Eugene Ormandy - Last Great Performan (1978, 1979) [2025 DSD]

Eugene Ormandy leads the Philadelphia Orchestra through works by Richard Strauss, Paul Hindemith, Béla Bartók, Jean Sibelius, and Samuel Barber. Recorded on November 24, 1979 (Disc 1, 1), February 25 and November 10, 1978 (Disc 1, 2-7), November 18 and 20, 1978 (Disc 2, 1-12), February 20, 1978 (Disc 2, 13-14), and February 25, 1978 (Disc 2, 15) at the Old Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia.


Tracks:

Disc 1
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
01. Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op.30
Tondichtung für großes Orchester frei nach Friedrich Nietzsche

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Symphonische Metamorphosen nach Themen von Carl Maria von Weber (1943)
02. I. Allegro
03. II."Turandot, Scherzo", Moderato - Lebhaft
04. III. Andantino
05. IV. Marsch
06. Konzertmusik für Streichorchester und Blechbläser, Op.50
07. Part I: Mäßig schnell, mit Kraft – Sehr breit, aber stets fließend
08. Part II: Lebhaft - Langsam – Im ersten Zeitmaß (Lebhaft)


Disc 2
Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz106
01. I. Andante tranquillo
02. II. Allegro
03. III. Adagio
04. IV. Allegro molto

"The Miraculous Mandarin" – Suite, Op.19, Sz.73
05. I. Beginning
06. II. The curtain rises
07. III. First seduction game
08. IV. Second seduction game
09. V. Third seduction game
10. VI. The Mandarin enters
11. VII. Dance of the Girl
12. VIII. The chase - The Tramps Leap out

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Lemminkäinen Suite, Op.22 (The Four Legends Op.22)
13. II. The Swan of Tuonela
[Louis Rosenblatt, Cor anglais]
14. IV. Lemminkäinen's Return

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
15. Adagio for Strings, Op.11

Personnel:

The Philhadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy (conductor)