Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra - Great Recordings from the Archives (2009) (8 CDs Box Set)

The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and IMG Artists present an exclusive deluxe 8CD box set edition celebrating the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and its century-long national and international tradition. The box offers a unique collection of recordings dating from 1934-1978 with more than 10 hours of music. Here the orchestra plays under legendary names like Arturo Toscanini, Fritz Busch, Leopold Stokowski, Bruno Walter, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Pierre Monteux and Rafael Kubelik, together with their Swedish counterparts Tor Mann, Sixten Ehrling and Herbert Blomstedt.

Tracklist:

CD1
[01] J.S.Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor
[02] Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra - I. Andante - Allegretto
[03] II. Allegro (ma sempre rubato, frei wie eine Kadenz) - Adagio
[04] Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs - Fruhling
[05] September
[06] Beim Schlafengehn
[07] Im Abendrot
[08] Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Prelude to Act I
[09] Libestod

Lois Krasner - violin [2-3]
Sena Jurinac - soprano [4-7]
Leopold Stokowski [1] • Fritz Busch [2-7] • Arturo Toscanini [8-9] - conductors



CD2
[01] W.A.Mozart: Symphony No.39 - I. Adagio - Allegro
[02] II. Andante con moto
[03] III. Menuetto. Allegro - Trio
[04] IV. Finale. Allegro
[05] Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.8 - I. Allegro vivace e con brio
[06] II. Allegretto scherzando
[07] III. Tempo di Menuetto
[08] IV. Allegro vivace
[09] Leonore Overture No.3
[10] Igor Stravinsky: Chant du rossignol - Introduction
[11] Marche chinoise
[12] Chant du rossignol
[13] Jeu du rossignol mécanique

Bruno Walter [1-4] • Wilhelm Furtwängler [5-9] • Victor de Sabata [10-13] - conductors



CD3
[01] Johaness Brahms: Symphony No.4 - I. Allegro non troppo
[02] II. Andante moderato
[03] III. Allegro giocoso - Poco meno presto -Tempo I
[04] IV. Allegro energico e passionato - Piu Allegro
[05] Richard Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll
[06] Jean Sibelius: Pohjola's Daughter, Op.49

Otto Klemperer [1-4] • Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt [5] • Tor Man [6] - conductors



CD4
[01] Gioacchino Rossini: Overture to Guillaume Tell
[02] Peter Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 - I. Andante - Allegro con anima
[03] II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza
[04] II. Valse. Allegro moderato
[05] IV. Finale. Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace
[06] Arnold Scheonberg: Chamber Symphony No.1

Carlo Maria Giulini [1] • Ferenc Fricsay [2-5] • Jascha Horenstein [6] - conductors



CD5
[01] Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon - Overture
[02] Johaness Brahms: Variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn - Chorale St. Antoni. Andante
[03] Variation I. Poco più animato
[04] Variation II. Più vivace
[05] Variation III. Con moto
[06] Variation IV. Andante con moto
[07] Variation V. Vivace
[08] Variation VI. Vivace
[09] Variation VII. Grazioso
[10] Variation VIII. Presto non troppo
[11] Finale. Andante
[12] Ottorio Respighi: Antiche danze ed arie per piuto - Suite No.1 (excerpts) - II. Vincenzo Galilei: Gagliarda (155…). Allegro marcato - Andantino mosso
[13] III. Ignoto: Villanella (fine del sec. XVI). Andante cantabile
[14] IV. Ignoto: Passo mezzo e Mascherada (fine del sec. XVI). Allegro vivo = Mascherada. Vivacissimo
[15] Gabriel Fauré: Requiem - I. Introït et Kyrie
[16] II. Offertoire
[17] III. Sanctus
[18] IV. Pie jesu
[19] V. Agnus Dei
[20] VI. Libera me
[21] VII. In paradisum

Gunilla af Malmborg - soprano • Rolf Leandersson - baritone [15-21]
Josef Krips [1] • Constantin Silvestri [2-11] • Pierre Monteux [12-14] • Rafael Kubelik [15-21] - conductors



CD6
[01] Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No.5 - I. Andante
[02] II. Allegro marcato
[03] III. Adagio
[04] IV. Allegro giocoso
[05] Hugo Alfvén: En skärgårdssägen, Op.20
[06] Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dances - No.1 in C major. Presto
[07] No.3 in A-flat Major. Poco allegro
[08] No.8 in G Minor. Presto

Paul Kletzki [1-4] • Herbert Blomstedt [5] • István Kertész [6-8] - conductors



CD7
[01] Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op.20
[02] Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.7 - I. Allegro moderato
[03] II. Adagio. Sehr feierlich und sehr langsam
[04] III. Scherzo. Sehr schnell - Trio
[05] IV. Finale. Bewegt, doch nicht schnell

Sixten Ehrling [1] • Rudolf Kempe [2-5] - conductors



CD8
[01] Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Gustave III, ou Le Bal masqué - Overture
[02] Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No.6 in D Major - I. Allegro non tanto
[03] II. Adagio
[04] III. Scherzo (Furiant). Presto - Trio. Poco meno mosso
[05] IV. Finale. Allegro con spirito
[06] Franz Berwald: Sinfonie singulière - I. Allegro fuocoso
[07] II. Adagio - Scherzo. Allegro assai - Adagio
[08] III. Finale. Presto

Gennady Rozhdestvensky [1] • Antal Dorati [2-5] • Igor Markevitch [6-8] - conductors