VARIOUS - 19th Century Masterpieces - 100 Years Of Classical Music

Item Description

17 x CD,
Compilation Remastered Stereo

Manufactured and printed in the EU.
This compilation ℗ 2009 by EMI Records Ltd. © 2009 EMI Records Ltd.

Disc Timings:
CD1 __ 77:17
CD2 __ 69:09
CD3 __ 72:08
CD4 __ 70:53
CD5 __ 78:57
CD6 __ 74:26
CD7 __ 74:24
CD8 __ 79:09
CD9 __ 79:12
CD10 __ 78:51
CD11 __ 73:24
CD12 __ 76:02
CD13 __ 77:35
CD14 __ 77:34
CD15 __ 78:19
CD16 __ 78:33
CD17 __ 76:10

Recording Information:
CD1 - Tracks 1-3: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 -- Recorded: 19-20.IX.1977, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
℗ 1978 / 1985*
Tracks 4-7: Beethoven Symphony No. 5 -- Recorded: 22-24.X.1959, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
℗ 1960 / 1998*

CD2 - Tracks 1-3: Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 2 -- Recorded: 9-13.IX.1985, Lukaskirche, Dresden
℗ 1986 EMI Electrola GmbH
Track 4: Cherubini Les Abencérages -- Recorded: V.1991, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
℗ 1992
Track 5: Rossini Il Barbiere Di Siviglia -- Recorded: 9-10.VI.1959, Kingsway Hall, London
℗ 1961 / 2004*
Tracks 6-8: Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1 -- Recorded: Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia
℗ 1994 Angel Records

CD3 - Tracks 1-5: Schubert Trout Quartet -- Recorded: 1-3.VI.1985, Evangelische Kirche, Seon
℗ 1986
Track 6: Clementi 'Batti, Batti' -- Recorded: 11-13.VI.1992, Adademie Diplomatique Internationale, Paris
℗ 1993 EMI Music France
Tracks 7-9: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32 -- Recorded 14.III.1992, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
℗ 1992

CD4 - Tracks 1-2: Schubert Symphony No. 8 -- Recorded: 8.I.1975, Philharmonie, Berlin
℗ 1976 / 1996*
Tracks 3-6: Spohr Double Quartet -- Recorded III-IV.1967, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
℗ 1969 / 1996*
Tracks 7-13: Hummel Introduction, Theme And Variations -- Recorded 12-15.II.1990, Reformierte Kirche, Altstetten, Zurich
℗ 1991
Track 14: Weber Oberon -- Recorded: 24-25.II.1958, Kingsway Hall, London
℗ 1959 / 1998*

CD5 - Tracks 1-4: Arriaga Symphony -- Recorded: 22.II.1956, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
℗ 1964 / 2009*
Track 5: Bellini Il Pirata -- Recorded: VII.1970, RAI Studios, Rome
℗ 1971 / 1992*
Tracks 6-8: Chopin Piano Concerto No.2 -- Recorded: 29-31.X.1998, L'Eglise de St-Eustache, Montreal
℗ 1999
Tracks 9-14: Mendelssohn Songs Without Words -- Recorded: 27-28.I.1972, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
℗ 1973 / 1996*

CD6 - Tracks 1-5: Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique -- Recorded: 30.XI & 1-2.XII.1959, Salle Wagram, Paris
℗ 1961 / 2003*
Tracks 6-11: Liszt Piano Concerto No.2 -- Recorded: VI.1990, Grieghallen, Bergen
℗ 1991 EMI Records Ltd / Virgin Classics

CD7 - Track 1: Glinka Ruslan And Ludmila -- Recorded: IV.1959, Kingsway Hall, London
℗ 1960 / 1994*
Track 2: Wagner Der Fliegende Hollander -- Recorded: 24-25.II.1960, Kingsway Hall, London
℗ 1960 / 1998*
Tracks 3-6: Schumann Piano Quintet -- Recorded: 16-17.IX.1991, Landgasthof, Riehen
℗ 1992 EMI Electrola GmbH
Tracks 7-9: Mendelssohn Violin Concerto -- Recorded: XI.1996, Jesus-Christus-Kirche
℗ 1998

CD8 - Tracks 1-3: Berwald Sinfonie Singuliere -- Recorded: 8 & 10-12.I & 6-8 & 10.IX.1976, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
℗ 1977 EMI Svenska AB / 1994*
Track 4: Chopin Barcarolle -- Recorded: 13-16.I.1996, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
℗ 1997
Tracks 5-8: Schumann Symphony No.2 -- Recorded: 1-12.IX.1972, Lukaskirche, Dresden
℗ 1973 / 2002*
Track 9: Strauss Radetzky March -- Recorded: 19.II.1958, Grosse Saal, Musikverein, Vienna
℗ 1990*

CD9 - Track 1: Wagner Lohengrin Prelude -- Recorded: 25.II & 1.III.1960, Kingsway Hall, London
℗ 1960 / 1998*
Track 2: Liszt Piano Sonata -- Recorded: 30.I.1968, Studio Barclay Hoche, Paris
℗ 1968 EMI Music France / 1998 by EMI Music France*
Tracks 3-6: Bizet Symphony -- Recorded: 28.X & 1-2.XI.1959, Paris
℗ 1961 / 2000*
Tracks 7-11: Gounod Faust Ballet Music -- Recorded: 9.V.1968 & 1.IV.1969, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
℗ 1961 / 2000*

CD10 - Tracks 1-3: Brahms Piano Concerto No.1 -- Recorded: 19-21.XII.1991, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
℗ 1992
Track 4: Liszt Mesphisto Waltz -- Recorded: 12-13.IX.2000, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
℗ 2001
Tracks 5-8: Gottschalk Four Piano Pieces -- Recorded: Unknown
℗ 1992 Angel Records

CD11 - Tracks 1-3: Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No.2 -- Recorded: 11-12.XI.1985, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
℗ 1987
Track 4: Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet -- Recorded: 27-28.XI.1985, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
℗ 1978 / 1986*
Track 5: Wagner Siegfried Idyll -- Recorded: 25.X.1961, Kingsway Hall, London
℗ 1962 / 1999*
Tracks 6-9: Verdi Aida Triumphal Scene -- Recorded: 7-10 & 14-17.V.1979, Musikvereinssaal, Vienna
℗ 1980 / 1986*

CD12 - Tracks 1-3: Grieg Piano Concerto -- Recorded: 20-22.XII.2002, Philharmonie, Berlin
℗ 2002
Track 4: Smetana Vitava -- Recorded: V.1989, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
℗ 1990 EMI Records Ltd / Virgin Classics
Track 5: Mussorgsky Boris Godunov Prologue -- Recorded: 4-6, 12-15 7 17-21.IX.1962, Salle Wagram, Paris
℗ 1963 / 2002*
Tracks 6-10: Dvorak Serenade -- Recorded: Unknown
℗ 1983

CD13 - Tracks 1-7: Faure Requiem -- Recorded: 16, 18 & 26-27.VII.1984, Halle-aux-grains, Toulouse
℗ 1985 EMI Music France
Tracks 8-10: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto -- Recorded: X.1992, Henry Wood Hall, London
℗ 1993 Angel Records

CD14 - Track 1: Widor Organ Symphony No.5 Toccata -- Recorded: VII.1961, Selby Abbey, Yorkshire
℗ 1962
Track 2: Strauss Rosen aus dem Süden -- Recorded: 1-3.III.1982, Baumgartner-Casino, Vienna
℗ 1982
Track 3: Bruch Kol Nidre -- Recorded: 16, 17 & 20.XI.1995, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
℗ 1996
Track 4: Wagner: Parsifal Prelude -- Recorded: 14.XI.1961, Kiingsway Hall, London
℗ 1963 / 1998*
Track 5: Franck Variations Symphoniques -- Recorded: 21-27.IX.1972, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin
℗ 1973 / 1986*
Tracks 6-7: Wolf Mörike-Lieder -- Recorded: 21-29.IV.1966 & 24-28.X.1967, Evangelisches Gemeindehaus, Berlin-Zehlendorf
℗ 1968 / 1995*
Track 8: Strauss Don Juan -- Recorded: 13-24.VI.1970, Lukaskirche, Dresden
℗ 1973 / 2006*

CD15 - Tracks 1-3: Satie Trois Gnossiennes -- Recorded: 7.XI.1983, Salle Wagram, Paris
℗ 1986 / 2000 EMI Music France*
Tracks 4-6: Bruckner Symphony No. 9 -- Recorded: 13-16.I.1978, Lukaskirche, Dresden
℗ 1982 / 2000*
Track 7: Debussy Prélude à L'aprés-midi D'un Faune -- Recorded: 17-19.IX.2004, Philharmonie, Berlin
℗ 2005

CD16 - Tracks 1-4: Mahler Symphony No. 4 -- Recorded: 5-7.V.1982, Kingsway Hall, London
℗ 1983
Track 5: Sibelius Swan of Tuonela -- Recorded: II.1978, The Old Met, Philadelphia
℗ 1979 / 1986*
Tracks 6-9: Puccini La Bohème Extracts -- Recorded: 24-26.IX.1962 & 27.VII-1.VIII.1963, Teatro dell'Opera, Rome
℗ 1964 / 2007*

CD17 - Track 1: Dukas L'Apprenti Sorcier -- Recorded: 18.XI.1994 & 27-29.VI.1995, Halle-aux-Grains, Toulouse
℗ 1996 EMI Music France
Track 2: Rimsky-Korsakov The Tsar's Bride Scene -- Recorded: 26-27.X.1976, Kingsway Hall, London
℗ 1977 / 1995*
Tracks 3-17: Elgar 'Enigma' Variations -- Recorded: 4-6.VIII.1970, Kingsway Hall, London
℗ 1971 / 2002*
Track 18: Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht -- Recorded: XII.2002, Klaus-von-Bismark-Saal, WDR-Funkhaus, Cologne
℗ 2006 EMI Records Ltd / Virgin Classics
[* Digital Remastering ℗ as shown by EMI Records Ltd except where otherwise stated.]

17 CDs, each with its own printed cardboard sleeve, all inside a hinged cardboard box. Includes a 40 page booklet, notes in English, German and French.

Note of Error - In Booklet, on page 5, Tracks 1-4 on CD5, Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga's Symphony, is listed as in the key of D Minor; actually the Symphony is in the key of D Major. (Notes on sleeve for Disc 5 correctly identify the work as Symphony in D.)