CD 2: Beethoven: Symphonies No.2 In D, Op. 36; No.4 In B Flat, Op.60 & No.8 In F, Op.93 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen
CD 3: Beethoven: Symphony No.9 "Choral" Elisabeth Söderström, Regina Resnik, Jon Vickers, David Ward, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux, London Bach Choir
CD 4: Haydn: Symphony No.45 In F Sharp Minor "Farewell"; Symphony No.100 In G Major "Military" Vienna Sate Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen
CD 6: Holst: The Planets, Op.32 / Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On Greensleeves; Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Adrian Boult
CD 7-8: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71 & Symphony No.4 In F Minor, Op.36 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Arthur Rodzinski
CD 9-10: Bruckner: Symphony No.8 In C Minor, Wagner: Lohengrin - Prelude; Siegfried Idyll; Parsifal - Prelude Münchner Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch
CD 11-12: Mahler: Symphony No.1 In D; Symphony No.2 In C Minor Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen
CD 13: Glière: Symphony No.3 "Ilya Murometz" Vienna State Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen
CD 14: Beethoven: Wellington's Victory, Op.91 / Orff: Entrata / Gabrielli: Canzon Primi Toni Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen
CD 15: Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20, K.466 / Scarlatti, D.: 11 Sonatas Clara Haskil
CD 16: Mozart, W.A.: Piano Concerto No.22, K.482; Piano Sonata No.16, K.570 & Piano Sonata No.8, K.310 Daniel Barenboim, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Laszlo Somogyi
CD 17: Rachmaninov: Concerto No.2 Pour Piano En Ut Mineur, Op.18; Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini, Op.43 Raymond Lewenthal, Vienna State Orchestra, Maurice Abravanel
CD 18: Brahms: Violin Concerto In D, Op.77 / Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto In D, Op.35
Erica Morini, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Arthur Rodzinski
CD 19: Mozart, W.A.: String Quintet No.3 In G Minor, K.516; String Quartet No.23 IN F, K.590 "Prussian No.3" Amadeus Quartet
CD 20: Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18 No.4 & Op.59 No.3 "Razumovsky" Smetana Quartet
CD 21: Schubert: String Quintet In C, D.956 Günther Weiss, Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet
CD 22: Schubert: Octet In F Major, D.803 Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet, Leopold Wlach, Karl Oehlberger, Gottfried von Freiberg, Joseph Hermann
CD 23: Mendelssohn: Octet In E Flat, Op.20 / Beethoven: String Quartet No.8 In E Minor, Op.59 No.2 "Rasumovsky No.2" Janacek Quartet, Smetana Quartet European String Quartet, Richard Strabl, Wolfgang Herzer
CD 24: Dvorák: String Sextet Op.48; String Quintet Op.97 European String Quartet, Richard Strabl, Wolfgang Herzer
CD 25: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No.8, Op.13 "Pathétique"; No.23, Op.57 "Appassionata"; No.29, Op.106 "Hammerklavier" Egon Petri
CD 27: Franck: Prélude, Choral et Fugue; Prélude, Aria et Fugue / Fauré: Impromptus Op.31, 91, 102; Thème et variations, Op.73; Barcarolle Op.70; Noturne No.6, Op.63 Jörg Demus
CD 28: Spanish Guitar Music Julian Bream
CD 29: Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben, Op.42; Liederkreis, Op.39 / Respighi: Il tramonto Sena Jurinac, Barylli Quartet
CD 31: Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge / Mozart, W.A.: An Chloë, K.524; Oiseaux, si tous les ans K.307/K.284d; Ridente la calma K.152; "Un moto di gioia" (Le nozze di Figaro) K.492; Das Veilchen K.476
Maria Stader, Otto Wiener, Jan Peerce, Vienna Academy Choir, Hermann Scherchen
CD 32-33: Bach, J.S.: Mass In B Minor, BWV 232 Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen, Wiener Akademie Kammerchor
CD 34: Mozart: Requiem In D Minor, K.626 Sena Jurinac, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Hermann Scherchen, Vienna Academy Chamber Choir
CD 35-37: Händel: Rodelinda Teresa Stich-Randall, Maureen Forrester, Hilde Rössel Majdan, Helen Watts, Alexander Young, John Boyden, Martin Isepp, Vienna Radio Orchestra, Brian Priestman
CD 38-39: Berlioz: Roméo & Juliette ); Symphonie fantastique Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, René Leibowitz
The Westminster label has always been synonymous with a cult. Its catalogue, recorded between 1949 and 1970, is still of the utmost significance, technically and artistically. The Korean market has already sold upwards of 5,000 copies of its 50 CD Westminster chamber music box and now Deutsche Grammophon is presenting the best of both worlds in a glorious new 40-CD box set!
The DG Westminster box gives a cross-section of Westminster’s activity in all genres, from solo piano recordings (Jörg Demus, Paul Badura-Skoda, Clara Haskil, Egon Petri) to complete operas (Handel’s Rodelinda with Teresa Stich-Randall, Maureen Forrester, Alexander Young, conducted by Brian Priestman, receiving its CD premiere) to orchestral recordings by the legendary conductors Hermann Scherchen and Artur Rodzinski.
Many of these albums have never been released internationally before on CD or have been deleted for many years. Westminster Records was an American classical music record label, founded in 1949. Its trademark was Big Ben and its slogan “natural balance”, referring to its single microphone technique in recording music, similar to Mercury Records’ Living Presence series.
Done in the luxurious and endurable style of our successful DG-111 boxes, equipped with a lavish 100-page booklet, with newly commissioned articles by the great Westminster connoisseur Mike Gray, and by chamber music and vocal expert Tully Potter.
Deutsche Grammophon 40cds 4792343
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