Volume 1: BVCC-38048.
Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring;
Little Suite No. 2;
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV565;
Sinfonia from Cantata No. 156;
Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV582;
St. Anne Fugue in E-flat, BWV522;
Little Fugue in G Minor, BWV578;
Fugue in D;
Great Fugue in G Minor, BWV542;
Air on the G-string;
Volume 2. BVCC-38049.
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14
Ibert: Escales (Ports of Call)
Rouget de Lisle: La Marseillaise
Volume 3: BVCC-38050.
Bizet: Carmen Suites Nos. 1 & 2
Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites Nos. 1 & 2
Volume 4: BVCC-38051.
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op.
78, "Organ"
Volume 5: BVCC-38052.
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op.
74
Marche Slave, Op. 31
Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
Volume 6: BVCC-38053.
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95,
"From the New World"
Dvorak: Scherzo Capriccioso, Op. 66
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance in G Minor, Op. 45,
No. 8
Smetana: Die Moldau
Volume 7: BVCC-38054.
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade - Symphonic
Suite, Op. 35
Borodin: Nocturne
Borodin: Polovetsian Dances
Volume 8: BVCC-38055.
Ravel: Bolero
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No. 2
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Debussy: La Mer
Volume 9: BVCC-38056.
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43
Sibelius: Valse triste
Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela
Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26
Volume 10: BVCC-38057.
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op.
27
Scriabin: Poeme d'Extase, Op. 54
Volume 11: BVCC-38058.
Respighi: Pines of Rome
Respighi: Feste Romane
Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Volume 12: BVCC-38059.
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 2
Volume 13: BVCC-38060.
Holst: The Planets, Op. 32
Vaughan-Williams: Fantasia Variations on a
Theme by Thomas Tallis
Vaughan-Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Volume 14: BVCC-38061.
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op.
47
Scriabin: Prometheus - Poem of Fire, Op. 60
Volume 15: BVCC-38062.
Suppe: Poet and Peasant, Overture
Rossini: William Tell, Overture
Herold: Zampa, Overture
Offenbach: Orpheus in Hades, Overture
Suppe: Light Cavalry, Overture
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Overture,
Op. 21
J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus, Overture
For those outside of Japan, these compact discs
are available for order from Tower
Records Japan. This link is for their page for international
customers. Unfortunately, this page is not automated. However,
there is a step-by-step process through which one must go in order to obtain
CDs. At the Tower international customers' site is a "shopping manual"
which walks the customer through the process of being registered with Tower
Records Japan, and gives instructions for ordering CDs. This process
takes about 15 minutes, but is well worth it. I have ordered these
discs from Tower Japan using this process, and each disc comes out to about
$18.00 U.S., with shipping and handling (based on currency exchange rates
for time at which these discs were ordered; Please ascertain currency
exchange rates of your own currency to Japanese Yen before finalizing order).
Special thanks to Mikito Ichikawa, publisher of "Fantastic Philadelphians," who kindly provided me with this information.
Link
to BMG Japan's Ormandy 100th Site
Update:
I have finally received the Ormandy Centenary edition from UPS (they arrived
by 2nd Day Air) and everything about them is first rate: The recordings
themselves were transferred from original masters, and the packaging is
beautiful: Original cover art work, accompanied by 100th anniversary
graphics. This is a set worthy of the Maestro. The only drawbacks
are that the liner notes are all in Japanese (not that the English-speaking
world has demonstrated their worthiness to the contrary, however) and that
these discs represent what Mikito Ichikawa calls "greatest hits."
I would have also preferred to see more pre-1942 recordings, including
Minneapolis Symphony releases, as well as post-1968 hard-to-find recordings,
such as Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony and Dvorak's 8th, just to name
a couple. However, buy this set; it's truly top-drawer!
(Please excuse the lousy scan of the disc; it was the best I could
get).
Robert L. Jones
San Antonio, Texas,
USA
15 September 1999
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