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Decca Conductors' Gallery (21CD Box Set)
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    Decca Conductors' Gallery (21CD Box Set)

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    An A–Z of 23 conductors in a feast of classic recordings from Decca’s early years – 1929–1949 – including the golden age of its ‘ffrr’ technology. Newly remastered from the best available sources by Mark Obert-Thorn, Ward Marston and Andrew Hallifax, this comprehensively annotated and richly illustrated set features several new-to-CD releases. It is a must-have for any follower of historical recordings.

    ANSERMET · VAN BEINUM · BERNARD · BLECH · CELIBIDACHE · COATES · COPPOLA · DÉSORMIÈRE · ENESCU · FITELBERG · FURTWÄNGLER · HARTY · VAN KEMPEN · KLEIBER · KNAPPERTSBUSCH · KRAUSS · MARTINON · MENGELBERG · DE SABATA · SARGENT · WALTON · WOOD · ZECCHI

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    “There is much that reflects Furtwängler’s great attention to dynamic relationships, his sense of architecture, and his ear for balance and color. He whips up quite a phenomenal bit of energy for the final coda.” Fanfare, July 2020 (Furtwängler – Brahms: Symphony No. 2)

    “Mr. Riddle seems to get ample sonority and a good deal of variety out of the solo part, and the recording is clear and free from harshness.” Gramophone, February 1938 (Walton: Viola Concerto)

    “[Harty] shows clearly how much of the work’s success was due to his inspired advocacy. He brings out the vehemence and passion very starkly, but also finds an underlying rock-like strength.” Gramophone, December 1993 (Harty – Walton: Symphony No. 1)

    “It would be difficult to exaggerate the concentrated power of this music, which is superbly performed and recorded.” The Record Guide, 1955 (Van Beinum – Britten: Four Sea Interludes)

    Tracklist

    CD 1
    ANTHONY BERNARD
    Delius: Sea Drift (with Roy Henderson)
    Walton: Overture ‘Portsmouth Point’
    New English Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

    SIR WILLIAM WALTON
    Walton: Façade (with Edith Sitwell, Constant Lambert); Viola Concerto (with Frederick Riddle)
    London Symphony Orchestra
     
    CD 2
    SIR HAMILTON HARTY
    Walton: Symphony No. 1
    Haydn: Symphony No. 95
    Berlioz: Overture ‘Le Roi Lear’; Marche troyenne (Les Troyens)
    London Symphony Orchestra

    CD 3
    SIR HAMILTON HARTY
    Handel–Harty: Suite in Five Movements
    London Symphony Orchestra

    SIR HENRY WOOD
    Purcell–Wood: Suite in Five Movements
    Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; Overture ‘The Wasps’; Symphony No. 2 ‘A London Symphony’
    Queen’s Hall Orchestra

    CD 4
    SIR HENRY WOOD
    Coates: London Suite; London Bridge – March
    Elgar: Enigma Variations
    Queen’s Hall Orchestra

    WILLEM MENGELBERG
    J.S. Bach: Concerto for Two Violins (with Louis Zimmermann, Ferdinand Helman)
    Gluck: Overture ‘Alceste’
    Concertgebouworkest

    ALBERT COATES
    Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain; Gopak (Sorochintsy Fair)
    London Symphony Orchestra

    CD 5
    ALBERT COATES
    Rimsky-Korsakov: Snegurochka – Suite
    National Symphony Orchestra
    Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d’or – Suite
    London Symphony Orchestra
    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathétique’; Romeo and Juliet – Fantasy Overture
    National Symphony Orchestra

    CD 6
    VICTOR DE SABATA
    Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 ‘Eroica’
    Berlioz: Overture ‘Le Carnaval romain’
    Sibelius: Valse triste
    Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre)
    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    CD 7
    VICTOR DE SABATA
    Sibelius: En saga
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    ROGER DÉSORMIÈRE
    Bizet: Ouverture ‘Patrie’; Jeux d’enfants – Petite Suite
    Chabrier: Habanera
    Debussy: Marche ecossaise
    National Symphony Orchestra
    Opera Arias – Gounod, Offenbach, Thomas, Proch, Charpentier (with Janine Micheau)
    Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

    CD 8
    GRZEGORZ FITELBERG
    Wagner: Overture ‘Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg’
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 (with Eileen Joyce)
    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    CD 9
    GRZEGORZ FITELBERG
    Borodin: Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
    Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan – Suite
    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    WILHELM FURTWÄNGLER
    Brahms: Symphony No. 2
    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    CD 10
    CARLO ZECCHI
    Rossini: Overture ‘La Scala di Seta’
    Pizzetti: La Pisanelle – Suite
    Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 (with Clara Haskil)
    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    PIERO COPPOLA
    Grieg: Symphonic Dances Nos. 1, 2 & 4
    London Symphony Orchestra

    CD 11
    PIERO COPPOLA
    Schumann: Symphony No. 1
    National Symphony Orchestra

    GEORGE ENESCU
    Schumann: Symphony No. 2
    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    CD 12
    ERNEST ANSERMET
    Debussy: Petite Suite
    Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
    Debussy: La Mer
    Ravel: Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)
    Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
    Ravel: Shéhérazade (with Suzanne Danco); La Valse
    Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

    CD 13
    CLEMENS KRAUSS
    Beethoven: Overture ‘Fidelio’
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
    London Symphony Orchestra
    R. Strauss: Tod und Verklärung
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
    Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
    PAUL VAN KEMPEN
    Wagner: Overtures, ‘Tannhäuser’ & ‘Der fliegende Holländer’

    CD 14
    SIR MALCOLM SARGENT
    Handel: Messiah, Israel in Egypt, Semele, Alexander’s Feast, Solomon, Serse – excerpts; Zadok the Priest
    (with Kathleen Ferrier, Richard Lewis, Trevor Anthony)
    Royal Choral Society
    London Symphony Orchestra

    CD 15
    SIR MALCOLM SARGENT
    Handel–Harty: Music for the Royal Fireworks – Suite
    National Symphony Orchestra
    Holst: The Perfect Fool – ballet music
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    EDUARD VAN BEINUM
    Elgar: Overture ‘Cockaigne’
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Britten: Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
    Concertgebouworkest
    Arnold: Overture ‘Beckus the Dandipratt’
    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    CD 16
    EDUARD VAN BEINUM
    Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (with Eugenia Zareska)
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Bruckner: Symphony No. 7
    Concertgebouworkest

    CD 17
    HANS KNAPPERTSBUSCH
    Wagner: Overture ‘Rienzi’; Tannhäuser – Overture & Venusberg Music; Lohengrin – Prelude to Act III; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Prelude to Act III, Dance of the Apprentices, March of the Guild
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Wagner: Lohengrin – Prelude to Act I
    Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich
    Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Prelude to Act I
    Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

    CD 18
    ERICH KLEIBER
    Handel: Andante larghetto (Berenice)
    Mozart: Symphony No. 40
    Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 ‘Pastoral’
    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    CD 19
    ERICH KLEIBER
    Josef Strauss: Sphärenklänge
    Johann Strauss II: Overture ‘Der Zigeunerbaron’
    Dvořák: Overture ‘Carnaval’
    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    JEAN MARTINON
    Tchaikovsky: Da, čas nastal! … Prostite vï, kholmï, polya rodnïye (The Maid of Orléans) (with Eugenia Zareska)
    Chabrier: Suite Pastorale
    Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    CD 20
    LEO BLECH
    Humperdinck: Prelude ‘Hänsel und Gretel’
    Haydn: Symphony No. 94 ‘Surprise’
    Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

    SERGIU CELIBIDACHE
    Mozart: Symphony No. 25
    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    CD 21
    SERGIU CELIBIDACHE
    Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; The Nutcracker – Suite
    London Philharmonic Orchestra

    Details

    Artist
    Various Artists
    Release Date
    August 25, 2023
    Genre
    Classical
    Label
    Decca / Eloquence
    UPC
    0028948421176