Mercury Living Presence Vol.3
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Label: Decca
Cat No: 4787896
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 53
Release Date: 16th March 2015
Contents
Works
GiselleSi j'etais roi (If I were king) (highlights)
Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky, op.35a
Offrande a une ombre
Cello Sonata no.1 in F major, op.5 no.1
Cello Sonata no.2 in G minor, op.5 no.2
Cello Sonata no.3 in A major, op.69
Cello Sonata no.4 in C major, op.102 no.1
Cello Sonata no.5 in D major, op.102 no.2
Symphony no.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica'
The Ruins of Athens, op.113
La Damnation de Faust, op.24 H111
Le Corsaire: Overture, op.21 H101
Les Troyens
Concerto grosso no.1
Concerto grosso no.2
Schelomo (Hebraic Rhapsody for cello and orchestra)
La Dame blanche
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Prince Igor
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34
Symphony in B flat major, op.20
Symphony no.3
The Veil of Pierrette, op.18
Symphony in D minor, op.48
Henry VIII: Incidental music
Bidin' my time
But Not for Me
Cuban Overture
Embraceable You
Fascinatin' Rhythm
I Got Rhythm
Lady, Be Good
Love is sweeping the country
Love walked in
Piano Concerto in F major
Rhapsody in Blue
Someone to Watch over Me
The man I love
Variaciones concertantes, op.23
The Red Poppy, op.70
Faust: Ballet Music
Funeral March of a Marionette
Sigurd Jorsalfar: Orchestral Pieces (3), op.56
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351
Organ Concertos (6), op.4 HWV289-294
For the First Time
Merry Mount Suite, op.31
Mosaics
Symphony no.96 in D major, Hob.I:96 'Miracle'
Ah, sweet mystery of life
A kiss in the dark
Habanera
I'm falling in love with someone
Italian street song
Kiss me again
March of the toys
Romany Life
Sweethearts
The Irish have a great day tonight
The Streets of New York
Thine alone
Symphony in B flat major for Concert Band
Die Csardasfurstin
Die Schonbrunner, op.200
Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow)
Lisle, Claude Joseph Rouget de
La MarseillaiseLes Preludes: symphonic poem, S97
Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major, S124
Piano Concerto no.2 in A major, S125
Le Cid
Symphony no.3 in A minor, op.56 'Scottish'
Symphony no.4 in A major, op.90 'Italian'
Symphony no.5 in D major, op.107 'Reformation'
The Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave', op.26
Le Prophete
Marches (2), K335
March in D major, K249
Minuet in C major, K409
Serenade no.13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'
Songs and Dances of Death
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor)
La Belle Helene
I've got you under my skin (from Born to Dance)
In the still of the night (from Rosalie)
It's alright with me
It's delovely
Kiss me, Kate
Ridin' high
You'd be so nice to come home to (from Something to Shout About)
Poems (5) of Anna Akhmatova, op.27
Preludes (10), op.23
Feste Romane (Roman Festivals), P157
La Boutique fantasque (after Rossini), P120
Vetrate di chiesa (Church Windows), P150
Capriccio espagnol, op.34
Le Coq d'or Suite
Mlada
Scheherazade, op.35
The Snow Maiden
Taconeo Punteado
Guillaume Tell
Suite algerienne, op.60
Marches militaires (3), op.51 D733
Symphony no.6 in C major, D589
Symphony no.8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
Symphony no.9 in C major, D944 'Great'
Manfred Overture, op.115
Symphonies 1-4 (complete)
String Quartet no.4 in D major, op.83
String Quartet no.8 in C minor, op.110
Karelia Suite, op.11
Valse triste, op.44 no.1
Ma vlast (My Country)
Fandango in D minor
Sonata in C minor
Sonata in C sharp minor
Sonata in D flat major
Sonata in D major
Sonata in D minor
Sonata in F sharp minor
The Stars and Stripes Forever
Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), op.410
Graduation Ball (arr. A Dorati)
Doktrinen, op.79
Radetzky March, op.228
Aquarellen, op.258
Dorfschwalben aus Osterreich, op.164
Der Rosenkavalier: Suite
Don Juan, op.20
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op.28
Tod und Verklarung (Death and Transfiguration), op.24
Symphonies of wind instruments
Pineapple Poll Suite
Banditenstreiche (The Jolly Robbers)
Capriccio italien, op.45
Eugene Onegin, op.24
Mazeppa
Suite no.2 in C major, op.53 'Suite caracteristique'
Suite no.3 in G major, op.55
Suite no.4 in G major, op.61 'Mozartiana'
Symphony no.1 in G minor, op.13 'Winter Daydreams'
Symphony no.2 in C minor, op.17 'Little Russian'
Symphony no.3 in D major, op.29 'Polish'
Symphony no.5 in E minor, op.64
Recorder Concerto in C major, TWV51:C1
Mignon
Alegrias
Bulerias al golpo
Bulerias
Caracoles (Alegrias de Madrid)
Farrucas
Malaguenas
Milonga
Rumba
Saetas y Seguiriyas
Sevillanas
Soleares de Cadiz
Tanguillos
Zapateado
I vespri siciliani
Das Rheingold
Tannhauser
Orb and Sceptre
Abu Hassan, J106
Schwanda the Bagpiper
Works
GiselleSi j'etais roi (If I were king) (highlights)
Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky, op.35a
Offrande a une ombre
Cello Sonata no.1 in F major, op.5 no.1
Cello Sonata no.2 in G minor, op.5 no.2
Cello Sonata no.3 in A major, op.69
Cello Sonata no.4 in C major, op.102 no.1
Cello Sonata no.5 in D major, op.102 no.2
Symphony no.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica'
The Ruins of Athens, op.113
La Damnation de Faust, op.24 H111
Le Corsaire: Overture, op.21 H101
Les Troyens
Concerto grosso no.1
Concerto grosso no.2
Schelomo (Hebraic Rhapsody for cello and orchestra)
La Dame blanche
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Prince Igor
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34
Symphony in B flat major, op.20
Symphony no.3
The Veil of Pierrette, op.18
Symphony in D minor, op.48
Henry VIII: Incidental music
Bidin' my time
But Not for Me
Cuban Overture
Embraceable You
Fascinatin' Rhythm
I Got Rhythm
Lady, Be Good
Love is sweeping the country
Love walked in
Piano Concerto in F major
Rhapsody in Blue
Someone to Watch over Me
The man I love
Variaciones concertantes, op.23
The Red Poppy, op.70
Faust: Ballet Music
Funeral March of a Marionette
Sigurd Jorsalfar: Orchestral Pieces (3), op.56
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351
Organ Concertos (6), op.4 HWV289-294
For the First Time
Merry Mount Suite, op.31
Mosaics
Symphony no.96 in D major, Hob.I:96 'Miracle'
Ah, sweet mystery of life
A kiss in the dark
Habanera
I'm falling in love with someone
Italian street song
Kiss me again
March of the toys
Romany Life
Sweethearts
The Irish have a great day tonight
The Streets of New York
Thine alone
Symphony in B flat major for Concert Band
Die Csardasfurstin
Die Schonbrunner, op.200
Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow)
Lisle, Claude Joseph Rouget de
La MarseillaiseLes Preludes: symphonic poem, S97
Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major, S124
Piano Concerto no.2 in A major, S125
Le Cid
Symphony no.3 in A minor, op.56 'Scottish'
Symphony no.4 in A major, op.90 'Italian'
Symphony no.5 in D major, op.107 'Reformation'
The Hebrides Overture 'Fingal's Cave', op.26
Le Prophete
Marches (2), K335
March in D major, K249
Minuet in C major, K409
Serenade no.13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'
Songs and Dances of Death
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor)
La Belle Helene
I've got you under my skin (from Born to Dance)
In the still of the night (from Rosalie)
It's alright with me
It's delovely
Kiss me, Kate
Ridin' high
You'd be so nice to come home to (from Something to Shout About)
Poems (5) of Anna Akhmatova, op.27
Preludes (10), op.23
Feste Romane (Roman Festivals), P157
La Boutique fantasque (after Rossini), P120
Vetrate di chiesa (Church Windows), P150
Capriccio espagnol, op.34
Le Coq d'or Suite
Mlada
Scheherazade, op.35
The Snow Maiden
Taconeo Punteado
Guillaume Tell
Suite algerienne, op.60
Marches militaires (3), op.51 D733
Symphony no.6 in C major, D589
Symphony no.8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'
Symphony no.9 in C major, D944 'Great'
Manfred Overture, op.115
Symphonies 1-4 (complete)
String Quartet no.4 in D major, op.83
String Quartet no.8 in C minor, op.110
Karelia Suite, op.11
Valse triste, op.44 no.1
Ma vlast (My Country)
Fandango in D minor
Sonata in C minor
Sonata in C sharp minor
Sonata in D flat major
Sonata in D major
Sonata in D minor
Sonata in F sharp minor
The Stars and Stripes Forever
Fruhlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring), op.410
Graduation Ball (arr. A Dorati)
Doktrinen, op.79
Radetzky March, op.228
Aquarellen, op.258
Dorfschwalben aus Osterreich, op.164
Der Rosenkavalier: Suite
Don Juan, op.20
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op.28
Tod und Verklarung (Death and Transfiguration), op.24
Symphonies of wind instruments
Pineapple Poll Suite
Banditenstreiche (The Jolly Robbers)
Capriccio italien, op.45
Eugene Onegin, op.24
Mazeppa
Suite no.2 in C major, op.53 'Suite caracteristique'
Suite no.3 in G major, op.55
Suite no.4 in G major, op.61 'Mozartiana'
Symphony no.1 in G minor, op.13 'Winter Daydreams'
Symphony no.2 in C minor, op.17 'Little Russian'
Symphony no.3 in D major, op.29 'Polish'
Symphony no.5 in E minor, op.64
Recorder Concerto in C major, TWV51:C1
Mignon
Alegrias
Bulerias al golpo
Bulerias
Caracoles (Alegrias de Madrid)
Farrucas
Malaguenas
Milonga
Rumba
Saetas y Seguiriyas
Sevillanas
Soleares de Cadiz
Tanguillos
Zapateado
I vespri siciliani
Das Rheingold
Tannhauser
Orb and Sceptre
Abu Hassan, J106
Schwanda the Bagpiper
About
The three cubes combine to present all 122 albums remastered in the 1990s by Mercury Living Presence’s original producer and remastering supervisor Wilma Cozart Fine. But that is not all…
Working with Wilma Cozart Fine’s son, Thomas Fine, and Andrew Walter at London’s Abbey Road Studios, we are proud to present 10 new albums, never before on CD, mixed down from the original tapes, restored and remastered.
This has involved the application of new technology combined with delicate handling of these fragile tapes, some untouched since original release in the late 1950s, to secure the best possible sound. The results are remarkable and beyond all expectation, due in part to new processes which can eliminate the mechanical distortion, wow and flutter and smearing inherent in the recording techniques of the 1950s without destroying the original, bright, clear sound which made the label so famous.
Illustrated with contemporaneous photographs, the booklet offers an exceptional level of detail. This includes a paragraph on each and every recording, setting out the location, the dates, the tapes, the microphones, the engineer, the producer – in fact everything the collector loves to read. Clarification is also given regarding the original catalogue numbers – this is of course important in cases where two albums have been reduced down to a single CD. The history of the label in its later years is also told with refreshing insight and honesty.
The set is presented in a 53CD box with hinged lid (as previous Mercury Presence) and original sleeves.
Contents:
CD 1: Brahms Symphonies 1 & 3
London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
CD 2: Brahms Symphonies 2 & 4
Minnesota Orchestra, Antal Doráti (No.2), London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti (No.4)
CD 3: Wiener Walzer Paprika
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Doráti
CD 4: Handel-Harty: Water Music Suite; Music For The Royal Fireworks; Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
Festival Chamber Orchestra, Antal Doráti
CD 5: Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 – 'Scottish' & Symphony No.4 – 'Italian'; Fingal’s Cave Overture
London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
CD 6: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Sibelius: Valse Triste; Liszt: Les Préludes; Smetana: The Moldau
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti, Rafael Druian
London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
CD 7: Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol; Borodin: Polovtsian Dances etc.
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
CD 8: Rossini & Verdi Overtures
London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
CD 9: Strauss, R: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier; Don Juan
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
CD 10-11: Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos 1-3/Arensky: Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky
London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Hungarica ,Antal Doráti
CD 12: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5; Marche Slav; Waltz & Polonaise
London Symphony Orchestra
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
CD 13: Wagner: Preludes & Overtures
London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
CD 14: Frederick Fennell conducts George Gershwin
Studio Orchestra, Frederick Fennell
CD 15: Frederick Fennell conducts Victor Herbert
Studio Orchestra, Frederick Fennell
CD 16: Frederick Fennell conducts Cole Porter
Studio Orchestra, Frederick Fennell
CD 17: Carousel Waltz & Other Favourites
London "Pops" Orchestra
Eastman-Rochester "Pops" Orchestra, Frederick Fennell
CD 18: Sullivan: Pineapple Poll Suite; Rossini-Respighi: La boutique fantasque; Gounod: Faust Ballet Music; Wagner: Lohengrin & Das Rheingold
Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell
CD 19: Fabulous Marches For Orchestra
Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell
CD 20-21: Adam: Giselle/Offenbach: Gaité Parisienne; Strauss, J. II: Graduation Ball
London Symphony Orchestra, Anatole Fistoulari
CD 22: Bloch: Concerto Grosso No.1 & No.2/Schelomo*
Georges Miquelle (cello), Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson
CD 23: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto in F; Cuban Overture
Eugene List (piano), Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson
CD 24-25: Howard Hanson - The Composer & His Orchestra
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson
CD 26: Kaleidoscope: An Orchestral Extravaganza
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
CD 27: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Hungarian March; Trojan March, etc.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
CD 28: Dvorák: Symphony No.9 "From the New World"/Sibelius: Symphony No.2
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
CD 29: Franck: Symphony in D minor/Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
CD 30: Lalo: Namouna / Chausson: Symphony, etc.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
CD 31: Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Symphony No.5 / Haydn: Symphony No.96
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
CD 32-33: Schumann: The Symphonies
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
CD 34: Marches & Overtures ŕ la Française
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
CD 35: Paul Paray Conducts Wagner: Die Meistersinger suite; Der fliegende Holländer Overture; Rienzi Overture, etc.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Paul Paray
CD 36: Schubert: Symphonies Nos.5 & 8; Rosamunde Incidental Music
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
CD 37: Schubert: Symphony No. 9; Symphony No.6
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
CD 38: Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes; Britten: The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
CD 39: Copland: Symphony No.3
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
CD 40: Respighi: Church Windows; Roman Festivals
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
CD 41-42: Tchaikovsky: The Four Suites
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Antal Doráti
CD 43: Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E Flat - "Eroica"
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
CD 44: Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2
Sviatoslav Richter, London Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin
CD 45-46: Beethoven: The Cello Sonatas
Mstislav Rostropovich, Sviatoslav Richter
CD 47: Songs by Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky & Prokofiev
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
CD 48: World Of Flamenco
Los Romeros
CD 49: Baroque Concertos for Recorders & Strings
Bernard Krainis (recorder), The London Strings, Sir Neville Marriner
CD 50: Hindemith: Symphony in B Flat; Schoenberg: Theme & Variations; Stravinsky: Symphonies for Wind
Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell
CD 51: Soler: Works for Harpsichord
Rafael Puyana (harpsichord), Genoveva Gálvez (harpsichord)
CD 52: Tchaikovsky: Overture 1812; Capriccio Italien [1954 Mono recording – NEW TO CD !]
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
CD 53: Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos 4 & 8
Borodin Quartet
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