CD 1 ROYAL ORCHESTRA

JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833-1897 Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 (1878) 38:00 1 Allegro non troppo 2 Adagio 3 Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace Nathan Milstein, violin Conductor: Pierre Monteux VARA 12/10/1950

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK 1841-1904 Symphony No.7 in D minor, Op.70 (1884-85) 36:58 4 Allegro maestoso 5 Poco adagio 6 Scherzo (Vivace) 7 Allegro Conductor: Rafael Kubelík VARA 2/2/1950

Total Time 74:58

CD 2 ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA

CLAUDE DEBUSSY 1862-1918 1 Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (1892-94) 10:41 Conductor: Leopold Stokowski VARA 5/7/1951

HECTOR BERLIOZ 1841-1904 2 Le carnaval romain (1843-44) 8:12 Conductor: Leopold Stokowski VARA 5/7/1951

MANUEL DE FALLA 1876-1946 Suite from ‘El amor brujo’ (1915) 23:41 3 Introduction and Scene 4 In the Cave (Night) 5 Song of Unhappy Love 6 The Spectre – Terror Dance 7 The Magic Circle (Ballade of the Fisherman) 8 At Midnight (The Sortileges) – Ritual Fire Dance 9 Scene – Song of the Will-o’-the-wisp 10 Pantomime 11 Dance of the Game of Love 12 Finale (The Morning Bells) Conductor: Leopold Stokowski VARA 5/7/1951

JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833-1897 Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.73 (1877) 35:58 13 Allegro non troppo 14 Adagio non troppo 15 Allegretto grazioso 16 Allegro con spirito Conductor: Leopold Stokowski VARA 5/7/1951

Total Time 78:32

CD 3 ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA

ALEXANDRE TANSMAN 1897-1986 Musique pour orchestre (1947) 21:23 1 Allegro con moto 2 Lento 3 Molto vivace 4 Andante sostenuto – Allegro deciso Conductor: Rafael Kubelík VARA 23/3/1950

SERGEJ RACHMANINOV 1873-1943 Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 (1901) 32:18 5 Moderato 6 Adagio sostenuto 7 Allegro scherzando Julius Katchen, piano Conductor: Rafael Kubelík VARA 3/6/1951

LEOŠ JANÁČEK 1876-1946 Taras Bulba (1915-18) 21:27 8 The Death of Andri 9 The Death of Ostap 10 The Prophecy and Death of Taras Bulba Conductor: Rafael Kubelík VARA 16/6/1951

Total Time 75:08

CD 4 ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA

HANS HENKEMANS 1913-1995 Violin Concerto (1950) 26:59 1 Allegro moderato – Allegro agitato 2 Allegro marcato – Tempo di Habanera 3 Molto adagio – Lento 4 Allegro Theo Olof, violin Conductor: NRU 23/12/1951

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770-1827 5 Ah! perfido, Op.65 (1796) 13:26 Gré Brouwenstijn, soprano Conductor: Otto Klemperer AVRO 26/4/1951

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770-1827 Symphony No.7 in A major, Op.92 (1812) 35:39 6 Poco sostenuto – Vivace 7 Allegretto 8 Presto 9 Allegro con brio Conductor: Josef Krips AVRO 24/5/1952

Total Time 76:06

CD 5 ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA

FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY 1809-1847 Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 (1844) 26:51 1 Allegro molto appassionato 2 Andante 3 Allegretto non troppo Isaac Stern, violin Conductor: Rafael Kubelík AVRO 21/6/1951

ANTHON VAN DER HORST 1899-1965 Symphony No.1, Op.23 (1935-39) 31:41 4 Vehemente 5 Molto adagio (Notturno) 6 Presto tumultuoso – Tema con variazioni Conductor: Eduard van Beinum KRO 18/10/1951

BÉLA BARTÓK 1881-1945 Viola Concerto, Sz.120 (1945); completed by Tibor Serly 20:37 7 Moderato 8 Adagio religioso 9 Allegro vivace William Primrose, viola Conductor: Otto Klemperer VARA 11/1/1951

Total Time 79:09

CD 6 ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756-1791 Symphony No.40 in G minor, KV 550 (1788) 23:55 1 Molto allegro 2 Andante 3 Menuet (Allegro) 4 Allegro assai Conductor: Bruno Walter Archive ORTF 6/6/1952 Kurhaus, Scheveningen

GUSTAV MAHLER 1860-1911 Symphony No.4 in G major (1892) 53:28 5 I. Bedächtig. Nicht eilen – Recht gemächlich 6 II. In gemächlicher Bewegung 7 III. Ruhevoll (Poco adagio) 8 IV. Sehr behaglich Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano Conductor: Bruno Walter Archive ORTF 6/6/1952 Kurhaus, Scheveningen

Total Time 77:23

CD 7 ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA

RICHARD STRAUSS 1864-1949 1 Don Juan Op.20 (1889) 16:38 Conductor: Bruno Walter Archive ORTF 6/6/1952 Kurhaus, Scheveningen

ANTON BRUCKNER 1824-1896 Symphony No.3 in D minor (1877-78, ed. F. Oeser) 57:17 2 Gemäßig, mehr bewegt, misterioso 3 Adagio (bewegt, quasi Andante) 4 Scherzo (Ziemlich schnell) 5 Allegro Conductor: Rafael Kubelík KRO 28/1/1954

Total Time 73:55

CD 8 ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA

ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG 1874-1951 1 Verklärte Nacht, Op.4 (1917; Rev.1943) 27:30 Conductor: Otto Klemperer AVRO 7/7/1955

MAURICE RAVEL 1875-1937 Daphnis et Chloé (1912) 50:08 2 Introduction et danse religieuse 3 Interlude et danse guerrière 4 Lever du jour Conductor: Pierre Monteux Koor van de Nederlandsche Radio Unie VARA 23/6/1955

Total Time 77:38

CD 9 ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA

RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883 1 Siegfried Idyll (1870) 16:11 Conductor: Pierre Monteux KRO 19/2/1953

HANS HENKEMANS 1913-1995 Harp Concerto (1955-56) 19:15 2 Fantasia: Andante 3 Tema con variazioni: Lento 4 Finale: Molto allegro – Tempo del primo movimento Phia Berghout, harp Conductor: Eduard van Beinum RNW 19/12/1956

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756-1791 Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, KV 482 (1785) 33:09 5 Allegro 6 Andante 7 Allegro Annie Fischer, piano Conductor: Otto Klemperer AVRO 12/7/1956

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756-1791 8 Ch'io mi scordi di te… Non temer amato bene KV 505 (1786) 10:00 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano Maria Curcio, piano Conductor: Otto Klemperer AVRO 6/2/1957

Total Time 78:35

CD 10 ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA

GUSTAV MAHLER 1860-1911 Symphony No. 3 in D major (1893-96, rev. 1906) 94:10 1 I. Kräftig. Entschiedend 2 II. Tempo di Menuetto. Sehr mäßig 3 III. Commodo. Scherzando. Ohne Hast 4 IV. Sehr langsam. Misterioso. Durchaus ppp 5 V. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck Maureen Forrester, alto Toonkunstkoor Amsterdam Jongenskoor Zanglust Conductor: Eduard van Beinum Archive Bayerische Rundfunk 14/7/1957

Total Time 71:33

CD 11 ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA

GUSTAV MAHLER 1860-1911 Symphony No. 3 in D major (1893-96, rev. 1906) 22:37 1 VI. Langsam. Ruhevoll. Empfunden [Continuation of Disc 10]

MATTHIJS VERMEULEN 1888-1967 2 Passacaille et Cortège (1930) 15:57 Conductor: Eduard van Beinum Collection Otto Ketting 17/3/1957

MATTHIJS VERMEULEN 1888-1967 3 Symphony No. 2 “Prélude à la nouvelle journée” (1919-20) 22:51 Conductor: Eduard van Beinum Collection Otto Ketting 5/7/1957

Total Time 61:25

CD 12 ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA

SEM DRESDEN 1881-1957 Dansflitsen (1951) 14:28 1 Intrada – Alla Polacca 2 Siciliana 3 Tempo di valse 4 Passamezzo 5 Menuetto vivo 6 Marcia funebre (molto moderato) 7 Alla Tarantella (molto allegro) Conductor: Rafael Kubelík KRO 28/1/1954

ERNEST CHAUSSON 1855-1899 8 Poème (1898) 15:54 Arthur Grumiaux, violin Conductor: George Szell Collection Ton Delsing 28/11/1957

WILLIAM WALTON 1902-1983 Partita (1957) 15:34 9 Toccata 10 Pastorale siciliana 11 Giga burlesca Conductor: George Szell KRO 27/11/1958

RICHARD STRAUSS 1864-1949 12 Also sprach Zarathustra Op.30 (1896) 33:23 Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos VARA 10/8/1958 Festspielhaus, Salzburg

Total Time 79:19

CD 13 ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA

ANTON WEBERN 1883-1945 Sechs Stücke für Orchester Op.6 (1909) 12:51 1 Langsam 2 Bewegt 3 Mäßig 4 Sehr Mäßig 5 Sehr langsam 6 Langsam Conductor: Hans Rosbaud VARA 2/7/1959

ANTON BRUCKNER 1824-1896 Symphony No.2 in C minor (1871-72; Revision 1875-76) 62:23 7 I. Moderato 8 II. Andante (Feierlich etwas bewegt) 9 III. Scherzo (Mäßig schnell) 10 IV. Mehr schnell Conductor: Bernard Haitink KRO 9/7/1959

Total Time 75:14

CD 14 ROYAL CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA

ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG 1874-1945 Variationen für Orchester Op.31 (1926-28) 20:49 1 Introduktion: Mäßig, ruhig 2 Thema: Molto moderato 3 1. Variation: Moderato 4 2. Variation: Langsam 5 3. Variation: Mäßig 6 4. Variation: Walzertempo 7 5. Variation: Bewegt 8 6. Variation: Andante 9 7. Variation: Langsam 10 8. Variation: Sehr rasch 11 9. Variation: L’istesso tempo; aber etwas langsamer 12 Finale: Mäßig schnell Conductor: Hans Rosbaud Collection Ton Delsing 26/6/1958

BELA BARTOK 1881-1945 13 The Miraculous Mandarin (1919) 17:52 Conductor: Antal Dorati Collection Ton Delsing 30/1/1958

MAURICE RAVEL 1875-1937 14 La Valse (1919-20) 11:42 Conductor: George Szell Collection Ton Delsing 28/11/1957

Total Time 50:23