The Philips Legacy

~ Release by Igor Markevitch (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD: Haydn: Symphony no. 103 “Drum Roll” / Symphony no. 104 “London” / Weber: Overture "Preciosa"
2CD: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 24
3CD: Beethoven: Symphonies nos. 1, 5 & 8
4CD: Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 “Choral’”
5CD: Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2
6CD: Berg: Violin Concerto / Brahms: Alto Rhapsody / Tragic Overture / Kodály: Psalmus Hungaricus
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1Concerto for Violin and Orchestra "To the Memory of an Angel": I. Andante - Allegro
engineer:
Ko Witteveen (engineer)
producer:
Volker Straus (producer/engineer)
violin:
Arthur Grumiaux (Belgian violinist) (from 1967-01-23 until 1967-01-25)
orchestra:
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (from 1967-01-23 until 1967-01-25)
conductor:
Igor Markevitch (conductor) (from 1967-01-23 until 1967-01-25)
recorded at:
Concertgebouw: Grote Zaal in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (from 1967-01-23 until 1967-01-25)
recording of:
Violinkonzert „Dem Andenken eines Engels“: I. Andante – Allegretto (from 1967-01-23 until 1967-01-25)
composer:
Alban Berg (Austrian composer) (in 1935-08)
part of:
Violinkonzert „Dem Andenken eines Engels“ (Violin Concerto "To the memory of an angel")
Alban Berg10:23
2Concerto for Violin and Orchestra "To the Memory of an Angel": II. Allegro - Adagio
engineer:
Ko Witteveen (engineer)
producer:
Volker Straus (producer/engineer)
violin:
Arthur Grumiaux (Belgian violinist) (from 1967-01-23 until 1967-01-25)
orchestra:
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (from 1967-01-23 until 1967-01-25)
conductor:
Igor Markevitch (conductor) (from 1967-01-23 until 1967-01-25)
recorded at:
Concertgebouw: Grote Zaal in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland (North Holland), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (from 1967-01-23 until 1967-01-25)
recording of:
Violinkonzert „Dem Andenken eines Engels“: II. Allegro – Adagio (from 1967-01-23 until 1967-01-25)
composer:
Alban Berg (Austrian composer) (in 1935-08)
part of:
Violinkonzert „Dem Andenken eines Engels“ (Violin Concerto "To the memory of an angel")
Alban Berg14:24
3Tragic Overture, Op.81
recorded in:
Moscow, Russia (in 1963)
orchestra:
USSR State Symphony Orchestra (State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov”, “Evgeny Svetlanov” / GASO) (in 1963)
conductor:
Igor Markevitch (conductor) (in 1963)
recording of:
Tragische Ouvertüre, op. 81 (Tragic Overture, op. 81) (in 1963)
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (in 1880)
premiered by:
Hans Richter (conductor, 1843-1916) (on 1880-12-26) and Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1880-12-26)
premiered at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1880-12-26)
part of:
Johannes Brahms. Thematisch-Bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis (number: op. 81)
Johannes Brahms13:37
4Rhapsody for Alto, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op.53
recorded in:
Moscow, Russia (in 1963)
choir vocals:
Russian State Academy Choir (Sveshnikov State Academic Russian Choir, Sveshnikov State Academic Russian Choir) (in 1963)
contralto vocals:
Irina Arkhipova (opera singer, mezzo-soprano and later contralto) (in 1963)
orchestra:
USSR State Symphony Orchestra (State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov”, “Evgeny Svetlanov” / GASO) (in 1963)
conductor:
Igor Markevitch (conductor) (in 1963)
recording of:
Alto Rhapsody, op. 53 (in 1963)
lyricist:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (in 1869)
dedicated to:
Julie Schumann
premiered at:
[concert] (1870-03-03)
publisher:
N. Simrock (in 1870-01)
part of:
Johannes Brahms. Thematisch-Bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis (number: op. 53)
Johannes Brahms12:50
5Psalmus Hungaricus, Op.13
recorded in:
Moscow, Russia (in 1963)
choir vocals:
Russian State Academy Choir (Sveshnikov State Academic Russian Choir, Sveshnikov State Academic Russian Choir) (in 1963)
tenor vocals:
Róbert Ilosfalvy (Hungarian tenor) (in 1963)
orchestra:
USSR State Symphony Orchestra (State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov”, “Evgeny Svetlanov” / GASO) (in 1963)
conductor:
Igor Markevitch (conductor) (in 1963)
recording of:
Psalmus Hungaricus, op. 13 (in 1963)
composer:
Kodály Zoltán (Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer) (in 1923)
premiered at:
[concert] (1923-11-19)
part of:
Works of Zoltán Kodály by opus number (number: op. 13)
Zoltán Kodály22:12
7CD: Bizet: Carmen Suites nos. 1 & 2 / L’Arlésienne Suites nos. 1 & 2
8CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies nos. 1 “Winter Reveries” & 2 “Little Russian”
9CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 3 “Polish”/ Francesca da Rimini
10CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 / Hamlet, Fantasy-Overture
11CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5
12CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 “Pathétique”
13CD: Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
14CD: Rimsky-Korsakov: Cappricio espagnol / Scheherazade
15CD: Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture / Rimsky‐Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
16CD: Stravinsky: Apollon musagète / Suite no. 1 / Suite no. 2 / 4 Norwegian Moods / Circus Polka
17CD: Stravinsky: “The Soldier’s Tale” / Symphony of Psalms
18CD: Mussorgsky: Six Songs / Tcherepnin: Tati-Tati / L. Mozart: Cassation / Bizet: Jeux d'enfants
19CD: Verdi: Overtures & Preludes
20CD: Verdi: Messe de requiem
21CD: Mompou: Los Improperios / Victoria: Ave Maria / Vexilla regis / Ferrer: Lamentación
22CD: Sacred choral music from Spain: Victoria, Esplá, Halffter & Ramoneda
23CD: Falla: 7 Canciones populares españolas / Albéniz: Catalonia / Halffter: Fanfare / 12 Danzas españolas nos. 4, 8 & 9 / Goyescas, Intermezzo
24CD: Falla: Noches en los jardines de España / El amor brujo / Chabrier: España / Ravel: Boléro
25CD: Antologia de la Zarzuela (1)
26CD: Antologia de la Zarzuela (2)

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part of:Eloquence (Deutsche Grammophon/Decca/Philips Classics, et al.; classical series established in 1999) (order: 357)
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