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Special offer. Sir Colin Davis Anthology

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Ben Heppner (Enée), Michelle DeYoung (Didon), Petra Lang (Cassandre), Sara Mingardo (Anna), Peter Mattei (Chorèbe), Stephen Milling (Narbal), Kenneth Tarver (Iopas), Toby Spence (Hylas), Alan Ewing (Priam)

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

Sir Colin Davis Anthology
despite the film’s scrappy construction music and man emerge loud and clear. A “reluctant king” is Sir David Attenborough’s description. His baton, Mitsuko Uchida, the pianist, crisply says,...

The Times, 18th April 20144 out of 5 stars

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Special offer. Sir Colin Davis Anthology

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Ben Heppner (Enée), Michelle DeYoung (Didon), Petra Lang (Cassandre), Sara Mingardo (Anna), Peter Mattei (Chorèbe), Stephen Milling (Narbal), Kenneth Tarver (Iopas), Toby Spence (Hylas), Alan Ewing (Priam)

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis

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despite the film’s scrappy construction music and man emerge loud and clear. A “reluctant king” is Sir David Attenborough’s description. His baton, Mitsuko Uchida, the pianist, crisply says,...

The Times, 18th April 20144 out of 5 stars

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8 SACD, 4 CD & 1 DVD [60 min]

Sir Colin Davis was instrumental in the success and development of LSO Live, including the label’s first Grammy Award. He also played a huge part in the pre-eminence of the LSO across the globe for more than 50 years. This unique collection of 13-discs is the 100th release on LSO Live, and will be a limited edition release. The collection pays tribute to not only Sir Colin’s work with LSO Live, but more specifically his relationship with LSO through the decades.

The collection includes previously unreleased material from the LSO Live archive, and two much loved recordings on high-resolution SACD for the first time, Dvorak Symphony No 9 and Berlioz Symphonie fantastique. Never before seen private correspondence and photos from Sir Colin’s archives accompany the discs.

The anthology is completed with a bonus DVD documentary by Reiner Moritz. This portrait includes his last public statements, and contributions from Sir David Attenborough, Sir Simon Rattle and Roger Wright. The documentary highlights his work in masterclasses, opera, concerts and to-camera talk which reveals the man behind the musician.

In rigid box with lift-off lid+commemorative book incorporating photo postcards

Total audio playing time 11 hours, 75min, 45s

Notes in English, French and German, DVD subtitles in French, German, Italian, Spanish & Japanese

Contents and tracklist

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14
Work length57:20
This work is only available as an album download.
I. Rêveries – Passions
Track length15:52
II. Un bal
Track length6:36
III. Scène aux champs
Track length17:16
This track is only available as an album download.
IV. Marche au supplice
Track length7:01
V. Songe d’une nuit de sabbat
Track length10:35
Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict, Op. 27: Overture
Work length8:18
Berlioz: Les Francs-juges Overture, Op. 3
Work length12:32
Berlioz: Te Deum, Op. 22
Work length48:28
I. Te Deum (Hymne)
Track length7:21
II. Tibi omnes (Hymne)
Track length9:57
III. Dignare (Prière)
Track length8:05
IV. Christe, Rex gloriae (Hymne)
Track length5:33
V. Te ergo quaesumus (Prière)
Track length7:14
VI. Judex crederis (Hymne et prière)
Track length10:18
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 'From the New World'
Work length45:16
I. Adagio - Allegro molto
Track length12:10
II. Largo
Track length12:56
III. Scherzo - Molto vivace
Track length7:56
IV. Allegro con fuoco
Track length12:14
Sibelius: Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49
Work length14:31
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
Work length44:40
I. Allegretto
Track length9:42
II. Tempo andante, ma rubato
Track length14:52
III. Vivacissimo
Track length6:06
IV. Finale: Allegro moderato
Track length14:00
Sibelius: The Oceanides, Op. 73
Work length12:00
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Work length31:41
I. Allegro
Track length7:57
II. Andante moderato
Track length9:29
III. Scherzo: Allegro molto
Track length5:31
IV. Finale con epilogo fugato: Allegro molto
Track length8:44
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Work length33:00
Theme
Track length1:24
Variation I - CAE
Track length1:54
Variation II - HDS-P
Track length0:45
Variation III - RBT
Track length1:35
Variation IV - WMB
Track length0:30
Variation V - RPA
Track length2:09
Variation VI - Ysobel
Track length1:36
Variation VII - Troyte
Track length1:03
Variation VIII - WN
Track length1:53
Variation IX - Nimrod
Track length4:24
Variation X - Dorabella
Track length2:50
Variation XI - GRS
Track length1:02
Variation XII - BGN
Track length3:11
Variation XIII - ***
Track length3:13
Variation XIV - EDU
Track length5:31
Elgar: Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47
Work length14:48
Tippett: A Child of Our Time
Work length1:03:50
The World Turns on its Dark Side
Track length5:10
The Argument - Man Has Measured the Heavens
Track length1:54
Interludium
Track length1:07
Scene - Is Evil Then Good?
Track length2:54
Now in Each Nation
Track length1:06
Chorus of the Oppressed - When Shall the Userers' City Cease
Track length2:01
I Have No Money for My Bread
Track length3:16
How Can I Cherish My Man in Such Days
Track length3:02
A Spiritual - Steal Away
Track length2:07
A Star Rises in Mid-Winter
Track length2:39
And a Time Came
Track length1:00
Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted - Away with them!
Track length0:25
Where They Could, They Fled
Track length0:25
Chorus of the Self-Righteous - We Cannot Have Them in Our Empire
Track length0:43
And the Boy's Mother Wrote a Letter
Track length0:13
Scene - O My Son!
Track length1:14
A Spiritual - Nobody Knows the Trouble I See, Lord
Track length1:14
Scene - The Boy Becomes Desperate in His Agony
Track length1:16
They Took a Terrible Vengeance
Track length0:25
The Terror - Burn Down Their Houses!
Track length1:00
Men Were Ashamed of What Was Done
Track length0:34
A Spiritual of Anger - Go Down, Moses
Track length2:52
The Boy Sings in His Prison
Track length3:17
What Have I Done to You, My Son?
Track length1:28
The Dark Forces Rise Like a Flood
Track length0:54
A Spiritual - O, By and By
Track length1:13
The Cold Deepens
Track length4:15
The Soul of Man
Track length2:12
Scene - The Words of Wisdom Are These
Track length4:24
Praeludium
Track length1:11
General Ensemble - I Would Know My Shadow and My Light
Track length4:38
A Spiritual - Deep river
Track length3:41
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
Work length34:13
Thus Spake Isiah
Track length5:25
A tempo - If I Forget Thee
Track length2:28
By the Waters of Babylon
Track length2:56
Babylon Was a Great City
Track length4:03
Praise Ye the God of Gold!
Track length5:01
Allegro molto - Thus in Babylon
Track length2:05
Thou, O King, Art King of Kings
Track length1:06
And in That Same Hour
Track length6:07
The Trumpeters and Pipers
Track length1:03
Then Sing Aloud to God Our Strength
Track length3:59
Walton: Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor
Work length45:56
I: Allegro assai
Track length14:45
II: Scherzo - Presto, con malizia
Track length6:40
III: Andante con malincolia
Track length11:40
IV: Maestoso - Brioso ed ardentemente - Vivacissimo - Maestoso
Track length12:51
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act I, No. 1: "Ha, ha! Apres dix ans"
Work length3:51
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act I, No. 2
Work length8:45
"Les grecs ont disparu!"
Track length3:34
"Malheureux Roi!"
Track length5:11
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act I, No. 3
Work length15:49
"C'est lui!"
Track length1:42
"Reviens a toi"
Track length14:07
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act I, No. 4: "Dieux protecteurs"
Work length5:41
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act I, No. 5: "Combat de ceste"
Work length1:32
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act I, No. 6: "Pantomime"
Work length8:06
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act I, No. 7: "Du peuple et des soldats"
Work length1:13
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act I, No. 8: Chatiment effroyable
Work length6:34
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act I, No. 9: "Que la deesse nous protege"
Work length1:35
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act I, No. 10: "Non, je ne verrai pas"
Work length2:09
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act I, No. 11: "De mes sens eperdus"
Work length7:00
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act II, No. 12
Work length8:40
Introduction
Track length1:59
Scene et recitatif
Track length0:54
"O Lumiere De Troie!"
Track length5:47
Hector Berloz: Les Troyens, Act II, No. 13: "Quelle esperance encor"
Work length2:33
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act II, No. 14: "Ha, puissante cybele"
Work length3:10
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act II, No. 15: "Tous ne periront pas"
Work length4:14
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act II, No. 16: "Complices de sa gloire"
Work length5:25
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act III, No. 17: "De Carthage les cieux"
Work length1:30
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act III, No. 18: "Gloire a Didon"
Work length2:23
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act III, No. 19
Work length7:07
"Nous avons vu finir"
Track length1:39
"Chers Tyriens"
Track length5:28
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act III, No. 20: Entree des Constructeurs
Work length1:06
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act III, No. 21: Entree des Matelots
Work length1:06
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act III, No. 22: Entree des Laboureurs
Work length1:58
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act III, No. 23: "Peuple! Tous les honneurs"
Work length3:04
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act III, No. 24: "Les chants joyeux"
Work length10:40
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act III, No. 25
Work length2:12
"Echappes a grand peine"
Track length0:28
"Errante sur les mers"
Track length1:44
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act III, No. 26: "J'eprouve une soudaine"
Work length2:01
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act III, No. 27: "Auguste Reine, Un Peuple"
Work length3:26
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act III, No. 28: "J'ose a peine annoncer"
Work length8:08
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act IV, No. 29: "Chasse royale et orage"
Work length9:10
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act IV, No. 30: "Dites, Narbal, qui cause"
Work length3:28
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act IV, No. 31
Work length4:00
"Air - De quels revers"
Track length1:43
"Cavatine - Vaine terreur"
Track length0:27
"Duo - De quel revers"
Track length1:50
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act IV, No. 32: "Marche pour l'entree"
Work length1:25
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act IV, No. 33
Work length10:06
"Pas des Almees"
Track length4:28
Danse des esclaves
Track length4:15
Pas d'esclaves nubiennes
Track length1:23
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act IV, No. 34
Work length6:43
"Assez, ma soeur"
Track length2:01
"O blonde Ceres"
Track length4:42
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act IV, No. 35
Work length6:10
"Pardonne, Iopas"
Track length1:30
"O pudeur! Tout conspire"
Track length4:40
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act IV, No 36
Work length5:07
"Mais bannissons"
Track length0:41
"Tout n'est que paix"
Track length4:26
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act IV, No 37: Nuit d'ivresse
Work length10:07
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act V, No. 38: "Vallon sonore"
Work length5:35
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act V, No. 39: "Preparez tout, il faut"
Work length2:32
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act V, No. 40: "Par Bacchus!"
Work length2:19
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act V, No. 41
Work length6:36
"Inutiles regrets!"
Track length1:43
"Ah quand viendra"
Track length4:53
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act V, No. 42: "Enee!"
Work length2:24
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act V, No. 43,: "Debout, Troyens"
Work length2:02
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act V, No. 44
Work length5:00
"Errante sur tes pas"
Track length4:05
"Italie!"
Track length0:55
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act V, No. 45: "Va, ma soeur, l'implorer"
Work length3:03
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act V, No. 46: "En mer, voyez!"
Work length4:27
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act V, No. 47: "Ah! Ah! Je vais mourir"
Work length3:14
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act V, No. 48: Adieu, fiere cite
Work length3:46
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act V, No. 49: "Dieux de l'oubli"
Work length4:39
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act V, No. 50: "Pluton"
Work length3:48
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act V, No. 51: "Ah! au secours!"
Work length1:03
Berlioz: Les Troyens, Act V, No. 52: "Rome...Rome...immortelle!"
Work length1:13

Awards and reviews

18th April 2014

despite the film’s scrappy construction music and man emerge loud and clear. A “reluctant king” is Sir David Attenborough’s description. His baton, Mitsuko Uchida, the pianist, crisply says, doesn’t dictate, it invites...Long live the art and memory of the reluctant king.
4 out of 5 stars
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