1.01 - 1.08 Zrání'Ripening'. Symphonic Poem, op.34 [41'21]
1.09 Praga. Symphonic Poem op.26 [25'22]
2.01 - 2.08 Epilogue for soprano, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, op.37 * [40'38]
2.09 - 2.12 Pohádka 'Fairy Tale', op.16 [29'24]
Luba Orgonasova- soprano, Ivan Kusnjer- baritone, Peter Mikulas- bass, Royal Liverpool Philharnonic Choir *; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Libor Pešek
Erato 5099991257659 [recorded August 1992 and June 1997 for Virgin Classics; this reissue 2013]
[digital downloads; flacs, cover and inlay scans with booklets for the original Virgin Classics releases sourced from internet]
Recording venue: Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, UK
Recording engineer: Mike Clements; Producer: John H. West
01 Street Corner Overture (1944) [5'36]
02 - 05 Madame Chrysanthème. Ballet Suite (1957) [8'25]
06 - 12 Practical Cats. An Entertainment for Speaker and Orchestra (1954) * [22'48]
13 Theme, Variations & Finale (1967) [15'13]
14 - 15 Medieval Diptych for Baritone and Orchestra (1962) ^ [14'09]
16 Coronation Overture (1953) [5'33]
Simon Callow- speaker *; Jeremy Huw Williams- baritone; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Lloyd-Jones
Dutton Epoch CDLX7203 [recorded September and December 2007; issued 2008]
[digital downloads; flacs, cover and inlay scans - no booklet]
Recording venues: Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool [orchestra] and Abbey Road Studio 2, London [speaker]
Recording engineer: Dexter Newman; Producer: Michael Ponder
01 - 21 Extracts from Romeo and Juliet, op.64 [71'25]
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Libor Pešek
Erato 0077775927856 [recorded December 1989 for Virgin Classics; issued 1993]
[digital downloads; flacs, cover scan - booklet and inlay scan for the original Virgin Classics release sourced from internet]
Recording venue: Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, UK
Recording engineer: Mike Hatch; Producer: John H. West
One of my favourite recordings of single disc selections from the ballet music. Curiously, although now reissued as an Erato/Parlophone release, until very recently the cover with downloads still displayed the Virgin Classics label. Now it appears to have become devoid of any text or logos at all - at least with the Presto and Qobuz.downloads.
01 - 04 Symphony No.3 in D minor (1889 version) [57'28]
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons
BBC MM335 [recorded in concert in November 2009; issued with September 2011 BBC Music Magazine]
[CD-rip; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans derived from internet]
Recording venue: Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK
Recording engineer: Tom Parnell; Producer: Rebecca Bean
A friend in the UK kindly sent me a rip of this disc at the time of the magazine's issue but it came without any artwork. I recently discovered some low-res artwork at Discogs which I think is just about adequate to allow an upload.
01 - 04 Symphony No.8 in G major, op.88 [37'36]
05 Nocturne in B major, op.40 [6'36]
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley
Chandos CHAN8323 [recorded November 1983; CD issued 1984]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: All Saints Church, Tooting, London
Recording engineer: Ralph Couzens; Producer: Brian Couzens
01 Mesto for string orchestra (1960) [25'20]
02 Symphony No.2 (1952-53) [41'47]
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stig Westerberg
Swedish Society SCD1012 [recorded November 1961 and March 1966; CD issued 1987]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: Auditorium, Swedish Academy of Music, Stockholm.
Recording engineer: Karl-Otto Valentin; Producers: Hans Peter Kempe and Nils Castegren.
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