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Sergiu Celibidache - Orchestre Nationale de l'ORTF

Altus  ALTSA-441 (4 discs)

Stereo Single Layer

Classical - Orchestral

Music by Roussel, Brahms, Schoenberg, Schubert, Beethoven, Dvořák, Milhaud, Ravel, Stravinsky, Respighi, Dutilleux, Johann Strauss II, Mozart, Weber, Haydn, Schumann & Prokofiev

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5),
Pierre Fournier (Dvorak Cello Concerto)
Arleen Auger, Gurli Plesner, Adalbert Kraus, Roger Soyer & Chœur de Radio France (Mozart Requiem)
Martha Argerich (Schumann Piano Concerto)
Orchestre Nationale de l'ORTF
Sergiu Celibidache (conductor)

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Works (37)

• Albert Roussel: Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 42
• Antonin Dvořák: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
• Antonin Dvořák: Slavonic Dances (8), Op. 46 No. 1 in C major
• Antonin Dvořák: Slavonic Dances (8), Op. 46 No. 4 in F major
• Anton Webern: Schubert: Deutsche Tänze (after D. 820)
• Arnold Schoenberg: Lieder (6), Op. 8
• Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, Op. 77 Overture
• Darius Milhaud: Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67 for Piano
• Franz Schubert: Die Zauberharfe/Rosamunde, D 644 Overture
• Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D 485
• Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 7 (8) in B minor, D 759 'Unfinished'
• Henri Dutilleux: Métaboles (1985)
• Igor Stravinsky: Petrouchka, K012 Ballet
• Igor Stravinsky: Suite for Chamber Orchestra No. 2, K038
• Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
• Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
• Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81
• Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus (1874) Overture
• Johann Strauss II: Figaro-Polka, Op. 320
• Johann Strauss II: G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325
• Johann Strauss II: Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437
• Johann Strauss II: Pizzicato-Polka (with Josef Strauss)
• Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 102 in B flat major, Hob. I:102 (London)
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
• Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57a Suite No. 1
• Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57b Suite No. 2
• Maurice Ravel: La valse, M. 72 for Orchestra
• Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l'oye, M. 60 Suite for Orchestra
• Maurice Ravel: Miroirs (5), M. 43 No. 4 Alborada del gracioso
• Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 for Orchestra
• Ottorino Respighi: Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome), P 141
• Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
• Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
• Serge Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64ter Suite No. 2
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K. 626