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Altus  ALTSA1002 (3 discs)

Stereo Single Layer

Classical - Orchestral

Works by Verdi, Hindemith, Prokofiev, Brahms, Schumann, Ravel*, Debussy, Wagner, Mozart, Sibelius, Tippett, Mussorgsky, Kodaly, Dukas, Faure

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli* (piano)
Marie McLaughlin** (soprano)
Gwynne Howell** (bass)
London Symphony Chorus**
London Symphony Orchestra
Sergiu Celibidache (conductor)

All

Works (21)

• Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21), WoO 1 No. 1
• Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
• Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
• Claude Debussy: Images III (3), L 122 No. 2
• Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L 86
• Paul Dukas: L'apprenti sorcier (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) (1897)
• Gabriel Fauré: Requiem in D minor, Op. 48
• Paul Hindemith: Symphony (1933-34) 'Mathis der Maler'
• Zoltán Kodály: Dances of Galánta, K. 79
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 'Prague'
• Serge Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64bis Suite No. 1
• Serge Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100
• Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l'oye, M. 60 Suite for Orchestra
• Maurice Ravel: Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, M.A 24
• Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major, M. 83
• Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54 for Orchestra
• Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
• Jean Sibelius: En Saga, Op. 9
• Michael Tippett: Ritual Dances
• Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino (1862) Overture
• Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser, WWV 70 Overture (Dresden version)