The BPO at 75
Commemorative Recordings
Set of Five CDs – 1949-2008
Recorded at Kleinhans Music Hall
Disc One
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No.6 in F, Op.68 “Pastoral”
1. Allegro ma non troppo – Cheerful Impressions 8:11
2. Andante molto moto – Scene by the Brook 11:14
3. Allegro – Merry Gathering of Countryfolk 2:46
4. Allegro – Thunderstorm 3:29
5. Allegretto – Song after the Storm 8:26
William Steinberg, conductor
NBC live broadcast, 5 March 1949
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major, Op.73 “Emperor”
6. Allegro 19:39
7. Adagio un poco mosso 8:23
8. Rondo: Allegro 10.03
Josef Krips, conductor; Glenn Gould, piano
Live performance, 6 November 1960
Disc Two
Lukas Foss
Baroque Variations
1. On a Handel Larghetto 7:19
2. On a Scarlatti Sonata 6:31
3. On a Bach Prelude – “Phorion” 10:35
Lukas Foss, conductor
Nonesuch recording, 1967
Lukas Foss
Renaissance Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
4. Intrada 4:52
5. Baroque Interlude 3:30
6. Recitative 5:16
7. Jouissance 5:59
Lukas Foss, conductor; Carol Wincenc, flute
World premier performance, 9 May 1986
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No.36 in C Major “Linz” K.425
8. Adagio; Allegro spiritoso 10:11
9. Andante 7:00
10. Menuetto 3:26
11. Finale: Presto 7:33
Maximiano Valdes, conductor
Live performance, 25 October 1987
Disc Three
Carl Ruggles
Men and Mountains
1. Men 2:46
2. Lilacs 3:02
3. Marching Mountains 4:40
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
George Gershwin
4. Overture to Oh, Kay! 7:13
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
George Gershwin
5. Porgy and Bess Introduction 0:57
6. Summertime; It Ain’t Necessarily So; I Wants to Stay Here; I Loves You Porgy; 6:13
7. Sarah Vaughan narrative 1:14
8. But not for me (Girl Crazy, 1930); Love is here to stay (Goldwyn Follies Revue, 1938);
Embraceable you (Girl Crazy, 1930); Someone to watch over me (Oh, Kay!, 1926) 10:31
9. Sarah narrative 0:27
10. It’s nice work (A Damsel in Distress, 1937); They can’t take that away
(Shall We Dance, 1937); ‘S Wonderful (Funny Face, 1937); Swanee (Capitol Revue, 1919);
Strike up the band (Strike up the band, 1927) 6:03
11. I’ve got a crush on you (Treasure Girl, 1928); A foggy day (A Damsel in Distress, 1937) 7:51
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Sarah Vaughan, diva extraordinaire
Live performance, 10 October 1975
Disc Four
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Concerto No.2 in C Minor, Op.18
1. Moderato; Allegro 10:12
2. Adagio sostenuto 11:09
3. Allegro scherzando 11:00
Julius Rudel, conductor; Emanuel Ax, piano
Live performance, 26 January 1980
Dmitry Shostakovich
Symphony No.5, Op.47
4. Moderato 14:20
5. Allegreto 5:38
6. Largo 15:15
7. Allegro non troppo 11:52
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Live performance, 26 March 1988
Disc Five
Franz Schreker
1. Prelude to a Drama – Das Spielwerke 17:24
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Live performance, 30 March 2008
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade, Op.35
2. The Sea and the Vessel of Sinbad 10.19
3. The Tale of Prince Kalender 12:03
4. The Young Prince and the Young Princess 11:44
5. Festival at Bagdad; the Sea; the Vessel is Wrecked 12:12
JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Michael Ludwig, violin
Live performance, 29 September 2007
Special thanks for archival assistance to BPO musicians Rodney Pierce
and Richard Myers, and BPO patron Jerry Gennaro.