Philips Classics: The Stereo Years | Decca 4788977

Philips Classics: The Stereo Years

Label: Decca

Cat No: 4788977

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 50

Release Date: 5th February 2016

Contents

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Partita for solo violin no.1 in B minor, BWV1002
Partita for solo violin no.2 in D minor, BWV1004
Partita for solo violin no.3 in E major, BWV1006

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Diabelli Variations, op.120
Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor, op.37
Piano Concerto no.4 in G major, op.58
Piano Sonata no.17 in D minor, op.31 no.2 'Tempest'
Piano Trio no.4 in B flat major, op.11 'Gassenhauer'
Piano Trio no.5 in D major, op.70 no.1 'Ghost'
Piano Trio no.6 in E flat major, op.70 no.2
Piano Trio no.9 in B flat major, WoO39 (Allegretto)
Septet in E flat major, op.20
Sextet in E flat major, op.81b
Violin Concerto in D major, op.61

Bellini, Vincenzo

Oboe Concerto in E flat major

Berg, Alban

Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel'

Berlioz, Hector

Harold in Italy, op.16
Les Nuits d'ete, op.7
Tristia, op.18

Bizet, Georges

Carmen Suite
L'Arlesienne Suite no.1
L'Arlesienne Suite no.2

Brahms, Johannes

Alto Rhapsody, op.53
Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), op.45
Symphony no.1 in C minor, op.68
Symphony no.2 in D major, op.73
Symphony no.3 in F major, op.90
Symphony no.4 in E minor, op.98

Bruckner, Anton

Symphony no.5 in B flat major
Symphony no.9 in D minor

Chopin, Frederic

Etudes (12), op.10
Etudes (12), op.25
Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor, op.11
Piano Concerto no.2 in F minor, op.21

Cimarosa, Domenico

Requiem in G minor

Debussy, Claude

String Quartet in G minor, op.10

Dvorak, Antonin

Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
Symphony no.5 in F major, op.76
Symphony no.6 in D major, op.60
Symphony no.7 in D minor, op.70

Gershwin, George

Piano Concerto in F major

Giuliani, Mauro

Guitar Concerto no.1 in A major, op.30

Handel, George Frideric

Cantata HWV145, 'La Lucrezia' (O Numi eterni)

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Symphony no.96 in D major, Hob.I:96 'Miracle'

Khachaturian, Aram

Cello Concerto in E minor

Liszt, Franz

Etudes d'execution transcendante (12), S139
Fantasia and Fugue on 'Ad nos, ad Salutarem undam' by Meyerbeer, S259
Les Morts 'Oraison', S268 no.2
Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major, S124
Piano Concerto no.2 in A major, S125
Prelude and Fugue on the name B-A-C-H, S260
Totentanz, S525

Mendelssohn, Felix

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op.61
» Nocturne
» Scherzo
» Wedding March
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture, op.21

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, K384 (arr. for wind ensemble)
Don Giovanni, K527 (arr. for wind ensemble)
Oboe Concerto in C major, K314
Piano Concerto no.15 in B flat major, K450
Piano Concerto no.21 in C major, K467 'Elvira Madigan'
Piano Concerto no.23 in A major, K488
Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola in E flat major, K364
Symphony no.35 in D major, K385 'Haffner'
Symphony no.39 in E flat major, K543
Symphony no.40 in G minor, K550
Violin Concerto no.4 in D major, K218
Violin Sonata no.18 in G major, K301
Violin Sonata no.21 in E minor, K304
Violin Sonata no.24 in F major, K376
Violin Sonata no.26 in B flat major, K378

Paganini, Nicolo

Violin Concerto no.1 in D major, op.6

Prokofiev, Sergei

Cello Concerto in E minor, op.58

Ravel, Maurice

Sheherazade
String Quartet in F major

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai

Russian Easter Festival Overture, op.36

Rodrigo, Joaquin

Concierto madrigal for 2 guitars and orchestra

Rossini, Gioachino

Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
» Overture (arr. for wind ensemble)
L'italiana in Algeri (Italian Girl in Algiers)
» Overture (arr. for wind ensemble)

Saint-Saens, Camille

Symphony no.3 in C minor, op.78 'Organ Symphony'

Schubert, Franz

Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer'
Impromptus (4), op.90 D899
Impromptus (4), op.142 D935
Piano Sonata no.21 in B flat major, D960
Piano Trio no.1 in B flat major, op.99 D898
Piano Trio no.2 in E flat major, op.100 D929
Symphony no.9 in C major, D944 'Great'

Schumann, Robert

Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42
Liederkreis, op.39

Sibelius, Jean

Humoresques (4) for violin and orchestra, op.89
Symphony no.2 in D major, op.43
Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47

Strauss, Richard

Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), op.40
Oboe Concerto in D major
Tod und Verklarung (Death and Transfiguration), op.24

Stravinsky, Igor

Violin Concerto in D major

Szymanowski, Karol

Violin Concerto no.2, op.61

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Manfred Symphony, op.58
Symphony no.6 in B minor, op.74 'Pathetique'
The Nutcracker, op.71
The Nutcracker: Suite, op.71a
Variations on a Rococo theme, op.33
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35

Vivaldi, Antonio

The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni)

Weill, Kurt

Symphony no.1 'Berliner Symphony'
Symphony no.2 'Symphonic Fantasy'

Wieniawski, Henryk

Violin Concerto no.2 in D minor, op.22

Artists

Salvatore Accardo (violin)
Elly Ameling (soprano)
Claudio Arrau (piano)
Felix Ayo (violin)
Janet Baker (contralto)
Dalton Baldwin (piano)
Beaux Arts Trio
Alfred Brendel (piano)
Jose Carreras (tenor)
Daniel Chorzempa (organ)
Jörg Demus (piano)
Cristina Deutekom (soprano)
Maurice Gendron (cello)
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
Werner Haas (piano)
Ingrid Haebler (piano)
Adam Harasiewicz (piano)
Clara Haskil (piano)
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Nobuko Imai (viola)
Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
Hermann Krebbers (violin)
Gidon Kremer (violin)
Nikita Magaloff (piano)
Jessye Norman (soprano)
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Angel Romero (guitar)
Pepe Romero (guitar)
Heinrich Schiff (cello)
Gerard Souzay (baritone)
Henryk Szeryng (violin)
Christine Walevska (cello)
Montreux Festival Chorus
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet
English Chamber Orchestra
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
I Musici
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Netherlands Wind Ensemble
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestra of the RAI Roma
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Orchestre de Paris
Orchestre National de l’Opera de Monte-Carlo
Quartetto Italaino
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Wiener Symphoniker

Conductors

Eduard van Beinum
Ernest Bour
Colin Davis
Christoph von Dohnanyi
Antal Dorati
Carlo Franci
Bernard Haitink
Heinrich Hollreiser
Eliahu Inbal
Eugen Jochum
Josef Krips
Raymond Leppard
Igor Markevitch
Neville Marriner
Kurt Masur
Vittorio Negri
Seiji Ozawa
Witold Rowicki
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Georg Szell
Edo de Waart

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Partita for solo violin no.1 in B minor, BWV1002
Partita for solo violin no.2 in D minor, BWV1004
Partita for solo violin no.3 in E major, BWV1006

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Diabelli Variations, op.120
Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor, op.37
Piano Concerto no.4 in G major, op.58
Piano Sonata no.17 in D minor, op.31 no.2 'Tempest'
Piano Trio no.4 in B flat major, op.11 'Gassenhauer'
Piano Trio no.5 in D major, op.70 no.1 'Ghost'
Piano Trio no.6 in E flat major, op.70 no.2
Piano Trio no.9 in B flat major, WoO39 (Allegretto)
Septet in E flat major, op.20
Sextet in E flat major, op.81b
Violin Concerto in D major, op.61

Bellini, Vincenzo

Oboe Concerto in E flat major

Berg, Alban

Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel'

Berlioz, Hector

Harold in Italy, op.16
Les Nuits d'ete, op.7
Tristia, op.18

Bizet, Georges

Carmen Suite
L'Arlesienne Suite no.1
L'Arlesienne Suite no.2

Brahms, Johannes

Alto Rhapsody, op.53
Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), op.45
Symphony no.1 in C minor, op.68
Symphony no.2 in D major, op.73
Symphony no.3 in F major, op.90
Symphony no.4 in E minor, op.98

Bruckner, Anton

Symphony no.5 in B flat major
Symphony no.9 in D minor

Chopin, Frederic

Etudes (12), op.10
Etudes (12), op.25
Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor, op.11
Piano Concerto no.2 in F minor, op.21

Cimarosa, Domenico

Requiem in G minor

Debussy, Claude

String Quartet in G minor, op.10

Dvorak, Antonin

Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
Symphony no.5 in F major, op.76
Symphony no.6 in D major, op.60
Symphony no.7 in D minor, op.70

Gershwin, George

Piano Concerto in F major

Giuliani, Mauro

Guitar Concerto no.1 in A major, op.30

Handel, George Frideric

Cantata HWV145, 'La Lucrezia' (O Numi eterni)

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Symphony no.96 in D major, Hob.I:96 'Miracle'

Khachaturian, Aram

Cello Concerto in E minor

Liszt, Franz

Etudes d'execution transcendante (12), S139
Fantasia and Fugue on 'Ad nos, ad Salutarem undam' by Meyerbeer, S259
Les Morts 'Oraison', S268 no.2
Piano Concerto no.1 in E flat major, S124
Piano Concerto no.2 in A major, S125
Prelude and Fugue on the name B-A-C-H, S260
Totentanz, S525

Mendelssohn, Felix

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op.61
» Nocturne
» Scherzo
» Wedding March
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Overture, op.21

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, K384 (arr. for wind ensemble)
Don Giovanni, K527 (arr. for wind ensemble)
Oboe Concerto in C major, K314
Piano Concerto no.15 in B flat major, K450
Piano Concerto no.21 in C major, K467 'Elvira Madigan'
Piano Concerto no.23 in A major, K488
Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola in E flat major, K364
Symphony no.35 in D major, K385 'Haffner'
Symphony no.39 in E flat major, K543
Symphony no.40 in G minor, K550
Violin Concerto no.4 in D major, K218
Violin Sonata no.18 in G major, K301
Violin Sonata no.21 in E minor, K304
Violin Sonata no.24 in F major, K376
Violin Sonata no.26 in B flat major, K378

Paganini, Nicolo

Violin Concerto no.1 in D major, op.6

Prokofiev, Sergei

Cello Concerto in E minor, op.58

Ravel, Maurice

Sheherazade
String Quartet in F major

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai

Russian Easter Festival Overture, op.36

Rodrigo, Joaquin

Concierto madrigal for 2 guitars and orchestra

Rossini, Gioachino

Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)
» Overture (arr. for wind ensemble)
L'italiana in Algeri (Italian Girl in Algiers)
» Overture (arr. for wind ensemble)

Saint-Saens, Camille

Symphony no.3 in C minor, op.78 'Organ Symphony'

Schubert, Franz

Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer'
Impromptus (4), op.90 D899
Impromptus (4), op.142 D935
Piano Sonata no.21 in B flat major, D960
Piano Trio no.1 in B flat major, op.99 D898
Piano Trio no.2 in E flat major, op.100 D929
Symphony no.9 in C major, D944 'Great'

Schumann, Robert

Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42
Liederkreis, op.39

Sibelius, Jean

Humoresques (4) for violin and orchestra, op.89
Symphony no.2 in D major, op.43
Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47

Strauss, Richard

Ein Heldenleben (A Hero's Life), op.40
Oboe Concerto in D major
Tod und Verklarung (Death and Transfiguration), op.24

Stravinsky, Igor

Violin Concerto in D major

Szymanowski, Karol

Violin Concerto no.2, op.61

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Manfred Symphony, op.58
Symphony no.6 in B minor, op.74 'Pathetique'
The Nutcracker, op.71
The Nutcracker: Suite, op.71a
Variations on a Rococo theme, op.33
Violin Concerto in D major, op.35

Vivaldi, Antonio

The Four Seasons (Le quattro stagioni)

Weill, Kurt

Symphony no.1 'Berliner Symphony'
Symphony no.2 'Symphonic Fantasy'

Wieniawski, Henryk

Violin Concerto no.2 in D minor, op.22

Artists

Salvatore Accardo (violin)
Elly Ameling (soprano)
Claudio Arrau (piano)
Felix Ayo (violin)
Janet Baker (contralto)
Dalton Baldwin (piano)
Beaux Arts Trio
Alfred Brendel (piano)
Jose Carreras (tenor)
Daniel Chorzempa (organ)
Jörg Demus (piano)
Cristina Deutekom (soprano)
Maurice Gendron (cello)
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
Werner Haas (piano)
Ingrid Haebler (piano)
Adam Harasiewicz (piano)
Clara Haskil (piano)
Aafje Heynis (contralto)
Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Nobuko Imai (viola)
Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
Hermann Krebbers (violin)
Gidon Kremer (violin)
Nikita Magaloff (piano)
Jessye Norman (soprano)
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Angel Romero (guitar)
Pepe Romero (guitar)
Heinrich Schiff (cello)
Gerard Souzay (baritone)
Henryk Szeryng (violin)
Christine Walevska (cello)
Montreux Festival Chorus
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet
English Chamber Orchestra
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
I Musici
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Netherlands Wind Ensemble
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestra of the RAI Roma
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Orchestre de Paris
Orchestre National de l’Opera de Monte-Carlo
Quartetto Italaino
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Wiener Symphoniker

Conductors

Eduard van Beinum
Ernest Bour
Colin Davis
Christoph von Dohnanyi
Antal Dorati
Carlo Franci
Bernard Haitink
Heinrich Hollreiser
Eliahu Inbal
Eugen Jochum
Josef Krips
Raymond Leppard
Igor Markevitch
Neville Marriner
Kurt Masur
Vittorio Negri
Seiji Ozawa
Witold Rowicki
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Georg Szell
Edo de Waart

About

Artists, repertoire, recording locations… These were the key factors that made Philips one of the most firmly established classical labels in the 20th century. What ensured the label’s long-lasting fame was its constant search for sound perfection through the development of its own sound equipment.

This 50-CD collection of analogue albums aims to represent the heyday of Philips’ passion for great natural sound – the Stereo Years. There was a firm belief within the label’s team that recording technique was there to serve the music - the musicians had their own views about how any given piece should be interpreted and how it should sound; the recording team’s job was to grasp that vision and make it a reality. This recording philosophy, combined with great artistry and visionary repertoire policy, created a special chapter in the history of classical music recordings that still inspires artists, sound engineers and collectors alike.

TRACKLISTING:

* = New to CD
CD1: Sibelius - Violin Concerto; 4 Humoresques; Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto
Salvatore Accardo, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
CD2: Schumann - Frauenliebe und leben; Liederkreis; Schubert - Lieder
Elly Ameling, Dalton Baldwin, Jörg Demus
CD3: Beethoven - Piano Concertos nos 3 & 4
Claudio Arrau, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
CD4: Liszt - 12 Etudes d'exécution transcendante
Claudio Arrau
CD5: Handel - Lucrezia + Arias; Gluck - Arias
Dame Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
CD6: Schubert - Piano Trios nos 1 & 2
Beaux Arts Trio
CD7: Beethoven - Piano Trios nos 4, 5, 6 & 9
Beaux Arts Trio
CD8: Brahms - Symphonies nos 1 & 4*
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum
CD9: Beethoven - Septet, op.20; Sextet, op.81b
Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet
CD10: Schubert - Piano Sonata No.21; Wanderer Fantasy
Alfred Brendel
CD11: Mozart - Piano Concertos nos 21, 15 & 23
Alfred Brendel, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
CD12: Liszt - Piano Concertos nos 1 & 2; Totentanz
Alfred Brendel, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
CD13: Italian Arias
José Carreras
CD14: Saint-Saens - Organ Symphony; Liszt - Organ Works* (Prelude and Fugue on the Name B-A-C-H, S260; Funeral Ode, S268 no.2; Fantasy and Fugue on "Ad nos, ad salutarem undam", S259)
Daniel Chorzempa, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart
CD15: Dvorák - Symphony no.7 in D Minor; Cello Concerto in B Minor
Heinrich Schiff, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
CD16: Berlioz - Harold in Italy; Tristia; 2 Overtures
Nobuko Imai, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
CD17: Italian Opera Arias*; Johann Strauss
Cristina Deutekom, Orchestra of the RAI di Roma, Carlo Franci
CD18: Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Antal Doráti
CD19: Berg & Stravinsky - Violin Concertos; Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante
Arthur Grumiaux, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Ernest Bour
CD20: Mozart - Sonatas For Piano & Violin K301, 304, 376 & 378
Clara Haskil, Arthur Grumiaux
CD21: Schubert - Impromptus, D899 & D935
Ingrid Haebler
CD22: Haydn - Symphony no.96 "Miracle"; Schubert - Symphony no.9 "Great"
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
CD23: Strauss, R - Ein Heldenleben; Death & Transfiguration
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
CD24: Bruckner - Symphony no.9
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
CD25: Chopin - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Adam Harasiewicz, Wiener Symphoniker, Heinrich Hollreiser
CD26: Mozart*, Strauss and Bellini^ - Oboe Concertos
Heinz Holliger, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Edo de Waart
^Heinz Holliger, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Eliahu Inbal
CD27: Bruckner - Symphony no.5
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Eugen Jochum
CD28: Beethoven - Diabelli Variations; Piano Sonata no.17, op.31 no.2
Stephen Kovacevich
CD29: Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D Major, op.61; Mozart - Violin Concerto no.4
Herman Krebbers
CD30: Bach, JS - Three Partitas for Solo Violin
Gidon Kremer
CD31: Mozart - Symphonies nos 39, 40 & 35
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Josef Krips
CD32: Chopin - Etudes, opp. 10 & 25
Nikita Magaloff
CD33: Tchaikovsky - Manfred Symphony; Rimsky-Korsakov - Russian Easter Festival Overture
London Symphony Orchestra, Igor Markevitch
CD34: Bizet - Carmen Suite; L'Arlesienne Suites
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner
CD35: Brahms - Symphonies nos 2 & 3
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur
CD36: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
Felix Ayo, I Musici
CD37: Cimarosa - Requiem
Montreux Festival Chorus, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Vittorio Negri
CD38: Mozart - Don Giovanni & Die Entführung for Wind Ensemble; Rossini - Overtures (Il barbiere di Siviglia & L'italiana in Algeri)
Netherlands Wind Ensemble
CD39: Berlioz - Nuits d'été; Ravel - Schéhérazade
Jessye Norman, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
CD40: Tchaikovsky - Symphony no.6; Nutcracker Suite
Orchestre de Paris, Seiji Ozawa
CD41: Debussy & Ravel - String Quartets
Quartetto Italiano
CD42: The Sofia Recital
Sviatoslav Richter
CD43: Giuliani - Guitar Concerto; Rodrigo - 3 Concertos
Pepe Romero, Angel Romero, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
CD44: Dvořák - Symphonies nos 6 & 5
London Symphony Orchestra, Witold Rowicki
CD45: Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem; Alto Rhapsody
Aafje Heynis, Wiener Symphoniker, Wolfgang Sawallisch
CD46: Baroque Opera Arias; Ravel - Songs
Gérard Souzay
CD47: Sibelius - Symphony no.2; Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, George Szell
CD48: Wieniawski - Violin Concerto no.2*; Szymanowski - Violin Concerto no.2*; Paganini - Violin Concerto no.1
Henryk Szeryng
CD49: Weill - Symphonies nos 1 & 2; Gershwin - Piano Concerto^
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Edo de Waart
^Werner Haas, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Edo de Waart
CD50: Prokofiev & Khachaturian - Cello Concertos; Tchaikovsky - Variations on a Rococo Theme, op.33^
Christine Walevska, Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Eliahu Inbal
Maurice Gendron, Wiener Symphoniker, Christoph von Dohnanyi

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