Tracklist RCO 11004 Anthology of the Royal Orchestra, Live, the radiorecordings Vol. VI 1990 – 20000

CD 1

BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945) Bluebeard’s Castle, Op. 11, opera in one act (1911) 57:47 Ildikó Komlósi, mezzo-soprano (Judith) Kolos Kovács, bass (Bluebeard) Iván Fischer NOS/RNW, January 6, 1990

Total time 57:47

CD2

GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911) Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp major (1901-1902) 76:26 Klaus Tennstedt RNW, December 9, 1990

Total time 76:26

CD3

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastorale’ (1808) 43:07 Wolfgang Sawallisch AVRO/RNW, March 10, 1991

JEAN SIBELIUS (1865-1957) Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63 (1911) 32:46 Paavo Berglund AVRO, September 11, 1991

Total time 75:57

CD4

FRANK MARTIN (1890-1974) Concerto for seven wind instruments, timpani, percussion and strings (1949) 20:20 AVRO/RNW, September 26, 1991

HENRI DUTILLEUX (1916) L’arbre des songes, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1985) 23:23 Isabelle van Keulen, violin Charles Dutoit AVRO/RNW, February 2, 1991

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10 (1925) 28:32 Sir Georg Solti AVRO/RNW, September 19, 1991

Total time 72:31

CD5

EDWARD ELGAR (1857-1934) Symphony No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 63 (1911) 48:34 André Previn AVRO/RNW, February 19, 1992

WITOLD LUTOSŁAWSKI (1913-1994) Concerto for Orchestra (1954) 28:31 Stanislav Skrowaczewski AVRO/RNW, February 18, 1993

Total time 77:08

CD6

RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883) Overture Rienzi (1840) 11:57 Mariss Jansons AVRO/RNW, December 9, 1993

MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) Ma mère l’oye (1911) 26:21 AVRO/RNW, February 24, 1993

ALEXANDER VON ZEMLINSKY (1871-1942) Symphonische Gesänge, Op. 20 (1929) 18:08 Williard White, baritone Riccardo Chailly AVRO/RNW, October 10, 1993

Total time 56:33

CD7

BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945) Piano Concerto No. 3 (1945) 23:14 Martha Argerich, piano Claus Peter Flor AVRO/RNW, December 16, 1993

LUIGI DALLAPICCOLA (1904-1975) Liriche Greche per soprano e diversi gruppi strumentali (1942-45) 21:47 Lucy Shelton, soprano Reinbert de Leeuw RNW, April 29, 1993

OLIVIER MESSIAEN (1909-1992) Trois petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine (1944) 30:50 Women of the Radio Choir Marc-André Hamelin, piano Jean Laurendeau, ondes martenot Charles Dutoit AVRO/RNW, January 21, 1994

Total time 75:53

CD8

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (1894) 10:58 Jean Fournet AVRO/RNW, February 24, 1995

PAUL HINDEMITH (1895-1963) Symphonic Metamorphosis after Themes by Carl Maria von Weber (1943) 21:37 Riccardo Chailly AVRO, April 29, 1994

BERND ALOIS ZIMMERMANN (1918-1970) Concerto for trumpet and orchestra, ‘Nobody knows de trouble I see‘ (1954) 12:58 Peter Masseurs, trumpet Edo de Waart AVRO/RNW, June 29, 1995

ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951) Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (1899, arr. for strings 1917) 31:21 Pierre Boulez AVRO/RNW, October 27, 1995

Total time 76:58

CD9

JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833-1897) Tragic Overture in D minor, Op. 81 (1880) 14:20 Nikolaus Harnoncourt AVRO/RNW, May 12, 1995

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Fantasie in C major, Op. 131 for violin and orchestra (1853) 15:52 Thomas Zehetmair, violin Nikolaus Harnoncourt AVRO/RNW, May 12, 1995

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828) Symphony No. 9 in C major, D 944 ‘Great’ (1825-28) 47:48 Sir John Eliot Gardiner AVRO, November 1, 1996

Total time 78:02

CD10

ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951) Fünf Orchesterstücke, Op. 16 (1909) 16:43 Mariss Jansons AVRO/RNW, November 24, 1995

THEO LOEVENDIE (1930) Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1995-96) 19:43 Ronald Brautigam, piano Riccardo Chailly AVRO/RNW, April 19, 1996

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV 550 (1788) 34:42 Nikolaus Harnoncourt AVRO, January 29, 1997

Total time 71:11

CD11

ANTON BRUCKNER (1824-1896) Symphony No. 3 in D minor (1873-1890) 60:43 Kurt Sanderling AVRO/RNW, November 8, 1996

ALPHONS DIEPENBROCK (1862-1921) Hymne an die Nacht No. 2, ‘Muss immer der Morgen wiederkommen?’ (1899) 19:04 Nathalie Stutzmann, alto Riccardo Chailly AVRO/RNW, October 10, 1997

Total time 79:50

CD12

IGOR STRAVINSKY (1882-1971) Divertimento after the ballet ‘Le baiser de la fée’ (1934, rev. 1949) 24:20 Gennady Rozhdestvensky AVRO, April 27, 1997

MORTON FELDMAN (1926-1987) Coptic Light (1986) 21:46 Peter Eötvös AVRO/RNW, October 23, 1998

LUCIANO BERIO (1925-2003) Sinfonia (1968-69) 30:19 (Text: see Liner Notes) Swingle Singers Luciano Berio AVRO/RNW, May 16, 1997

Total time 76:30

CD13

WILLEM PIJPER (1894-1947) Zes symfonische epigrammen (1928) 6:37 Bernard Haitink AVRO/RNW, March 19, 1999

HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803-1869) Les nuits d’été op. 7 (1840-41, orch. 1843-56) 29:05 (Text: Théophile Gautier) Ann Murray, soprano Bernard Haitink AVRO/RNW, March 19, 1999

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864-1949) Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24 (1889) 22:59 Kurt Masur AVRO/RNW, June 11, 1999

CHARLES IVES (1874-1954) Three Places in New England (1910-1929) 18:20 John Adams AVRO/RNW, April 18, 1998

Total time 77:08

CD14

TORU TAKEMITSU (1930-1996) A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden (1977) 11:54 John Adams AVRO/RNW, April 18, 1998

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 (1937) 49:31 Kurt Sanderling AVRO/RNW, June 11, 1999

FRANZ SCHREKER (1878-1934) Vom ewigen Leben (1923, orch. 1927) 15:46 (Text: Walt Whitman) Claudia Barainsky, soprano Gerd Albrecht AVRO/RNW, March 10, 2000

Total time 77:14