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[PJPJ]

Eugene Ormandy dirigiert Klassiker des 20. Jahrhunderts: 12 CDs mit legendären Einspielungen von Orchesterwerken von Debussy, Ravel, Mussorgsky, Orff, Rachmaninoff, Schostakowitsch, Strawinsky und anderen mit Eugene Ormandy und dem Philadelphia Orchestra.

Eugene Ormandy, der im Jahr 1921 in die USA emigriert war, leitete das Philadelphia Orchestra von 1938 bis 1980 und führte das Orchester zu Weltrang. Im Laufe seiner Karriere dirigierte er diverse Uraufführungen von Werken von Komponisten wie Béla Bartok und Samuel Barber. Seine Leistungen wurden mit fünf Grammys ausgezeichnet und sein Name auf dem Walk of Fame in Hollywood verewigt.

CD 1: Debussy: La Mer, Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Mussorgski: Bilder einer Ausstellung
CD 2: Ravel: Rhapsodie Espagnole, de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
CD 3: Holst: Die Planeten, Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
CD 4: Rachmaninoff: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3, Rhapsodie nach einem Thema von Paganini
CD 5: Prokofjew: Sinfonie Nr. 1, Violinkonzert Nr. 2, Skjabin: Le Poème de l'Extase, Rimsky-Korsakov: Cappricio Espagnol
CD 6: Schostakowitsch: Sinfonie Nr. 5, Cellokonzert Nr. 1, Kabalewski: Die Komödianten
CD 7: Le Sacre du Printemps, Petruschka Balletsuite, Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite
CD 8: Bartok: Konzert für Orchester, Kodály: Hary Janos Suite, Enescu: Rumänische Rhapsodie Nr. 1
CD 9: Berg: Lulu Suite, Webern: Im Sommerwind, Hindemith Sinfonie "Mathis der Maler"
CD 10: Orff: Carmina Burana, Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
CD 11: Ives: Sinfonie Nr. 2, Three Places in New England, Sibelius: Kuolema, Alfvén: Schwedische Rhapsodie
CD 12: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Copland: Appalachian Spring, Barber: Adagio for Strings

Not sure how CD 10 works out......

PS Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Trinklied von Jammer der Erde;Der Trunkene im Frühling) only

additional info from http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/deta...c/hnum/2873398

[cloughie]

Eugene Ormandy dirigiert Klassiker des 20. Jahrhunderts: 12 CDs mit legendären Einspielungen von Orchesterwerken von Debussy, Ravel, Mussorgsky, Orff, Rachmaninoff, Schostakowitsch, Strawinsky und anderen mit Eugene Ormandy und dem Philadelphia Orchestra.

Eugene Ormandy, der im Jahr 1921 in die USA emigriert war, leitete das Philadelphia Orchestra von 1938 bis 1980 und führte das Orchester zu Weltrang. Im Laufe seiner Karriere dirigierte er diverse Uraufführungen von Werken von Komponisten wie Béla Bartok und Samuel Barber. Seine Leistungen wurden mit fünf Grammys ausgezeichnet und sein Name auf dem Walk of Fame in Hollywood verewigt.

CD 1: Debussy: La Mer, Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Mussorgski: Bilder einer Ausstellung
CD 2: Ravel: Rhapsodie Espagnole, de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
CD 3: Holst: Die Planeten, Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
CD 4: Rachmaninoff: Klavierkonzert Nr. 3, Rhapsodie nach einem Thema von Paganini
CD 5: Prokofjew: Sinfonie Nr. 1, Violinkonzert Nr. 2, Skjabin: Le Poème de l'Extase, Rimsky-Korsakov: Cappricio Espagnol
CD 6: Schostakowitsch: Sinfonie Nr. 5, Cellokonzert Nr. 1, Kabalewski: Die Komödianten
CD 7: Le Sacre du Printemps, Petruschka Balletsuite, Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite
CD 8: Bartok: Konzert für Orchester, Kodály: Hary Janos Suite, Enescu: Rumänische Rhapsodie Nr. 1
CD 9: Berg: Lulu Suite, Webern: Im Sommerwind, Hindemith Sinfonie "Mathis der Maler"
CD 10: Orff: Carmina Burana, Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
CD 11: Ives: Sinfonie Nr. 2, Three Places in New England, Sibelius: Kuolema, Alfvén: Schwedische Rhapsodie
CD 12: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Copland: Appalachian Spring, Barber: Adagio for Strings

Not sure how CD 10 works out......

PS Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Trinklied von Jammer der Erde;Der Trunkene im Frühling) only

additional info from http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/deta...c/hnum/2873398

Looks an interesting box but which recordings are they - now Sony effectively merges the CBS,later Sony and RCA catalogues identification is a problem.

[mathias broucek]

additional info from http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/deta...c/hnum/2873398

Thanks PJ

Slightly dissapointed with the contents. Was hoping for Rach symphonies, Sibelius and his famous Mahler 2 (currently £40 for a second hand copy on Marketplace) or perhaps Mahler 10

[Dave2002]

Not sure about that. Some good things in there though. I have/had some of those on LP, but I've already managed to get some of my favourites on CD. Who is the soloist in the Rachmaninov piano concerto? Ormandy recorded that with several great pianists.

[Thomas Roth]

Why no William Schuman, Roy Harris, Vincent Persichetti ...?

[HighlandDougie]

For anyone who liked his recent Proms performance of the 6th:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Prokofiev-Sy...4693255&sr=1-1

I've just downloaded it from Qobuz - too early to have come to a considered opinion, other than that the recording of the 5th (Helsinki Music Centre) is a bit warmer than that of the 6th (Finlandia Hall). The latter recording sounds a bit flat to me but as my usual 'listen' in this symphony (a favourite of mine) is Kitaenko - see JLW's various comments elsewhere about the very fine quality of the recording - my ears may be a bit skewed.

[Petrushka]

Thanks PJ

Slightly dissapointed with the contents. Was hoping for Rach symphonies, Sibelius and his famous Mahler 2 (currently £40 for a second hand copy on Marketplace) or perhaps Mahler 10

Scope for a second box there I would think. There may be one at some stage perhaps. Would like to see Szell recordings on these Sony boxes (Haydn only so far).

[Bryn]

Thanks PJ

Slightly [disappointed] with the contents. Was hoping for Rach symphonies, Sibelius and his famous Mahler 2 (currently £40 for a second hand copy on Marketplace) or perhaps Mahler 10

I got the Ormandy Mahler 2 from Japan a around the time of its release there. I forget what I paid but it was a lot less than £40. Fortunately the CD issue was not plagued by a non-mains related hum, as my LPs of the recording were.

[lazinov]

I imagine that the following review quotations will inspire interest in the work of the wonderful Polish violinist Wanda Wiłkomirska.

“Climbing a few rungs up the sonic ladder finds us in the company of the fine Polish violinist Wanda Wiłkomirska with the Warsaw Philharmonic under a favourite conductor of mine, Witold Rowicki, for a brightly lit presentation of Britten’s Violin Concerto.”
“…stereo results […] rival those that the ‘majors’ were achieving with a budget of thousands! This particular concert also includes a highly combustible Tchaikovsky Fourth and the thrilling ‘Mazur’ from The Haunted Manor by Moniuszko.”
—Rob Cowan, Gramophone, July 2012

“Wiłkomirska remains sweet, and focused, of tone throughout … her assurance is perhaps at its zenith in her playing of the Passacaglia, which is powerful, virtuosic, expressively cogent, and where we find she retains virtuosity and tonal vibrance to the very end. This joins the admittedly small discography of the work, and does so on sheer merit.”
“Rowicki directs a compelling, dramatic Tchaikovsky Four … With a sweeping battalion of strings at his disposal, punctuating brass and amazingly vivid percussion definition, courtesy of another of [OCCDs’] top class microphone placements, this is a seismic rendition of the symphony.”
“Hair-shirt production values from this company ensure that terrific concerts such as this have a continuing and richly deserved afterlife.”
—Jonathan Woolf, MusicWeb International, December 2011

“Really, your recording is of demonstration quality, with all the clarity one could ask for. The balance between soloists and orchestra, the dynamic range and the stereo separation are excellent. Well done!”
—Graham B. Slater, former BBC engineer, private correspondence, 5th February 2012

“This is a breathtaking performance of the Britten […] Musicianship of the highest order from soloist, conductor, and orchestra IMHO. And a simply stunning live performance exquisitely recorded. Nothing is lost. Quite outstanding, and one of my ‘best buys’ this year.”
—Andrew Magnay, UK on the Violinist.com forum, 22nd May 2012

“Wiłkomirska’s radiant performance is typical of her supremely agile, subtly inflected and lyrical playing style, and Rowicki accompanies with his characteristic skill. This disc is well worth acquiring for the Britten alone, but Rowicki’s account of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony is remarkable too. This is no routine outing for a familiar warhorse but a thrilling performance that seems to relish living dangerously and that bristles with dark, propulsive energy from start to finish. The impact of the playing is helped by the superb sound of the recording – [… this disc is] an extraordinary success from a technical point of view as well.”
—Nigel Simeone, International Record Review, June 2012

OCCDs CD12/2011 (www.occds.org)

[Dave2002]

http://sigridharris.wordpress.com/20...a-wilkomirska/

When was this recording made? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Violin-Conce.../dp/B007L35LZ8