Seiji Ozawa - Anniversary [11CD Box Set] (2010)

The 2nd of September 2010 marks Maestro Seiji Ozawa’s 75th birthday.
This new 11-CD set presents Seiji Ozawa in a wide variety of symphonic repertory with the orchestra’s with which he has been most closely associated since the early 1970s – from the San Francisco Symphony in 1972 in a programme of music centred round Romeo and Juliet, through his twenty-nine years at the Boston Symphony, to the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics and the Saito Kinen Orchestra in Japan – a celebration of a truly international Maestro.

Tracklist:

CD 1:
Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, BB 114 (Sz.106)
1. 1. Andante tranquillo 7:27
2. 2. Allegro 7:30
3. 3. Adagio 6:53
4. 4. Allegro molto 7:19
Concerto For Orchestra, BB 123, Sz.116
5. 1. Introduzione (Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace) 9:37
6. 2. Giuoco della coppie (Allegretto scherzando) 6:22
7. 3. Elegia (Andante, non troppo) 6:59
8. 4. Intermezzo interrotto (Allegretto) 4:26
9. 5. Finale (Pesante - Presto) 10:00
Saito Kinen Festival Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

CD 2:
Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, H 48
1. 1. Rêveries. Passions (Largo - Allegro agitato ed appassionato assai) 13:00
2. 2. Un bal (Valse: Allegro non troppo)6:28
3. 3. Scène aux champs (Adagio) 13:17
4. 4. Marche au supplice (Allegretto non troppo) 4:26
5. 5. Songe d'une nuit du Sabbat (Larghetto - Allegro - Ronde du Sabbat: Poco meno mosso) 9:15
Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
Pavane pour une infante défunte, M.19
6. Orchestral version 6:23
Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

CD 3:
Toru Takemitsu (1930 - 1996)
1. Ceremonial - An Autumn Ode 8:53
Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Family Tree - Musical Verses for Young People
Poems Translated by William I. Elliott & Kazuo Kawamura
2. Once Upon a Time 5:42
3. Grandpa 2:29
4. Grandma 2:29
5. Dad 3:16
6. Mom 2:51
7. A Distant Place 5:33
Seira Ozawa, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
My Way of Life
8. I was once asked to write about "my way of life". 5:11
9. To a discerning eye 4:26
10. A human being has its own way of life 4:30
11. It is not time that passes on 2:56
Dwayne Croft, Tokyo Opera Singers, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
12. Requiem pour orchestre à cordes 7:44
Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
13. Air 6:07
Aurèle Nicolet

CD 4:
Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection"
1. 1. Allegro maestoso. Mit durchaus ernstem und feierlichem Ausdruck 21:01
2. 2. Andante moderato. Sehr gemächlich 10:08
3. 3. Scherzo: In ruhig fliessender Bewegung 10:15
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
4: "Urlicht"
4. 4. "O Röschen rot! Der Mensch liegt in grösster Not!" (Sehr feierlich aber schlicht)- "Urlicht" 4:53
Marilyn Horne, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
5. 5a. Im Tempo des Scherzos. Wild herausfahrend - 9:32
6. 5b. Maestoso. Sehr zurückhaltend - Wieder zurückhaltend - 7:21
7. 5c. Sehr langsam und gedehnt - 2:27
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
8. 5d. "Aufersteh'n, ja aufersteh'n wirst du" (Langsam. Misterioso) 6:33
Kiri Te Kanawa, Marilyn Horne, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
9. 5e. "O glaube, mein Herz, o glaube" (Etwas bewegter) 7:34
Kiri Te Kanawa, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

CD 5:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
1. Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565 (Orch. Leopold Stokowski) 9:05
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Musical Offering, BWV 1079
Transcription: Anton Webern
2. Fuga (Ricercata) a 6 voci 8:26
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Seiji Ozawa
Partita for Violin Solo No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004
Transcription: Hideo Saito
3. Chaconne 16:38
Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her, BWV 769
Orch. Stravinsky
4. Choral 0:47
5. Var.I: In canone all'ottava 1:16
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
6. Var.II: Alio modo in canone alle quinta 1:12
7. Var.III: In canone alla settima 2:10
8. Var.IV: In canone all'ottava per augmentationem 2:33
9. Var.V: L'altra sorte del canone al rovescio 2:35
Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Prelude And Fugue In E-Flat Major, BWV 552
10. Transcription: Arnold Schoenberg 14:47
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

CD 6:
Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
Gloria, FP 144
1. 1. Gloria 2:23
2. 2. Laudamus te 2:48
3. 3. Domine Deus 4:35
4. 4. Domini Fili Unigenite 1:20
5. 5. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei 5:53
6. 6. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris 6:11
Kathleen Battle, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver
Concerto for Organ, Strings and Percussion in G Minor, FP 93
7. Andante 5:23
8. Subito andante moderato 7:07
9. Tempo allegro, molto agitato 9:54
Simon Preston, Everett Firth, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Concert Champêtre, FP 49
10. 1. Allegro molto 10:19
11. 2. Andante 7:07
12. 3. Finale 7:41
Trevor Pinnock, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa

CD 7:
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
Scheherazade, Op. 35
1. 1. The Sea And Sinbad's Ship 9:53
2. 2. The Story Of The Calender Prince 11:30
3. 3. The Young Prince And The Young Princess 9:22
4. 4. Festival At Bagdad - The Sea - The Shipwreck Against A Rock Surmounted By A Bronze Warrio 12:29
Rainer Honeck, Wiener Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa
5. Russian Easter Festival, Overture, Op.36 14:55
Wiener Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa

CD 8:
Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
1. Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare, TrV 248 2:23
Eine Alpensinfonie, Op.64, TrV 233
2. Nacht 3:18
3. Sonnenaufgang 1:38
4. Der Anstieg 2:17
5. Eintritt in den Wald 4:50
6. Wanderung neben dem Bache 0:43
7. Am Wasserfall 0:15
8. Erscheinung 0:46
9. Auf blumige Wiesen 0:55
10. Auf der Alm 2:05
11. Durch Dickicht und Gestrüpp auf Irrwegen 1:26
12. Auf dem Gletscher 1:02
13. Gefahrvolle Augenblicke 1:24
14. Auf dem Gipfel 4:49
15. Vision 3:29
16. Nebel steigen auf 0:20
17. Die Sonne verdüstert sich allmählich 0:54
18. Elegie 2:20
19. Stille vor dem Sturm 2:51
20. Gewitter und Sturm, Abstieg 3:50
21. Sonnenuntergang 2:48
22. Ausklang 5:58
23. Nacht 2:19
24. Feierlicher Einzug (Einzug der Ritter des Johanniterordens), 1909 6:08
Wiener Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa

CD 9:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Symphony No.5 in E Minor, Op.64, TH.29
1. 1. Andante - Allegro con anima 14:44
2. 2. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza - Moderato con anima 12:54
3. 3. Valse (Allegro moderato) 6:07
4. 4. Finale (Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace) 12:10
1812 Overture, Op. 49, TH 49
5. Largo - Allegro giusto 15:01
Berliner Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa

CD 10:
Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63
1. Overture 11:14
Lohengrin, WWV 75
2. Prelude To Act I 10:42
3. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96 10:34
Tannhäuser, WWV 70
4. Overture 15:05
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90
5. Prelude to Act 1. Langsam und schmachtend 10:23
Concert version
Act 3
6. Liebestod 7:25
Berliner Philharmoniker, Seiji Ozawa

CD 11:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Romeo and Juliet, TH 42
1.Andante non tanto quasi Moderato - Allegro giusto - Moderato assai 19:04
San Francisco Symphony, Seiji Ozawa
Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
Romeo And Juliet, Ballet Suite, Op.64a, No.2
2. 1. The Montagues and the Capulets 4:30
3. 4. Dance 2:07
4. 7. Romeo at Juliet's Grave 5:29
5. 6. Dance of the Maids from the Antilles 2:27
Romeo and Juliet, Ballet Suite, Op.64a, No.1
6. 7. Death of Tybalt 4:38
Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
Roméo et Juliette, Op.17, H.79
Part 3
7. Scène d'amour 13:34
Seiji Ozawa, San Francisco Symphony
Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
"West Side Story" - Symphonic Dances
8. 1. Prologue 4:21
9. 2. Somewhere 3:36
10. 3. Scherzo 1:29
11. 4. Mambo 2:26
12. 5. Cha-cha 0:55
13. 6. Meeting Scene 0:44
14. 7. Cool Fugue 3:30
15. 8. Rumble 1:55
16. 9. Finale 2:45
San Francisco Symphony, Seiji Ozawa

Performers:
Dwayne Croft (baritone)
Aurèle Nicolet (flute)
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
Kathleen Battle (soprano)
Simon Preston (organ)
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
Saito Kinen Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Wiener Philharmoniker
Berliner Philharmoniker
San Francisco Symphony
Seiji Ozawa, conductor