remembering Sir Colin Davis on his birthday
(25 September 1927 – 14 April 2013)
CD 1:
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Piano Concerto No.1
Piano Concerto No.2
Piano Concerto No.3
Stephen Kovacevich - piano
CD 2:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, op.73 "Emperor" *
Claudio Arrau - piano *
CD 3:
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Symphonie fantastique
Modest Mussorgsky (1829-1881):
Night on the Bare Mountain (arr.Rimsky-Korsakov)
CD 4 / CD 5:
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Requiem (Grande Messe des morts)
Te Deum *
Nicholas Kynaston - organ *
Wandsworth School Boys Choir
LondonSymphony Chorus
CD 6:
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Symphony No.7 in D minor, op.70
Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95 "From the New World"
CD 7:
Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Variations on an Original Theme, op.36 "Enigma" *
Gustav Holst (1874-1934):
The Planets
Frauenchor des Rundfunkchores Berlin/DDR *
CD 8:
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Symphony No.94 in G major, Hob.I:94 "Surprise"
Symphony No.101 in D major, Hob.I:101 "The Clock"
Symphony No.104 in D major, Hob.I:104 "London"
CD 9:
Max Reger (1873-1916):
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart, op.132
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963):
Symphonic Methamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Symphony in Three Movements
CD 10:
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Das Lied von der Erde
Jessye Norman - soprano
Jon Vickers - tenor
CD 11:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Symphony No.25 in G minor, K 183
Symphony No.32 in G major K 318 (Overture)
Piano Concerto No.15 in B flat major, K 450 *
Symphony No.40 in G minor, K 550
Ingrid Haebler - piano *
CD 12:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339
Kyrie in D minor, K 341/368a
Ave verum corpus, K 618
Exsultate jubilate, K 165/158a
"Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben" from "Zaïde", K 344
"Ach, ich fühl's" from "Die Zauberflöte", K 620
"Ei parte... Senti... Per pietà, ben mio, perdona" from "Cosi fan tutte"
Kiri Te Kanawa - soprano
Elisabeth Bainbridge - contralto
Ryland Davies - tenor
Gwynne Howell - bass
London Symphony Chorus
CD 13:
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957):
Symphony No.1 in E minor, op.39
Finlandia, op.26 no.7
Pohjola's Daughter, op.49
Tapiola, op.112
CD 14:
Sir Micahel Tippett (1905-1998):
The Knot Garden
with:
Raimund Herincx
Yvonne Minton
Jill Gomez
Josephine Barstow
Thomas Carey
Robert Tear
Thomas Hemsley
CD 15:
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
L'Oiseau de feu
Orpheus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Concertgebouw Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Staatskapelle Dresden
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Berliner Philarmoniker
Sir Colin Davis - conductor
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