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Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux

W. Kapell (piano), Solomon, Lili Kraus, Cherkassky, Naoum & Boris Blinder

The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco), Pierre Monteux

13 CDs

$111.50

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This release includes a digital booklet

Contents

Beethoven: Consecration of the House Overture, Op. 124

Work length11:31
$3.00
$3.85
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 04 December 1949
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, California

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Work length28:46
$6.00
$7.80
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 16 February 1947, 10 December 1950
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, California

I. Allegro con brio

Track length6:32
$1.00
$1.30

II. Andante con moto

Track length9:16
$2.00
$2.60

III. Allegro

Track length4:43
$1.00
$1.30

IV. Allegro

Track length8:15
$2.00
$2.60

Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43

Work length8:02
$2.00
$2.60
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 17 December 1944
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, California

Die Geschopfe des Prometheus (The Creatures of Prometheus), Op. 43, Act II: Adagio

Track length8:02
$2.00
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Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84

Work length8:46
$2.00
$2.60
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 23 December 1944
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, California

Beethoven: Fidelio Overture Op. 72c

Work length19:07
$4.00
$5.15
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 16 January 1944
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, California

Fidelio, Op. 72: Overture

Track length6:09
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Fidelio, Op. 72: Overture

Track length12:58
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Excerpt, Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527

Work length5:59
$1.00
$1.30
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 05 February 1950
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, California

Don Giovanni, K. 527: Overture

Track length5:59
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Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 'Haffner'

Work length16:30
$4.00
$5.20
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 24 March 1946
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, California

I. Allegro con spirito

Track length5:03
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II. Andante

Track length4:38
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III. Menuetto - Trio

Track length3:18
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IV. Finale: Presto

Track length3:31
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Excerpt, Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K414

Work length14:29
$3.00
$3.90
  • William Kapell (piano)
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 23 April 1950
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, California

II. Andante

Track length8:26
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$2.60

III. Allegretto

Track length6:03
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Excerpt, Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620

Work length6:07
$1.00
$1.30
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 03 February 1952
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, California

Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620: Overture

Track length6:07
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Excerpt, Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384

Work length5:40
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$1.30
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux

Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Abduction from the Seraglio), K. 384: Overture

Track length5:40
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Excerpt, Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide

Work length9:03
$2.00
$2.60
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 21 January 1945
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, California

Iphigenie en Aulide: Overture

Track length9:03
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Haydn: Symphony No. 88 in G major

Work length17:23
$4.00
$5.20
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 21 January 1945
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, California

I. Adagio - Allegro

Track length4:47
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II. Largo

Track length5:18
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III. Menuetto - Trio: Allegretto

Track length4:00
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IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito

Track length3:18
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Strauss, R: Don Juan, Op. 20

Work length16:32
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 09 April 1950
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, California

Strauss, R: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24

Work length22:34
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Album only
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 13 April 1952
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, California

Strauss, R: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28

Work length13:47
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 30 March 1952
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, California

Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier - Suite

Work length16:42
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 25 March 1951
  • Recording Venue: San Francisco, California

Excerpt, Wagner: Parsifal

Work length21:47
Album only
Album only
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 9 April 1950
  • Recording Venue: California

Parsifal, Act I: Prelude - Act III: Karfreitagszauber (Good Friday Magic)

Track length21:47
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Album only

Excerpt, Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Work length21:10
$5.00
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 16 November 1947
  • Recording Venue: California

Act I: Prelude

Track length9:05
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Act III: Procession of the Meistersingers - Dance of the Apprentices

Track length12:05
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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer: Overture

Work length8:59
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 11 February 1951
  • Recording Venue: California

Excerpt, Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Work length14:19
$3.00
$3.85
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 6 April 1952
  • Recording Venue: California

Tristan und Isolde, Act I: Prelude - Liebestod

Track length14:19
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Excerpt, Wagner: Die Walküre

Work length12:22
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 19 January 1947
  • Recording Venue: California

Die Walkure,Act III: Leb' wohl … Loge hor! Lausche hieher, "Wotan's Farewell" - Act III: Feuerzauber (Magic fire music)

Track length12:22
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Excerpt, Wagner: Siegfried

Work length6:05
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 19 January 1947
  • Recording Venue: California

Siegfried, Act II: Forest Murmurs

Track length6:05
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Excerpt, Wagner: Götterdämmerung

Work length9:59
$2.00
$2.60
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 4 March 1951
  • Recording Venue: California

Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods), Act I: Siegfried's Rhine Journey

Track length9:59
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Wagner: Rienzi Overture

Work length10:30
$3.00
$3.85
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 5 February 1950
  • Recording Venue: California

Liszt: Les Préludes, symphonic poem No. 3, S97

Work length14:47
$3.00
$3.85
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 16 April 1950
  • Recording Venue: California

Excerpt, Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies, S359 Nos. 1-6

Work length7:37
$2.00
$2.60
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 13 March 1949
  • Recording Venue: California

6 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S359 / R441: No. 2 in D minor

Track length7:37
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Berlioz: Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9

Work length8:34
$2.00
$2.60
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 8 December 1946
  • Recording Venue: California

Le carnaval romain, Op. 9: Overture

Track length8:34
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Excerpt, Berlioz: Les Troyens

Work length4:24
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 18 November 1945
  • Recording Venue: California

Les Troyens: Prelude

Track length4:24
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Excerpt, Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25

Work length11:24
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 28 March 1948 and 21 December 1947
  • Recording Venue: California

Part II: La fuite en Egypte: Overture - Part III: The Arrival at Sais: Trio for two flutes and harp, played by the young Ishmaelites

Track length11:24
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Excerpt, Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24

Work length11:38
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 26 November 1944
  • Recording Venue: California

La damnation de Faust, Op. 24, Part III: Menuet des Follets - Part II: Ballet des Sylphes - Part I: Hungarian March, "Rakoczy March"

Track length11:38
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Excerpt, Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17

Work length29:16
Album only
Album only
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 26 November 1944
  • Recording Venue: California

Romeo et Juliette, Op. 17: Fighting - Tumult - Romeo alone - Romeo at the vault of the Capulets - Love Scene

Track length29:16
Album only
Album only

Berlioz: Le Corsaire Overture, Op. 21

Work length8:08
$2.00
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 9 March 1952
  • Recording Venue: California

Le corsaire, Op. 21: Overture

Track length8:08
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Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Op. 26

Work length9:15
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux

The Hebrides, Op. 26, "Fingal's Cave"

Track length9:15
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 'Italian'

Work length26:00
$5.00
$6.50
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 23 February 1947
  • Recording Venue: California

I. Allegro vivace

Track length8:48
$2.00
$2.60

II. Andante con moto

Track length5:30
$1.00
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III. Con moto moderato

Track length5:38
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IV. Saltarello: Presto

Track length6:04
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Mendelssohn: Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95

Work length7:39
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 27 March 1949
  • Recording Venue: California

Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95

Track length7:39
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Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture

Work length19:27
$4.00
$5.15
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 12 March 1950
  • Recording Venue: California

Brahms: 16 Waltzes, Op. 39 (excerpts) (arr. A. Hertz)

Work length7:28
$2.00
$2.60
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 27 March 1949
  • Recording Venue: California

16 Waltzes, Op. 39: Nos. 1 - 2 - 11 - 14 - 15 (arr. A. Hertz)

Track length7:28
$2.00
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Excerpt, Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri

Work length8:02
$2.00
$2.60
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 6 April 1952

Excerpt, Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

Work length9:03
$2.00
$2.60
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 23 December 1951

Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68: II. Andante sostenuto

Track length9:03
$2.00
$2.60

Excerpt, Thomas, Ambroise: Mignon

Work length7:32
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 6 February 1949

Mignon: Overture

Track length7:32
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Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Work length10:50
$3.00
$3.85
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 3 February 1952

Messiaen: L'Ascension (Quatre meditations pour l'orchestre)

Work length11:24
$3.00
$3.90
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 28 March 1948

I. Majeste du Christ demandant sa gloire a son Pere

Track length2:28
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II. Alleluias sereins d'une ame qui desire le ciel

Track length3:46
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III. Alleluia sur la trompette, Alleluia sur la cymbale

Track length5:10
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Sibelius: Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 1

Work length4:59
$1.00
$1.30
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 13 March 1949

Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81

Work length12:28
$3.00
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 20 February 1949

Weber: Euryanthe Overture

Work length8:01
$2.00
$2.60
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 29 January 1950

Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever

Work length3:24
$1.00
$1.30
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 7 March 1948

Excerpt, Borodin: Prince Igor

Work length8:36
$2.00
$2.60
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 23 December 1951

Prince Igor (Knyaz Igor): Act II: Polovtsian Dances

Track length8:36
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Excerpt, Rimsky Korsakov: Christmas Eve

Work length14:01
$3.00
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 19 December 1943

Rimsky Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36

Work length9:29
$2.00
$2.60
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 13 April 1952

Rimsky Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34

Work length14:03
$3.00
$3.85
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 2 March 1952

Glazunov: Scènes de ballet, Op. 52

Work length10:44
$3.00
$3.85
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 12 December 1943

Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

Work length18:19
$5.00
$6.45
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 27 February 1941

III. Adagio

Track length11:10
$3.00
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II. Allegro molto

Track length7:09
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Franck, C: Prélude, Choral et Fugue, M21

Work length17:39
$4.00
$5.15
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 3 December 1944

Franck, C: Rédemption ­ Symphonic Interlude

Work length9:07
$2.00
$2.60
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 13 April 1952

Franck, C: Psyché

Work length11:24
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 3 December 1944

Psyche, M. 47: Part I: Psyche enlevee par les zephirs - Part III: Psyche et Eros

Track length11:24
$3.00
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Franck, C: Symphony in D minor

Work length36:34
$10.00
$12.85
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 7 April 1946

I. Lento - Allegro non troppo

Track length16:07
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II. Allegretto

Track length10:07
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III. Allegro non troppo

Track length10:20
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Gretry: Cephale et Procris, ou L'amour conjugal

Work length12:28
$3.00
$3.90
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 16 February 1947

Act I: Danse: Tambourin

Track length2:45
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Act I: Danse: Menuet

Track length6:19
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Act II: Gigue

Track length3:24
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Excerpt, Nicolai, C O: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor

Work length7:46
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 31 December 1950

Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor): Overture

Track length7:46
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Massenet: Ouverture de Phedre

Work length9:23
$2.00
$2.60
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 12 March 1950

Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat - Suite No. 2

Work length10:26
$3.00
$3.90
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 24 February 1946

I. The Neighbour's Dance: Sequidillas

Track length2:56
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II. The Miller's Dance: Farruca

Track length2:43
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III. Final Dance: Jota

Track length4:47
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Excerpt, Rossini: Guillaume Tell

Work length11:00
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 2 MArch 1952

Guillaume Tell (William Tell): Overture

Track length11:00
$3.00
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Excerpt, Wagner: Tannhäuser

Work length12:54
$3.00
$3.85
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 22 April 1951

Tannhauser: Overture

Track length12:54
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Excerpt, Respighi: Fountains of Rome

Work length14:42
$3.00
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 24 March 1946

Excerpt, Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

Work length15:20
$4.00
$5.15
  • Solomon (piano)
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 11 February 1951

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37: I. Allegro con brio

Track length15:20
$4.00
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Liszt: Wandererfantasie (Schubert), S366

Work length20:05
Album only
Album only
  • Lili Kraus (piano)
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 4 March 1951

Excerpt, Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23

Work length19:28
$4.00
$5.15
  • Shura Cherkassky (piano)
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 10 December 1944

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito

Track length19:28
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Excerpt, Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102

Work length16:39
$4.00
$5.15
  • Boris Blinder (cello), Naoum Blinder (violin)
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 7 December 1947

Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102: I. Allegro

Track length16:39
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Walton: Façade Orchestral Suite No. 1

Work length5:35
$3.00
$3.90
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 26 February 1950

I. Polka

Track length1:18
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IV. Tango - Pasodoble

Track length1:52
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V. Tarantella, Sevillana

Track length2:25
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Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

Work length22:25
$6.00
$7.80
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 12 March 1950

I. Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft

Track length8:34
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II. Romanze: Ziemlich langsam

Track length3:33
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III. Scherzo: Lebhaft

Track length3:03
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IV. Langsam - Lebhaft

Track length7:15
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Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'

Work length23:29
$5.00
$6.50
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 3 February 1947

I. Allegro vivace

Track length6:55
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II. Andante cantabile

Track length7:26
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III. Menuetto: Allegretto

Track length2:58
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IV. Molto Allegro

Track length6:10
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Alfano: Risurrezione (Resurrection) (Sung in French)

Work length3:58
$1.00
$1.30
  • Dorothy Warenskjold (soprano)
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 21 March 1948

Risurrezione (Resurrection): Dieu de grace

Track length3:58
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Sibelius: Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49

Work length11:20
$3.00
$3.85
  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: 29 February

Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches

Work length6:47
$1.00
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  • Standard Symphony Orchestra
  • Pierre Monteux
  • Recorded: December 1943

Symphonic Sketches: I. Jubilee

Track length6:47
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