Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1st, 2nd, 5th works) ; New York Philharmonic (3rd work) ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra (4th work) ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra (6th work) ; Philharmonia Orchestra (7th, 8th works). Recorded between 1945-1958. Compact discs. Program notes by David Patmore in English with German and French translations (26 pages) inserted in container. Publisher's no.: IMG Artists 7243 5 75959 2 6 (7243 5 75960 2 2 (CD1)--7243 5 75961 2 1 (CD2)).
Contents:
CD 1. Russian Easter festival, op. 36 / Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (14:40) -- Khovanshchina. Prelude / Modest Mussorgsky (5:26) -- Symphony no. 2 in E minor, op. 27 / Sergei Rachmaninov (42:59) -- Guillaume Tell. Overture / Gioachino Rossini (11:19) -- CD 2. Die Walküre. Der Walkürenritt (4:28) ; Feuerzauber (6:55) / Richard Wagner -- Götterdämmerung. Morgendämmerung und Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt (9:34) ; Trauermarsch (6:50) / Wagner -- Tristan und Isolde. Prelude to Act I (10:19) ; Isoldes Liebestod (5:59) / Wagner -- Salome. Tanz der sieben Schleier / Richard Strauss (9:09) -- Tod und Verklärung, op. 24 / Strauss (23:25).
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