Monteux, Pierre

Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole, Pavane pour une Infante Defunte, Daphnis & Chloe. London SO, Pierre Monteux

1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2013-05-14

Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Chorus of the Royal Opera House; London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Pierre Monteux had one of the longest musical careers in recent times, exceeded only by Pablo Casals and Leopold Stokowski. A champion of new...continue...

Leonid Kogan plays Brahms & Khachaturian Violin Concertos / Leonid Kogan, violin; Phiharmonia Orchestra; Boston SO

1 CD / Guild / 2013-03-12

Conductors: Kondrashin, Kyril; Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

These historic recordings were done in January, 1958 (Khachaturian) and February, 1959 (Brahms) and in fact the Khachaturian was immediately recorded after Kogan's debut with...continue...

Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Nuits d'été (II-VI) / Eleonor Steber, mezzo-soprano

1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2013-02-12

Conductors: Monteux, Pierre; Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic; Vienna Philharmonic

Praga's superb series of SACD remasterings of classic recordings continues with this all-Berlioz program. The gem here is the great American soprano Eleanor Steber's striking...continue...

Beethoven: Leonore Ov. 3; Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel; Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto no 3; Stravinsky: Petrushka / Pierre Monteux

2 CD / Testament / 2013-02-12

Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic

Pierre Monteux is featured on this specially-priced live recording taken from a concert at Berlin's Hochschule für Musik. It is particularly special because Monteux conducted...continue...
Recording information: Hochschule für Musik, Berlin (10/1960)....continue...

Victoria from the Heart: Love Songs / Victoria de las Angeles, soprano

1 CD / Columna Musica / 2012-09-11

Works: Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini: Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Franz Schubert: Gesänge (4) aus Wilhelm Meister, D 877/Op. 62; Gabriel Fauré: Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39 no 4; ...
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Morante, Manuel Garcia; Parsons, Geoffrey; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Prêtre, Georges; Jacquillat, Jean-Pierre; Morelli, Giuseppe; Susskind, Walter; Cluytens, André; Monteux, Pierre; Santini, Gabriele; Serafin, Tullio

The pieces on this CD help us remember the softer side of Victoria de los Angeles, a soprano with a magnificent and unique voice, through...continue...

Album Debussy: The composer and his interpreters / Historic recordings from 1904 - 1955

3 CD / Aeon / 2012-05-08

Works: Claude Debussy: Ariettes oubliées; Mandoline; Fêtes galantes; Trois Ballades de Villon; Cinq Poèmes de Charles Baudelaire; Chansons (3) de Bilitis; Estampes; Images; Children's Corner;...
Performers: Bathori, Jane; Bonneau, Jacqueline; Brothier, Yvonne; Cloez, Gustave; Croiza, Claire; Debussy, Claude; Dufranne, Hector; Garden, Mary; Joachim, Irene; Meedintiano, Ivana; Meyer, Marcelle; Moiseiwitsc...
Conductors: Chevillard, Camille; Toscanini, Arturo; Straram, Walther; Desomiere, Roger; Monteux, Pierre; Truc, Georges; Coppola, Piero; Cloez, Gustave; Beydts, Louis; Lindenberg, Edouard

The "Debussy, Music and the Arts" exhibition, organized by Paris's Musée d'Orsay, proposes to evoke the musician's major encounters with contemporary artists and poets. Paintings,...continue...

Jascha Heifetz plays Bach, Vieuxtemps & Gruenberg (recorded 1935, 1945, 1946)

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2012-04-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Henri Vieuxtemps: Concerto for Violin no 4 in D minor, Op. 31; Louis Gruenberg: Concerto for Violin & orchestra, Op 47
Performers: Heifetz, Jascha
Conductors: Waxman, Franz; Barbirolli, John; Monteux, Pierre

The Very Best of Victoria de Los Angeles

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Alfredo...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; De Larrocha, Alicia; de los Angeles, Victoria; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Morelli, Giuseppe; Cellini, Renato; Gui, Vittorio; Susskind, Walter; Fistoulari, Anatole; Monteux, Pierre; Cluytens, André; Frühbec...

Much of her charm and ease of communication derived from her Spanish background. The dark-hued good looks married to the warm, Mediterranean tints in her...continue...

Music Painters [5 CDs]

7 CD / Naïve / 2012-01-31

Works: Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l'océan, for orchestra; Rêves, song for voice & piano; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 1; Deux mélodies hébraïques (Two Hebraic Melodies); Conc...
Performers: Armstrong, Louis; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barreaux, Gerard; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Blumenthal, Daniel; Bon, Maarten; Bostridge, Ian; Bruns, Peter; Cabasso, Laurent; Casals, Pablo; Cassard, Philippe; Ch...
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; Robertson, David; Equilbey, Laurence; ; Grindenko, Anatoly; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Mihaylov, Zdravko; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Spering, Christoph; Jean, Kenneth; Halász, Michael;...
Ensemble: ; Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars; Duo Campion-Vachon; Ensemble Kasbek; Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five; Rare Fruits Council; Tempo Jazz Men; Végh Quartet

Portrait: Claude Debussy [10 CDs]

10 CD / Red/membran / 2011-12-06

Works: Claude Debussy: La mer; Images for Orchestra; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Petite su...
Performers: Agosti, Guido; Collart, Claudine; Cortot, Alfred; Danco, Suzanne; Gieseking, Walter; Gulda, Friedrich; Horowitz, Vladimir; Plantey, Bernard; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
Conductors: Inghelbrecht, Désiré-Emile; Markevitch, Igor; Monteux, Pierre; Ansermet, Ernest; Mengelberg, Willem; Cluytens, André

The Decca Sound / Highlights from the 50 CD Special Editon [5 CDs]

5 CD / Decca / 2011-11-15

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West; Turandot; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Augér, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Bonney, Barbara; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caballé, Montserrat; Carlin, Mari...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo; Capuana, Franco; Maag, Peter; Martinon, Jean; Kertész, István; Willcocks, David; Ansermet, Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von; Monteux, Pierre; Britten, Benjamin; Fistoular...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Matrix Ensemble; Melos Ensemble of London; New London Consort; Vienna Octet

Includes tracks from all 50 CDs in The Decca Sound box. 55 years of recording celebrating the glorious Decca Sound from the early days of...continue...

Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (MET) / Tucker, Peters, Amara, Singher

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-01

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Recording information: Metropolitan Opera, New York City (12/03/1955)....continue...

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 / Monteux, Israel Philharmonic

1 CD / Helicon Records / 2011-09-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Helicon Records' new 'Heritage Series' presents historic recordings of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and features some of the finest conductors to have led the orchestra...continue...
Recording information: Mann Auditorium, Tel-Aviv (03/07/1964)....continue...

Pure... Classical

4 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2011-06-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier; Orchestral Suite no 3, BWV 1068; Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Brandenb...
Performers: De Larrocha, Alicia; De Maistre, Xavier; Donat, Zdislawa; Entremont, Philippe; Feltsman, Vladimir [Piano]; Gould, Glenn; Graffman, Gary; Hering, Jorg; Holzl, Barbara; Hyman, Dick; Newman, Anthony; Op...
Conductors: Spivakov, Vladimir; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Salter, Robert; Ormandy, Eugene; ; Newman, Anthony; Levine, James; Leppard, Raymond; Davis, Colin; Stokowski, Leopold; Szell, George; Munch, Charles; Bruno, ...
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Collegium; Moscow Virtuosi; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

50 Classical Music Favorites

3 CD / Decca / 2010-06-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F; Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Suite no 3 in D; Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G min...
Performers: Agostini, Federico; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Arrau, Claudio; Black, Neil; Carmirelli, Pina; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Colandrea, Italo; Copley, Michael [Recorder/Flute]; Davidovich, Bella; Freire, ...
Conductors: ; Brüggen, Frans; Davis, Colin; Masur, Kurt; Varviso, Silvio; Haitink, Bernard; Beinum, Eduard Van; Marriner, Sir Neville; Zinman, David; Schreier, Peter; Bychkov, Semyon; Szell, George; Bauer-T...
Ensemble: ; I Musici

Great Pianists, Vol. 1

1 CD / Guild / 2010-04-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Carl Maria von Weber: Konzertstück for Piano and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 79; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Pagani...
Performers: Backhaus, Wilhelm; Kraus, Lili [Piano]; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido; Monteux, Pierre; De Sabata, Victor

Three great pianists of the 20th-century are brought together on this unique CD, which features live performances from 1939 and the immediate post-war years. Wilhelm...continue...

Brahms Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-02-02

Works: Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5; Pieces (6) for Piano, Op. 118; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Concerto f...
Performers: Deutsch, Helmut; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Oppitz, Gerhard; Serkin, Rudolf; Szeryng, Henryk
Conductors: Szell, George; Scholz, Alfred; Monteux, Pierre; Levine, James; Reiner, Fritz

Holnd Fstvl - A Dutch Miracle - Fifty Years - 1947-1997

7 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Ernani; Falstaff; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492...
Performers: Alva, Luigi; Ameling, Elly; Andreolli, Florindo; Andriessen, Louis; Arnaud, Claudine; Barbieri, Fedora; Barick, David; Barwahser, Hubert; Beekman, Marcel; Benschop, Yvonne; Berberian, Cathy; Beretty,...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Rescigno, Nicola; Abbado, Claudio; Maderna, Bruno; De Waart, Edo; Berio, Luciano; Britten, Benjamin; Alldis, John; Duffalo, Richard; Friesen, Heinz; Leeuw...
Ensemble: American Wind Orchestra; ASKO Ensemble; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Danzi Woodwind Quintet; English Opera Group; Ensemble InterContemporain; Ensemble Modern; Hague Residentie Orchestra; Instrumen...

Ultimate French Classics - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; La mer; Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Boléro; La valse; Ma mère l'oye; Pavane p...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Birch, John; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Khaner, Jeffrey; McNair, Sylvia
Conductors: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Monteux, Pierre; Marriner, Sir Neville; Haitink, Bernard; De Waart, Edo; Zinman, David
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Thibaud plays French Music - Lalo, Chausson, Saint-Saëns

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2009-05-12

Works: Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21; Ernest Chausson: Poème for Violin and Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 25; Camille Saint-Saëns: Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra in E major, Op....
Performers: Thibaud, Jacques
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest; Bigot, Eugène; Monteux, Pierre

This program of four works central to Thibaud's repertoire illustrates the natural poetry of his interpretative style and the ease and brilliance of his bowing....continue...

Yehudi Menuhin - The Great EMI Recordings

51 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Concerto for 2 Violins in D mino...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Balsam, Artur; Barshai, Rudolf; Bennett, William; Cassadó, Gaspar; Cassad?, Gaspar; Civil, Alan; Cocker, Paul; Curzon, Clifford; de los Angeles, Victoria; Debost, Michel; Don...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Enescu, George; Monteux, Pierre; Dorati, Antal; Boulez, Pierre; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Pritchard, John; Silvestri, Constantin; Kletzki, Paul; Boult, Adrian; Panufnik, Andrzej; Da...
Ensemble: ; Alan Clare Trio; Bath Festival Ensemble; Instrumental Ensemble

This 50-CD set features Sir Yehudi Menuhin's most celebrated EMI recordings, made during his extraordinary 70-year exclusive recording relationship with the company. Includes works by...continue...
Includes work(s) by Manuel de Falla....continue...

Paganini: Works for Violin and Orchestra - First Complete Edition

8 CD / Dynamic / 2009-03-31

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 6; Concerto for Violin no 2 in B minor, Op. 7 "La Campanella"; Concerto for Violin no 3 in E major, MS 50; Concerto for Violin no 5 in ...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Bianchi, Luigi Alberto; Menuhin, Yehudi; Mezzena, Franco; Quarta, Massimo; Ricci, Ruggiero; Traverso, Franco; Vernizzi, Rino
Conductors: Quarta, Massimo; Dutoit, Charles; Tamponi, Franco; Plotino, Antonio; Porro, Luigi; Delacôte, Jacques; Monteux, Pierre; Mordini, Piero

Pierre Monteux conducts Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky

1 CD / Guild / 2008-11-11

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36; Christmas Eve Suite (Noch' pered rozhdestvom), for orchestra (with optional chorus ad lib); Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34; Alexander Bo...
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Monteux, arguably the greatest French conductor of the 20th century, was music director of the Boston Symphony from 1918-1924. He maintained a close association...continue...

Icon - Victoria de los Angeles - The Voice of an Angel Sings Puccini, Verdi, etc

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Otello; Simon Boccanegra; La traviata; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Alfredo ...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Borelli, Giannella; Christoff, Boris; Croisier, Marcelle; De Larrocha, Alicia; de los Angeles, Victoria; Drolc, Eduard; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Gerard, Jean-Claude...
Conductors: Morelli, Giuseppe; Robinson, Stanford; Susskind, Walter; Villa-Lobos, Heitor; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Santini, Gabriele; Cellini, Renato; Serafin, Tullio; Gui, Vittorio; Monteux, Pierre; Cluytens, Andr...

The distinguished Spanish soprano Victoria de los Angeles was one of the best-loved classical singers of the 20th century. With a voice of exceptional beauty,...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Nan Merriman

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-06-10

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Otello; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Manuel de Fa...
Performers: Merriman, Nan
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Susskind, Walter; Toscanini, Arturo; Monteux, Pierre; Stokowski, Leopold; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Nan Merriman was born in 1920 in Pittsburgh. She grew up in Los Angeles where she took lessons from Lotte Lehmann. She was singing on...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5; Rimsky-Korsakov / Monteux, et al

1 CD / Archipel / 2008-06-06

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Golden Cockerel; Sadko, Op. 5
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; French National Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Leonid Kogan Vol 1 - Brahms: Violin Concerto; Mozart: Violin Concerto no 3

1 CD / Doremi / 2008-04-08

Works: Spoken Word: Radio introduction to Leonid Kogan's USA debut performance; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K. 216
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre; Mitropoulos, Dimitri

This recording from Russian-Jewish Leonid Kogan, one of the greatest violinists of all time, is from his first tour of America....continue...

Bach: Violin Concertos, etc / Menuhin, Enescu, Monteux, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-18

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, B...
Performers: Enescu, George; Menuhin, Yehudi
Conductors: Enescu, George; Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: ; Paris Symphony Orchestra

Berl Senofsky - The Art of the Violin Vol 3

1 CD / Cembal d'amour / 2007-09-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Violin no 2 in G minor, Op. 63
Performers: Senofsky, Berl
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre; Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: ; Boston Symphony Orchestra

Consistently praised for the warmth and beauty of his tone, breathtaking virtuosity, and impeccable musicianship, Berl Senofsky's artistry has won him the boundless admiration of...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Jean Borthayre

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-07-01

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Jules Massenet: Manon; Thaïs; Hérodiade; Emile...
Performers: Angelici, Martha; Borthayre, Jean; de los Angeles, Victoria; Jeantet, Robert; Legay, Henri; Linsolas, Jacques; Luca, Libero de; Mans, Lucien; Robin, Mado; Semser, Ethel
Conductors: Cluytens, André; Erede, Alberto; Leibowitz, René; Monteux, Pierre; Dervaux, Pierre

Although he began his career relatively late, Jean Borthayre's distinctive voice became internationally known through his many recordings. He was perhaps the only French baritone...continue...

In Memory of Arturo Toscanini / Munch, Walter, Monteux

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-06-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Recorded Sound: Applause; Claude Debussy: La mer; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, O...
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Munch, Charles; Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Symphony of the Air

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Marian Anderson Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-05-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra); Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang, D 957; An den Frühling, D 338; Heidenrö...
Performers: Rupp, Franz
Conductors: Shaw, Robert; Reiner, Fritz; Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale Men; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"Lebendige Vergangenheit's second release devoted to Marian Anderson includes German and Austrian music from the Romantic and Post Romantic periods. The recordings were made in...continue...

Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux - California 1941-52

13 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-03-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Consecration of the House, overture Op. 124; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84; Fidelio, overture, Op. 72c; Leo...
Performers: Blinder, Boris; Blinder, Naoum; Cherkassky, Shura; Cutner, Solomon; Kapell, William; Kraus, Lili [Piano]; Warenskjold, Dorothy
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Standard Symphony Orchestra

"Is this ever a generous sampling of Pierre Monteux and the San Francisco Symphony! Music and Arts' Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux collects broadcast performances...continue...

Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 / Munch, Reiner, Bernstein, et al

5 CD / XXI-21 Productions / 2007-02-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C min...
Performers: Gonzalez, Irma; Harrell, Mack; Jobin, Raoul; Nikolaidi, Elena
Conductors: Munch, Charles; Bernstein, Leonard; Reiner, Fritz; Monteux, Pierre; Szell, George; Paray, Paul; Kempen, Paul van; Scherchen, Hermann; Walter, Bruno

Beethoven's Nine Symphonies by nine conductors and nine orchestras in outstanding performances recorded in the late forties and fifties, reunited by a unique vision of...continue...

Pierre Monteux in France 1952-58 Concert Performances

8 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-07-01

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pétrouchka; Le sacre du printemps; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or (The Golden Cockerel; Zolotoy petushok), concert suite for orchestra; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no...
Performers: Casadesus, Robert; Greindl, Josef; Jodry, Annie; Luca, Libero de; Moysan, G.; Stader, Maria
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: French National Orchestra

BBC Legends - Weber, Ravel, etc / Monteux

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-06-27

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Jubel Overture, J 245/Op. 59; Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin; Willem Pijper: Symphony no 3, K. 71; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Emmanuel Chabrier: Work(s)
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

"The opening of the little known Weber overture may contain the seeds of Wagner's overture to 'Die Meistersinger,' the ending is a stirring take on...continue...

Robert Casadesus Plays Mozart - Piano Concertos

2 CD / Music & Arts / 2006-05-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Concerto for Piano no 24 in C minor, K 491; Concerto for Piano no 26 in D major, K 537...
Performers: Casadesus, Robert
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von; Martinon, Jean; Monteux, Pierre; Zinman, David
Ensemble: French National Orchestra

Mozart's piano concertos played a prominent role throughout the career of Robert Casadesus. Over the course of thirty-two years he recorded thirteen of the twenty-seven...continue...

Historical - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no 1, etc / Ogden

2 CD / Artemis / 2006-04-25

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet; Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Performers: Ogdon, John
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Pierre Monteux, London Symphony

1 CD / Decca / 2006-04-11

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2; Rapsodie espagnole; pavane
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

"Monteux conducted the first performance of 'Daphne et Chloe' in 1912; Decca's 1959 recording captured his poetic and subtly shaded reading in vivid colours in...continue...

Lotte Lehman Sings Lieder & Orchestral Songs 1941-1950

2 CD / Video Artists International / 2005-12-27

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Abendempfindung, K 523; Das Veilchen, K 476; Warnung, K 433 (416c); Sehnsucht nach dem Frühling, K 596; An die Einsamkeit, K 391 (340b); Dans un bois solitaire, K 308 (2...
Performers: Lehmann, Lotte; Ulanowsky, Paul; Walter, Bruno
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Ms. Lehmann was one of the most communicative artists to grace the opera stage or the concert platform. For this reason, recordings of her live...continue...

The Art of Victoria de los Angeles - Mozart, Puccini, etc

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2005-11-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Enrique Granados: Goyesc...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Los Angeles, Victoria de; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Valletti, Cesare
Conductors: Susskind, Walter; Fistoulari, Anatole; Monteux, Pierre; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra

This 2-CD set features a rich anthology of this singers recordings: from the early recordings of the 1940s, to her unforgettable interpretations of Spanish folk...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no 1 / Monteux, Entremont, et al

1 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-10-01

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23
Performers: Entremont, Philippe
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre

Flash-Back Music Collection - Pierre Monteux

3 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-08-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Emmanuel Chabrier: Le roi malgré lui, opéra-comique in 3 acts; Maurice Ravel: La valse; Ma mère l'oye; Daphnis et Chloé Suit...
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Paris Symphony Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Franck: Symphony; Stravinsky: Pétrouchka / Monteux, et al

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2005-07-26

Works: César Franck: Symphony in D minor, M 48; Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version)
Performers: Zighera, Bernard
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

"Monteux's Franck Symphony, recorded with the Chicago Symphony in 1961, remains the best on disc. Tension always underlies the brooding; this is work of clarity,...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Monteux, Carteri, Valletti, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2005-07-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il Trovatore; Simon Boccanegra; La forza del destino
Performers: Carteri, Rosanna; Caselli, Dario; Keast, Raymond; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Maccagnani, Rina Allesandri; Marimpietri, Lidia; Monreale, Leonardo; Scarlini, Glauco; Tommaso, Salvatore De; Vall...
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre; Morel, Jean Paul; Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

This 1956 'Traviata' departed from the usual formula in that the conductor chosen was Pierre Monteux, an eminent figure in the field of French music...continue...

Great Conductors of the Past - Pierre Monteux

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-06-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Robert Schumann: Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra (1904-2004) - Centennial Set

4 CD / Andante / 2005-01-18

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon, J 306; Hector Berlioz: King Lear Overture, Op. 4; Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62; Franz Schubert: Symphony n...
Performers: Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Naouri, Laurent; Sabbatini, Giuseppe
Conductors: Nikisch, Arthur; Harty, Hamilton, Sir; Walter, Bruno; Krips, Josef; Monteux, Pierre; Kertész, István; Solti, Sir Georg; Abbado, Claudio; Previn, Andre; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Davis, Colin
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

The year 1904 saw a historic and unprecedented event, the creation of the United Kingdom's first orchestra governed and managed by the players themselves -...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 6 "Pathetique" / Monteux

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2004-09-14

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Monteux reunited three decades later with the orchestra he led in the early 1920s, to produce a 'Pathetique' both gripping and exhilarating....continue...

Stravinsky: Petrushka; The Rite of Spring

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2004-06-04

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pétrouchka; Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest; Monteux, Pierre

Famous Conductors of the Past - Pierre Monteux

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-01-01

Works: César Franck: Symphony in D minor, M 48; Claude Debussy: Images for Orchestra
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra