Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vol. 2 (1950-1960)N.M. Classics
Q disc (Q 97018)
Johannes Brahms 1833-1897
Violin Concerto No.7 in D Minor, op.70 (1878) (38:00)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
12/10/1950
1 - Allegro non troppo (20:56)
2 - Adagio (8:58)
3 - Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace (8:06)
Antonín Dvorák 1841-1904
Symphony No.7 in D minor, Op.70 (1884-85) (36:58)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Rafael Kubelík, conductor
2/2/1950
4 - Allegro maestoso (11:12)
5 - Poco adagio (9:40)
6 - Scherzo (Vivace) (7:06)
7 - Allegro (9:00)
CD II (78:32)
Claude Debussy 1862-1918
1 - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1892-94) (10:41)
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest; Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Hector Berlioz 1803-1869
2 - Ouverture Le carnaval romain (1843-44) (8:12)
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest; Leopold Stokowski, conductor
Manuel de Falla 1876-1946
Suite from 'El amor brujo' (1915) (23:41)
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest; Leopold Stokowski, conductor
5/7/1951
3 - Introduction and scene (0:31)
4 - In the cave (Night) (2:03)
5 - Song of love's sorrow (1:39)
6 - Dance of terror (1:58)
7 - The magic circle (the fisherman's story) (2:11)
8 - At midnight (The sortileges) - Ritual fire dance (3:36)
9 - Scene - Song of the will o' the wisp (2:51)
10 - Pantomime (4:42)
11 - Dance of the game of love (2:29)
12 - Finale (The morning bells) (1:41)
Johannes Brahms 1833-1897
Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.73 (1877) (35:58)
Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest; Leopold Stokowski, conductor
5/7/1951
13 - Allegro non troppo (13:16)
14 - Adagio non troppo (9:09)
15 - Allegretto grazioso (5:06)
16 - Allegro con spirito (8:27)
CD III (75:08)
Alexandre Tansman 1897-1986
Musique pour orchestre (1947) (21:23)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Rafael Kubelik, conductor
23/3/1950
1 - Allegro con moto (5:41)
2 - Lento (5:40)
3 - Molto vivace (6:13)
4 - Andante sostenuto - Allegro deciso (3:49)
Sergej Rachmaninov 1873-1943
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 (1889) (32:18)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Rafael Kubelik, conductor
3/6/1951
5 - Moderato (9:43)
6 - Adagio sostenuto (11:23)
7 - Allegro scherzando (11:12)
Leos Janácek 1876-1946
Taras Bulba (1915-18) (21:27)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Rafael Kubelik, conductor
16/6/1951
8 - The Death of Andri (7:47)
9 - The Death of Ostap (4:59)
10 - The Prophecy and Death of Taras Bulba (8:41)
CD IV (76:06)
Hans Henkemans 1913-1995
Violin Concerto (1950) (26:59)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Eduard van Beinum, conductor
23/12/1951
1 - Allegro moderato - Allegro agitato (9:03)
2 - Allegro marcato - Tempo di Habanera (4:46)
3 - Molto adagio - Lento (8:20)
4 - Allegro (4:50)
Ludwig von Beethoven 1770-1827
5 - Ah! perfido! . . . Per pieta, non dirmi addio,
scena and aria for soprano & orchestra, Op. 65 (13:26)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Otto Klemperer, conductor
Gre Brouwenstijn, soprano
Ludwig von Beethoven 1770-1827
Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92 (1812) (35:39)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Josef Krips, conductor
24/5/1952
6 - Poco sostenuto - Vivace (12:09)
7 - Allegretto (12:09)
8 - Presto (7:18)
9 - Allegro con brio (6:55)
CD V (79:09)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1809-1847
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 (1844) (26:51)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Conductor: Rafael Kubelík
21/6/1951
1 - Allegro molto appassionato (11:56)
2 - Andante (8:28)
3 - Allegretto non troppo (6:27)
Anthon van der Horst 1899-1965
Symphony No.1, Op.23 (1935-39) (31:41)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Eduard van Beinum, conductor
18/10/1951
4 - Vehemente (7:52)
5 - Molto adagio (Notturno) (10:23)
6 - Presto tumultuoso - Tema con variazioni (13:26)
Béla Bartók 1881-1945 - completed by Tibor Serly
Viola Concerto, Sz.120 (1945) (20:37)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Otto Klemperer, conductor
William Primrose, viola
11/1/1951
7 - Moderato (12:07)
8 - Adagio religioso (4:16)
9 - Allegro vivace (4:14)
CD VI (77:23)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791
Symphony No.40 in G minor, KV 550 (1788) (23:55)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bruno Walter, conductor
6/6/1952 Kurhaus, Scheveningen
1 - Molto allegro (6:17)
2 - Andante (8:23)
3 - Menuet (Allegro) (4:25)
4 - Allegro assai (4:49)
Gustav Mahler 1860-1911
Symphony No.4 in G major (1892) (53:28)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bruno Walter, conductor
6/6/1952 Kurhaus, Scheveningen
5 - I. Bedächtig. Nicht eilen ? Recht gemächlich (16:27)
6 - II. In gemächlicher Bewegung (8:58)
7 - III. Ruhevoll (Poco adagio) (19:31)
8 - IV. Sehr behaglich (8:32)
CD VII (73:55)
Richard Strauss 1864-1949
Don Juan, Op.20 (1889) (16:38)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bruno Walter, conductor
6/6/1952 Kurhaus, Scheveningen
Anton Bruckner 1824-1896
Symphony No.3 in D minor (1877-78, ed. F. Oeser)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Rafael Kubelik, conductor
28/1/1954
1 - Gemäßig, mehr bewegt, misterioso (18:43)
2 - Adagio (bewegt, quasi Andante) (14:55)
3 - Scherzo (Ziemlich schnell) (7:24)
4 - Allegro (16:15)
Arnold Schönberg 1874-1951
1 - Verklärte Nacht, Op.4, arr. str. orch.(1917; rev.1943) (27:30)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Otto Klemperer, conductor
Maurice Ravel 1875-1937
Daphnis et Chloé (1912) (50:08)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Pierre Monteux, conductor
23/6/1955
2 - Introduction et danse religieuse (22:20)
3 - Interlude et danse guerrière (11:23)
4 - Lever du jour (16:25)
CD IX (78:35)
Richard Wagner 1813-1883
1 - Siegfried Idyll (1870) (16:11)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Pierre MOnteux, conductor
Hans Henkemans 1913-1995
Harp Concerto (1955-56) (19:15)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Eduard van Beinum, conductor
19/12/1956
2 - Fantasia: Andante (6:24)
3 - Tema con variazioni: Lento (6:29)
4 - Finale: Molto allegro - Tempo del primo movimento (6:22)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, KV 482 (1785) (33:09)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Otto Klemperer
12/7/1956
5 - Allegro (12:41)
6 - Andante (9:24)
7 - Allegro (11:04)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791
8 - Ch'io mi scordi di te / Non temer amato bene, KV 505 (1786) (10:00)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Otto Klemperer, conductor
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano; Maria Curcio, piano
CD X (71:33)
Gustav Mahler 1860-1911
Symphony No. 3 in D major (1893-96, rev. 1906) (1:34:10)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Eduard van Beinum, conductor
14/7/1957
1 - I. Kräftig. Entschiedend (33:58)
2 - II. Tempo di Menuetto. Sehr mäßig (8:17)
3 - III. Commodo. Scherzando. Ohne Hast (16:09)
4 - IV. Sehr langsam. Misterioso. Durchaus ppp (8:53)
5 - V. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck [Finale on disc 11] (4:16)
CD XI (61:25)
Gustav Mahler 1860-1911
Symphony No. 3 in D major (1893-96, rev. 1906) (22:37)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Eduard van Beinum, conductor
14/7/1957
1 - VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden [Continuation of disc 10] (22:37)
Matthijs Vermeulen 1888-1967
2 - Passacaille et Cortege from 'De vliegende Hollander' (1930) (15:57)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Eduard van Beinum, conductor
Matthijs Vermeulen 1888-1967
3 - Symphony No. 2 Prélude à la nouvelle journée (1919-20) (22:51)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Eduard van Beinum, conductor
CD XII (79:19)
Sem Dresden 1881-1957
Dansflitsen (1951) (14:28)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Rafael Kubelik, conductor
28/1/1954
1 - Intrada - Alla Polacca (0:54)
2 - Siciliana (2:13)
3 - Tempo di valse (1:43)
4 - Passamezzo (1:46)
5 - Menuetto vivo (2:37)
6 - Marcia funebre (molto moderato) (1:51)
7 - Alla Tarantella (molto allegro) (3:24)
Ernest Chausson 1855-1899
8 - Poème, Op.25 (1898) (15:54)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
Arthur Grumiaux, violin
William Walton 1902-1983
Partita for Orchestra (1957) (15:34)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; George Szell, conductor
27/11/1958
9 - Toccata (4:47)
10 - Pastorale siciliana (5:36)
11 - Giga burlesca (5:11)
Richard Strauss 1864-1949
12 - Also sprach Zarathustra, Op.30 (1896) (33:23)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Dimitri Mitropoulos
CD XIII (75:14)
Anton Webern 1883-1945
Six pieces for orchestra, Op.6 (1909) (12:51)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Hans Rosbaud, conductor
2/7/1959
1 - Langsam (1:23)
2 - Six pieces for orchestra, Op.6 (1909) (1:34)
3 - Mäßig (0:58)
4 - Sehr mäßig (4:19)
5 - Sehr langsam (2:33)
6 - Langsam (2:04)
Anton Bruckner 1824-1896
Symphony No.2 in C minor (1871-72; rev. 1875-76) (1:02:33)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
9/7/1959
7 - I. Moderato (17:48)
8 - II. Andante (Feierlich etwas bewegt) (16:39)
9 - III. Scherzo (Mäßig schnell) (10:30)
10 - IV. Mehr schnell (17:26)
CD XIV (50:23)
Arnold Schönberg 1874-1945
Variations for orchestra, Op.31 (1926-28) (20:49)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Hans Rosbaud, conductor
26/6/1958
1 - Introduktion: Mäßig, ruhig (1:50)
2 - Thema: Molto moderato (1:12)
3 - 1. Variation: Moderato (1:07)
4 - 2. Variation: Langsam (1:31)
5 - 3. Variation: Mäßig (0:50)
6 - 4. Variation: Walzertempo (1:10)
7 - 5. Variation: Bewegt (1:43)
8 - 6. Variation: Andante (1:34)
9 - 7. Variation: Langsam (2:24)
10 - 8. Variation: Sehr rasch (0:38)
11 - 9. Variation: L'istesso tempo; aber etwas langsamer (0:57)
12 - Finale: Mäßig schnell (5:53)
Béla Bartók 1881-1945
13 - The miraculous mandarin, suite, Op.19, Sz.73 (1919/1927)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Antal Dorati, conductor
Maurice Ravel 1875-1937
14 - La valse (1919-1920) (11:42)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; George Szell, conductor