(Eloquence)Rafael Kubelik - the Mercury Masters (10CD)

CD 1
MODEST MUSSORGSKY (1839–1881)
Orchestrated by Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
1–15 Pictures at an Exhibition
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
RAFAEL KUBELÍK

CD 2
BÉLA BARTÓK (1881–1945)
1–4 Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106
Irwin Fischer, celesta
Edward Metzenger, timpani
Allen Graham, Lionel Sayers, Thomas Glenecke, percussion

ERNEST BLOCH (1880–1959)
5–8 Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra with Piano Obbligato
George Schick, piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
RAFAEL KUBELÍK

CD 3
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)
1–4 Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ‘From the New World’
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
RAFAEL KUBELÍK

CD 4
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)
1–4 Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
RAFAEL KUBELÍK

CD 5
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)
1–4 Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 ‘Pathétique’

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
RAFAEL KUBELÍK

CD 6
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897)
1–4 Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
RAFAEL KUBELÍK

CD 7
BEDŘICH SMETANA (1824–1884)
1–6 Má vlast

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
RAFAEL KUBELÍK

CD 8
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)

1–3 Symphony No. 38 in D major, KV 504 ‘Prague’
4–6 Symphony No. 34 in C major, KV 338

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
RAFAEL KUBELÍK

CD 9

PAUL HINDEMITH (1895–1963)
1–4 Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (1874–1951)
5–9 Fünf Orchesterstücke, Op. 16
Five Pieces for Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
RAFAEL KUBELÍK

CD 10

Perspective, The First Reel and Experimental Stereo

1 Interview with Wilma Cozart Fine
Interviewer: Sedgwick Clark

ERNEST BLOCH (1880–1959)
2–5 Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra with Piano Obbligato
First reel of tape, 23 April 1951*

BERT WHYTE – THE EXPERIMENTAL STEREO RECORDINGS

BEDŘICH SMETANA (1824–1884)
Má vlast
6 V Tábor – stereo°

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
Symphony No. 38 in D major, KV 504 ‘Prague’ – excerpts (stereo)*
7 I Adagio – Allegro (bar 136 – end)
8 II Andante (bar 144 – end)
9 III Finale (Presto) (first take complete)
10 III Finale (Presto) (bars 138 – end)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
RAFAEL KUBELÍK

*PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED
°FIRST RELEASE ON MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE