50 Great Conductors

50 Great Conductors

Various Artists
2015
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker, Op.  71, TH 14
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner
Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.  61
The Cleveland Orchestra, Artur Rodziński
Johannes Brahms
Tragic Overture in D Minor, Op.  81
Eduard van Beinum, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Johann Strauss II
An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 · “The Blue Danube”
Erich Kleiber, Staatsorchester der Berliner Oper
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin, Orchestral Suite, M.  68a
André Cluytens, Orchestre de la Radiodiffusion Française
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Resurrection Symphony”
Vienna Philharmonic, Bruno Walter
Maurice Ravel
Boléro, M.  81
Philharmonia Orchestra, Paul Kletzki
Ludwig van Beethoven
Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op.  43, Hess. 90 · “The Creatures of Prometheus”
Vienna Philharmonic, Felix Weingartner
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1812 Overture in E‑Flat Major, Op.  49, TH 49
Nicolai Golovanov, Great Symphony Orchestra of the All-Union Radio & Central TV & Nikolay Golovanov, State Academic Symphony Orchestra "Evgeny Svetlanov"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni, K. 527, KV527
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay
Franz Liszt
Les préludes, S. 97 · “Symphonic Poem No.3”
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux
Johann Strauss II
Die Fledermaus, “The Bat”
Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op.  74, TH 30 · “Pathétique”
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
Jean Sibelius
Valse triste, Op. 44
Orchestra della RAI Milano, Sergui Celibidache
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op.  98
Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio, Op.  72
Orchestra of the Athen’s Festival, Sascha Horenstein
Johann Strauss II
Perpetuum mobile, Ein musikalischer Scherz, Op. 257
Clemens Crauss, Vienna Philharmonic
Dmitri Shostakovich
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op.  77
Kirill Kondrashin, State Academic Symphony Orchestra "Evgeny Svetlanov"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492, KV492 · “The Marriage of Figaro”
Vienna Symphony, Rudolf Moralt
Claude Debussy
Prélude à L'après-midi d'un faune, L.  86, CD 87 · “Prelude to 'The Afternoon of a Faun'”
René Leibowitz, London Festival Orchestra
Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, TrV 227
Karl Böhm, Berlin Philharmonic
Richard Strauss
Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53, TrV 209
Staatskapelle Dresden, Franz Konwitschny
Johann Strauss II
Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388 · “Roses from the South”
Bavarian State Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser, WWV70
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Willem Mengelberh
Richard Wagner
Die Götterdämmerung, WWV86D · “Twilight of the Gods”
Dimitri Mitropoulos, New York Philharmonic
Bedřich Smetana
Má Vlast, JB 1:112, T110, T111, T113, T114, T120, T121 · “My Homeland”
Wilhelm Furtwängler, Vienna Philharmonic
Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 1 in B‑Flat Major, Op.  38 · “Spring”
Radio-Sinfonie Orchester Berlin, Hermann Abendroth
Antonín Dvořák
Husitská, B 132, Op.  67
Czech Philharmonic, Karel Ančerl
Maurice Ravel
La valse, M.  72
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Anserment
Richard Wagner
Rienzi der Letzte der Tribunen, WWV49 · “Rienzi, the last of the tribunes”
Leo Blech, Rias Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin
Hector Berlioz
La damnation de Faust, H111, Op. 24 · “The Damnation of Faust”
Guido Cantelli, NBC Symphony Orchestra
Brahms
London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Alberto Erede
Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 2 in C Major, Op.  72a
George Enescu Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra, George Geogescu
Arcangelo Corelli
Violin Sonatas, Op.  5
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann
Gioachino Rossini
Guillaume Tell, “William Tell”
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
Franz Joseph Haydn
The Creation, Hob.  XXI/2 · “Die Schöpfung”
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Joseph Keilberth, Annemarie Bohne, Josef Traxel, Cologne Radio Chorus, Josef Greindl
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op.  90
Rudolf Kempe, Berlin Philharmonic
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Slavonic March, Op.  31
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Paul van Kempen
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384, KV384 · “The Abduction from the Seraglio”
István Kertész, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D 759 · “Unfinished”
London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op.  98
Igor Markevitch, Orchestre Lamoureux
Handel: Eracle, Act III
Orchestro del Teatro alla Scala, Lovro von Matačić
Camille Saint-Saëns
Danse macabre in G Minor, Op. 40
Charles Münch, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Edvard Grieg
Fra Holbergs Tid, Op. 40 · “Holberg Suite”
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger
Franz Liszt
Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Capriccio Italien, Op.  45, TH 47
Hans Rosbaud, Orchester des Deutschlandsenders Berlin
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op.  67 · “Fate Symphony”
Victor de Sabata, New York Philharmonic
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068
Malcolm Sargent, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

29 January 2015 50 Tracks, 7 Hours 49 minutes ℗ 2015 The Golden Legacy of Music