Eugene Ormandy - Rca Victor Recordings 1935-42 - Import 21 CD Box Set

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Eugene Ormandy

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Such youthful Ormandy, I never knew! A collection of rare masterpieces including 16 world premiere CD recordings. I never knew such a youthful Ormandy! This is a record of the early years of Ormandy's career, when he took over Stokowski's position and took charge of the Philadelphia sound. An unprecedented collection of masterpieces including 16 world premiere CD recordings and 55 first-time reissues by the original recording companies, including new reissues of Rachmaninoff's own piano concertos Nos. 1, 3, and 4, and 6 rare recordings recorded and released without his name for the "World Masterpieces" series. The first collection of rare recordings of Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra in their early years. Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985) succeeded Leopold Stokowski as Music Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1938. This boxed set features the orchestra's first concert in 2021, the 4.00 pm performance of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. This box set follows the 120-CD "Columbia Legacy" to be released in April 2021, the 88-CD "Columbia Stereo Collection 1958-1963" to be released in November 2023, and the 94-CD "Columbia Stereo Collection 1964-1983" to be released in February 2025. This is the fourth reissue project between Sony Classical and the Philadelphia Orchestra, following the 88-CD "Columbia Stereo Collection 1958-1963" to be released in November 1958 and the 94-CD "Columbia Stereo Collection 1964-1983" to be released in February 2025, which includes all recordings made for the RCA Red Seal label from 1936 to 1942 during the SP era (and the 1945 re-recording of "Nutcracker," an exceptional recording for RCA even though it was transferred to Columbia). The Nutcracker," which was exceptionally re-recorded on RCA in 1945 despite its transfer to Columbia) on 21 CDs. ■Three-hour session with the heart to record two symphonies, one concerto, and two orchestral works. Ormandy made his debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1931 at the age of 31. He conducted this prestigious orchestra as a substitute for Toscanini, who suddenly became ill, with great success. A few months later, Ormandy conducted the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra again, this time as a substitute for Henri Verbruggen, and won unprecedented acclaim, becoming the orchestra's Music Director, a position he held for five years, devoting himself to the orchestra's development, and recording for RCA, quickly establishing himself as an unshakable force in American music. He quickly gained a solid position in the American music scene.Immediately after his tenure in Minneapolis ended, Ormandy was recalled to the Philadelphia Orchestra, where he became "co-conductor" in parallel with Stokowski. As early as December 13, 1936, during his inaugural season, he began recording Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique" with the Philadelphia Orchestra for RCA. Ormandy was a conductor who understood the recording method perfectly and was able to work very efficiently, as evidenced by the fact that in this first session he recorded not only the great "Pathetique" Symphony, but also Schumann's Second Symphony, two Bach arrangements, and the Paganini Concerto with Fritz Kreisler as soloist. Two years later he became the orchestra's sole music director, and the pace of recording accelerated until the National Union of Musicians banned all commercial recordings in 1942, during World War II. By the time the ban was lifted in 1944, the duo had moved to rival Columbia Records. (1/3) Sony Music