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Rca Red Seal Century - Soloists & Conductors


Release Date: 10/23/2001 
Label:  Rca Victor Red Seal Catalog #: 63861   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Anton Arensky,  Claude Debussy,  Franz Schubert,  Fritz Kreisler,   ... 
Performer:  Ossip Gabrilowitsch,  Harold Bauer,  Van Cliburn,  Alfred Cortot,   ... 
Conductor:  Arthur Fiedler,  David Measham,  Serge Koussevitzky,  James Levine,   ... 
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Pops,  National Philharmonic Orchestra,  Boston Symphony Orchestra,   ... 
Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Mono 
Length: 2 Hours 36 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1.
Suite for 2 Pianos no 1 in F major, Op. 15: 2nd movement, Waltz by Anton Arensky
Performer:  Ossip Gabrilowitsch (Piano), Harold Bauer (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Russia 
 Date of Recording: 09/19/1929 
Length: 4 Minutes 45 Secs. 
2.
L'isle joyeuse by Claude Debussy
Performer:  Van Cliburn (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1904; France 
 Date of Recording: 08/12/1975 
Length: 6 Minutes 22 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording. 
3.
Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen, D 343 by Franz Schubert
Performer:  Alfred Cortot (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1816; Vienna, Austria 
 Date of Recording: 03/21/1925 
Length: 3 Minutes 25 Secs. 
Notes: Transcribed: Alfred Cortot 
4.
Siciliano and Rigaudon in the style of Francoeur by Fritz Kreisler
Performer:  Mischa Elman (Violin), Percy Kahn (Piano)
Date of Recording: 02/12/1911 
Length: 3 Minutes 38 Secs. 
5.
Concerto for Cello no 2 in E minor, Op. 30: Lento-Andantino tranquillo by Victor Herbert
Performer:  Emanuel Feuermann (Cello), Albert Hirsh (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1894; USA 
 Date of Recording: 02/26/1942 
Length: 4 Minutes 29 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is abridged. 
6.
Jalousie by Jacob Gade
Conductor:  Arthur Fiedler
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1925; England 
 Date of Recording: 07/01/1935 
Length: 3 Minutes 54 Secs. 
7.
La Flüte de Pan, Op. 15: Pan et les oiseaux by Jules Mouquet
Performer:  James Galway (Flute)
Conductor:  David Measham
Orchestra/Ensemble:  National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: France 
 Date of Recording: 02/1983 
Length: 6 Minutes 7 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording. 
8.
Light in Darkness by Evelyn Glennie
Performer:  Evelyn Glennie (Marimba)
Period: 20th Century 
 Date of Recording: 04/1990 
Length: 3 Minutes 41 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is a stereo and DDD recording. 
9.
Porgy and Bess: Summertime by George Gershwin
Performer:  Jascha Heifetz (Violin), Brooks Smith (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; USA 
 Date of Recording: 04/13/1965 
Length: 1 Minutes 41 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording. 
10.
Porgy and Bess: A woman is a sometime thing by George Gershwin
Performer:  Jascha Heifetz (Violin), Brooks Smith (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; USA 
 Date of Recording: 04/13/1965 
Length: 1 Minutes 40 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording. 
11.
Variations on a Theme from Bizet's "Carmen" by Vladimir Horowitz
Performer:  Vladimir Horowitz (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
 Date of Recording: 05/14/1957 
Length: 6 Minutes 53 Secs. 
12.
Canción de cuńa by José Iturbi
Performer:  José Iturbi (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1952 
 Date of Recording: 08/09/1952 
Length: 3 Minutes 48 Secs. 
13.
Mazurkas (5) for Piano, B 61/Op. 7: no 2 in A minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  William Kapell (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1831; Vienna, Austria 
 Date of Recording: 12/27/1951 
Length: 3 Minutes 7 Secs. 
14.
Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139: no 5, Feux follets by Franz Liszt
Performer:  Evgeny Kissin (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany 
 Date of Recording: 08/1995 
Length: 3 Minutes 17 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is a stereo and DDD recording. 
15.
Concerto for Violin in D, Op. 35: 2nd movement, Canzonetta by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Carl Lamson (Piano), Fritz Kreisler (Violin)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1878; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 01/24/1924 
Length: 3 Minutes 54 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is abridged. 
16.
Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48: 2nd movement, Waltz by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:  Serge Koussevitzky
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1880; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 04/27/1949 
Length: 3 Minutes 33 Secs. 
17.
Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 906: Fantasia by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Wanda Landowska (Harpsichord)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1738; Leipzig, Germany 
 Date of Recording: 09/13/1957 
Length: 3 Minutes 43 Secs. 
18.
I vespri siciliani: "The Four Seasons" - L'inverno by Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  New Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1855; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 08/1973 
Length: 6 Minutes 17 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording. 
19.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 25: no 11 in A minor by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Josef Lhévinne (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1834; Paris, France 
 Date of Recording: 06/10/1935 
Length: 3 Minutes 31 Secs. 
20.
Hymn to New England by John Williams
Conductor:  Keith Lockhart
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Pops
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1987; United States 
 Date of Recording: 11/1996 
Length: 3 Minutes 10 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is a stereo and DDD recording. 
21.
Coppélia: Prélude and Mazurka by Léo Delibes
Conductor:  Pierre Monteux
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1870; France 
 Date of Recording: 12/02/1953 
Length: 5 Minutes 27 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording. 
22.
Suite for Orchestra no 1 in D major, Op. 43: Marche miniature by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor:  Karl Muck
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1878-1879; Russia 
 Date of Recording: 10/05/1917 
Length: 1 Minutes 58 Secs. 
23.
Béatrice et Bénédict: Overture by Hector Berlioz
Conductor:  Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Boston Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1860-1862; France 
 Date of Recording: 12/20/1949 
Length: 7 Minutes 17 Secs. 
24.
Nocturnes (2) for Piano, Op. 37: no 2 in G major, B 127 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Vladimir de Pachmann (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1839; Paris, France 
 Date of Recording: 04/26/1912 
Length: 4 Minutes 38 Secs. 
25.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, B 115/Op. 33: no 2 in D major by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Ignace Jan Paderewski (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1837-1838; Paris, France 
 Date of Recording: 10/13/1930 
Length: 2 Minutes 25 Secs. 
26.
Carnival of the animals: no 13, The swan by Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer:  Ralph Berkowitz (Piano), Gregor Piatigorsky (Cello)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1886; France 
 Date of Recording: 09/18/1950 
Length: 2 Minutes 32 Secs. 
27.
Schön Rosmarin by Fritz Kreisler
Performer:  William Primrose (Viola), David Stimer (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: Austria 
 Date of Recording: 12/17/1947 
Length: 1 Minutes 46 Secs. 
28.
Partita for Violin solo no 3 in E major, BWV 1006: 1st movement, Prelude by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Sergei Rachmaninov (Piano)
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1720; Cöthen, Germany 
 Date of Recording: 01/08/1935 
Length: 3 Minutes 32 Secs. 
Notes: Transcribed: Sergei Rachmaninov 
29.
Colas Breugnon, Op. 24: Overture by Dmitri Kabalevsky
Conductor:  Fritz Reiner
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1938/1969; USSR 
 Date of Recording: 03/14/1959 
Length: 4 Minutes 46 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording. 
30.
Prelude for Piano in C sharp minor, B 141/Op. 45 by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:  Artur Rubinstein (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1841; Paris, France 
 Date of Recording: 02/11/1957 
Length: 4 Minutes 57 Secs. 
31.
Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah! by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Hugh Porter (Organ)
Conductor:  Robert Shaw
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Robert Shaw Chorale
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1742; London, England 
 Date of Recording: 07/03/1950 
Length: 4 Minutes 5 Secs. 
Language: Latin 
32.
Fanfare for the uncommon woman no 1 by Joan Tower
Conductor:  Leonard Slatkin
Orchestra/Ensemble:  St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1987; USA 
 Date of Recording: 01/20/1991 
Length: 2 Minutes 27 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is a stereo and DDD recording. 
33.
Götterdämmerung: Züruck vom Ring (Orchestral Finale) by Richard Wagner
Conductor:  Leopold Stokowski
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philadelphia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1850-1874; Germany 
 Date of Recording: 01/06/1927 
Length: 4 Minutes 21 Secs. 
34.
Phantasiestücke (3) for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73: no 3, Rasch und mit Feuer by Robert Schumann
Performer:  Richard Goode (Piano), Richard Stoltzman (Clarinet)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1849; Germany 
 Date of Recording: 07/21/1987 
Length: 3 Minutes 49 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is a stereo and DDD recording. 
35.
Fanfare for the common man by Aaron Copland
Conductor:  Michael Tilson Thomas
Orchestra/Ensemble:  San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1942; USA 
 Date of Recording: 05/1999 
Length: 3 Minutes 33 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is a stereo and DDD recording. 
36.
Don Pasquale: Overture by Gaetano Donizetti
Conductor:  Arturo Toscanini
Orchestra/Ensemble:  NBC Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1843; Italy 
 Date of Recording: 10/05/1951 
Length: 6 Minutes 32 Secs. 
37.
Rosamunde, D 797/Op. 26: Ballet music by Franz Schubert
Conductor:  Günter Wand
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1823; Vienna, Austria 
 Date of Recording: 02/29/1984 
Length: 5 Minutes 18 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is a stereo and DDD recording. 
38.
Bagatelles (5) for Guitar: no 1, Allegro by Sir William Walton
Performer:  Julian Bream (Guitar)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1972; England 
 Date of Recording: 02/1973 
Length: 3 Minutes 36 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is a stereo recording. 

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