Original Jacket Collection
Issues in the series
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Original Record Label

9 CDs + 1 Enhanced CD

Glenn Gould plays Bach

Disc 1

Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1955 recording)

Disc 2

Partitas Nos. 5 in G major, BWV 829; Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830

Well Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp minor, BWV 883; Prelude and Fugue in E Major, BWV 878

Disc 3

Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971

Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825 / Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826

Disc 4

The Art of the Fugue, BWV 1080

Disc 5

Well Tempered Clavier, Book I, Nos. 1-13 BWV 846-858

Disc 6 - 9

Well Tempered Clavier, Book I Nos. 14-16, BWV 859-861

Two-Part Inventions

Three Part Inventions

Toccatas

Disc 10 - Enhanced multimedia CD

Columbia Masterworks

80

The Complete Original Jacket Collection

Gould's complete recordings for Columbia Masterworks

1955–1982

Columbia Masterworks

9 + 1 CD-ROM

Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky

Disc 1

Le Sacre du Printemps

Disk 2

The Firebird (Compete ballet)

Disk 3

Symphony of Psalms

Symphony in C

Disk 4

Firebird Suite

Petruska Suite

Disk 5

Fanfare for a New Theater

The Owl and the Pussy-cat

Movements for piano and orchestra

Septet

Anthem: The Dove Descending Breaks the Air

Double Canon

Epitaphium für das Grabmal des Prinzen Max Egon zu Fürstenberg

Elegy for J. F. K.

A Sermon, a Narrative & a Prayer

Disk 6

L'histoire du soldat

Pulcinella

Disk 7

Præludium, for jazz band

Pastorale

Ragtime for 11 instruments

Octet for wind instruments

Tango for chamber orchestra

Concertino for 12 instruments

Ebony Concerto, for clarinet & jazz band (Benny Goodman, clarinet)

Disk 8

The Star-Spangled Banner

Songs for voice, flute, harp & guitar

Russian Peasant Songs

Renard

King of the Stars

Babel

Ave Maria

Credo

Pater Noster

Choral-Variations “Von Himmel hoch”

Disc 9

Fireworks (Feu D'artifice), Op. 4

Ode, elegiacal chant for orchestra

Norwegian Moods

Circus Polka

Ebony Concerto

Russian Maiden's Song (Parasha's Aria)

Columbia Masterworks

10

Vladimir Horowitz

Columbia Recordings

Columbia Records presents Vladimir Horowitz

Chopin: Sonata in B-flat Minor, Op. 35

Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableaux in C Major, Op. 33, No. 2 / Etude-Tableaux in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5

Schumann: Arabeske, Op. 18

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 19 in D Minor, S. 244, No. 19 (arr. Horowitz)

The Sound of Horowitz

Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 / Toccata, Op. 7

Scarlatti: Sonata in E Major, K. 531 / Sonata in A Major, K. 322 / Sonata in G Major, K. 455

Schubert: Impromptu in G-flat Major, D. 899, No. 3

Scriabin: Poeme in F-sharp Major, Op. 32, No. 2 / Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 2, No. 1 / Etude in D-sharp Minor, Op. 8, No. 12

Horowitz in his first recordings of…

Beethoven: Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"

Debussy: Three Preludes from Book II

Chopin: Etude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12 "Revolutionary" / Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 7

Chopin: Scherzo in B Minor, Op. 20

Horowitz plays Scarlatti

Scarlatti: Sonatas K. 162, K. 474, K. 198, K. 491, K. 481, K. 39, K. 547, K. 197, K. 25, K. 52, K. 201, K. 303

An Historic Return: Horowitz at Carnegie Hall A recording of his first concert in twelve years. (2 CDs)

Bach – Busoni: Toccata in C Major, BWV 564/565

Schumann: Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17 / Träumerai

Scriabin: Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 “Black Mass” / Poeme in F-sharp Major, Op. 32 / Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 2, No. 1

Chopin: Mazurka in C-sharp Minor, Op. 30, No. 4 / Etude in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8 / Ballade in G Minor, Op. 23

Debussy: Serenade for the Doll

Moszkowski: Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 72, No. 11

Horowitz - Schumann

Schumann: Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck / Kreisleriana, Op. 16

Horowitz plays Rachmaninoff

Sonata in B-flat Minor, Op. 36 / Prelude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 32, No. 12 / Moment Musicale in B Minor, Op. 16, No. 3 / Etude – Tableaux in E-flat Minor, Op. 33, No. 6 / Etude – Tableaux in C Major, Op. 33, No. 2 / Etude – Tableaux in D Major, Op. 39, No. 9

Horowitz plays Chopin

Polonaise Fantasie, Op. 61 / Mazurka in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4 / Etude in G-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 4 “Black Key” / Introduction & Rondo in E-flat Major, Op. 16 / Waltz in A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2 / Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53

Horowitz plays Scriabin

Album Leaf, Op. 45, No. 1 / Etude in F-sharp Minor, Op. 8, No. 2 / Etude in B-flat Minor, Op. 8, No. 11 / Etude in D-flat Major, Op. 8, No. 10 / Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 8, No. 8 / Etude in F-sharp Major, Op. 42, No. 3 / Etude in F-sharp Major, Op. 42, No. 4 / Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 42, No. 5 / Sonata No. 10, Op. 70 / Poèmes, Op. 69: Nos. 1 & 2 / Vers la flamme, Op. 72

1962–1973

Columbia Masterworks

10

Vladimir Horowitz

RCA Recordings (Repackaging of 1990s Red Seal & Gold Seal CDs)

Clementi

Sonata in C Major, (“Sonata quasi Concerto”) Op.33 No.3 / Sonata in G Minor, Op.34 No.2 / Sonata in F Minor, Op.13 No.6 / Sonata in F-sharp Minor, Op.25 No.5 / Rondo from Sonata in B-flat Major, Op.24 No.2

Chopin, Volume 1

Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61 / Ballade in G Minor, Op. 23 / Barcarolle, Op. 50 / Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 7 / Etude in G-flat Major, Op. 10, No, 5 “Black Keys” / Ballade in F Minor, Op. 52 / Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 69, No. 1 “L’adieu” / Andante Spianiato and Grand Polonaise in E-flat Major, Op. 22

Chopin, Volume 2

Sonata in B-flat Minor, Op. 35 / Nocturnes: in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2; in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 / Impromptu in A-flat Major, Op. 29 / Etudes, Op. 10: No. 3 in E Major; No. 4 in C-sharp Minor / Ballade in G minor, op. 23

Schumann

Sonata in F Minor, Op. 14 (Concerto without Orchestra) / Humoreske, Op. 20 / Fantasiestücke, Op. 111 / Nachtstücke, Op. 23, Nos. 3 & 4

Scriabin

Sonatas: No. 3 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 23 / Sonata No. 5, Op. 53

Preludes: Op. 11, Nos. 1, 3, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16 / Op. 13, No. 6 / Op. 15, No. 2 / Op. 16, Nos. 1, 4 / Op. 27, No. 1 / Op. 48, No. 3 / Op. 51, No. 2 / Op. 59, No. 2 / Op. 67, No. 1

Etudes: Op. 8, Nos. 7, 12 / Op. 42, No. 5

20th Century piano music

Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 / Toccata, Op. 11

Barber: Sonata, Op. 26

Kabalevsky: Sonata No. 3 in F Major, Op. 46

Faure: Nocturne in B Minor, Op. 119

Poulenc: Presto in B-flat Major, FP 70

Encores

Bizet - Horowitz: Carmen Variations

Saint-Saens – Liszt – Horowitz: Danse Macabre

W. A. Mozart: Rondo alla turca (from Sonata, K. 331)

Mendelssohn: Wedding March and Variations (arr. Liszt – Horowitz / Sings Without Words: Elegie, Op. 85, No. 4, Spring Song, Op. 62, No. 2, The Shepherd’s Complaint, Op. 67, No. 5 / Scherzo a capriccio,

Debussy: Serenade to the Doll (from Children’s Corner Suite)

Moszkowski: Etudes, Op. 72: A-flat Major, No. 11, F Major, No. 2 / Etincelles, Op. 36, No. 6

Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53

Schumann: Träumerai

Liszt: Rakóczy March (arr. Horowitz) / Valse oubliée No. 1

Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23, No. 5

Sousa – Horowitz: The Stars and Stripes Forever

Brahms Second and Tchaikovsky First Concertos
(NBC Symphony Orchestra / Arturo Toscanini, Conductor)

Golden Jubilee Concert

Rachmaninoff Third Concerto

(New York Philharmonic / Eugene Ormandy, Conductor)

Piano Sonata in B-flat Minor, Op. 36

(1999 High Performance Remastering)

1940–1982

RCA Red Seal

70

Vladimir Horowitz - The Complete RCA, Columbia, and Sony recordings

(See article for detailed contents)

1928–1989

RCA Red Seal, Columbia Masterworks, Sony Classical

10

Leonard Bernstein - Original Jacket Collection

(recordings with the New York Philharmonic unless otherwise specified)

Disc 1

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 Eroica

How a great symphony was written, Leonard Bernstein, speaker

Disc 2

Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story / Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront.

Disc 3

Copland: Billy the Kid / Rodeo

Disc 4

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein, pianist) / An American in Paris

Disc 5

Haydn: Symphony No. 82 The Bear / Symphony No. 83 The Hen

Disc 6

Ives: Symphony No. 2

Leonard Bernstein discusses Ives

Disc 7

Mahler: Symphony No. 7

Disc 8

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47

Disc 9

Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82 / Pohjola' s Daughter, Op. 49

Disc 10

Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps

Columbia Masterworks

10

Bernstein Conducts Bernstein

Disc 1

Overture to Candide

Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

On the Waterfront, symphonic suite

Fancy Free

Disc 2

Symphony No.1 Jeremiah

Symphony No. 2 The Age of Anxiety (1965 version) (Philippe Entremont, pianist)

I Hate Music, cycle of 5 kid songs for soprano & piano

La Bonne Cuisine: 4 recipes for voice & piano

Disc 3

Symphony No. 2 The Age of Anxiety (1949 version) (Lukas Foss, pianist)

Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium)

Disc 4

Symphony No. 3 Kaddish

Chichester Psalms

Disc 5

Prelude, Fugue & Riffs

Dance Episodes from On the Town

Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium)

Fancy Free

Disc 6

Dybbuk

Disc 7

Trouble in Tahiti

Disc 8

On the Town

Discs 9 & 10

Mass

Columbia Masterworks

10

George Szell conducts Beethoven

(all recordings feature The Cleveland Orchestra with Szell unless otherwise specified)

Symphonies 1-9

Overtures: Leonore 1-3, Fidelio, Egmont, Coriolan, King Stephen

The Creatures of Prometheus - Complete ballet (Louis Lane, Conductor)

Mozart: Symphony K. 551

Columbia Mastwerworks

10

George Szell Plays and Conducts Mozart

(all recordings feature the Cleveland Orchestra with Szell unless otherwise specified)

Symphonies: K. 200, K. 319, K. 385, K. 543, K. 550, K. 551 (Stereo Versions)

Symphonies: K. 543, K. 550, K. 551 (First CD release of Mono versions)

Divertimento, K. 131

Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364

Serenades: K. 525, K. 320

Clarinet Concerto, K. 622 (Robert Marcellus, Clarinet)

Piano Concerto, K. 503 (Leon Fleisher, Pianist)

Sonatas for Violin and Piano: K. 376, K. 301, K. 304, K. 296 (George Szell, Pianist / Rafael Druian, Violin)

Piano Quartets: K. 478, K. 493 (George Szell, Pianist / Budapest String Quartet)

Divertimento, K. 334 (Louis Lane, Conductor)

Minuet in C Major (Erich Leinsdorf, Conductor)

Requiem: Lacrimosa (Robert Shaw, Conductor)

Columbia Masterworks

13

Bruno Walter conducts Famous Mahler and Bruckner Symphonies

Mahler:

Symphony No. 1 in D major ('Titan')

Symphony No. 2 in C minor ('Resurrection')

Symphony No. 4 in G major

Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor

Wayfarer Songs

Das Lied von der Erde

Symphony No. 9 in D major

A Working Portrait: Recording the Mahler Ninth Symphony

A Talking Portrait: Bruno Walter in Conversation

Bruckner:

Symphony No. 4 in E flat ('Romantic'), WAB 104

Symphony No. 7 in E major, WAB 107

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, WAB 109

Te Deum in C major, WAB 45

Wagner:

Overture & Bacchanale to Tannhäuser

Prelude to Act I of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Overture to The Flying Dutchman

Prelude to Act I & Good Friday Music to Parsifal

Overture to Act I of Lohengrin

Siegfried Idyll

Bruno Walter Rehearses the Siegfried-Idyll

Columbia Masterworks

10

Heifetz: The Original Jacket Collection

Double Concertos

J. S. Bach: concerto in D Minor for two violins, BWV. 1043 (New Symphony Orchestra of London / Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor)

W. A. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major, K. 364 (RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / Izler Solomon, Conductor

Brahms: concerto in A Minor for Vioin and Cello (Gregor Piatigorsky, Cello / RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / Alfred Wallenstein, Conductor)

Beethoven & Mendelssohn

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64

(Boston Symphony Orchestra / Charles Munch, Conductor)

Brahms & Tchaikovsky

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35

(Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner, Conductor)

Bloch & Vieuxtemps

Bloch: Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 26 / Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46

Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 37

Sibelius, Prokofiev, & Glazunov

Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

(Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Walter Hendl, Conductor

Prokofiev: Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 63

(Boston Symphony Orchestra / Charles Munch, Conductor)

Glazunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82

(RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra / Walter Hendl, Conductor)

Korngold, Lalo, Rosza, & Waxman

Korngold: Violin Concerto

Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole

Rosza: Violin Concerto

Waxman: Carmen Fantasy

J. S. Bach (2 CDs)

Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001 / Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003 / Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1005

Partita No. 1 in B Minor, BWV 1002 / Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 / Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006

Jascha Heifetz in Concert Last public concert (2 CDs)
(Brooks Smith, Pianist)

Franck: Sonata in A Major

Richard Strauss: Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 18

Bach: Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006

Bloch: Baal Shem No 02, Nigun

Debussy: La plus que lente

Rachmaninoff: Etude-Tableaux in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 4

Falla: Nana

Kreisler: La chasse in the Style of Cartier

Ravel: Tzigane

Tedesco: Sea Murmurs

RCA Red Seal & Columbia Masterworks

10

Itzhak Perlman

Disc 1

J. S. Bach: Concerto for 2 violins, strings & continuo in D minor ("Double"), BWV 1043

Vivaldi: Concerto for 3 violins, strings & continuo in F major, RV 551

Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola & orchestra in E flat major, K. 364 (K. 320d)

Disc 2

Brahms: Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in G major ("Regen"), Op. 78 / Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 / Sonata for violin & piano No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108

Disc 3

Chausson: Concert, for violin, piano & string quartet in D major, Op. 21

Disc 4

Mozart: Duo for violin & viola No. 1 in G major, K. 423 / Duo for violin & viola No. 2 in B flat major, K. 424

Leclair: Sonata for 2 violins in F major, Op. 3, No. 4

Disc 5

Paganini: Sonata for violin & guitar in A minor (Centone di sonate, Letter A/1), MS 112, No. 1 / Sonata for violin & guitar in E minor, Op. 3/6, MS 27, No. 6 / Sonata concertata, for guitar & violin in A major, Op. 61, MS 2 / Cantabile, for violin & piano in D major, (MS 109)

Giuliani: Duo Concertant for violin & guitar in E minor, Op. 25

Disc 6

Prokofiev: Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80 / Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in D major, Op. 94 / Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63

Disc 7

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Dvorák: Romance for violin & orchestra in F minor, B. 39 (Op. 11)

Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

Disc 8

Lalo: Symphonie espagnole in D minor, Op. 21

Ravel: Tzigane

Disc 9

Dohnányi: Serenade for violin, viola & cello in C major, Op. 10

Beethoven: Serenade for violin, viola & cello in D major, Op. 8

Disk 10

Morricone: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso - Love Theme (for the film Cinema Paradiso)

Raksin: Laura, film score (Theme)

Williams: Far and Away, film score (Theme) / Schindler's List, film score (Theme) / Sabrina, film score (1995) (Theme)

Hupfeld: As Time Goes By, song

Bernstein: Age of Innocence, film score (Theme)

Walton: Henry V, film score (Touch her Soft Lips and Part)

Chaplin: Smile (as used in the film "Modern Times" ) (spurious; by Geoffrey Persons)

Barry: Out of Africa, film score (Main Title)

Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood, film score (Marian & Robin Love Theme)

Young: Stella by starlight, song (from the 1944 film "The Uninvited")

Legrand: I Will Wait for You (Je ne pourrai jamais vivre sans toi), song (from the film "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg")

RCA Red Seal

10

Eugene Ormandy

Respighi

The Pines of Rome, P. 141 / The Fountains of Rome, P. 106 / Roman Festivals, P. 157

Russian Showpieces

Mussorgsky-Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35

Rachmaninoff

Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27 (Columbia recording with cuts) / Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 / Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48

Bartok

Concerto for Orchestra, BB 127 / The Miraculous Mandarin (Suite), BB 82 / Two Pictures, BB. 59

(Isaac Stern, Violinist

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64

Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10 / Cello Concerto in E-flat Major, Op. 107 (Mstislav Rostropovich, Cellist)

Bach: Orchestral Transcriptions

/ Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 / Arioso from Concerto for harpsichord, strings & continuo in F minor, BWV 1056 / Minuet in G major BWV Anh. 114 / Musette in D major BWV Anh. 126 / Bist du bei mir, BWV 508 / March in D major BWV 122 / Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 302 / Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring, BWV 147 / Fugue in G minor ('Little'), BWV 578 / Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 / Prelude in E major, BWV 937 / Air on the G String, BWV 1068 / Sheep May Safely Graze, BWV 208 / Komm, süsser Tod, BWV 478 / Sleepers Awake, BWV 140

The Bach Album

Toccata, Adagio and Fuguein C major, BWV 564 / Symphony for double orchestra 'No. 26' in E flat major, Op. 18, No. 1 / Symphony for double orchestra in D major Op. 18, No. 3 / Sinfonia in D minor, F. 65 / Concerto for violin in D major, H. 497

The Romantic Philadelphia Strings

Barber: Adagio for Strings

Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana

Sibelius: Valse Triste

Grieg: Lyric Suite

MacDowell: To a Wild Rose

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves / Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Columbia Masterworks

10

Arthur Rubinstein

Chopin: Ballades, Mazurkas, Nocturnes, Polonaises, Scherzos, Sonatas, Waltzes, and assorted solo works from Rubinstein's stereo cycle.

Also includes 1946 monaural versions of Op. 28 Preludes and Op. 35 Sonata.

1946–1965

RCA Red Seal

11

David Geringas

Eurodisc/Ariola

15

Montserrat Caballé

RCA Red Seal

103

Jascha Heifetz - Complete Album Collection

1917–1972

RCA Red Seal & Columbia Masterworks

142

Arthur Rubinstein - The Complete Album Collection

Contains all of Rubinstein's previously issued RCA recordings, plus

CD 140:

Debussy: L'Isle joyeuse / La plus que lente / Preludes, Book II - No. 8, Ondine

Albeniz: Triana

Falla: el amor brujo: No. 11, Dance of Terror / The Three-Cornered Hat: Dance of the Miller's Wife

Granados: The Maiden and the Nightingale

Liszt: Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses - No. 7, Funerailles / Valse oubliee No. l in F sharp Minor / Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C sharp Minor

Scriabin: Nocturne for the Left-hand alone in D flat, Op. 9, No. 2

Stravinsky: Three Scenes from Petrouchka

CD 141:

J. S. Bach-Busoni: Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 – Chaconne

Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5 / Intermezzo in B flat, Op. 117, No. 2 / Intermezzo in A, Op. 118, No. 2 / Intermezzo in E flat Minor, Op. 118, No. 6

Chopin: Mazurka in D, Op. 33, No. 2 / Nocturne No. 8 in D flat, Op. 27, No. 2

Schubert: Impromptu No. 4 in A flat, D. 899, No. 4, Op. 90, No. 4

CD 142:

Chopin: Sonata No. 2 in B flat Minor, Op. 35, Funeral March / Prelude No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 / Prelude No. 8 in F sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 8 / Prelude No. 15 in D flat, Op. 28, No. 15, Raindrop Prelude No. 21 in B flat, Op. 28, No. 21 / Prelude No. 23 in F, Op. 28, No. 23 / Prelude No. 24 in D Minor, Op. 28, No. 24 / Berceuse in D flat, Op. 57 / Polonaise-Fantasie in A flat, Op. 61 / Fantasie-lmpromptu in C sharp Minor, Op. 66 / : Etude No. 14 in F Minor, Op. 25, No. 2 / Etude No. 15 in F, Op. 25, No. 3 / Etude No. 12 in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12, Revolutionary / Polonaise No. 6 in A flat, Op. 53, Heroic

Also includes:

DVD: Benefit recital for Israel

DVD: Rubinstein Remembered

1928-1976

Sony Classical

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Glenn Herbert Gould [ fn 1 ] [ fn 2 ] ( /ɡuːld/ ; 25 September 1932 - 4 October 1982 ) was a Canadian pianist who became one of the best-known and most-celebrated classical pianists of the 20th century . He was renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach . Gould 's playing was distinguished by a remarkable technical proficiency and a capacity to articulate the contrapuntal texture of Bach 's music . Gould rejected most of the standard Romantic piano literature by Chopin , Liszt , and others , in favour of Bach and Beethoven mainly , along with some late-Romantic and modernist composers . Although his recordings were dominated by Bach and Beethoven , Gould 's repertoire was diverse , including works by Mozart , Haydn , and Brahms ; pre-Baroque composers such as Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and Orlando Gibbons ; and 20th-century composers including Paul Hindemith , Arnold Schoenberg , and Richard Strauss . Gould was known for his eccentricities , from his unorthodox musical interpretations and mannerisms at the keyboard to aspects of his lifestyle and behaviour . He stopped giving concerts at the age of 31 to concentrate on studio recording and other projects . Gould was also a writer , broadcaster , composer and conductor . He was a prolific contributor to musical journals , in which he discussed music theory and outlined his musical philosophy . He performed on television and radio , and produced three musique concrète radio documentaries called the Solitude Trilogy , about isolated areas of Canada .
Columbia Masterworks Records was a record label started in 1924 by Columbia Records . In 1980 , it was separated from the Columbia label and renamed CBS Masterworks Records . In 1990 , it was renamed Sony Classical Records after its sale to the Sony Corporation .
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ComSE ( /strəˈvɪnski/ ; Russian : И́горь Фёдорович Страви́нский , IPA : [ ˈiɡərʲ ˈfʲɵdərəvʲɪtɕ strɐˈvʲinskʲɪj ] ; 17 June [ O.S . 5 June ] 1882 - 6 April 1971 ) was a Russian composer , pianist , and conductor . He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century . Stravinsky 's compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity . He first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev and first performed in Paris by Diaghilev 's Ballets Russes : The Firebird ( 1910 ) , Petrushka ( 1911 ) , and The Rite of Spring ( 1913 ) . The latter transformed the way in which subsequent composers thought about rhythmic structure and was largely responsible for Stravinsky 's enduring reputation as a musical revolutionary who pushed the boundaries of musical design . His Russian phase which continued with works such as Renard , the Soldier 's Tale and Les Noces , was followed in the 1920s by a period in which he turned to neoclassicism . The works from this period tended to make use of traditional musical forms ( concerto grosso , fugue and symphony ) , drawing on earlier styles , especially from the 18th century . In the 1950s , Stravinsky adopted serial procedures . His compositions of this period shared traits with examples of his earlier output : rhythmic energy , the construction of extended melodic ideas out of a few two- or three-note cells and clarity of form , and of instrumentation .
Benjamin David Goodman ( May 30 , 1909 - June 13 , 1986 ) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader known as the King of Swing . In the mid-1930s , Goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in the United States . His concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 16 , 1938 is described by critic Bruce Eder as the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history : jazz 's 'coming out ' party to the world of 'respectable ' music . Goodman 's bands started the careers of many jazz musicians . During an era of racial segregation , he led one of the first integrated jazz groups . He performed nearly to the end of his life while exploring an interest in classical music .
Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz ( /ˈhɒrəvɪts/ ; Ukrainian : Володимир Самійлович Горовиць ; Russian : Владимир Самойлович Горовиц ; Yiddish : וולאדימיר סאַמוילאָוויטש האָראָוויץ ; October 1 [ O.S . September 18 ] 1903 - November 5 , 1989 ) was an American classical pianist and composer born in the Russian Empire . He was acclaimed for his virtuoso technique , his tone color , and the excitement engendered by his playing . He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time .
The NBC Symphony Orchestra was a radio orchestra established by David Sarnoff , the president of the Radio Corporation of America , especially for the celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini . The NBC Symphony performed weekly radio concert broadcasts with Toscanini and other conductors and served as house orchestra for the NBC network . The orchestra 's first broadcast was on November 13 , 1937 and it continued until disbanded in 1954 . A new ensemble , independent of the network , called the 'Symphony of the Air ' followed . It was made up of former members of the NBC Symphony Orchestra and performed from 1954 to 1963 , notably under Leopold Stokowski .
Arturo Toscanini ( /ɑːrˈtʊəroʊ ˌtɒskəˈniːni/ , Italian : [ arˈtuːro toskaˈniːni ] ; March 25 , 1867 - January 16 , 1957 ) was an Italian conductor . He was one of the most acclaimed musicians of the late 19th and of the 20th century , renowned for his intensity , his perfectionism , his ear for orchestral detail and sonority , and his eidetic memory . He was at various times the music director of La Scala in Milan , the Metropolitan Opera in New York , and the New York Philharmonic . Later in his career he was appointed the first music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra ( 1937-54 ) , and this led to his becoming a household name ( especially in the United States ) through his radio and television broadcasts and many recordings of the operatic and symphonic repertoire .
The New York Philharmonic , officially the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York , Inc. , globally known as New York Philharmonic Orchestra ( NYPO ) or New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra , is a symphony orchestra based in New York City . It is one of the leading American orchestras popularly referred to as the Big Five . The Philharmonic 's home is David Geffen Hall , located in New York 's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts . Founded in 1842 , the orchestra is one of the oldest musical institutions in the United States and the oldest of the Big Five orchestras . Its record-setting 14,000th concert was given in December 2004 .
Eugene Ormandy ( born Jenő Blau ; November 18 , 1899 - March 12 , 1985 ) was a Hungarian-American conductor and violinist , best known for his association with the Philadelphia Orchestra , as its music director . His 44-year association with the orchestra is one of the longest enjoyed by any conductor with a single orchestra . Under his baton , the Philadelphia Orchestra had three gold records and won two Grammy Awards .
RCA Red Seal is a classical music label whose origin dates to 1902 and is currently owned by Sony Music .
Vladimir Horowitz - The Complete Original Jacket Collection is a 70 CD boxed set featuring most of the recordings of the pianist Vladimir Horowitz . The collection contains recordings from 1928 to his final recording session just four days before his death in 1989 . Horowitz 's recordings for RCA Red Seal and Columbia Masterworks/Sony Classical are included in the set . Recordings that Horowitz made for RCA 's European affiliate , HMV , are not included . Nor are the recordings he made with Deutsche Grammophon from 1985 to 1989 . It is one of the largest issues in the Original Jacket Collection series , and supersedes two smaller Original Jacket issues of Horowitz material .
Leonard Bernstein ( /ˈbɜːrnstaɪn/ BURN-styne ; August 25 , 1918 - October 14 , 1990 ) was an American composer , conductor , author , music lecturer , and pianist . He was among the first conductors born and educated in the U.S. to receive worldwide acclaim . According to music critic Donal Henahan , he was one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history . His fame derived from his long tenure as the music director of the New York Philharmonic , from his conducting of concerts with most of the world 's leading orchestras , and from his music for West Side Story , Peter Pan , Candide , Wonderful Town , On the Town , On the Waterfront , his Mass , and a range of other compositions , including three symphonies and many shorter chamber and solo works . Bernstein was the first conductor to give a series of television lectures on classical music , starting in 1954 and continuing until his death . He was a skilled pianist , often conducting piano concertos from the keyboard . He was also a critical figure in the modern revival of the music of Gustav Mahler , the composer in which he was most passionately interested . As a composer he wrote in many styles encompassing symphonic and orchestral music , ballet , film and theatre music , choral works , opera , chamber music and pieces for the piano . Many of his works are regularly performed around the world , although none has matched the tremendous popular and critical success of West Side Story .
The Columbia Symphony Orchestra was an orchestra formed by Columbia Records strictly for the purpose of making recordings . In the 1950s , it provided a vehicle for some of Columbia 's better known conductors and recording artists to record using only company resources . The musicians in the orchestra were contracted as needed for individual sessions and consisted of free-lance artists and members of either the New York Philharmonic or the Los Angeles Philharmonic , depending on whether the recording was being made in Columbia 's East Coast or West Coast studios .
Philippe Entremont ( born 7 June 1934 ) is a French classical pianist and conductor . His recordings as a pianist include concertos by Tchaikovsky , Maurice Ravel , Rachmaninoff , Saint-Saëns and others .
Lukas Foss ( August 15 , 1922 - February 1 , 2009 ) was a German-American composer , pianist , and conductor .
On the Town is a musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green , based on Jerome Robbins ' idea for his 1944 ballet Fancy Free , which he had set to Bernstein 's music . The musical introduced several popular and classic songs , among them New York , New York , Lonely Town , I Can Cook , Too ( for which Bernstein also wrote the lyrics ) , and Some Other Time . The story concerns three American sailors on a 24-hour shore leave in New York City during wartime 1944 . Each of the three sailors meets and quickly connects with a woman . On the Town was first produced on Broadway in 1944 and was made into a film in 1949 , although the film replaced all but three of the original Broadway songs with Hollywood-written substitutes . The show has enjoyed a number of major revivals . The musical integrates dance into its storytelling : Robbins made a number of ballets and extended dance sequences for the show , including the Imaginary Coney Island ballet .
Fancy Free is a ballet by Jerome Robbins , subsequently ballet master of New York City Ballet , made on Ballet Theatre , predecessor of American Ballet Theatre , to a score by Leonard Bernstein , with scenery by Oliver Smith , costumes by Kermit Love and lighting by Ronald Bates . The premiere took place on Tuesday , 18 April 1944 at the old Metropolitan Opera House , New York . The NYCB premiere took place Thursday , 31 January 1980 . Fancy Free was the inspiration for a successful musical , On the Town , and a portion of the score was also used in the opening scenes of Alfred Hitchcock 's Rear Window .
George Szell ( /ˈsɛl/ ; June 7 , 1897 - July 30 , 1970 ) , originally György Széll , György Endre Szél , or Georg Szell , was a Hungarian-born American conductor and composer . He is widely considered one of the twentieth century 's greatest conductors . He is remembered today for his long and successful tenure as music director of the Cleveland Orchestra of Cleveland , Ohio , and for the recordings of the standard classical repertoire he made in Cleveland and with other orchestras . Szell came to Cleveland in 1946 to take over a respected if undersized orchestra , which was struggling to recover from the disruptions of World War II . By the time of his death he was credited , to quote the critic Donal Henahan , with having built it into what many critics regarded as the world 's keenest symphonic instrument . Through his recordings , Szell has remained a presence in the classical music world long after his death , and his name remains synonymous with that of the Cleveland Orchestra . While on tour with the Orchestra in the late 1980s , then-Music Director Christoph von Dohnányi remarked , We give a great concert , and George Szell gets a great review .
Ludwig van Beethoven ( /ˈlʊdvɪɡ væn ˈbeɪt ( h ) oʊvən/ ( listen ) ; German : [ ˈluːtvɪç fan ˈbeːthoːfn̩ ] ( listen ) ; baptised 17 December 1770 - 26 March 1827 ) was a German composer and pianist . He was a crucial figure in the transition between the classical and romantic eras in classical music and is considered to be one of the greatest composers of all time . Beethoven was born in Bonn , the capital of the Electorate of Cologne , which was part of the Holy Roman Empire . His musical talent was obvious at an early age , and he was harshly and intensively taught by his father Johann van Beethoven , who thought this would enable him to become a child prodigy like Mozart . He was later taught by the composer and conductor Christian Gottlob Neefe . At age 21 , he moved to Vienna and studied composition with Joseph Haydn . Beethoven then gained a reputation as a virtuoso pianist , and he was soon courted by Karl Alois , Prince Lichnowsky for compositions , which resulted in Opus 1 in 1795 . The piece was a great critical and commercial success and was followed by Symphony No . 1 in 1800 . This composition was distinguished by its frequent use of sforzandi , sudden shifts in tonal centers ( which were uncommon for traditional symphonic form ) , and the prominent , more independent use of wind instruments . In 1801 , he also gained fame for his six String Quartets and for the ballet The Creatures of Prometheus . During this period , his hearing began to deteriorate , but he continued to conduct , premiering his third and fifth symphonies in 1804 and 1808 , respectively .
The Cleveland Orchestra , based in Cleveland , is one of the five American orchestras informally referred to as the Big Five . Founded in 1918 by the pianist and impresario Adella Prentiss Hughes , the orchestra plays most of its concerts at Severance Hall . As of 2019 , the incumbent music director is Franz Welser-Möst . In 2012 Gramophone Magazine ranked the Cleveland Orchestra number 7 on its list of the world 's greatest orchestras , and The New York Times referred to the orchestra in 2018 as America 's most understatedly amazing orchestra .
Louis Gardner Lane ( December 25 , 1923 - February 15 , 2016 ) was an American conductor . He was born in Eagle Pass , Texas . He studied composition with Kent Kennan at the University of Texas at Austin where he earned his bachelor 's in music degree in 1943 , and with Bohuslav Martinů at the Tanglewood Music Center ( summer 1946 ) , and with Bernard Rogers at the Eastman School of Music ( master 's degree in music , 1947 ) . He also studied opera with Sarah Caldwell ( 1950 ) . He was apprentice conductor to George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra in 1947 . He became assistant conductor there 1955-1960 and associate conductor 1960-1970 and resident conductor 1970-1973 . A comment made by George Szell to Lane in 1957 about the eccentric pianist Glenn Gould became quite famous : That nuts a genius . Gould requested Lane to accompany his subsequent performances in Cleveland , and Lane 's Canadian conducting debut was made in 1960 at the Vancouver Festival with Gould . Lane 's programming with the Cleveland Orchestra led to his receiving two major awards , the Mahler Medal and the Ditson Conductor 's Award . [ citation needed ] He was music director of the Akron Symphony Orchestra 1959-1983 ( later becoming their conductor emeritus ) and the Lake Erie Opera Theatre 1964-1972 . He was principal guest conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and held other positions with that group 1973-1978 . He is given credit for developing that orchestra into a full-time group with a 52-week contract .
Robert Marcellus ( June 1 , 1928 - March 31 , 1996 ) was an American classical clarinetist and teacher . Marcellus is best known for his long tenure as principal clarinetist of the Cleveland Orchestra .
Leon Fleisher ( born July 23 , 1928 ) is an American pianist and conductor .
Rafael Druian ( January 20 , 1923 - September 6 , 2002 ) , was an American violinist , conductor and music educator . He is remembered for his tenures as concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony and Minneapolis Symphony under Antal Dorati , the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell and the New York Philharmonic under Pierre Boulez .
The Budapest String Quartet was a string quartet in existence from 1917 to 1967 . It originally consisted of three Hungarians and a Dutchman ; at the end , the quartet consisted of four Russians . A number of recordings were made for HMV/Victor through 1938 ; from 1940 through 1967 it recorded for Columbia Records . Additionally , several of the Quartet 's live performances were recorded , at the Library of Congress and other venues .
Erich Leinsdorf ( born Erich Landauer ; February 4 , 1912 - September 11 , 1993 ) was an Austrian-born American conductor . He performed and recorded with leading orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States and Europe , earning a reputation for exacting standards as well as an acerbic personality . He also published books and essays on musical matters .
Robert Lawson Shaw ( 30 April 1916 - 25 January 1999 ) was an American conductor most famous for his work with his namesake Chorale , with the Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus , and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus . He was known for drawing public attention to choral music through his wide ranging influences and mentoring of younger conductors , the high standard of his recordings , his support for racial integration in his choruses , and his support for modern music , winning many awards throughout his career .
Bruno Walter ( born Bruno Schlesinger , September 15 , 1876 - February 17 , 1962 ) was a German-born conductor , pianist and composer . Born in Berlin , he left Germany in 1933 to escape the Third Reich , was naturalized as a French citizen in 1938 , and settled in the United States in 1939 . He worked closely with Gustav Mahler , whose music he helped to establish in the repertory , held major positions with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra , New York Philharmonic , Concertgebouw Orchestra , Salzburg Festival , Vienna State Opera , Bavarian State Opera , Staatsoper Unter den Linden and Deutsche Oper Berlin , among others , made recordings of historical and artistic significance , and is widely considered to be one of the great conductors of the 20th century .
Jascha Heifetz ( /ˈhaɪfɪts/ ; February 2 [ O.S . January 20 ] 1901 - December 10 , 1987 ) was a Russian-American violinist . Many consider him the greatest violinist of all time . [ better source needed ] Born in Vilna ( Vilnius ) , he moved as a teenager to the United States , where his Carnegie Hall debut was rapturously received . He was a virtuoso since childhood - Fritz Kreisler , another leading violinist of the twentieth century , said on hearing Heifetz 's debut , We might as well take our fiddles and break them across our knees . He had a long and successful performing career . However , after an injury to his right ( bowing ) arm , he switched his focus to teaching . Late in life , Heifetz became a dedicated teacher and a champion of socio-political causes . He publicly advocated to establish 911 as an emergency phone number , and crusaded for clean air . He and his students at the University of Southern California protested smog by wearing gas masks , and in 1967 he converted his Renault passenger car into an electric vehicle .
Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent ( 29 April 1895 - 3 October 1967 ) was an English conductor , organist and composer widely regarded as Britain 's leading conductor of choral works . The musical ensembles with which he was associated included the Ballets Russes , the Huddersfield Choral Society , the Royal Choral Society , the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company , and the London Philharmonic , Hallé , Liverpool Philharmonic , BBC Symphony and Royal Philharmonic orchestras . Sargent was held in high esteem by choirs and instrumental soloists , but because of his high standards and a statement that he made in a 1936 interview disputing musicians ' rights to tenure , his relationship with orchestral players was often uneasy . Despite this , he was co-founder of the London Philharmonic , was the first conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic as a full-time ensemble , and played an important part in saving the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from disbandment in the 1960s . As chief conductor of London 's internationally famous summer music festival the Proms from 1948 to 1967 , Sargent was one of the best-known English conductors . When he took over the Proms from their founder , Sir Henry Wood , he and two assistants conducted the two-month season between them . By the time he died , he was assisted by a large international roster of guest conductors . At the outbreak of the Second World War , Sargent turned down an offer of a major musical directorship in Australia and returned to the UK to bring music to as many people as possible as his contribution to national morale . His fame extended beyond the concert hall : to the British public , he was a familiar broadcaster in BBC radio talk shows , and generations of Gilbert and Sullivan devotees have known his recordings of the most popular Savoy Operas . He toured widely throughout the world and was noted for his skill as a conductor , his championship of British composers , and his debonair appearance , which won him the nickname Flash Harry .
The RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra , sometimes also known as the Victor Symphony Orchestra , RCA Victor Salon Orchestra , the RCA Victor Orchestra and the RCA Orchestra , was an American studio orchestra founded in 1940 by the RCA Victor record label for the purposes of making recordings . Originally established in the 1920s as a salon orchestra based at Victor 's headquarters in Camden , New Jersey , the group was created by longtime Victor staff conductor and arranger Nathaniel Shilkret . The name later was used for free-lance orchestras , mainly in New York City , assembled as needed to make recordings for RCA Victor through the early 1960s . Its players included those from the New York Philharmonic , the Metropolitan Opera , the NBC Symphony Orchestra , the Symphony of the Air and other major New York ensembles . The RCA Victor Orchestra recorded with several notable conductors including Leopold Stokowski , Fritz Reiner , Josef Krips and Leonard Bernstein . A number of their recordings received Grammy Awards . The orchestra was disbanded in the early 1960s when RCA Victor began moving much of its Red Seal recording activity to Europe and established the RCA Italiana Orchestra at its studios in Rome .
Izler Solomon ( January 11 , 1910 - December 6 , 1987 ) was an American orchestra conductor , active mostly in the Midwest .
Gregor Piatigorsky ( Russian : Григо́рий Па́влович Пятиго́рский , Grigoriy Pavlovich Pyatigorskiy ; April 17 [ O.S . April 4 ] 1903 - August 6 , 1976 ) was a Russian-born American cellist .
Alfred Wallenstein ( October 7 , 1898 - February 8 , 1983 ) was an American cellist and conductor , born in Chicago , Illinois . At the age of 17 , he joined the San Francisco Symphony as a cellist . He subsequently played cello with the Los Angeles Philharmonic , and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra before becoming principal cello of the New York Philharmonic under Arturo Toscanini in 1929 . He frequently performed with these orchestras as a soloist . Toscanini , also a cellist , advised Wallenstein to become a conductor . He conducted the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and then conducted frequently on the radio . From 1943 to 1956 , he was music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic . He later taught at the Juilliard School in New York , where he died in 1983 at age 84 . In 1941 , Wallenstein was given a personal Peabody Award for Outstanding Entertainment in Music . As solo cellist he recorded Strauss 's Don Quixote under Beecham in 1932 . For Audio Fidelity in September and October 1958 , he conducted the specially-formed Virtuoso Symphony of London orchestra in Walthamstow Town Hall . The LPs included Brahms 's 4th Symphony , Tchaikovsky 's Pathetique , Berlioz 's Symphonie Fantastique , Pictures at an Exhibition , Boléro , Romeo and Juliet , the Nutcracker Suite and a suite from Carmen .
The Boston Symphony Orchestra ( BSO ) is an American orchestra based in Boston , Massachusetts . It is one of the five major American symphony orchestras commonly referred to as the Big Five . Founded in 1881 , the BSO plays most of its concerts at Boston 's Symphony Hall and in the summer performs at Tanglewood . Andris Nelsons is the current music director of the BSO . Bernard Haitink currently holds the title of conductor emeritus of the BSO , and Seiji Ozawa has the title of BSO music director laureate .
Charles Munch ( French pronunciation : ​ [ ʃaʁl mynʃ ] ; born Charles Münch ; 26 September 1891 - 6 November 1968 [ citation needed ] ) was an Alsacian , German-born French symphonic conductor and violinist . Noted for his mastery of the French orchestral repertoire , he was best known as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra .
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra ( CSO ) was founded by Theodore Thomas in 1891 . The ensemble makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival . The music director is Riccardo Muti , who began his tenure in 2010 . The CSO is one of five American orchestras commonly referred to as the Big Five .
Frederick Martin Fritz Reiner ( December 19 , 1888 - November 15 , 1963 ) was a prominent conductor of opera and symphonic music in the twentieth century . Hungarian born and trained , he emigrated to the United States in 1922 , where he rose to prominence as a conductor with several orchestras . He reached the pinnacle of his career while music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the 1950s and early 1960s .
Walter Hendl ( January 12 , 1917 - April 10 , 2007 ) was an American conductor , composer and pianist .
David Brookman Smith ( born December 4 , 1951 ) , known professionally as D. Brooks Smith , is the Chief United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit . He was previously Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania .
Itzhak Perlman ( Hebrew : יצחק פרלמן ; born 31 August 1945 ) is an Israeli-American violinist , conductor , and music teacher . Over the course of his career Perlman has performed worldwide , and throughout the United States , in venues that have included a State Dinner at the White House honoring Queen Elizabeth II , and at the Presidential Inauguration of President Obama . He has conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Westchester Philharmonic . In 2015 , he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom . He has been awarded 16 Grammy Awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award , and four Emmy Awards .
Isaac Stern ( July 21 , 1920 - September 22 , 2001 ) was an American violinist .
Mstislav Leopoldovich Slava Rostropovich ( Russian : Мстисла́в Леопо́льдович Ростропо́вич , romanized : Mstislav Leopol'dovič Rostropovič , pronounced [ rəstrɐˈpovʲɪtɕ ] ; 27 March 1927 - 27 April 2007 ) was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor . He is considered to be one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century . In addition to his interpretations and technique , he was well known for both inspiring and commissioning new works , which enlarged the cello repertoire more than any cellist before or since . He inspired and premiered over 100 pieces , forming long-standing friendships and artistic partnerships with composers including Dmitri Shostakovich , Sergei Prokofiev , Henri Dutilleux , Witold Lutosławski , Olivier Messiaen , Luciano Berio , Krzysztof Penderecki , Alfred Schnittke , Norbert Moret , Andreas Makris , Leonard Bernstein , Aram Khachaturian and Benjamin Britten . Rostropovich was internationally recognized as a staunch advocate of human rights , and was awarded the 1974 Award of the International League of Human Rights . He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya and had two daughters , Olga and Elena Rostropovich .
Bist du bei mir , geh ich mit Freuden ( If you are with me , I go with joy ) is an aria from Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel 's opera Diomedes . The aria is best known as Bist du bei mir , BWV 508 , a version for voice and continuo found as No . 25 in the 1725 Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach .
Wachet auf , ruft uns die Stimme ( 'Awake , calls the voice to us ' ) , BWV 140 , also known as Sleepers Wake , is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach , regarded as one of his most mature and popular sacred cantatas . He composed the chorale cantata in Leipzig for the 27th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 25 November 1731 . Bach composed this cantata to complete his second annual cycle of chorale cantatas , begun in 1724 . The cantata is based on the hymn in three stanzas Wachet auf , ruft uns die Stimme ( 1599 ) by Philipp Nicolai , which covers the prescribed reading for the Sunday , the parable of the Ten Virgins . The text and tune of the three stanzas of the hymn appears unchanged in three of seven movements ( 1 , 4 and 7 ) . An unknown author supplied additional poetry for the inner movements as sequences of recitative and duet , based on the love poetry of the Song of Songs . Bach structured the cantata in seven movements , setting the first stanza as a chorale fantasia , the second stanza in the central movement in the style of a chorale prelude , and the third stanza as a four-part chorale . He set the new texts as dramatic recitatives and love-duets , similar to contemporary opera . Bach scored the work for three vocal soloists ( soprano , tenor and bass ) , a four-part choir and a Baroque instrumental ensemble consisting of a horn ( to reinforce the soprano ) , two oboes , taille , violino piccolo , strings and basso continuo including bassoon . Bach used the central movement of the cantata as the basis for the first of his Schübler Chorales , BWV 645 . Bach scholar Alfred Dürr notes that the cantata is an expression of Christian mysticism in art , while William G. Whittaker calls it a cantata without weakness , without a dull bar , technically , emotionally and spiritually of the highest order .
Adagio for Strings is a work by Samuel Barber , arguably his best known , arranged for string orchestra from the second movement of his String Quartet , Op . 11 . Barber finished the arrangement in 1936 , the same year that he wrote the quartet . It was performed for the first time on November 5 , 1938 , by Arturo Toscanini conducting the NBC Symphony Orchestra in a radio broadcast from NBC Studio 8H . Toscanini also played the piece on his South American tour with the NBC Symphony in 1940 . Its reception was generally positive , with Alexander J. Morin writing that Adagio for Strings is full of pathos and cathartic passion and that it rarely leaves a dry eye . The music is the setting for Barber 's 1967 choral arrangement of Agnus Dei . Adagio for Strings has been featured in many TV shows and movies .
Cavalleria rusticana ( pronounced [ kavalleˈriːa rustiˈkaːna ] ; Italian for rustic chivalry ) is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci , adapted from an 1880 short story of the same name [ it ] and subsequent play by Giovanni Verga . Considered one of the classic verismo operas , it premiered on 17 May 1890 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome . Since 1893 , it has often been performed in a so-called Cav/Pag double-bill with Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo .
Valse triste ( Sad Waltz ) , Op . 44 , No . 1 , is a short orchestral work by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius . It was originally part of the incidental music he composed for his brother-in-law Arvid Järnefelt 's 1903 play Kuolema ( Death ) , but is far better known as a separate concert piece . Sibelius wrote six pieces for the 2 December 1903 production of Kuolema . The first was titled Tempo di valse lente - Poco risoluto . In 1904 he revised the piece , which was performed in Helsinki on 25 April of that year as Valse triste . It was an instant hit with the public , took on a life of its own , and remains one of Sibelius 's signature pieces .
Grieg wrote the six Lyric Pieces of Book V for piano in 1891 . The original order was :
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis , also known as the Tallis Fantasia , is a work for string orchestra by the British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams . It was composed in 1910 and performed for the first time on 10 September that year at Gloucester Cathedral for the Three Choirs Festival . Vaughan Williams himself conducted and the composition proved to be a major success . He revised the work twice , in 1913 and 1919 . Performances generally run between 14 and 16 minutes . The work takes its name from the original composer of the melody , Thomas Tallis ( c. 1505 - 1585 ) . Many of Vaughan Williams ' works are associated with or inspired by the music of the English Renaissance . In 1906 Vaughan Williams included Tallis 's Third Mode Melody in the English Hymnal , which he was then editing , as the melody for Joseph Addison 's hymn When Rising from the Bed of Death . The tune is in Double Common Meter ( D.C.M . or C.M.D . ) .
Arthur Rubinstein KBE OSE GOSE ( Polish : Artur Rubinstein ; 28 January 1887 - 20 December 1982 ) was a Polish American classical pianist . He received international acclaim for his performances of the music written by a variety of composers and many regard him as the greatest Chopin interpreter of his time . He has been described as one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century . He played in public for eight decades .
David Geringas ( Lithuanian : Dovydas Geringas ; born 29 July 1946 in Vilnius ) is a Lithuanian cellist and conductor who studied under Mstislav Rostropovich . In 1970 he won the Gold Medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition . He also plays the baryton , a rare instrument associated with music of Joseph Haydn .
María de Montserrat Viviana Concepción Caballé i Folch ( UK : /kəˈbæljeɪ , ˌkæbælˈjeɪ/ , Catalan : [ munsəˈrat kəβəˈʎe i ˈfolk ] ; 12 April 1933 - 6 October 2018 ) was a Spanish operatic soprano . She sang a wide variety of roles , but is best known as an exponent of the works of Verdi and of the bel canto repertoire , notably the works of Rossini , Bellini , and Donizetti . She was noticed internationally when she stepped in for a performance of Donizetti 's Lucrezia Borgia at Carnegie Hall in 1965 , and then appeared at leading opera houses . Her voice was described as pure but powerful , with superb control of vocal shadings and exquisite pianissimo . Caballé became popular to non-classical music audiences in 1987 , when she recorded , at the request of the IOC , Barcelona , a duet with Freddie Mercury , which became an official theme song for the 1992 Olympic Games . She received several international awards and also Grammy Awards for a number of her recordings .