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Limited 21 CD set. American musical history. He first recorded the Second with the Philadelphians anonymously for the InchWorld's Greatest MusicInch series in March 1939, and nine months later conducted a tauter, InchofficialInch version for on RCA. Both are included here along with Ormandy's other recordings for InchWorld's Greatest MusicInch, all made in 1938 the Mozart G minor, Beethoven's Fifth, Schubert's InchUnfinishedInch and the Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 2 and 3. Two other famous Brahms recordings from 1939 are the Alto Rhapsody with Marian Anderson and the Double Concerto with Jascha Heifetz and Emanuel Feuermann, about which Gramophone's original reviewer wrote InchRarely can the powers of two string players have been so fully extended, so richly proved... The whole thing is tremendous a manifestation, for all who have an ear of the soul, of the composer's greatness of heart and mind. Album Tracks 1. Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 2. Spohr Violin Concerto No. 8 in a Minor, Op. 47 InchGesangsceneInch 3. Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6 I. Allegro Maestoso - Tempo Giusto 1. Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 2. Schumann Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 1. Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 InchPathétiqueInch 2. Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker (Suite), Op. 71A 3. Rimsky-Korsakov (Arr. Ormandy) Christmas Eve, Act III Church Scene (First ) 1. Mussorgsky (Arr. Cailliet) Pictures at An Exhibition 2. Liszt Les Préludes, S. 97 3. Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in a Major, Op. 11 4. Debussy (Arr. O'Connell) I Préludes, Book I, L. 117 No. 12, Minstrels (First ) 1. Beethoven Ah Perfido!, Op. 65 - Konzertarie FÜR Sopran Und Orchester 2. Weber Oberon, Act II InchOzean Du UngeheuerInch 3. Beethoven Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I InchAbscheulicher, Wo Eilst Du Hin?Inch 4.
