Menges, Herbert

Mercury Living Presence Collection [51 CDs]

51 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97; Romanian...
Performers: Bachauer, Gina; Belov, Rudolf; Fischer, Irwin; Glenecke, Thomas; Graham, Allan; Hood, Boyde [Trumpet]; Janis, Byron; Koves, Toni; London Symphony Orchestra; Menuhin, Yehudi; Metzenger, Edward; Miquel...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Hanson, Howard; Dorati, Antal; Fennell, Frederick; Paray, Paul; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; ; Menges, Herbert; Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Gnutov, Vitaly; Alessandro, ...
Ensemble: ; Battery B, 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery; Eastman Wind Ensemble

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S. that reproduced some of...continue...
Includes work(s) by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky....continue...

Icon - Solomon - The Master Pianist plays Beethoven, Mozart, etc

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Sonata for Piano no 27 in E minor, Op. 90; Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; ...
Performers: Cutner, Solomon; Rogerson, Haydn
Conductors: Menges, Herbert; Dobroven, Issay; Susskind, Walter; Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

The great British piano virtuoso Solomon Cutner (known professionally by his first name alone), was best known for his performances of the music of Beethoven....continue...

The Classic 100 Concerto [Box Set]

8 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2007-11-20

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56 "T...
Performers: Anda, Geza; Anthony, Adele; Auber, Stefan; Baerg, Irmgard; Balsam, Artur; Bargy, Roy; Barton, William; Belkin, Boris; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Brown, Iona; Cazal, Olivier; Collins, Geoffrey; Cominati...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Fürst, Jànos; Halstead, Anthony; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Dyer, Paul; Kelly, Brett; Bonynge, Richard; Tchivzhel, Edvard; Hogwood, Christopher; Stanhop...
Ensemble: ; Australian Chamber Orchestra; I Musici

What is the one concerto you cannot live without? This question was asked of the australian public through a poll by abc classic fm and...continue...

Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Stravinsky / Cherkassky, et al

1 CD / Medici Masters / 2007-10-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 16; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Abram Chasins: Chinese Pieces (3); Francis Poulenc: Work(s); Igor Stravi...
Performers: Cherkassky, Shura; Jackson, Harold
Conductors: Menges, Herbert
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Shura Cherkassky was considered to be one of the greatest romantic virtuosos of the 20th Century and he believed in being totally spontaneous, meaning that...continue...

Grieg, Schumann: Piano Concertos / Solomon, Menges, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2002-06-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Franz Liszt: Hungarian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, S 123
Performers: Cutner, Solomon
Conductors: Menges, Herbert; Susskind, Walter
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Mozart: Piano Concerto no 15, 23 & 24 / Solomon, Ackermann

1 CD / Testament / 2001-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 15 in B flat major, K 450; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Concerto for Piano no 24 in C minor, K 491
Performers: Cutner, Solomon
Conductors: Ackermann, Otto; Menges, Herbert
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 1 & 2 / Solomon, Cluytens

1 CD / Testament / 1997-02-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19
Performers: Cutner, Solomon
Conductors: Menges, Herbert; Cluytens, André

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 3 & 4 / Solomon, Cluytens

1 CD / Testament / 1997-02-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58
Performers: Cutner, Solomon
Conductors: Menges, Herbert; Cluytens, André
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Beethoven: Piano Concerto no 5, Sonatas / Solomon, Menges

1 CD / Testament / 1997-02-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Sonata for Piano no 17 in D major ("Trumpet", "Hunt"), K. 576
Performers: Cutner, Solomon
Conductors: Menges, Herbert
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra