Paul Paray – The Mercury Masters Vol. 1 – Box Set 23CDs

CD 1
MAURICE RAVEL (1822–1890)
Boléro, M.81

NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844–1908)
Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34

CD 2
RICHARD WAGNER (1813–1883)
Lohengrin: Preludes to Acts I & III
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I
Tannhäuser: Overture
Die Walküre: The Ride of the Valkyries (Act III)

CD 3
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

CD 4
CÉSAR FRANCK (1822–1890)
Symphony in D minor

CD 5
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844–1908)
Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36
Symphony No. 2, Op. 9 ‘Antar’

CD 6
MAURICE RAVEL (1822–1890)
La Valse

GABRIEL FAURÉ (1841–1904)
Pavane, Op. 50 (orchestral version)

CÉSAR FRANCK (1822–1890)
Psyché – poème symphonique (excerpts)

CD 7
PAUL DUKAS (1865–1935)
L’Apprenti sorcier

GABRIEL FAURÉ (1841–1904)
Pelléas et Mélisande – Incidental music, Op. 80

ALBERT ROUSSEL (1869–1937)
Le Festin de l’araignée, Op. 17

PAUL DUKAS (1865–1935)
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Children’s story with narration
Jerry Terheyden, narrator

CD 8
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886)
Les Préludes

CD 9
RICHARD WAGNER (1813–1883)
Der fliegende Holländer: Overture
Parsifal: Good Friday Music (Act III)
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod (Act III) (orchestral version)
Siegfried: Forest Murmurs (Act II)

CD 10
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral’

CD 11
EMMANUEL CHABRIER (1841–1894)
España – Rhapsody for Orchestra

MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)
Rapsodie espagnole, M.54

JACQUES IBERT (1890–1962)
Escales

CD 12
JOHANNES BRAHMS (1833–1897)
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

CD 13
GEORGES BIZET (1838–1875)
Carmen Suite
L’Arlésienne – Suite No. 1
L’Arlésienne – Suite No. 2

CD 14
MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)
Boléro, M.81
Ma Mère l’oye, M.60

EMMANUEL CHABRIER (1841–1894)
Bourreé fantasque (orch. Mottl)

ALBERT ROUSSEL (1869–1937)
Suite in F major, Op. 33

HENRY BARRAUD (1900–1997)
Offrande à une ombre

CD 15
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918)
La Mer, L.109
Ibéria (No. 2 of Images pour orchestre)

CD 16
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921)
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 ‘Organ Symphony’
Marcel Dupré, organ

CD 17
ERNEST CHAUSSON (1855–1899)
Symphony in B flat major, Op. 20

CD 18
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873–1943)
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

CD 19
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61

CD 20
RICHARD WAGNER (1813–1883)
Götterdämmerung: Prologue – Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey (Act I)
Siegfried Idyll
Parsifal: Prelude
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude (Act III)

CD 21
PAUL PARAY (1886–1979)
1–4 Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc
5 Paul Paray’s post-session thanks to the performers
Frances Yeend, soprano; Frances Bible, mezzo-soprano
David Lloyd, tenor; Yi-Kwei-Sze, bass
Rackham Symphony Choir

CD 22
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756–1791)
Symphony No. 35 in D major, KV 385, ‘Haffner’

JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809)
Symphony No. 96 in D major, Hob.I:96, ‘The Miracle’

CD 23
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 ‘Rhenish’

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, PAUL PARAY

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Paul Paray – The Mercury Masters Vol. 2 – Box Set 22CDs

CD 1
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809–1847)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Incidental Music, Op. 61, MWV M1
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 107, MWV N15 ‘Reformation’

CD 2
FLORENT SCHMITT (1870–1958)
La Tragédie de Salomé, Op. 50

RICHARD STRAUSS (1864–1949)
Dance of the Seven Veils (Salome)

ÉDOUARD LALO (1823–1892)
Namouna: Suite No. 1

CD 3
OUVERTURES FRANÇAISES
HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803–1869)
Overture: Le Carnaval romain, Op. 9

ÉDOUARD LALO (1823–1892)
Overture: Le Roi d’Ys

GEORGES BIZET (1838–1875)
Overture: La Patrie

HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803–1869)
Overture: Le Corsaire, Op. 21

CD 4
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856)
Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38 ‘Spring’
Overture: Manfred, Op. 115

CD 5
BOUQUET DE PARAY
GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792–1868)
Overture: William Tell

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921)
Danse macabre, Op. 4

CARL MARIA VON WEBER (1786–1826)
Arranged by Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)
Aufforderung zum Tanze, Op. 65
Invitation to the Dance

FRANZ LISZT (1811–1886)
Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 110

CD 6
JEAN SIBELIUS (1865–1957)
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43

CD 7
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21

CD 8
VIVE LA MARCHE !
HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803–1869)
Marche hongroise (La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24)

CHARLES GOUNOD (1818–1893)
Marche funèbre d’une marionette

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921)
Marche héroïque in E flat major, Op. 34

ROUGET DE LISLE (1760–1836)
La Marseillaise

EMMANUEL CHABRIER (1841–1894)
Joyeuse marche

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921)
Marche militaire française (Suite algérienne in C major, Op. 60)

HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803–1869)
Marche troyenne (Les Troyens)

GIACOMO MEYERBEER (1791–1864)
Coronation March (Le Prophète)

CD 9
EMMANUEL CHABRIER (1841–1894)

España – Rhapsody for Orchestra
Suite Pastorale
Fête polonaise (Le Roi malgré lui)
Overture: Gwendoline
Danse slave (Le Roi malgré lui)

CD 10
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1822–1890)
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, L.86

MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)
Valses nobles et sentimentales, M.61
Le Tombeau de Couperin, M.68

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1822–1890)
Petite Suite (orch. Büsser)

CD 11
JACQUES OFFENBACH (1819–1880)
Overture: La belle Hélène
Overture: Orphée aux enfers
Les Contes d’Hoffmann – Suite

DANIEL AUBER (1782–1871)
Overture: Le Cheval de bronze
Overture: Fra Diavolo
Overture: Masaniello

CD 12
RICHARD WAGNER (1813–1883)
Overture: Der fliegende Holländer
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Suite
Wotan’s Farewell and Magic Fire Music (Die Walküre)
Overture: Rienzi

CD 13
FRENCH OVERTURES
FERDINAND HÉROLD (1791–1833)
Overture: Zampa

DANIEL-FRANÇOIS AUBER (1782–1871)
Overture: Les Diamants de la couronne

AMBROISE THOMAS (1811–1896)
Overture: Mignon
Overture: Raymond

FRANÇOIS-ADRIEN BOIELDIEU (1775–1834)
Overture: La Dame blanche

ADOLPHE ADAM (1803–1856)
Overture: Si j’étais roi

CD 14
HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803–1869)
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

CD 15
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841–1904)
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 9‘From the New World’

CD 16
FRANZ VON SUPPÉ (1819–1895)
Overture: Die schöne Galathée
Overture: Pique Dame
Overture: Leichte Kavallerie
Overture: Dichter und Bauer
Overture: Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien
Overture: Boccaccio, oder Der Prinz von Palermo

CD 17
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1822–1890)
Nocturnes, L.91

MAURICE RAVEL (1822–1890)
Daphnis et Chloé – Suite No. 2, M.57b
Wayne State University Women’s Glee Club Choir · Malcolm Johns, director (Debussy)

CD 18
CÉSAR FRANCK (1822–1890)
Symphony in D minor, FWV 48

CD 19
MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)
Rapsodie espagnole, M.54
Alborada del gracioso, M.43
Pavane pour une infante défunte, M.19
La Valse, M.72

JACQUES IBERT (1890–1962)
Escales

CD 20
BALLET – HIGHLIGHTS FROM FRENCH OPERA
CHARLES GOUNOD (1818–1893)
Faust – ballet music

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835–1921)
Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila)

GEORGES BIZET (1838–1875)
Danse bohème (Carmen Suite No. 2)

HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803–1869)
Chasse royale et orage – Pantomime (Les Troyens)

JULES MASSENET (1842–1912)
Overture: Phèdre

AMBROISE THOMAS (1822–1896)
Gavotte (Mignon)

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
PAUL PARAY

CD 21
The Naked Carmen
Electric Rock Opera
Written, arranged and produced by John Corigliano & David A. Hess
Adapted from Bizet’s Carmen

John Corigliano, synthesizer
Anita Darian, kazoo
John Atkins, piano
David Hess, Melba Moore, George Turner, Robert White, William Walker, vocals
Mary Bruce And Her Starbuds Pig Iron
Detroit Symphony Orchestra / Paul Paray

CD 22
MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)
Piano Concerto in G major, M.83
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major, M.82
Monique Haas, piano
Orchestre National de France / Paul Paray