Label: |
Decca |
Genre: |
Classical |
Product No.: |
ADEC 83190
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UPC: | 028947852568 |
Availability: |
Limited Stock
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Category: |
Vinyl Box Sets |
No. of Discs: | 6 |
Note: | 180 Gram |
Same limited-edition, numbered box set approach as the first Collector's Edition Set
Every 180-gram LP is expertly remastered at the Emil Berliner Studios
Original rear inlays, to make these new pressings as authentic as possible
"One feels oneself in the living presence of the orchestra" — The New York Times
As a companion release to the Mercury Living Presence Collector's Edition, Volume 2 of this limited-edition set presents six iconic and much sought-after LPs on high quality 180-gram vinyl.
Each LP is housed in a replica of the original LP sleeve with its very distinctive cover art and in a range of repertory that typifies the adventurous and pioneering spirit of Mercury Living Presence — from Beethoven with Dorati [a very late Mercury recording and very rare LP] and his seminal 1962 LP "Vienna 1908-1914" — a ground-breaking recording of music by the composers of the Second Viennese School. Dorati also conducts a celebrated French programme "Dada • Surrealism" — with Satie's Parade and Milhaud's Le Boeuf sur le toit and shorter pieces by Auric and Françaix. Two LPs feature American music by Chadwick, Sessions and McPhee with Howard Hanson and the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra.
Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways — an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S., that reproduced some of the most sonically realistic recordings at the dawn of the stereo era. Precious few stereo LPs were pressed when these recordings were issued, and they became some of the rarest, most collectible classical discs ever. Mercury Living Presence continues to enjoy a special reputation as one of the most enterprising, prestigious and sonically-spectacular labels in the history of classical recording.
Some of these recordings have been available on CD and on SACD. However, many are now deleted and only available second-hand or through auction sellers at pemium prices. Mercury Living Presence continues to enjoy a special reputation as one of the most enterprising, prestigous and sonically-spectacular labels in the history of classical recording.
LP 1 | Side 1: Vienna 1908-1914 | Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951) | 5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op.16 | 1949 Revision | 1. Vorgefühle (Premonitions) | 2. Vergangenes (Yesteryears) | 3. Sommermorgen an einem See (Summer Morning by a Lake) | 4. Peripetie (Peripetia) | 5. Das obligate Rezitativ (The Obligatory Recitative) | Side 2: Vienna 1908-1914 | Anton Webern (1883 - 1945) | 5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op.10 | 1. Sehr ruhig und zart – | 2. Lebhaft und zart bewegt | 3. Sehr langsam und äußerst ruhig | 4. Fließend äußerst zart | 5. Sehr fließend | Alban Berg (1885 - 1935) | 3 Pieces for Orchestra, Op.6 | 1. Praeludium (Prelude) | 2. Reigen (Round Dance) | 3. Marsch (March) | LP 2 |
Side 1: Beethoven: Symphony No.7 | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) | Symphony No.7 in A, Op.92 | 1. Poco sostenuto - Vivace | 2. Allegretto | Side 2: Beethoven: Symphony No.7 | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) | Symphony No.7 in A, Op.92 | 3. Presto - Assai meno presto | 4. Allegro con brio | LP 3 |
Side 1: Dada - Surrealism | Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974) | 1. Le boeuf sur le toit, Op.58 | Jean Françaix (1912 - 1997) | Concertino for Piano and Orchestra | 1. Presto leggiero | 2. Lent | 3. Rondeau (Allegretto) | Side 2: Dada - Surrealism | Georges Auric (1899 - 1983) | 1.Overture | Erik Satie (1866 - 1925) | 2.Parade | LP 4 |
Side 1: Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 in C minor - "Organ" | Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) | Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.78 "Organ Symphony" | 1a. Adagio - Allegro moderato - | 1b. Poco adagio | Side 2: Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 in C minor - "Organ" | Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) | Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op.78 | 2a. Allegro moderato - Presto - Allegro moderato | 2b. Maestoso - Più allegro - Molto allegro | LP 5 |
Side 1: Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches | George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931) | Symphonic Sketches | 1. Jubilee | 2. Noël | Side 2: Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches | George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931) | Symphonic Sketches | 3. Hobgoblin | 4. A Vagrom Ballad | LP 6 |
Side 1: Sessions: The Black Maskers; McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan | Roger Sessions (1896 - 1985) | The Black Maskers - Orchestral Suite | 1. Dance (Stridente-sarcastico) | 2. Scene (Agitato molto) | 3. Dirge (Larghissimo) | 4. Finale (Andante moderato un poco agitato) | Side 2: Sessions: The Black Maskers; McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan | Colin McPhee (1900 - 1964) | Tabuh-Tabuhan | 1. Ostinatos | 2. Nocturne | 3. Finale |
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