Fritz Reiner - The Complete RCA Recordings

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 CD1
1.Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
2.Sunrise
3.Of the People of the Unseen World
4.Of the Great Longing
5.Of Joys and Passions
6.Dirge
7.Of Science
8.The Convalescent
9.Dance Song and Night Song
10.Night Wanderer’s Song
11.Salome
12.Dance of the Seven Veils

CD2
1.Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
2.The Hero
3.The Hero’s Adversaries
4.The Hero’s Companion
5.The Hero’s Battlefield
6.The Hero’s Works of Peace
7.The Hero’s Retreat from the World and Fulfillment

CD3
1.Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15
2.Maestoso
3.Adagio 
4.Rondo: Allegro non troppo

CD4
1.Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra
2.Don Juan Op. 20

CD5
1.Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
2.Allegro con brio
3.Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
4.Scherzo. Allegro vivace
5.Finale. Allegro molto

CD6
1.Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77
2.Allegro non troppo (Cadenza: Heifetz)
3.Adagio
4.Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace

CD7
1.Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor Op. 23
2.Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso
3.Andantino simplice
4.Allegro con fuoco

CD8
1.Divertimento No. 17 in D, K.334
2.Allegro
3.Tema con variazioni – Andante
4.Menuetto
5.Adagio
6.Menuetto
7.Rondo: Allegro
8.Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade, K. 525, in G)
9.Allegro
10.Romanze: Andante
11.Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio
12.Rondo: Allegro

CD9
1.Concerto for Orchestra
2.Introduzione: Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace
3.Giuoco delle coppie: Allegretto scherzando
4.Elegia: Andante non troppo
5.Intermezzo interrotto: Allegretto
6.Finale: Pesante; Presto

CD10
1.Elektra
2.Elektra’s Soliloquy: Allein! Weh, ganz allein
3.Recognition Scene: Was willst du, fremder Mensch?
4.Finale: Elektra! Schwester! Komm mit uns!

CD11
1.Le bourgeois gentilhomme: Suite, Op. 60
2.Overture
3.Minuet
4.The Fencing Master
5.Entrance and Dance of the Tailors
6.Entrance of Cleonte
7.Prelude to Act II (Intermezzo)
8.The Dinner
9.Salome
10.Final Scene: Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund

CD12
1.Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
2.Poco sostenuto – Vivace
3.Allegretto
4.Presto - Assai meno presto
5.Allegro con brio
6.Fidelio Overture, Op. 72b

CD13
1.1812 Overture, Op. 49
2.Mephisto Waltz
3.Schwanda: Polka and Fugue
4.The Bartered Bride: Overture
5.Carnival Overture, Op. 92

CD14
1.Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 18 in C Minor
2.Moderato:  Allegro
3.Adagio sostenuto
4.Allegro scherzando

CD15
1.Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
2.Introduction
3.Variation I (Precedente)
4.Theme
5.-24. Variation II~ Variation XXIV

CD16
1.Morning Papers, Op. 279
2.Emperor Waltz, Op. 437
3.On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314
4.Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65
5.Village Swallows, Op. 164
6.Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes

CD17
1.Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35
2.Allegro moderato
3.Canzonetta: Andante
4.Allegro vivacissimo

CD18
1.Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1
2.Vivace
3.Andante
4.Allegro vivace
5.Burleske

CD19
1.Symphonia domestica, Op. 53
2.Bewegt
3.Scherzo
4.Wiegenlied
5.Adagio
6.Finale

CD20
1.Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K.423 "Linz"
2.Adagio - Allegro spiritoso
3.Poco Adagio
4.Menuetto – Trio
5.Finale. Presto
6.Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat Major, K. 543
7.Adagio – Allegro
8.Andante con moto
9.Menuetto – Allegretto
10.Finale. Allegro
 CD21
1.Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
2.Molto allegro
3.Andante
4.Menuetto - Allegretto – Trio
5.Finale. Allegro assai
6.Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K.551 "Jupiter"
7.Allegro vivace
8.Andante cantabile
9.Menuetto - Allegretto – Trio
10.Molto allegro

CD22
1.Lieutnant Kije, Op. 60
2.The Birth of Kije
3.Romance
4.Kije`s Wedding
5.Troika
6.The Burial of Kije
7.Song of the Nightingale
8.Presto
9.Chinese March
10.Song of the Nightingale
11.The Mechanical Nightingale
12.The Mechanical Nightingale
13.The Emperor’s Displeasure at the Departure of the Real Nightingale
14.The Emperor’s Sickroom
15.The Real Nightingale Returns to Thwart Death
16.Funeral March and Finale

CD23
1.Brahms: Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83
2.I. Allegro non troppo
3.II. Allegro appassionato
4.III. Andante
5.IV. Allegretto grazioso

CD24
1.Rapsodie espagnole
2.Prelude a la nuit
3.Malaguena
4.Habanera
5.Feria
6.Pavan for a Dead Princess
7.Isle of the Dead, Op. 29

CD25
1.Pictures at an Exhibition
2.Promenade
3.Gnomus
4.Promenade
5.Il vecchio castello
6.Promenade
7.Tuileries
8.Bydlo
9.Promenade
10.Ballet of the Chicks in Their Shells
11.Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
12.The Marketplace at Limoges
13.Catacombae, sepulchrum romanum
14.Con mortuis in lingua mortua
15.The Hut on Fowl’s Legs
16.The Great Gate at Kiev

CD26
1.Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90
2.Allegro con brio
3.Andante
4.Poco allegretto
5.Allegro
6.Tragic Overture, Op. 81

CD27
1.Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74 "Pathetique"
2.Adagio; Allegro non troppo
3.Allegro con grazia
4.Allegro molto vivace
5.Adagio lamentoso

CD28
1.Iberia
2.Par les rues et par les chemins
3.Les parfums de la nuit
4.Le matin d’un jour de fete
5.Valses nobles et sentimentales
6.Modere - tres franc
7.Assez lent
8.Modere
9.Assez anime
10.Presque lent
11.Vif
12.Moins vif
13.Epiloque. Lent
14.Alborada del gracioso

CD29
1.Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"
2.Adagio; Allegro molto
3.Largo
4.Scherzo: Molto vivace
5.Allegro con fuoco

CD30
1.Goyescas
2.Intermezzo
3.La vida breve
4.Interlude
5.Dance
6.The Three-Cornered Hat
7.The Neighbors’ Dance
8.The Miller’s Dance
9.Final Dance
10.Iberia, Book 4
11.Navarra
12.Iberia, Book 1
13.Fete-dieu a Seville
14.Iberia, Book 2
15.Triana, No. 3

CD31
1.Mysterious Mountain, Op. 132 (Symphony No. 2)
2.Andante
3.Double Fugue:
4.Moderato maestoso
5.Allegro vivo
6.Andante espressivo
7.The Fairy’s Kiss: Divertimento
8.Sinfonia
9.Danses suisses
10.Scherzo
11.Pas de deux

CD32
1.1812 Overture, Op. 49
2.The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), Op. 26
3.Mephisto Waltz
4.Tragic Overture, Op. 81

CD33
1.William Tell: Overture
2.La scala di seta: Overture
3.Il signor Bruschino: Overture
4.Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture
5.La gazza ladra: Overture
6.La Cenerentola: Overture

CD34
1.Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op.67
2.Allegro con brio
3.Andante con moto
4.Allegro
5.Allegro maestoso
6.Coriolan Overture, Op. 62

CD35
1.Symphony No. 4 in G
2.Bedachtig. Nicht eilen
3.In gemachlicher Bewegung. Ohne Hast
4.Ruhevoll
5.Sehr behaglich

CD36
1.Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
2.Andante tranquillo
3.Allegro
4.Adagio
5.Allegro molto
6.Hungarian Sketches
7.An Evening in the Village
8.Bear Dance
9.Melody
10.Slightly Tipsy
11.Swineherd’s Dance

CD37
1.Das Lied von der Erde
2.Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde (The Drinking Song of Earth’s Sorrow)
3.Der Einsame im Herbst (Autumn Loneliness)
4.Von der Jugend (Of Youth)
5.Von der Schonheit (Of Beauty)
6.Der Trunkene im Fruhling (Wine in Spring)
7.Der Abschied (The Farewell)
 CD38
1.Symphony No. 88 in G-Major
2.Adagio – Allegro
3.Largo
4.Menuetto - Allegretto – Trio
5.Finale. Allegro con spirit

CD39
1.Don Quixote, Op. 35
2.Introduction
3.Theme: Don Quixote, the Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance
4.Sancho Panza
5.The Adventure with the Windmills: Variation I
6.The Battle with the Sheep: Variation II
7.Dialogue of the Knight and Squire: Variation III
8.The Adventure with the Penitents: Variation IV
9.The Knight’s Vigil: Variation V
10.The False Dulcinea: Variation VI
11.The Ride Through the Air: Variation VII
12.The Adventure with the Enchanted Boat: Variation VIII
13.The Combat with the Two Magicians: Variation IX
14.The Defeat of Don Quixote by the Knight of the White Moon: Variation X
15.The Death of Don Quixote: Finale

 CD40
1.Piano Concerto No. 25 in C-Major, K.503
2.Allegro maestoso
3.Andante
4.Allegretto
5.Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I: "Overture"

CD41
1.Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78
2.Russia Under the Mongolian Yoke
3.Song About Alexander Nevsky
4.The Crusaders in Pskov
5.Arise, Ye Russian People
6.The Battle on the Ice
7.Field of the Dead
8.Alexander’s Entry Into Pskov

CD42
1.Colas Breugnon, Op. 24
2.Overture
3.Marche slave
4.Prince Igor
5.Polovtsian March
6.A Night on Bald Mountain
7.Suite No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 43
8.March miniature
9.Russlan and Ludmilla
10.Overture

CD43
1.Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54
2.Allegro affettuoso
3.Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso
4.Allegro vivace

CD44
1.The Nutcracker, Op. 71
2.Overture
3.Christmas Tree Scene
4.March
5.Divertissement
6.Chocolate: Spanish Dance
7.Coffee: Arabian Dance
8.Tea: Chinese Dance
9.Trepak: Russian Dance
10.Dance of the Flutes
11.Mother Gigogne and the Clowns
12.Waltz of the Flowers
13.Pas de deux
14.Dance of the Prince and the Sugar-Plum Fairy
15.Variation I: Tarantella
16.Variation II: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
17.Coda
18.Final Waltz
19.Apotheosis

CD45
1.Pines of Rome
2.The Pines of the Villa Borghese
3.Pines Near a Catacomb
4.The Pines of the Janiculum
5.The Pines of the Appian Way
6.Fountains of Rome
7.The Fountain of Valle Giulia at Dawn
8.The Triton Fountain at Morning
9.The Fountain of Trevi at Midday
10.The Villa Medici Fountain at Sunset

CD46
1.Scheherazade, Op. 35
2.The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship
3.The Story of the Kalender Prince
4.The Young Prince and the Young Princess
5.Festival in Bagdad - The Sea - The Ship Goes to Pieces on a Rock Surmounted by a Bronze Warrior

CD47
1.Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
2.Prelude to Act I/Vorspiel 1. Aufzug
3.Prelude to Act III/Vorspiel 3. Aufzug
4.Dance of the Apprentices/Tanz der Lehrbuben
5.Procession of the Meistersingers/Aufzug der Meistersinger
6.Gotterdammerung
7.Siegfried’s Rhine Journey/Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt
8.Siegfried’s Funeral Music/Trauermarsch

CD48
1.La mer
2.From Dawn Till Noon on the Sea
3.Play of the Waves
4.Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea
5.Don Juan, Op. 20

CD49
1.Vienna Blood, Op. 354
2.Kunstlerleben, Op. 316
3.Mein Lebenslauf ist Lieb’ und Lust, Op. 263
4.Roses from the South, Op. 388 (From The Queen’s Lace Hankerchief)
5.Treasure Waltz, Op. 418 (From The Gypsy Baron)
6.Thunder and Lightning, Op. 324

CD50
1.Symphony No. 8 in B Minor - "Unfinished"
2.Allegro moderato
3.Andante con moto
4.Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485
5.Allegro
6.Andante con moto
7.Menuetto - Allegro molto
8.Allegro vivace

CD51
1.Totentanz, S. 126, R. 457 Danse macabre
2.Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1
3.Vivace
4.Andante
5.Allegro vivace

CD52
1.Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat, Op. 73 "Emperor"
2.Allegro
3.Adagio un poco mosso
4.Rondo: Allegro

CD53
1.Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat, Op. 83
2.Allegro non troppo
3.Allegro appassionato
4.Andante
5.Allegretto grazioso

CD54
1.Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 - "Choral"
2.Allegro ma non troppo - un poco maestoso
3.Molto vivace
4.Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato
5.Presto - Allegro assai
CD55
1.Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
2.Adagio molto - Allegro con brio
3.Andante cantabile con moto
4.Menuetto - Allegro molto e vivace
5.Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace

CD56
1.Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
2.Introduction
3.Of the Inhabitants of the Unseen World
4.Of the Great Longing
5.Of Joys and Passions
6.Dirge
7.Of Science
8.The Convalescent
9.Dance Song and Night Song
10.Night Wanderer’s Song

CD57
1.Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
2.Moderato – Allegro
3.Adagio sostenuto
4.Allegro scherzando

CD58
1.Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58
2.Allegro moderato
3.Andante con moto
4.Rondo – Vivace

CD59
1.Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 8 "Pastorale"
2.Erwachen heiterer Gefuhle bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande
3.Szene am Bache
4.Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute
5.Gewitter, Sturm
6.Frohe, dankbare Gefuhle nach dem Sturm

CD60
1.Les nuits d’ete, Op. 7
2.Villanelle
3.Le spectre de la rose
4.Sur les lagunes
5.Absence
6.Au cimetiere (Claire de lune)
7.L’ile inconnue
8.El amor brujo
9.Introduction and Scene
10.In the Cave
11.Song of Love’s Sorrow
12.The Ghost
13.Dance of Terror
14.The Magic Circle
15.Midnight
16.Ritual Fire Dance
17.Scene
18.Song of the Will-o’the Wisp
19.Pantomime
20.Dance of the Game of Love
21.The Bells of Morning

CD61
1.Symphony No. 101 in D Major "The Clock"
2.Adagio – Presto
3.Andante
4.Menuetto - Allegretto – Trio
5.Finale. Vivace
6.Symphony No. 95 in C Minor
7.Allegro moderato
8.Andante cantabile
9.Menuetto – Trio
10.Finale. Vivace

CD62
1.Concerto in A Minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 54
2.I. Allegro affettuoso
3.II. Intermezzo. Andantino grazioso
4.III. Allegro vivace
5.Totentanz, S. 126, R. 457 Danse macabre

CD63
1.Piano Concerto in F Minor
2.Adagio – Allegro
3.Largo
4.Presto
5.The Star Spangled Banner
6.Reiner discusses Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony
7.Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92: III. Allegro con brio (Beginning)

 The Complete RCA and Columbia Recordings
In the history of recording there have been a handful of inseparable associations of an artist with a composer: Rubinstein and Chopin, Gould and Bach, Bernstein and Mahler come immediately to mind. Another such fabled fusion was Fritz Reiner and the music of Richard Strauss. The very first recordings Reiner made at the helm of the Chicago Symphony in March 1954 were Strauss’s ‘Ein Heldenleben’ and ‘Also sprach Zarathustra’. Among the earliest of RCA’s commercial stereo recordings, these interpretations are still benchmarks.
Now for the first time, Sony Classical is releasing all of Fritz Reiner’s studio Strauss recordings in a single box. Not only the legendary Living Stereo albums he made for RCA in Chicago, but also the far less-readily available earlier mono versions he made for American Columbia with the Pittsburgh Symphony, another ensemble he elevated to the top rank of international orchestras.
Listeners will now have the luxury of comparing Reiner’s multiple recordings of Strauss’s Spanish symphonic noblemen: this boxset includes two ‘Don Quixotes’ – as impersonated by eminent cellists Gregor Piatigorsky (Pittsburgh, 1941) and Antonio Janigro (Chicago, 1959) – and no fewer than three ‘Don Juans’ (Pittsburgh, 1941; Chicago, 1954 and 1961).
Along with all the other best-known Strauss tone poems, from ‘Till Eulenspiegel’ to the ‘Symphonia domestica’ and ‘Death and Transfiguration’, the new box also contains highlights from two great operas, featuring spine-chilling contributions by the unforgettable sopranos Ljuba Welitsch – as Salome (Metropolitan Opera, 1949) – and Inge Borkh – as both Salome and Elektra (Chicago, 1955–56).
Sony Classical’s new limited edition of Fritz Reiner’s authoritative Strauss – packaged, as always, with original covers, labels and full discographical notes – deserves pride of place in any classical collection.