Erich Leinsdorf: Classical Hits and Rarities | Documents 600551

Erich Leinsdorf: Classical Hits and Rarities

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Label: Documents

Cat No: 600551

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 10

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 21st August 2020

Contents

Works

Bartok, Bela

Concerto for Orchestra, Sz116 BB123

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Symphony no.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica'

Brahms, Johannes

Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major, op.83

Chabrier, Alexis Emmanuel

Espana

Cornelius, Peter

Der Barbier von Bagdad
» Overture

Dukas, Paul

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'Apprenti sorcier)

Dvorak, Antonin

Symphony no.6 in D major, op.60

Grieg, Edvard

Piano Concerto in A minor, op.16

Mahler, Gustav

Symphony no.1 in D major 'Titan'

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Don Giovanni, K527
» Overture
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492
» Overture
Symphony no.1 in E flat major, K16
Symphony no.2 in B flat major, K17
Symphony no.3 in E flat major, K18
Symphony no.4 in D major, K19
Symphony no.5 in B flat major, K22
Symphony no.6 in F major, K43
Symphony no.7 in D major, K45
Symphony no.8 in D major, K48
Symphony no.9 in C major, K73

Ponchielli, Amilcare

La Gioconda
» Dance of the Hours (Act 3)

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op.43

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai

Russian Easter Festival Overture, op.36
Scheherazade, op.35

Rossini, Gioachino

Guillaume Tell
» Passo a sei (Act 1)
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
» Overture

Saint-Saens, Camille

Samson et Dalila, op.47
» Bacchanale

Schumann, Robert

Symphony no.1 in B flat major, op.38 'Spring'

Smetana, Bedrich

Ma vlast (My Country)
» II Vltava (Moldau)

Strauss, Richard

Die Frau ohne Schatten, op.65
» Symphonic Interludes (arr. Leinsdorf)
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op.28
Tod und Verklarung (Death and Transfiguration), op.24

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23

Verdi, Giuseppe

Aida
» Ballet Music (Act 2)
Macbeth
» Overture

Wagner, Richard

Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
» Dance of the apprentices
» Entry of the Masters
» Prelude to Act 1
Die Walkure
» Magic Fire Music (Die Zauberfeuer)
» Prelude Act 2
» Ride of the Valkyries
Gotterdammerung
» Siegfried's Funeral March (Act 3)
Lohengrin
» Prelude to Act 3
Siegfried
» Prelude Act 2
Tannhauser
» Overture

Artists

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Leonard Pennario (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Concert Arts Symphony Orchestra
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wiener Philharmoniker
Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera

Conductor

Erich Leinsdorf

Works

Bartok, Bela

Concerto for Orchestra, Sz116 BB123

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Symphony no.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica'

Brahms, Johannes

Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major, op.83

Chabrier, Alexis Emmanuel

Espana

Cornelius, Peter

Der Barbier von Bagdad
» Overture

Dukas, Paul

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'Apprenti sorcier)

Dvorak, Antonin

Symphony no.6 in D major, op.60

Grieg, Edvard

Piano Concerto in A minor, op.16

Mahler, Gustav

Symphony no.1 in D major 'Titan'

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Don Giovanni, K527
» Overture
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492
» Overture
Symphony no.1 in E flat major, K16
Symphony no.2 in B flat major, K17
Symphony no.3 in E flat major, K18
Symphony no.4 in D major, K19
Symphony no.5 in B flat major, K22
Symphony no.6 in F major, K43
Symphony no.7 in D major, K45
Symphony no.8 in D major, K48
Symphony no.9 in C major, K73

Ponchielli, Amilcare

La Gioconda
» Dance of the Hours (Act 3)

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op.43

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai

Russian Easter Festival Overture, op.36
Scheherazade, op.35

Rossini, Gioachino

Guillaume Tell
» Passo a sei (Act 1)
Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
» Overture

Saint-Saens, Camille

Samson et Dalila, op.47
» Bacchanale

Schumann, Robert

Symphony no.1 in B flat major, op.38 'Spring'

Smetana, Bedrich

Ma vlast (My Country)
» II Vltava (Moldau)

Strauss, Richard

Die Frau ohne Schatten, op.65
» Symphonic Interludes (arr. Leinsdorf)
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op.28
Tod und Verklarung (Death and Transfiguration), op.24

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23

Verdi, Giuseppe

Aida
» Ballet Music (Act 2)
Macbeth
» Overture

Wagner, Richard

Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
» Dance of the apprentices
» Entry of the Masters
» Prelude to Act 1
Die Walkure
» Magic Fire Music (Die Zauberfeuer)
» Prelude Act 2
» Ride of the Valkyries
Gotterdammerung
» Siegfried's Funeral March (Act 3)
Lohengrin
» Prelude to Act 3
Siegfried
» Prelude Act 2
Tannhauser
» Overture

Artists

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Leonard Pennario (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Concert Arts Symphony Orchestra
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Cleveland Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Wiener Philharmoniker
Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera

Conductor

Erich Leinsdorf

About

Erich Leinsdorf (1919-1993) is still considered to be one of the world’s best opera conductors. His extensive recordings of the symphonic works of Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Prokofiev, and others are ample proof, however, that he belongs among the group of European orchestra leaders who influenced American musical life since the 1930s.

Born in Vienna as Erich Landauer, he assisted the great Arturo Toscanini at the Salzburg Festival as a young conductor, and also Bruno Walter, head of the Vienna State Opera at that time. He thus came into contact with the musical world elite early on. When Austria was annexed to Nazi Germany, he was in the US, where he was granted asylum as a Jew. Initially assistant at the New York Metropolitan Opera, he became increasingly responsible for the German repertoire during the war years.

In 1942 he achieved US citizenship, and from 1943 to 46 became head of the Cleveland Orchestra, interrupted only by his service in the US Army. After the war there followed remarkable and award-winning recordings in Vienna, Bayreuth, London, Berlin, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and in 1962 the appointment as director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. This 10-CD box set marks the path of this extraordinary conductor in all of its crucial phases with a host of impressive examples of his work.

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