The Ormandy Era
The Philadelphia Orchestra Association
Official Tribute Collection

Limited Edition 
1979
6 Volumes x 5 LPs
+ Livre "The Maestro"
Pressed on Red Vinyl

VOLUME I - VIRTUOSO SHOWPIECES

1: HOIST - THE PLANETS, OPUS 32

2: GLIERE - SYMPHONY No.3, OPUS 42 ("LLYA MUROMETZ")

3: RESPIGHI - THE FOUNTAINS OF ROME / ROMAN FESTIVALS / THE PINES OF ROME

4: STRAUSS - ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA, OPUS 30

5: SAINT SAENS - SYMPHONY No.3 IN C MINOR, OPUS 78 ("ORGAN")

 

VOLUME II - THE GREAT SOLOISTS

1: BEETHOVEN / ARRAU - PIANO CONCERTO No.3 IN C MINOR, OPUS 37 / PAGANINI / KREISLER - VIOLIN CONCERTO No.1 IN D MAJOR, FIRST MOVEMENT

2: BRAHMS / SERKIN - PIANO CONCERTO No.2 IN B-FLAT MAJOR, OPUS 83

3: RAVEL / CASADESUS - PIANO CONCERTO IN D MAJOR FOR THE LEFT HAND ONLY / BLOCH / ROSE - SCHELOMO (FOR CELLO AND ORCHESTRA)

4: LALO / STERN - SYMPHONIE ESPAGNOLE, OPUS 21 / SIBELIUS / OISTRAKH - VIOLIN CONCERTO D MINOR, OPUS 47

5: RACHMANINOFF / RUBENSTEIN - PIANO CONCERTO No.2 IN C MINOR, OPUS 18 / SAINT SAENS / RUBENSTEIN - PIANO CONCERTO No.2 IN G MINOR, OPUS 22

 

VOLUME III - TIME-HONORED CLASSICS

1: BEETHOVEN - SYMPHONY No.9 IN D MINOR, OPUS 125 ("CHORAL")

2: BRAHMS - SYMPHONY No.1 IN C MINOR, OPUS 68

3: STRAUSS - EIN HELDENLEBEN, OPUS 40 (A HERO'S LIFE)

4: RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - SCHEHERAZADE, OPUS 35

5: RAVEL - BOLERO / ENESCO - ROUMANIAN RHAPSODY IN A MAJOR, OPUS 11, No.1 / TCHAIKOVSKY - 1812 OVERTURE, OPUS 49 / LISZT - HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY No.2

 

VOLUME IV - 20Th CENTURY FAVORITES

1: PROKOFIEV - SYMPHONY No.5, OPUS 100

2: ORFF - CARMINA BURANA

3: SHOSTAKOVICH - SYMPHONY No.5, OPUS 47

4: RACHMANINOFF - SYMPHONY No.2 IN E MINOR, OPUS 27

5: HARRIS - SYMPHONY No.3 (IN ONE MOVEMENT) / COPLAND - BILLY THE KID: SUITE

 

VOLUME V - HISTORIC PERFORMANCES

1: TCHAIKOVSKY - SYMPHONY No.6 IN B MINOR, OPUS 74 ("PATHETIQUE")

2: RACHMANINOFF / RACHMANINOFF - PIANO CONCERTO No.3 IN D MINOR, OPUS 30

3: BRAHMS / HEIFETZ / FEUERMANN - DOUBLE CONCERTO IN A MINOR, OPUS 102 / BARBER - ESSAY FOR ORCHESTRA, OPUS 12 / BRAHMS / ANDERSON - ALTO RHAPSODY, OP 53

4: BEETHOVEN / FLAGSTAD - AH! PERFIDO, OPUS 65 / "ABSCHEULICHER! WO EILST DU HIN?" FROM FIDELIO
   WEBER / FLAGSTAD - "OZEAN, DU UNGEHEUER!" FROM OBERON
   WAGNER / MELCHIOR - "IN FERNEM LAND" FROM LOHENGRIN / LOHENGRIN'S FAREWELL FROM LOHENGRIN / "AM STILLEN HERD" AND PRIZE SONG FROM DIE
   MEISTERSINGER  SCHERZAN AND TRAUME (WESENDONK SONGS)  
5: SCHUMANN - SYMPHONY No.2 IN C MAJOR, OPUS 61

 

VOLUME VI - THE SUMMATION

1: PROKOFIEV - ALEXANDER NEVSKY, OPUS 78

2: BRAHMS - ACADEMIC FESTIVAL OVERTURE, OPUS 80 / BRAHMS - HUNGARIAN DANCE No.6 / MENDELSSOHN - INTERMEZZO FROM A MIDMMER'S NIGHT DREAM, OPUS 61

    MENOTTI - BARCAROLLE FROM SEBASTIAN / WEBER - OVERTURE TO EURYANTHE / WEINBERGER - POLKA AND FUGUE FROM SCHWANDA, THE BAGPIPER

3: DVORAK - SYMPHONY No.9 IN E MINOR, OPUS 95 ("FROM THE NEW WORLD")

4: BIZET - CARMEN: SUITE No.1 + SUITE No.2 / SAINT SAENS - CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS

5: TCHAIKOVSKY / PERLMAN - VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MAJOR, OPUS 35 / TCHAIKOVSKY / PERLMAN - SERENADE MELANCOLIQUE, OPUS 26