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Gramophone Editor’s Choice: December 2008 – Great Orchestras of the World

Mariss Jansons · Bernard Haitink · Douglas Boyd · Emmanuel Villaume · Georges Prêtre · Jos Van Immerseel · Pierre Boulez · Simon Rattle · Valery Gergiev · Anima Eterna

Haymarket Consumer2008Cat. GCD120850m11 tracks

Composers

Gustav Mahler4 Edvard Grieg1 George Frideric Handel1 Hector Berlioz1 Johann Strauss II1 Ludwig van Beethoven1 Maurice Ravel1 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1

Tracklist

01

Symphony no. 1: 2nd movt

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 1 in D major “Titan”

Mariss Jansons, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

8:03

02

Symphonie fantastique: Marche au supplice

Hector Berlioz - Symphonie fantastique, op. 14

Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic

7:15

03

Orpheus Quadrille

Johann Strauss II - Orpheus-Quadrille, op. 236

Georges Prêtre, Vienna Philharmonic

5:13

04

Symphony no. 1: 2nd movt

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 1 in D major “Titan”

Valery Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra

3:49

05

Symphony no. 6: 4th movt

Gustav Mahler - Symphonie Nr. 6 in a-Moll

Bernard Haitink, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

5:08

06

Symphony no. 6: 3rd movt

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 6 in B minor, op. 74 “Pathétique”

Mariss Jansons, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

4:57

09

Peer Gynt: Solveig’s Song

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt, op. 23: 4. akt: Solveigs sang

Emmanuel Villaume, Prague Philharmonia

5:01

11

Symphony no. 7: 4th Movt. Allegro con brio

Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony no. 7 in A major, op. 92

Douglas Boyd, Manchester Camerata

3:25

13

Aminta e Fillide: “Chi ben ama non paventi”

George Frideric Handel - Aminta e Fillide, HWV 83

Fabio Bonizzoni

3:06

17

Symphony no. 8: “Veni, creator spiritus”

Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 8 in E-flat major “Symphony of a Thousand”: Part II. Closing Scene from Goethe's Faust: p. "Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis" (Chorus Mysticus, soloists)

Pierre Boulez, Berlin Staatskapelle

2:16

18

Maurice Ravel - Boléro

Jos Van Immerseel, Anima Eterna

2:31