Great American Orchestras [11 DVDs] - Warner Music Group Germany

- Diese DVD Sammlung ist ein Muss für alle Freunde der amerikanischen Orchester
- Die 5 größten amerikanischen Orchester in einer Box: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Mit der legendären Konzertreise der New Yorker Philharmoniker in Nordkoreas Hauptstadt Pyongyang in 2008
- Legendäre Dirigenten: Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Eugen Ormandi, Sir Georg Solti, Daniel Barenboim, Lorin Maazel, Franz Welser-Möst
- Weltklasse-Solisten: Norman Carol, Elisabete Matos, Itzhak Perlman, Kenneth Riegel, Christine Schäfer
- Mit Werken von: Beethoven, Berg, Bernstein, Bizet, Boulez, Brahms, Bruckner, Carli, de Falla, Debussy, Dvorák, Gershwin, Glinka, Handel, Holst, Liszt, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schubert,
Strauss, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Wolf-Ferrari"

Künstler: Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Daniel Barenboim,
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra,
The Philadelphia Orchestra





DVD 1 Daniel Barenboim and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

1. Opening 1:18

Pierre Boulez
Notations I-IV
2. Notation I 3:01
3. Notation II 4:48
4. Notation III 2:07
5. Notation IV 2:40

Claude Debussy
La Mer
6. De l'aube à midi sur la mer 9:54
From dawn to midday at sea
7. Jeux de vagues 7:14
Play of the waves
8. Dialogue du vent et de la mer 9:48
Dialogue between the wind and the sea

Manuel de Falla
El sombrero de tres picos · The Three-Cornered Hat
9. Introducción 1:46
Introduction
Parte I
10. La tarde 5:41
Afternoon
11. Danza de la molinera (Fandango) 3:49
Dance of the miller's wife
12. Las uvas 4:27
The grapes
Parte II
13. Danza de los vecinos (Seguidillas) 3:51
Dance of the neighbours
14. Danza del molinero (Farruca) 7:44
Dance of the miller
15. Danza del corregidor 6:55
Dance of the bailiff
16. Danza final (Jota) 8:55
Final dance

José Carli
17. El firulete 3:38

18. Credits 1:09

Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Daniel Barenboim
Elisabete Matos mezzo-soprano

Recorded live at the Philharmonie Cologne, 25-27 April 2000, directed by Hans Hadulla.

Bonus: Daniel Barenboim in conversation with Pierre Boulez 20:13

DVD 2 Leonard Bernstein and the Boston Symphony Orchestra play Brahms

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.73
1. Opening 0:24
2. I. Allegro non troppo 14:48
3. II. Adagio non troppo - L'istesso tempo, ma grazioso 10:53
4. III. Allegretto grazioso (Quasi Andantino) - Presto ma non assai - Tempo I 5:34
5. IV Allegro con spirito 9:38
6. Credits 1:17

Symphony No.4 in E minor, Op.98
7. Opening 0:28
8. I. Allegro non troppo 12:37
9. II. Andante moderato 11:53
10. III. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto - Tempo I 5:58
11. IV. Allegro energico e passionato - Più Allegro 11:14
12. Credits 0:47

Boston Symphony Orchestra · Leonard Bernstein

Recorded live at Tanglewood, August 1972, directed by Robert Englander.

Bonus: Bernstein at Tanglewood 7:09


DVD 3 Leonard Bernstein and the Boston Symphony Orchestra play Liszt

Franz Liszt
A Faust Symphony, S. 108
In three character portraits (after Goethe)

1. Opening 0:59
2. I. Faust 30:16
3. II. Gretchen 23:19
4. III. Mephistopheles - Final Chorus 25:58
5. Credits 0:28

Boston Symphony Orchestra · Leonard Bernstein
Kenneth Riegel tenor
Tanglewood Festival Chorus · John Oliver chorus master

Recorded live at the Symphony Hall, Boston, 26 July 1976, directed by Humphrey Burton.


DVD 4 Pierre Boulez Conducts Modern Classics

1. Opening · Vorspann · Générique début 0:37

Alban Berg
Lulu-Suite (Excerpts)
2. II. Ostinato. Allegro 3:32
3. III. Lied der Lulu. Comodo 3:07
4. IV. Variationen. Moderato - Var. I. Grandioso - Var. II. Grazioso - Var. III. Funèbre - Var. IV. Affetuoso - Thema. Subito a tempo moderato 3:57
5. Adagio. Sostenuto - Lento - Grave 9:25

Claude Debussy
6. Le Jet d'eau 7:36
The fountain
(from: 5 Poèmes de Charles Baudelaire)

3 Ballades de François Villon
7. I. Ballade de Villon à s'amie 4:58
Villon to his beloved
8. II. Ballade que Villon fait à la requeste de sa mère pour prier Notre Dame 4:10
A prayer to the Virgin Mary, made by Villon at his mother's request
9. III. Ballade des femmes de Paris 4:27
The women of Paris


Igor Stravinsky
L'Oiseau de feu - Conte dansé en deux tableaux
The Firebird - Fairy tale ballet in two scenes

10. Introduction 2:52

PREMIER TABLEAU · SCENE 1
11. Le jardin enchanté de Kastchei 1:53
Kashchei's magig garden
12. Apparition de l'oiseau de feu, poursuivi par Ivan Tsarévitch 2:23
Appeareance of the Firebird, pursued by Ivan Tsarevich
13. Danse de l'oiseau de feu 1:21
Dance oft he Firebird
14. Capture de l'oiseau de feu par Ivan Tsarévitch 0:50
Ivan Tsarevitch captures the Firebird
15. Supplication de l'oiseau de feu - Apparition des treize princesses enchantées 7:58
The Firebird's entreaties - Appearance of the thirteen enchanted princesses
16. Jeu des princesses avel les pommes d'or (Scherzo) 2:24
The princesses' game with the golden apples
17. Brusque apparition d'Ivan Tsarévitch 1:32
Sudden appearance of Ivan Tsarevitch ·
18. Khorovode (ronde) des princesses 3:40
The princesses' round dance
19. Lever du jour - Ivan Tsarévitch pénètre dans le palais de Kastchei 1:29
Daybreak - Ivan Tsarevitch enters Kashchei's palace
20. Carillon féerique, apparition ds monstres-gardiens de Kastchei et capture d'Ivan Tsarévitch - Arrivée de Kastchei l'immortel - Dialogue de Kastchei avec Ivan Tsarévitch - Intercession des princesses - Apparition de l'oiseau de feu 5:29
Magic carillon, appearance of Kashchei's guardian monsters and capture of Ivan Tsarevitch - Arrival of Kashchei the immortal - Kashchei's dialogue with Ivan Tsarevich - Intercession of the princesses - Appearance of the Firebird
21. Danse de la suite de Kastchei, enchantée par l'oiseau de feu 0:44
Dance of Kaschei's retinue, under de spell of the Firebird
22. Danse infernale de tous les sujets de Kastchei 4:35
Infernal dance of all Kashchai's subjects
23. Berceuse (L'oiseau de feu) - Réveil de Kastchei - Mort de Kastchei -
Profondes ténébres 5:22
Lullaby (The Firebird) - Kashchei wakes up - Death of Kashchei - Deep shadows

SECOND TABLEAU · SCENE 2
24. Disparition du palais et des sortiléges de Kastchei, animation des chevaliers pétrifiés allégresse générale 3:50
Disappearance of the palace and dissolution of Kashchei's enchantments, animation of the petrified knights, general rejoicing

25. Credits 1:27


Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Pierre Boulez
Christine Schäfer soprano

Recorded live at the Philharmonie Cologne, 25-26 April 2000, directed by János Darvas



DVD 5 The Pyongyang Concert

1. Opening 1:41
2. Welcome Speech 2:43

3. National Anthem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1:39
Wongyun's Aegukka
4. National Anthem of the United States of America 2:01
Smith's The Star-Spangled Banner

Richard Wagner
5. Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III 3:23

6. Introduction by Lorin Maazel 1:59

Antonín Dvo?ák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World
7. I. Adagio - Allegro molto 9:22
8. II. Largo 12:11
9. III. Scherzo. Molto vivace 7:23
10. IV. Allegro con fuoco 13:05

11. Introduction by Lorin Maazel 1:09

George Gershwin
12. An American in Paris 20:32

Georges Bizet
13. Farandole from L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 4:30

14. Introduction by Lorin Maazel 1:43

Leonard Bernstein
15. Candide: Overture 5:18

Traditional, arr. Sung-Hwan Choi
16. Arirang 13:23

17. Credits 4:58

New York Philharmonic · Lorin Maazel

Recorded live at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre, Pyongyang,
Democratic People's Republic of Korea on February 26, 2008, directed by Michael Beyer.


Documentary Americans in Pyongyang
The New York Philharmonic's trip to North Korea

1. Opening 2:22
2. Arriving in Pyongyang 6:27
3. A Warm Welcome 8:58
4. Masterclasses 5:51
5. Music Across Borders 6:06
6. Preparing the Event 7:20
7. The Concert 7:14
8. Emotional Moments 7:18
9. Credits 1:10

Documentary directed by Ayelet Heller.


DVD 6 Ormandy conducts Rimsky-Korsakov

1. Opening 0:38
Mikhail Glinka
2. Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture 6:01
3. Credits 0:41



4. Opening 0:31
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Sheherazade, Op.35
5. I. Largo e maestoso - Allegro non troppo - Tranquillo 9:27
The Sea and Sinbad's Ship
6. II. Lento - Andantino - Allegro molto - Vivace scherzando - 11:27
Moderato assai - Allegro molto ed animato - Con moto
The Story of the Kalender Prince
7. III. Andantino quasi allegretto 10:59
The Young Prince and the Young Princess
8. IV. Allegro molto e frenetico - Vivo - 12:53
Allegro non troppo e maestoso - Tempo come I
Festival at Baghdad - The Sea -The Shipwreck on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior - Conclusion
9. Credits 0:42

10. Opening 0:32
George Frideric Handel
11. Concerto in D major, HWV335a 8:18
Early version of the Overture to the Music for the Royal Fireworks
12. Credits 0:44

13. Opening 0:23
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
14. Il segreto di Susanna: Overture 3:11
15. Credits 0:21

16. Opening 0:25
Richard Strauss
17. Der Rosenkavalier: Suite 21:39
18. Credits 0:44


The Philadelphia Orchestra · Eugene Ormandy
Norman Carol violin
Recorded live at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 30 June -1 July 1978 & 24-26 June 1977, directed by Kirk Browning.



DVD 7 Ormandy conducts Tchaikovsky and Mussorgsky

Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op.35
1. Opening 00:32
2. I. Allegro moderato 19:01
3. II. Canzonetta. Andante 6:39
4. III. Finale. Allegro vivacissimo 4:31

5. Romeo and Juliet, Op.18 19:56
Fantasy Overture after Shakespeare
6. Credits 00:24

Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Maurice Ravel)
Pictures at an Exhibition
7. Opening 0:26
8. Promenade 1:32
Allegro giusto, nel modo russico; senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto
9. I. Gnomus · The Gnome 2:37
Vivo
10. Promenade 0:54
Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza
11. II. Il vecchio castello · The Old Castle 4:05
Andante
12. Promenade 0:31
Moderato non tanto, pesamente
13. III. Tuileries · Tuileries Gardens 1:06
Allegretto non troppo, capriccioso
14. IV. Bydlo 2:12
Sempre moderato, pesante
15. Promenade 0:40
Tranquillo
16. V. Ballet des petits poussins dans leurs coques 1:12
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
Scherzino. Vivo leggiero
17. VI. Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuyle 2:03
Andante
18. VII. Limoges. Le Marché · The Market at Limoges 1:31
Allegretto vivo, sempre scherzando
19. VIII. Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum) · Catacombs (The Roman Tomb) 1:22
Largo
20. Cum mortuis in lingua mortua · With the Dead in a Dead Language 2:36
Andante non troppo, con lamento
21. IX. La Cabane sur des pattes de poule (Baba-Yaga) 3:28
The Hut on Chicken's Legs (Baba-Yaga)
Allegro con brio, feroce - Andante mosso - Allegro molto
22. X. La Grande Porte de Kiev · The Great Gate of Kiev 5:17
Allegro alla breve. Maestoso. Con grandezza
23. Credits 0:43

The Philadelphia Orchestra · Eugene Ormandy
Itzhak Perlman violin
Recorded live at the Academy of music, Philadelphia, 1977 (Tchaikovsky) & 1978 (Mussorgsky), directed by Kirk Browning.


DVD 8 Ormandy conducts Stravinsky and Rachmaninov

Igor Stravinsky
L'Oiseau de feu - Suite (1919 version) · The Firebird
1. Opening 0:20
2. Introduction - L'Oiseau de feu et sa danse · Introduction - The Firebird and its Dance
3:05
3. Variation de l'Oiseau de feu · Variation of the Firebird 1:11
4. Ronde des princesses · The Princesses' Round 5:07
5. Danse infernale du roi Kastcheï · Infernal Dance of King Kashchei 4:46
6. Berceuse · Lullaby 3:37
7. Finale 3:23
8. Credits 0:39

9. Introduction by Eugene Ormandy 9:17

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No.2 in E minor op.27
Symphonie Nr. 2 e-Moll · Symphonie no 2 en mi mineur
10. I. Largo - Allegro moderato - Moderato 16:03
11. II. Allegro molto 8:28
12. III. Adagio 10:59
13. IV. Allegro vivace 13:15
15. Credits 0:43

The Philadelphia Orchestra · Eugene Ormandy
Recorded live at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 1977 (Stravinsky) & 1979 (Rachmaninov), directed by Kirk Browning.

DVD 9 Ormandy conducts Holst and Debussy

Gustav Holst
The Planets, Op.32
1. Opening 1:22
2. Mars, the bringer of war 6:52
3. Venus, the bringer of peace 8:03
4. Mercury, the winged messenger 4:14
5. Jupiter, the bringer of jollity 8:22
6. Saturn, the bringer of old age 8:28
7. Uranus, the magician 5:34
8. Neptune, the mystic 7:21
9. Credits 0:35

The Philadelphia Orchestra · Eugene Ormandy
The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia · Mary Zatzman chorus master
Recorded live at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 24-26 June 1977, directed by Kirk Browning.


Claude Debussy
La Mer
10. Opening 0:26
Trois esquisses symphoniques · The Sea - three symphonic sketches
11. I. De l'aube à midi sur la mer. Très lent 8:35
From Dawn to Midday at Sea
12. II. Jeux de vagues. Allegro 6:40
Play of the Waves
13. III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer. Animé et tumultueux 9:04
Dialogue between the Wind and the Sea
14. Credits 0:40
The Philadelphia Orchestra · Eugene Ormandy
Recorded live at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 24-26 June 1977, directed by Kirk Browning.


DVD 10 Solti conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.1 in C major, Op.21
1. Opening 1:54
2. I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio 9:46
3. II. Andante cantabile con moto 9:00
4. III. Menuetto. Allegro molto e vivace 4:06
5. IV. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace 7:00
6. Credits 1:14

Franz Schubert
Symphony No.6 in C major, D589
7. Opening 0:28
8. I. Adagio - Allegro 8:09
9. II. Andante 6:11
10. III. Scherzo. Presto - Più lento 6:25
11. IV. Allegro moderato 10:33
12. Credits 0:25

Symphony No.8 in B minor, D759 "Unfinished"
13. Opening 0:25
14. I. Allegro moderato 15:35
15. II. Andante con moto 15:14
16. Credits 0:24
Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Sir Georg Solti

Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 5. September 1978 (Beethoven) & Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 5-6 December, 1979 (Schubert), directed by Humphrey Burton.


DVD 11 Welser-Möst conducts Bruckner

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No.9 in D minor
1. Opening 0:40
2. I. Feierlich, misterioso 22:54
3. II. Scherzo. Bewegt, lebhaft - Trio. Schnell 11:08
4. III. Adagio. Langsam, feierlich 27:16
5. Credits 0:59

Bonus: Introduction by Franz Welser-Möst

The Cleveland Orchestra · Franz Welser-Möst
Recorded live at the Großer Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, 31 October 2007, directed by Felix Breisach.