Igor Markevitch - Original Masters [DG Edition]

remembering Igor Markevitch on his birthday

(July 27, 1912 – March 7, 1983)

CD 1:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Symphony No. 34 in C major, K. 338
Symphony No. 38 in D major ("Prague"), K. 504
Symphony No. 35 in D major ("Haffner"), K. 385
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787):
Sinfonia in G major

CD 2:
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Sinfonia Concertante for violin, cello, oboe, bassoon & orchestra, H.I:105
Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801):
Concerto for 2 flutes & orchestra in G major
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200

CD 3:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Leonore Overture No. 3 in C major, Op. 72b
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (-Eroica-), Op. 55
[Interview with Igor Markevitch]

CD 4:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Symphony No. 6 in F major (-Pastoral-), Op. 68
Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Fidelio, overture, Op. 72c
Namensfeier (Name-Day Celebration) Overture for orchestra in C major, Op. 115
Die Weihe des Hauses (Consecration of the House), overture for orchestra, Op. 124

CD 5:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Alto Rhapsody, for alto, male chorus & orchestra, Op. 53
Tragic Overture, in D minor, Op. 81

CD 6:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Zoltan Kodály (1882-1962):
Psalmus Hungaricus, oratorio for tenor, chorus, children's chorus ad lib, orchestra & organ, Op. 13

CD 7:
Richard Wagner (1813-1883):
Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75- Prelude to Act 1
Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75- Prelude to Act 3
Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70- Overture
Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70- Venusberg Music (from the Paris Version, Act 1, Scene 1)
Siegfried Idyll, for small orchestra in E major, WWV 103
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86b- Excerpt

CD 8:
Charles Gounod (1818-1893):
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major
Georges Bizet (1838-1875):
Petite Suite
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
La Mer
Danses sacrée et profane, for chromatic harp & string orchestra

CD 9:
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Symphony No. 6 in B minor (-Pathétique-), Op. 74
Francesca da Rimini, symphonic fantasy for orchestra in E minor, Op. 32

Berliner Philharmoniker
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
Symphony of the Air
USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Igor Markevitch - conductor

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