The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: 75th Anniversary - Great Moments

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Album Summary

Performers

• Pinchas Zukerman (Violin)
• Itzhak Perlman (Violin)
• Daniel Benyamini (Viola)
• Chaim Taub (Violin)
• Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
• Rudolf Buchbinder (Piano)
• Alicia De Larrocha (Piano)
• Yefim Bronfman (Piano)
• Isaac Stern (Violin)
• Nicola Ulivieri (Bass Baritone)

Conductors

• Bertini, Gary
• Blomstedt, Herbert
• Levine, James
• Masur, Kurt
• Mehta, Zubin

Ensembles

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• Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Composers

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Gustav Mahler (Composer) (1860 - 1911)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)

Notes & Reviews:

Released to celebrate the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra's 75th anniversary, this two disc set features a collection of twenty-two key tracks excerpted from the Helicon Classics catalogue.

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Works Details

Verdi, Giuseppe : La forza del destino :: Overture

• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Ensemble: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro :: Overture

• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Symphony no 5 :: Allegro con brio

• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Running Time: 8 min. sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1808

Schubert, Franz : Symphony no 9 'The Great' :: Andante con moto

• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Running Time: 13 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1825-1828

Brahms, Johannes : Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90 :: Allegro giocoso

• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Running Time: 6 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1883

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

• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Running Time: 5 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Symphony no 6 'Pathétique' :: Allegro con grazia

• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Running Time: 7 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1893

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Symphony no 8 :: Allegretto grazioso

• Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt
• Running Time: 5 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Orchestral

Berlioz, Hector : La damnation de Faust, Op. 24 :: Hungarian March

• Conductor: Gary Bertini
• Running Time: 4 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 11/1845-10/1846

Mahler, Gustav : Symphony no 2 :: Andante moderato

• Conductor: James Levine
• Running Time: 10 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1888-1894

Haydn, Franz Joseph : Symphony no 88 :: Finale. Allegro con spirito

• Conductor: Kurt Masur
• Notes: Composition written: 1787.
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1787

Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" BWV 140 :: Zion hört die Wächter singen

• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 11/25/1731

Vivaldi, Antonio : Concerto for 2 violins, RV. 522 :: Larghetto e spiritoso

• Performers: Pinchas Zukerman (Violin); Itzhak Perlman (Violin)
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: 1711

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364 :: Presto

• Performers: Daniel Benyamini (Viola); Chaim Taub (Violin)
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Running Time: 6 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1779

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 27 :: Allegro

• Performer: Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Running Time: 8 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1791

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Violin :: Larghetto

• Performer: Pinchas Zukerman (Violin)
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Running Time: 9 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1806

Brahms, Johannes : Concerto for Piano no 2 :: Allegretto grazioso

• Performer: Rudolf Buchbinder (Piano)
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Running Time: 8 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1881

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Concerto for Piano no 2 :: Moderato

• Performer: Alicia De Larrocha (Piano)
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Running Time: 11 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1900-1901

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Concerto for Piano no 2 :: Allegro scherzando

• Performer: Yefim Bronfman (Piano)
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Running Time: 5 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1868

Prokofiev, Sergei : Concerto for Violin no 2 :: Allegro, ben marcato

• Performer: Isaac Stern (Violin)
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Notes: Composition written: 1935.
• Running Time: 6 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1935

Brahms, Johannes : A German Requiem :: Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras

• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Running Time: 13 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1857-1868

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Fin ch'han dal vino

• Performer: Nicola Ulivieri (Bass Baritone)
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta
• Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1787