Research Catalog

Title

Treasury of great music [sound recording].

Publication

[Pleasantville, N.Y.] : Reader's Digest, [1964]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kempe, Rudolf, 1910-1976.
• Munch, Charles, 1891-1968.
• Wild, Earl.
• Fistoulari, Anatole.
• Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963.
• Krips, Josef.
• Horenstein, Jascha.
• Leibowitz, René, 1913-1972.
• Bress, Hyman, 1931-1995
• Dorati, Antal.
• Barbirolli, John, 1899-1970.
• Prêtre, Georges.
• Gilbert, Geoffrey, 1914-1989
• Sargent, Malcolm, 1895-1967.
• Danon, Oskar, 1913-2009
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
• Beecham Choral Society.

Description

12 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo.; 12 in.

Subject

Orchestral music

Note

• Reader's Digest: RD15-K (nos. on discs: RD4-15-1--RD4-15-12)
• Performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with various conductors and soloists.
• Includes a bonus record.
• Program notes entitled "The wonderful world of unforgettable music" (22 p. : ill.) and program notes on inner liner of bonus record inserted in container.
• Contains works by R. Strauss, Respighi, Tchaikovsky, Bizet, Brahms, Mozart, Haydn, Wagner, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Sibelius, Debussy, Franck, Ravel, Chopin, Liszt, Prokofieff, and Stravinsky.

Contents

• Don Juan, op. 20 : tone poem after Lenau / Strauss (Rudolf Kempe, conductor) -- The pines of Rome. The pines of the Villa Borghese ; The pines near a catacomb ; The pines of the Janiculum ; The pines of the Appian Way / Respighi (Rudolf Kempe, conductor) -- Francesca da Rimini / Tchaikovsky (Charles Munch, conductor) -- Symphony no. 1 in C major . Bizet (Charles Munch, conductor) -- Piano concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor / Tchaikovsky (Earl Wild, piano ; Anatole Fistoulari, conductor) -- Symphony no. 4 in E minor / Brahms (Fritz Reiner, conductor) -- Symphony no. 35 in D : ("Haffner") K. 385 / Mozart (Josef Krips, conductor) -- Symphony no. 104 in D : ("London") / Haydn (Josef Krips, conductor) -- The flying Dutchman. Overture ; Tannhäuser. Venusberg music (Beecham Choral Society ; Joscha Horenstein, conductor) ; Siegfried idyll (Jascha Horenstein, conductor) / Wagner --
• Piano concerto in A minor / Grieg (Earl Wild, piano ; René Leibowitz, conductor) -- Violin concerto in E minor . Mendelssohn (Hyman Bress, violin ; René Leibositz, conductor) -- Salome. Dance of the seven veils / Strauss (Antal Dorati, conductor) -- Romeo and Juliet. Romeo's reverie ; Festival of the Capulets ; Love scene ; Queen Mab scherzo / Berlioz (Antal Dorati, conductor) -- Symphony no. 2 in D / Sibelius (Sir John Barbirolli, conductor) -- Nocturnes. Nuages ; Fêtes / Debussy (Georges Frêtre, conductor) -- Psyche and Eros / Franck (Georges Prêtre, conductor) -- Daphnis and Chloe. Second suite / Ravel (Beecham Choral Society ; Geoffrey Gilbert, flute solo ; Georges Prêtre, conductor) -- Piano concerto no. 1 in E minor / Chopin (Earl Wild, piano ; Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor) -- Piano concerto no. 1 in E-flat / Liszt (Earl Wild, piano ; Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor) -- The love for three oranges. Suite / Prokofieff (Oscar Danon, conductor) -- Petroushka / Stravinsky (Oscar Danon, conducto
• Bonus record: Egmont overture / Beethoven (René Leibowitz, conductor) -- Passacaglia and fugue in C minor for two orchestras / Bach-Leibowitz (René Leibowitz, conductor) -- Der Freischütz. Overture / Weber (René Leibowitz, conductor) -- Manfred overture, op. 115 / Schumann (René Leibowitz, conductor).

Call Number

*LZR 41701

OCLC

42550020

Title

Treasury of great music [sound recording].

Imprint

[Pleasantville, N.Y.] : Reader's Digest, [1964]

Added Author

Kempe, Rudolf, 1910-1976.

Munch, Charles, 1891-1968.

Wild, Earl.

Fistoulari, Anatole.

Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963.

Krips, Josef.

Horenstein, Jascha.

Leibowitz, René, 1913-1972.

Bress, Hyman, 1931-1995, instrumentalist.

Dorati, Antal.

Barbirolli, John, 1899-1970.

Prêtre, Georges.

Gilbert, Geoffrey, 1914-1989, instrumentalist.

Sargent, Malcolm, 1895-1967.

Danon, Oskar, 1913-2009, conductor.

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Beecham Choral Society.

Publisher No.

RD15-K Reader's Digest

RD4-15-1--RD4-15-12 Reader's Digest

Research Call Number

*LZR 41701 Program notes on file.