Name: Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux (1941-1952) by Pierre Monteux
Brand: Pierre Monteux
SKU: 017685119224
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Iphigénie en Aulide, Overture
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Iphigenie en Aulide: Overture

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6 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 359/R. 441 - Franz Liszt
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6 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S359/R441: No. 2 in D Minor

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Le corsaire, Op. 21, H. 101 - Hector Berlioz
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Le corsaire, Op. 21: Overture

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2 Pieces from Kuolema, Op. 44 - Jean Sibelius
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Valse triste, Op. 44, No. 1

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Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 - Serge Rachmaninoff
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III. Adagio

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Tannhäuser, WWV 70 - Richard Wagner
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Tannhauser: Overture

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Symphonic Sketches - George Whitefield Chadwick
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: I. Jubilee

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Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 - Serge Rachmaninoff
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II. Allegro molto

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Symphony No. 88 in G major, Hob. I:88 - Joseph Haydn
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Tragic Overture, Op. 81 - Johannes Brahms
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Tragic Overture, Op. 81

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Fontane di Roma, P. 106 - Ottorino Respighi
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Fontane di Roma (Fountains of Rome), P. 106

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Symphony No. 88 in G major, Hob. I:88 - Joseph Haydn
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Symphony No. 88 in G Major, Hob.I:88: II. Largo

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Symphony No. 88 in G Major, Hob.I:88: III. Menuetto - Trio: Allegretto

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Symphony No. 88 in G Major, Hob.I:88: IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito

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Euryanthe, J. 291 - Carl Maria Von Weber
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Overture

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The Stars and Stripes Forever

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Is this ever a generous sampling of Pierre Monteux and the San Francisco Symphony! Music and Arts' Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux collects broadcast performances from Monteux's lengthy engagement with the Standard Hour program, heard on NBC's Pacific Radio Network from 1941 to 1952. This show aired on Sunday evenings, sponsored by Standard Oil (the predecessor to Chevron), and it featured West Coast orchestras exclusively. Monteux was heard in San Francisco during the winter and spring, and in summer and fall, another orchestra (usually the Los Angeles Philharmonic) was heard in his stead. There was a strict rule about timing; each work played had to be 20 minutes or less, but no more. Although this constraint prevented longer works, such as would be expected in the concert hall, from being programmed, it did afford Monteux flexibility in programming short pieces of a greater variety than that observed on his concurrent RCA Victor studio recordings, which are heavily weighted toward French and Russian literature. The length of this set is nearly equal to that of BMG's huge Pierre Monteux Edition issued in 1994 at 14 discs; this is in 10 discs and runs nearly a 1,000 minutes. Whole discs within the collection are given over to Beethoven, Richard Strauss, Berlioz, Franck, and nearly two for Wagner performances. Also included is a Haydn Symphony No. 88, George Whitefield Chadwick's Jubilee, Rimsky-Korsakov's Christmas Eve Suite, Messiaen's L'Ascension, and several other rare works, including many that Monteux did not commercially record. There was a prior incarnation of this set issued in 1997 at only 10 discs; this one adds the discs Lollipops and Monteux as Accompanist to concert artists such as Lili Kraus and Shura Cherkassky, and Finale, which is a grab bag of stuff. It is here where one will find the Chadwick, a Mozart "Jupiter" Symphony, and an aria from Franco Alfano's Risurrezione sung by radio and early television mainstay Dorothy Warenskjold. The sound, taken from transcription discs in the library of the Pierre Monteux School in Hancock, ME, is mono in its entirety and somewhat limited even by the standards in place, say, by 1953. However, the transfers are all very clean and first-rate -- there is little to no source disc related noise among all 13 discs included. There is a noticeable improvement in the sound from mid-1950 on, as Standard Oil petitioned successfully -- the only sponsor that cared enough to do so -- against NBC to replace its company-made "ribbon" microphones with more responsive Altec Lansing models. Overall, compared to RCA Victor's typically bright, brittle, and distorted studio recordings from San Francisco, the recordings in this set are at least comparable to, and at times better than, Monteux's commercial recordings of the same period. This is a lot of Monteux, but there are considerable rewards -- the sheer looseness and spontaneity of his montage of bleeding chunks from Act III of Die Meistersinger is joyful and tremendously exciting orchestral music-making. If the Monteux Edition on BMG and Decca's Original Masters set (seven discs) are not enough Monteux for you, then Music and Arts' Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux is the next logical step. However, if you missed those other sets, then this may well be the best place to start. Of the three sets just mentioned, this one by far has the best liner notes, written by longtime San Francisco-based critic Arthur Bloomfield.
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Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux (1941-1952)

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Volume 1

1. Die Weihe des Hauses Overture, Op. 124

1. Don Giovanni, K. 527: Overture

1. Don Juan, Op. 20, TrV 156

1. Parsifal: Parsifal, Act I: Prelude - Act III: Karfreitagszauber (Good Friday Magic)

1. Die Walküre, WWV 86B: Die Walkure,Act III: Leb' wohl … Loge hor! Lausche hieher, "Wotan's Farewell" - Act III: Feuerzauber (Magic fire music)

1. Le carnaval romain, Op. 9, H. 95 - Le carnaval romain, Op. 9: Overture

1. The Hebrides, Op. 26, MWV P 7 "Fingal's Cave" (From "L.A. Confidential") - The Hebrides, Op. 26, "Fingal's Cave"

1. L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), Act I: Overture - L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers)

1. Prince Igor: Prince Igor (Knyaz Igor): Act II: Polovtsian Dances

1. Prelude, choral et fugue, M. 21 (arr. G. Pierne)

1. Cephale et Procris, ou L'amour conjugal: Act I: Danse: Tambourin

2. Cephale et Procris, ou L'amour conjugal: Act I: Danse: Menuet

3. Cephale et Procris, ou L'amour conjugal: Act II: Gigue

1. Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: I. Allegro con brio

1. Facade Suite No. 1: I. Polka

2. Facade Suite No. 1: IV. Tango - Pasodoble

3. Facade Suite No. 1: V. Tarantella, Sevillana

Volume 2

1. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio

2. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: II. Andante con moto

3. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: III. Allegro

4. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: IV. Allegro

1. Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 "Haffner": I. Allegro con spirito

2. Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 "Haffner": II. Andante

3. Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 "Haffner": III. Menuetto - Trio

4. Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385 "Haffner": IV. Finale: Presto

1. Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24, TrV 158: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24, TrV 158

1. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Act I: Prelude

2. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Act III: Procession of the Meistersingers - Dance of the Apprentices

1. Siegfried: Siegfried, Act II: Forest Murmurs

1. Les Troyens, Act I: Prelude: Les Troyens: Prelude

1. Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N 16 "Italian": I. Allegro vivace

2. Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N 16 "Italian": II. Andante con moto

3. Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N 16 "Italian": III. Con moto moderato

4. Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, MWV N 16 "Italian": IV. Saltarello: Presto

1. Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68: II. Andante sostenuto

1. Christmas Eve

1. Redemption, M. 52

1. Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor): Overture

1. Wanderer-Fantasie, S. 366 (After F. Schubert): Schubert - Wanderer Fantasy, S366/R459

1. Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120 (1851 Revised Version): I. Ziemlich langsam - Lebhaft

2. Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120 (1851 Revised Version): II. Romanze: Ziemlich langsam

3. Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120 (1851 Revised Version): III. Scherzo: Lebhaft

4. Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 120 (1851 Revised Version): IV. Langsam - Lebhaft

Volume 3

1. Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 43: Die Geschopfe des Prometheus (The Creatures of Prometheus), Op. 43, Act II: Adagio

1. Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414: II. Andante

2. Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414: III. Allegretto

1. Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28, TrV 171 - Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche (Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks), Op. 28, TrV 171

1. Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63: Der fliegende Hollander (The Flying Dutchman): Overture

1. Götterdämmerung, WWV 86D: Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), Act I: Siegfried's Rhine Journey

1. L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25: Part II, "La fuite en Egypte": Ouverture - Part III, "L'arrivee a Sais": Depuis trios jours: Part II: La fuite en Egypte: Overture - Part III: The Arrival at Sais: Trio for two flutes and harp, played by the young Ishmaelites

1. Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95, MWV P 15 - Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95

1. Mignon: Mignon, Act I: Overture

1. Svetliy prazdnik (Russian Easter Festival), Op. 36

1. Psyché, M. 47 (version for orchestra): Psyche, M. 47: Part I: Psyche enlevee par les zephirs - Part III: Psyche et Eros

1. Phedre: Ouverture: Ouverture de Phedre

1. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23, TH 55 - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito

1. Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": I. Allegro vivace

2. Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": II. Andante cantabile

3. Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": III. Menuetto: Allegretto

4. Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": IV. Molto Allegro

Volume 4

1. Egmont, Op. 84: Egmont, Op. 84: Overture

1. Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K. 620: Overture

1. Der Rosenkavalier Suite, Op. 59, TrV 227

1. Tristan und Isolde: Tristan und Isolde, Act I: Prelude - Liebestod