Post by ***@gmail.comPost by Randy LaneArrived perfect.
But I have gotten stuff like that too.
Frustrating.
I got my Ormandy box the other day, which I ordered from Amazon.de out of desperation. Came triple-boxed, which was a marvel, yet it still had a mashed corner that appeared to have happened in transit. Not big enough to worry about, of course. But still, shipping these things is a puzzle. I've received boxes that were loose in a larger box that had several plastic "balloons" so the box was easily bouncing around in it, and the condition was perfect, when it should have bene destroyed.
One Columbia LP is missing from this collection: Mozart Sonatas K.454 & 481 with George Szell piano, recorded in 1955.
Fifty years ago CBS sold the rights to this recording to Vanguard Records.
Vanguard issued it on LP and CD in a (nearly) complete collection of Mozart Violin Sonatas.
Szigeti is accompanied by Mieczyslaw Horszowski in the remaining sonatas.
See photos.
CD 1 1938-1940:
[1-2] Bartok Rhapsody No.1 for Violin & Piano (1940)
[3-5] Bartok Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin & Piano (1940)
--- with Bela Bartok piano, Benny Goodman clarinet
[6-8] Bloch Three Pictures of Chassidic Life for Violin & Piano (1940)
[9] Milhaud “Sumare” from Saudades do Brasil (1940)
[10] Falla Danza de la molinera from El Sombrero de Tres Picos (1940)
--- with Andor Foldes piano
[11-16] Mozart Divertimento No.15 K.287 (1938)
--- Max Goberman, Chamber Orchestra
CD 2 1941-1946:
[1] Mussorgsky Hopak from Sorochinsky Fair (1941)
[2] Dvorak Slavonic Dance Op.46,No.2 (1941)
[3] Dvorak Slavonic Dance Op.46,No.3 (1941)
[4-5] Hubay Scene de la csarda No.3 “Maros vize” (1941)
[6] Kodaly Intermezzo from Hary Janos (1941)
[7] Brahms Hungarian Dance No.5 (1941)
[8-10] Debussy Violin Sonata (1942)
--- with Andor Foldes piano
[11] Hubay The Zephyr (1944)
[12] Tchaikovsky Valse sentimentale (1944)
[13] Francois Schubert L’Abeille (1944)
[14] Stravinsky Pastorale, arr. Violin & Piano (1944)
--- with Harry Kaufmann piano
[15-19] Stravinsky Duo concertante for Violin & Piano (1945)
[20] Stravinsky Pastorale for Violin & Woodwind Quintet (1946)
[21] Stravinsky Chanson russe from Mavra (1946)
--- with Igor Stravinsky piano/conductor
CD 3 Beethoven:
[1-3] Violin Concerto (1947)
--- Bruno Walter, New York Philharmonic
CD 4 Brahms:
[1-3] Violin Concerto (1945)
--- Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra
[4] Violin Sonata No.3: Adagio (1945)
--- with Leonid Hambro piano
CD 5 1941-1949:
[1-3] Beethoven Violin Sonata No.1 (1946)
[8-11] Beethoven Violin Sonata No.7 (1949)
--- with Mieczyslaw Horszowski
[4-6] Schubert Violin Sonata D.384 (1942)
[7] Schubert Piano Sonata D.850: Rondo (1941)
--- with Andor Foldes
CD 6 Prokofiev:
[1-4] Violin Sonata No.1 with Joseph Levine piano (1949)
[5-8] Violin Sonata No.2 with Leonid Hambro piano (1944-1945)
CD 7 Bach:
[1-4] Unaccompanied Violin Sonata No.3 BWV1005 (1949)
[5-7] Violin Concerto after keyboard concerto BWV 1052 (1940)
--- Fritz Stiedry, Orchestra of New Friends of Music
CD 8 1940-1949:
[1-4] Schubert: Fantaisie for Piano and Violin D.934 (1949)
--- with Joseph Levine piano
[5] Corelli: Violin Sonata Op 5 No 12 'La Folia' (1940)
[6] Debussy: Clair de lune (1942)
[7] Lalo: Aubade From 'le Roi D'ys' (1941)
--- with Andor Foldes piano
[8] Tchaikovsky: Valse sentimentale (1944)
--- with Harry Kaufmann piano
[9] Bach Unaccompanied Violin Partita No.1 BWV1002: Tempo Di Borea (1941)
CD 9 Bach at the Prades Festival:
Pablo Casals, Prades Festival Orchestra (1950)
[1-3] Concerto for Flute, Violin And Keyboard BWV1044
John Wummer flute, Mieczyslaw Horszowski piano,
[4-6] Violin Concerto after keyboard concerto BWV1052
[7-9] Brandenburg Concerto No.5 BWV1050
John Wummer flute, Eugene Istomin piano
CD 10 1952:
[1-2] Schubert Rondo in B Minor for Piano and Violin D.895 'Rondeau brillant' (1952)
--- with Carlo Bussotti piano
[3-6] Beethoven Violin Sonata No 10 (1952)
--- with Mieczyslaw Horszowski
[7-10] Schubert Violin Sonata D.574 'Grand Duo' (1952)
--- with Dame Myra Hess (Prades Festival)
CD 11 Brahms at the Prades Festival:
[1-4] Piano Quartet No.3 Op.60 (1952)
--- with Dame Myra Hess piano, Milton Katims viola, Paul Tortelier cello
[5-8] Piano Trio No.2 Op.87 (1953)
--- with Dame Myra Hess piano, Pablo Casals cello
CD 12 Cowell:
[1-5] Sonata No 1 for Violin and Piano with Carlo Bussotti piano (1952)
[9] How Old Is Song? with Henry Cowell piano (1945)
--- Szigeti does not take part in tracks 6-8, Harold Shapero’s Sonata for Piano Four-Hands, which is performed by the composer and Leo Smit.
CD 13 Beethoven:
[1-4] Violin Sonata No.5 'Spring' (1953)
[5-7] Violin Sonata No.6 (1953)
--- with Mieczyslaw Horszowski piano
CD 14 1954:
[1-3] Bach Violin Concerto after keyboard concerto BWV1056 (1954)
[8-10] Tartini Violin Concerto D.45 (1954)
--- George Szell, Columbia Symphony
[4-7] Handel Violin Sonata HWV371 (1954)
[11-13] Tartini Violin Sonata B.G 19 (1954)
--- with Carlo Bussotti piano
CD 15 1953-1954:
[1-3] Ravel Violin Sonata (1953)
[4-6] Hindemith Violin Sonata (1953)
[7-9] Prokofiev Sonata for Solo Violin (1954)
[10-14] Prokofiev Five Melodies for Violin and Piano (1954)
--- with Carlo Bussotti piano
CD 16 Busoni:
[1-2] Violin Concerto (1954)
--- Thomas Sherman, The Little Orchestra Society
[3-5] Violin Sonata No.2 (1956)
--- with Mieczyslaw Horszowski piano
CD 17 Brahms:
[1-3] Violin Sonata No.1 (1951)
[4-7] Violin Sonata No.3 (1956)
--- with Mieczyslaw Horszowski piano
INDEX:
The only real problem with Sony's 17 CD box is the lack of an index.
Herewith remedied:
Bach:
-- Violin Concerto after BWV1052: 1940 CD7, and 1950 CD9
-- Violin Concerto after BWV1056 CD14
-- Concerto for Flute, Violin and Keyboard BWV1044 CD9
-- Brandenburg Concerto No.5 BWV1050 CD9
-- Unaccompanied Violin Sonata No.3 BWV1005 CD7
-- Unaccompanied Violin Partita No.1 BWV1002: Tempo Di Borea CD8
Bartok:
-- Rhapsody No.1 for Violin & Piano (composer piano) CD1
-- Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin & Piano (composer piano) CD1
Beethoven:
-- Violin Concerto CD3
-- Violin Sonata No.1 CD5
-- Violin Sonata No.5 'Spring' CD13
-- Violin Sonata No.6 CD13
-- Violin Sonata No.7 CD5
-- Violin Sonata No.10 CD10
Bloch Three Pictures of Chassidic Life for Violin & Piano CD1
Brahms:
-- Violin Concerto CD4
-- Violin Sonata No.1 CD17
-- Violin Sonata No.3 CD17
-- Violin Sonata No.3: Adagio CD4
-- Hungarian Dance No.5 CD2
-- Piano Trio No.2 Op.87 CD11
-- Piano Quartet No.3 Op.60 CD11
Busoni:
-- Violin Concerto CD16
-- Violin Sonata No.2 CD16
Corelli Violin Sonata Op 5 No 12 'La Folia' CD8
Cowell:
-- Sonata No 1 for Violin and Piano CD12
-- How Old Is Song? CD12
Debussy:
-- Violin Sonata CD2
-- Clair de lune CD8
Dvorak Slavonic Dances Op.46,No.2 & No.3 CD2
Falla Danza de la molinera from El Sombrero de Tres Picos CD1
Handel Violin Sonata HWV371 CD14
Hindemith Violin Sonata CD15
Hubay:
-- Scene de la csarda No.3 “Maros vize” CD2
-- The Zephyr CD2
Kodaly Intermezzo from Hary Janos CD2
Lalo Aubade From 'le Roi D'ys' CD8
Milhaud Sumare from Saudades do Brasil CD1
Mozart Divertimento No.15 K.287 (Goberman) CD1
Mussorgsky Hopak from Sorochinsky Fair CD2
Prokofiev:
-- Violin Sonata No.1 CD6
-- Violin Sonata No.2 CD6
-- Sonata for Solo Violin CD15
-- Five Melodies for Violin and Piano CD15
Ravel Violin Sonata CD15
Francois Schubert L’Abeille CD2
Schubert:
-- Violin Sonata D.384 CD5
-- Violin Sonata D.574 'Grand Duo' CD10
-- Fantaisie for Piano and Violin D.934 CD8
-- Rondo for Piano & Violin D.895 'Rondeau brillant' CD10
-- Piano Sonata D.850: Rondo arr.Violin & Piano CD5
Stravinsky:
-- Chanson russe from Mavra for Violin & Piano CD2
-- Duo concertante for Violin & Piano CD2
-- Pastorale for Violin & Piano CD2
-- Pastorale for Violin & Woodwind Quintet CD2
Tartini:
-- Violin Concerto D.45 CD14
-- Violin Sonata B.G 19 CD14
Tchaikovsky Valse sentimentale CD2 or CD8 (same performance)
The CD jackets are not numbered, so you will need to buy some stickers.