Mercury Living Presence: The Collector's Edition, Vol. 2

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Tracklist

1CD: Vienna
2CD: Dorati conducts Respighi
3CD: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Dance Suite / Two Portraits, Op. 5 / Mikrokosmos: Bourrée and From the Diary of a Fly
4CD: Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances
5CD: Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor / Symphony No. 8 in G major
6CD: Gershwin: An American in Paris / Copland: Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes / Schuller: Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee / Bkich Sinfonia Breve
7CD: Satie: Parade / Milhaud: Le Bœeuf sur le toit / Auric: Ouverture / Françaix: Concerinoto for Piano & Orchestra / Fetler: Contrasts for Orchestra
8CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique" / Romeo & Juliet
9CD: Béla Bartók: The Wooden Prince / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
10CD: Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin / Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion / Divertimento
11CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 / Francesca da Rimini
12CD: Beethoven: Symphonies 5 and 6 "Pastoral"
13CD: Antal Dorati Conducts Albéniz: Iberia / Falla: La Vida Breve, Interlude & Dance No.1 / Moussorgsky: Prelude & Dance of the Persian Slaves / Smetana: The Bartered Bride, Overture & Dances
14CD: Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite / Kodály: Peacock Variations / Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis / Schoenberg: Five pieces, Op. 16
15CD: Beethoven: Symphony No.7 / Overtures "Egmont" & "Leonore 3" / "Consecration of the House"
16CD: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake complete Ballet
17CD: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake complete Ballet
18CD: Delibes: Coppélia / Sylvia
19CD: Delibes: Coppélia / Sylvia
20CD: Delibes: Coppélia / Sylvia
21CD: Marcel Dupré Recital
22CD: Frederick Fennell conducts the music of Leroy Anderson
23CD: Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy / Hill Song No.2 / Persichetti: Symphony for Band / Khachaturian: Armenian Dances / Hartley: Concerto for 23 Winds / Rogers: Three Japanese Dances
24CD: Morton Gould: West Point Symphony / Hovhaness: Symphony No.4 / Giannini: Symphony No.3
25CD: Country Gardens and other Favorites by Percy Grainger and Eric Coates
26CD: Hands Across The Sea - Marches from Around the World
27CD: Frederick Fennell conducts the music of Leroy Anderson and Eric Coates
28CD: The Spirit of '76 and Ruffles and Flourishes
29CD: Mozart: Serenade No.10 in B-flat, K.361 / Strauss: Serenade in E-flat / Milhaud: Suite Française
30CD: Holst: Suites 1 & 2 / Vaughan Williams: Folksong Suite & Toccata Marziale / Mennin / Persichetti / Reed: La Fiesta Mexicana
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1Suite no. 1 in E-flat, op. 28a: I. Chaconne
wind instruments:
Eastman Wind Ensemble (on 1955-05-09)
conductor:
Frederick Fennell (conductor) (on 1955-05-09)
recorded at:
Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York, United States (on 1955-05-09)
recording of:
First Suite in E-flat for Military Band, op. 28 no. 1: I. Chaconne (on 1955-05-09)
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (in 1909)
part of:
First Suite in E-flat for Military Band, op. 28 no. 1
Gustav Holst4:28
2Suite no. 1 in E-flat, op. 28a: II. Intermezzo
wind instruments:
Eastman Wind Ensemble (on 1955-05-09)
conductor:
Frederick Fennell (conductor) (on 1955-05-09)
recorded at:
Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York, United States (on 1955-05-09)
recording of:
First Suite in E-flat for Military Band, op. 28 no. 1: II. Intermezzo (on 1955-05-09)
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (in 1909)
part of:
First Suite in E-flat for Military Band, op. 28 no. 1
Gustav Holst2:37
3Suite no. 1 in E-flat, op. 28a: III. March
wind instruments:
Eastman Wind Ensemble (on 1955-05-09)
conductor:
Frederick Fennell (conductor) (on 1955-05-09)
recorded at:
Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York, United States (on 1955-05-09)
recording of:
First Suite in E-flat for Military Band, op. 28 no. 1: III. March (on 1955-05-09)
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (in 1909)
part of:
First Suite in E-flat for Military Band, op. 28 no. 1
Gustav Holst2:44
4Suite no. 2 in F, op. 28b: I. MarchGustav Holst4:13
5Suite no. 2 in F, op. 28b: II. Song without WordsGustav Holst2:26
6Suite no. 2 in F, op. 28b: III. Song of the Blacksmith
wind instruments:
Eastman Wind Ensemble (on 1955-05-09)
conductor:
Frederick Fennell (conductor) (on 1955-05-09)
recorded at:
Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York, United States (on 1955-05-09)
recording of:
Second Suite in F for Military Band, op. 28 no. 2: III. Song of the Blacksmith (on 1955-05-09)
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (in 1911)
part of:
Second Suite in F for Military Band, op. 28 no. 2
Gustav Holst1:19
7Suite no. 2 in F, op. 28b: IV. Fantasia on the DargasonGustav Holst2:48
8Folk Song Suite: I. Seventeen Come Sunday
wind instruments:
Eastman Wind Ensemble (on 1955-05-09)
conductor:
Frederick Fennell (conductor) (on 1955-05-09)
recorded at:
Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York, United States (on 1955-05-09)
recording of:
English Folk Song Suite: I. March “Seventeen Come Sunday” (for military band) (on 1955-05-09)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
English Folk Song Suite (for military band)
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:11
9Folk Song Suite: II. Intermezzo: My Bonny Boy
wind instruments:
Eastman Wind Ensemble (on 1955-05-09)
conductor:
Frederick Fennell (conductor) (on 1955-05-09)
recorded at:
Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York, United States (on 1955-05-09)
recording of:
English Folk Song Suite: II. Intermezzo “My Bonny Boy” (for military band) (on 1955-05-09)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
English Folk Song Suite (for military band)
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:39
10Folk Song Suite: III. March: Folk Songs from Somerset
wind instruments:
Eastman Wind Ensemble (on 1955-05-09)
conductor:
Frederick Fennell (conductor) (on 1955-05-09)
recorded at:
Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York, United States (on 1955-05-09)
recording of:
English Folk Song Suite: III. March “Folk Songs from Somerset” (for military band) (on 1955-05-09)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
arrangement of:
English Folk Song Suite: III. March “Folk Songs From Somerset” (orchestrated by Jacob)
part of:
English Folk Song Suite (for military band)
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:29
11Toccata Marziale
wind instruments:
Eastman Wind Ensemble (on 1955-05-09)
conductor:
Frederick Fennell (conductor) (on 1955-05-09)
recorded at:
Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York, United States (on 1955-05-09)
recording of:
Toccata marziale (on 1955-05-09)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1924)
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:34
12Canzona
wind instruments:
Eastman Wind Ensemble (on 1954-05-12)
conductor:
Frederick Fennell (conductor) (on 1954-05-12)
recorded at:
Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York, United States (on 1954-05-12)
recording of:
Canzona (on 1954-05-12)
composer:
Peter Mennin (American composer) (in 1951)
Peter Mennin4:51
13Psalm
wind instruments:
Eastman Wind Ensemble (on 1954-05-12)
conductor:
Frederick Fennell (conductor) (on 1954-05-12)
recorded at:
Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York, United States (on 1954-05-12)
recording of:
Psalm, op. 53 (on 1954-05-12)
composer:
Vincent Persichetti (American composer) (in 1952)
part of:
Works of Vincent Persichetti by opus number (number: op. 53)
Vincent Persichetti8:23
14La Fiesta Mexicana, Mexican Folk Song Symphony for Band: I. Prelude and Aztec Dance
wind instruments:
Eastman Wind Ensemble (on 1954-05-12)
conductor:
Frederick Fennell (conductor) (on 1954-05-12)
recorded at:
Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York, United States (on 1954-05-12)
recording of:
La Fiesta Mexicana: I. Prelude and Aztec Dance (on 1954-05-12)
composer:
H. Owen Reed (American composer)
part of:
La Fiesta Mexicana: A Mexican Folk Song Symphony for Concert Band
H. Owen Reed9:45
15La Fiesta Mexicana, Mexican Folk Song Symphony for Band: II. Mass
wind instruments:
Eastman Wind Ensemble (on 1954-05-12)
conductor:
Frederick Fennell (conductor) (on 1954-05-12)
recorded at:
Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York, United States (on 1954-05-12)
recording of:
La Fiesta Mexicana: II. Mass (on 1954-05-12)
composer:
H. Owen Reed (American composer)
part of:
La Fiesta Mexicana: A Mexican Folk Song Symphony for Concert Band
H. Owen Reed6:31
16La Fiesta Mexicana, Mexican Folk Song Symphony for Band: III. Festival
wind instruments:
Eastman Wind Ensemble (on 1954-05-12)
conductor:
Frederick Fennell (conductor) (on 1954-05-12)
recorded at:
Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York, United States (on 1954-05-12)
recording of:
La Fiesta Mexicana: III. Carnival (on 1954-05-12)
composer:
H. Owen Reed (American composer)
part of:
La Fiesta Mexicana: A Mexican Folk Song Symphony for Concert Band
H. Owen Reed6:14
31CD: Hanson conducts Hanson
32CD: Morton Gould: Spirituals, Fall River Legend / Samuel Barber: Medea
33CD: Charles Ives: Three Places in New England, Symphony No. 3 / William Schuman: New England Triptych / Peter Mennin: Symphony No. 5
34CD: Hanson: Symphony No. 3, Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitzky, Lament for Beowulf
35CD: Howard Hanson Conducts Barber: Capricorn Concerto / Piston: The Incredible Flutist / Griffes: Poem for Flute & Orchestra / McCauley: Five Miniatures for Flute & Strings / Kennan: Three Pieces for Orchestra / Bergsma: Gold & the Señor Commandante
36CD: McPhee:Tabuh-Tabuhan / Sessions: The Black Maskers / Thomson: Symphony on a Hymn Tune, The Feast of Love
37CD: Douglas Moore: Pageant of P.T. Barnum / John Alden Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator / Bernard Rogers: Once Upon a Time / Burrill Phillips: Selections from McGuffey's Reader
38CD: Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches / MacDowell: Suite for Large Orchestra / Peter: Sinfonia in G
39CD: Music for Quiet Listening
40CD: Music for Quiet Listening Vol. 2
41CD: Dvorák: Symphony No.9 ("From The New World") / Mozart: Symphony No.38 ("Prague")
42CD: Ibert: Escales / Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole, Alborada del gracioso, Pavane pour une infante défunte, La valse, Le tombeau de Couperin
43CD: French Opera Highlights
44CD: Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 / Paray: Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc
45CD: Chabrier: España, Suite pastorale, Fête polonaise, Overture «Gwendoline», Danse slave, Joyeuse marche, Bourrée fantastique / Roussel: Suite in F
46CD: Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No.2, Boléro, Valses nobles et sentimentales / Debussy: Three Nocturnes, Petite Suite
47CD: Bizet: Carmen Suite, La Patrie Overture, L'arlésienne Suite / Thomas: Mignon & Raymond Overtures
48CD: Paul Paray conducts Dances of Death
49CD: Debussy: La Mer / Ibéria / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun / Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
50CD: The Golden Age of Harpsichord Music
51CD: Puyana plays Bach
52CD: Baroque Masterpieces for Harpsichord
53CD: Chopin: Sonata in G minor, Polonaise Brillante / Bartók: First Rhapsody / Mendelssohn: Variations Concertantes / Martinu: Variations on a Theme of Rossini / Debussy: Sonata / Weiner: Hungarian Wedding Dance
54CD: Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
55CD: Corigliano: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra / Strauss: Parergon to the Sinfonia Domestica

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includes:Ancient Dances and Airs for Lute Suites 1, 2 & 3 by Respighi (composer); Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Doráti (conductor)
Baroque Masterpieces for Harpsichord by Rafael Puyana (harpsichordist)
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite / Kodály: Peacock Variations / Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis / Schoenberg: Five Pieces, op. 16 by Bartók (composer), Kodály (Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer), Hindemith (German composer, 1895–1963), Schoenberg (Arnold Schoenberg, composer); Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor), Rafael Kubelík (conductor)
Bizet: Carmen Suite / La Patrie Ouverture / L'Arlésienne Suites 1 & 2 / Thomas: Mignon & Raymond Overtures by Bizet (French composer), Thomas (opera composer); Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray (French conductor and composer)
Chabrier: España • Suite pastorale • Fête polonaise • Overture "Gwendoline" • Danse slave • Joyeuse marche • Bourrée fantasque / Roussel: Suite in F by Chabrier (composer), Roussel (French composer); Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray (French conductor and composer)
Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches / MacDowell: Suite for Large Orchestra / Peter: Sinfonia in G by Chadwick, MacDowell (American composer, pianist), Peter; Eastman-Rochester Orchestra (use for Rochester Pops, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, etc.), Howard Hanson (American composer and conductor)
Concerto for Orchestra / Dance Suite / Two Portraits / Mikrokosmos by Bartók (composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Doráti (conductor)
Debussy: La Mer / Ibéria / Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun / Ravel: Mother Goose Suite by Debussy (French composer), Ravel (Maurice Ravel, French composer); Paul Paray (French conductor and composer), Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Doráti Conducts Respighi by Respighi (composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor)
French Opera Highlights by Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray (French conductor and composer)
Gershwin, Copland, Schuller, Bloch by Gershwin (composer), Copland (composer), Schuller (US horn player, conductor, composer), Bloch (Swiss-American composer); Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor)
Gould: West Point Symphony / Hovhaness: Symphony no. 4 / Giannini: Symphony no. 3 by Morton Gould (American composer and conductor), Alan Hovhaness (American composer), Vittorio Giannini; Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell (conductor), A. Clyde Roller
Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy / Hill Song no. 2 / Persichetti: Symphony for Band / Khachaturian: Armenian Dances / Hartley: Concerto for 23 Winds / Rogers: Three Japanese Dances by Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961), Persichetti (American composer), Khachaturian (Aram Khachaturian, Soviet-Armenian composer), Hartley (composer), Rogers (American composer); Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell (conductor)
Hands Across the Sea: Marches From Around the World by Frederick Fennell (conductor), Eastman Wind Ensemble
Hanson Conducts Hanson: Symphony no. 1 «Nordic» / Symphony no. 2 «Romantic» / Song of Democracy by Hanson (American composer and conductor); Eastman-Rochester Orchestra (use for Rochester Pops, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, etc.), Eastman School of Music Chorus, Howard Hanson (American composer and conductor)
Holst: Suites / Vaughan Williams: Folk Song Suite / Toccata Marziale by Holst (Gustav Holst, composer), Vaughan Williams (Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer); Frederick Fennell (conductor)
Howard Hanson Conducts Barber, Piston, Griffes, McCauley, Kennan, Bergsma by Eastman‐Rochester Orchestra (use for Rochester Pops, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, etc.), Howard Hanson (American composer and conductor)
Ibert: Escales / Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole / Alborada del gracioso / Pavane pour une infante défunte / La Valse / Le Tombeau de Couperin by Ibert (French composer), Ravel (Maurice Ravel, French composer); Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray (French conductor and composer)
Ives: Three Places in New England / Symphony no. 3 / Schuman: New England Triptych / Mennin: Symphony no. 5 by Charles Ives (American composer), William Schuman (American composer), Peter Mennin (American composer); Eastman-Rochester Orchestra (use for Rochester Pops, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, etc.), Howard Hanson (American composer and conductor)
Janos Starker plays Chopin, Mendelssohn, Martinu, Debussy, Bartok, Weiner by János Starker (Hungarian-American cellist), György Sebök (pianist)
McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan / Sessions: The Black Maskers / Thomson: Symphony on a Hymn Tune / The Feast of Love by McPhee (Canadian-American composer), Sessions (American composer), Thomson (American composer); Eastman-Rochester Orchestra (use for Rochester Pops, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, etc.), Howard Hanson (American composer and conductor)
Moore: Pageant of P.T. Barnum / Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator / Rogers: Once Upon a Time / Phillips: Selections from McGuffey's Reader by Moore (American composer), Carpenter (American composer), Rogers (American composer), Phillips (American composer); Eastman-Rochester Orchestra (use for Rochester Pops, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, etc.), Howard Hanson (American composer and conductor)
Morton Gould: Spirituals / Fall River Legend / Samuel Barber: Medea by Morton Gould (American composer and conductor), Samuel Barber (American composer); Howard Hanson (American composer and conductor), Eastman-Rochester Orchestra (use for Rochester Pops, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, etc.)
Mozart: Serenade no. 10 in B-flat, K. 361 / Strauss: Serenade in E-flat, op. 7 / Milhaud: Suite française by Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer), Strauss (Richard Strauss, German composer), Milhaud (composer); Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell (conductor)
Mozart: Symphony no. 38 / Dvořák: From the New World by Dvořák (Antonín Dvořák, composer), Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer); Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelík (conductor)
Music for Quiet Listening by Eastman-Rochester Orchestra (use for Rochester Pops, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, etc.), Howard Hanson (American composer and conductor)
Paul Paray Conducts Dances of Death by Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray (French conductor and composer)
Puyana Plays Bach by Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician), Johann Christoph Bach (not a son of J. S. Bach, 1642-1703), Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (German composer); Rafael Puyana (harpsichordist)
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 2 / Boléro / Valses nobles et sentimentales / Debussy: Three Nocturnes / Petite Suite by Ravel (Maurice Ravel, French composer), Debussy (French composer); Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray (French conductor and composer)
Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 / Paray: Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc by Camille Saint‐Saëns (composer), Paul Paray (French conductor and composer); Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray (French conductor and composer)
Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer); Antal Dorati (conductor)
Sylvia / Coppélia by Léo Delibes (French composer)
Symphonies 5 and 6 "Pastoral" by Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor)
Symphony no. 3 / Elegy in Memory of Serge Koussevitzky / Lament for Beowulf by Howard Hanson (American composer and conductor); Eastman-Rochester Orchestra (use for Rochester Pops, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, etc.), Eastman-Rochester Chorus, Howard Hanson (American composer and conductor)
Symphony no. 4 / Francesca da Rimini by Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer); Antal Dorati (conductor), London Symphony (London Symphony Orchestra)
Symphony no. 6 "Pathétique" / Romeo & Juliet by Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor)
Symphony no. 7 / 'Egmont' / 'Leonore no. 3' / 'Consecration of the House' overtures by Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor)
Symphony no. 7 in D minor / Symphony no. 8 in G major by Dvořák (Antonín Dvořák, composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor)
The Spirit of '76 / Ruffles and Flourishes by Frederick Fennell (conductor), Members of the Eastman Wind Ensemble
The Wooden Prince / Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta by Bartók (composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor)
Widor: Allegro (from Symphony no. 6) / Salve Regina / Franck: Pièce héroïque / Three Chorales by Widor (Charles‐Marie Widor, French organist, composer and teacher), Franck (César Franck, Belgian‐born French composer); Marcel Dupré (French organist and composer)