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Here's some interesting info on a new edition from EMI. Apparently
they've been able to license material from Supraphon, Decca, Philips, DG,
CBC, Musidisc, and a number of other sources. Might be a few otherwise
unavailable gems here. There are 15 releases due out June 4, 2002 (just
guessing, but probably available a few months later in the U.S.), each a
2-CD set devoted to a single conductor. The maestros included in the
first set of releases are (in chronological order):
Serge Koussevitzky (1874-1951)
Bruno Walter (1876-1962)
Carl Schuricht (1880-1967)
Ernest Ansermet (1883-1969)
Nicolai Malko (1888-1961)
Fritz Busch (1890-1951)
Erich Kleiber (1890-1956)
Nicolai Golovanov (1891-1953)
Sir John Barbirolli (1899-1970)
Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985)
Andre Cluytens (1905-1967)
Karel Ancerl (1908-1973)
Igor Markevitch (1912-1983)
Ataulfo Argenta (1913-1958)
Ferenc Fricsay (1914-1963)
I've included the alphabetical full listings below, as I can't find any
info at all about this at the EMI site. Any that stand out as absolute
must-haves?
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Karel Ancerl (1908-1973)
7243 5 75091 2 1
CD1
Shostakovich: Festival Overture/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (p1965
Supraphon)
Novak: In the Tatra Mountains/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (p1950
Supraphon)
Krejci: Serenade for Orchestra/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (p1958
Supraphon)
Janacek: Taras Bulba/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (p1962 Supraphon)
Macha: Variations on a theme by and on the death of Jan Rychlik/Czech
Philharmonic Orchestra (p1968 Supraphon)
CD2
Smetana: Vltava/Wiener Symphoniker (p1959 Philips Classics)
Dvorak: Symphony No.8/Concertgebouw Orchestra
Martinu: Symphony No.5/Toronto Symphony Orchestra (p2000 Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation)
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No.8/Wiener Symphoniker (p1959 Philips Classics)
Ernest Ansermet (1883-1969)
7243 5 75094 2 8
CD1
Stravinsky: Chant du rossignol/L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (p1956
Decca)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du
Conservatoire (p1955 Decca)
Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune/L'Orchestre de la Suisse
Romande (p1957 Decca)
CD2
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra/L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (p1957
Decca)
Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts
du Conservatoire (p1955 Decca)
Ravel: La Valse/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire
(p1955 Decca)
Chabrier: Fete polonaise/L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (p1965 Decca)
Ataulfo Argenta (1913-1958)
7243 5 75097 2 5
CD1
Liszt: Faust Symphony/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du
Conservatoire (p1955 Decca)
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso/L'Orchestre des Cento Soli (1957
Musidisc/Universal)
CD2
Schubert: Symphony No.9/L'Orchestre des Cento Soli (1958
Musidisc/Universal)
Falla: El amor brujo/Ana-Maria Iriarte (mezzo-soprano)/L'Orchestre
de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire (1953 EMI France)
Sir John Barbirolli (1899-1970)
7243 5 75100 2 8
CD1
Wagner: Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act 1/London Symphony Orchestra
(p1970 EMI)
Elgar: Enigma Variations/Halle Orchestra (p1957 EMI)
Ravel: Ma Mere l'oye Suite/Halle Orchestra (p1958 EMI)
Mahler: Symphony No.2 (opening)/Radio-Sinfonieorchester des SWR (p2002
Sudwestrundfunk)
CD2
Mahler: Symphony No.2/Helen Donath (sop); Birgitt Finnila (mez)/SWR
Vokalensemble Stuttgart & Chor der Staatlichen Hochschule fur Musik
und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart/Radio-Sinfonieorchester des SWR
(conclusion) (p2002 Sudwestrundfunk)
Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Act 1 "Quest' obi pomposa...Ride il ciel"
(conclusion)/Renata Scotto (sop);Carlo Bergonzi (ten)/Orchestra del
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (p1967 EMI)
Fritz Busch (1890-1951)
7243 5 75103 2 5
CD1
Beethoven: Leonore No.2/Danish State Radio Orchestra (p2002 Danish
Broadcasting Corporation)
Mozart: Symphony No.36/Danish State Radio Orchestra (EMI)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.4/Danish State Radio Orchestra (p2002 Danish
Broadcasting Corporation)
Brahms: Tragic Overture/Danish State Radio Orchestra (p2002 Danish
Broadcasting Corporation)
CD2
Weber: Der Freischutz/Danish State Radio Orchestra (EMI)
Haydn: Sinfonia concertante/Danish State Radio Orchestra (EMI)
Brahms: Symphony No.2/Danish State Radio Orchestra (EMI)
R. Strauss: Don Juan/London Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)
Andre Cluytens (1905-1967)
7243 5 75106 2 2
CD1
Bizet: Symphony in C/Orchestre National de RDF (p1954 EMI France)
Debussy: Images/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire
(p1964 EMI France)
Ravel: La Valse/Philharmonia Orchestra (p1960 EMI)
CD2
Schumann: Manfred Overture/Berliner Philharmoniker (p1960 EMI France)
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts
du Conservatoire (p2000 NHK/Athus)
Wagner: Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 3/Orchestre du Theatre National de
l'Opera de Paris (p1960 EMI France)
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov: Scene 2 - Coronation Scene - Entry of
Boris Scene/Boris Christoff (bass); John Lanigan (tenor), Chorus of
the National Opera of Sofia/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du
Conservatoire (p1963 EMI)
Ferenc Fricsay (1914-1963)
7243 5 75109 2 9
CD1
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice/Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
(p2002 Sender Frei Berlin)
Kodaly: Dances of Galanta/Wiener Philharmoniker (p1997 ORF/VPO/Salzburg
Festival)
Shostakovich: Symphony No.9/RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (p2002
DeutschlandRadio)
Hindemith: Symphonic metamorphosis of themes by Weber/RIAS -
Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (p2002 DeutschlandRadio)
J. Strauss: Kunstlerleben Walzer/RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (p2002
DeutschlandRadio)
CD2
beethoven: Leonore No.3/Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (p2002 Sender
Frei Berlin)
Beethoven: Symphony No.3/Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (p2002 Sender
Frei Berlin)
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte: Overture/RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (p2002
DeutschlandRadio)
Nicolai Golovanov (1891-1953)
7243 5 75112 2 3
CD1
Glazunov: Symphony No.6/USSR All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra
(recorded Moscow)
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture - Nocturne - Scherzo -
Wedding March/USSR All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra (recorded Moscow)
Tchaikovsky: 1812/USSR All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra (recorded
Moscow)
CD2
Liszt: Mazeppa/USSR All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra (recorded
Moscow 1952)
Liszt: Festklange/USSR All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra (recorded
Moscow 1953)
Liszt: Heroide funebre/USSR All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra
(recorded Moscow 1953) (MK)
Liszt: Orpheus/USSR All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra (recorded
Moscow 1952)
Liszt: Prometheus/USSR All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra (recorded
Moscow 1952)
Erich Kleiber (1890-1956)
7243 5 75115 2 0
CD1
Schubert: Symphony No.5/NDR-Sinfonieorchester (p2002 Norddeutscher
Rundfunk)
Beethoven: Symphony No.6/Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (p2002 Czech
Radio)
CD2
Dvorak: Carnival Overture/London Philharmonic Orchestra (p1948 Decca)
Mozart: Symphony No.40/London Philharmonic Orchestra (p1950 Decca)
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel/NDR-Sinfonieorchester (p2002 Norddeutscher
Rundfunk)
J. Strauss: Spharenklange Waltz/London Philharmonic Orchestra (p1948
Decca)
J. Strauss: Die Zigeunerbaron: Overture/London Philharmonic Orchestra
(p1948 Decca)
J. Strauss: Du und Du Waltz/Wiener Philharmoniker (EMI)
Serge Koussevitzky (1874-1951)
7243 5 75118 2 7
CD1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5/Boston Symphony Orchestra (p1945 BMG)
Rachmaninov: Isle of the Dead/Boston Symphony Orchestra (p1945 BMG)
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz/Boston Symphony Orchestra (p1936 BMG)
CD2
Sibelius: Symphony No.7/BBC Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
Harris: Symphony No.3/Boston Symphony Orchestra (p1940 BMG)
Beethoven: Symphony No.5/London Philharmonic Orchestra (EMI)
Nicolai Malko (1888-1961)
7243 5 75121 2 1
CD1
Glinka: Russlan & Ludmilla: Overture/Philharmonia Orchestra (p1957 EMI)
Borodin: Symphony No.2/Philharmonia Orchestra (p1956 EMI)
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden: Cortege & Dance of the
Tumblers/Philharmonia Orchestra (p1957 EMI)
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite; 5 Dances from Danses
caracteristiques/Philharmonia Orchestra (p1956 EMI)
Prokofiev: Symphony No.7/Philharmonia Orchestra (p1955 EMI)
CD2
Haydn: Symphony No.92/Royal Danish Orchestra (p1955 EMI-Medley)
Suppe: Poet & Peasant Overture/Philharmonia Orchestra (p1957 EMI)
Dvorak: Symphony No.9/Philharmonia Orchestra (p1957 EMI)
Nielsen: Maskarade: Overture/Danish State Radio Orchestra (EMI)
Igor Markevitch (1912-1983)
7243 5 75124 2 8
CD1
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony/London Symphony Orchestra (p1964 Philips
Classics)
Glinka: A Life for the Tsar: Overture & Three Dances Chorus of the
Belgrade Opera/Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux (p1959 EMI France)
CD2
Verdi: La Forza del destino: Overture/New Philharmonia Orchestra
(p1968 Philips Classics)
Debussy: La Mer/Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux (p1959 Deutsche
Grammophon GmbH)
Chabrier: Espana/Orquesta Sinfonica de la RTV Espanola (p1968 Philips
Classics)
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No.2/Chor des NDR - Symphonieorchester
(p2002 Norddeutscher Rundfunk)
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel/Orchestre National de RDF (p1956 EMI
France)
Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985)
7243 5 75127 2 5
CD1
Brahms: Symphony No.4/The Philadelphia Orchestra (p1968 Sony)
R. Strauss: Don Juan/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
(p2002 Bayerischen Rundfunks)
Webern: Im Sommerwind/The Philadelphia Orchestra (p1963 Sony)
CD2
Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture/Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen
Rundfunks (p2002 Bayerischen Rundfunks)
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2/The Philadelphia Orchestra (p1975 BMG)
Sibelius: Lemminkainen's Return/The Philadelphia Orchestra (p1979 EMI)
Carl Schuricht (1880-1967)
7243 5 75130 2 9
CD1
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture/Wiener Philharmoniker (p1954 Decca)
Schubert: Symphony No.8/Wiener Philharmoniker (p1956 Decca)
Mozart: Symphony No.35/Wiener Philharmoniker (p1956 Decca)
Beethoven: Symphony No.1/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du
Conservatoire (p1960 EMI France)
CD2
Bruckner: Symphony No.8/Wiener Philharmoniker (p1964 EMI)
Bruno Walter (1876- 1962)
7243 5 75133 2 6
CD1
Beethoven: Symphony No.6/Wiener Philharmoniker (EMI)
Brahms: Symphony No.2/New York Philharmonic (p1954 Sony)
CD2
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro: Overture/British Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
Haydn: Symphony No.92/Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du
Conservatoire (EMI)
Wagner: Die Meistersinger: Prelude to Act 1/Symphony Orchestra (EMI)
Wagner: Die Walkure, Act 2, Scene 5/Lotte Lehmann (Sieglinde); Ella
Flesch (Brunnhilde); Lauritz Melchior (Siegmund); Alfred Jerger
(Wotan); Emanuel List (Hunding)/Wiener Philharmoniker (EMI)
Mahler: Kindertotenlieder: "Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n"/
Kathleen Ferrier/Wiener Philharmoniker (EMI)
Mahler: Symphony No.5: Adagietto/Wiener Philharmoniker (EMI)
J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus: Overture/L'Orchestre de la Societe des
Concerts du Conservatoire (EMI)
Dave
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