / Sibelius: Valse Triste – Finlandia – En Saga / Alfvén: Swedish Rhapsody |
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| 40CD: Walton: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Lalo: Symphonie espagnole |
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| 41CD: Vivaldi: Four Concertos for 2 Violins |
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| 42CD: Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances / Casella: Paganiniana |
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| 43CD: Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings / Borodin / Vaughan Williams / Grieg / Schubert / MacDowell / Massenet |
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| 44CD: Strauss: Frühlingsstimmen / Kaiser‐Walzer / Wiener Blut / An Der Schönen Blauen Donau / Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald |
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| 45CD: Yardumian: Passacaglia / Veni, Sancte Spiritus / Cantus Animae et Cordis / Symphony no. 2 |
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| 46CD: Reger: Piano Concerto |
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| 47CD: Weber: Aufforderung zum Tanz – Overture / Liszt: Mephisto Waltz / Saint‐Saëns: Danse Macabre / Brahms: Hungarian Dances / Weinberger: Polka & Fugue |
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| 48CD: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Saint‐Saëns: Samson et Dalila / Dukas: L’Apprenti sorcier |
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| 49CD: R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben |
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| 50CD: Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Liszt: Danse macabre |
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| 51CD: Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast / Roussel: Baccus et Ariane (Suite no. 2) |
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| 52CD: Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand / Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos |
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| 53CD: Bartók: Violin Concerto no. 1 / Viotti: Violin Concerto no. 22 |
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| 54CD: Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 22 / Piano Sonata no. 4 |
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| 55CD: Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty (Suite) |
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| 56CD: Franck: Symphony in D minor |
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| 57CD: Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto |
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| 58CD: Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1 |
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| 59CD: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Suite) |
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| 60CD: R. Strauss: Don Juan / Tod und Verklärung |
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| 61CD: J.C. Bach: Sinfonia for Double Orchestra / W.F. Bach: Sinfonia for 2 Flutes and Strings / Casadesus: Concerto in the style of C.P.E. Bach |
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| 62CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 7 |
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| 63CD: Josef Strauss: Feuerfest / J. Strauss II: Polkas & Waltzes |
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| 64CD: Rimsky‐Korsakov: Scheherazade |
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| 65CD: The Glorious Sound of Christmas |
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| 66CD: Delius: Brigg Fair / A Dance Rhapsody / On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring / In a Summer Garden |
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| 67CD: Barati: Chamber Concerto / Rochberg: Symphony no. 2 |
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| 68CD: Sibelius: Symphony no. 1 / Violin Concerto |
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| 69CD: Poulenc: Concerto for Organ / R. Strauss: Festliches Präludium / Barber: Toccata Festiva |
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| 70CD: Bartók: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 4 |
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| 71CD: The World’s Great Songs of Patriotism: This is my Country |
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| 72CD: Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle |
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| 73CD: Bach: Mass in B minor (1) |
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| 74CD: Bach: Mass in B minor (2) |
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| 75CD: The Glorious Sound of Wagner |
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| 76CD: Shostakovich: Symphony no. 4 |
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| 77CD: Walton: Façade / Ibert: Divertissments & Escales |
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| 78CD: Mozart: Bassoon Concerto / Flute Concerto no. 1 |
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| 79CD: Mozart: Oboe Concerto / Clarinet Concerto |
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| 80CD: Yardumian: Symphony no. 1 / Violin Concerto |
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| 81CD: Saint‐Saëns: Organ Symphony / The Carnival of the Animals |
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| 82CD: A Festival of Marches |
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| 83CD: Brahms: A German Requiem |
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| 84CD: Prokofiev: Symphony no. 6 |
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| 85CD: Mozart: Concerto for 3 Pianos / J.S. Bach: Concerto for 3 Pianos & Concerto in F major |
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| 86CD: Chopin: Les Sylphides & Nocturne / Delibes: Sylvia & Coppélia Ballet Suites |
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| 87CD: Strauss: Don Quixote / Bloch: Schelomo | ||||
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| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Don Quixote, op. 35: Introduction
| Richard Strauss | 6:14 | |
| 2 | Don Quixote, op. 35: Theme. The Knight of the Rueful Countenance
| Richard Strauss | 2:11 | |
| 3 | Don Quixote, op. 35: Variation I. The Adventure of the Windmills
| Richard Strauss | 2:39 | |
| 4 | Don Quixote, op. 35: Variation II. The Battle With the Sheep
| Richard Strauss | 1:34 | |
| 5 | Don Quixote, op. 35: Variation III. Dialogue of Knights and Squire
| Richard Strauss | 8:00 | |
| 6 | Don Quixote, op. 35: Variation IV. The Adventure With the Procession of Penitents
| Richard Strauss | 1:57 | |
| 7 | Don Quixote, op. 35: Variation V. Don Quixote’s Vigil
| Richard Strauss | 3:57 | |
| 8 | Don Quixote, op. 35: Variation VI. Dulcinea’s Enchantment
| Richard Strauss | 1:10 | |
| 9 | Don Quixote, op. 35: Variation VII. The Ride Through the Air
| Richard Strauss | 1:02 | |
| 10 | Don Quixote, op. 35: Variation VIII. The Adventure of the Enchanted Boat
| Richard Strauss | 1:49 | |
| 11 | Don Quixote, op. 35: Variation IX. The Contest with the Enchanters
| Richard Strauss | 1:12 | |
| 12 | Don Quixote, op. 35: Variation X. Joust with the Knight of the White Moon – The Defeated Don Quixote’s Journey Home
| Richard Strauss | 4:22 | |
| 13 | Don Quixote, op. 35: Epilogue. Don Quixote’s Death
| Richard Strauss | 5:14 | |
| 14 | Schelomo – Hebraic Rhapsody for Cello & Orchestra
| Ernest Bloch | 21:06 | |
| 88CD: Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 4 |
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Credits
Release
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/29420596 [info] |
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| discography entry: | https://www.sonyclassical.com/releases/releases-details/eugene-ormandy-the-stereo-collection-1958-1963 [info] |
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