50 of the Best: Romantic Symphonies

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50 of the Best: Romantic Symphonies

Label Catalogue Number:
9.40280

Running Time: 417:13

Digital UPC: 0730099428019

Release Date: February 2012
Originally recorded in 2012

Composer
Felix Mendelssohn

Solo Orchestra
Philharmonia Cassovia

Conductor Conductor
Johannes Wildner

Venue Venue
House of Arts, Kosice

Composer
Johannes Brahms

Solo Orchestra
Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra Orchestra
Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor Conductor
Alexander Rahbari

Venue Venue
Concert Hall, Belgian Radio and Television, Brussels

Composer
Antonin Dvorák

Solo Orchestra
CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava

Conductor Conductor
Ondrej Lenárd

Venue Venue
Concert Hall, Czecho-Slovak Philharmonic, Bratislava

Composer
Hector Berlioz

Orchestra Orchestra
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Conductor
Pinchas Steinberg

Venue Venue
Concert Hall of Czechoslovak Radio, Bratislava

Composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Composer
Gustav Mahler

Orchestra Orchestra
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor Conductor
Zdenék Kosler

Composer
Sergei Rachmaninoff

Conductor Conductor
Stephen Gunzenhauser

Venue Venue
Studio of Czechoslovak Radio, Bratislava

Composer
Franz Schubert

Conductor Conductor
Michael Halász

Venue Venue
Moyzes Hall, Bratislava

Composer
Giuseppe Martucci

Orchestra Orchestra
Rome Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Conductor
Francesco La Vecchia

Venue Venue
Auditorium Conciliazione - Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma Studios, Rome, Italy

Conductor Conductor
Oliver von Dohnányi

Composer
César Franck

Orchestra Orchestra
Royal Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor Conductor
Gunter Neuhold

Composer
Carl Maria von Weber

Orchestra Orchestra
Queensland Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Conductor
John Georgiadis

Venue Venue
Brisbane

Composer
Robert Schumann

Solo Orchestra
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra

Composer
Sir Edward Elgar

Orchestra Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor Conductor
George Hurst

Venue Venue
Concert Hall of BBC, New Broadcasting House, Manchester

Composer
Georges Bizet

Orchestra Orchestra
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Conductor
Donald Johanos

Venue Venue
Lower Hutt Town Hall, Wellington, New Zealand

Orchestra Orchestra
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Conductor
Antoni Wit

Venue Venue
Concert Hall of Polish Radio, Katowice

Venue Venue
Concert Hall of Slovak Philharmonic, Bratislava, Slovakia

Composer
Max Bruch

Solo Orchestra
Staatskapelle Weimar

Orchestra Orchestra
Weimar Staatskapelle

Venue Venue
CCN Weimarhalle, Weimar, Germany

Composer
Joachim Raff

Conductor Conductor
Urs Schneider

Composer
Anton Bruckner

Orchestra Orchestra
Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Conductor Conductor
Georg Tintner

Venue Venue
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow

Composer
Ernest Chausson

Solo Orchestra
Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy

Conductor Conductor
Jerome Kaltenbach

Composer
Charles-Francois Gounod

Solo Orchestra
Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla

Conductor Conductor
Patrick Gallois

Venue Venue
Concert Hall, Suolahti, Finland

Composer
Mieczyslaw Karlowicz

Orchestra Orchestra
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Venue Venue
Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland

Orchestra Orchestra
Ireland National Symphony Orchestra

Venue Venue
National Concert Hall, Dublin

Composer
Franz Liszt

Solo Soloist
Andras Molnar

Orchestra Orchestra
Franz Liszt Academy of Music Orchestra

Conductor Conductor
Andras Ligeti

Choral Choral
Hungarian State Opera Chorus

Venue Venue
Concert Hall of the Academy of Music, Budapest

Solo Soloist
Ewa Podles

Choral Choral
Cracow Boys' Choir

Composer
Alexander Zemlinsky

Conductor Conductor
Ludovit Rajter

Venue Venue
Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio, Bratislava

Solo Choir
RTE Philharmonic Choir

Conductor Conductor
Reinhard Seifried

Orchestra Orchestra
Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor Conductor
Samuel Friedmann

Venue Venue
Rhein-Mosel-Halle in Koblenz

Composer
Carl Reinecke

Conductor Conductor
Alfred Walter

Venue Venue
Koblenz, Germany

Composer
Camille Saint-Saëns

Solo Soloist
Imrich Szabo

Venue Venue
Concert Hall of Slovak Radio, Bratislava

Composer
Karl Goldmark

Composer
Franz Schmidt

Orchestra Orchestra
Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Conductor
Vassily Sinaisky

Venue Venue
Malmö Concert Hall, Sweden

Orchestra Orchestra
Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Conductor
Manfred Honeck

Conductor Conductor
Edgar Seipenbusch

Venue Venue
Reduta Concert Hall, Bratislava

Conductor Conductor
Alexander Anissimov

Venue Venue
Malmo Concert Hall, Malmö, Sweden

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50 of the Best: Romantic Symphonies

FELIX MENDELSSOHN

Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N16, "Italian"

10:40

Solo: Philharmonia Cassovia Orchestra

Orchestra: Philharmonia Cassovia Orchestra

Conductor: Johannes Wildner Conductor

JOHANNES BRAHMS

Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68

10:09

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Alexander Rahbari Conductor

ANTONIN DVORÁK

Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178, "From the New World"

11:54

Solo: CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Orchestra

Orchestra: CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Orchestra

Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd Conductor

HECTOR BERLIOZ

Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

04:55

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Pinchas Steinberg Conductor

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, "Pathetique"

07:55

Solo: Philharmonia Cassovia Orchestra

Orchestra: Philharmonia Cassovia Orchestra

Conductor: Johannes Wildner Conductor

GUSTAV MAHLER

Symphony No. 1 in D Major, "Titan"

10:11

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Zdenék Kosler Conductor

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF

Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27

12:40

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser Conductor

FRANZ SCHUBERT

Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759, "Unfinished"

11:13

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Michael Halász Conductor

GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI

Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75

05:22

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Rome Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia Conductor

FELIX MENDELSSOHN

10.

Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, MWV N19, "Scottish"

10:15

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Oliver von Dohnányi Conductor

CÉSAR FRANCK

11.

Symphony in D Minor, M. 48

09:49

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Royal Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Gunter Neuhold Conductor

CARL MARIA VON WEBER

12.

Symphony No. 2 in C Major, J. 51

01:50

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Queensland Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: John Georgiadis Conductor

ROBERT SCHUMANN

13.

Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61

09:57

Solo: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Johannes Wildner Conductor

SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857 – 1934)

14.

Symphony No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 55

12:50

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: George Hurst Conductor

GEORGES BIZET

15.

Symphony in C Major

05:55

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Donald Johanos Conductor

GUSTAV MAHLER

16.

Symphony No. 4 in G Major

09:39

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Antoni Wit Conductor

JOHANNES BRAHMS

17.

Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98

06:10

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Michael Halász Conductor

MAX BRUCH

18.

Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 28

07:49

Solo: Staatskapelle Weimar Orchestra

Orchestra: Weimar Staatskapelle Orchestra

Conductor: Michael Halász Conductor

JOACHIM RAFF

19.

Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 153, "Im Walde"

09:30

Solo: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Urs Schneider Conductor

ANTON BRUCKNER

20.

Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, WAB 101 (orig. 1866 unrevised Linz version, prep. W. Carragan)

09:07

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Georg Tintner Conductor

FRANZ SCHUBERT

21.

Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485

06:41

Solo: Philharmonia Cassovia Orchestra

Orchestra: Philharmonia Cassovia Orchestra

Conductor: Johannes Wildner Conductor

ERNEST CHAUSSON

22.

Symphony in B-Flat Major, Op. 20

09:26

Solo: Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy Orchestra

Orchestra: Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy Orchestra

Conductor: Jerome Kaltenbach Conductor

ANTONIN DVORÁK

23.

Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 10, B. 34

08:43

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser Conductor

CHARLES-FRANCOIS GOUNOD

24.

Symphony No. 1 in D Major

05:54

Solo: Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla Orchestra

Orchestra: Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla Orchestra

Conductor: Patrick Gallois Conductor

MIECZYSLAW KARLOWICZ

25.

Symphony in E Minor, Op. 7, "Odrodzenie" (Rebirth)

05:44

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Antoni Wit Conductor

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

26.

Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36

08:55

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd Conductor

ANTON BRUCKNER

27.

Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, WAB 102 (1872 first version, ed. W. Carragan)

11:00

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Ireland National Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Georg Tintner Conductor

FRANZ LISZT

28.

Eine Faust-Symphonie in drei Charakterbildern, S108/R425

07:29

Solo: Andras Molnar Soloist

Orchestra: Franz Liszt Academy of Music Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Andras Ligeti Conductor

Choral: Hungarian State Opera Chorus Choral

GUSTAV MAHLER

29.

Symphony No. 3 in D Minor

04:15

Solo: Ewa Podles Soloist

Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Antoni Wit Conductor

Choral: Cracow Boys' Choir Choral

ANTONIN DVORÁK

30.

Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 60, B. 112

08:06

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser Conductor

GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI

31.

Symphony No. 2 in F Major, Op. 81

06:28

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Rome Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia Conductor

JOHANNES BRAHMS

32.

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73

09:15

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Alexander Rahbari Conductor

GUSTAV MAHLER

33.

Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor

12:05

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Antoni Wit Conductor

ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY

34.

Symphony in D Minor

05:36

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Ludovit Rajter Conductor

FELIX MENDELSSOHN

35.

Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 52, MWV A18, "Lobgesang" (Hymn of Praise)

05:22

Solo: RTE Philharmonic Choir Choir

Orchestra: Ireland National Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Reinhard Seifried Conductor

Choral: RTE Philharmonic Choir Choral

CHARLES-FRANCOIS GOUNOD

36.

Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat Major

07:32

Solo: Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla Orchestra

Orchestra: Sinfonia Finlandia Jyvaskyla Orchestra

Conductor: Patrick Gallois Conductor

JOACHIM RAFF

37.

Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 96, "An das Vaterland"

07:52

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Samuel Friedmann Conductor

CARL REINECKE

38.

Symphony No. 1 in A Major, Op. 79

06:18

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Rhenish Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Alfred Walter Conductor

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS

39.

Sinfonie Nr. 3 c-Moll, Op. 78, "Orgelsinfonie": 2. Maestoso - Allegro - Più allegro - Molto allegro - Pesante (Ein Schweinchen names Babe)

07:49

Solo: Imrich Szabo Soloist

Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser Conductor

KARL GOLDMARK

40.

Symphony No. 1, Op. 26, "Landliche Hochzeit" (Rustic Wedding Symphony)

08:33

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Ireland National Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser Conductor

FRANZ SCHMIDT

41.

Symphony No. 1 in E Major

10:47

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Malmö Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky Conductor

ROBERT SCHUMANN

42.

Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38, "Spring"

06:56

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Antoni Wit Conductor

MAX BRUCH

43.

Symphony No. 3 in E Major, Op. 51

05:58

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Manfred Honeck Conductor

ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY

44.

Symphony in B-Flat Major

08:24

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Edgar Seipenbusch Conductor

CARL MARIA VON WEBER

45.

Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 19, J. 50

06:47

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Queensland Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: John Georgiadis Conductor

ANTON BRUCKNER

46.

Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major, WAB 104, "Romantic" (1886 version, ed. L. Nowak)

10:41

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Royal Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Gunter Neuhold Conductor

ANTONIN DVORÁK

47.

Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 4, B. 12

11:03

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser Conductor

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF

48.

Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 13

09:32

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Ireland National Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Alexander Anissimov Conductor

FRANZ SCHMIDT

49.

Symphony No. 4 in C Major

07:40

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Malmö Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky Conductor

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY

50.

Symphony No. 3 in D Major, Op. 29, "Polish"

08:32

Solo: Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi Chamber Orchestra Orchestra

Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Orchestra

Conductor: Antoni Wit Conductor

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