Mercury Living Presence: The Collector's Edition

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Tracklist

1CD: Moussorgsky / Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition / Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
2CD: Má vlast
3CD: Fiesta in Hi-Fi
4CD: Antal Dorati Conducts Kodály and Bartók
5CD: Violin Concerto no. 2 / Second Suite
6CD: Hi-Fi a la Española and Popovers
7CD: Scythian Suite / Suite from "The Love for Three Oranges" / Symphony no. 5
8CD: Howard Hanson: The Composer and His Orchestra
9CD: Tchaikovsky: 1812 Festival Overture, op. 49 / Capriccio Italien / Beethoven: Wellington's Victory
10CD: Slavonic Dances, op. 46 and 72 (Complete)
11CD: Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite / Mississippi Suite / Herbert: Cello Concerto no. 2
12CD: British and American Band Classics
13CD: Petrouchka / Le sacre du printemps / Four Etudes for Orchestra
14CD: Suppé: Overtures / Auber: The Bronze Horse / Fra Diavolo / Masaniello
15CD: Symphonie Fantastique / Marches / Roman Carnival Overture
16CD: Fennell Conducts Sousa: "Sound Off!" and "Sousa on Review", 24 Favorite Marches
17CD: Enesco: Roumanian Rhapsody no. 1 / Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies nos. 1–6
18CD: Khachaturian: Gayne Ballet / Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5
19CD: Enesco: Roumanian Rhapsody no. 2 / Brahms: Hungarian Dances / Variations on a Theme of Haydn
20CD: The Civil War: Its Music and Its Sounds, Part 1: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg
21CD: The Civil War: Its Music and Its Sounds, Part 2: Gettysburg to Appomattox
22CD: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Piano Concerto no. 3
23CD: Appalachian Spring / Billy the Kid / Danzón Cubano / El Salón México
24CD: Byron Janis Plays Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
25CD: Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet / Moussorgsky: A Night on Bald Mountain
26CD: Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 54 / Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23
27CD: Flamenco!
28CD: The Romeros: The Royal Family of the Spanish Guitar
29CD: Screamers, Circus Marches / March Time
30CD: Balalaika Favorites
31CD: Liszt: Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2 / Byron Janis: Encores
32CD: Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 1
33CD: Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104 / Bruch: Kol Nidrei / Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
34CD: Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 129 / Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor / Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto in A minor, op. 33
35CD: The Nutcracker, op. 71 / Serenade in C major, op. 48, Part 1
36CD: The Nutcracker, op. 71 / Serenade in C major, op. 48, Part 2
37CD: Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major / Khachaturian: Violin Concerto (1940)
38CD: Bluebeard's Castle
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1Bluebeard's Castle, op. 11: Opening
recorded in:
United Kingdom (in 1962-07)
bass vocals:
Mihály Székely (operatic bass) (in 1962-07)
soprano vocals:
Olga Szönyi (in 1962-07)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (in 1962-07)
conductor:
Antal Doráti (conductor) (in 1962-07)
edit of:
Bluebeard's Castle, op. 11: Prologue – Opening Scene. Megérkeztünk by Imre Palló (baritone), Olga Szönyi, Mihály Székely (operatic bass), London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (conductor)
recording of:
A Kékszakállú herceg vára: Opening "Megérkeztünk" (in 1962-07)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer)
librettist:
Béla Balázs
part of:
A kékszakállú herceg vára, Sz. 48, BB 62 (Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62)
Béla Bartók14:33
2Bluebeard's Castle, op. 11: Door 1
engineer:
C. Robert Fine (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
producer:
Harold Lawrence
bass vocals:
Mihály Székely (operatic bass) (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
soprano vocals:
Olga Szönyi (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
conductor:
Antal Doráti (conductor) (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
recording of:
A Kékszakállú herceg vára: Door 1 "'Jaj! Mit látsz? Mit látsz? Láncok, kések" (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer)
librettist:
Béla Balázs
part of:
A kékszakállú herceg vára, Sz. 48, BB 62 (Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62)
Béla Bartók3:43
3Bluebeard's Castle, op. 11: Door 2
engineer:
C. Robert Fine (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
producer:
Harold Lawrence
bass vocals:
Mihály Székely (operatic bass) (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
soprano vocals:
Olga Szönyi (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
conductor:
Antal Doráti (conductor) (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
recording of:
A Kékszakállú herceg vára: Door 2 "Mit látsz? Százkegyetlen szörnyü fegyver" (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer)
librettist:
Béla Balázs
part of:
A kékszakállú herceg vára, Sz. 48, BB 62 (Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62)
Béla Bartók3:38
4Bluebeard's Castle, op. 11: Door 3
engineer:
C. Robert Fine (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
producer:
Harold Lawrence
bass vocals:
Mihály Székely (operatic bass) (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
soprano vocals:
Olga Szönyi (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
conductor:
Antal Doráti (conductor) (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
recording of:
A Kékszakállú herceg vára: Door 3 "Oh, be sok kincs! Oh, be sok kincs!" (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer)
librettist:
Béla Balázs
part of:
A kékszakállú herceg vára, Sz. 48, BB 62 (Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62)
Béla Bartók1:57
5Bluebeard's Castle, op. 11: Door 4
engineer:
C. Robert Fine (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
producer:
Harold Lawrence
bass vocals:
Mihály Székely (operatic bass) (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
soprano vocals:
Olga Szönyi (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
conductor:
Antal Doráti (conductor) (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
recording of:
A Kékszakállú herceg vára: Door 4 "Oh! virágok! Oh! ilatoskert!" (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer)
librettist:
Béla Balázs
part of:
A kékszakállú herceg vára, Sz. 48, BB 62 (Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62)
Béla Bartók4:19
6Bluebeard's Castle, op. 11: Door 5
engineer:
C. Robert Fine (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
producer:
Harold Lawrence
bass vocals:
Mihály Székely (operatic bass) (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
soprano vocals:
Olga Szönyi (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
conductor:
Antal Doráti (conductor) (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
recording of:
A Kékszakállú herceg vára: Door 5 "Ah! Lásdez az én birodalmam" (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer)
librettist:
Béla Balázs
part of:
A kékszakállú herceg vára, Sz. 48, BB 62 (Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62)
Béla Bartók5:43
7Bluebeard's Castle, op. 11: Door 6
engineer:
C. Robert Fine (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
producer:
Harold Lawrence
bass vocals:
Mihály Székely (operatic bass) (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
soprano vocals:
Olga Szönyi (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
conductor:
Antal Doráti (conductor) (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
recording of:
A Kékszakállú herceg vára: Door 6 "Csendes fehér tavat látok" (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer)
librettist:
Béla Balázs
part of:
A kékszakállú herceg vára, Sz. 48, BB 62 (Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62)
Béla Bartók11:08
8Bluebeard's Castle, op. 11: Door 7
engineer:
C. Robert Fine (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
producer:
Harold Lawrence
bass vocals:
Mihály Székely (operatic bass) (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
soprano vocals:
Olga Szönyi (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
conductor:
Antal Doráti (conductor) (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
recording of:
A Kékszakállú herceg vára: Door 7 "Lásd a régi aszszonyokat" (from 1962-07-19 until 1962-07-21)
composer:
Bartók Béla (Béla Bartók, composer)
librettist:
Béla Balázs
part of:
A kékszakállú herceg vára, Sz. 48, BB 62 (Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, BB 62)
Béla Bartók7:32
9Wozzeck, Three Excerpts: Act I: Scenes 2 and 3
engineer:
C. Robert Fine (from 1961-06-19 until 1961-06-22)
producer:
Harold Lawrence
soprano vocals:
Helga Pilarczyk (soprano) (from 1961-06-19 until 1961-06-22)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1961-06-19 until 1961-06-22)
conductor:
Antal Doráti (conductor) (from 1961-06-19 until 1961-06-22)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1961)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford (from 1961-06-19 until 1961-06-22)
recording of:
Three Fragments from "Wozzeck": I. (Akt I, Szene 2 & 3) (from 1961-06-19 until 1961-06-22)
composer:
Alban Berg (Austrian composer)
part of:
Three Fragments from "Wozzeck"
Alban Berg7:43
10Wozzeck, Three Excerpts: Act III: Scene 1
engineer:
C. Robert Fine (from 1961-06-19 until 1961-06-22)
producer:
Harold Lawrence
soprano vocals:
Helga Pilarczyk (soprano) (from 1961-06-19 until 1961-06-22)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1961-06-19 until 1961-06-22)
conductor:
Antal Doráti (conductor) (from 1961-06-19 until 1961-06-22)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1961)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford (from 1961-06-19 until 1961-06-22)
recording of:
Three Fragments from "Wozzeck": II. (Akt III, Szene 1) (from 1961-06-19 until 1961-06-22)
composer:
Alban Berg (Austrian composer)
part of:
Three Fragments from "Wozzeck"
Alban Berg5:23
11Wozzeck, Three Excerpts: Act III: Scenes 4 and 5
engineer:
C. Robert Fine (from 1961-06-19 until 1961-06-22)
producer:
Harold Lawrence
soprano vocals:
Helga Pilarczyk (soprano) (from 1961-06-19 until 1961-06-22)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1961-06-19 until 1961-06-22)
conductor:
Antal Doráti (conductor) (from 1961-06-19 until 1961-06-22)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1961)
recorded at:
Watford Town Hall (Watford Colosseum, fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford (from 1961-06-19 until 1961-06-22)
recording of:
Three Fragments from "Wozzeck": III. (Akt III, Szene 4 & 5) (from 1961-06-19 until 1961-06-22)
composer:
Alban Berg (Austrian composer)
part of:
Three Fragments from "Wozzeck"
Alban Berg7:23
39CD: Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Book 2 / Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no. 12 / Beethoven: Sonata, op. 14 no. 1
40CD: Szeryng Plays Kreisler and Other Treasures for the Violin
41CD: Suites for Solo Cello / Sonatas in G & D Major, Part 1
42CD: Suites for Solo Cello / Sonatas in G & D Major, Part 2
43CD: Piano Concerto no. 4 / Piano Concerto no. 5 "Emperor"
44CD: Piano Concertos 1 and 2
45CD: Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit / Debussy: Three Preludes / Pour le piano / Stravinsky: 3 Movements From Petrouchka
46CD: Brahms: Cello Sonatas 1 and 2 / Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata no. 2
47CD: Schumann: Violin Concerto in D minor / Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
48CD: The Firebird
49CD: Janos Starker Plays Boccherini, Bach, Vivaldi, Corelli, Locatelli, Valentini
50CD: Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Concierto Andaluz / Vivaldi: Guitar Concertos
51CD: Recording "Pictures at an Exhibition" and "Ma Vlast" / An Interview with Wilma Cozart Fine
52CD: Vaughan Williams Delius Piano Concertos
53CD: A Sea Symphony