The Philadelphia Orchestra : The centennial collection : Historic broadcasts and recordings 1917-1998. Vol. 1.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977, conductor.

Ormandy, Eugene, 1899-1985, conductor.

Philadelphia Orchestra, performer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orchestral music.

Genre:

Orchestral music.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

3 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Centennial collection

Historic broadcasts and recordings 1917-1998

Title on container: Philadelphia Orchestra 1900-2000. Vol. 1, Leopold Stokowski & Eugene Ormandy

Leopold Stokowski & Eugene Ormandy

Leopold Stokowski and Eugene Ormandy

Title on spine of container: Philadelphia Orchestra centennial collection. Vol. 1, Stokowski & Ormandy

Stokowski & Ormandy

Stokowski and Ormandy

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Orchestra Association, 1999.

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

mono

digital recording

Contents:

Hungarian dance : no. 5 : in G minor / Johannes Brahms (2:56)

Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67 / Ludwig van Beethoven (31:32)

Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 43 / Jean Sibelius (40:22)

Romeo and Juliet : fantasy-overture / Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovasky (19:53)

Love music : from Tristan und Isolde, Acts II and III / Richard Wagner ; arr. Stokowski (26:09)

Verklärte Nacht : op. 4 : (1917 version) / Arnold Schoenberg (30:27)

The Isle of the Dead / Sergei Rachmaninoff (19:33)

Symphony no. 7 / Walter Piston (20:00)

Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima / Krzysztof Penderecki (7:17)

Symphony no. 6, op. 54 / Dmitri Shostakovich (31:30).

Participant:

Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski (1st-5th works), Eugene Ormandy (6th-10th works), conductors.

Notes:

The 1st work originally for piano, 4 hands, arr. by the composer for orchestra; 6th work, arr. for string orchestra, originally for string sextet.

Recorded Oct. 24, 1917 at the Auditorium of the New Office Building, Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, NJ (1st work), Nov. 21 & 30, 1931 (2nd work), Dec. 18, 1964 (3rd work), Feb. 6, 1962 (4th work), Feb. 25, 1960 at the Broadwood Hotel, Philadelphia (5th work), Mar. 19, 1950 (6th work), Apr. 22, 1977 (7th work), Feb. 10, 1961 (8th work), Jan. 10, 1969 (9th work), May 15, 1969 (10th work). Except as noted, all recordings made at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia.

Compact discs.

Acoustic or analog recordings.

Issued in box with same title (without vol. number) with six other volumes (9 discs).

Program notes by Barrymore Laurence Scherer ([30] p.) laid in container.

Symphony no. 7 by Piston awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music, 1961

Contains:

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Ungarische Tänze. Nr. 5; arranged

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Symphonies, no. 5, op. 67, C minor

Sibelius, Jean, 1865-1957. Symphonies, no. 2, op. 43, D major

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Romeo et Juliette (Fantasy-overture).

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tristan und Isolde. Selections; arranged

Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951. Verklärte Nacht; arranged.

Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943. Ostrov mertvykh.

Piston, Walter, 1894-1976. Symphonies, no. 7

Penderecki, Krzysztof, 1933-2020. Ofiarom Hiroszimy.

Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. Symphonies, no. 6, op. 54, B minor

OCLC:

63596295

Publisher Number:

7921100002 (on outer box)

POA100-1 Philadelphia Orchestra Association