VA — Mercury Living Presence: The Collector\’s Edition 1 [51 CDs Box Set] (2012) MP3

MP3 320 Kbps | Classical | 8,28 Gb

In the early stereo era, a few producers and eeers at the Mercury label developed a special technique for recording Classical music, and dubbed it Living Presence. It was a groundbreaking practice that was hailed by critics not just because it resulted in a vivid, rich sound, but because the producers also made sure the artists and repertoire were first rate. Even into the era of the CD, when these recording were reissued, they still were recognized for their special sound. This Collector\’s Edition box set contains 50 of those recordings, giving those who haven\’t heard them or who\’ve only found a few in the CD format a chance to hear them all. The most famous of the Mercury Living Presence series include the 1812 Overture by Antal Doráti; Frederick Fennell and the Eastman Wind Ensemble\’s Screamers album; Howard Hanson conducting his own music; pianist Byron Janis; and cellist Janos Starker. A few lesser known recordings are also here, notably albums by Los Romeros, and the Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra playing Balalaika Favorites. Combining the wealth of music here with the caliber of sound quality, this box is a treasure chest for the Classical audiophile.
CD1 Moussorgsky — Pictures At An Exhibition / Bartók — Music For Strings Percussioun And Orchestra
CD2 Smetana — Ma Vlast
CD3 Fiesta In Hifi
CD4 Kodály — Háry János Suite / Bartók — Hungarian Sketches / Kodály — Dances Of Galánta, Marosszék Dances
CD5 Bartók — Violin Concerto No. 2, Second Suite
CD6 Hi-Fi A La Española
CD7 Prokofiev — Scythian Suite, Suite From \»The Lover For Three Oranges\», Symphony No. 5
CD8 Howard Hanson The Composer And His Orchestra
CD9 Tchaikovsky — 1812, Capriccio Italien / Beethoven — Wellington\’s Victory
CD10 Dvořák — Slavonic Dances
CD11 Ferde Grofé — Grand Canyon Suite, Missisipi Suite / Victor Herbert — Cello Concerto No. 2
CD12 British And American Band Classics
CD13 Stravinsky — Petrouchka, Le Sacre Du Printemps, Four Etudes For Orchestra
CD14 Suppé And Auber Overtures
CD15 Berlioz — Symphonie Fantastique
CD16 Fennell Conducts Sousa
CD17 Liszt & Enesco Rhapsodies
CD18 Khachaturian — Gayane Ballet / Shostakovich — Symphony No. 5
CD19 Enescu — Roumanian Rhapsody No. 2 / Brahms — Hungarian Dances, Variations On A Theme Of Haydn
CD20 The Civil War — Part 1
CD21 The Civil War — Part 2
CD22 Rachmaninoff — Piano Concerto No. 2, Piano Concerto No.. 3
CD23 Aaron Copland — Appalachian Spring, Billy The Kid, Danzon Cubano, Al Salón México
CD24 Byron Janis Plays Moussorgsky Pictures At An Axhibition
CD25 Prokofiev — Romeo And Juliet / Moussorgsky — A Night On Bald Mountain
CD26 Schumann — Piano Concerto In A Minor Op. 54 / Tchaikovsky — Piano Concerto No. 1 In B-flat Minor Op. 23
CD27 Flamenco!
CD28 The Romeros — The Royal Family Of The Spanish Guitar
CD29 Screamers
CD30 Balalaika Favorites
CD31 Liszt — Piano Concertos Nos. 1&2
CD32 Prokofiev — Piano Concerto No. 3 / Rachmaninoff — Piano Concerto No. 1
CD33 Dvořák — Cello Concerto In B Minor, Op. 104 / Bruch — Kol Nidrei / Tchaikovsky — Variations On A Rococo Theme
CD34 Schumann — Cello Concerto In A Minor, Op. 129 / Lalo — Cello Concerto In D Minor / Saint-Saens — Cello Concerto In A Minor, Op. 33
CD35 Tchaikovsky — The Nutcracker — Part 1
CD36 Tchaikovsky — The Nutcracker — Part 2
CD37 Brahms — Violin Concerto In D Major / Khachaturian — Violin Concerto (1940)
CD38 Béla Bartók — Bluebeards\’s Castle
CD39 Brahms — Piano Concerto No. 2
CD40 Szeryng Plays Kreisler And Other Treasures For The Violin
CD41 Bach — Suites For Solo Cello — Part 1
CD42 Bach — Suites For Solo Cello — Part 2
CD43 Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 4, Piano Concerto No. 5 (\»Emperor\»)
CD44 Chopin — Piano Concertos 1 And 2
CD45 Ravel — Gaspard De La Nuit / Debussy — Three Preludes Pour Le Piano / Stravinsky — 3 Movements From Petrouchka
CD46 Brahms — Cello Sonatas 1 And 2 / Mendelssohn — Cello Sonata No. 2
CD47 Schumann — Violin Concerto In D Minor / Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto In E Minor
CD48 Stravinsky — The Firebird, Fireworks, The Song Of The Nightingale, Tango, Scherzo À La Russe
CD49 Janos Starker Plays Boccherini — Bach — Vivaldi — Corelli — Locatelli — Valentini
CD50 Rodrígo — Concierto De Aranjuez, Concierto Andaluz / Vivaldi — Guitar Concertos
CD51 An Interview With Wilma Cozart