Menotti
Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007) was an Italian-born American composer and librettist, best known for operas written with direct theatrical appeal. Born in Cadegliano, he studied at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and made much of his career in the United States.
His works include Amahl and the Night Visitors, The Medium, The Consul, The Telephone and orchestral and chamber pieces. He often wrote...
LISZT Les Préludes
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No. 2
R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
MENOTTI Amelia Goes to the Ball - Overture
BARBER First Essay for Orchestra
SOUSA Washington Post March
SOUSA The Stars and Stripes Forever
Studio recordings, 1936-42
Total duration: 2hr 16:00
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Ormandy
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
REGER Four Tone Poems after Böcklin
IBERT Escales
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 10 for Two Pianos
CHOPIN/ROGAL-LEVITZKY Chopiniana
MENOTTI Sebastian - Ballet Suite
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3
Live and Studio recordings, 1945-47
Total duration: 3hr 32:16
Vitya Vronsky, piano
Victor Babin, piano
Dimitri Mitropoulos, piano
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Robin Hood Dell Orchestra of Philadelphia
conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos
Music by
Bach, Barber, Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt, Mozart, Ravel, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schubert, Schumann, Sibelius, J. Strauss, R. Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Telemann, Wagner and more
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Ormandy
Studio & live recordings, 1936-1945
