EUGENE ORMANDY - Portrait (10CD)

Eugene Ormandy (10-CD Set)

Philadelphia Orchestra · Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

CD1 – Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

1. I. Allegro con brio – 15:37
2. II. Largo – 10:30
3. III. Rondo: Allegro – 8:30
   Recorded 24 December 1947

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
4. I. Allegro moderato – 15:53
5. II. Andante con moto – 4:36
6. III. Rondo: Vivace – 8:49
Recorded 28 December 1947

Claudio Arrau (1–3), Robert Casadesus (4–6), piano

CD2 – Mussorgsky · Dvořák

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Cailliet)
1–16. Complete
Recorded 17 October 1937

Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
17. I. Allegro – 14:29
18. II. Adagio ma non troppo – 10:37
19. III. Finale: Allegro moderato – 11:36
Recorded 17 January 1946

Gregor Piatigorsky, cello

CD3 – Tchaikovsky

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23

1. I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – 18:15
2. II. Andantino semplice – Prestissimo – 6:33
3. III. Allegro con fuoco – 6:14
   Recorded 8 December 1949

Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 “Pathétique”
4. I. Adagio – Allegro – 16:20
5. II. Allegro con grazia – 7:41
6. III. Allegro molto vivace – 8:21
7. IV. Finale: Adagio lamentoso – 8:36
Recorded 1936/1937

Oscar Levant, piano

CD4 – Brahms · Grieg · Griffes

Brahms: Double Concerto in A minor, Op. 102

1. I. Allegro – 14:19
2. II. Andante – 6:39
3. III. Vivace non troppo – 7:36
   Recorded 21 December 1939

Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
4. I. Allegro molto moderato – 11:30
5. II. Adagio – 5:14
6. III. Allegro moderato e marcato – 9:26
Recorded 6 March 1942

7. Griffes: The Pleasure-Dome of Kubla Khan, Op. 8 – 8:40
   Recorded 1934

Jascha Heifetz (violin), Emanuel Feuermann (cello), Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

CD5 – Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3

Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1

1. I. Vivace – 12:11
2. II. Andante – 5:23
3. III. Allegro vivace – 7:26

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
4. I. Allegro ma non tanto – 13:57
5. II. Intermezzo: Adagio – 8:39
6. III. Finale: Alla breve – 11:24

Recorded 4 December 1939 & 24 February 1940

Sergei Rachmaninov, piano

CD6 – Strauss: Don Quixote · Sinfonia domestica

Don Quixote, Op. 35
1–13. Complete
Recorded 24 February 1940

Sinfonia domestica, Op. 53
14. I. Bewegt – 4:50
15. II. Scherzo – 5:55
16. III. Wiegenlied – 5:35
17. IV. Adagio – 10:59
18. V. Finale – 12:30
Recorded 9 May 1938

Emanuel Feuermann, cello

CD7 – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E major

1. I. Allegro moderato – 17:41
2. II. Adagio – 24:58
3. III. Scherzo – 9:17
4. IV. Finale – 10:13

Recorded 5 & 7 January 1935

CD8 – Sibelius · Ravel

Sibelius: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39

1. I. Andante ma non troppo – Allegro energico – 9:40
2. II. Andante – 9:24
3. III. Scherzo – 4:41
4. IV. Finale – 12:32
   Recorded 25 October 1941
5. Lemminkäinen’s Return – 5:34
   Recorded 20 October 1940

Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
6. Lento – Allegro – 17:01
Recorded 22 January 1947

Robert Casadesus, piano

CD9 – Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”

1. I. Allegro maestoso – 19:38
2. II. Andante moderato – 9:06
3. III. Scherzo – 9:41
4. IV. Urlicht – 5:31
5. V. Finale – 32:59

Recorded 6 & 7 January 1935

Corinne Frank (soprano) · Ann O’Malley Gallogly (contralto)
Twin City Symphony Chorus

CD10 – Schoenberg · Miaskovsky · Barber

Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
1–5. Complete
Recorded 16 & 24 January 1934

6. Miaskovsky: Symphony No. 21 in F-sharp minor, Op. 51 – 15:11
   Recorded 22 November 1947
7. Barber: Essay No. 1 for Orchestra, Op. 12
   Recorded 20 October 1940

Eugene Ormandy, conductor