Feb. 28 - Sony Classical Presents Eugene Ormandy: The Columbia Stereo Recordings 1964–1983

Sony Classical Presents
Eugene Ormandy: The Columbia Stereo Recordings 1964–1983

Album Release Date: February 28, 2025
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This massive new reissue from Eugene Ormandy’s stereo discography collects all the Columbia Masterworks recordings he made in Philadelphia between the early 1960s and early 1980s. Sony Classical’s new 94-CD box set, which will be released on February 28, 2025 (pre-order available now) once again demonstrates what noted critic Jed Distler, reviewing the previous installment of this ambitious project “The Columbia Stereo Collection 1958–1963” in Gramophone’s December 2023 issue, characterized as “the Philadelphia Orchestra’s brilliance and versatility as well as Ormandy’s unflappable consistency and habitually underestimated interpretative gifts”. Some of these performances – including the complete recording of Bach’s St. John Passion, Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis, Schubert’s Sixth Symphony and a disc of opera choruses with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, as well as Ginastera’s Concerto for Strings and the ballet music from Massenet’s opera Le Cid – have never appeared before in the digital medium, and they shine a light into new corners of Ormandy’s astonishingly large repertoire.

Also new to CD are two late symphonies by Haydn – No. 96 “The Miracle” and No. 101 “The Clock” – a prime example of Ormandy excelling in repertoire not normally associated with him. Gramophone’s reviewer wrote that he “apparently uses a quite large body of strings, which makes the perfection of their playing the more praiseworthy. The nimble unanimity of the violins in the finale of No. 96 really is something to be heard. It is, indeed, all very stylish and excellently done.” High Fidelity concurred: “Ormandy favors tradition in texts, tempos, and timbre, but there is genuine pleasure to be found in his handling of the slow movements and the crisp rhythms of the finales. In the first movement of No. 96 his eminently zestful reading evokes the brilliance of a London premiere, and the cohesion of the orchestra is especially commendable.”

Another composer for whom Ormandy showed a perhaps unexpected affinity was Bruckner, as can be heard in his recording of the Fifth Symphony (1965) and Te Deum (1966). “Ormandy is not a meditative conductor, but a sculptor in sound, a man who has an uncanny ear for balance and texture … The bare contrasts of string against woodwind, and brass against them both, are given an electrifying freshness … As for the Philadelphia strings they give a resonance and warmth which is ravishing on the ear, not just in the obvious passages of the slow movement, where bows always tend to dig deep, but in such passages as the pianissimo tremolo at the end of the first movement exposition, as it dies down to nothing” (Gramophone).

The new set contains many more of Ormandy’s acclaimed interpretations of the symphonic repertoire, including his pioneering recording of Mahler’s Tenth, in the performing version by Deryck Cooke – “They bring a sense of wonder and discovery and I think you really can sense their missionary zeal in this recording. It must also be said that the playing of the Philadelphia Orchestra is superb in every department … Ormandy was a great conductor and this version of the Tenth is a fine example of his art” (MusicWeb International). The new set also contains Ormandy’s complete traversal of the symphonies by Beethoven and Brahms, as well as Nielsen’s First and Sixth, in which “Ormandy disentangles the strands and presents the spare work with the clarity called for in a symphony that rejoices in chamber textures” (MusicWeb International).

Ormandy’s full-bodied approach to Russian repertoire can be heard here in symphonies by Tchaikovsky, No. 4, Prokofiev’s “Classical” and Fifth, the Shostakovich Fifth and Tenth and two symphonies by the conductor’s friend Rachmaninoff, the First (“...gorgeous in its tonal beauty and irresistible in its kinetic impact. The recorded sound does the musicians superb justice.” – HiFi Stereo Review) and Third, of which “he gives a mature, most satisfying performance – and the famous Philadelphia string tone is, of course, made for Rachmaninov” (Gramophone).

Ormandy’s iconic 1966 recording of the Mussorgsky-Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition was recently acclaimed by ClassicsToday as the finest version of the work ever committed to disc: “Great playing and a big, gutsy interpretation that not only characterizes each section beautifully but also welds the suite together into an extremely satisfying whole. The panoramic final pages, from the start of the tolling bell section, have no peer in terms of detail and sheer sonic splendor, and this is one of the best-sounding recordings that Ormandy and Philly ever got from Sony.”

American music is represented by Ives and Gershwin, of course, but also by Paul Creston and Ferde Grofé; British music by Elgar’s Enigma and Cockaigne and Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. In French repertoire such as Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole and Debussy’s Nocturnes, wrote Gramophone, Ormandy’s early-60s recordings are “really first-rate in every way. In the Ravel the Philadelphia Orchestra’s virtuosity seems to have no bounds, while elsewhere there is much beautiful and sensitive playing.” And naturally there are important works here by Ormandy’s Hungarian compatriots Bartók and Kodály, including their Concertos for Orchestra, the suite from The Miraculous Mandarin and Háry János and the Bartók Divertimento from 1968, new to CD.

Ormandy was regarded by many as one of the finest accompanists in the business, and the new set features many classic concerto recordings – of works by composers including Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, Saint-Saëns, Gershwin, Prokofiev, Bruch, Ravel, Lalo and Rodrigo, played by such regular partners of the conductor as Isaac Stern, Rudolf Serkin, Eugene Istomin, Philippe Entremont and Leonard Rose. Reviewing Stern and Ormandy’s Prokofiev Concertos from 1963, Gramophone wrote that “their First in particular has rarely been matched and perhaps never quite surpassed. Stern’s stunning virtuosity is entirely apt in the most entertaining scherzo ever recorded … Ormandy matches him with characterful orchestral playing.” And of the Brahms Double Concerto with Stern and Rose from 1964, the same publication said that “each soloist plays not only with the utmost skill and sensitivity, which really goes without saying, but also with the utmost sympathy for the other … The orchestra respond in an exemplary way, and the whole is handled by Ormandy most effectively.”

There are other large-scale works here, including Beethoven’s Christ on the Mount of Olives (Gramophone: “Ormandy directs the oratorio with a passionate belief in its worth … and transmits that to his singers and orchestra. The result is a remarkably fine performance, very well recorded”) and the Requiem settings by Berlioz and Verdi, as well as numerous smaller, often lesser-known works for which Ormandy had a special flair. But it would be a fitting close to point out the only recording in this massive collection that wasn’t made in the “New World”. In 1967, the conductor was in London to record Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony with the LSO, yet as Gramophone wrote, “to a remarkable degree Ormandy secures an Ormandy sound of the kind one recognizes in Philadelphia performances. The concern for texture and inner balancing is astonishingly acute … If CBS wanted to experiment in having Ormandy record in Europe for a change, the result is an outstanding success … At any price this is one of the very best ‘New World’ performances available.”

SET CONTENTS

DISC 1:
Bach, J.S.: Oster-Oratorium, BWV 249

DISC 2:
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 "Classical"
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60
Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges (suite), Op. 33bis

DISC 3:
Strauss, R.: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30

DISC 4:
Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne
Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1
Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2

DISC 5:
Hindemith: Mathis der Maler Symphony
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

DISC 6:
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14 (Extracts)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, TH 42 (1880 Version)

DISC 7:
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116

DISC 8:
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 "Italian"
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, Op. 61

DISC 9:
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83
Falla: Noches en los Jardines de España, IMF 8

DISC 10:
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63

DISC 11:
Traditional: Oh Tannenbaum
Traditional: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
Simeone: Little Drummer Boy
Niles: I Wonder as I Wander
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56: For unto us a Child is bor
Traditional: Here We Go A-Caroling
Traditional: Good King Wenceslas
Traditional: Away in a Manger
Traditional: Jingle Bells
Traditional: We Three Kings of Orient Are
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus
Traditional: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Pergolesi: Glory to God in the Highest
Franck: Psalm 150 in D Major, FWV 69
Robertson: How Beautiful Upon the Mountain
Schubert: Psalm 23, D. 706
Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85: Hallelujah

DISC 12/13:
Verdi: Messa da Requiem

DISC 14:
Strauss, R.: Der Rosenkavalier Suite, TrV 227d
Strauss, R.: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
Strauss, R.: Salome, Op. 54, TrV 215: Dance of the Seven Veils

DISC 15:
Mendelssohn: Concerto for 2 Pianos in E Major, MWV O 5
Mendelssohn: Concerto for 2 Pianos in A-Flat Major, MWV O 6

DISC 16:
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Copland: Lincoln Portrait
Ives: 3 Places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1)
Ives: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor

DISC 17:
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54
Schumann: Introduction & Allegro appassionato, Op. 92 "Konzertstück"

DISC 18:
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54
Debussy (orch. Ravel): Danse, L. 69 "Tarantelle styrienne"
Debussy: Nocturnes, L. 91
Debussy (arr. William Smith): Rêverie, L. 68
Debussy (orch. Smith): 2 Arabesques, L. 66: 1. Andantino con moto
Debussy (orch. Smith): Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117: 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin
Debussy (orch. Büsser): Petite Suite, L. 65: 1. En bateau

DISC 19:
Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70, Act II: Festmarsch
Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75: Prelude to Act III
Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86b, Act III: Magic Fire Music
Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86b Act III: The Ride of the Valkyries
Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70: Overture
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90: Prelude & Liebestod
Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, Act I: Prelude

DISC 20:
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11

DISC 21:
Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33

DISC 22:
Brahms: Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra in B-Flat Major, Op. 83

DISC 23:
Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor, Op. 102
Beethoven: Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello & Piano in C Major, Op. 56

DISC 24:
Mozart: Symphony No. 30 in D Major, K. 202
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 in D Major, K. 297 "Paris"
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15

DISC 25:
Stravinsky: Petroushka Ballet Suite

DISC 26:
Kodály: Háry János Suite
Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1919 Version)

DISC 27:
Foster (arr. Harris): Camptown Races
Traditional (arr. Harris): When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Traditional (arr. Harris): Sailor's Hornpipe
Paderewski (arr. Harris): Minuet in G Major Op. 14, No. 1
Rameau (arr. Harris): The Hen
Benjamin (arr. Harris): Jamaican Rumba
Debussy: General Lavine
Harris: March of the Mandarins
Traditional (arr. Harris): Londonderry Air
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight of the Bumblebee
Grieg (arr. Harris): March of the Dwarfs (Arranged by Arthur Harris)
Rimsky-Korsakov: Procession of the Nobles from "Mlada" Suite
Halvorsen: March of the Boyars
Chabrier: Joyeuse Marche for Orchestra
Saint-Saëns: Suite algérienne, Op. 60: IV. Marche militaire française
Mendelssohn: War March of the Priests from "Athalie, Op. 74"
Rimsky-Korsakov: Farewell of the Tsar from "Tsar Saltan Suite, Op. 57"
Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches Suite, Op. 10: Procession of the Sardar

DISC 28:
Guthrie (arr. Cormier): This Land is Your Land
arr. Hunter: Down in the Valley
arr. De Cormier: She'll be coming round the mountain
Foster (arr. Robertson): Beautiful Dreamer
arr. De Cormier: Sweet Betsy from Pike
Gould: Spirituals for Orchestra: Gospel Train - Old Time Religion
arr. De Cormier: When I First Came to This Land
arr. De Cormier: Shenandoah (or, Across the Wide Missouri)
arr. De Cormier: Home on The Range
arr. De Cormier: He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
arr. Harris: I Wonder as I Wander
Foster (arr. Shaw): Oh, Susanna
Traditional: Deep River

DISC 29:
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 75

DISC 30:
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 4 in F Minor, Op. 36
Tchaikovsky (arr. Harris): None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, No. 6
Tchaikovsky (arr. Gould): The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 6, June. Barcarolle

DISC 31:
Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22
Saint-Saens: Piano Concerto No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 44

DISC 32:
Berlioz: Grande messe des morts, H 75

DISC 33:
Mozart: Concerto No. 1 in D Major for Horn and Orchestra, K. 412
Mozart: Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major for Horn and Orchestra, K. 417
Mozart: Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major for Horn and Orchestra, K. 447
Mozart: Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat Major for Horn and Orchestra, K. 495

DISC 34:
Bartók: A csodálatos mandarin, Op. 19 "The Miraculous Mandarin"
Bartók: 2 Pictures, Op. 10
Bartók: 2 Portraits, Op. 5

DISC 35:
Sarasate: Introduction and Tarantelle for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 43
Cooley: Aria and Dance for Viola and Orchestra
Fauré: Élégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24
Vanhal: Concerto in E Major for Bass and Orchestra
Riisager: Concertino for Trumpet and Orchestra, Op. 29
Saint-Saëns: Morceau de concert, Op. 94
Guilmant: Morceau Symphonique for Trombone and Orchestra, Op. 88

DISC 36:
Mahler: Symphony No. 10 in F-Sharp Minor (1976 Version)

DISC 37:
Haydn: Symphony No. 96 in D Major, Hob. I:96, "Miracle"
Haydn: Symphony No. 101 in D Major, Hob. I:101 "Clock"

DISC 38:
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto in D Major for Guitar and Orchestra, Op. 99

DISC 39:
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595

DISC 40:
Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85 (Christ on the Mount of Olives)
Bruckner: Te Deum

DISC 41:
Rossini (arr. Respighi): La boutique fantasque: 2. Tarentella "La Danza"
Rossini (arr. Respighi): La boutique fantasque: 4. Danse Cosaque. Allegretto marcato
Rossini (arr. Respighi): La boutique fantasque: 5. Can-Can. Allegretto grottesco "Petite Caprice Style Offenbach"
Ponchielli: La gioconda, Op. 9, Act III: Dance of the Hours
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor
Falla: El amor brujo: 8. Ritual Fire Dance
Smetana: The Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians
Rossini: Dance for Six from William Tell
Weinberger: Polka from "Schwanda"
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH 5: Polonaise
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 6 in D Flat Major3:22

DISC 42:
Dvorák: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53
Dvorák: Romance in F Minor, Op. 11, B. 39
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47

DISC 43:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36

DISC 44:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, "Eroica"

DISC 45:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

DISC 46:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"

DISC 47:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93

DISC 48:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"

DISC 49:
Nielsen: Symphony No. 6, Op. 116 "Sinfonia Semplice"
Nielsen: Maskarade Overture
Nielsen: Maskerade: Prelude to Act II

DISC 50:
Tchaikovsky: Italian Capriccio, Op. 45, TH 47
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH 5: Waltz
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'or - IV. Bridal Procession and Lamentable Death of Tsar Dodon

DISC 51:
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde

DISC 52:
Nielsen: Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 7
Nielsen: Helios Overture, Op. 17
Nielsen: Pan and Syrinx, Op. 49
Nielsen: Rhapsodisk ouverture, CNW 39 "An Imaginary Journey to the Faroe Islands"

DISC 53:
Marcello: Concerto in C Minor for Oboe and Orchestra
Weber: Hungarian Fantasy for Bassoon and Orchestra
Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane, L. 103
Creston: Concertino for Marimba and Orchestra, Op. 21
Bloch: Suite Modale for Flute and Orchestra
Debussy: Rhapsody No. 1 for Clarinet and Orchestra, L.116
Liszt: Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien, S. 123

DISC 54:
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 13

DISC 55:
Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26

DISC 56:
Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F Major
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

DISC 57:
Orff: Catulli Carmina
Mussorgsky (orch. Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition, IMM 50

DISC 58:
Kodály: Concerto for Orchestra
Kodály: Dances of Galanta
Kodály: Dances of Marosszék

DISC 59:
Berg: Lulu Suite
Schoenberg: Theme and Variations, Op. 43B
Webern: Im Sommerwind
Webern: Three Pieces for Orchestra, Posth.

DISC 60:
Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, WAB 105

DISC 61:
Bizet: Les Voici from "Carmen"
Mascagni: The Lord Now Victorious from "Cavalleria Rusticana"
Gounod: Soldiers' Chorus from "Faust"
Wagner: Hail, Bright Abode from "Tannhäuser"
Puccini: Humming Chorus from "Madama Butterfly"
Verdi: Il Trovatore, Act II: Anvil Chorus
Wagner: Pilgrims' Chorus from "Tannhäuser"
Leoncavallo: Bell Chorus from "I Pagliacci"
Wagner: Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin"
Weber: Huntsmen's Chorus from "Der Freischütz"
Verdi: Grand March from "Aida"

DISC 62:
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 44
Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14

DISC 63:
Dinicu (arr. Heifetz): Hora Staccato
Dvorák: Humoresque
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight of the Bumblebee
Tchaikovsky (arr. Frost): String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: II. Andante cantabile
Strauss, Johann II and Josef: Pizzicato-Polka
Bach, J.S. (arr. Kresiler/Smith): Preludium in E Major
Paganini (orch. Ormandy): Moto Perpetuo
Granados (arr. Harris): Andaluza, Op. 37, No. 5
Schubert, François (arr. Harris): The Bee
Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
Novacek: Perpetual Motion
Kreisler (arr. Leidzen): Liebesfreud (Love's Joy)

DISC 64:
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58

DISC 65:
Respighi: Vetrate di chiesa
Respighi: Gli uccelli

DISC 66:
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture (Arr. for Orchestra by Robert Russel Bennett)
Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite

DISC 67:
Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 "The Great"

DISC 68:
Handel: Awake the Trumpet's Lofty Sound from Samson
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: See, the Conqu'ring Hero Comes!
Handel: Sing Unto God from Judas Maccabaeus
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Handel: Let Their Celestial Concerts All Unite from Samson
Handel: Welcome, Welcome Mighty King from Saul
Handel: David, His Ten Thousands Slew from Saul
Handel: Zadok the Priest - Coronation Anthem
Handel: Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah, HWV 56
Handel: Holy Art Thou (Largo from "Xerxes")
Handel: How Excellent Thy Name from "Saul"
Handel: Hallelujah, Amen from Judas Maccabaeus
Handel: But as for his people from Israel in Egypt
Handel: Sing Ye to the Lord from Isreal in Egypt

DISC 69:
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47

DISC 70:
Bach, J.S.: Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (From "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147"
Bach, J.S.: "What Tho' the World Be Full of Sin" from Cantata No. 80
Bach, J.S.: A Mighty Fortress is Our God from Cantata No. 80, BWV 80
Bach, J.S.: "Ah, Dearest Jesus" from "The Christmas Oratorio", BWV 245
Bach, J.S.: "Sleepers Awake" from Cantata No. 140
Bach, J.S.: "Zion Hears the Watchmen's Voices" from Cantata No. 140
Bach, J.S.: "My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord" from Magnificat, BWV 243
Bach, J.S. (arr. Walton/Katherine Davis): Sheep May Safely Graze (From "The Birthday Cantata, BWV 208)
Bach, J.S. (arr. Gounod): Father in Heaven (Ave Maria)
Bach, J.S.: "Now Keep We All This Holy Feast" from Cantata No. 4
Bach, J.S.: "Come, Sweet Death", BWV 478
Bach, J.S.: "Now Thank We All Our God" from Cantata No. 79
Bach, J.S.: In Deepest Grief - From the "St. Matthew Passion"

DISC 71:
Mendelssohn: Capriccio brillant, Op. 2
Schumann: Introduction & Allegro, Op. 134
Strauss, R.: Burleske, TrV 145: Allegro vivace

DISC 72:
Alfén: Midsommarvaka, Op. 19 "Swedish Rhapsody No. 1"
Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11
Grieg: Norwegian Dance, Op. 35, No. 2: Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso
Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar (suite), Op. 56, No. 3: Huldigungsmarsch. Allegro molto
Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 54, No. 2: Gangar. Allegretto marcato "Norwegian March"
Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26
Grieg: Lyric Suite, Op. 54, Nr. 4: Notturno. Andante

DISC 73:

Ravel: Boléro, M. 81
Massenet: Le Cid (Ballet Suite)
Falla: El Sombrero de Tres Picos, Parte II

DISC 74:
Bach, J.S. (arr. Ormandy): Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
Bach, J.S. (arr. Smith): Cantata No. 156, BWV 156 - Sinfonia "Arioso"
Bach, J.S. (arr. Frost): Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach: Little Suite
Bach, J.S. (arr. Harris): A Mighty Fortress is Our God
Bach, J.S. (arr. Cailliet): Cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: Jesu, Joy of Man's
Desiring
Bach, J.S. (arr. Smith): Fugue in G Minor "The Little"
Bach, J.S. (arr. Busoni): Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542 "Great"
Bach, J.S. (arr. Walton): Sheep May Safely Graze (from Cantata No. 208)
Bach, J.S. (arr. Taynton): Come, Sweet Death
Bach, J.S. (arr. Bantok): Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 "Sleepers Awake": I. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

DISC 75:
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123

DISC 76:
Lalo: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in D Minor
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33
Fauré: Élégie for Cello and Orchestra in C Minor, Op. 24

DISC 77:
Berlioz: Harold in Italy, H. 68

DISC 78:
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E Minor, Op. 93

DISC 79:
Rossini (arr. Respighi): The Magic Toy Shop
Adam: Giselle Ballet Suite (Excerpts)
Meyerbeer: Les patineurs Ballet Suite
Waldteufel: Estudiantina Waltz, Op. 191
Waldteufel: Les patineurs, Op.183
Goundod: Faust: Waltz
Ivanovici: Danube Waves

DISC 80:
Boccherini: String Quintet in E Major, Op. 13, No. 5. Minuet
Beethoven (arr. Smith): Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"
Handel: Largo from Xerxes
Mozart: Don Giovanni, KV527 - Minuet
Handel (arr. Harty): Water Music Suite
Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary
Beethoven (arr. Burmester): 6 Minuets, WoO 10: No. 2 in G Major
Hofstetter (attr. Haydn): String Quartet no. 5 in F Major, Op. 3 "Serenade"
Gluck (arr. Frost): Iphigénie en Aulide, Wq. 40: Gavotte
Gluck: Armide, Wq. 45: Musette
Gluck: Orpheo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, Act II: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Fauré: Pavane in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 50
Menotti: Sebastian Suite: II Barcarolle
Brahms (arr. Jacques): 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122, No. 8: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel: Abends, will ich schlafen gehn
Schumann (arr. T. Frost): Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7, Träumerei
Saint-Saens: Carnival of Animals: The Swan
Massenet (arr. Frost): Élégie

DISC 81/82:
Bach, J.S.: Johannespassion, BWV 245

DISC 83:
Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Respighi: The Pines of Rome

DISC 84:
Elgar: Enigma Variations (Variations on an Original Theme), Op. 36
Vaughan-Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Largo sostenuto
Elgar: Cockaigne Overture (In London Town), Op. 40

DISC 85:
Gounod: Faust, Act V, Ballet Music
Thomas: Mignon: Gavotte
Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann. Prelude to Act II: Minuet
Wolf-Ferrari: I gioielli della Madonna: Intermezzo from Act III
Verdi: Aïda, Act II, Gran marcia trionfale
Verdi: La Traviata: Overture
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo
Berlioz: Les troyens, H. 133: Marche troyenne
Rossini: Guillaume Tell: Overture
Jaernfelt: Praeludium für kleines Orchester
Liszt: Grand galop chromatique
Pierné: Cydalise et le chèvre-pied. Act I, Marche des petits faunes
Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61 - Intermezzo

DISC 86:
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68

DISC 87:
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90

DISC 88:
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80

DISC 89:
Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, D. 417 "Tragic"
Schubert: Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D. 589 "Little"
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a

DISC 90:
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104 "Romantic" (1886 Version, ed. L. Nowak)

DISC 91:
Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra
Ginastera: Concerto per Corde

DISC 92:
Strauss, R.: Der Bürger als Edelmann Suite, Op. 60
Strauss, R.: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 11

DISC 93:
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107
Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 49

DISC 94:
Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World" (London Symphony Orchestra)