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:

  1. 5:15
  2. 5:33
  3. 7:55
  4. 4:43
  5. 9:27
Annotation last modified on 2025-05-01 18:56 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Respighi: Pini di Roma / Fontane di Roma / Feste romane
2▶CD: Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite
3▶CD: Prokofiev: Symphony no. 5
4▶CD: Grieg: Piano Concerto / Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody
5▶CD: Sibelius: Symphonies nos. 2 & 7
6▶CD: Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies & Liebesträume / Enescu: 2 Romanian Rhapsodies
7▶CD: Dello Joio: Air Power Suite
8▶CD: Bizet: Carmen Suites nos. 1 & 2
9▶CD: Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante / Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante & Trumpet Concerto
10▶CD: Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Britten: The Young Person’s Guide to The Orchestra
11▶CD: Tchaikovsky & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos
12▶CD: Brahms: Symphony no. 1 & Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel
13▶CD: The Lord’s Prayer
14▶CD: Franck: Variations symphoniques / D’Indy: Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français
15▶CD: Liszt: Piano Concertos no. 1 & 2
16▶CD: Tchaikovsky: “1812” / Borodin / Mussorgsky / Khachaturian / Shostakovich / Rimsky‐Korsakov / Kabalevsky
17▶CD: Debussy: La Mer & Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune / Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé
18▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2
19▶CD: Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik / Bach: Air on the G String / Corelli: Christmas Concerto / Mendelssohn: Scherzo
20▶CD: Handel: Messiah (Part I)
21▶CD: Handel: Messiah (Part I cont. & Part II‐III)
22▶CD: Rimsky‐Korsakov: Le Coq d’or & Russian Easter Festival / Glinka: Overture / Tchaikovsky: Marche slave / Balakirev: Islamey
23▶CD: Handel: Royal Fireworks & Water Music Suite / Corelli: Suite for Strings
24▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5
25▶CD: Rachmaninoff: Symphony no. 2
26▶CD: Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no. 1 & Symphony no. 1
27▶CD: Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2 / A Midsummer Night’s Dream
28▶CD: Brahms: Violin Concerto / Wieniawski: Violin Concerto no. 2
29▶CD: Debussy: The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
30▶CD: Prokofiev: Symphony no. 4
31▶CD: Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2
32▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6
33▶CD: Sibelius: Violin Concerto & The Swan of Tuonela
34▶CD: Orff: Carmina Burana
35▶CD: Ravel: Boléro – Le Tombeau de Couperin – Alborada del gracioso – La Valse / Chabrier: España / Debussy: Clair de lune
36▶CD: Vincent: Symphonic Poem After Descartes / Symphony in D
37▶CD: J.S. Bach: Toccata and Fugue – Toccata – Passacaglia / J.C. Bach: Sinfonia for Double Orchestra
38▶CD: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
39▶CD: Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite / Sibelius: Valse Triste – Finlandia – En Saga / Alfvén: Swedish Rhapsody
40▶CD: Walton: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Lalo: Symphonie espagnole
41▶CD: Vivaldi: Four Concertos for 2 Violins
42▶CD: Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances / Casella: Paganiniana
43▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings / Borodin / Vaughan Williams / Grieg / Schubert / MacDowell / Massenet
44▶CD: Strauss: Frühlingsstimmen / Kaiser‐Walzer / Wiener Blut / An Der Schönen Blauen Donau / Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald
45▶CD: Yardumian: Passacaglia / Veni, Sancte Spiritus / Cantus Animae et Cordis / Symphony no. 2
46▶CD: Reger: Piano Concerto
47▶CD: Weber: Aufforderung zum Tanz – Overture / Liszt: Mephisto Waltz / Saint‐Saëns: Danse Macabre / Brahms: Hungarian Dances / Weinberger: Polka & Fugue
48▶CD: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Saint‐Saëns: Samson et Dalila / Dukas: L’Apprenti sorcier
49▶CD: R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
50▶CD: Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Liszt: Danse macabre
51▶CD: Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast / Roussel: Baccus et Ariane (Suite no. 2)
52▶CD: Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand / Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos
53▶CD: Bartók: Violin Concerto no. 1 / Viotti: Violin Concerto no. 22
54▶CD: Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 22 / Piano Sonata no. 4
55▶CD: Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty (Suite)
56▶CD: Franck: Symphony in D minor
57▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
58▶CD: Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1
59▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Suite)
60▶CD: R. Strauss: Don Juan / Tod und Verklärung
61▶CD: 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
62▶CD: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 7
63▶CD: Josef Strauss: Feuerfest / J. Strauss II: Polkas & Waltzes
64▶CD: Rimsky‐Korsakov: Scheherazade
65▶CD: The Glorious Sound of Christmas
66▶CD: Delius: Brigg Fair / A Dance Rhapsody / On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring / In a Summer Garden
67▶CD: Barati: Chamber Concerto / Rochberg: Symphony no. 2
68▶CD: Sibelius: Symphony no. 1 / Violin Concerto
69▶CD: Poulenc: Concerto for Organ / R. Strauss: Festliches Präludium / Barber: Toccata Festiva
70▶CD: Bartók: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 4
71▼CD: The World’s Great Songs of Patriotism: This is my Country
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1The Star-Spangled Banner
recorded in:
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (from 1962-05-21 until 1962-05-22)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (from 1962-05-21 until 1962-05-22)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (from 1962-05-21 until 1962-05-22)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (from 1962-05-21 until 1962-05-22)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (from 1962-05-21 until 1962-05-22)
arranger:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1963)
recording of:
The Star‐Spangled Banner (from 1962-05-21 until 1962-05-22)
anthem of:
United States (from 1931-03-03 to present)
lyricist:
Francis Scott Key (in 1814-09)
composer:
John Stafford Smith (in 1780)
is based on:
The Anacreontic Song
John Stafford Smith2:37
2Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39: Land of Hope and Glory
recorded in:
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1962-05-21)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (on 1962-05-21)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1962-05-21)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1962-05-21)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (on 1962-05-21)
arranger:
Arthur Fagge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1963)
recording of:
Land of Hope and Glory (on 1962-05-21)
anthem of:
England, United Kingdom (ended)
lyricist:
Arthur Christopher Benson
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1902)
is based on:
Coronation Ode, op. 44: VI. Finale: “Land of Hope and Glory” (contralto soloist, with chorus)
Edward Elgar5:11
3Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
recorded in:
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (in 1962)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (in 1962)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (in 1962)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (in 1962)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (in 1962)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1963)
recording of:
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor (in 1962)
writer:
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin2:11
4La Marseillaise
recorded in:
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1962-05-21)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (on 1962-05-21)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1962-05-21)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1962-05-21)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (on 1962-05-21)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1963)
recording of:
La Marseillaise (national anthem of France) (on 1962-05-21)
anthem of:
France (from 1795-07-14 to present)
lyricist and composer:
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (composer) (in 1792)
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle2:55
5"On Great Lone Hills" from Finlandia, op. 26
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (from 1958-11-03 until 1958-11-05)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (from 1958-11-03 until 1958-11-05)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (from 1958-11-03 until 1958-11-05)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (from 1958-11-03 until 1958-11-05)
arranger:
Harvey Alexander Matthews
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1963)
recorded at:
Broadwood Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (from 1958-11-03 until 1958-11-05)
partial recording of:
Finlandia, op. 26 (catch-all for arrangements) (from 1958-11-03 until 1958-11-05)
composer:
Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer) (from 1899 until 1900, in 1900)
arrangement of:
Finlandia, op. 26 (for orchestra)
Jean Sibelius3:42
6Hatikva
recorded in:
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1962-05-21)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (on 1962-05-21)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1962-05-21)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1962-05-21)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (on 1962-05-21)
arranger:
Leroy J. Robertson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1963)
recording of:
התקווה (Hatikvah) (on 1962-05-21)
anthem of:
Israel
lyricist:
Naphtali Herz Imber
composer:
Samuel Cohen
is based on:
La Mantovana
[traditional]4:50
7The Maple Leaf Forever
recorded in:
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (in 1962)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (in 1962)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (in 1962)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (in 1962)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (in 1962)
arranger:
Cyril Jenkins
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1963)
recording of:
The Maple Leaf Forever (in 1962)
lyricist and composer:
Alexander Muir
Alexander Muir3:16
8America, the Beautiful
recorded in:
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1962-05-20)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (on 1962-05-20)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1962-05-20)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1962-05-20)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (on 1962-05-20)
arranger:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1963)
recording of:
America the Beautiful (on 1962-05-20)
lyricist:
Katharine Lee Bates
composer:
Samuel Augustus Ward
Samuel Augustus Ward3:39
9This Is My Country
recorded in:
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (in 1962)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
choir vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (in 1962)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (in 1962)
conductor and chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (in 1962)
arranger:
Lowell M. Durham
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1963)
recording of:
This Is My Country (American patriotic folk song) (in 1962)
lyricist:
Don Raye
composer:
Al Jacobs (in 1940)
Al Jacobs3:57
10Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
recorded in:
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1962-05-21)
producer:
John McClure (recording engineer and record producer)
vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (on 1962-05-21)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1962-05-21)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1962-05-21)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (on 1962-05-21)
arranger:
Alexander Schreiner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1963)
recording of:
Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean (on 1962-05-21)
lyricist:
David T. Shaw
composer:
David T. Shaw (in 1843)
arranger:
Thomas a’Beckett (credited as arranger of "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean")
David T. Shaw3:34
11God Bless America
recorded in:
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (on 1964-09-05)
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
choir vocals:
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
vocals:
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (fka Mormon Tabernacle Choir) (on 1964-09-05)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1964-09-05)
conductor:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) and Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1964-09-05)
chorus master:
Richard P. Condie (conductor) (on 1964-09-05)
arranger:
Frank W. Asper (American organist and composer), Robert De Cormier (American composer and conductor) and Eddie Sauter
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1965)
recording of:
God Bless America (on 1964-09-05)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
Irving Berlin2:22
12Washington Post March
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1968-05-15)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1968-05-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1969)
recorded at:
Town Hall (former concert hall and recording venue located in Philadelphia, PA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (on 1968-05-15)
recording of:
The Washington Post (on 1968-05-15)
composer:
John Philip Sousa (conductor and composer) (in 1889)
John Philip Sousa2:36
13Grand Walkaround from Cakewalk
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1969)
recorded at:
Town Hall (former concert hall and recording venue located in Philadelphia, PA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (on 1968-05-06)
recording of:
Cakewalk: Grand Walkaround
composer:
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (American composer)
arranger:
Hershy Kay
arrangement of:
Bamboula, op. 2
part of:
Cakewalk
Hershy Kay3:35
14Variations on "America"
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)
arranger:
William Schuman (American composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1969)
recorded at:
Town Hall (former concert hall and recording venue located in Philadelphia, PA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (on 1968-05-08)
recording of:
Variations on "America", S. 140 (Schuman orchestration)
orchestrator:
William Schuman (American composer) (in 1963)
composer:
Charles Ives (American composer)
publisher:
Theodore Presser Co.
orchestration of:
Variations on "America", S. 140 (original version for organ)
Charles Ives7:13
154 Dance Episodes from Rodeo: V. Hoe-Down
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1968-05-06)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1968-05-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1969)
recorded at:
Town Hall (former concert hall and recording venue located in Philadelphia, PA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (on 1968-05-06)
recording of:
Rodeo: IV. Hoedown (on 1968-05-06)
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (in 1942)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
is based on:
Bonaparte’s Retreat
part of:
Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo (version for orchestra)
Aaron Copland3:32
16The Star-Spangled Banner
producer:
Thomas Frost (classical music producer)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (from 1968-05-08 until 1968-05-15)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (from 1968-05-08 until 1968-05-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1969)
recorded at:
Town Hall (former concert hall and recording venue located in Philadelphia, PA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (from 1968-05-08 until 1968-05-15)
recording of:
The Star‐Spangled Banner (from 1968-05-08 until 1968-05-15)
anthem of:
United States (from 1931-03-03 to present)
lyricist:
Francis Scott Key (in 1814-09)
composer:
John Stafford Smith (in 1780)
is based on:
The Anacreontic Song
John Stafford Smith1:30
72▶CD: Bartók: Bluebeard’s Castle
73▶CD: Bach: Mass in B minor (1)
74▶CD: Bach: Mass in B minor (2)
75▶CD: The Glorious Sound of Wagner
76▶CD: Shostakovich: Symphony no. 4
77▶CD: Walton: Façade / Ibert: Divertissments & Escales
78▶CD: Mozart: Bassoon Concerto / Flute Concerto no. 1
79▶CD: Mozart: Oboe Concerto / Clarinet Concerto
80▶CD: Yardumian: Symphony no. 1 / Violin Concerto
81▶CD: Saint‐Saëns: Organ Symphony / The Carnival of the Animals
82▶CD: A Festival of Marches
83▶CD: Brahms: A German Requiem
84▶CD: Prokofiev: Symphony no. 6
85▶CD: Mozart: Concerto for 3 Pianos / J.S. Bach: Concerto for 3 Pianos & Concerto in F major
86▶CD: Chopin: Les Sylphides & Nocturne / Delibes: Sylvia & Coppélia Ballet Suites
87▶CD: Strauss: Don Quixote / Bloch: Schelomo
88▶CD: Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 4