Pierre Monteux - Decca Recordings (2016) (20 CD Box Set)

Famously conducted the world premieres of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and other prominent works including Petrushka, Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé, and Debussy's Jeux. Monteux was the principal conductor of the French repertoire at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

He led the Boston Symphony Orchestra (1919-24), Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra (1924-34), Orchestre Symphonique de Paris (1929-38) and San Francisco Symphony (1936-52). In 1961, aged eighty-six, he accepted the chief conductorship of the London Symphony Orchestra, a post which he held until his death three years later. Although known for his performances of the French repertoire, his chief love was the music of German composers.

TRACKLIST:

CD1
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK (1714-1787)
Dance of the blessed spirits
Orfeo e Euridice
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
Flute Concerto in D major, K314
Claude Monteux flute
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recorded in Decca Studio No. 3, West Hampstead, London, 11/1963

CD2
JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809)
Symphony No. 94 in G major "Surprise"
Symphony No. 101 in D major "Clock"
Wiener Philharmoniker
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recording locations: Kingsway Hall, London, 12/1958 (Op. 56a), Sofiensaal, Vienna, 4/1959 (Nos. 94 & 101)

CD3
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 1 in C major, op. 21
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, op. 55 "Eroica"
Wiener Philharmoniker
Pierre Monteux
Recording: 1957 (Op. 55), 1969 (Op. 21)

CD4
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 6 in F major, op. 68 "Pastoral"
Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93
Wiener Philharmoniker
Pierre Monteux
Recording: 1958 (Op. 68), 1960 (Op. 93)

CD5
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67
Symphony No. 7 in A major, op. 92
Egmont Overture, op. 84
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recording: 1961

CD6
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 36
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, op. 60
King Stephen Overture, op. 117
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recording: 1960

CD7
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125
Elisabeth Soderstrom soprano
Regina Resnik contralto
Jon Vickers tenor
David Ward bass
London Bach Choir
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recording: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, 6/1962

CD8
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 3 in E flat, op. 55 "Eroica"
Marcia funebre: Rehearsal
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recording: Amsterdam, 7/1962

CD9
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 "Unfinished"
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Rosamunde, D797 - excerpts
Wiener Philharmoniker
IGOR STRAVINSKY (1881-1971)
Le Sacre du Printemps(The Rite of Spring)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recording: Amsterdam, 11/1963 (D759), Sofiensaal, Vienna, 11/1957 (D797), Salle uwagram, Paris, 11/1956 (Sacre)

CD10
HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-1869)
Romeo et Juliette
Dramatic Symphony, op. 17

CD11
HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-1869)
Romeo et Juliette
Dramatic Symphony, op. 17
Regina Resnik alto
Andre Turp tenor
David Ward bass
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Pierre Monteux
Recording: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, 6/1962

CD12
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Symphony No. 2 in D, op. 73
Tragic Overture, op. 81
Academic Festival Overture, op. 80
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recording: London, 11/1962

CD13
PYOTR ILYCH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66
Ballet in three acts and a prologue ? highlights
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recording: Kingsway Hall, London, 6/1957 (op. 66)

CD14
PYOTR ILYCH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Swan Lake, op. 20 Excerpts
London Symphony Orchestra
Hugh Maguire violin
Pierre Monteux
Recording: London, 6/1962

CD15
ANTONIN DVO?AK (1841-1904)
Symphony No. 7 in D minor, op. 70
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recording: Kingsway Hall, London, 10/1959

CD16
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
Prelude a "L'apres-midi d'un faune
Nocturnes
Images for orchestra
Le martyre de saint Sebastien
London Symphony Orchestra
Roger Lord cor anglais
Pierre Monteux
Recording: London, 5/1963

CD17
MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937)
Daphnis et Chloe complete ballet*
Rapsodie Espagnole
Pavane pour une infante defunte
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden*
Douglas Robinson chorus master
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recordings: 4/1959 (Daphnis), 12/1961

CD18
MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937)
Bolero
La Valse Poeme choregraphique
Ma mere l'Oye Ballet
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recording: London, 2/1964

CD19
JEAN SIBELIUS (1865-1957)
Symphony No. 2 in D major, op. 43
EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934)
Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma), op. 36
London Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recording: Kingsway Hall, London, 6/1958

CD20
IGOR STRAVINSKY (1881-1971)
The Firebird Suite, 1919
Petrushka Ballet, 1911
Julius Katchen piano (Petrushka)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Pierre Monteux
Recording: Salle Wagram, Paris, 10 & 11/1956



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