100 Years - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
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Cat. No. 476 6329
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Label: ABC Classics
Medium: CD
No. Discs: 10
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Artists: Leonard Dommett (violin), Anthony Fogg (piano), Takashi Harada (ondes martenot), Vernon Hill (flute), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Kaori Kimura (piano), Geoffrey Payne (trumpet), Nancy Simons (cor anglais), Jiri Tancibudek (oboe).
Conductors: Oleg Caetani, Richard Divall, Clive Douglas, George Dreyfus, Jean-Louis Forestier, Myer Fredman, Philip Green, Vernon Handley, Sir Bernard Heinze, John Hopkins, Hiroyuki Iwaki, John Lanchbery, Paul Mann, Willem van Otterloo, Joseph Post, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Bruce Smeaton, Markus Stenz, Patrick Thomas.
Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
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The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is Australia's oldest orchestra, with an international reputation for the brilliance and power of its performances.
In this, the Orchestra's centenary year, ABC Classics is proud to present 10 CDs of the Orchestra's finest live and studio recordings, many never before released, and almost all appearing for the first time on CD.
Featured in this unique collection are such world-class conductors as Sir Malcolm Sargent, Sir Bernard Heinze, Willem van Otterloo, Hiroyuki Iwaki, John Hopkins, Markus Stenz and Oleg Caetani.
Highlights include the Australian premiere of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony, Mahler's Fourth Symphony with soprano Yvonne Kenny, Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and the complete Sun Music of Australia's Peter Sculthorpe.
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