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The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is the principal orchestra of Israel. Originally the band was known as the Palestine Orchestra in 1936 was founded by violinist Bronislaw Huberman in the time when many Jewish musicians were fired from European orchestras. The concert took place up to December 26, 1936 in Tel Aviv and was conducted by Arturo Toscanini.
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra is the principal orchestra of Israel. Originally the band was known as the Palestine Orchestra in 1936 was founded by violinist Bronislaw Huberman in the time when many Jewish musicians were fired from European orchestras. The concert took place up to December 26, 1936 in Tel Aviv and was conducted by Arturo Toscanini. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
La forza del destino: Overture by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862/1869; Italy
Length: 7 Minutes 37 Secs.
2.
Le nozze di Figaro, K 492: Overture by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Period: Classical
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria
Length: 4 Minutes 17 Secs.
3.
Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67: 1st movement, Allegro con brio by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Period: Classical
Written: 1807-1808; Vienna, Austria
Length: 8 Minutes 0 Secs.
4.
Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great": 2nd movement, Andante con moto by Franz Schubert
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1825-28; Vienna, Austria
Length: 13 Minutes 24 Secs.
5.
Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98: 3rd movement, Allegro giocoso by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Period: Romantic
Written: 1884-1885; Austria
Length: 6 Minutes 3 Secs.
6.
Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 72/B 147: no 2 in E minor, Dumka by Antonín Dvorák
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886-1887; Bohemia
Length: 5 Minutes 41 Secs.
7.
Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": 2nd movement, Allegro con grazia by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:
Kurt Masur
Period: Romantic
Written: 1893; Russia
Length: 7 Minutes 29 Secs.
8.
Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163: 3rd movement, Allegretto by Antonín Dvorák
Conductor:
Herbert Blomstedt
Period: Romantic
Written: 1889; Bohemia
Length: 5 Minutes 53 Secs.
9.
La damnation de Faust, Op. 24: Rákóczy March by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:
Gary Bertini
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845-1846; France
Length: 4 Minutes 25 Secs.
10.
Symphony No. 88: Finale. Allegro con spirito by Franz Joseph Haydn
Conductor:
Kurt Masur
Period: Classical
Written: 1787
Length: 4 Minutes 0 Secs.
11.
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: no 4, Zion hört die Wächter singen, das Herz tut in ihr by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Period: Baroque
Written: 1731; Leipzig, Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 37 Secs.
12.
Concerto for 2 Violins in A minor, Op. 3 no 8/RV 522: 2nd movement, Largo by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:
Itzhak Perlman (Violin),
Pinchas Zukerman (Violin)
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Period: Baroque
Written: 1711; Venice, Italy
Length: 4 Minutes 16 Secs.
13.
Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364: Presto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Benyamini (Viola),
Chaim Taub (Violin)
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Period: Classical
Written: 1779; Austria
Length: 6 Minutes 31 Secs.
14.
Piano Concerto No. 27: Allegro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Period: Classical
Written: 1791; Austria
Length: 8 Minutes 56 Secs.
15.
Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61: 2nd movement, Larghetto by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Pinchas Zukerman (Violin)
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Period: Classical
Written: 1806; Vienna, Austria
Length: 9 Minutes 2 Secs.
16.
Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83: 4th movement, Allegretto grazioso by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Rudolf Buchbinder (Piano)
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878-1881; Austria
Length: 8 Minutes 28 Secs.
17.
Piano Concerto No. 2: Moderato by Sergei Rachmaninov
Performer:
Alicia De Larrocha (Piano)
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Period: Post-Romantic
Written: 1900-1901; Russia
Length: 11 Minutes 15 Secs.
18.
Piano Concerto No. 2: Allegro scherzando by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:
Yefim Bronfman (Piano)
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; France
Length: 5 Minutes 40 Secs.
19.
Violin Concerto No. 2: Allegro, ben marcato by Sergei Prokofiev
Performer:
Isaac Stern (Violin)
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Period: Modern
Written: 1935
Length: 6 Minutes 3 Secs.
20.
German Requiem, Op. 45: Denn alles Fleisch by Johannes Brahms
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Period: Romantic
Written: 1854-1868; Austria
Length: 13 Minutes 50 Secs.
21.
Don Giovanni, K 527: Finch' han dal vino [Brindisi] by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Nicola Ulivieri (Voice)
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta
Period: Classical
Written: 1787; Prague, Czech Republ
Length: 1 Minutes 21 Secs.
22.
Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection": 2nd movement, Andante moderato by Gustav Mahler
Conductor:
James Levine
Period: Romantic
Written: 1888/1896; Germany
Length: 10 Minutes 43 Secs.
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