Research Catalog

Title

The concert of the century [sound recording].

Publication

New York, N.Y. : Sony Classical, [1991?], p1976.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925-2012.
• Stern, Isaac, 1920-2001.
• Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999.
• Rostropovich, Mstislav, 1927-2007.
• Horowitz, Vladimir, 1903-1989
• Woodside, Lyndon
• Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
• Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
• Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
• Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943.
• Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856.
• Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
• Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
• Oratorio Society of New York. prf
• New York Philharmonic. prf
• Carnegie Hall (New York, N.Y.) prf

Description

2 sound discs : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Sony Classical.

Subjects

• Concertos (Violins (2) with string orchestra)
• Overtures
• Sonatas (Cello and piano) > Excerpts
• Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices)
• Songs (Medium voice) with piano
• Piano trios > Excerpts
• Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra
• Song cycles

Note

• Compact discs.
• Analog recording.
• Program from the concert, which includes program notes and German text of the 4th work by H. Heine, with English translation ([27] p. ill.) laid in container.
• Previously issued in 1976 as analog discs: Columbia M2X 34256.

Event (note)

• "A celebration of Carnegie Hall's 85th birthday"; recorded May 18, 1976.

Contents

Leonore overture no. 3, op. 72a / Beethoven -- Piano trio in A minor, op. 50: Pezzo elegiaco / Tchaikovsky -- Sonata for cello and piano in G minor, op. 19: Andante / Rachmaninoff -- Dichterliebe, op. 48 / Schumann -- Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 / Bach -- Pater noster / Tchaikovsky -- Hallelujah chorus from Messiah / Handel.

Call Number

*LDC 3560 (F)

LCCN

7464467342

OCLC

• 24304018
• NYPG92-R1124

Title

The concert of the century [sound recording].

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : Sony Classical, [1991?], p1976.

Series

Sony Classical.

Performer

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone (in the 4th work); Isaac Stern (in the 2d and 5th works), Yehudi Menuhin (in the 5th work), violins; Mstislav Rostropovich, violoncello (in the 2d and 3d works); Vladimir Horowitz, piano (in the 2d-4th works); Oratorio Society, Lyndon Woodside, conductor (in the 6th and 7th works); members of the New York Philharmonic (in the 1st, 5th, and 7th works); Leonard Bernstein (in the 1st and 5th works), conductor.

Event

"A celebration of Carnegie Hall's 85th birthday"; recorded May 18, 1976.

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Added Author

Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich, 1925-2012. Performer

Stern, Isaac, 1920-2001. Performer

Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999. Performer

Rostropovich, Mstislav, 1927-2007. Performer

Horowitz, Vladimir, 1903-1989 Performer

Woodside, Lyndon. Performer

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Performer

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Fidelio (1806). Ouverture.

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Trios, piano, violin, cello, op. 50, A minor. Pezzo elegiaco.

Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Sonatas, cello, piano, op. 19, G minor. Andante.

Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856. Dichterliebe.

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Concertos, violins (2), string orchestra, BWV 1043, D minor.

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Otche nash.

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Messiah. Hallelujah.

Oratorio Society of New York. Performer

New York Philharmonic. Performer

Carnegie Hall (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Other Standard Identifier

7464467342

Publisher No.

SM2K 46743 Columbia Sony

M2X 34256 Columbia Sony

Research Call Number

*LDC 3560 (F) Libretto and program notes on file.