Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des RSO - Georges Pretre- The SWR Recordings - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

On the occasion of conductor Georges Prêtre's 100th birthday in August, the tag SWRmusic will an 8CD box-set containing a wonderful collection of representative orchestral works by eleven composers, thus showing the fruitful collaboration between the French conductor and the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSO). Most of the recordings are being released for the first time, with the exception of the works by Maurice Ravel and Richard Strauss, which have previously been released by this tag. The Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1945 and has developed into one of Germany's most important musical ambassadors over the following seven decades. World-renowned conductors, as well as some of the world's greatest soloists, have been guests of the Stuttgart RSO, including Carlos Kleiber, Ferenc Fricsay, Karl Böhm, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Hans Knappertsbusch, Sir Georg Solti, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Kurt Sanderling, Gary Bertini, and Herbert Blomstedt, as well as Maria Callas, Mstislaw Rostropowitsch, Maurizio Pollini, Yehudi Menuhin, Alfred Brendel, Hélène Grimaud, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Elina Garanca, Rolando Villazon, Hilary Hahn, Sol Gabetta, and Lang Lang, to name just a few. Album Tracks 1. * Beethoven, Ludwig Van - Classical Composer 2. Egmont, Op. 84 Overture 3. * Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, InchEroicaInch 4. I. Allegro Con Brio 5. II. Marcia Funebre Adagio Assai 6. III. Scherzo Allegro Vivace 7. IV. Finale Allegro Molto 8. * Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 9. I. Un Poco Sostenuto - Allegro 10. II. Andante Sostenuto 11. III. Un Poco Allegretto E Grazioso 12. IV. Adagio - Più Andante - Allegro Non Troppo, Ma Con Brio 13. * 21 Hungarian Dances, Woo 1 (Version for Orchestra) (Excerpts) 14. Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G minor (Orch. J. Brahms) 15. Hungarian Dance No. 3 in F Major (Orch. J. Brahms) 16. Hungarian Da