Assembled together, for the first time, Pierre Monteux’s complete recordings for Decca, Philips, Westminster and Decca/RCA Including bonus disc of rehearsal material never before released, from producer Christopher Raeburn’s archives (courtesy of the British Library) – including Daphnis et Chloé and Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9

 

TRACK LIST

BEETHOVEN

CD 1 Symphonies Nos. 1* & 2; Overtures: Fidelio, Egmont, King Stephen London Symphony Orchestra · Wiener Philharmoniker*

CD 2 Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8 Wiener Philharmoniker

CD 3 Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7 London Symphony Orchestra

CD 4 Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6* London Symphony Orchestra · Wiener Philharmoniker*

CD 5 Symphonies No. 9 Elisabeth Söderström · Regina Resnik · Jon Vickers · David Ward · London Bach Choir · London Symphony Orchestra

CD 6 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 SCHUBERT Symphony No. 8 Concertgebouw Orchestra

CD 7 SCHUBERT Rosamunde BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 Wiener Philharmoniker

CD 8 BRAHMS Tragic Overture; Academic Festival Overture; Haydn Variations; Symphony No. 2 London Symphony Orchestra

CD 9 BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7 Julius Katchen · London Symphony Orchestra

CD 10-11 BERLIOZ Roméo et Juliette Regina Resnik · André Turp · David Ward · London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

CD 12 BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night's Dream Wiener Philharmoniker

CD 13 HAYDN Symphonies Nos. 94 & 101 Wiener Philharmoniker

CD 14 TCHAIKOVSKY The Sleeping Beauty (Highlights) London Symphony Orchestra

CD 15 TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake (Highlights) Hugh Maguire · London Symphony Orchestra

CD 16 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite* Hugh Maguire · London Symphony Orchestra · Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire*

CD 17 STRAVINSKY Petrushka (Original version, 1911) *; The Rite of Spring Julius Katchen* · Orchestra · Orchestre de la Société des concerts du Conservatoire

CD 18 DEBUSSY Images; Nocturnes; Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune; Le Martyre de Saint Sebastian* Roger Lord cor anglais* · London Symphony Orchestra

CD 19 RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé*; Rapsodie espagnole; Pavane pour une infante defunte Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden* · London Symphony Orchestra

CD 20 RAVEL Bolero; La valse; Ma mere l'oye London Symphony Orchestra

CD 21 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 ELGAR Enigma Variations London Symphony Orchestra

CD 22 J.S. BACH Orchestral Suite No. 2 GLUCK Dance of the Blessed Spirits Orfeo ed Euridice MOZART Flute Concerto No. 2* Claude Monteux* · London Symphony Orchestra

CD 23 RAVEL Boléro; La Valse; Pavane pour une infante défunte Claude Monteux · Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Rehearsal sequences)

CD 24 BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos. 3 & 9* RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé˚ DE LISLE La Marseillaise* Elisabeth Söderström* · Regina Resnik* · Jon Vickers* · David Ward* · Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden˚ · London Bach Choir* London Symphony Orchestra*˚ · Concertgebouw Orchestra