Few record labels from the dawn of the LP era are recalled with
more admiration and affection than Westminster Records – its
first records from 1950 established Westminster as a pioneering
source, exploring new and exciting corners of repertoire.
The Westminster box gives a cross-section of Westminster’s
activity in all genres, from solo piano s (Jörg Demus,
Paul Badura-Skoda, Clara Haskil, Egon Petri) to complete operas
(Handel’s Rodelinda with Teresa Stich-Randall, Maureen Forrester,
Alexander Young, conducted by Brian Priestman, receiving its CD
premiere) to orchestral s by the legendary conductors
Hermann Scherchen and Artur Rodzinski. Many of these albums have
never been released internationally before on CD.
The box set includes:
- 40 CDs with original cover art sleeves
- 100-page booklet
Tracklist:
Beethoven: Symphonies No.3 "Eroica" & No.6 "Pastorale"
Beethoven: Symphonies No.2 In D, Op. 36; No.4 In B Flat, Op.60 &
No.8 In F, Op.93
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 "Choral"
Haydn: Symphony No.45 In F Sharp Minor "Farewell"; Symphony
No.100 In G Major ""
Mozart: Symphonies No. 39 In E Flat, K.543; No.40 In G Minor,
K.550; No.41 In C, K.551 "Jupiter"
Holst: The Planets, Op.32 / Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On
Greensleeves; Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis [ CD 6 ]
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (Part 1) [ CD 7 ]
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op.71 (Part 2); Symphony No.4 In F
Minor,
Bruckner: Symphony No.8 In C Minor (Part 1) [ CD 9 ]
Bruckner: Symphony No.8 In C Minor (Part 2) / Wagner: Lohengrin
- Prelude;
Mahler: Symphony No.1 In D; Symphony No.2 In C Minor [ CD 11 ]
Mahler: Symphony No.2 In C Minor [ CD 12 ]
Glière: Symphony No.3 "Ilya Murometz" [ CD 13 ]
Beethoven: Wellington's Victory, Op.91 / Orff: Entrata /
Gabrielli: Canzon Primi Toni [ CD 14 ]
Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20, K.466 / latti, D.: 11 Sonatas
[ CD 15 ]
Mozart, W.A.: Piano Concerto No.22, K.482; Piano Sonata No.16,
K.570 & Piano Sonata No.8, K.310 [ CD 16 ]
Rachmaninov: Concerto No.2 Pour Piano En Ut Mineur, Op.18;
Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini, Op.43 [ CD 17 ]
Brahms: Violin Concerto In D, Op.77 / Tchaikovsky: Violin
Concerto In D, Op.35 [ CD 18 ]
Mozart, W.A.: String Quintet No.3 In G Minor, K.516; String
Quartet No.23 IN F, K.590 "Prussian No.3" [ CD 19 ]
Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18 No.4 & Op.59 No.3 "Razumovsky"
[ CD 20 Schubert: String Quintet In C, D.956 [ CD 21 ]
Schubert: Octet In F Major, D.803 [ CD 22 ]
Mendelssohn: Octet In E Flat, Op.20 / Beethoven: String Quartet
No.8 In E Minor, Op.59 No.2 "Rasumovsky No.2" [ CD 23 ]
Dvorák: String Sextet Op.48; String Quintet Op.97 [ CD 24 ]
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No.8, Op.13 "Pathétique"; No.23, Op.57
"Appassionata"; No.29, Op.106 "Hammerklavier" [ CD 25 ]
Schubert: Fantasia For Piano In C, D.760 "Wanderer - Fantasie";
6 Moments musicaux D.780; Impromptus Op.90 [ CD 26 ]
Franck: Prélude, Choral et Fugue; Prélude, Aria et Fugue /
Fauré: Impromptus Op.31, 91, 102; Thème et variations, Op.73;
Barcarolle Op.70; Noturne No.6, Op.63 [ CD 27 ]
Spanish Guitar Music [ CD 28 ]
Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben, Op.42; Liederkreis, Op.39 /
Respighi: Il tramonto [ CD 29 ]
Duparc: Opera Recitals And Songs [ CD 30 ]
Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge / Mozart, W.A.: An Chloë, K.524;
Oiseaux, si tous les ans K.307/K.284d; Ridente la calma K.152;
"Un moto di gioia" (Le nozze di Figaro) K.492; Das Veilchen K.476
[ CD 31 ]
Bach, J.S.: Mass In B Minor, BWV 232 (Part 1) [ CD 32 ]
Bach, J.S.: Mass In B Minor, BWV 232 (Part 2) [ CD 33 ]
Mozart: Requiem In D Minor, K.626 [ CD 34 ]
Händel: Rodelinda (Part 1) [ CD 35 ]
Händel: Rodelinda (Part 2) [ CD 36 ]
Händel: Rodelinda (Part 3) [ CD 37 ]
Berlioz: Roméo & Juliette (Part 1) [ CD 38 ]
Berlioz: Roméo & Juliette (Part 2); Symphonie fantastique [ CD
39 ]
Opera Arias [ CD 40 ]