The Columbia Legacy

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Annotation

A 120-CD collection of the complete mono-recordings between 1944-1958 by Eugene Ormandy and The Philadelphia Orchestra for Columbia Records. Includes a 120-page hardcover book with complete tracklists and essays.

Note: the set was originally released with the track 103.7 truncated by several seconds (other tracks on CD 103 also had incorrect timings). Warner provided a replacement disc on request, and this disc was used for setting the disc ID and timings for CD 103. To identify the incorrect disc, its disc ID is bJ.7ur6k2NG.J.1eJt3xR4LTpCo- and should not be used for this release. The incorrect track timings are:

  1. 11:10
  2. 4:39
  3. 5:59
  4. 8:52
  5. 8:54
Annotation last modified on 2021-07-10 21:08 UTC.

Tracklist

▶CD 1: Early Recordings 1944-1950 - Lalo: Symphonie espagnole / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Respighi: Arie di corte / Gluck: Mélodie / Suppé: Dichter und Bauer: Overture
▶CD 2: Early Recordings 1944-1950 - McDonald: My Country at War / White: Sea Chanty / Hanson: Serenade for Flute, Harp and Strings / Kennan: Night Soliloquy
▶CD 3: Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 / Brahms: Symphony no. 4
▶CD 4: Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 / Schumann: Piano Concerto (Serkin)
▶CD 5: Brahms: Violin Concerto (Szigeti)
▶CD 6: Glière / Smetana / Dvořák / Brahms / J. Strauss II / Debussy
▶CD 7: Debussy: Nocturnes / Respighi: Pini di Roma
▶CD 8: Dvořák: Cello Concerto / Bruch: Kol Nidrei
▶CD 9: Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 “From the New World”
▶CD 10: Franck: Symphony in D minor
▶CD 11: R. Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite / Tod und Verklärung
▶CD 12: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 / String Serenade
▶CD 13: Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 / Ravel: Concerto for Left Hand
▶CD 14: Brahms: Symphony no. 3 / Haydn Variations / Liszt: Les Préludes
▶CD 15: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
▶CD 16: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
▶CD 17: Beethoven: Symphony no. 9
▶CD 18: Sibelius: Symphony no. 2
▶CD 19: Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no. 1 / Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies
▶CD 20: J. Strauss II / Glinka / Weber / Weinberger
▶CD 21: Prokofiev: Scythian Suite / Respighi: Feste romane
▶CD 22: Bach: Orchestral Arrangements / Handel: Water Music / Corelli: Suite
▶CD 23: Hindemith: Nobilissima visione / Symphonic Metamorphosis
▶CD 24: Bartók: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Miaskovsky: Symphony no. 21
▶CD 25: Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky / Classical Symphony
▶CD 26: Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto / Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto
▶CD 27: Thomson / Berg / McDonald / Brand
▶CD 28: Haydn: Symphonies nos. 99, 92 “Oxford” & 101 “The Clock”
▶CD 29: Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole / Kodály: Háry János Suite
▼CD 30: Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Daphnis et Chloé: Suite no. 1, M 57a. Nocturne - (Modéré - Lent et très souple de mesure - 𝅘𝅥 = 40 - 𝅘𝅥 = 50)
choir vocals:
Temple University Choir (on 1950-03-31, on 1950-04-02)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1950-03-31, on 1950-04-02)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1950-03-31, on 1950-04-02)
chorus master:
Elaine Brown (conductor or the Temple University Choirs, and Director of Choral Activities at the College of Music) (on 1950-03-31, on 1950-04-02)
recorded at:
Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (on 1950-03-31, on 1950-04-02)
recording of:
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 1: I. Nocturne (on 1950-03-31)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (classical composer) (from 1909 until 1912)
arranger:
Maurice Ravel (classical composer) (in 1911)
version of:
Daphnis et Chloé: Tableau I. No. 6. Nocturne. Danse lente et mystérieuse des Nymphes
part of:
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 1
Maurice Ravel4:24
2Daphnis et Chloé: Suite no. 1, M 57a. Interlude - (Même mouvement)
choir vocals:
Temple University Choir (on 1950-03-31, on 1950-04-02)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1950-03-31, on 1950-04-02)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1950-03-31, on 1950-04-02)
chorus master:
Elaine Brown (conductor or the Temple University Choirs, and Director of Choral Activities at the College of Music) (on 1950-03-31, on 1950-04-02)
recorded at:
Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (on 1950-03-31, on 1950-04-02)
recording of:
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 1: II. Interlude (on 1950-03-31)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (classical composer) (from 1909 until 1912)
arranger:
Maurice Ravel (classical composer) (in 1911)
version of:
Daphnis et Chloé: Tableau II. No. 7. Introduction
part of:
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 1
Maurice Ravel2:45
3Daphnis et Chloé: Suite no. 1, M 57a. Danse guerrière (Animé très rude 𝅘𝅥 = 138)
choir vocals:
Temple University Choir (on 1950-03-31, on 1950-04-02)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1950-03-31, on 1950-04-02)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1950-03-31, on 1950-04-02)
chorus master:
Elaine Brown (conductor or the Temple University Choirs, and Director of Choral Activities at the College of Music) (on 1950-03-31, on 1950-04-02)
recorded at:
Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (on 1950-03-31, on 1950-04-02)
recording of:
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 1: III. Danse guerrière (on 1950-03-31)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (classical composer) (from 1909 until 1912)
arranger:
Maurice Ravel (classical composer) (in 1911)
version of:
Daphnis et Chloé: Tableau II. No. 8. Danse guerrière
part of:
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 1
Maurice Ravel3:49
4Daphnis et Chloé: Suite no. 2, M 57b. Lever du jour - (Lent)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1949-05-10)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1949-05-10)
recorded at:
Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (on 1949-05-10)
recording of:
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 2: I. Lever du jour (on 1949-05-10)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (classical composer) (from 1909 until 1912)
part of:
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 2
Maurice Ravel6:13
5Daphnis et Chloé: Suite no. 2, M 57b. Pantomime - (Lent - Très lent - Vif - Très lent - 𝅘𝅥 = 80)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1949-05-10)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1949-05-10)
recorded at:
Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (on 1949-05-10)
recording of:
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 2: II. Pantomime (on 1949-05-10)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (classical composer) (from 1909 until 1912)
part of:
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 2
Maurice Ravel4:24
6Daphnis et Chloé: Suite no. 2, M 57b. Danse générale (Animé)
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1949-05-10)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1949-05-10)
recorded at:
Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (on 1949-05-10)
recording of:
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 2: III. Danse générale (on 1949-05-10)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (classical composer) (from 1909 until 1912)
part of:
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 2
Maurice Ravel4:14
7Verklärte Nacht, op. 4 (1943 version for string orchestra): Grave - Molto rallentando - Pesante - Adagio - Adagio
orchestra:
The Philadelphia Orchestra (on 1950-03-19)
conductor:
Eugene Ormandy (conductor) (on 1950-03-19)
recorded at:
Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (on 1950-03-19)
recording of:
Verklärte Nacht, op. 4 (for string orchestra) (on 1950-03-19)
composer:
Arnold Schönberg (composer) (in 1899)
strings arranger:
Arnold Schönberg (composer) (in 1917)
premiered at:
[concert] (1924-12)
arrangement of:
Verklärte Nacht, op. 4
Arnold Schoenberg30:45
▶CD 31: Debussy / Dukas / Honegger / Sibelius / Rachmaninoff
▶CD 32: Prokofiev: Symphony no. 6
▶CD 33: J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus (I)
▶CD 34: J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus (II)
▶CD 35: Beethoven: Violin Concerto / Chausson: Poème
▶CD 36: Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 / Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 20
▶CD 37: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5
▶CD 38: Schuman: Symphony no. 3 / Debussy: Ibéria
▶CD 39: Rachmaninoff: Symphony no. 2
▶CD 40: Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
▶CD 41: Brahms: Symphony no. 1
▶CD 42: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 “Pathétique”
▶CD 43: The Strauss Family & Beethoven Waltzes, Polkas & Overtures
▶CD 44: Gottschalk, Gould, Walton, Bernstein: Ballet Music
▶CD 45: First Chair
▶CD 46: Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1
▶CD 47: Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite
▶CD 48: Haydn: Symphonies nos. 7 & 45
▶CD 49: Honegger: Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
▶CD 50: Liszt: Piano Concerto no. 1 / Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3
▶CD 51: Prokofiev: Symphony no. 7 / Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet / 1812 Overture
▶CD 52: The Strauss Family: Overtures, Polkas & Marches
▶CD 53: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de feu Suite
▶CD 54: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker & The Sleeping Beauty Suites
▶CD 55: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde & Götterdämmerung (Excerpts)
▶CD 56: Hindemith: Symphony “Mathis der Maler” / Concert Music
▶CD 57: Brahms: Symphony no. 2
▶CD 58: Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol / Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien
▶CD 59: Wagner: Tannhäuser / Lohengrin / Walküre / Meistersinger (Orchestral Music)
▶CD 60: Waldteufel: Waltz Suites / Lehár: Waltzes
▶CD 61: R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
▶CD 62: Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
▶CD 63: Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne / Chopin: Les Sylphides
▶CD 64: Thomson: 3 Pictures / 5 Songs from William Blake
▶CD 65: Beethoven: Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 3
▶CD 66: Franck: Symphony in D minor
▶CD 67: Rachmaninoff: Symphony no. 3 / Vocalise
▶CD 68: Ravel / Ibert / Debussy / Chabrier
▶CD 69: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
▶CD 70: Yardumian: Armenian Suite / Violin Concerto / Psalm 130
▶CD 71: Schuman: Symphony no. 6 / Piston: Symphony no. 4
▶CD 72: Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps
▶CD 73: Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites nos. 1 & 2 / Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suites nos. 1 & 2
▶CD 74: Beethoven: Piano Concertos nos. 2 & 4
▶CD 75: Sibelius: Symphonies nos. 4 & 5
▶CD 76: Rachmaninoff: The Bells / The Isle of the Dead
▶CD 77: Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4
▶CD 78: Bach: Orchestral Arrangements
▶CD 79: Vivaldi, Bach, Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos
▶CD 80: Wagner: Parsifal (Orchestral Music)
▶CD 81: Mendelssohn, Mozart, Paganini: Violin Concertos
▶CD 82: Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2 / 2 Préludes
▶CD 83: Harris: Symphonies no. 7 & “1933” (no. 1)
▶CD 84: Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 / Mozart: Symphony no. 40
▶CD 85: Persichetti: Symphony no. 4 / Gesensway: 4 Squares of Philadelphia
▶CD 86: Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / Nocturnes / Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite no. 2
▶CD 87: Lalo: Symphonie espagnole / Bruch: Violin Concerto no. 1
▶CD 88: Brahms: Violin Concerto / Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto no. 4
▶CD 89: Dvořák: Symphony no. 9 “From the New World”
▶CD 90: Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2
▶CD 91: Virtuosi de Philadelphia
▶CD 92: Albéniz: Iberia
▶CD 93: Khachaturian: Gayane (Excerpts) / Kabalevsky: The Comedians
▶CD 94: Copland: Appalachian Spring / Billy the Kid
▶CD 95: J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus - Overture & Suite
▶CD 96: Schumann: Piano Concerto / R. Strauss: Burleske
▶CD 97: R. Strauss: Don Juan / Till Eulenspiegel / Rosenkavalier Waltzes
▶CD 98: Schuman: Credendum / Kirchner: Piano Concerto no. 1
▶CD 99: Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Barber: Music for Strings / Vaughn Williams
▶CD 100: Glière: Symphony no. 3 “Ilya Muromets”
▶CD 101: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Excerpts)
▶CD 102: Rossini, Offenbach, Smetana, Suppé, Berlioz: Overtures
▶CD 103: Wieniawski: Violin Concerto no. 2 / Ravel: Tzigane / Saint-Saëns
▶CD 104: Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 “Organ”
▶CD 105: Schubert: Symphony no. 8 “Unfinished” / Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachtstraum
▶CD 106: Glière / Smetana / Brahms / Khachaturian
▶CD 107: Sibelius: Symphonic Poems / Alfvén / Grieg
▶CD 108: Enescu: 2 Romanian Rhapsodies / Dvořák: Carnival / Tchaikovsky
▶CD 109: Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen / Saint-Saëns / Chausson
▶CD 110: Smetana: The Moldau / Weber / Liszt / Berlioz
▶CD 111: Dello Joio: Variations, Chaconne & Finale / Vincent: Symphony in D
▶CD 112: Prokofiev: Classical Symphony / Bizet: Symphony no. 1 / Weinberger
▶CD 113: R. Strauss: Don Quixote
▶CD 114: Haydn: Symphonies nos. 99 & 100 “Military”
▶CD 115: Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 “Emperor”
▶CD 116: R. Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite / Die Frau ohne Schatten Fantasia
▶CD 117: Herbert: Panamericana / American Fantasy / Irish Rhapsody
▶CD 118: Beethoven: Symphony no. 6 “Pastoral” / Schubert: Symphony no. 8 “Unfinished”
▶CD 119: Kern / Rodgers / Berners / Rossini
▶CD 120: Symphony in Brief

Credits

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photography:Don Hunstein (photographer)
Marvin Koner
Arnold Newman (photographer)
Hank Parker
Nick Sangiamo (photographer)
Adrian Siegel (photographer)
miscellaneous support:Matt Fiveash (task: tape research)
Tom Tierney (task: document research)
mixer and mastering:Noëlle Byer (engineer)
Nancy Conforti
Matthias Erb (producer)
Martin Kistner (engineer)
Andreas K. Meyer (US sound engineer)
Jennifer Nulsen (engineer)
Rebekah Wineman
engineer:Noëlle Byer (engineer)
Nancy Conforti
Andreas K. Meyer (US sound engineer)
Jennifer Nulsen (engineer)
Che Williams
Rebekah Wineman
Brett Zinn (audio engineer)
producer:Miriam Rodriguez (product manager at Sony Classical International)
Robert Russ (producer)
design:[ec:ko] communications
booklet editor:Jochen Rudelt
texthouse (liner notes)
mixed at and mastered at:b-sharp music & media solutions in Berlin, Germany
Swan Studios NYC in New York, New York, United States
engineered at:Iron Mountain Digital Studio in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, United States
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