Mercury Living Presence The Collector's Edition, Vol. 2 (2013) 55 CD BOX SET

Mercury Living Presence: The Collector's Edition, Vol. 2 (2013) 55 CD BOX SET.

This new collection of 55 CDs from the acclaimed audiophile label offers a wealth of recordings from the 1950s and 1960s in an unrivalled range of repertory. This ranges from solo Bach played by harpsichordist Rafael Puyana to American composer and conductor Howard Hanson in his own works as well as music by fellow-Americans. Key artists include Antal Dorati in works ranging from Beethoven to Bartók and Berg; Frederick Fennell, Rafael Kubelík, Paul Paray and János Starker.

1 DORATI Schoenberg Webern Berg. 2 RORATI Respighi: The Birds Fountains & Pines of Rome. 3 DORAT Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra Dance Suite. 4 DORATI Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances. 5 DORATI Dvorák: Symphonies 7 & 8.

6 DORATI Gershwin Copland Schuller Bloch. 7 DORATI Satie Milhaud Auric Françaix.

8 DORATI Tchaikovsky: Symphony 6 Pathétique. 9 DORATI Bartók: The Wooden Prince. 10 DORATI Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin. 11 DORATI Tchaikovsky: Symphony 4 Borodin. 12 DORATI Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 6.

13 DORATI Albéniz Falla Mussorgsky. 14 KUBELIK Hindemith Schoenberg Kodály. 15 DORATI Beethoven: Symphony 7 Overtures.

16-17 DORATI Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake. 21 MARCEL DUPRÉ Widor Franck.

23 FENNELL Grainger Persichetti Khachaturian. 24 FENNELL ROLLER Gould Giannini Hovhaness. 26 FENNELL Hands Across the Sea. 28 FENNELL The Spirit of 76 Ruffles & Flourishes.

30 FENNELL Holst Vaughan Williams Mennin. 31 HANSON Hanson: Symphonies 1 & 2. 33 HANSON Ives Schumann Mennin. 34 HANSON Hanson: Symphony 3 Elegy Lament. 35 HANSON Barber Piston Griffes Kennan.

36 HANSON McPhee Sessions Thomson. 37 HANSON Moore Carpenter Rogers Phillips. 38 HANSON Chadwick MacDowell Peter. 39 HANSON Music for Quiet Listening Vol.

40 HANSON Music for Quiet Listening Vol. 41 KUBELIK Mozart: Symphony 38 Dvorák: Symphony 9. 42 PARAY Ibert: Escales Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole. 43 PARAY French Opera Highlights: Hérold Auber Gounod. 44 PARAY Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony Paray: Mass. 46 PARAY Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé Suite 2 Debussy: Nocturnes. 47 PARAY Bizet: Carmen Suite L Arlésienne Suites 1 & 2 Thomas. 48 PARAY Dances of Death: Liszt Weber Saint-Saëns Schmitt. 49 PARAY Debussy: Ibéria La Mer Ravel: Ma Mère l Oye. 50 PUYANA The Golden age of the Harpsichord. Bach: Overture in the French Manner Toccata in F sharp minor. 52 PUYANA Baroque Masterpieces for the Harpsichord. 53 STARKER Chopin Mendelssohn Debussy Bartók. 54 DORATI Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (1953 recording). 55 SOMER & ALESSANDRO Corigliano R.