Sir John Barbirolli - Portrait (10CD)

CD 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K482

1. I. Allegro
2. II. Andante
3. III. Rondo: Allegro

Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, K595
4. I. Allegro
5. II. Larghetto
6. III. Allegro

Edwin Fischer, piano
Robert Casadesus, piano
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

CD 2

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 33 in B-flat major, K319

1. I. Allegro assai
2. II. Andante moderato
3. III. Menuetto – Trio
4. IV. Allegro assai

Henry Purcell
Suite for Strings, Flutes & Horns from Operas and Fantasies
arr. Sir John Barbirolli
5. I. Andante maestoso – Allegro
6. II. Tempo di menuetto
7. III. Andantino
8. IV. Andantino giocoso
9. V. Largo
10. VI. Allegro

Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 83 in G minor “The Hen”
11. I. Allegro spirituoso
12. II. Andante
13. III. Minuetto – Trio: Allegretto
14. IV. Vivace

New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

CD 3

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, op. 60

1. I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
2. II. Adagio
3. III. Allegro vivace
4. IV. Allegro ma non troppo

Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61
5. I. Allegro ma non troppo
6. II. Larghetto
7. III. Rondo: Allegro

Fritz Kreisler, violin
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

CD 4

Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

1. I. Rêveries – Passions
2. II. Un bal
3. III. Scène aux champs
4. IV. Marche au supplice
5. V. Songe d’une nuit du sabbat

Richard Wagner
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Orchestral Suite from Act III
arr. Sir John Barbirolli
6. I. Prelude to Act III
7. II. Dance of the Apprentices
8. III. Entry of the Masters

Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

CD 5

Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, op. 11

1. I. Allegro maestoso
2. II. Romance: Larghetto
3. III. Rondo: Vivace

Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, op. 26
4. I. Prelude: Allegro moderato
5. II. Adagio
6. III. Finale

Arthur Rubinstein, piano
Nathan Milstein, violin
London Symphony Orchestra
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

CD 6

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, op. 120

1. I. Ziemlich langsam – Lebhaft
2. II. Romanze: Ziemlich langsam
3. III. Scherzo: Lebhaft
4. IV. Langsam – Lebhaft

Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77
5. I. Allegro
6. II. Adagio
7. III. Allegro giocoso

Fritz Kreisler, violin
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

CD 7

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219

1. I. Allegro aperto
2. II. Adagio
3. III. Rondo: Tempo di menuetto – Allegro

Henri Vieuxtemps
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, op. 31
4. I. Andante – Moderato – Cadenza
5. II. Adagio religioso
6. III. Scherzo: Vivace
7. IV. Finale: Allegro

Henryk Wieniawski
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, op. 22
8. I. Allegro moderato
9. II. Romance: Andante non troppo
10. III. Allegro con fuoco – Cadenza – Allegro moderato

Jascha Heifetz, violin
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

CD 8

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35

1. I. Allegro moderato
2. II. Canzonetta: Andante
3. III. Finale: Allegro vivacissimo

Alexander Glazunov
Violin Concerto in A minor, op. 82
4. I. Moderato
5. II. Andante
6. III. Cadenza
7. IV. Allegro

Camille Saint-Saëns
8. Havanaise, op. 83

Jascha Heifetz, violin
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

CD 9

Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16

1. I. Allegro molto moderato
2. II. Adagio
3. III. Allegro moderato molto e marcato – Andante maestoso

Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 43
4. I. Allegretto
5. II. Tempo andante, ma rubato
6. III. Vivacissimo
7. IV. Allegro moderato

Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
New Symphony Orchestra
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli

CD 10

Ottorino Respighi
Fontane di Roma

1. La fontana di Valle Giulia all’alba
2. La fontana del Tritone al mattino
3. La fontana di Trevi al meriggio
4. La fontana di Villa Medici al tramonto

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5 in D major
5. I. Preludio
6. II. Scherzo
7. III. Romanza
8. IV. Passacaglia

Igor Stravinsky
Concerto in D
9. I. Vivace
10. II. Arioso: Andantino
11. III. Rondo: Allegro

New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Hallé Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli