PIERRE MONTEUX IN BOSTON

A Treasury of Concert Performance 1951-1958

CD 1 (1:16)

MENDELSSOHN: Overture, The Hebrides

HAYDN: Symphony No. 94 in G Major

SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, Op. Post

CD 2 (1:15)

SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major, Op. 97 “Rhenish”

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 (4/12/57)

CD 3 (1:16)

ELGAR: Enigma Variations, Op. 36

STRAVINSKY: Le Sacre du Printemps (4/13/57) and Petrushka Suite

CD 4 (1:04)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Hamlet Fantasy Overture, Op. 67

Suite No. 4 in G, Op. 61 “Mozartiana” mvt IV Theme and Variations

Concert Fantasy in G, Op. 56, for piano and orchestra (Vera Franceschi, pianist)

PROKOFIEV: Classical Symphony in D Major, Op. 25

CD 5 (0:59)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 “Pathetique”

D’INDY: Istar Variations Symphoniques

CD 6 (1:02)

BARTÓK: Violin Concerto No. 2 with Tossy Spivakovsky, vln

SZYMANOVSKI: Violin Concerto No. 1 with Roman Totenberg, vln

CD 7 (1:06)

WAGNER: Parsifal—Prelude

DEBUSSY: Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien

WAGNER: Götterdämmerung - Dawn and Rhine Journey and Götterdämmerung - Funeral Music

DEBUSSY: Gigues, from “Images” pour orchestre and Jeux

CD 8 (1:12)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

STRAVINSKY: Petrushka with Bernard Zighera, piano

A collection of outstanding Monteux public performances from Boston presented in high fidelity sound; includes several works not available on Monteux’s studio recordings, such as violin concertos by Bartók and Symanovski, Schumann’s “Rhenish” Symphony, Tchaikovsky’s Concert Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra and Hamlet, and Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony.

West Hill Radio Archive 8cds WHRA6022