Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra - Legendary Masterwork Recordings

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Album Summary

Performers

• Igor Oistrakh (Violin)
• Dieter Zechlin (Piano)
• Edda Moser (Soprano)
• Rosemarie Lang (Alto)
• Peter Schreier (Tenor)
• Theo Adam (Bass)
• Siegfried Stöckigt (Piano)
• Kurt Hiltawsky (Clarinet)

Conductors

• Bongartz, Heinz
• Konwitschny, Franz
• Markevitch, Igor
• Masur, Kurt
• Neumann, Václav
• Sanderling, Kurt

Ensemble

• Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Composers

• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884)
• Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)

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Mendelssohn, Felix : Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"

• Conductor: Franz Konwitschny
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 01/20/1842.
• Running Time: 42 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 01/20/1842

Mendelssohn, Felix : Concerto for Violin in D minor

• Performer: Igor Oistrakh (Violin)
• Conductor: Franz Konwitschny
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 25 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 09/16/1844

Bruckner, Anton : Symphony no 6 in A major, WAB 106

• Conductor: Heinz Bongartz
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1879-81.
• Running Time: 58 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1879-1881

Mussorgsky, Modest : Pictures at an exhibition

• Conductor: Igor Markevitch
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 29 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1874-1922

Mussorgsky, Modest : Night on the Bare Mountain

• Conductor: Igor Markevitch
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 10 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1886

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"

• Performer: Dieter Zechlin (Piano)
• Conductor: Kurt Sanderling
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 39 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1809

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Sonata for Piano no 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux"

• Performer: Dieter Zechlin (Piano)
• Conductor: Kurt Sanderling
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 15 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1809-1810

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 46/B 83

• Conductor: Václav Neumann
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Slavonic Dance no 7 for orchestra in C minor, B. 83/7 (Op. 46/7)

• Conductor: Václav Neumann
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Slavonic Dance no 9 for orchestra in B major, B. 147/1 (Op. 72/1)

• Conductor: Václav Neumann
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Slavonic Dance no 12 for orchestra in D flat major B. 147/4 (Op. 72/4)

• Conductor: Václav Neumann
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 72/B 147

• Conductor: Václav Neumann
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Slavonic Dance no 16 for orchestra in A flat major, B. 147/8 (Op. 72/8)

• Conductor: Václav Neumann
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 :: no 1 in G minor

• Conductor: Václav Neumann
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 :: no 3 in F major

• Conductor: Václav Neumann
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 :: no 4 in F sharp minor

• Conductor: Václav Neumann
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 5 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 :: no 5 in G minor

• Conductor: Václav Neumann
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 :: no 6 in D major

• Conductor: Václav Neumann
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 :: no 7 in F major

• Conductor: Václav Neumann
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 :: no 17 in F sharp minor

• Conductor: Václav Neumann
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 :: no 18 in D major

• Conductor: Václav Neumann
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 :: no 20 in E minor

• Conductor: Václav Neumann
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Brahms, Johannes : Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1 :: no 21 in E minor

• Conductor: Václav Neumann
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 1 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Smetana, Bedrich : Má vlast :: 112

• Conductor: Václav Neumann
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 78 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: circa 1872-1879

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"

• Performers: Edda Moser (Soprano); Rosemarie Lang (Alto); Peter Schreier (Tenor); Theo Adam (Bass)
• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 67 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1824

Gershwin, George : Rhapsody in Blue

• Performers: Siegfried Stöckigt (Piano); Kurt Hiltawsky (Clarinet)
• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 15 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1924

Gershwin, George : Porgy and Bess :: A Symphonic Picture (arr. Robert Russell Bennett)

• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 14 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1935

Gershwin, George : Cuban Overture

• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Running Time: 9 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1932

Gershwin, George : An American in Paris

• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1928.
• Running Time: 18 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1928