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Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3, 4 & 5; Liszt: Les Préludes / Muti, Philadelphia, Philharmonia

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; Symphony no 5 in D major, Op. 107 "Reformation"; Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture, i...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra

Mendelssohn's 'Scottish' Symphony, Riccardo Muti's choice for his first orchestral recording, led Gramophone magazine to judge that: 'Muti seems a natural Mendelssohnian ... this could...continue...

Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-02-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in D minor ("L'estro armonico" no 11), Op. 3/11,; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Adoramus te Christe, motet for 4 voices (from Mo...
Performers: Rodzinski, Artur [Conductor]
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

Stokowski, the first major musician to recognize the potentialities of the sound recording as a significant factor in our musical life, actually resisted the idea...continue...

Franck: Symphony in D minor, etc / Muti, Philadelphia

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1999-08-10

Works: César Franck: Symphony in D minor, M 48; Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), symphonic poem (also arr. for piano, 4 hands), M. 44
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra