Research Catalog

Title

Symphonies nos. 4 & 8 [sound recording] / Beethoven. [Other works.]

Author

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

Publication

[S.l.] : RCA Victor Gold Seal ; New York, N.Y. : BMG Classics, c1994.

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Additional Authors

• Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964.
• Respighi, Ottorino, 1879-1936.
• Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
• Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
• San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. prf

Description

1 sound disc : digital, mono.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

• Pierre Monteux edition ; 1
• Monteux, Pierre, 1875-1964. Pierre Monteux edition ; v. 1

Uniform Title

Orchestra music. Selections

Alternative Title

• Orchestra music.
• The ruins of Athens.

Subject

• Overtures
• Symphonies
• Orchestral music, Arranged
• Passacaglias
• Canons, fugues, etc. (Orchestra), Arranged

Note

• RCA Victor Gold Seal: 09026-61892-2 (on inner container: 9026-61892-2)
• On outer container: BMG Classics: 9026-61893-2 (on notes in outer container: 09026-61893-2)
• Compact disc.
• Analog recordings.
• Program notes, principally about the conductor's involvement with the pieces on this recording, by Richard Freed (7 p. : port.) inserted in inner container; notes about the conductor by John Canarina and Herb Caen, and reminiscences by Leon Fleisher, Erich Kunzel, Marcel Landowski, André Previn, and David Zinman, all in English, French, and German (79 p. : ill.) inserted in outer container.

Event (note)

• The 1st and 3rd works recorded Apr. 19, 1949, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco; the 2nd work recorded Apr. 7, 1952, the 4th Feb. 28, 1950.

Contents

Overture, Die Ruinen von Athen = The ruins of Athens : op. 113 / Beethoven (4:39) -- Symphony no. 4, op. 60, B-flat / Beethoven (33:20) -- Passacaglia and fugue in C minor / Johann Sebastian Bach ; orchestrated by Respighi (12:40) -- Symphony no. 8, op. 93, F / Beethoven.

OCLC

• 187447225
• ocn187447225

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries