Seiji Ozawa: The Complete Warner Recordings
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Label: Warner
Cat No: 2564613951
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 25
Release Date: 27th April 2015
Contents
Works
Violin Concerto, op.14Concerto for Orchestra, Sz116 BB123
Serenade after Plato's 'Symposium'
Carmen Suite no.1
L'Arlesienne Suite no.1
L'Arlesienne Suite no.2
Patrie: Overture, op.19
Symphony in C major
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor, op.26
The Shadows of Time: 5 Episodes for orchestra
Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
American Pieces (3)
Triptyque pour violoncelle et orchestre
I Got Rhythm Variations
Porgy and Bess: Suite 'Catfish Row'
Rhapsody in Blue
So-Gu II
Sinfonietta
Violin Concerto
Dances of Galanta
Symphonie espagnole in D minor, op.21
Concerto for Orchestra
Piano Concerto no.3 in C major, op.26
Sinfonia Concertante in E minor for cello and orchestra, op.125
Piano Concerto in G major
Scheherazade, op.35
Le Rouet d'Omphale, op.31
Phaeton, op.39
Symphony no.3 in C minor, op.78 'Organ Symphony'
Zigeunerweisen, op.20
Sotto voce, for cello and orchestra
Cello Concerto no.1 in E flat major, op.107
Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47
Violin Concerto
Capriccio for piano and orchestra
Concerto for piano and wind instruments
Movements (5) for piano and orchestra
The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu)
Cassiopeia
1812 Overture, op.49
Capriccio italien, op.45
Eugene Onegin, op.24
Marche slave, op.31
Symphony no.4 in F minor, op.36
Symphony no.6 in B minor, op.74 'Pathetique'
Variations on a Rococo theme, op.33
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Violin Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor, op.14
Violin Concerto no.2 in D minor, op.22
Artists
Alexis Weissenberg (piano)Michel Beroff (piano)
Masuko Ushioda (violin)
Tsumotu Yamashita (percussion)
Vladimir Spivakov (violin)
Karl Leister (clarinet
Elaine Donohoe (piano)
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
Philippe Lefebvre (organ)
Hugh Seenan (horn)
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Gagaku Ensemble
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestre de Paris
Philharmonia Orchestra
Berliner Philharmoniker
Orchestre National de France
London Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Seiji OzawaWorks
Violin Concerto, op.14Concerto for Orchestra, Sz116 BB123
Serenade after Plato's 'Symposium'
Carmen Suite no.1
L'Arlesienne Suite no.1
L'Arlesienne Suite no.2
Patrie: Overture, op.19
Symphony in C major
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances
Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor, op.26
The Shadows of Time: 5 Episodes for orchestra
Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
American Pieces (3)
Triptyque pour violoncelle et orchestre
I Got Rhythm Variations
Porgy and Bess: Suite 'Catfish Row'
Rhapsody in Blue
So-Gu II
Sinfonietta
Violin Concerto
Dances of Galanta
Symphonie espagnole in D minor, op.21
Concerto for Orchestra
Piano Concerto no.3 in C major, op.26
Sinfonia Concertante in E minor for cello and orchestra, op.125
Piano Concerto in G major
Scheherazade, op.35
Le Rouet d'Omphale, op.31
Phaeton, op.39
Symphony no.3 in C minor, op.78 'Organ Symphony'
Zigeunerweisen, op.20
Sotto voce, for cello and orchestra
Cello Concerto no.1 in E flat major, op.107
Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47
Violin Concerto
Capriccio for piano and orchestra
Concerto for piano and wind instruments
Movements (5) for piano and orchestra
The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu)
Cassiopeia
1812 Overture, op.49
Capriccio italien, op.45
Eugene Onegin, op.24
Marche slave, op.31
Symphony no.4 in F minor, op.36
Symphony no.6 in B minor, op.74 'Pathetique'
Variations on a Rococo theme, op.33
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35
Violin Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor, op.14
Violin Concerto no.2 in D minor, op.22
Artists
Alexis Weissenberg (piano)Michel Beroff (piano)
Masuko Ushioda (violin)
Tsumotu Yamashita (percussion)
Vladimir Spivakov (violin)
Karl Leister (clarinet
Elaine Donohoe (piano)
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)
Philippe Lefebvre (organ)
Hugh Seenan (horn)
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Gagaku Ensemble
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestre de Paris
Philharmonia Orchestra
Berliner Philharmoniker
Orchestre National de France
London Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Seiji OzawaAbout
To mark the 80th birthday of the dynamic Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa in September 2015, Warner Classics has released a sumptuous 25-CD box containing his complete recordings for the label, which were made between 1968 and 1997.
The set places an emphasis on Seiji Ozawa’s mastery of the colourful, large-scale orchestral scores of the 19th and 20th centuries and on his collaboration with such soloists as Itzhak Perlman, Anne-Sophie Mutter and Mstislav Rostropovich.
The scope of the 25 CDs is wide – from mainstays of the Romantic repertoire to Modernist masterpieces and works premiered as recently as 1997 – and the recordings reflect Ozawa’s status as a global maestro and his relationship with a number of the world’s finest orchestras, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra (of which he was Music Director for 29 seasons), Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Seiji Ozawa was born in 1935 into a Japanese family living in China and trained at the Toho School of Music in Tokyo. He came to international attention when he won the Besançon Conducting Competition in France in 1959, after which he was invited to Boston, where he studied with Charles Munch and Pierre Monteux, winning the Koussevitzky Prize in 1960. He subsequently received a scholarship to study in Berlin with no less a maestro than Herbert von Karajan. In 1961, another luminary of comparable brilliance, Leonard Bernstein, recruited Ozawa to be Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic (1961), and he made his professional debut in 1962 with the San Francisco Symphony.
Over his career, Ozawa, who is known for his very physical conducting style and his preference for conducting without a score, has also been Music Director of the Vienna State Opera, Toronto Symphony Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony, Artistic Director of the Tanglewood Festival and Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Ravinia Festival. He has also enjoyed close associations with such institutions as the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Paris Opéra. In Japan, he is Artistic Director of the Saito Kinen Orchestra, which he formed in 1984, and of the Saito Kinen Festival.
Ozawa was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus in 2010 but, following successful surgery, he has returned to conducting and continues to mentor young musicians.
Contents:
CD 1
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Scheherazade, Symphonic suite after "A thousand and One Nights", Op.35
Alexander Borodin
- Polovtsian Dances, from Prince Igor (compl. & orch. Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CD 2
Béla Bartók
- Concerto for Orchestra
Zoltán Kodály
- Dances of Galánta (Unreleased on CD except in Japan)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CD 3
Witold Lutosławski
- Concerto for Orchestra
Leoš Janáček
- Sinfonietta
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CD 4
Sergei Prokofiev
- Piano Concerto no.3 in C major, Op.26
Maurice Ravel
- Piano Concerto in G major
Alexis Weissenberg (piano) / Orchestre de Paris
CD 5 (Unreleased on CD except in Japan)
Piotr Ilyich Tchaïkovsky
- Symphony no.4 in F minor, Op. 36
Orchestre de Paris
CD 6
Igor Stravinsky
- Cappricio, for piano and orchestra (1929, revised version 1949)
- Concerto for piano and wind instruments (1923/4, revised version 1950)
- Mouvements, for piano and orchestra
Michel Béroff (piano) / Orchestre de Paris
CD 7 (Unreleased on CD except in Japan)
Jean Sibelius
- Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
Max Bruch
- Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor, Op.26
Masuko Ushioda (violin) / Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
CD 8 (Unreleased on CD except in Japan)
Maki Ishii
- Sō-Gū II, for Gagaku and orchestra
Gagaku Ensemble / Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
Tōru Takemitsu
- Cassiopeia, for percussion and orchestra
Tsumotu Yamashita (percussion) / Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
CD 9
Henryk Wieniawski
- Violin Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor, Op.14
- Violin Concerto no.2 in D minor, Op.22
Itzhak Perlman (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra
CD 10
Igor Stravinsky
- The Firebird, complete ballet
Orchestre de Paris
CD 11
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Violin Concerto in D, Op.35
- Cappricio italien, Op.45
Vladimir Spivakov (violin) / Philharmonia Orchestra
CD 12
Georges Bizet
- Symphony in C
- Patrie, Dramatic Overture Op.19
- Jeux d'enfants, Petite Suite Op.22
Orchestre National de France
CD 13
Georges Bizet
Carmen: Suite no.1
- V Prélude
- I Prélude
- II Entr'acte
- III Entr'acte to Act III
Carmen: Suite no.2
- II Habanera
- V Danse bohème
- L'Arlésienne: Suite no.1
- L'Arlésienne: Suite no.2
Orchestre National de France
CD 14
Igor Stravinsky
- The Firebird, complete ballet
Boston Symphony Orchestra
CD 15
George Gershwin
- Rhapsody in Blue
Alexis Weissenberg (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker
- Variations on "I Got Rhythm"
Karl Leister (clarinet) / Berliner Philharmoniker
- Catfish Row, Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess
Elaine Donohoe (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker
CD 16
Earl Kim
- Violin Concerto
Robert Starer
- Violin Concerto
Itzhak Perlman (violin) / The Boston Symphony Orchestra
CD 17
Edouard Lalo
- Symphonie espagnole, for violin and orchestra, Op.21
Pablo de Sarasate
- Zigeunerweisen, for violin and orchestra, Op.20
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / Orchestre National de France
CD 18
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Ouverture solennelle "1812", Op.49
- Marche slave, Op.31
- Eugene Oneguin, Op.24: Polonaise
- Francesca da Rimini, Orchestral Fantasia after Dante
Berliner Philharmoniker
CD 19
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Symphony no.6 in B minor "Pathétique", Op.74
Boston Symphony Orchestra
CD 20
Camille Saint-Saëns
- Symphony no.3 in C minor, Op.78
Philippe Lefèbvre (organ) - grandes orgues de la cathédrale de Chartres / Orchestre National de France
- Phaéton, Symphonic Poem Op.39
- Le Rouet d'Omphale, Symphonic Poem Op.31
Orchestre National de France
CD 21
Anton Dvořák
- Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Piotr Ilyich Tchaïkovsky
- Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Misitlav Rostropovich (cello) / Boston Symphony Orchestra
CD 22
Sergei Prokofiev
- Symphony-Concerto for Cello in E minor, Op.125
Dmitri Shostakovich
- Cello Concerto no.1 in E flat major, Op. 107
Msistlav Rostropovich (cello), Hugh Seenan (horn) / London Symphony Orchestra
CD 23
Leonard Bernstein
- Serenade (After Platon: Symposium), for violin, harp, percussion & strings
Samuel Barber
- Violin Concerto, op.14
Lukas Foss
- Three American Pieces for violin and orchestra
Itzhak Perlman (violin) / Boston Symphony Orchestra
CD 24
Renaud Gagneux
- Triptyque, for cello and orchestra
Rodion Shchedrin
- Sotto voce, for cello and orchestra
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra
CD 25
Henri Dutilleux
- The Shadows of Time
Boston Symphony Orchestra
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