FOREWORD (continued 2)
Reading edition
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Under the Direction of Darius Milhaud
Milhaud—Suite Francaise—LP
Under the Direction of George Szell
Smetana—Bohemia’s Fields and Groves—LP
Smetana—Symphonic Poem, Vltava (The Moldau)—LP
LP—Also available on Long Playing Microgroove Recordings as well as on the conventional Columbia Masterworks.
VICTOR RECORDS
Under the Direction of Arturo Toscanini
Beethoven—Symphony No. 7 in A major
Brahms—Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Dukas—The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Gluck—Orfeo ed Euridice—Dance of the Spirits
Haydn—Symphony No. 4 in D major (The Clock)
Mendelssohn—Midsummer Night’s Dream—Scherzo
Mozart—Symphony in D major (K. 385)
Rossini—Barber of Seville—Overture
Rossini—Semiramide—Overture
Rossini—Italians in Algiers—Overture
Verdi—Traviata—Preludes to Acts I and II
Wagner—Excerpts—Lohengrin—Die Götterdämmerung—Siegfried Idyll
Under the Direction of John Barbirolli
Debussy—Iberia (Images, Set 3, No. 2)
Purcell—Suite for Strings with four Horns, Two Flutes, English Horn
Respighi—Fountains of Rome
Respighi—Old Dances and Airs (Special recording for members of the Philharmonic-Symphony League of New York)
Schubert—Symphony No. 4 in C minor (Tragic)
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Schumann—Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor (with Yehudi Menuhin, violin)
Tschaikowsky—Francesca da Rimini—Fantasia
Under the Direction of Willem Mengelberg
J. C. Bach—Arr. Stein—Sinfonia in B-flat major
J. S. Bach—Arr. Mahler—Air for G string (from Suite for Orchestra)
Beethoven—Egmont Overture
Handel—Alcina Suite
Mendelssohn—War March of the Priests (from Athalia)
Meyerbeer—Prophete—Coronation March
Saint-Saens—Rouet d’Omphale (Omphale’s Spinning Wheel)
Schelling—Victory Ball
Wagner—Flying Dutchman—Overture
Wagner—Siegfried—Forest Murmurs (Waldweben)
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Special Booklets published for RADIO MEMBERS of THE PHILHARMONIC-SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
POCKET-MANUAL of Musical Terms.
Edited by Dr. Th. Baker (G. Schirmer’s)
BEETHOVEN and his Nine Symphonies
by Pitts Sanborn
BRAHMS and some of his Works
by Pitts Sanborn
MOZART and some Masterpieces
by Herbert F. Peyser
WAGNER and his Music-Dramas
by Robert Bagar
TSCHAIKOWSKY and his Orchestral Music
by Louis Biancolli
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH and a few of his major works
by Herbert F. Peyser
SCHUBERT and his work
by Herbert F. Peyser
*MENDELSSOHN and certain MASTERWORKS
by Herbert F. Peyser
ROBERT SCHUMANN—Tone-Poet, Prophet and Critic
by Herbert F. Peyser
*HECTOR BERLIOZ—A Romantic Tragedy
by Herbert F. Peyser
*JOSEPH HAYDN—Servant and Master
These booklets are available to Radio Members at 25c each while the supply lasts except those indicated by asterisk.
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Great Performances by the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York on Columbia 33⅓ LP Records
DIMITRI MITROPOULOS conducting
Saint-Saens: Danse Macabre; Le Rouet d’Omphale, Op. 40 Rabau: La Procession Nocturne LP Record ML 2170
Khachaturian: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (with Oscar Levant, Piano) LP Record ML 4288 Also on 78 rpm Set MM-905
BRUNO WALTER conducting
Beethoven: Symphony 7 in A Major, Op. 92 LP Record ML 4414
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 LP Record ML 4297 Also on 78 rpm Set MM-912
LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI conducting
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet; Francesca de Rimini LP Record ML 4381
GEORGE SZELL conducting
Smetana: The Moldau; Bohemia’s Fields and Groves LP Record 2177
EFREM KURTZ conducting
Chopin: Les Sylphides—Ballet (Orchestrated by A. Gretchaninov) Villa-Lobos: Uirapurú (A Symphonic Poem) LP Record ML 4288
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