SUNDAY EVENINGS WITH PIERRE MONTEUX:
BROADCAST PERFORMANCES FROM CALIFORNIA, 1941-1952.
CD No. 1 (78:13):
BEETHOVEN: Consecration of the House Overture,
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5,
BEETHOVEN: Prometheus Adagio,
BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture,
BEETHOVEN: Fidelio Overture,
BEETHOVEN: Leonore No. 3 Overture
CD No. 2 (75:51):
MOZART: Don Giovanni Overture,
Symphony in D "Haffner",
Piano Concerto in A (exc.) (William Kapell, soloist),
Die Zauberflöte Overture,
Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail Overture;
GLUCK: Iphigénie en Aulide Ouverture;
HAYDN: Symphony No. 88.
CD No. 3 (70:12):
R. STRAUSS: Don Juan,
Tod und Verklärung,
Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche,
Der Rosenkavalier Suite.
CD No. 4 (66:33):
WAGNER: Parsifal (exc.),
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (exc.),
Der Fliegende Holländer (exc.),
Tristan und Isolde (exc.).
CD No. 5 (61:54):
WAGNER: Die Walküre (exc.),
Siegfried (exc.),
Götterdämmerung (exc.),
Rienzi Overture:
LISZT: Les Préludes,
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.
CD No. 6 (74:02):
BERLIOZ: Ouverture du Carnaval Romain,
The Trojans Prelude,
L'enfance du Christ (exc),
La Damnation de Faust (exc.),
Romeo and Juliet (exc.),
The Corsair Overture.
CD No. 7 (70:14):
MENDELSSOHN: Ouverture Die Fingals-Höhle,
Symphony No. 4,
Ouverture zu Ruy Blas;
TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy;
BRAHMS: Five Waltzes from Op. 39 (arr. Hertz).
CD No. 8 (76:27);
ROSSINI: L'Italiana in Algeri Overture;
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 (exc.);
THOMAS: Mignon Overture;
DUKAS:L'Apprenti Sorcier;
MESSIAEN: L'Ascension;
SIBELIUS: Valse Triste;
BRAHMS: Tragic Overture;
WEBER: Euryanthe Overture;
SOUSA: The Stars and Stripes Forever.
CD No. 9 (75:51):
BORODIN: Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor;
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Christmas Eve Suite,
La Grande Paque Russe Overture,
Capriccio Espagnol;
GLAZUNOV: Scènes de Ballet;
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2 (exc.).
CD No. 10 (74:59):
FRANCK: Prelude, Chorale and Fugue (arr. Pierné),
Rédemption,
Psyche Suite (exc.),
Symphony in d;
all with Standard Symphony Orchestra(San Francisco Symphony Orchestra).
Ten CDs with 40-page booklet in presentation slipcase, with rare photos. [AAD]
