Sergei Koussevitzky - Maestro Risoluto (2001) [10CD Box Set]

Boxed set of 10 CDs. Recorded between 1928 and 1947, mostly between 1940 and 46. Digitally remastered and issued in 2001.
This Russian-born conductor, composer and double-bassist (1874 - 1951) was best known for his long tenure as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1924 to 1949. A conductor and publisher, a champion of modern music who commissioned and performed many important new works. All but one of these works were recorded by the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Koussevitzky.
The music on these discs includes works by:
Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Shostokovich, Brahms, Berlioz, Mozart, Schumann,Scriabin, Hanson, Copland



Tracks:




Модест Мусоргский (1839-1881) - »Картинки с выставки«
rec. 28-30 October 1930
Модест Мусоргский (1839-1881) - »Ночь на лысой горе«
rec. 30 December 1944 live at Boston Symphony Holl
Александр Скрябин (1872-1915) - »Поэма Экстаза«
rec. 15 October 1946 live eft Boston Symphony Hall
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (1840-1893) - Симфония No.4
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (1840-1893) - »Франческа да Римини«
Symphonic Fantasy after Dante
rec. 19 April 1946




Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Symphony No.3
rec. 2 January 1945
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Jascha Heifetz (violin)
rec. 11 April 1939
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) - »Le carnaval romain«
rec. 22 November 1944
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - »La mer«
rec. 1 December 1938 & 7 November 1939
Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) - »Pelleas et Melisande« Ballet Suite Ob.80
Prélude
Fileuse
Mort de Melisande
rec. 18 March 1940
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - »Daphnis et Chloe« Ballet Suite No. 2
Lever du jour
Pantomine
Danse générale
rec. 15 November & 20 December 1928




Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - Symphonie No.34
rec. 17 & 18 March 1940
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) - Symphonie No.102
rec. 29 December 1936
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) - Symphonie No. 8 »Unfinished«
rec. 6 May 1936
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Symphonie No.8
rec. 30 December 1936
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - »Egmont« Overture
rec. 2 April 1947
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Symphonie No. 1 »Spring«
rec. 6 & 8 November 1939




Richard Strauss (1864-1949) - »Also sprach Zarathustra«
Symphonie tone pome after Nietzsche Op.30
1. Einleitung (Sunrise)
2. Von den Hinterweltlern
(Of the people of the unseen world)
3. Von der großen Sehnsucht
(Of the great longing)
4. Von den Freuden und Leidenschaften
(Of joy and passions)
5. Das Grablied (Dirge
6. Von der Wissenschaft (Of science)
7. Der Genesende (The convalescent)
8. Das Tanzlied (The dance song)
9. Nachtwandlerlied
(The song of the night-wanderer)
rec. 22 January 1935
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) - Symphony No.7 *
rec. 15 May 1933 live at Boston Symphony Hall *
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) - »Tapiola«
Symphonic poem
rec. 7 & 8 November 1939
Roy Harris (1898-1979) - Symphony No.3 (in one movement)
rec. 8 November 1939
Howard Hanson (1896-1981) - Symphony No.3
rec. 20 March 1940
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) - "Appalachian Spring«
Ballet Suite
rec. 31 October 1945
* The BBC Symphony Orchestra




Сергей Рахманинов (1873-1943)Симфония No.3
rec. 8 April 1947
Сергей Рахманинов (1873-1943)»Остров мёртвых«
Симфоническая поэма Op.29
rec. 31 March 1945
Сергей Рахманинов (1873-1943)"Вокализ" Op.34 No.14
rec. 31 March 1945
Сергей Прокофьев (1891-1953) Симфония No.5
rec. 17 November 1945 live at Boston Symphony Hall
Дмитрий Шостакович (1906-1975) Симфония No.9
rec. 4 November 1946 & 2 April 1947