Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York: NYP 9701 (NYP 9702--NYP 9711)

"New York Philharmonic special edition."

Compact discs.

Program notes & bibliographic notes on the conductors & soloists inserted in each container; booklet featuring essays, interviews, a history of the New York Philharmonic, & rarely seen photographs (142 p. ; ports., facsim.) inserted in outer container.

v. 1. Coriolanus overture : op. 62 (fragment: bars 1-242) / Beethoven (Willem van Hoogstraten, cond., 12/17/23) (5:30)

Tod und Verklärung : op. 24 (2 fragments) / Richard Strauss (Willem Mengelberg, cond., 4/2/24) (11:47)

Symphony no. 9 in D minor (original version) / Bruckner (Otto Klemperer, cond., 10/14/34) (55:22)

Organ toccata and fugue in D minor / J.S. Bach ; orch. by H.J. Wood (Arturo Toscanini, cond., 2/23/36) (8:56)

Concerto for violin in D major, op. 77 / Johannes Brahms (Jascha Heifetz, violin ; Toscanini, cond., 2/24/35) (37:32)

En saga : op. 9 / Sibelius (Toscanini, cond., 3/29/36) (19:50)

Dance of the seven veils, from Salome, op. 54 / Richard Strauss (Toscanini, cond., 1/27/35) (10:31).

v. 2. Russlan and Ludmilla. Overture / Glinka (Igor Stravinsky, cond., 2/4/45) (5:40)

Fireworks : op. 4 / Stravinsky (Stravinsky, cond., 1/27/46) (4:19)

Symphony no. 2 in C minor, op. 17 : "Little Russian" / Tchaikovsky (Stravinsky, cond., 1/7/40) (33:18)

Concerto no 3 in C minor, op. 37 / Beethoven (Artur Schnabel, piano ; George Szell, cond., 6/17/45) (35:12)

Concerto no 7 in F major, K. 242 / Mozart (Josef & Rosina Lhevinne, pianos ; John Barbirolli, cond., 10/29/39) (24:05)

Symphony no. 3 in A minor, op. 56 : "Scottish" / Mendelssohn (Leopold Stokowski, cond., 10/26/47) (35:23)

Ode to Napoleon : for recitation, piano, and string orchestra, op. 41b / Arnold Schoenberg (Mack Harrell, narrator ; Edward Steuermann, piano ; Artur Rodzinski, cond., 11/26/44) (15:24).

v. 3. Concerto no. 1 in E minor for piano and orchestra, op. 11 / Frédéric Chopin (Arthur Rubinstein, piano ; Bruno Walter, cond., 2/9/47) (37:07)

Symphonia domestica : op. 53 / Richard Strauss (Bruno Walter, cond., 12/23/45) (41:51)

Immolation scene, from Götterdämmerung, Act III / Richard Wagner (Kirsten Flagstad, soprano ; Bruno Walter, cond., 3/23/52) (16:41)

Concert champêtre : for harpsichord (or piano) and orchestra / Francis Poulenc (Frances Poulenc, piano ; Dimitri Mitropoulos, cond., 11/14/48) (23:44)

Concerto no. 1 in A minor for violin and orchestra, op. 99 / Dmitri Shostakovich (David Oistrakh, violin ; Dimitri Mitropoulos, cond., 1/1/56) (34:47).

v. 4. Requiem Mass, op. 48 / Fauré (Reri Grist, soprano ; Donald Gramm, baritone ; Vernon deTar, organ ; Choral Art Society ; Nadia Boulanger, cond., 2/17/62) (38:31)

Le tombeau de Couperin / Ravel (Pierre Monteux, cond., 3/7/59) (16:42)

La mer / Debussy (Guido Cantelli, cond., 3/7/54) (23:17)

Symphony, op. 21 / Webern (Leonard Bernstein, cond., 12/4/65) (8:47)

Three orchestral pieces, op. 6 / Alban Berg (Bernstein, cond., 3/3/61) (19:58)

Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 73 / Brahms (Fritz Reiner, cond.) (40:11)

Two arias from Die Fledermaus. Mein Herr Marquis (3:22) ; Spiel' ich die Unschuld vom Lande (4:30) / Johann Strauss, Jr. (Roberta Peters, soprano ; Josef Krips, cond., 9/29/64).

v. 5. Symphony no. 29 in A major, K. 201 / Mozart (Erich Leinsdorf, cond., 1/16/87) (21:59)

Concerto for clarinet and orchestra / John Corigliano (Stanley Drucker, clarinet ; Bernstein, cond., 12/9/77) (28:33)

Old American songs (selections). Simple gifts (1:56) ; Zion's walls (2:22) ; Long time ago (3:38) ; I bought me a cat (2:09) ; The little horses (2:52) ; Ching-a-ring chaw (1:34) ; At the river (3:55) / Copland (Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano ; Bernstein, cond., 2/6/81)

Capriccio burlesco / William Walton (André Kostelanetz, cond., 11/6/78) (6:59)

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / Debussy (Charles Munch, cond., 2/25/67) (10:12)

Duke Bluebeard's castle, op. 11 / Bartók ; libretto by Béla Balázs (Siegmund Nimsgern, bass-baritone ; Tatiana Troyanos, mezzo-soprano ; Rafael Kubelik, cond., 3/27/81) (61:56).

NYP 9701 Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York

NYP 9702--NYP 9711 Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York

NYP 9701 (NYP 9702--NYP 9711) Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York